This contains the follow-up of Ming Zhixin's incident. In fact, Wei Tingyu vaguely touched upon a person from the "Emperor Tianshun" period from Wen Renying. On the surface, this person did not seem to be a favorite minister. He served in the Inspectorate and was one of the tough ones. Emperor Tianshun was very tolerant of him.
Generally speaking, people would probably think that this emperor is able to listen to advice and has a broad mind, which is very good.
Wei Tingyu didn't take it too seriously at first, but after careful investigation, he vaguely found a thread connecting him to the prince. Then he thought that Prince Heng, as the "Emperor Tianshun", was not a person who could accept advice widely. The existence of such a person was very strange, but he didn't find any more details later.
Now, things are no longer the same as Wen Renying's "previous life". Those people in the Ming family seemed to be in Ming Zhixin's hands. In fact, it was just a cover, but this cover was seven-tenths real and three-tenths false. With some unclear clues and speculations, Wei Tingyu found Emperor Xuanren and made a secret report.
Afterwards, Emperor Xuanren told him not to worry about it, and Wei Tingyu simply gave up.
The one who is leading the effort to force the emperor to abdicate now is Prince Cheng. All previous speculations were correct - when the Ming family was in decline, they did not give up. At that time, Prince Heng was being watched by many parties and was not a good candidate. So they chose Prince Cheng as a second choice. Ming Zhixin may or may not know that she played her role perfectly, and the ending was tragic.
When there is a war on the border, it is normal to mobilize the Imperial Guards for support. However, this time, half of them went to the Northern Frontier and the other half went to Xichi. Without the Imperial Guards, the ones guarding the safety of the imperial city are the Nine Cities Army? The imperial palace guards, the emperor's private guards. However, the people of the Nine Cities Army are mainly responsible for the public security issues of the inner and outer imperial cities, and their combat power is actually quite limited.
No more Imperial City Guards? Apart from these, the nearest guard post to the Imperial City is also a hundred miles away? It takes time to get the order to rush to the Imperial City. I don't know if Prince Cheng has had some thoughts in mind. He used to jump around on the surface, and many people didn't take it seriously, but the real action was in the dark? The Nine City Military Department, the Imperial Palace Guards? The emperor's private guards were not spared. Of course, these are not enough, there is also the Ministry of War? The Imperial City Guards are stationed outside the city? The transfer requires the transfer order of the Ministry of War.
I have to say, the things that the Ming family is secretly doing are indeed quite impressive.
What a coincidence! Without the Imperial City Guards, Prince Cheng would have saved half of his trouble.
Perhaps it was because things had been going too smoothly all along, and Prince Cheng's ambitions had grown so large that they could no longer be suppressed. Now was a great time, and after this time, there would probably be no such opportunity again. Coupled with Xichi's instigation, the plan to force the emperor to abdicate was formed. He felt a little regretful that his "good brother" Prince Duan was not in the Imperial City, and at the same time he was also wary. If the Dingbei Army supported Prince Duan, then afterwards... Therefore, he had to stabilize the situation in the Imperial City as soon as possible, and then disintegrate the Dingbei Army.
Out of respect for Emperor Xuanren, Prince Cheng did not dare to do it himself, and used coercion and inducement to pull his other two brothers in.
They chose May 5th, when a banquet was being held in the palace, to take action.
It was easy to control court officials and their families, and it was easy to control the harem. When Prince Cheng brought his men to attack Emperor Xuanren, it was still easy. It was so easy that no matter how he looked at it, something was wrong. Prince Cheng still did not back down. In his opinion, some things, once done, would either succeed or result in death.
There were only a few palace servants serving Emperor Xuanren. They didn't even raise their eyelids when they saw Prince Cheng and his men rushing in aggressively.
Such a situation naturally made people feel uneasy, and their hearts were pounding fast. No matter how strong their aura was before, when they stood in front of Emperor Xuanren, they would unconsciously feel timid, and their calves would even tremble a little.
Emperor Xuanren calmly twisted the bracelet with medicine beads, "This is your last chance. If you stop now, I will give you a lighter sentence."
Prince Cheng clenched his teeth. Everything before went too smoothly. He had doubts before, but he finally dispelled them. After all, everything had been done very secretly. But now, he no longer had the confidence. "Father has known about this for a long time. Was everything done on purpose by father? You were just taking advantage of the situation and luring your son into the trap?" He didn't want to verify it, but the words still came out of his mouth.
The two brothers following behind were sweating and shivering...
"I did it so obviously that I almost grabbed you by the collar and told you what was going on, but you still went this far. You can see how stupid you are. You dared to collude with Xichi and betray the country. If you succeeded by chance at another time, you would be eaten up by others in the end and the whole country would be defeated. Not many of my sons are smart, and you are especially stupid."
Emperor Xuanren took a medicine bead off the string, picked up a sachet, threw the bead in, pinched the sachet, and kneaded it gently. As An Guo said, the hard bead was slowly getting smaller.
Prince Cheng was greatly irritated by Emperor Xuanren. His eyes were bloodshot and he even looked a little crazy. "Father is indeed smart and has foresight. He keeps us sons under tight control. But as wise as you are, don't you also make mistakes? You are so arrogant that you only keep two palace maids by your side?" Prince Cheng quickly pulled out a sword from a guard.
The two brothers behind him were going crazy, "Old Nine, what are you doing?" This bastard, he wants to kill the king? !
Prince Cheng waved the man away and said, "Do you want to die?" Then he walked straight towards Emperor Xuanren and said, "If Father had written a letter of abdication, everything would have been different, don't you think?"
The beads in the sachet had completely disappeared. When the sachet was opened, Emperor Xuanren poured some of the medicine directly into his palm because he had the beads in his hand, even though he knew it was highly poisonous. It looked like incense ashes. Who would have thought that it was so poisonous that could kill people in a short period of time.
"Are you determined not to repent?" Emperor Xuanren asked calmly.
"Father, please write the imperial edict. I will naturally change it. I will definitely be the most filial son." Prince Cheng pointed his sword at Emperor Xuanren and got closer.
"I am tolerant towards you, but if you keep seeking your own death, why not fulfill your wish?" Emperor Xuanren raised his hand and sprinkled the powder in his hand towards Prince Cheng. This was his son, and there was no wavering in his heart when he raised his hand.