Zhaolan Palace.
A ruin.
A fire burned everything, and flowers blooming in desperate situations might only be a myth that exists in storybooks. Chu Dichi has been standing here for a whole day and night, from sunrise to sunset, from late night to dawn. It is so quiet here.
The palace servants passed by from a distance, not even daring to look or say anything, and hurried past with their heads down.
The new emperor is dead.
The Regent is insane.
He had not eaten or drunk a drop of water for four days, and had not been anywhere except Zhaolan Palace.
No one dared to disturb.
These past few days, it was Xiao Yexing who had been running around to help him stabilize the situation. In addition, with the pressure from the eighth prince's status as Prince Xian, he was able to barely stabilize the country.
However, this is not a long-term solution.
Xiao Yexing and Chu Aotian discuss politics:
"The Second Prince has gathered a group of people who believe that the new emperor's secret decree is not valid. The emperor is still alive and has so many princes. It is not the turn of an uncle to inherit the throne."
Chu Aotian's eyes were red: "Yeah."
Xiao Yexing said:
"The third prince contacted his own staff and secretly spread rumors, believing that the regent was suspected of usurping the throne and was closely related to the death of the new emperor."
Chu Aotian bit his nails: "Yeah."
Xiao Yexing added: "The regent dealt with the eldest prince. The sixth prince believed that he had killed his nephew and destroyed the royal bloodline. His behavior was cruel and outrageous. He joined forces with the elders of the Chu family to depose him."
Chu Aotian squeezed his anus tightly, "Hmm."
Xiao Yexing was about to speak again, but couldn't help but glared at him:
"Can't you say something else?"
"?"
He can't!
He doesn't know how to handle state affairs!
He tried to probe: "How about... sending all these people with bad intentions to the Western Regions to dig coal?"
Xiao Yexing held his forehead with his hand and said, "They have power and connections, which are not something you and I can shake. Even with your status as the idle king, you are no match for them."
I also want to exile them.
It’s good enough if you don’t get exiled by them.
"Ah? What should I do? I've only been a prince for one day. Am I going to become the shortest-lived prince in history?"
Oh my god!
He doesn't want it!
He hasn't enjoyed life yet!
Xiao Yexing looked at him and shook his head.
Gone.
You boy are not worthy of being my advisor.
The most urgent task is to let the regent take power as soon as possible.
Without him, the Chu State is like a building about to collapse.
But he stayed in Zhaolan Palace every day, his three souls had lost seven spirits, and he had not eaten or drunk anything. Even though he could not control his thoughts about the Ninth Prince, the dead were gone and the living had to continue living.
People always have to look forward.
Xiao Yexing went to Zhaolan Palace, only to see a man standing in the black ruins, picking through the ashes with his bare hands, looking for something in a daze.
The hand, which had already been burned by the fire and had not yet healed, was now spurting out blood.
He seemed unaware of the pain.
Look for it.
Look for it.
"Achi!"
Xiao Yexing tried to stop him, but was pushed away by the man, "She wouldn't just leave like that... She should have left something behind..."
Chu Dichi's eyes were unfocused as she searched the palace where she had lived for sixteen years, bit by bit:
"I can feel that she has not left, she is always here."
"She abandoned me when I was a child. How could she still do this after I grew up? Her heart...her heart is too cruel..."
No.
No.
"She planted the flower seeds I gave her so well, and they grew so strong and green. I can even imagine her impatient expression when she scattered the flower seeds..."
How could a fire change everything so completely?
The palace was burned down to its frame, but the five pots of flowers had been placed in the courtyard. There was no flammable material in the courtyard that could catch fire, so the five pots of flowers were well preserved.
The greener the flower seedlings are, the more dead and desperate the ruins appear.
He was scratching at it frantically.
"Achi! Wake up, she's gone. The eldest prince was so cruel and wanted to die with her. Neither you nor I were prepared!" Xiao Yexing stopped him.
"The most urgent task is the Great Chu! The government, the country, and the people's livelihood, such a heavy responsibility rests on your shoulders, are you going to abandon your own people?"
He gave him a stern warning, trying to scold him to wake him up:
"Besides, before she left, she had already issued an order for you to ascend the throne and rule. Do you want to disappoint her?"
Wake up!
Don't fall any further!
His decadence would only make those people tear him apart, divide him, and devour him. If he couldn't even hold on to power, the Ninth Prince might not even be able to bury his own remains in the imperial mausoleum.
Did he want the Ninth Prince to be buried in an ordinary Jingling Mausoleum?
Chu Dichi's expression wavered slightly.
He was depressed for several days, like a walking corpse. After a few days, the first words he heard were those from Xiao Yexing.
"She...ordered me to rule?"
Xiao Yexing said: "Yes, she claims that she has no talent for governing a country, and has already drafted an order to abdicate to you."
"Moreover, he also issued an edict to confer the title of Prince Xian on the Eighth Prince."
Chu Di paused slightly.
She actually drafted two imperial edicts?
I vaguely felt that something was not right...
"Did she leave any more words?"
Xiao Yexing told him the most important things that happened in the past few days: "She also drafted an edict. After you ascend the throne, the King of Chu will be the Supreme Emperor, and Concubine Wen will be named the Grand Imperial Concubine Wen. Her status is second only to that of the Queen, and she will enjoy a lifetime of honor."
Chu Dichi frowned slightly.
"He also issued an edict to the Wen family, bestowing titles on the three uncles and blessing the Wen family."
Hearing this, Chu Dichi's brows furrowed even tighter:
"What else?"
"Also, she issued an edict to the General's Mansion. At the beginning, when Young General Qin had a dispute with Imperial Concubine Jing, the Fang family, and the Seventh Prince, the Emperor fined him one year's salary, and within three years, no matter what merits he had made, he would not be promoted or given a title. She cancelled the Emperor's edict and promoted Young General Qin."
“And what else…”
Xiao Yexing told the story slowly.
Chu Dichi finally realized something was wrong.
It is true that the eldest prince wanted to kill the ninth prince with great force and was well prepared, but what about the ninth prince? Before he died, he had arranged so many things.
The maternal family, the throne, and even his childhood sweetheart, were all arranged.
At first glance, it didn't look like she was murdered, but rather like she was fully prepared and waiting to die on purpose.
As this thought flashed through his mind, he immediately searched through the ruins.
In an instant, the blood in my bones was boiling.
He flipped his hands quickly.
"Achi!"
Xiao Yexing wanted to stop him, but the man was like a madman, with crazy eyes and crazy words in his mouth: "Where is the gold bar... Where is the gold bar..."
Over the years, she has accumulated at least dozens of gold bars.
Money is the foundation of life.
Real gold is not afraid of fire, no matter how big the fire is, it cannot be burned. But he searched through the ruins but did not find a single gold bar.
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