Oh my god, can you play like this?

Chapter 112 I am going to ascend the throne

Before Gu Lanzhi could figure out why the emperor was looking at him at this time, the emperor's voice rang out again.

"The eldest and fourth princes were stripped of their status as princes, their royal surnames were removed, they were demoted to commoners, and imprisoned. The same applies to their families."

The emperor's voice was very calm, without any ups and downs, as if the two people he was dealing with were not his sons.

When the Fourth Prince heard the Emperor's decision, he first closed his eyes, then he started laughing, and his laughter became louder and louder.

The eldest prince, who had been kneeling beside him without any reaction, suddenly laughed along with the fourth prince, and his laughter was even louder than the fourth prince's.

Gu Lanzhi looked at the eldest prince who was laughing extremely happily and tilted his head. He felt that the eldest prince's laughter seemed... a little abnormal.

Just as Gu Lanzhi thought, the eldest prince not only laughed abnormally, he also clapped his hands happily.

The sound of clapping accompanied by the eldest prince's childish laughter made Gu Lanzhi feel that something was wrong, and other officials also began to discuss it in a low voice.

This scene was indescribably weird.

The emperor, who was still sitting in the chair, also noticed the problem. He frowned and kept looking at the eldest prince who couldn't stop laughing.

"Hehehehe... I am the emperor! I am about to ascend the throne! Hehehe...

I am the eldest son of the emperor, and I will soon ascend the throne... All of you come and kneel down before me... All of you come and kneel down!

I will give you official titles... I am the emperor... I will give you high positions, and you must all be loyal to me... Hehehe..."

Listening to the eldest prince's intermittent mumbling, everyone was wondering if the eldest prince was crazy.

The emperor frowned even deeper and kept staring at the eldest prince, trying to see something.

Gu Lanzhi also tilted his head slightly, watching all the actions of the eldest prince.

"Father, father...you are going to pass the throne to me, right? I want to be the emperor, father, you have to pass the throne to me."

The eldest prince crawled to the emperor's feet using his hands and feet, grabbed the emperor's calves with both hands, looked at the emperor with a smile in his eyes, and waited for the emperor to give him an answer.

This was the first time that Gu Lanzhi truly felt how obsessed the princes were with the throne.

Even though the eldest prince is confused now, he is still thinking about becoming the emperor.

Of course, Gu Lanzhi did not jump to conclusions immediately as to whether the eldest prince was really crazy or was pretending to be crazy to leave himself a chance to survive.

Normally speaking, the eldest prince and the fourth prince would surely be killed for committing adultery with the concubines while being watched by so many people.

But whether he would be sentenced to death or life imprisonment in the end was just a matter of the emperor's decision.

If the emperor is soft-hearted, the eldest prince and the fourth prince can live. If he is hard-hearted, the eldest prince and the fourth prince will die.

The eldest prince has gone crazy at this time. The emperor should spare the lives of the two men because the eldest prince has gone crazy.

Many court officials also thought so.

Gu Lanzhi used his mental power to sense the eldest prince's condition and found that the eldest prince seemed to be really abnormal.

The eldest prince has always dreamed of ascending the throne since he was born, and he has been working hard for the throne for as long as he has lived.

Now all his efforts over the years have vanished in one day. The blow is too great to accept for a while, and his mental defenses are relatively fragile. Or perhaps he was affected by the previous drugs, and his mind has completely lost control and he has turned into a madman. It is understandable.

The emperor didn't move, just looking at his foolish eldest son in front of him.

He is not an emotionless machine. After all, this is his first son and he still has feelings for the child.

Aren’t people’s feelings for their first and last children the deepest?

Besides, his eldest son has given him so much silver over the years, and the emperor still loves this son very much.

Now seeing his son become so crazy, it is impossible for him to say that he is not affected at all.

But an abandoned child is an abandoned child, no matter how much affection you have, the most you can do is to disregard the child's life.

If the emperor is not ruthless, he will not be able to hold on to the position.

The emperor took one last deep look at his two sons, waved his hand heavily, and someone came forward to carry the two men.

"Father, am I going to ascend the throne? Am I going to ascend the throne now..."

When the eldest prince was taken away, he kept muttering about the throne. You can imagine how much he wanted to become the emperor.

Watching such a farce allowed Gu Lanzhi to more intuitively understand the battles for imperial power in ancient times. This invisible battle was more dangerous than fighting with real swords and guns on the battlefield.

Because you don’t know what may bring you disaster, and you don’t know what you said may offend others and lead to their plotting against you.

If the enemy's knife is coming at you on the battlefield, you still have a chance to dodge it, but what about this invisible assassination? How can you dodge it?

Moreover, you may not know when someone started plotting against you, or how many moves they have made.

Unless you can predict the future, you can only wait for death.

Or you are an insignificant person, it doesn't matter if you are there or not.

But Gu Lanzhi has already stood in this position, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the head of all officials.

Then one can imagine what kind of dangers Gu Lanzhi will face in the future.

Gu Lanzhi got a headache when he thought about these things. It would be better to go to war!

After what happened, the palace banquet could not be held anymore. The emperor called several of his sons and ministers to the imperial study.

The others all left the palace quietly, and no one dared to approach the emperor.

The emperor did not call Gu Lanzhi to the imperial study, so Gu Lanzhi led the whole family and slowly walked out of the palace.

The eldest lady whispered to Gu Lanzhi, "Brother, did the emperor tell you when he would let you attend court?"

Gu Lanzhi shook his head. "I didn't say that. Anyway, my injuries haven't healed yet, so I can still delay for a few more days."

The eldest lady looked at Gu Lanzhi worriedly, but considering that this was not the place to talk, she didn't say anything else.

Gu Lanzhi understood what the eldest lady was thinking and smiled at her soothingly.

"Lanzhi, wait for me, I'll take you back home!"

Hearing this voice, Gu Lanzhi rolled his eyes and made an irritable "tsk" sound.