Chapter 487: Mutual Suppression
"How outrageous!"
The eldest prince's faction immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, please do not listen to one person's words. General Xu has worked very hard in Jicheng, and there has been no war on the border for many years. Such a contribution..."
"Pah, selling my Nanxia people to the Xiongnu is a merit? Then this merit is given to your family, do you want it?"
Cao Sipei quickly presented the memorial to His Majesty.
The arguments continued below, and the conflict between the two factions was deepening.
Now that the eldest prince has removed the Junior Secretary of the Imperial Guards Temple, it has touched the bottom line of the third prince and others.
After all, the loss of such an official would make one even more unfamiliar with what was happening in the palace.
Furthermore, if the Weiwei Temple was won over by the eldest prince, they would completely lose the initiative.
As more and more officials joined the quarrel, Duke Xu and Liang Zhongling's faces became less happy.
The two looked at each other, their eyes dark and unreadable.
The face of Emperor Jiancheng, who was sitting on top, began to look ugly.
Especially when the imperial court had issued a clear ban, the general governor of a city he appointed actually sold the people to the Huns, which was simply trampling on his face.
Duke Xu really didn't know about this, but he thought he knew General Xu's temperament quite well, especially when he saw His Majesty's expression, he felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, His Majesty looked over with a gloomy look.
Duke Xu immediately realized that this was a serious matter.
He immediately knelt down, not daring to say anything more.
Seeing this, the officials who were about to fight below became quieter and knelt down one after another.
The court was as quiet as a chicken for a while.
"Are you done arguing?" Emperor Jiancheng's voice was icy. He threw the memorial at hand and said angrily, "What is this place, Boss? Tell me!"
"Father, calm down!" The eldest prince immediately knelt down, "I was wrong."
Emperor Jiancheng snorted coldly: "Everyone present today will be fined three months' salary!"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"As for General Xu..." His gaze fell on Duke Xu, whose back tensed. Then he heard a voice from above: "Dali Temple, within one month, you must find out the truth! Anyone who has any connection with General Xu and is involved in this matter, no matter who they are, must be investigated!"
"I obey your command!" The Dali Temple Minister stepped out and responded.
The corners of the third prince's mouth slowly rose, but when he thought of the Shaoqing of Weiwei Temple, his mouth corners fell again.
The eldest prince was also in a very unhappy mood.
But the holy order has been issued and cannot be changed. The only thing we can do now is to do everything possible to eliminate the connection between them and General Xu.
After the court was dismissed, the eldest prince quickly caught up with the third prince, sneering: "Third brother, you have some tricks!"
The Third Prince stopped, turned around, and sneered, "No match for my eldest brother, who took the initiative and managed to conceal it so completely!"
He didn't even know when the evidence of the Weiwei Temple Shaoqing's guilt would be found.
It seems that the boss's power has expanded unknowingly.
How come he didn't die during the war in Longnan? What a pity.
The news of the turmoil in the capital spread, and Prince Huai of Youzhou also heard about it, but he remained inactive.
Xu Zongzhen was escorted back to Beijing. The moment he left Jicheng, the people cheered on both sides of the road.
There are endless things like rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.
Xu Zongzhen, who was once so glorious, was in such a miserable state at this moment that he didn't even dare to look up.
But for the common people, the sky that had been oppressing them for more than ten years had finally changed!
Some people also said that they wanted the former Luo family army to come back. After all, only with the Luo family army around, they could truly live a peaceful life.
For this reason, the prefect of Jicheng took it as a warning.
The moment I learned that Luo Tingshan was coming, my first feeling was rejection.
After all, everyone knows that this person refused the order of His Majesty and insisted on staying in Guancheng.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see what the plan is.
But thinking about it carefully, Guancheng and Jicheng are close to each other. If he refuses, wouldn't he annoy the other party?
The prefect of Jicheng was a sensible man, so he disguised himself and made an appointment in a hidden restaurant.
The moment the door was opened, the prefect of Jicheng, who had wanted to just do it perfunctorily, suddenly changed his mind.
Everyone said that General Zhengyuan was already half-crippled.
But now it seems that he is even more robust than when I saw him many years ago.
Especially those straight legs, they don’t look disabled at all.
In an instant, all kinds of thoughts flashed through the mind of the Jicheng prefect, and his attitude became more respectful.
"General Luo, long time no see!"
Coming out of the restaurant again, the Jicheng prefect wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling excited and frightened.
I really don’t know what was going through my mind just now, but I definitely can’t go back.
Otherwise, neither side will be able to please.
The same thing happened one after another in various cities in Youzhou. These places basically had old ties with the Luo family and occupied important checkpoints.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
The more chaos there was in the capital, the more officials from all over the country had to take sides in order to protect themselves.
Despite this, people still die every day.
Under such circumstances, Emperor Jiancheng's health was fluctuating. On this day, not long after he woke up, he ordered his men to ride at full speed to deliver a secret order to Prince Huai of Youzhou!
Prince Huai's Mansion.
Prince Huai, who was once again stopped outside the door, held his forehead and sighed.
Isn’t it just about not telling your son and bringing Ping’an back alone?
As for being so angry.
If Prince Zhou heard what he said, he would definitely call him "shameless".
That's called kidnapping!
"Your Majesty!"
The butler came hurriedly and whispered in his ear.
Prince Huai's face changed and he immediately walked towards the main hall in the front yard.
"Your Majesty, this is His Majesty's secret order. Please take it to heart."
"Your Highness obeys your command!"
After the eunuch who was delivering the letter left, Prince Huai's smiling mouth immediately dropped and he spat towards the southwest room.
In order to stabilize the development of Youzhou, the Luo family needs to be arrested.
To put it bluntly, isn't it just to make them hurt each other and weaken each other's strength?
"Someone, come and tell... Lieutenant General Su!" Prince Huai paused for a while, but still called the Su family.
Inside the city.
Zhu Mingqing, who had been keeping an eye on Prince Huai's every move, knew at the first moment that someone had been sent from the capital.
"They are likely to join forces?"
Luo Tingshan was very calm: "Even if we join forces, I'm not afraid!"
This is not false.
Prince Huai did not want to openly break up with Emperor Jiancheng at this time, so he wanted to pretend. If it succeeded, everyone would be happy.
If it doesn't work, then he can tell others about it and he will have tried his best.
But he had never expected that just as he was about to force the Luo family to come to Beijing, his capable lieutenants fell ill one after another.
This is really strange.
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