On the evening of the Spring Dragon Festival, there is a grand palace banquet.
Emperor Sheng of the Yuan Dynasty was ill, so the prince was still sitting there, feasting with the officials.
Perhaps because he was too complacent, the prince drank until his glass was dry. After a while, he staggered drunkenly, and was helped to the toilet by the palace attendants.
Sitting on the toilet, with four maids waiting on him, the prince burped with wine, and suddenly smelled something. He felt nauseous and vomited all over the floor...
After the palace maids and eunuchs were busy cleaning up, the eunuch Xiao Yuanzi lowered his head and seemed to feel that the corner of the prince's robe had disappeared?
When I quickly looked back, I saw the prince sitting there upright, drinking half a cup of sobering tea, and then waddling towards the palace.
Even the serving maids and eunuchs did not notice anything unusual... After entering the palace, the civil and military officials of the court naturally did not notice anything.
The prince changed his clothes and felt a little more energetic. After a few drinks, he left his seat to join the banquet with everyone. He patted the old prince on the shoulder and said, "Wei Qing will be strong in old age. I will still rely on Wei Qing in the future."
He offered another glass of wine to Tao Xiang: "The person I respect the most in my life is the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister must help me properly."
At this point, all the officials looked at each other in confusion.
Even Lu Shoufu was anxious. He was the Crown Prince and Tutor. If the Crown Prince was not good, he would not be able to take advantage of him!
Lu Shoufu said anxiously: "Your Highness is drunk! Xiao Yuanzi! Why don't you send His Highness back to rest!"
The prince's face changed: "How outrageous! Is it your turn to command me?"
He pointed at him and shouted drunkenly: "Lu Junguang! I've had enough of you! Do you still have this prince in your heart?"
Lu Shoufu was angry and anxious, and had no choice but to kneel down and plead guilty: "I don't dare!"
"I see you have nothing to dare!" The prince yelled at the top of his lungs: "You talk to me every day about what you said to me, the prince, how quick you are to read and know ten things! His heart is to be punished! So what if you are not as good as the prince!
No matter how virtuous the prince is! His father once said that he only recognizes Gu as one son! The reason why he established the prince is just to occupy Gu's seat! His mother and concubine just said a word, and his father banished him! How dare he still dare to do so?
Come back... Hahaha, after he came back, it was his father who poisoned him and killed him! From the beginning to the end, his father only loved Gu Gu! Only Gu is the prince, and Gu is the lord of the world! The true Dragon Emperor!
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The whole hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and more than one person was frightened on the spot.
Then the old prince stepped forward directly, held the prince up from behind, and said loudly: "Your Highness, you are drunk!"
Prince Judah shouted: "Gu is not drunk! Gu Fei has to tell that old man clearly! Father only recognizes Gu as one son, the first prince... Bah! Even the first queen is just a placeholder in the eyes of father, they
It’s nothing…”
The old prince raised his palm and lightly hit the prince's neck, causing the prince to faint.
Emperor Yuan Sheng originally just caught a cold. When he heard about this, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot.
The prince was so drunk that he openly coveted the throne, insulted his mentor in public, and committed all the major taboos... In comparison, what happened to the former prince back then became the least important thing.
But it doesn't matter, this matter has been heard by everyone.
It turns out that the disappearance of the late prince was caused by Emperor Yuan Sheng’s own hands?
It turns out that the former prince came back and was poisoned by Emperor Yuan Sheng himself?
Tiger poison does not eat its children. The former prince had few literary talents and had a reputation as a virtuous man, but Emperor Yuan Sheng actually killed him with his own hands? He even had bad intentions when he established the prince?
This, this is simply unbelievable!!
The impact of this incident is much greater than imagined.
After all, there was Empress Wu who died suddenly in public after she complained of grievances, and now she has a lawless prince, and the root of all this comes from a confused emperor and a witch who brought disaster to the country.
Yan Baiwei never lacks patience in his layout.
He first asked people to subtly influence the prince, which was also reflected at the New Year's Eve palace banquet, and everyone had already preconceived ideas; then he asked Emperor Yuan Sheng to get sick at the right time, and the prince presided over the plowing, which added to the fire; the prince
He is not a wealthy person, and he has shown it on his face for a long time. It is not surprising to everyone that he said such words after being drunk.
And Lu Shoufu actually mentioned the former prince to the prince in order to arouse his youthful spirit so that he could focus on learning.
It's not surprising that he would stop the prince, and it's even more logical that the prince would take the opportunity to have an attack.
Even the prince himself didn't know about the substitution in the middle and thought it was really him. He only remembered that he was drunk and had no memory of what he said or did.
After he woke up from the wine, the prince was so frightened that he cried on the spot and hurried to find Concubine Wan.
But Emperor Yuan Sheng didn't even see Wan Fei. He was ill for seven or eight days and didn't even go to the morning court.
But if you delay any longer, things will have to be resolved.
Finally, after Emperor Yuan Sheng came to court, he issued an edict, accusing the prince of coveting the throne, losing his moral integrity after drinking, talking nonsense, insulting his mentor, etc... He was deposed as prince and ordered to shut himself up and reflect on his mistakes.
Only the matter of the former prince was not mentioned.
This can be regarded as a habitual strategy of Emperor Yuan Sheng.
Once things got too big and out of control, he would punish the "first servant" severely. In that case, it would be difficult for everyone to say what they said. After all, everyone can't say that the one you should punish, Your Majesty, is yourself.
Then Emperor Yuan Sheng summoned Yan Baiwei.
Yan Baiwei also expected this.
After all, he is a "Yanhuang clan member" and can be regarded as a half-sufferer. Emperor Yuan Sheng's words cannot be explained to the civil and military officials. After all, the more he explains, the more guilty he becomes.
He could only explain it to Yan Baiwei.
After this summons, no matter whether he explained or comforted him, Yan Baiwei couldn't jump out and say that he didn't agree. In this way, the "suffering masters" all approved, and the officials would be unable to speak.
This is treating state affairs as family affairs.
He can only do this, and this is the only way he can do it.
However, what even Yan Baiwei did not expect was that Emperor Yuan Sheng would let him join the cabinet.
Yan Baiwei expected that he would give him a promotion, but he originally thought that he would put him in the sixth department.
Unexpectedly, he actually dared to put him in the cabinet?
Of course, several people opposed it, but Emperor Yuan Sheng insisted on having his own way.
How should I put it, Emperor Yuan Sheng was smart enough to successfully focus everyone's firepower on this matter.
After arguing for several days, the decision was finally settled.
Although the prince did not commit rebellion, he made such a big mistake and the chances of his coming back are very low.
Now, the sixth prince is fourteen years old, the seventh prince is eleven years old, the eighth prince is eight years old, and there is also a fifth prince who was banned not long ago for forming a clique for personal gain.
It's not too big to say it's big, but it's really not too small to say it's small. However, because the prince's family was the only one in the past, the other princes were like invisible people in the royal family, and no one knew what their conduct was like.
It depends on what Emperor Yuan Sheng plans to do next.
In addition, there is a follow-up to this matter.
Lu Shoufu wrote a letter begging for the bones, that is to say, he requested to retire when he was old so that the bones could be buried in his hometown.
Emperor Yuan Sheng agreed directly without even trying to persuade him to stay, obviously still angry with him.
After that, just as Yan Baiwei had predicted, Zhao Shouzhuo was promoted to the first assistant, and Xie Cifu remained the second assistant.