Chapter 840: Daxia is about to fall
"Prince Jiang is dead?!"
Daohua looked at Wang Maner in shock.
Wang Maner nodded vigorously: "It's spread all over the place."
Daohua rubbed his forehead, his eyes filled with confusion: "Aren't they trying to capture Xiao Yechi? How come the person who died was Prince Jiang?"
Not only Daohua couldn't believe it, but everyone in the capital couldn't believe it either.
In less than half a year, the eldest grandson and eldest son of the Jiang family died one after another. Now only the elderly Lord Cheng'en is left to support the Jiang family. This is really unexpected.
"The Jiang family is so domineering, is this retribution?"
Before everyone could finish marveling at the death of Prince Jiang, the Duke of Wei's mansion was ransacked by soldiers. All the masters of the Luo family were put in shackles and thrown into the Ministry of Justice prison, awaiting execution.
"Why was the Duke of Wei's mansion raided?"
"I heard that the Duke of Wei's Mansion is also a member of the Eighth Prince's faction, and the Eighth Prince's son returned to the capital this time to contact them."
"They are the Eighth Prince's followers. They should be arrested."
The Eighth Prince plotted rebellion, colluded with the Tatars in the northern border, and severely damaged the Great Xia army. These things made the people have no good feelings towards the Eighth Prince.
Dong Yuanyao and Sun Changze stood in the crowd, listening to everyone's condemnation of the Luo family, their expressions were more relaxed than ever before.
Sun Changze held Dong Yuanyao's hand tightly and said with a smile: "Now you can rest assured."
Dong Yuanyao smiled and nodded: "Without the threat of the Luo family, even if Xiliang is a little poor and cold, I believe that with big brother around, the Dong family can survive well."
Xiao Yeyang came back when it was dawn again.
Looking at his bloodshot eyes, Daohua let him rest his head on her legs and pressed the acupoints on his head to relieve his fatigue.
After returning home, Xiao Yeyang's tense nerves relaxed, and he said with some regret: "I'm afraid we won't be able to catch Xiao Yechi."
Daohua: "How did Xiao Yechi leave the city?"
Xiao Yeyang sneered: "The Jiang family contributed."
Daohua's face suddenly showed realization, and then she asked in confusion, "Then how did Prince Jiang die?"
Xiao Yeyang: "In order to buy himself more time to escape, Xiao Yechi killed Prince Jiang."
Daohua: "The Jiang family was willing to help Xiao Yechi, they must have reached some kind of deal with him. Now that Prince Jiang is dead, Lord Cheng'en must be regretting it to death."
This is not the first time that the Jiang family has shot itself in the foot.
"By the way, the Jiang family is colluding with Xiao Yechi. How will the emperor deal with the Jiang family?"
Xiao Yeyang sighed, "Lord Cheng'en and the Jiang family's followers insisted that Prince Jiang was going to capture Xiao Yechi. Plus, the Jiang and Wan families have a long-standing hatred, so no one thinks the Jiang family would collude with Xiao Yechi."
Daohua: "So let's just let this matter go?"
Xiao Yeyang raised the corner of his mouth: "Xiao Yechi and the Jiang family, for the emperor's uncle, one is an external threat, and the other is an internal worry."
"To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country. Because of Xiao Yechi, the next head of the Jiang family died. For the emperor's uncle, it was an unexpected surprise."
"Uncle Huang, who has benefited, will leave a bad reputation if he continues to suppress the Jiang family without solid evidence."
"Furthermore, the Jiang family has lost their crown prince and eldest grandson in succession. Duke Cheng'en and the Queen Mother are probably on the verge of collapse right now. If the Emperor's uncle keeps pursuing them, they are likely to do something extreme."
"Jiang Banchao is not a random name. For the sake of the court's stability, the emperor's uncle will not touch the Jiang family at this time."
Daohua nodded, then, with a look of worry on her face, "You were the one who led the people to pursue Xiao Yechi. Will the Queen Mother and Duke Cheng'en blame you for the death of Prince Jiang?"
Xiao Yeyang's face was solemn. "I was present at the deaths of Jiang Jinghui and Jiang Shizi. Given the tempers of the Queen Mother and Duke Cheng'en, they will definitely vent their anger on me." He looked at Daohua and said, "I'm not afraid, but you, when you go out in the future, you must bring more people with you."
Daohua nodded solemnly: "I will try to go out less."
Cheng'en Palace.
The white banner that had just been taken down was hung up again. Duke Cheng'en lay hunched in front of Prince Jiang's coffin, his face and eyes full of regret.
If he had not been greedy for the treasure left by the late emperor, he would not have agreed to cooperate with Xiao Yechi, and his son would not have died.
Xiao Yechi.
As expected, he is the descendant of Concubine Wan. Like Concubine Wan, he is cruel and vicious, and has no credibility at all.
He shouldn't try to get the skin of a tiger!
Cining Palace.
Upon learning that Prince Jiang had died, the Queen Mother fainted and slept all night before slowly waking up.
Seeing the queen serving beside her, the queen mother closed her eyes in dejection and pain.
Is the Jiang family really on the verge of collapse?
The queen was also very confused. Her eldest brother and the eldest grandson of the Jiang family were both dead, her second brother was paralyzed in bed, and her second brother's eldest son also had a broken leg. Now, there was not a single decent and responsible male heir in the Jiang family, and only the elderly father was struggling to support the family.
How did the Jiang family fail so quickly?!
The Queen hesitated for a moment and looked at the Queen Mother: "Aunt, the Jiang family can no longer withstand the turmoil. From now on, we will just be subjects of the Emperor in peace and contentment, okay?"
The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly became sharp, and she looked at the Queen coldly: "Are you trying to side with the Emperor?"
The queen immediately knelt down and looked at the queen mother pleadingly: "Aunt, I am not trying to favor the emperor. I just want the Jiang family to be well and hope that my father can enjoy his old age."
"Aunt, please let go. You are the emperor's nominal mother. As long as the Jiang family does not disobey the emperor, the emperor will not touch the Jiang family for the sake of his own reputation."
"But if you continue to do such treasonous things, the Jiang family will really be finished."
The Queen Mother sneered, "High treason? The Emperor obtained the throne through high treasonous means. The victors are kings and the losers are bandits. As long as the Jiang family is the final victor, who would dare to accuse the Jiang family of high treason?"
Seeing that the Queen wanted to say something, the Queen Mother interrupted her directly: "Queen, you must remember your identity. You are a daughter of the Jiang family. Only when the Jiang family is well can your position as Queen be secure."
"aunt."
Looking at the paranoia on the Queen Mother's face, the Queen's heart sank.
The eldest brother and Jinghui are already dead. If the fight continues, who will be the next person to die in the Jiang family?
The Queen Mother said in a cold voice: "The Emperor will not hold back on the Jiang family. If we do nothing, we will just be fish on the Emperor's chopping board."
The Queen failed to persuade the Queen Mother and left the Cining Palace with a heavy heart.
The death of Prince Jiang disrupted all the arrangements of the Queen Mother and Duke Cheng'en, and all previous plans were overturned. As a result, after Prince Jiang's funeral, the Jiang family fell into complete silence.
The Jiang family was silent, but the empress dowager became high-profile, calling the princes and princesses to the Cining Palace to chat and talk every now and then.
The emperor did not stop this, but continued to send the Imperial Guards and Jinling Guards to keep an eye on the Jiang family.
The emperor wanted to use the arrest of Xiao Yechi to reinstate Xiao Yeyang to his original post. When the empress dowager heard about it, she immediately summoned Xiao Yeyang to the Cining Palace and brought up the matter of pointing fingers again.
After being rejected by Xiao Yeyang, rumors spread in the palace that Xiao Yeyang was disobeying the empress dowager.
Compared with the last time, this time the empress dowager was determined to throw dirty water on Xiao Yeyang. Every time she asked the ladies to come to the palace to pay their respects, she would accuse Xiao Yeyang of being unfilial in her words and deeds.
As a result, within a few days, Xiao Yeyang once again became a prominent figure in the capital.
Xiao Yeyang's reputation, spread by people with ulterior motives, is even worse than when he was a child.
"What is the Queen Mother trying to do by slandering you?"
Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang in confusion.
Xiao Yeyang said nonchalantly, "The Queen Mother just doesn't want me to have an easy life. If her nephews and grandnephews die, she will also make me lose my job."
(End of this chapter)
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