The carefree sixth prince, my father respectfully invites me to ascend the throne.

Upon hearing this, Lord Wang waved his hand slightly.

"You're being too polite, sir. His Highness sent me here to assist you in your work. There's no question of hardship or difficulty. However, some time has passed since this matter was settled, and there's still no progress. I hope you'll make arrangements soon!"

Chen Ming nodded upon hearing this, but his heart was filled with disdain. Tonight is the day you die, you old codger, and you still have the delusion that you can arrange an official position for me.

Isn't this a foolish dream?

"Once I've taken down all of the Ninth Prince's old subordinates in the next couple of days, I'll make you a Grand General!"

Although I was unhappy, I still had to keep making promises.

As expected, Lord Wang grinned broadly upon hearing this, a smug smile playing on his lips.

Just when he thought everything was in order, he left the Chen residence.

However, no sooner had they left the Chen residence than they encountered assassins arranged by Yang Ling.

The two assassins held broken blades, their eyes filled with coldness. At this moment, in their eyes, the person in front of them was already dead.

"You two are really bold. Do you even know who I am?"

Lord Wang was arrogant and domineering at the moment, showing that he didn't take anyone seriously.

Even though he knew that at this moment, there were two assassins standing in front of him.

The two exchanged a glance after hearing this, both looking somewhat bewildered.

They were both assassins, yet this kid was so bold as to not take them seriously at all.

"Are you out of your mind? The two of us are here to kill you. Do you think we'd be afraid of your identity?"

The assassin sneered, utterly speechless at the person in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Lord Wang's face instantly darkened. Looking across the entire Liangzhou, who would dare to take action against the Crown Prince's faction now?

Seeing how arrogant and domineering this man was, the two assassins finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"court death!"

One of the men in black gave a cold shout, then leaped up and slashed at Lord Wang with his dagger.

Lord Wang had not expected the other side to be so decisive; it seemed he had indeed underestimated their strength.

However, Lord Wang was, after all, an official appointed by the imperial court, and he was used to a life of luxury and had no combat experience whatsoever.

So, almost without any surprise, the person fell into a pool of blood the instant he was attacked by the assassin.

"Pah! This kind of trash dares to yell like that? Does he really think we're just sitting around doing nothing?"

……

With Lord Wang killed, Yang Ling had completed the task Chen Ming had given him.

Moreover, Chen Ming was extremely trustworthy, and in just three days he immediately raised 250,000 taels of platinum.

Looking at the piles of silver, Yang Ling wore a smug look on his face. Using other people's money to support his own army was like a windfall for him.

"Use all this silver to pay the soldiers' wages. Also, tell our soldiers to get to training. I have a feeling we'll be at war again in a couple of days!"

Under the moonlight, Yang Ling stood at the highest point of the pavilion, his eyes slightly narrowed, revealing a wise expression.

Just as he had expected, the news of Chen Ming's plot to rebel was leaked by someone, and it quickly reached the Crown Prince's ears.

The crown prince was currently making intensive preparations to assassinate his father, the emperor, and now that this news had suddenly come out, he was furious.

"How dare he, a piece of trash! I, the Crown Prince, have given him everything, and now he's plotting to betray me! He deserves to die!"

Yang Shan was furious at this moment, his whole body pounding with rage.

"Your Highness, in my opinion, Chen Ming has no opinions of his own at all, and there are probably others instigating him behind the scenes!"

"I am worried," said Yang Shan's aide slowly, his brows furrowed and his heart filled with deep concern.

"Oh? You mean Chen Ming has a powerful backer guiding him?"

Yang Shan raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes fixed on the advisor like those of a venomous snake.

Upon hearing this, the aide shuddered, but quickly recovered, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

"Before Chen Ming set off for Liangzhou, I heard that he had a very capable strategist by his side. I'm afraid all of this was instigated by someone?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Shan's expression immediately turned serious.

Wasn't the person Chen Ming was with arranged by himself? That old guy would never do such a thing.

There must be other people behind this.

"Go and contact the Shence Army, and have them send an army to defend Liangzhou for me."

Now that his ninth brother has been killed, the entire Liangzhou is leaderless, and Chen Ming is the only one who can speak for him.

Although he has already harbored rebellious intentions, he has not made the slightest move so far, which shows that Chen Ming is still quite wary of him.

As long as we send people over, the other side will definitely behave itself.

The most important thing now is to resolve the issues within the imperial court.

After hearing this, the confidant withdrew, and Yang Shan slowly sat down in the chair, his expression somewhat complicated.

Faced with this empire that seemed within his grasp, he felt both excited and afraid.

Yesterday, Emperor Liang summoned him to the palace, and the two talked about various things.

However, her words were all a test from Emperor Liang, and her father must have already noticed her actions.

Therefore, there are some things that need to be done quickly, otherwise, once the matter is exposed, I will lose my position as crown prince.

……

Meanwhile, in Liangzhou, although Chen Ming was acting wildly, everything had already been secretly controlled by Yang Ling.

Furthermore, Yang Ling, with the help of Chen Ming, completely eliminated all the disloyal officials in Liangzhou.

Now that things have come to this point, everything seems to have stabilized.

Meanwhile, Yang Ling is also seizing the opportunity to popularize new-era technologies.

An Yu secretly printed out everything he had written over two days and three nights.

"Your Highness, what are all these things called electrification? I don't understand any of them."

An Yu frowned as he looked at the book in his hands. To him, the contents of the book were rather obscure and difficult to understand.

Upon hearing An Yu's words, Yang Ling wore a smug smile.

"This is the direction of the future. I want to lead the entire Liangzhou into a technological society."

Upon hearing this, An Yu pursed her lips and a helpless expression appeared on her face.

Whenever these things are mentioned, the Ninth Prince gets extremely excited and talks to him about things like cars and airplanes that he can't understand at all.

Are these really the directions for the future?

An Yu expressed her serious doubts.