After King Yongchuan passed away, Princess Chuan collected his body for her husband.
She was shocked...
There was almost no need for inspection. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the prince was stabbed to death with a sharp weapon. However, at the end, it was determined that he accidentally fell off the horse and died!
However, in fact, King Yongchuan did not know how to ride a horse at all.
What made Princess Sichuan even more puzzled was that her husband's eyes widened after his death, and he was obviously unwilling to die in silence. And in his hand, he had been holding the half of the "Cricket Picture" tightly, unable to let go.
In view of this, she had reason to believe that this half of the picture was probably torn from the murderer by the prince before he died.
And the prince happened to be a person who was good at both painting and weaving. Could it be that he was the original owner of this painting?
If this guess is true, the prince will become the murderer of his brother.
This is so unkind!
However, without the support of other evidence, these are just speculations.
Subsequently, the new emperor ascended the throne and ordered people from the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion to attend to the funeral of King Yongchuan. At the same time, the emperor also concluded the cause of his death, which was still the accidental fall from a horse.
Is this a lie or a lie?
Princess Chuan believed that the little emperor did this mainly because he did not want to pierce the window paper to avoid being stigmatized. In addition, there is also a little meaning of turning big things into small things and small things into nothing.
In view of this, Princess Chuan began to settle down again and chose to continue living in her Yongchuan Palace.
Xin Jun's handling method seems to be low-key, but it is not!
Before the throne was warm, the emperor immediately launched a new wave of actions. On the surface, he openly denounced worshiping the emperor; secretly, he also began to point his sword at his second uncle, Prince Yan.
At this time, everyone suddenly discovered that the new emperor was different from his father. He had the aura of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.
However, the emperor soon fell into trouble.
What's going on?
Due to the various suggestions and efforts of the elders of the three dynasties, the new emperor couldn't let go and felt like his head was getting big.
King Yan was not idle either, and immediately came up with corresponding countermeasures: Haha, you little emperor, don’t you like to act like a moral king? Then I will deliberately discredit you!
How to apply it?
Easy to handle!
He sent an order to Princess Sichuan to expose the scandal of the emperor's suspected brother-killing as soon as possible, so that the world would criticize her.
But in this way, Princess Sichuan was forced to step into the forefront and became the most dangerous pawn.
Going to openly challenge the emperor?
Who is not afraid?
Princess Sichuan is naturally no exception!
After thinking hard, she came up with a compromise method, that is, let the rumors about the half of "Cricket Picture" out first, prepare herself, and wait and see what happens.
There are two advantages to doing this. First, it can be used to observe the emperor's specific reaction. Second, it does not offend King Yan.
So, that’s really what I did.
Unexpectedly, the emperor's reaction was very big this time, and he directly sent secret guards to Yongchuan.
What does this mean?
Can you understand it as: I didn't want to touch you originally, but you are dishonest, so don't blame me for being cruel.
So, there was the fire in Yongchuan Palace.
However, the clever Princess Sichuan escaped smoothly with her preparations. Then she decisively went to Shandong Mansion and defected to King Yan.
After this incident, the emperor was no longer aggressive, and King Yan also became calmer, and the two formed a so-called stalemate.
However, this balance did not last long before it was broken by a sudden accident.
The turning point occurred at the beginning of last year. At that time, when the south was victorious against the Japanese, the imperial court ordered officials from the Ministry of Rites to go south to reward the troops to show the emperor's great kindness.
Several Japanese pirate chiefs who were captured alive at that time were also escorted back to Beijing with the people from the Ministry of Rites. In terms of the itinerary, it was indeed a smooth journey.
This is confidential information, but there is no guarantee that it will leak out. Ge Qiu got the news in advance.
He planned to set up an ambush in Shandong, rescue the Japanese pirate leaders in one fell swoop, and recruit them to join the group after the battle, so as to attract more Japanese pirates to join him.
The idea is quite good.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he started, Ge Qiu was shot dead with an arrow by a womanly female escort.
It was later learned that the woman's name was Fang Ruojiao, and it was said that she was the first wife of Qi Jing, the anti-Japanese general.
Alas!
Ge Banxian, who claimed to be able to pinch and calculate, just burped inexplicably.
Afterwards, Princess Chuan was greatly shocked.
You know, Ge Laodao is the spiritual leader of the Emperor Worship Sect. Once he loses his pillar, this deceptive drama will not be easy to perform.
If the Emperor Worshiping Religion collapses as a result, it will lose all its use value.
Therefore, except for the upper echelons, Ge Qiu's death must be kept strictly confidential. It is only said to the outside world that Ge Daxian is about to pass the tribulation and is currently in retreat.
Yes, it can be hidden for a day.
Unexpectedly, the house leaked and it rained all night.
It seemed that the emperor had spotted this opportunity and immediately established a Catholic religion. Moreover, he also sent a foreigner as Zuo Zhengyi.
After that, there was a smokeless battle for the congregation.
It can be imagined how vulnerable the Imperial Worship Church was after losing its spiritual leader, and was almost unable to resist. And Harry took advantage of such a loophole to develop in one fell swoop.
If Ge Qiu had not died, Harry's mission would never have been so smooth.
After being shocked to learn that the Emperor Worshiping Sect had been dismantled, King Yan became even more unable to sit still. It was not an option to continue like this, and he had to start trouble as soon as possible.
No more delay!
So, he began to lobby the kings, hoping that they could join him in upholding righteousness and raising the banner.
In exchange for benefits, King Yan made a promise to the kings. If he became the emperor, no one in the clan would cut down the vassalage.
According to Princess Chuan's guess, King Yan might have convinced the cautious King Zhao and obtained the latter's verbal promise.
Overall, the preparations were quite adequate, except for the lack of war horses.
You must know that war horses are a heavily armored force on the battlefield. King Yan, who was born in the army, naturally understands this truth.
Therefore, he asked Princess Sichuan to negotiate with the leaders of the Donglu, and he would exchange their strong horses with money or iron tools to supplement the war reserves.
But why did he choose the Donglu people?
There is a reason for this.
The Donglu are a large tribe, but they are not doing well. Since they have been oppressed by their big brother, the Tatars, for many years, their scope of activities has been compressed smaller and smaller. In the end, they had to survive in the cracks in the Liaodong area.
The current Liaodong area happens to be under the jurisdiction of Shandong Prefecture, and is across the sea from Le'an in Qilu. In terms of shipping materials, it is extremely convenient. The key is that it can avoid Shanhaiguan.
It was for this reason that King Yan fell in love with the Donglu people.
Princess Sichuan, who had lost her great use value, had to put aside her status and negotiate with the Donglu people.
However, she was also very worried that her group would be targeted by the internal guards sent by the emperor, so she came up with the method of building the plank road openly this time and secretly infiltrating Chen Cang.
That is to say, first draw the attention of Qi Yu and the secret guards to Ningyang County, while she herself talks secretly in the Liangshan area.
Choosing Liangshan to discuss matters was also a last resort. The current Donglu people had just arrived from King Zhao's fiefdom. They were walking from south to north and happened to pass through this place, so they chose here.
As a result, Princess Chuan miscalculated, and Qi Yu saw through the plan quite promptly.
The reason why it is called quite timely is because she has already settled everything and paid the relevant deposit. In one day, she can leave.
Who would have thought that he would be captured?
What a failure!
But why did the Donglu people pursue Qi Yu?
According to Princess Chuan, the Donglu people just wanted to take chestnuts from the fire and earn some practical benefits, and did not want to be truly hostile to the Dafeng court. It is indeed a pity that the matter was revealed, but if you kill the censor, wouldn't you keep this secret?
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After saying this, Princess Chuan sighed quietly, and looking at her face again, a wisp of blood was flowing down the corner of her mouth.
