Tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival, and the emperor has to prepare to offer sacrifices to the heavens. Although this sacrifice is not very big, not as good as the first sacrifice on the first day of the first lunar month, offering sacrifices to the heavens is no small matter, so preparations should be made early.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, the emperor was still very busy.
But despite his busy schedule, the emperor still met Duke Yu in the imperial garden and even held his hand in person.
Duke Yu didn't dare to let him help him, so he quickly took a step back with his cane and bowed to let the emperor go first, while he was one step behind.
The emperor knew that he looked timid and weak in appearance, but at the most he was strong. When he was in office, he was even more stubborn than Wei Zhi.
So the emperor smiled and walked ahead. When he arrived at the Imperial Garden, he found a pavilion and sat down. Seeing that Duke Yu still didn't speak, he waved his hand to ask the palace people to leave.
After everyone had gone away, the emperor smiled and said: "Yu Qing came all the way here, isn't it really just to get a basket of rice cakes in the capital?"
Duke Yuxian raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I heard such words when I was in Yuezhou."
"Some people say that the fact that the prince has no children is a punishment from heaven, because he is not orthodox and is not favored by the late emperor. Nowadays, the fact that the prince has no children is just a small warning. If the chaos cannot be rectified, heaven may bring troubles to the whole world in the future.
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The emperor's face darkened and turned a little blue, "What do you mean by this? Who is chaos and who is righteous?"
County Duke Yu shook his head, "I don't know who is the honest minister, but who is the chaos, your Majesty should know."
The emperor clenched his fists, then loosened them after a while, chuckled lightly, and looked at Yu County Justice: "Does Yu Qing also think that my position is unfair?"
The emperor stood up, stretched out his sleeves and said, "Even if I can make all the people in the world live a peaceful and prosperous life, I still won't get the orthodox recognition of all the ministers?"
Duke Yuxian asked, "Does your Majesty care?"
The emperor replied, slightly raising his chin and saying, "I don't really care about it. I'll leave it to future generations to comment on the merits and demerits."
"So Your Majesty still cares about it," Yu County said, "This is a good thing. It is better for an emperor to ask for a posthumous name than not to ask for a name."
The Duke of Yu County sighed: "Your Majesty, I am a native of three dynasties. I was born in the Chen Dynasty, served as an official in the An Dynasty, and continued until my Jin Dynasty. As far as I am concerned, in the troubled times, there is nothing orthodox or unorthodox."
Those who can become emperors are all based on their own abilities.
If he really paid attention to orthodoxy, even if he did not commit suicide when the Chen Dynasty fell, he should have died together when the last emperor of the An Dynasty committed suicide. How could he become an official in the Jin Dynasty first?
The emperor was also feeling strange, "Since Yu Qing doesn't care, why did you spread such words to my ears?"
The emperor has always known that the world has criticized him, and it is precisely because he knows that he wants to do better.
Seeing that he did not understand what he meant, Duke Yuxian made it clear: "Your Majesty, the late prince and the three kings have passed away. Have you never thought about who it is in the rumors?"
The emperor was startled and began to think.
Duke Yu County said again: "Actually, I don't really care who this is."
emperor:……
"But has the heirloom in the palace become so serious that the reputation of the prince has been damaged among the people?" Yuxian said, "Now that the world is stable and your majesty is working hard to govern, no one can rebel. But if there is a fight for the throne, the court will
When we fight again, everything becomes unknown again."
"Your Majesty, the world is peaceful and cannot withstand another turmoil," Yu County said, "Although the prince has no children, he is the foundation of the country and cannot be moved."
The emperor said expressionlessly: "I know it's not that I'm anxious now, it's that he has lost his sense of normalcy. Yu Qing, look at what he has done in the past few years."
Duke Yu County stood up and knelt down tremblingly on the ground, "Your Majesty, please allow the third prince to accept the vassal status and at the same time demote him."
The emperor frowned, "Relegation?"
"Your Majesty, you have made him a prince now. Then when the prince ascends the throne, what else can he make the third prince?"
seal up?
The emperor thought to himself, given the prince's bad temper, it would be great if he didn't turn the prince into a prince. Does he still expect the prince to become a prince?
So it's better for him to do it in one step and make the third son a prince.
Duke Yu knew the emperor's thoughts at a glance and sighed: "Your Majesty is so partial to the third prince. No wonder the prince is impatient."
The emperor said angrily: "I will give everything to him in this world. I just give his brother a prince, so how can I be partial?"
Yu Xian was fair: "But Your Majesty, does the third prince just want to be a prince now?"
The emperor was silent.
"Although I have been away from the capital for a long time, I have often heard people praise the third prince, saying that he is extremely intelligent and courteous. I have also heard that many ministers in the court have written letters, wanting to keep the third prince as the editor of the Hanlin Academy to compile books. Your Majesty,
"Yu County Duke bowed deeply and said: "According to the rules of our court, princes must join the vassal after they get married. You force the third prince to stay in the capital. You think you are the father's favor for your son. But in the eyes of others, even the third prince
In the eyes of the prince, this is a sign that you want to take the crown prince and replace him with the third prince."
"Presumptuous!" The emperor was so angry that he slapped the stone table, causing his palms to ache and numb.
The emperor was so painful that he almost burst into tears, but he held it back.
Duke Yu County still lowered his head, not afraid of the emperor's roar at all. Anyway, he was yelled at many times when he was an official. He continued: "Your Majesty, I can ask the prince to take my place tomorrow when I offer sacrifices to heaven."
The emperor fell silent, and after a while he said: "You are tired from the long journey, Mr. Yu County. I will send you back to your hometown to rest."
Duke Yu raised his head, glanced at the emperor, bowed his head and stepped back.
Gu Zhong, who was looking over here from afar, saw him, and immediately ran forward to help Duke Yu. After looking at the emperor, he helped Duke Yu out of the palace.
Although the emperor felt very uncomfortable and couldn't get out of his breath, he still made a decree in the afternoon.
He said that he was ill, and the prince would preside over tomorrow's ceremony.
The unprepared prince was immediately pushed to the stage, but it was not difficult for him, because not only did he accompany his father when he performed sacrifices to heaven every year, but he also performed sacrifices independently when he was in charge of the country.
So he wasn't panicked at all, it was the Ministry of Rites that was panicked.
So suddenly, in such a short time, where could they go to find a dress and tiara suitable for the prince?
You can’t wear old ones, right?
Even if you can use the old one, the prince has grown taller and stronger in the past few years, and even his head is different in size, so it won't fit at all.
The Minister of Rites almost went crazy. He didn't know where he received the news, so he rushed directly to the Yu family to see the Duke of Yu County.
Mr. Yuxian lay down on the bed early, saying that he was tired, sleepy and sick, and couldn't see the guests anyway.
So the Minister of Rites caught Shilang Yu and scolded him.
If you want to dissuade, you should do it earlier. Even if you dissuade them yesterday, they will have an extra day to prepare, right?
There are only eight hours left between now and tomorrow to offer sacrifices to heaven. How should they prepare?
Did your one visit to the Holy Spirit make our hair gray?
County Duke Yu also lay on the bed and sighed, "Your Majesty is so stingy, why did you spread the word to others?"
Minister Yu, who had just been implicated, didn't want to talk to his father.