ebookland Chapter 227 Preparations before the Emperor's Reign
Chapter 227 Preparations before the Emperor's Reign
Three days later, Shi Lidie went to the palace to treat the emperor, and then turned to go to the palace of Concubine Xian.
She said the same thing to Concubine Xian:
"The Emperor and the Prime Minister have discussed the possibility of deposing the Crown Prince and appointing the Eighth Prince as the Crown Prince. I have already told the Crown Prince about this matter. He plans to force the Emperor to abdicate."
"My Lady Consort Xian, the mantis stalks the cicada, while the oriole waits behind. Now is your chance to avenge the Second Prince."
"Let the Crown Prince deal with the Emperor, and you can deal with the Crown Prince in the name of clearing the court of evildoers and saving the Emperor. If this succeeds, not only can you avenge the Second Prince, but you can also be promoted to a higher rank."
"Support the Ninth Prince to ascend the throne, and you will be the Queen Mother."
After hearing this, Concubine Xian's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and she asked:
"Princess Yun'an, I am a little curious. Why did you go to so much trouble to help me? You have been in Ye State for three years. In the past two years, you have been independent of all forces and seemed to have no bias. Why did you tell me such important information today?"
Shi Lidie lowered her eyes and spoke after a long while:
"For the Second Prince."
"My Lady Concubine Xian, you may not know that since I came to the capital of Ye State, His Royal Highness the Second Prince was the first person to show me kindness. I am a woman, helpless and alone in a foreign country, and that touch of kindness is enough to be my light."
"What's more, Ye Zhaonan tried every means to bring me here from the Dayin Dynasty, and he kept saying that he wanted to marry me and make me the Crown Princess, but he turned around and listened to the emperor and married someone else. He has done me wrong, so why should I repay evil with kindness?"
"Your Majesty, after the Second Prince's death, my only thought in the past two years has been to avenge him. Now the opportunity has come. Even if Your Majesty does not want to get involved, please do not leak this news, because I will take action."
After hearing this, Concubine Xian suddenly laughed:
"Princess, you worry too much. Yan'er is my only son. He died so tragically. How could I not avenge him? Don't worry, if the prince really forces me to abdicate, I will take action."
With Concubine Xian's words, Shi Lidie felt relieved.
She bowed to Concubine Xian, then turned and left with a look of desperate determination on her face. In Concubine Xian's eyes, it seemed that she would give up everything to avenge the Second Prince.
Little did they know, it was all acting.
After this day, waves surged beneath the calm surface of Ye State, and undercurrents came from all directions, heading towards the imperial palace.
Although the Emperor of Ye State has not yet thought of deposing the Crown Prince, he has indeed set his sights on the Eighth Prince as the next heir, and his attention and tests on the Eighth Prince have gradually increased. These things can be found out if one is willing to inquire.
Crown Prince Ye Zhaonan and Concubine Xian both had spies in the palace. Through various clues, they noticed the emperor's attitude and found that he treated the eighth prince differently.
As a result, they all believed the lie made up by Shi Lidie that "the emperor wanted to depose the crown prince and replace him with the eighth prince" to be true.
So, Ye Zhaonan began to prepare for forcing the emperor to abdicate.
He had been the crown prince for so many years and had cultivated a group of forces of his own. Although he had previously been exiled to the imperial mausoleum as the coolie for killing 30,000 disaster victims, thus consuming a group of his men, another group of forces in the dark were still preserved.
Among this group of forces, there are civil officials and military generals, enough to support him in forcing the emperor to rebel.
At the same time, he was also seriously implementing Shi Lidie's proposal to train Lin Pianpian to look like Shi Lidie, so that Lin Pianpian could impersonate Shi Lidie and assassinate the emperor.
With Shi Lidie's reminder, Concubine Xian also noticed Ye Zhaonan's movements through careful observation. She felt something was wrong and believed that Ye Zhaonan was preparing to force him to abdicate.
In order to be the oriole behind the scenes, she also notified her brother and mobilized the troops.
Most of the Tang family's troops in the Zhenbei General's Mansion were stationed in the northern border. Their main responsibility was to fight against the northern Di people, and part of their duty was to guard against the Pei family army of the Dayin Dynasty.
In theory, the border troops should not be moved unless necessary, otherwise the enemy will take advantage of the opportunity.
Just like in the past in the Dayin Dynasty, Fang Ruru instigated the third prince to rebel, and she used the military power of her uncle, Marquis Dingbei, to let Marquis Dingbei mobilize 100,000 troops and return to the capital for support.
This move caused the northern border of the Dayin Dynasty to have a weak defense, which gave Ye Zhaonan the opportunity to cooperate with Beidi and occupy three cities of the Dayin Dynasty. This led to the exchange of the three cities for Shi Lidie's marriage.
Today, the Xianfei and the Zhenbei General's Mansion have followed the old path of the Dingbei Marquis Mansion of the former Dayin Dynasty.
General Tang Yi, who guards the north, believed what his sister said and firmly believed that the prince would force the emperor to abdicate in the near future. So in order to take advantage of the situation, he also transferred 100,000 troops from the northern border.
He planned to follow the advice of his sister, Concubine Xian, and have the 100,000 troops stand by outside the capital until the crown prince led his troops to force the palace. Then he would lead the 100,000 troops into the capital, rescue the king, and reap the benefits.
Does Tang Yi really not know that his troops cannot be moved at will?
he knows.
But he had a balance in his heart, and he believed that seizing the throne was more important than guarding the north.
Even if the northern territory is lost, there will be opportunities to fight it back in the future, and there is still a long time to recover the lost territory. However, if the opportunity to seize the throne is missed, there will never be such a good opportunity in the future.
If the Tang family waits until the crown prince succeeds, or until the emperor appoints the eighth prince as the heir, before taking action, it would be treason.
If the Tang family took advantage of the opportunity launched by the crown prince to reap the benefits, even though their motives were not pure, it would sound good for their reputation, and they would say that they were doing it to save the king, not to start a rebellion.
Tang Yi can still do the math on this account.
As for whether the people in the northern border are dead or alive, whether those people will die under the iron hoofs of the northern barbarians, whether the people will be displaced and their families will be destroyed, he doesn't care at all.
In his heart, they were just a group of untouchables. How could they compare to the future and glory of the Tang family?
Because the Tang family had such thoughts, Tang Yi easily agreed to Concubine Xian's request to mobilize troops from the border, and his move also gave the Dayin Dynasty an opportunity to take advantage of.
Shi Lidie passed the situation of Ye State to Chen Zhao through Chen Shuting's intelligence network, and then submitted it to His Majesty the Great Yin Dynasty, and finally it reached the ears of the Pei family army in the northern border.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Tang army left the northern border to support Kyoto, the Pei army fired the first shot in the annexation of Ye State.
But at this moment, the capital of Ye State was completely unaware.
Shi Lidie met Ye Zhaonan again, and they met at Babaolou.
She handed Ye Zhaonan a small porcelain bottle:
"This is the poison I researched. It's in liquid form, colorless and tasteless, but extremely toxic. Just a little bit of it can penetrate the whole body through the blood. Within a cup of tea, your limbs will become paralyzed, your whole body will become weak, you won't be able to stand up, and you will completely lose the ability to move."
"If the poisoning lasts for more than a quarter of an hour, the mind will gradually become unclear and the person will fall into a coma, but it will not be fatal."
"But its only drawback is that it must come into contact with a wound on a person's body. If it is just sprinkled on the body, it will not work. So Lin Liangdi must make a small wound on Your Majesty's body and then sprinkle the poison on it."
Ye Zhaonan took the small porcelain bottle, and a crazy look flashed in his eyes.