The leading eunuch in the palace held up the bright yellow imperial edict high in his right hand. Under the protection of a group of embroidered envoys wearing colorful embroidered clothes, he rode through the street. More than a hundred palace guards,
Followed closely.
As soon as the people on both sides of the street saw this, they knew that the angels from the palace were coming to deliver the message, and they hurriedly got out of the way for fear of blocking the road.
Horse hooves were flying, angels in the palace were galloping past, and the people couldn't help but start talking.
"Ah, embroiderer! Which master has lost power and wants to ransack his house?"
The struggle between the DPRK and the Central Government has always been fierce. The most common thing that the people of Jinling City saw was that an unknown minister of the DPRK and the Central Government lost power in the party struggle and was dismissed from his post and investigated. The embroidered envoys went to search the house in great numbers to hold him accountable.
At this time, someone else spoke in the crowd and said:
"No, that place in front is the Ten Kings Street, isn't it? No adults live there!"
With one sentence, the people's discussions suddenly fell silent.
The direction where everyone made great fanfare was commonly known as "Ten King Street" among the people. The palaces of the ten sons of the founding ancestor of the Xia Kingdom were all built here. Princes who had never been ennobled in subsequent dynasties were all placed here, which became the residence of the royal family.
A place for children.
It has been passed down for more than 600 years. There is already more than one street on the Ten King Street side, and there are no longer ten royal palaces over there!
Over the years, as the battle for the right to inherit the throne has become more and more public, the battles in the Great Xia Dynasty have become particularly fierce. But there has never been a time when it has affected the princes!
"Hey, this is strange!"
"Yes, the reform war a few years ago was so fierce, but it didn't involve these princes!"
"Do you think the crown prince's position has been decided? Speaking of which, our Majesty will be over seventy this year..."
Among the crowd, I don’t know who said this randomly.
The people who were still discussing just now, no matter how arrogant they were, immediately realized that something was wrong with the situation.
A few years ago, Confucianism and Legalism were fighting each other in the name of reform. At that time, the princes in the court who wanted to retain the throne showed their magical powers to criticize their opponents, which attracted all the civil and military officials in the court and the country to take sides.
At the end of the riot, nearly 30% of the top officials in the DPRK were dismissed from their posts and investigated, and the situation in the DPRK was extremely turbulent.
But even if the commotion was so big, when Emperor Xia came to settle matters afterwards, all the princes were safe and sound.
Everyone looked at each other and immediately knew that something big was about to happen.
Someone swallowed, opened his mouth to smooth things over, and said:
"Hahaha, what nonsense are you talking about? It's just an imperial edict. I can't say which prince did the job well and was rewarded!"
This is nonsense! How can there be a person delivering decrees and commendations, followed by a lot of people embroidering clothes? This is obvious, it is the rhythm of confiscating houses!
However, everyone at this time did not dare to go on. Do you really think that the embroidered clothes envoys are vegetarians? Talking about government affairs and the royal family is not life-saving!
The "political key" people who realized the seriousness of the problem immediately cooperated and laughed.
"That's right!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
After saying that, everyone dispersed in a hurry and hurriedly left, for fear of being stopped by the embroidery envoy who came.
On the other side, the palace eunuch held the imperial edict in his hand and led a large group of people directly to the Ten Kings Street. He got down and walked quickly to the door of a palace.
The guards in front of the red lacquer gate saw that the eunuch was about to break in with his men, and immediately stepped forward to stop him.
Then the eunuch snorted, raised his head slightly, and said coldly:
"The imperial edict has arrived, please accept it from His Majesty the King of Jin!"
On the plaque above the eunuch's head, the three characters "Prince Jin's Mansion" hung brightly on the door.
Several guards had been working in front of Prince Jin's Mansion for many years, and this was not the first time they encountered someone delivering an order.
But this King of Jin has always been good at dancing and cautious. The tasks he handles are always very appropriate. Almost all those who come to deliver orders are praised. The eunuchs who come are all extremely flattering, but they have never had such an attitude.
Anyone with a brain suddenly felt something bad in his heart and said quickly:
"Please wait a moment, father-in-law, I will report you soon..."
When the eunuch heard this, he sneered and said:
"Go for it!"
After that, he pushed away the guard blocking him with one hand and walked boldly towards the palace.
In the backyard of the palace, Prince Jin was holding and teasing his newborn grandson. At this time, he heard the news that an angel had come to deliver the message, and his attitude was not good. His hands suddenly stopped.
Looking at the panicked servants, King Jin lowered his eyes, and immediately handed the grandson in his arms to the wet nurse beside him, and said in a deep voice:
"Send someone to send a message to Lord Taipu Zhang, Lord Yao, and Lord Qi, the censor, asking them to come to the mansion to see the orphan as soon as possible!"
Hearing this, his subordinates quickly bowed their heads and saluted, saying:
"yes!"
King Jin straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, turned around and walked out of the backyard.
At this time, the servants in the palace had already prepared the incense table to welcome the imperial edict. The eunuchs in the palace also stood aside holding the imperial edict, waiting for the arrival of King Jin.
Surrounded by the center of the palace, King Jin slowly came to the eunuch in the palace, lifted up his robe, knelt down and saluted, and said in a deep voice:
"My son, I accept the order!"
When the eunuch in the palace saw this, he immediately expressed his imperial edict and read:
"I bear the fate of Haotian's followers, and the edict says:
I am deeply worried about the chaos in the six counties in the southwest, which has led to the turmoil of the country, the people's livelihood, and the hardship of the people. Fortunately, King Yu Zhaoli of the Jin Dynasty has offered advice on the southwest and has made great contributions to the country. I am pleased with it. I will commend it and give 100 embroidered clothes envoys to obey orders. Show my heart and admire this!"
When King Jin heard the content of the imperial edict, his face was suddenly stunned.
A hundred envoys of embroidered clothes are given to listen to orders? It has been six hundred years since the founding of the Xia Dynasty, but such a reward has never been heard before.
Regardless of the fact that some princes can secretly mobilize some of the Embroidery Envoys. But that is only because there are high-level Embroidery Envoys who have taken refuge in them, so that they can mobilize some of the Embroidery Envoys for their own use.
On the surface, the Xiu Yi Envoy was a personal soldier of the Emperor of Great Xia. Except for the Emperor, no one could control this power.
Any suggestions?
When did you offer advice to the six southwest counties?
While King Jin was in a daze, the worries on the faces of his confidants disappeared, revealing expressions of surprise.
The embroidered clothes envoys are the emperor's personal soldiers. On the surface, no one can mobilize them except the emperor. But now, the embroidered clothes envoys are given to obey orders in the palace. In this way, isn't it that His Majesty is hinting that he is in his heart?
His Highness won this battle for the right to inherit the throne!
The confidants only thought that they were about to become the ministers of Qiandi, and their faces suddenly showed excitement and joy.
At this time, the eunuch in the palace folded the imperial edict in his hand and said with a smile:
"His Royal Highness King Jin, please accept the order!"
King Jin came to his senses slightly, stood up and saw the appearance of the eunuch delivering the order, and was suddenly shocked.
Something's wrong, it's definitely not that simple!
If it was really his father's choice to accept the position of crown prince, then it would be too late for the eunuch who was delivering the decree to curry favor with him, so it might look like this!
Thinking of this, King Jin's heart skipped a beat, he raised his hands heavily and accepted the imperial edict.
"Thank you, Father, for your grace!"
Holding the imperial edict, King Jin slowly stood up, looked at the eunuch in front of him, and suddenly asked:
"I dare to ask my father-in-law, I have not offered any strategies for the southwest affairs before, so why did my father issue such an imperial edict?"
Hearing this, the eunuch gave a fake smile and said:
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin is joking. The advice to impeach His Highness King Qi for disobeying the will and to both suppress and pacify the rebels in the southwest was not what you presented to His Majesty... His Majesty has issued an edict in accordance with your advice. Immediately recall His Highness King Qi and issue an order to surrender!"
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Upon hearing this, King Jin's face turned slightly pale, his heart beat wildly, and he said in a deep voice:
"I, the king, have not proposed any suppression strategies..."
The face of the eunuch who delivered the order sank, and he spoke every word authentically:
"His Royal Highness, King Jin, if His Majesty said that your advice has merit, then it means that your advice has merit!"
In just one sentence, he directly defeated King Jin.
The eunuch who delivered the order turned slightly, looked at the embroidered messengers behind him, and said coldly:
"Listen to me all of you! Your Highness, Prince Jin, is a man of great wealth, and there is no room for failure! You are all carefully selected by your godfather. You must take good care of His Highness, Prince Jin! Otherwise, your godfather will not spare you. you!"
When King Jin heard this, he subconsciously glanced at the eunuch who was delivering the order.
If he remembered correctly, this man seemed to be Emperor Xia's confidant and the godson of Sixi, the eunuch in the palace.
Only the eunuch who was in charge of the embroidery envoys for Emperor Xia could scare these embroidery envoys...
A group of embroiderers immediately shouted loudly and said:
"I will obey my father-in-law's orders!"
At this time, the confidants in Prince Jin's palace began to feel that something was wrong when they saw the attitudes of the people in front of them.
At this time, a burst of shouting was heard outside the house.
"Let me go! I belong to His Highness. How dare you to stop me?"
The hoarse shouting made everyone in Prince Jin's Mansion twitch their eyelids.
King Jin suddenly raised his head and saw that his confidant, who had just been ordered by him to deliver the order, was escorted in by several embroiderers, and then pushed hard to the ground.
An embroiderer didn't even look at the ugly-faced King Jin. He came straight to the eunuch who delivered the order, cupped his hands and said:
"Father, this person has evil intentions and secretly wants to leave the palace. He must be someone's spy in Prince Jin's palace!"
When the King of Jin heard this, he quickly said:
"My father-in-law has misunderstood. This person is indeed sent by the king to deal with..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a flash of murderous intent in the eyes of the eunuch who delivered the order, and said decisively:
"kill!"
When the embroidered messenger heard this, he immediately unsheathed his long sword.
Then he saw a flash of blood, the head rolled down immediately, and the blood was scattered on the blue bricks of the palace.
The eunuch who delivered the order sneered, pretended to be attentive, and asked:
"What did Your Highness just say? My ears are not good, so I didn't hear clearly!"
"What are you doing, how dare you offend His Highness!" A confidant glared and said angrily.
When the eunuch who delivered the order heard this, he turned around, pointed at the man, and said sternly:
"This person is acting suspiciously, capture him!"
The embroiderer on the side heard this and immediately stepped forward without saying a word.
King Jin's face suddenly became extremely ugly. He took a step forward and shouted:
"This is someone from my palace!"
After all, it was Tianhuang Noble, the prince in a high position. At this moment, he shouted loudly, and the momentum spread out from his body, which immediately shocked the Xiuyi envoy who came forward, and his steps were stagnated.
The eunuch who delivered the order was slightly shocked when he saw this.
After thinking for a moment, he hummed softly, waved slightly to his men, and said:
"Forget it! Since His Highness Prince Jin has spoken, forget it... But there are many people in the government and the public who want to do evil to His Highness Prince Jin. In short, you have to keep the whole palace under guard. A mouse or fly,
Don’t let it go so easily!”
"yes!"
The embroidered envoys shouted in unison, making King Jin and all his confidants turn pale.
Why are you given embroidered clothes to obey orders? This is obvious, it is a prison with a different name!
What happened? Such a big change in the situation occurred.
The eunuch who conveyed the order touched his sleeves and led the people to turn around and leave. A group of embroidered messengers quickly took over the entire Jin Prince's Mansion. They immediately set up outposts and secret sentries, making the entire Jin Prince's Mansion extremely tightly guarded, blocking out the outside world.
Possibility of human contact.
Of course, people in Prince Jin's palace don't want to come into contact with people from the outside world.
King Jin dismissed his confidants and sat in the study alone in a daze, forbidding anyone from entering the study.
His waist, which had always been erect, was slightly hunched, his face was in a trance, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his mind.
At this moment, an embroiderer suddenly opened the study door and walked in.
King Jin raised his head slightly, raised his eyebrows upside down, and said in a hoarse voice:
"I told you, everyone should get out! You are so brave!"
Although King Jin already knew that he had lost everything, he was still the prince, so how could he allow a little embroidered messenger to offend him?
The embroiderer who was scolded showed no fear at this time. He bowed to King Jin generously and said:
"The young lady asked me to come and see His Highness and report to you that I am safe!"
King Jin twitched his brows and said in a deep voice:
"Miss?"
The embroiderer smiled slightly, took out a cloud pattern pendant from his arms, and placed it in front of King Jin.
King Jin lowered his head to take a look, his eyes suddenly widened, and he subconsciously said:
"Yingyao's jade pendant..."
He raised his head suddenly and said in surprise:
"Shouldn't she be in Yun Country at this time?"
When the embroiderer heard this, he remained silent and did not reply.
King Jin looked a little flustered. After a long time, he finally said feebly:
"It seems that she already knows everything I have done!"
"Although His Highness Prince Jin has found the culprit for what happened on the way to the wedding, there are still flaws after following the clues. There is also the incident in the Southwest, and the lady also knows about His Highness's incident!"
When King Jin heard this, his face was a little uncertain.
Obviously, the person behind the scheme against King Qi is His Highness Prince Jin, who has a very good personal relationship with him and is regarded by King Qi as his true brother!
King Jin sighed slightly and said:
"Although I know that Yingyao has been scheming since she was a child, she never has such great ability to easily reach out to the embroidered clothes envoys! Tell me, among the five second-grade embroidered clothes envoys today, which one has surrendered?
Old Nineteen? Now, I am also the one who plots against Old Nineteen?"
When the embroiderer heard this, he lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice:
"No one can answer His Highness Prince Jin's questions! His Highness Prince Jin might as well think more about the answer himself."
After saying that, the embroiderer immediately saluted, turned and left, leaving only King Jin sitting in the study with a gloomy face.
At this time, the entire Jinling City also became turbulent undercurrents following this imperial edict.
Is it true that the emperor who gave the embroidered clothes to listen to orders in the palace of the Jin Dynasty really decided the throne? But wasn't there news before that it belonged to King Yiqi?
I don’t know how many cups and cups were broken in the palaces of the princes. The officials in the court also sent people constantly to try their best to find out the news. Some anxious people have arranged for congratulatory gifts to be sent to the Prince of Jin’s palace to perform their duties.
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But now, perhaps in order to keep a low profile, the Jin Prince's Mansion closed the house and did not see guests, but only accepted a few gifts.
At the same time, the Jin King's confidants such as the royal servants in the court, Da Xingling, and the imperial censor have been quietly taken down for various reasons...