"Fifth brother, please don't speak nonsense. Before our father passed away, I received a summons from him and hurried here. I don't know why Prime Minister Zhou is trying to distort the truth. Everything I said just now is true. Others can testify for me."
Gu Fanzhi looked at the ministers with a threatening look in his eyes. The ministers knew the situation was hopeless and naturally would not follow Zhou Gongjin's lead.
Several people nodded.
Gu Fanzhi was overjoyed to see that they all obeyed him, and his eyes turned colder as he looked at Zhou Gongjin.
"Prime Minister Zhou, I don't know how I have offended you, causing you to resort to distorting right and wrong."
Gu Fanzhi shouted towards the door, "Come here, take Zhou Gongjin to the prison and retry him on another day."
Two guards immediately walked in from outside the door and captured Zhou Gongjin.
Gu Fanzhi looked at the Fifth Prince and said, "Fifth brother, considering that we are brothers, I will not pursue what happened just now. If there is a next time, I will definitely punish you severely."
The fifth prince's face flushed red and he was very angry.
Lord Liu said, "Your Highness, the country cannot be without a ruler for a single day. I beg Your Highness to inherit the throne."
Several other cabinet ministers knelt down and pleaded.
The princes looked at each other, and so did the ministers who followed them, all standing still.
Seeing that they didn't move, Gu Fanzhi sneered in his heart.
He knew exactly what they were thinking.
They wanted to wait for the Dragon and Tiger Army, and he granted them their wish.
Gu Fanzhi winked at the person below, and that person hurried away. After a while, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside.
When the people in the hall heard the footsteps, they turned to look at the door and saw the commander of the Dragon and Tiger Army appear in front of them.
The Second Prince said, "General Long, you've arrived just in time. My father has passed away, and there are doubts about his will. General Long, please join us in investigating the truth."
The arrival of General Long gave them confidence.
Gu Fanzhi's lips curled up into a sneer. He looked at General Long with a smile, "General Long, tell us, is this will true or false?"
General Long stepped forward and knelt before Gu Fanzhi. "Since Your Highness has the late Emperor's will, he must ascend the throne as soon as possible to appease the people. If anyone dares to rebel, the Dragon and Tiger Army will certainly not let them go."
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
They never expected that Gu Fanzhi had even bribed the Dragon and Tiger Army.
In this case, what hope do they have?
Some ministers, seeing that the situation was not right, immediately knelt down.
Once there was one, there would be two. Then one after another they knelt down and earnestly requested Gu Fanzhi to ascend the throne.
The other princes stood out particularly among the ministers kneeling on the ground.
Gu Fanzhi raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at them with a half-smile.
General Long looked at those people with unfriendly eyes. Those people felt threatened. The situation was such that they had to bow their heads.
Gu Fanzhi felt very happy when he saw them all kneeling down.
He can finally take that seat.
After being "persuaded to ascend", he can naturally inherit the throne.
The so-called "persuasion" means that the ministers requested to inherit the throne three times, and the person concerned refused three times, and finally "reluctantly" agreed.
Gu Fanzhi declined twice. As long as he refused once more, he would agree after the fourth time.
"Your Highness, please consider the people of the world and inherit the throne." Everyone shouted in unison.
Gu Fanzhi's face was filled with sorrow. "I have no talent or virtue, and am unfit to shoulder the heavy responsibility of ruling the world."
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