Volume 2: True Dragon Fuyuan Chapter 125: The Time of Rebellion
In the cold palace, the emperor sat alone in the study, and it seemed that after there was no age limit, he was much better when he returned to his youth. Since the establishment of the crown prince, most of the affairs of the court have been entrusted to the prince and several ministers in the court, and the emperor has been his own shopkeeper.
Although the crown prince seems to have gained a lot of power and his prestige in the court has gradually increased, in fact, the power is still in the hands of the emperor, and the court affairs handled by the prince must be handed over to the emperor to count.
"In just a few months, this prince's ability to deal with the government is getting higher and higher!" The emperor nodded with satisfaction when he looked at these excerpts, but then said with a sigh, "If I am really old and frail and have a short life, there will be no worries about this throne passing out!"
It's a pity that it won't be long before I really live forever, this throne is more stable than anyone else, and no matter how much you fight for power and profit, there is no hope!"
After reading the excerpt, the emperor was ready to go back to continue the Qing Xiu, according to Teng Anfu's statement, although most of the Qing Xiu in October had passed, it was still unstoppable.
Just as he was thinking about it, the voice of the old eunuch suddenly came from outside the study.
"Your Majesty, Master Li Shi came here, saying that he was looking for you for something important!"
Li Shi?
The emperor frowned, what is this person looking for himself?
The emperor rarely appears in front of people these days, and it is also because his appearance is too young, which is easy to arouse the suspicion of others, so he has not even met the prince in the past two months, and only a few trusted old eunuchs only know their true colors. It's not that the emperor cares about other people's opinions, but now is the moment when he is approaching immortality, and he doesn't want to make a mistake.
But why is this Li Shi coming to him now?
By the way, Li Shi is not only a concubine, but also an apprentice of the national teacher, did the national teacher ask him to say something?
"Let him in!"
The emperor sat on his seat for a long time, waiting for Li Shi to come in.
"Sons and daughters participate in the emperor!"
After Li Shi came in, he first kowtowed heavily, and then looked up and saw the emperor's young appearance and was stunned for a moment.
"Emperor, Emperor?" Li Shi was shocked, "You are the Emperor?"
"Who else but me?" said the emperor casually, looking at Li Shi's stunned expression, his heart was extremely happy.
This is the expression he wants to see, when everyone thinks that he is dying old and about to abdicate to make way for Xian, he suddenly jumps out with a young appearance and shocks everyone's eyes, this expression is enough to make the emperor happy for a long time.
"What's the matter with you?"
'Is this what Master has been doing for the emperor?'
Li Shi changed his mind for a moment, but he didn't forget the purpose of his coming here, first delayed the time and let his master rescue the princess first, and then ......
In Li Shi's sleeve, a sharp knife was pinched and hot, this knife was often used to process wood, and he had always held it close to him. And now, he is ready to use this knife to kill the young emperor in front of him!
"Father, the son is guilty!" Li Shi shouted in his mouth, and then kowtowed his head again, "But in this matter, please let the princess go!"
The emperor was a little dazed and said, "What is your sin?"
"Such a contrary to common sense, I know that my father is not ashamed of this, but this crime is indeed me, not the princess!" Li Shiquan was beating himself when he was the emperor, so he had to keep begging for mercy, but he didn't know at all, the emperor really didn't know about it.
The emperor only felt inexplicable, and he didn't forget to let the people under him report the situation outside these days of Qing cultivation, but looking at Li Shi's expression, did he miss something important?
"Since you say that you are guilty, then tell me, what is the crime?" Although the emperor was puzzled, he didn't want to lose his coercion in front of outsiders, so he simply increased his tone and continued, "If you don't understand, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Li Shi hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "Although I just learned about this matter, I also know that it is a big mistake! But the princess has no idea about this, if the father wants to punish me, he will punish me!"
"Tell me clearly!" the emperor said indifferently, "It's not clear, don't think about it!"
"Father!" Li Shi kowtowed for the third time, "Putting aside the identity of the princess and the concubine, the son solemnly calls you the father!
Put aside the identity of the princess and call yourself a father? Do you think you are really my son?
The emperor was a little impatient, but when he suddenly saw Li Shi's appearance, he felt as if he was a little familiar, as if he had just seen it!
But the emperor and Li Shi have only met a handful of times, and there is no familiarity at all. Although I thought so, this inner familiarity became stronger and stronger.
Mirror, it's a mirror!
The emperor remembered that when he was younger, he had carefully looked at his face in the mirror, and Li Shi's appearance was seventy percent similar to his young self!
The eldest prince has a masculine appearance, and because he has been practicing martial arts for many years, his appearance is becoming less and less like himself.
The prince's appearance is closer to his mother, and his temperament is much softer, and he also has no shadow of himself.
And the emperor has changed too much because of his old age, and he has almost forgotten what he looked like when he was young. Now that I am young again, I can see that this Li Shi's appearance is the most like himself!
The emperor seemed to know something, and he seemed to know what Li Shi meant.
'Li Shi, it's my son!' thought to the emperor, 'That means that his marriage to the princess is actually against Chang Lun!, and now, the princess has been pregnant for several months!'
How can such a ridiculous thing be done?' The princess's child must be killed!'
The emperor did not know about this matter in advance, but his character and thoughts had long been clearly understood by Teng Anfu, and even the emperor's follow-up measures could be speculated.
This is also the reason why Teng Anfu is relieved that Li Shi will enter the palace alone, because he has long expected that his lies will not be exposed!
Countless thoughts flashed through the emperor's mind, and finally he slowly spoke and gave Li Shi a cruel answer.
"This matter, no!"
On the other hand, in the martial arts arena outside the city, the eldest prince sat alone in the stands, while Wen Zhao stood below with a gloomy face, glancing at the eldest prince from time to time, and the eldest prince didn't care about Wen Zhao's eyes at all.
"It's too weak! The speed of the gun is so soft that even an old man can dodge casually!" the eldest prince was really disappointed in the training soldiers, he shook his head and said, "At this level, how can you confront the enemy country? I'm afraid you have to practice more!"
Wen Zhao heard the words of the eldest prince, there was no expression on his face, now he didn't want to argue with the eldest prince about anything, maybe the eldest prince had forgotten, the group of people below hadn't eaten all day, and they had been practicing since they were ugly!
At this strength, it's good to be able to hold weapons now!
But Wen Zhao didn't want to argue, he had already fallen out with the eldest prince because of this matter before, if he hadn't had half a tiger talisman in his hand, I was afraid that he would have been sent home by the eldest prince!
And this half of the tiger talisman is his chance to turn the tables......
Wen Zhao thought about it, and the murderous intent in his heart gradually floated.
"Oh no!"
A soldier-like person suddenly broke into everyone's sight, and he stumbled towards the eldest prince, looking unhappy.
"Who is making noise in this place?"
"Your Highness is not good!" the soldier said anxiously, "I am a small soldier guarding the palace, just now, the princess and concubine Li Shi suddenly broke into the palace and wanted to assassinate the emperor!"
"What?!" the eldest prince took the case, "Li Shi has such guts, who else but him?"
The soldier said: "He's the only one!" But this Li Shi is too fierce, a knife killed several brothers in an instant, and we are almost unbearable!"
"This Li Shi turned out to be a master!" The eldest prince didn't expect it at all, he looked at Li Shi's weak appearance, where did he look like a person who knew martial arts!
But now is not the time to think wildly, the eldest prince must hurry into the palace to save people now!
"I'll take a hundred soldiers first, and then support you!"
After the prince threw down these words, he left in a hurry with the people.
Wen Zhao watched the eldest prince go away, and the killing intent that had been suppressed in his heart resurfaced.
He muttered softly, "This seems like an opportunity......"
The little soldier who had come to ask for help was still standing there, looking at Wen Zhao's gloomy expression, and an imperceptible smile appeared on his face.
On the other side, in the prince's mansion, the prince listened to the report of the black-clothed man under his command, and his heart was a little excited.
"You mean, the eldest prince is going to rebel?"
"Yes!" the man in black nodded affirmatively, "I just saw the eldest prince sneak into the palace with a hundred people, neither has he been summoned by the emperor, nor does it seem like there is an urgent matter to report, except for forcing the palace, I can't think of a second possibility!"
"But that's not right, my eldest brother is so filial, he doesn't look like a person who will rebel!"
The man in black persuaded: "Your Highness, why don't you understand? The Great Prince's rebellion is just a reason, now he is short of manpower, and the guards guarding the palace have also been replaced by ours due to the destruction of the palace at the end of last year, and today there is a rare fog, and the situation in the palace cannot be seen clearly from the outside!"
If we bring all the men and horses now......"
The prince understood: "You mean, let me rebel?!"
"It's definitely not a rebellion!" the man in black shook his head in denial, "You are the crown prince, and this throne was originally in your pocket, but now you are going to get it in advance!"
"That's a good thing!" the prince asked with a smile as he looked at the man in black, "Is this your own idea?"
"Naturally, it is for the sake of the prince that his subordinates are considering!"
"But why do I think you're wrong?" the killing intent appeared in the prince's eyes, "You weren't that smart before! didn't you take refuge in the eldest prince and then want to take this opportunity to betray me, right?"
The man in black didn't expect the prince to think of himself like this, and his eyes were full of surprise.
"Your Highness, I have been with you for so many years, how could I betray you?" the man in black thought for a moment, and then said ruthlessly, "If Your Highness doesn't believe me, you can cut off my legs! If I betray Your Highness at that time, you can kill me as soon as possible!"
The prince didn't look like a fake when he saw the man in black, and after thinking about it carefully, if this is really what the man said, it was indeed a good opportunity!
"No, it's better for you to keep your legs and continue to work for me. The killing intent in the prince's eyes disappeared, and then he said with a smile, "Although your idea is good, but in case of fraud, you first send a few people to the palace to investigate the situation, if it is correct, then we will start to do it, and we will meet my eldest brother when we enter the palace!"
"Yes!" the man in black took the order and left.
But what the prince didn't know was that when the man in black turned to leave, a strange smile inexplicably appeared on his face.