Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 720

Mo Chonggui removed the letter from the carrier pigeon. The thin paper was filled with tiny, densely written characters, so small that it was difficult to decipher.

Shen Lingjun also went over to watch with him.

Upon seeing this, both of them completely changed their expressions.

The letter stated that half a month ago, the Emperor of Bei Yi planned to make Consort Jing Empress and her youngest son Crown Prince. Consort Yu, unwilling to accept this, colluded with the Grand Commander of the Imperial Guards in the capital to launch a palace coup, killing the Emperor and falsely issuing an imperial edict to allow the Sixth Prince to inherit the throne. At the same time, Consort Jing and the youngest prince were arrested under the pretext of regicide. Shen Jingyang, the Wen family, and a group of others were also arrested and used as hostages to coerce Shen Wei and Shen Lingxia to return and hand over their military power.

After reading it, Shen Lingjun's face turned pale. She looked at Mo Zhonggui and saw that he also had a gloomy face that looked like he was about to drip water.

They had already learned from the letters sent by Bei Yi that the situation in Bei Yi's harem had long been unstable.

Consort Jing had long been granted the title of Imperial Noble Consort, and in terms of rank, she was completely on par with Imperial Noble Consort Yu. Because she had the support of the Wen and Shen families, she actually had much more confidence than Imperial Noble Consort Yu.

Consort Yu regarded her biggest rivals, Consort Jing and the young prince, as thorns in her side and was constantly trying to get the emperor to make her empress and the sixth prince crown prince.

Although the emperor was fond of beautiful women, he wasn't entirely oblivious when it came to matters of utmost importance. Also, since Consort Yu was nearly thirty, her youth had faded, and her beauty had diminished considerably; she was no longer as alluring to the emperor.

Putting aside everything else, Consort Yu's background was too poor. The fact that the emperor was able to promote her to the rank of Consort was already an exception under pressure. If he were to make her Empress, the memorials of the court officials would drown him.

Since Empress Chu was deposed, the position of Empress of Bei Yi had been vacant. This situation could not continue indefinitely, so the Emperor ultimately chose Consort Jing as Empress.

Now that the empress has been chosen, the crown prince should also be chosen at the same time.

Consort Jing's little prince is now three years old. He is very smart and cute. The emperor loves the little prince no less than he loves the sixth prince, so he also intends to make the little prince the crown prince.

The latest news in the letter that Mo Zhonggui received from Bei Yi a few days ago only goes this far.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, the situation has changed dramatically, and such a huge change has occurred in the capital of Northern Yi!

Because of her humble origins, Consort Yu was generally perceived as someone who could only manipulate events in the harem. But she caught everyone completely off guard.

No one expected that she would collude with the Commander of the Imperial Guard, causing him to rebel against the government and commit this earth-shattering palace coup that resulted in the regicide!

The commander of the Imperial Guards of Kyoto was personally promoted by Mo Chonggui. Mo Chonggui had a very good impression of this person and did not seem like someone with any intention of rebellion.

It's unclear what methods Consort Yu used to win him over.

Consort Yu had no military power. Normally, even if she succeeded in a coup d'état by assassinating the emperor with only the Imperial Guard of the capital, she would eventually be suppressed by the Northern Yi army. But now they had so many hostages, including Shen Wei's wife and son, which they could use to blackmail Shen Wei, making the situation much more difficult.

Shen Lingjun stood up immediately in a hurry: "I want to go back to Beiyi!"

Mo Zhonggui didn't stop her. With such a big thing happening to her family, she naturally couldn't stay in Xiqi any longer.

"I'll go back with you."

Shen Lingjun took a deep breath, trying her best to calm her chaotic mind.