After many days, His Majesty the Emperor finally expressed his stance, but his reaction was very different from what everyone expected. I thought that whether it was to stabilize the family with a gentle attitude, or to fight to the end, this would be the end.
Reconcile conflicts between the aristocratic family and the court.
Who would have thought that His Majesty the Emperor's decree has nothing to do with the imperial court, the family, and even the Jin Yiwei who are responsible for doing it.
The emperor only talked about the year-end ceremony, and by the way, he called out the names of all his highnesses, and secretly asked them to stay in the capital and not move.
This decree was really weird. If they were not convinced that the old emperor could not be held hostage, these people would have wanted to rush to Zixiao Palace to ask questions in person.
But soon, the emperor's will was interpreted to have another meaning. Since the emperor did not explicitly prohibit the Jin Yiwei's actions, it meant that the emperor approved of the Jin Yiwei's actions.
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"Your Majesty's lack of action is not because he thinks this is a good time to deal with the aristocratic family, but because he can no longer take care of these mundane matters."
In the small courtyard on South Street, Meng Yuan said to Lu Hanjiang: "Even if you and the Crown Princess join forces this time to force His Majesty to advance his plan, are you not afraid that this matter will cause a big problem and not be able to end?"
Lu Hanjiang smiled slightly: "Originally, I was a little worried. After all, the power of the family is intertwined and can affect the whole body. But now that I see how confident you are of winning, I think there is nothing to be afraid of."
Meng Yuan glanced at Lu Hanjiang and then ignored the topic. He said: "Although I am deeply trusted by your Majesty, it is related to the secret of immortality. I can't tell how far your Majesty has gone.
, how much does Your Majesty know?"
"Immortality..." Lu Hanjiang suddenly asked: "Birth, old age, illness and death are natural principles. There should be no method of immortality in the world."
"You are right, but your Majesty will only believe what you want to believe."
Meng Yuan sighed: "He has been obsessed with this matter for decades. You don't have to think that you can persuade him to turn around with just a few words. Besides, if he really wakes up at this time, it will be a bad thing for you."
Lu Hanjiang said seriously: "Indeed, the stall you always left behind is too big. If Your Majesty is not willing to pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore, I'm afraid we will have to go to the execution ground tomorrow."
Meng Yuan glared at Lu Hanjiang, and then said: "According to time, there is only one month left before the year-end ceremony. I have only one request. During this period, you should not conflict with Mr. Chen again."
"It seems that you are always planning to put all your chips on the table at once," Lu Hanjiang thought for a while and smiled: "That's right, there is unlikely to be a second chance for this kind of thing, so there is no need to save energy."
So Lu Hanjiang said again: "Don't worry, other aristocratic families can't reach a consensus in such a short time. Although the Chen family is coming fiercely, they have too much to take care of themselves, and I have a helper."
Although the Chen family is divided into three parts... after the death of Chen Heguang, the Chen family is divided into two parts. However, the Chen family is powerful but cannot effectively attack them.
The fundamental problem is that Chen Heguang's death can make them share the same hatred, but this is only a cooperation forced by external forces, and the longer it is delayed, the easier it is for this alliance to fall apart.
In a month's time, even if the Chen family fought desperately, Jin Yiwei could stabilize the situation, but Lu Hanjiang had a better way than using his strength in such a place.
The eldest lady of the Chen family, Chen Yin, was beyond Lu Hanjiang's expectations. First of all, it was undeniable that she was a daughter who was filial to her father and a sister who respected her elder brother.
However, before that, she was an excellent seed cultivated by a noble family. After discovering that she was being used by Jin Yiwei, even if the hatred of killing her father was in doubt and the hatred of killing her brother was confirmed, she still put aside all her grudges.
I want to cooperate with Lu Hanjiang.
What Chen Yin wants to get back is the rights of Chen Zihua's line. Now their line is almost extinct. If she continues to be decadent, it is difficult to imagine the fate of their line in the future. The struggle for power within the family is nothing like
The court should be simple.
Lu Hanjiang was naturally happy to see this happen. Compared to Jin Yiwei's personal death, Chen Yin's existence could effectively eliminate the hostility of a large part of the Chen clan.
Especially now that Qi Yunzhou is assisting him, the vice president of the academy is sincere in helping Chen Yin. After all, once the incident happens, the academy will not be left behind either.
Although Meng Yuan didn't know Lu Hanjiang's plan, he had a good feeling that it might not be a good idea. However, he just said lightly: "As long as you have an idea."
"Don't worry, old man, everything outside is easy to handle. What's the difficulty?"
Lu Hanjiang pointed in the direction of the imperial city in the distance, then spread his hands and sighed: "Even if all of the Jinyi Guards are highly skilled in martial arts and can fly over eaves and walk over walls, that high wall can still stop them all. What's more, the Forbidden Army is also a big trouble."
Indeed, in terms of personal strength, ten Forbidden Army soldiers may not be able to stop one Jin Yiwei. As for those so-called Forbidden Army commanders, Lu Hanjiang did not have to personally take action. Instead, Wu Qiming would take care of them all.
But that's not the problem. No matter how strong the Jin Yiwei are, they can't storm the imperial city without any preparation, let alone fight, and they won't be able to get in. The impact of such a blatant act of rebellion is uncontrollable.
Since the old man wants to play a big game, the most important thing is how to capture this imperial city quickly. Otherwise, once the raid turns into a protracted battle, their chances of winning will decrease infinitely over time.
Lu Hanjiang really didn't have a good solution for this. After all, he was very unfamiliar with this imperial city until now, let alone made any preparations.
To this, Meng Yuan only answered one sentence.
"Don't worry, the Imperial Guard will not be an obstacle."
Meng Yuan sneered and said something earth-shattering: "Wen Kongheng, the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, is one of ours."
Lu Hanjiang was stunned. It took him a long time to recover, and then he said: "Old man, how did you do it?"
The emperor's most trusted right-hand man, even the two people who were used to check and balance each other, had actually become a group of people in private. Meng Yuan's move was indeed unexpected.
Lu Hanjiang frowned and said: "Your Majesty doesn't look like a fool, and you and Commander Wen don't seem to be at odds with each other. I see that Commander wants to beat you every time he quarrels with you.
real."
"Haha, more than that, he has long wanted to kill me, but it is precisely because of this that Your Majesty has never doubted that he will cooperate with me."
Meng Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Wen Kongheng seems to be upright and does not know how to adapt, but in fact he is a person who is very good at hiding himself. Do you know that Wen's eldest son was beaten to death by himself?"
"I know, I heard that the commander-in-chief doesn't seem to care about it." Lu Hanjiang nodded.
Meng Yuan sneered and said: "He is just pretending. He cherishes this son more than anyone else. Otherwise, he would not be able to send a young man to His Majesty."
Lu Hanjiang asked in confusion: "If that's the case, why did the commander beat him to death?"
"The child was not beaten to death by him. When he was sent to the Wen Mansion, it was already a corpse," Meng Yuan said coldly: "The person who really beat him to death was me."