Chapter 1219 Confrontation
Zhou Shuren felt that more people were paying attention to him. He really didn't want to express his opinion, but he had to because who knew if the prince would bear a grudge? Anyway, it was the emperor who pushed him forward, so he just went with the flow. His statement would make people more convinced that the emperor was really no longer able to do anything.
Zhou Shuren ignored the gazes and looked at the Crown Prince expectantly, "Please let the Crown Prince take the throne."
The sound was so sonorous and powerful that Zhou Shuren's voice could still echo in the hall.
The prince pursed his lips, his face a little tense. He felt that Lord Zhou had exaggerated him a little too much.
King Xianxian of Qi turned around and looked at Lord Zhou. Lord Zhou said, "Yes, Lord Zhou, I can do it." Then he quickly stepped forward and said in a voice several degrees higher than Lord Zhou's, "The country cannot be without a king for a day. Please let the crown prince take the throne."
King of Chu, "."
He can't raise his voice to this level!
Prince Liang was suffering from a severe toothache, and then he realized that his family members all had first-rate acting skills.
Zhang Yang's ears were shaken and he felt a little dazed.
The King of Chu's voice was not loud, but it was shrill, and the eunuchs standing in the hall all looked at him. The King of Chu regretted using his voice to compete!
As soon as Zhou Shuren expressed his position, a chain reaction occurred. Xiao Qing, Mr. Wang and others came forward to ask the prince to succeed to the throne.
Zhang Yang was stunned, only then did he realize how influential Zhou Shuren was. He then had a bad feeling in his heart that he couldn't go on like this. If he kept waiting, the Crown Prince would be the successor to the throne as everyone expected, so what was the point of all the trouble?
The prince took a deep breath, feeling that he was really going to succeed the throne, but he had to stay calm, as his father was behind the scenes. "Ministers, please stop talking."
This routine is familiar. The succession requires a few more times of affection, followed by another wave.
Zhang Yang glared at Zhou Shuren fiercely. Gu Ren said that Zhou Shuren was poisoned and there was nothing to be afraid of. Bah, he wished that Zhou Shuren would die of the poison right now.
Zhang Yang stepped forward and pulled down the king's robes, lowering his voice, "We can't wait any longer."
If you wait any longer, the crown prince will succeed to the throne.
The eyes of the King of Liang were deep. He looked up and saw the Crown Prince looking at him. He was silent, then took a big step forward and said, "How can a man who killed his father be qualified to inherit the throne?"
The ministers' eyes all fell on King Liang.
Prince Liang looked at the Crown Prince with an indifferent expression, and continued in a cold voice, "You hypocritical fellow, why is my father still unconscious? It's because of you."
The prince said sullenly, "I will do my best to take care of my father. Prince Liang, please stop talking nonsense."
King Liang sneered, "Do your best? What a joke. When the ban was lifted, he did not go to see the emperor first, but instead met the ministers. What is the prince's intention? He replaced the ministers one after another and summoned his confidants. Is this what the prince is doing his best?"
Prince, "The court cannot be without someone in control. Father also wants me to do so."
Prince Liang took a big step forward and said, "The prince is feeling guilty. He has been under house arrest for many months and is getting anxious. The ministers still remember the attitude of the emperor before he fell into a coma. The prince is afraid and wants to kill his father."
The prince was furious, "I think the King of Liang has gone mad."
Zhou Shuren thought that being in a good position to support the Crown Prince was a good thing. He was quite excited watching the interaction between the Crown Prince and Prince Liang.
The other ministers were already whispering in twos and threes, because the prince was indeed too hasty and too obvious as King Liang said.
King Liang laughed, "You are afraid, I have evidence that you added medicine to your father's medicine."
The prince said coldly, "I think you are talking nonsense because you don't obey me. I am grateful to you and your father for your kindness and to you and me for being brothers. I will show mercy to you, but you are ambitious. Good, very good."
King Liang, "Don't get angry first, bring Dr. Sun."
As soon as he finished speaking, a eunuch brought Doctor Sun into the hall. Doctor Sun was trembling with every step he took.
All the ministers in the hall fell silent and looked at the imperial physician.
After Dr. Sun greeted him, King Liang said, "Tell me everything you know. Yes, you must produce evidence, lest the prince accuse me of having evil intentions again."
Doctor Sun took out a piece of cloth from his arms and said, "Every day when the emperor makes medicine, someone would take a piece of cloth soaked in medicine and boil it together with the medicine. When it is cooked, the cloth will be destroyed. I found that someone had kept the burnt cloth, so I changed the evidence."
King Liang continued to ask, "What are the consequences of adding the medicine cloth?"
Doctor Sun quickly glanced at the prince, then lowered his head and said, "It destroys people's vitality, and they will eventually die slowly in their sleep."
The ministers were in an uproar over the murder of his father, but then they calmed down again. One side's words alone cannot be trusted.
The prince was also calm, "Prince Liang really went to great lengths to frame me."
King Liang sneered, "Of course there is other evidence."
As he spoke he clapped his hands, and a palace maid and a eunuch came in. The eunuch was easy to recognize, and was now taking care of the Emperor's servants.
At sea, carpet bombing had reduced the area around the island to ruins, and the ships were already approaching the shore.
Rong Chuan was tired, and stared at the iron chain in General Hou's hand, "I really don't want to get off the boat."
General Hou didn't believe it. He was going to land on the island. After thinking about it, he found the iron chain. He ignored Prince Ning's struggle and locked it on Prince Ning's feet with satisfaction. "Half a day, half a day will unlock the iron chain of the prince."
Rong Chuan moved his feet and chuckled. It was really hard for General Hou to find such a long chain that would not affect his movements on the deck and could also trap him. "General Hou is really talented."
General Hou, "The Crown Prince's life and property are at stake for me, so I have no choice but to resort to this desperate measure. When I return victorious, I will apologize to the Crown Prince."
Rong Chuan waved his hands. This was all his own fault. He really angered his father, so he threatened General Hou. "This prince is waiting for the general to return triumphantly."
General Hou drew his sword and said to the soldiers behind him, "Follow me and kill them on the island."
"Kill."
Rongchuan watched the troops landing on the island. Now that they were close, he could hear shouts and screams. Because they were close to the island, Rongchuan could also see people hit by the shells, their broken limbs and blood-stained sand.
There was indifference in Rongchuan's eyes. As he knew more, he realized that there was no innocent person on the island and they all deserved to be killed. He suddenly forgot his past self. Not to mention killing people, he would have to think twice before killing a chicken. Now, Rongchuan smiled softly. The environment and responsibility had changed him. He was a prince.
In the capital's palace, after the palace maids and the eunuchs had finished their instructions, the palace fell silent, especially because the eunuchs' words made people trust them.
Suddenly, a minister stepped forward and said, "You killed your father, your virtue is unworthy of your position."
With a start, people came out one after another.
Ning Houye and others refuted, "This is nonsense, this is the conspiracy of the King of Liang."
The prince stared at King Liang coldly, "King Liang really took great pains to bribe everyone around my father. If that's the case, I don't need to be polite."
As the words fell, suddenly soldiers in armor rushed into the hall, holding long swords in their hands, and surrounded the hall.
Zhou Shuren took a step back, and seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he took another step back.
The prince saw it out of the corner of his eye and silently looked away.
(End of this chapter)