"Now we're just waiting for Ma Zhiyuan and the others to take action."
In the east courtyard of the Qizhou Dudu Mansion, the emperor was sitting in the courtyard enjoying flowers with a leisurely expression.
In order to appease the emperor to live quietly here, Ma Zhiyuan also spent a lot of thought.
The east courtyard was well decorated.
"Father, why don't you just ask your brother to capture Ma Zhiyuan and the others? In this way, father will not be in such danger." Li Ke was a little confused.
He believed that with Zhao Chen's ability, it would take no effort to capture Ma Zhiyuan and others.
And they don't have to worry as much as they do now.
You should also always pay attention to the movements of those outside.
It is undoubtedly the most dangerous move for the emperor to stay here now.
Li Ke couldn't understand why it would take so much effort to arrest a few officials in Qizhou?
"Who told you that they are the ones I want to capture?" The emperor looked at Li Ke and said slowly.
"A few Qizhou officials, if I just want to capture them, do I still need to come here in person? Or do I need to let Mr. Chen come over from the beginning?"
"Do you think that the riots in Qizhou were only attended by Qizhou officials?"
"What I want to catch is the person hiding behind the scenes in Chang'an." There was a trace of displeasure on the emperor's face.
It seems that he is dissatisfied because of Li Ke’s shallow opinions!
"The person behind Chang'an?" It seemed like this was the first time Li Ke heard such words.
He had always thought that they came here just to deal with these Qizhou officials.
If you dare to plan people's riots, you will have to pay the price.
But what they didn't expect was that the emperor now said that what they wanted to find out was the behind-the-scenes instigator hidden in Chang'an.
Who would have such courage to do such a thing?
Planning a riot among the people, is this a rebellion?
Li Ke was puzzled and looked at the emperor, waiting for his explanation.
The emperor seemed to sigh, and then said to Li Ke: "What do you think of Mr. Chen's abilities?"
Li Ke was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding why the emperor suddenly asked him such a question again.
"Brother Huang's skills are of course excellent. Why do you ask the emperor like this?" Li Ke replied and asked the emperor again.
"Boy Chen's abilities are obvious to all of us. No matter how big the riot in Qizhou is, I don't have to come here in person. At most, I can just let Boy Chen make a trip."
"But not only am I here this time, but boy Chen is also here at my request. Do you know why?" the emperor and Li Ke asked.
"Could it be that..." Li Ke's expression changed: "Could it be that the person behind the scenes is the emperor's brother..."
"What the hell!" The emperor kicked Li Ke over with one kick.
Li Ke fell to the ground with a smile on his face.
Of course he knew that the person behind the scenes was not Zhao Chen, but it was just a joke with the emperor to lighten the atmosphere.
"Hey, father, I'm just joking." Li Ke kept smiling.
"If Mr. Chen was behind the scenes, I'm afraid our group would have been doomed long ago." The emperor glared at Li Ke fiercely.
"Among the royal family, there are many people who are dissatisfied with me, and among the courtiers, there are also many people who secretly complain about my favoritism."
"They made this plan simply because they want me to come to Qizhou so that they can carry out their plan."
"I simply fulfilled their wish. Not only did I come to Qizhou, I also called Mr. Chen here."
"The purpose is to allow those people to be arrogant."
"It seems that the movement in Chang'an is not small at the moment." The emperor slowly said to Li Ke.
This was the first time the emperor told others the true purpose of his trip.
Even at the beginning, Zhao Chen was kept in the dark by the emperor.
But it was obvious that Zhao Chen figured it out not long after.
"What my father means is that the people behind the scenes may be members of the royal family, but there are only a few people in the royal family, and most of them are idle princes. How can they have the power to command and influence the officialdom of Qizhou?" Li Ke's expression changed slightly,
But I still can't figure it out.
Most of the people in the royal family are just idle princes living in Chang'an.
Basically, it is impossible to have any connection with Qizhou officialdom.
Let alone directing them to design the emperor.
Could it be that he is a minister of the DPRK?
Li Ke couldn't help but think to himself.
After all, many ministers in the court were born in Qizhou, or had served in Qizhou before.
But after thinking about it, Li Ke still couldn't figure out who would dare to do such a thing.
"Have Mr. Chen told you his future plans?" The emperor did not answer Li Ke's question, but asked about Zhao Chen's next plans.
"The emperor's brother arranged yesterday that when Ma Zhiyuan and the others take action, the Beiya Imperial Army will fight to the death."
"The two thousand Huangzhou Zhechong Mansion soldiers brought by Cheng Chumo will pretend to attack the Governor's Mansion from three directions: east, west and south."
"At that time, we will set the Governor's Mansion on fire to make it look like our father was burned to death by fire."
"Then I'm waiting for Ma Zhiyuan to inform Chang'an about the death of my father." Li Ke told the emperor about Zhao Chen's plan yesterday.
Li Ke did not tell the emperor about Zhao Chen's visit to Li Ruoshuang.
He was also worried that the emperor would blame Zhao Chen for not having a sense of the overall situation at this time.
When the emperor and Zhao Chen quarrel, it will definitely be him, Li Ke, who gets punished.
With experience, Li Ke will naturally not wade into such muddy waters again.
"Boy Chen's arrangement is quite reliable. You have full authority to make arrangements here. When there is chaos, you must also pay attention to safety." The emperor nodded and gave Li Ke some instructions in advance.
Li Ke nodded, still feeling warm in his heart.
This was one of the few times the emperor actively cared about him.
Sometimes Li Ke also envied Zhao Chen for making the emperor care so much. Today, he seemed to feel a little bit of it.
"Go, don't go out in the past two days, those people will definitely stop you, don't argue with them, just wait for the last moment." The emperor nodded and motioned for Li Ke to leave.
…
Time passed day by day, and soon it was September 15th.
On this day, Ma Zhiyuan received a letter from Chang'an early in the morning.
After reading the letter, Ma Zhiyuan's face showed excitement.
The man from Chang'an told himself in the letter that September 19th was the day to attack the emperor.
Today is only four days away from September 19th.
It's time for them to make final preparations!
"Quickly go and invite Lu Changshi, Huang Duwei is here!" Ma Zhiyuan said to the attendants beside him.
The attendant left quickly, and Ma Zhiyuan paced back and forth in the hall, unable to suppress his inner excitement.
Soon, Lu Yifa and Huang Duwei came here.
Lu Yifa's face was still a little ugly.
Being unable to find Zhao Chen to avenge his son has become a knot in Lu Yifa's heart.
Huang Duwei bowed respectfully to Ma Zhiyuan. After all, Ma Zhiyuan had promised before that he might be able to obtain the title of Duke.
Thinking of this, Captain Huang could not restrain his inner excitement.
"Captain Ma came to see us, but what's the matter?" Lu Yifa looked impatient on his face.
Apparently Ma Zhiyuan had been telling him that he could take action against the emperor soon, but there was no movement, which made Lu Yifa very dissatisfied. This chapter has been completed!