boyutpedia Chapter 54: Blocking the Eyes and Ears
Chapter 54: Blocking the Eyes and Ears
King Yong must know who King Yongle is, right?
What a terrifying existence the Purple Armor Guards are, King Yong wouldn't be unaware of that, right?
But looking at him like this, it seems like he really knows nothing about the news in Kyoto...
I'm so conflicted. Should I tell him?
If the plan he knew about failed, would he take it out on him?
But if he knew about it but didn't report it, King Yong would be angry with him when he found out. He might as well tell the truth...
Maybe I can get a complete body...
He swallowed and said, "My Lord, Your Majesty has sent Prince Yongle to rush to Chiling Pass for assistance. I'm afraid he has already arrived..."
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, a loud shout was heard!
"What! When did this happen? Why can't I receive any news at all?!"
Huang Zhixiao thought to himself, you are not the only one in this world who knows how to block other people's eyes and ears...
Your Majesty is far away in Kyoto and has been deceived for such a long time. If you do not fight back at all, you might really think that Your Majesty is afraid of you!
Indeed, after King Yong ordered his men to block the eyes and ears of the capital, he devoted himself to recruiting and training new soldiers, waiting for the troops at Chiling Pass to be breached and the iron hooves of Beiqi of the Yi Kingdom to flatten the capital. Then he would lead his troops through the secret passage, directly capture Huang County and then enter the capital to defend the king!
By then, he will be justified! Who will dare to call him a traitor?
Unfortunately, he had planned too well!
He had already started making deployments after Prince Ling wiped out Qinglong Village.
He prevented the Queen Mother and Prince Yong from communicating with each other, and then told Prince Yong some irrelevant things in the name of the Queen Mother to make him relax his vigilance against Kyoto.
The Queen Mother, who was in the palace, naturally knew that Prince Yongle was leaving the capital. She also sent a message, hoping that Prince Yong would make early arrangements, but the messenger was arrested as soon as he left the gate of Kyoto. After that, the Queen Mother fell ill, but her illness was not serious. She just couldn't get out of bed. She was drowsy and didn't have the energy or mind to take care of things.
Prince Chong, who was ordered by Emperor Jianning to track down the real culprit who assassinated Prince Ling, failed to find out the truth within three days.
He was sent by Emperor Jianning to guard the imperial mausoleum for two full months and has not returned yet.
"Prince Yongle led a large army through the official road near Qiancheng, and collected a lot of food and fodder on the way. The governor of Qiancheng wrote a letter to Huaiyang for help to replenish the granary of Qiancheng. Only then did I know..."
Prince Yong angrily flipped the table in front of him, "How unreasonable! This is simply too much!"
The Yi Kingdom did not send him any message, either because they were too busy to take care of themselves, or because the message was intercepted!
However, Prince Ling had been poisoned for many years and was already dying. How could Emperor Jianning play such a big game alone?
Is it possible...
"Do you know how King Ling is doing now?"
Huang Zhixiao shook his head.
How could he know about the affairs of the nobles in Kyoto?
If the prefect of Qiancheng had not been his brother-in-law and had not asked him for help, he would not even have known that Prince Yongle had gone to war!
King Yong did not stay any longer, but left in a hurry.
As soon as he got on his horse, he ordered his followers, "Go, check for Prince Ling's recent whereabouts."
"Yes!"
If he hadn't been afraid of Prince Ling, he wouldn't have secretly poisoned him and crippled his body, making him no longer able to be the right-hand man of Emperor Jianning. After so many years, I heard that he met a miracle doctor, but he could only prolong his life and let him live a lingering life.
However, there is a queen mother in the palace, and nothing that happens in the court can be hidden from the queen mother's eyes and ears.
But for such a big event as Prince Yongle's going on the expedition, his mother did not give him a single word of news!
This is unusual, this is definitely unusual!
But if Prince Ling's poison is cured, then everything can be explained.
Although he is the youngest among his brothers, he has been very strategic since he was young. If he had not wanted to be the emperor, he would be the one sitting in the Qinzheng Hall today.
Since he was a child, he had been hanging out with his uncle, Emperor Yongle, who was rebellious but indifferent to fame and wealth.
His temperament follows his character, and his abilities also follow his character!
A warrior can decide the fate of the world on horseback, and a writer can pacify the world with his pen!
Three days later, news that Prince Ling had recovered reached Youzhou.
Prince Yong was so angry that he overturned the table, "Who! Who on earth has such great power! He can even pull back a person who has one foot in the gates of hell!" The person who gave him the poison promised him that within five years, Prince Ling would die of a broken heart!
This year is almost the fifth year!
Just a little bit different!
Just a little bit different!
He will be able to eliminate the trouble forever!
The visitor lowered his head and said, "She is the legitimate daughter of Duke Fuguo, Mu Qingyan... Now, she has been granted marriage to Prince Ling as his principal wife. The imperial decree has been issued, but the wedding date has not been set yet. It seems that someone is deliberately delaying it... What is the reason? I have not found out yet..."
There was one more thing he didn't dare to talk about.
Prince Yong saw through his hesitation and said, "Is there any worse news than this? Tell me!"
"Qinglong Village... was wiped out... Now, everyone in Qinglong Village is Prince Ling's subordinates... If it weren't for my alertness, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to run back to report to the prince..."
Prince Yong staggered and fell to his seat...
It's over. All these years of hard work have gone to waste...
why!
Some people are born to be emperors!
Some people are clearly capable of becoming emperor, and the throne is within their reach, but they don't want it!
And he is the legitimate son of the Empress!
But there is always that one step short!
"Don't be discouraged, Your Majesty. Your fiefdom is still there, and your military power is still there. Even if your plan is exposed, as long as you don't really rebel, His Majesty won't dare to do anything to you! After all, you and His Majesty are from the same lineage, and the late Emperor also said that you brothers will never be allowed to kill each other..."
Prince Yong laughed, and his laughter was decadent and he looked crazy.
"Brothers are not allowed to kill each other... If it weren't for the order from our father, I would have died long ago..." The subordinates were confused.
But King Yong knew it very well.
The previous emperor did not have many concubines.
But he had two queens.
One is his mother, the current Queen Mother Lan.
One is the biological mother of Emperor Jianning and Prince Ling, the late Empress Xiaolie.
Lan was a noble concubine at that time, and she became the empress only after the death of Empress Xiaolie.
And he knew very well how Empress Xiaolie died!
He knew how his mother, Queen Nian, harmed Empress Xiaolie, and later he did the same thing to harm Prince Ling.
He and Empress Dowager Lan both thought that Prince Ling would die quietly like Empress Xiaolie did. Even if they knew he was poisoned, they would not be able to find out when he was poisoned, let alone the source of the poison.
Even if someone suspected the mother and son, there would be no definite evidence.
What's more, he controlled a large number of troops and the empress dowager had a great influence in the court. Even though Emperor Jianning and Prince Ling knew that Queen Dowager Lan was his mother's murderer, he did not dare to touch the empress dowager easily in order to stabilize the court.