Chapter 190: Joining the Game
Everyone is the protagonist in his own life and the supporting role or cannon fodder in other people's lives.
Xiao Yuan's current destiny is not much different from that in the original novel.
But because he was a marginal figure who was not even cannon fodder, there is not much record of him.
Jiang Xinyu only knew that Xiao Yuan was framed and imprisoned because of the failure of the Seizing the Righteousness Team and then died in prison, but the specific circumstances were not mentioned in the book so she naturally had no way of knowing.
She thought that her arrival had changed many things and should also have changed Xiao Yuan's fate.
But unexpectedly, if the change is not at the key point, the effect will be minimal.
For example, the main reason why Xiao Yuan was wrongly imprisoned was not the accusation and evidence provided by Li Mingyue, the wife of the governor, but the loss of the trust of those in power.
Just like what Xiao Yuan himself said.
If I gain power, no one will dare to search my house.
If I fall, whether I hide my dragon robe or write anti-poems is just one more charge or one less charge, which is not important at all.
Therefore, Li Mingyue's denunciation is not the key point, and whether she marries Xiao Yuan or not is not that important.
Jiang Xinyu changed the fate of the original owner and the fate of her concubine's sister and Zhao Chengye.
But because who he marries has nothing to do with Xiao Yuan's life or death, Governor Xiao is still rushing towards his predetermined destiny.
The original work is a romantic otaku fighting novel.
While the book is describing the intrigues, love and hatred in the Ningguo Mansion, the outside world is not standing still.
Those who were seeking power were still seeking power, those who were committing murder and arson did not stop, and the court was filled with the flashing of swords and the shadow of swords.
Xiao Yuan's original destiny was to go to Xuzhou for disaster relief, but was robbed and killed. He sensed that something had changed in the capital, so he asked someone to pretend to be him and return quietly.
Then, Zhang Zhongyi's men reported him to the emperor for abandoning his post and having rebellious intentions. He lost the old emperor's trust and was arrested and imprisoned.
At that time, Zhang Zhongyi had already made preparations and pretended to be assassinated in advance, playing a trick of cunning rabbit near death.
The third prince then found someone to report Xiao Yuan's ten major crimes, giving the old emperor a reason to kill him off.
There are several key points in this series of events:
First, Xiao Yuan returned to Beijing.
Second, Zhang Zhongyi faked his near-death injury.
Third, the old emperor became suspicious and sent the man to prison.
As long as these three points are correct, it doesn't matter whether disaster relief successfully kills a few killers.
Xiao Yuan rushed to the capital with a few of his trusted men, and suffered a lot along the way, sleeping in the open air.
Not only was she mentally exhausted, but her thighs and private parts were also rubbed red and swollen.
But when he finally sneaked into the city to contact his people, he was suddenly surrounded by the imperial guards.
Seeing Chen Kuang's evasive eyes, Xiao Yuan seemed to have no idea what was going on. He sneered and didn't ask a single question.
Since there must be a reason for betrayal, it doesn't matter what the reason is.
Madam Xiao Yuan Wubiqing had left this place of trouble long ago, so no matter whether he could get through this hurdle or not, as long as he could save his madam, he had nothing to fear.
In the end, he was fooled by the old guy, but it doesn't matter, he is not made of clay.
It is common to have ups and downs in the court, but as long as you survive, you will always be able to come out on top.
After all, he has been the supervisor of the East Factory for so many years. Even if he is imprisoned now, not everyone can step on him.
The imperial guards who came to arrest Xiao Yuan were extremely polite and arranged the best cell for him, but this was only relatively speaking the best.
No one dared to search the East Factory Supervisor. Xiao Yuan just handed over his knife, but no one touched the other things on his body.
Even on the night I entered the cell, someone secretly brought me water and news.
The capital has been quite bustling ever since Xiao Yuan left for disaster relief, but the busiest time was during the past ten days or so.
First, the little grandson of the Crown Prince and the little grandson of the Second Prince were fighting in the Shangshufang, and were caught by the Emperor and punished.
But we haven't found out what he said specifically, but it is said that the emperor was very angry.
Just one day later, the second prince broke his leg while riding a horse while drunk, and then the third prince's eldest son inexplicably fell into the water and became seriously ill.
There is nothing new about the fact that King Kang has been bedridden since a month ago.
The fifth prince was involved in a romantic case and was beaten by the emperor and forced to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors.
In a nutshell, all the princes who grew up seemed to have bad luck.
The royal family is not at ease, and the court is not at ease either.
A few days ago, Left Prime Minister Zhang Zhongyi was assassinated and is still in a coma. According to doctors, he is seriously injured and may die at any time.
The emperor was furious and ordered Wucheng Bingmasi to speed up the capture of the thieves, but so far nothing has been found.
Nowadays, everyone in the capital is in danger and the inspections are more strict than usual.
The reason why Governor Xiao was arrested also sounds very strange. It is said that Lord Liu of Yushitai accidentally saw Governor Xiao on the street.
The imperial envoy who was clearly delivering disaster relief thousands of miles away showed up in the capital. Lord Liu of course immediately went to the palace to report to the emperor.
The emperor didn't believe it at first.
But Liu Yu had a good reputation as an official historian and he guaranteed with his life and property that he was absolutely correct, so the emperor became suspicious and sent the imperial guards.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuan was caught red-handed in the place Mr. Liu said.
Xiao Yuan knew that the so-called Liu Xishi was just a smokescreen, and what really led to his arrest was Chen Kuang's betrayal.
But this is meaningless.
The key point is that someone was here without reporting to the emperor, so the emperor became suspicious.
Thinking about what happened in recent days, he could guess that this was a conspiracy against him.
Although these things seem unrelated, they are vaguely suspicious.
After sending the people away, Xiao Yuan took some medicine for himself first, then closed his eyes and thought about the key points of these things in his mind.
He didn't believe a word of the news that Zhang Zhongyi was assassinated.
The old guy did this just to weaken his role as the supervisor of the East Factory.
Xiao Yuan always knew that he was just a tool used by the old emperor to control his court officials.
The main target was the Left Prime Minister, who was the teacher of all the princes and had many students all over the world.
And if Zhang Zhongyi died, then no one else would be a concern.
There is no need to use a butcher knife to kill a chicken, so I will naturally break this overly sharp weapon to avoid hurting myself.
But if this alone is not enough to make the emperor make up his mind, then there must be other reasons why the emperor imprisoned himself without even asking any questions.
Of course, it is definitely not the kind of corruption, abuse of power, dereliction of duty, etc. listed by those rubbish.
It must have been something that touched the old emperor's chagrin and he could not tolerate.
Xiao Yuan's heart suddenly moved.
Apart from his own life, the old emperor cared most about the power in his hands.
In order to avoid suspicion, he had long since moved out of the palace and did not go in and out of the palace very often.
The servants who served the emperor were all from the same group as Xiao Ling, who was not on good terms with him.
It can be said that he had nothing to do with the old emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and there was no possibility that he threatened the emperor's life.
That can only be rights.
His secret plan to help the prince was exposed.
Probably not, he met the prince in disguise and no one knew about it.
The prince would not be stupid enough to expose their relationship.
Then it could only be the flattery of Zhang Zhongyi and others that made the old emperor think that he had sided with a certain prince.
The second prince was the son-in-law of the left prime minister and suffered this time, and the third prince was also plotted against.
The fourth prince was crowned king early on and had no right of succession, and the fifth prince also did some dirty things and that made it impossible for him to succeed.
The other princes are still young.
So Zhang Zhongyi forced the prince on him without knowing that he had any relationship with the prince.
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