novelaction Chapter 1018 The Terrible Prisoner's Dilemma
Chapter 1018 The Terrible Prisoner's Dilemma
"Xuan Ce, Han Zhang, Ying Ke, the three of you come here." After returning to his residence, His Royal Highness the King of Chu first arranged for Yuan Tiangang to take Chai Zhewei and others to go downstairs to rest, and then he called the three counselors to his room.
Of course, His Royal Highness the King of Chu’s number one fighter, the young Taoist priest Zhang Zhenxuan, also accompanied him throughout the entire process.
After a while.
"Anyway... this is what happened." After explaining the cause and effect of the incident, His Royal Highness the King of Chu began to ask the three counselors in front of him: "What do you think Uncle Cheng meant by writing 'Chu' on the palm of my hand? Chu... Chu Suiliang?"
"Your Highness, Duke Lu wants you to go find Chu Suiliang and tell him the truth about what happened today." After His Highness the Prince of Chu mentioned Chu Suiliang, Wang Hanzhang was the first to express his opinion: "Chu Suiliang is your Majesty's attendant, but at the same time, he is also an accomplice of Duke Zhao. If Your Highness goes to find Chu Suiliang...hiss..." Wang Hanzhang suddenly exclaimed: "Duke Lu is really a hidden talent!"
"My Uncle Cheng..." Under the encouragement of his retainers, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's brain began to work rapidly: "He is indeed a master!"
The solution to break the impasse lies in the word "Chu"!
As long as he found Chu Suiliang and told him everything that happened today - Chu Suiliang would have to write down everything.
And as long as Chu Suiliang wrote down what happened - then all the sacrifices that Zhang Sun Wuji had made for Emperor Li II would be in vain.
A minister who scolded someone else's son as uneducated in front of Princess Pingyang Zhao might be pardoned because he was a loyal fan of the emperor.
But once this matter is recorded in history books, Emperor Li II will definitely not allow Changsun Wuji to continue to stand at the center of power - the majesty of imperial power will force him to marginalize Changsun Wuji.
And most importantly, once this incident happens, the originally unbreakable close relationship between His Majesty Li II and Zhangsun Wuji, Zhangsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, Chu Suiliang and His Majesty Li II will be torn into an abyss.
You know, the position of Jiujiusheren means that the emperor's words and deeds must be recorded truthfully.
Coincidentally, because Chu Suiliang had previously spoken out against Emperor Li II's expedition to Goguryeo, he was demoted by Emperor Li II from his position as a royal attendant and was brought to Goguryeo by his side.
Originally, Emperor Li II wanted Chu Suiliang to see with his own eyes how "wise and brave" he was, but what was the result? He probably couldn't have imagined that this was just like jumping into the river with stones tied to his body.
So... after a brief thought, Cheng Yaojin gave this idea to His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
You know, um... according to past practice, the emperor was not allowed to see his own daily records.
As far as we can see now, Chu Suiliang is still a historian with great integrity.
so...
As long as His Royal Highness the King of Chu goes and finds Chu Suiliang now, he can ask him to truthfully record what actually happened today.
Then His Majesty Li Er, Zhangsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang would fall into a "prisoner's dilemma." (Note 1)
First of all, Emperor Li II had no way of knowing whether Chu Suiliang would record this truthfully.
As for Changsun Wuji, he doesn't need to know.
Because he knew that Chu Suiliang, his eldest grandson Wuji, and a certain good wife, Prime Minister Cao, were all of the same kind of people.
They are the kind of people who are so selfish that they would rather let down the whole world than let themselves suffer any loss.
Therefore, Changsun Wuji dared to conclude that no matter whether Chu Suiliang was under pressure from the King of Chu or out of his own professional ethics, he would definitely record this matter truthfully.
And if Chu Suiliang recorded it truthfully, the result would be as mentioned above - Changsun Wuji's good days would be over.
Emperor Li II was also unable to do anything to help.
If he showed favoritism at this time, Tian Khan, whose personal reputation was already bad because of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, would definitely be labeled "ungrateful" again, with the infamy of a brother-in-law bullying his nephew.
To be honest, among the royal family, during the generation of Emperor Li II, Princess Pingyang Zhao's reputation and image among the people were unique.
Therefore, His Majesty Li II could only watch the situation unfold.
In the end, Changsun Wuji, who had been using political tactics to scheme against His Royal Highness the King of Chu, was destined to fall before the political tactics he was best at.
But who could have thought that the person who ended it all and killed the enemy with one blow was actually Duke Lu Cheng Yaojin, who usually appeared to be a rough and careless person?
However, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu also played an indispensable role in this. By the way, we have to mention Chai Lingwu, who helped his cousin a lot because of his foul mouth.
Because if His Majesty Li Er, the "referee", does not leave the court, then the "head coach" who has been warming up all the time, our Prince Chu, will definitely not miss this good opportunity...
"Your Highness! Did Duke Lu really write this word 'Chu' for you?!" Lu Yingke suddenly said, as if he had realized something after the fact, "No wonder my grandfather always said that Duke Lu Cheng Zhijie was a man of strategy and talent - it turns out that this is not flattery!"
"Nonsense, being a duke is not an easy thing." His Royal Highness Prince Chu touched his nose after hearing this, and then suddenly seemed to remember something: "Of course, in the future... there may be many exceptions."
"What?" Wang Xuance found that sometimes His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was too lazy to act, but if His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu didn't act, it was his turn to act.
"Xuan Ce, I am not interested in watching you play dumb right now." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had something important to do right now: "Well... Chu Suiliang... Chu Suiliang! How should I take him down?"
"Your Highness, this is easy." Wang Hanzhang saw that His Highness the Prince of Chu was finally willing to show some of his wise leadership, so he immediately gave him some advice excitedly: "You just need to let others know that you have met Chu Suiliang, the rest is not important."
"Wow... Hanzhang, you are such a bad person..." Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu began to point fingers at Wang Hanzhang: "You are really bad... But I like you!"
"The real powerful one is Duke Lu." Wang Hanzhang just smiled at the ridicule of His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, and then heard him say seriously: "Your Highness, today's incident is only known to the five of us, and you must not tell anyone else - Duke Lu took a huge risk for you!"
"Yes." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu nodded when he heard it: "Now that I think about it, when the tyrant emperor opened a school in the palace, Chu Mo was the first one who was willing to get close to me, except for Huairen, cousin Lingwu, and cousin Zhewei, and after him it was Huaiyu..." When His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said this, his brows suddenly frowned: You know, Uncle Qin has been silently supporting him because of Lai Aong.
Then... Uncle Cheng is defending me today... is there a similar reason?
Just as His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was thinking about this, Zhang Zhenxuan suddenly said, "Your Highness, didn't His Majesty ask you to come over for dinner tonight? Do you want me to accompany you then?"
"Of course!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Zhenxuan, I felt uncomfortable when you were away the other day."
"..." When Zhang Zhenxuan heard his king say this, he felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to respond, so he simply shut up.
"..." Wang Xuance, who was standing by, suddenly missed the Prince of Chu who compared him to "Li Si", "Zhang Liang" and "Zhuge Wuhou" as soon as they met at Yushan Villa...