Aggrieved Fish Sprite

The prince was silent for a long time.

Yu Lan and the others looked at each other, unable to understand at all.

"The doctor means that the Qi Dynasty...will fall?"

Isn't a country without an emperor dead?

This is what everyone thinks, a country cannot be without a king for a day, no matter what, there must be someone on the throne.

Although emotionally, they are unwilling to worship anyone other than the crown prince, and after the crown prince passed away, the fate of the palace servants near him is unpredictable, but even scholars say that the courtiers are the same as the emperor, and the courtiers outside the court are like this, let alone them. These lowly servants?Even if they were resentful and unwilling, they could not change the fact that they were standing on a ship that was about to sink.

"If Your Highness can really..."

"No, the prime minister of Wenyuan Pavilion is a person who reads sage books, how could he agree that the throne is vacant?"

The palace people didn't think very far, they didn't even understand the meaning of this sentence.

The prince stared fixedly at the top of the bed curtain. He thought of the last years of the Chen Dynasty when the emperor ignored government affairs. In a sense, if the emperor does not go to court for 20 years, the country can still operate as usual.

Is such an emperor almost the same?No, that's not the case, the emperor doesn't care about anything, but everything is closely related to imperial power.

Indulging in wine and sex and not wanting to go to court, the faint king left the government affairs to his courtiers, but he was not at ease, and he was even more afraid of the expansion of the prime minister's power, so he fiddled with Jinyiwei and Dongchang again.The emperor thought he controlled the two parties fighting for power, but in fact he was often deceived and used by these two parties. This was the main reason for the unrest between the government and the opposition.

The prince smiled wryly, not to mention that he was terminally ill, even if he could live for three to five years and rely on the two forces of civil servants and Jin Yiwei to govern the country, he could not guarantee that he would not become a faint king.

If you listen, you will be dark, and you will be clear if you listen.

If you can't do this, you will inevitably be deceived, and you will become a faint king without knowing it.

Not to mention the doctor's astonishing words, suggesting that there should be no emperor in the world. The prince can't figure out what such a court looks like, and how to maintain it.

"...The doctor may not know that all the scholars in the world read the way of the emperor and his ministers, and they learned the arts and martial arts to sell to the emperor's family. They have selfish intentions and want to seek personal gain. Some even want to seek to usurp the throne. But if they It is not feasible to openly replace the emperor and directly govern the country."

The prince sighed a long time, and said in a low voice, "The emperor can be a faint emperor who has not been in the harem for decades, or a medicine jar who is too sick to recover, but he must not be a dead person."

Even if all the officials want the emperor to get out of the way and let them rule the country, someone still has to sit on the throne.Putting aside the emperor or the vacant throne, what kind of words do you want to be scolded by thousands of people and ridiculed by future generations?

"Who doesn't care about the name before and after death?"

"..."

Mo Li felt that the gerbil in his arms didn't care much.

Meng Qi doesn't care how the history books are written, but he has to worry about the safety of the people.

Even if Meng Qi slandered the prosperity created by Meng Qi and his old friends with countless painstaking efforts, Meng Qi would not necessarily get angry.So those Hanlin civil servants in the Qi Dynasty who gave lectures to the prince were amazing. They actually precisely hit Meng Qi's most painful spot.

——What pain is more painful than looking at the corpse of an old friend, but not being able to avenge the avenger?

——What kind of suffering is worse than a lifelong ambition in vain, and the king who swore to work with him breaks his promise and breaks the contract and kills wantonly?

Especially those people also scolded the national teacher of the Chu Dynasty as "a cowardly rat", thinking that Meng Qi's disappearance was caused by fear of death.Any scolding that feels painful is the deepest stab.

What about the dragon veins, what about the superb martial arts?

Even if you throw away the name of life and death, it will be broken, and it will never be the same.

The ink carp couldn't help stroking the gerbil through the clothes.

The gerbil pressed against Mo Carp's palm and rubbed it carefully.

A trace of suspicion rose in Mo Li's heart, Meng Qi was too quiet at the moment.

I moved a few times just now, but now I seem to be asleep, and I don't even stick my head out.

Doubt flashed across Mo Li's mind, but he didn't think about it.

"What the prince said is true. I never thought of these obstacles." Mo Li frankly admitted his omissions. He originally thought that the courtiers would like to kick the emperor away and take charge of the government in a legitimate manner.

Now it seems that it is the "righteousness" in the hearts of the world that hinders this possibility.

The prince said slowly: "Power is like a treasure, and everyone has a peek at it. No matter how you steal, how you cheat, how you rob... In the end, you will always say it in a high-sounding way. Wenyuan Pavilion will not agree, because in the hearts of the world, there is no emperor. The court is where treacherous ministers and eunuchs rule, and everyone is a traitor."

Hearing this, Mo Li shook his head slightly and said, "It's the traitor in the hearts of scholars, not the thoughts of the people of the world."

The prince was taken aback.

Mo Li said seriously: "In fact, the people don't care who is the emperor. Even if there is no emperor, they will not feel that the sky is falling. The people only want good weather, a good harvest in the coming year, no disease and disaster for the whole family, and can afford to pay the land tax. They don’t care at all about the rice grain that replaces the corvee, what the emperor’s surname is, and whether there is an emperor in the court.”

The prince has been in the family of powerful officials since he can remember, and later he moved into the palace to become the heir. He can only see the people in Taijing and Jingji Zhuangzi, so he doesn't know anything about what Mo Li said.

"The emperor can't be a dead person, so don't let others know that the emperor is dead." Mo Li said flatly, "As for the people in the world...the people in the world don't have so much free time, they value firewood, rice, oil and salt more than the emperor's. Life and death. If one day, the people have food and clothes at home, don’t worry about how to feed their children, and can care about the affairs of the prime minister and the emperor, it will be a sign of prosperity.”

The prince was dumbfounded.

Even if the people really don't care, the courtiers do!

This hurdle is in Wenyuan Pavilion, no matter what, it is impossible to pass.

The prince is very anxious. Although Mo Li's idea is weird, the prince understands one thing very well. His younger brothers are not honest and law-abiding. They are all jumping around in a hurry. The king fought with the three kings of the Chu Dynasty, and the Qi Dynasty fell apart.

Mo Li is a doctor, not a counselor.

After he finished what he had to say, he wanted to leave.

Manager Chen was not willing, and quickly brought out a plate under the prince's gesture, with brocade, scattered gold and silver, etc. on it.

These count as consultation fees.

Mr. Chen also ordered people to carry several boxes containing treasures to the corridor, and picked out some rare ones and put them on the plate.

The main reason is that the so-called "reiki" things discovered before, as long as the prince doesn't need them, he puts them in without hesitation.It includes two pieces of warm jade, a jasper ruyi, and agarwood bracelet.

One of the pieces of warm jade looks more transparent, and the carving is quite delicate, while the other piece is only the size of a finger, in the shape of a round gourd.

Agarwood is even more rare, any one of them is very valuable, not to mention a courtyard with three entrances, even ten courtyards with five entrances can be bought, plus the most prosperous shop outside the Zhengyang Gate of Taijing.

Mo carp refused.

There are too many, how can there be such an expensive consultation fee.

Besides, he didn't want to take the trouble of taking care of the sixth prince.

There is already a second prince, and there will be a sixth prince. If there is another third prince in the future, the battle to usurp the throne can be staged in General Liu's backyard.

For example, let these princes beat their heads and bleed them first.

"When will the doctor come back?"

"Five days later."

The ink carp estimated the prince's physical condition and gave the exact time.

Manager Chen was looking forward to Mo Li coming to treat the prince's illness, seeing that the other party's martial arts skills are extremely high, and he seems to be an outsider who does whatever he wants, he is even more worried.Whatever you say, Mo Li must accept the consultation fee, otherwise what will happen if Mo Li doesn't come after five days?

"This ingot of silver is enough..."

Mo Li hadn't finished speaking when he felt the gerbil in his arms start patting its paws.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the ink carp could not turn the gerbil into a human, nor could it fish out the gerbil and talk to it.

There have always been only cats and dogs who can understand human language, and parrots who can speak human language. How can gerbils understand human nature?Don't you want to be regarded as a monster by others and be suspicious?

Especially at this moment, everyone seemed to have discovered the small piece of Mo Li's heart, and followed Yu Lan's example, stealthily looking at it.

The ink carp was forced to have no choice but to use sound transmission to encrypt the gerbil.

"Brother Meng, didn't we find General Liu's mansion? Since we don't need to buy a yard, the money is enough for us to go to Feihe Mountain and come back. The gold and silver are burdensome, and the palace seal needs to be removed, which is heavy. Do you want me to follow Brother Meng and find a place to hide them?"

Of course, the gerbil couldn't answer through sound transmission. It poked its head out from the ink carp's collar, and looked out of the palace with its black eyes.

Mo Li's heart moved, and he walked to the box outside the hall, and sure enough, he saw the string of amber that looked like roasted chestnuts.

"..."

The next best thing is to have chestnuts without pine nuts?

Mo Li picked up the string of amber, thanked him, and left.

He was carrying a medicine pouch, but he stuffed the amber directly into his collar, and then he disappeared without a trace.

This high-flying martial arts master's style surprised everyone.

Yu Lan stood where she was, frowning, thinking about Mo Li's every move just now.

——There is definitely something hidden in the doctor's clothes.

"I just saw the doctor caressing his chest, which is similar to His Highness's behavior. Could it be that the doctor also has heart disease?"

"No, that seems to be something..."

"Meow!"

Suddenly there was a shrill cry, and Yu Lan raised her head in astonishment.

But it was Ah Hu, the raccoon cat, who was crouching on the eaves, looking for Mo Li to avenge his "revenge".

For fear of leaving the gerbil behind, Mo Li covered his chest with his palms, and at the same time performed lightness kung fu, leaving the cat far behind.

Afraid of cats?

It doesn't matter, just run fast enough.