Chapter 35 Change

In the eighteenth year of Hongchang.

Times changed.

May 23rd.

Dark clouds covered the moon and all was silent.

A carriage draped in black cloth stopped at the back door of Prince Qin’s Manor.

When the guard on duty saw the old man get out of the car, he did not dare to stop him at all and hurriedly went to the residence to report.

When Prince Qin, Zhao Yuan, heard that Zhang Zhengyang had come late at night, he guessed that something big had happened. He hurriedly invited him to the study room and ordered the guards to send away the servants around him. No one was allowed to approach!

Zhang Zhengyang was alone. The first thing he said after entering the study made Zhao Yuan’s face turn pale.

“His Majesty passed away, four hours ago!” “Ah! Father…” Zhao Yuan exclaimed and stood up. Then, he said dejectedly, “My father even hid the news of his death. He must have made some arrangements.”

“That’s right.” Zhang Zhengyang nodded and said, “The late emperor issued a will and appointed the four of us as ministers to assist the sixth prince in governing the country.”

“Then why are you here?”

Hope flashed in Zhao Yuan’s eyes. The bells of Shangyang Palace had yet to ring, and the news of Emperor Hongchang’s death had yet to spread. Things might turn around.

Zhang Zhengyang said, “Master, I suspect that the Sixth Prince is stubborn by nature and won’t be a good emperor!”

Zhao Yuan nodded slightly and waited quietly for the rest. The so-called not being like a good emperor was just an excuse. There must be other reasons that made Prime Minister Zhang take the risk to disobey the late emperor’s will.

“The other three ministers, one is a eunuch, one is an ignorant woman, and one is a lowly noble!” Zhang Zhengyang said, “How can we let such a person make the decision on an important matter of the country? It was only because of the previous emperor’s diligence that the country was able to prosper. I can’t watch it be destroyed by that child!”

“Minister Zhang is right!”

Zhao Yuan could guess the identities of the other three and admired his father’s arrangements. One of them was Eunuch Wang, the Minister of Internal Affairs, who was in charge of the secret memorial of the Uniformed Guards. The second would be Imperial Consort Sun, the one who gave birth to his sixth brother, where her father and brothers were in charge of the capital camp. The last one would be Duke Cheng, who was over 80 years old and had the highest prestige and seniority among the nobles.

Zhang had been in charge of the court for nearly twenty years, and his henchmen

ministers who did not belong to the court could restrain each other and give the Sixth Prince enough time

Yuan was both respectful

had one son. After the crown prince rebelled and was deposed, Zhao Yuan

the throne fall to

He had set up a will to restrict Minister Zhang’s power, but it did not mean that

said, “Those three people are currently in the palace. The edict hasn’t been issued yet. If Your Highness has any thoughts, I’m willing to assist

Zhang forget the urgent

fight for power now, we might delay in settling the war. Once the northern border is

giving up land and reparations. We can fight back in the future, but there’s

might not be a bad thing that the Northern Frontier had been defeated. After Your Highness ascends to the throne, you can use the war to divert the conflict in the imperial court

successor!” Zhao Yuan finally stopped hiding his thoughts and promised, “After I ascend to the throne, Minister Zhang will still be in charge

bowed. “Thank you,

for formalities,

Zhengyang did not hesitate to betray his father for the

the residence and roped in Commander Lin, who is stationed at the east gate of the palace. I’ll fully support Your Highness, so you should quickly

“That’s good!”

read on our

residence’s chief official. He held his waist token

Yuan. Previously, when the crown prince was in power, they were only used to make money. Now, they have

could be said that any prince would raise a potential

no time

had already arrived at the east gate of the palace with more than

and wielded swords and spears. They looked

Lin saw Minister Zhang, he

are still at

After I

not stingy with his rewards, causing the men behind him to release their auras. They all thought that

ne was

Shangyang Palace.

The lights were on.

prince lay on the bed,

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