In front of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Chen Mo bowed to Empress Xu and said, "Queen, my foster father and General Lu have led 26,000 forbidden troops and have now arrived near the capital.
I also hope that your Majesty can issue a decree to temporarily station the 26,000 forbidden troops outside the capital, and let the Chinese generals help dispatch food and grass. "
Although it was King Pingxi who wanted to seek power and usurp the throne, he also had many loyal confidants and was able to mobilize many border troops.
The combat power of the border army was much stronger than that of the imperial imperial army.
The border troops who were able to survive the fight with the foreign races, not only had martial arts skills, but they were also all elite veterans who had seen blood.
There are currently about 30,000 border troops stationed near the capital. Even if King Pingxi can only mobilize half of them, it will be enough to cause great damage.
During the recent period, the Imperial Guards still have to station as many troops as possible near the capital.
"Okay, I will go and issue the decree right now." Queen Xu smiled and nodded.
Now that the emperor has passed away and the prince has not succeeded to the throne, the queen can of course issue an edict and order her ministers to do things.
Of course, Queen Xu also understood that she could not force her ministers to do extremely difficult things due to her decree.
Otherwise, given the current situation, those important officials in the imperial court may not accept the order, and may even be forced to side with King Pingxi.
Fortunately, it was just to send grain and fodder to transport baggage. Even if he didn't say anything about it, the general of the Chinese army would take the initiative to do it.
There are 26,000 forbidden troops. They will never starve themselves. If the court does not provide food, then they will find a way on their own.
After explaining to Queen Xu, Chen Mo arranged for someone to send a message to his adoptive father, asking him to find an opportunity to sneak into the capital.
Now that the situation in the city is complicated, Chen Mo can only let him enter the city secretly to discuss the situation with him.
"General Chen, King Pingxi sent an aide and said he wants to meet with you." Zhao Wen hurriedly walked to Chen Mo and bowed down.
"Oh!" Chen Mo looked slightly surprised. It seemed that King Pingxi couldn't hold himself back after all and sent someone to persuade him.
"General, have you seen this man?" Zhao Wen lowered his voice and asked again.
"No." Chen Mo shook his head without hesitation.
He could even guess that when King Pingxi's staff came to lobby, he would definitely promise high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and he might even be directly granted the title of marquis or public official.
But the problem is that when the prince ascends the throne, he can get these things himself, so why bother to scheme with him and be called a traitor.
"I understand." Zhao Wen bowed and bowed, then hurriedly left.
Not long after, he left and came back with a letter in his hand.
"Sir, the staff member asked us to give this letter to you." Zhao Wen handed over the envelope with both hands.
Chen Mo opened the envelope, and the information on it was exactly what he thought.
It's nothing more than criticizing the current queen and prince first, and then boasting about the third prince.
Let Chen Mo abandon the bright and the dark and help the third prince ascend the throne.
As long as the third prince ascends the throne, Chen Mo will be granted the title of Duke of the State, and Chen Mo can choose any other official position inside and outside the court, except for the general of the Chinese army.
In addition, the emperor's secret treasury can also let Chen Mo choose everything. In addition, if he has any requirements, he can make them now, and King Pingxi will do everything possible to satisfy them.
I have to say that this condition can be said to be quite good.
Chen Mo could also roughly guess what King Pingxi was thinking right now, which was nothing more than drawing cakes.
Anyway, the power of the court is not in his hands now, so he doesn't feel bad no matter what he promises.
As long as he can win over Chen Mo, he will dare to make any conditions.
Chen Mo read it roughly and found that there was no other information in the letter except for wooing him.
There is no need to burn this letter. It can be kept temporarily and can be used as evidence that King Pingxi intends to usurp the throne and collude with himself, a military commander.
Of course, this kind of evidence can only be the icing on the cake. As long as Chen Mo can kill King Pingxi, even if he takes a piece of honey locust and says that it is poison made by King Pingxi and plans to assassinate the queen and the empress, it can be used as evidence.
On the contrary, if he cannot deal with King Pingxi, then even if there is irrefutable evidence, there is still nothing he can do.
This world is reasonable, but the reason is only based on equality between both parties.
If the two sides are not equal, whether the stronger person is reasonable or not depends entirely on the strong person's own thoughts.
Great power can deceive reason. As long as the strength is strong enough, then one has the power to be unreasonable.
After putting the letter away, Chen Mo was still practicing beside the Ancestral Temple as usual.
Time soon came to evening, and Sun Shouren and Lu Chuan quietly arrived at the palace.
"Have you broken through the innate realm?" Sun Shouren asked hurriedly when he saw Chen Mo.
During this time, rumors spread throughout the capital that Chen Mo was an innate warrior.
Regarding this news, Chen Mo took the initiative to let it out. What's more, even if he didn't let it out, he couldn't hide it at all. There were too many people who saw him take action that day.
Rather than being secretive, it would be better to admit the matter openly, which would make King Pingxi throw a tantrum.
As Sun Shouren walked all the way to the capital, many acquaintances naturally revealed information to him, letting him know the current situation.
King Pingxi sought power to usurp the throne, and instead of establishing a crown prince, he promoted the third prince to the throne.
What was on his mind was already known to everyone on the street.
Sun Shouren was naturally angry about this. As a close confidant of the emperor, he would never see this happen.
However, the situation was stronger than the people. His original plan was to try his best to support the prince to leave the capital, and then send out a message widely to summon the loyal ministers and kings from all over the country.
After all, he is not an innate strong person and does not know other innate strong people. This is the only method he can come up with.
However, the second news immediately shocked him even more, that is, Chen Mo broke through the innate realm.
The first news made him angry, and this news left him incomprehensible.
Sun Shouren knew from the beginning that Chen Mo was very talented. In less than two years, he had never been exposed to martial arts and practiced all the way to the acquired realm.
However, I never expected that Chen Mo could break through the innate realm so quickly after cultivating to the acquired realm. This is so unreasonable.
Logically speaking, martial arts training becomes more difficult the further you go.
Even though Chen Mo had never had any contact with martial arts in two years, he had achieved perfection the day after tomorrow and continuously broke through the barriers such as Nei Xitongmai.
But it will never be that easy for him to break through the innate realm. At least he will need to practice hard for a long time.
However, none of this happened. Chen Mo's cultivation speed seemed to be getting faster the further he went on.
This was a bit unacceptable to him. In fact, through the information he had learned these days, he had determined that Chen Mo must have innate strength.
Otherwise, he would be guarding the palace city alone. Even if the tiger talisman could control some of the formations in the palace city, he might not be able to stop King Pingxi from attacking the queen and the prince.
He is the only one who also has innate cultivation. Even if there is some gap in innate ability with King Ping Xi, a veteran, it is definitely not big.
In addition, being in the palace city has the advantage of formation, even King Pingxi would not dare to take action easily.
This is definitely a good thing. After Sun Shouren learned about this, apart from being shocked, he was also filled with unconcealable joy and excitement.
An innately strong person is the top figure among warriors. Chen Mo has this level of cultivation, even if he does not have any family background.
Even just relying on his cultivation is enough for the court to grant him a high official and generous salary.
What's more, Chen Mo has also made a commitment to protect and follow the dragon this time. It can be said that as long as the prince can ascend the throne, Chen Mo will definitely become a very popular minister in the future.
Moreover, he had an adopted son who was in the innate realm. Although he said this, Sun Shouren felt that he was talking in his sleep.
With this status alone, even if he is only a fourth-rank official now, even the general of the Chinese Army, a second-rank official, has to give him face.
It's just that Chen Mo's breakthrough to the innate realm was too fast, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
"That's right, my child did have some enlightenment some time ago and made a breakthrough in his cultivation." Chen Mo said with a smile.
"This is a good thing, this is a good thing!" Even though he had known the news before, Sun Shouren was still very happy to hear Chen Mo speak about it in person.
Compared to the excited Sun Shouren, Lu Chuan was obviously much more reserved.
Now in terms of cultivation, strength and identity, Chen Mo is far superior to him.
The relationship between him and Chen Mo was far less close than that of Sun Shouren, so he had no choice but to be informal.
"Father, I asked you to enter the city quietly this time for two main reasons. One is to mobilize your imperial troops to station near the group of border troops and observe them carefully.
Once the border troops make a move, it is best for the imperial army to counterattack as much as possible, at least to put up a slight resistance, and never allow the border troops to enter the city.
Secondly, if King Pingxi really rebels, tell them immediately that the court will only punish the first culprit.
For those soldiers who were deceived by King Pingxi, as long as they laid down their weapons, the court would never hold them accountable. "
Chen Mo looked solemn and spoke carefully.
King Pingxi had many cronies among the border troops, but that did not mean that all the border troops were willing to accompany him in this rebellion.
If the imperial court said that it would only punish the first culprit and not hold others accountable, then there would definitely be far fewer border troops willing to follow King Pingxi.
Every frontier soldier is an elite, and it is really not worth the loss in internal fighting.
In addition, the Imperial Army was asked to keep a careful eye on the border troops in order to prevent them from taking the opportunity to enter the city and cause greater damage and losses to the capital.
If nothing else, even a few fires would be enough to displace countless people.
"Okay, I will find a way to do these things secretly later." Sun Shouren nodded decisively without any hesitation.
He is a die-hard loyal to the emperor, and may not be the strongest in ability, but his loyalty is definitely enough.
Lu Chuan didn't say much at the moment, just nodded silently.
"This time, the food and supplies for the Imperial Army were arranged by the General of the Chinese Army. He also secretly sent a letter, not to me but to you."
Sun Shouren habitually glanced at the door and window to make sure that the partition wall had no ears, then lowered his voice and handed over a letter.
Chen Mo put away the letter and nodded lightly. Sun Shouren did not stay in the palace for too long. It was already evening and he had to return outside the city before the curfew.
After they left, Chen Mo opened the envelope alone.
There is not much information in the letter, there are three main ones.
First, the general of the Chinese army said that he was still loyal to the emperor and the court.
The reason why he did not enter the palace to meet the Queen and the Emperor during this period was because he did not want to attract too much attention from King Pingxi.
The second reason is that Chen Mo, a naturally strong man, showed up and clearly expressed his support for the prince and the queen.
Many courtiers in the court who originally supported the emperor have now gathered together. They were originally unable to do anything because there was no innate strong person to take charge of the overall situation.
But now that Chen Mo is an innate powerhouse, the situation is different.
If King Pingxi really wanted to depose the crown prince and establish a third prince, they would stand up and oppose it.
The third thing is that King Pingxi has been liaising with the civil and military officials of the court during this period. In three days at most, at the next court meeting, he may propose to depose the prince and let the third prince succeed.
This letter is quite valuable. If you know these things in advance and make preparations in advance, when King Pingxi attacks, you will not be too busy.
It has to be said that the general of the Chinese army is indeed a loyal minister of the emperor.
Although King Pingxi kept a close eye on him, he still took the risk and found a way to send the queen and the prince out of the city first.
After discovering that Chen Mo had returned with the queen and the prince, and that there was an innate strong person on his side, he immediately took action and began to connect loyal ministers in the court.
In doing so, he truly deserved the emperor's trust in him.
Chen Mo read the letter carefully and then returned to the Ancestral Temple to find Queen Xu to discuss countermeasures.
It was said to be a discussion, but in fact it was more about informing her of the matter, and it was Chen Mo who made the specific decision.
In the next few days, the capital seemed stable on the surface, but in reality there was a turbulent undercurrent and constant waves.
It wasn't until three days later that all the officials came to court.
(End of chapter)
