"What is the imperial decree you mentioned?" the prime minister said in a deep voice.
"You said it was there? If you don't take it out, I'll see. How can we trust you?" Another official standing behind the prime minister said.
Master Duan said in a calm manner: "When the time is up, you will naturally see the imperial decree. What do you think of my suggestion?"
"Even if we agree, His Majesty the Seventeenth is not in the capital. It is better to intensify our efforts to find His Majesty. It is not that we are unwilling, but that His Majesty the Seventeenth is not comparable to His Majesty in any respect."
In the side hall separated by a wall, Shang Junyi who was being talked about silently clenched his fist hidden in his sleeve.
He knew that he was not as good as Shang Junlin, but being so blatantly belittled still made him hold his breath in his chest, unable to get up or down.
"Your Highness?" the eunuch who was serving at the side whispered.
"It's nothing." Suppressing all the complicated emotions in his heart, Shang Junyi tried his best to stabilize his emotions. No matter how powerful Shang Junlin is, what can he do? Isn't the final victory going to him
The quarrel in the main hall continued, and Shang Junyi clenched his fists tighter and tighter. He hadn't thought about this position before, but someone presented an opportunity in front of him. Such a big temptation, almost no one can resist, Just like what those people said, he is also the child of the first emperor, so why can Shang Junlin do it and he can't
After straightening out his clothes, Shang Junyi walked into the hall under the guard of the guards. Not surprisingly, he saw the astonishment on the minister's face.
"This is a deliberate conspiracy..."
Before the official could finish speaking, the guard who came in with Shang Junyi suddenly made a fuss, gagged him, and pulled him out.
The sharp weapon is aimed at the officials headed by the prime minister, the meaning is obvious, if you are not obedient, don't blame the sword for having no eyes.
There was an instant silence in the hall.
Rao had a prediction in his heart. At this moment, the officials are still in a very complicated mood.
Apart from their own safety, what they are more worried about now is the safety of their family members. If the other party can threaten Mr. Zhou with their youngest son, what about their family members
Under the threat of force, they dared not make any changes.
"My lords, don't worry. As long as you are willing to do what we say, you and your family members will be fine." Shang Junyi stood in front of Lord Duan and comforted him.
It was fine if he didn't speak, but when he spoke, the anger in the ministers' hearts that had nowhere to vent was directed at him.
"Don't even think about it!"
The ministers present are obviously divided into two factions, one is headed by Mr. Duan and follows Shang Junyi, the other is headed by the prime minister surrounded by guards, the latter is in the majority, and they are all ministers who are valued by Shang Junlin .
"Lord Duan, what should we do now?" Shang Junyi asked when we reached the side hall.
"We can't delay it for too long, the situation will be very unfavorable to us when the outside world finds out that something is wrong," Duan Daren said.
Shang Junyi was puzzled: "But didn't the Forbidden Army obey our orders?"
"In addition to the forbidden army, there are other defensive forces in the capital. Besides, the forbidden army does not all obey our orders." There is another point that Duan Duan didn't say, these forbidden troops seem to be mobilized by them, but in fact, there are other people who obey orders.
Master Duan asked Shang Junyi side-by-side, wanting to know who was instigating behind it, but Shang Junyi himself didn't know, and after asking several times to no avail, he could only hold back for the time being.
What can be called by them at present is only a part of the forbidden army, and the other part has been delayed. Will it hinder their plan for a while, but it doesn't mean it will never happen. They must make a quick decision and wait for the dust to settle. , Those people can't do anything no matter what they want to do.
"How many family members of ministers do we have now?" Shang Junyi also knew this. He didn't expect to make these ministers obedient with a little threat from the beginning, and they made two-handed preparations.
These people may not care about their own life and death, and can ignore their own life and death for the sake of righteousness, but what about their wives and children? Can they still not care at all
"Not many, except for Mr. Zhou's family members, there are less than ten families under our control."
It is far from easy to control the family members of these people. There are too few people they can use. If Shang Junlin has no news, the people in the capital are not stable, and they can do even less.
The two sides were temporarily deadlocked.
The ministers were confined in the hall, guarded by guards armed with weapons, and they couldn't do anything because they were worried about their wives and children.
After dealing with Shang Junyi, Master Duan went to the study room, there was already someone waiting for him, and it was the man who first came to his house to seek cooperation.
Master Duan walked in: "The plan has been carried out so far, but your master still refuses to show up?"
Yes, from the beginning to the present, the person who communicated with him was the man in front of him, the real messenger, who had never shown his face.
"You have seen my sincerity. Now is it time for you to show some sincerity? I don't want my collaborator to be a timid person who refuses to show his face."
"What is Master Duan in such a hurry for? Isn't this king coming soon?"
A voice sounded from behind, Master Duan tensed his body almost subconsciously, he turned his head and saw a masked face.
The man slowly took off the mask on his face.
"It's you?!" Master Duan opened his eyes wide, the person who appeared in front of him was completely beyond his expectation.
"Your Excellency Duan seems surprised to see it's me?" The man put the removed mask on the table.
"I just can't figure out why the lord would go to great lengths to push a brat to the top," Lord Duan calmly suppressed the horror in his heart, "His Royal Highness An."
"Everyone wants to sit in that position, but this king doesn't want to. I have felt Lord Duan's sincerity. After the matter is completed, there will be nothing less to promise Lord Duan."
To be honest, King An also felt unbelievable about what Lord Duan did. He never expected that the other party could really capture a group of powerful courtiers in the urn.
Things went even better than he expected.
"Everyone is here, what is the prince going to do next?"
"No hurry." Wang An clapped his hands, and a waiter in black came in holding a wooden box.
The box was delivered to Mr. Duan.
"This is?"
"Master Duan might as well open it up and have a look." Wang An looked at him leisurely.
Master Duan took two steps forward, and slowly opened the wooden box under Wang An's gaze.
His movements stopped suddenly, staring at the things in the box, he couldn't find his voice for a long while.
— An imperial decree was quietly placed in the wooden box.
Master Duan took out the imperial decree in a complicated mood, and couldn't help asking: "Is this true?"
"This king believes that Mr. Duan has the ability to distinguish between true and false."
Master Duan didn't even realize that at this moment, his hands were trembling. They had been doubting the authenticity of this imperial decree. They never thought that it was in their own hands.
He has been an official for many years, and now he is a cabinet minister, so he can naturally distinguish whether the imperial decree is true or false, and because of this, he finds it even more incredible.
This decree is true, there is no doubt about it, but how is it possible? Why did King An have such an imperial edict in his hand
What's even more incredible is that this is an enthronement decree.
"With it in hand, I don't need to say more about the next thing, Mr. Duan should know how to do it?" Seeing Mr. Duan half in a daze, Wang An reminded.
In the hall, the ministers gathered together, and several hours passed without waiting for any movement.
Shang Junlin received the secret letter from the capital, and said to Shen Yu standing beside him, "It's started."
The place where they are staying is very close to the capital, and they will be able to enter the city in less than an hour. The forbidden army who was dragged by the design has already contacted them.
The leader of the Forbidden Army brought the recent movement of the capital. When he was transferred away from the capital for no reason, he faintly noticed something was wrong. Now that he saw Shang Junlin and Shen Yu in good health, he let go of his heart.
Mrs. Zhou passed out on the way to Shangxiang, and when she woke up, she found that she was in a completely strange place, and she was locked up with her, as well as the wives of several other ministers' families.
Her first reaction was to look for her child. This time, she offered incense to pray for her youngest son, so she brought the child with her. Fortunately, the child was by her side, and she could grab it with her hand.
Holding the child in his arms, the heart that was hanging high just dropped a little.
Seeing her wake up, one of the ladies put her finger on her lips and made a silent gesture.
Mrs. Zhou is not a woman who can't figure it out. Seeing this, she lowered her voice and asked, "What's going on?"
One after another, several other people also woke up. After a brief conversation, they found that everyone suddenly fell asleep and was brought here.
"I'm afraid it's to use us to threaten the family." With a clear mind, he figured out the cause and effect almost instantly.
"There are so many of us, the people who want to arrest us have a lot of plans."
The others nodded.
After checking themselves, they were not injured or tied up. They walked around the house and found that the doors and windows were closed and there were many people guarding outside.
All the people in the room were women, except Mrs. Zhou who had a one-year-old child next to her. The child was still in a coma. The lady who knew a little medical skills showed the child, but it was only because of the medicine that he fell asleep, and there was no serious problem.
"You can't let adults be threatened because of us." Mrs. Zhou said solemnly, holding the child.
The other women agree.
"We have to find a way to escape."
They are just weak women, it is so difficult to escape from the heavily guarded place, how to get out of this house has become the top priority.
It's a pity that no matter whether they threatened or subdued, the people outside were unmoved, and only threatened when the trouble was the worst: "If you want to go out with all your tails, just stay safe."
After a lot of tossing, it was dark, and there were no candles in the room, and it was dark.
The night is the easiest time to breed fear in the heart, and the ladies huddled together to comfort each other.
Every quarter of an hour becomes extremely difficult.
After an unknown amount of time, a few drunken men broke in, and the moonlight shone in through the open door, bringing despair along with it.
"What do you want to do?!"
"What are you doing?" the man laughed loudly. "There are so many beauties. After these two days, it's hard to say whether they can survive. Why don't you let the brothers have a good time first."
After speaking, several people rushed towards them.
The woman who had been starving for a whole day was not a match for these people at all. Seeing that she was about to be unable to resist, someone turned down her heart, pulled out the hairpin and stabbed forward.
Even if it is death, these people must be held back!
Without checking for a while, the man who rushed forward was stabbed in the neck. The stabbing pain made the man regain consciousness for a moment, followed by rising anger.
"Snapped-"
The hairpin was knocked down, and the man firmly held the woman's hand: "Don't be shameless!"
"Go away!"
Mrs. Zhou kept shrinking back with the child in her arms, and the man pressed on step by step: "If you are not obedient, I will throw the cub in your arms. If you are obedient, maybe the brothers will be happy and let you go after the matter is over."
Of course, these words are used to deceive these women, they all know what will happen to these women after the matter is over, if not, they would not dare to use their gallbladder to commit misdeeds.
These people were temporarily recruited, and they usually like to bully the weak with force. They were sent to take care of these women, and when things were done, they would kill them directly. Liquidated.
Madam Zhou's eyes were stained with despair, she closed her eyes, and said in her heart: Even if it is death, I will make you pay the price!
She has made a decision, even if she can't change anything, even if she has to pay a heavy price, she will not let the man feel better.
The men are very strong. After drinking, they let go of the last shackles in their hearts. They are not good people. These beautiful ladies are not even seen in normal times. Now that they have returned so many, they are still doomed. He is going to be killed, and if he doesn't do something, he will feel sorry for himself.
The man grinned and approached—
The smell of alcohol mixed with body odor made one feel nauseous, fists clenched tightly, nails embedded in palms, no pain felt.
At the critical moment, a cold arrow struck from outside the door, and went straight into the back of the man's heart.
Mrs. Zhou froze for a moment, loosened her clenched fist, and slowly felt the pain.
The man let out a muffled grunt and fell straight down. Mrs. Zhou pushed the man aside and looked out the door.
The others also felt something was wrong, put down what they were doing, turned around, and said viciously: "Who dares to spoil our good deeds?!"
A young man dressed in white stood outside the door and drew his bowstring: "A group of trash who only know how to bully women. Living in this world is a waste of food."
Three arrows were fired, and the three of them fell down with a muffled grunt.
The other women who were terrified also noticed the person outside the door, and they looked over.
Under the moonlight, a handsome young man descended like a god.