AWB Chapter 112 This is a huge deal.
Chapter 112 This is a huge deal.
The winter solstice, it's time to come.
The courtiers sensed the subtle changes in the aura in Dayao's capital recently, and with the mentality of sweeping the snow before the door, they continued to do their own work day after day.
The sacrifices and palace banquets of the winter solstice are harmonious, singing and dancing.
Only the emperor held up his spirit to participate in the most important sacrifice, and then went back to Chaolu Hall to rest. When the sun was about to set, the palace banquet began, and he went from the back palace to the front hall again.
As the sun sank, layers of dark clouds rolled up in the eastern sky.
The emperor stood under the gate of Yao'an, with the majestic high hall behind him, which further made his thin figure.
He raised the wine glass in front of him and said to the officials: "Today's winter solstice, nine days into the sky, the sky will be extremely cold. After today, the winter will end. You are my ministers and the pillars of the country. Without your help, my dear!" Yao didn't have today, and I can't go to today."
While talking, the last ray of sunshine in the sky was gradually covered by dark clouds.Crushed snow fell from the sky, and the snowflakes fell into the wine glass and melted instantly.
During the daytime, he leveled the wine glass and deliberately went to catch the falling snowflakes, saying: "Even the heavens are willing to pray for Dayao, to touch my heart, the falling snow has no roots, it is cold enough to the bones, and the strong wine can warm the heart, just like You and me, without you, I am just like a grain of snow falling in the sky, I hope you will accompany me, and persevere in the coming year."
After all, he picked up his glass and drank it down.
All the ministers said in unison: "We will wait for the coming year and persevere." They all raised their wine glasses and drank all the wine in their glasses.
At this time, someone said loudly: "Dayao's Son of Heaven is indeed like snow in the sky. He has no soul, no soul, not even a heart. No matter how good the liquor is mixed, it is just rootless water."
Here comes the troublemaker.
Daytime is quiet.
Everyone followed the sound, and saw that the person who spoke was the legendary poet of Funan. He was standing on the guest seat, still wearing a mask, and the expression on his face could not be seen clearly.
The Minister of the Ministry of Rites got up and said: "I'm afraid the poet Chuan is too strong to drink, come..." Saying this, he greeted the warriors and servants in front of the hall, "Please go back to the post house to rest the poet Chuan."
"Wait a minute," the warrior in front of the palace was stopped by the emperor before he could do anything, and the emperor poured himself a glass of wine, held it up and respectfully respected the biography poet, "This glass of wine, as a nephew, I respect the second emperor's uncle. "
As soon as he said it, everyone was shocked.
Many young officials didn't know who the emperor was referring to with the title of "Second Emperor's Uncle". Only some senior ministers looked at Bai Yuan with surprise on their faces.
Decades of vicissitudes have worn down the high-spirited prince back then into the ugly old man he is now, and it is really impossible to tell that it is the same person.
Silence, staying among Dayao's nobles, for a long time.
Finally, Taiwei Mo Chong came out and said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, many years have passed in the chaotic chaos of seizing the heirloom, the eldest prince, the second prince, and the two emperor's grandsons. People bewitch and deceive."
Bai Yuan glanced at Mo Chong contemptuously, and said with a smile: "The little official of the Ministry of Household Affairs has become the Taiwei of the two dynasties. Your son Mo Ziwen relied on your power to occupy the fertile land, collected high taxes, and was jointly sued. , it was the old man who helped you in secret, so that your Mo family can retain a root," he said, walking slowly from the guest seats to the center of the banquet venue, standing with his hands behind his back, with a sense of extravagance, not salty or not He calmly said to Mo Chong, "Bai Luo was able to reuse you because he was the crown prince at the beginning, and you secretly reported to him a large number of officials who opposed him, and even your teacher was involved in it. You know it well."
Bai Tian didn't know much about this past, but he believed that Bai Yuan hadn't lied. In order to get his name right, Bai Luo would definitely get rid of a group of people who opposed him.
Among them, how many corrupt officials and how many people were wronged, the truth has long been obliterated by time, and it is hard to tell whether it is true or false.
Looking at Mo Chong again, the accident came suddenly, what Bai Yuan said was true, he only knew that this matter was covered by a nobleman, but he didn't know that this nobleman was Bai Yuan.
I was also surprised for a while, how could someone give a favor and not come to collect interest?
It turned out that it wasn't that they didn't come, but that the time hadn't come.
Mo Chong couldn't refute half a sentence, his face turned red and turned white, his beard was about to fly off, and finally he could only tremble and said: "It's nonsense! It's sensational!"
Bai Yuan ignored him, turned his eyes to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, smiled, and said leisurely: "What about you, how did you become the head of the six ministers of the Ministry of Officials?"
Wang Kewei, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is not too young. In the year of Ershun, he served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials for [-] years. He revised Dayao's official system several times, so that the appointment, dismissal, rewards and punishments of Yao's officials were more perfect, and their virtues matched their positions. .
But in Bai Yuan's narration, the process of his ascension to power was not very bright. He showed his loyalty to Bai Luo, framed the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials who had a good relationship with the prince and put him in prison, where he died of illness.
After a while, several old ministers of the Yao Kingdom were rendered speechless by Bai Yuan's scolding, and no one refuted them.
The younger generation of officials can see it, because what the ugly old man said is probably true.
But after all, how can the emperor allow him to "run wild" alone?
A group of courtiers looked at the emperor, and saw that the emperor had already sat down, watching Bai Yuan turn over the black accounts of the old courtiers as if watching a play.
There is no intention of stopping it at all.
Seeing him like this, some people began to panic, the emperor... I am afraid that he will use some gloomy tricks to use his strength again?
The Minister of Rites went out and knelt down: "Your Majesty, no matter who this is, it is not proper for him to disturb my Dayao's winter solstice palace banquet as a poet of Funan Biography. Please ask your Majesty to advise your ministers on how to deal with it. "
Only then did Bai Tian smile faintly, and said: "Second Emperor Uncle, when the palace changed, I hadn't come to this world yet, seeing that you and I are blood relatives, I tolerated you so far, but from my point of view, back then For your own survival, you killed your parents and children, and today, in order to coerce me, you threw poison into the seven mansions of Dayao, no matter what, I can't let you do what you want, let alone hand over the world to you."
Bai Yuan was taken aback when Bai Zhou said the "seven mansions" exactly.
King Yuanning is missing now, and there is no news of the hidden stake he sent to Lushui City to investigate the situation.
Bai Yuan thought that King Yuanning's affection for the emperor was stronger than the grievances between the two when they first met when they were young, otherwise the emperor would not pass the throne to King Yuanning, even though he knew that the other party was just his adopted son.
Seeing the words come to this point, Bai Yuan followed the emperor's words and said, "So you are going to be the sinner of the Yao Kingdom through the ages, and hand over the country of Dayao to Li Jiu, the little prince who occupies the ring?"
The courtiers were dumbfounded.
What's the mess?
Playbooks are not so messy.
Back then, there was civil strife in the palace. Although the senior officials did not know the cause and effect of the specific details, they had always heard the rumors.
Why are you talking about the little prince Zhanhuan again...
The emperor obviously wanted to pass on the fact that King Yuanning was located. The implication is that King Yuanning is Li Jiu, the little prince who Zhanhuan had been missing for many years?
Bai Yuan continued: "The child I adopted back then was Li Jiu. I didn't expect it, and then I found out the truth, it was too late..." Then, he turned to Princess Duanshu. Please ask the princess to rectify the name of the old man."
Princess Duanshu has been sitting quietly at the table, seeing Bai Yuan mentioning her, she got up and saluted the emperor first, then took out a brocade box from her robe, opened it to reveal a roll of yellow silk, the pattern was an imperial decree.
She came out and knelt down, and said solemnly: "Duanshu is guilty. She had listened to the slander of a traitor and almost killed King Yuanning. Fortunately, Mrs. Chen Xingning provided some evidence to make the truth surface..."
As soon as these words came out, Bai Yuan panicked, this was different from what he had agreed with the princess!
"What does the princess mean by this!"
He still asked unwillingly.
The princess turned to Bai Yuan and said: "I can guarantee that your honor is Bai Yuan, but the death of the late emperor and the cause of my father's death is not the same as what my husband told me. I was once deceived. , but you can’t keep ignoring the truth.”
In the story of the princess, the ministers heard a different past:
Back then, the first emperor did make a will and handed it over to King Rui for safekeeping, which explained why Yuan killed his son and surrendered, and changed his appearance to be the king of Yuanning County.Afterwards, King Rui and Ma Xun first felt that the emperor's actions were immoral, but later saw that Bai Luo was governing the country diligently, and if another palace change was launched, the people would suffer in the end, so they forged an imperial edict, implying that Bai Jing was not Bai Luo Personally, I will wait for Bai Jing to ascend the throne in the future. If the emperor is stupid, he can be abolished according to the will.
Times have changed, King Rui's only son is involved in the interests of buying an official in Bang'an, so King Rui has no choice but to bring an edict to secretly plead with the emperor.
Unexpectedly, Peng Qi was worried that King Rui would reveal Bai Yuan's identity and asked the emperor to take precautions in advance, so he killed the killer...
After the princess finished all this, she looked pitiful, but there was not even a drop of tears on her face. She just sighed at the moment, how much she couldn't help herself when she was born in the emperor's family.
Looking back on the past few days, if Chen Xingning hadn't been looking for her secretly and found out that the secret letter she received was actually from Xia Jia's daughter, she would have been kept in the dark and used as a spy.
As always, there is no absolute right or wrong. Everyone has stains, but everyone also has their own strengths and forces.
Bai Yuan froze on the spot, suddenly burst into laughter, stared fiercely at Bai Tian, and said, "Unexpectedly, the old man's schemes for many years were ruined by you, a femme fatale. When you were five years old, you used all means to achieve your goals. This old man underestimated the enemy." gone."
When the voice fell, he whistled.
All the ministers became tense for a moment, and the military officers and generals even held their breath and stared around, but...
Nothing happened.
Bai Zhou winked at Chen Xingning, Chen Xingning signaled, and his guards escorted a man who looked like a leader to Bai Yuan.
The man's left hand was broken, and he was hanging limply. He knelt in front of Bai Yuan and said, "My lord, my brothers... were exposed, and they were all captured."
Bai Zhou said: "Uncle Huang hates me, I understand, but I still don't want Uncle Huang to do such things as assassination."
As he said that, he took out a letter from his arms, and the vermilion seal on it was very eye-catching: "This is the letter of credence sent by King Zhanhuan a few days ago. The little prince Li Jiu has already found it, and it is not King Yuanning. , Uncle Huang must have made a mistake somewhere."
As he spoke, he waved the letter casually, and the letter floated in front of Bai Yuan with the wind. Bai Yuan caught it casually and unfolded it to read. He saw that the letter was indeed covered with the imperial seal of Zhanhuan. It was just and stern that the little prince Li Jiu was living in exile. It was out, and it was found back a few days ago.
Holding the letter, Bai Yuan murmured after a while: "Impossible! You...you must... must have exchanged some interests with Li Zhen, and he wrote such a fake letter for you!"
During the day, he sneered.
Bai Yuan had a good idea, Cen Qi feigned death, and first went to Zhanhuan with a pair of Yujue and Bai Zhou's handwriting.
As far as Li Zhen was concerned, what he was most worried about was that one day, his younger brother Li Jiu would jump out and take the throne with him.
Now that Li Jiu is willing to stay with Dayao's monarch, and even hopes to completely abandon his status as a little prince, Li Zhen is of course very happy.
Machinations and calculations have always been like this, with little emphasis on truth and falsehood, and emphasis on results.
You come and go, each takes what he needs, and in the eyes of the day, this is also a huge business.Balance each other's needs, and you will have long-term peace and stability.
Fortunately, he is good at it.
Bai Zhou said again: "The second emperor's uncle who was hiding in Funan was also secretly captured by General Chu Yanchuan. In the past few days, no one will use the help of Funan troops to attack our Dayao border. Funan King Tu Ajia will live a better life. Yes, at this time, she is probably in the palace, celebrating the end of winter with me from afar."
Successive calculations failed, which caught Bai Yuan by surprise.
He never imagined that dismissal from office and feigning death...wasn't Bai Bai's reckless actions, even Tu Ajia co-acted this act with Bai Bai.
The emperor stood under the gate of Yao'an, there was still fine snow falling in the sky, but the warm winter sun that had been covered by dark clouds just now revealed a ray of light from behind the clouds.
The glow of the setting sun was soft and warm, and it just hit the young king of Yao Kingdom, shaking his pale cheeks to faint with blood.
Bai Tian said in a cold voice: "Bai Yuan, as the royal family of Dayao, grows poisonous weeds and spreads them wantonly, disregarding the lives of all people, and even cooperates with foreign rebels in an attempt to provoke a border war between the two countries and burn the people." He cleared his throat and raised his voice slightly, "Come here, take it down for me!"
The warriors in front of the hall rushed forward and surrounded Bai Yuan.
All the ministers were impressed by the emperor's precise calculations, and heaved a sigh of relief because of the overwhelming advantage in the situation.
But at this moment, an accident happened.
One of the female musicians waiting outside jumped up and walked straight towards the day.
Chen Xingning reacted promptly, drew his sword out of its sheath, and protected it in front of the emperor.
Seeing the two approaching, the female singer even put her hand around her ear, and the veil slipped off.
Showing a pretty face with thin makeup, Yu Yan is as clear and graceful as a cloud on the top of a mountain.
Chen Xingning was shocked, he had calculated thousands of times, but he didn't expect Xia Sixing to have ulterior motives in the female music.
What he didn't expect was that the girl turned the dagger horizontally and wiped it on his neck.
In just a split second, Chen Xingning realized that this was a false move.
But still couldn't help shouting: "No!" He raised his sword and slapped her wrist.
It was indeed a false move.
The two passed by, it was too late for Chen Xingning to withdraw his sword to protect the emperor.
Xia Sixing held the dagger on the emperor's shoulder, and the blade sank into the fur of his graceful collar.
Before everyone could react, the girl was around Bai Tian's waist, and the two jumped onto the roof of the hall behind them.
Things changed too quickly, only Bai Yuan looked up at what was happening before him, and laughed.
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The author has something to say:
Bai Tian cursed: Chen Xingning, you bastard with the opposite sex and no humanity...
Chen Xingning: Your Majesty is right...