Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 843 Overturning the table
As soon as Prince Jin said this, the hall fell silent.

Several ministers looked at Zhao Qu in shock.

The news of Yang Yuan's deposit was top secret. These ministers, whether from the political or military system, were not informed of the matter due to the principle of confidentiality.

This matter was handled by the court's intelligence system, and the part involving military affairs was directly transferred by the emperor to Li Xianzhong of Huaidong, bypassing the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

If it were not a large-scale mobilization of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, the emperor could still complete this series of operations alone.

As for the news from the brothels...

For big shots of this level, how could the news from the brothels and theaters possibly reach their ears except for the idle prince like Zhao Yu.

Prince Yan went to the Kingdom of Jin to rescue the Shandong rebels?
If he died in the Jin Kingdom or even was captured alive by the Jin, he was a king and had made tremendous contributions to the Song Dynasty. The consequences would be unimaginable.

After hearing this, Wei Liangchen felt his eyes go dark and he hated Shen Gai for retiring and living in retirement.

Now that you have left such a mess, are you going to throw me, Old Wei, into the fire?

Zhao Qi was stunned by Zhao Yu's question: "The news that the Prince of Yan entered the Jin Dynasty is known to everyone in the world? How is this possible?"

Zhao Yu sneered, "How is it impossible? Even the brothels are staging a variety show! This news has been circulating among the people at least a few days ago!"

Zhao Qi was shocked and said in a stammering voice: "How is it possible, how is it possible..."

"Yang Yuan's achievements were unparalleled, so naturally he was a threat to the emperor. You asked for his military power, and he gave it to you. You asked him to return to the capital to retire before he turned thirty, and he did.

He promised me that from now on, we would be a pair of free and easy lovers. "Sir, why are you still unwilling to give up?"

Zhao Yu's questioning made Zhao Kai look pale.

Although he was afraid of the power held by Yang Yuan, he promoted him in public but demoted him in secret and took away Yang Yuan's military power. Everyone could see that.

But there are some things that can only be done, not said.

Now Zhao Qu didn't care and put it all on the table, which made the simple-minded young emperor Zhao Ke feel ashamed.

Zhao Qi was so angry that he jumped up and shouted, "I didn't do that. I also wanted to stop him from depositing money. I was extremely careful. Why should I spread the news and kill him?
"The prince of the Song Dynasty died in the Jin Kingdom. How can I feel proud?"

Zhao Ju was a cynical person in front of Zhao Gou at first, and later he became even more casual in front of his elder brother Zhao Yuan.

On the contrary, after Zhao Kai ascended the throne, Zhao Yu became much more restrained.

Because he also took into consideration that the emperor was young and was his nephew, and he was also the regent. Being too lax would be detrimental to establishing the prestige of the young emperor.

But this does not mean that he is afraid of Zhao Kai in his heart. When he thinks of the news of Yang Yuan joining the Jin Dynasty, even the common people know it, so how could the Jin people not know about it?

The Jin people already knew about it, so why wouldn't they do their best to capture Yang Yuan?
If the Jin Kingdom used all its national strength to capture Yang Yuan, there would be no way he would be able to come back alive.

When Zhao Qu thought of this, his pupils became bloodshot and his hair stood on end with rage.

When people are extremely angry, they lose their rationality.

To him, Zhao Kai's words sounded like just sophistry.

Seeing Zhao Kai's reaction, he felt guilty.

Zhao Yu rushed forward and lifted it up with all his strength.

Didn't move.

The emperor's imperial desk is very heavy.

"Wow!"

Zhao Qu waved his arm and swept all the four treasures of the study, memorials, and notes on the table to the ground.

"Face? Have you ever cared about your face? When a meritorious official is suspected, where is your face?

"Where is your face when you send a prince into the enemy country to rescue people? Where is your face when you leak information to kill people with borrowed knives? What face do you have!"

"I didn't, I said, I didn't, I didn't do it..."

Zhao Ke no longer called himself "I" and jumped up and down and roared.

He was so angry that he cried.

Throughout history, what emperor has ever been bullied like this by his subjects?
In front of many important officials.

Zhao Qi only felt that his face had been crushed under the soles of his uncle's shoes.

Zhao Qi was furious: "Yes, I have no face, I don't want any face. My subjects rode horses to the palace, my subjects whipped my imperial desk, my subjects pointed at my nose and cursed me. What face do I have? What face do I want?"

Zhao Qi's pupils were filled with blood and he was so furious that he could not control himself.

Zhao Kai began to slap himself in the face.

As he spoke, he slapped himself hard.

The ministers were terrified by the noise made by the uncle and nephew.

Prime Minister Wei Liangchen wanted to step forward to persuade them, but the uncle and nephew were both going crazy, and he didn't know who to persuade or how to persuade them.

Zhao Qi cried, talked, and choked. Suddenly, he took off the crown on his head, untied the jade belt around his waist, and took off his dragon robe while shouting:
"I don't want to be the emperor anymore. Uncle, you come and do it, you do it, it's your turn!"

When Zhao Qu saw Zhao Kai's reaction, he calmed down a little.

Is it true that Qi'er was wrongly accused?
Could it be that such a sinister and vicious method did not come from him?

Seeing that the emperor was about to take off his dragon robe, Wei Liangchen woke up in shock and rushed forward to hug Zhao Kai.

"You can't do that, officials. You absolutely can't do that."

Upon seeing this, ministers such as Chen Kangbo and Yang Cunzhong also rushed forward and grabbed the emperor and Prince of Jin.

……

Ciming Hall.

Grand Empress Dowager Wu sat at the head, and Empress Dowager Xie sat at the side.

Emperor Zhao Kai was kneeling on the carpet with his hair disheveled and his dragon robe open.

Kneeling beside him was Prince of Jin Zhao Ju. Zhao Ju looked okay, except that he had a sullen look on his face.

Wu, the daughter of a general, had been wearing armor and carrying a sword at the age of fifteen, accompanying Zhao Gou on his travels. Now, when she frowned, the aura she exuded was extremely majestic.

"Good, good, you are really the good descendants of the Zhao family. You are promising. Every one of you is so promising!"

Wu was so angry that she was shaking all over: "In front of the civil and military ministers, you are not a monarch, a minister, an uncle, or a nephew. You really embarrassed the Zhao family!"

Zhao Yu said: "Mother, I, your son..."

"you shut up!"

Wu scolded Zhao Yu in an unpleasant tone.

At the beginning, she chose Zhao Qu to adopt him because she saw that the child was lively and clever, unlike Zhao Yuan who was too mature and restrained at a young age.

I didn’t expect that the advantages I had as a child would become troublesome disadvantages when I grew up.

It's fine if he indulges in pleasure, but how can he be so disrespectful to the emperor? In front of so many civil and military officials, how can you let the emperor be the emperor in the future?

What a bastard!
Wu said in a deep voice: "You don't need to say more. Losing etiquette in front of the emperor and offending the emperor is a crime of disrespect!"

Right now, the first mess that Wu had to clean up was to calm the emperor's anger and restore his dignity.

Do you think this is a game? Can the emperor's throne be treated as a joke?
Wu made a prompt decision and shouted, "The Prince of Jin will be demoted to a Prince of a County, and his old title of Prince of Enping will be restored. He will be dismissed from his position as the Chief of the Imperial Clan, stripped of his title of Junior Protector, and removed from his position as the Military Governor of Jingjiang Army. He will be asked to return home and reflect on his mistakes."

"Mother, Yang Yuan is still in Jin..."

"Shut up! Do you think you can solve Yang Yuan's problem by making trouble here?"

Wu immediately called someone in: "Send Prince Enping back to his mansion and tell him to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors!"

Several eunuchs dragged Zhao Yu away. As he walked, he kept shouting:
"Uncle was a little angry just now, but what you did was not humane.

If you can correct your mistakes and rescue Yang Yuan, we can still be good uncle and nephew..."

Zhao Qi was furious again, and he jumped up and yelled, "I didn't do it! I didn't do anything. I am wronged! I am wronged~~"

"Emperor, kneel down!"

Empress Dowager Xie shouted angrily, her mother showing her power. Zhao Kai knelt down again with a "thump", but he was so angry that he couldn't stop crying.

Even the emperor and the empress dowager had to kneel when they showed their power.

In fact, the emperor would kneel when paying his respects to the empress dowager every day.

If there is an emperor emeritus, it is the same.

Even if the emperor had an edict to the retired emperor or the empress dowager, the emperor would be present, standing while the retired emperor or the empress dowager sat, and the rest would kneel.

After announcing his decree, the emperor had to kowtow to the retired emperor or the empress dowager.

Filial piety is greater than heaven.

Xie said angrily, "You are the emperor, how can you be happy or angry as you please? How can you be so shameless and yell in front of your grandmother and mother? What kind of person is that?"

"Well, it's not Qi'er's fault that he got angry about this. Just stop scolding him."

The Empress Dowager Wu appeased Zhao Ke.

"Emperor, don't take it too seriously. Jin... Prince Enping has always been like this. When his father and brother were alive, he was unruly. You are his nephew, and you know his temper."

Empress Dowager Xie also tried to make peace for her brother-in-law: "Yes, your uncle is a reckless man, and he speaks without thinking. Ke'er is the emperor, why would you bother with such a fool?"

The Empress Dowager Wu smiled and said, "What are you all standing there for? You have no sense at all. Hurry up and give the emperor a seat. Bring me the box of sesame candies."

Wu smiled and said to Zhao Qi: "This is the craftsmanship of Qianjin Yixiaolou outside the palace. It is said that the method was brought from the Arabs. Your Majesty, please try it."

Faced with the gentle persuasion of his grandmother and mother, although Zhao Qi was still very angry, he had to suppress it.

Wu said: "Brother Qu was angry only because he was worried about Yang Yuan's safety. But why was he worried about Yang Yuan? Wasn't it because of you, the emperor?
Think about it, if something really happened to Yang Yuan, would you be able to escape the reputation of being mean, ungrateful, suspicious, and harsh to your subordinates?"

Xie quickly chimed in, "Yes, your uncle loves you deeply and blames you harshly. He lost his temper for the sake of your reputation as an official of the Song Dynasty. Qing'er, don't be angry anymore."

Zhao Qi said aggrievedly: "Grandmother, mother, I really never did anything to the King of Yan. How this matter spread to the world is known, I really have no idea."

Wu said, "Grandmother naturally believes you, but if Yang Yuan really gets into trouble in the Kingdom of Jin, you, Your Majesty, will be unable to defend yourself. Will people in the world believe you?"

Wu thought for a moment and said, "Sir, we must find a way to remedy this situation right now."

Wu told Zhao Qie all the ideas she had come up with, and then said, "Grandmother is a woman who has lived in seclusion for a long time and has limited knowledge. These methods may be appropriate.

The government should only use this as a reference, and should discuss appropriate solutions with trusted ministers."

All of Zhao Yu's positions were stripped away, including his prince title. After Zhao Ke was coaxed for a long time by his grandmother and mother, his anger finally subsided a little.

He then pulled himself together, discussed the matter with the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, then stood up to take his leave and went to find the ministers to make the final confirmation.

Having just lost face in front of the ministers, how could Zhao Kai go to see Wei Liangchen, Zhang Jun and others at this time?

He summoned a group of his own staff, and the one he trusted most among them was his servant Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen was shocked to hear Zhao Kai talk about the Prince of Yan's joining the Jin Dynasty, a news that had already spread among the people.

There is no sign that the spread of this news was actually his doing.

After hearing what Zhao Kai said, Zhao Chen immediately shook his head and said disapprovingly: "Prince Jin is too reckless! It seems that only the emperor and the King of Yan know about this matter. But how did the King of Jin know about it?

When the Prince of Yan went to the Kingdom of Jin, he would use the troops from Huaidong to provide him with a protective cover, and the Cavalry Division would allocate 3,000 elite troops to him. I wonder how many people knew about these many details.

If one person accidentally leaks the news, it will spread to everyone, so what does it have to do with the government? "

When Zhao Kai heard this, his resentment towards Zhao Qu deepened.

Zhao Chen glanced at Zhao Kai's red and swollen cheeks and was about to say something else, but suddenly he choked up and quickly turned his face away.

When Zhao Qi heard the strange voice, he looked up and saw Zhao Chen quietly wiping his tears with his sleeves.

Zhao Qi was surprised and asked, "Sir, what happened?"

Zhao Chen choked twice, and finally fell to his knees, sobbing uncontrollably and crying on the ground.

"I have read all the history of emperors in the past and present, and I have never seen anyone being bullied by his subjects like this emperor. I... feel so miserable!"

Upon seeing this, a group of former officials of the Eastern Palace immediately knelt down.

They may not have the same idea as Zhao Chen, but how to flatter the emperor, alienate other people, and rely more on them, the officials of the Eastern Palace? How could they not see this opportunity and how could they not seize it?

They did not cry out loudly, but only sobbed and shed tears.

But it was this suppressed sobbing that made Zhao Qi feel even more angry and sad.

I have read all the history of emperors in ancient times, and have never seen anyone being bullied like I have.

Yes, even if he was forced to abdicate, the treacherous minister who seized the country still knew how to maintain a superficial appearance.

The humiliation I have endured today is not an exaggeration to say that I am a king who has lost my country.

I am not yet an adult, and I still have a lot of years to live.

But the Imperial Uncle is not much older than me. How many more years must I endure such humiliation?
Zhao Kai clenched his hands suddenly, and a vicious thought suddenly came to his mind.

A person will always have all kinds of complicated thoughts, and no matter how upright or noble a person is, he is no exception.

So we should judge by actions rather than by heart, as no one is perfect when it comes to heart.

But some thoughts are just a flash in a person's mind.

But at this moment, Zhao Kai seized on this flash of thought.

Zhao Chen had been in the Jin Kingdom for decades, always relying on others and having to read other people's faces, which made him develop a pair of "wise eyes".

The young emperor Zhao Kai was a simple-minded man, and the sudden change in his eyes did not escape Zhao Chen's eyes.

Zhao Chen was immediately delighted. King Jin Zhao Ju was really a good assist. The emperor and Zhao Ju had already become estranged!
His unwillingness to give up could finally be transformed into an indestructible blade with the help of the emperor, chopping off Yang Yuan's head!
(End of this chapter)