After picking up Ye Andu, the coachman drove the carriage slowly towards the palace.
Xiao Chen was a little sleepy because it was his first time attending court.
But after hearing the good news brought by Ye Andu, he became more energetic.
Thanks to Ye Andu's popular science along the way, Xiao Chen learned that the court is currently divided into two forces.
The first is the Prince's Party, to which Prince Xiao Ming belongs. Most of them are composed of the noble forces of the dynasty, and they support Xiao Ming to become the prince.
He wanted to take the opportunity to improve his title, gain the merit of following the emperor, and pass it down from generation to generation.
The Jing Wang Party and the Yu Wang Party shared the same hatred and could be considered as one party for the time being. They wooed the poor people in the court and supported talented people to serve as officials in the court.
Together, the two of them are also vaguely competing with Crown Prince Xiao Ming.
Others, such as the Ye family, the Lu family, the Imperial City Bureau in the military, and the ministers of various departments in the cabinet, mostly have ambiguous attitudes and do not clearly support any party.
After listening to Ye Andu's stories along the way, Xiao Chen showed a look of horror.
The complexity of the power background of the Great Zhou Dynasty far exceeded his imagination.
You know, Crown Prince Xiao Ming's power is quite impressive even on the surface, and it takes the combined efforts of Prince Jing and Prince Yu to compete with him.
But Xiao Chen knew that Xiao Ming had far more than just these cards in his hand.
The Southern Xinjiang Gu Master who escaped last night, the middle-aged Grandmaster who was captured alive by Luo Wei, and the assassins of the Sihai Gang who were sent to silence people.
The power in Xiao Ming's hands is definitely greater than Xiao Chen imagined.
What's more, he can compete with Xiao Ming's party against King Jing and King Yu!
Neither of them is easy to mess with!
Strength...
Xiao Chen sighed.
Then, continue looking towards the horizon.
At the hour of Mao, the sky had just brightened and a white edge appeared at the end of the imperial city.
With the help of the daylight, Xiao Chen could vaguely see two teams going to court converging towards Qianyuan Hall.
You have to know that only officials of the sixth rank or above can come to court, and such people would shock people anywhere outside the imperial capital.
In this imperial city, you can't even ride a horse, let alone take a carriage!
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the palace, Xiao Chen saw an old eunuch in a crimson robe waiting for him from afar.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince!!"
As the carriage approached, Xiao Chen could clearly see the person coming. It was the old eunuch Huang Jin.
"Eunuch Huang?"
"Why are you here?"
"Where's the Emperor?"
Xiao Chen was stunned and looked at Huang Jin in surprise.
You have to know that Huang Jin is his father's personal eunuch, so how could he be asked to wait for Xiao Chen for no reason?
"Your Majesty has orally ordered that the Ninth Prince Xiao Chen, who has not yet been crowned king, enter the palace to attend court, which is not in accordance with ancestral rules."
"However, the matter of privately mobilizing troops still requires a confrontation in the palace."
"Tell the Ninth Prince Xiao Chen to wait in the side hall!"
"So ordered!"
"Your Highness, please follow me!"
Before Xiao Chen got off the carriage, Huang Jin had already finished reading the oral order!
He had an expressionless face and bowed to Xiao Chen.
Obviously, he has formed a fixed impression of Xiao Chen's "deviant" behavior!
Prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain.
Xiao Chen secretly complained, but smiled and agreed repeatedly:
"Of course! Of course!"
"Eunuch Huang, please!"
As he spoke, Xiao Chen took Ye Andu out of the carriage and followed Huang Jin towards Qianyuan Hall.
As soon as he got off the carriage, Xiao Chen felt countless gazes directed at him.
"Is this His Majesty the Ninth Prince?"
"He really dares to come?"
"Oh my God, first he attacked the emperor's sister-in-law, and then he mobilized troops without permission. And you see, he's acting like nothing happened."
Immediately afterwards, all kinds of whispers came into his ears.
Xiao Chen's face turned black!
It's as if because his reputation is so bad, nothing he does is strange.
Along the way, the only thing that surprised these people was that Xiao Chen had committed so many crimes punishable by death, yet he was still able to go to court to defend himself.
Xiao Chen looked around, lacking interest.
Following his line of sight, he stared at Huang Jin in front of him.
For some reason, Huang Jinyuan was not as friendly today as he was when he sent Xiao Chen out of the imperial city that day.
Today, he seemed very anxious and didn't want to say a word to Xiao Chen.
"Eunuch Huang!"
"Eunuch Huang! Please walk slower!!"
Xiao Chen's eyes rolled, he took two quick steps to be on par with Huang Jin, and then spoke loudly.
This attracted the attention of many officials.
Huang Jin's face changed when he heard Xiao Chen's loud voice. He hurriedly stopped and pulled Xiao Chen aside:
"Oh, Ninth Prince, my little ancestor, please be careful about the impact!"
"Be careful of the impact, this is Qianyuan Palace."
"Who are you? Who is this old slave?"
"Is this the place to talk loudly?"
After saying that, he saw more people looking at him strangely, and quickly took Xiao Chen back into the crowd.
"You're walking too fast!"
"If I hadn't called you, I wouldn't have been able to keep up with you!"
Xiao Chen chuckled and asked in a low voice:
"How is Father feeling?"
"Isn't it just that Father asked you to come here just to have you deliver an oral decree?"
Ye An, who was next to Xiao Chen, heard Xiao Chen say this and his face turned pale with fright.
He quickly stopped and distanced himself from Xiao Chen to make sure he couldn't hear what Xiao Chen was saying.
The prince secretly gets close to the emperor's personal eunuch. Isn't this outrageous and presumptuous?
Rebellion?
Huang Jin obviously also knew this truth, and he quickly lowered his voice and said:
"Your Highness, don't consider other people's complaints today!"
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