Chapter 608 Abdication Decree

The emperor was furious at every word the prince said, so even in front of Gu Shaoyu, he scolded him loudly.

"Shameless! Despicable! You and your father have brought shame to our Xie family. You are indeed a bastard. I should have reported to my father and killed your whole family!"

The prince hadn't said much yet, but the emperor started to scold him furiously.

Perhaps he also knew that if he had Gu Shaoyu's help, he would not be able to escape this time, so he scolded him without caring.

The prince stood there indifferently, watching him as if he was watching a joke.

Until the other party was exhausted from scolding, fell to the ground, and began to cry tears and snot, he said lightly.

"When my grandfather conquered the country, he handed it over to the late emperor, who he thought would take good care of it. But the late emperor hadn't attended court seriously for more than 20 years, and later died because of his greed for elixirs. How could such an emperor stand up straight in front of my grandfather?"

"Hmph, you are a traitor, how dare you mention my father?!"

The emperor sat with his hair loose, looking at the two of them with red eyes, wishing he could slash them with his eyes.

"And you, if Marshal Gu and Duke Shang knew that you were born, a traitor who was plotting rebellion, do you think they would crawl out of their graves and strangle you to death!"

Gu Shaoyu had long been immune to such words. If he was really afraid, he wouldn't have thought so at the beginning, so when he looked at the emperor, there was even more pity in his eyes.

"Grandfather Guo was devoted to you. You kicked him out of Jinling City mercilessly after he had worked hard for a lifetime. The Queen Mother and the descendants of the Guo family also lived in fear because of your fear. Mr. Wen devoted himself to giving you advice. He had no merits but hard work. How did you hunt him down and force him to choose another wise master? And my Tiger Guards fought for many years to preserve Cezhou and thirteen border cities. When you were fighting for the throne, we protected you and the peace of Sui'an City, so that you could sit back and relax and ascend the throne of the emperor. But what have we got now? We were pushed out to Wangzhou, and we had to let those inferior things of the Royal Army eat us up. What a joke. When you did these things, did you ever think that the Emperor Kaizong and Grandfather Guo would crawl out and strangle you to death?"

Gu Shaoyu has always been a man of few words.

When he said this series of words, the emperor was completely confused.

"I am the Son of Heaven, I have the right to decide the fate of you, my subjects. You are so capable, why don't you rebel against Heaven and take my place? Supporting this rubbish, isn't it just to blackmail the Son of Heaven to control the princes? What, don't you dare to admit it?"

When he said this, he wanted to attack the heart.

He had experienced all this before, so he had reason to believe that after the Prince of Yinzhou came to power, he would also be afraid of the powerful General Gu, so he smiled very viciously, as if waiting to see the scene of their mutual suspicion.

However, the time passed by quarter after quarter.

Only when the sky outside was as dark as ink, he could not see the fluctuations in Xie Daoyun's eyes. He was as calm as a clear spring, but the emperor became more and more angry when he saw his "compassionate" eyes!

"Hmph, you are pretending to be a decent person! You can't just sit on my throne if you want to. If you have the guts, kill me. I will never write an abdication edict! I will make you two be infamous for thousands of years, and be called usurpers and traitors for generations!"

The emperor became more and more excited as he spoke, and he laughed like a madman. His laughter seemed particularly lonely in the empty palace.

Laughing, tears slid down his face, as if everything in these years was in vain.

And he thought he had more things, but in the end, now, none of those so-called things and people were with him, but those who were pushed out by him appeared in front of him like a passing show.

Especially the appearance and past teachings of his grandfather gradually emerged in his mind, but for some reason, the admiration and respect for him when he was the crown prince turned into suspicion and disgust as he ascended the throne.

Until the end, when he saw the news of his grandfather's death, he did not even feel regret or pity, but felt that it was too late, and the old man should have died long ago.

Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes, the emperor woke up again from those memories.

He had long been eroded by the throne and forgot his original intention, so how could he be awakened by Gu Shaoyu's few words, so when he raised his head again, he deliberately raised his head, and at this moment, his pride was still undiminished.

"It's a pity, if your majesty's pride could be used in political affairs, I'm afraid that our Daxing would have been the foundation of a strong government by now."

When the prince said this, he was sincere.

He didn't really care about or yearn for the throne, but if he said that the survival of the people in the future would fall into the hands of such an emperor, he felt it was a pity, so if he had the ability to change but didn't do it, he was afraid that he would be uneasy in his heart when he died in the future.

It was precisely because of this that he agreed with Gu Shaoyu's idea and joined forces to rebel against the world.

In order to avoid causing large-scale casualties, they planned from the very beginning that this time the abdication and seizure of the throne would be carried out quietly.

If the emperor realizes and writes an abdication edict, it is not impossible to let him live peacefully, but if he is still crazy like this, then we can't blame him for being ruthless.

"Who do you think you are? How can a traitor tell me about the strategy of living for the people?!"

When he heard this, the prince frowned, and then did not say much, just lightly recounted everything about the past five years in Yinzhou.

"Yinzhou is poor and the people are weak, but it can still struggle out of such a situation. Why can't I provide a better environment for them to live and work in peace with the good fields and good people in Daxing? Your Majesty said that I am a traitor and not worthy of telling you about the strategy of living for the people. Then, you, the emperor who is destined by heaven, have any achievements to show for your seven years since you ascended the throne?"

The prince hit the nail on the head, leaving the emperor speechless.

Of course, he wanted to curse back, but he was busy weakening the power of the old ministers and balancing the situation in the court over the years, and the mentality of the concubines and sons in the harem was already quite distressing.

The people, the core of the uprising and fighting for which the founding emperor revolted, seemed to have never entered his eyes and heart, let alone making any good plans for them.