Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 64 Since no one in the world dares to speak, I will speak for it.

In the Qianqing Palace.

This was the first time Chu Shizhao met his father, the Emperor, who had lived deep in the palace and been in charge of government for more than twenty years.

The current Holy Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

He had met Chu Shizhao in the simulation several times, but in reality, this was the first time he met Emperor Yongjin.

In fact, in the simulation, Chu Shizhao did not have many opportunities to meet Emperor Yongjin during the external operation route. At least when Emperor Yongjin passed away, Chu Shizhao could not see his father, the emperor of the Great Zhou.

Emperor Yongjin leaned casually against the dragon throne.

He just looked at Chu Shizhao in front of him calmly.

Chu Shizhao also looked at Emperor Yongjin in front of him very calmly.

The atmosphere at this moment was very silent.

Like father and son, and like king and his subjects.

"Did you write this congratulatory letter?" Emperor Yongjin asked hoarsely, pointing to the memorial with several pages already opened on the ground.

"Who taught you to say such outrageous words?" When Emperor Yongjin said this, he couldn't help coughing, and a sickly blush slowly appeared on his face.

Chu Shizhao subconsciously wanted to stand up.

Although the relationship between Chu Shizhao and Emperor Yongjin was very weak, at least when Chu Shizhao was a child, he still lived in the palace with his mother.

It's not that there is no affection between them, it's just that they haven't seen each other for many years, and they have become estranged in their consciousness. However, when they meet again, the blood-related intimacy cannot be easily "give up".

Emperor Yongjin stretched out his hand slightly to stop Chu Shizhao's action.

"I'm fine." He said coldly, "I'm asking you now, did you write this congratulatory letter?"

"This is not a congratulatory letter." Chu Shizhao said frankly.

"This is definitely not a congratulatory memorial." Emperor Yongjin snorted and said, "This is a memorial blaming the emperor."

"Tell me who ordered you to do this, and I will pardon you." Emperor Yongjin said suddenly, his tone suddenly became fierce and his words were sharp.

"Who on earth is it that ordered my son to denounce me by name?"

Emperor Yongjin stood up and walked in front of Chu Shizhao.

"It is my son who is unfilial." Chu Shizhao knelt on the ground.

Cao Wei, who was bowing beside the palace, said sarcastically, "It is really unfilial to collude with outsiders and rebuke the emperor."

Chu Shizhao just glanced and answered immediately.

"But this memorial was written by me alone, without anyone else's instructions. I admit that I am unfilial, but I only admit that I should not have used the memorial to admonish my father, but should have spoken directly to him in the palace. However."

"Can your son really enter the palace to see the emperor?" Chu Shizhao said with his eyes wide open, "My father has been living in the palace for a long time and does not want to meet with me."

"Recently, there have been many Taoists offering advice, causing the sons to distance themselves from their ruler and father."

"And the father doubts his son, and the son begins to be wary of his father. In this way, only the treacherous villain can prevail, right?"

"I don't care whether I can keep my position as a prince. I am only worried that if the situation continues to develop like this, no one in the court will dare to speak out, and no one in the world will dare to speak out."

"Since no one in the world dares to speak, I will speak for myself."

"As a minister of the emperor and father, and also as a son of the emperor and father, I would like to make this suggestion. The affairs of the world are family affairs. The accusation of being unfilial is only attributed to me, but this can bring good to the world, and I am willing to accept it alone."

The words fell to the ground.

Cao Wei's eyes widened slightly, obviously not expecting Chu Shizhao to say such a thing.

Such remarks are sophistry.

First, he neutralized and mediated the main contradiction between him and Emperor Yongjin, then expressed his own ideas, and finally diverted all the problems, saying that he was willing to take the blame for being "unfilial", but he took the opportunity to put the blame for the turmoil in the government on the so-called "traitors".

He had no way to give direct advice and was forced to write a letter, which was caused by these treacherous officials, and this made him "unfilial".

So there's nothing wrong with either of you, and it's all our problem?
"Then why did you prepare the coffin?" Cao Wei felt that if he continued to tell Chu Shizhao this, his head might be in danger, and he must not let Chu Shizhao continue to "quibble" like this.

In Cao Wei's opinion, the Fourth Prince had prepared a coffin, which meant that he was ready to perish with his enemies. There must be something fishy going on, and he had to point out the problem to His Majesty. "Because I know that if I don't tell you today, I will end up in this coffin sooner or later, like a dead bone in a tomb. Rather than dying a ridiculous death in the future, it is better to find a good place now." Chu Shizhao became even calmer when Cao Wei said this.

"I was born in the eleventh year of Yongjin, and I am your Majesty's heir. This memorial was written and presented by me personally. I am willing to take full responsibility for its contents."

"In the seventeenth year of Yongjin, I was seriously ill and could not recover. Father entrusted the imperial physician to treat me day and night. In the twenty-third year of Yongjin, my father was ill and could not recover. I could not bear it and went everywhere to find a doctor for him."

"The Great Zhou Dynasty is now facing internal and external troubles. This time, I am writing this letter on behalf of the people of the world, hoping that the Great Zhou Dynasty will be forever stable and the sun, moon, mountains and rivers will last forever."

"Father, you are my only father and I only have your support. Who else can order your son around?"

"What I said is only for the people of the world."

"And the people of the world, like me, are all my father's people—"

Emperor Yongjin stretched out his slender fingers and rubbed his temples slightly. He found it extremely difficult to refute and respond if the confrontation continued. He just took a deep breath and said, "Cao Banban, let the fourth son go to the imperial prison first to sober up."

He no longer had the energy to delve into the right and wrong of the matter and just wanted to take another look at the contents of the memorial.

Because every word Chu Shizhao said was true.

It was precisely because every word Chu Shizhao said was true that Emperor Yongjin felt surprisingly painful, yet helpless.

And Emperor Yongjin could not recognize it.

Because he is the monarch, he is the father of all the people in the world and the sage emperor of the Great Zhou.

Therefore, Emperor Yongjin did what was mentioned in the memorial, but he just couldn't admit what he had done.

The person who did bad things could only be a minister.

This is the consensus.

Chu Shizhao scolded the ministers and also scolded the emperor as his father. This is what makes it more sharp compared to other books of advice.

In previous memorials, the people who were scolded were nothing more than the favored ministers who were used by Emperor Yongjin.

Guo Qian, who was standing aside at this moment and watched Chu Shizhao walk out of the hall with his own eyes, was sweating profusely and hung his head. Only now did he realize what kind of outrageous and crazy content was written in the memorial submitted by Chu Shizhao.

The hall fell into a long silence.

No one spoke.

It seems as if they are all dozing off.

After a long time, Emperor Yongjin's complexion finally returned to normal. He picked up the memorial again, as if he was savoring it carefully.

"What do you think? Should I present this memorial at the court meeting tomorrow?" Emperor Yongjin fixed his eyes on Guo Qian who was trying his best to 'play dead'.

"Most of these are slanderous words. We must not damage the prestige of our emperor and father." Guo Qian didn't dare to answer this question. He just wanted to quickly cut off his relationship with Chu Shizhao. It would be best if he had never heard of this memorial.

"If you don't bring it up, it means you admit that what I did was wrong." Emperor Yongjin said in a low voice.

"Now everyone knows that Prince Jin was thrown into prison by me, and everyone knows that our fourth son carried the coffin and died for his remonstrance. Do you think these ministers are not curious about what kind of memorial our fourth son submitted?" Emperor Yongjin said with narrowed eyes.

"The more I don't want them to know, the more they want to know."

"It's not enough for you to say that I'm right alone."

"I want everyone to say that I am right."

"Tomorrow at the court meeting, I want to see how many people are willing to debate for me."

Having said that, Emperor Yongjin coughed again. He leaned heavily on the dragon throne behind him, tilted his head slightly, and continued to think over and over again in his mind.

This is indeed a good piece of paper.

But it shouldn't appear on the head of you, the fourth child, nor on the head of a descendant of the royal family.

Guo Qian and Cao Wei, who were sitting next to them, looked at each other subconsciously.

The expressions of both of them changed slightly at the same time.

Your Majesty is actually trying to protect Prince Jin? !

(End of this chapter)