Chapter eight hundred and seventy first settlement
[PS: It turns out that the chapter names were wrong several days ago. I just discovered it today. The first ones will not be changed, and the later ones will be postponed. 】
Prince Duan's Mansion.
As one of the few princes who remained in the capital, Prince Duan has always been trained as a prince.
Others who received the same treatment as him were King Kang and King Huai. Now that King Kang failed in his rebellion and was imprisoned, King Huai was also pushed out of the center of power, and King Duan became the focus of the courtiers' eyes again.
According to unreliable news, His Majesty is now in poor health and has officially prepared to appoint King Duan as the crown prince, and will issue an edict in the near future.
The prince is the crown prince of a country. Unless the prince is deposed, when the king dies, the prince can take over the position of the previous emperor without the need for another imperial edict.
Your Majesty is now seriously ill and unable to govern. Once King Duan takes charge of the East Palace, he will take charge of all court affairs and exercise the power of the king.
Today's King Duan is undoubtedly the most beautiful person in the capital. This kind of scenery even exceeds what he has ever seen before.
However, his journey has not been smooth sailing.
Everyone watched the Tang family go from prosperity to decline, and Prince Duan go from being favored to falling out of favor to being favored and then falling out of favor again. It can no longer be described as twists and turns.
However, in matters like seizing a legitimate son, the result has always been more important than the process. No matter what, he succeeded. In the near future, everything he has lost will be returned tenfold and a hundredfold.
Even in the past few years, the declining dignitaries and officials under him will usher in their spring again.
One person attained enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, Prince Duan gained power again, and the servants of Prince Duan's palace were also honored. The concierge glanced at Shangshu Zuo Cheng and said: "Wait here for now, I will report..."
Prince Duan's Mansion is no longer the same as it used to be. From a sparse crowd to a bustling city, officials and dignitaries from the capital came one after another to pay their allegiance to Prince Duan. Even the concierge was in high spirits. Unless he was an official at the level of the Six Ministers, he would not do it at all.
Look at it with straight eyes.
In Prince Duan's palace, Prince Duan was having a banquet for a group of powerful officials. The banquet was full of delicacies and fine wines. He had drank countless glasses of wine. He felt that he was in a state of ecstasy, and a feeling of looking down on the world arose in his heart.
He certainly has this confidence.
Today's Chen State is domestically stable, the people live in peace, and they are under the iron hooves of the heavy cavalry. Except for some minor problems in the Western Regions, it can be said that all barbarians have surrendered. The people and officials in the DPRK generally believe that this is the most powerful state since the founding of the Chen State.
In a few years, some great Confucians even called this the "Government of Dingyuan".
Such a powerful Chen State will soon be his. When his father returns to the west in a few days, he will be the new emperor and the master of these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. He has the right to be proud.
When the time comes, no, from now on, he will eliminate the enemies who have caused him trouble one by one, and the one he hates the most is of course his nominal cousin, who almost put him in a desperate situation.
Tang Ning, the right-hand minister of the government.
King Duan drank all the wine in a wine glass, and a servant came to report: "Shang Shu Zuo Cheng wants to see you."
Since he regained power, he has recruited many officials one after another, but what makes him regretful is that he has not recruited any people or families like the six ministers and several major generals.
He secretly resented in his heart that these people who did not know how to appreciate people could not be arrogant for long. By the time he had completely secured his position in the East Palace, it would be time to cleanse the court.
Shangshu Zuocheng Li Qi was a confidant he installed in Shangshu Province, and he spent a lot of effort on this. Even though he is now considered to have sole power, he cannot have the final say in everything.
The six ministers, the ministers of the nine temples, and the generals of the Sixteenth Guards can still not betray his face.
King Duan paid great attention to Li Qi. Now the affairs of the court are handled by the Minister, and the Prime Minister has taken a long leave. Minister Zuocheng is a gun in his hand, and he has accomplished many things with this gun.
King Duan looked at the servant and said, "Please come in."
Shang Shuzuo Cheng walked in in a hurry, looking a little flustered. King Duan glanced at him and asked, "Why are you so panicked?"
Li Qi looked solemn and said, "Your Highness, Tangning has returned to Beijing."
The name of a person is like the shadow of a tree. Although Li Qi has not been serving as Zuocheng of Shangshu for a long time, Tang Ning's reputation has always been ringing in his ears. When he saw him appearing in Shangshu Province today, he immediately panicked and hurried to pick up the book.
Report from the palace.
"What?" Prince Duan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, but then he thought that things were no longer what they used to be. He was no longer the Prince Duan who had nothing, and there was no need to be afraid of Tang Ning.
"So what if he comes back?" King Duan became even more furious because of the fear that just occurred in his heart. He said with a sullen face: "He came back just in time. I just have some accounts to settle with him..."
If it weren't for Tang Ning, the Tang family would now be the most powerful family in Beijing, with countless vassals under his command. He would have defeated King Kang long ago and sat on the throne of the crown prince.
Although the result has not changed now, the process has become countless times more difficult. Thinking about it now, he is still a little sad and wants to cry...
He was miserable. He was lifted up into the clouds by his father time and time again, and fell down from the clouds to the bottom again and again. If it were an ordinary person, he would have been tortured into a madman long ago.
He hated Tang Ning, so after taking power, he sent people to imprison Tang Ning's family in the capital as soon as possible. If the Xiao family, Fang family, Ling family and other families hadn't given them more protection during this period, he would have taken care of his family.
The family took action, and it was just right that he was back now. He also wanted to let him feel what it was like to lose everything.
Shang Shu Zuo Cheng saw the murderous intent on his face and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Tang Ning is not someone else. If you want to touch him, you need to consider the long term."
King Duan glanced at him and said: "I am not a fool. He was once the Right Prime Minister. How could he be brought down so easily?"
A sneer appeared on his face and he said: "Besides, he has made me suffer so much, how can I give him a happy life?"
Minister Zuo Cheng looked at him and asked: "What does your highness mean..."
King Duan waved to him, and Shangshu Zuo Cheng came over. After listening to King Duan say a few words, a strange light gradually appeared in his eyes.
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After Tang Ning left the palace, she sent someone to the Xiao family to inform several other families about his return to the capital. He also asked Qing'er to go to Princess Anyang's Mansion and let her enter the palace to help bring a message to Zhao Man.
In the few months since he left Beijing, the situation in Beijing cannot be said to be very good, but it is still under control.
King Duan seemed to be powerful, but in fact, he could not win over any of the people who really held the military and political power in Beijing, such as the Six Ministers and the Sixteen Generals.
No matter what happened to Prince Duan, he had to meet Emperor Chen first, but the palace had fallen into the hands of Concubine Tang Hui, and things that were ordinary before had become extremely difficult.
Tang Ning walked slowly in the yard. After a while, hurried footsteps were heard at the door.
Zhao Man held the hem of her skirt with both hands and ran in from the outside. When she saw Tang Ning, her eyes turned red, she quickened her pace and trotted over, then flew into his arms.
She lay on Tang Ning's chest, with tears in her eyes, and choked with sobs: "Father, father, he..."
Tang Ning held her slender waist with one hand and gently patted her shoulder with the other hand, comforting her: "It's okay. Your Majesty is the emperor, and good luck must have its own destiny..."
Even though she knew that Chen Huang's body was running out of oil, Tang Ning could only comfort Zhao Man like this at the moment.
In fact, during the short journey from the palace to his home, he had already thought about it. If Emperor Chen really couldn't make it through, then within a few months, King Duan would finally become arrogant.
Even without him taking action, Fang Shufei and the Fang family hiding behind the scenes, as well as the forces standing behind Zhao Yuan, could push Zhao Yuan to that position.
At that time, it was the day he took Zhao Man and his family to leave the capital.
While Zhao Man was hugging Tang Ning and crying sadly, a figure slowly walked in from outside.
Xiao Jue was holding a swaddling baby in his arms. The baby's eyes were turning around. Xiao Jue paused. When he saw the situation in the hospital, he immediately reached out to cover the baby's eyes and whispered: "Don't look..."
