Chapter 307: The Court's First Reaction to Long Lingguo's Evil Deeds
After Princess Funing's carriage passed by, the adults who were familiar with her walked towards the palace while gossiping.
"What do you think that person is doing in such a hurry to leave the city?"
The person next to him answered, "That person likes to live in the manor house very much. It's been so long since the New Year. He must have gone to the manor house."
"That's a pity. My wife just said that she wanted to invite the eldest princess to the flower viewing banquet!" Another adult also looked regretful.
Someone nearby made a fatal complaint, "I'm afraid it's you guys, always throwing all kinds of banquets, that scared him away. Everyone in Yuanjing knows that he likes quietness!"
The man who had just mentioned the flower banquet could only smile awkwardly and quickly change the subject, "Let's go! Don't be late for the morning court later."
Although everyone knew that he was trying to change the subject, they really didn't dare to delay the morning court, so they stopped chatting and got on their carriages or horses, and galloped towards the palace.
Everyone was used to seeing Princess Funing taking her people to the farm to relax and unwind. No one thought there was anything wrong with her leaving the city so early.
After Zhao Lingmeng walked out of the city for a while, they split up. Some people took things to the farm, while she and her two children took their confidants and went directly to the military camp.
Zhao Lingmeng certainly didn't expect that the situation this time would be even more serious than she had imagined.
When the emperor received the news last night, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot. He held his breath, arranged everything that needed to be arranged, and then lay down on the dragon bed.
The imperial physician worked for half the night before finally stabilizing the emperor's condition. After this incident, the emperor urgently realized that his health was failing. He needed to arrange the rest of his affairs as soon as possible, otherwise, if Jingguo perished in his hands, he would not even have the face to see his ancestors after his death.
Originally, the emperor was planning to take a good look at the children to see which one was the most suitable, but under the current conditions, the most suitable one was only the eldest prince.
The emperor lay in bed thinking about these things and could only sigh helplessly, saying that it was all fate.
The emperor hadn't been lost in thought for long when Eunuch Zhuo came in and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for the morning court!"
"Then help me up!" He couldn't fall down at this moment, and he felt that as long as Jingguo survived this difficult period of rise, it would be a powerful country that no one would dare to bully. He couldn't let down at this moment.
Eunuch Zhuo carefully helped the emperor up, first helped him wash his face with a handkerchief, then helped him drink medicine, and finally helped him put on the dragon robe.
"How is the situation in Funing?" This is the question that the emperor is most concerned about now.
Eunuch Zhuo knew what the emperor wanted to hear, so he replied truthfully, "Your Majesty, Princess Funing left the city early this morning with the Third Young Master and Prince Ruihe."
"That's good, that's good!" So far, this is the only news that makes him happier.
The emperor also cooperated very well with the servants around him. He took medicine when told to, and put on clothes when told to. He now took great care of his health.
"Your Majesty, it's time to go to court." Eunuch Zhuo looked at the emperor, who had just closed his eyes in his chair, and a wave of worry rose in his heart. He and the emperor shared the same fate.
When the emperor heard what Eunuch Zhuo said, he immediately opened his eyes and held out his hand for Eunuch Zhuo to support him. "Let's go! We still have a tough battle to fight today."
"Your Majesty, let's go!"
When the emperor reappeared at the morning court, he no longer looked frail. He calmly faced the gazes of the crowd and walked to the dragon throne to sit down. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, at least he had held on.
The emperor was feeling very uncomfortable at the moment, but he still ordered solemnly while sitting on the dragon throne: "My dear ministers, please stand up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the civil and military officials in the court stood up immediately, not daring to hesitate. They all sensed the emperor's displeasure, and who would dare to confront him at this time?
The emperor didn't hesitate and threw the urgent report from last night at their feet. "Minister of War, all the marquises, please take a look!"
The Minister of War, Wang Wenbin, did not even bother to look at the emperor's expression. He immediately stepped forward, picked up the urgent report in front of him, and began to examine it carefully.
The more he read, the more his hands shook. He knelt on the ground after finishing the whole thing, wishing he could immediately rush to the front line with his sword in hand. "This is too much, it's simply too much. Your Majesty, I demand to fight."
The court was in uproar at the Minister of War's excitement and the words he spoke afterwards. Everyone looked at each other, wanting to know what had happened. Jing State had not seen a large-scale war for several years.
Upon seeing this, Marquis Wenyuan immediately took the urgent report from the Minister of War, Wang Bin. After reading it, his face flushed with anger, even at his age, he said, "I, too, want to fight. Your Majesty, please allow me to go! I'd like to see if the people of Longling Country are truly capable and fearless."
Wu'an Marquis Zhao Anping was also confused at this moment, but he could understand the meaning of the words. He immediately picked up the urgent report that Wenyuan Marquis had thrown to the ground and read it aloud in front of many civil and military ministers.
After Zhao Anping finished reading, he immediately knelt down and asked for a fight. Then all the generals in the court knelt down and asked for a fight. The eldest prince Yang Jingchen also knelt on the side of the generals. He also advocated a fight.
Later, more than half of the civil officials knelt down. They also advocated war, but they were bullied by others. Could it be that they should turn the right cheek when being hit on the left cheek? Although they were literati, they also had integrity.
The remaining people, except for those who were truly afraid of death, all supported the Second Prince. Because the Second Prince was also standing, he also hoped for peace talks.
Generally speaking, the Second Prince did not understand the current strength of the Kingdom of Jing. The Kingdom of Longling was so powerful that if he agreed to the war and could not win later, he was afraid that his father would think he was incompetent.
What the Second Prince didn't know was that the Emperor found all of these people standing there quite annoying, especially the Second Prince Yang Jinglin, who simply stood out from the crowd. The Emperor felt that if he were still healthy, he would have to go down and beat this guy up himself. He had no backbone at all, and just because he was afraid of losing, he didn't resist and let himself be bullied. What a coward.
Although the emperor had decided to make the eldest son the crown prince last night, he was indeed disappointed with the second son's performance today.
"Prince Lin, what do you think?" The emperor took the lead in asking the second prince Yang Jinglin, as if he valued him.
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