Chapter 541: Disintegration of All Forces
In this palace, the third prince only trusts this eunuch.
Because he was raised by this eunuch himself.
When the eunuch was seriously ill and about to die, he went to Emperor Jing'an and asked for an imperial physician to bring the eunuch back from the brink of death.
For this reason, the eunuch was grateful for his life-saving grace and became more loyal to him.
In fact, the third prince thought that he was very lucky to have met such a loyal and honest eunuch. If he had met a cunning and mean eunuch, he would not have lived to this day.
"Your Highness, I will do it right away." The eunuch warned, "What you have done must have angered the Imperial Concubine and Prince Yu. You must be careful and vigilant before Prince Yu leaves the capital."
The Third Prince nodded slightly and said, "Alu, once this matter is over, you can stay by my side and take care of my daily life. You don't have to run errands for me anymore."
He rarely said something sentimental: "You have suffered a lot following me, and you deserve to live a good life."
"It is a great blessing for me to have met the Concubine Zhaoyi and Your Highness." When the eunuch entered the palace, he didn't even have a name. It was Dong Zhaoyi who gave him the name "Fu Lu", which meant that he would have both good fortune and luck in the future. "My family is poor, and my parents sent me to the palace to ensure my survival."
"But the person who is responsible for the purification has to charge eight taels of silver as a fee. How can my family afford such a sum of money? We should sign a contract. When I enter the palace and earn a monthly salary, I will pay it back slowly."
"Fortunately, I was lucky enough to be assigned to serve the Empress Zhaoyi. She took pity on me and gave me money to purify myself. It's a pity that such a good person as the Empress Zhaoyi passed away so early. If she knew that Your Highness had finally found happiness after all the hardships, she would surely be overjoyed."
After saying these words, the eunuch wiped his eyes and left in a hurry.
The Third Prince felt deeply upset upon hearing this. As far as he could remember, his biological mother had passed away due to illness. All the information he had about her came from Fulu.
In Fulu's mind, his biological mother was a gentle and kind woman, not unlike the gods in folk tales. Perhaps it was because his biological mother was too kind and too weak that she was killed by Concubine Ling.
After Fulu left, the third prince put all his thoughts aside, took out a stack of rice paper from the drawer, and went to the Taiji Hall.
He has no close relatives, so he has no weaknesses.
If Prince Yu wants to deal with him, he can only start with him as a person.
If the Third Prince wants to protect his own safety, the best way is to stay by Emperor Jing'an's side and not give Prince Yu the opportunity to take action.
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When Prince Yu returned to the palace from the palace, he ordered someone to call the Chancellor to the study.
Even someone as calm as Concubine Ling lost her composure at the Third Prince's little trick and almost fell into his trap, not to mention the bunch of idiots in the Ling family. She must give them a warning.
After all, Ling Zhongshi was both stupid and greedy. Last time, Ling's Hongyun Shipping Company snatched the order from Gu's Trading Company in Qingzhou, and took the initiative to jump into the trap set by Cheng'en Marquis Mansion for Gu's Trading Company, taking the blame for Gu's Trading Company and almost causing a disaster.
After a while, the Chancellor came to the study and asked, "Your Highness, is there something wrong in the palace?"
"My mother and I are fine," Prince Yu ordered. "Go to the Ling family and warn Ling Zhongshi that before I leave for my fiefdom, all the shipping companies under his name should stop accepting orders. Review the orders that have been accepted. If you find anything unusual, send someone aboard to conduct a thorough search."
Zhan Shi received the order and said, "I will do it right away."
"Wait." Prince Yu remembered Ling Zhongshi's behavior and felt uneasy. "All the orders we accepted will be cancelled. Also, for the next ten days or so, have them stay in the mansion. If anyone leaves, kill them immediately."
Zhan Shi was shocked by Prince Yu's harshness and ruthlessness.
On second thought, Zhan Shi could understand Prince Yu's cruelty.
If verbal warnings are useless, the only option is bloodshed.
This time, Prince Yu's life and death is at stake, so we cannot be careless.
After all, Ling Zhongshi had a long criminal record. In the past, he had relied on Concubine Ling to pressure Prince Yu, forcing Prince Yu to clean up his mess. He never took Prince Yu's warnings to heart. Every time, he promised Prince Yu that he would not do it again, but the next moment he got Prince Yu into another big mess.
However, ever since the incident when Hongyun Shipping Company was transporting government grain, Ling Zhongshi has become much more restrained.
The Chancellor said solemnly, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will explain the consequences to Lord Ling. He will surely understand the stakes involved and will not act insincerely."
After saying this, Zhan Shi left the study and went to Ling Mansion.
Prince Yu leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes slightly, and slowly sorted out his thoughts in his mind, wondering if there was anything he had not thought through thoroughly enough that could easily be exploited.
Suddenly, Prince Yu opened his eyes and thought of the officials who followed him.
He was stripped of his power at the morning court today.
In order to compensate him, Emperor Jing'an allocated him an extra fiefdom.
From this we can see some clues that Emperor Jing'an intended to send him to his fiefdom, and that this was after he got married and before he was appointed Crown Prince.
All the officials who followed him were old foxes. How could they not see what Emperor Jing'an was thinking?
Someone is bound to contact him to discuss countermeasures.
Anyone who comes to see him is afraid that his power will be lost.
because……
“Knock knock—”
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the servant said outside: "Your Highness, the admiral is here."
Prince Yu's face darkened and he said in a cold voice, "Please ask him to come in."
"Yes." The attendant took the order and left.
A short while later, the Admiral came to the study and was about to salute Prince Yu when he heard Prince Yu say, "You shouldn't have come to see me."
The Admiral was startled, then quickly grasped Prince Yu's intention. "Your Highness, the Emperor has taken away your power in order to exile you to your fiefdom. We haven't committed any acts of treason, so the Emperor wouldn't strip all the officials close to you of their authority."
He was a military officer in charge of three thousand cavalrymen in one of the three major camps in the capital, responsible for commanding the army, directing operations, training soldiers and other matters.
Although there is a Lord Durong above him, Lord Durong is also Prince Yu's man.
If Emperor Jing'an dismissed them from their posts, wouldn't the Beijing army be in chaos?
Prince Yu, however, thought that this group of military officials were taking things for granted and did not understand what kind of person Emperor Jing'an was.
He said sternly, "Until I send you a letter, you must each focus on your duties. You must not contact me, nor exchange private letters with other officials." After a pause, he added, "No matter who gets into trouble, you must take care of yourselves to avoid being implicated."
Since Emperor Jing'an has chosen the third prince as the crown prince, he will spare no effort to pave the way for the third prince and clear all obstacles.
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