The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 368 Li Yu Missing
When the night was getting dark, Zhao Kuangyin called Liu Wei to the palace.

After the monarch and his subjects sat opposite each other, Zhao Kuangyin said, "Liu Aiqing, it's just you and me here today, how about we open our hearts and have a chat?"

Hearing Zhao Kuangyin's words, Liu Wei didn't dare to refuse, but she also didn't dare to chat openly like Zhao Kuangyin said.

"I don't know what the Holy Majesty wants to talk to this minister about?"

"I've always felt a little uneasy these days, so I want to know whether it's right or wrong to attack the Northern Han Dynasty?"

Liu Wei frowned slightly, and said: "It is indeed a little hasty to attack the Northern Han Dynasty at this time."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled: "So you are against my going to the Northern Expedition?"

Liu Wei shook his head: "The sage has lofty ambitions, how dare I object?"

In fact, in Liu Wei's opinion, it might be better for Zhao Kuangyin not to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, but if Zhao Kuangyin did not go to the Northern Expedition, would he regret it?Maybe if you don't go this time, there will be no next time.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Liu Wei and smiled. He felt that what Liu Wei said was mostly prevarication, but he didn't mind.

"I won't talk about the Northern Expedition. Since it has been decided, it's hard to change it if we want to. Let's talk about the matter of King Wu's supervision of the country."

Liu Wei nodded, in fact, he guessed that Zhao Kuangyin called him here to discuss this matter.

"I want to establish Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince, and I want Liu Aiqing to assist him. I don't know what Liu Aiqing wants?"

This question is difficult to answer, Liu Wei was not surprised at first, but at this moment he showed a look of surprise, and asked back: "Your Majesty wants to make Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao the crown prince?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded: "Yes, he is my son, and my country will naturally be left to him."

Liu Wei smiled slightly: "Since the Holy Majesty thinks so, then issue an edict that the crown princes have always been inherited by princes throughout the ages."

Liu Wei said it casually, as if he didn't realize the consequences of Liwu King Zhao Dezhao being the prince.

So at this time, Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "You should have heard of the Golden Chamber Alliance?"

Liu Wei frowned slightly, and said, "Is there really an alliance of the golden chamber?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded: "Before my mother died of illness, she indeed called our brothers to the bedside, and made us swear to make a golden alliance. My brother will inherit the throne of the Song Dynasty, and my brother will pass it on to my brother and son. That is to say, if I die, the king of Jin will take the throne, and then the king of Jin will pass the throne to the king of Wei, and the king of Wei will pass it on to Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wu."

Liu Wei naturally knew about these things, but still pretended to be surprised, and said, "So the Holy Majesty doesn't want to fulfill the Golden Chamber Covenant now?"

Zhao Kuangyin slightly raised his head and glanced at Liu Wei, with a murderous look in his eyes, but the murderous look quickly disappeared.

"My son has grown up. I believe he can build the Great Song Dynasty well. There is really no need to fulfill the Golden Chamber Covenant."

"But the two princes will definitely not agree."

Zhao Kuangyin nodded: "So I want to hear your opinion, what should I do now?"

Liu Wei pondered for a moment, and said, "Who else knows about the Golden Chamber Alliance?"

"In addition to our brothers, there is Zhao Pu, but he has resigned, and it will be difficult to enter Beijing if it is not necessary."

For what Zhao Kuangyin said, Liu Wei naturally knew that Zhao Pu's resignation was secretly controlled by Zhao Kuangyin, in order to prepare for Liwu King Zhao Dezhao to be the prince.

"My lord, in my opinion, although there were only a few of you present at the time, there is no guarantee that the king of Jin and the king of Wei will not spread the matter, because only if it is spread, you dare not appoint a prince casually. Many ministers probably knew about it, but they didn't say it."

Zhao Kuangyin sighed and nodded, indicating that he knew what Liu Wei said.

"So, if the Holy Majesty wants to establish Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince, he can only destroy the Golden Chamber Alliance and kill Zhao Pu, Jin Wang and Wei Wang. In this way, no one can stop Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao from becoming the crown prince."

Liu Wei said it plainly, but Zhao Kuangyin's expression suddenly changed, killing Zhao Pu, King Jin and King Wei?How can he do it?Let's not say that Zhao Pu is his great hero of the Song Dynasty, and he has a brotherhood with him, that is, King Jin and King Wei, who are his own younger brothers, can he kill them?
He, Zhao Kuangyin, is cruel and ruthless in many things, but he really can't let go of these few people. This is why he always turns a blind eye when he knows that King Jin and King Wei are cultivating their own power. For the sake of one eye.

Because in his heart, he couldn't bear to kill King Jin and King Wei, and he also thought that King Jin and King Wei would not kill him cruelly to take the throne, and as long as they didn't take the throne, he, Zhao Kuangyin, was the emperor. everything.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't speak for a long time, and Liu Wei remained silent, because Liu Wei knew that Zhao Kuangyin might really be unable to kill his younger brother, but in the process of fighting for power and profit, how could he do it without being ruthless?
In fact, Liu Wei himself did not agree with what Liu Wei said just now. He felt that King Wu Zhao Dezhao was too talented, and that his being the crown prince would only ruin the Song Dynasty, but he still said it because he believed what he said just now. Zhao Kuangyin must have thought about it a long time ago, and he must have known that after killing Zhao Pu, King Jin and King Wei, no one can stop him from making Zhao Dezhao the crown prince.

Since Zhao Kuangyin had thought about it a long time ago, why did he hide it?

In fact, Zhao Kuangyin came to listen to his opinion, but how much was he willing to listen to?

An emperor naturally has his own considerations and plans.

After a long time, Zhao Kuangyin made a decision.

"I am going to propose Liwu King Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince tomorrow. As long as the ministers support me, I will not care about the alliance of the golden chamber."

Zhao Kuangyin doesn't want to kill people, he wants to achieve his goal with his own strength, but can he achieve his goal?

Liu Wei felt that Zhao Kuangyin deserved to be a benevolent lord of a generation, and it was precisely because of his benevolent government that an emperor Renzong who was unmatched by all dynasties appeared later in the Song Dynasty.
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The next morning, there was a light rain.

Above the court, Zhao Kuangyin formally proposed Liwu King Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince.

Many people have expected this result, such as King Wu Zhao Dezhao, King Jin, and King Wei.

When King Wu Zhao Dezhao heard the news, he was so excited that he almost jumped up in the main hall, but he still calmed himself down, and then secretly mobilized his people to tell them to express their views quickly.

"My sage is wise, my country has been established for more than ten years in the Song Dynasty, and it is indeed time to establish a prince to make the country stable."

"Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao has both talents and virtues, and he has made a lot of contributions. The Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, because Wu Wang commanded it properly. When Wu Wang is the prince, our Great Song Dynasty will surely be more prosperous and brilliant."

"My sage is wise, we will support King Wu as the crown prince..."

The people of King Wu Zhao Dezhao stood up to express their opinions, and the people of King Jin immediately couldn't stand up, and they all came out to express their opposition.

"Your Majesty, King Wu Zhao Dezhao is not as capable as those ministers said just now. In the eyes of the minister, King Wu seems to be a little too ambitious. Do you still remember when the King went to Chang'an, King Wu Zhao Dezhao actually attacked the Cao Gang, causing the entire capital to be in chaos? , if someone in my court did not come up with some good solutions, I am afraid that my Great Song Dynasty will suffer a lot."

"That's right, King Wu doesn't have enough vision to be a prince..."

At this time, these ministers don't care about offending the Prince. If the King Jin they support cannot become the Emperor, they will be eradicated by the Prince sooner or later, so what they have to do now is to attack King Wu.

Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon chair and frowned slightly. Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao wanted to get angry angrily, but Jin Wang looked very calm, as if he had a way to prevent Wu Wang Zhao Dezhao from becoming the prince.

People from both sides quarreled in the main hall, no one could convince anyone, Zhao Kuangyin was a little angry, he wanted to establish a prince, why is it so troublesome?
But he knew that he could not be too authoritarian in this matter. If he was too authoritarian, he believed that King Jin and King Wei would immediately stand up and speak out about the Golden Chamber Alliance. So I didn't say it because I haven't made them feel the real danger yet.

The matter of setting up the prince fell into a stalemate, and Zhao Kuangyin was a little helpless for a while. '

And at this moment, a guard rushed to report that Hou Liyu had disappeared suddenly after disobedience.

This news immediately calmed down the dispute in the court. The prince dispute can be dealt with in the future, but Li Yu's disappearance is a major event. Li Yu was under house arrest in the capital, how could he disappear?

It would not be terrible if other people disappeared, but Li Yu is the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Although the Southern Tang Dynasty has been destroyed, there are still many people in the Southern Tang Dynasty who prefer Li Yu. It's uncertain what storms will be stirred up.

"What's going on, isn't Li Yu under house arrest? Why did he suddenly disappear?"

The guard was a little nervous, but he still replied: "I went to check this morning, and found that Li Yu was missing, and Xiao Zhou was also missing."

Hearing that Empress Xiao Zhou had disappeared suddenly, King Wei was startled. He wanted to use Empress Xiao Zhou, but why did Empress Xiao Zhou disappear?
Of course, King Wei also found it strange that Empress Xiao Zhou was not as beautiful as Mrs. Huarui, but why did his brother suddenly change his temper? Why was he not interested in Empress Xiao Zhou at all? Or the Northern Expedition, if he didn't favor Empress Xiao Zhou, how would his plan be implemented?

Zhao Kuangyin really doesn't have feelings for Empress Xiao Zhou. Ever since he met Zhao Jingniang, he has rarely had much interest in female sex. Now he is just curious, how did Li Yu and Empress Xiao Zhou escape?
Although I gave them a mansion, but it is actually under house arrest. There are many people outside the mansion, how could he disappear?

Unless someone helps.

"Come here, search the whole city, and we must find Li Yu for me."

(End of this chapter)