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Chapter 534 Turning Point (2)
Concubine Luo's ruthlessness is still very intimidating, even Citron dare not disobey her orders, let alone other people?So even though she claimed to be ill for five or six days, people outside the Chonghua Hall thought she had overturned the jar of jealousy, and she was ashamed to go out to meet people so they hid. They didn't know that she was really ill.

In the end, when King Ning and Princess Baoyi saw that she was really sick, they were both afraid and distressed. For a while, they couldn't care about hating their father, let alone Luo Guifei would be angry with them afterwards, and quietly dismissed her Go to the Qianyuan Hall to invite the emperor, the emperor knows.

The emperor was angry and regretful at the same time, and he didn't care about the shame of face. After angrily ordering all the imperial doctors on duty to go to Chonghua Palace immediately, he ignored his manners and almost trotted all the way. Chonghua Hall.

Sure enough, Concubine Luo was so burned that her brain became confused. She shouted "Rong Lang, why did you betray me?" "Brother Yuan, it's all because mother is sorry for you, please forgive mother", and occasionally even cried with a smile, "It turns out that you abandoned your husband and son, but this is what you got in exchange for this end"...every sentence If it spread out, it would be enough to cause an uproar.

Thanks to Citron's knowledge, not only did all the attendants stay outside her bedroom as servants, but even King Ning used the excuse of the difference between men and women, and Princess Baoyi used the excuse of being weak and afraid of getting sick. She placed her in the side hall to wait for the news, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!
The emperor guarded Concubine Luo Guifei for two days and two nights. She just woke up after her fever subsided. When she saw the emperor guarding her bed, she refused to answer the emperor. , the two of them passed the rain and the sky cleared.

When she was only carrying the emperor on her back, she would still cry from time to time. The emperor occasionally saw her and asked her what was wrong, pretending not to know, but she forced a smile on her face and refused to say anything. Being sick, he advised the emperor not to be angry with the queen mother, so as not to hurt the relationship between mother and child, knowing that the righteousness and understanding made the emperor feel more regretful and guilty.

So Fang had the act of announcing King Lining as the crown prince on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, and the emperor had made up his mind to use this to make up for the debt and guilt he owed Concubine Luo Gui.

No matter how tough the emperor's attitude is, after all, the imperial decree of King Lining as the crown prince has not been officially issued, so there is still room for redress. Naturally, the people from Queen Xu and An Guogong's faction will not succumb to this, which is no different from ordinary people Family property, more or less will not endanger your own wealth and life. This is a matter of life or death. Even if Empress Xu and An Guogong want to retreat, there is no way to retreat. They can only bite the bullet and go forward. Go dark on a road!
An Guogong objected to the emperor because he was the first to stand out: "The history of the establishment of the crown prince in this dynasty has always emphasized that there is a heir to establish a heir, and there is no heir to establish an elder." I think about it, no matter whether it is a direct relationship or an elder, it will not be the turn of King Li Ning, otherwise there will be no distinction between the elder and the younger in this world, I implore the emperor to think twice!"

An Guogong never expected that their painstaking efforts not only did not make the emperor and Concubine Luo more estranged, but also made Concubine Luo fall out of favor in one fell swoop. Naturally, King Ning would also lose power, and instead let the emperor and Concubine Luo settle down. See The feeling is stronger than before, otherwise the emperor's attitude today would not be so tough. He originally thought that he could delay the emperor as long as he did not establish a prince, so that even if they want to put the worst plan into action, at least they can do it for as long as possible. For some time, who knew that the emperor would not even give them this time, it was simply unbearable, even if he tried his best to break the net, he would never let the emperor easily get his wish!

"The ministers also think that King Li Ning is inappropriate, please think twice!" Duke Ango sent other people to come forward to second the proposal immediately.

Those who opposed King Li Ning naturally had support. The King Ning Party headed by Duke Chang He Zhao and Marquis Luo Huazhong of Chengen immediately spoke out for King Ning: The ancient motto of "establishing a chief" is different from establishing an heir for ordinary people. It is a major event that affects my great Zhou Dynasty for thousands of years. I know that the eldest son is not virtuous, but I still insist on establishing the eldest son and refuse to establish a virtuous one. We are ministers Readers, what face will we have tomorrow when we go to see the past emperors and ancestors under the Nine Springs?"

He insisted that he should be a virtuous person, and he called "the emperor's sage".

An official sent by An Guogong immediately retorted: "Even if he is a virtuous person, it seems that His Royal Highness Ning Wang is not in his turn. Is there anyone who has surpassed the virtuous elders and rebelled against the younger ones?"

Officials of the two factions quarreled again.

The emperor suppressed his anger, and asked the officials headed by Lu Zhongmian who were neutral on the surface but actually favored King Ning's faction: "What do you think, sir?"

Lu Zhongmian still said the same thing: "This is the emperor's family business, but it is up to the emperor to decide!"

However, several other officials of the neutral faction suddenly changed their words, saying that it was reasonable for officials who thought that there was no official who "overstepped the virtuous elders and rebelled against the younger ones", and believed that he should be the king of Liduan.

What's more terrible is that even Tang Shizhong, the famous old fox cabinet chief assistant Tang Shizhong, came out and said: "Even if you don't establish a heir, you will not be the king of Lining based on your merits. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The emperor was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. It turned out that when the chief minister of the cabinet thought there was something wrong with the emperor's will, he could withdraw it and refuse to implement it. This kind of right is called "returning". Now Tang Shizhong clearly stated his position Does not support King Li Ning, does it mean that even if the emperor issued the imperial decree to designate King Ning as the crown prince, it would not be officially effective?
The civil and military quarrels of the Manchu Dynasty continued until noon, and seeing that there was no reason for the quarrel, the emperor could only announce his withdrawal from the court angrily.

After returning to the Qianyuan Hall, it was immediately reported that Commander Cao came to search for all the illegal activities of Tang Shoufu and his family members. Don't take advantage of the situation to do some shameful things?
But in just a few days, the emperor got what he wanted, and then announced that Tang Shoufu would enter the palace for a secret talk.

At the next big court meeting, the emperor received the memorial of Tang Shoufu's appointment as an official. The emperor naturally wanted to keep one or two of them symbolically. Zhun Tang Shoufu returned home after returning home.

As soon as the emperor's hand came out, he was strangling you to death, and the enthusiastic civil and military officials immediately fell silent. Even the group of officials and censors at the Yushitai, who were eager to fight and shouted "fight to the death, remonstrance to the death of civil servants", showed timidity. Thinking of the various thunderous tactics the emperor used when he first came to power, he suddenly realized that the emperor is not the soft Wanqi emperor of the previous dynasty, who couldn't do anything about his ministers, and now even the chief assistant has been brought back Now, can they still be decent and noble enough to surpass Mr. Shoufu?

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