Chapter 547 In the Dynastic Hall

Seeing Wei Xi step by step pressing, Qiu Shuxia is calm and unafraid, and stroked the short beard, like a smile, not a smile, said, “Wei Shangshu said that I and Marquis Yan circle, but Wei Shangshu himself, how is it not in a circle? Originally, His Majesty went to the throne, His Royal Highness as His Majesty’s only living male heir, in the sense of reason should accompany His Majesty to retire to the Imperial Tombs, serving the knee! Not to mention the fact that the Crown Prince has been injured in an assassination and is lying on his deathbed, so he can’t afford to take on the important task of governing the country how many of the late Emperor’s bloodline are there, we don’t know that!”

Said here looking around the hall, slightly raised his voice and said, “Great Rui since His Majesty the Great Ancestor Emperor set the tripod, so far enjoy the throne has been nearly half a hundred years, although thanks to the zeitgeist of the first emperors, nowadays the Great Rui can be described as thriving and prosperous world of peace, but it is also in order to live up to the blood of the former, His Majesty abdicated and then took over the new king, regardless of the talent and virtue of the health, should be able to afford to take up the miles of mountains and rivers! I don’t know what your colleagues think?”

The courtiers looked at each other and were fine with it.

Because the new ruler who finally succeeds in ascending the throne will definitely be talented and virtuous, this argument is just excluding the Crown Prince, and since both the Wei family and Empress Wei have now given up supporting the Crown Prince to ascend the throne, what’s left to argue about this issue?

“Servant Qiu is only focusing on the side of talent, virtue, and wellness, why don’t you say anything about the most important issue?” Wei Xi laughed coldly and said slowly, “Since ancient times, the inheritance of the throne that is in line with etiquette and integrity is nothing more than two kinds of inheritance: a brother ending in death and a son succeeding a father dying!”

Speaking here arched his hand towards the Dan Di as an apology in fact, the court meetings in the past few days were spontaneously held by courtiers, and Emperor Duanhua didn’t come at all.

After all, the emperor now says nothing, sitting on top of the cold but also to hear the bottom of the people to reveal his scars to stab him in the words of the knife, the end of the emperor silly only with the same every day as before to sit over the gas!

So under the pretext of the last public fainting and needing to recuperate, the emperor is now simply hiding and waiting for the results.

However, just as Wei Xi had reprimanded Qiu Shuxia before, although no one took Emperor Duanhua seriously anymore, since he was holding the identity of the emperor for a day, it was not good for a subject to lose the proper etiquette towards him.

Especially if there are political enemies present.

At this moment, Wei Xi put down his hand before continuing, “Although it is said that His Majesty is in his prime today and is well and peaceful, yet since His Majesty is going to go to the throne, this new ruler should of course also follow these two rules!”

If Qiu Shuxia nodded in favor of his words now, then it would be tantamount to admitting that the only people who were currently qualified to compete for the new ruler were the Crown Prince, the commoner Lu Hehao, and the King of Shu.

Anyone else who hits on the emperor’s throne would be unseemly and shameful, and would be usurping the throne!

Qiu Shuxia of course refused to say so, he narrowed his eyes and smiled faintly: ”In that case, does Minister Wei mean to choose between the Crown Prince and commoner Lu Hehao? His Highness the King of Shu will soon depart for the imperial tomb to observe his filial piety, Minister Wei is the Minister of Rites, and is from a large family, he knows the most important etiquette, and will definitely not disturb His Highness the King of Shu from fulfilling the dying words of Imperial Concubine Xu, right?”

“Servant Qiu doesn’t seem to be in favor of it?” Wei Xi didn’t directly answer his words, and only calmly said, “I almost forgot! Minister Qiu used to support His Highness the King of Su today, he even led His Highness to the court. In that case, Minister Qiu is trying to promote His Highness King Su to take over the throne?”

As he spoke, he surveyed King Su with a cold gaze, the only first son of the late emperor had grown taller than a few years ago, and perhaps because of the bitter cold of the clan land, he had also lost a circle of weight.

But what Wei Xi noticed even more is that the childishness and naivety between Su Wang’s eyebrows have been worn out quite a bit, and at this moment, looking at it, it is actually a piece of calmness, hidden to see the toughness.

“The Su family really didn’t let him spend these years in vain!” Wei Xi scrutinized the face that was already slightly majestic in its purity, and in the bottom of his heart there was a bitter and unwilling sigh, “If it were not for Duanhua’s mistake of my Wei family, the Crown Prince, under the cultivation of the Empress, would not have been weaker than this Lu He Bone?!”

His grandson, the Crown Prince, may not be worse than King Su in terms of talent.

Moreover, Wei Xi firmly believed that his eldest daughter’s teaching methods were by no means below Empress Su’s.

But his soninlaw ruined it all.

Wei Xi fixed his mind, pressed down the useless emotions, and said in a faint voice, “Where is His Highness King Su? You have traveled a long way and returned to the imperial capital quietly, so it seems that you have come specifically to compete with your cousins and nephews for the throne?”

He spoke clearly, pronouncing the words “cousin” and “nephew” with particular poise and sarcasm.

Upon hearing this, gazes of all shapes and sizes were thrown at King Su.

Although, everyone knew that what Wei Xi said was the truth, it was as if just now, everyone knew that Emperor Huizong didn’t like Emperor Xianjia, but no one dared to say that Emperor Xianjia wasn’t favored by Emperor Huizongeveryone knew that King Su quietly came back to aim for the throne, though!

King Su himself was not allowed to say so!

At least now has not come to him to say this time, after all, people used to do the throne usurpation, patricide and kill the brother of the things done, then also have to arrange a beloved subjects out of the election, their own pretense of excuses three or five times, only “had” to ascend to the throne of the emperor it!

If the competition for the throne has reached a certain level, and all other competitors have been beaten down, King Su may still be able to use Jian Xubai’s words about Emperor Xianjia to “take the throne” there’s no other way, the one who can be the emperor is either dead or abolished! The first thing that I want to say is that I’m not going to be able to do this, but I’m not going to be able to do it, and I’m not going to be able to do it!

Then for the sake of the millions of people under the Great Rui world, for the stability of the court, for these decades of peace can continue, I can only reluctantly trample the throne!

But now, King Su has only just returned, he will open his mouth to admit that he is back to fight for the throne, even the people who originally supported him will think that he is eating too ugly, not the temperament that a bright king should have.

“Minister Wei is really a nobleman with a lot of forgetfulness!” Under the eyes of all, King Su raised his eyes and calmly looked at Wei Xi for a moment before opening his mouth unhurriedly and said, “I was ordered to return to the capital it is said that this matter is not a secret, so how come it has only been a few days and Shangshu Wei doesn’t remember it?”

Wei Xi didn’t care about the vague sarcasm and hostility in his words, and only said heatedly, “In that case, Your Highness, King Su, is returning to the capital this time only to comply with the holy decree, and has no other intention? For example, to compete with your cousins and nephews for the throne?”

Seeing him pressing forward, Qiu Shuxia naturally had to come out to stop him, “Didn’t Minister Wei just agree to establish a new ruler as soon as possible? But why are you staring at His Highness, King Su, who is just about to return to the imperial capital? Is it because you want to use this opportunity to change the subject?”

… This day’s court meeting, although Qiu Shuxia, as usual, and Wei Xi quarrel into a mess, and finally, if not a few old ministers can not see the eye out of the round, and even the two almost have to roll up their sleeves to fight on a game, but in fact, in addition to the end of the Xu Taifei self. But in fact, in addition to the conclusion of the matter of Xu Tai Fei’s selfexhaustion, the other one did not discuss.

Then the crowd was not surprised by this situation, because the two events of the new ruler’s selection and the assassination of the crown prince actually went together, and in the end it was a battle for the throne.

Nowadays, the Su family has a hidden upper hand because they have turned He Wenqiong to a certain extent, but the Wei family is not something to be messed with either!

Both sides are deeprooted famous families, not ordinary people can be compared, this fight where a day or two can determine the winner?

Especially King Su has just returned, many people are not psychologically prepared, how to accept a “nephew” as the new king!

What made them hold their breath for a moment on this day was that after the court meeting had dispersed, a chamberlain came out with a duster and passed on an oracle saying that Emperor Duanhua wanted to summon King Su to Xuanming Palace to speak.

From the scene, it was a matter of course; not counting blood, they were cousins.

Cousin on the clan for several years before returning by imperial decree, do brother’s health can not go to the court, so after the court meeting to let the younger brother to their own sickbed to talk, is not in line with the brotherhood of brotherhood?

In fact, King Su should have taken the initiative to propose a visit to Emperor Duanhua in order to be a good brother!

But right now, everyone knows that the Empress is harboring a lot of anger and hatred towards King Su after all, I’m afraid that the chronic disease that the Crown Prince has fallen into will not be cured in this lifetime!

Not to mention the loss of not being able to push the crown prince to compete for the throne, normal do pro father do pro mother, which have not heartache pro flesh and blood?

So this will Duanhua Emperor want Su Wang to go to Xuanming Palace, God knows what kind of dragnet is prepared waiting for him.

After all, even the Prince can be assassinated in the heavily guarded East Palace, then Xuanming Palace out of a few bold traitors, get killed His Highness the King of Su, is not unlikely things well!

“His Majesty summoned me, I should have gone immediately.” In full view of everyone, Su Dynasty arched his hand in the direction of Xuan Ming Palace and said without being overbearing, “But after traveling a long distance to return, I should first pay my respects to all the elders!”

“Wasn’t it for the sake of the empress dowager and the empress dowager’s phoenix body that his majesty hurriedly summoned His Highness King Su and His Highness King Xiang back to the imperial capital to comfort the two ladies?” Qiu Shuxia gloated from the sidelines, “Now that His Highness King Su has arrived at the imperial capital one step ahead of His Highness King Xiang, how could he not visit the Dowager Empress and the Empress Dowager first? His Majesty and the Empress are certainly His Highness’s brother and sisterinlaw, but in the end, one can’t compare one’s peers to one’s elders, and His Majesty is an example to all the people, so he definitely won’t disrespect his elders in public, right?”

The chamberlain who passed on the oracles had nothing to say but to take his eyes and quietly glance at Wei Xi.

Wei Xi shook her head slightly towards him, in fact, King Su was just going directly to Xuan Ming Palace, Wei Xi felt that her eldest daughter and soninlaw might not be able to get him killed.

After all, Emperor Duanhua had only lived in Xuanming Palace for less than three years, but before that, Emperor Xianjia had lived in Xuanming Palace for more than twenty years.

Empress Su had been respected by Emperor Xianjia, and in the twenty years she had been the Empress, where could she not reach out her hand if she wanted to?

Just as the Empress Dowager no longer asked about the affairs of the former dynasty and the harem after she became the Empress Dowager, but also in the case of no one noticed, arranged for the “fifth brother” so a line of people to guard themselves, who knows that Empress Dowager Su in the palace, for their own mothers and children to leave how much backhanded?

On the contrary, it was Emperor Duanhua and Empress Wei who, since the assassination of the Crown Prince, sensed the desperate madness of the Su family they were more worried that the palace people from who knows where would strike a fatal blow!

Since the Su family dared to let King Su into the city and let him openly show his face in the court, it was obvious that there must be a way to protect him.

This king is not so good to kill Wei Xi twisted his head to look at the direction of the Mingren Palace has gone to the Su Wang, Yan Marquis Jian Xubai and he walked side by side, the two seem to walk and talk, the intention is very leisurely, Wei Xi coldly looked at a moment, Fang retracted his gaze, said, “However, my Wei family will not be this admit defeat!”