"His Royal Highness Prince Shun is not here. If Master Yun has nothing else to do, please come back."
Xie Shian took the lead and asked Yunze to be invited out.
King Cheng turned his head and glared at him.
"Your Highness, don't be anxious." Xie Shi'an said calmly, "The imperial court does not dare to kill Princess Yuan. Princess Yuan's life will not be in danger. Don't worry."
"I'm going to be forced into the palace soon. How could the court let my mother and concubine go!" King Cheng took a deep breath and said, "Someone, go and call Yunze back..."
"Wait a minute." Xie Shi'an stopped him, "If the imperial court kills Princess Yuan, wouldn't this matter be more beneficial to His Highness?"
Prince Cheng narrowed his eyes: "How do you say that?"
"His Highness is not forcing the palace, but to give nectar to the people, so he went all the way from Ningzhou to the capital. These people came with them voluntarily, how can they rebel." Xie Shi'an said slowly, "Now His Highness is here The reputation in the hearts of the people is extremely high. If the imperial court kills His Highness's biological mother at this time, it will be tantamount to angering the people of the world. More and more people will follow His Highness. Now we only have 200,000 people. If this number reaches 300,000 , can completely flatten the imperial city!"
"But……"
King Cheng still wanted to save his mother and concubine first.
He was brought up by his mother and concubine since he was a child. She held him in the palm of her hand for fear of falling or bumping him. When he became a vassal, the person he was most reluctant to part with was his mother and concubine.
No matter how serious his reputation was, he knew in his heart that what he was going to do next would be treason.
The court will definitely take action against his mother and concubine.
"Those who achieve great things don't have to stick to these things." Xie Shi'an said, "Now Prince Shun is also in our hands. Like His Highness, he is an orthodox bloodline of the royal family. The two His Highnesses plan big things together and get twice the result with half the effort!"
King Cheng was silent for a long time.
After about half an hour, he said: "Bring Lao Qi in."
Not long after, two guards came in escorting a young man.
The young man was in a mess, his hair was messy, his face was stained, but his brows and eyes were full of anger.
He angrily rebuked: "Brother Six Emperors, you are really crazy. You actually poisoned the people and faked the plague, and then created some kind of celestial goddess to use nectar to deceive the people. Do you know what you are doing? You are treason. !”
"So what if it's rebellion? Why should I be the vassal king for the rest of my life, but Chu Hongyu, a grandson of the emperor, can sit in that position!" King Cheng's eyes were sinister, "The five emperor brothers above me are gone, then what? , I am the most reasonable and legal successor! That throne originally belonged to me! What’s wrong with me taking back what belongs to me!”
"My father's last edict is for the emperor's grandson to ascend the throne. This is a fact!" King Shun shouted angrily, "Brother Sixth Emperor, you have been deceived by others, including you people!"
He pointed at the dozen or so staff members beside him, with fire in his eyes.
"Why is His Highness Prince Shun so angry? Just calm down." Xie Shi'an poured a cup of tea and handed it to Prince Shun.
But he was knocked over.
With the tea poured on him, Xie Shi'an was not annoyed at all, and said with a smile: "If Your Highness Prince Shun is stubborn and resists, then there is only one way, and that is death. Not only your death, but also your mother-in-law, Princess Shu, and your My grandfather, the Zheng family, will all be buried with you. But if you are obedient, and when you become king and inherit the throne, you will give King Shun the most noble title in the world, and the Zheng family will follow the chickens and dogs to heaven, how about that?"
"You...!" Prince Shun's eyes widened, "I've seen you before. Back then, you were the staff of the Second Emperor Brother. I saw you in Prince Gongxi's Mansion!"
He was deeply impressed by Xie Shi'an, not because Xie Shi'an was missing an eye, but because he was too young, just two or three years older than him. At that time, he had the trust and respect of the second emperor brother... Unexpectedly, the person who was loyal to the Second Emperor Brother turned out to be a popular person around the Sixth Emperor Brother.
"At first you encouraged the Second Emperor's brother to rebel, and now you instigate the Sixth Emperor's brother to rebel. What are your intentions?"
King Shun picked up the thing at hand and threw it at Xie Shian's face.
There was only one desk in the tent, and there were pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the table. He took the inkstone and smashed it hard, but Xie Shian dodged it and the inkstone hit Xie Shian's shoulder.
Xie Shi'an's face suddenly darkened.
In the past, he was always bullied, but had no ability to fight back.
But now...
He curled his lips and sneered: "It seems that His Royal Highness Prince Shun has not seen the current situation clearly. Come on, drag us down and make a twenty-point decision first."
"yes!"
Two guards came in and dragged King Shun down.
Xie Shi'an looked at Cheng Wang: "We need to speed up. There are too many people on the road, and it's easy to get sidetracked. Starting tomorrow, we'll be on our way at night."
King Cheng listened to Xie Shi'an in everything and nodded: "It's just as you said."
When he was the vassal king in Ningzhou, when he first arrived there, there was no one to restrain him. He could eat, drink, and have fun every day, and he was extremely free.
But something happened soon. Some local aristocratic families in Ningzhou began to cause trouble for him. Some of his taxes were all robbed by those aristocratic families. As a vassal king, his life was even worse than that of his ministers. Suddenly he became dissatisfied and started fighting with the wealthy family.
The final result was that he was sidelined and became a vassal king in name only.
Just when he was desperate and helpless, it was Xie Shi'an who came and tried to think of a way for him. He used a series of tricks to make those aristocratic families take the initiative to hand over all their taxes to the feudal prince's palace... It was Xie Shi'an who asked him to completely destroy Ningzhou City. It's in your own hands.
It was also Xie Shi'an who came up with a brilliant plan for him to get so many people to follow him voluntarily.
These ordinary people followed him with their families and brought their own dry food. He did not need to provide food, grass, military pay, but only needed to give a little nectar every day to make these stupid people follow him wholeheartedly...
The next morning, when the goddess of heaven gave her nectar, she announced that she should speed up her journey and reach the capital as soon as possible. No one raised any objections.
More than 200,000 people were approaching the capital at extremely fast speeds.
At the same time, the people who went to look for clues also returned to the capital.
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, I went to Changgan County to investigate and found that there is a problem with the water in all the wells in the county..." The minister took out a kettle and poured out a glass of water. "The quality of the water is not right at first glance. Please call a doctor." It has been tested and it is poisonous. If you eat this poison, your eyes will turn red, which is the symptom of the previous plague..."
Yun Chu nodded: "Besides water, is there any other evidence?"
"All the dead bodies in Changgan County were burned, and many houses were burned down. No other evidence can be found..." The minister sighed, "I paid a high price to buy the nectar that was kept by a family. This nectar is In addition to the antidote, there is also a medicinal material that can make people temporarily lose their minds and lose their judgment. I venture to guess that King Cheng relied on this medicinal material to control the people..."
Yunchu lowered his eyes.
These people were actually controlled by drugs, and the matter was more difficult to deal with than she imagined.
She said: "Let the imperial doctor prepare the antidote first."
