Mr. Hong stroked his beard and frowned: "If His Highness directly rescued His Majesty, then why did we go around in such a big circle in the first place, and let the Northern Mongolians go south to plunder, and then lead troops to fight?"
The Zhou family gave such an idea in the first place just to help King Qin hide the troops and forces in the capital from His Majesty the Emperor!
To prevent Emperor Ming from settling accounts later!
But another elderly counselor in the room clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness, I heard that Jiu Qian is paying attention to the little princes in the harem recently. If we don't save His Majesty, what if Jiu Qian kills His Majesty?"
What should we do if we support a young prince to ascend the throne?"
Although everyone knew that King Qin was the next crown prince, there was still no time to hold the canonization ceremony!
Mr. Hong rolled his eyes at the old counselor angrily: "Those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters and saved His Majesty. What if His Majesty thinks that His Highness, King Qin, has disloyal intentions and decides to depose His Highness instead!"
A group of counselors and retainers were arguing in a secret room over whether to save the emperor or not——
"How can I not save my father? I will be stabbed in the spine in the future!"
"If you save me, you will be unlucky! As long as I can avenge Your Majesty in the future, wouldn't it be fine?!"
"you……"
Shangguan Hongye suddenly slammed the table to silence everyone.
He frowned and said in a deep voice: "As a son, how could I let my father fall into the hands of that devil Cang Qiao!"
His father is his father after all!
He still remembered the heart-warming words his father said to him after he was appointed as the crown prince by his father.
How could he take the risk and refuse to save his father?!
When Mr. Hong saw this, he was very anxious. His Highness was really confused. The old emperor was a suspicious and jealous person, and he was slowly wary even of his own son.
The old emperor now always fantasizes about being able to live forever and rule the empire forever.
An adult prince with high prestige, intelligence, and strong martial arts skills would sooner or later become an enemy in the eyes of the old emperor if there were no external threats!
Where is the deep love between father and son in the royal family?
But seeing that Shangguan Hongye was unmoved and insisted on rescuing people, Mr. Hong could only use a delaying strategy first——
"Your Highness, before you make the final decision, why not try to enter the palace a few times? Even if you can't see His Majesty, you can at least feel the atmosphere of the palace for yourself. You can also meet Jiu Qiansui and listen to his words.
Make another plan!"
Shangguan Hongye listened to this suggestion.
He nodded coldly: "Mr. Hong is right!"
He should find out what the eunuch Cang Qiao is planning to do! At least he can get some hints from the sidelines!
If Cang Qiao does not allow him to see his father, it means that his father's situation is very bad. He must immediately lead troops and launch a palace coup in the next few days - Qingjun Side
"Come here, get ready, pass my king's sign into the palace, and say that I have something important to see my father!" Shangguan Hongye ordered.
To everyone's surprise, the emperor's oral order allowing King Qin to enter the palace soon reached the palace of King Qin.
At this time, the counselors began to argue again about whether King Qin should enter the palace.
After all, I have kept His Majesty under house arrest for nine thousand years and even refused to feed Him. It is obvious that he is plotting rebellion!
How could he allow King Qin to enter the palace so easily? He would most likely be at a disadvantage to His Highness!
Shangguan Hongye still insisted on entering the palace, and his reason was very simple - if Cang Qiao wanted to coerce the emperor and convince the princes, he had to convince the officials.
But once he killed himself, the future prince, and the emperor at the same time in the palace, Cang Qiao was convicted of being a traitor and traitor, and everyone could punish him!
Moreover, if Cang Qiao wanted to kill him right now, he could fake the imperial edict, accuse him, and have the Jin Yiwei men rush in overnight to arrest him, the King of Qin, and kill him first and then report him.
But Cang Qiao didn't, and instead agreed to let him enter the palace.
That means that Cang Qiao doesn't want his life yet, nor does he want his father's life.
After that, the situation suddenly changed, and Shangguan Hongye discovered that his previous judgment was correct - Cang Qiao did not want the lives of their father and son at this time.
But what that person wanted to do was more vicious and cruel than killing them!
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Qingyun Hall
In the alchemy room, a stooped old yellow figure was rummaging through the shelves of the alchemy room.
He suddenly turned over half a handful of licorice slices and was overjoyed. He immediately carefully took a few slices and put them in his mouth, then took a few sips with the water spoon in his hand.
Emperor Ming, who felt a sweet taste in his mouth, had an unkempt beard and hair that looked like weeds, took a long breath and rubbed his stomach.
He once again tasted the feeling of hunger, but fortunately this time he was locked up in the alchemy room, where there were some medicinal materials and elixirs to satisfy his hunger.
However, the feeling of only having elixirs and various medicinal materials made him feel that his body was filled with medicine, and he had become a medicine man!
At this time, the chatter of the young eunuchs suddenly came from outside the door, which attracted Emperor Ming's attention.
One person asked: "Has His Highness King Qin entered the palace?"
The other one nodded: "Yes, I heard that he actually controls half of the Forbidden Army, and even the North Camp of the capital belongs to him!"
The little eunuch from before was worried: "Oh my god...if he knew that His Majesty was under house arrest, would he bring someone to break in?"
But the other young eunuch didn't take it seriously: "Forget it, is this the first time His Majesty has been put under house arrest? King Qin already knew it. Did he send someone to rescue Your Majesty? Wasn't it the governor who released His Majesty?"
The eunuch nodded and muttered with a concerned look——
"That's right. If your Majesty dies, he holds half of the Imperial Army and the border army. Even the governor can't stop him from ascending the throne and becoming emperor. Why bother to save your Majesty!"
Emperor Ming's hair was all disheveled and he was huddled by the door. Hearing this, his heart was as sharp as a knife, his whole body was burning, and he clenched the spoon in his hand.
What, Hongye actually has such great power in both the Forbidden Army and the Capital Army?
But he never noticed!
At this moment, a respectful salute suddenly came from outside the door.
"See Chitose!"
"Well, open the door. I have sent a pill for Your Majesty."
Emperor Ming suddenly panicked and hurriedly crawled back to his bed.
When Cang Qiao came in, she saw Emperor Ming lying on the bed. When he heard the noise, he looked like he was just waking up from a big dream.
As soon as he saw Cang Qiao, he immediately climbed out of bed and looked at Cang Qiao, as if he was a little afraid: "My dear! You are finally here. I will never take anyone else's pills again!"
Seeing this, Cang Qiao seemed to be very pleased and handed Emperor Ming a box of pills: "It's really gratifying that Your Majesty has such an awakening. It would have been better if he had been like this earlier."
