Tyrant Whitewashing Plan [Transmigration Book]

"Is this how Jingyuan ascended to the throne?" Xiao Jining couldn't help asking Xiaodan.

After listening to what Xiao Jining said, Xiao Dan was silent for a moment, and admitted: "In general, that's right."

After getting Xiaodan's affirmative answer, Xiao Jining took two steps back with a dazed expression, sat on the chair, and muttered: "He didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of him..."

From a certain point of view, Jing Yuan did not directly participate in the struggle for the throne, and almost all the princes died by cannibalism. Even if they died at the hands of Jing Yuan, it was Jing Yuan who acted at the emperor's order.

But it's hard to say whether the Jing family is behind this. After all, besides Jing Yuan, the Jing family also has a Jingyue.

Because Xiao Jining was worried about his death, Xiaodan comforted him and said, "Don't worry, these are the original plots, but the plots are different now, and you may not die. "

"Of course I won't die." Xiao Jining said, "Jing Yuan said he wanted to protect me. What I'm worried about is my Third and Seventh Brothers."

Xiaodan: "..."

Why does it want to talk cheaply to comfort people?

"The most important thing now is not to let the third brother return to Beijing, nor let the seventh brother ascend the throne." Xiao Jining said with a frown, "If the third brother stays in the imperial mausoleum, then the fourth and fifth brothers will not be allowed to take the throne." If there is no way to attack him, nothing will happen to him."

Xiaodan said: "You don't have to worry about the third prince for the time being, he won't be able to come back without the imperial edict."

"That's not necessarily true. He didn't come back when the second prince ascended the throne, because it wasn't his turn to ascend the throne." Xiao Jining was still worried, "The minister said at that time that the second prince was promoted to the throne in an orderly manner, so now They will definitely use this reason as an excuse to bring Brother Sanhuang back."

Xiaodan asked again: "Then what are you going to do?"

"I'll go and talk to Brother Seven and Brother Eight." Xiao Jining said, "If the ministers want to push Brother Three to the throne, as long as the three of us insist that Brother Three cannot return to Beijing without an imperial edict, then the ministers will not be able to do so." Let Brother Sanhuang come back. I will also write a book for Brother Sanhuang, and tell him not to return to Beijing for the time being."

Xiao Jining did what he said, and the next day he contacted the Seventh Prince and Eighth Prince and told them what he was worried about. After listening to the Seventh Prince and Eighth Prince, he also agreed with Xiao Jining's words, saying that if the minister mentioned it, the two of them would also He strongly opposed the return of the third prince to Beijing.

It only solved the problem on the side of the third prince, but Xiao Jining on the side of the seventh prince didn't know how to speak. After all, when the seventh prince said that he wanted to seize the throne, he agreed.

Xiao Jining was very worried, but the second prince's funeral would not take long no matter how long it was. After the funeral, the election of a new emperor would be put on the agenda again.

And just as Xiao Jining was worried, the minister proposed that the third prince should return to the capital to ascend the throne on the grounds that the elders would still succeed to the throne. Apart from the issue of age, the third prince also had a very important bargaining chip - the eldest grandson of the emperor It was also born of the third prince, and Emperor Xiao loved the eldest grandson of the emperor very much during his lifetime.

In contrast, although the fourth and fifth princes also have sons, none of them are the eldest grandsons. The concubine of the sixth prince is still pregnant, and it is not known whether the child is a boy or a girl. There's no one in their backyard yet.

The more royal heirs the better, so the throne should be inherited by the third prince, the father of the eldest grandson of the emperor.

Fortunately, Xiao Jining and his party were well prepared. When the ministers made this proposal, Xiao Jining said: "When the emperor was alive, he once said that the third brother should never return to Beijing without an imperial edict, and the second emperor did not issue an imperial edict before his death. , so Brother Sanhuang cannot return to Beijing."

"Yes." The eighth prince also stood up and said, "When the new emperor ascends the throne and issues an imperial edict of amnesty, let the third brother return to Beijing."

The third prince accompanied Duan Zhang's father, Lord Duan, upon hearing the words, he asked the eighth prince and Xiao Jining: "In the opinion of the two princes, who should inherit the throne?"

The eighth prince answered him: "Establish a son, establish a son, and establish a virtuous son. The father and emperor have no sons, and the former prince has passed away. King Qiping is outstanding, with both ability and political integrity. He should be established as the new emperor."

Lord Duan disagreed: "Eighth Prince, you also know that the first is to establish the elders and then the virtuous. Are you saying that the third prince has no talents?

"Of course not." The eighth prince frowned and quickly denied, "How can the third brother be incompetent?"

Lord Duan sneered: "If that's not the case, then the third prince should be the one. Even if it's not the third prince, then it should be the fourth prince. Why is it the seventh prince's turn?"

The fifth prince listened, raised his eyebrows and said: "I also think that it should be the fourth prince who succeeds."

The sixth prince also echoed: "Yes, yes, I think so too."

The seventh prince and the fourth prince are both princes who have been elected to the throne. In order to avoid suspicion, it is best for them not to speak. Even if they speak, they need to be courteous and humbly let the other party ascend the throne. In this case, it is better to keep silent all the time.

But the eighth prince alone could not speak for the fifth and sixth princes, so he quickly took a look at Xiao Jining and asked him to stand up and say a few words.

"I..." But Xiao Jining hesitated.

Because once he speaks up to support the Seventh Prince, if the Seventh Prince is really enthroned, then the people who will deal with the Seventh Prince, besides the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Princes, will have many Beijing families.At that time, if the Seventh Prince wants to sit firmly on the throne, he will have to meet with the fourth or fifth soldiers sooner or later, and in the end he will face Jing Yuan like this, but Xiao Jining really doesn't want Jing Yuan to face his Seventh Brother on, so he hesitated.

However, while Xiao Jining was hesitating, Jing Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at him, then stood up and opened his lips and said: "Master Duan is right, I think it should also be the fourth prince who ascended the throne."

Listening to Jing Yuan's words, Jing Yue slanted the corners of his lips and said, "I also agree with Lord Duan's words."

Jing Yuan is now in charge of the Forbidden Army in the palace, and Jing Yue also holds nearly half of the military power of Great Xiao. Back then, the second prince could ascend the throne only with the support of Jing Yue. Now that Jing Yuan has spoken, the fifth prince supported by the Ji family has no objection. The emperor was then appointed - the fourth prince.

After hearing this, Xiao Jining was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head, not daring to look at the faces of the seventh and eighth princes.

The three of them were speechless all the way. After leaving the palace gate, Xiao Jining wanted to leave, but the eighth prince grabbed his collar: "You still want to run? Where are you going?"

Xiao Jining drooped his head, did not raise his eyes, and whispered: "Brother Eight Emperor..."

The Eighth Prince arrested Xiao Jining to the Seventh Prince's Prince Ping Mansion, and then forced him to look up at them.

"Ninth brother, what are you thinking?" The eighth prince didn't scold Xiao Jining for his sudden betrayal as soon as he came up, but just asked him, "If I didn't know you well, I almost thought you went to the fourth child's side."

And the Seventh Prince who was sold by Xiao Jining went to stop the Eighth Prince and said: "Eighth Brother, don't be so fierce, Xiao Jiu."

"Brother Seventh Emperor, I..." Xiao Jining immediately raised his head upon hearing this, his eyes were red.

Seeing this, the Seventh Prince hurriedly said, "Ninth Brother, you are not a child anymore, don't cry, just tell me what's wrong, we won't blame you."

Seeing Xiao Jining's red eyes, the Eighth Prince was a little dazed, and said in a low voice: "Did I speak fiercely? I'm sorry..."

"I should say I'm sorry." Xiao Jining wanted to cry even more, but he had something more important to say, so he took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, then tugged on the seventh prince's sleeve and said cautiously, "Brother Seventh Prince, You can't ascend the throne yet, you will die!"

"As soon as you ascend the throne, Brother Four...Five Emperors will definitely attack you." Xiao Jining originally wanted to say that it was the Fourth Prince's fault, but he later realized that the Fifth Prince was the one with the deepest scheming among the princes, so he put The Fifth Prince took the blame, "Second Brother, his death was not that simple."

Unexpectedly, after Xiao Jining finished speaking, the seventh prince also frowned and nodded: "Yes, I also think that the death of the second emperor's brother is not that simple. Although Empress Xu is the daughter of General Xu, she may have practiced martial arts since she was a child, and she can kill him." Brother Two, but Brother Two's son is not in the same palace as her, and Concubine Jiang is watching over there, how did she manage to kill Brother Two and the prince?"

The Eighth Prince is not stupid, Xiao Jining and the Seventh Prince have figured it out: "I also feel strange when you say that, the sixth child supports the fourth child and some say, but why does the fifth child also support the fourth child? At that time, the second emperor When my brother was still alive, he still supported me to ascend the throne, why are you supporting the fourth brother now?"

"What's the fourth and fifth?" The seventh prince taught his younger brother, "That's your fourth brother and fifth brother."

"Wow, I was talking to you just now, you are coming to kill me now!" Brother Eight Emperor pretended to be wronged.

The seventh prince couldn't laugh or cry, the eighth prince ignored him, and said to Xiao Jining: "You are right to worry, but you should discuss this kind of thing with us in the future."

Xiao Jining nodded: "Well, I won't do this again."

"I don't think you planned to turn against the water." The Eighth Prince saw through Xiao Jining at a glance, "The more you think about it later, the more afraid you become, that's why you were speechless just now."

The Seventh Prince patted Xiao Jining on the shoulder, and said to the Eighth Prince: "It's not like you don't know the nature of the Ninth Brother, that's all, since it's the fourth brother who ascended the throne, let's rest our minds, his position... How long can he sit? Hard to say."

Seeing that the Seventh and Eighth Princes did not bear any grudges against him, Xiao Jining's high hanging heart was relieved, but he still felt a little guilty, and he was also a little unhappy after returning home.

As a result, not a while after Xiao Jining returned to Prince Shun's Mansion, Mu Kui suddenly came to report to him, saying that Jing Yuan wanted to visit him.

Xiao Jining saw that it was getting late outside, so he simply met Jing Yuan in the warm pavilion in the garden where he drank fruit wine with Jing Yuan last time, but what Xiao Jining did not expect was that Jing Yuan brought several jars of fruit wine over.

"Hey, General Jing, why did you bring something here?" Xiao Jining was even more surprised to see that the fruit wine was made by his favorite winery.

Jing Yuan smiled and said, "I was afraid that His Highness would be sad, so I brought some fruit wine that His Highness likes, so that His Highness will not be so sad."

Xiao Jining really liked those jars of fruit wine, because he wanted to buy them again later, but the owner of the winery said that the wines were sold out and it would take a while to get new ones. Later, he didn't have time to buy them, but Jing Yuan gave them to him. bought.

But he heard Jing Yuan say that he would be sad, so he asked him subconsciously: "Why should I be sad?"

"Your Highness, don't you really know what Yuan is talking about? Then I have a question I want to ask Your Highness." Jing Yuan raised his eyebrows and continued, "Your Highness said at the beginning that I hope that I can always protect you. Until the Seventh Prince ascended the throne, from this point of view, His Highness hopes that the Seventh Prince can ascend the throne. But today in the main hall, why does His Highness not support the Seventh Prince?"

It's not easy for Xiao Jining to explain this problem, he can never tell Jing Yuan: I know you will ascend the throne in the future, so I don't want my Seventh Brother to confront you, right?So Xiao Jining could only stumbling and denying: "I, I did not support my Brother Seventh Emperor."

Jing Yuan snorted, staring at Xiao Jining closely with black eyes like ink, and asked again: "Is there really not?"

Xiao Jining was flustered by Jing Yuan's stare, but he still insisted: "... Really not."

"Oh, that's Weichen's mistake." Jing Yuan withdrew his gaze, opened a jar of fruit wine, and poured it for Xiao Jining and himself, "I thought—"

Xiao Jining would not think that he could fool Jing Yuan so easily, upon hearing Jing Yuan's words, he asked nervously: "What do you think?"

Jing Yuan raised his eyelids, looked straight at Xiao Jining and said with pursed lips: "I thought that Your Highness wanted my Highness to continue to protect you, so I didn't want the Seventh Prince to ascend the throne. Because as long as the Seventh Prince doesn't ascend the throne, then His Highness is not Can you always be protected by me?"