King Xin did not calm down because of He Xie's words. Instead, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He pointed at He Xie and cursed: "You dog slave, how can I not worry about you? When will the Dongchang need to do things?"
Is there any evidence? This is a major treason case. As long as Wei Wei has any suspicion, I will be dead!"
He Xie lowered his head, hiding the flash of coldness in his eyes, and still said calmly: "Your Highness, in my opinion, Wei Eunuch should be hesitating whether to support His Highness in the throne, so even though he had doubts, he still stayed put.
, Otherwise, I’m afraid the people from Dongchang would have already surrounded the palace!”
King Xin was startled. It took him a long time to react, and he said in disbelief: "You said that Wei Wei wanted to support me? How is this possible? He knew how sad I was about the death of the Dukes of Donglin, and he still wanted to do it because I was in the mansion.
How could he support me after scolding him and warning me?"
He Xie raised his head and looked into King Xin's eyes: "Your Highness, because the best heir in the Emperor's heart is you, Your Highness. All Wei Wei's power comes from the Emperor's favor. He must consider what will happen if he disobeys the Emperor's will.
s consequence."
King Xin's eyes showed fear, and he said in a trembling voice: "But my brother, my brother is ill in bed, and Wei Gong covers the sky with his hands. What can I do if he puts my brother under house arrest and commits treason?"
He Xie was disdainful. Wei Zhongxian's overwhelming power gave everyone the illusion that he was very powerful.
But that was just because the emperor wanted Wei Zhongxian to be strong. If the emperor wanted Wei Zhongxian to die, his overwhelming power would collapse in an instant and he would be completely vulnerable.
King Xin was afraid of Wei Zhongxian to the core. In He Xie's opinion, he was simply scaring himself.
Did Wei Zhongxian dare to rebel? He didn't dare at all! Maybe he would really hide the truth and establish a new emperor as King Xin feared, but that would have to be after the emperor's death. As long as the emperor could still speak, Wei Zhongxian would not dare to do this.
King Xin could not see through this and was confused by the surface, so he was as afraid of Wei Zhongxian as a tiger.
Even on the night when King Xin entered the palace, he was too frightened to touch any food in the palace, or even sleep. He dressed in trepidation and sat there all night, for fear that Wei Zhongxian would harm him.
But what about the reality?
After King Xin ascended the throne, he spent a month cutting off Wei Zhongxian's wings in the court, but Wei Zhongxian did not dare to do anything. Then he said a few words, and Wei Zhongxian surrendered without any resistance, and was killed.
The eunuchs were so easily destroyed.
It took many years for Emperor Chongzhen to realize how important Wei Zhongxian was to him and how stupid it was to kill Wei Zhongxian, but at that time he was unable to save himself.
He Xie looked into King Xin's eyes and said: "Your Highness, the matter has come to this. Our top priority is to make the Wei eunuch completely change his mind and support His Highness. If so, there will be no obstacles for His Highness to ascend the throne!"
King Xin finally calmed down a little. He stepped forward again, grabbed He Xie's arms, and said with a pleading look on his face: "Lu Qing, what should I do? Do you want me to beg him?"
He Xie shook his head: "Your Highness is so noble, how can you go to that eunuch? What's more, Wei Eun's attitude is not clear. If His Highness goes there rashly, wouldn't it be true that His Highness is guilty? Then Wei Eun can just go with the flow and directly kill him.
Report this matter to the Emperor Ming!"
King Xin panicked again: "Well, my king, what should I do?"
"His Highness is not allowed to come forward, I will do the testing!" He Xie said in a deep voice, "I will try my best to persuade him to support His Highness. If he agrees, it doesn't matter. If he doesn't agree, I will let the blood of the Wei eunuch be splashed three feet!"
"No, no, no!" King Xin waved his hands when he heard this, "How can I bear to let Lu Qing put himself in danger? Just assassinate Wei Wei."
He Xie was startled, but then he realized that the mean young prince said this not because he was worried about He Xie's safety at all, but because he was afraid that He Xie's assassination failed and would implicate him.
"Your Highness!" He Xie clasped his fists sternly, "If Wei Zhen really refuses to agree, this thief will definitely be detrimental to Your Highness, so he must be eliminated! Of course, I will bear all the charges of assassinating the emperor before killing him.
, I will never involve His Highness, and then die together with that Wei Yi!"
"This..." King Xin was startled and looked at He Xie suspiciously, but still shook his head and said it was inappropriate.
He Xie promised again and again, and King Xin relaxed a lot. He took He Xie's hand and said with sorrow on his face: "Lu Qing, I really can't bear for you to sacrifice your life to kill the thief..."
He Xie solemnly said: "Everything is for the Ming Dynasty Zhuo Yongyan! Your Highness, my death is a small matter, but if Your Highness's great cause is accomplished, I will not regret it even if I die!"
King Xin's face was filled with emotion: "Lu Qing, you are really my king's buttocks!"
"Your Highness..."
"Lu Qing..."
After feeling slightly sick for a while, He Xie said goodbye to King Xin and left from the tunnel.
After King Xin watched He Xie leave, the expression on his face slowly disappeared, revealing a bit of suspicion.
"Your Highness!"
A guard in black arrived behind King Xin silently. King Xin did not look back, but asked in a deep voice: "Have you found anything?"
"Your Highness, according to my humble position, Mr. Lu did have some words with Wei Yi today, and it is said that he made Wei Yi particularly happy..."
"What?" King Xin suddenly turned around, stared at the guard who was reporting, with a ferocious look on his face, gritted his teeth and said, "Did Lu Wenzhao really betray me?"
The guard was stunned and said hurriedly: "This shouldn't happen! Mr. Lu was bullied by Xu Xianchun and other dog thieves at the gate of the Royal Garden. Mr. Lu endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden and escaped. After returning, he immediately arranged for someone to kill Bei.
Fast. Everything he did today was in accordance with His Highness’s instructions.”
King Xin's expression was gloomy and uncertain. It took him a long time to gradually calm down, and he asked with suspicion: "What did Lu Wenzhao say to Wei Yi? How could he please that old thief so much?"
The guard thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Lu's reputation abroad has always been not very good..."
King Xin smiled: "I almost forgot, Lu Liuxu..."
He said scornfully: "If I didn't have no one to use, how could I use such a despicable and shameless person?"
The guard wanted to explain that Liuxu was just Master Lu's disguise, but thinking of his master's suspicion, he couldn't help but swallow the words that came to his lips.
King Xin still had doubts in his heart. He squinted his eyes and murmured: "This Lu Wenzhao looked at me very strangely today. He must be hiding something from me..."
He hesitated and regretted that he should not have sent Lu Wenzhao to see Wei Zhongxian, just in case Lu Wenzhao really had a problem...
But he also felt that Lu Wenzhao would not betray him. For a moment, worries, fears, doubts, and tangled emotions kept changing in his heart.
In a simple room, Shen Lian's embroidered spring knife was placed on Hokusai's neck, and he was also trapped in endless entanglements.
Hokusai closed his eyes, his body trembling with fear, and two lines of tears slipped quietly from the corners of his eyes.
"Let's go!"
Suddenly, Shen Lian seemed to have been drained of all his strength, retreated slumped, and dropped the knife in his hand.
He lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Leave the capital, go as far as possible, and never come back again!"
Hokusai slowly opened his eyes and looked at Shen Lian with an extremely complicated look.
Shen Lian did not look at her, but pointed at the door with his knife: "Get out of here before I change my mind!"