A Clash of Gods - Chapter 1350

[Chapter 1340 Reversal]

Xiao Shaozong, the heir of the King of Huainan, walked to the center of the hall and knelt down to the emperor. Just as he knelt down, the little emperor leaned forward slightly, raised his hand and said, “Quick… Flatten!”

Xiao Shaozong still respectfully bowed. After getting up, he saw When the ministers looked at each other, Xiao Shaozong looked calm.

The ministers thought that although Xiao Shaozong was a member of the royal family, he was still a culprit now. King Huainan rebelled. Although the little emperor did not severely punish Xiao Shaozong, as the eldest son of King Huainan, Xiao Shaozong naturally could not escape his identity as the son of a criminal. In fact, there are many people in the court who used to be the kings of Huainan, including Dou Kui, the minister of households.

After King Huainan committed suicide, Sima Lan wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the imperial mausoleum to kill off all the henchmen of King Huainan, but the little emperor obviously did not want to see such a situation. The Sima clan was the dominant family, and there was no more power to check and balance, so Qi Ning was immediately appointed as the Minister of Punishment, and the purpose was naturally to keep the officials who had followed the King of Huainan as much as possible.

Dou Kui and others naturally saw the emperor’s intentions, and immediately defected to the Jinyi Qi family’s command.

Qi Ning may not want to form a gang with this group of people, but it is in the interests of the emperor and even the Jinyi Qi family to keep the forces that are enemies of the Sima Clan, so naturally Qi Ning will not refuse.

Dou Kui and the others were naturally surprised when they saw the Prince of Huainan suddenly come to court today.

Dou Kui used to be a capable general under the king of Huainan. He went in and out of the palace of Huainan frequently. Naturally, he often saw Xiao Shaozong. Even his son Dou Lianzhong also had a good personal relationship with Xiao Shaozong. complex.

The Huainan palace was raided, but the palace itself was still reserved for Xiao Shaozong to live in, but the civil and military people of the whole dynasty knew that Xiao Shaozong was actually under house arrest in the palace. After all, Xiao Shaozong was terminally ill and his life was not long.

“Prince, there is a book here, but you sent someone to present it?” The eunuch in charge gave a wink to an eunuch next to him. The eunuch immediately held a book, walked quickly to Xiao Shaozong, and handed the book to the eunuch. Xiao Shaozong, Xiao Shaozong took the document, glanced at it, and said, “It is what the guilty minister presented to the emperor!” The

ministers were even more surprised, thinking that Xiao Shaozong was under house arrest in the palace, how could he still give the emperor a document?

He didn’t know what was in his book?

The emperor coughed and said: “You said that you have something to present to…. to me, but also in front of the civil and military of the Man Dynasty… I called you into the hall today, what do you have? Do you want to present it?” His voice was a little hoarse, and the ministers thought that it seemed that the emperor was indeed a dragon.

It’s just that the ministers were even more puzzled about what Xiao Shaozong had to present to the emperor,

and in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Xiao Shaozong took out a booklet from his arms, and everyone was even more surprised when they saw that there was red paint on the corner of the booklet.

The red paint is on, it represents the secret in the secret. Since it is a secret, it must be broken, but I don’t know why Xiao Shaozong took it out in front of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty?

However, Xiao Shaozong only saw Xiao Shaozong present the secret book to the eunuch standing beside him. The eunuch carefully held the secret book and sent it to the Golden Palace, but Xiao Shaozong had already said: “Sacred Recital, this is a secret order, and it was also before the death of the first emperor. , hand it over to the father and the king personally, and ask the saint for a clear lesson!”

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion.

No one would have imagined that before the late emperor died, he would hand over a secret decree to the King of Huainan, but no one knew about it before the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty.

There were even more people who felt strange, thinking that before the death of the late emperor, Sima Lan ordered to replace the city defense and transfer the Black Sabre Battalion into the city. At that time, everyone knew very well that it was to prevent the King of Huainan from taking the opportunity to cause chaos.

The late emperor was in a critical situation at the time. Jinshang, who was only a prince at that time, was sent to Dongqi as an envoy. Once the late emperor died suddenly, the new monarch could not take the throne immediately, and serious problems would naturally arise.

A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. All the officials in the court know that the King of Huainan has always been brooding about the throne. No one can guarantee that the King of Huainan will not take advantage of the situation. As the eldest son of Emperor Taizu, the King of Huainan can be regarded as Genzheng Miaohong has enough qualifications to inherit the throne.

Since the late emperor had made arrangements before his death to prevent the king of Huainan from usurping the throne, how could he leave a secret order to the king of Huainan?

What is the purpose of this secret order?

The ministers were suspicious, and the eunuch in charge of the ceremony had already received the secret order and presented it to the little emperor. The little emperor opened the book and took a closer look. The Fengtian Hall was silent at this time. After a while, the little emperor handed the book to the ceremony The eunuch: “Read it!”

The eunuch who served the ceremony took the secret order, opened it, and said loudly: “My secret order: The King of Huainan and I are blood relatives, loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and the Sima family has the heart of rebellion, and the king of Huainan protects the country and protects the country. Your

Majesty, kill the Sima Clan, and honor this!” The

ministers in the Fengtian Palace were stunned, and many people even thought that there was something wrong with their ears.

When the King of Huainan was sacrificing the imperial mausoleum, he arranged for an assassin to disguise himself as a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, intending to assassinate Sima Lan to seize power. Although the assassin arranged at that time did not directly assassinate the emperor, he set up an ambush in the imperial mausoleum. Even bribing the guards of the mausoleum, this is a definite treason.

The King of Huainan was defeated and committed suicide. Afterwards, the emperor also directly designated the King of Huainan as a rebel. The imperial mausoleum’s rebellion can be said to have been sealed.

But at this time, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony read out the secret order in the court, just like if it is said that the real behind-the-scenes instigator of the change of the imperial mausoleum is the first emperor, if this is the case, then the king of Huainan is not only a rebel, but to protect the emperor. A loyal minister of the Chu imperial power who stepped forward.

No one thought that Xiao Shaozong would come up with such a secret order today.

After a period of silence, I suddenly saw Dou Kui, the minister of households, come out of the queue and kneel down: “Qisheng Sheng, the Huainan Emperor’s Mausoleum has rebelled, although the conclusion has been reached, but… If this secret order is really left by the late emperor, then What the King of Huainan did was that he was ordered by the previous emperor, not only was he not a rebel, but he was a traitor for the country!”

“On the day of the change of the emperor’s mausoleum, the ministers were also present.” Another official came out of the list of ministers and knelt on the ground: “I remember very clearly that the goal of the King of Huainan that day was indeed to eradicate Sima. Lan, which coincides with this secret order, although he deployed his troops without authorization when sacrificing the emperor’s tomb, but there is a secret order from the late emperor, the King of Huainan acted according to the order, and it must not be a rebellion.” The

ministers saw the two listed out and knew this. Both of them were henchmen of the King of Huainan.

The two apparently saw the opportunity to clear King Huainan of treason, and immediately stood up, saying that they were dedicated to defending King Huainan’s treason, which was not entirely true.

Everyone in the court knew that Dou Kui and his group were very close to the King of Huainan. to this group.

Dou Kui and other old Huainan kings knew very well in their hearts that as long as the charge of the Huainan king’s treason could not be cleared, there would always be a sharp sword hanging over his head, and no one knew when the sharp sword would fall. Wang’s party members are enough to make these remaining old party members fall.

Today, if we can rely on this secret order to clear the King of Huainan, from now on, Dou Kui and the others will not only not have to worry about being prosecuted, but will become great loyal ministers because of their cooperation with the King of Huainan.

As an official in the court, the mystery of this can be easily figured out, and at one time four or five officials stood up and complained for the King of Huainan.

“Your Majesty, before the change of the imperial mausoleum, the Sima Clan committed mischief in the court and the opposition, and Sima Lan even held the power to exclude dissidents in the court.” The power of the Sima clan is so powerful that it will threaten the emperor one day, or even seek to usurp the throne, so the prince has been trying to get rid of the traitor. Although the ministers do not know that the late emperor left a secret order to the prince, but also know that Sima Lan is arrogant and domineering, and must not be allowed to This traitor acted recklessly in the court, so they all supported the wang ye to stand up for the imperial court. The wang ye must have seen Sima’s increasingly domineering, so he arranged a plan to eradicate the traitor when sacrificing the emperor’s mausoleum, but it’s a pity …!”

The ministers of the Mandian Palace were watching several officials vindicate the King of Huainan, and thought to themselves that Dou Kui and these people seemed to really want to turn the case of the imperial mausoleum treason over at the court meeting.

Suddenly, Lu Xiao, the minister of military affairs, came out and knelt down and said, “Your Highness, I have never heard that the late emperor left a secret order to the King of Huainan. In conclusion, if this secret order is true, then we must re-investigate, otherwise…!” After glancing at Xiao Shaozong who had not spoken, he continued: “I think that UU reading www.sonicmtl.com must first confirm. This secret order is true or false.”

Dou Kui turned his head to look at Lu Xiao, frowned and said, “Lord Lu, do you mean that the secret order that the prince took out is fake?”

“I didn’t say that, but it’s a serious matter. Naturally, I have to confirm it again and again.” Lu Xiao said solemnly: “Sir, I have something to ask you, I wonder if the sire would like to answer?”

Xiao Shaozong nodded slightly and said, “Master Lu, feel free to ask.”

“Sir said this secret order is The late emperor handed it over to the king of Huainan.” Lu Xiao stared at Xiao Shaozong and said, “Then why is this secret order in the hands of the prince now? The secret order of the late emperor must be kept strictly confidential. The fewer people who know it, the better. What is the king of Huainan? When will I give this secret order to you?”

Xiao Shaozong’s voice was very calm and calm: “Before the late emperor died, he summoned his father, and Lord Lu can investigate whether the father entered the palace at that time. This secret order is exactly the same. When my father entered the palace, the late emperor handed it over to my father. I never knew the existence of this secret order until the night before my father left for the imperial mausoleum. And I have been instructed that as long as the Sima Clan is alive, I cannot open the secret order and read the four characters, unless the Sima Clan is killed one day, then I can open the secret order!”