Chapter 304 The Skinny Horse from Yangzhou Sent to Disrupt the Country (1)
(The Shi Dynasty was full of twists and turns.
The new emperor is gentle, the prince is violent, and the regent has great power in the court and the country, second only to the emperor.
The prince is about the same age as the new king.
They all long to ascend the supreme throne and become the master of the world.
As a trained skinny horse from Yangzhou, Qingwu was asked by the Regent to wreak havoc on the dynasty.
Coincidentally, she also has her own purpose.
After entering the palace, she was indeed the most favored among the six harems, but she seemed to have discovered more and more abnormalities with the new emperor.
The way the prince looked at her changed from being wary at first to...
And her Lord Regent...
Faced with the regent's regretful plundering, Qingwu's goal was to become the most noble woman in the dynasty.
Regardless of whether the emperor is a new ruler, a crown prince, or a regent...
She will let her child become the king of the Shi Dynasty.
In this world, there are 1v3 players, and the three of them are actually brothers, but on the surface they are father and son, monarch, minister, uncle and nephew... Don't delve into the logic~)
The pleasure boat, loaded with starlight, slowly moored at the bank of the canal.
The gilded wall lamps hanging on the vermilion lacquer columns dyed the water surface amber, creating a dreamlike scene.
The pearl curtains hanging from the eaves and corners swayed gently in the wind, making a clear and pleasant ding-dong sound. The sound seemed to be wrapped in stringed instruments, floating away in the distance.
After walking around the nine-curve corridor built with Taihu stones, the true appearance of the three-story pavilion is fully revealed before your eyes - the glazed tiles are shining under the light of lanterns, just like a palace in heaven poured down to the earth.
A servant dressed in brocade stood with his back bent, carefully lifting the Xiangfei bamboo curtain. A warm fragrance mixed with a strong smell of alcohol came to his face like a tide.
When you enter the pavilion, the first thing that catches your eye is the shark silk curtains hanging from the carved wooden beams.
The twelve gilded screens cleverly divided the lobby into elegant seats. Through the translucent gauze curtains, one could vaguely see the rouge-red figure swaying inside.
In the center of the hall, a singing girl holding a pipa was kneeling on a red carpet. Her fingertips lightly plucked the strings, producing melodious and graceful music.
The lyrics are full of the lingering softness of the Wu dialect, which makes people feel intoxicated.
As the room was full of people drinking and chatting, some people fell drunkenly on the lap of a beautiful woman, and the shouts of some people throwing dice made the golden bells on the beams ring.
The scent of cosmetics and wine filled the warm room, making the moonlight in Yangzhou city seem intoxicating and hazy.
This is the men's den of illicit gain, the largest brothel in Yangzhou City—
Yuefang Pavilion.
However, in the innermost private room, the atmosphere was completely different, cold and serious.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Regent."
"This is the beauty trained by Yuefang Pavilion. Please inspect her, Your Majesty the Regent."
Wearing a dark purple robe with python patterns, he looked noble and dangerous.
The robe was woven with top-grade Shu brocade, with fine gold threads outlining lifelike python patterns. It flickered coldly under the candlelight, and every scale seemed to hold a hidden edge.
At the collar and cuffs was a circle of luxurious black fox fur, soft and fluffy, but it could not reduce the chill emanating from his body.
Instead, it made him look even more cold and majestic.
He was tall and straight, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, but his aura seemed to be able to overwhelm the entire building.
His posture was straight, without the slightest bend in his back, which showed his innate dignity and pride, but also carried the iron-blooded ruthlessness that had come from being in power for a long time. The two blended together to form a powerful aura that was frightening.
His long, inky black hair was neatly tied up and fixed with a dark jade hairpin. A few strands of hair hung down on both sides of his resolute face, adding a touch of unruly to his stern look.
His face was hard and sharply defined.
His sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, and under his ink-black eyebrows, his eyes were narrow and deep, like a cold pond, which made people afraid.
The chill and oppression revealed in those eyes were like substance, blowing towards you and making you shudder.
His eyes seemed to be stained with frost, cold and ruthless, without a trace of warmth. His icy gaze seemed to be able to decide the life and death of people all over the world.
He wore a wide black belt around his waist, from which hung a gold medal engraved with the emblem of the Regent's Palace and a sword that gleamed with a cold light.
These two things undoubtedly demonstrate his identity and status.
The purple-robed prince.
Purple itself represents nobility and power. In the current dynasty, only one person dares to wear such purple brocade clothes so unscrupulously.
Only one person can wear the gorgeous purple with such noble and dazzling temperament.
This person is the regent who is second only to the emperor and above all others, with the greatest power in the government and the whole country.
Shi Yanqing.
And at this moment, kneeling in front of him was his "mother" Yue Niang, who had been in charge of Yuefang Pavilion for many years.
Yuefang Pavilion is the largest brothel in Yangzhou City on the surface, but in fact, it is the largest intelligence organization rooted in Yangzhou and used to gather intelligence.
There are many talented people here, who have helped the Regent obtain the family secrets of dignitaries from all sides.
These secrets may become their handle, providing strong support for the Regent to unify the world.
Suddenly, a deep light flashed across Shi Yanqing's eyes, as if he was thinking about something.
The late emperor seemed to be a romantic man who was greedy for beauty. His harem was filled with countless concubines, and these concubines also gave birth to many children for him.
Under his rule, the Shi Dynasty gradually became chaotic and foul.
The situation did not improve until the new king ascended the throne.
But in Shi Yanqing's opinion, the late emperor was simply a madman who was moody and treated the dynasty as an amusement park.
The late emperor had nearly a hundred children in his lifetime.
When the fight for the throne reached its peak, there were more than forty princes who met the age requirements and were eligible to compete for the throne.
As a cruel monarch, the late emperor openly advocated the principle of "survival of the fittest" and openly asked the princes to fight each other. Whoever wins in the end will inherit the throne.
As soon as these words were spoken, the cunning princes began to think.
A melee between the princes is on the verge of breaking out, and the forces of all parties are intertwined and complicated, and everyone is eager to ascend the supreme throne.
Those princes who usually seemed to live in harmony and treat each other with brotherly love, now tore off their disguised masks without hesitation and revealed their hideous true faces.
They prepared for war and plotted against each other in secret.
The late emperor was like an indifferent bystander, watching his sons fail one after another and even witnessing them killing each other.
This brutal battle for the throne plunged the princes and princesses into a vortex of madness, especially the number of princes, which decreased sharply.
In the end, not even the number of ten fingers could be reached, some died, some were disabled.
In this bloody battle, many princes and princesses gradually realized that all this was just a vicious game played by their cold-blooded father.
In order to save their own lives, they had to give up their fight for the throne and withdraw from this cruel war in disgrace.
The one who truly survived till the end and almost unscathed in this war for the throne.
Only three people were left.
One is the ninth prince, Shi Yanqing, who was born into a prominent family but was tragically unlucky and died suddenly when he was at the peak of his favor.
The seventeenth prince, Shi Wenjin, has been hiding in the cold palace and has been ignored by everyone. His mother is of humble origin and he grew up in the cold palace since he was a child. He has been bullied by everyone.
There was also the 56th prince, Shi Qi Jin, who was born to a commoner woman and was forcibly abducted by the late emperor during a secret visit.
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