A piece of news shocked the entire capital of Great Qin and shocked all the dignitaries in the entire Great Qin.
King Jingyang was deprived of his status as a prince and demoted to a commoner. All his fiefs were taken back, leaving only the palace of King Jingyang.
The powerful men of Great Qin did not believe this news at first. They would rather believe that Great Qin's army was defeated by the Western Regions than dare to believe such news.
Because the current emperor loves King Jingyang too much, and they all say that the eldest brother is their father. None of the children of the emperor are as favored as King Jingyang.
If King Jingyang is so favored, will he be deprived of his status as a prince?
This was something that the dignitaries in the capital of Great Qin did not want to believe. However, after the morning court meeting and a piece of holy paper was read out in the main hall, everyone knew that the news was actually true.
All the dignitaries went crazy because of this news. They wanted to know what happened. Did King Jingyang do something that the Holy Emperor could not tolerate?
However, according to the speculations of these dignitaries, if there is one thing that cannot be tolerated by the current emperor, King Jingyang, it is definitely rebellion. But how can King Jingyang rebel with such a temperament?
Could it be that what King Jingyang has shown over the years is all a false impression, just to paralyze everyone and paralyze the Holy One, but in the end, the Holy One discovered it?
What is the truth of the matter? These dignitaries can only guess, because according to the information they found, King Jingyang went to the palace overnight to meet with the Holy Emperor last night, and stayed with the Holy Emperor in the palace for an hour. During this period,
No one is in the palace.
The incident must have occurred within this hour, but it was really because of what King Jingyang said that made the Holy Sage so furious that these dignitaries really could not guess.
Just when the dignitaries throughout the Qin Dynasty were speculating about what happened between the Holy Emperor and King Jingyang, a month later, the current Holy Emperor suddenly issued an imperial edict that caught everyone off guard.
Withdrawing troops from the Western Regions gave up most of the territory in the Western Regions. At the same time, the Western Regions offered compensation and vassalage.
All this happened so suddenly that many ministers of Great Qin had no time to react, and the attitude of the current Holy Emperor was very firm, leaving no room for negotiation.
All the dignitaries of Great Qin were puzzled. According to the current battlefield situation, it would only take half a year at most to conquer the entire Western Region. Most of the soldiers in the Western Region had been wiped out, and the rest were just some temporary soldiers formed by temporary soldiers.
The army was no match for Da Qin's well-trained army.
This imperial edict from the Holy One is simply an open door to the Western Region Network.
When the ministers were puzzled, outside the capital, four men from the Western Regions left the capital with great satisfaction. However, a hundred miles away from the capital, they were killed by a group of horse thieves.
Jingyang Palace!
If King Jingyang had not been deprived of his title, although there were not many guests in the Jingyang Palace due to King Jingyang's cold personality, at least it would not be as deserted as it is now.
After the current emperor issued the imperial edict, no one has come to visit the entire Jingyang Palace for a month. Ordinary people dare not come, and those dignitaries still don't know what happened and dare not do this.
Sometimes it gets involved in royal affairs.
Time passes slowly!
Inside Jingyang Mansion!
"Sister Ruo, it's not that I don't want to stay, but the palace doesn't need us at all now. We have nothing to do if we stay in the palace, and it's not good to just take money."
"Yes, butler, if we had no other choice, we wouldn't want to leave the palace."
"Butler, just let us go."
…
Xiruo looked at the servants of the palace in front of her with a somewhat heavy expression. Ever since the prince was deprived of his title, dozens of servants had left one after another in the past six months. The remaining servants of the entire palace
Everyone is here, and this time, these servants are leaving too.
Although what these people said was high-sounding, how could Xiruo not understand that the reason why these people left was not because they had nothing to do, but because the palace could no longer pay their wages.
The prince was deprived of his title, and his fiefdom and the fertile farmland previously rewarded by the Holy Emperor were taken back, and these were the prince's largest source of income.
The source of income was cut off, and the palace did not have much treasury, because in addition to paying the servants, all the income of the palace was used by the prince to purchase flowers and plants.
It is said that everything is in vain, and this is the current situation in the palace. As the chief steward of the palace, Xiruo has even quietly sprouted a few gray hairs in the past six months.
"Sister Ruo, it was you who brought me into the palace. Without your care, sister Ruo, maybe I would have been sold to a brothel by my parents."
A maid was carrying a package and was about to leave the palace. Before leaving, she looked back at Yue Xiruo and said, "Sister Ruo, really, leave the prince. The prince is already possessed by a demon."
The maid did not ask Xiruo to leave the palace, but left the prince because she knew Xiruo's thoughts.
Xiruo's delicate body trembled slightly, but then she shook her head, "Without the prince, there would be no me. Anyone can leave the prince, but I can't."
The maid said nothing more, turned around and left, leaving Xiruo alone in the entire palace.
Standing in the hall of the palace, Xiruo stood quietly for a long time, then patted her face with both hands, showed a forced smile, and walked towards the backyard.
"Xiruo, you came just in time. The seeds of the Beauty Flower have finally sprouted. If this continues, it will only take a year for the Beauty Flower to truly mature and bloom. By then..."
As soon as Xiruo walked to the backyard, Qin Yang looked ecstatic. He stepped forward and took Xiruo's hand to the middle of the yard. There was a foot-wide area of red soil, and in this red soil,
But a bud emerged from the red soil.
Xiruo knew that this bud was the seed of the beauty flower. She saw with her own eyes that the prince planted the seeds of the beauty flower, and observed it for several hours every day.
"That's really congratulations to the prince." Xiruo forced a smile and congratulated. Although she had no interest in the sprout in front of her at all, she would agree and fully support whatever the prince did.
It was as if the red soil on which the beauty flowers were planted was specially transported from the Western Regions. It was a long journey from the Western Regions to the capital, and the red soil could not dry up. The prince spent no less than a thousand gold on it. It can be said that every inch of land is valuable.
Although there was not much money left in the palace at that time, she still chose to support the prince. That month, she pawned all the jewelry that the Holy Spirit had given her.
"Well, this is just the first step. In order for the beauty flower to mature, more cultivation is needed. The most important thing at the moment is to find blood jade. They say that beauty is like jade. This beauty flower also needs blood jade to warm it.
Raised."
"Blood jade?" Xiruo was stunned for a moment. As the chief housekeeper of the palace, she was quite knowledgeable. She had also heard of blood jade. It was a top-quality jade, and a piece the size of a fingernail could be sold for a hundred taels of gold.
"Yes, it's blood jade. I estimated that the beauty flower can absorb three pieces of blood jade every month. In this case, only forty pieces of blood jade are enough."
"Forty dollars?"
Xiruo's voice rose a few decibels.
"What's wrong, Xiruo, let me tell you, forty yuan is not much. According to my plan, the more the better. The more blood jade the beauty flower absorbs, the more beautiful it will be when it blooms. It's a pity.
, there are really too few blood jade, so getting forty yuan is already pretty good."
Xiruo was silent. She wanted to speak several times, but in the end she held back. Since the prince liked it, she would give her full support.
As for the money to buy the blood jade, it happened that all the servants in the palace had left, so it was enough to save wages. However, the original plan to recruit dozens of servants had to be cancelled.
…
Three months later, a heavy rain hit the capital!
This heavy rain came very suddenly without any warning. The rain was so heavy that many people's houses were destroyed.
Inside Jingyang Prince’s Mansion!
Xiruo's weak body was holding an umbrella, standing in the yard, letting the heavy rain fall on her, and she did all this just to block the figure in front of her.
"Xiruo, the beauty flower is about to reach its growth stage. It must not be destroyed by this heavy rain, otherwise everything will be in vain."
"Um."
"Xiruo, I'm not worried. I have to guard the Beauty Flower tonight."
"Um."
"Xi Ruo..."
A thunder sounded, Qin Yang's voice stopped, and lightning flashed across the capital, illuminating Xiruo's thin body, shivering under the heavy rain, but Qin Yang's entire mind was in him
On top of the small green seedling in front of me.
The rainstorm was so heavy, but Qin Yang's clothes were still dry, and under Qin Yang's care, the beauty flower was not stained by even a drop of rainwater.
…
Four months later!
"Xiruo, why are we all vegetarians recently, and why are you so thin?"
"Your Majesty, I heard people say that vegetarians are good for your health. If Your Majesty doesn't like it, I will go out to buy some meat tomorrow."
More than a year has passed since Qin Yang was deprived of his title of prince. However, Xiruo, who was once pure and graceful, had a pair of jade-like catkins covered with calluses.
"Well, it's too light to be a vegetarian all the time. By the way, Xiruo, why are you wearing a hood recently? You're not afraid of the heat in this summer."
"Your Majesty, this is a popular dress in our capital now."
Xiruo replied with a slight smile, but she unconsciously closed the hair by her ear with her right hand, because she was afraid that the prince would see her white hair.
But if Xiruo knows, the prince will not find out, because all the prince's thoughts are on the beauty flower, and the prince has not left the palace for a year. (To be continued)