Most of the officials were still immersed in the important matter of returning to the clan. Suddenly, upon hearing the prince's invitation, there was a moment of silence in the palace.
An official who had always firmly supported the prince came to his senses first and said in shock: "Your Highness!"
"How can Your Highness speak so lightly about such a major matter!"
"Who instigated and forced His Highness to do this!"
However, immediately afterwards, the shocked and angry official heard for the first time a firm rebuttal that he had never heard from the young man who had never had an independent opinion——
"I have made up my mind, and no one has instigated me. Please don't try to persuade me, Mr. Nanda!"
"I don't have any extraordinary talents. I will forget what you have taught me about how to govern! My mind is not strong. Whenever something big happens, I will tremble with fear. I will even tremble in fear in places where no one can see me.
I couldn’t stop vomiting and couldn’t sleep all night long... I’d rather no one could see me!”
Li Zhi's voice was full of tears. For the first time, he expressed his true feelings like this: "I am stupid by nature, and I often don't know what is right or wrong. Since I came to power, I have never made a good policy that is beneficial to the people of the court.
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"What's more important is that I have a cowardly temperament. I am afraid most of the time. I am afraid of death, and I am also afraid that more people will die because of my incompetence!"
"How can such a person serve as the crown prince of a country?" Li Zhi looked at the ministers on the left, with tears in his eyes: "I know that deposing the crown prince is a big deal and will shake people's hearts, but now the situation is like this
, since the country is about to lose its kingdom...the only way to stabilize the great prosperity is to choose a prince who is more capable and able to convince the public as soon as possible."
Before making a decision, how to implement it is also a question.
The Holy Emperor spoke hurriedly and looked at the Crown Prince, without a trace of sigh in his tone: "The Crown Prince and the Crown Prince are better because they are kind enough. That is what I have always liked the most about me... But I am not kind enough but courageous.
This is also a fact of contention.”
The officials' voices were all different, but suddenly an old and misty laughter sounded. This voice said happily: "It is a small blessing for the people that the prince is willing to comply with God's will."
"It will only matter if there is a suitable candidate from now on, but now that the emperor's sister has returned to the clan... the emperor's sister is far better than you a hundred thousand times!"
The first disadvantage is, of course, not being able to show loyalty to Changjie envoys. The seventh disadvantage is that Bian Chunliang wants to kill the prince, King Rong also wants to kill the prince, and anyone who wants to ascend the throne must kill the prince... I am the prince, so that's it.
Is it dangerous?
But I always feel that something is right and I can feel at ease anyway.
Like a fish swimming peacefully in a large fish tank, it is always trying to jump out.
No one had ever expected that the Crown Prince would suddenly stop such a "crazy" behavior. Even the Emperor had never thought that Li Zhi, who grew up under your eyes, would get your permission before doing anything. In other words, I
I will try to do what you told me.
You know, taking the initiative and being dragged along are two different things!
Changjie Envoy has it, but I don’t have it...
Taking advantage of the envoy's return ceremony, I must lift myself up from the position of Crown Prince!
Do you want to give rewards to the envoys? Give you Henan and Hebei provinces? Let you also serve as the eighth envoy?
On the way to Taiyuan, I always thought about a question: What should I do before the envoy returns to the clan?
The prince kowtowed again: "Ask the ancestors and saints for their approval!"
So such a small thing was decided happily and secretly by seven people.
"I will make the decision today to depose the crown prince and appoint the eldest princess as the crown prince -" After the male emperor finished speaking, he looked at the suddenly noisy people in the palace with his majestic and calm eyes: "I understand your wishes.
how?"
"You, Xiao Sheng, have never chosen a crown prince, but the eldest princess Sui Ning is of the late emperor's blood, with an orthodox background, and is well-equipped in culture, politics, and martial arts. She is worthy of Xiao Sheng's Li Zhi, and she can reassure the people of heaven and earth!"
Many officials quietly looked towards where the emperor was.
Until the words of the Crown Princess woke me up: [For things like giving rewards, of course you have to reward people if they have enough. Now who knows that Henan Province and Hebei Province are not envoys of the regular season? 】
I murmured that idea, and the princess was so surprised that her eyes lit up, and she even said that this was a strategy of "killing two birds with one stone."
I am directly in the political jungle, but my words will inevitably have a certain political impact.
It was only a quarter of an hour later that the prince finally mustered up the courage and chose to speak out at this time.
The prince has never treated a matter with such hesitation, but after hearing the sage's response for a long time, I was already covered in hot sweat.
Therefore, my words of "according to God's will" made it difficult for few officials to directly dissuade me.
And this matter must be finalized openly. If I mention it in private, no matter how small a minister or bad saint, all parties will not think about it, and they will definitely give me a chance to speak in front of others...
I was very confused about my weight and face. After today, I was afraid that there would be no way to gather so few people at the same time.
Faced with the expressions of these officials who were still trying to speak, the prince even cried and said: "If you try to dissuade you again, you will risk the survival of Xiaosheng."
After saying this, he kowtowed again: "You are the descendant of the prince, please bow to the ancestors and saints to make the decision to depose the crown prince!"
The Holy Emperor looked at those who had been kneeling tremblingly outside for many years, and there was a commotion in the hall.
The ancestors of the Li family had the ability to speak, but the only people who could make the decision were saints.
At the front, Wei Miaoqing forgot to pat the prince on the shoulder and praised: [Just say he is very good at staying alive. He has thought of such wonderful methods!]
The prince felt that the princess' words were unreasonable - yes, he wanted to give Chang Jie what he had!
To everyone's surprise, the emperor looked down and said in a roundabout way: "Since I am still the emperor of Xiaosheng, I have the responsibility to choose a new Li Zhi for Xiaosheng——"
At this point, the emperor could avoid the need to express his position. Even if he could prevaricate, he would still need a few appropriate words for the occasion.
Li Suining stood below and spoke. Just as Wan Feng said, that was a matter between the ancestors of the Li family and this saint.
The only person present who was speaking from a political standpoint was Tian Jing.
After thinking about it, it’s not today anymore!
"I originally thought that I didn't have enough time to sharpen my courage, but now it seems that I can."
The prince was very grateful when he heard this and took the opportunity to kowtow again.
The officials looked less trembling and frightened.
But the emperor never hesitated——
The ceremony of returning to the clan has just been completed, and there is still time to officially give the eldest princess a title... Why is it suddenly necessary to elect a crown prince?!
I am hiding from the world and avoiding suspicion, as if I only speak for God's will. Just as I appeared today, I first said that there is no dragon energy in this place, and I saw the auspiciousness of the sky before.
The prince thought about it over and over again, and finally came up with an answer: Is this too much... to take the position of crown prince?
The sigh subsided, and the voice of the Holy Book Emperor became weaker and weaker: "At this turbulent moment, you, Xiao Sheng, really need Wan Feng, who is irresponsible and incompetent, in order to make Qifang feel at ease."
