si-mexico Chapter 80: Mutual Betrayal
Chapter 80: Mutual Betrayal
Prince Gong, who was about fifty years old and a little thin, looked at the people in front of him with a pair of gloomy eyes.
In front of him were his followers. Sitting in the front row were Duke Dingguo, Duke Xinguo, Duke Weiguo, Marquis Ji'an, Marquis Huaian, Marquis Changxing, and many officials.
"Everyone, please speak up. Now the Southern Prince has clearly sided with Prince Rong. Given Prince Rong's hatred for Shen Changgong, he will definitely attack Shen Changgong at the birthday banquet for His Majesty tomorrow.
The Prince of the South is your Majesty's uncle, and he controls the most powerful Zhennan Army in Dayan. He is in a high position and has a high seniority. Even if he reprimands your Majesty, it is only natural and your Majesty must listen.
What’s more, it’s just Shen Changgong?
This prince estimates that Shen Changgong will definitely die this time, and Shen Changgong is one of ours, and has been helping us deal with Prince Rong.
Let’s talk about it, what should we do now?”
Upon hearing this, Duke Wei stood up, clasped his hands and said,
"Your Highness, although Shen Changgong helped us take down two of Prince Rong's dukes during this period, he is, after all, just our dog.
If only Prince Rong is targeting him, then we will protect him.
Now that he has become so powerful that he has attracted the attention of the Southern King, how can we protect him?
The Prince of the South is not easy to deal with. To fight him alone, we need all the civil and military officials in the court to unite and fight against him. And now he is on the side of Prince Rong. We don't have the strength to compete with him.
The only solution now is to sacrifice the rook to save the king, give up Shen Changgong and save ourselves first."
Marquis Huai'an also stood up and said,
"Yes, Your Majesty. The power of Prince Nan and Prince Rong is too great now. Even Your Majesty has to be tolerant and give in. Shen Changgong is absolutely impossible to protect. Otherwise, it will bring trouble upon oneself and arouse the hostility of Prince Nan. If things go wrong, when they deal with Shen Changgong, they may also deal with us."
Upon hearing this, Duke Dingguo, who had recruited Shen Changgong, stood up and said,
"Even if we give up Shen Changgong, will Prince Rong and Prince Nan let us go? They will definitely use the opportunity of dealing with Shen Changgong to suppress us.
I think it is unwise to give up Shen Changgong. We must unite our front. Don't forget that Shen Changgong still has a lot of evidence of Prince Rong's crimes in his hands. The Duke of Ying and Prince Rong's son are in his hands.
We must take a gamble and fight them together with Shen Changgong."
However, Prince Gong sneered,
"What kind of evidence is this? It's just an excuse. It's just a weapon to take down the other party. The key is to see who has the greater power.
As soon as Prince Nan stood there, all the evidence in Shen Changgong's hands became a joke.
Shen Changgong has no background and only relies on his handsome appearance to gain the appreciation of His Majesty. In the end, he is just a rootless duckweed.
He was too arrogant and had no idea what court struggles were like. He thought he could gain a foothold by being ruthless and offending people to death.
Forget it, Shen Changgong failed this time, let's talk about how to overcome this difficulty. After all, the Southern King is too strong. "
Everyone looked at each other and started discussing, but in the end, no result was reached.
Finally, a clever little guy stood up and said with a smile,
"Your Highness, as the saying goes, when a wall falls, everyone pushes it; when a drum breaks, everyone hammers it. Since Shen Changgong is about to fall, why don't we add fuel to the fire?
The Prince of Nan clearly sided with Prince Rong, and Prince Rong clearly wanted to deal with Shen Changgong. It was obvious that Shen Changgong was already dead, completely dead, and now he was just a corpse that could still move.
All we need to do is to take the lead and sue Shen Changgong together with Prince Rong when he sues Shen Changgong, before Prince Nan expresses his position.
Don't we have evidence of Shen Changgong's bribery? Didn't we secretly send it to his home?
We can clear ourselves of all charges, but Shen Changgong has been collecting evidence of Prince Rong's crimes for the past ten or twenty days, but there is no evidence of our crimes.
At that time, we can attack Shen Changgong and side with the Southern King, while we sit back and watch Shen Changgong and Prince Rong fight each other, and reap the benefits! "
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes lit up.
"Great! Lord Liu's move is truly brilliant. While the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. We have also appeased the King of the South and can sit back and watch the tigers fight."
"Even if His Majesty holds a grudge, it's directed at Prince Rong and his faction. We are merely assisting."
"Yes, Lord Liu, this plan is very good. Your Highness, I will approve it."
"Let's use this plan. Let Shen Changgong die first, so that His Majesty will hate Prince Rong. Then we can wait for Prince Nan to return to Zhennan Pass and then fan the flames to kill Prince Rong!"
Hearing this, Prince Gong laughed heartily and nodded in satisfaction.
"Okay, let's do this tomorrow!"
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Prince Rong's Mansion.
"This time, I want Shen Changgong to die!"
"Prince Gong must die too!"
Prince Rong looked fierce but was actually weak. He waved his radish-like palm and pointed his carrot-like fingers outside the door and spoke viciously.
It was as if Shen Changgong was kneeling outside the door.
The wanted criminal, Duke Liang, who had been hiding his head and tail, was also here at this time and said with concern,
"Your Highness, when did the Prince of the South become so close to us? I always feel something is amiss when he's siding with us like this.
Wouldn't he betray us at the critical moment?"
However, Prince Rong didn't care about Duke Liang's worries at all, and laughed heartily.
"You don't understand. As early as the day before the Southern Prince arrived in the capital, I sent a lobbyist to find him and accused him of how Shen Changgong used her beauty to seduce Your Majesty and deceive Your Majesty, and to alienate the relationship between us princes and Your Majesty.
I told the King of the South that this guy has evil ambitions. If he dares to kill us princes today, he will dare to reduce the power of the princes tomorrow.
Shen Changgong is a hungry wolf. He can't stand anyone being above him in status.
In the end, he even dared to rebel and become emperor, and Your Majesty is now being deeply deceived and influenced by him.
This will bring disaster to the foundation of Dayan.
The King of the South is so loyal to his country. He is the door god of Dayan.
Can he tolerate such a villain to bring disaster to the country and harm us, the pillars of society?
Could he tolerate Shen Changgong killing the prince and then weakening the feudal lords and touching his power and property?
Speaking of public and private matters, tell me, why wouldn't the King of the South stand with us and kill Shen Changgong?
What's more, I also said that Shen Changgong was just a playboy and rogue in the past, who relied on the art of sex to seduce Your Majesty. He was just an uneducated second-rate guy.
He is your Majesty's uncle and has watched your Majesty grow up. Could he bear to see his own niece find a husband of such a kind?
Let alone the Southern King, even if it was us, if our own daughter married a man like this, we would pick up a knife and kill him, right? "