Chapter 608: Abdication Decree



The emperor was extremely angry at every word the prince uttered, so even in front of Gu Shaoyu, he scolded him loudly.

"Shameless! Despicable! You and your father have brought disgrace upon our Xie family. You are indeed a bastard. I should have informed my father and had your entire family exterminated!"

Before the prince could say anything, the emperor flew into a rage and started cursing.

Perhaps he knew that even with Gu Shaoyu's help, he would not be able to escape this time, so he started cursing without caring about the consequences.

The prince just stood there nonchalantly, looking at him as if he were watching a joke.

It was not until the other party was exhausted from scolding, fell to the ground, and began to cry tears and snot, that he spoke lightly.

"When my grandfather conquered the country, he handed it over to the late emperor, who he thought would protect it well. However, the late emperor had not attended court seriously for more than 20 years, and later died because of his greed for elixirs. When such an emperor came to my grandfather, how could he stand up straight?"

"Humph, you are a traitor, how dare you bring up my father's affairs?!"

The emperor sat with his hair disheveled, looking at the two of them with red eyes, as if he wanted to glare at them.

"And you, if Marshal Gu and Duke Shang knew that you were born to a traitor like me, do you think they would crawl out of their graves and strangle you to death?"

Gu Shaoyu had long been immune to such words. If he was really afraid, he would not have had such thoughts in the first place. So when he looked at the emperor, there was even more pity in his eyes.

"Grandfather Guo was devoted to you. You ruthlessly kicked him out to Jinling City after he worked hard for his whole life. The Queen Mother and the descendants of the Guo family also lived in fear because of you. Mr. Wen devoted himself to giving you advice. Even if he had no merit, he had worked hard. How did you hunt him down and force him to choose another wise leader? And my Tiger Guards fought for many years to preserve Cezhou and thirteen border cities. When you were fighting for the throne, we protected you and kept Sui'an City peaceful, so that you could sit back and relax and ascend the throne of the emperor. But what have we got now? We were pushed out to Wangzhou, and we let those inferior things in the Royal Army eat us up. What a joke. When you did these things, did you ever think that the Emperor Kaizong and Grandfather Guo would crawl out and strangle you to death?"

Gu Shaoyu has always been a man of few words.

When he started speaking this series of words, the emperor was completely confused.

"I am the Son of Heaven. I have the right to decide the fate of you, my subjects. You are so capable and talented, why don't you rebel against Heaven and take my place? By supporting this rubbish, aren't you trying to blackmail the Emperor to control the other lords? What? Don't you dare to admit it?"

When he said this, he intended to attack the heart.

He had experienced all of this in the past, so he had reason to believe that after the Prince of Yinzhou came to power, he would also be wary of the powerful General Gu. Therefore, he smiled very viciously, as if he was waiting to see the scene of them being suspicious of each other.

However, the time passed by quarter after quarter.

When the sky outside was as dark as ink, he could not see the fluctuation in Xie Daoyun's eyes. He was as calm as a clear spring. Instead, the emperor became more angry when he saw his "compassionate" eyes! "Humph, you are pretending to be a decent person! You can't sit on my throne just because you want to. If you have the guts, kill me. I will never write an abdication edict even if I die! I will make you two be infamous for thousands of years, and be called usurpers and traitors for generations to come!"

The emperor became more and more excited as he spoke, and he laughed like a madman. His laughter seemed particularly lonely in this empty palace.

As he laughed, tears rolled down his face, as if everything over the years was in vain.

He thought he had more things, but in the end, now, none of those so-called things and people were with him. Instead, those people he had pushed away appeared before his eyes like a passing show.

In particular, the voice, appearance and past teachings of his grandfather gradually emerged in his mind. But for some reason, the admiration and respect he had for him when he was the crown prince turned into suspicion and disgust as he ascended the throne.

Until the very end, when he saw the news of his grandfather's death, he did not even feel regret or sorrow. Instead, he felt that it was too late and that the old man should have died long ago.

Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, the emperor woke up again from those memories.

He had long been corrupted by the throne and had forgotten his original intention, so how could he be awakened by just a few words from Gu Shaoyu? Therefore, when he raised his head again, he deliberately held it high, and his pride was still undiminished at this moment.

"What a pity! If your majesty could use this pride in government affairs, I'm afraid that Daxing would have been the foundation of a strong government by now."

When the prince said this, he meant it sincerely.

In fact, he didn't care that much about the throne, nor did he yearn for it, but he felt it was a pity if the people's survival in the future would fall into the hands of such an emperor. So if he had the ability to change it but didn't do it, he would be afraid that he would feel uneasy when he died in the future.

It was precisely because of this that he agreed with Gu Shaoyu's idea and joined forces to rebel against the world.

In order to avoid causing large-scale casualties, they planned from the very beginning that this time the abdication and seizure of the throne would be carried out quietly.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

If the emperor comes to his senses and writes an abdication decree, then it is not impossible for him to be able to live a peaceful life, but if he continues to be as crazy as this, then we can't blame him for being ruthless.

"Who do you think you are? How dare a traitor like you tell me how to save the people?!"

When he heard this, the prince frowned, and then did not say much. He just recounted everything that had happened in Yinzhou in the past five years in a light-hearted manner.

"Yinzhou is poor and its people are weak, but they have managed to get out of such a situation. Why can't I provide a better environment for the good farmland and good people in Daxing? Your Majesty said that I am a traitor and unworthy of talking to you about the policy of living. Then, you, the emperor who is destined by heaven, have any achievements to show for yourself since you ascended the throne seven years ago?"

The prince's remarks were so sharp that the emperor was speechless.

Of course he wanted to curse back, but in recent years he had been busy weakening the power of old ministers and balancing the situation in the court. He was already quite worried about the mentality of the concubines in the harem and his sons.

The people, the core of the uprising and fighting for which the founding emperor revolted, seemed to have never entered his eyes and heart, let alone making any good plans for them.


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