Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Two days later, the emperor made a decree, saying that King Shun should stay in Beijing to recuperate for a year. During this year, King Shun could go to court, participate in government affairs, and supervise financial matters.

How could the courtiers fail to see the emperor's preference for King Shun, but thinking that he was the prince back then, with great talent, no one objected to this. Even if the third prince stood in the court hall, he couldn't compete with King Shun. Everyone knows it well.

Mrs. Zhao hated her teeth when she heard the news. She thought that Li Xu's life would be hopeless if he was relegated to a corner like Nanyue. When the third prince was about to send someone to assassinate Li Xu, she even scolded him for doing nothing. Today, it seems that This guy should have been wiped out long ago.

But she was not in a hurry. The rebellion of the Han family was always a thorn in the emperor's heart. Li Xu was able to save his life before because there was no evidence to prove that he was involved. What if he was involved?Or did he know it beforehand?

To forge this evidence is much easier than forging the evidence that he was embezzling the Mexican military salary. It doesn't even need conclusive evidence, just a random sentence.

She looked at her brother who was walking back and forth anxiously, frowned and said, "Why are you so anxious? Where is this? Li Xu was raised by the emperor, how could he not favor him?"

"But do you know how weird the atmosphere in the court today is? They looked at me with sympathy and pity. The ministers we managed to win over actually hid when they saw me, and even said in private that we were responsible for the assassination of King Shun." !"

The assassination of King Shun was being investigated with great fanfare. Everyone in the capital knew about it. Naturally, many people pointed their finger at the Zhao family and the third prince. Some people said that it was because the ink corruption case failed to drag King Shun into the water, so the opponents came up with the idea of ​​assassinating the king. Luckily, he obeyed the king's order for such a stupid trick, otherwise the opponent would really succeed.

"The more this is the case, the more calm we need to be. I heard the news that the emperor sent someone to Tongzhou to proclaim an edict to recruit Xian'er back to Beijing."

Zhao Shu was shocked, "What? When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

Mrs. Zhao couldn't understand his yelling character, so she scolded in a low voice: "Even I heard about it in private, so what's so strange if you don't know about it? The problem is that the emperor would recruit a virtuous son to Beijing in private. Nothing good will happen!"

"Then what should we do? The deployment on the Tongzhou side is still immature, and the soldiers and horses are not yet ready. If the Third Highness returns to Beijing, will those people come together?"

"Are you stupid? The [-] troops can't hide their tracks no matter what, and they went to Beijing with great fanfare. Isn't it obvious that we are telling the emperor that we are going to rebel?"

"Then... stay in Tongzhou?"

"We must stay in Tongzhou, and let them be broken into pieces. I suspect that someone knows something? Especially Li Xu, otherwise, why would the emperor recruit Xianer as soon as he comes back?"

Zhao Shu thought it was impossible, why did King Shun call the third prince back?Wouldn't it be nice for him to win the holy favor alone in the capital?

"Actually, it's a good thing to come back. Didn't the Third Highness also give birth to a daughter? You also saw how much the emperor doted on the little princess of the Shun Wang family. It is said that the rewards have been sent to Su Yu Palace these days. If our little princess comes back , at least I can get a share of the pie."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhao was so angry that her chest was tight. At the beginning, the two concubines of the third prince were pregnant at the same time. She thought that at least one son would be left, but one of them slipped a baby on the way to Tongzhou, and it was a formed baby boy. One of them gave birth to only one daughter, who was born prematurely and was said to be very thin.

Because she is a girl, Mrs. Zhao didn't take it too seriously, even if she came back, how useful would it be?What's more, that one was given the title of princess right after she was born.

"Next, what shall we do?"

"Quickly calm down the situation in Yingchuan. The ink corruption case can't be delayed any longer. Since Li Xu can't be convicted, the longer this matter drags on, the less beneficial it will be for us."

"I'm really not reconciled. We have set up a game for so long and offended An's family because of it, and let him escape so smoothly!"

Mrs. Zhao asked angrily: "Then why didn't you check it out beforehand? Isn't this your negligence?"

Zhao Shu jumped up and said, "What does this have to do with me? Who would have thought that he has not used a brush for many years. Do you think it is easy to find someone who can imitate his calligraphy?"

"Okay, okay, you should leave the palace as soon as possible, and don't come to the harem recently, so as not to be suspicious of the emperor." Mrs. Zhao obviously felt that the emperor had treated him a lot colder in recent days. Of course, it might be because his beloved son came back, so No time to talk to her.

But thinking about Tongzhou, Mrs. Zhao felt more at ease. They have recruited soldiers and bought horses in the past few years, and secretly raised [-] soldiers. Whether they can succeed depends on this time.

It's good that King Shun is in the capital, so he can catch them all in one go!

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Just after Yin's time, Liu Shu came in and asked Li Xu to wake up. Today is the court meeting, and Li Xu is going to court now.

He seldom gets up so early, and he is still a little unconscious when sitting on the bed. To be honest, the position of emperor is really not done by humans. He wakes up earlier than chickens and goes to bed later than dogs. Without brotherhood, he really didn't want to fight for this position.

Isn't it good to be a prince of comfort and pleasure?

"Has Kou Xiao woke up?"

"The general is up, boxing in the yard."

Li Xu muttered: "He really has energy!"

Of course Kou Xiao has energy, it is impossible for him to sleep with Li Xu every night in the palace, he has too much energy to vent.

The emperor not only allowed Li Xu to serve in the court, but also gave Kou Xiao the title of General, and he also had to go to the court for training.

In winter, it was late at night in Japan, and it was still dark when the two arrived at the Tai Chi Hall, but many officials had already gathered at the gate, chatting in twos and threes with their hands in their hands.

Li Xu can get up later if he lives in the palace, if the officials live far away, he doesn't know how early he would have to get up, fortunately everyone goes to bed early at night without entertainment, otherwise who can stand such a toss.

The biting cold wind in the early morning is not vegetarian. Many officials turned blue and stomped their feet frequently. Li Xu's arrival diverted their attention, and they stepped forward to greet him one after another.

"His Royal Highness Shun..."

Li Xu scanned around, it was too dark to see people's faces clearly, but from the official uniforms on his body, it can be seen that none of them are high-level officials. In the cold wind, there are only officials below the fifth rank, and they have to listen to the hadith outside the door during the great court meeting.

"My lords have worked hard, the weather is cold, so don't freeze." Li Xu turned his head and told the little eunuch who followed, "Go and pour a cup of hot tea for all your lords to drive away the cold, and give each of you a thicker futon. .”

At this time, the upper court is kneeling and sitting, and these petty officials can only kneel outside the door. There is only one roof, which cannot block the cold wind. If they kneel for an hour or two, they will die.

Everyone didn't expect that King Shun would give them benefits as soon as he came, and immediately became more sincere in their compliments, "Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness."

"You don't have to thank me, this is what my father ordered." Li Xu didn't dare to be labeled as a wooer when he came, and he only thought of himself as doing good things for the emperor.

But the officials knew that the emperor didn't treat them badly, but had always been like this. How could the people sitting on the dragon chair feel the cold wind at the door?

Many of these officials were promoted only in the past few years. They had never met His Highness King Shun, and they felt emotionally: King Shun is indeed as benevolent and kind as the legends say, but I don’t know if he is too weak, otherwise he must be a wise king.

Li Xu didn't greet them for too long, he led Kou Xiao into the main hall, he was on time, all the ministers had already lined up and waited for the emperor to arrive.

It was the first time for Li Xu to participate in a court meeting of this level. The original owner had participated in it when he was the prince, but it was a scene in his memory after all, and it was different from his own personal experience.

He didn't even know where he was supposed to stand, which was a bit embarrassing.

Fortunately, there is a young eunuch to lead the way. His identity is there, he is undoubtedly standing above the courtiers, and beside him is also the top official system of the Dayan Dynasty. They are all people who can shake the foundation of the country.

Li Xu, Prime Minister of Wei, has seen it before, but he is not familiar with Taiwei Xue and Chen Yanglian, the imperial envoy.

His gaze met Taiwei Xue's, who saluted generously with a smile on his face: "Your Highness is well, I haven't seen you for many years, you are more handsome than you were back then."

"Your Majesty Taiwei praised you, and you still have the same demeanor."

Li Xu escaped from the ink corruption case, but Xue Taiwei was still one of the suspects. During this period of time, his hair almost turned gray. Where did he come from back then?

"Your Highness, do you have time to sit down with the lower officials for a while?"

Li Xu knew what he wanted to ask, and joked: "Could it be that Lord Taiwei has good tea for me to taste?"

"Haha, everyone knows that the best tea in Quan Dayan is from Nanyue. I'm afraid His Highness will not look down on the vulgar things in the upper and lower officials' homes."

"Then you are wrong. As long as it is good tea, it can be produced anywhere. If you are used to drinking rock tea, it is also good to taste other teas." This is considered to have agreed to Xue Taiwei's invitation.

The two did not lower their voices when they spoke, and the surrounding ministers heard it, and they naturally thought of the relationship between Captain Xue and the third prince.In theory, these two were supposed to be in the opposing camp, and I don't know how the third prince managed to forcefully push his father-in-law to King Shun.

There is another person who is also blind, that is Lang Zhong Ling'an, who was supposed to be the father-in-law of King Shun, but he resigned from this family and made it easy for the Nanyue Kou family. King Shun is so handsome, let alone a concubine. Even being a side concubine should wake up with a smile, how can a woman not like a character like King Shun?

It's really blind!

Ning Junzhi was also at the court, seeing Li Xu talking and laughing happily with the ministers, and thinking about his son who died young, resentment arose spontaneously, his eyes were as deep as poison, wishing to swallow Li Xu alive.

A tall figure stood in front of Mr. Ning. He looked up and saw a prominent young general staring at him fiercely like a beast, which made people jump in fear for no reason.

"You are……"

"This must be Master Ning, right?" Kou Xiao asked.

Ning Junzhi didn't need him to answer. There was only one new young general in the court, and that was the general of the Nanyue Kou family army and the number one follower of King Shun.

The visitor is not good!Ning Junzhi is well aware of this.

"What advice does General Kou have for you?"

"No, I just came here to see what a person who can teach a stupid son like Ning Yun looks like. Unfortunately, Mr. Ning looks very shrewd. I didn't expect his son to be so bad. This huge dynasty dared to blatantly buy a murderer to kill him. Prince Shun probably only has his son as one of his people."

Ning Junzhi's face turned pale and green, he didn't know whether he was angry or ashamed, especially the courtiers around him looked at him gloatingly.

"General Kou brought up the old story again, what do you want to do? My son lost his life no matter how bad he was, isn't that enough?"

"It's two different things." Taking advantage of the people around him not paying attention, Kou Xiao leaned over and said in a low voice: "And of course it's not enough, dare to be an enemy of the prince, how can one life be enough?"

Just when Ning Junzhi was chilling all over, a sharp and high-pitched "The emperor is coming" rescued him, Kou Xiao returned to his seat, and Ning Junzhi felt that the oppression of death was far away from him.

He was shocked, and thought: Maybe he made a wrong decision at the beginning.

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The emperor went to the court, and all the officials bowed down. Li Xu stood quietly and didn't take part in the political discussions. Xu was very unhappy.

How many major events in the country are waiting for these people to deal with, instead of wasting time arguing here, it is better to go home and sleep, and once the two sides quarrel, the rest of the people just stand aside and watch the fun, and there are even some who stir up the flames, while the emperor sits high on the dragon On the chair, sometimes I make a sound to stop it, sometimes I make a decision, but most of the time I just sit on the sidelines.

If his eyes were not open, Li Xu would have thought that he had fallen asleep on top.

After going to court, Li Xu felt physically and mentally exhausted. This kind of court meeting was much more tiring than going to work. If there was such a situation in his conference room in his previous life, he would definitely have been kicked out.

Coming out of the palace, Li Xu got into an unremarkable carriage, accompanied by three times more guards than the day before yesterday. Because of the assassination, the emperor allowed him to bring a thousand guards into the capital. Huo Da, presumably it is impossible for Xiao Xiao to dare to assassinate.

On the carriage, Li Xu handed the two letters in his hand to Liu Shu, "Give it to Ye Changqing, let him find a way to send it to Mr. Kong, the third one can't solve it for a while, and the Ning family can't just let it go. "

Liu Shu took it silently, and said in a low voice, "It's just the Ning family, it's not worth the prince's attention."

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. Although the Ning family is not considered a strong enemy, they always let them jump around and look annoying."

"Then what you prepared can wipe out the Ning family?"

A sneer curled up at the corner of Li Xu's mouth, "Try it and you'll know." If a charge of falsifying evidence and a charge of assassinating the prince are not enough to make the Ning family ransack the family, Li Xu can only admit that he is out of luck.

If it were Li Xu's rebirth, he would definitely not be able to do this kind of massacre. He doesn't like to implicate innocent people, but the world is like this, and there is nothing he can do about it, and people always have to adapt to the surrounding environment.