Chapter 148: Each Taking a Step Back
In the evening, all the ministers in the court hurried into the palace.
The emperor, Zhao Zhuoxi, and the crown prince also moved to Yu's study.
It was impossible for the emperor to kill Zhao Zhuoxi in front of so many people, so Zhao Zhuoxi put away the gun.
He leisurely moved a stool, sat down carelessly, half-closed his eyes, with a sarcastic smile on his lips, looking at the court officials in the room who were arguing fiercely.
Qin Yuan and his faction stated that they were severely threatening the emperor at the behest of the empress and were demanding a strict investigation of the empress and Prime Minister Zhou.
Zhou Xiang's faction stated that Yan Gang's threat to the emperor had nothing to do with him or the empress, and asked Qin Yuan not to make random connections and cause discord between the emperor and the empress.
Jiang Jiu was also confused by what he heard, and found that the scholars in ancient times did not use swear words when they quarreled, and they were really good at quarreling.
However, this is not Zhao Zhuoxi's main purpose.
Jiang Jiu discovered a problem: it was too difficult for Zhao Zhuoxi to replace the crown prince and ascend the throne now.
Not to mention that half of the court officials were Zhou Xiang's men, and some were isolated ministers. Just talking about the military strength, none of them were in Zhao Zhuoxi's hands.
Although Prime Minister Zhou does not have military power, the emperor does.
Emperor Ning held four tiger talismans in his hand, which controlled all the military power in Daning.
Even though other military powers are in the hands of the marshals and generals, if you really want to fight a war and mobilize troops, you need the emperor's tiger talisman.
Therefore, Jiang Jiu understood how difficult it was for Zhao Zhuoxi to ascend the throne.
When he was so young and was forced by Prime Minister Zhou to hand over the will and the tiger talisman to the emperor, he hated it as much as he does now.
It's not time yet.
However, since Zhao Zhuoxi has returned to Beijing, he is not without preparation.
Just when everyone was arguing heatedly.
Suddenly, urgent news came from the army at the front.
"The Northern Qiang Kingdom has sent 300,000 troops to attack our dynasty. Your Majesty, please send the troops."
As soon as Zhenguohou returned to the capital, the Northern Qiang began to revolt, so Zhenguohou immediately requested permission to return to the northern border.
The emperor had to agree even if he didn't want to. He issued a tiger talisman and ordered the Marquis of Zhenguo to immediately mobilize his troops and set off.
In less than a quarter of an hour, news came from the front line that the Nanli Kingdom in the south was also attacking Daning. Two hundred thousand troops had already crossed the river. Once they reached the canal, the attack on Daning would be easy.
The emperor was a little flustered: "The south has always been guarded by the Marquis of Zhennan, but at the end of last year, the Marquis of Zhennan reported to me that he was not feeling well. Now I still want to send a team.
Go and support..."
But who should be sent?
The emperor set his sights on Zhao Zhuoxi, whose fiefdom was closest to the south.
But he could not leave the capital. Once he left, it would be like letting a tiger return to the mountains.
At this time, Qin Yuan's son-in-law Lu Cheng, the son of a general under Zhennan Hou and also a famous general, was willing to lead troops to support.
When Zhou Xiang saw this, he realized that this was not possible because he had no one under his command.
With a turn of his eyes, he saw the Sixth Prince Zhao Zhuoran, who was minding his own business nearby.
He then recommended to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I think His Royal Highness Prince Ling can lead the troops there."
The north and the south attacked Daning at the same time, and it is hard to say that there was no conspiracy.
Since the emperor does not want the ninth prince Zhao Zhuoxi to leave, he cannot let Qin Dashi's people get away with it.
So when Daning was in danger, Zhao Zhuoxi and the emperor decided to take a step back.
Since the emperor didn't want Zhao Zhuoxi to leave, he just lived in the palace.
Didn't Zhao Zhuoxi want the crown prince to threaten the emperor? The crown prince also lives in the palace. Since the emperor is seriously ill, he should be by his side to take care of him.
As for the Queen, no matter whether she assigned Yan Gang to threaten the Emperor or not, Yan Gang is already dead and there is no evidence, but Nishang found the secret order between the Queen and Yan Gang.
Even though the empress did not instruct Yan Gang to threaten the emperor, he still did something that interfered with the court and was summoned back to the palace and confined for three months.
This means that Zhao Zhuoxi only has three months left to force the emperor to abdicate.
Both sides took a step back, and Marquis Zhenguo and the Sixth Prince Zhao Zhuoran both rushed to the front line.
In this way, even if Zhao Zhuoxi forced the emperor to abdicate, he would still have to deal with the Marquis of Zhenguo and the sixth prince Zhao Zhuoran.
At this time, the emperor still had complete trust in these two ministers.
After all the court officials left, Prime Minister Zhou suddenly called Jiang Jiu out of the palace.
He looked a little anxious: "Why are you still hanging out with the Ninth Prince? Grandfather brought you back to the Zhou family from the Chang family because he wanted to protect you."
Yes, Jiang Jiu’s real identity is Zhou Xiang’s granddaughter.
Jiang Jiu pursed his lips and said, "When I was in Sucheng, the prince treated me well. I didn't want to enter the palace at first, but he brought me here..."
Zhou Xiang was anxious: "Once you come in, you can't get out."
Jiang Jiu didn't expect that Zhou Xiang was still very concerned about her.
"If you can't get out, then you can't get out. There's no point staying there."
Zhou Xiang looked at Jiang Jiu carefully for several times and suddenly understood.
"Have you been in love with King Qi for a long time? Think carefully. If you really follow him, I will not have a granddaughter like you."
Jiang Jiu snorted coldly: "I didn't consider you as my grandfather in the first place."
"I don't have a father either, I only have a mother who passed away a long time ago, and my mother's death was related to Madam Chang..."
Zhou Xiang angrily threw his sleeves and said, "You'd better take care of yourself."
Jiang Jiu watched Zhou Xiang leave angrily and didn't understand what he wanted to do.
Zhao Zhuoxi came to her side and took her waist: "Don't be sad, life is full of regrets, one more is not too much, one less is not too little, I will live back in my original palace, go back."
Jiang Jiu is a time traveler, so naturally he has no blood relationship with anyone here.
When it comes to feelings, it's natural that you develop feelings for someone only when you spend a long time with them.
To Jiang Jiu, Prime Minister Zhou is not as close as Ni Chang.
"Let's go back to the palace. What should we do here?"
Zhao Zhuoxi pinched Jiang Jiu's smooth little face.
"Don't think I'm useless. I was able to enter the palace because everything was arranged. Now all the guards in the palace are my people."
"After tonight, all the palace maids and eunuchs will be cleared out, as well as these secret guards..."
Jiang Jiu glanced around and saw that Zhao Zhuoxi had raised a group of shadow guards, about a thousand people, all of whom were elites.
But she had only seen a few of them, and they were all masked, with only a pair of eyes showing.
"You have imprisoned both the Emperor and Empress?"
Zhao Zhuoxi smiled slightly: "How is that possible? Anyway, they stayed in the palace all day long, and I didn't stop those court officials from coming to see them. How can I say they were imprisoned? I only imprisoned the prince."
To strike the snake at its most vulnerable part, whether it is the empress or the emperor, it is all for the prince to ascend the throne.
Now Zhao Zhuoxi only needs to ask someone to keep an eye on the prince.
"What's next? What should we do?" Jiang Jiu asked again.
Zhao Zhuoxi was confident: "Next...something big is going to happen in Daning."
In the Queen's bedroom, Queen Zhou didn't understand. She just went out for a while, but when she came back, the sky had changed.
She was so angry that she paced back and forth in her bedroom.
"Who can tell me what happened?"
The ones taking care of the Queen's bedroom today are Nanny Qian and Luyao.
Luyao is the top star in Huamanlou in Suzhou. She is an expert in swordsmanship and of course, she is also Zhao Zhuoxi's person.
In addition to Luyao, there were several other girls from Huamanlou. Before Zhao Zhuoxi came to Beijing, they were all sent to the palace through various channels.
Nanny Qian patiently explained to the Empress: "Reporting to the Empress, the commander of the Imperial Guards intended to assassinate the Ninth Prince, but was killed by the guards around the Ninth Prince. The Emperor then ordered people to arrest him, but he turned around and said it was the Empress' idea..."