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Chapter 59 The Princess Takes the Blame and is Granted Death (59)

When the princes returned to the capital, Ding Shui only met with Prince Ji and Prince Qian. This meant that only these two had passed. This time, he was straightforward and said:

“You two did a great job.

Although it is not perfect, after all, the means you can use are limited, and it is not easy to achieve this.

Next, you write a memorial to me.

Report the results of your investigation to me. Remember, write as clearly and in as much detail as possible. The more comprehensive the better. Don't be afraid of offending me. Whoever satisfies me will be the new crown prince.

"I'll give you three days. You must submit the memorial to me after three days. I won't keep you any longer now.

Let’s all go back…”

After the ceremony, Prince Ji and Prince Qian left the Purple Palace again. They exchanged a disapproving glance before going their separate ways, returning to their respective advisory committees to discuss how to write the memorial. They also meticulously analyzed Ding Shui's words, word for word, to try to guess his intentions.

The position of crown prince is just one step away.

Who dares not to be cautious?

The think tanks were arguing with each other and their hair was falling out in clumps. As they kept quarreling and arguing with each other, no one dared to make any promises.

The guess you make about the master's intention must be correct.

But no matter what, time will still pass normally, and three days and thirty-six hours will pass quickly.

Two memorials as thick as books.

They were all delivered to Ding Shui before the deadline.

Ding Shui spent nearly two hours reading both memorials, and then decisively chose the memorial from Prince Ji Zhu An, because only his memorial clearly and tactfully mentioned that the death of his eldest brother, the crown prince, was related to Emperor Tianwu.

No criticism, no complaints.

Just a few words.

As for the other King Qian, whether he didn't discover it or didn't dare to write it down, he was ultimately weaker.

Moreover, his method of poisoning was somewhat underworld.

It is also inferior to the united local officials.

Combining the two and taking comprehensive considerations, Ding Shui had to choose the more outstanding Prince Ji. After making the decision, Ding Shui did not make the officials and Prince Ji and Prince Qian wait too impatiently, and issued the enthronement edict that afternoon.

And asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the enthronement ceremony.

Let Da Nei clean the East Palace.

As soon as the decree was issued, although the Ji Wang faction remained calm on the surface, they were already overjoyed in private. The Qian Wang faction was as sad as if they had lost their parents. The officials who had originally been affiliated with him had already begun to use their connections and were ready to switch sides.

After returning to the Prince Ji's Mansion in the capital with a happy look on his face, Prince Ji took his wife to the secret room.

"Hui Min, I'm a little scared."

Seeing Zhu An's absent-minded words, Xu Huimin was a little confused and thought he was too nervous:
"It's already this time, what are you afraid of.

Are you afraid that your father will change his mind, or that someone will secretly assassinate you? You should be afraid of Prince Qian now, right? No, what's wrong with you?"

At first, Xu Huimin was trying to comfort him jokingly, but she soon realized that her husband's reaction was wrong. He was not nervous, but seemed to be really afraid of something.

Zhu An swallowed his saliva before continuing:
"I didn't dare tell this to anyone else, and I only dared to tell you, but I think something is wrong with my father.

Although I was not raised by the emperor himself like my elder brother, and was not brought up by him for more than ten years, I was always close to him when I was a child. Even during these years of being a vassal, I have never lost contact with him. I believe that I know him well enough.

But ever since my father was suspected of having a stroke and vomiting blood and was on his deathbed some time ago, and then reappeared as normal, there have been so many things wrong, whether it's his personality, behavior, or the tone of his voice.

While investigating my eldest brother's assassination, I vaguely realized the extent of my father's control over the world.

It is impossible to be completely ignorant of this matter.

"Then it's highly likely that Father intentionally did it to discipline Big Brother, and simply failed. But from what I know about Father, even if Big Brother's death was caused by an accident, he would never admit it, and would most likely try to cover it up."

"Not to mention letting us know."

"Father never admits his mistakes. If there is a mistake, it is definitely not his fault. It has always been like this."

"Previously, a minister submitted a memorial pointing out the flaws in a certain policy. As a result, my father, in a bad mood, beat him to death. Later, it was proven that the minister was right, but my father did not admit his mistake. Instead, he said that the minister's explanation was unclear and that he deserved it.

There are also the chief official of Prince Lu’s Palace and the Princess of Lu!
There are too many similar situations.

Father has never admitted that it was his fault."

"But I always felt that the words my father said when he asked us to write the memorial were meant to encourage us to point out his mistakes. I deliberately wrote those few sentences in the memorial, taking a risk, even though I won.

But I always feel uneasy and weird.

Besides this, there are many other things wrong with Father, so many that I can't even begin to describe them all."

As he spoke, Zhu An was really confused.

Although being chosen as the new crown prince should be an extremely happy thing, the strangeness of his father made it difficult for him to be happy.

There is a feeling of unease.

"Are you overthinking it? Although Father has never admitted his mistakes before, my eldest brother means something different to me. His death must have dealt a greater blow to me than the death of any other son or relative.

When my mother passed away, didn't my father's personality change a lot? He used to be relatively restrained in killing people.

Wait until the mother dies.

Father's butcher knife has basically never stopped."

Xu Huimin's understanding of Emperor Tianwu was certainly far less than that of his own son. She just felt that the current situation was pretty good. Her husband was going to be the crown prince, and she would be the crown princess. In a few years, as long as nothing went wrong, she would be the empress. Why bother with all that nonsense?

To prevent her husband from getting stuck in a rut, she had to rationalize the situation. She was already on the verge of accepting the title from the Crown Prince, so nothing could go wrong at this juncture.

"And if it's true, as you say, that Big Brother's death was because Father wanted to train him, and something went wrong, then it's only natural for Father to regret it. In other matters, Father might be able to justify denying his responsibility, but in this case, no matter how much he tries to deny it, he can't get over the hurdle in his heart!

So it's normal to feel regret, annoyance, and even a little self-hatred, and then your personality changes."

Anyway, Xu Huimin didn't think there was any problem.

Put yourself in her shoes and imagine what would have happened if she had deliberately tried to discipline her son but ended up causing his tragic death.

Forget regrets. I even thought about banging my head against the wall and committing suicide.

"But the Emperor has changed so much. How can a person change so much? Most of the southwestern officials who were arrested this time only had their entire families exiled.

Only a few were chopped off, this is abnormal!"

"And I feel like my father is a bit effeminate. Some of his little actions make him look like a eunuch. I'm so confused!"

Zhu An never thought of taking over another's body.

I just feel so confused and confused, and it's hard to understand.

Seeing this, Xu Huimin really didn't know how to persuade him, so she could only gently step forward, hug Zhu An and whisper:

"Are you too tired? You're under too much pressure and a little paranoid. It's okay. The position of Crown Prince has been decided. All we have to do now is follow the rules and accept the title, complete a series of procedures, and then move into the Eastern Palace. How about I make you a bowl of calming soup?"

At this moment, Xu Huimin was also a little confused.

However, she did not believe Zhu Nian's suspicion. She was worried that Zhu Nian had mental problems. If the prince's words that suspected the current emperor had problems were to spread, no one would follow his suspicion. Most likely, they would quickly criticize him for being unfilial. What good end would he have then?
But she was afraid that what she said was too serious and would upset her husband again, so she could only comfort him temporarily.

Let’s see if we can find a doctor we trust.

Ding Shui saw all of this: "Do I have so many flaws? Alas, some deeply ingrained things are hard to change, like personality traits and little tricks. I really can't be as ruthless as him, killing nine generations of a family or even wiping out a clan.

But it doesn’t matter, at worst we can just have a showdown.

I'll find a chance to scare him later. I finally picked a decent heir to the throne, and I can't let him become paranoid and turn into a psychopath. "

That's right, Prince Ji Zhu Nian saw that something was wrong with his father, and Ding Shui also saw the evasiveness and doubt in Zhu Nian's eyes, and followed him out of curiosity, and then saw him telling his father his true feelings, and his wife didn't believe it, and even suspected that he had a mental problem.

After muttering a few words, Ding Shui decided to find a chance to confront him. He believed that he should know how to make a choice. One can't just give up the throne.

More than an hour later, Zhu An fell asleep after drinking the tranquilizing soup and lighting the calming incense.

Xu Huimin did not reveal what Zhu An said to anyone, and in the next few days, whenever they were alone together, she told Zhu An that there was nothing wrong with the emperor. Everyone felt that the emperor was much easier to get along with now, and officials were not so scared when they went to court. They should prepare the coffin in advance.

Zhu An himself seemed to be trying to hypnotize himself.

Anyway, he behaved normally when accepting the imperial decree and attending the ceremony of crowning the crown prince. He moved into the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace smoothly two weeks later. Meanwhile, two princes had already expressed that they had been away from their fiefdoms for too long and that now that the crown prince's status was set, it was time to return.

Ding Shui was certainly unwilling to do so, because the purpose of calling all the princes here this time, in addition to agreeing on a new crown prince, was most importantly to reduce the power of the princes.

Seeing that some vassal kings were already anxious.

Ding Shui had no choice but to speed up the plan.

On the third day after Zhu An moved into the Eastern Palace, Ding Shui summoned him to the Zichen Palace that evening, asked everyone to leave, and took him into a soundproof secret room.

Ding Shui dug it out using the synthesis system last night.

Just keep synthesizing earthworks. It's very simple. The space below the main tomb chamber of the King of Lu's tomb was created using this method. It took only a few minutes to complete. After all, Ding Shui was only preparing to confront the new crown prince she had chosen, and she had no intention of announcing it to the world, so she had to keep it secret.

"Sit down, my chosen prince."

Although the secret room was dug out yesterday, it was still no problem to take some chairs and benches out of the synthetic storage space, so the inside was not completely visible.

Stools and tables are all available.

Zhu An was obviously confused. He had barely managed to hypnotize himself and was trying to accept that his father's change was normal, but what he said now was too strange.

Although there was nothing wrong with what he said, it sounded strange when it came from his father's mouth at this moment.

"Father!"

"Don't call me Father. You can call me by my popular nickname, Queen Mother Qingtian, or you can call me Sister-in-law, or you can call me Queen Mother Meng, and I'll accept that!"

Ding Shuiting said with a wicked chuckle.

If there is no showdown, it would be nice to be called dad.

Zhu An's reaction at this time was not at all what Ding Shui had expected. He was stunned, his head felt like it was about to explode, and his soul felt like it was leaving his body for a moment.

I completely lost the ability to think in that instant.

After a long time, he finally sorted out some of his thoughts based on the information provided by Ding Shui, his pupils widened:

“You are that unknown being.

You...you...surname Meng, sister-in-law! You are the Princess of Lu, how is this possible? What on earth did you do to the Emperor? What is going on now? How could this happen? Who are you? You...you..."

“Why such a big reaction?
Oh, if I hadn't taken over this body in time, the world would have been in chaos. You don't really think that he was faking his vomiting blood, having a stroke, and being paralyzed, do you? He killed the capable successor he had trained for over a decade with his own hands, and was almost pissed off. Isn't that normal?

Okay, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you.

If you behave yourself and obey me, I will ensure your position as Crown Prince is secure. In two years, or even a year or so, I will let you succeed me."

"Afterwards, I will give you a great gift, a gift that should be enough to make you an emperor through the ages."

Ding Shui really didn't want to beat around the bush, so she spoke very directly. As for the big gift, it was naturally the gift package of good breeds and excellent livestock cubs that she had given to her sister earlier.

What will happen if you don't obey.

Ding Shui felt that he didn't need to explain anything, because with Zhu Ann's intelligence and many years of life experience, he should be able to understand and appreciate it.

After several minutes of silence, Zhu An finally accepted and sorted out the reality and his own situation. He did not refuse, but still hesitated and asked:

"What about my father? Is he dead or alive now?"

“His body is still alive, and his soul is still alive, but you should know that he and I have a life-and-death feud. I can only promise that I will not treat him like I treated King Lu.

But he wants me to treat him well.

Stop daydreaming."

Ding Shui still spoke the truth. If he wanted to completely dispel the original body's resentment, Emperor Tianwu would not have a good end.

Even if it's not tortured seven or eight times.

At the very least, he must experience the painful experience of his original body being poisoned to death by the red-crowned crane several times, otherwise his resentment will be difficult to eliminate.

(End of this chapter)