Prime Minister Jiang felt as if he had fallen asleep.
He instinctively stretched his aching back, opened his eyes in a daze, and the unfamiliar furnishings came into view, and Prime Minister Jiang was suddenly shocked. His Majesty summoned them in Changle Palace. He and several other important officials of Wenyuan Pavilion were waiting for the summons in the side hall, but they didn't even drink two sips of tea when they sat down, as if something happened.
Prime Minister Jiang vaguely remembered that there was a strange figure in the corner of the side hall. He was not dressed like a guard or a palace servant. His eyes were dim and he had to use polished crystals to read the memorial. What does it look like.
"What's the matter?"
Prime Minister Jiang asked nervously, after all, he was forcing the palace to rebel, and no one was sure that there was really no danger in the palace now.
There was only Prime Minister Jiang in the side hall, and there were two waiters who looked anxious.
The Changle Palace was brightly lit, and the Imperial Guard was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.
"What about the rest?"
Prime Minister Jiang was referring to the important minister of Wenyuan Pavilion who came with him.
He stood up with difficulty, and the chamberlain next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and at the same time he said cautiously: "The political affairs and the minister have already gone to see His Majesty."
Prime Minister Jiang was suspicious. After discovering that the two servants were not students, he breathed a sigh of relief and coughed, "Has your majesty not summoned me?"
"No, actually—"
The chambermaid hesitated, facing Prime Minister Jiang's scrutiny, his legs softened, and he couldn't help but sob in a low voice: "There has been an accident in Changle Palace, a rebel has sneaked in... Your Majesty is seriously injured."
"what?"
Prime Minister Jiang was shocked. He remembered that he had fallen asleep inexplicably just now, and he couldn't help throwing off the hand of the chamberlain and walked to the incense burner in the side hall exchange that looked like a bronze crane with wings outstretched.
There are water stains and tea residues next to the incense burner.
After a little thought, Prime Minister Jiang knew that this was done by his colleagues. It seems that they thought of going together, thinking that someone had moved their hands and feet in the spices and stunned everyone.
Now the incense burner is in a mess with water, and the residual smell is difficult to distinguish.
"Where's the imperial physician? What kind of injury did your majesty suffer, are you awake?"
Prime Minister Jiang asked repeatedly, and at the same time hurried out of the hall.
Such a big change has happened in the palace. In the deep sense, the world is in turmoil, but in the superficial sense, it will also trigger the rotation of forces in the court structure. Prime Minister Jiang did not dare to delay, just as his students or courtiers belonging to his faction in the Wenyuan Pavilion left Prime Minister Jiang and went to the emperor's sick bed.
The imperial guards in front of Changle Palace did not stop Prime Minister Jiang.
This made Prime Minister Jiang feel very surprised. He thought that if the Praetorian Guards neglected their duties, they would face a formidable enemy, and they would take extra precautions!
- Could it be that His Majesty is already unconscious? So the Guards dare not stop the Prime Minister of a country
When Prime Minister Jiang entered the main hall and met his colleagues, he realized that things were not what he looked like.
"I heard that it is an assassin." Another prime minister of the Qi Dynasty said while stroking his beard.
"It is said that?"
Prime Minister Jiang was about to have a seizure when he suddenly saw Xu Jinzhong, the emperor's chamberlain chief, who was also in charge of the Slijian's seal, walking over with a stiff face.
The usually dignified and majestic General Manager Xu is now full of sadness, and there is still anxiety in his expression.
Prime Minister Jiang finally found out that something was wrong with the Guards outside. That's right, those people were too flustered, and there was even fear in their eyes. The footsteps are vain, the hands are shrinking, and there is no spirit at all.
The Inner Court Sili Jian and Wen Yuange courtiers have always been in the wrong way, but no matter how hard they are behind their backs, they have to squeeze out a three-pointed smile now.
"Director Xu?"
"The two ministers, as well as the ministers, the second prince colluded with the rivers and lakes and tried to kill the king and usurp the throne. It is really lawless." Manager Xu wiped away tears, and there was a red and swollen bruise on his neck.
Prime Minister Jiang's eyes were dim, and when he saw it, he couldn't help but ask, "Is this... an injury?"
Manager Xu coughed dryly, and Jiang Zhengshi explained on the side: "Up and down the Changle Palace, from the palace staff to the guards, when I woke up, I found that there was such a scar on the neck, but there was a slight tingling difference. ."
The bruises are swollen and can be felt without a mirror.
Everyone felt a tingling pain, reached out to touch, and then looked at other people's necks, there was nothing they didn't understand.
"Except for us waiting in the side hall, this assassin has come to everyone." Jiang Zhengshi said with a complicated expression.
This is a warning, this daring assassin used the most blunt means to declare that he can come and go freely within the Forbidden Palace, and can easily break anyone's neck.
Fame, wealth and wealth are fascinating, and power, wealth and honor are fascinating, but you have to enjoy life!
"What about Commander Wang?"
Prime Minister Jiang asked about the commander of the Imperial Guard, and he remembered that the emperor had also summoned this person.
"People are awake, but they can't move." The chief of the chamberlain said with a bitter face, "The same thing happened to the generals left and right of Xiaowei. They couldn't speak, and they couldn't move their hands. Look, it was said that someone had acupuncture points, and that the technique was special, only after 12 hours can it slowly recover."
Prime Minister Jiang was stunned, and before he had time to think about why the assassins let their courtiers alone, he hurriedly asked, "Where is Your Majesty?"
Manager Xu didn't dare to say a word now.
It was only when Prime Minister Jiang was taken to the apse and saw Lu Zhang lying on the couch that he understood why the courtiers and courtiers had indescribable expressions on their faces.
The emperor did not die, and it could not be regarded as a serious injury.
The emperor was more like someone beaten up.
His nose was blue and his face was swollen, the corners of his mouth and eyes were broken, and there was a fist mark that was particularly obvious.
Lu Zhang had no idea what he had become. He had a wound on his back and couldn't lie down.
The dagger had been pulled out long ago, and Meng Qi also asked Mo Li to treat his wound hastily, and then called the second prince and the third prince to give him a solid beating.
It is said that this was done because a knife was stuck in the back, which was not easy to hit, and was tied.
Meng Qi had stopped the second prince from beating the emperor for this reason, after all, it was a knife.
After the fight, Meng Qi took the second prince and left, and the third prince pretended to be stunned until everyone woke up.
Lu Zhang was unconscious.
Lu Zhang was prepared to be assassinated, so he prepared an imperial physician at Changle Palace early. The imperial physician had already finished the pulse diagnosis, and Lu Zhang was briefly awake for a while.
Lu Zhang was furious when he saw the third prince, trembling and wanted to let the third prince be dragged down.
However, he lost several teeth, and his speech leaked, and no one knew what he was talking about.
Lu Zhang managed to convey the order clearly, and the courtiers came one after another. Hearing that the emperor was going to take the third prince, he was shocked and firmly opposed.
The crown prince sees that he won't be able to survive the summer, the second prince rebels against the palace, the sixth prince loves to fight against them by nature, and the third prince must never have another accident.
Otherwise, are you going to ruin Qi Chao's country
These Wenyuan Pavilion officials were wary of each other, and they found that they might have encountered a huge opportunity, and if possible, they could even become emperors.
The thought stayed in my mind for only a moment, and then vanished.
Due to Lu Zhang's deliberate suppression and differentiation, the relationship between the important ministers of Zaifu and the military generals in the DPRK and China was very bad.
Take Prime Minister Jiang and say that if he wants to become emperor, Prime Minister Zhang will be the first to kill him, saying that he is a rebel and a thief.
When a powerful minister does what he does, he may become Wang Mang.
Therefore, at this time, we cannot stand out. Whoever stands out will give political opponents a handle.
Besides, the mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. They may win over the generals to convince the guards, but these forces are not firmly in their own hands. the mansion, and killed them all.
"Your Majesty, the third prince has always been filial, how could he rebel like the second prince?"
One of the concubines in Changle Palace was a member of the third prince's mother's family. She cried and her voice traveled far.
The third prince was again timid and useless.
Such a useless person would collude with his brother, just to beat the emperor, and then his brother fled, but he stayed here without moving
The doctor said that the incense burner in the main hall was mixed with hallucinogenic powder.
Therefore, from the palace attendants to the courtiers, they all felt that the emperor was affected, and his mind was a little confused.
Lu Zhang was so angry that he almost died. Of course he knew that this was not a hallucination, but he had six broken bones all over his body, and the slightest movement would hurt his heart. With the buzzing of his head, his eyes darkened, he couldn't lift his spirits at all.
The third prince escaped in this way and became the ideal successor in the eyes of the courtiers.
Outside the palace walls of the imperial city at this moment.
Meng Qi slowly took out the banknotes from his sleeve, there were a lot of them.
At the beginning, the second prince had a whole one hundred taels of silver notes, but the third prince took out more scattered, the largest denomination was fifty, and the smallest even had one or two.
"Take it." Meng Qi took a few cards and threw them away.
The second prince lowered his head and counted, thirty-two.
Be thrifty and use it for a year and a half is not a problem.
"Why didn't you kill the emperor?" In fact, what the second prince wanted to ask was why he wanted to keep the third child and let the third one take advantage of the opportunity. It was unfair.
"You think about killing the king all day, but you never thought that Lu Zhang really died, what would happen to Qi Chao, what would happen to Taijing, and what would happen to the whole world?"
Meng Qi took out another fifty taels of silver notes and stuffed them into his pocket, and handed the rest to Mo Li.
Mo Li took the money naturally, and the second prince looked at it strangely.
For some reason, this scene is not like sharing the spoils, but like paying protection fees.
- Could it be that this doctor is the real secret master, making Meng Guoshi afraid
The second prince respected Doctor Mo in awe.
And Meng Qi found out that the second prince had listened to his words, and without thinking deeply, he stared at the doctor in a daze.
"Lu Min!" Meng Qi shouted unhappily.
The second prince snapped back to his senses, he subconsciously shook his head and said, "I didn't think about it."
Ink carp: "… "
Although he had already seen that the princes of the Qi Dynasty were unreliable, the second prince was so frank that Mo Li was surprised.
"I thought that when the emperor died, the eldest brother would be able to succeed the throne." The second prince was particularly aggrieved. Originally, these problems were not a problem! In his mind, the crown prince is definitely an emperor thousands of times better than Lu Zhang.
What Lu Zhang can solve and can handle, it is impossible for the crown prince to fail!
- However, in fact, it is impossible to do it. No matter how talented people are, they are also subject to reality.
Lu Zhang was unwilling to let go of power, the crown prince had limited experience, and with a powerful courtier, he was able to hijack the imperial power or even suspend the imperial power. This is nothing new.
Meng Qi kept the third prince precisely because he knew that the courtiers would definitely keep people.
Two princes are too expensive, only one can be brought.
"You... Forget it." Meng Qi rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Your third emperor brother can't be an emperor. Lu Zhang's injury looks serious, but he will be relieved in three to five days. , compared to your brothers, he will find that the ministers are no longer as obedient as they used to be. However, it is impossible to kill the third prince against the wishes of the ministers. Listen to the prince's words, quickly give birth to a son or find a suitable person to take over the hot goods of the throne."
The second prince took a deep breath, turned and left, Meng Qi immediately stopped him.
"Where are you going? Are you planning to abscond with a silver note?"
The second prince looked dazed, looked at the bank note and then at Meng Qi, obviously not understanding what it meant.
"Is your illness cured? Are you leaving now? Don't want to live anymore?" Meng Qi sneered.
"… "
"Follow us to avoid the guards patrolling the city, find a tooth shop in the outer city, and rent a yard with a silver ticket," Meng Qi clapped his hands and turned to Mo Li, "Dongcheng is very good, the people who live there. They are all very wealthy, the houses must be well maintained, and many merchants have shops there, and there are many outsiders, so it won’t attract much attention.”
He spoke with relish, and Mo Li remembered what he had just met at the gate of Taijing.
Not getting noticed? how is this possible!