kingnovel Chapter 891 Why did you surrender to Chu?
Chapter 891 Why did you surrender to Chu?
But fortunately, someone finally stood up to rescue Emperor Li II.
"Okay, Lord Fang and Lord Wei, the two of you should stop making fun of Duke Zhao about this official position." - Seeing that everyone had expressed their opinions, Du Ruhui, who was originally in the dark, stood up directly after a brief eye contact with Dou Shilun and began to smooth things over: "As for Duke Zhao's refusal... Your Majesty, in my opinion, this is not that Duke Zhao is deliberately humble, but that he knows very well what it means to be a minister..."
"..."Chang Sun Wuji is now numb.
Damn it...you guys can say all the good and bad things!
Yes, yes, of course I know what is the way to be a minister - but why do these words coming out of your mouth, Du Ruhui, sound like you are pointing at me?
Changsun Wuji really had a lot of pain that he couldn't express.
"Dou Shilun," seeing his number one henchman about to be tortured again, His Majesty Li II suddenly said, "How about you take on the position of Minister of Rites?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Taiji Hall fell into an eerie silence again.
"Your Majesty," Dou Shilun, who was named, was not affected by this and said calmly, "I will resign from my official position and go to Qiongzhou soon, so I ask Your Majesty to forgive me."
boom!
Dou Shilun's answer can be said to have brought the atmosphere on the field to freezing point.
"Are you going to disobey my order?" Emperor Li II frowned when he heard this, with anger in his tone.
"Your Majesty, I am not going to disobey your order." Dou Shilun bowed to His Majesty Li Er again, "It's just that Qiongzhou is located in a desolate place. If His Majesty the Prince of Chu goes there to be a vassal, without my help, he will definitely have a hard time adapting..."
They say sincerity is the ultimate skill.
The reason given by Dou Shilun was really something that no one could refuse.
"In that case..." After a moment's silence, His Majesty Li II also relaxed: "I agree with you, but Lord Dou, can you recommend a suitable candidate for me?"
"Your Majesty, I believe that Yuwen Shiji, the Duke of Ying, is a man of both talent and virtue, and has good plans, so he can take on this important task." Upon hearing this, Dou Shilun was not vague, and turned around to start promoting the next big enemy to His Majesty Li II.
"……"Now, it was the turn of Emperor Li II and Yuwen Shiji.
But Emperor Li II finally decided to respect Dou Shilun's opinion, because he also realized that after this incident, the Dou family was ready to withdraw from Chang'an. Even for the sake of that boy, he should fulfill his wish.
So, he thought about it and nodded, "That's fine."
So, the matter was settled.
Zhangsun Wuji replaced Li Jing as the new Shangshu You Pushe, while Yuwen Shiji took over Wang Gui's position as Minister of Rites. Next was Dou Shilun. After recommending Yuwen Shiji to His Majesty Li II, he expressed his intention to resign from the position of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple and prepare to go to Qiongzhou to renovate the palace for His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
In fact, because the princes' fiefs were determined early on, the emperor would usually send people to their fiefs to build palaces for them a few years before they took office.
For example, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu actually already has a nearly completed Palace of the Prince of Chu in Xiangzhou. However, after the previous changes, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's fiefdom was changed to Qiongzhou. So now Dou Shilun went to Qiongzhou in advance in order to find a suitable mansion there for His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu to settle down first. After that, he would build a brand new Palace of the Prince of Chu for the future marriage of the King of Chu.
But Emperor Li II should have thought of these, so he did not raise any objections.
However, on the surface, today's grand court meeting became a sign that the Dou family had completely withdrawn from the court, while Changsun Wuji, Yuwen Shi and their forces had won a great victory.
But...
Everyone was not stupid, especially Fang Xuanling. When the court was dismissed, he and Du Ruhui walked out of the Taiji Hall side by side. Then, they looked at Yuwen Shiji, who was in high spirits and walked with the wind, and followed Changsun Wuji, who had a sullen face, trotting out of the palace: "Keming, the Dou family has a master..."
"Brother Fang, please stop testing me." Du Ruhui stroked his beard with a smile after hearing Fang Xuanling's words: "That master is definitely not me."
"When did I say you were from the Dou family?" Now it was Fang Xuanling's turn to be surprised - Keming, you don't even want to pretend?
"I asked a fortune teller to read my fate." Seeing that only Fang Xuanling and I were left around, Du Ruhui walked down the stairs and said to Fang Xuanling behind him, "The fortune teller said that I had already reached the stage of five declines six years ago, and my luck was about to end. If it weren't for the help and blessing of the noble, the grass on my grave would be three feet high now. So, brother Fang, as long as I, Du Ruhui, have a clear conscience in my service to the country, it's okay for me to stand up for His Royal Highness the King of Chu occasionally, right?"
Du Ruhui finished his speech and turned to look at Fang Xuanling, who was standing in the corridor outside the Taiji Hall without moving a step. "Why, Brother Fang, do you also think that I have 'surrendered to Chu'?"
"Just send Du He to Qiongzhou when you get back. It's a good opportunity for him to keep Yiai company on the way." Fang Xuanling knew that Du Ruhui had once been seriously ill, and he also knew who had saved him at that time - so he didn't dare to make any rash assertions about fate. However, facing Du Ruhui's confession of his feelings to him, as a good friend, he immediately offered a more compromising way of repaying his gratitude: "Those two guys and His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu are a nest of snakes and rats..."
"Mr. Fang..." Du Ruhui couldn't help but smile and shook his head when he heard this: "His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu learned the idioms from you, right?"
"Brother Keming..." Fang Xuanling couldn't help but open his eyes wide when he heard this: "Why are you trying to tarnish my reputation out of thin air again?"
"Hahahaha..." Du Ruhui laughed loudly upon hearing this, "Brother Fang, I really should have asked you to go to the Honglu Temple to accompany His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu to work, so that he would know that there is actually someone like Mr. Fang in this world who is more suitable for him than me...Fan Zeng."
"Hey!" Fang Xuanling saw Du Ruhui speaking so bluntly, and hurried forward to pull his old friend's arm: "Keming, be careful with your words!"
If this gets to the ears of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, it will be difficult for me to live in peace in this life...