Qi Arsenic?

Unexplained sudden death?

Dongqi Bo issued a manifesto and started a rebellion?

Lu Yi stayed in the hall for a long time, and he almost forgot the name Qi Lu. It was just over a month or two ago, but it seemed like many years had passed.

He was just an unpopular playboy who was sent to Haojing as a hostage by his own father, who gave him some money every year and allowed him to live a life of debauchery and do whatever he wanted in the city of Haojing.

Because he and Liu Wu had similar interests and became good friends, he was eventually involved in the "Green Bird Sneaking" incident by Liu Wu.

Because Lu Que was involved with Concubine Qi, the cold palace in the imperial city was haunted. The empress dowager decided to take drastic measures and brought Qi Lu and Liu Wu to the imperial city as bait. In the end, Lu Yi relied on the pure Zen light to eliminate the ghosts in the imperial city, but Qi Lu, Liu Wu and other baits were also wiped out.

Beside Qi Lu, there is a group of sword guards from the Haojian Palace in East Shenzhou.

These sword guards, under Zhu Yu's instigation, even attacked and killed Lu Yi on the pretext of Qi Lu's death.

But they were unlucky, and happened to meet Wu Shui, whose cultivation level had soared after Lu Yi killed Gui Sui. Wu Shui, who tried to kill Lu Yi, was severely injured by his punch. After the sword guards swore a blood oath, they took the severely injured Wu Shui away.

I originally thought that Qi Xun was dead and that was it, after all, he was just an unpopular hostage.

Unexpectedly, Dongqi Bo actually started a rebellion in the name of Qi Lu!

"Bang!"

The Queen Mother slammed the long table again. She was shocked and angry and shouted: "Where is Li Zi, the Minister of Rites? How did you explain Qi Lu's death to Dong Qibo?"

In the train, Li Zi, who had been watching the fun with a smile on his face, walked out slowly, neither hurriedly nor nervously, and bowed to Yin Yuan and the empress dowager behind the pearl curtain.

"Queen Mother, Your Majesty, I have written to the Duke of Dongqi, explaining that Qi Lu unfortunately died of a sudden illness, and granting grace on behalf of the court, allowing the Duke of Dongqi to bury Qi Lu with the ceremony of a marquis. I have also arranged for his ashes to be sent back."

Li Zi frowned and said softly, "However, according to my estimation, Qi Lu's ashes should still be halfway there."

Yin Yuan laughed: "You're going to rebel, so what? He's just a Dongqi Earl."

Li Zi raised his head and looked at Yin Yuan strangely: "Your Majesty, although the title of Lord Dongqi's ancestor was only 'Lord', now Lord Dongqi is already one of the most powerful princes in Eastern Shenzhou. His territory is 100,000 miles in radius, his people number in the billions, and his army is strong. He should not be underestimated."

Yin Yuan waved his hand disapprovingly: "So what? It's just a hundred million people and a hundred thousand territories. There's no need to send out the imperial guards. Just issue an imperial decree and ask the other princes of Dong Shenzhou to join forces to quell the rebellion. That would be enough to suppress Dong Qibo, right?"

All the civil and military officials in the court nodded and smiled.

Indeed, what does it matter if Dongqi Bo, a mere vassal, rebels?

There were hundreds of princes, both large and small, in East Shenzhou, and several big princes neighboring Dong Qi Bo had territorial disputes with him. A small fight would occur every three years and a big fight every five years. Every ten or twenty years, a war involving millions of people would break out.

According to common sense, once the emperor issued an imperial edict, several major princes in the surrounding areas would unite and gather dozens of small princes to form a siege. The mere Earl of Dongqi would be just a piece of fat meat to be divided.

In comparison, the rebellion in Anping Prefecture, which is 8,000 miles away from Haojing and located in the heart of Dayin, is more difficult to deal with.

The purple-robed eunuch who was kneeling on the ground heard what Yinyuan said, so she looked up cautiously and glanced at Yinyuan secretly.

When Yu Changle saw the purple-robed eunuch's little move, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He pointed at the eunuch and shouted, "What are you doing sneaking around like that? Where have you learned any rules?"

The purple-robed eunuch trembled as he took out a document and held it above his head respectfully.

"Here is the letter from Lord Dongqi sent back from East Shenzhou... It has the signatures of nearly a hundred princes. They say..."

The whole hall was in deathly silence. Everyone's face, whether they were civil or military nobles, turned extremely ugly.

If only the family of Dongqibo rebelled, it would be nothing more than a minor problem for the huge Dayin.

But the manifesto has the signatures of hundreds of princes, hundreds of princes...

The purple-robed eunuch knelt on the ground, his body trembling and covered in cold sweat.

He held up the manifesto, bent down and lowered his head, not daring to move. The eyes of all the civil and military officials in the court were focused on him. Gradually, the eunuch's arms began to shake violently, and everyone heard the "clacking" sound of his teeth colliding.

But no one said a word, no one moved. Even General Le Wu, who had been shouting and putting pressure on Zhu Chong just now, now kept his mouth shut, his eyes flickering, and no one knew what he was thinking.

In the train, Lu Yu glanced at Lu Yi and raised his chin towards the eunuch.

Lu Yi pondered for a moment, strode out of the train, snatched the manifesto from the purple-robed eunuch, unfolded it in his hand, and read it quickly.

Dong Qi Bo's wording in the manifesto was extremely harsh.

He clearly pointed out that "the emperor is unkind, the queen mother is immoral, and she has brutally killed the princes' sons."

He defended himself, 'Dongqi Bo's family has been loyal for generations, but there are evil spirits in the country, hens crow at dawn, the queen mother abuses power, foreign relatives are rampant, the emperor is unjust, unkind, licentious and incompetent, and the princes are like being in a frying pan of fire and oil, and their future is in danger'!
Therefore, Dong Qi Bo concluded, "It is not that I have any delusional thoughts, Dong Qi Bo and his people only seek justice and to survive."

In short, in the manifesto, Dongqi Bo cursed the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the general harshly, using extremely gorgeous parallel sentences and rhetoric, as if to imply that the Dayin dynasty would be completely finished because of these three people.

Because the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and General Wudao cruelly killed the Crown Prince Qi Lu, whom he loved the most, cherished the most, and regarded as his own sweetheart, so... the officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel!

At the end of the manifesto, there is a line of notes: The experience of Dongqi Bo's family and the unfortunate death of Qi Lu made several princes in Dongshenzhou feel the same and expressed deep sympathy. They were all good friends and neighbors. When faced with such a thing, they were all loyal subjects of Dayin and were embarrassed to join Dongqi Bo in rebellion, but they could not help but wave the flags and cheer for Dongqi Bo.

When one side is in trouble, all sides will come to its aid. Therefore, hundreds of princes from East Shenzhou jointly signed a letter to support Dong Qi Bo.

Dongqibo's fiefdom is far away from Dayin's core territory, and is separated by the fiefdoms of more than a dozen princes. If these princes perform their duties conscientiously, Dongqibo's army will not be able to threaten Dayin's court without spending decades.

However, the princes who signed the manifesto included these dozen princes.

In other words, Dongqi Bo's army can follow the Chidao road unimpeded all the way to the eastern gate of Dayin's core territory - Dongjie City.

Lu Yi read the manifesto once, then walked forward and handed it to Yu Changle.

Yu Changle's face was gloomy. He quickly read the manifesto. His expression became more and more ugly. Without saying a word, he handed the manifesto to Yinyuan.

Yin Yuan stood up without even looking at it, stretched out his hand to part the pearl curtain behind him, and slapped the letter on the empress dowager's long desk: "Empress Dowager, please take a look at this matter, what should we do?"

The Queen Mother took the manifesto, gritted her teeth and quickly scanned it, then read it carefully again. Finally, she reviewed the manifesto carefully, almost word by word.

"A traitor with evil intentions, simply, simply..." The Queen Mother's face turned extremely ugly.

Of course, Qi Xun's death was related to her.

It was she who gave the order to use Qi Xun as bait to lure out the evildoers who were causing chaos in the imperial city.

Dongqi Bo's manifesto pinned all the causes and consequences of his rebellion on Qi Lu's sudden death.

Therefore, the Queen Mother is likely to bear the huge blame of "forcing the princes to rebel."

The words like "hens crowing at dawn" and "relatives by marriage" in the manifesto are even more shocking and are simply heart-breaking.

The Queen Mother glanced at the civil officials in the court who had suddenly become alert, and her heart sank again.

If these cultural and educational officials, who have followers all over the world and are best at fanning the flames, use this incident to attack her, the Queen Mother is a little worried that she may even have difficulty keeping her position.

East Shenzhou was originally the stronghold of culture and education, and the place where they made their fortune and rose to prominence!

It is difficult to say whether there is something else hidden behind Dongqi Bo’s rebellion.

Originally, this time, the army that was sent to quell the rebellion was completely wiped out, and the Queen Mother was planning to give these ministers of culture and education a good lesson by removing several important positions from them.

But once the Dongqi Earl's manifesto came out... the Queen Mother had no choice but to compromise.

Taking a deep breath and calming herself down, the Queen Mother slowly put down the manifesto and said leisurely, "It's getting lively now. Ha, the rebellion in Anping Prefecture hasn't been quelled yet, why did this Dongqi Bo pop up again?"

Zhu Chong coughed lightly and said, "Empress Dowager, what is written in the proclamation?"

The Queen Mother smiled at Zhu Chong and asked him, "What do you think, Prime Minister, should we do with the rebellion in Anping Prefecture?"

Zhu Chong's brows suddenly relaxed. He looked at the slightly swaying pearl curtain, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

He smiled and said, "I think we should use the City Commandery as the main force to quell the rebellion. The city defense troops in Gaojing cannot be spared, so we can mobilize city defense troops from other states to quell the rebellion. However, I would like to ask the general to provide some food and supplies."

After a slight pause, Zhu Chong smiled and said, "This time, I recommend the Minister of War, Mo Luoxiu, to personally lead the army to the battle. Everyone, who is in favor, and who... is against?"

The atmosphere in the hall began to change quietly.

The nobles who had just launched mad attacks now cowered and stopped talking.

The civil officials gradually gained momentum.

However, General Le Wu and the generals from the General's Mansion and the Five Military Mansion kept their mouths shut.

The Queen Mother laughed: "That's great, let's do as the Prime Minister wishes. However, in Dongjie City..."

Zhu Chong smiled and waved his hand: "Queen Dowager, Your Majesty, rest assured. The commander of the East Boundary City of Dayin's four major boundary cities is Zhuge Duming of the Zhuge family. He likes military affairs and is an expert in commanding troops. He is a rare all-round talent in our culture. With him in charge, the East Boundary City will be as solid as a rock."

Zhu Chong said confidently: "Dongqi Bo raised an army in anger, which seems to be a great force, but as long as he cannot pass Dongjie City, he will not be able to bear the loss of life under the city, and will eventually have to retreat."

"After he withdraws his troops, the imperial court will issue an imperial decree to reprimand him, and then show him grace and reward. That's it."

The Queen Mother was delighted and cheered loudly.