Chapter 142 I'll kill this stupid king after he dies.
An Ye quickly stopped her: "Your Highness, you cannot go."
"I'll go and investigate first. You immediately send a message to His Highness by carrier pigeon. I will also pass on any new information to him as soon as possible."
After Yun Si finished speaking, she ignored Anye's attempts to stop her and left with A Wu.
Xiao Yi darted out in a flash and followed behind them.
"By the way, Dark Night, send a few more shadow guards over to the Marquis's residence to keep an eye on things for me."
"Very well, I will arrange it immediately, but Your Highness..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yun Si and A Wu had already disappeared outside the gate.
Mu Lan rushed over: "What's going on? Where is the Princess going?"
An Ye frowned and said, "Palace coup."
"ah?"
Mu Lan exclaimed in surprise, "Has the Prince of Lin really rebelled?"
But that doesn't make sense. Their people have been watching him closely. Although they noticed something was off about him, it's impossible for him to be under their noses...
"It's not the Prince of Lin."
An Ye listened carefully to what the eunuch had just said to Yun Si. He had lowered his voice, but An Ye had used his inner strength to hear it clearly.
"It is the Prince of Jin."
"What?"
Mu Lan's voice rose, even more surprised: "How could it be that good-for-nothing Prince Jin? We've taken so many precautions, but no one expected him to rebel!"
The key point is that rebellion is not something that just anyone can do.
He needs to have the ability to do it.
That's not right.
The King of Jin is a fool who is all bark and no bite, and besides, where would he get his troops?
This is not something that ordinary soldiers can do.
At the very least, they must be well-trained.
"Could it be that he's also colluded with the seventh prince of Northern Yan?"
You guessed right.
As An Ye turned and walked towards the main courtyard, he said, "It should have been instigated by the Seventh Prince of Northern Yan. However, I suspect that Prince Lin was involved in this, or rather, it was all Prince Lin's scheme."
He instigated the Prince of Jin to rebel, while he watched from the sidelines.
"So what do we do now?"
With no one else in the mansion, Mu Lan could only ask An Ye.
"The Princess Consort has entered the palace. You take some men to guard outside the palace. After I inform His Highness, I will also go into the palace immediately to meet the Princess Consort. Also, the Marquis's residence must be kept in close watch to ensure the safety of the people in the residence."
"I see."
Just as Mu Lan was about to leave, An Ye called him back: "Forget it, you should take some men to keep an eye on Prince Lin. Prince Lin is the key."
Dark Night's eyes sharpened: "Prince Jin is nothing but a puppet pushed out. The real masterminds must be Prince Lin and Huyan Zheng. You take elite men and keep a close watch on Prince Lin's residence. If there is any unusual activity, send a signal immediately. If necessary... special measures can be taken."
"clear."
Mu Lan is a carefree guy. He's not stupid, but he's not as thoughtful as Mu Ze and Anye. He doesn't think things through as thoroughly.
Therefore, at this time, it's better to listen to the arrangements of the darkness than to listen to your own.
He may not be the most meticulous, but his ability to get things done and execute tasks is second to none.
He acted immediately after saying that.
On the other side.
Yun Si and A Wu arrived at the palace gate.
From the outside, apart from the fact that the number of guards at the palace gate had doubled and they were all unfamiliar faces, there was nothing else unusual about the situation.
The two observed each other in the darkness for a long time.
It was eventually determined that almost half of them were from the Northern Yan state.
Huyan Zheng is a madman.
They really seem to thrive on chaos.
Prince Lin was keeping a close eye on things, but no one expected him to set his sights on Prince Jin.
They were even thinking of "rescuing" her from the Xiao Prince's mansion!
Neuropathy.
"Sister, shall we go in?"
Ah Wu asked softly.
"We need to go in."
We don't know what's going on in the harem yet, so naturally we have to go in and take a look.
We can't let the Prince of Jin succeed.
If he were to successfully rebel, he would not tolerate the Xiao Prince's Mansion either.
Compared to the old emperor, he would be more wary of the Xiao Prince's Mansion, and thus choose to completely eliminate it.
Therefore, we must not let him succeed.
Awu led Yunsi over the high wall.
Upon entering the palace, they discovered that things were indeed quite unusual inside.
quiet.
A deathly silence.
From the outside, everything seems to be normal.
But upon closer observation, one can sense that the atmosphere is stagnant and tense.
The two first went to check on the residences of the various palace ladies and found that they had all been placed under house arrest, with many unfamiliar guards at the gates.
A Wu glanced around and knew that apart from the majority of the Imperial Guards who had followed Qin Ye to suppress the bandits, the other palace guards and imperial guards had been detained and imprisoned in a palace.
They seemed to have been drugged, and all of them fell into a coma.
As for the Phantom Guards, Ah Wu searched for a long time and only saw two figures outside the Imperial Study; the others had all disappeared.
The two people in question remained hidden and made no move.
Presumably, they are also looking for an opportunity and waiting for the right moment to act.
Judging from the guards' presence, Emperor Jiaqing should be in the Imperial Study.
The Imperial Study was surrounded by three layers of guards.
The lights were on inside.
Faintly, one could hear voices coming from inside.
Awu led Yunsi onto the roof, lifted the tiles from above, and looked down.
"Father."
It was the voice of the Prince of Jin.
Prince Jin actually sat directly on the dragon throne behind the imperial desk, lovingly touching the armrests of the throne, his eyes filled with a lust for power, bordering on madness.
“You have been emperor for over twenty years, it’s time for you to abdicate and pass the throne to a more worthy successor. I am your eldest son, and you should have made me the crown prince long ago.”
The Jiaqing Emperor sat in the chair beside him, his face gloomy, but he showed little panic, only a coldness that had accumulated over time.
Despite being controlled by others, his back remained straight, and his gaze swept across the face of the Prince of Jin, which was twisted by ambition, like a knife.
It's obvious.
His legs are immobile.
Moreover, faint traces of white frost can be seen on the hair at the temples.
At this point, even though Prince Jin was confident of victory, he still dared not meet Emperor Jiaqing's gaze.
“If you had made me the crown prince earlier, why would I have gone through all this? You clearly have no legitimate son, yet you made Qin Ye recognize the empress as his mother and forced him to marry the prime minister’s legitimate daughter. Can’t you see my true nature at all?”
The Prince of Jin grew increasingly agitated as he spoke, rising abruptly from his dragon throne: "Your son wishes to marry Miss Jiang, but you disagree; your son wishes to marry the Princess of Northern Yan, but you disagree as well..."
Before he could finish speaking, Emperor Jiaqing suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, and his whole body trembled slightly from the cold.
The cold poison attacks the heart.
Prince Jin was clearly unaware of this, and he looked over in astonishment: "Father, what... what's wrong with you?"
He rushed over in a panic, reached out and touched the Jiaqing Emperor, only to find him ice-cold. Startled, he quickly withdrew his hand.
"The traitor."
The Jiaqing Emperor's lips were frosty, and his voice was weak: "It's not too late for you to stop now. Considering that you were being used, I can still punish you leniently."
"Being used?"
The Prince of Jin was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
He then burst into laughter.
"Father, things have come to this point. You'd better hurry up and write the edict of succession and hand over the imperial seal. Then I can find a royal physician to examine you. Otherwise..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but the expression on his face and the ruthlessness he displayed were self-evident.
"Should."
Seeing this, A-Wu clapped her hands and cheered: "Serves him right, let him die. After he's dead, I'll go and kill this stupid king."
"Foolish King?"
When Yun Si heard the name that A Wu gave to the Prince of Jin, she curled her lips into a smile.
Indeed, that's very apt.
Is there someone else in the room?
Yun Si vaguely sensed that there was another person's presence in the imperial study.
A-Wu looked around and, after searching for a while, looked at Yun Si in surprise: "Sister, I didn't even notice, how did you know?"
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