novelraw Chapter 248
Chapter 248
When he first returned to Beijing, Anxi was curious about Wang Qian's identity.
As a farmer who entered the palace since childhood, he not only knows how to read but also knows martial arts. The key is that the source of the poison is very suspicious.
Such a drug that makes people immobilized and can even restrict the circulation of internal energy can be said to have caused Anxi a lot of suffering.
He had checked Wang Qian's identity briefly, but found nothing.
If it is said that Wang Qian is a member of Prince Rui and a member of the late emperor's royal guard, then it makes sense.
Regardless of whether he was selected and trained by the dark guard from the very beginning, or he was only allowed to be trained by the dark guard after meeting Concubine Shu, in short, he is Prince Rui's man.
It's just that in these years, Prince Rui probably didn't reveal his identity, and didn't let him do anything, so Wang Qian didn't expose, and always pretended to be a loyal servant in front of Zhao Tan.
In addition to Zhao Tan, the identities of other princes, there are also people like Wang Qian, who have companions, maids who serve personally, concubines who have served in bed, and guards for the princes.
After Emperor Xingde found out their identities, he was furious, what did Prince Rui want to do?
Do you want him to have no children or grandchildren?Could it be that Prince Rui was responsible for Lao Qi's attack before?
That's right, that's right, that medicine belonged to Wang Qian, who else could make Wang Qian take the medicine except Prince Rui, it must be Prince Rui's instigation.
It seems that he has wrongly blamed the emperors, although they are disobedient, they are not beasts who disregard the lives of their brothers.
Emperor Xingde ignored the assassin intentionally or unintentionally, and blamed Prince Rui for all the crimes, and immediately ordered to execute Prince Rui and the adult sons in Prince Rui's residence.
The emperor no longer cared about what other people thought of him, and only focused on tracking down the former royal guard who was hiding in the dark.
Following the death of Prince Rui, the former royal guards gradually surfaced and were caught by the emperor, but he seemed to be bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes, and he never believed that the former hidden guards had been cleaned up.
He couldn't find it in the palace, so Emperor Xingde ordered people to search the prince's mansion, including Anxi's mansion, and searched them all, in the name of protecting the princes' safety. In fact, Anxi knew that the emperor wanted to take this opportunity to suppress the power of the princes. .
He was frightened by the secret guard, and he didn't want anyone else to have the secret guard except himself.
Regardless of whether those people were cultivated by the princes themselves, they will be beaten as Prince Rui's people this time, and they will be wiped out.
After Anxi sensed Emperor Xingde's thoughts, he quickly hid his secrets, and then threw out a group of people who had been trained for a year.
These people were spies sent by other people over the past few years, and were specially picked out by Anxi to train them. On the surface, they were viewed as confidantes, but in fact, it was to isolate them and prevent them from discovering any clues about Prince An's Mansion.
In order to make himself really serious about training, Anxi spent a lot of money on them and found many teachers to teach them, so let alone the emperor, even the masters behind them thought that Anxi really liked them.
When the emperor's people came over, the entire Prince An's Mansion, except for a few, such as Xiao Lizi, were either spies or wronged servants.
For example, Manager Liu of the accounting office, he likes to be greedy for money, and started making fake accounts two years ago.For example, Chef Wang in the kitchen likes to shoddy the second-best ingredients when buying ingredients to earn the difference.
To be honest, there are neither too many nor too many such people in Prince An's Mansion, and now they are all picked out by Anxi.
Therefore, when the emperor's people checked, Prince An's Mansion was like a sieve, full of holes.
Princess An can make money, but most of them rely on new ideas.After all, she is a concubine, and she lacks a bit of housekeeping.As for King An, since he was paralyzed, he has been obsessed with enjoying himself, and he doesn't care about other things at all, which led to this state of affairs in the mansion.
Emperor Xingde was relieved, but couldn't help being angry, but this is his own son, there is no reason for outsiders to bully him, so he simply took the blame, whether it was those spies or servants who made mistakes.
The emperor took dozens of people away from Anxi's mansion, and the mansions of other princes are similar, but they are different from Anxi's. Although there are some spies dug out, most of them are forces cultivated by themselves.
Among them, the third prince and the fourth prince suffered heavy losses. They did not expect that Emperor Xingde would be such a dog, and he would take the opportunity to attack them, which is simply unreasonable.
But what can they do, that is their own father, the emperor, who holds the power of life and death for them, so what else can they do other than accepting death.
In comparison, the Eighth Prince is much better. After all, he is a late adult, and the influence he has gained has been cultivated in recent years, so the loss is not too big.But that doesn't mean he's happy, just because there are few things, losing a little bit is heartbreaking, and now losing everything, it's like killing him.
Fortunately, Zhang Shide is still there, and this is the only thing that comforts him. With Zhang Shide's ability, he believes that he will soon be able to cultivate a group of more capable people.
The only problem now is that he, the dignified eighth prince, has no money again!
Because of the painful lesson of being scolded by the emperor last time, the Eighth Prince did not dare to ask Concubine Shu to ask the Seventh Brother for money for him, but the filial piety received in the past two years has almost been spent.
When the prince becomes an adult and opens a mansion, the emperor will allocate a mansion, several Huangzhuang, and 20 taels of silver according to the rules.As for the others, it depends on whether the emperor likes it.
For the prince you like, the emperor will give you something better. For example, Zhao Tan at the beginning was a Zhuangzi with several thousand acres, some including hot springs, and some including mountain tops.
But the princes who don't like it, such as the eighth prince, are just a few barren small Huangzhuang, the largest of which is no more than [-] mu, so the gap is huge.
In addition, the emperor will give extra rewards, such as gold, silver, jewelry, and antique ornaments, all of which are from the emperor's private treasury.
And these, the Eighth Prince did not have any of them.
Being treated differently in this way, the Eighth Prince was of course annoyed, but he was used to being hit. He had long since given up on expecting it, and now he only focused on climbing up. As long as he can become the Ninth Five Lord, what good things can't he get?
At that time, as long as he opens his mouth, he has to obediently hand over the things that his father bestowed to those brothers!
Especially the Seventh Prince, all those so-called cement and glass newspapers had to be presented by him.
However, these are all things for the future, and we still have to worry about raising silver.
The eighth prince was worried about money, and the emperor, who was full of ambition, was not as happy as he imagined.
Through the previous events, Emperor Xingde attacked Prince Rui's followers, further weakened the power of the princes, and further strengthened his control over the court.
However, this did not make him very happy, because those princes, besides the forces in the dark, also had party members in the open.
This is Yangmou, and he is someone the emperor can't touch for the time being.
At the beginning, when the princes became adults, Emperor Xingde sent them errands and assigned some people to them, and now these people have become the power of the princes.
But these were all bestowed by the emperor himself. If they didn't make too many mistakes, the emperor himself couldn't do anything to them.
At the beginning, Emperor Xingde was really kind, and specially selected some capable and family officials to help and teach the princes, hoping that they would be more outstanding, but with the development of these years, these officials, and even their clansmen, all died one after another. high position.
Most of the officials of the third and fourth ranks in the court were involved with them, why didn't this bother Emperor Xingde.
If it was the former Emperor Xingde, he would only be happy with his sons' ability, but as he got older, with the attack on Anxi, and with the incident of Prince Rui, he no longer had the element of joy and pride in his heart, but was full of joy fear.
The emperor carefully screened it out. Among them, the third prince and the fourth prince had the most followers, the second prince had been imprisoned, and his power was completely disintegrated, and the eighth prince, those who took refuge in him were all the emperor's own people. Worry.
Emperor Xingde thought about it, the third and fourth can check and balance each other, and together with the eighth, a stable triangle can be formed. No one dares to break this relationship easily. The first person to do it will definitely face the other two. Human joint attack.
But after thinking about it, no, the old eight's subordinates are all his own people, if an accident happens, it will be his power that will be lost, so it is better to let the boss out.
Although the eldest prince and concubine Xian were implicated in an accident in the Qi family before, Emperor Xingde did not punish them, and even the eldest prince did not get rid of his errand in the Ministry of War.
The eldest prince has been in the Ministry of War for several years, and has his own influence in the Ministry of War. As far as Emperor Xingde knows, Zhou Lin, the left servant of the Ministry of War, is his man.
Originally, the emperor feared him the most. Although the Ministry of War does not hold military power, it has the right to select military officers, and even the martial arts are coordinated by them.
It can be said that although the Dudufu of the Five Armies exists independently, many military officers under it are selected by the Ministry of War.
The eldest prince has been in the Ministry of War for so many years, and he does not know how many military officers he has come into contact with in private.Emperor Xingde was confident that the commanders of the five armies he appointed would not seek refuge with the First Prince, but it was inevitable that they would not have speculators under their command.
For this reason, the eldest prince was banned before, and Emperor Xingde did not intend to release him again.
However, from time to time, only the eldest prince can control the third and fourth children.
Therefore, with the end of the imperial examination incident, the big winner became the big prince.
The third and fourth princes gritted their teeth in hatred, but there was nothing they could do.
Speaking of which, among these brothers, the eldest prince is the most threatening. Not to mention he is the emperor's eldest son, he also has military merits, which is why he can stay firmly in the Ministry of War.
Although the three or four princes have made a lot of political achievements in recent years, they are a bit far behind compared to their military achievements.
Originally Emperor Xingde banned the boss, they were still happy, and they all looked at each other, but they didn't expect the boss to come back from the ashes.
It seems that they must not act rashly before they completely get the boss down, otherwise they will lose more than gain if they are exploited by others.
As for the Eighth Prince, he is still earning money conscientiously.
Although he is also afraid of the boss, but with his power, he does not have the capital to go to the table.
But without exception, they all ignored Anxi!