Soon, the news of Jiang Wei's return spread throughout the streets and alleys.
"I heard that General Jiang has returned to the court and made great achievements. This time he came back, he should have come back to start a family. I wonder whose daughter will marry him. This would be a great story."
"Yes, I wonder whose daughter is so blessed."
Moreover, because of Jiang Wei's success, the people were in a very good mood and were looking forward to Jiang Wei's arrival.
As a result, people in the entire dynasty were looking forward to Jiang Wei's arrival, to the point that he seemed to be stealing the show, and people outside looked at him with strange eyes.
The atmosphere inside the palace also became a little strange. The emperor was inside the palace with a sullen face.
"You all usually raise some questions. Now, everyone in the court is looking forward to General Jiang's return. Why are you all silent at this moment? Could it be that you are all looking forward to General Jiang's return? Or do you all think that my position should be given to Jiang Wei!?"
Everyone knelt down immediately, looking extremely frightened.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This is not what we want to say. We are all here to protect our Majesty. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Everyone knelt in a row, looking like a pile of pumpkins.
The emperor looked at everyone with their heads down, no one daring to look up, sneered, and threw the thing in his hand directly to the ground.
"You are all a bunch of bastards. Today's meeting ends here. Get out!"
After the court was dismissed, the emperor returned to his imperial study and was so angry that he almost overturned the entire study.
The eunuch beside him knelt directly on the ground.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Please don't be angry anymore, this is not the case! I'm afraid those ministers don't have those ulterior motives, please don't think too much about it."
The emperor kicked him directly in the chest.
"Get out of here too. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You all think that I'm old now and might die in a few days, so you all look like you're hoping for my death and you want Jiang Wei to take over my job! I'm telling you! That miracle doctor has already said that I can live for another ten years! You're all a bunch of short-sighted people!"
The emperor smashed the cup in his hand to pieces again and said in a cold voice.
"Someone, take this eunuch out and beat him to death!"
The eunuch was so scared that he kowtowed on the ground repeatedly, and he kept saying this.
"I was wrong! Your Majesty, I was wrong, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
The emperor had no intention of paying attention to him and turned around to leave. The eunuch crawled over and spoke hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, you are right. Although I am in the harem, I have heard a little bit. There are indeed many people outside who have rebelled. These people are eager to support Jiang Wei as the new emperor. These people are beasts and bastards! Your Majesty, why don't you just kill Jiang Wei! Wouldn't that put an end to everything?"
The emperor narrowed his eyes and waved his hand, signaling those who were about to pounce not to come closer. He looked down at the eunuch and smiled.
"Then tell me, what should we do about this? Jiang Wei's family are all famous officials, and even more so famous generals. If he dies, people outside will spit at me to death. Are you planning to put me in an unkind and unjust situation?!"
The eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although it was June and the weather was neither too hot nor too cold, he was already covered in cold sweat. He looked at the emperor and shook his head, his mind racing.
"No, Your Majesty, no, Jiang Wei must die. He has military power in his hands, and people outside praise him so much. If he really returns to the court, where will we have a place in the court? However, we might as well kill someone with a borrowed knife. We are not the only ones who want him dead."
The emperor nodded with satisfaction.
"I've kept you around for so long, so you're of some use to me. Let's just do this."
At this time in the Prince's Mansion, the Prince looked at his staff and sneered.
"You have also heard the news that Jiang Wei is about to return to the court. Now such a long time has passed, how come you haven't come up with any solution? I support you, just to let you eat dry meals in the Prince's Mansion!?"
The staff shook their heads repeatedly and felt cold sweat on their foreheads.
"We definitely cannot keep Jiang Wei here. However, Your Highness, Jiang Wei is currently in the spotlight. Not only are the people in the city looking forward to Jiang Wei's arrival, but even most of the ministers in the court look at him differently. If Jiang Wei returns this time and something really happens to him, we will be hard-pressed to explain ourselves!"
The prince sneered.
"Why, according to what you said, Jiang Wei is really going to come back!? When he comes back now, we have to welcome him back. Who is the royal family? He is just a general and will work for me in the future! You don't understand right from wrong, right!?"
The aide wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and his entire face was covered in sweat.
"No, Your Highness, no, but in reality, we have no way to kill Jiang Wei. He is surrounded by soldiers and his own fighting power is very high, so it is difficult for us to kill him."
The prince had already stood up, his face looked very ugly. He picked up the teacup, and even the slight movement of his hands made his staff break out in cold sweats.
The aide spoke instantly the second after the prince spoke.
"But if we want to kill Jiang Wei, it is not impossible. He must take off his armor before entering the city, and the emperor will definitely not let him bring his soldiers into the city. Otherwise, Jiang Wei will be no different from treason. So if that's the case, when he takes off his armor, it will be a good time for us to take action."
"That being said, what should we do if we are discovered?"
Today, Jiang Wei is in the center of public opinion. If he really died, I am afraid that everyone would be to blame, not to mention the murderer.
The aide laughed.
"Why should His Royal Highness worry about this? As long as the person is dead, I'm afraid His Majesty will be happy to see this result. What His Royal Highness needs to worry about is how to clear himself of all responsibility for this matter. And now, don't we have a candidate? Once this person dies, His Royal Highness will have nothing to worry about."