This time, Sun Cong, as the prince, was not so well-informed. It was only after the news came from the palace that he learned that Sun Bi had made great contributions to the grassland, and it was a great contribution that had not been seen since the founding of the country.

The moment he received the report, Sun Cong was completely stunned, without any reaction, and even didn't know when the person who came to pass the message left. However, the servants and confidants around him did not dare to disturb him because of panic, so the entire hall was silent for enough time.

Just when everyone was worried that the prince would completely lose his mind, he laughed. However, this smile made everyone present feel a little numb and tremble all over. He looked at him vaguely: "District... Your Highness, take care of yourself..."

After a depressed and bizarre smile, the prince slowly said: "What a great contribution. King Ying is really worthy of being the pillar of my Dayue and the good son of my father. He actually wiped out the grassland and solved the border troubles of my Dayue... You say that with such a talent, the father would value him so much, how would he reward him?"

No one spoke. As the confidant of the prince, who did not know the threat and suppression of his master over the past few years, but now, he has really made a great contribution. Does that mean that the thing that everyone is most worried about will come true?

And in despair and horror, will the prince go completely crazy? Once he goes crazy, the only one who suffers is probably the first one. So at this moment, they are all extremely nervous and wish they can escape from the Eastern Palace now, as far away as possible.

But to their surprise, the prince did not have much attack after saying this. After a while of silence, he waved his hand to let them all retreat. This made everyone feel like they were amnesty and quickly took the order to withdraw from the hall. However, the Liu brothers rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing this, the two of them were also trembling. Could it be that His Highness was already desperate and planned to give up resisting?

The two looked at each other and knelt in front of Sun Cong: "Your Highness, the matter has not reached an irreversible point, please don't give up!"

The prince's eyes settled on the two of them, and a strange smile appeared on his face: "Who said I want to give up?"

"Ah..." The two of them were stunned when they heard the hidden meaning in his words, and then they were excited: "What the Highness said is that we still have a way. Although King Ying made great contributions to the court, he was just a prince after all, and you were the crown prince. As long as we do not make mistakes, it is impossible for him to take advantage of the opportunity..."

"This may not be the case. My father sent someone to pass on the message to me. Isn't he clear enough about his meaning?" The prince suddenly smiled sarcastically, "He is conveying a meaning to me, asking me to take the initiative to abdicate and give in to the wise."

While the Liu brothers changed their colors when they heard this, Sun Cong sneered again: "Did he think I can only submit in this way? He was wrong. I don't have any other choice, at least you have given me another choice before!"

At this point, the Liu brothers didn't understand his intentions. They suddenly felt shocked and were a little excited: "Your Highness, have you really made up your mind?"

"Apart from that, I have no better choice. Since they are unwilling to give me a way out, I can only walk out of the way myself. What you said before is still counted. Can Lin Tianxiang really use it for me?"

"Don't worry, your highness, we have already made arrangements for Lin Tianxiang, and there is no reason to repent, but this time..."

"The New Year's Eve will be in two days. The palace ban will be much more relaxed by then. A few of our brothers in the capital will also enter the palace. Taking this opportunity to take action, it should be no longer suitable." The prince slowly expressed his thoughts. Obviously, in the silence just now, he had already made up his plan, and after changing his shortcomings of looking back and forth, he had already set up his entire plan.

The Liu brothers were even more inspired. They had been waiting for this moment for a long time and immediately responded: "Your Highness is wise and take this opportunity to take the throne. No matter how great the King of Ying is, it will only be your subject. If you want to kill him in the future, it will be a matter of only one sentence!"

"Don't worry, your highness, we will make arrangements for everything outside the palace, so that you will have no worries after the matter is completed!"

"If you have this sentence, I will feel relieved." Sun Cong's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and at this time he had no worries!

Whether it was the emperor who passed the message to him, or Sun Bi who was in the grassland, who was thinking of expanding the results of the war and annihilated as many evil spirits as possible, they did not expect that this great victory would actually prompt the prince's mentality to change completely, thus making the most courageous and crazy moves!

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Like the prince, when he heard about the victory of the Northern Expedition, he not only did not feel surprised by it, but instead felt panic. After all, there were very few people who were resentful. After the news of the Northern Expedition was really spread, the officials and people in the city fell into carnival and celebration.

This is really the best gift for this New Year.

Last year, the terrible news of the Guirong invasion and even breaking the border town is still vivid in my mind. Now the court has not only defeated the enemy, but also sent large troops to the grassland to restore their colors. The previous army that had previously reported defeating the enemy again on the grassland is enough to inspire people. Now, I heard that almost all of its clans were destroyed, which can be said to be that there will be no more boundary troubles in the north from now on. Such a result is surprising, and the rest is ecstasy.

Many people are rushing to the streets in this cold and snowy season, running around and telling each other, singing or dancing, just to fully express their excitement. Some storytellers and opera singers have taken the initiative to make articles and operas for this victory, just to let more people know about this victory, understand how difficult this victory is, and what kind of bright future this victory represents.

This is true in the folk, and everyone in the officialdom always mentions this point. Officials have already started writing memorials to ask for credit for the soldiers on the front line, especially those generals, who have become the target of too many people commend. As the first person in the logistics support for the Northern Expedition, Li Ling is naturally at the forefront.

However, with so many people adding together, the King of England, Sun Bi, has a high reputation among the people. Whether in the folk or the officialdom, almost everyone only respects him and believes that he is the best among His Majesty and all the princes. Some people have even begun to advocate differently that the King of England is the most suitable candidate for the crown prince. Of course, this is likely to be the one-party member of the King of England who is behind the scenes.

However, the prince seemed very low-key at this time. The officials of the Ministry of Rites and other yamen completely lost their voices this time. No one dared to refute the contributions of Sun Bi and the others in the limelight, so they could only remain silent.

However, some people have grasped the problem behind this great victory, that is, the indiscriminate massacre of the Guirong tribes by the official army. This is too bloody and barbaric, which is completely contrary to the Confucian saying of benevolence. However, these criticisms are still hidden in the dark, but some people are still writing chapters, waiting for the trend to pass, and then attack the King of England. However, this has to wait until the New Year, and the effect is really hard to say.

Then, an even more surprising news came out of the palace. After learning about the Northern Expedition, the emperor was in a good mood and his illness for many days was cured without medicine. This made many ministers who were worried about the emperor's dragon body rejoice again, and such contributions naturally fell on the generals such as Sun Bi.

It can be said that at this time, Sun Bi's reputation had reached an unprecedented highest point. If you ask in the capital who is the most talented and most suitable to take over the throne of His Majesty, I am afraid that more than 90% of the officials and citizens in the city will speak the word "King of England" without hesitation.

For these people, in addition to spending this New Year's Eve, what they most want is when the Northern Expedition Army can win and return to the court, and that they can see the heroic appearance of His Highness Ying from afar.

And time passed quickly as everyone expected, and it was the real New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

The lights of thousands of homes are everywhere, and the sound of firecrackers are everywhere.

This New Year Festival is much more lively than the panic of the people last year. It is in the dark palace that has been a bit dark this time, and this time it is also brightly lit.

In the evening, the palace gate did not close because of this. Instead, many vehicles came. The princes who are now staying in Luoyang, the capital, all came to celebrate the New Year with their father. Among them, the leader was naturally the crown prince Sun Cong, then the third prince, Jing Wang Sun Qi, then the sixth prince, Yong Wang Sun Lin, and behind were the two younger princes, as well as the princesses...

After entering the palace, they seemed quite careful along the way and didn't speak much. Until they arrived at the palace gate where the emperor wanted to have dinner with them, the eunuchs and maids who led the way either went in to arrange or left, and finally someone spoke.

"Prince, do you have any opinions on this Northern Expedition victory?" The one who spoke was Prince Yong Sun Lin. After several failed attacks, all his power was taken away, and even his identity was suppressed, he seemed particularly low-key, but at this time, he still asked the prince in a targeted manner.

Sun Cong turned his head slightly and glanced at him, then replied unintentionally: "This is naturally a great good thing for me, Dayue. I believe that when I succeed to the throne, the seventh brother will definitely be the most useful minister in the court."

This immediately caused Sun Lin to sneer: "Does the prince really feel that Lao Qi will be loyal to you, rather than becoming your biggest opponent?"

"Of course, the relationship between the monarch and the minister has been decided long ago. If he makes meritorious service, he will be a minister, just like you." The prince replied coldly, then turned around and stopped talking.

Sun Lin sighed twice again, but none of the other brothers and sisters spoke, and everyone looked at the nose and the heart, which made him very bored.
Chapter completed!