The capital is the capital after all.
After the initial panic and confusion, which lasted only two or three hours, everything became orderly again.
To Xia Daohua's surprise, Wang Silang finally sat down and had a serious talk with her.
Wang Silang went straight to the point and shared the information he had with her - according to the news that the Wang family's spies in the palace had risked their lives to spread, Gu Mingzhen did not accept the throne, although Gu Mingzhen's succession edict was written by the late emperor and sealed by him in the presence of several witnesses.
Present at the time were not only the empress, the crown prince and the grandson of the emperor, but also two prime ministers and three grand secretaries.
It can be said that the process was flawless.
But Gu Mingzhen burst into tears and refused to accept it.
In his edict, the late emperor cancelled the crown prince's qualification to succeed to the throne and enfeoffed him to another place like his brothers. The crown prince was given the title of Prince Xin, and his fiefdom was set in Luojing, which happened to be in the core territory of the Wang family.
Gu Mingzhen therefore proposed that the crown prince should inherit the throne, and he would assist the young emperor in the court. When the new emperor took power in the future, he would return power to the new emperor and retire after completing his mission.
He spoke so sincerely that almost all the old foxes were moved by him.
However, just as the decree of succession was issued, news of the previous emperor's death spread from the palace. The sound of funeral bells rang throughout the city, catching everyone off guard.
Wang Silang told Xia Daohua the information without reservation and frankly proposed to talk to the person behind her to seek deeper cooperation, but was bluntly rejected by Xia Daohua.
Xia Daohua smiled and said, "You can't know the name of the person behind me. If you want to marry Xia Jinhua, I won't object, but don't expect any special treatment just because we're relatives. If there's mutual trust, I can do business with strangers. If there's no trust, I won't bother with relatives either."
"The Wang family has failed to live up to my trust, so if you want to do business with me in the future, you should look for someone else. Of course, if you're willing to pay a high price and pick up the goods later, I'm not in the market for that."
"You!" Wang Silang was furious, and with great difficulty he managed to hold back the swear words that were about to come out of his mouth. He frowned and asked, "I know you are quite skilled and even possess some sorcery and magic, but aren't you afraid that I might find a master to take you away?"
Xia Daohua smiled faintly and disapprovingly. If there really was a master who could "take her in", she would have to ask that master for a return ticket!
Even though she had a magical artifact like the Space Supermarket, she still missed modern society. The longer she stayed here, the more she missed the past. If she really had the chance to go back, she would definitely not let it go!
Thinking of this, Xia Daohua looked at Wang Silang with a smile, her face full of anticipation:
"Oh, go ahead and look for it. I haven't gotten back what the Wang family owes me yet! Since you've decided to become my enemy, I won't be polite. I have some free time these few days, so I can take care of this matter first."
Wang Silang sneered and said:
"You actually still have the mind to think about these things, you should think about how you died! To tell you the truth, I have a piece of information that I didn't tell you just now! The spies of the Northern Barbarians somehow got wind of the palace coup, and it happened that Xiao Silu had suffered a defeat in Qingzhou Prefecture, and he rushed directly to the capital after receiving the news.
"At this moment, they've probably surrounded the capital. It's so tight that not even a fly can get out! I heard Xiao Si'alun brought an army of 800,000! I'm afraid they'll flatten the capital before they stop!"
Xia Daohua disagreed: "Are you stupid? If Xiao Silu really had an army of 800,000, how could he not have taken Qingzhou Prefecture? If he couldn't even take Qingzhou Prefecture, how could he expect to take the capital?"
"What do you know? He doesn't even need to attack the city, he just needs to surround the capital. How much food will it take to feed the hundreds of thousands of imperial guards and millions of civilians every day? When people are desperately hungry, what can't they do?"
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