On the second day after Zeng Yi and the others lurked in Wan Huo Jing's ancestral hall, Wan Huo Jing came to pay homage to his ancestors. This was of course his way of concealing the truth from others. In fact, it was just to bring some food to Zeng Yi and others.
At the same time, let me tell Zeng Yi and the other four about the current situation in the capital.
"Is the prince like this? Hasn't he died yet?" The prince's situation is still a problem in the relationship between Zeng Yi and the four of them.
"The palace is under complete martial law, and all news about the prince has been blocked. Even the ministers and ministers of the court and central government do not know that the prince has been injured. No one knows the prince's current condition at all, but Guo Juxia and Eunuch Cao did not return from the palace last night.
The emperor did not show up in the morning, so I infer that the prince is probably dead."
According to the news brought by Wan Huojing, Zeng Yi and the others also concluded that the prince most likely died. Even if he did not die, he would be unable to recover. Now they are just afraid that the news of the prince's death will spread, causing
There was chaos in the DPRK and China, so news was blocked.
As expected by Zeng Yi and others, the news came out two days later. Of course, the court had processed the news about the prince's death. The news revealed by the court said that the prince was leading troops to eliminate the assassins.
, died of serious injuries to his hands.
When the news came out, it spread all over the world in an instant. There was no earthquake as imagined, but it was unusually calm. For various factions in the world, given their current relationship with the imperial court, not opening the door to celebrate was already considered a favor to the imperial court.
Well, the death of the prince has nothing to do with them at all.
For ordinary people, it doesn't matter even more. This is not the first time that a royal prince has died. There has never been a prince's death during the reign of that emperor in the past dynasties. As long as the world is peaceful, ordinary people, even the people in the capital, will not care about it at all.
They care about royal matters. For players, they don't care even more. In their eyes, isn't it just an NPC that died? What's the fuss about it? Their first reaction is to think, is there any good mission?
On the contrary, the people who were most concerned about this news were the Four Kingdoms Alliance of Tubo and Persia in the Xixia Grassland. When they learned that the prince was indeed dead, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, these four kingdoms were also suffering, and there were not many top-notch experts in the four kingdoms.
, and three were lost at one time after taking it out. This was a very heavy loss for the four countries, but there was no definite news that the prince was dead. If the prince of Zhongyuan was not dead, then the four countries would have suffered heavy losses in this operation.
Now they can finally celebrate. As long as the Prince of Zhongyuan is determined to die, then their loss of three super-class masters will not be in vain. The death of the Prince of Zhongyuan made the four countries a little inflated. On the day they received the news, they actually started to discuss cooperation again.
The plan to send troops to the Central Plains.
Fortunately, there are still people in the Four Kingdoms who can clearly see the situation. They know that the Central Plains is now the most angry time. If troops are sent at this time, it will help the imperial court to unite. Moreover, the army on the border of the imperial court is obviously ready to deal with it. Sending troops now is not a good idea.
Good timing. With the addition of Xu Zhu and Xiao Feng, the two major coaches are strongly opposed to sending troops. Now the discussion of sending troops has come to nothing.
The four countries temporarily put down their plans to send troops. In the Central Plains, there were actually discussions about starting a war. On the night when the prince died, the furious emperor summoned Wan Huojing and several important officials in the court and asked them to immediately come up with plans to send troops.
It was planned that the emperor would use members of the royal families of the four countries to bury his son with him.
Although all the ministers are aware of the emperor's current anger, they cannot allow the emperor to send troops now. The White Lotus Sect has not been completely wiped out, and all the exposed rebels in the south have not been eliminated. The imperial court has the closest relationship with the major factions in the world.
At this embarrassing time, the imperial court was experiencing a lot of internal worries. The opinions of several important ministers were that before fighting against foreign forces, one must first settle the internal affairs. Only when internal worries are resolved can troops be sent out, otherwise the country's foundation will be shaken.
It is said that in the whole world, it is not the king's land, and it is not the king's ministers who are on the shore of the land. But in fact, in this world, the emperor has never been able to do whatever he wants. Of course, there have been emperors who have done whatever they want, but their endings are often not the same.
A person who died a good death was either deposed or became a subjugated king. Although the emperor was very angry, he did not dare to do whatever he wanted for the sake of the royal family. He could only listen to the opinions of his important ministers and must first settle the domestic affairs.
After a few days, the court finally returned to normal, and the prince was buried grandly. The emperor suddenly became much older, and the white-haired man gave away the black-haired man. The old emperor did not collapse, and he was already very strong.
The death of the prince had a great impact on the emperor. Although he could not see it at ordinary times, in Wan Huojing's words, he could clearly feel that the emperor was depressed. After noticing the old man's condition, Wan Huojing finally waited.
An opportunity to fool the emperor.
Although the emperor suppressed the anger in his heart, he never gave up his plan to avenge the prince. On this day, the emperor secretly summoned the Minister of War to make preparations. Once conditions permit, the Ministry of War must come up with specific plans for sending troops.
plan.
Naturally, Wan Huojing accepted the order on the spot. He raised his head and looked at the emperor. Wan Huojing pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say that I don't know whether to say or not." As he said this, he looked around the emperor, and now he could barely move an inch.
The never-ending Eunuch Cao.
The emperor was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said to the old eunuch: "You go down first, don't worry, Wan Aiqing is loyal to me, and a scholar has no power to tie a chicken, so I will not be in any danger
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The old eunuch hesitated for a moment, but still retreated. The old eunuch left, and the emperor said: "Speak now!"
"It's your Majesty. I know that your Majesty is very sad now, but for the sake of the empire, your majesty, please cheer up. Now, only you and the old prince are the only direct members of the royal family. For the sake of the empire and the royal family, your majesty still needs to continue the royal bloodline.
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With a bang, the emperor slapped his palm on the table angrily, "Huh! You said it lightly! I...I..."
Facing the angry emperor, Wan Huojing showed no fear, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen knows your concerns, why don't Your Majesty do some searching in this world? According to Wei Chen's superficial knowledge, there are many powerful pills in this world.
Medicine! If Your Majesty can find a life-extending or even legendary elixir, then all problems will be solved!"
Hearing Wan Huojing's words, the emperor sat up straight with a calm expression. However, he was already thinking wildly in his mind. No emperor, especially a late emperor, could resist the temptation of extending his life, or even becoming immortal!
