Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

The fiefdom of Prince Yong, the Prince’s Mansion.

At this time, King Zhou Yong looked solemn, his eyes slightly fixed.

With his hands behind his back, he paced back and forth: "Is there any news now?!"

"Your Majesty, there is a rebellion in the northern border, and a large number of troops are gathering. They will attack the imperial court soon."

The officials kneeling below felt the strong pressure coming from King Zhou Yong, and sweat appeared on their foreheads.

He had followed King Zhou Yong for more than twenty years, and had never seen King Zhou Yong as serious as he was this time.

You know, the former King Yong of Zhou didn't care about court affairs, government affairs, and even didn't ask about the affairs of the royal family.

The main point is to do whatever you want.

At that time, King Yong of Zhou only cared about Zhou Ping being alive.

There was no desire in his eyes and no pursuit in his body, as if there was nothing in the world worth his worrying about.

But since taking over King Mu's fiefdom, King Yong of Zhou has become very different from before.

Although he still seemed to be strolling leisurely and oblivious to what was happening outside, he was actually rectifying the administration of officials, implementing the court's new policies, and even secretly training a new army.

The fiefdom is separated from the Great Zhou by countless mountains, making it relatively closed.

In addition, King Mu once managed this place in an orderly manner and almost isolated it from the imperial court. Therefore, for a long time, the imperial court's power and spies could not reach this area at all.

After that, Zhou Zheng had absolute trust in King Zhou Yong and gave him money and power.

Let King Zhou Yong's strength continue to grow.

Everything seemed to be fine, but in fact, they knew too well that King Zhou Yong's fiefdom had both soldiers and food.

If King Zhou Yong wanted, he could gather an army of 100,000 elite troops at any time to compete with the imperial court.

Even ceding land to become king would not be excessive.

But they knew King Yong of Zhou's character too well, and rebellion was absolutely impossible.

Rebellion against Zhou Zheng is even more impossible.

Therefore, no one knew what King Yong of Zhou's purpose was in training a new army.

However, everyone could hear clearly the urgency and anxiety in King Zhou Yong's eyes, as well as the hint of anger in his body.

"Humph, there are many people who rebel in the world, but to say that the northern border is rebelling, to say that the King of Zhenbei is rebelling, is simply nonsense!"

King Zhou Yong flicked his sleeves, his face gloomy to the extreme.

Although he was named King Yong, King Yong of Zhou was not stupid. Even if he did not ask about the situation in the court, he could clearly tell who were the loyal ministers and who were the treacherous ones!

There is absolutely no possibility that King Zhenbei would rebel.

"Your Highness, there is a letter from the imperial court asking you to raise an army and march to the capital to defend the king."

The officials were crawling on the ground, somewhat panicked.

But at this time, he could only bite the bullet and hand the imperial edict to King Zhou Yong.

King Zhou Yong frowned after receiving the imperial edict, and a feeling of uneasiness spread in his heart again.

This imperial edict is indeed an imperial edict from the imperial court.

The seal above is indeed the emperor's seal.

But the content inside made King Zhou Yong stand there in a daze, unable to let it go for a long time.

The King of Zhenbei commands an army of his own and is now taking advantage of the internal and external troubles facing the imperial court to launch a rebellion and intend to replace the Great Zhou.

The imperial court ordered King Zhou Yong to quickly reorganize the army and raise an army to defend the king!

The imperial edict contained only a few words, but its content made King Zhou Yong's body stiffen and even his breathing became rapid.

Although he had already received news of the chaos in the northern border and the urgent situation in the court, when he actually received the imperial edict, King Zhou Yong still could not believe it.

Raising an army to defend the king, what a big deal!

Looking at the past and present, no dynasty has dared to act recklessly on such matters.

Unless the imperial court has indeed reached a time of extreme crisis.

If it had been before, King Zhou Yong would certainly not have had the slightest hesitation, not even the slightest wavering.

But this time, King Zhou Yong held the imperial edict in his hand and did not say a word.

This made the kneeling officials below a little nervous: "Your Majesty, the people in the court are still waiting for your reply."

These words brought a hint of trance into King Zhou Yong's eyes.

Someone from the court?

King Zhou Yong sneered in his heart, and then a cold light quietly spread out from his pupils.

He had no reason to believe that Prince Zhenbei was plotting a rebellion.

There is even less reason to believe that Zhou Zheng would turn against King Zhenbei.

As for the imperial edict before him, although the content was fine and the imperial seal was stamped on it, it was also sent by the imperial envoy of the court himself.

It seems that everything is normal process.

But the more normal it was, the more King Zhou Yong felt something was wrong.

Why is there no news from Gong Tan and Mu Yun? !

This is a serious matter, there is no way the two of them would remain silent.

If the court really reached such an urgent situation, the most appropriate thing to do for such an important matter would be to let Zhou Ping deliver the letter personally.

Only in this way can King Zhou Yong's concerns be completely dispelled.

But right now, none of these exist.

This can only mean one thing, that is, things are too weird.

There was something weirdly wrong.

The current Zhou Ping is no longer the same Zhou Ping as before. He is not only the son of King Zhou Yong, but also the most important and closest person to Zhou Zheng.

It was impossible for him not to know the huge consequences that might arise from his father's uprising.

If you are not careful, you will be treated as a treasoner!

Zhou Ping may not care about anyone, but he cannot not care about King Zhou Yong.

Thinking of this, King Zhou Yong knew very well that the only possible explanation was that something happened in the court!

Besides, something big happened!

Thinking of this, he clenched his fists and a hint of murderous intent appeared in his eyes!

"Where is the imperial envoy?!"

He paused, stared at the official, and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, according to the highest reception standards, we are currently dining in your residence."

The people below did not dare to neglect and responded quickly.

"Huh, the court is dealing with such a big event, but you, as an imperial envoy, are so calm?"

King Zhou Yong narrowed his eyes slightly, and the sense of oppression in his words became even stronger.

This sentence also made other officials feel depressed.

"What does the prince mean?!"

Thinking of this possibility, many officials were shocked.

"Go and invite this imperial envoy in!"

"My king, I will personally inquire about this."

Taking a deep breath, King Zhou Yong suppressed his inner irritation, then frowned and spoke in a low voice.

"Yes!"

Those present were all close confidants who had followed King Zhou Yong for many years. How could they not hear King Zhou Yong’s murderous intent between the lines?

He knew that if the imperial envoy did not tell the truth today, he would really have to die here.

At the same time, deep inside the Prince’s Mansion.

Several imperial envoys from the court were feasting on the meal.

However, although they seemed to be in a carefree manner, their eyes were actually constantly wandering around the Prince's Mansion, as if they wanted to control the dynamics of the entire Prince's Mansion as much as possible.

However, just when they thought everything was going well, a group of elite troops rushed in.

"The prince has ordered that the imperial envoys come to the front hall to report."

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