Cui Zheng read the letter from the capital over and over again, shocked and dazed.
There was a quarrel among the officials in the palace. They all came out of the capital and stayed with the late emperor from birth to death. They had never heard of the late emperor bestowing the emperor's seal on anyone else.
To put it bluntly, the late emperor himself had not touched the seal for more than ten years.
To put it bluntly, the late emperor wanted to communicate something to the outside world, how could he hide it from them?
The emperor sat on the dragon throne: "Then what is going on? I just looked at it, and there is indeed one missing seal of the emperor."
Of course, he didn't see it just now. When Cui Zheng came to Linzhou to ask him to ascend the throne and handed the jade seal to him, he opened it and read it.
One of the Emperor's Six Seals is missing.
Cui Zheng said that it might have been lost when the whole sea was in turmoil. He only found it when he left the capital and did not look for it in the panic.
Of course the emperor would not blame him, as long as the jade seal was there. Of course, he did not tell anyone else about it, so as not to make people panic.
But now the Emperor's Seal actually fell into the hands of the Chu State Lady, and she even said something similar to what the late Emperor Tuogu said!
This really makes people panic!
"Your Majesty! Of course she is lying!"
At first, everyone thought that what Mrs. Chu took was fake, but when the emperor showed everyone that the emperor's seal was really not there, this conclusion was no longer valid.
Then it can only be that it was lost in the capital when leaving the capital. It was first seized by Ankang Mountain, and now it falls into the hands of Mrs. Chu.
In short, it was definitely not given by the late emperor.
"This woman is so bold to dare to talk like this!"
"Your Majesty, please issue an edict to reprimand her!"
"Take back the emperor's seal! Don't let her do anything wrong!"
The emperor said nothing and looked at Cui Zheng, who had been silent all this time: "Master Prime Minister?"
Cui Zheng didn't hear it, and he came to his senses only after the officials in the palace called him several times.
Cui Zhengdao: "I was wondering when I lost it..."
This incident also had a great impact on the prime minister, and everyone advised him not to think about it anymore. "Quan Hai had been acting recklessly in the inner court for so long." "Not long after the chaos in Quan Hai was quelled, Ankang Mountain rebelled, and the late emperor died."
At that time, Wu Ya'er ignored the announcement that the court would be in chaos tomorrow." "He rushed us on our way and didn't bother to clean up anything."
In short, it's not their fault that they lost something.
"Let's talk about what to do now."
Cui Zheng said: "Just do what everyone says."
The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, said nothing and looked at Cui Zheng meaningfully.
Cui Zheng was definitely not thinking about when he lost it. He knew it was lost a long time ago. If he had thought about it, he should have thought about it at that time. He must be thinking about other things now.
This Cui Zheng has a lot of things hidden from him.
The emperor did not wait long, Cui Zheng came over when night fell.
"Your Majesty," he saluted, "the emperor's seal was not lost in the capital, but was given to King Zhao by me."
The emperor looked shocked. He guessed a lot. For example, Cui Zheng was the one who really caused trouble in the palace. He had all the six jade seals of the emperor in his hand. He had lost them, etc.
Unexpectedly, the truth was even more outrageous than he imagined. Not only did Cui Zheng hold the Six Seals of the Emperor, he also dared to give them away!
"If it is the father's wish, it would be fine to give it to the emperor brother..." The emperor stammered and tried to make amends for Cui Zheng.
Cui Zheng shook his head: "The late emperor did not know about this matter. This is my own decision. No one else knows."
Then whose world is this? The emperor looked at Cui Zheng and said sincerely: "The Prime Minister must have no choice but to do this."
Thinking of that time, Cui Zheng sighed deeply and told the emperor what had happened.
"That's it. The late emperor was kidnapped by Quan Hai. Just in case, I took it upon myself to ask King Zhao to return to the capital."
"Your Majesty, you also know that the late emperor rarely ordered you to go to Beijing. In order to convince King Zhao, I took out the emperor's seal as a token."
"Unexpectedly, Ankangshan sent people to rob and kill King Zhao, and Mrs. Chu went to rescue him, but ultimately failed to save King Zhao."
Hearing this, the emperor suddenly realized: "So Mrs. Chu got the emperor's seal from King Zhao!"
Cui Zheng nodded: "That must be the case. The old minister just now has been thinking about this matter. Although King Zhao died unfortunately, the Yizhou City was intact and the palace was not destroyed. Why has no one returned the emperor's seal for so long? They thought it was lost.
Yes, so I didn’t tell Your Majesty that I deceived Your Majesty.”
He bent down and saluted.
The emperor sneered in his heart and stretched out his hand to support him: "Don't talk about the past affairs of the prime minister."
Cui Zheng did not take the past seriously and continued to talk about the present: "Only now do I know that it is in the hands of Mrs. Chu."
"That should have been entrusted to her by the emperor's brother before his death, right?" the emperor guessed.
Cui Zheng nodded: "That's definitely the case. King Zhao trusts her, but...~" His face was dark and angry, "This woman actually took the emperor's seal as her own, and she even dared to talk nonsense!"
That's not because you did something privately and no one knew about it, allowing that woman to take advantage of it! The emperor looked at Cui Zheng and sighed: "What should we do now?"
Cui Zhengdao: "I declare my sins to the world to prove the integrity of the imperial court and prevent that woman from doing anything wrong and disrupting the imperial court."
The emperor hurriedly grabbed his arm and said, "Master Prime Minister, you must not do this."
No? Cui Zheng didn’t understand.
"You see you chose the emperor to come to Beijing..." the emperor murmured.
Cui Zheng immediately understood, this King Lu...
"Your Majesty, it was because King Zhao was relatively close to the capital and the situation was too urgent. Otherwise, it would be best for both of you princes to return to the capital..." he explained.
Even Ankangshan knew this, so he immediately sent troops to kill King Zhao...
King Lu survived because of his remote location.
It’s really time and destiny.
The emperor said: "Master Prime Minister! How can I care about this! I mean, since this was indeed the case at the beginning, and Mrs. Chu also said that she was following an order to save the emperor's brother, since she dared to say this to the outside world, she would definitely not
If you admit your mistake, you will definitely have to argue with the prime minister when the time comes. The late emperor and his brother are gone, and there is no other evidence for this matter. If you keep arguing, it will only make the court more chaotic!"
That's true... that woman is so bold and lustful for power that she can even let the rebels pass for personal gain. The emperor's seal has been hidden for so long and now it is finally taken out. How could she give up so easily? Cui Zheng's face was serious. If this woman,
Don't get rid of...
"Your Majesty, she will definitely be the second Ankangshan in the future!"
The emperor sighed: "But she is still fighting against Ankang Mountain. If she does not become Ankang Mountain, the court will be unable to do without her."
Cui Zheng said: "Then what should your Majesty do?"
What else can we do? The emperor said: "Let's just go with the flow."
Wouldn't that make this woman lawless?
The emperor held Cui Zheng's arm tightly and called to the prime minister: "The most important thing now is that I return to the capital as soon as possible. When I return to the capital and take back the emperor's seal, everything will return to normal."
When the emperor returns to the capital, if the Chu State's wife still does not return the emperor's seal, then she will be guilty of an unforgivable crime and will be expelled by everyone.
"Prime Minister, go and see how Han Xu is preparing and whether we can set off."
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Cui Zheng left, and the two chamberlains lowered the curtains. The emperor still stood there, seemingly lost in thought.
"Your Majesty, the prime minister is really guilty of deceiving the emperor!" A chamberlain shouted angrily, "If you look at it in detail, he is the cause of all these troubles."
Facing his trustworthy servant, the emperor did not want to lie anymore.
Cui Zheng said that Mrs. Chu was the second Ankangshan. Look at the things he did, isn't he the second Ankangshan?
It turned out that he wanted to belong to King Zhao, but now supporting himself as emperor was just a helpless move.
The emperor's face was gloomy.
"But now I can't live without him."
When the day came that he could leave... the emperor waved his sleeves and told these people to die.
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When Cui Zheng's letter asking about Han Xu was delivered to Songzhou, Han Xu was standing outside Shangwu City, frowning at the closed city gate.
"Resisting arrest?"
"The official was detained?"
"What did the Wu clan do?"
"What did you do again?"
He asked this question to Zhong Qi who was standing next to him.
This young general robbed the Wu family of a lot of money in his name, whether it was for personal gain or righteousness, but Han Xu could not be treated like a fool.
Zhong Qi expressed his grievance: "Sir, this is really a big case. I even confiscated all the money and returned it all. The owner of the crime also said that he doesn't want money, as long as the injustice is avenged and the injustice is avenged."
Han Xu looked at Zhong Qi without saying anything.
He has seen this trick of finding framers of misfortune much more frequently.
Zhong Qi took a step forward and said: "Sir, I didn't lie. The sufferer is a member of the Wu clan!"