His cheeks flushed slightly. Sweat! It seemed he'd been too excited, even talking to the other person without even the token. What if he was a liar? Not only would he lose his position as crown prince, he might even lose his name!
When Dongfang Ming saw that the token the messenger took out was the half of the jade pendant he had given to Ling Mingying before, he instantly felt relieved. He took out his own token and combined it with the half of the jade pendant.
After the messenger confirmed Dongfang Ming's identity, he sat down. Dongfang Ming immediately asked his trusted aides to pour water for the ancestor and serve him well.
"What the hell are you doing over there? Why is there no news from the people I sent to South Vietnam? There are so many birds reporting, but you haven't replied to a single message. It's impossible that all the birds have been captured, right?"
I have to say that the Eastern Prince got it right. Right now, not even a single bird can fly in the sky over the border. Every bird that flies up gets shot down. Countless archers are guarding the border every day!
The messenger took a sip of water, composed himself, and said, "Prince Dongfang, something happened at court a while ago, and this plan almost fell through. But fortunately, the matter has now been largely resolved, and we can proceed as planned."
"So something really happened. What happened?" Dongfang Ming asked with a frown.
"Alas!" The messenger sighed deeply and said, "Prince Dongfang, you don't know this. The Prime Minister and you had originally formulated a plan and were about to implement it, but Emperor Dezheng was so angry that he had a stroke because he caught Murong Qingyu and the Empress in an affair."
"I know about this! The Dongxiang court has already received the invitation to Qian Yeming's coronation ceremony."
"Prince Dongfang may not know that Emperor Dezheng's stroke was so sudden that no one had time to react before Qian Yeming became emperor. Furthermore, on the first day of his reign, he executed 224 officials.
The Prime Minister refused to accept this, so he instigated the families of the 224 officials to spread rumors against Qian Yeming. However, the people he sent were beaten by the people who supported Qian Yeming. Unable to withstand the torture, they sold the Prime Minister, who was then arrested by the Jingzhao Yin. Now, the case has been brought to court and he has been sentenced to five years in prison.
"Huh?" Dongfang Ming's mouth twitched wildly. Qian Yeming's stuff was truly burning hot, to the point of motivating the masses to do something like this. Considering Ling Mingying had been playing tricks her entire life, a veteran fox, a trick that had originally been quite damaging had escalated into this kind of outcome.
He was not imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice's prison, nor was he a wanted criminal of the imperial court. He was simply imprisoned in the cell of a mere Jingzhao Yin for a crime of instigating the people to cause riots. Ling Mingying had been so proud all his life, but now he must be so aggrieved and depressed in prison!
"Actually, anyone can see that this is Qian Yeming's way of containing the Ling family. He simply wants them to stop making trouble when he ascends the throne."
"Well, not bad!" Dongfang Ming nodded.
"But before the Prime Minister was captured, he sent the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion to give this token to Concubine Ling. Er... that is, the mother of His Royal Highness Prince Li."
"I don't need to!" Dongfang Ming said impatiently: "Get to the point!"
"Uh... um, okay!" The envoy nodded and jumped directly to the last step and said, "Now General Chai is planning to work together with the Crown Prince to kill Pei Zhong.
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