Chapter 499 Rebellion
After receiving the news, Prince Xiang stayed awake all night and wanted to return to Xijing alone the next day to ask the emperor to revoke his order. However, before he left the camp, he was blocked by the grain delivery team led by Xue Zhiqing.
"Your Highness Prince Xiang, what are you going to do? I'll collect enough food and supplies and send them to you." Xue Zhiqing looked at Prince Xiang Li Yunjin eagerly.
"Thank you, Second Miss. I have something to do and need to rush back to Xijing. I'm sorry I can't accompany you."
King Xiang jumped on his horse in a hurry.
"Your Highness Prince Xiang, are you going to stop the new Crown Prince from marrying a Crown Princess?" Xue Zhiqing said softly.
Prince Xiang nodded: "Second Miss should also know that I love Miss Wan Ning and will never give her to Prince Jing."
"Is it just that we can't give Xue Wanning to others? Doesn't His Royal Highness Prince Xiang care about the position of Crown Prince?" Xue Zhiqing stared at Li Yunjin and said slowly.
"What does the Second Miss mean? How can you say such nonsense!" King Xiang looked at Xue Zhiqing in shock, thinking she was crazy.
"Your Highness Prince Xiang, if you want to get what you want, please follow me and let me talk for a while." Xue Zhiqing stood in the way stubbornly.
Li Yunjin thought about it, jumped off the horse, walked in front, and took Su Qianqian into his own tent.
“Your Highness Prince Xiang, if I can help you make the Crown Prince bedridden, I can help you ascend to that position!
If you were not in that position, why do you think Xue Wanning would give up her position as Crown Princess and future Queen to be with you? ”
Xue Zhiqing has now risked everything, betting that Li Yunjin is reluctant to give up that position.
"What did you say?" Li Yunjin slammed the table and stood up.
"You don't really think that it was Xue Wanning who harmed the prince, right? How could someone like her sacrifice so much for you?
Only I, only I, Xue Zhiqing, have been willing to give everything for you since the first time I saw you, and have planned everything for you in order for you to get that position! "Xue Zhiqing looked crazy, she had waited too long for this day.
"You are really crazy! Why would I ever want to get that position? The prince is a humble and honest person, how could you do such a thing?"
Li Yunjin looked at Xue Zhiqing as if she were a madman.
"You don't want that position? Are you willing to be a pawn under someone else's feet forever? And that person is your brother? He has the power of life and death, and you can only obey his orders!
The prince is humble because he is still the prince. How can a person be humble when sitting in that position! Only when you have mastered the power can you become the one who controls your own destiny. I have made this decision for you!
Now you have two choices: you can ascend to the throne of the crown prince, and I will be the one who helps you and become your future queen, or you can lose everything and become just your Highness Prince Xiang, and kneel in the hall to kowtow to Prince Jing and Xue Wanning in the future. ”
Xue Zhiqing seduces Li Yunjin like a poisonous snake.
That scene appeared in Li Yunjin's mind and he closed his eyes in pain.
"Your Highness, you must think carefully. This opportunity only comes once. If you are willing, I will help you take that position. If you are not willing, I will help someone else take that position."
Xue Zhiqing took another step forward.
"How can you help me reach that position?" Li Yunjin said as he slowly opened his eyes.
"Of course I have my own way, Your Highness Prince Xiang, do you think anyone can poison the Crown Prince?" Xue Zhiqing sneered.
"Okay, I will believe you for now, but I have one request." King Xiang said coldly.
"Just tell me, as long as you agree, I will try my best to satisfy you." Xue Zhiqing's eyes lit up instantly.
"You must not harm Xue Wanning's life. After the deed is done, I want to see her kneeling at my feet." Li Yunjin said lightly.
"Okay, I promise you." The emotion in Xue Zhiqing's eyes was ambiguous.
In early August, Duke Xu and Prince Xiang rebelled in Jinning. Under the pretext of upholding the orthodoxy for the sake of the Great Qi State, they joined forces with Duke Xuan to force the troops of Marquis Jinyang and his sons back to Qingzhou.
At the end of August, Prince Xiang and Duke Xu marched towards Xijing, conquering cities and territories along the way. At the same time, Prince Yi, who had been in charge of the government, suddenly took leave and left Xijing, making the already anxious officials even more worried.
The emperor had no choice but to let Prime Minister Xue and Imperial Tutor Su reinstate their posts. Imperial Tutor Su reported the injustice of the Wuning Marquisate and asked the emperor to recall the exiled Qin family members and have Qin Hanzhang take command to stop the rebels from attacking Xijing.
In September, Su Qianqian, who was far away in Muchuan, witnessed for the first time the ferocity and cruelty of the Chen people.
The one who discovered the enemy was a shepherd boy who was herding his two sheep and his neighbor's two sheep on the hillside outside the city.
It was a fine day, and the shepherd boy climbed up a tree to pick wild fruits. As he was about to go down with the fruits in his purse, he suddenly saw a dark cloud in the distance rapidly approaching, with smoke and dust rising from under the cloud.
"Is this the villain who escaped from Southern Xinjiang?" The little boy laughed, because he had heard that villains often escaped from being hunted down in the Evil Valley in Southern Xinjiang.
"Are there so many bad people?" The little boy who was about to climb down the tree stopped and looked into the distance.
"How can the bad guys raise the flag? The eldest brother of the Jiang family said that those who raise the flag are... the army! The army!"
The little boy's eyes widened, remembering Su Qianqian's training for them: "If you find any troops, report to the city as quickly as possible. Do not stop and do not come into contact with the troops."
The child quickly climbed down the tree and ran back, shouting, "The army is coming! The army is coming!"
There was a farmer working on the road. He laughed at the naughty child and continued to weed the field.
The boy ran all the way into the city. When a minor official guarding the city gate heard him shouting that the army was coming, he laughed and said, "This kid who has never seen the world must be the soldiers recruited by Marquis Wuning."
The little boy waved his hands repeatedly and ran out of breath: "The...army has...flags, flags like that!" The little boy pointed at the flag of the Great Qi on the city wall.
"The army of the Great Qi?" The clerk at the city gate looked up and asked with a smile.
"No...no!" The little boy was so anxious that he had to keep running forward. His four sheep were still on the hillside, and he had to report the news quickly so that he could go back to find the sheep.
The little boy ran to Su Qianqian's shop and told her breathlessly what he had seen. Su Qianqian immediately asked Qin Shisan to investigate the situation and stopped the little boy who wanted to go back to look for the sheep.
Su Qianqian took the child to the city gate. At this time, the soldiers who were on lookout on the city wall had noticed something was wrong and hurriedly blew the sirens towards the people below the city.
The gatekeeper, who was still chatting with people entering the city at the gate, was a little confused when he heard the siren. After a while, he hurriedly told the people of Muchuan at the gate to enter the city quickly, as the city gate was about to be closed on emergency alert.
The child Su Qianqian was holding was anxious: "My sheep hasn't come back yet!"
"Good boy, the sheep will be found later, but we have more important things to do now." Su Qianqian said in a deep voice.
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