"squeak--"

The middle door of Long'en's door was pushed open suddenly.

Chu You saw the Longen Hall directly in front of him, with many ministers standing outside the hall confronting each other with the emperor in the hall.

There were only a few Jinyi Guards beside the emperor, and compared to the ministers outside the hall and a team of Xiaoling Guards, it seemed to be indifferent.

Even if there is no conflict between the two sides for the time being, the tension like lightning and thunder in the air can be seen.

The harsh sound of pushing the door attracted everyone in the door to look at Chu You when he heard the sound, and hundreds of eyes were all focused on Chu You alone.

Several people in the crowd shouted "King King" in complex tone, one after another.

The chief assistant Xiao Fengyuan and Li Yunhao also turned around and looked over. Xiao Fengyuan's school was a good idea, while Li Yunhao's smile was bright and cheerful.

When his eyes were facing each other, Li Yun'an nodded gently to Chu You.

It's done! It's done! Chu You curled his lips and smiled, and a sharp gaze burst out from his eagle's eyes.

Last night, he didn't sleep all night. On the way here just now, he was actually a little nervous, worried that their plan would have uncontrollable variables like they did twenty-one years ago, and worried that Li Yunhao would take risks and be injured by accident...

It is said that a gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall. He advised Li Yun'an to simply say hell and say goodbye to the imperial tomb, but Li Yun'an insisted on coming, saying that only she is here can the emperor not be suspicious; he said that if he wants to accomplish great things, he must take risks.

He knew that everything his nurse did was for him!

It was not until this moment that when he saw Li Yunhao safe and sound, Chu You's heart was really settled.

It's fine if she's fine!

The two of them had lingering eyes in the air, and Chu You's cold and hard eyebrows became as gentle as water when he stared at Li Yun's.

The smile on Li Yun's lips became deeper, revealing the familiar pair of dimples, as if saying that he would not let you down.

Chu You also nodded slightly to her, then turned his gaze to the emperor in Longen Hall.

He stared at the emperor with a slow, firm and oppressive pace towards the Longen Hall. A kind of nobleness and dignity burst out naturally as he walked.

This is a victorious gesture.

Wherever he passed, the civil and military officials outside the hall automatically retreated to both sides and gave way for him.

The inside and outside of Longen Hall sank into silence, and everyone remained silent for a long time.

Chu You walked straight to a place that was only three or four feet away from the emperor in the hall, then stopped and announced with a smile: "Brother of the Great Emperor, you lost."

He spoke these six words very slowly, neither light nor heavy, but clearly reached everyone present, as if his words were not only for the emperor, but also announced a fact to the ministers present.

The ministers outside the hall couldn't help but look back and forth at the pair of brothers with different appearances.

The emperor has passed the age of knowing his destiny. He is thin, with bright hair and wrinkles on his face. He can't hide his old look. Wang Kang Chuyou has just reached the crown and is majestic and pine-like body. He has an unshakable and proud character.

The former is old and weak, while the latter is energetic and aggressive.

The chief minister Xiao Fengyuan, who stood with his hands down, looked at Chu You's cold side face and frowned gently.

In his opinion, King Kang was still a bit radical. He should do more high-soundingly and let outsiders not make mistakes in the open.

For example, Emperor Taizong of the previous dynasty also inherited his brother's throne, and left the word "the sound of axe and candle shadow" in history, and everyone in the world questioned that he killed his brother and seized the throne.

If King Kang is in a wrong position, even the ministers who support King Kang will become traitors who are criticized by the public.

Xiao Fengyuan, Wang Kangyin and Pei Wenrui exchanged glances, all of which were unhappy, but at this moment, it was not convenient for them to accuse King Kang in public.

Li Yunhao, who was behind, noticed the lawsuit against Xiao Fengyuan and others. His eyes trembled, his nails pinched his palms in his wide cuffs, and he thought to himself: These aristocratic families that were enough to challenge the imperial power should not exist.

"Brother," Chu You looked at the emperor's gaze without a moment of deviation, smiled coldly, and then said, "For the sake of our brothers, I can give you a free and happy king, so that you can enjoy your old age from now on."

"Brother, write the abdication edict quickly."

Chu You urged with a sarcastic urge, thinking: Chu Qien was over fifty years old, and not only was he weak and sick in recent years, he was unable to handle political affairs at all. Da Jingchao could only go west in his hands.

After he ascended the throne, Xu Chuqi, the King of Freedom, might Chu Qi live a few more years, which would be considered as the title of "a brother, friend, and respectful brother".

The big scenery will flourish in your own hands!

The emperor raised his eyebrows without any objection, and his eyes passed through Chu You quietly, landing on the five hundred Tiger Ben soldiers he brought behind, revealing a deep and solemn look.

The five hundred soldiers temporarily stopped outside Longen's door and stood on standby, all of whom looked at the emperor and Chu You brothers, blocking Longen's door as dense as an iron bucket.

The emperor slowly carried his hands behind his back, and his face was unrest, and he called out his name lightly: "Chu You, is this the person left to you by the late emperor?"

"No," Chu Youyi nodded calmly.

From his birth, he knew that the late emperor's preference for him was far greater than that of other brothers.

The late emperor personally enlightened him, taught him how to ride and shoot, taught him how to see and recognize people, and taught him how to make a scheming... These are all preferential treatments that his several emperors did not have.

In fact, the late emperor gave him much more than these on the surface. This Hu Ben Army hidden in the dark is the most precious wealth left to him by the late emperor.

He has been hiding for so many years, and today, he can finally tell the emperor this secret in person!

Chu You raised his thin lips, looked at the emperor proudly, and said deliberately in a slow tone: "This is the Hu Ben Army left to me by the father!"

He didn't mind letting the emperor know this. He just wanted the emperor to be jealous, to make the emperor unfair, and to make the emperor's face look like a frustration of seeking but unsuccessful defeat.

He just wanted to attack the emperor hard and destroy his will.

The emperor in the hall looked at Chu You with a quiet expression, sighed a long time, and asked again: "Nine years ago, your real purpose in Yangzhou was to accept this Hu Ben Army, right?"

The emperor's expression looked very calm. Even when facing the current situation of swords and swords, he was still not anxious or impatient, neither sad nor angry, as if he had given up struggling, and seemed to have seen through the world.

"Not bad." Chu You nodded again.

He smiled with great satisfaction and did not think about why the emperor asked this question at all. He just wanted to vent his depression and depression that had been suppressed this year.

No...no, it was suppressing the depression that had lasted for nine years.

Nine years ago, the late emperor issued an order to give him Yangzhou as a fief, asking him to go to Yangzhou to take over the fief and choose a location for the Jiankang Palace. In fact, it was also to allow him to gradually take over the Hu Ben Army and let the Hu Ben Army recognize his lord.

At that time, he was only a young man of eleven or twelve years old. The boy was so energetic that he went south thousands of miles away, thinking about leading the Hu Ben Army to make achievements.

Sometimes, he felt that things happened back then seemed very far away and blurred, and sometimes he felt that everything was still yesterday.

Under the blowing of Xixi mountain breeze, the pine and cypress on both sides showed green ripples, and the mountain breeze stomped with the fragrance of pine needles came to my face.

The emperor raised his hand and dusted off a few pine needles that fell on his sleeve, sighed again, and suddenly changed his tone: "So, the late emperor could not tolerate Gu Ce?"

In just a short sentence, Chu You's face changed, his pupils shrank violently, and he blurted out: "Rareless! The late emperor is your father!"

Outside the hall, it was like a drop of cold water dripping into boiling oil, and the pot exploded instantly.

The civil and military officials also changed their faces and were in an uproar.

The emperor's words just now pointed at the late emperor, as if saying that Gu Ce's crime of "subjugating the enemy" was the crime of the late emperor's desire to inflict, which made people dare not think about it any more!

The emperor didn't care about the reactions of others around him. His dark eyes sank, and his eyes were nailed to Chu You's face like a nail.

His usual gentle eyes were so sharp at this time, as if he wanted to see through Chu You from the outside to the mainland, and continued to say: "I have been thinking about it. It was really strange that Gu Ce surrendered the enemy in Tailing City, Yangzhou when the battle was in Tailing City."

"According to Yu Cunzheng's words, although the situation in Tailing City is difficult, it is not as good as opening the city gate to surrender the enemy."

Chu You's face turned pale and said angrily: "What's so strange about it!! It's clear that Gu Ce himself was timid and afraid of war, forgot the superiority of the king and his subjects, and his family and country's justice..."

Chu You's voice subconsciously raised a little, his whole body tensed, almost hissing.

His disobedience is obvious.

"So, was Gu Ce's death actually because the late emperor wanted to cover up something for you?" The emperor interrupted Chu You coldly, using a questioning tone, but his expression was quite certain.

"..." Chu You's eyes twitched, and his heart felt like he was stabbed by a needle, and there was a sharp pain.

Those memories that he was about to forget came to his mind again.

His bright face seemed to be covered with frost, and his thin lips were tightly pursed, without answering the emperor's doubts.

Nine years ago, he went to Yangzhou to take over the Hu Ben Army and quietly trained troops in Yangzhou. He hoped that the late emperor and the empress dowager could be proud of him.

At that time, Yangzhou was Gu Ce's territory. The young Chu You thought he was doing something hidden, but he didn't want to hide the military training from Gu Ce's eyes.

Gu Ce came to him and wanted to borrow troops from him to resist the Vietnamese army.

But he flatly refused. The Hu Ben Army is his trump card and cannot be leaked...

Whenever Chu You thinks of this past nine years ago, he feels irritable and his eyes become gloomy.

Looking at Chu You like this, Li Yun'an felt very distressed and bit her lower lip slightly: It was obviously Gu Ce's fault!

She wanted to walk to Chu You, but she took one foot out and took it back when she glanced at Xiao Fengyuan and the others in the corner of her eyes.

King Kang still needs aristocratic families for the time being, and these aristocratic families cannot tolerate her. At this critical moment, she cannot make those aristocratic families even more dissatisfied with King Kang.

In ancient times, King Goujian of Yue slept on firewood and tasted gall. When King Kang successfully ascended the throne, his wings became more and more abundant, and he and her would eventually have the ability to compete with the aristocratic families!

"That's all." Chu You's cold and hard voice seemed to squeeze out from his crown, and his voice was like ice.

Only he himself knew that these four words were not only told to the emperor, but also to him.

There was a public opinion nine years ago at that time. The past is over, and it is useless to think too much.

Chu You clenched his fists tightly, and said to the emperor with a sure tone:

"Brother, hurry up, write the abdication edict."

Chu You's cold eyes swept quickly over the ministers around him. His eyes were deep and cold, and he exuded a faint cold air without any concealing the coercive look in his expression.
To be continued...