A Cai's work The Emperor's Phoenix: The Godly Doctor and the Abandoned Concubine ... Volume 1 1920 Official appointment, no one is born with
The conscription had just come to an end when another major event occurred in Dongling that attracted the attention of the Three Kingdoms and Six Cities. That was that Dongling actually appointed a man named Feng Li as a general.
What is Dong Ling trying to do?
The six city lords were fine. After seeing Taicheng, Chucheng and Yeye being taken down by Dongling one after another, the six city lords knew that they could only live a good life if they lived in peace. Therefore, no matter what happened in Dongling, the six city lords pretended to be deaf and dumb, and just pretended that they knew nothing.
But the emperors of the Three Kingdoms could not do this. The fact that the Ninth Prince reused Feng Liyou made them very uneasy. When it came to dealing with the Lan family and the Feng Li clan, the four countries had always united as a front and were determined to kill them all. The Ninth Prince's move was tantamount to betraying them.
This matter is too serious.
"Feng Liyou? What exactly is Dongling going to do? First he is recruiting soldiers, and then he is making use of the Fengli clan members who are known as the God of War. Is he going to unify the four kingdoms?" The one who reacted the most was Nanling, because Taicheng, where Feng Liyou was ordered to garrison, happened to be adjacent to Nanling.
"Damn it, there are actually thousands of people from the Fengli clan still alive. Didn't we say that they would be all killed? Where are they hiding?" Emperor Nanling gritted his teeth and had to send reinforcements to that small corner of Taicheng.
Each country sent envoys and wrote letters to request the Ninth Prince to execute the Fengli clan in accordance with the original agreement of the four countries.
In response to the questioning of Nanling and other three countries, Dongling gave a simpler answer: Who Dongling wanted to appoint as a military general was Dongling's internal affairs, and other countries had no right to interfere. If the three countries insisted on intervening, Dongling would not rule out the use of force to ensure that its regime was not invaded by other countries.
Feng Qingchen told Wang Jinling this official answer half-jokingly and half-seriously. At the same time, Feng Qingchen also suggested that Wang Jinling set up a temporary department to hire a group of eloquent people. If the three countries of Nanling make irresponsible remarks, let this group of people deal with them. If anything goes wrong, these people will not send envoys to find the Ninth Uncle and create more work for the Ninth Uncle.
"This is a good suggestion. The number of envoys sent by various countries has increased exponentially during this period, and we are unable to cope with them all." Not only the Ninth Uncle, but also Wang Jinling's workload has increased several times. It is common for them to stay directly in the government office.
Everyone in Dongling was busy with work, but no one complained, because they saw that Dongling was becoming more and more powerful in their hands, and the envoys from Nanling, Beiling, and Xiling were more respectful and polite to them every time they saw them.
By this time, it was already New Year. The Ninth Prince had sent people to Beiling before the New Year to bring Princess Anping back while negotiating the war and compensation. The reason was that it was almost New Year and the Emperor missed his daughter.
Beiling naturally refused to let her go. Having Princess Anping in hand was equivalent to having a hostage in hand. Even for the sake of face, Dongling would not ignore Princess Anping. However, a defeated country had no right to say these things. The Ninth Prince only took Anping back and did not bring the prince consort with him, which was giving face to Beiling.
Not long after Princess Anping left, something happened in Beiling...
Emperor Beiling has passed away!
Emperor Beiling has been bedridden for a long time, and his death is only a matter of time. Anyway, everyone in Beiling has been prepared for this, and the emperor has also left an imperial edict designating an heir.
But the problem lies with the imperial edict.
Three servings!
The eldest prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince each had an imperial edict in their hands. After verification, these imperial edicts were all authentic and were all stamped with the Beiling imperial seal.
This was a problem. The officials of Beiling had no idea which imperial edict was the real one. The imperial edict about the succession was a secret one. When the emperor issued the edict, only one trusted minister was present, and the edict had not been transferred to the archives. They wanted to ask that official, but...
On the night of the death of the retired emperor, the official died in his own home. The imperial physician diagnosed that he died of overwork.
Naturally, no one believed such a coincidence, but no one had time to care about such trivial matters now. Everyone focused on the fight for the throne. The three princes all had supporters behind them, and their strength was equal. No one was willing to give in. This fight would not be resolved in one or two months.
Beiling was officially caught up in the struggle for the throne, just like Dongling back then. Unfortunately, Beiling did not have a strong figure like the Ninth Prince who could quell the rebellion in a short period of time.
"Beiling is busy with his own affairs, so I'm afraid he has no time to care about the treasures of the previous dynasty." Feng Qingchen knew that the matter of Beiling was definitely planned by the Ninth Prince. Princess Anping must have played an important role in it, otherwise the Ninth Prince would not have sent someone to pick her up.
"Beiling is a strong enemy and we should not confront it head-on." The people of Beiling are strong and good at fighting, and their war horses are much stronger than those of Dongling. Although the Ninth Prince has been improving the breed of war horses, there is no effect to be seen in the short term.
If they really had to fight head-on, the Ninth Prince would not have much chance of winning, so he designed this plan to cause civil strife in Beiling.
Back then, those old monsters from the Killer Alliance spared Emperor Beiling's life just for this day.
"Since when did you start plotting against Beiling?" The more Feng Qingchen read on, the more frightened he became. The Ninth Prince had hidden too deeply in the Beiling period.
The theft of the imperial seal must have been for today's matter. I'm afraid that Emperor Beiling himself did not expect that the Ninth Prince had been plotting against him so early.
“Fifteen years ago, when I was able to protect myself, I started making plans. Unfortunately… the people I arranged in Nanling were thrown into chaos by the emergence of Nanling Jinxing and were not used.” The Ninth Prince felt very sorry, but he was soon relieved.
In this world, not everything can go as one wishes. It is enough for Beiling and Xiling to achieve what he wants. As for Nanling alone, he can crush it even with his military force.
"Fifteen years ago? How old were you then? So...amazing." Feng Qingchen wanted to say "terrible", but was frightened by the Ninth Prince and changed his words obediently.
That’s right, the three imperial edicts in the hands of the three princes of Beiling were all fake. The edict of succession left by the Emperor of Beiling passed the throne to the second prince and had nothing to do with the eldest prince, the third prince and the fourth prince.
As for the person who swapped the imperial edict, he was naturally the trusted minister who wrote the secret edict for the emperor.
"No one is born with these abilities. We have to use strategies... but we have no other choice." The Ninth Prince took the information about Beiling from Feng Qingchen and handed another piece of information to Feng Qingchen: "Ling Tian took people to the ruins of Qinjian Villa."
"Huh? What is he doing there?" Feng Qingchen took it and looked at it, and his attention shifted from Beiling to Qinjian Villa.
"Lan Jingyang is about to die, but Ling Tian is still cooperating with him. What does Ling Tian mean by this?" Ling Tian is not a simple character. Feng Qingchen does not think that Ling Tian is a man of affection and righteousness and will not abandon Lan Jingyang.
"It doesn't necessarily mean cooperation." The greatest treasure of Qinjian Villa is the Ten Thousand Swords Forest. Ling Tian might be...