1589 Counterattack, Reasonable and Unreasonable

The water in the imperial city was becoming more and more muddy. The emperor would often not attend the morning court, and when he did attend, he would listen more than he spoke, and he looked like he would not live long.

The chief commander of the Blood-Clothed Guards was thrown into the Shuntian Prefecture prison by the Ninth Prince's uncle, and the Emperor did not ask a single question about it. The Shuntian Prefecture submitted a memorial to the Emperor, but received no response from the Emperor, so they acted according to the law.

The Blood-Cloaked Guard had lost its chief commander, and the Emperor did not send anyone to take over. For a time, the entire Blood-Cloaked Guard was lifeless. Those Blood-Cloaked Guards who were once so arrogant now became like turtles, hiding in the Blood-Cloaked Guards and not daring to take a single step.

The imperial edict asking the Ninth Prince to guard the imperial mausoleum was like a joke. The Ninth Prince's personal soldiers threw out the person who delivered the imperial edict, along with the imperial edict. The rows of imperial guards wanted to take action, but were beaten back by the personal guards of the Ninth Prince's Palace.

It was thought that the Emperor would take the opportunity to charge the Ninth Uncle with a crime of disrespect, but unexpectedly, before the Emperor could punish the Ninth Uncle, a memorial came from the Imperial Censorate, saying that the Emperor's memorial to ask the Ninth Uncle to guard the imperial mausoleum was absurd.

The imperial mausoleum has not been built yet, so what is there to guard?

The coffins of the late emperor and the late empress are not in the imperial mausoleum, so whose imperial mausoleum are they guarding?

The Ninth Prince is the youngest son of the late emperor. The late emperor had left a will that the new emperor should treat the Ninth Prince well. However, the emperor asked the Ninth Prince to guard the imperial mausoleum. This is just a slap in the face of the late emperor.

The censor's words were sharp and harsh, and he denounced the emperor harshly and bluntly, almost saying: Your Majesty, it's okay that you are not wise, but can't you be less stupid?

Not only did he kill his own son, but now he has issued such a nonsensical imperial decree. If this gets out, all the officials in Dongling will feel ashamed.

Although this imperial edict was not the emperor's intention, in the eyes of the world, it was the emperor's intention. Facing the accusations of the censors, the emperor was furious but had nothing to say. The officials of the Xie family also gnashed their teeth in hatred, but they could not do anything to the ninth uncle.

In the court, the Luo Wang Party, Zhou Wang Party, Former Prince Party, Aristocratic Family Party, and Nobles Party all gathered together and stood behind the Ninth Prince, making it clear that they were going to challenge the Xie Family.

These people all spoke for the Ninth Uncle, not because they supported him, but because the Xie family was too ruthless. They wanted to take the life of the former crown prince and sent the Ninth Uncle to the imperial mausoleum.

If this is how they treat the princes and the royal family, what about the officials who did not stand with the Xie family? Will they still have a way to survive in the future?

Originally, these people did not want the Eighth Prince to succeed to the throne. It goes without saying that if the Eighth Prince succeeded to the throne, the Xie family would definitely gain power. What would happen to them in the future would depend on what the Xie family said. This was something that many people could not accept.

When the Xie family was arrogant before, everyone was very dissatisfied. It’s not that they didn’t think about fighting back, but without a leader, they couldn’t work together even if they were powerful, and could only let the Xie family jump around.

Now that the Ninth Prince has appeared and this incident has happened as a lead-in, it would be a joke for them to let the Xie family go.

You know, they have been holding back their anger for several months. If they don't let it out now, when will they?

In addition to officials from the Xie family faction, even the royalists submitted memorials, implicitly persuading the emperor not to be so foolish and treat the imperial edict as a joke. The imperial edict of the former crown prince was still stuck there and had not been executed, and another imperial edict that could not be executed was issued. Isn't this a disgrace to the royal family?

The dormant forces on all sides seemed to want to vent all the dissatisfaction that had been pent up for some time. Memorials flooded into the emperor's desk like snowflakes. The situation was completely one-sided. The Xie family could not withstand it and could only retreat.

The Xie family had not expected such a situation. They just wanted the Ninth Prince to go to the imperial mausoleum, so why did it cause such a big backlash?

The Xie family didn't understand, but the emperor knew it very well.

The Xie family gained power too quickly, and most of the power was accumulated by him as the emperor. The Xie family's power was not stable at all.

Before, all civil and military officials kept silent, and all forces avoided the Xie family and actively cooperated with them. It was only because there was no one to rely on in the imperial city, and the Xie family had the emperor as their banner. These people did not want to die, so they would not say a word.

Now that the Ninth Prince has come, and it is clear that he does not get along with the Xie family, it would be a joke for them to still tolerate the Xie family.

The Xie family still has a long way to go before they can actually control Dongling. The struggle has just begun...

If the emperor had not been poisoned, he would definitely move a chair to watch the fun, but he happened to be in the game.

If the Ninth Prince's counterattack in the court was to smear the Xie family's reputation and destroy the Xie family's morale, then Wang Jinling's counterattack was to chop off the Xie family's limbs and cut off the Xie family's future...

For a family to remain prosperous, the key is not how wise the elders are, but the younger generation, the heirs...

No matter how strong and capable the elder in the family is, he has a limited time to live. The young people can outlast him. Once he dies, is there any need to fight?

Wang Jinling's counterattack against the Xie family was aimed at the third and even fourth generation of the Xie family. He would not let go of any adult male in the Xie family.

This time, Wang Jinling wanted to cut off the bloodline of the Xie family, leaving them without descendants, and let the old men of the Xie family guard the glory of the Xie family and watch them slowly decline...

That night, when Patriarch Xie was talking to the Emperor in the palace, the entire imperial city was under martial law. There was no patrolling soldier, and the streets were silent, without even a breeze...

And, it was on such a night that a group of men in black rushed out of the alley and attacked the Xie Family Ancestral Hall.

If the younger generation represents the family's future glory, then the ancestral hall represents the family's past glory. The tablets placed in the ancestral hall represent the family's pride. But at this moment...

This group of men in black want to destroy the pride of the Xie family.

Although the man in black was masked, he acted very arrogantly and did not hide his tracks. Before he got close to the ancestral hall, he was discovered by the guards of the Xie family and a fight broke out between the two sides.

The men in black were numerous and their martial arts were not weak. The few people from the Xie family who were guarding the ancestral hall were no match for them. Seeing that the men in black were about to approach the ancestral hall, the guards of the Xie family had to send a signal and ask people to come to help.

When the people from the Xie family's main residence saw that something happened in the ancestral hall, they immediately brought people to provide support.

The whole Xie family was in an uproar. Although it was not a complete mess, the masters were all awakened. When they heard that someone had attacked the Xie family ancestral hall, the direct descendants of the Xie family were so angry that their faces turned blue. They pounded the table and smashed the cups: "What kind of bastard dared to attack our Xie family ancestral hall?"

"Kill them all. Don't leave any one alive. Skin them and hang them on the wall. I want to see who else has the guts to kill me at the door of the Xie family."

"Investigate, investigate immediately, who is it that dares to touch the Xie family's ancestral hall? They are tired of living."

Several old men from the Xie family gathered together and yelled and cursed, apparently very angry. However, they did not know that when the Xie family was in chaos, a group of men in black took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the Xie family and carry out the assassination mission...

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