1630 Worry, this is not asking for mercy

Qingchen, let’s have a child!

Feng Qingchen knew that the Ninth Prince was not just talking, he really wanted a child, or rather, the Ninth Prince needed a child right now.

The Ninth Prince is not young anymore. At his age, his children would be able to go to college, but the Ninth Prince has not even seen the shadow of his child.

The Ninth Prince was not in a hurry before because there were too many dangers around him and he might not be able to keep the child. But it is different now. Dongling is already stable and the Ninth Prince has absolute power in Dongling. It is time to have a child.

After all, the Ninth Prince is not an ordinary person. He needs an heir, an heir that his subordinates can feel at ease with. He cannot wait until the Ninth Prince is in his forties or fifties and the child is only one or two years old. By then, the Ninth Prince will not have the energy to teach the heir.

Feng Qingchen only thought about it for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Okay, we are going to have a baby."

It's not about wanting just one, but preparing to have a child. The Ninth Prince needs an heir, and Feng Qingchen also needs an heir. She can suppress the Fengli clan now, but she can inherit the throne through a side branch. So what about the future?

Therefore, she also needs a child now, and teach him well for more than ten years. When she still has the ability, she can help this child ascend the throne of Fengli.

Although both of them have children with a purpose, this does not affect their expectations and love for children. They just want to leave the best for their children.

After getting Feng Qingchen's personal promise, the Ninth Prince's mood instantly improved. No matter what those people in Liancheng did, they were doomed to fail. He, Dong Lingjiu, had spent half his life building a foundation that would only be left to his descendants. If he was destined to have no heirs, then he would rather destroy it than let other descendants of the Lan family get it.

However, it is not that one can have a child immediately. The Ninth Prince and Feng Qingchen are both mentally prepared. They don't need a year or two to have a child. As long as they are determined, they will have a child sooner or later.

After solving the big issue that was weighing on his mind, the Ninth Prince Uncle devoted more of his energy to handling government affairs and cleaning up court personnel. Dongling was not the Ninth Prince Uncle's final destination. He had never thought of staying in Dongling and being bound by its government affairs.

The Ninth Prince plans to use this time to sort out Dongling's government affairs and then hand them over to the five regent ministers. He will only inquire about Dongling's affairs, and unless it involves military and political power, the Ninth Prince will not interfere with the normal operation of Dongling's government affairs.

In the eyes of outsiders, this act of decentralization shows that the Ninth Prince is of high moral character and does not compete with the young emperor for power. However, those in the know understand that even if the Ninth Prince does not handle government affairs, the affairs of Dongling are all under his control.

The three ministers were the people left behind by the late emperor, and they were loyal to the successor chosen by the late emperor, the Ninth Prince. The other two regents, Wang Jinling and Fu Lin, were ostensibly the Ninth Prince's people and the emperor's people, but in reality, they were all the Ninth Prince's people. Moreover, the two of them could supervise and check each other.

The envoys from the Three Kingdoms and Nine Cities stayed in Dongling for three days and knew that they could not gain any advantage in Dongling. Under the iron-blooded hand of the Ninth Prince, although there were still struggles within Dongling, they were very united to the outside world. No matter what means they used, they could not bribe the people in the palace, let alone contact the emperor.

The retired emperor of Dongling was completely placed under house arrest by his ninth uncle. Even though he still had some power in his hands, he could not contact the outside world and could not use it at all.

The most important thing is that now that the Eighth Prince has ascended the throne, the Ninth Prince can use the new emperor to suppress the power of the retired emperor and slowly weaken the power of the retired emperor.

People in the Three Kingdoms and Nine Cities could see it clearly, so how could the ministers of Dongling not see it clearly? A new emperor appoints new ministers. When a new emperor ascends the throne, if you don’t want to be purged, you must conscientiously carry out the new emperor’s orders and don’t think about overthrowing the new emperor’s regime.

As for Prince Yong, Prince Zhou and others who were far away in their fiefdoms and Chu City, they did have some ideas, but when they thought of the military power in Dongling and Yuwen Yuanhua's reputation, they had to think twice before they wanted to raise an army. Besides, the Eighth Prince ascended the throne legitimately, and if they raised an army they would be committing rebellion.

The envoys from the Three Kingdoms and Nine Cities stayed in Dongling for ten days. When the entire coronation ceremony was over, the envoys had no reason to stay in Dongling. The Ninth Prince did not wait for them to resign, but directly invited the envoys from the Three Kingdoms and Nine Cities in the name of the new emperor to give them a farewell party.

At this point, these envoys had to leave even if they didn't want to. It was fine for the others, as they couldn't gain any advantage in Dongling, so it wouldn't be a bad thing for them to go back early. But it was different for the people in Liancheng.

Lan Jingyang was still hesitant and had not agreed to go with them. Now that the Ninth Emperor had made it clear that he was sending them away, they had no way of staying in Dongling for long, and they couldn't even keep a low profile when they left. It would probably be difficult to take Lan Jingyang away from Dongling.

Envoy Liancheng was almost worried to death. Looking at the Ninth Prince sitting on a high seat and accepting the congratulations from the envoys, a hint of sadness flashed across his eyes. He couldn't help but think in his heart, how nice it would be if the young master and the Ninth Prince switched positions.

Compared with the Ninth Prince, their young master is just a young man who is ignorant of the sufferings of the world. He still thinks that the Ninth Prince cannot survive without Liancheng, but he doesn't know that many years ago, Liancheng relied on the Ninth Prince for support.

Liancheng had close ties with the previous dynasty, which was known to the emperors of the four countries. Although they could not send troops to destroy Liancheng openly, they suppressed it secretly. If it were not for the huge amount of gold and silver support from the Ninth Prince, Liancheng would have been defeated long ago.

Liancheng depends on the Ninth Uncle to survive, but they are not completely loyal to him. The young master, on whom they have placed most of their hopes, is like a child. Not only does he not do his job properly, but he also thinks about competing with the Ninth Uncle every day, as if he can prove how powerful he is as long as he can defeat the Ninth Uncle.

The envoys from various countries and cities had smiles on their faces, but they had their own thoughts in their hearts. Just when everyone thought that the farewell banquet was coming to an end with toasts, an unexpected voice interrupted the progress of the banquet.

The white-faced eunuch whispered something into the Ninth Prince's ear. The Ninth Prince suddenly put down his wine glass and said, "Send the people into the palace."

The white-faced eunuch hesitated for a moment, then met the Ninth Prince's cold gaze. He was so frightened that he trembled and hurriedly went to invite someone in.

"what happen?"

"What's going on? Is there something wrong?"

The envoys were all whispering to each other, feeling uneasy, and the envoy Liancheng was the most worried. He glanced at the Ninth Prince secretly, and saw that his face was as cold as frost and as cold as a sword. He was very nervous, fearing that his worries would come true.

But they knew that the Ninth Prince had been looking for the whereabouts of Young Master Jingyang. Could it be that the Ninth Prince had found Young Master Jingyang and was going to announce his identity?

If the Ninth Prince finds Jing Yang, will they intercede for Jing Yang?

If they come forward to intercede, Liancheng and even the entire Lan family will have to break off relations with the Ninth Prince. Forget about borrowing power from them in the future. It's good enough that the Ninth Prince doesn't suppress them.

But it is impossible to not show up and let Young Master Jingyang die at the hands of the Ninth Uncle.

Seeing that no one had come in, the people in Liancheng were worried. Their hearts were beating fast and they didn't even dare to meet the Ninth Prince's eyes, for fear that the Ninth Prince might see something.

Fortunately, the visitor did not linger outside. Under the expectation of the envoys, the visitor walked step by step into the hall...