Chapter 178: The Last Will

The Crown Prince and Prince Duan accepted the order and withdrew.

The emperor looked at Chu Shouchen and said, "Take Mingxinsi and go to the Xie family. I have always been worried about the prince's actions, so it is safer for you to act."

He didn't say it directly, but the monarch and his subjects had a tacit understanding for many years, and Chu Shouchen understood it very well.

The emperor wants him to get rid of Xie Lingxi!

"Yes!" Chu Shouchen accepted the order.

After Chu Shouchen retreated.

The emperor summoned the eunuch to write the will.

The prince is stupid and relies on the support of the Fan and Xun families. If he comes to power, the court will definitely be dominated by relatives and powerful officials, and the Fan and Xun families will have the final say in the future.

He has used Murong Shicheng as the crown prince in recent years because he is the legitimate son. Establishing the legitimate son is the rule of the ancestors of the Great Xia Dynasty and cannot be changed rashly.

If the crown prince is deposed, Empress Xun and the Xun family will also be affected.

He had to rely on the Xun family to suppress the Xie family. Only with the support of the prince could the Xun family better fight for him.

And among all the princes, there was no one whom he was more satisfied with.

He deliberately allowed the princes to fight with each other to see if anyone could stand out.

Indeed, two of them popped up.

Prince Duan is a shrewd and resourceful man. First, he had Taifu Ren and later Marquis Yongning, both of whom were at his service.

As for cruelty, ruthlessness and hypocrisy... in the eyes of the emperor, they are unimportant.

The British king's achievements are in war.

But the emperor disliked this son very much, so he sent him to guard the border and never summoned him back to Beijing for many years.

Because the King of England's personality and behavior are very similar to the former Crown Prince...

He was honest, brave and good at fighting. The King of England also highly praised the tactics of the former prince. In every letter he wrote to him, he praised the former prince to the skies...

He was so angry that he didn't want to see his son even more.

If the King of England was not the son of the Royal Consort and his maternal grandfather was the Duke of Anguo, one of the four great generals, he would have been thrown into a poor fiefdom long ago because of his unpleasant personality.

The emperor, despite his illness, wrote down his will, passing the throne to Prince Duan and affixing the imperial seal.

The eunuchs who were serving the pens were all stunned.

The Holy Heart is truly unpredictable.

The emperor always praised the King of Ying, and he seemed to be the most promising son of the emperor. The combined merits of the Prince of Duan and the Crown Prince in their daily duties could not compare to his military exploits.

In addition, he came from a noble family and had the support of a duke behind him.

My mother is the Imperial Noble Consort who is now in charge of the harem and is the emperor's most beloved concubine.

There are no shortcomings in any aspect.

If the crown prince is deposed and re-appointed, many people will favor the King of England. Otherwise, he would not be in the frontier, and the court officials in the capital who have pledged their allegiance to him would not be able to form their own party.

Unexpectedly, the emperor chose Prince Duan without any hesitation.

It seems that Prince Duan is the heir that the emperor has long chosen, and he has never considered Prince Ying who has been working hard outside to guard the family.

…

Chu Shouchen summoned the captains of the Mingxin Division and assembled them outside the Beiwang Palace.

"Dad, what are we going to do? The Crown Prince and Prince Duan have become enemies and have caused such a big incident in the capital. Why doesn't the emperor arrest the two of them and put them in jail to reflect, but instead arrests the Xie family?" Chu Jue couldn't understand.

You didn't care about the two people who fought for your position last night while you were unconscious.

The first thing you did when you woke up was to catch the King of the North who had been staying there quietly and hadn’t even stepped out of the house?

People doing things?

Chu Shouchen's face looked very solemn.

I guess many court officials at this time could not understand why the emperor suddenly killed the Xie and Li families.

The emperor has been wary of the Xie family and has not taken any action over the years because he is afraid of provoking a mutiny.

Several generals guard the border...

If any of the families mutinied, Daxia would immediately be plunged into war.

Especially the northern border guarded by the Xie family is of vital importance.

But now, the emperor's time is running out, and he doesn't care whether Daxia will fall into internal and external wars after his death because of his actions...

He was worried that the Xie family and the Li family would support Xie Lingxi to take the position.

The old story of the death of the former crown prince might also be brought up.

The emperor must strike first.

"Dad, what crime did the Xie family commit?" Chu Jue asked puzzledly.

Chu Shouchen came back to his senses and said, "Poisoning to murder Your Majesty."

"Ah?" Chu Jue was shocked. "How did you find out? Did you find out?"

Chu Shouchen slapped him on the head, "Your Majesty said so."

"Then how did he know? Did he see it with his own eyes? If he saw the other party poisoning him, why did he drink the poison?" Chu Jue rubbed the back of his head, puzzled:

"Don't we need evidence when handling cases? A single piece of evidence is not enough to prove anything, and what he says alone cannot count."

Chu Shouchen was so angry that he laughed, "He is the emperor, what he says is what it is, no evidence is needed."

After a pause, Chu Shouchen suddenly asked, "Are you familiar with the Northern Prince's Consort?"

"Oh, yes! We are siblings!" Chu Jue nodded immediately.

Chu Shouchen: ???

My son has a younger sister, and as a father, I didn’t even know about it?

never mind.

Now is not the time to worry about these details.

"You will sneak into the Xie family while the chaos is going on, find Jiang Rong, and ask her and the prince to quickly flee the capital. Tell them that His Majesty already knows the secrets hidden by the Xie family." Chu Shouchen instructed.

"What secret?" Chu Jue asked curiously.

Chu Shouchen slapped him on the head again, "Hurry and do it. Hide it well, don't let the prince find out that it was you who tipped off the prince! Got it?"

"I understand! The emperor is doing nothing, and you can't bear it, Dad, so help the Xie family. You are worthy of being my father, I will charge now!" Chu Jue waved his fist, turned around and rushed into the Xie family like a whirlwind to do his part.

Chu Shouchen saw his excited back and sighed helplessly.

What can't be tolerated.

He was able to reach this position because of his ruthlessness and tight-lippedness.

However, the emperor is dying, and it is still unknown who will take the throne.

Naturally, he would not offend a prince who might ascend to the throne to death.

Letting his son sell a good business was a way for him to escape.

The Mingxinsi is the emperor's personal guard.

The new emperor took the throne and the imperial power was transferred, which meant that he would soon retire.

But Chu Shouchen was very sad about his son's temperament. Without his father, the commander-in-chief, could he really save his life by staying in the court?

…

The elite troops of the Beijing Camp led by the Crown Prince, together with the captain of the Mingxin Division, surrounded the Northern Prince's Palace.

Inside the palace hall, people were in a panic.

"Dad, how could this happen! Did the prince forge the imperial edict? His Majesty has always been very kind to us, how could he possibly raid our Northern Prince's Mansion?" Xie Yuanwen panicked and asked anxiously.

Xie Ruojiao frowned and said, "But there are still people from the Mingxin Division. They are His Majesty's personal guards... Does His Majesty have any misunderstandings about us?"

Old Concubine Xie looked solemn and looked at Xie Pingbei, "What's the situation in the palace now?"

"I don't know. The spies who went out haven't come back yet." Xie Pingbei's face was also very heavy.

At this moment...

"Your Highness, someone has climbed over the wall and wants to see you." The guard came to report.