fake prince

Chapter 1319
Zhao Bingzhong felt chills in his heart, when he heard the emperor suddenly say: "Go, get Ma Shunde here."

There is no need for Zhao Bingzhong to do this, he glanced at one of the servants, who immediately bowed: "Your servant will go now."

In the castle Imperial City Division Stronghold
At this time, it was raining sporadically in the sky, and the raindrops made the blue bricks in the courtyard crackle, and several people stood with their hands down.

Ma Shunde paced back and forth, anxiously waiting for information from everywhere.

Because of Huo Lianqi's matter, Ma Shunde was reprimanded by the emperor, and he was terrified, and almost fell ill after returning.

However, if he is ill at this time, he will not be sympathized by the emperor, but may completely lose his chance.

For a person like him, once he loses his Sacred Heart, what awaits him is the end of death.

"Hateful, what to do, what?"

The light in the room was very dark, and there were no more candles, only one candle was shining. Ma Shunde paced slowly, with a sullen face and said nothing.

Continue to investigate the matter of King Qi, this is a terrible hot potato.

Ma Shunde really doesn't want to get involved anymore.

However, this is the job of the Imperial City Secretary, what should be done so that this hot potato can be sent out without being punished by the emperor?

No matter how you think about it, it seems impossible.

The Imperial City Secretary was originally the position that he fought for, but even if he handed over the Imperial City Secretary now and lost his power, he would die faster.

The anxious mood made him yell at him constantly, no one dared to say anything, and the atmosphere was oppressive.

"Duke, someone is coming from the palace."

It was at this moment that a fan spoke boldly.

"Please!"

As soon as Ma Shunde heard that there was someone coming from the palace, he hurried out, and saw at a glance that it was a young servant serving the emperor, he laughed and said, "It turns out that Eunuch Chen is here."

Eunuch Chen has a good relationship with Zhao Bingzhong. Although he is not Zhao Bingzhong's son, he has some relationship with another eunuch.

Ma Shunde looked down on this little Chen Zi in the past, no matter in terms of age or qualifications, he was not attractive enough.

But after being reprimanded by the emperor, Ma Shunde seemed to have changed his nature, and became more polite to the people in the palace.

Eunuch Chen was innocent and even more amiable when he smiled.

"How dare you call him father-in-law in front of the governor!"

"Ma Dugong, Your Majesty wants you to enter the palace immediately, follow us."

His Majesty called him into the palace?

Could it be something related to King Qi again?
Ma Shunde's heart skipped a beat, and with a smile on his face, he asked, "Eunuch Chen, what's the reason?"

Eunuch Chen glanced at it and smiled inwardly. You, Ma Shunde, also had such a frightening day, and said cheerfully: "Duke, our family dare not guess about the emperor's affairs. We will know when Eunuch is gone. Please, don't let me know." Your Majesty is in a hurry."

The damn thing!
Ma Shunde couldn't get any useful information out of his mouth, so he could only go back to the palace with him.

When I entered, I smelled a faint smell of blood.

Ma Shunde is familiar with this smell.

Is this someone being beaten?
Ma Shunde became more and more uneasy, he lowered his head and went in, only took a look, and bowed down directly to the emperor sitting in the hall, saluting.

"Slave Ma Shunde, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Ma Shunde, I have something for you to do right away." The emperor was not in the mood, so he was deep. On his wrinkled face, the pupils of the pupils became darker and bottomless.

"Slave waiting for orders!"

Ma Shunde hurriedly pricked up his ears, and heard the emperor say: "Someone reported that the King of Shu colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and Ying Guoda suspected that it was controlled by the remnants. I ordered you to investigate this matter quickly, and there must be no mistakes!"

Ma Shunde's heart skipped a beat again, to investigate the Shu king's collusion with the remnants of the previous dynasty, and also investigate the Yingguo matter?
These two things, no matter which one it is, are terrible!

The first thing is, do I need to investigate something, or can I not investigate something?
He was about to be rejected by the emperor because of Huo Lianqi's affair with King Qi.

If the investigation finds that the king of Shu really colluded with the remnants of the previous dynasty, after the report, every time the emperor sees him, won't he think of what the two sons of King Qi and King Shu have done?

Can I still live?

But can you not agree?

As for Yingguo, it was actually more terrifying.

Ying Guo has cultivated for decades, and has annexed many distant places. Now he has tens of thousands of armors. If he is not careful, it will be a catastrophe.

Ma Shunde groaned inwardly, not daring to show anything on his face, and kowtowed to him: "Your servant obeys the order!"

When I got out of the palace, I immediately felt bitter in my mouth, and went out step by step, thinking of countermeasures in my heart, until I got out of the palace, I couldn't think of any countermeasures to deal with this incident.

With a gloomy face, he returned to the stronghold of Huangcheng Division in a bullock cart.

"Come on! Assemble!"

Following Ma Shunde's order, the entire Imperial City Division base moved.

"Godfather, are we really going to the Shu Palace to investigate?" A little eunuch came to the Imperial City Department with Ma Shunde. He is Ma Shunde's godson and one of his confidantes. The little eunuch felt uneasy and couldn't help whispering asked.

The emperor has only two adult sons, offended the king of Qi and then the king of Shu, what will happen in the future?
Are you waiting to die?
Ma Shunde looked at him coldly and asked, "Otherwise?"

This is the will of the emperor himself!

Apart from obeying, is there any other way to go?

As for whether he will offend the king of Shu again this time, that is inevitable.

First offended the grandson, then the king of Qi, and now the king of Shu. The people of Ma Shunde are numb. There are too many lice and they are not afraid of itchiness. If you offend them, offend them!
Nothing more than death!
If you can't do a good job for His Majesty, you will be killed by Your Majesty before you can settle it in the future.

What His Majesty told you must be done.

Swept by Ma Shunde's piercing gaze, the eunuch didn't dare to speak anymore.

Soon, more than ten riders went to the Shu Palace first.

In addition to the dozen or so riders, orders were sent to other people in nearby strongholds, asking them to dispatch some people to also rush to the Shu Palace.

Shu Palace
The King of Shu was reprimanded last time, so he didn't go out very much. He only played chess and practiced calligraphy and painting in the mansion every day. He got tired of reading today and went out to sit under the eaves. Ma Youliang said: "Recently, it's always rainy. I heard that Yunyu is coming to the capital soon... It seems that something is wrong!"

The King of Shu was in a daze when he saw a person rushing in, knelt down and said, "Report! Your Majesty, the Imperial City Commissioner is here! Ma Shunde led the team himself! We have already reached the gate of the palace!"

"What?!" King Shu immediately stood up when he heard this.

"Ma Shunde is here?"

"He led the team, how many people came?"

The person who came in to report hurriedly said: "He personally brought a dozen or so people, but they were all armored soldiers. When the younger one came in, he also saw cavalry gathered. They were all cavalry from the Imperial City Division, and there were hundreds of them."

The king of Shu, who had stood up, sat back down again.

not good!

This was the first thought that came to mind, is it finally my turn this time?
It is not once or twice that the Imperial City Secretary has done this kind of thing. King Guangshu has heard of it several times in the past two years.

But in any mansion surrounded by the armored soldiers of the Imperial City Division, it is basically difficult for the people inside to turn over.

Without the order from his father, the eunuch Ma Shunde would never have dared to bring so many people to the Shu Palace.

Thinking of his father's cruelty, the king of Shu had cold sweat on his forehead.

Seeing this, Ma Youliang, who was talking to him, panicked at first, then calmed himself down, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, you can't mess yourself up first."

"Your business, everything else is trivial. Although making friends with courtiers is a little taboo, everyone is doing it. The most important thing is to have some connections with Ying Guo, but they have been cut off, and the contacts have been cleared."

"As for the rumors about the remnants of the previous dynasty in Yingguo, your majesty can say that the court doesn't know about it, so how could your majesty know?"

"Even if Ma Shunde comes, nothing can be found..."

"Also, not all the people who were treated like this by him are unlucky, think about grandson..."

"At this moment, you must not lose your composure, how many people are watching you!"

That's right, Taisun's situation at the beginning was much more difficult than his own now, and Ma Shunde led a team to search, but found nothing.

Grandson can do it, so can I!

"Set up the incense table immediately, open the middle door, and prepare to receive the decree!" The king of Shu immediately reacted and ordered.

Even so, the King of Shu was suddenly a little disheartened.

Even if he can't find out this time, if he loses love with his father, it will be difficult for him in the future.

More importantly, if there was grace, this would not have happened at all. Once this happened, everyone would reconsider, and many people might retreat.

Once the wind direction changes, I don't know how much effort it will take to reverse it in the future.

why is it like this?

The king of Shu vaguely had an idea that someone of his own recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors. It seemed that he was restricted everywhere and his situation went from bad to worse.

(End of this chapter)