Chapter 210 Let the Prince Take the Blame
Eunuch De looked at the panting Xiao Zhuzi, his feminine eyes and eyebrows showing a cold and stern look.
"Who wrote the urgent memorial of eight hundred miles?"
When he asked this question, he had already guessed that something had happened to Cao Liang.
Otherwise, the memorial would definitely reach him first!
Xiao Zhuzi panted and shook his head, "I don't know. The memorial was delivered to the palace gate by the courier, and then taken away by Han Liang, the commander of the Dragon Guard, and presented to the emperor."
In other words, Han Chong specifically gave the memorial to Han Liang.
Thinking of this, Eunuch De could no longer sit still.
He took the memorial from Shuangxi and said, "We must find the star general!"
After saying this, he went to the emperor's bedroom.
The emperor had been stung by Ye Chutang's poisonous wasp before, and the poison had not been completely removed. His health had been unwell ever since, and he spent a lot of time in a coma every day.
Only after taking the elixir from Master Centurion did he feel better.
It was already Chou time when Han Liang came to the bedroom with an urgent memorial from eight hundred miles away.
The emperor was sleeping soundly when he was stopped by the eunuchs serving outside the palace.
"Commander Han, the emperor is resting. Whatever you have to say, please report it tomorrow."
After the emperor was poisoned, he became irritable and would beat or punish palace servants if he was not satisfied. He did not want to suffer any misfortune.
Han Liang knew that he would be scolded for waking up the emperor.
But the contents of the memorial concerned the fate of the country and had to be shown to the emperor.
He knocked the eunuch unconscious with a palm, entered the bedroom, and lit all the palace lanterns.
The bedroom was as bright as day, and the emperor frowned unhappily in his sleep.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
Han Liang's loud shout woke the emperor up.
The emperor did not open his eyes, but roared irritably, "Come here, drag him out and chop him off!"
Damn it for disturbing his sweet dream!
Han Liang immediately knelt in front of the dragon couch and presented the memorial with both hands.
"Your Majesty, this is the 800-li memorial from the governor of Liangzhou. The Qi family is planning a rebellion."
When the emperor heard the last four words, he immediately sat up in shock.
A skinny hand pushed aside the bright yellow bed curtain and took away the memorial.
In order to allow the emperor to see more clearly, Han Liang pulled up the bed curtain on the side near the head of the bed.
Then I saw the emperor's ferocious face filled with anger.
"How dare you threaten me!"
"If I don't destroy the Qi family, I will be unworthy of being the ruler of a country!"
After saying this, he threw the memorial to the ground and spat out blood in anger.
Han Liang was terrified and quickly shouted outside, "Call the imperial physician!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch De entered the bedroom.
"What happened?"
Han Liang picked up the memorial on the ground and handed it to Eunuch De.
"This is a memorial sent by the Governor of Liangzhou over an expedited 800-mile journey. Please have a look at it, Grand Supervisor."
Eunuch De frowned and took the memorial.
"Governor? Isn't Liangzhou ruled by the prefect?"
"After reading the memorial, the eunuch will know why the governor is in charge of Liangzhou City now."
As soon as Han Liang finished speaking, the emperor wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and glared at Eunuch De.
"Did you write the secret decree to the governor of Liangzhou?"
He was angry that the Qi family threatened him with treason, and he was even more angry that Eunuch De falsely conveyed the imperial edict!
Eunuch De ignored the furious emperor and read the memorial with a grim face.
He threw the memorial on Han Liang's head.
"Han Chong led a hundred dragon guards to rebel. What crime should you be charged with?"
The cover of the memorial was hard, and the sharp edges smashed Han Liang's head, and blood dripped onto the inky gold brick.
"I will never escape the blame unless I die!"
He never thought that the deputy commander of the Dragon Guard, whom he personally trained, would betray the royal family.
But after reading the memorial, he could understand Han Chong's decision.
Although the Dragon Guards exist because of the royal family, their main mission is to protect the peace of the country.
When imperial power became a tool to persecute loyal officials and common people, the rebellion of the Dragon Guards became understandable.
Han Liang lowered his head, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Eunuch De raised his foot to kick him, but was stopped by the emperor with a stern voice.
"Stop it, it's not your turn to teach my people a lesson!"
But Eunuch De did not retract his foot.
Han Liang obeyed the emperor and immediately moved sideways to avoid Eunuch De's foot.
After Eunuch De kicked in the air, his face looked very ugly.
But he knew that he could not defeat the leader of the Dragon Guard, so he did not confront Han Liang head-on.
He retracted his foot and threw the memorial from the Imperial Observatory to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, please take a look at the memorial that Lord Jie sent overnight."
The emperor was very dissatisfied with Eunuch De's contempt for imperial power, but thinking that he still had to rely on him to get the golden elixir of Zen Master Shancun, he had to endure it.
He picked up the memorial and opened it.
When he saw that “the star general appeared in the north”, his heart immediately rose.
"When a general appears, troubled times are coming and the country will be destroyed."
This is a saying that has been around for a long time and it comes true every time.
When the Zhao family was fighting for power, a general appeared.
Therefore, the emperor's fear of generals is greater than that of the Qi family.
Eunuch De looked at the pale emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the Qi family cannot be kept, so I asked the governor of Liangzhou to do his best to deal with the Qi family. Unfortunately, the Dragon Guards rebelled and failed."
The emperor knew that Eunuch De had done nothing wrong.
As long as there is an opportunity to deal with the Qi family, he will not miss it.
But Eunuch De forged the imperial edict without his consent, which made him feel uncomfortable.
"You little slave, can you use my personal seal at will?"
Eunuch De did not care about the emperor's insults and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I am doing this for your own good."
The emperor was so angry that he threw the memorial in his hand at Eunuch De's feet.
"For my own good? You messed up everything. Everyone is saying that I slandered loyal officials and called me a tyrant!"
After saying this, the emperor remembered something and his expression became even uglier.
"What's with the handwriting on the secret decree?"
Eunuch De said calmly: "I asked someone to copy the emperor's handwriting, and it is exactly the same."
"How dare you!"
"Your Majesty, I did this for a reason."
"explain!"
"If it succeeds, the emperor will be relieved of his worries. If it fails, the emperor can push the responsibility away."
The emperor sneered, "The handwriting is mine, the private seal is mine, how can I shift the responsibility?"
"Everyone knows that the emperor is seriously ill and has not attended court for a long time. The crown prince is currently acting as regent."
Eunuch De stopped talking at the right time, but the emperor understood what he meant.
I would rather die than let my friend die, so let the prince take the blame!
This was the best option at the moment, and he agreed without any hesitation.
After the matter of killing the Qi family is resolved, he will appoint another crown prince to form a counterbalance to the second prince.
After figuring it out, the emperor felt much better and he began to like Eunuch De more.
"At the morning court tomorrow, you will take the person who imitated my handwriting to the Golden Throne Hall, have him write down the contents of the secret decree in public, and then execute him by slow slicing!"
He would only be at peace if he killed the person who copied the handwriting.
"I obey your orders."
After Eunuch De finished speaking respectfully, he asked, "Your Majesty, the Qi family dared to speak of treason, how do you plan to deal with it?"
Speaking of this, the emperor's anger returned.
"The Qi family is so bold that they dare to threaten me. We cannot let them stay!"
Han Liang hurried to comfort the emperor.
“Your Majesty, although the Qi family has surrendered their military power long ago, they can still command part of the Qi family army.
Qi Yanzhou has accumulated a lot of military merits over the years and must have secretly cultivated his own power.
Now the people are all on the side of the Qi family. If the Qi family is forced to rebel, the throne will be in danger. ”
Even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered. This is not an exaggeration at all!
Eunuch De echoed, "Your Majesty, Commander Han is right. The Qi family is now popular among the people, and the prince has seized the handle to destroy the Qi family. It is not appropriate to continue."
He doesn't want the Qi family to rebel and cause chaos in the world!
The emperor did not want to keep the Qi family as a scourge, nor did he want to force the Qi family to rebel.
His brows were furrowed into the shape of the Chinese character "川" (Chuan), and his face looked unsightly.
"When do you think is a good time to take action against the Qi family?"
The longer the Qi family lives, the more miserable he will be!
Eunuch De did not answer the emperor immediately. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Han Liang.
The Dragon Guards are no longer reliable, so you have to be careful.
Han Liang thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I think it would be a good time to take action when the Qi family enters the north and the roads are blocked by heavy snow."
At that time, transportation was blocked and news was difficult to spread, so no one knew that the Qi family had died.
The emperor looked at Eunuch De, "What do you think?"
Eunuch De thought Han Liang’s idea was good, but not good enough.
But he didn't say it, just nodded.
"Commander Han is right. Your Majesty can consider it."
After saying this, he thought of the rebellious Ye Chutang.
"Your Majesty, Ye Chutang may have already cured the poison of Broken Bones Powder. Could she also cure Qi Yanzhou's fire poison?"
As soon as these words came out, the emperor's face turned ugly again.
“It’s hard to say!”
He was careless.
I didn’t expect that a little girl would become the biggest variable!
"I can leave the Qi family alone for now, but Ye Chutang must die!"
As long as she died, Qi Yanzhou wouldn't live long.
Eunuch De looked at Han Liang, "Who do you think is suitable to be sent to kill Ye Chutang, Lord Han?"
Han Liang knew that Eunuch De was testing him.
He spoke the truth, "Now, the Dragon Guard will protect the Qi family. It is not easy to kill Ye Chutang. When we get to Dingzhou, we may have a chance to deal with the Qi family again."
Zhao Mingxu and his family were imprisoned in Dingzhou.
Even if the plan fails, Zhao Mingxu can take the blame.
The emperor also felt it was appropriate to take action against the Qi family in Dingzhou.
"Then let the Qi family go for now."
After saying that, he leaned against the head of the bed exhausted, his face as pale as paper, as if he would faint at any moment.
His body had not recovered to begin with, and it was made worse by the time he vomited blood out of anger.
Fortunately, the imperial physician came.
Eunuch De said to Han Liang, "General Han, please go down first."
Han Liang bowed to the emperor and said, "I will take my leave!"
After he left, the imperial physician treated the emperor.
Eunuch De had something else to say, so he didn't leave and waited on the side.
The imperial physician took the emperor's pulse and gave him acupuncture.
"Your Majesty is in a state of anxiety and needs to rest more and take some medicine to calm his nerves."
After saying that, he wrote out a prescription and handed it to the emperor's personal eunuch.
"Send it to the Imperial Hospital and have the medicine boy prepare the medicine and bring it over."
Not long after the eunuch left with the prescription, the emperor's acupuncture was over.
After sending the imperial physician away, Eunuch De said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have a way to make the Qi family die."
When the emperor heard this, he immediately became excited.
"Tell me quickly, what is the solution?"
Eunuch De said to the palace servants who stayed in the bedroom to serve, "All of you go down and close the door."
The palace maids filed out and the bedroom door was closed.
He looked at the emperor with an anxious look on his face and uttered two words.
"plague."
The emperor did not understand the meaning of these two words.
"Tell me more about it."
"Although the plague in Jiangnan has been brought under control, it has not been eradicated. As long as we send an infected person as a refugee to a town that the exile team must pass through, we can create a dead city and trap the Qi family to death inside."
It's worth it to exchange the people of a town for the entire Qi family!
The emperor's eyes lit up. "This is a good idea. As long as it is done secretly, no one will suspect me."
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes dimmed again.
"Ye Chutang's medical skills are excellent, the plague may not be able to trap her."
Eunuch De smiled and said, "A good cook cannot cook without rice. If there is no medicine, no matter how good Ye Chutang's medical skills are, it will be useless. Then add some plague and smallpox, and I guarantee that she will have no way out!"
The emperor showed worry on his face, "This is a good idea, but will there be any hidden dangers?"
Plague, plague and smallpox are too poisonous. If they spread, the entire Beichen Kingdom will be in trouble.
Eunuch De's smile became more evil, "No, I will burn the city down when the time comes!"
"Let the prince do it, and his merits will atone for his crime."
The emperor made this decision because he was worried that his deeds would be exposed and the prince would be blamed.
"I obey your command."
After Eunuch De finished speaking, he looked at the memorial in the emperor's hand.
"Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with the appearance of the general star?"
He didn't know that Cao Liang had captured people from the Wuji Sect.
Cao Liang originally planned to take credit from Eunuch De after obtaining the weapon blueprints and treasures.
As a result, he died and the secret was taken into the coffin.
The emperor was very afraid of the general and said viciously: "Find him and kill him!"
Eunuch De also wanted to do this, but now there is no clue at all and it is difficult to find someone.
"Your Majesty, you can find someone, but you have to bring the Imperial Observatory with you!"
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory observes all the world's affairs and can tell fortunes, so it is easier to find people.
"Okay, you make the arrangements, go down."
After the emperor finished speaking, he became listless and closed his eyes to rest.
Eunuch De left the emperor's bedroom and went to find Jie Yi.
I told him about going to look for the star general.
Xie Yi refused directly.
"Great eunuch, as the Imperial Observatory, it is not appropriate for me to leave the imperial city to look for a star general. My disciple can do it for me."
Eunuch De snorted coldly, "I don't care about those useless disciples of yours!"
The matter of becoming a general is of great importance and no accidents can happen!
"This is the emperor's order, you must not disobey!"
Xie Yi sighed lightly and bowed in the direction of the emperor's bedroom.
"I obey your command!"
He never expected that he would be able to leave the imperial city and see the outside world during his lifetime.
"Master Jie, please pack your things quickly. The Emperor's shadow guard will come to pick you up after daybreak."
Unlike the Shadow Guards and the Dragon Guards, they are the emperor's loyal followers and will never betray him.
"Okay, I'll clean it up right away."
"You must explain the matter of the Imperial Observatory carefully. Don't make mistakes that will affect the fate of the country."
"I understand."
After Eunuch De left, Xie Yi called his five disciples to his side.
"I don't know when I will be back after I leave. You must be careful in what you say and do, observe the stars diligently, and keep a close eye on the armillary sphere."
"Yes, Master!"
"No matter what happens, you must put your own life first, understand?"
"Disciple obeys your command!"
There were a lot of trivial matters in the Imperial Observatory, and Xie Yi spent an hour explaining all the details.
When he went to pack his bags, the morning court session began.
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