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Imperial Palace, Fengtian Hall.

This was the first time that ministers held a court meeting here at night since Dayu founded the dynasty.

The huge hall was in complete silence. Emperor Tianyuan sat at the top with an extremely grim expression on his face.

Because he never thought that Wang Jue would dare to collude with the Beiqing people.

It was he who sent Wang Jue to Meizhou in the first place. Wang Jue's action not only slapped him in the face, but also caused millions of people in Dayu to live in dire straits. His crime is simply unforgivable!

Emperor Tianyuan held his chest, trying not to faint.

After a while, he said, "The situation in the north is urgent. I would like to send Qin Aiqing to fight the enemy. Is Qin Aiqing willing?"

Qin Ci had originally planned to fight the enemy, and when Emperor Tianyuan said this, he immediately knelt down and said, "I am willing. Your Majesty, rest assured that I will drive the people of Beiqing out."

General Xiao Liang also wanted to meet the Beiqing man, and took half a step forward to propose that he and Qin Ci go together, but someone hurriedly ran outside the Fengtian Hall and interrupted him.

The man had a dishevelled appearance and had not rested for who knows how long. He stood at the entrance of the palace and bowed deeply to Emperor Tianyuan, then held up two letters and shouted loudly: "An urgent secret letter from Jingzhou Prefecture and Changzhou Prefecture has arrived, which has arrived 800 miles away."

When they heard the names of Jingzhou Prefecture and Changzhou Prefecture, both the important officials in the palace and the ordinary officials outside the palace felt a chill in their hearts.

Because these two places, like Yanzhou, are on the border. Next to Jingzhou Prefecture is the Nanyue Kingdom, next to Changzhou Prefecture is the Xirong Kingdom, and the capital of Changzhou Prefecture is also bordering the Xirong Kingdom.

With urgent letters arriving from two places at the same time, they had to think about war.

*

The matter was of great importance, so the eunuch hurriedly took the two letters and presented them to Emperor Tianyuan.

Emperor Tianyuan opened it with a cold face.

The first thing he read was the letter from Changzhou Prefecture. When he saw clearly what was written on it, he became so angry that his chest heaved violently and he coughed madly.

The prince and the ministers were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and some even wanted to call for the imperial physician.

Emperor Tianyuan told them not to meddle in other people's business, and then quickly opened the letter from Jingzhou Prefecture.

This letter from Jingzhou Prefecture was written by General Qin, who was stationed in the southern border, and was Qin Ci’s grandfather, Qin Zhennan.

After reading the contents, Emperor Tianyuan's eyes became bloodshot, he had difficulty breathing, and he almost fainted.

Because Eunuch Zhao went to the imperial mausoleum, the one serving today is another eunuch named Ye.

Eunuch Ye was afraid that Emperor Tianyuan would fall off the dragon throne, so he hurried forward to help him.

Unexpectedly, when he got closer, Emperor Tianyuan suddenly slowed down.

"I'm fine." Emperor Tianyuan fiercely held the letter written by General Qin and looked at the people in the hall expressionlessly: "Nanyue and Xirong have respectively assembled 100,000 troops to attack Jingzhou Prefecture and Changzhou Prefecture."

*

Even though they were mentally prepared in advance, the officials below all changed their expressions.

"How is it possible?" Prime Minister Yan murmured, "I have been in power for many years, and have gone through several generations of emperors. There has never been a simultaneous attack on the border."

His voice was not loud, but because he was standing close to the front, Emperor Tianyuan could hear it clearly.

With a sneer escaping from his throat, Emperor Tianyuan said: "Minister Yan is right. Our country of Dayu is strong and powerful. For many years, the surrounding small countries did not dare to invade easily. But now they have attacked at the same time."

"Could it be that they have formed an alliance?" Master Jiang guessed.

Emperor Tianyuan: "There are several small countries between them. Even if they form an alliance, they should first conquer the small countries. The reason they suddenly did this is because I have a good son!"

The officials below did not understand what this sentence meant. They looked at the prince and then at Emperor Tianyuan.

Emperor Tianyuan loosened his hand and signaled the eunuch to take the two letters to the prince and officials below.

*

A quarter of an hour later, the hall was dead silent.

Although these two letters came from different places and were written by different people, they both mentioned one thing.

To sum up, the invasion by Xirong and Nanyue was the idea of ​​Prince Hui.

Prince Hui wanted to start a rebellion, but the generals stationed on the border were loyal to Emperor Tianyuan. He was afraid that after the rebellion, these generals would rush back from the border and cut off his retreat, so he wrote letters to the monarchs of Xirong and Nanyue asking for cooperation.

He promised the two that if they could delay General Qin stationed in the southern border and General Liang stationed in Changzhou, he would hand over Jingzhou and Changzhou to them when he ascended the throne.

It was the first time that the ministers had seen a prince who was willing to collude with foreign races to harm the people in order to gain the throne. They were shocked and disappointed.

But at the same time they thought of another thing...

Wang Jue was the cousin of Prince Hui. He allowed people from the Northern Qing Kingdom to enter Yanzhou, which should have been the work of Prince Hui.

How could Prince Hui do this!

Just when everyone wanted to cut Prince Hui into pieces, the Minister of War stepped forward.

As an official of the Huijun King's faction, he had to defend the Huijun King: "The Huijun King has always been loyal to me, Dayu, and would not do such a thing. I think someone is deliberately framing him."

Emperor Tianyuan looked cold and said, "Are you saying that General Qin lied to me?"

The Minister of War knelt down and said, "I dare not."

Emperor Tianyuan: "It's stated in both letters. This is what our spies in Xirong and Nanyue found out."

Minister of War: "It's also possible that they were spies..."

"Forget it." Emperor Tianyuan closed his eyes, looking exhausted. "My dear minister, you often contact my third son in private. What did you do? Do you think I don't know? There are at least 20,000 private soldiers on the mountains behind the imperial mausoleum."

His situation being made clear, the Minister of War suddenly looked up.

Emperor Tianyuan covered his mouth and coughed: "Come here, take down the Minister of War and put him in the Heavenly Prison."

The Minister of War had no time to struggle before he was taken away by two guards with high martial arts skills.

*

The court meeting lasted until midnight.

Qin Ci was leading troops to resist in Yanzhou, so General Liang could not go. He had to take food and grass to Changzhou Prefecture to help his father, General Liang, fight the enemy.

There are 8,000 troops stationed in the capital. Qin Ci was in charge of them in the past few years. Now that Qin Ci has left, his deputy general will be in charge temporarily.

In addition, Prince Hui had evil ambitions and attempted to disrupt the country, committing treason. Half of the troops stationed in the capital were immediately dispatched to the imperial mausoleum to capture him.

*

Many imperial decrees were issued one after another, causing an uproar in the court in an instant.

Some officials from Prince Hui's faction planned to leave the city overnight to join Prince Hui, some planned to wait and see what would happen, and some planned to switch sides to the Crown Prince.

Ji Shuo was the one who planned to meet Prince Hui that night.

When he returned home, he ordered his concubine to help him pack his things quickly.

So far, he firmly believes that Prince Hui can win.

Because the warlike General Xiao Liang and Qin Ci had been sent out of the capital, and there were not many troops stationed in the capital, Prince Hui's private troops would definitely be able to capture the capital.

What he had to do now was to reach the imperial mausoleum before Emperor Tianyuan's men and tell Prince Hui the news from the capital.

He wanted to win the honor of following the dragon.

Ji Shuo was inexplicably excited. At this moment, Mrs. Ji walked into the room carrying a bowl of chicken soup.

Before, when Minister Huang was in good health, Ji Shuo was quite respectful and polite to the Second Miss Huang, or Madam Ji. But after Minister Huang got into trouble, Ji Shuo completely looked down upon Madam Ji.

Without even glancing at the other person, Ji Shuo asked, "What are you doing here?"

Madam Ji handed the bowl to him and said, "I know that you have something important to do, so I came to give it to you. This is the chicken soup I specially made. Please have some to nourish your body."

Ji Shuo was a little impatient, but because he didn't want her to continue hanging around him, he took the bowl and drank it in one gulp.

Mrs. Ji looked at this scene and a smile appeared on her lips.

Ji Shuo thought her smile was a little weird and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Madam Ji pointed at his nose and said, "Master, you are bleeding from the nose again."

Thinking it was the same as before, Ji Shuo cursed and looked for a handkerchief to wipe his nose.

However, this time the blood could not be wiped away no matter what.