"It's been said outside that His Highness is the real Dragon Emperor!" Two maids in Shu Palace whispered something while doing their work.
"I've heard about it too. There seems to be a talking white fox and a stone tablet dug out of the river. There's a lot of buzz outside. I heard about it when I went shopping today."
The two maids lowered their voices and chatted, without realizing that there was already a figure standing behind them.
"Cough." At a certain moment, the King of Shu coughed lightly.
The two servant girls hurriedly turned their heads, their faces paled for an instant, and they immediately knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Highness, spare your life, Your Highness, spare your life!"
"Is this king so scary?" The king of Shu showed a smile on his face, he seemed to be in a really good mood, and waved his hand and said, "You two are not bad, go down and receive the reward yourself!"
Until the king of Shu limped away, the two maids were still kneeling on the ground, unable to recover for a long time.
His Highness usually dislikes others talking behind his back, and even killed a servant in the mansion because of it. Why did he suddenly change his temper today? Could it be that he took the wrong medicine
No matter what medicine your Highness took wrongly, he would not be punished and hurriedly got up from the ground. As for the reward, how could his own life be so important
All the servants of the Shu Palace could feel that His Highness was in a good mood today, and even hummed a little song while walking, which was simply a rare spectacle in the Palace for several years.
"It's rare to meet a great event. Today, the servants in the mansion will all be rewarded!"
The king of Shu gave instructions to the steward of the palace, and planned to go out to see it himself.
The inexplicable scapegoat last time really made him depressed for several days, but it didn't take long for him to turn around. In the past two days, the voices of the people for his ascension to the throne were very loud. Compared with the ridicule and suspicion of the previous days What is it
"Could it be that even God is helping me?"
Not long after, he was sitting in the sedan chair, listening to occasional people talking about something on the street, and the smile on his face could not be concealed.
The people's aspirations, that position, is it still far away from him
At this moment, he felt as if he had already reached the peak.
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"What, His Highness isn't here?" Outside the gate of Shu Palace, more than ten ministers gathered together, listening to what the gatekeeper of the Palace said, they frowned at the same time.
At such a time, His Highness is not here, what is he thinking in his heart
Yu Shitai has jointly signed a letter to impeach His Highness for disrupting the government and deceiving the people. I am afraid that what will be greeted next is His Majesty's thunder and wrath. At this time, he is not in the mansion
Isn't his foot injury still healed!
"Go to the Qin Mansion!" They are neither the capital order nor the censor, so they naturally got the news much later than the other party. After realizing the seriousness of the matter, they immediately united to discuss countermeasures with the King of Shu, but they did not Thinking of it was empty.
Time can no longer be delayed, someone made a decisive decision immediately.
At this time, in the Qin mansion, Qin Xiang looked at a withered old tree in the courtyard, and murmured: "This is heart-killing!"
"Who did this!" Behind him, an official said angrily.
"Stupid, simply stupid, this is harming His Highness!"
What happened in the capital in the past two days seems to be trying to build momentum for the King of Shu, but in reality, it is a flattery. Although it can make His Highness gather the hearts of the people for a short period of time, how can His Majesty and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty tolerate such a thing
If His Majesty's dragon body is dying, this is naturally an excellent method. However, the current situation is turbulent, just when the people's hearts need to be stabilized, and His Majesty and courtiers have accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction with His Majesty. To start early is tantamount to digging one's own grave.
What made them even more desperate was that for some reason, these rumors spread at an astonishingly fast speed, leaving them no time to react.
The white fox offering auspiciousness, the stone stele in the river, and folk songs nearly lifted the King of Shu to the altar, but the higher he was held, the harder he fell. As far as Shang Shusheng is concerned, even Prime Minister Qin dare not suppress what happened today...
It has to be said that this is a stupid trick that can't be more stupid. However, the most helpless thing is that the person behind the scenes is likely to be His Highness's supporter, or His Highness himself...
Although they can't do this kind of stupid trick, your highness—it's not necessarily true.
In the situation before him, His Highness was really being roasted on the fire.
One person showed helplessness on his face, and said: "For the current plan, we can only let His Highness enter the palace to plead guilty and show his attitude. His Majesty may be able to treat him tolerantly. After all, His Majesty's health is not as good as before. For the sake of stability in the court, he will not Severely punish Your Highness..."
"That's right, let's go to the palace immediately, otherwise, it will be too late!"
"What, His Highness isn't there?" A moment later, outside the Shu Palace, many people stopped in astonishment. At the same time, in a restaurant in the capital, His Highness Shu clinked glasses with a group of young people at the banquet, and laughed loudly: " I’m in a good mood today, and all expenses are my king’s!”
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"Jing Guoxing, the virtuous king... the real dragon is the eldest son of the virtuous, and he will transform into a dragon in case of a storm..." Emperor Jing's face flushed red and his breathing was short. Holding his chest, he said angrily: "You bastard, I'm not dead yet, so I can't wait!"
"Your Majesty, calm down, the dragon's body is important!" Chang De panicked, put one hand on Emperor Jing's back, and the true energy in his body circulated. After a while, Emperor Jing's breathing gradually calmed down.
Emperor Jing touched his chest a few times, his voice was a little weak, and he asked, "What's the matter with the white fox and the stone tablet, and who is behind the scenes, have you found out?"
Chang De immediately said: "Your Majesty, that white fox is just an ordinary fox. The reason why those people heard it spit out people's words should be because someone imitated it with ventriloquism, and the stele, for a skilled mason, would be too old if he wanted to make it old." It's not that hard to…”
He pondered for a moment, and then said again: "As for the person behind the scenes, he just buried a stone tablet, made people imitate the voice of a fox, and wrote a few ballads. Go check."
Chang De sighed, such a low-cost, high-efficiency strategy gives people the feeling that the other party has done something with a wave of his hand, and the entire court, the entire Kyoto, and even the entire world are in chaos... People are helpless.
However, it doesn't matter who the person behind this scene is, because his purpose is well known.
In the past, Li Yi was murdered by the son of a courtier, and then spread rumors to build up momentum for the King of Shu. Who is behind the scenes? Do you have to guess
"When the dragon comes out of Shu, Jingguo will prosper!"
Emperor Jing's face was gloomy, he took a few deep breaths, and said coldly: "In that case, let him stay in Sichuan honestly!"
Chang De glanced at Emperor Jing, who was already drafting the decree, and after a while, he spoke again: "Your Majesty, in the case of the murder of the son of Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Yi has found something."
"Have you found out who is targeting Li Yi?" Emperor Jing asked lightly without raising his head.
"The more you do, the more mistakes you make, but the old slave admires County Uncle Li more and more."
Chang De sighed lightly, then shook his head, and said: "When investigating this case, I accidentally found some clues, which made the incident twenty years ago a new development..."
Emperor Jing paused the pen in his hand, and slowly raised his head.
"explain!"