Chapter 980 The estrangement between ruler and minister
In order to take revenge, he would not hesitate to use himself as a bait, give up the throne that was within easy reach, and also deal heavy blows to Emperor Chen one after another. This is really not something that normal people can do.
King Huai smiled and asked: "What Master Tang did is what humans do?"
Tangning asked, "What do you mean?"
King Huai looked into his eyes and asked: "Should I call you Mr. Tang, or... Your Majesty the King?"
Tangning was silent for a moment, looked at him and asked, "Prince Fu is yours too?"
Not many people in the capital knew about Tang Ning's identity. Princess Anyang and Zhao Man could not tell Prince Huai about this matter. Only Prince Fu, who might have heard the conversation between Princess Anyang and Mei'er, could possibly know this secret.
However, he did not tell Emperor Chen about this matter, but directly told Prince Huai. There is no need to guess what this means.
King Huai did not admit or deny, he looked into the distance and said: "I have done everything I should do, and I will leave it to you next."
"Leave it to us?" Tangning snorted coldly and asked, "Do you think we will fall into your trap?"
King Huai still had a smile on his face and asked, "Is this up to you?"
Of course, Tang Ning knew that she couldn't help it, because the key to this matter lay with Emperor Chen. The Fang family had gathered such a large force for Zhao Yuan. This kind of behavior was considered betrayal in Emperor Chen's eyes.
Tang Ning believed that after his three sons rebelled one after another, what Chen Huang hated most now was betrayal. He might change his decision to make Zhao Yuan the crown prince because of this incident, and the forces behind the Fang family and Zhao Yuan were for him.
With so much paving the way for him to become the crown prince, of course Huang Huang would not let Chen Huang change his decision...
So Chen Huang stood on the opposite side of most of the important ministers in the court. For their own interests, neither party would take a step back... This was exactly what King Huai wanted.
Emperor Chen was betrayed not only by his four sons, but also by his ministers and his court.
There are also innocent people involved in this matter.
King Run's family, who originally planned to silently take advantage, were pushed to the front by him and had to face the most powerful person in the Chen Kingdom...
Tangning is one of the innocent people.
"You are really nothing." Tangning looked at King Huai, shook her head and said, then a smile appeared on her face, her tone changed, and she said, "You are just a man."
Tang Ning thought she was ruthless enough, but in fact, it was King Huai who was ruthless.
The worst revenge is not to kill the other person, but to make him live in a life that is more uncomfortable than death. In this way, he will make Chen Huang spend the rest of his life in pain to avenge his biological and adoptive mother.
He must have been preparing this plan a long time ago. His indifference and low profile are all deliberately pretended by him. They are also princes, and Prince Kang and Prince Duan cannot be compared with him at all.
Tang Ning admired King Huai from the bottom of her heart. If their identities were reversed, Tang Ning might not be as good as him.
He remembered something and asked: "Those notes were written by you too, right? You know that King Kang rebelled, and the person behind King Duan and the Tang family is also you, right?"
King Huai did not speak, which was already an admission.
Tangning gave him a thumbs up and said, "You are cruel enough."
King Huai looked at him, smiled slightly, and said, "Be careful, my father is ruthless, and he is much more ruthless than me."
Tangning crossed her arms, looked at King Huai a few times, and asked, "You don't have any backup plans, do you?"
King Huai asked: "As a dying man, what can I do?"
Tangning shook her head, stretched out her hand and threw a bag of things to him, and said, "It's a shame that you died. Let's save the dog's life first."
King Huai reached out to take the thing thrown by Tang Ning and asked, "What is this?"
Tang Ning said: "Your antidote."
King Huai put the antidote aside and asked, "Can I ask you a question?"
Without waiting for Tang Ning to agree, he looked at Tang Ning and asked, "Has Guizhou Province fallen into your hands?"
Tang Ning did not answer, but King Huai had already gotten the answer from his face.
He looked at Tang Ning and continued to ask: "Princess Changning of Chu State has married you, what is the relationship between Khan Sushen and you?"
Tangning glanced at him and said, "This is the second question."
"You didn't answer the first question." King Huai smiled and asked: "The last question, do you know Princess Xifan?"
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Maintain the temple.
Chen Huang was sitting on a chair, with his head lowered and his face downcast.
Tang Ning walked in from outside the palace, bowed and said, "Your Majesty."
Chen Huang raised his head and asked, "Did you find out anything?"
Tangning shook her head and said, "He didn't say anything."
Chen Huang smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly and said: "For so many years, I have never discovered that the person who hides the most around me is actually him..."
Tangning lowered her head and did not say anything else.
Chen Huang stood up slowly and said: "What I hate most is betrayal. King Kang betrayed, King Duan betrayed, and now even King Huai has betrayed me. Who else can I trust?"
Tang Ning said: "The palace is full of courtiers and the people of Li are loyal to Your Majesty."
Chen Huang smiled sarcastically and said, "It's not necessarily who they are loyal to..."
After a moment, the self-deprecating look on his face disappeared, he looked at Tang Ning again, and asked, "Just now in the palace, I said that I would make Prince Run the crown prince. Do you have any objections?"
Tang Ning looked calm and said, "I believe that only Your Majesty can decide on the matter of establishing a crown prince. I have no objection to what Your Majesty decides."
Chen Huangdao: "I want to hear your true thoughts."
Now that the matter has come to this, it is useless for Tang Ning to hide it. He thought for a while and said, "Now there is only one prince left in the capital, Prince Run. I also feel that His Majesty's decision is the most appropriate."
Emperor Chen smiled and said: "Although King Run is the only one left in the capital, I am not the only son left..."
Tang Ning raised her head, and no matter how she looked at it, she felt that the smile on Chen Huang's face had something aura about it.
When Emperor Chen was young, he was even more lustful than Prince Run. He indeed had far more than four sons, but the other princes had no status and background, and were not valued by him, so they were sent away early.
The capital, courtiers and people have almost forgotten their existence.
Huang Chen mentioned this matter in front of Tang Ning, and his intention was naturally obvious.
He is threatening or beating.
He wanted to tell Tang Ning that he not only had King Run as a prince, but King Run was far from the end. He still had the final say on who to make as the prince!
Tang Ning stood there, speechless. Huang Chen glanced at him and said, "There's nothing else going on. You can go down first."
Tang Ning cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Pingyang has been unwell for the past two days. I would like to take a look at her again..."
Emperor Chen looked indifferent and said: "Princess Pingyang is not feeling well. I will arrange for an imperial physician to treat her. The Minister of Finance is busy with affairs. Just take care of your own affairs..."
Tang Ning raised her head, and Chen Huang's gaze also came over. The two looked at each other, Chen Huang's eyes were indifferent and without any emotion, while Tang Ning's eyes were deep and showed no emotion.
Their eyes met and neither of them spoke, but both Tang Ning and Chen Huang knew very well that from today on, a deep and difficult rift had appeared between the monarch and his ministers, who had never had any conflicts.
After a long time, Chen Huang looked away from him and said in a deep voice: "Go down."
Tang Ning bowed and said calmly: "My lord, please leave..."
