Exile opening: I won with the Universal Maker

Chapter 311 The Prince's Candidate

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, just after nightfall, colorful lights are hung on the streets and alleys of the capital, embellishing the capital colorfully.

Emperor Qi Ming hosted a grand banquet for his officials in Yanhe Palace, accompanied by the Empress and Xiao Beiheng and his wife.The emperor decreed that tonight you can speak freely, the host and guest have a good time, and everyone will not get drunk.

Seeing that the emperor had a decree, the courtiers just took this opportunity to open their bellies to eat and drink.Pushing a cup to change a cup is very lively.

After drinking more than a dozen cups of imperial wine, the prime minister didn't know whether he had drunk too much or was old and confused, so he suggested to Emperor Qi Ming in front of all civil and military officials, saying that His Majesty should appoint a crown prince.

Emperor Qi Ming played with the empty wine glass thoughtfully, and instead of answering the prime minister, he looked at the two empty seats.

There should be Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi.However, a rebellion broke out in Jingzhou, and Xiao Zhuo led the army to suppress it.And Concubine An, Shen Yuexi, was pregnant and vomited badly, so she couldn't come.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is supposed to be a time for family reunion, but it is a helpless pity that these accidents happened.

Song Zhen, who was sitting at the bottom, got up and said to the prime minister: "My lord, the official believes that your majesty has his own decision on the establishment of the crown prince, and we, the courtiers, should not rush."

When Emperor Qi Ming came to the throne, these subordinates also followed suit.He became the Minister of War.And his opponent Lin Kui is the servant of the Ministry of officials.The two officials are about the same size, and both are Shangshu's deputy.But in truth, Song Zhen's real power is greater.

After the prime minister heard this, his old face blushed and he said to Song Zhen: "Song Shilang, the abolition of the crown prince has been the most important thing since ancient times. If there is any hesitation, there will be chaos. This is the way to bring disaster."

Song Zhen wanted to refute, and several ministers stood up to support the prime minister, including Lin Kui.

"The prime minister is right. Today the world is at peace. Although there is a rebellion in Jingzhou, there is no danger." After Lin Kui finished speaking to the prime minister, he turned to Emperor Qi Ming to salute, "I have the guts to hope that your majesty will consider establishing a reserve as soon as possible."

Song Zhen looked over one by one, and found that most of the people who spoke were Xiao Beiheng's supporters.

He is a smart man, and he understood the reason after a little thought.

Xiao Beiheng took advantage of the absence of Xiao Zhuo and Shen Yuexi to let the ministers promote Qi Mingdi to establish a crown prince.In this kind of atmosphere, even if you put it bluntly, considering that everyone drank alcohol and the emperor allowed everyone to express their opinions freely, naturally they would not blame everyone.

But the establishment of the reserve is directly related to Xiao Beiheng, and it is inappropriate for him to be here.The next thing to do is to leave.

Sure enough, as expected by Song Zhen, Xiao Beiheng got up and said to Emperor Ming: "Father, my son is too strong to drink, so I will take my leave first."

Emperor Qi Ming ordered to play, and Xiao Beiheng took Su Mo out of Yanhe Palace.

As soon as Xiao Beiheng left, all the ministers became more enthusiastic in their chatter.Several military officers headed by General Zhao Mu supported Song Zhen, saying that this matter should be decided by His Majesty.A group of civil servants headed by the prime minister denounced Zhao Mu and his gang as simple-minded warriors who didn't know how to govern the world at all.

The civil servants are all of professional background, not only sharp-tongued, but also able to quote scriptures, with endless arguments.The generals who supported Song Zhen couldn't even speak clearly, let alone refute.Being criticized from head to toe, he was smashed for thousands of miles, and he was in a mess.

Emperor Qi Ming put his hand on his forehead, didn't say a word, just listened to the debate.

After everyone's talk was dry and calmed down a little, Emperor Qi Ming got up and said: "Masters, I'm a little drunk, go to rest first. You continue to drink fine wine."

All the ministers originally said it to Emperor Qi Ming, but as soon as Emperor Qi Ming left, everyone lost interest in arguing and had no choice but to continue drinking.

After another two rounds of drinking, an eunuch came over and whispered to Song Zhen, "Song Shilang, His Majesty summoned you in the imperial study."

Song Zhen didn't dare to be negligent, got up and said goodbye to all the officials, and left the Hall of Yanhe. The eunuch led him all the way to the Imperial Study Room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.The eunuch stopped at the door and said to Song Zhen: "Master Minister, Your Majesty only invites you in."

After the eunuch finished speaking, he opened the door for Song Zhen.

Song Zhen entered the imperial study room, walked around the screen, and saw a bookshelf standing against the wall, and a square table in the center of the room. Emperor Qi Ming was drawing with an ink brush according to the table, which seemed to be a woman.

"Your Majesty, my humble minister Song Zhen is called here." Song Zhen stood aside after saluting.

Emperor Qi Ming looked up at Song Zhen, nodded, dipped his pen in some ink, continued to paint, and said in his mouth: "Today, all the ministers are urging me to establish a crown prince. What does Ai Qing think?"

Song Zhendao: "Your Majesty must have come to a conclusion long ago, and I dare not speculate on Your Majesty's will."

Emperor Qi Ming shook his head with a smile, and said: "Ai Qing, I came here to listen to your opinion, and you are not allowed to be vague."

Song Zhen blushed, and it seemed that it was impossible to push the matter out, so she had to bite the bullet and say:
"Your Majesty, I believe that what the Prime Minister said has his reasons. Your Majesty's dragon body is in good health, but there are unpredictable circumstances. If there is an accident and the crown prince is not established, disasters will inevitably occur."

"So, do you agree with the prime minister?" Emperor Qi Ming put the pen on the pen holder, picked up the painting and admired it against the light.

"This minister just thinks that His Majesty has made his own choice in this matter, and we as ministers..."

"Then who do you think I should stand for?" Emperor Qi Ming put down the painting, put his hands on the table, and looked directly at Song Zhen.

Song Zhen didn't expect Emperor Qi Ming to ask such a question, he stammered and stammered, "Your Majesty, how dare a humble minister make false statements about the establishment of a reserve."

How dare he answer such a thing casually.This is definitely not a joke, only the emperor can decide whether to abolish the prince, and the courtiers can at most urge him, how can he tell the emperor who should be established and who should be abolished, unless he doesn't want his own head.

Emperor Qi Ming also seemed to know that he dared not answer this question.Sighing, he walked slowly a few steps with his hands behind his back, Fang said:
"The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, I am also very embarrassed."

Seeing that Emperor Qi Ming's tone had eased, Song Zhen calmed down a bit, following Emperor Qi Ming's words: "King Ping and King An are unparalleled heroes in the world. We ministers have no objection to who your majesty chooses as the crown prince."

"At first I made a decision," Emperor Qi Ming seemed to be talking to himself, or to Song Zhen, "but when he was going to Shengjing, Ji Taifu's granddaughter came to see me and said something very important to me. Important matter. I didn't believe what she said at first, so I specially sent someone to investigate..."

Song Zhen was taken aback.

Ji Zhong's granddaughter once went to see Emperor Qi Ming, but he didn't know about it, it seemed that the meeting was private.Emperor Qi Ming was vague, and he didn't know exactly what Ji Zhong's granddaughter said.But it should have a direct relationship with Li Chu. After all, the main content of the emperor's discussion with him now is Li Chu.

"A few days ago, Beidi sent an envoy to congratulate me on my ascension to the throne. At the same time, I also wrote a letter from Beidi Grand Marshal to remind me of a very important matter..." Qi Mingdi changed the subject and began to talk about Beidi again. .

Song Zhen was even more confused.

He also knew that Beidi's envoy had brought a letter written by Beidi Generalissimo, but Qi Mingdi did not disclose the specific content.

Unexpectedly, this is also related to Lichu.Both Xiao Zhuo and Xiao Beiheng had dealt with Beidi before.What important things can Generalissimo Beidi remind Qi Mingdi?
Emperor Qi Ming had already said two very important things.But Emperor Qi Ming didn't go into details about these two matters.It didn't feel like he was talking to him, but more like Emperor Qi Ming was talking to himself to himself.

"With these two things, I don't know how to make a decision now." Emperor Qi Ming looked at Song Zhen, "You used to be a subordinate of King An, and later you were a subordinate of King Ping. You are familiar with both of them. Your opinion is very important to me."

Song Zhen probably understood what Emperor Qi Ming meant.

Originally, Emperor Qi Ming had already decided on the candidate for the crown prince, but two things happened, one was related to Ji Zhong, and the other was related to Marshal Beidi.It was these two things that made Emperor Qi Ming hesitate.

He thought over and over again, and finally came up with a counter-argument.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have been rules for emperors to establish heirs. Establishing elders does not establish young people, and establishing heirs does not establish concubines. Your Majesty can act according to the rules of the ancients, and there is no need for ministers to speak nonsense."

In fact, he said a correct nonsense, seemingly expressing his own point of view, but in fact he did not say anything.

Xiao Zhuo is regarded as the eldest son of Emperor Qi Ming, so Xiao Zhuo should be made the crown prince.However, Emperor Qi Ming and Pei Jingyun did not have a marriage contract, and they were not married by a bright matchmaker. In this way, Xiao Zhuo was not considered a son of a concubine, but a son of a concubine.Xiao Beiheng should be made the crown prince.

Emperor Qi Ming seemed to have seen through his tricks, and said with a smile:
"Aiqing, I won't embarrass you anymore. Pass my oral order to all the ministers, and I will announce the candidate for the crown prince tomorrow morning."

Song Zhen opened his eyes wide in surprise, and Emperor Qi Ming finally made a decision.

(End of this chapter)