Chapter 134 Rescuing the monarch! (2)
The cabinet was no longer his alone. If Situ Yaohua ascends the throne, Lin Xian was for eighty percent sure that the cabinet would get back to how it was in the past. And he would still be prime minister Lin and the hundreds officials would still be headed by him. The seat below him would become more stable and he would be the closest person to the emperor. Unrivalled and unmatched!
Lin Xian had to take this gamble for various reasons. If he bet right, then the Lin clan would continue to stand high and be more glorious. If he bet wrong…
But he had no choice. Situ Yaohua is his nephew. Since he was on Situ Yaohua’s side, he had no choice to look back. He could only go all the way forward.
Seeing Lin Xian’s gaze slowly became firm, Situ Yaohua’s eyes gradually showed a smile because he knew that he had succeeded. As long as Lin Xian was on his side, this event was half done.
Just in one day, the atmosphere became weird…
After Lin Qing caught a young eunuch who was giving medicine to emperor Jinghui, he finally sensed that something was wrong and the problem came from the crown prince!
From the moment he caught the young eunuch who was feeding medicine to emperor Jinghui, he felt that something was wrong. The people who could serve at emperor Jinghui’s side were all old people of the palace. How could such a clumsy young eunuch serve in front of emperor Jinghui? And it was taking advantage when he was not around. It was also impossible to tell which imperial physician prescribed the medication. Fortunately, Xiao Lianzi was able to stop it in time, otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous.
But the moment the young eunuch was found out, he bit the poison in his mouth and committed suicide, making it impossible to investigate.
There are not many people in the court who have the courage to do this and the one who would benefit the most from this is that one in the Eastern Palace. Also, since that day that Situ Yaohua has left, Lin Qing realized that Situ Yaohua’s gaze was wrong, but he never expected that Situ Yaohua would do such a thing!
Sure enough, the heavenly household was ruthless. If emperor Jinghui wakes up, it would be the end of situ Yaohua. Is Situ Yaohua intending to let his emperor father never wake up again?
But speculation was only speculation. After this incident, Lin Qing immediately scattered all the spies of the Prefecture of Arrest. The other spies in the imperial capital and the Central Plains also began to act and investigated everything that had happened recently in the imperial capital.
It only took the spies on day to submit the news he wanted. After reading all the information, Lin Qing also confirmed his speculation. He immediately summoned everyone of the Prefecture of Arrest and the Department of Supervision and withdrew to the imperial palace because only there was their most advantageous fort. With emperor Jinghui there, Situ Yaohua would still have some misgivings.
The Prefecture of Arrest has ten office of about a thousand people. There were more than ten thousand people in total. No matter what, Situ Yaohua wouldn’t dare to act easily. Lin Qing could only hope for emperor Jinghui to wake up during the time Situ Yaohua was preparing. All of this would collapse the moment emperor Jinghui wakes up.
However, it was difficult to say what would happen when one got the stroke. He heard that some people wouldn’t be able to speak, but emperor Jinghui wouldn’t be like that.
After sighing, Lin Qing hurried to consort Hui’s palace. Soon after, Lin Qing came out and consort Hui and eighth prince immediately moved to the palace of emperor Jinghui in the name of taking care of emperor Jinghui.
Recently there had been a lot of flow of people circulating in Liang capital. The people of the crown prince had even more frequent meetings. Ordinary people may not feel anything, but which one of the hundreds officials in the capital has not smelled something unusual?
Those who were too timid to get involved closed the doors and windows and strictly ordered no one in the residence to go out, otherwise, the one who goes out would be beaten to death!
The hearts of people of the capital were already in an unrest because of emperor Jinghui’s coma. Now, it was even more turbulent because of the actions of some people. The sky was about to change!
Sure enough, rumors began to spread in the capital not long after. If was said that there was an evildoer who led the emperor astray. That was why emperor Jinghui got punished by the heaven and had been unconscious all this time. Only when the evildoer is eliminated will emperor Jinghui wake up and will the world become peaceful again, otherwise, a calamity would certainly fall.
And the crown prince’s filial piety touched the heavens. Therefore, emperor Jinghui came in to him his dream. In the dream, emperor Jinghui told the crown prince that he had been harmed by a villain and may not wake up, and let the crown prince take care of the affairs of the state for him, take care of the people of the world. He also asked the crown prince to eradicate this evildoer, save him and save the world from fire.
The evildoer that emperor Jinghui mentioned in the dream of the crown prince naturally referred to Lin Qing.
Whether people believed it or not, anyway, the crown prince took action. He had to act. The eunuch that he groomed for a long time didn’t succeed. He also doesn’t know when emperor Jinghui will wake up. Hence, he had to strike first and gain the upper hand as soon as possible. If he succeeded, what did it matter that emperor Jinghui wakes up?
More than half of the officials at court had been dragged into this mess. They already have no other choice. Therefore, even if emperor Jinghui wakes up, he would have a way to deal with it. It wasn’t that a thing like abdicate and make way for the worthy hasn’t happened before. Hence, Situ Yaohua got the resolution and walked to the end.
Soon, the crown prince summoned the Five Military Forces of the capital, the King’s Administration and his own people and went towards the palace in the name of complying to the command of the heaven; get rid of the evildoer and rescue the monarch!
The tens of thousands of men from the imperial army also guarded outside of the palace gate because without a command, they would never allow anyone to attack the palace. This was the place where the emperor sleeps. The prestige of the emperor couldn’t be violated!
The people of the Prefecture of Arrest and the eighth prince also gathered in the palace. Both sides were in a state of mutual hostility and the situation was on the verge of breaking out.
A few days ago, seeing that the situation was not right, a pigeon had already gone to the northwest from an inconspicuous corner of the capital.
Just don’t know whether it was too late, one person thought anxiously.
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Ahhhh time for ZZ to bring her troops to protect her Lin Qing’er and his golden thigh (the emperor) !!!!!!!!
Thanks for the chapter 😬