On that day, during the welcoming banquet at Zichen Hall, one incident after another happened, which made everyone who attended the banquet feel a little uneasy.
Although Emperor Wei did not have a fit on the spot, everyone could see that His Majesty was in a bad mood, which led to the banquet being hastily ended.
It has to be said that at today's banquet, several incidents occurred that were worthy of everyone's digestion.
Especially the political alliance between the Wei family, the Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, and the fifth prince Qing Wang Hongxin is almost on the table.
After the banquet was over, Yong Wang Hongyu and Xiang Wang Hongjing left the palace with dark faces.
Thinking about it, you must know that originally Qing Wang Zhao Hongxin's advantage in the battle for the right to inherit was not big, and he could almost be said to be at the bottom. But in the blink of an eye, Qing Wang Hongxin's power was close to that of the East Palace Prince Hongli, and even
Nothing is worse than what has been done.
Today is really... a series of "surprises".
Smiling and shaking his head, Zhao Hongrun led Princess Yulong, Mi Jiang, Wei Jiao and other clan guards towards the entrance of Zichen Palace.
He was surprised to see Zhao Yuanli, the uncle of the Sixth Prince, standing there with a frown, as if waiting for someone.
Wait for me? No...
With a thought in his heart, Zhao Hongrun stopped and turned his head, just in time to see the king of Nanliang, Zhao Yuanzuo, and the king of Qing, Zhao Hongxin, walking out of the palace.
"Third brother."
Under the surreptitious looks of hundreds of officials from the nearby court, Zhao Yuanli, the uncle of the Sixth Prince, asked expressionlessly: "What do you want to do to form a party for personal gain?"
"Ha." Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, snorted and said calmly: "Sixth brother, what do you mean by this?... The Wei family fights for my great Wei, and what can I do to help my brother?"
Zhao Yuanli narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice and said: "It sounds grand, but in fact, I don't want to firmly grasp the military power of the Western Expeditionary Army..."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned in the distance.
It is true that anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, did not want to hand over military power, but he understands that it is not easy to say this kind of thing in public. This is the rule.
As expected, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, frowned and said with a bit of dissatisfaction: "Sixth brother, you must abide by the rules when talking and doing things, and don't talk nonsense."
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun took a few steps, pulled Zhao Yuanli's sleeve, and whispered: "Uncle Six, you are drunk, let's go."
Zhao Yuanli glanced at Zhao Hongrun, then stared at Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The reason why you can return to Daliang is because of brotherly love. Do you really think that your talent, Zhao Yuanzuo, is unparalleled?
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"I don't know what you are talking about." Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, smiled and said lightly.
A flash of anger flashed across Zhao Yuanli's face, but it was difficult to get angry in public, so he lowered his voice and said: "I will keep an eye on you, just take care of yourself!"
After that, he walked away.
Uncle Six...
Zhao Hongrun was a little helpless, and cupped his hands to Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Qing King Hongxin and the hundreds of officials from the court who were watching secretly nearby. He was about to leave and catch up with Zhao Yuanli, but was stopped by Qing King Zhao Hongxin.
"Hongrun, you won't blame me if I snatched your position as supervisor of the army, right?" Zhao Hongxin said with a chuckle.
At this time, the officials in the court who had just watched the confrontation between King Yi Zhao Yuanli and Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo were about to leave, but suddenly stopped. After all, in their eyes, King Su Zhao Hongrun and King Qing Zhao Hongxin
The confrontation is no less good than the former.
You must know that just now at the banquet, everyone could see that Emperor Wei originally wanted Su Wang Zhao Hongrun to serve as the supervisor of the army. As for the purpose, it is a matter of benevolence and wisdom.
It can be thought that the Emperor of Wei hopes that His Highness Prince Su will restrain the Wei family and the King of Nanliang, or it can be thought that the Emperor of Wei wants Zhao Hongrun to suppress the latter two.
After all, Zhao Hongrun, as the commander-in-chief of the Wei army in the Four Kingdoms Campaign against Chu, was qualified to serve as the supervisor of the army.
Unexpectedly, King Qing Hongxin showed up halfway and took away the post of military supervisor. Therefore, the court officials were also secretly paying attention to Zhao Hongrun's reaction.
However, Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "Brother Wu Wang said something serious. I just want to take a break. Brother Wu Wang is willing to go to Northern Xinjiang for me. It's too late for me to be grateful... Farewell, Third Uncle, and Brother Wu Wang."
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After saying that, he bowed his hands to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, and Hongxin, the king of Qing, and turned to leave.
Although one of these two is his third uncle and the other is his fifth prince brother, in fact, their friendship with each other is very shallow, and it is not an exaggeration to call them acquaintances.
Having said that, does Zhao Hongrun really not care about the fact that King Qing Hongxin took away his position as supervisor of the army?
In fact, he really doesn't care.
After all, he had just finished the Four Kingdoms' campaign to conquer Chu a while ago and had only returned to Daliang of Wei for two or three months. As long as there were no huge changes in northern Xinjiang, of course he wanted to take a rest.
Anyway, he is not like his brothers who are obsessed with the position of the king of Wei and need to rely on military exploits to gain the position of king.
As for the Wei army heading to Northern Xinjiang together with the army of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Hongrun would not be worried. After all, Zhao Yuanzuo, Wei Ji, and Jiang Bi are all commanders who are good at fighting, and they will not be inferior to him at all. In this case
, what’s there to worry about?
The only thing he cares about is the political alliance between the Wei family, the Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo, and the Qing King Hongxin.
Of course, it was not because of the throne. After all, Zhao Hongrun did not care about the location of Chui Gong Palace. He just felt puzzled that the Wei family of Longxi, the king of Nanliang, Zhao Yuanzuo, and the king of Qing, Hongxin, were originally unrelated forces.
But for some reason, it seemed that there was an indescribable force in the dark that led the three of them to finally come together and become one.
Also, why did Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, risk offending Emperor Wei to stand up this time?
Just for self-protection? Not willing to hand over military power?
But the problem is, it is said that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was exiled for seventeen years before Emperor Wei's hostility and fear of him was resolved. Now, for the sake of military power, he once again became the political enemy of Emperor Wei. Is it really worth it?
Or is it that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, has greater ambitions?
I can’t figure it out…
Zhao Hongrun shook his head and chased after Zhao Yuanli, the sixth uncle.
Behind him, Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Nanliang, looked at the backs of Zhao Yuanli and Zhao Hongrun, his uncle and nephew, with a flash of strange color in his eyes. Then he smiled brightly and stepped down the stairs.
At the same time, Emperor Wei had returned to Chui Gong Hall.
Just as Zhao Hongrun guessed, Emperor Wei did not have a fit in the Zichen Palace, which does not mean that he did not have anger in his heart. It was just that it was difficult for him to have a fit in front of the Wei family and in front of all the officials of the court.
No, when Emperor Wei returned to the Chui Gong Hall, he threw the items on the dragon case to the ground in a rage. Even though the priceless jade paperweight fell to the ground and broke into two pieces, it still failed to faze the Wei emperor.
The king became less angry.
To be fair, all the changes in the Zichen Palace just now were not worthy of Emperor Wei's anger.
So what if the Wei family joins forces with Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang? What if the fifth son Qing Wang Hongxin and the uncle's family power behind this son are added to it? Is it worthy of him? He is the king of Wei!
What really made Emperor Wei so angry was that he felt that the whole thing was out of his control, which was almost unprecedented.
I remember that in the past, many forces including relatives, clans, clans, and courts were vying for power and profit, but it was not Zhao Yuanci who took care of everything.
The eighth son, Zhao Hongrun, has a eccentric, bad, and cunning personality, right? But once Zhao Yuanci becomes serious, he can still prevent that kid from taking advantage of the so-called father-son war.
But today in the Zichen Palace, it was completely out of Zhao Yuancai's control, which made the Emperor Wei feel a great threat.
Zhao Yuanzuo...Zhao Yuanzuo...
Emperor Wei paced back and forth in the inner hall of Chui Gong Hall with a gloomy face.
After a while, he took a deep breath and gradually calmed down his anger.
He began to think about the whole thing calmly.
He vaguely felt something was wrong.
Because according to his understanding of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, although this third brother was good at both civil and military affairs, he probably did not have such tactics.
Did Zhao Yuanzuo study the art of power and strategy during those seventeen years of exile? Or...
...Is there someone guiding him behind his back?
Emperor Wei sat back on the dragon chair, tapping the armrest with his right hand carelessly, thinking deeply.
Suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he saw a young eunuch walking in and whispering a few words in the ear of the senior eunuch Tong Xian.
"What's the matter?" Emperor Wei asked.
The great eunuch Tong Xian dismissed the young eunuch, and then leaned over and said to Emperor Wei: "Just after the banquet dispersed, there seemed to be a conflict between Prince Yi and Prince Nanliang in the Zichen Palace..." After that, he took the young eunuch away.
The eunuch told Emperor Wei about the incident outside the Zichen Palace.
"Oh?" Emperor Wei was slightly stunned, and after pondering for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "Tong Xian, please quickly send someone to invite Lao Liu to Chui Gong Hall."
Tong Xian was stunned for a moment, then nodded and made arrangements.
About half an hour later, after Tong Xian arranged for the eunuch to clean up the ground, King Yi Zhao Yuanli came to Chui Gong Hall: "Your Majesty, will you summon my younger brother?"
Emperor Wei nodded, ordered Tong Xian to set up a seat for Zhao Yuanli, and then asked seriously: "Yuanli, please do something for me."
Zhao Yuanli showed some doubts on his face, and then, as if he had thought of something, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty wants me to have a trip to Northern Xinjiang, right? Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have this intention!"
After hearing this, the expression on Emperor Wei's face softened, he nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Liu understands what he is thinking, but there is no need for you to go to Northern Xinjiang. Your whereabouts are too obvious."
"What does the emperor mean?" Zhao Yuanli asked doubtfully.
Emperor Wei narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Today, the Wei family in Longxi submitted a genealogy to my Zhao clan. However, I see Wei Feng, who was in charge of the Wei clan that day, will never be willing to let the Wei family be taken over by me.
They are at the mercy of the clan's clan. Their next step is bound to be something they think about
Try to install clan members in the clan to fight for the right to speak for the Wei family... I can't personally come forward in this matter. You can go to the clan mansion to control the situation for me, and don't let the Wei family take up too many positions. Other than that,
Besides, I will cooperate with you to take charge of the Zongwei Yulin Army..."
"This?" Zhao Yuanli raised his head in shock when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "Isn't there a second brother in the clan..."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Wei said calmly: "I tell you to go, so you go."
Zhao Yuanli opened his mouth and finally cupped his hands.