Chapter 303 The Top Scholar 10
As the eldest son, Chang Ming immediately took over the affairs of the military camp. The emperor had already issued an imperial edict conferring the title of Marquis of Fuyuan upon the eldest son, and also sent three generals there. The original Northern Army was split up, with its garrisons hundreds of miles apart. Chang Ming was promoted to a third-rank military officer, commanding 80,000 troops, and his garrison was moved from Suyuan to Heicheng, 300 miles away.
One-third of the 80,000 troops under his command were originally the garrison of Black City.
In addition, there are a series of arrangements that emphasize the decentralization of military power, with mutual support and checks and balances.
In addition, when the generals went to their posts, their families all stayed in the capital, which could be considered as hostages.
These changes may not be entirely correct, but they are certainly the best suited to the current situation.
After court, Prince Fu returned to his residence with a gloomy face. He never imagined that General Chang, who was only forty-three years old, would die on a woman's belly.
They're more trouble than they're worth.
Fortunately, General Chang was just a backup plan after his failed coup attempt. The 50,000 private troops that An Junda had been raising were the main force. Otherwise, his years of planning would have been ruined!
Ever since his daughter's incident at the Grand Princess's residence, he has been experiencing a series of misfortunes. In the past six months, those civil officials who secretly pledged allegiance to him have been getting into trouble one after another, some being demoted, others having their homes confiscated. If this continues, he fears that he will not have a single person in the court who will support him.
Besides the current emperor, there are three other bloodlines of the late emperor. We shouldn't let his hard work go to waste and only for outsiders to benefit from it in the end.
That very night, Prince Fu summoned his confidants. He had originally thought that he needed to make further preparations, but now he brought it forward.
The secret guards who had been keeping an eye on Prince Fu immediately sent the news to the palace.
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Two days later, a note that had been checked several times was delivered to Yilan Courtyard.
Jiahe and Pei Chengyuan almost burst into tears of joy upon seeing the contents of the note; their father was finally about to make his move.
Jiahe patted her belly with a smile, "Our child is so lucky. He just arrived and our good days have already begun."
She suddenly fainted yesterday, and the princess summoned the royal physician for her. Only then did she learn that she was pregnant.
Ning Yan really admired the two of them. They were tormented every day, yet they still had the time to do *that*, and even managed to have a child.
Pei Chengyuan excitedly hugged Jiahe into the house, "I thought I would have to wait a long time, really, Jiahe, I thought I was about to give up."
Jiahe glanced triumphantly at Pei Chengyuan. She had indeed been disappointed in him before, but when he knelt before her and said that the princess had drugged him, which led to his accidental relationship with his cousin, and that he hadn't paid any attention to his cousin even once in the past six months, she forgave him.
"But now the princess is wary of you. How will you do what Father asked you to do?"
Pei Chengyuan said confidently, "Don't worry, for you and our child, I will definitely make this happen. However, I need to borrow some money from you."
Jiahe only hesitated for a moment before realizing what he meant; he was using this to bribe people.
He was immediately given three thousand taels of silver notes; that was enough to bribe the man.
The time given by Prince Fu was ten days later, which was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Because, from An Junda's residence to the capital, traveling by day and night, it would take about ten days.
On the eighth day of the month, not only the princess but also her husband were required to enter the palace, which made it easier for the husband to make his move.
Pei Chengyuan felt more confident and became exceptionally busy these past few days. He didn't even visit Luo Bichi when she was seriously ill several times.
Luo Bichi then developed a deep hatred for Jiahe.
In her opinion, her cousin was neglecting her so much because Princess Jiahe had a child. They were both concubines, but apart from that one time, her cousin never stayed in her room again. She hated it!
That day, Pei Chengyuan was busy trying to please Ning Yan when someone from Yilan Courtyard suddenly came to report: "Your Highness, please go and see, Aunt Rui is suddenly suffering from severe abdominal pain. Please ask Your Highness to fetch a doctor."
Pei Chengyuan's first reaction was to look at Ning Yan, who immediately glared at him and said coldly, "If you don't want your eyes, I can gouge them out for you!"
Pei Chengyuan quickly looked away. He was wrong. The princess didn't care who he slept with or how many children he had. Besides, if she wanted to deal with them, she wouldn't need to go through all this trouble.
Therefore, she couldn't be a princess.
"Princess, I... I'll go check on Aunt Rui first."
Ning Yan let him leave in a flustered manner, a radiant smile blooming on her face. "Come on, let's go see what's going on!"
She suspected that the poisoning of the original owner in the previous life was the result of Pei Chengyuan's deliberate indulgence, in order to show his sincerity towards the original owner, just like doing a strategy mission, breaking down the original owner's defenses step by step so that she could completely trust him.
In this life, she made Pei Chengyuan take Jiahe as a concubine. Luo Bichi couldn't stand being neglected, so she made a move on Jiahe. She thought that Pei Chengyuan would probably make the same choice as in the previous life.
After all, with Prince Fu's success imminent, wouldn't he have to show his sincerity?
This man is used to doing these things!
He was truly born into the wrong family. If he had been a woman, he would have been able to use his talent for scheming against people to ascend to the position of empress long ago, stepping over a pile of corpses.
In Yilan Courtyard, Jiahe's cries of pain could be heard for miles around. Ning Yan understood the mothers in the hospital who advised their daughters not to scream even if they were in pain.
I used to think that mothers didn't understand their children. They were in so much pain, yet they wouldn't let the children cry out.
Now I understand: First, no matter how much you shout, it's useless; the pain will still come. Second, your enemies will laugh at you; the louder you shout, the happier they'll be!
Oh my god, she really wants to laugh right now. This baby is so good! It's a pity the timing is wrong. If Luo Bichi had acted later, Jiahe would have suffered even more.
"Where's the doctor? Why isn't the doctor here yet?" Jiahe's face was contorted with pain.
Pei Chengyuan held her hand and wiped her sweat with a pained expression: "Go and urge them again, see why the imperial physician hasn't arrived yet?"
Just as the maid was about to leave, hurried footsteps came from outside. "Coming, coming. I'm here."
The physician of the palace is an old hand in the household and naturally knows whose job he is doing. There should be no concubines in the princess's residence. Now, a concubine is pregnant with the prince consort's child before the princess. Isn't that just being blind?
So no matter what his two concubines asked him for, he would deliberately stall for time. If the princess saw how devoted he was, would he still have a good life?
Upon entering the main hall and seeing the princess seated in the main seat, the physician bowed to her first. Only after the princess nodded to him did he respond.
People always need to be perceptive and know their place.
Otherwise, they might not even know how they died.
As soon as the imperial physician arrived, Pei Chengyuan immediately began to reprimand him, "Why are you so slow? If anything happens to the princess, I will not forgive you."
The physician replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Alas, Your Highness, please forgive me, but I am old and my legs are no longer able to function."
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