1619 Secret Order, the Emperor is arranging his funeral affairs
The news that the Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling had met at Zhufeng Tower was known to everyone with the slightest connections in the imperial city, and the emperor knew it at the first opportunity. He even knew about 70% of the conversation between the two.
"Imperial Master, what a good Imperial Master! You think I'm dead." The emperor was so angry that he smashed the pen and ink on the table to the ground. Looking at the information handed over by his subordinates, he wished he could tear the Ninth Uncle and Wang Jinling to pieces.
He is not dead yet, but these two people are so arrogant. If he dies, will there be a burial place for him in the imperial mausoleum?
Speaking of the imperial mausoleum, the emperor became uncontrollably angry. He spent decades building his own imperial mausoleum, but it was destroyed by an inexplicable natural disaster. The royal mausoleum has not been completed yet. He is going to die too early and will not even have a place to be buried after his death.
He couldn't die. He couldn't die now.
After venting his anger, the emperor gradually calmed down, crumpled the paper in his hand, and said bitterly: "Dong Lingjiu, I will not die. Even if I die, I will drag you down with me."
Pah…The emperor threw the paper ball in his hand towards the wall: “Someone come.”
"Your Majesty." The chief eunuch stepped forward, his trembling shoulders revealing his current mood.
When the emperor gets angry, even he, the emperor's confidant, is afraid.
"Grind the ink." The emperor looked at the messy table and ordered in a cold voice.
The eunuch immediately asked the palace servant to bring new writing brushes and ink, and waited carefully on the side. When the ink was ground and the paper was spread out, the eunuch took three steps back and looked down at the tip of his shoe, fearing that he would see something he shouldn't see.
The emperor picked up his pen and wrote a few secret letters. The eunuch did not see the extra words, but he did see the words "nine" and "kill". His heart almost stopped beating. The eunuch quickly adjusted his breathing, fearing that he would be discovered by the emperor.
The emperor wrote three secret letters in one breath and sealed them himself, then said: "Summon the three ministers, the prime minister and General Wen to the palace. I want to draft an order."
The eunuch's pupils suddenly contracted and he glanced at the emperor quickly. Knowing that his guess was correct, he ran out quickly and announced the decree in person.
Half an hour later, five people who held great power and were the emperor's confidants came to the imperial study. The emperor dismissed his attendants, wrote the imperial edict of succession himself, and repeatedly instructed the five people.
If he is fine, this imperial edict will be annulled. If he is dead, then the imperial edict will be executed immediately, the former crown prince and the current King of Jiangnan will be brought back to the capital to succeed the throne, and the Ninth Uncle and the Eighth Prince will be executed.
As for the Wang family and Wang Jinling, it's not that the emperor doesn't want to take action, but he has no evidence. The conversation between the Ninth Prince and Wang Jinling in Zhufeng Tower is not enough to convict Wang Jinling.
If he survived, he would definitely slowly clean up the Wang family. If he died, he would also leave a will to the new emperor, asking him to pay attention to the Wang family, and preferably get rid of the Wang family.
The emperor has made the worst plan. These five people are his confidants. Even when the Xie family and the Ninth Prince controlled the government, they could not touch these five people.
The five men were fully aware of the importance of the imperial edict. They swore to heaven that they would act in accordance with the emperor's edict. If the emperor made any mistake, they would never let the ninth uncle live another day.
Immediately, the emperor acted swiftly and re-replaced the imperial guards, replacing all important positions with his own people to ensure that the Ninth Prince could not force the palace or put him under house arrest while he was unconscious.
In addition to the Imperial Guards, the emperor also readjusted the deployment of troops and asked his trusted aides to lead troops into the capital to rescue him when necessary.
Everything was ready, and the emperor finally spoke and asked Guo Baoji to treat him.
This was within everyone's expectations. There was nothing that could be done even if the emperor disagreed. Looking across the entire Kyushu continent, apart from Guo Baoji, no one else dared to say anything that could draw out the poison in the emperor's body.
The Xie family had already driven the poisonous insects. If Feng Qingchen did not suppress it, the Xie family could still temporarily delay the outbreak of the poison. But once Feng Qingchen took action, the Xie family would have no other options. If the emperor did not accept Guo Baoji's treatment, he would have to wait for the poisonous insects to break out and die.
Since they all face death, the emperor has no choice but to take a gamble.
After receiving the news, Guo Baoji asked the emperor to wait for two more days. He had spent too much energy on attracting the poisonous insect for the eighth prince and needed to rest for a while.
The emperor knew how ugly Guo Baoji's face was when he left the palace that day. For his own safety, the emperor would not urge Guo Baoji, but the past two days made the emperor feel tortured. Although he had arranged his funeral, who would be willing to die? Even if the Ninth Prince died with him, the emperor was unwilling to die.
Although the emperor did this series of things secretly, they were a bit big after all. Although the Ninth Prince could not find out the specific circumstances, he knew what the emperor was going to do based on the people the emperor met and the series of arrangements.
You want him to be buried with you?
The Ninth Prince smiled contemptuously. The Emperor took himself too seriously and really thought that everyone wanted to kill him.
Even the Xie family knows the emperor's temper. They can force him but not too hard. Once the emperor is pushed too hard, he will definitely fight back desperately. How can the Ninth Prince force the emperor to the point where he has to fight back?
The emperor is judging others by his own standards. The Ninth Prince will not only not let the emperor die so soon, but will also let the emperor stay well and watch how the Dongling kingdom falls into his hands.
The Ninth Prince did not make any move. He just watched the Emperor go crazy and try his best to make plans and arrange a way out. He had no intention of competing with the Emperor at all.
But in fact, the chess piece in the Ninth Prince's hand has already fallen, and all he has to do now is wait for the result...
Putting aside the Emperor's affairs, the Ninth Prince could finally stop and have a good rest for two days. However, the Ninth Prince's way of resting was different from others. Others would rest at home, but the Ninth Prince would make trouble for Lan Jingyang.
The Ninth Prince knew that Feng Qingchen had been looking for the whereabouts of Feng Lizhi and the Sixth Elder. He had been too busy before and naturally had no way to help. Now that he was free, how could he leave Feng Qingchen alone to work?
The highest level of finding someone is not to search the world for them, but to force them to show up. The Ninth Prince had the news that Feng Li Qingge was Lan Jingyang's sex slave spread throughout Beiling.
Although Feng Lizhi and the Sixth Elder have some abilities, their identities mean that they dare not act rashly. The Ninth Prince is certain that Feng Lizhi must still be in Beiling.
The Ninth Prince did not understand Feng Lizhi's character, but from his desperate act of saving the Sixth Elder, he could infer that he was a man who valued family affection and he cared very much about his relatives.
He could compromise with Feng Qingchen for Feng Li Youge, and he would also take the risk to come to Dongling for Feng Li Qingge.
No father could tolerate his daughter being raped and turned into a sex slave, especially when the Fengli clan members boasted of their noble birth and Fengli Qingge was being trained as the Fengli legitimate daughter.
The Ninth Prince's inference was correct. Feng Lizhi was indeed hiding in Beiling at this time. When he learned that Feng Li Youge was fine and Qingge and Lan Jingyang were gone, he had some thoughts in his mind, but was persuaded by the Sixth Elder.
"For Youge's sake, you have to hold back for now." It means holding back rather than giving up. The Sixth Elder is also unwilling, but his unwillingness is also rational. He will not betray the Fengli clan and sacrifice his grandson for this unwillingness.
However, when they heard about Qingge, they could no longer sit still. Whether for their daughter or for the reputation of the Fengli clan, they could not pretend that nothing had happened.
Feng Lizhi and the Sixth Elder knew it was a trap, but they still came to Dongling from Beiling without hesitation.
His daughter (granddaughter), a gentleman can be killed but not humiliated...