Chapter 66 Bearing Humiliation and Burden
The Vice Minister of Personnel's hands were trembling.
That's insane!
This guy is absolutely insane!
Using one's concubines to bribe officials, and even raising their illegitimate children?
What a cunning move!
What incredible forbearance!
What kind of green-haired turtle is this?
That's clearly a venomous snake with its tongue out!
The ministers exchanged glances, their eyes filled with horror.
"This King Xuan... his forbearance and humiliation must be for a grand scheme!"
Liu Zhengfeng lowered his voice, only daring to speak in a whisper.
"What His Majesty says must be true."
The Vice Minister of Justice next to him rolled his eyes and replied in a low voice.
"nonsense!"
"When has His Majesty ever told a lie?"
"Isn't King Xuan raising a bunch of fake sons just to emulate the previous dynasty and train assassins to rebel?"
"Hmph! That old thief has been hiding his true intentions well!"
"Once I find something wrong with him, I will immediately report it to the authorities and have him firmly suppressed!"
"They actually dare to come to the capital to demand military power?"
"Let him dream on!"
Empress Dowager Yuan Hua stopped rubbing her forehead at this point.
Her phoenix eyes were filled with disappointment and coldness.
She thought...
This cousin is just a bit of a playboy and a bit of a womanizer.
After all, they were people from ancient times, so it's impossible to have too high expectations.
As long as they don't make any major mistakes, we can just keep raising them.
Who knows!
How could they do something so heinous and immoral!
He not only treated women as playthings and gave them away, but also used them to frame officials of the imperial court.
They completely disregarded her advice from back then!
This kind of person.
They can't stay!
However.
King Xuan, kneeling on the ground, could not hear the thoughts of the crowd.
He only saw the Empress nod.
That instant.
King Xuan was ecstatic!
The Empress nodded?
That means you agree?
This four-year-old is so easy to fool!
He misunderstood, thinking that His Majesty supported him.
He quickly crawled a few steps on his knees and shouted loudly at Yuan Hua above.
"cousin!"
Did you see that?
"His Majesty has already given his support!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"I also want to protect myself!"
"If all else fails, cousin, you can send people to drive all those barbarians out!"
"Our territory of Dayu is inviolable!"
"Although I am a leisurely prince, I still know the principle of not giving up an inch of land!"
"As long as it's for the Great Yu, what does it matter if I have a thousand or two thousand private soldiers?"
"That was to defend our land and protect our country!"
He spoke with such sincerity and earnestness.
Righteous and awe-inspiring.
The veins on his neck were bulging.
Those who don't know the story might think he was a truly loyal and virtuous minister who cared deeply for his country and its people.
The civil and military officials watched his performance.
I felt a churning in my stomach.
That's disgusting!
I just thought he was a cuckold, but now I just think he's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
But everyone was anxious.
They whispered among themselves.
"But we can't bring these gossip stories about being cuckolded into the open."
"Yes, we can't exactly say that we didn't give him military power because we knew he wasn't capable, can we?"
"We can't force King Xuan to his knees!"
"Hopefully, something else will come out!"
"Ideally, it should be the kind that leads to an immediate conviction!"
Everyone's gaze once again turned eagerly to the little dumpling on the dragon throne.
His Majesty!
Hurry up and unleash your power!
Let's get some more juicy gossip!
It seemed to have heard what everyone was thinking.
Yu Zhaoning made two gestures in the air with her small hand.
It's like turning a page.
soon.
Her small body jolted suddenly.
He once again displayed that shocked expression, as if he had never seen anything like it before.
[Holy crap!]
[I thought it was already shocking enough that he was cuckolded and had to support a football team.]
[I never expected there to be something so infuriating!]
[This uncle of King Xuan has truly lowered the bar for my understanding of the world!]
[What did he just say?]
[Not an inch will be yielded?]
[Pooh!]
[shameless!]
Yu Zhaoning puffed up her cheeks in anger and shouted loudly in her heart.
[He actually took the initiative to acknowledge the emperor of the barbarian kingdom as his father!]
[It was even the kind where they wrote a letter in blood!]
[This is blatant blatant disregard for one's own interests!]
[And he even made a promise to that barbarian father.]
[As long as the barbarian kingdom sends troops to help him rebel and become emperor.]
[He directly ceded the vital strategic location of my Great Yu!]
It's like the sky is falling and the earth is collapsing!
All the officials instantly became frosty.
The memorial in his hand was almost crushed to pieces.
The strategic throat?
Ceding territory for personal gain?
Yu Zhaoning was still there, angrily pounding her legs.
[That's absolutely outrageous!]
[This strategic location is the throat of my Great Yu, home to the two important prefectures of Mingzhou and Yunzhou!]
[My grandmother mentioned this in class earlier.]
This is like a natural barrier, capable of defending against external enemies.
[If this place is no longer there.]
[The doors are wide open!]
[Wouldn't the enemy be able to come and go as they please?]
[Won't the people of Dayu then become lambs to the slaughter?]
[Even I, a baby, know this principle.]
How could this great-uncle be so wicked!
[To become emperor, he even abandoned the ancestral legacy!]
[I'm so angry!]
These few sentences.
Every word is piercing to the heart!
The civil and military officials held their breath once again.
His chest heaved violently.
That's because she was angry!
Their hearts were screaming and roaring.
Mingzhou and Yunzhou!
That was a vital border town that countless soldiers defended with their blood!
This beast actually wants to give it away?
They still acknowledge barbarians as their fathers?
This is utterly disrespectful to the Great Yu Dynasty!
Damn it!
"Damn it!"
The military officers were so angry that their eyes turned red.
They also wanted to rush up right now and beat King Xuan to death!
If these two places are taken away.
How will these people face their ancestors in the afterlife a hundred years from now?
They'll all be condemned for all eternity!
Liu Zhengfeng was so angry that he trembled all over and almost jumped up to point at King Xuan's nose and curse him.
Grand Tutor Wang An, who had been silent until now, suddenly took a step forward.
His mustache was practically sticking up to the sky.
He pointed directly at King Xuan, his voice booming like a bell.
"Your Highness Prince Xuan!"
"That sounds nice!"
"Since it's for the sake of the Great Yu, then we should abide by the ancestral rules even more!"
"According to the laws of the Great Yu Dynasty!"
"There are limits on the size of a prince's private army; it cannot exceed one thousand men!"
"As far as I know, King Xuan had already recruited a thousand private soldiers in his fiefdom, and the quota is full!"
"If we add another two thousand..."
"Those are three thousand private soldiers!"
"Three times the production!"
What are you trying to do?
"This might be suspected of being a rebellion!"
This serious accusation against Wang An has been leveled against him.
This completely stunned King Xuan.
King Xuan was furious.
That old scoundrel!
Everything was fine just now.
Why did it suddenly start biting people?
He immediately retorted.
"Grand Tutor Wang!"
"You're spouting nonsense!"
"I am the Empress Dowager's own cousin!"
"He has half-royal blood in his veins!"
"What suspicion could I possibly have of rebellion?"
"Your Majesty and I are related by blood; we're too close to each other!"
"How could I possibly harm my own granddaughter?"
As he spoke.
He turned his head again, his face full of a fawning smile.
Looking up at Yuan Hua, who remained silent throughout, on the high platform.
"cousin!"
"You know your brother best."
"Your Majesty, I am the most timid of all; how could I dare to rebel?"
"That old scoundrel is just jealous of our deep sibling bond!"
"You agree, right?"