Chapter 63 The Prince Resigns
Chapter 63 The Prince Resigns
The series of questions from the new ally, Zhu Gonggong only felt that a drop of cold sweat was about to fall on his forehead.
He... he doesn't know either?It was thanks to his quick-wittedness that he made a cooperation, and he was going to make a fool of himself. Who knows what kind of fairy plan those two are going to come up with.
But in order to show his pivotal position in the team, he raised his eyebrows lightly, flicked the whisk in his hand, and said with an inscrutable look: "You have just joined the team and haven't passed the test yet, how can I Tell you the core secret?"
However, after being intimidated for a while, Eunuch Zhu quickly returned to his amiable appearance, nodded and bowed to the third and fourth princes and said: "In short, since everyone is already cooperating now, let's get rid of the person who is not willing to cooperate first." ..."
Eunuch Zhu gestured as he spoke.
The third prince frowned slightly, "So Eunuch Zhu has already figured out a solution?"
Eunuch Zhu panicked a lot in his heart, but on the surface he looked like an old god, and said very calmly: "The two of you will know when the time comes, but it depends on the sincerity of your cooperation."
The fourth prince frowned slightly, and gave the third prince a wink. Both of them nodded slightly, and then took their leave.
Eunuch Zhu, who stayed where he was, saw the figures of the two finally turned around and disappeared, he let out a long sigh of relief, and heard Bai Zhe's slightly smiling voice behind him: "Tsk, Eunuch Zhu is the leader of the team. Man, is the team leading well?"
Eunuch Zhu immediately felt that he was covered in cold sweat, turned around, bowed and saluted with a smile: "How dare you, why don't you always listen to Eunuch Bai... Besides, the change of the plan seems to be a bit sudden, so the villain just I acted accordingly, I don’t know if what I can do will satisfy Eunuch Bai?”
Hearing him say "Eunuch Bai" and "little man", Bai Zhe patted him on the shoulder speechlessly, "Okay, just do what you want, don't get too involved here as a big eunuch Alright, let me tell you about the future plan."
Eunuch Zhu beamed with joy, "Oh."
Then Bai Zhe led him back and began to tell him, "But when you go back to the emperor, you have to tell him that you are going to check the situation of the eldest prince on his behalf. Just tell the emperor..."
Eunuch Zhu listened all the way, sometimes frowning, sometimes nodding in agreement.
When the two arrived at the First Prince's Palace, they had already made up their minds about the plan.
Eunuch Zhu frowned, "This... Bai..."
Not wanting to hear about "Bai Daxian'er" or "Eunuch Bai", Bai Zhe quickly stopped Eunuch Zhu and said, "Call me Team Bai from now on."
"Hey!" Eunuch Zhu replied in a calm manner, "Team Bai, but are we really going to ask ourselves to abolish the prince? Isn't the purpose of the checkpoint itself is to ascend to the throne, and the position of prince is the closest to the throne?" Yes."
Bai Zhe spread his hands, and said leisurely, "You're right, but our trick is to retreat. Alright, let's go... Also, you've been looking for a way to find a way to get rid of your Brothers are also ready to gather."
Eunuch Zhu was puzzled, "What are you looking for?"
Bai Zhe evoked a mysterious smile, "I'll take you through the customs."
Eunuch Zhu immediately hurried away happily, not forgetting to control his expression along the way, with a look of bitterness and hatred on his face, but Bai Zhe leaned on the door frame, looked at Eunuch Zhu's back, but for some reason he could see that Feeling a sense of joy, I couldn't help but chuckled softly.
"What's so interesting about smiling so happily?" Qi Lin's voice came from the room.
Ever since the news of smallpox spread in the eldest prince's bedroom, all the palaces have been avoiding it. Except for the imperial physician coming in and out, there are almost no people from other palaces.
And Qi Lin just took this opportunity to pull out the last wave of nails in the palace.
Originally, the prince disappeared, and all the palaces had already withdrawn their manpower, and now they have been pulled out completely.
In addition, the third prince and the fourth prince have formed an alliance for the time being, so there is nothing to worry about for the time being.
"It's nothing to look at." Bai Zhe shrugged, his expression turned cold, "If the second prince's player is unwilling to cooperate, kick him out."
"That's my plan too." Qi Lin nodded, "I'll make a game for him on the day of the ceremony."
Bai Zhe cast a sideways glance at Qi Lin, "So fast?"
"It's not that he made you unhappy." Qi Lin smiled lightly.
Bai Zhe hissed, "Is it okay not to talk about earthy love..."
"It's not like getting rid of him immediately. Since you doubt the emperor, wouldn't it be better to find a pebble and test it first?" Qi Lin said.
"All right." Bai Zhe thought for a moment, "Just do as you said."
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Although in the imperial study that day, the emperor was extremely indifferent, but when the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven will be held three days later, the crown prince will arrive in person with his sick body, and he will write a letter of guilt. I understand the emperor's enthusiasm for this matter.
Whether it's imperial power or divine power, he doesn't want a single bit of it to fall on others.
The whole court was discussing this matter enthusiastically, and naturally there were voices of opposition.However, all of them will be suppressed by the emperor, and nothing is allowed to be discussed.In particular, he ordered the Imperial Hospital to administer two strong medicines to the eldest prince, so that the eldest prince must be present at the ceremony on the day of the ceremony.
Of course, these two strong medicines did not really enter Qi Lin's stomach in the end, he was very well, and he was playing with the silver mask that Su Shiyi got from somewhere.
"All ready?" Bai Zhe took the silver mask in Qi Lin's hand and gesticulated on his face.
"Okay." Qi Lin nodded, took the mask from Bai Zhe's hand and put it on his face again, the corners of his mouth curled up, "We'll just wait for that day."
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The next day, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was held grandly.
The day was sunny and sunny, but many ministers had to wake up better than usual and tidy themselves up before rushing to the palace early.
Most of the ceremonies of this type are held at the royal altar, and this time is no exception.
However, the difference is that when the ministers arrived, they saw a person kneeling on the altar earlier than them.
The man was tall and slender, with a straight back, but his figure looked a little thin and trembling slightly, as if he was still suffering from illness and was a little crumbling.
Immediately, those old ministers who came early and wanted to warn them were speechless.
They originally wanted to say that the position of the prince is related to the foundation of the country, and they must not be arbitrarily deposed because of small losses.
However, the prince's determination was obviously strengthened by them, and he was dragging his sick body, kneeling on the high altar as if he was alone in the world, obviously he wanted to bear the sin with his own body.
Thinking of this, several veteran officials looked at each other, and they all saw a bit of reluctance in each other's eyes.
"Alas..." A veteran sighed, but in the end he just waved his sleeves and stood aside.
Not far from the altar, Su Shiyi poked Chen Xuyuan with her elbow proudly, "Look, how about it, let me get you some bigger clothes for the boss, doesn't he look cute and pitiful?"
As soon as he thought of the words "pitiful" being applied to Qi Lin, Chen Xuyuan couldn't help but shudder, rubbed his arms and whispered: "Are you sure our boss can make people feel pitiful?" ?”
"Oh, isn't this a metaphor!" Su Shiyi rolled her eyes, "Besides, it doesn't matter if you think it's pitiful, as long as Boss Bai feels pitiful."
With question marks all over Chen Xuyuan's head, he could only look at the figure kneeling on the altar with confused eyes.
Soon, the ministers who participated in the ceremony came in droves and stood on both sides of the palace road.
After waiting for another hour, the emperor's carriage appeared in everyone's sight.
In order to show the sincerity of offering sacrifices to heaven, the carriage stopped far away, and the emperor got off the carriage and walked towards the altar step by step.
Ministers along the way knelt down and shouted long live.
The emperor's expression was calm, showing no emotion.
It's just that every step he takes seems to be influencing everyone's mood, the left step is the country and the country, and the right step is the country's luck.
The ministers looked at him as if he was stepping on the future of the country step by step.
However, none of them knew that in the eyes of the emperor, it seemed that he was stepping on two dragons.These two dragons entangled and moved forward, stretched forward, and finally entangled together, converging into an extremely thick luck, which merged into his own body.
It seemed to symbolize that what he longed for had finally returned to his body.
Thinking of this, the emperor's footsteps could not help but be a little eager.
But when he finally walked up to the altar to look at the eldest prince who had already been waiting here, his feet stopped suddenly, and his brows slowly frowned.
For some reason, this eldest son suddenly became very strange in his eyes.
Could it be because he has been fighting abroad all year round and is not often in front of him?
The emperor thought in his mind, counting the time the eldest prince disappeared while he was away fighting, plus the fact that he had smallpox after he came back and had been shutting himself out all the time, and he hadn't seen this son for more than half a year, it's normal to feel that he is strange... …
However, why did I feel a trace of fear in my heart just looking at his back like this?
The back stood straight, as if he was not afraid of anything between heaven and earth, but he felt that it was his own fault to take the crown prince from this person.
wrong!wrong!
It's not that he wants to take away his crown prince, but that he can't bear the aura of the crown prince, so he wants to tell the world to remove him from the crown prince!
Thinking of this, the emperor felt a little warm in his heart.
That's right, he is the only one who gathers the dragon's energy and gathers all the power in the world, the only real dragon emperor.Even the prince who is kneeling in front of him now admits this. He has no shame in his heart and no loss of virtue, so what is there to worry about?
After thinking about it, the emperor gave Zhu Gonggong, who was always on standby behind him, a look.
After receiving the order, Eunuch Zhu trotted forward two steps, waved his hand whisk, and raised his voice: "The grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens begins now..."
However, before the news of his business was completely spread, one of the kneeling people in the front row suddenly stood up with a bang.
Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted, and they saw the second prince standing there with an embarrassed face, in a dilemma.
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