Chapter 228 Succession
of the Throne "Grand Tutor means that Shen Shilang may not agree to the second brother's request?" asked the eldest prince.
"I think he may not agree completely." Liu Taishi said, "Your Highness, don't forget that although Shen Shilang is the third place in the imperial examination, he has the talent of the first place in the imperial examination."
If Emperor Jiacheng had not been such a bad person, Shen Shilang would have been the top scholar.
"It's too easy for such a person to play some word games with the Second Prince," said the Grand Tutor, stroking his beard.
"Should I call Shen Shilang over to see if I can cooperate with him?" the eldest prince asked again.
"Your Highness, why do you have to go to so much trouble?" Grand Tutor Liu smiled. "Your Highness is now in control of the government, and all officials dare not disobey."
"Your Highness does not need to win over Shen Shilang, nor does he need to find out whether he has given the tiger talisman." Grand Tutor Liu's smile gradually cooled. "Your Highness only needs to kill him, take the tiger talisman, and command the Northwest Army. Isn't that more satisfactory than leaving the tiger talisman in the hands of others?"
"Besides being able to please His Majesty, what talents has Shen Shilang shown?" Grand Tutor Liu's voice also turned cold. "Not only that, he turned against us mercilessly and stepped on Wei Zhaoxian to climb up."
"How can Your Highness use such a person? Aren't you afraid that he will betray Your Highness someday? Cooperating with such a person is like courting death." Grand Tutor Liu said coldly, "Shen Shilang is a heartless, unrighteous, talentless and immoral person. Your Highness might as well give him a quick death and take his tiger talisman."
"Your Majesty doesn't know what to do now, but he is already entangled with the Second Prince." Grand Tutor Liu said coldly, "Before this, Shen Shilang was closest to His Royal Highness the King of England, and seemed to be on the side of the King of England."
"But Your Highness, look, has Shen Shilang been with His Royal Highness the King of England recently?"
The eldest prince had not really noticed it before. After being reminded by Grand Tutor Liu, the eldest prince thought about it and said, "The two of them really don't spend much time together."
Grand Tutor Liu smiled and said sarcastically, "Because His Majesty was in good health before, he could obviously wait until the King of England grew up. His Majesty also had the tendency to support the King of England before, so he naturally bet on the King of England. But now, His Majesty has collapsed, the King of England is still young, and the government affairs are handled by His Highness. No matter how you look at it, the King of England is out, so how can he be close to the King of England again?"
"This kind of vacillating, disloyal villain should be removed to prevent him from becoming a disaster in the future."
"Grandmaster is right." The eldest prince nodded, "Shen Shilang cannot be kept."
However, when the eldest prince sent people to the Shen Mansion late at night the next day, the mansion was already empty.
Not to mention Shen Shilang, there wasn't even a servant.
Even the dog he had always kept by his side was nowhere to be seen.
"I originally wanted to capture a few servants to find out the whereabouts of Shen Shilang, but the Shen Mansion was empty, without a single person." The subordinate came back to report.
"He is so cunning!" the eldest prince said angrily, "What the Grand Master said is indeed right. This person cannot be kept alive."
"He is like a loach, not being of any use to me, yet he even guessed my plan." The eldest prince said angrily, "But once he leaves, what will happen to the tiger talisman?"
"Could it be that the second brother hid him?" asked the eldest prince.
"It's not impossible." Master Liu didn't expect Shen Shilang to leave so soon. "Your Highness, the only solution now is to send someone to find Shen Shilang's whereabouts. No matter what, we must find him."
"Your Highness's guess is very likely. He has a grudge against the Wei family, and Wei Zhaoxian has a very high reputation in the Northwest Army. It is impossible for Shen Shilang to go to the Northwest Army with the tiger talisman."
"If he goes, I'm afraid the Wei family will find a reason to kill him directly." Grand Tutor Liu said, "The most likely possibility at the moment is that he will be protected by the Second Prince."
"Shen Shilang may use this as a condition to hand over the tiger talisman to the second prince." Grand Tutor Liu said in a deep voice.
"If the Northwest Army really falls into the hands of the second brother, it will be bad." The eldest prince looked fierce, "Grandmaster, why don't I just go all out and let my father pass the throne to me."
Master Liu looked at the eldest prince fiercely, "Your Highness, if it really comes to this, there will be no turning back."
The eldest prince Shen Qing was a little crazy, "It's already too late to turn back. Grand Master, originally, we couldn't make father recover from his illness, right?"
"Originally, we were just planning to let Father's body collapse on its own. But looking at his current condition, even if we do nothing, he won't last long." The eldest prince shook his head, sighed, and said, "Seeing Father in so much pain, I can't bear it, so I might as well just give him a quick death."
Grand Tutor Liu paused and looked at the eldest prince's expression. He knew that if he did not agree, he would not be able to leave the eldest prince's bedroom.
Besides, now that it has begun, there is no turning back.
Master Liu was not someone who hesitated, so he said, "If that's the case, then we must be fully prepared."
"Your Highness wants to ascend the throne, so you can't let anyone gossip or question you." Grand Tutor Liu said in a deep voice, "The palace and the outside must be strictly guarded. The gates in the capital must be closed, and no one can be allowed in or out."
"There is also Eunuch Shen beside His Majesty. His cooperation is needed." said Grand Tutor Liu.
"That's no problem." The eldest prince said, "If he doesn't want to die, he must cooperate with us."
Eunuch Shen had never expected that Emperor Jiacheng would end up in such a situation.
During these days, he was imprisoned in Emperor Jiacheng's bedroom along with the young eunuchs and palace maids.
Emperor Jiacheng was tied to the bed.
There was really no other way. If he was not tied up, Emperor Jiacheng would go crazy.
He tears things apart, including himself, and keeps shouting for the elixir to be given to him.
Rolling on the ground like a maggot.
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So they had no choice but to tie up Emperor Jiacheng.
In the end, they simply blocked Emperor Jiacheng's mouth.
The ball of cloth stuffed in his mouth is only taken out when eating.
Emperor Jiacheng couldn't even take care of himself when he went to the bathroom.
During these days, they witnessed all the bad things that Emperor Jiacheng did.
The eunuchs and palace maids in the palace all had despair on their faces.
How can they survive after seeing this?
Everyone knows where they're going.
Including Eunuch Shen, he knew he would not survive.
At this time, Emperor Jiacheng, even though his body was tied up, could not stop twisting his body, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
His eyes were red and bloodshot.
The pain kept him awake.
His face had turned somewhat blue-gray, with deep sunken cheeks and eye sockets, and he was staring at them like a mad beast.
Eunuch Shen closed his eyes and refused to look.
He just hoped that Emperor Jiacheng could hold on a little longer.
He wanted to live a few more days.
The door to the bedroom opened, and everyone saw the eldest prince walk in.
“Hmm!” Emperor Jiacheng saw that the eldest prince was still somewhat sober, staring at him with eyes full of hatred, “Hmm!”
The eldest prince walked straight to Emperor Jiacheng's bed.