activa-t Chapter 444: The Powerful King Zheng
Chapter 444: The Powerful King Zheng
"Everything is ready, it all depends on King Zheng."
In the original novel, King Zheng is the big boss in the later period and the biggest backer behind Ye Yanran.
He is much older than Ye Yanran. He fell in love with her at first sight and has been unable to extricate himself from her ever since.
To put it bluntly, the powerful and resourceful King Zheng is just a love-brained man, and he is so infatuated with Ye Yanran that he has lost his mind.
In the original novel, he not only married the queen of the previous dynasty, but also blatantly appointed her as his queen. The absurdity of this matter is simply staggering.
It was thanks to the favor of King Zheng that Ye Yanran almost became the ruler of the Tianqin Kingdom in the later period, and the power in her hands was even greater than that of Imperial Noble Consort Dehui.
Ye Jintang would never let Prince Zheng become the emperor. Considering the feud between her and Ye Yanran, only one of them could win.
Based on the principle of preferring the death of a fellow Taoist to the death of an inferior Taoist, Ye Jintang would certainly not let Ye Yan, the later major backer, live.
"When Prince Zheng received the news that the emperor was ill, the 50,000 troops under his command quietly approached the capital."
"If anything happens to the emperor, Prince Zheng will definitely take action against Xiao Yi."
Xiao Mo had been sending people to keep an eye on King Zheng, and he knew his every move very well.
"Your Majesty, you must act quickly. No one knows when Imperial Noble Consort Dehui will take action against the Emperor."
"Well, when everything is ready, we can give Imperial Noble Consort Dehui a proper push."
The corners of Xiao Mo's lips curled up slightly, and a sly smile appeared on his face.
In his eyes, Emperor Jing was no longer his father, but the enemy who killed his mother. He showed mercy by not killing his father himself.
The two talked in the room for a while, and then they heard babbling sounds coming from the inner room. The two little ones woke up.
Since Ping Ping An and An were born, Ye Jintang's life has been busy and fulfilling. The two little babies are growing up day by day, and the wheat planted in the fields is also slowly growing. In the blink of an eye, it is another bumper year.
Ping An and An are about to celebrate their first birthday, so Ye Jintang put aside his government affairs and focused on celebrating the two children's first birthday.
"Madam Zhang, are you ready for the one-year-old ceremony?"
In the study, Ye Jintang was looking through the menu for the banquet while asking Nanny Zhang.
"Everything is ready, please have a look, Madam."
Nanny Zhang handed the list of names for the one-year-old ceremony to Ye Jintang for review.
She only read two lines when she heard the sound of pigeons outside the window.
She had been raising pigeons for so long that she felt something was wrong just by hearing the sound.
"Lüzhu, go out and see if there is a carrier pigeon coming."
"it is good."
Luzhu went out in a hurry, and after a while, she came back into the house holding a wounded pigeon.
"My lady, it's Wuwei's carrier pigeon."
Luzhu handed the bamboo tube to Ye Jintang and carefully examined the injuries on the pigeon.
"The pigeon is seriously injured. It looks like it was scratched by an arrow in the belly."
"Take it to my master and ask her to help take a look."
Ye Jintang didn't care about the injured pigeon and quickly opened the bamboo tube.
She had exchanged letters with Zhou Wuwei so many times, but had never seen a carrier pigeon get injured. She had a bad feeling in her heart.
He opened the bamboo tube and read the letter quickly.
"It seems that Imperial Noble Consort Dehui can no longer bear it."
Ye Jintang took the pigeon letter and hurried to Xiao Mo's study.
At this moment, Xiao Mo was discussing something in his study, so she didn't care about anything else and went straight into the study.
"I just received news from the capital. Emperor Jing accidentally fell into a dark river while out hunting and has been missing for three days. Imperial Noble Consort Dehui asked Xiao Yi to hold the coronation ceremony in two days."
Ye Jintang's words were like a thunderbolt, striking everyone's heart hard.
The fastest carrier pigeon ride from the capital to Ningchuan City would take four days.
By this calculation, Xiao Yi has been on the throne for two days.
"Please make a decision soon, Your Majesty."
Lord Cai stood up and bowed to Xiao Mo with a little excitement.
They have been preparing for so many years, and finally the time has come to decide the outcome.
"No hurry, no hurry. The cotton hasn't been put into the warehouse yet. Once the cotton is put into the warehouse and all our scattered caravans return to Ningchuan City, it won't be too late for us to make a decision."
Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment. Xiao Mo was really able to keep his composure.
They were already wishing they could take their troops and march to the capital to pull that idiot Xiao Yi off the throne.
Lord Cai looked at Xiao Mo again and said, "Your Highness, we must prepare early and be ready to lead our troops to war at any time. If we can capture the capital before winter, we can celebrate the New Year in the capital this year."
Xiao Mo laughed out loud.
"Lord Cai, although I am good at fighting, I cannot fly to the capital with 20 troops. Please be patient. We will still celebrate the New Year in Ningchuan City this year."
Xiao Mo's behavior almost drove everyone present to death.
Only Ye Jintang smiled without saying anything. Xiao Mo was waiting for King Zheng to deal with Xiao Yi.
At the same time, Xiao Yi, dressed in a dragon robe, sat happily on the dragon throne in the imperial study, having just finished the coronation ceremony.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, you finally got what you wanted."
Ye Yanran was wearing a phoenix robe and a gorgeous phoenix crown on her head. She walked forward to greet Xiao Yi with a smile on her face.
"Well, after such a long time, I finally sit on the throne."
Xiao Yi patted the back of the chair vigorously, feeling extremely relaxed.
He thought that if he wanted to sit on the throne, he would have to wait for a few more years and wait until Emperor Jing died.
He never expected that Emperor Jing would actually start investigating him for buying and selling official positions and raising private soldiers.
If any one of these two things happened, he would lose his position as the crown prince. Rather than being deposed, he might as well give it a try.
Originally, Imperial Noble Consort Dehui did not want to take action against Emperor Jing so early, but she had an unpromising son, so she had no choice but to arrange an accident when Emperor Jing went hunting.
There was almost no chance of Emperor Jing surviving if he fell into the underground river.
Xiao Yi's coronation ceremony was still very tiring. After a busy whole day, it was dark when Ye Yanran returned to the palace.
"Su Shu, the emperor is still discussing matters in the imperial study."
Ye Yanran sat in front of the dressing mirror, looking at herself in the mirror with her hair full of pearls and jewels, feeling very satisfied.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has gone to Concubine Yun's palace."
"what?"
Ye Yanran widened her eyes in disbelief. How could Xiao Yi dare to treat her like this?
She is the queen, who is Gu Congyun?
"My queen, I just heard that the Second Prince couldn't sleep well this afternoon and was awakened from time to time. Concubine Yun said that it must be because of the unrest in the palace. The emperor is a true dragon emperor, and the Second Prince will be able to sleep well with the emperor around, so she invited the emperor over."
The smile on Ye Yanran's face instantly widened.
"Your Highness, if you can't sleep well, ask the imperial physician to take a look. The emperor is not an imperial physician."
"In the end, it was just the tricks of that bitch Gu Congyun."
Thinking of Gu Congyun, Ye Yanran couldn't help but think of the Prince Changping's Mansion.
She had long ago instructed the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion to suppress the Prince of Changping's Mansion and not let them have any signs of gaining power.
As a result, during such a long period of time, the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion and the Prince of Changping's Mansion had countless conflicts, but they didn't gain any advantage at all. They were really useless.
The more Ye Yanran thought about it, the more she felt that her parents' family could not help at all except asking for money. She was really unlucky to have such a family.
Ye Yanran, who had just become the queen, was unhappy. Gu Congyun offended her and embarrassed her on the first day. She was afraid that she would make trouble in the future. She wanted to find a way to teach her a lesson and let her know who was the master of the harem.