Chapter 206 Setting up the Hongmen Banquet
The next day, the emperor woke up from several comas. The sixth prince and Concubine Yun were guarding him.
The emperor took the mother and son's care and concern into heart, and immediately rewarded them both. As soon as the imperial decree of reward came out, the city of Kyoto was shaken again.
Because the emperor's reward this time was not ordinary, he made Concubine Yun Gui the queen. This queen would not be established sooner or later, but she had to establish it at this time. This made it difficult for the ministers not to feel sad. guess.
Is the emperor going to make the sixth prince the crown prince?
In the past, he had paved the way for the fifth prince so carefully, and tilted almost all his resources to the fifth prince. Many ministers came to the side of the fifth prince after seeing the emperor's tilt.
Since you side with the fifth prince, you will definitely offend the other princes, and they often help the fifth prince to offend the sixth prince.
The sixth prince and the fifth prince have a good relationship, which is well known in the capital.
But this is just a superficial statement.
The actual statement is that the sixth prince is just a small follower of the fifth prince. If the fifth prince is in any danger, the sixth prince will probably be the human shield and shield.
It's hard to hear this. But this was always the case in Kyoto in the past.
Almost all officials, big and small, in Kyoto City have heard this statement, not to mention the Sixth Prince himself?
The group of people in the past must be panicking now. They all want to know what reward the emperor gave the sixth prince?
When they learned that the emperor did not directly designate the sixth prince as prince, they all subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, okay, okay.
The emperor still left a way out for them. As long as the sixth prince has anything to do with the prince now, they will live with their heads high.
When the new emperor ascends the throne, their heads can be dispensed with.
But now, as long as the sixth prince and the prince are not involved, the fifth prince will still have a chance, and those of them who are on the side of the fifth prince will still have a chance to survive in desperate situations.
Then what exactly did the emperor reward the sixth prince?
The answer is, money and power.
The emperor rewarded the sixth prince with many gold and silver treasures, and then named the sixth prince as King Yongheng. He is the only prince among the princes with two words. At the same time, King Yongheng can also participate in the court. Large and small matters.
It can be said that half of what was owned by the fifth prince was now given to the sixth prince.
Such a favor is enough to show that the emperor has a special regard for the sixth prince.
But if you do this, the relationship between the sixth prince and the fifth prince will no longer be as good as before.
Not only that, the relationship between Concubine Yun and Cui Xiu will also deteriorate even further, making everyone in Kyoto tremble.
After all, the battle for the throne is no small matter, and those involved will definitely be in a life-or-death situation.
No matter who succeeds in ascending to the throne in the end, the unsuccessful party will pay a heavy price.
This situation lasted for more than two years. During these two years, the emperor's health became worse and worse. He could not sleep at night and could not wake up during the day.
The imperial doctor only treated the symptoms but not the root cause. He couldn't sleep without taking medicine. He could barely fall asleep after taking medicine, which made the emperor very irritable.
The fight between the fifth prince and the sixth prince has never subsided in the past two years.
The situation between North Korea and China has become a confrontation between two factions.
Whenever something happens, the attitudes of these two parties are very tough, and no one is willing to give in. The fifth prince was a little shocked when he learned about the sixth prince's attitude for the first time, because in his impression, his sixth brother had always been a person who was not very capable of resisting him.
In front of him, everything is negotiable, and he has a merciful and lenient temperament.
But now the Sixth Prince seems to have become a different person and has become tougher, which makes the Fifth Prince have a headache every day.
The fifth prince felt more and more that the sixth prince must have been pretending for so many years. How could he suddenly become like this? He was helpless.
It must have been hard work acting in front of him for so many years.
It’s really amazing. His sixth brother really impressed him.
The fifth prince had secretly greeted everyone of the sixth prince. He hated the sixth prince now. He blamed himself for not being kind enough to see the true face of the sixth prince.
As for the Sixth Prince, he was not as angry as the Fifth Prince. His temperament was steady, and he had been waiting for this opportunity for many years.
So he can afford to wait, and he is not in a hurry.
After all, it is not an easy task to make those people pay the price, especially those who are above the level. They hold power in their hands. If you want them to plead guilty, you must deprive them of their rights.
Only in this way can we be justified and make them obedient and listen to all this.
The fifth prince and the sixth prince were fighting fiercely. At the same time, Concubine Yun Gui, who had become the queen, had also been causing trouble to Cui Xiu in the past two years.
The Queen did this and made things difficult for Cui Xiu. In the eyes of others, their good relationship before was just a joke.
From the perspective of onlookers, it is difficult to care about friendship when encountering conflicting interests.
The emperor was lying on the bed in the Yangxin Hall. His face was pale and he looked a little weak. He knew everything about the past few years.
Or to put it another way, all this is what he wants to see.
Now that his health is getting worse, he has to pave all the roads that need to be paved before walking, and then select the most suitable prince to walk on this road that she has walked before. road.
In front of the emperor, there is no emotion in this world. Human feelings mean many things, but once you become the emperor, many human feelings will be stripped away, and then you will treat yourself as a cold-blooded animal. Gradually they will understand.
"Come here. Duke Xuanxu enters the palace." The emperor spoke to the little eunuch beside him. The eunuch beside him heard the emperor's words, responded immediately, and walked outside at the same time.
When the oral order of the summons reached Xu Guogong's mansion, it was also already at Chuxiu Palace and the Queen's Empress.
Cui Xiu knew that the emperor wanted to let Li Qun enter the palace alone. She did not hesitate and started to pack it up, because he could feel that the emperor wanted to take action.
But if there is no reason for the emperor to act rashly, he will not be able to convince the public. This punishment always requires a Li Qun to really make a mistake.
But for so many years, Li Qun has always done things in such a tight-knit manner that he can't find any mistakes. He either doesn't do something or does it well.
This has been Li Qun's style of conduct for many years.
Such a good habit is enough to give the emperor a headache.
In the Yangxin Hall, Li Qun had appeared in front of the emperor. After the ceremony, the emperor said: "Now in Kyoto, everyone has different opinions on the matter of establishing a prince."
< br>"I asked Aiqing to come here this time because I want to ask Aiqing, who will give this prince to?"