Sure enough, Emperor Ming looked at Shangguan Hongye with some suspicion: "Why, can you really still mobilize troops? Where are the troops?"
Shangguan Hongye's face turned green and red, he gritted his teeth and smiled dryly, spreading his hands: "There are still five hundred soldiers in the son's residence, and they are also willing to seek justice for my father."
When Emperor Ming heard this, he didn't know whether he was relieved or annoyed: "I'm afraid all those five hundred soldiers of yours will be killed before they reach Zhuque Street. You are too reckless!"
Shangguan Hongye closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
Damn it!
He obviously just wanted to vent his anger on his father and save his uncle.
But because of his father's suspicion and suspicion, he was restrained and fell into a dilemma.
"There are no fathers and sons in heaven, only kings and ministers."
Once again, he realized this sentence frustratedly and sadly.
Emperor Ming didn't know what his "upright" son was thinking, so he just frowned——
"The soldiers and horses in the capital cannot be mobilized, but the soldiers and horses in the border provinces can go to the capital to serve the king. I remember that you commanded the soldiers and horses in Suzhou, Yunzhou, and Youzhou."
The last time the bandits were suppressed in Northeast China, it was Shangguan Hongye who led the three-state army to put down the bandits.
Shangguan Hongye was slightly moved. Yes, those three-state armies were actually his men and his trump card.
They obeyed the orders of King Qin more than the emperor.
Shangguan Hongye lowered his eyes and clasped his fists, looking helpless: "My son has already returned the tiger talisman, I'm afraid I won't be able to mobilize them."
He couldn't let his father notice this, but he could guide his father to tell him about mobilizing the army from the three states.
Sure enough, seeing his son's "embarrassment", Emperor Ming smiled: "The border army not only recognizes the tiger talisman, but also recognizes the personal letter stamped with my seal or jade seal!"
This was also the method he came up with in order to prevent someone from imitating his use of tiger charms to mobilize troops to rebel.
"As long as I have my handwritten letter and seal, plus your seal of King Qin, the armies of the three states will be able to enter Beijing smoothly."
Emperor Ming's cloudy eyes shone brightly, as if he had returned to his youth again.
Shangguan Hongye then agreed with a smile: "Father, what a good plan!"
After all, my father is getting old. If he were young, I would be able to see through his not so clever cover-up at a glance.
"But I'm afraid it will take some time from delivering the message, avoiding pursuit, to the three armies entering the capital." Shangguan Hongye said.
However, Emperor Ming smiled nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, Cang Qiao won't kill me. He is just praised so highly by me that he dares to do such a disobedient and criminal thing. We still have time."
Shangguan Hongye always felt a little strange when he heard Emperor Ming's tone when he mentioned Cang Qiao.
He asked tentatively: "Father, when the time comes, if my son and I cooperate with you internally and externally to eradicate Cang Qiao's influence both inside and outside the palace, what are you going to do with him?"
Emperor Ming was silent for a while and said coldly: "Of course I will put him under house arrest! I can take back what I can give him. When the time comes, let him try what it feels like when I am under house arrest!"
When Shangguan Hongye heard this, his eyes were filled with waves——
Anger, annoyance, even hatred and disappointment overlap.
Why, the suspicious and jealous father could kill so many people out of suspicion, but Cang Qiao committed this heinous crime of killing the nine clans.
Instead of cutting him into pieces, his father only planned to put Cang Qiao under house arrest?
"What, what do you think should be done with Cang Qiao?" Emperor Ming suddenly looked at Shangguan Hongye and narrowed his eyes tentatively.
How much my son hates Cang Qiao, of course he knows it.
Shangguan Hongye lowered his eyes, covering up the anger and disappointment in his eyes, leaving a helpless look on his face.
"You can do whatever your father wants to do with it. Children and ministers respect their father."
When Emperor Ming saw this, he stroked his beard with satisfaction and said, "Don't worry, after I return to the west, you can kill him however you want."
When the time comes, when Cang Qiao dies, he can be buried with him. This can also be regarded as his relationship as a master and servant to Cang Qiao who has served him.
In heaven, Cang Qiao also has to serve as his slave.
Shangguan Hongye pulled the corners of his lips and forced a smile: "My son, I thank my father for his kindness."
He had completely fallen into a despairing and helpless mood.
My father... really became more and more confused as he got older, and he became more and more disappointed. At this point, he still wanted Cang Qiao to serve him.
It’s crazy!
Emperor Ming took a small seal from his belt and gave it to Shangguan Hongye: "This is my father's secret seal. Even Cang Qiao doesn't know about it. You can rely on this to mobilize the royal guards and find a way to contact me!"
Shangguan Hongye looked at the golden seal and wondered: "But the royal secret guards were responsible for guarding the late emperor. I remember that the secret guards later had internal strife. Didn't you rarely use secret guards after you succeeded to the throne?"
At first, someone in the Royal Secret Guard was bribed by the Emperor Father, so there was internal strife later, which allowed the Emperor Father to successfully capture the late Emperor.
It turns out that some of the royal guards did not approve of his father's attempt to usurp the throne, so they died and fled in the end.
The remaining ones could not gain the father's trust——
My father believed that since these dead soldiers could be bribed by him to betray the late emperor, they could be bribed by others to betray him!
Therefore, he simply strengthened Jinyiwei and Dongchang, replacing the functions of the royal soldiers to a certain extent.
Moreover, the power of Jinyiwei and Dongchang is increasing day by day, and there are many minions in the court. They only obey the orders of their father, and have the power to kill first and then report later.
Especially after Cang Qiao became the leader of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, he became even more lawless.
But now my father has been bitten by the eagle dog he raised!
Then, the father thought of the royal guards who had always existed but had been neglected by him for many years.
Shangguan Hongye didn't know how to describe his father for a while.
Such behavior and mind are really not like those of an emperor. No wonder the entire inner palace is controlled by Cang Qiao, and the father still knows nothing about it.
But this is his father...
Shangguan Hongye lowered his complicated eyes: "You... please act normal during this period. I will find a way to contact the royal guards and pass on the news to you."
"Don't worry, I was able to take away the country back then, how could I be easily controlled by Cang Qiao today?" Emperor Ming sneered.
He threw a box on the table: "Cang Qiao thought he was tampering with the elixir and wanted to control me. Wouldn't I know?"
Cang Qiao didn't take the initiative to test the medicine that day, so he sensed something was wrong.
Shangguan Hongye looked at the two green pills in the box, with extreme disgust flashing in his eyes——
"Since my father knows that these pills have been tampered with, don't eat them. Just throw them away secretly."
Emperor Ming looked at the elixir, the muscles on his face twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said -
"I can't live without these pills now. Once I leave these pills, I will be bitten by hundreds of insects. When I regain control of the government, I will definitely force Cang Qiao to hand over the antidote!"
As he spoke, he took a pill and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.
Shangguan Hongye didn't even have time to stop him.
Seeing Emperor Ming slowly slumping in the stool, looking elated, he couldn't help but clenched his fists, and the veins on the back of his hands were exposed.