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Chapter 974: Grand Court Meeting at Taiji Hall (I)

"It doesn't matter. Duke Lu is not the only one who is absent-minded today, right?"

Wei Ting smiled kindly, showing great understanding. He pointed to his colleagues Li Tai, Cen Wenben, Li Ke, Chai Zhewei and others who were in a trance and said, "With such a big scene today, I guess the emperor is going to appoint a crown prince. The princes and their ministers who support them are all worried."

Hou Junji took a closer look and realized that it was indeed the case.

All the princes who participated in the fight for the throne, and the ministers who were involved in it, had heavy faces and were worried about gains and losses.

Not to mention Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu, Li Ji and others, even Changsun Wuji and Li Jing, who had always lived in seclusion, came.

"Hey, why does it seem like there's a woman here?" Wei Ting was stunned.

Hou Junji followed Wei Ting's line of sight and said with a smile, "Doctor Wei, you are really a forgetful person. That is the Prince of Beiping, the Grand Commander of the Grand Commander's Office of Mo Nan, Ashina Yun. In terms of personal relationship, she was the concubine of the former crown prince."

"But in terms of official position, he is a second-rank commander-in-chief, and also has the title of a prince. Why can't he come?"

Wei Ting suddenly realized what was going on and squinted his eyes to look carefully.

Sure enough, Ashina Yun was followed by a group of middle-aged officials who were wearing Tang Dynasty official uniforms but had faces that were obviously barbaric from the grasslands.

There was no precedent of women serving as officials in the Tang Dynasty, but there were examples of women serving as rulers or prime ministers in the countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty, especially in the Western Regions. For example, "Waza" and "Wuheza", descendants of the Dayuezhi State during the Qin and Han Dynasties, were women in power, and half of the officials in the country were women.

Ignore it and withdraw my attention.

Wei Ting lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the emperor met with the princes some time ago, and also summoned some important ministers and governors of frontier provinces, as well as important generals from various provincial governors and border towns. I guess he has already tacitly agreed on the candidate for the new crown prince."

"Yesterday, His Majesty ordered the doctors of the Imperial Medical Bureau to prepare some nourishing medicines to ensure that Your Majesty has enough energy to support today's court meeting. Select a new crown prince for the Tang Dynasty to ensure the stable inheritance of the country."

Wei Ting looked at the adult princes walking in front of him, especially Li Ke, Li Tai and Li Zhi, and said meaningfully: "In the past, they were brothers, but now they will be king and subject. Either you will rise to the throne or fall into the dust."

"I really don't know who is the real winner after today's court meeting?"

Hou Junji turned to look at Wei Ting, who looked relaxed and casual. "Master Wei, you are not worried at all. Don't you have any bets?"

"Who said that?"

Wei Ting was startled, and said seriously: "Duke Lu, don't you know that I have always supported Your Majesty in establishing a grandson as the crown prince?"

"What."

Hou Junji turned his head in disbelief, his eyes wide as bells, and asked in disbelief: "You have always supported the establishment of the crown prince, how come I didn't know?"

"In the memorial I submitted to the Emperor recommending the crown prince, I clearly supported the Crown Prince. How could that be false?"

Wei Ting had no good relationship with Hou Junji before, and this time he changed his ways at the suggestion of his family in order to win over the officials of the Eastern Palace in the future.

In the past, he had always supported Li Tai, the Prince of Wei.

At this time, before the overall situation is settled, he specifically finds the standard-bearer of the East Palace to show goodwill, just to stir up trouble, so as to avoid all his good intentions going to waste later.

Thinking that his attitude was only mentioned briefly in the memorial a few days ago, it was normal that Hou Junji didn't know about it. This turn was really a big one, not to mention Hou Junji didn't know, even he himself had just made up his mind.

So he coughed twice and explained awkwardly: "To be honest with you, Duke Lu, I have always been optimistic about the King of Wei and was a firm supporter of the King of Wei. But recently I found that the King of Wei is just a hypocrite who says one thing and does another."

"He appears to be kind and modest, but in reality he is cunning, violent, and vicious."

Seeing Hou Junji's eyes flickering and obviously doubtful, Wei Ting lowered his voice even more: "Duke Lu, you may not know that the King of Wei, in order to fight for the position of crown prince, actually said in front of the emperor that he could kill his only son."

"This is to prove his determination to take Li Xiang as his heir and pass the throne to the crown prince in the future."

It has to be said that the power of the aristocratic families is truly terrifying, they can even detect such secret information.

After Wei Ting finished speaking, he shook his head with an extremely disappointed expression: "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. For the sake of the throne, Li Tai dared to kill even his own son. He is truly a wolf with a heart of a wolf and a snake with a scorpion nature. I am the son of a saint, how can I be willing to associate with such a beast in human form?"

"No matter what, I will report this to him today. I will not let the Tang Dynasty fall into his hands."

When Hou Junji heard such news for the first time, he was overjoyed. He did not expect Li Tai to make such a mistake. If this were the case, the King of Wei would not have an absolute advantage today. Maybe there would be a debate in the court.

As long as no resolution can be reached in the end, the purpose of delaying time can be easily achieved.

Thinking of this, the worried Hou Junji breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his fists with some gratitude and said, "Thank you, Lord Wei. Lord Wei is the Imperial Censor, in charge of the Imperial Censorate, responsible for supervising all officials and advising His Majesty." "With Lord Wei's help, this old man will have more confidence."

Seeing that Hou Junji accepted his good intention, Wei Ting breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around and looked around, continuing to show his goodwill: "Why don't I see His Royal Highness Chang Sun? The successor will be decided today. Since Chang Sun is interested in participating, why can't I see him?"

"Could it be that he entered the palace ahead of time?"

Upon hearing this, Hou Junji's face immediately fell as he said, "After receiving the notice of the court meeting yesterday, I hurried to the East Palace. Who knew that the Queen had already taken my daughter and His Royal Highness Changsun to the palace in advance, and has not released them until now."

Wei Ting frowned, then understood and said, "I think the Queen knows that the eldest grandson has little hope, so she deliberately prevented the eldest grandson from participating in it to avoid offending the new crown prince. It is also a good intention, which is really admirable, isn't it?"

"Since the eldest grandson is absent, I guess Duke Lu is not going to fight today?"

Wei Ting was very happy. If Hou Junji gave up on his own initiative, he would have shown his goodwill in advance. It could be said that he could get such a favor without any bloodshed or effort. Isn't it the best of both worlds?

Hou Junji looked conflicted. He nodded and then shook his head: "I don't know either. Let's see what happens later."

Wei Ting was stunned. Could such a thing be decided on the spur of the moment?
If you want to fight, you must go all out. If you want to quit, you must quit decisively. This is a battle for the dragon. You should treat it as a child playing house. If the situation is good, you will quit. If the situation is not right, you will hesitate.

Wei Ting felt disgusted and curled his lips in disdain.

This warrior is indeed a warrior. For such a big thing, he did not have any plan in advance and acted completely on impulse.

It is difficult to achieve great things if you act so casually.

On the other side, Xiao Yu, Wang Gui, Du Chuke and Zhang Liang beside Wei Wang Li Tai were full of confidence and looked determined to win. They kept encouraging Li Tai and telling him about the good situation on their side. They all seemed to be confident.

"King Wei, did you see that?"

Zhang Liang was delighted: "I just sent someone to look for him, but the eldest grandson of the Eastern Palace did not show up today. It seems that they knew that the emperor preferred your Highness, and they were afraid of offending the future Crown Prince, so they withdrew early."

"Haha, they are sensible."

Du Chuke also had a smug look on his face: "Knowing that they can't win, they still want to fight with His Highness. Isn't this clearly not leaving themselves a way out? Since they are so sensible, they can leave him a way out when His Highness ascends the throne in the future."

"The late crown prince has been dead for sixteen years, yet that mother and son are still occupying the East Palace. How shameless they are." Zhang Liang complained dissatisfiedly.

"Don't get carried away when you are proud."

Xiao Yu was an upright person, and was very dissatisfied with the mean behavior of these ministers. He frowned and said, "The former crown prince was sent as an envoy to the Turks and made great contributions to the country. The eldest grandson has a kind and honest character. The King of Wei is in the East Palace, so he should show a broad mind and appease him."

"Unite the brothers, love the sons and nephews, this will win the hearts of the people and live up to your majesty's expectations."

"Yes, Lord Xiao is right." Li Tai was also very fed up with Xiao Yu, the old man, preaching anytime and anywhere. However, Xiao Yu was a veteran minister of two generations and three dynasties. He had great prestige in the court and had many students and former officials.

Now it was time to win them over, so he quickly gave a look to Zhang Liang and Du Chuke, and the two of them shut up awkwardly.

At this time, several people just walked to the steps in front of the Taiji Hall. Li Tai turned around and looked back, looking at the densely packed ministers below the steps and on the square. A feeling of being high above and looking down on the world arose spontaneously. Li Tai just felt relaxed and in high spirits.

After a quick glance, he turned around abruptly, swung his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and walked forward with his chest and head held high.

In addition to these core members, a large number of supporters followed Li Tai into the majestic Tai Chi Hall.

On the other side, King Wu Li Ke was surrounded by Chai Zhewei, Sun Fujia, Xue Wance and three or four others, and there were not many middle and low-level officials, making his wings seem very weak.

Li Ke's face was gloomy and he looked very worried.

No matter from which aspect, his chances of winning were not high, and even fewer court officials were optimistic about him. Quan Wanji held a special position and could only support him secretly, and there was no way for him to stand on his side openly.

Although Li Ji and Cheng Yaojin did not block his own way, they were neither far nor close.

As for those former Sui officials, they dared not support him openly. If the situation in the court was favorable, those people might fight for their favor and support him; if the situation was unfavorable, those people would not even dare to show their heads.

Chai Zhewei looked in the direction of Hou Junji, his face suddenly darkened: "Your Highness, the emperor's eldest grandson has not shown up. Wan Ji said that if the East Palace dares to stand up and fight, it can fight against the Wei Wang Party to a draw, and we may be able to reap the benefits."

"If the Eastern Palace gives up, the Wei King's party will dominate, and we will not be able to defeat them at all."

(End of this chapter)