Chapter 110: Another Angle! (1/2)
These words were King Song’s warning toward Wang Chong, as well as his true thoughts.
It wasn’t easy for the Great Tang Empire and the Central Plains to achieve such prosperity. How many thousands of years had to pass before such an emperor could appear in the Central Plains?
King Song earnestly respected the Sage Emperor, and this was precisely the reason why he couldn’t allow the slightest blemish on his reputation.
A sovereign claiming the wife of a subordinate, this was immoral.
The father claiming the wife of a son, this was vile!
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Any emperor who committed this kind of immoral actions was left with a huge blemish on their records.
The Sage Emperor was wise, astute, and decisive. Great Tang’s prosperity didn’t come easily, and he played a huge part in it.
That’s why King Song couldn’t allow it to occur to the Sage Emperor!
Whoever who disagreed with him and supported Consort Taizhen would be his enemy!
He would have judged Wang Chong wrongly if the other party dared to advise or oppose him on this matter. The more talented and capable such a person was, the greater the harm he would cause in the royal court!
If Wang Chong truly wanted to stop him, then as long as he was in the royal court, he would never allow Wang Chong to come to power.
Even if Wang Chong was the grandson of Duke Jiu, the son of Wang Yan!
Hu!
In the surroundings of the fake hill, the bamboo trembled slightly under a breeze.
The atmosphere was extremely heavy, and even Lu Ting had an austere expression on his face.
Wang Chong sighed. He knew that whatever he said now would be deemed as wrong.
But he couldn’t avoid this Consort Taizhen incident.
This matter was simply too important. It wasn’t just because King Song was the Wang Clan’s backing, Big Uncle Wang Gen would be implicated by this matter as well.
Furthermore, Wang Chong knew that if he wanted to fulfill his mission of changing the fate of Great Tang and the Central Plains, he couldn’t do without King Song!
‘Just like there’s no pure gold, there isn’t a perfect human in the world’. King Song might have such a weakness, but he was the greatest supporter of militaristic policies in the royal court!
Regardless of whether it was King Qi or the Yao Clan, they didn’t possess the same view as him. Their view was too short, and their eyes were limited to the country.
The Yao Clan was skilled in scheming and faction wars while King Qi only wanted authority. If King Song were to fall and they became the dominant force in the royal court, it would definitely be a calamity for the Great Tang!
To deal with the future catastrophe, the royal court needed a person like King Song. The Great Tang needed a person like King Song. The Central Plains needed a person like King Song. And Wang Chong needed him as well.
Only with the backing of a supporter of militaristic policy like King Song will Wang Chong be able to launch this plan without any restraint.
Thus, regardless of what happens, King Song mustn’t be allowed to fall!
Be it for his private affairs or for his ambitions, for the Wang Clan or for the Great Tang, Wang Chong mustn’t allow him to fall!
“Your Highness…”
With a lowered head, Wang Chong uttered with great difficulty.
“I don’t have any intention of opposing to Your Highness. However, regarding the matter of Consort Taizhen, why don’t Your Highness try consulting King Shou?”
Weng!
Silence! Complete silence!
Upon hearing the words ‘King Shou’, both King Song and Lu Ting were taken aback. King Shou! King Shou! …
The two of them had thought of all possibilities, but they didn’t expect Wang Chong to bring up King Shou!
Without a doubt, King Shou stood at the very eye of the ‘Consort Taizhen incident’ storm. Yet, be it King Song, Lu Ting, King Qi, Yao Clan, or the entire royal court, no one has thought of looking for King Shou!
‘A father claiming a son’s wife, a sovereign claiming a subordinate’s wife’, the one who was left in the most awkward situation, as well as the one who was the most ‘hurt’ by this matter, was, indubitably, King Shou, Li Mao.
As the saying goes, ‘If the emperor wants a subordinate to die, the subordinate has no choice but to die’. If the emperor wanted to claim his wife, what choice did King Shou have?
King Shou has already been hurt once, and no one wanted him to be hurt once more. Thus, regardless of whether it was King Song, King Qi, or the officials of the royal court, no one tried to pay King Shou a visit to consult him on this matter.
“The entire royal court is roped into the Consort Taizhen incident, and it isn’t my place to say anything. However, why don’t Your Highness try consulting King Shou on this matter before making a decision?”
Wang Chong lowered his head.
Back then, in his previous life, Wang Chong thought that there were too many doubts on this issue.
Why would a wise and astute king suddenly fall to lust, and despite the objection of nearly half of the royal court, demote a king of the royal family and many other authoritative officials?
If he was an incompetent emperor, Wang Chong could have understood. Yet, he was publicly acknowledged to be a wise emperor.
But in the matter regarding Consort Taizhen, his actions was in no way befitting of a wise emperor!
Just like what King Song said, it eventually left a huge blemish in the emperor’s records!
The Sage Emperor’s actions were so different from his usual self that it seemed like it came from a completely different person!
Not only so, Consort Taizhen was also known as the number one beauty of Great Tang. With an appearance that could make a fish sink, a goose plummet, the moon pale, and a flower blush, be it which time-space continuum it was, she was acknowledged as one of the top beauties in history.
Wang Chong has never seen Consort Taizhen, and he didn’t know how she looked like, but he has seen King Shou before.
In his previous life, Wang Chong was a renowned profligate scion in the capital, and he often loitered around the streets. After the Consort Taizhen incident, Wang Chong coincidentally met King Shou once.
At that time, King Shou’s face was glowing and a bright smile was on his face. In no way did he resemble one who had lost the love of his life to his father.