This was something that Emperor Cheng Ming could not accept no matter what.
He took a deep breath and said: "I will think about these things carefully, please step back!"
The Minister of War did not dare to offend him again, so he responded and retreated.
After the Minister of War left, Emperor Chengming coughed violently.
He was a little unsteady and stretched out his hand to support the wall. Li Shiying hurriedly took a pill and helped him take it.
It's just that he coughed so hard that he had trouble taking the medicine and almost coughed it out.
After Emperor Chengming finally took the medicine, it took him a while to gradually stop coughing.
Li Shiying looked at him with some worry, but he asked: "Li Shiying, do you think any of my sons, except for King Qin, have no provocations?"
How could Li Shiying dare to discuss such a matter with Emperor Cheng Ming? She was so frightened that she knelt down and said, "I think every prince is very good."
Emperor Chengming sat on the threshold in front of the palace, half leaning on the door and said: "No one dares to tell the truth in front of me, and you are the same."
Li Shiying lay on the ground, not daring to say anything.
Emperor Chengming said softly: "When King Qin was young, I thought he was very good and the smartest among all the princes."
"It's just that his temperament is too stubborn. Although he is extremely smart, he would rather break than bend."
"To be honest, I really don't like his temperament."
"But I have to admit that he is the best among all my princes, so I want to test his temperament."
"So I made the emperor's eldest son the prince, and used some methods to provoke conflicts between them."
"I watched the prince poison King Qin, watched him suffer so much, and waited for him to come and beg me."
"As long as he comes to me with evidence that the prince poisoned him, I will depose the prince and give him the antidote."
"But he would rather suffer severe pain every day than come to me for help. In the end, he accidentally married Tang Miaoxin and detoxified him."
"Because of this incident, he hates me very much."
Li Shiying has always been with Emperor Cheng Ming and knows the cause and effect of this incident.
What he saw was somewhat different from what Emperor Cheng Ming saw.
In his opinion, the complete break between Ning Guzhou and Emperor Cheng Ming did not lie in Emperor Cheng Ming standing by and watching the empress and prince poison Ning Guzhou.
However, Emperor Chengming forced his concubines to die and designed to kill Tang Miaoxin.
But he didn't dare to say this in front of Emperor Cheng Ming. After all, this was Emperor Cheng Ming's biggest taboo.
Emperor Chengming sighed softly and asked Li Shiying: "What do you think I should do so that the seventh child will come back?"
Li Shiying feels that this is also a proposition for Taoism.
Because he felt that no matter what Emperor Cheng Ming did, Ning Guzhou would never come back.
But Emperor Cheng Ming asked this, so Li Shiying still had to bite the bullet and said: "I think King Qin is extremely filial, so he must be thinking about the emperor very much."
"If he knew that the emperor was looking forward to his return every day, he would definitely come back."
Emperor Chengming laughed when he heard this: "You are such a slippery man."
Li Shiying smiled: "This is my slave's inference. If it is wrong, the emperor will punish me."
Emperor Chengming shook his head slightly and said, "I won't punish you, because I also hope so."
"It's just that I know very clearly that the seventh child's filial piety was given to Yu Bin and not a single bit was given to me."
Li Siying couldn't accept this.
Emperor Chengming looked at his skinny hands and said softly: "It's actually very simple to get him back."
Li Shiying looked at Emperor Cheng Ming in surprise, and chuckled: "I'm about to die, and I can't wait too long."
"And he actually wants to kill me with his own hands, so he will rush back to the capital before I die."
Li Shiying was startled and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, long live the King's life!"
Emperor Chengming half-closed his eyes and said, "You say that I am long live, but where is the long live in this world?"
"I know very well that my body collapsed a few years ago."
"Without Qi Jianlan's medicine, I wouldn't be able to survive now."
"But now, the medicine has been used up, and the medicine imitated by the imperial doctor is far less effective than the previous one."
"My body has long been dilapidated and I can't hold on much longer."
Li Shiying lay on the ground and did not dare to get up.
Emperor Cheng Ming was silent for a while and then said: "I have ordered Grand Scholar Liu to come in and serve."
Li Shiying responded and hurriedly sent someone to find Grand Scholar Liu. After a while, Grand Scholar Liu came over.
Emperor Chengming said in a deep voice: "Draw an imperial edict!"
Academician Liu hurriedly bowed, and Emperor Cheng Ming took a deep breath, his eyes a little firm.
He said loudly: "Prince Ning Guzhou has not returned to his throne for a long time, but Yan cannot be without a heir, so I have decided..."
University Scholar Liu and Li Shiying were shocked when they heard what Emperor Cheng Ming said, knowing that something was going to happen.
Sure enough, the two heard Emperor Cheng Ming continue: "I have decided to depose the crown prince Ning Guzhou and make the third prince Ning Zhiqing the crown prince."
There were beads of sweat rolling down the forehead of Academician Liu, and he advised softly: "Your Majesty, deposing and establishing the crown prince is a big matter. Do you want to discuss it with Prime Minister Jiang first?"
Emperor Chengming was seriously ill, and now he relied more and more on Prime Minister Jiang for state affairs.
In Dayan, Prime Minister Jiang can be said to be truly subordinate to one person and superior to ten thousand people, with power over the entire government.
Emperor Chengming glanced at Grand Scholar Liu and said, "When I establish a crown prince, do I still need to ask for instructions from a minister?"
Academician Liu hurriedly said: "I made a mistake, please punish me!"
Emperor Chengming had no intention of punishing him, and only said: "Go and write the edict!"
Academician Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes!"
After the edict was written, he brought it over to Emperor Chengming for review.
After reading this, Emperor Cheng Ming nodded lightly and said, "I will go to court tomorrow morning to depose the crown prince."
Academician Liu and Li Shiying did not dare to speak. They looked at each other with some worry in their eyes, but they did not dare not listen.
In recent years, Emperor Chengming was in poor health, and most of the affairs of the court were left to Prime Minister Jiang.
The third prince and Prime Minister Jiang had very different ideas of governing the country, so they often had constant conflicts.
Now that Emperor Chengming has abolished Ning Guzhou and established the three princes as princes, Prime Minister Jiang is afraid that he will be the first to disagree.
Not to mention that now Ning Guzhou has destroyed Linyuan and gained face for Dayan. His reputation in the court is extremely high.
If Ning Guzhou is abolished at this time, I am afraid that many ministers in the DPRK will not agree:
It's not that the third prince is not good enough. In fact, the third prince has been managing the government affairs with great care over the years and has achieved good results.
It's just that Ning Guzhou is too good. Even if he is not in the capital, he still makes the third prince look dim and irrelevant.
Li Shiying knew that something was really going to happen to Dayan.
As he expected, as soon as Emperor Cheng Ming announced the matter the next day, there was an immediate quarrel in the court.
Prime Minister Jiang's faction strongly opposed it, while the Third Prince's faction was overjoyed, feeling that they had finally made it through.
The third prince knew that this matter was not as simple as it seemed!
