Chapter seven hundred and four, the heart of the ghost king
That night, the storm was about to come. But the peace still persisted until the morning. People saw the sunrise in the east, and the sunset shone into this capital closed by the barrier. Except for a few people and ghosts, no one knew how violent the upcoming storm would be.
Yuan Xiaobao brought his "servants" to the palace early and participated in the morning court of the Ghost Kingdom with his civil servants and military generals.
This morning court seemed particularly grand. According to those who attended, there have been few such large-scale court meetings since the demise of the Yongjin Kingdom. The last time it was when the eldest king left and the new king ascended the throne.
However, such an important cemetery was missing three important people, Zhuang Heng, Zhou Xin and Liang Cai. These three people led nearly half of the elite troops in the Guiyuan country.
When people were curious and speculating, someone reported that Zhou Xin and Liang had assembled 10,000 troops outside the city, not knowing what they intended.
The hall suddenly became noisy, and most people didn't know what was going on.
Yuwen Chang was standing at the front of the court officials, but at this moment he was drooping his eyebrows and said nothing.
Yuanmao coughed lightly, and the hall suddenly became quiet.
"Don't panic, the three generals have some misunderstandings about me." Yuan Mao sighed, "I'm also wrong about this. Originally, I just wanted to send more people to protect Xiaobao's safety. Unexpectedly, General Zhou and others misunderstood. They thought I was going to harm Xiaobao, so they had a conflict with the guards I sent. The state has national laws and family rules. I had no choice but to detain General Zhou and others for the sake of their face. I did not let the Criminal Department intervene, but only handed it over to the Prime Minister for trial."
He said as he looked at Yuwen Changzai.
Yuwen Chang hurriedly stepped out and said, "I heard from the king. The minister tried it overnight yesterday. I found that it was indeed a misunderstanding, so I released General Zhou. I didn't expect that he would dare to assemble a large army outside the city today. His intentions were unbearable. Is it unbearable? Please send troops quickly to eliminate the rebels to face it!"
There was an uproar in the court, and no one expected that the always gentle prime minister directly proposed to fight, without even having room for ease.
Many people have raised objections, saying that the three generals are important officials of the country and hold military power. They should focus on persuasion and not raise an army without raising an army.
But some people also support Yuwen Changzai's opinion, believing that soldiers are the most important. Zhou Xinliang, Cai and Zhuang Heng are all good generals who are good at fighting. Taking advantage of their morale of the army, they are the best strategy to fight quickly and decide quickly. The king sends troops to perform the king's way. With a righteous army without a rebellious army, they will definitely be able to make a concerted effort.
Qi Wufei stood in the corner and looked at these people coldly. He heard many different moods from these noisy sounds, including gloating, sighing, indignation, joy, worry, and excitement... In short, these ghosts have their own ulterior motives.
It seems that no matter what system is closed for a long time, it will inevitably form an inverted scroll. The ghost country has been closed in the barrier for more than two thousand years. It is carefree on the surface and is a paradise, but in fact it has been very powerful. Maybe these people are looking forward to a great cleansing in their hearts so that they can have the opportunity to get to power and obtain more resources.
Perhaps it was because of this that Yuwen Chang dared to give it a try, and Yuanmao was also using people's hearts to take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents and solve the problem of intra-revolution.
After a long debate, there was no result. Yuanmao, who was high above, stretched out his hands to stop the dispute in the court.
"I have a solution, no need to start a war. It's not that I made a temporary decision, but that I had already made a decision. Even if I didn't have a misunderstanding with General Zhou, I would do this."
Yuanmao paused, looked at Yuwen Chang, and smiled slightly, "I told Prime Minister Yuwen yesterday. Today I will officially announce that I will give the throne to my nephew Yuan Xiaobao!"
Except for Yuwen Changzai and Qi Wufei, everyone was stunned. The hall was so quiet that the needle was heard, but after a moment, an uproar broke out, like a sudden tide, flooding the entire hall surgingly.
Qi Wufei couldn't hear what people were saying, only knowing that most of the voices were full of anger.
If Zhou Xin and others had not gathered troops outside the city, Yuanmao's words of arrears might not have caused such an uproar. At most, people would advise, or some would have acquiesced to this matter out of their feelings for the boss Wang Yuantingbi. However, the current situation obviously aroused people's indignation. If Yuanmao agreed to give up the throne at this time, not only would the court lose its face, but the civil and military officials of the court lose their face.
"King, this matter must not be done!"
Someone shouted and knelt down. This kneeling was a large area.
"King, this matter must not be done!"
Such sounds came one after another, and later they became uniform sounds. All the court officials knelt down, including Yuwen Changzai. However, Yuwen Changzai didn't say anything, but just knelt there, holding his hands together, and watching all this coldly. But his cold gaze could not cool the blood in the court. The court officials knelt down in unison, and some even cried out loudly.
Yuanmao looked at all this with satisfaction. This was probably the first time since he ascended the throne that so many ministers had knelt on him and sincerely used him. Even since the founding of Yongjin Kingdom, such scenes were rare. This made Yuanmao feel extremely satisfied.
Qi Wufei knew that Yuanmao's goal had been achieved. This man was really scheming and used the situation to the extreme.
However, he had no time to care about how Yuanmao enjoyed it in his heart, and had to consider his own problems, because many court officials had turned their angry eyes to Yuan Xiaobao.
Yuan Xiaobao was obviously scared by this scene. Although he had received Qi Wufei's reminder in advance and arranged a response strategy, he had to rely on the on-site scene and his experience was not enough to make the best response immediately.
Qi Wufei did not dare to use his divine thoughts to communicate with Yuan Xiaobao in such a scene. There are at least dozens of heavenly ghosts in this hall, and any small moves here may be backfired.
Fortunately, Yuan Xiaobao was not stupid. After a moment of shock, he immediately responded and walked up to him and said respectfully: "Please take back your life! What kind of virtue is Xiaobao..."
Yuanmao stopped him and said, "Xiaobao, don't have to say much. This throne was given to me by your father. Now that you are back, you should naturally be given back to you. Generals such as Zhou, Liang, and Zhuang are all your father's old subordinates. Now that you gather outside the military city, only you ascend the throne can avoid a war. If Master Yin had not persuaded your father to come out of the mountain back then, why would I have to sit in this position and eat in a corpse? What I ask for is not the honor and disgrace of one person, but the safety of a country. Xiaobao, don't refuse."
As soon as he said this, the ministers below were already moved to tears and said, "You must not! You must not!"
Chapter completed!