Kyoto, Palace.
"Empress Dowager, the little prince is gone." An eunuch hurriedly walked into the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and said to the Queen Mother in a panic.
"What do you mean the little prince is gone? Didn't you tell you to watch him carefully?" The queen mother asked angrily, seeing that the cabinet was about to issue an imperial decree to support Murongyi as the new emperor, where else could he go at this time.
The little eunuch cried and said, "The little prince knocked out all the palace guards, and now he is gone."
The empress dowager was so angry that Zhu Chai on her head trembled, "I ordered the gates of the city to be sealed, and bring the little prince back to Aijia before dark."
"Yes, empress dowager..." The little eunuch turned pale from the empress dowager's anger.
If he can't find the little prince, he is sure that his life will be lost.
Murongyi was hiding in Lu Xiangzhi's room at this time, he walked impatiently with his hands behind his back, "What should I do? Why hasn't the emperor come back, the queen mother has already persuaded all the cabinet ministers, what if... what if she succeeds in her plot what to do?"
Lu Xiangzhi was dizzy from his walking, "Can you sit down and talk first?"
"How can I still sit still?" Murongyi almost jumped up and shouted, "I don't have any news about the emperor, the queen mother has won over many court ministers now, if this continues..."
"You underestimate the emperor too much. The empress dowager lives deep in the palace. Even if she can buy the imperial guards and imperial forest army, what about the city guards? Do you think it's so easy to change the emperor?" Lu Xiangzhi asked with a sneer.
Murongyi stopped suddenly, feeling enlightened for a moment, he turned his head and frowned at Lu Xiangzhi, "You reminded me why the queen mother did so many things, these imperial guards and city guards didn't move at all The cabinet ministers can be bought, and some court ministers can be bought, but these troops are the emperor's confidantes, and it is impossible for the queen mother to buy them in a day or two. Why do they seem to be silent? Do you want to watch the queen mother seize place?"
"You finally figured it out." Lu Xiangzhi laughed, luckily it wasn't an elm bump.
Murongyi turned his head and glared at Lu Xiangzhi, "Brother Huang already knows... Has Xue Lin found Brother Huang?"
"Other than this, how can we explain the tranquility of the capital?" Lu Xiangzhi asked with a smile, "Master Xu is the emperor's confidant, why would he agree with the queen mother to appoint you as the new king? You let the Imperial Forest Army seal the palace, and the Imperial Forest Army obeyed your orders." Do you think they were bought by the Queen Mother?"
"Brother Huang didn't stop the queen mother, so why did she still acquiesce in doing so?" Murong Yi couldn't figure out why, if the emperor knew about it, then as long as he ordered the queen mother to be placed under house arrest, nothing would have happened.
Lu Xiangzhi motioned him to sit down, "The emperor must have his reasons for doing this. If you just put the queen mother under house arrest, it can be solved. You are still the prison prince, can't you put her under house arrest? Little prince, since the queen mother has seized the throne It's definitely not that simple, maybe the emperor just wants to know how much power the empress dowager has hidden."
Murong Yi sat down dejectedly, "I thought I knew the Empress Dowager very well, but now I realize that I don't know her at all. She is like a stranger, how could she do such a thing to the emperor..."
"When a person is deceived, the things he does are crazy." Lu Xiangzhi comforted him, "If you stay here, the Queen Mother will find you sooner or later."
"So what if I find it, I won't do what the Queen Mother wishes." Murong Yi said coldly, "I can't do anything to betray my brother."
Lu Xiangzhi said, "I'm worried that the Empress Dowager will force you by any means in the end."
"I have nothing to be threatened." Murong Yi sneered, "No matter what, just delay as long as you can."
"Then you stay here with me, I'll go out and find out the news first." Lu Xiangzhi had no choice but to say.
Murong Yi nodded, "Okay."
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Nowadays, apart from the cabinet minister Wang Weiyuan, the most active person working for the queen mother is the uncle Qiu Yaozong. When he heard that the young prince was missing, he immediately took people around the capital to search for him. Relying on his status as the uncle, He didn't even spare the minister's mansion, but if any minister refused to let him in, he would arrest him for treason.
All of a sudden, the entire capital was in chaos.
Lu Xiangzhi saw this scene from the corner, and knew that this was the empress dowager cleaning up the ministers who opposed the establishment of a new monarch in the court this morning.
It seems that he will be at Lu's house soon!
No, he had to hurry up and tell his father and teacher about it.
Lu Shiming was still at Xu's house, talking to Mr. Xu.
"Mr. Xu, I know that you are thinking about the overall situation. Now we have no news from the emperor. If you really let the queen mother succeed, it will not be easy to restore it in the future." Lu Shiming still does not understand why Mr. Xu is willing to obey Queen Mother's order.
"Right now, the capital is calm, and there is no movement in the secret guard. Master Lu, can't you see it?" Mr. Xu took a sip of tea and looked at Lu Shiming with a smile.
Lu Shiming was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Xu, what do you mean... The emperor already knows that everything in the capital is acquiesced by the emperor?"
"Even if it's not like this, it's almost the same." Xu Lao said with a smile.
"If that's the case..." Lu Shiming sighed softly, "The queen mother is just a firestorm, and it will do her no good to wipe out the mother-child relationship between her and the emperor."
Old Xu shook his head, "The Empress Dowager's mother-child affection is only used for the young prince, for the emperor... I'm afraid she doesn't have much motherly affection."
Lu Shiming was speechless for a moment.
"Master, please see Master Lu."
This is, a servant came to report and interrupted the conversation between Mr. Xu and Lu Shiming.
"Looks like something happened." Mr. Xu said flatly, and asked his servants to invite Lu Xiangzhi in.
Lu Xiangzhi hurried in and saluted Mr. Xu and Lu Shiming, "Teacher, father, Qiu Yaozong led people to search the whereabouts of the young prince everywhere in the capital. He took the opportunity to arrest many ministers and put them in prison. The queen mother is eradicating dissidents. what should we do?"
Elder Xu and Lu Shiming looked at each other, "What?"
"He Shilang and Master Liu have already been arrested. If they don't stop, how many people in the court will be arrested." Lu Xiangzhi said angrily.
"It seems that the Lu family will be found soon." Lu Shiming said to Mr. Xu with a smile.
Elder Xu frowned, "The Empress Dowager is impatient."
"Little prince... hiding in our house." Lu Xiangzhi whispered.
Lu Shiming raised his head abruptly, "What is the little prince doing hiding in our house?"
"He refuses to listen to the Queen Mother..." Lu Xiangzhi said helplessly.
"You go to persuade the young prince to return to the palace. Even if he hides, it's useless. The queen mother will definitely force him to ascend the throne, and ask him to obey the queen mother's words for the time being. Everything will be discussed when the emperor comes back." Xu Lao said in a low voice.
Lu Shiming said angrily, "Could it be that the queen mother still wants to kill the court ministers? Can the secret guard and the Imperial Guard just ignore it?"
"The old man went to the palace to persuade the queen mother, you should let the young prince back to the palace as soon as possible." Elder Xu said to them.
"I'm going home to see the young prince now." Lu Shiming nodded, "I hope the emperor will come back as soon as possible, otherwise the queen mother doesn't know what she will do."
Elder Xu looked at the gloomy sky, "It's going to rain heavily."