Chapter 389 Is there anyone in cahoots with him?
After the minister finished speaking, he did not wait for Ji Sheng's explanation, but only waited for Feng to raise his sword and strike.
When Ji Sheng took action, he held Xixi in one hand and pressed her little face against his chest.
Ji Sheng acted so quickly that no one expected him to act suddenly and kill a court minister in broad daylight at the palace gate.
"They're gathering a crowd to force the palace, plotting a rebellion." Ji Sheng pointed his knife at the decapitated corpse on the ground. He looked at the ministers and princes who were frightened into silence and asked, "Is anyone in cahoots with him?"
The prince who had previously insisted on going to the palace with Ji Sheng lowered his head and took two steps back, fearing that he would be seen by his brother who was a murderer and did not recognize his relatives.
The ministers looked at the head on the ground and no one dared to answer.
Some people may say they want to kill someone just to scare you, but if Ji Sheng wants to kill someone, he won't even tell you.
Ji Sheng looked around at the gloomy Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers, and said, "But what you gentlemen said before does make some sense."
He looked at the left and right prime ministers and said, "Although the emperor has not summoned the ministers to the throne, I am willing to guarantee them. However, I would like you to wait in the side hall after entering the palace."
The two prime ministers exchanged glances, stepped forward, and said to Ji Sheng, "Thank you, Your Highness the King of Wei."
Although it is impossible to see the emperor immediately, it is good to be able to enter the palace.
It's better than being in the dark and following the chaos in the palace.
If they were to say, the prince should not have been deposed in the first place.
No, it must be abolished.
It would be useless for them to have a prince who could not carry on the family line, but the prince that His Majesty had previously sent a letter to appoint was too young.
He had just been born, and it was still unclear whether he could grow up safely, so how could he be worthy of the position of crown prince?
If one is not qualified for a position, there will be rebellion. The King of Qi's rebellion and forcing the emperor to abdicate is the most direct example.
Even if the imperial edict came down to confer the title on this little prince, he would not be able to suppress his brothers who had grown into jackals and tigers, unless someone with military power was made the regent.
But who would want to be a regent when they can be an emperor?
To enter the palace, one had to take off his weapons. Ji Sheng threw the bloody knife to the imperial guards at the palace gate, and then followed the leader of the imperial guards into the palace.
Xixi was held by Ji Sheng, and when she turned her head, she saw the two prime ministers following behind them.
Those who can become prime ministers are all quite old. The slightly younger Prime Minister Peng is 58 years old this year and can be considered young and promising; the older Prime Minister Lin is 66 years old.
At this age, he can be a grandfather, let alone a great-grandfather.
Xixi has known how to respect the elderly and love the young since she was young, so when Ji Sheng carried her forward, she hugged Ji Sheng's neck and waved her little hands with a smile to the two adults following behind them.
Minister Peng had no expression. Minister Lin looked at Xixi and thought of his own granddaughter at home, so he smiled at Xixi.
Xixi, who received the smile, raised the corners of her mouth high. The white-bearded grandfathers liked her and her father very much!
The palace was very quiet, and apart from the patrolling imperial guards, there were almost no eunuchs or palace maids walking around on the streets.
Ever since the emperor became obsessed with seeking immortality, he moved to the newly built Wuji Palace in the imperial palace.
The saint who was sent here before also lived in the Wuji Palace after being baptized.
Ji Sheng didn't like Wuji Palace, especially the smell of incense mixed with women's sweet powder, which made him feel nauseous every time he smelled it.
There are many palaces in Wuji Palace. Perhaps the emperor had long been wary that his sons might do something evil one day, so he never slept in the same palace for two consecutive days.
Unless... he can't move.
From the time when the Prince of Qi forced the emperor to abdicate until now, the emperor has been staying in the Weiyang Palace of the Wuji Palace.
The place was heavily guarded, and only the eunuchs and palace maids who usually served the emperor could be seen at the palace gate.
Seeing Ji Sheng, people at the palace gate bowed.
If the imperial guards had not taken any action, Peng Xiang and the other man who had been following Ji Sheng would have thought that the harem had been controlled by him, and even the imperial edict from His Majesty summoning him back to the capital was a fake.
Prime Minister Peng and Prime Minister Lin were led by the eunuchs of Wuji Palace to the side hall next to Weiyang Palace. Only Ji Sheng followed the chief eunuch Zhu, who was beside the emperor, into the Weiyang Palace.
In the Weiyang Palace, the Imperial Noble Consort, Lily, who had just given birth, was kneeling in front of a bed covered by a gauze curtain, holding a child.
Before Ji Sheng got close with Xixi in his arms, he smelled the strong and nauseating fragrance in the inner hall.
And in this fragrance, there is also a faint indescribable fishy smell.
Ji Sheng's face darkened slightly. Could it be that he was really dead?
"Your Highness, please come forward alone." Zhu Zhengchun waved away the eunuchs in the inner hall and said to Ji Sheng who came to the door of the inner hall with Xixi in his arms.
Ji Sheng put Xixi down and told her, "Don't run around, okay?"
Xixi nodded, watched her father enter the inner hall, then turned around and wandered around Weiyang Palace.
It wasn't really just strolling around, because before she had taken a few steps, she saw a friendly-looking eunuch waving at her with a smile.
Xixi tilted her little head, looked at the man and shouted with a smile: "Cao Weng Weng."
When Cao Zhengxing saw that Xixi could still recognize him, the smile on his face became more genuine.
"Young Master, didn't His Highness ask you to come in with him?"
Xixi shook her head, "Children shouldn't listen to adults talking."
Cao Zhengxing squatted down and took Xixi's hand and said, "Those are just excuses made by adults. As long as the young master wants to hear it, you can listen to anything."
Although Xixi didn't understand what Cao Zhengxing meant, she pointed at the white hair on Cao Zhengxing's head and said, "Weng Weng has white hair now."
Cao Zhengxing followed Xixi's little hand and touched his head. Although he couldn't feel it, after hearing Xixi's words, Cao Zhengxing didn't doubt it at all.
"Weng Weng is old, so he has white hair."
Xixi always spoke sweetly. She looked at Cao Zhengxing and said with a smile: "Weng Weng is not old!"
Cao Zhengxing raised the corners of his mouth high.
He really wanted to ask Ji Sheng where he brought Xixi back from. He had no news of Xixi before, whether in the capital or in Youzhou, but now Xixi seemed to have appeared suddenly.
So when she appeared, did it mean that Zhou Yunshu had also returned?
Cao Zhengxing held Xixi's little hand and said, "You came back at the right time. If you were any later, this good thing would have fallen on your father's head."
Xixi looked at Cao Zhengxing in confusion.
In her eyes, there is no difference whether good things happen to her father or to herself.
Cao Zhengxing didn't care about Xixi's doubts. It was already very good that a child of this age was obedient.
He didn't expect Xixi to understand what he meant, he just wanted her to understand his good intentions one day.
Cao Zhengxing looked at the closed door of the inner hall and said to Xixi seriously, "When the door of the inner hall opens, the young master will cry, okay?"
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