My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Emperor Longqing looked at the Crown Prince, who was coughing continuously, "Your Highness has been supervising the nation for many years, exhausting yourself. I’ve heard that you now drink more medicine daily than the food you consume. This cannot continue."

"From today onwards, let’s set aside the burden of supervising the nation, Crown Prince."

"Crown Prince, what are your thoughts?"

"I am at Father Emperor’s command!"

The Crown Prince didn’t argue at all.

A showdown in the court.

By now, the hammer had fallen, sealing the decision.

On the surface,

Although the Emperor did not directly convict the Crown Prince, who was most suspicious of assassination, he still stripped him of his supervisory role. For Prince Qin and Prince Qi, this was considered a significant accomplishment.

Chen Sansi, who watched the drama quietly, noticed a problem.

The Crown Prince and the other princes had long-standing conflicts; two of the princes even suffered permanent house arrest, and both Prince Qin and Prince Qi had kept their heads down, not daring to return to the Capital City for many years.

Until the last two years.

That was ten days after Yunzhou.

The power of Prince Qin and Prince Qi grew overnight, allowing them to speak up in the court; clearly, someone was pushing matters along behind the scenes.

The only person capable of this must be the Old Emperor.

Forty years ago, Longqing secluded himself for cultivation, only holding minor meetings in the Cabinet and rarely attending court.

Forty years later, Longqing emerged from seclusion.

But by then, the Crown Prince’s followers had spread throughout the court, from high-ranking court officials to minor local officials.

Like the initial status of Xiang Tingchun, akin to the lowest rank of the Crown Prince’s lineage.

The control of the Crown Prince had reached such a state.

If a rebellion were to succeed, no instability would arise in the transition, which would be completed with utmost smoothness.

Could Emperor Longqing tolerate this?

The best way for him to regain power was naturally to replace the Crown Prince.

Frankly speaking, it was about killing the donkey once the grinding was done.

But such matters, he naturally wouldn’t carry them out personally.

Thus, Prince Qin and Prince Qi naturally became the best tools to achieve his goal.

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Today’s assassination still had many unexplainable aspects.

Li Gong didn’t seem like he was sent by the Emperor.

At that moment, it was very close to forcing the Emperor to act, apparently a genuine attempt, not to mention the deaths of several old officials and the Seventh Prince. The old Emperor was truly furious.

He didn’t shout loudly, but everyone could hear the heavy tone of an Emperor’s rage.

For this reason,

It likely wasn’t sent by Prince Qin or Prince Qi.

If they dared to use such crude methods, it would only leave a bad impression on the Emperor, and even without evidence, it would not be their turn after the downfall of the Crown Prince.

In fact, this bad impression has probably already formed in the mind of the Emperor.

The Crown Prince...

Even less likely.

What would he gain, knowing that the Martial Saint alone couldn’t kill the Emperor, yet still staging such a scenario where he ends up losing the position of Supervisor? What was he aiming for?

And then there’s a third party...

The one who benefits is the suspect!

The name of a person gradually emerged in Chen Sansi’s mind.

What a move to stir up trouble!

"Report—"

"Urgent report—"

A war report from the border was passed up, eventually delivered to the front of the Dragon Chair by the eunuch guarding outside the Yangxin Palace.

"Tell them."

Emperor Longqing quickly skimmed it and handed it to the eunuch by his side.

"A report from the Eastern Territory."

Huang Hong read, "Zhan Taoming, in charge of defending the border at Yushan Prefecture in Yao State, has initiated a rebellion. In collusion with the border army of Qing Country, they have gathered an army of eighty thousand, preparing to attack Lingzhou and march directly to Ziwei Mountain!"

"Boom!"

This war report struck everyone like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

Zhan Taoming!

This person was originally a Main General of the Imperial Guard.

After the battle in Lingzhou, he was sent to the East as Meng Quji’s Deputy General, complementing each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

After the battle,

Zhan Taoming was in charge of guarding the border.

Why would he rebel?

"How can this be good?"

The crowd fell into panic again.

"Once they break through, there will be no more defenses in Lingzhou, an unobstructed path all the way, and Ziwei Mountain is in peril!"

"How could this happen!"

"General Zhan Taoming, he is from the Imperial Guard of the Capital City!"

"He was about to be rewarded for his military achievements, why would he betray the nation at this time? It makes no sense!"

"..."

"Now~"

Huang Hong continued, "The forces from the other two states have already intercepted them, but they lack sufficient troops and hope that the court can dispatch at least twenty thousand men to assist at the border."

Thirty thousand!

In the Eastern Territory, Dasheng currently has several hundred thousand troops...

But that is spread across three states!

Having just regained control of the three states, each important Prefecture City needs a large number of troops to maintain stability; it’s impossible to dispatch them shortly, the fastest way is still within Lingzhou.

Meng Quji still has twenty thousand of the Eastern Garrison, Hu Ben Army has another twenty thousand, plus five thousand Imperial Guards and three thousand Black Armor troops.

This is Meng Quji’s territory.

Normally, he should immediately lead troops there to suppress the rebellion.

However, this would...

Create a scenario.

Ziwei Mountain.

It would be left only with the Crown Prince’s Hu Ben Army!

In this way, it truly becomes the Crown Prince’s domain!

If previously some officials believed that the idea of the Crown Prince rebelling was unfounded, at this moment, more and more people are beginning to believe it.

Zhan Taoming is from the Imperial Guard of Capital City!

That is to say, the Crown Prince had the opportunity to bribe him and then personally fabricate the current drama.

The motive.