Chapter 338 What Does It Mean to Have the Will of the People?
"Grand Tutor, if he really is the son of Prince Qi, and the Second Prince has been switched, what should we do?"
So many years have passed, is the real Second Prince still alive?
“My people went to see Mr. Yuan, hoping that he would give my people a meeting out of respect for me.”
Yan Shuqin pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a headache coming on.
This matter concerns the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, and he must investigate it thoroughly as soon as possible.
If it is indeed the lineage of Prince Qi who is causing trouble, in order to uphold the legitimacy of the Great Zhou royal family, he must set things right!
Seeing Yun Zhao's worried expression, Yan Shuqin smiled.
"You can stay here for now. If anything happens, just have someone from Tingyu Pavilion come to me. Don't worry, everything will be resolved."
This child looks just like her father.
They keep everything to themselves and bear everything on their own.
"We'll talk about it later. You've been traveling for days and you must be tired. Go and rest. I'm going back to my residence now."
He came out this time just to see her.
After seeing Yan Shuqin off, Yun Zhao had a good night's sleep.
The next morning, before she was even awake, Xiaohua started tugging at her clothes.
"What's wrong?"
Yun Zhao woke up groggily and heard the sound of birds flapping their wings outside the window.
She didn't even have time to put on her shoes before rushing to the window.
A little sparrow fluttered in, chirping away.
"Is there a secret room behind the Imperial Study?"
Yun Zhao was startled.
Why would an emperor spend every day running to the secret chamber behind the imperial study?
"Thanks a lot!"
Yun Zhao took out a fruit and fed it to the little sparrow. After changing his clothes and washing up, he sent the little sparrow away.
As I stepped out of the room, a figure flew down from the other side of the courtyard wall.
"roar!"
Xiao Hua rushed forward warily and pinned the person to the ground!
"Hmm!"
The man let out a muffled groan in pain.
"Little Flower, don't hurt people!"
As soon as Yun Zhao finished speaking, the man pulled off his mask, revealing a pale face.
"It's me."
"Luo Xiran? What happened? Are you injured?"
Yun Zhao quickly stepped forward, and Xiao Hua then let go of him.
"Please help me."
Luo Xiran sat up, his arm wrapped in a black cloth, which was temporarily used as a bandage by tearing off his black clothes.
Yun Zhao invited him into the house and took out his needle case, only to find that the black cloth he had been wearing was already soaked with blood.
"How did you get so badly injured?"
No wonder Xiaohua was so nervous; how could she not be nervous with that smell of blood?
"I received news last night that someone was trying to assassinate Elder Yuan. All the people from Tingyu Pavilion were sent out, so I had to go myself. Ouch! Kid, be gentle, it hurts!"
"Excuse me! Are you one of the Emperor's men? How is Elder Yuan?"
Yun Zhao continued working, sprinkling the medicine powder on him, and asked with concern.
"They took him away by the Dali Temple. Luckily, we had already made preparations and they pretended to arrest a criminal before taking him away. Otherwise, with just me and a dozen or so escorts, I probably wouldn't have been able to defeat them."
"The emperor has probably been sending people to look for Elder Yuan all along, which is why he sent people to hunt him down as soon as Elder Yuan entered the capital. Now that the truth has been revealed, it is probably not safe for Grand Tutor Yan."
Yun Zhao felt somewhat uneasy.
In order to keep the secret that he is not the late emperor's biological son, Yun Qi will probably take action against Yan Shuqin.
"Given Grand Tutor Yan's vigilance, he should have already left the Yan residence upon learning of the incident."
Outside the door, the shopkeeper hurried over.
"Young Master Luo, the Imperial Guards have secretly been ordered to go to the Yan residence, and four other Imperial Guard squads have gone to the city gates. The Emperor is probably about to break off all pretense of civility!"
Should we just not install it at all?
The two exchanged a glance, their hearts sinking.
"Could it be that Elder Yuan has something that the emperor fears?"
The city gates were taken over by the Imperial Guards, and for a time, the entire capital was under martial law.
The Imperial Guards could only enforce martial law on the ground, but not on the birds in the sky.
Yun Zhao gathered all the nearby birds and created an information network over the capital.
Dali Temple.
The Luo brothers stood in front of the door.
"These are prisoners from the Dali Temple. What right do the Imperial Guards have to take them away?"
"The Imperial Guards are acting on His Majesty's orders to arrest this prisoner. Are you planning to defy the imperial decree?"
The imperial guards shouted sternly.
Luo Qing laughed and said, "If you don't have an imperial edict, you should at least have a written order, right? You have nothing."
"You just said you'd take our hard-boiled criminals away without any real intentions? Brother, you're not kidding me, are you?"
"We are acting on His Majesty's orders!"
"Brother, you're just saying it's His Majesty's decree without any explanation. How would we know?"
This is a serious criminal from the Dali Temple! If something goes wrong, we'll be the ones taking the blame!
The emperor naturally dared not issue a written edict.
He just hadn't expected the people from the Dali Temple to be so tough.
For a time, the two sides were on the verge of war, neither willing to give way.
Xun Renhao pretended not to know anything and took a walk in the backyard of Dali Temple.
A little sparrow landed on his shoulder, and he then noticed that the sparrow had a small bamboo slip on its claw.
Remembering that Yun Zhao could speak animal language, he quickly removed the bamboo slips.
It turned out that Yun Zhao had asked him about Elder Yuan.
Xun Renhao looked around, but there was no one there.
He then pulled out a small piece of paper from a hidden spot in his sleeve and stuffed it into the bamboo scroll.
The sparrow flapped its wings and flew away, unnoticed by anyone.
Back in the backyard of the Treasure Pavilion, Yun Zhao took out the bamboo slips.
When he saw the contents of the note, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Good news?"
Luo Xiran raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, with this, Grand Tutor Yan can unite all the officials and force Yun Qi to abdicate."
"But he has the Imperial Guards under his command, and we don't have the manpower to counter them!"
Yunqi closed the city gates, preventing anyone from entering the capital.
There are 30,000 imperial guards in the capital, which is enough to ensure his safety.
Only the victors are worthy of being written into history.
At that time, he could be accused of being a traitor, and his true identity would still remain unknown to posterity.
"Fortunately, Grand Tutor Yan allowed my father to return to the capital."
Yun Zhao smiled as he put the note away, straightened his sleeves, and looked confident.
"What's the meaning?"
Luo Xiran was somewhat bewildered.
"Let me show you what it means to have the will of the people."
What Yunqi has always been afraid of is that his throne was not legitimate.
He knew very well that once his identity was exposed...
With Yunxuan's popularity, he is the true Son of Heaven whom everyone hopes for.
That's why he couldn't wait to frame him using various excuses.
Yunxuan was meticulous in his work and never coveted any money or power.
They finally managed to grab something from the breached dike in Jiangnan, but the Grand Tutor was not in court at the time.
He knew then that his opportunity had arrived.
If Yun Zhao hadn't been reborn, he would have indeed succeeded.
afternoon.
Under Lin Xu's cover, Yun Zhao arrived at the city wall.
After she blew the bone flute, a falcon flew out of the forest and landed on her shoulder.
Xiao Ying affectionately pressed her head against her face, rubbing it against her repeatedly.
"Thank you for your hard work. The situation in the city is complicated, and I really had no other choice but to come to you now. Listen to me, take this to my father."
Yun Zhao stuffed the note Xun Renhao had given him back into the bamboo slips and had Xiao Ying take it out of the city.
Night fell.
The capital was locked down for a whole day, and people inside and outside the city were filled with fear.
Yun Qi was in the brightly lit Imperial Study.
The candlelight cast flickering light on his profile, casting a shadow over his face.
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Grand Tutor Yan is leading all the officials toward the city gate!"
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