A Clash of Gods - Chapter 1351

[Chapter 1341 Blood Alliance]

Lu Xiao immediately asked: “So after Sima Lan was convicted, the prince knew the contents of the secret order?”

Xiao Shaozong shook his head and said, “After Sima Lan was executed, I did not open the secret order immediately. The king said that as long as the Sima Clan is in the court, I cannot open the secret order for one day. It does not mean that once Sima Lan is dead, I can open the secret order immediately, but it will wait until the Sima Clan’s forces in the court are indeed free from disaster.

” When did the prince know the contents of the secret order?” Lu Xiao asked.

Xiao Shaozong pondered for a while before saying, “It was when my Chu army was going north.”

“That is, the prince knew the contents of the secret order a few months ago.” Lu Xiao looked grim.

Xiao Shaozong nodded and said, “Yes. The sage is wise and wise. If the remnants of the Sima clan still pose a threat to the imperial court, it is naturally impossible for the sage to send troops to the north easily. Since our Great Chu has marched north, it also proves that the Sima clan has indeed been eradicated, and the imperial court is in the middle. There is no more conspiracy by the Sima Clan.” After looking around, he said, “There are no traitors in the court, so I followed my father’s instructions and opened the secret order left by my father, and wanted to see what the late emperor gave to my father. What kind of secret decree is left behind?”

In fact, after the Sima family was eradicated, most of the officials who had been attached to the Sima family still remained as officials in the court.

After the death of the former emperor, the two major powers in the dynasty and China were very different. The king of Huainan and the Sima family were tit-for-tat. The officials of the dynasty and the central government wanted to gain a foothold in Beijing, and they wanted to be in the center like the Yuan family but not targeted by the two factions. There must be one party to rely on.

The Sima clan was far more powerful than the King of Huainan at that time, and six or seven of the officials in the court were involved with the Sima clan. If these people were seriously implicated, the state of Chu would surely suffer more serious consequences than Sima Lan’s rebellion. The little emperor did not pursue the crime of following the party.

At this time, Xiao Shaozong said that there was no more Sima’s rebellion against the party in the DPRK, but it made many officials who had followed Sima’s heart benefit.

“When King Huainan handed you the secret order, did he reveal to you that it was the secret order of the late emperor?” Lu Xiao asked again.

Xiao Shaozong said, “My father knows that it is the late emperor’s secret decree, so I will keep it even more carefully and properly, and my father has instructed not to open it, so there should be no guilt for leaking the late emperor’s secret decree beforehand, right?”

Lu Xiao pondered for a while before saying: “Since the prince knew the contents after our army went north, why didn’t he take out the secret order? It’s been more than a few months since our army went north, why did the prince wait until today?” “I

was surprised

when I saw the secret order.

Xiao Shaozong sighed: “I wanted to present the secret edict to the emperor immediately, but at that time it was the time to use troops, I really didn’t want to distract the emperor and hesitate because of this, so I never took it out.” , but he raised his hand suddenly, put a handkerchief in his hand, covered his mouth, and then coughed violently. He was like a dwarf, and he was very short. At this time, he coughed and his body was bent. With sympathy, the ministers looked at each other, thinking that Xiao Shaozong was terminally ill. Now it seems that the rumors are true. Looking at Xiao Shaozong’s violent cough, it seems that his lungs are going to be coughed out. Coupled with that bloodless face, I am afraid that his life will not be long. Carry on.

After coughing for a while, Xiao Shaozong cupped his hands and said: “The sinner is disrespectful, and I ask the saint to condone the sin.” The

emperor said: “I forgive you!

” I’m afraid I won’t live long. If I die suddenly one day, this secret decree has never been presented. The sinner is only worried that the innocence of the father and the king will never be restored, so this is the courage to tell the emperor that today in front of the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty I want to present this secret decree to the emperor, and I also hope that everyone can know that the father is not a minister of rebellion, and everything he does is done according to the will of the emperor.”

There was silence in the hall, and finally I saw Yuan Lao Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites came out and said: “Master Qi, to distinguish whether this secret decree is true or false, you only need to go to the imperial file to find the record, if there is a backup, this secret decree is naturally true, otherwise… .!”

Lu Xiao immediately said: “That’s right, your sage, what the old minister said is very true.” He asked Xiao Shaozong: “Prince, the King of Huainan gave you this secret edict, did you mention the backup file?”

Every decree issued by the emperor is archived in the imperial file in the palace, so every decree is actually two copies.

The late emperor personally handed the secret decree to the King of Huainan. Such secret decrees are of great importance, and it is even more impossible for them not to be archived in the imperial file. Moreover, such shocking secret decrees are often reported to the archives for future verification. When the ministers saw Xiao Shaozong taking it today After this great secret decree came out, there was naturally a suspicion in my heart, and I knew that to determine the authenticity of this secret decree, we could only see if there was a backup file in the imperial file.

“The sixth vault, the thirteenth deck!” Xiao Shaozong respectfully said.

The emperor immediately said: “Guihe, you go to the imperial file to find it yourself. If you have a spare file, get it immediately.”

The eunuch in charge hurriedly said, “The servant obeys the order.” He quickly retreated.

The civil and military people of the whole dynasty had different thoughts, but no one said anything, but the emperor did not continue to wait in the hall, got up and went to the side hall, and soon a eunuch came out and said: “The prince of Huainan, the Holy One knows that you are not in good health. I invite you to go to the side hall to rest first, and the other ministers will wait for the time being.” The

ministers thought that this prince is indeed very weak, and the eunuch is honored to go to fetch the archives, at least it will take some time, if Xiao Shaozong is allowed to stand all the time In the hall, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support.

Many ministers already know that when the prince was young, in addition to being bored in the palace day and night, he would occasionally enter the palace. When the emperor cared about his son’s body, it was human nature.

Xiao Shaozong followed the eunuch to the side hall, passed by Yuan Lao Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stopped, and cupped his hands, but said to the eunuch beside him: “Go and move some chairs, old officials like Yuan Lao Shangshu can’t stand and wait all the time. When I saw the emperor, I told the emperor.”

The eunuch did not receive the decree, and hesitated for a while, Xiao Shaozong sighed: “I will ask the emperor for the decree.” He went straight to the side hall, and the ministers thought that this prince is actually the emperor. Be careful, you are already so ill, you need someone to take care of you all the time, but you still remember these old officials in the court.

When Xiao Shaozong arrived at the door of the side hall, someone opened the door. After Xiao Shaozong entered the door, the door of the side hall closed immediately.

Xiao Shaozong was originally walking very slowly, but when he entered the side hall, he looked around, his footsteps suddenly quickened, and he went around a large screen. He was chewing snacks, but one hand was still tugging at the snack box. Hearing Xiao Shaozong’s footsteps, he turned his head to look at him, his face changed slightly, his pupils showed a look of fear, he immediately retracted his hand, and couldn’t find anyone to wipe his hands. Something, back to the back, wiped twice on the dragon robe.

Xiao Shaozong was six or seven steps away from the emperor, with his hands on his back, but he did not approach the past to salute, but just stared at the emperor coldly.

On the contrary, the emperor hurried over to greet him, and when he approached Xiao Shaozong, he whispered, “Your Highness, the villain just did what you wanted and didn’t say a word wrong.”

Xiao Shaozong just stared coldly at the emperor’s eyes, he was carrying the burden of The fingertips behind him moved slightly, the emperor did not dare to look at him, he lowered his head, and after a while, he heard Xiao Shaozong sigh softly: “You should say ‘flatten your body’ instead of ‘quickly flatten your body’, don’t do it in the future. Make such a mistake again.” The

emperor was stunned for a moment, and seemed to want to defend himself, but Xiao Shaozong’s voice was calm and his eyes were extremely cold

. Sit down on a chair, the emperor followed, and there was a chair beside him, but the emperor did not dare to take a seat.

Xiao Shaozong winked, and the emperor sat down a little uneasy.

Xiao Shaozong closed his eyes slightly, as if he was resting, but the emperor seemed very restrained, his eyes were full of unease, and suddenly he heard the slight sound of footsteps. The emperor looked up and saw a eunuch walking slowly. The eunuch stood upright, completely unlike the other eunuchs in the palace who saw the emperor bowing and kneeling. Seeing that, he seemed to be walking around in his own house.

Xiao Shaozong still closed his eyes, the eunuch walked to Xiao Shaozong and stopped.

The eunuch looked to be in his forties, with a thin body, even his face was very thin, his cheekbones protruded, and his appearance could be said to be rather ugly, but his eyes were unusually energetic and very sharp.

“Should I congratulate you?” The eunuch suddenly said: “The prince, who has never appeared in front of people, made his first appearance today and shocked the court. With a little trick, the crime of King Huainan can be washed away. When the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty arrive, no one will be able to speak, if your former emperor of Chu State knew that he would be used by you after his death, and I wonder how he would feel under Jiuquan?”

Xiao Shaozong opened his eyes and said, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com raised his eyes slightly to look at the eunuch, and said lightly: “You shouldn’t be by my side often.”

“Sometimes I’m by your side, it’s not a bad thing.” The eunuch smiled: ” At least I can make you understand that there is always a friend by your side, there are not many real friends in this world, and friends who can do everything for you like me are very few.”

Xiao Shaozong shook his head: “We are not Friends, never.”

“Oh?” The eunuch sighed: “I always thought we were friends, but in your eyes, we are not even friends.”

“I don’t do business with friends.” Xiao Shaozong was angry Calm down: “Since I have a gentleman’s agreement with you, I am destined not to be friends.” The

eunuch shook his head: “You are also wrong, we are not friends, and what we reached is not a gentleman’s agreement, but a blood alliance, a gentleman’s agreement and Blood alliance means two things, in other words, what I promise you, even if it breaks my body, I will do it for you, and similarly, even if you promise me, even if it is broken, it must be fulfilled.” With a faint smile, he said: “Otherwise, we’ll all die ugly!”