Chapter 1039 - Chapter 1039: After the matter (2) (1/2)

Chapter 1039: After the matter (2)

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The old eunuch stepped over the threshold and stood below, speaking in a low voice.

Chief advisor Wang was wearing a red robe and an official’s hat. He stepped into the Imperial study with steady steps.

Compared to the panicking officials, chief advisor Wang’s face was calm and he was in good spirits. He seemed to have been reborn and his gloominess was gone.

“Your Highness!”

Chief advisor Wang bowed.

“Lord first assistant, what should we do at this moment?”

The Crown Prince looked down at chief advisor Wang.

He knew that chief advisor Wang would be an important help in his ascension to the throne and also a figure he could rely on in the future. As long as he formed an ” Alliance ” with chief advisor Wang, he would be able to suppress the various parties in a short time and sit firmly on the Dragon Throne.

And this was not difficult, because there were many members of the princeling party.

Chief advisor Wang didn’t choose his side because of his father’s suppression.

But in fact, chief advisor Wang himself was a Prince, or at least he was biased towards himself, otherwise he would not sit by and watch the members of the Royal party secretly side with him.

Chief Assistant Wang said, “Your Highness has three things to do. “First, to calm the people. Second, stabilize the morale of the Army. Third, stabilize the court.”

The Crown Prince leaned forward slightly and smiled, “”Lord Chief Assistant, how do you think we should stabilize these three?”

Chief Assistant Wang seemed to have prepared a script in advance, and he said slowly, ”

Your Highness, everyone knows that Xu Qi ‘an killed the previous emperor outside the capital city. This matter can not be concealed. If we try to cover it up by force, it will only anger the people and make them lose trust in the Imperial court.

Now, the people in the capital thought of Xu Qi ‘an again. They remembered that he was the master who killed the Emperor.

The Crown Prince sighed. This was exactly what he had thought.

Wang zhenwen continued,

“Tell everyone what the previous emperor did. Announce to the world that he cut off the Army’s provisions and harmed the ministers, causing 80000 soldiers to die at the hands of the witchcraft cult. After that, the Crown Prince used the name of son to denounce the previous emperor and forbid his memorial tablet from being placed in the Imperial temple, and forbid his corpse from entering the Imperial mausoleum.

“After that, Xu Qi ‘an was commended, his official position was restored, and he was conferred a title of nobility. In this way, the hearts of the people and the Army would be set. The previous Emperor’s actions will certainly cause the Imperial court and the royal family to lose face and their prestige to drop, but the crown prince’s actions will make the common people and the wise people of the world cheer. They will look forward to the new emperor ushering in a new atmosphere for the dynasty.”

The previous emperor that Wang zhenwen was referring to was Emperor Yuan

jing.

“You can’t do this!”

The Crown Prince turned pale with fright. He thought to himself, “you don’t want me to be a son.”

No matter how evil the previous emperor was, father and son would always be father and son. Other people could scold the previous emperor, but he, as his son, could not do so.

Even if he was on the right side, he would still be cursed for not being a son.