Chapter 111 Beating the Prince with a Rod
Everyone looked at Murong Jie. The prince's provocation was clearly intended to provoke. Although he is the regent who supervises the country, he can angrily reprimand the prince and teach the prince, but just now he said that he does not know how long the prince will be in office , this is a bit presumptuous, after all, only the emperor can say this.
He is exercising the emperor's power over political affairs, and he is still not the emperor.
Murong Jie didn't get angry, he just ordered someone to pass on the news that Eunuch Bao, who served the emperor, came over. Eunuch Bao had served the emperor for many years and had served the late emperor. He was an old man in the palace, and even the empress dowager had to give him some face.
When Eunuch Bao came, he bowed and said, "See the empress, see the prince."
"Pingshen!" The queen looked at Murong Jie dissatisfied, "Eunuch Bao is serving the emperor, why did you ask him to come here?"
Murong Jie didn't answer the queen's words, but just asked: "Grandpa Bao, please ask the emperor for the second edict."
Eunuch Bao seemed to have been prepared for a long time, he responded, and then said: "Come on, please ask for the second imperial edict from the emperor."
The first imperial edict left by the emperor was to announce that Murong Jie would supervise the country and entrust some matters. No one knew that there was a second imperial edict.
Everyone glanced at each other, and even Liang Taifu subconsciously looked at the queen. The queen looked blank, and then asked Murong Jie, "What is the second imperial decree? The emperor left a second imperial decree?"
Murong Jie said indifferently: "It's not just the second way?"
As soon as these words came out, the queen's face turned pale, and she began to feel uneasy. She could almost predict what the imperial decree would say.
Sure enough, Mr. Bao read out the imperial decree, "By God's fortune, the emperor said, I have been suffering from illness for a long time and have not seen any improvement, so I entrusted the government to my younger brother Murong Jie, who was allowed to be the regent to supervise the country and temporarily manage the government. , the Prince Regent will support the crown prince to ascend the throne. I am only worried that the prince is young and arrogant, and will not listen to teachings, and I also lacked discipline when I was there, resulting in a stubborn and frivolous temperament. , do things that violate the laws of the country, and refuse to change after repeated admonitions, I will not tolerate it, the regent can exercise the power to abolish the crown prince..."
The prince sat down on the chair and murmured: "Impossible, it is impossible for the emperor to issue such an imperial edict."
Murong Jie looked cold and arrogant, and after Eunuch Bao read out the second edict, he invited him back.
Xia Wan'er was stunned for a moment, and grabbed Mrs. Linglong nervously, "What's going on? Are you going to abolish the crown prince? No, you can't."
If the crown prince is abolished, she will no longer be the crown princess, but now she is with the crown prince...
When Prime Minister Xia heard the words, he gave Xia Wan'er a hard look, and angrily reprimanded in a low voice, "Shut up!"
As soon as this imperial decree came out, Prime Minister Xia's heart skipped a beat. Murong Jie had the power to abolish the crown prince, which meant that even if the emperor died, the crown prince might not be the candidate to inherit the throne.
After the crown prince felt guilty, he said firmly: "Father said in the imperial decree that if the palace violates the national law, it can only be abolished if it is not corrected after repeated teaching. It is useless for you to ask for the imperial decree now. Although the palace is not talented, it has not violated the national law."
Murong Jie said with no expression on his face: "You and Bai Ye have violated the military law by mobilizing troops without permission. Since you are not in the army, this king can only beat you with a cane thirty times. As for Bai Ye..."
He slowly raised his head, looked at Mrs. Liang, a cold light burst out from his eyes, "Kill without mercy!"
Su Qing, who had been standing still, took the order and left.
Taifu Liang moved his lips a few times, but in the end he didn't say anything, and backed away, his face was gloomy and unclear.
He really miscalculated tonight, he did not expect King Nanhuai's frame-up, let alone Murong Jie's appearance, and the most unexpected thing was the emperor's second imperial decree, which completely disrupted out of his footing.
It is already a crime for the prince to mobilize the army without permission, and he will be punished with a stick. The so-called refusing to mend his ways after repeated admonitions does not mean that he has several chances.
He couldn't give up an arm in exchange for breathing because of the stalemate between Bai Ye and Murong Jie. time for information and planning.
Zi'an has always been unable to understand, that is, Murong Jie clearly has a better chance to attack the prince and Liang Taifu, as long as the letter is published, why does he go to such lengths to kill Bai Ye and invite the emperor's imperial decree?
While they were whispering, she quietly asked Murong Jie, "The prince gave up a great opportunity, didn't he?"
Murong Jie glanced at her, "You claim to be smart, but you don't know what this king is up to?"
Zian was stunned, looking at the deep cold color in his eyes, his mind suddenly brightened, yes, he can't make it public, because the prince can't be abolished now, it should be said that it is not yet the ripe time to abolish the prince, if the letter is made public now However, Taifu Liang has no way out, so he can only give it a go. Then, the emperor will be in danger, because when the emperor dies, the crown prince can ascend the throne.
Unless the prince has made mistakes three or four times, the prince can be abolished according to the second edict. Murong Jie is waiting, waiting for the prince to make another mistake.
So he made this imperial decree public first, first to frighten the prince and make him restrain himself, but obviously, the prince's character is also the ambition of Liang Taifu, so the prince can't restrain himself. The second is to tell all the officials that he, the regent, does not act arbitrarily. Everything he does is authorized by the emperor. Therefore, his position in the hearts of all the officials is established, and his position in the court is also established.
The crown prince was dragged down. When he was dragged away by the palace guards, he even yelled at Murong Jie, "You have abused the lynching. When the father wakes up, I will ask the father to give you a book..."
"Murong Jie, I'm the crown prince, you don't have the authority to hit me, you bastards, let me go..."
The queen wanted to stand up and intercede for him, but Murong Jie glanced at her coldly, "The queen is distressed? If you feel distressed now, you will cry later."
The words were harsh, and he didn't show any sympathy, which showed that he had already planned to break the pretended harmony with the queen and tear his face apart.
The queen didn't make a sound, but she clenched her fists very tightly, and her bitter and cold eyes slowly fell on Zian's face on Murong Jie's face.
This time, she didn't know about the assassination of the regent, so she pleaded for mercy when Xia Zian was detained by the concubine, but she didn't expect that Xia Zian actually saved Murong Jie, which ruined her event.
If it wasn't for Xia Zi'an to treat King Liang, I'm afraid the queen would not allow her to live until tomorrow.
The Queen's tolerance for peace is just a later story, but now in Prime Minister Xia's heart, he has already decided that she cannot be kept.
She has hatred for herself and the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he doesn't think this hatred can be resolved. When she comes back with hatred and has the backing of the regent behind her, he can't allow her to continue living.
While they were thinking about each other, they heard the howl of the prince killing a pig. The queen's eyes were about to bleed, she clenched her fists, and her nails were printed on her flesh.
Xia Wan'er was naturally very distressed, she flew out, and when she arrived in front of the hall, she saw the palace guard holding the prince down and beating him with a staff, she rushed over to push the palace guard away, and said angrily: "He is the prince, can't you be gentle?"
Zi'an saw it, his lips curled up slightly, and he laughed, Xia Wan'er, you are not a princess, even the queen can't intercede, and you actually pushed away the palace guard who was executing the sentence?
This is an open challenge to Murong Jie's majesty!