Chapter 389

In such sorrow, the emperor's birthday came.

The emperor's birthday in ancient times has a formal name, called longevity day. Generally, it doesn't have to be held every year. Not only the Treasury can't afford such consumption, but also the people below don't have enough money to give him valuable gifts every year. Generally, it will be held in time for his birthday or special circumstances. Usually, it is just a simple celebration.

On this year's longevity day, the emperor was worried about the state treasury. He was upset and didn't really want to do it. However, the sudden suspension of the operation would easily lead to other people's conjecture. On the contrary, it was inappropriate, so he did it as usual.

The vassal kings of all places basically sent their own sons or eldest sons or legitimate sons to celebrate the emperor's birthday. By the way, they also brought birthday gifts. These gifts would not be received in the Treasury. They were all in the emperor's internal Treasury and belonged to the emperor's private property. The expenses for holding the longevity festival were all from the national treasury, which was a business without loss or loss for the emperor.

The emperor was a little happy when he thought about the inner Treasury, which had become richer after the longevity Festival a few years ago. He also thought about the poor money in the Treasury. For the first time, he ordered to use the money in his inner Treasury to hold the longevity Festival.

The Ministry of accounts was relieved to hear this news. To tell the truth, this longevity Festival is a big event. If the expenses go from the national treasury, I'm afraid that at least half of the remaining gold and silver will be spent before the whole Shengshou Festival can be completed.

As for the vassal princes who came to celebrate their birthday, according to the usual practice in previous years, the emperor would choose some of them who looked good to him and let them live in the palace for one or two nights to show the harmony within the clan. It was also a signal that the people who were basically invited to the palace were suitable to please his majesty.

This year's emperors are not particular about it. They are divided according to the value of the birthday gifts they receive. All the top eight gifts are taken into the palace, including the son of King Chen, who has always been indifferent to the emperor.

Although these candidates are somewhat unexpected, they are also the family affairs of the Emperor himself. As long as the Emperor himself looks good, he will let whoever he wants to enter the palace, and no one in the upper and lower levels of the court will tell him who is going to enter the palace.

On the birthday day, because the emperor had already held it many times since he ascended the throne, and this time the funds were also sufficient, the Ministry of rites managed the birthday smoothly, and arranged all kinds of programs not inferior to those in previous years. This year, the Ministry of rites also took great care and checked every link many times, so that nothing could go wrong, Originally, this longevity Festival should be able to end as well as in previous years.

As a result, almost at the end of the holy birthday, the vassal Prince Shizi who came to celebrate the birthday from all over the country was ready to return, and something happened.

What happened after that, even the officials of the Ministry of punishment were at a loss.

First of all, the Minister of punishment and the Minister of Dali temple were summoned into the palace by the emperor in the evening. The emperor sat on the chair in the middle of the palace in his usual clothes. His face was as black as ink, with some inexplicable excitement. The two little eunuchs next to him hung their heads down, as if they couldn't hear the sound of gasping.

Lin Lin, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, and Dewey, Minister of the Dali temple, looked at each other and felt a little uneasy. A few days ago, they all saw the tragedy of the national treasury clearly. In the next few days, the imperial court was more secure. Even the censors who wanted to find something for the emperor were honest and didn't dare to find any bad luck for the emperor at this time.

In the evening, the palace was keyed. Even if something happened, there was a cautious punishment department to take care of it. The Emperor didn't need to call them both? Two people quickly to look at each other, make sure that the other party is also to this evening's thing know nothing, stand honestly, waiting for the emperor to speak.

Then the bad feeling came true.

The emperor's voice sounded soothing and even soft: "my son, Prince Chen, just fell ill. He was in a critical condition. When he called the imperial doctor in the palace, he was helpless. Now there is no one left."

Lin Lin, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, and Dewey, Minister of the Dali temple, came down from their heads.

The emperor was staring at him. Lin Lin and Dewey couldn't look at him any more quietly. They had to bow their heads and think about how to reply.

There was silence in the room for a long time. Lin Lin's official position was higher. It seemed that Dewey was going to die to the end, so he had to speak first: "Your Majesty, since King Chen Shizi died of illness, it seems that it has nothing to do with the Ministry of punishment and Dali temple. You don't need to call me and Mr. Du."

The emperor said that King Chen died of a sudden illness, but they didn't even see the corpse of King Chen. Even if they had any objection, they couldn't say it empty handed?

The emperor said, "my nephew suddenly disappeared. His father must be very sad. It would be inappropriate to say something irrational for a moment. But Taizu made the rule that the vassal was not allowed to enter the capital for no reason. If there were two Aiqing to witness for him, he would accept the fact."

Lin Lin and Dewey were almost in the same mood at this moment. The emperor's words almost made it clear that there was something wrong with the cause of King Chen's death, and he would never let King Chen see his corpse. The purpose of calling them is to let them endorse the cause of King Chen's death, so that he must and can only die of illness.

I'm afraid only the Emperor himself knows what happened that night. In the end, Dali Temple gave King Chen a conclusion that people can't believe. It can be regarded as a conclusion to the death of King Chen Shizi from the official level.

However, the emperor found another way to increase the revenue of the State Treasury without increasing taxes from the death of King Chen Shizi. Finally, he reached a consensus with his courtiers about cutting the vassal, and almost couldn't wait to start against King Chen.

People have a very strange psychology. When they feel guilty for a person, they may try to make up for him. But once the guilt exceeds the limit, they will start to hate him and hope that he won't appear in front of them all his life.

However, most people in the world, even if they think so in their hearts, are not able to implement it. Unfortunately, the emperor belongs to the most powerful one among the small group of people who have the ability to start.

The spies of Honglian sect also failed to find out the real cause of his death, but it is certain that the emperor absolutely played an ignominious role in it. The eunuch who accompanied him that day soon lost sight in the Imperial City, and no one cared about the real cause of his death except King Chen.