Chapter 444: Changes in the Royal Family
Palace!
"Two masters please!"
Emperor Chengshan personally entertained the two old men. These two elders were from the Zhenqing Sect and he had spent a lot of effort to invite them.
Each of them is a powerful person in the Yuanshen realm.
"Emperor Chengshan, we have agreed that we will not get involved in your royal family's affairs. If Lin Ye had not appeared, even if anything unexpected happened, we would not take action."
The old man in white didn't care about Emperor Chengshan's identity at all. In fact, a strong man in the Yuanshen realm didn't need to care about a secular emperor.
If practitioners were not forbidden to participate in power disputes among secular people, with the strength of the Zhenqing Sect, they could support anyone to become emperor, even a beggar.
The reason why they came to the capital was not because of the great benefits Emperor Chengshan promised them. The things Emperor Chengshan took out did not make them excited. The two of them came to avenge their two former junior brothers and sisters.
Back then, Lin Ye injured their junior brother and sister. At that time, the two of them were at the critical stage of breaking through the Yuanshen realm and could not leave the sect. By the time they broke through to the Yuanshen realm, Lin Ye had disappeared.
Although they have already investigated that Dahan Trading Company is under Lin Ye's control, and Lin Ye has relations with many sects in Nanjiangzhou, their Zhenqing Sect is a famous and upright sect and the leader of the Taoist sects in the world. Naturally, they cannot use the trading company and those sects to threaten Lin Ye to show up.
It was not until Emperor Chengshan found them that they immediately came to the capital.
As for the message sent by the Princess's Mansion to the Han Trading Company, it was also with their tacit approval, and Emperor Chengshan had no choice but to stop it even if he was unwilling.
"Don't worry, my royal family's affairs naturally do not need your intervention."
Although Emperor Chengshan was somewhat dissatisfied with the attitude of these two people towards himself, the emperor, he also knew that in the eyes of practitioners, especially these powerful practitioners, the emperor had no deterrent power at all.
And he didn't need these two people to help him deal with the imperial sister. He had secretly cultivated a lot of power over the years, which was more than enough to deal with the imperial sister.
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Princess Palace!
The situation is very tense.
Liang Ziqing dismissed most of the servants.
Given her brother's temper, if he were to take action, he would definitely not intend to leave anyone alive. By then, the entire princess mansion would be a river of blood. Although she would not sit and wait for death, she also did not want to involve too many innocent people.
Although the servants had left, there were still hundreds of people in the mansion, and they were all her confidants.
If I die, my royal brother will never let them go, because their fate is tied to mine.
"Princess, many secret guards have appeared nearby."
The secret guards were a force fostered by Emperor Chengshan. Liang Ziqing was naturally aware that since his royal brother had sent the secret guards now, he was afraid that the next step would be an imperial decree and an attack on the palace.
"What about my mother? How does she react?"
The maid did not answer. A sarcastic and self-deprecating expression appeared on Liang Ziqing's pretty face. As expected, her mother only had her brother in her heart.
Even though she had passed on the news that her brother was planning to attack her through people in the palace, her mother did not react at all.
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"The imperial edict has arrived!"
A quarter of an hour later, several eunuchs walked to the door of the princess's mansion tremblingly, shouting in duck voices.
The three eunuchs knew very well what the emperor's edict contained, and they were also clear about Princess Thirteen's attitude. Princess Thirteen would not accept this edict.
The three of them were responsible for conveying the imperial edict, and this time they would surely die.
The door of the princess's mansion was not opened. The three eunuchs looked at each other, and the leader shouted again.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
After three consecutive calls without any response, the three eunuchs felt relieved. Since the Thirteenth Princess didn't open the door, they didn't have to read the imperial edict and they wouldn't die.
"Princess Thirteen will not accept the imperial edict, so the three of us will return to the palace to report to His Majesty."
The three eunuchs turned around and were about to leave, but before they could step down the threshold of the princess's mansion, a cold light flashed, and the heads of the three eunuchs fell to the ground the next moment.
"Princess Changping refused to accept the imperial edict and killed the eunuch who delivered it. She disobeyed the emperor's order and committed treason. You all should follow me to arrest Princess Changping!"
At the same time, sounds were heard from the street not far away, and rows of soldiers in black armor appeared.
What these three eunuchs didn't know was that whether they could go in and convey the imperial edict or not , they would not survive because Emperor Chengshan needed an excuse.
There is no better crime than disobeying an imperial order and killing the eunuch who delivered it.
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Palace!
Emperor Chengshan stood in front of the palace wall, and he could clearly see the princess's mansion from his direction.
At the beginning, in order to show his favor to the Thirteenth Princess, he, as the emperor's brother, built the princess's mansion just across the alley from the imperial palace.
"Imperial sister, I am helpless."
In the mind of Emperor Chengshan, he had to do so. Although his father abdicated the throne, everyone knew that he was forced to do so. As an emperor, he did not have a high prestige in the clan, and many princes in various places were dissatisfied.
There is even a rumor circulating among the royal family that the emperor's father abdicated the throne to him because his sister forced him to do so.
If he wanted to maintain the stability of the royal family and allow his descendants to succeed to the throne, he had to prove to the clan that he did not force his father to the throne, and the best way to prove it was to kill his sister.
"I think the Thirteenth Princess should be able to understand your majesty's painstaking efforts." The eunuch at the side spoke to comfort her, but he curled his lips where Emperor Chengshan couldn't see.
What distrust of the royal family? The emperor is just full of resentment because the outside world has been saying that he is a puppet over the years and that the power of the government has been retained by Prime Minister An and the princess.
Now that Prime Minister An is ill, the emperor finally has the opportunity. He wants to kill the princess to prove that he is the most powerful man today.
This is what His Majesty really thinks.
call out!
In just a quarter of an hour, a flame shot out from the direction of the princess's mansion. Seeing the flame, Emperor Chengshan smiled.
The fireworks were a sign of success, indicating that his secret guards had succeeded.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
The chief eunuch also hurried to congratulate him.
"Why are you so happy? My sister and I are brothers. Killing each other will only make me sad. You eunuch, kneel down here and reflect on yourself."
Emperor Chengshan glared at the eunuch and walked away, but the smile on his face when he turned around betrayed his true thoughts.
"Go, I want to go to Prime Minister An's residence. Prime Minister An has been seriously ill for several days, and I have not yet visited him."
"His Majesty has ordered us to go to Prime Minister An's residence!" the eunuch beside him shouted loudly.
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Prime Minister An’s Mansion.
At this moment, there were three figures sitting in the backyard: An Zisheng, a man with white hair but full of energy, Liang Ziqing, a beautiful young woman with lingering charm, and Lin Ye sitting in the middle.
