Chapter 166 The Xun Family Falls
As soon as the news of the assassination of the Northern King spread...
The capital was shaken.
The Northern King has always been the guardian god of war of Daxia, and now he has defeated Beimo and made it surrender. I didn’t expect that the Xun family would kill the hero halfway...
Prince Duan was very happy!
He immediately ordered his officials to file a petition together to curse the Duke of Zhenguo. The common people also cursed the Xun family. For a time, the Xun family was like a rat crossing the street, and everyone wanted to beat them up.
All members of the Xun family, except Empress Xun, were imprisoned. Empress Xun was also ordered by the emperor to reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors...
The power of the harem was temporarily handed over to the imperial concubine.
The generals under the Xun family immediately wrote letters to sever their ties. They could still plead for mercy for other matters, but collusion with the enemy and murdering the Northern King, no matter which one, was a capital crime...
For a time, the Xun family was in ruins.
Although the prince was not implicated in the Xun family's conspiracy to assassinate the enemy, one of his two major backers was killed, and his momentum could not match that of Prince Duan.
Now, many court officials are optimistic about Prince Duan taking the throne.
Fan Ziyi didn't expect the situation to change so quickly. Xun Shiquan suddenly tried to kill the Northern King...
They didn't know why this happened.
Because the emperor only told Xun Shiquan about this privately and had not yet issued a public order...
"Fan Ziyi, will my father depose my crown prince and appoint Prince Duan as his successor?" Murong Shicheng was very panicked.
Fan Ziyi's face was solemn, but he was still calm. He said, "This matter has nothing to do with the Crown Prince. His Majesty will certainly not abolish your position because of this. You are the legitimate son and the Crown Prince. Don't worry, the one who holds power in the palace now is the King of England's mother, which means His Majesty has no intention of changing the Crown Prince."
If you really want to make Prince Duan the crown prince, then you should promote Prince Duan's mother.
As for establishing the King of England? Then the Emperor should immediately recall the King of England to the capital.
Ever since Crown Prince Zhaoren died in battle, the royal family has had an unwritten rule that the crown prince will not be allowed to lead an army in person.
The Emperor did not summon the King of Ying back to the capital, nor did he reuse the Queen Mother of the King of Duan, so the position of the Crown Prince was still stable.
"But I still feel very uneasy..." Murong Shicheng said worriedly:
"If Father changes his mind and replaces the Crown Prince..."
His confidence has always been his maternal ancestors, the Xun family. Now that the Xun family has fallen...
He was completely panicked.
"The emperor's will is hard to predict and cannot be foreseen." Fan Ziyi frowned. The current situation is indeed very unfavorable to the prince...
Murong Shicheng suddenly had an idea, "If my father passes away now, can I take the throne directly? Fan Ziyi! Instead of cowering and waiting for him to destroy me at some unknown time, why not I take the initiative!"
Fan Ziyi was stunned. "How can this be possible...?"
You actually want to murder the emperor?
this……
It’s not impossible.
The emperor died suddenly, so the prince naturally succeeded to the throne. Otherwise, under the current situation, the prince would gradually become weaker, and Prince Duan would become the popular choice.
At that time, the emperor will appoint another Prince Duan...
The prince will naturally not have a good ending, and the Fan family, who bet on the wrong person, will also be purged by the new emperor.
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Beimo received news that the assassination attempt had failed.
Attack Hanmen Pass as soon as possible.
But they never expected that Hanmen Pass had already been quietly guarded by an elite force...
The sneak attack failed.
Instead, they were suppressed and beaten by the elite soldiers who appeared out of nowhere.
In this battle, Daxia won a great victory!
On the way back to Beijing, Xie Lingxi and his party received the battle report from Hanmen Pass.
After the defeat in World War I.
The Northern Desert Khan submitted a document of submission to Daxia again. He put all the blame on his brother for the assassination and the sneak attack.
It was said that his brother was unwilling to surrender to Daxia, so he launched a coup and locked him up...
Now that he has regained power, he once again expressed his sincere submission to Daxia.
Deputy General Chen presented the latest battle report to Xie Pingbei, with the Khan's imperial document attached.
"This Northern Desert Khan is too shameless! He is fickle, launching surprise attacks while surrendering at the same time!" Xiao Nanxing was very contemptuous.
Xie Pingbei was grilling meat. He glanced at it casually and said, "Send it to the capital."
Then he looked at his son beside him, "Master Wan, what do you think?"
At this moment, Xie Lingxi and Jiang Rong were sitting beside him, both wearing masks that covered most of their faces.
Their identities are from Wanjin Trading Company.
Xie Pingbei only told others that this was someone his son hired.
They returned all the way to the capital.
This half of the journey was quite peaceful and we didn't encounter any setbacks.
"Difficult." Xie Lingxi said concisely.
Along the way, Xie Pingbei would ask for his opinion from time to time.
Xie Lingxi didn't want to pay attention to him, but if he didn't answer, Xie Pingbei would analyze it for him at length...
Very noisy.
Where is his quiet father? Why has he become so noisy?
"That's right! He has a keen eye and can see through the essence at a glance. Although everyone despises what the Khan has done, he does everything for the benefit of the Northern Desert. As the Khan, he can be humble... He is a very difficult person and very difficult to deal with." Xie Pingbei nodded with great satisfaction:
"In the future, you... cough, the future successor of the Northern Frontier, will have to deal with such an opponent. If you have the same vision as you, you will not underestimate him. Then I can rest assured about the stability of the Northern Frontier..."
Xie Lingxi winked at Xiao Nanxing.
Xiao Nanxing immediately stood up and said to Deputy General Chen with a smile, "General Chen, let me feel your pulse and check your injuries. I wonder how your injuries are recovering? Come on, I'll change the medicine for you, let's go over there..."
At the campfire, only Xie Lingxi and Jiang Rong were left.
"Why are you so nagging lately?" Xie Lingxi raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
His father was quite strange along the way.
Xie Pingbei's eyes flashed with emotion, "I thought I would retire from Northern Frontier when I was 70 years old. I still have a lot of time to cultivate you. But after this accident, I deeply feel that things are unpredictable. I don't know when I will die in battle..."
"It's time to find someone to shoulder the burden of the Xie family."
Along the way, he wanted to pass on all his experience to Xie Lingxi.
I hope he can avoid taking detours when he takes over in the future.
"Then I will take over when you are seventy years old. I won't come a day earlier." Xie Lingxi said lightly.
"What if your father died in battle early?"
"You figure it out on your own."
"How can I find a solution if I'm dead?"
"Dream?"
The father and son were talking to each other, and Jiang Rong wanted to laugh as he listened.
Xie Lingxi is really so arrogant. She clearly wants the prince to take good care of his health and live a long life...but she just won't say it directly.
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