His Majesty acted swiftly and decisively, disregarding all consequences, and dealt with the Duke of Cheng'en!

The Wei faction and the Crown Prince's faction were caught completely off guard.

The Empress wanted to object but it was too late. She wept in the palace and said to Jin Ge, "His Majesty has finally raised the butcher's knife."

Jin Ge thought to herself that he had been holding the knife the whole time, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it now.

"Your Majesty, you should avoid their sharp edge for now. We can make further plans after the Empress Dowager is buried."

They all realized that while the Empress Dowager was alive, her heart was always with the Wei family, and the Emperor had always tolerated it out of filial piety; now that the Empress Dowager was gone, the Emperor had no scruples.

He probably hoped to ruin the funeral so that the Empress Dowager could not be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

"It's alright. Even if Father isn't in court, there's still the Crown Prince." The Empress's face was grim, her eyes filled with ruthlessness. "I've had enough of this for the past few decades."

As long as the Crown Prince ascends the throne and His Majesty becomes the late Emperor, the Wei family will continue to prosper, and she will remain the supreme and undisputed Empress Dowager in the harem.

Cheng'en Palace.

Leng Luo and Hua Zisheng came to announce the imperial decree in a grand manner, accompanied by the Imperial Guards, and the common people followed along to watch the spectacle.

Upon hearing the contents of the imperial edict and seeing the plaque of the Duke of Cheng'en's residence being removed, the news spread like wildfire.

The once arrogant Duke Chengen, whose family had ruled with impunity for three generations, has been stripped of his title, his honorary title, and his plaque removed!

The common people are simple-minded, and they all cursed and swore at how the Duke of Chengen's mansion oppressed the people, saying that retribution had come.

The powerful and wealthy businessmen appear calm on the surface, but secretly they are frantically investigating.

Has the Duke of Cheng'en really fallen?

When the Wei family saw Cheng'en Gong return to the mansion again with his pants soiled with excrement and urine, they knew the sky had fallen.

When the imperial decree was announced, they accepted it quietly without cursing on the spot.

After all, behaving improperly in front of the palace is simply outrageous.

Such breaches of etiquette, even if only once, let alone two consecutive days, would be enough to lead to the confiscation of property and the extermination of the family.

Upon receiving the imperial edict, the Duke of Cheng'en immediately began making arrangements.

First, he ordered the guards in his mansion to search the entire capital city, even if it meant digging three feet into the ground, to find that girl.

Although it cannot be confirmed that she poisoned him, it is true that the Duke of Chengen's abdominal pain and diarrhea began not long after the girl escaped.

That girl looked sinister; she even dared to curse him, so it wasn't impossible for her to poison him.

Second, they sent a message to Wei Anyuan, preparing for an uprising. Emperor Hui's sword was already drawn; he would not let the matter rest.

Third, send a message to Prince Rong, the vassal king of the southwestern fiefdom, and instruct him to prepare for a joint uprising.

fourth,......

After issuing a series of orders, Duke Chengen instructed his grandson, Wei Shuyun, to contact Princess Roudan privately and invite her to the mansion for a meeting.

Duke Cheng'en saw that Princess Roudan was not hiding anything from him and was not afraid of being discovered by spies from all sides.

The perfectly legitimate reason: Since the Duke of Cheng'en could not see the Empress Dowager off on her final journey, he asked the princess to help him perform a roadside memorial service for her.

Princess Meatball was annoyed. What did the Empress Dowager's death have to do with her? She hadn't been particularly kind to her when she was alive.

She only needs to follow the procedures of the Ministry of Rites. Kneeling and keeping vigil every day is already annoying enough. Why should she have to kneel for the Duke of Cheng'en's family again?

Wei Shuyun politely stated her purpose, only to see Princess Roudan looking impatient: "I am a princess, and I am being ordered around by my subjects all day long. What kind of behavior is this? I will remember this and it will not happen again!"

“But Grandfather hopes that the princess will come to the mansion to discuss this in detail,” Wei Shuyun said forcefully. “Grandfather’s will cannot be disobeyed.”

"I am a princess, and you are my subjects, do you understand? If you want to talk business, let him come and talk to me himself."

Princess Meatball refused to go over, and Lord Cheng'en, no, Master Wei, Wei Jingzhong, was so angry that his head was buzzing when he heard Wei Shuyun's reply.

That brat Princess Yurong, she started putting on airs as soon as Her Majesty punished the Duke of Cheng'en's mansion?

Wei Shixun had a servant push his wheelchair over and said with a smile, "Grandfather, don't be angry. I'll go to the Princess's residence to see what's going on. She seemed a bit off when we came to discuss things last time. Perhaps she has other ideas."

"What could she possibly be thinking? Could it be that she's planning to betray us and defect to His Majesty?"

Wei Shixun said, "No, if she wanted to pledge allegiance to His Majesty, she wouldn't have advocated killing all her half-brothers."

Wei Jingzhong asked Wei Shixun to go and see what was going on.

Wei Shixun arrived at the princess's residence quickly. Princess Roudan rolled her eyes at Wei Shixun's smiling face, annoyed. The Empress Dowager hadn't even been buried yet, and he was already laughing?

In my memory, this cousin was extremely cunning, a typical scoundrel of a refined gentleman.

After inviting the person into the secret room, Princess Meatball asked, "What business do you have with me?"

"Does the princess harbor resentment towards her grandfather and father?"

"What's the meaning?"

“In the past, the princess never referred to herself as ‘this palace’ in front of her grandfather and father. She was flamboyant in public, but extremely humble in front of her grandfather. Why does she insist on calling her grandfather ‘your subject’ now?”

Princess Meatball was taken aback. She only knew that the original owner of this body was arrogant and domineering, and thought that she always referred to herself as "this palace" wherever she went.

"I do have some opinions."

“Princess, please speak freely, and I will go back and convey it to my grandfather.”

"I am a princess. The Wei family treats me like dirt, and I keep groveling and running to their residence. Isn't that inappropriate? Isn't this just like protesting too much?"

Wei Shixun thought about it and it seemed to make sense, so he said, "Then we'll discuss it on the pleasure boat again in the future."

Princess Roudan had already received the news that the Duke of Chengen had been dismissed from his post and stripped of his title. Today, Wei Shuyun and Wei Shixun both rushed to the princess's residence, so something big must have happened.

He then said, "Your grandfather didn't call you here to chat about these trivial matters. Just tell me what's on your mind."

Wei Shixun said that he originally planned to kill all the princes and grandsons of the emperor, but somehow the news seemed to have leaked out. Now that the Duke of Chengen has been stripped of all his power, he has no choice but to raise an army to force the emperor to abdicate and help the crown prince ascend the throne as soon as possible.

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