"After I return, I will immediately draw up an order to summon the Crown Prince and His Highness the Grand Sun back to the capital!" Yang Shiqi's words shocked the whole hall and made the whole room dumbfounded.
Not only Zheng He, but also Yang Rong and Jin Youzi looked shocked. They never expected that Yang Shiqi would be so bold and dare to falsely pass on the imperial edict!
But when I think about it, I and others dare to murder even the imperial concubine, so it seems reasonable to falsely pass on the imperial edict...
"Scholar Yang, be careful!" Zheng He glanced at Eunuch Yang, who was peeping outside the curtain, frowned and said, "Just pretend we didn't hear it just now. Please go back."
"Excuse me, father-in-law, now the emperor is unconscious in bed, the artifact is being watched by criminals, and the prince and grandson are not allowed to return to the capital. How similar is this to the last years of the First Emperor?! Even if father-in-law keeps his duty and ignores Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, can he bear it?
Are you watching Fusu being forced to death?" Yang Shiqi stared at Zheng He and said word by word.
"This..." Zheng He's expression changed, and he couldn't hide the tangled look on his vicissitudes of life. He was a man who went through the Jingnan and made several voyages to the West. How experienced he was? How could he not know how the current situation in the DPRK would develop?
It may very well be a repeat of the chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty! It's just that he has always been loyal and prudent, and he is a person who values his principles more than the sky. Otherwise, Zhu Di would not trust him to hand over the huge ocean-going fleet to his command.
"Eunuch, now King Zhao and Zhao Ying are colluding to control the emperor internally, massacre the palace, and set up prisons externally, with the same party fighting against dissidents! Now, demons are rampant in the capital, and chaos is imminent! Only by bringing back the crown prince and grandson can we clear things out.
The demon atmosphere, crush the demon." Yang Shiqi took a step forward and continued: "I am not serving for my own selfish interests, but for the sake of the world, for the livelihood of the common people, and for the emperor's plan, please be careful!"
"Hey..." Zheng He finally sighed and nodded, "What do you want me to do when the bachelor tells me this?"
"As long as my father-in-law does one thing, it proves that the emperor has woken up at this moment!" Yang Shiqi looked at Zheng He sharply and said: "They dare to falsely pass on the imperial edict, I am just taking the medicine according to the prescription!"
"What if the emperor really wakes up?" Zheng He asked solemnly.
"I will bear all the responsibilities!" Yang Shiqi said in a deep voice: "My father-in-law only proved that the emperor had woken up. There is no need to prove what the emperor had said. In this way, even if the emperor wakes up in the future, my father-in-law will have no responsibility!"
"How can our family be such irresponsible people?" Zheng He glanced at the imperial court and said calmly: "Since you have told our family, once the emperor wakes up, our family will report the truth to the emperor and let the emperor handle it."
"We, loyal ministers, should do this!" Yang Shiqi nodded in praise. Yang Rong and Jin Youzi also nodded in agreement...
When the three bachelors walked out of the palace, King Zhao came in a sedan chair with a serious look on his face after receiving the report.
"Why did the three bachelors break into the palace?!" King Zhao stared at the three people with cold eyes. He really regretted that he had too much scruples and did not take down these three people first!
"I wonder when the emperor gave the prince the right to ride in a sedan chair in the forbidden palace?" Jin Youzi also stared at King Zhao coldly and asked indifferently.
"The emperor naturally gave it to you. Do you still need to report it to the three of you?" King Zhao said coldly.
"When we have urgent military information to report to the Emperor, do we need to get His Majesty's permission first?" Jin Youzi retorted sarcastically.
"Okay!" King Zhao suppressed his impatience, got down from the sedan, stared at the three of them coldly, nodded, and said in a dark voice: "You three have made up your mind to go against me, right?"
"We act according to our duties as ministers and the conscience of heaven and earth. We have no intention of going against anyone." Yang Rong said without being humble or arrogant: "Your Majesty is overly concerned."
"I hope so!" King Zhao snorted, waved his hands and entered the palace.
"Hey..." Looking at King Zhao's back as he walked away angrily, Yang Rong sighed and said, "It seems that we are going to suffer a lot in prison."
"If I had known this, you shouldn't have followed. This way, at least one of you could be left outside!" Jin Youzi looked at Yang Rong helplessly.
"If I don't follow, will King Zhao let me go?" Yang Rong shook his head and smiled: "The three of us are like grasshoppers on a rope, none of us can escape."
"That's good. At least it will save you troubles if you go in," Yang Shiqi showed a weird smile: "We can take the medicine according to the prescription."
Jin Youzi was a little confused when he heard this, but Yang Rong smiled knowingly.
Yang Shiqi saw Yang Rong's smile and laughed loudly: "Mianren, I must have spoken to your heart."
"Haha, half? Half..." Old Yang Rong blushed and quickly changed the subject: "Hurry back and send out the decree!"
"Yes, we have to hurry up." Jin Youzi nodded, and the three bachelors rushed back to the cabinet. Yang Rong took out two blank edicts and wrote two very simple orders on them, namely to recall the prince and the grandson.
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"What should I do with the seal?" Jin Youzi then remembered a very important thing. Normally, after the cabinet drafts a decree, it must be handed over to the emperor for use of the seal before the decree can take effect. The cabinet lacks nothing except the emperor's seal!
At this time, Yang Shiqi took the two decrees, took out a small yellow-orange seal from his sleeve, and stamped it on the signature.
"How come you have this?!" Yang Rong and Jin Youzi stared at the seal with wide eyes. It was the emperor's private seal that was guaranteed to be fake!
"I got it from the emperor's table." Yang Shiqi said calmly, as if he was talking about a trivial matter. In the past, he was on the run and learned some tricks to pull people off.
"This..." Yang Rong thought carefully and remembered that after Yang Shiqi kowtowed to the emperor, he put the military newspaper on the table beside the bed with his back to everyone. He must have moved his hands and feet at that moment... Yang Rong couldn't help but be moved.
Yang Shiqi was so bold that he was speechless.
But then I thought about it, at this time, only his method of fighting fire with fire could bring the situation back to life. If he still had so many worries, how could he possibly defeat the enemy who was already completely crazy.
"Brother Shiqi, you have tricked Eunuch Zheng quite hard." Jin Youzi also understood, shook his head and smiled bitterly. King Zhao would soon find out that the seal was missing, and the three of them would naturally not be able to escape suspicion. Even Zheng He was sure
can not say it clearly.
Yang Shiqi was very calm. After using the seal, he put the decree in an envelope, sealed it with fire paint, and said calmly: "Send it out of the palace quickly."
"How to send it? Normal court mail will definitely not work. Even if it is expedited for 800 miles, it may be chased back." Jin Youzi frowned. Now that both inside and outside the court are controlled by King Zhao, it is difficult not to send the decree through official channels.
He was detained by King Zhao's people.
"Don't go through the official channels," Yang Shiqi had already made up his mind and said calmly: "Send it to the Zhengjia Grain Store inside the front door." Seeing the confusion on their faces, he said softly: "That is the contact point designated by Wang Xian."
"You don't have to worry now." The two bachelors smiled and nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go home and get ready. We'll see you in prison."
"By the way, send this gold seal over too." Yang Rong reminded softly: "How can he be so cheap after using us as guns for so long?"
"Of course, if you keep it in your hands, it will be the crime of ransacking your home and exterminating your family." Jin Youzi thought deeply.
Yang Rong smiled and said nothing, and Yang Shiqi also smiled with understanding. By giving this gold seal to Wang Xian, they were leaving all the responsibility for the subsequent matters to Wang Xian. Thinking of a small revenge,
Both Yang and Yang felt very happy.
"That's right, I'll see you in prison." Yang Shiqi also smiled and nodded. We really have to go back and say hello to our families, or else we may say goodbye forever...
In that room, King Zhao entered the bedroom with a dark face, and Eunuch Yang cautiously greeted him.
‘Trash!’ King Zhao snorted angrily in his heart, but Eunuch Yang was very important now, so he could only endure it for the time being.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Emperor has not woken up. They only said a few words to Eunuch Zheng and then left in despair." Eunuch Yang hurriedly explained to King Zhao.
"What did they say?" King Zhao's face softened slightly and he asked in a deep voice.
"Well..." Eunuch Yang said with a bitter face: "Eunuch Zheng kicked the slaves out. What exactly he said, we really don't know..."
"You!" King Zhao glared at Eunuch Yang and stomped into the inner hall.
In the inner hall, Zhu Di was still unconscious, and Zheng He was still watching quietly.
King Zhao looked at Zheng He and was so full of questions that he couldn't say anything. The other party was not his, so why should he ask him why he wanted to talk to a great scholar in private?
King Zhao could only angrily pick up the military newspaper on the table, glance at it, and sneer: "They are really perfunctory when they use trivial things as excuses!"
Zheng He looked at his eyes, nose and heart, as if he didn't hear what he said.
After a while, Zhao Ying also came after hearing the news. King Zhao went out to the outer hall and said to him viciously: "Arrest those three guys!"
"Your Majesty, they are cabinet bachelors. They can only be arrested with the emperor's order." Zhao Ying did not ask what the charges were, but just reminded him: "And if these three people are sent to prison, the national government will be paralyzed."
"I can't care about that much anymore!" King Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Just wait, I will get you the decree!"
After saying that, King Zhao turned around and entered the inner hall, came to the imperial case, picked up the ink pen in front of Zheng He, wrote an edict, and then wanted to find the emperor's seal to stamp it, but was horrified to find that the gold box containing the imperial seal was
It's empty, how can there be any royal seal?
King Zhao searched all over the imperial case but could not find the damn imperial seal. He raised his head and stared at Zheng He coldly and said, "Where is the imperial seal?"
Zheng He lowered his eyelids and said calmly: "The prince always uses it as soon as he picks it up. How could our family know about it?"
"Don't play tricks on me here!" King Zhao sternly said: "You have never been out here. How could you not know?"
"I really don't know." Zheng He said slowly.
"You!" King Zhao suddenly thought that it was probably Yang Shiqi and others who had just taken away the imperial seal! When he thought that as long as they had the imperial seal, they could issue decrees in the name of the emperor, he felt a chill and felt a strong
Threat! He couldn't help but look ferocious, deeply hating why he had to worry about the emperor suddenly waking up and not dare to carry that damn royal seal with him.
"The royal seal is lost!" King Zhao shouted sharply.
Zhao Ying, who was outside, heard the noise and hurried in. He looked at the furious King Zhao and asked, "Who did it?"