Chapter 283 King Rui's Discovery
Jinyang.
Within the county.
A middle-aged man in coarse cloth walked out of the Wang family's gate, stretched out his thumb, gently wiped the corner of his mouth, and gently rubbed away the trace of blood on his thumb.
Although Jinyang is not as prosperous as Chang'an, it is also the second most prosperous county in Daxia. Today is the market day and the main street is crowded with pedestrians and vendors.
He walked along the wide street, and everyone he met along the way unconsciously made way for him.
The middle-aged man walked across two streets and entered an inn. He pushed open the door of a room on the second floor. An elegant man was sitting in front of the window, staring at the people on the street in a daze.
The middle-aged man walked to the window, put his hands behind his back, and said, "Victory and defeat are common. There is no need to be obsessed with the moment. If you fall here, you can get up somewhere else."
The elegant man retracted his gaze and asked, "What does the Wang family say?"
The middle-aged man said, "It is their dream for the Wang family to become the royal family, but to really bring those two old foxes to an end, it is far from enough to just talk."
The elegant man said: "The Wang family has been passed down for a thousand years, so there must be a reason for it to be passed down for a thousand years. If they were not absolutely sure, they probably wouldn't make a move."
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not. It was originally a casual move when I picked you up. We can't miss such a good opportunity. If we don't come, someone else will come sooner or later..."
He patted the elegant man on the shoulder and said, "Although we failed with the King of Han, the Wang family has created a better opportunity. Whether we win or lose, let's not talk about it for now. Let's go. When we go back this time, the master has new arrangements for you..."
Chang'an.
During this period, the sensational Donggong case finally subsided.
But the impact of this case is not over yet.
The three provinces have officially issued an edict that an additional imperial examination will be held next year, and this examination will admit 300 Jinshi.
This imperial examination was originally held extra, and the number of people admitted was three times that of the usual imperial examination.
The students from all the major academies in Chang'an were all delighted.
The Eastern Palace case originally had nothing to do with them, but it could completely change their fate.
Those who were originally ranked after the 100th in the imperial examination had no chance of becoming a Jinshi, but in this imperial examination, they had the opportunity to change their fate.
This is all thanks to one person.
In recent days, students from various academies have been too embarrassed to scold Li Xuanjing.
Also happy were the court officials who were promoted thanks to this incident.
He had done nothing, but was inexplicably promoted to a powerful official in three provinces and six ministries. He saved himself at least ten years of detours. Who wouldn't be happy?
If many families in Chang'an were not holding funerals, they would not have been too ostentatious and would have held a three-day banquet to celebrate.
But for the powerful people in Chang'an, this half month was a period of fear and trepidation.
Li Xuanjing killed many powerful people, and His Majesty just let it go. Everyone was afraid that they would be the next one to be killed.
But they didn't dare to run.
He might have been fine, but if he ran away, Li Xuanjing would have accused him of fleeing from the crime and might have killed him on the spot.
That person is definitely capable of doing such a thing.
After the Dali Temple announced the closure of the case, an unprecedented migration of powerful people took place in Chang'an.
Dozens of powerful and wealthy families sold all their assets in Chang'an at a low price and moved their families to other places.
As long as Li Xuanjing is still in the court, they have no intention of coming back.
This incident has caused them great psychological trauma. The power of the rich and powerful is a privileged power, but in Chang'an, even if they have a golden medal of immunity from death, they do not feel safe.
Although Chang'an is extremely prosperous, one can experience the beauty of this colorful world.
But no matter how beautiful the world is, it is still difficult to experience.
For various reasons, those who were unable to move became extremely honest and warned their children in a very serious manner that they could eat, drink, gamble and have sex, but they must abide by the law. Anyone who dared to commit a crime would be expelled from the family and left to be dealt with by the Dali Temple...
In just half a month, the situation in Chang'an and the court changed drastically.
It changed from eight kings competing for the throne to a three-way competition.
Prince Chun, Prince Gong, and Prince Rui became the only remaining princes serving as regents, and each took turns serving as regent for four months.
Among them, behind King Rui are the Cui family and the Pei family of the six major families.
The mother of Prince Rui was the legitimate daughter of the Pei family, and Prince Rui himself married the daughter of the Cui family.
However, the Cui and Pei families are not like the Wang family. Although there are many people in the family serving as officials in the court, they never take the initiative to participate in party disputes. This time, no officials participated in the purge of the emperor's side, and they were not implicated.
Prince Gong was the laziest and never participated in court disputes. When it was his turn to be regent, he didn't even attend court meetings, and was easily ignored by people.
But in fact, three of the six great families, Zheng, Du and Lu, all have some kind of marriage relationship with Prince Gong.
The Princess of Prince Gong was the daughter of Zheng, the Crown Princess of Prince Gong was from the Du family, and the daughter of Prince Gong, Princess Yun'an, married into the Lu family.
Among the three princes, only Prince Chun has no background.
His mother was a palace maid and had no maternal family to rely on.
However, over the years, Li Xuanjing has cleared all obstacles for him in his struggle for power, and the current three-way balance of power in the court was also created by Li Xuanjing.
Relying solely on Li Xuanjing, Prince Chun firmly controlled the initiative in the court.
In recent days, both the public and the court officials have been discussing which of the three princes will be in power.
Prince Chun's Mansion.
kitchen.
It is no secret in Chang'an that Prince Chun loves food.
The kitchen of Prince Chun's mansion is larger than the imperial kitchen, and the mansion's chefs' skills are as good as those of the imperial chefs.
At this moment, in the kitchen of the palace, Prince Chun took a sip of soup with a jade spoon. After savoring it carefully, he shook his head and said, "No, although it tastes good to me, Xuan Jing's taste is lighter, he may not like it. Remember to put less salt next time..."
After shaking his head, he started to taste the next cup.
This soup is time-consuming and laborious to make. It takes a whole day to make it once. If the taste is not right, it will take another day to make it again.
So he asked people to boil ten cups at a time.
He chose the most suitable one from the ten soup bowls, wrapped it in cotton cloth, put it in the food box, walked out of the kitchen, and said, "Prepare the car, go to Dali Temple..."
Prince Rui's Palace.
study.
The weather in the winter month was already very cold, but inside the study, because of the effect of the heater, there was no sense of chill. Prince Rui was waving a feather fan in one hand and turning the pages of a book with the other.
Thinking about what happened in the past half month, he still felt like he was dreaming.
The King of Han and the King of You disappeared inexplicably, and the three imperial brothers were also stripped of their qualifications to serve as regents.
Over the years, he fought with the King of Han, the King of You, and the King of Chun, using every possible means, but to no avail. Instead, his power became weaker and weaker.
This time I didn’t do anything, but I reached the peak of my life overnight.
As long as he defeats Prince Chun and Prince Gong, he will have no rivals.
Prince Chun didn't dare to fight.
Li Xuanjing was in high spirits, so he had to avoid him.
Prince Gong doesn't need to fight.
With Prince Gong's brain, if he became emperor, Daxia would be destroyed in his hands.
Now he just had to wait.
Prince Chun and Prince Gong are almost forty years old, but he is not even thirty.
Being young is his biggest advantage.
The immortality method that my father has researched seems to be very effective. Maybe it can outlast Prince Chun and Prince Gong. Even if it doesn't kill them, it can last until they are old and weak. By then, he won't have to fight for it...
King Rui continued reading. This page was about watching a tiger from a mountain.
At a certain moment, Prince Rui suddenly raised his head, and a bright light flashed through his mind.
During these times, he was plotted against again and again. First, he was retaliated by Li Xuanjing, and then he was attacked by the King of Han.
Only a few princes have this ability.
He always felt that the person who harmed him was King You.
His fight with the King of Han was in the best interests of King You.
It was not until the fall of King Han and King You that he realized that he had been neglecting someone...
Prince Gong's Mansion.
A middle-aged man in elegant clothes poured a handful of rice into his hand. A thrush with an emerald green body immediately flew over and kept pecking at the palm of his hand.
The man gently stroked the thrush's head. The thrush just looked up and then continued to peck at the food.
After it has eaten all the rice, it gently flaps its wings and flies high into the sky.
Prince Gong patted the dust off his hands and said softly, "The world is so unpredictable..."
In fact, he has always regarded King Rui as his number one opponent.
My father was unwilling to give up power. The longer time went on, the slimmer the hopes of King Han, King You, King Chun, and himself, to ascend the throne.
That's why he repeatedly plotted against King Rui.
Including blaming Prince Rui for the death of Li Xuanjing's son, but that time, he miraculously survived.
It also included the assassination of Li Xuanjing's family. That time the blame was successfully framed, and Li Xuanjing's revenge caused King Rui to suffer heavy losses.
The case of the son of Fengyang County implicated the King of Han, Li Xuanjing, and the King of Rui, causing the King of Han to launch a frenzied revenge against the King of Rui.
But the development of things was completely out of his control.
The case of the son of Fengyang County actually became a trigger, leading to the subsequent incident of Wang Heng, and involving the Wang family. Then, King You joined forces with others to purge the court of evil officials, and Li Xuanjing became completely bloodthirsty. King Han and King You were demoted to paupers, the Wang family was wiped out in blood, and King Rui became one of the biggest beneficiaries.
Although this ending was not bad, for some reason he always felt uneasy.
Li Mansion.
Li Xuanjing opened a cabinet in the study, wiped the dozen or so spirit tablets in the cabinet one by one, and lit a few incense sticks and placed them in front of the spirit tablets.
Butler Wu walked in from outside and said, "Master, a letter has been sent from Prince Rui's Mansion, saying it's for you..."
(End of this chapter)
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