His Royal Highness King Wei put his hands in his sleeves, he took a deep breath, and then said slowly to Chen Ju: "Grand Duke, this king respects you very much, but at this time, you should no longer shield the eldest brother, otherwise there will be deaths in the palace, and many people will die." ”

From the perspective of His Royal Highness King Wei, even if no one in the palace dies, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must die, because if the crown prince does not die, his reputation will not be right!

No matter how far the prince goes, he must die.

Chen Ju bowed respectfully, bowed his head and said, "The old slave naturally knows about this, but there is one thing, His Highness has seen it, maybe he can calm the anger in his heart." ”

His Royal Highness King Wei's face was indifferent.

Chen Ju turned around and entered the inner hall of Changle Palace, took out a box made of sandalwood in his hand, and then bowed to His Royal Highness King Wei and said: "Your Highness, this is the edict made by Emperor Daxing during his lifetime, and His Majesty instructed him to open it after his visit." ”

His Royal Highness King Wei was expressionless.

As he spoke, he glanced up at King Wei, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, this box of things is very important to whether you can sit on the throne or not. ”

King Wei said indifferently: "Open." ”

"The old slave can't be opened alone."

Chen Ju pointed to the copper lock on the box and said: "This lock needs two keys to open, and the other one is in Zhang Xiang's hand, Haoran Gong is also in Changle Palace now, and I ask His Royal Highness to invite him over." ”

Originally, several prime ministers and civil and military officials were kneeling outside the Changle Palace, and when Yu Linwei came in, they hid in the Changle Palace.

King Wei took a deep breath and held back the impatience in his heart.

"Grand Duke, the forbidden army should be about to enter the city, this king doesn't have the time to open a box with you here, if you don't say where the eldest brother went, this king will go on a killing spree!"

Chen Ju bent over and said, "After opening this box, His Highness will no longer be afraid of the forbidden army." ”

His Royal Highness King Wei looked at the old eunuch with a puzzled face.

He suspected that this old eunuch was delaying the army and waiting for the forbidden army to enter the palace.

Li Xin, who was behind King Wei, bowed down and said, "Your Highness, I'll take someone to find the crown prince?" ”

"Well, there you go."

His Royal Highness King Wei took a deep breath and instructed: "Brother Xin'er remember, kill it immediately after you find it!" ”

"Yes."

The great eunuch Chen Ju sighed faintly and didn't say anything more.

Now, there is no room for him to speak.

"Please summon Haoran Gong to come over and open the edict of Emperor Daxing."

King Wei waved his hand suspiciously.

"Please come here."

After a while, the somewhat embarrassed Zhang Qu was pulled down in front of His Royal Highness the King of Wei by a Yulin Army, this Haoran Gong's hair was a little messy at this time, he tidied up his clothes, and then looked up at the King of Wei, then took a deep breath and sighed: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei is so generous." ”

The Seventh Prince bowed his head slightly: "Zhang Xiangjian smiled." ”

Chen Ju held the box in his hand and said to Zhang Qu: "Hao Ran Gong still remembers this box?" ”

Zhang Qu nodded: "The old man remembers." ”

Chen Ju said slowly: "On that day, Zhang Xiang saw the old slave put the edict into the box and locked it up, His Majesty was also present at the time, Zhang Xiang should be able to prove that the edict is true." ”

Hao Ran Gong took out a purse from his sleeve, and then took out a key from the purse, bowed his head to His Royal Highness King Wei and said, "The old man can prove it." ”

Chen Ju nodded.

"Well, let's obey His Majesty's orders and open this box."

His Royal Highness King Wei frowned slightly.

He now has the big picture, but if this edict is not against him, he will be in a dilemma.

Chen Ju seemed to see through his thoughts, and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, although the old slave does not know the content of the edict, it is certain that it is absolutely harmless to Your Majesty." ”

King Wei nodded indifferently.

"Let's go."

The two keys were inserted into the lock hole at the same time, and with a crisp sound, the large copper lock was opened.

Chen Ju trembled and removed the copper lock, and then opened the box with trembling hands.

Inside the box was a roll of apricot yellow holy decrees with white jade as the shaft.

The great eunuch Chen Ju, when he touched the holy decree for the last time and was about to open it and read it, His Royal Highness King Wei stretched out his hand and held down the holy decree.

"The Grand Duke forgive me, this king wants to take a look at it first, and the Grand Duke will read it later."

Chen Ju smiled with relief: "Your Highness, please." ”

His Royal Highness King Wei took the holy decree and slowly unfolded it in his hand.

After just a brief glance, his eyes showed joy, and his breathing became a lot shorter.

He put down the holy decree, first knelt down and kowtowed three times in the direction of the coffin of the Son of Heaven in Chengde, and then said in a deep voice: "The Grand Duke recites it." ”

Chen Ju held this holy decree in both hands, walked up to Zhang Qu, bowed his head and said, "Zhang Xiang also take a look." ”

Zhang Qu unfolded this holy decree, and after glancing at it, he was silent for a long time.

"There's nothing wrong with that."

"Then the old slave began to read it."

His Royal Highness King Wei and Zhang Qu, as well as everyone in Changle Palace, all knelt down respectfully,

Chen Ju held this holy decree in his hand, then cleared his throat and opened his mouth to read.

"The edict said: The emperor's eldest son, Ji Yu, although he is the head of the clan, but his virtue is not good, the foundation is not thick, and he has done all kinds of evil things, and his reputation is notorious, and the country is in the hands of others, which is tantamount to entrusting the tiger and wolf, and it is difficult for me to be at ease, and the people are also uneasy, and he is specially deposed as the prince."

Speaking of this, Chen Ju paused and continued.

"The Emperor...... The seventh son, Ji Wen, has a harmonious temperament, loves all the people, bows to the people, and is now the crown prince, with the merits of the ancestors, in order to show the virtue of the first emperor. ”

"The edict is in the world, and the salty envoy hears it!"

At this point, this edict is considered to be finished.

The content of this edict is different from what Chen Ju read, because the part of the emperor's sons on the edict is blank!

Feel free to fill it in!

Except for this blank space, there is nothing wrong with the rest of the place, and this is a testament of rules.

In other words, whether it is the seventh prince, the third prince, or the fourth prince, as long as they have the ability to do what His Royal Highness King Wei is now, they can inherit the throne in a righteous and bright way.

His Royal Highness King Wei stood up from the ground, glanced at Chen Ju, and then had a complicated expression.

He took the decree with both hands and let out a sigh of relief.

"When this edict is issued, the world will also think that this king is overbearing."

Chen Ju bowed his head and said, "So Your Majesty called a great master like Haoran Gong as evidence." ”

Zhang Qu smiled bitterly: "This kind of big event, with the reputation of the old minister, I am afraid it will not be proved." ”

His Royal Highness King Wei was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled.

"Then please Haoran Gong and this king together, and bear the infamy."

Chen Ju and Zhang Qu glanced at each other, and the two of them knelt on the ground at the same time, kowtowing to King Wei.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"The old slave has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"