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An emperor without real power is always in an embarrassing situation, but as an emperor who wants to do something, it is actually not that difficult.In particular, although Emperor Yankang is now in power, it is not the time when he had no future under the former Chief Assistant.

It's not difficult to get some clues after all the people under him spread out and spend some time investigating with all their strength.

But then again, although the emperor and King Xiang have lived in peace for many years, compared to Emperor Yankang's inaction, King Xiang is actively planning a rebellion.And as a person thinking about rebellion, how could he be less vigilant—just when Emperor Yankang sent someone to investigate secretly, King Xiang vaguely noticed it, and was shocked and angry for a while.

"That idiot actually found out about this king. Who leaked something, or did things not end well?" King Xiang asked his subordinates angrily, he was always so angry recently.

The subordinate in front of him was the leader who led the army to intercept the Hu in the northwest that day. He did it beautifully, but who would have thought that he would be destroyed by a few bandits who didn't know the so-called halfway?To say it was just unlucky is not a good thing, but the scouts among King Xiang's private soldiers are really incapable. Even though they went to check the terrain, they never found the bandits' ambush.

For this reason, the leader of the private army was not less punished when he came back, and half of his life was lost when he was beaten with dozens of army sticks.But where can he go to reason?After all, the purpose of King Xiang's raising this group of private soldiers is to plot rebellion, and they can't be used as scouts for attacking the city and forcing the palace.

Not to mention these, what was even more unlucky was that he had just recovered from his injury for a few days, before he could walk on the ground, when he turned his head, King Xiang slipped over to question him again.All of a sudden, he almost thought that he had no way out. While kneeling on the ground and sweating profusely, he quickly recalled the original situation in his mind, and then said firmly: "Master Mingjian, when the subordinates waited to evacuate that day, all Everything was taken away, and everyone was killed.”

However, King Xiang would not really lose his temper because of this sentence of judgment. Instead, he stepped forward and kicked the leader of the private soldiers directly on the shoulder, kicking him to the ground for a long time, unable to get up: "It's not your fault, the emperor Why are you staring at this king at this time?!"

The leader fell to the ground, his clothes completely soaked in cold sweat, but he couldn't get up.

It was the counselor who stood aside at this time and said: "Your Highness, calm down. It is meaningless to pursue these things now. You may wish to think about the current situation. How should you choose? Should you continue to endure, or be decisive..."

Everyone can hear the unfinished words.

King Xiang's eyes flickered when he heard the words, but he didn't show much on his face, but he still hesitated in his heart—for the throne, his plan was not overnight, and now he can be said to be powerful and full-fledged.But if we really want to talk about rebellion, it seems that there is another opportunity missing, and I always feel that it has not yet come.But it seems impossible not to do anything now. After all, Emperor Yankang has taken the initiative to take action, and it will only be worse if he sits and waits to die.

There was silence in the room, and it took a while for King Xiang to frowned impatiently, and said angrily, "How did it get to this point? Now that I'm being forced to act in a hurry, what should I do if something goes wrong?!"

While speaking, he glanced coldly at his subordinate who finally got up and knelt down again, and by the way, glanced at the counselor who was still boasting at this time.The former ruined his big business, he tried his best to bring back a pile of glazed shards, and even leaked his identity to cause such trouble.As for the latter, he just vented his anger, after all, he was the one who persuaded him to cut off the beard.

Both of them noticed the cold gaze, one was panicked, but the other was calm... At least on the surface, he was calm, and he could even say a word of advice: "Your Highness, if you want to break it, you must break it."

King Xiang heard this sentence, but he couldn't help being angry.I always feel that being forced by the situation to do something now, whether he wants to end up in the future or whatever, he will not be so calm and unhurried - in addition to his love of power, he also loves his reputation, otherwise he would not have been so careless after he took a fancy to the property of the Lu family. It is generally to use all the means of insidiousness, rather than directly robbing and plundering.

King Xiang, who cherishes his feathers, hesitated for a moment, but he also understood that compared to life and power, fame and so on are only things that can be thrown away.But at the moment, he would not admit it so readily, so he just said: "Okay, this king will consider it."

After saying this, King Xiang sent the two away, but sat alone in the study for the whole afternoon.

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The situation in Chang'an changed very quickly. Almost overnight, some things that had been hidden all along were brought to light.

As the people of the capital city, most of the residents of Chang'an have political acumen that people in other places do not have. But in the final analysis, from the perspective of this group of low-level people, the struggle for power from the upper class is indeed far away from them.

But one day, the Xiaoqi Battalion in Chang'an City suddenly became active, and they could be seen galloping across the street from time to time. The Xiaoqi Battalion guarding the capital is no exception.So when the Xiaoqi Battalion began to gallop around the city, anyone with a little common sense knew that something big must have happened.

Of course, as the people of Chang'an City, that's all they can see and know.On the imperial palace not far away, the dispute and competition between the two forces is the real flash of invisible swords and swords.

The cause of the incident was naturally Emperor Yankang's "targeting" against King Xiang.The people he sent out to secretly investigate went very smoothly, but in just over ten days, they found all the way to the lair where King Xiang trained his private soldiers according to the flow of materials.Then these people spent some time and energy, and let them find out that King Xiang trained as many as [-] private soldiers there.

Thirty thousand soldiers and horses can be said to be too many or too few, depending on the situation.To put it bluntly, it can't compare to the garrisons inside and outside Chang'an, and it can't compare to the troops kept by general vassals in their vassal lands.But can Chang'an be the same as other places? This number of private soldiers can be described as shocking.

Not to mention anything else, Emperor Yankang broke out in a cold sweat when he got the news—no matter how confused he was, he understood what an army meant, and even more so what it meant for King Xiang to raise such an army near Chang'an.Think about his forbidden army, there are only more than [-] people in total.As for the Xiaoqi battalion and the garrison outside the city, to be honest, Emperor Yankang was not sure if they could believe it. After all, King Xiang's army was raised under the noses of these people.

Probably feeling very threatened, Emperor Yankang decided to act first as soon as his brain became hot.

On the one hand, he ordered the forbidden army to guard the gate of the palace tightly, on the other hand, he ordered the Xiaoqi battalion to surround the Prince Xiang's mansion, and ordered the troops stationed outside the city to dispatch troops to deal with King Xiang's private soldiers. Finally, he ordered people to report the charges against King Xiang to Zhongwen Wu of the court...Everything was arranged in an orderly manner. , orderly and avoid rebellion as much as possible.

Things were progressing fairly smoothly, at least the Xiaoqi Battalion and the garrison outside the city did not disobey the holy orders, those who were supposed to surround Prince Xiang's mansion surrounded the palace, and those who were supposed to send troops to "squeeze out the rebellion" did indeed send troops.

Emperor Yankang made a decisive move for the first time, and it seemed that he had the chance to win, but it was only a seeming one.

It is not for nothing that King Xiang has been running the court for many years. It can be said that compared with Emperor Yankang, except for one less orthodox name, he is better than him in every aspect.Under such circumstances, if Emperor Yankang can produce conclusive evidence to prove that he has the intention of treason, he can naturally solve him quickly based on his identity.But the problem is that Emperor Yankang has no evidence.

Yes, there is no evidence.The garrison who was ordered to suppress the rebellion was in vain, and when they rushed over, they saw only an ordinary village in the valley. As for the so-called [-] private soldiers, they disappeared as if they had evaporated from the world.

When Emperor Yankang got the news, his face was ugly as if he was about to die—the disappearance of [-] private soldiers who existed for the purpose of rebellion, he knew it would not be a good thing, and when the news came back, it would be too late even if he wanted to close the city gate.What's even more detestable is that a person in such a powerful position as King Xiang, even if he is trapped and imprisoned for a while, as long as he can't be beaten to death, he will turn over in a matter of minutes.

On the surface, there is a full-scale backlash from the court and the central government, and in private, there is the threat of [-] private soldiers who must have sneaked into Chang'an. Even the emperor sitting high in the palace cannot feel at ease.

Just at this time, someone beside Emperor Yankang said to him: "Your Majesty, why is it so troublesome if you want your ministers to die?"

This sentence reminded Emperor Yankang, or maybe his nerves were tense to a certain extent, and he was too lazy to think carefully about the trade-offs.At that time, Emperor Yankang only pondered over a cup of tea, so he asked his servants to prepare poisoned wine and sent it directly to Prince Xiang's mansion.

At that time, Prince Xiang's Mansion was still surrounded by the Xiaoqi Camp, but King Xiang, who was inside, didn't panic at all, as if the group of people surrounded outside the mansion were not trying to trap him, but were looking after his home and nursing home generally.But he enjoys singing and dancing at home, the only regret is that there are no guests around him, but it is rare to be quiet.

It was under such circumstances that Emperor Yankang's poisoned wine was delivered, and the waiter who delivered the wine looked trembling when he saw it.

Holding the wine glass in his hand, King Xiang looked at the servant whose legs were trembling, and smiled playfully: "Your Majesty, you can't wait, and you don't even want to accuse me of a crime, so you want to kill me directly?"

The servant shook his legs, trying to hold up his momentum, but he was so afraid that he didn't even dare to lift his head under King Xiang's playful but cold gaze.In the end, he had no choice but to lower his head, present the tray, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty has orders, so why should Your Highness make things difficult for a villain?"

Of course he didn't come alone, and he also knew that King Xiang would not drink poisoned wine obediently, so there were more than ten imperial guards with high martial arts skills behind him.Under the premise that the royal soldiers are under control, it is definitely enough for these forbidden troops to restrain King Xiang alone.In other words, even if poisoned wine is poured today, it will definitely be poured into King Xiang's mouth.

However, after King Xiang put away his fun, his expression was indifferent, as if he hadn't seen the forbidden soldiers at all: "In that case, then you will pour wine with this king." He actually poured out the wine glass in his hand Handed it to the front.

The servant was stunned, and looked up at King Xiang in disbelief, but in the end he still held the pot and filled the cup for him.

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