Chapter 118 Not only them, but also you, uncle

Xu Fenghui stood up and knelt on the ground, explaining to Chu Chengye: "Your Majesty, please calm down, I didn't mean that."

Chu Chengye didn't even look at Xu Fenghui, and raised his hand to pour himself a glass of wine.

He put the wine cup in his hand and shook it slightly, staring at the clear liquid that kept shaking in the cup.

"What does Duke Xu mean?"

"Do you think I am a licentious person who favors only one person in the harem?"

"I dare not."

Chu Chengye let out a light laugh. "You dare not? I think you are really brave enough."

Chu Chengye did not give Xu Fenghui a chance to speak, and continued:

"Today is the celebration banquet I held for you and the five princes. It is a great joyous event, but Duke Xu wants to make me unhappy. Do you really think I dare not touch you?"

Xu Fenghui controls the Xu Family Army, which is an elite army that made the enemy army tremble in fear in the previous dynasty.

When Xu Fenghui followed the late emperor, although Southern Qi was attacked from all sides and lost a lot of territory, no enemy army dared to invade the capital because of the Xu Family Army in Xu Fenghui's hands.

The late emperor was very jealous of Xu Fenghui, and because of Xu Fenghui, he never dared to neglect Xu Jilin.

But because of this, the late emperor did not dare to immediately appoint Chu Huaian as the crown prince, nor did he dare to appoint other princes as the crown prince. If the day came to appoint Chu Huaian as the crown prince, he knew that he would not live to see his death, so he could only delay it again and again.

When the late emperor was in power, Xu Fenghui did have the idea of ​​overthrowing the late emperor's throne and letting Chu Huaian ascend the throne, but he did not want Chu Huaian's throne to be illegitimate and unsatisfactory, so he put pressure on the late emperor from time to time to let the late emperor make Chu Huaian the crown prince. But

the late emperor kept using all kinds of excuses to shirk. Xu Fenghui originally couldn't wait for the late emperor to let go, and wanted to force the late emperor to abdicate directly.

But before he implemented this plan, he was robbed by Chu Chengye.

Xu Fenghui used the excuse of escorting Chu Chengye to deal with him, but he found that his Xu Family Army was not as powerful as before because of the defeat of Southern Qi, and could not defeat Chu Chengye for the time being.

Xu Fenghui then retreated, guarding the palace while assisting Chu Chengye.

As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood.

Xu Fenghui had seen clearly that Chu Chengye had lived in the vassal state like a puppet before, and he had no idea of ​​the open and secret attacks of the previous dynasty.

He was a young boy with only military power, but he did not know how to win people's hearts and had no strategy for governing the country.

Even if he gave up the throne to him, he could only be the emperor for a few days. By then, he would continue to expand his army. I don't believe Chu Chengye can still resist.

It was exactly as Xu Fenghui thought.

After Chu Chengye ascended the throne, he made countless enemies in the court. With his way of doing things, which civil and military officials were really loyal to him? He just provoked them a little, and those court officials were under his control.

His Xu Family Army showed to Chu Chengye that it was getting worse and worse. In fact, he was recruiting soldiers in secret, and the Xu Family Army was actually getting stronger and stronger.

Chu Chengye didn't know all this.

Because Xu Fenghui controlled the Xu Family Army, Chu Chengye was not jealous of him, but he would not touch him.

Now that the border of Southern Qi was in chaos, if he fought with Xu Fenghui in the capital at this time, it would inevitably give those surrounding countries the opportunity to unite and attack Southern Qi together.

Now is not the best time to turn against Xu Fenghui.

Xu Fenghui said, "Your Majesty, this is not what I meant, but it is really embarrassing to make such a scene for a woman in the harem."

"If today's incident were to be reported to the previous dynasty, I wonder how they would discuss today's incident."

Xu Fenghui originally intended to let Chu Chengye leave here, and he used the mouths of the censors of the previous dynasty to suppress him.

But Chu Chengye has come to this point and has been insulted countless times. He doesn't care about this matter at all, and his eyes sweep across everyone kneeling on the ground.

"Who dares to discuss my affairs?"

Chu Chengye pointed at a person casually and asked in a cold voice.

"Do you dare to speak of my affairs?"

The man trembled and kowtowed to the ground. "I dare not, I dare not."

After the man finished speaking, the palace was silent. After a pause, they said in unison: "We dare not speak of the emperor."

Xu Fenghui looked at the group of people behind him and felt that they were useless.

These people were originally called by Xu Fenghui to make up the numbers.

Chu Chengye suddenly held a banquet, and it was unknown what his intention was. Now Chu Chengye's temperament has changed greatly compared to before, and Xu Fenghui had to be on guard.

So he called these people. They were all low-ranking officials and did not understand the rules of the palace. Xu Fenghui wanted to use these people to confuse Chu Chengye's eyes and ears and let them help him, but who knew that they all expressed their loyalty to Chu Chengye.

Chu Chengye smiled with satisfaction and answered only Xu Fenghui, "Duke Xu, you see, no one is talking about me."

Xu Fenghui replied obediently, "Yes, the emperor is the ruler of a country, how can they discuss the emperor's affairs."

Chu Chengye shook his head slightly, supported his head with his hand, and pointed at Xu Fenghui casually, "Not only them, but also you, uncle."

"I respect you and call you uncle, but uncle is also duke. Duke should know that I am the monarch and the duke is the minister. There is a difference between the monarch and the minister. Duke should not break the rules."

For Xu Fenghui, being said these words by Chu Chengye in front of so many people was equivalent to being pointed at and scolded.

Not to mention that when he followed the late emperor, no civil or military officials dared to treat him like this. Even the late emperor had to think twice before speaking to him. Now that Chu Chengye humiliated him like this, Xu Fenghui felt an unprecedented humiliation.

But now, facing Chu Chengye, Xu Fenghui had to bow his head.

Xu Fenghui suppressed his anger and replied respectfully: "It is the minister who overstepped the boundaries. I will remember it in the future."

How could Chu Chengye not know Xu Fenghui's thoughts? He did respect Xu Fenghui especially because of the time when Xu Fenghui helped him.

But Chu Chengye found more and more that some people would not treat you the same way if you were good to them. Instead, if you gave them more leeway, they would become more presumptuous and arrogant.

Seeing Xu Fenghui grovelling in front of him and being forced to say those flattering words, Chu Chengye felt particularly happy.

Xu Jilin saw that Chu Chengye had not let Xu Fenghui get up for a long time, so she wanted to intercede for Xu Fenghui.

No one knew what was wrong with Chu Chengye today. He was so abnormal that he got so angry because of such a small matter.

Chu Chengye had been in the vassal state for a long time before. After returning to Beijing, he did not understand the rules of the palace. The late emperor did not have high expectations for Chu Chengye and had no intention of teaching him. He was thinking of taking this opportunity to deal with Chu Chengye.

Later, Chu Chengye offended the late emperor several times. The late emperor could not stand it anymore and sent a nanny to teach Chu Chengye the rules of Nanqi.

The nanny was also a person who knew how to deal with people. Knowing that Chu Chengye would not achieve great things, she just dealt with it.

Xu Jilin had seen the perfunctory treatment of Chu Chengye. At that time, Xu Jilin also thought that the late emperor would not let Chu Chengye stay in the capital for too long. It was useless for Chu Chengye to learn these things, so she ignored it.

But who knows that things are unpredictable, and no one thought that Chu Chengye could ascend to the throne.

When Chu Chengye first became the emperor, although he was violent to others, he didn't care much about the rules of the palace.

Xu Fenghui has always been arrogant, and Chu Chengye just turned a blind eye. She never thought that Chu Chengye would be angry with Xu Fenghui because of what Xu Fenghui said about Cheng Jin.