Chapter 254 A Letter of False Information

The next morning, when Mu Cang brought the letter to the palace, Emperor Zhaocheng and Jiang Yi were playing chess after dinner, and the atmosphere between the two was quite harmonious.

The black and white chess pieces on the chessboard went back and forth, and the battle was fierce.

The two talked about trivial matters, such as whether Emperor Wen of Jin had held another beauty contest in recent years, whether Jiang Yi, the queen, needed to compete with the concubines, and even asked her if she had the idea of ​​having another child.

Jiang Yi felt that the questions he asked before were a bit boring, but the last question made her answer without hesitation: "If I have a son, do you think I can still sit on the position of regent queen?"

Emperor Zhaocheng was silent for a moment.

He was the emperor of Mu and she was the queen of Jin. They were both in power in the royal family, so they naturally understood the implication of this sentence.

The emperor already had four sons.

No matter who the throne will be passed to in the future, the emperor and the queen will abdicate in short, and power will return to the new emperor sooner or later, even if the queen is in power now.

The civil and military officials and the four princes were not worried about the queen monopolizing power.

However, if she had a son, the situation would be completely different.

She would support her son to become the emperor.

The civil and military officials and the emperor and the princes would be wary of her, worried that she would rule the country from behind the curtain, worried that she would hold power and become a real regent queen mother.

In this way, perhaps she would not be given the opportunity to hold power from the beginning.

Emperor Zhaocheng was silent for a moment, holding a white piece in his hand and placing it down: "If you give birth to a son now--"

"Is your mind okay?" Jiang Yi raised his eyes and glanced at him, "You are the king of a country, and you don't know the dangers of the palace at all? Don't say how dangerous it is to give birth to a child at my age. Even if I really get pregnant, do you think someone will do their best to make my child disappear?"

Emperor Zhaocheng was speechless: "I saw that the four princes were very respectful to you."

"Is your son disrespectful to you?" Jiang Yi asked back, his eyes fell on the chessboard, "People who hold power, everyone around them is kind, because you can decide their life and death, and you can give them glory and wealth."

Emperor Zhaocheng said nothing.

"But how many of these kindnesses and respects are genuine and how many are fake, can you tell?" Jiang Yi smiled lightly, "They like to act, so I will act with them."

When Emperor Zhaocheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel guilty: "You have been very tired these years."

"There are gains and losses." Jiang Yi said, "How can life be smooth sailing?"

If you are in that environment, you must bear everything that comes with that environment.

If you want power, you must bear the pressure and loneliness under the high position.

Isn't life like this?

"Your Majesty." Xiao Changhai walked in and bowed to report, "The Ninth Prince wants to see you."

Emperor Zhaocheng was surprised and subconsciously turned his head to look at the sky outside: "Mu Cang came to the palace so early, it seems that there is something important to discuss with me."

Usually at this time, he and the officials are still in the court.

Today, in order to have breakfast with Jiang Yi, he deliberately retired early.

Emperor Zhaocheng said quickly, "Let him in."

"Yes."

After a while, Mu Cang came in holding a letter. He was tall and thin, with a cold and hard aura like a rock, and exuded a daunting demeanor.

Emperor Zhaocheng looked at him, his eyes fell on his hand: "What is this?"

"Your Majesty, please take a look first." Mu Cang handed the letter to Xiao Changhai.

Xiao Changhai took the letter, trotted to the emperor, and respectfully presented the letter to Emperor Zhaocheng.

"Express intelligence from the border?" Emperor Zhaocheng frowned, asked casually, and raised his hand, "Xiao Changhai, set up a seat for the Ninth Prince."

"Yes."

The palace servant quickly brought a chair for Mu Cang to sit down. Mu Cang did not sit down, but just stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, his angular face was full of frost.

As the letter unfolded, Emperor Zhaocheng's expression became more serious: "Northern Xinjiang has the potential to increase its troops, so you should return quickly?"

Jiang Yi looked up at him: "The situation at the border is indeed changing rapidly. Wasn't Northern Xinjiang defeated before? Why are you ambitious again?"

Mu Cang turned his head: "This information is fake."

"Fake?" Emperor Zhaocheng was shocked and looked up at him in surprise, "How could it be fake?"

Mu Cang walked to the chair and sat down, and Xiao Changhai served him tea.

"The letter is fake, but the people are real." Mu Cang said indifferently, "Two mysterious guests came to the Xianwang Mansion last night. Does the emperor know their identities?"

Emperor Zhaocheng didn't say anything, but his face changed a little bit.

Guests came to the Xianwang Mansion.

A fake letter of information wanted to transfer Mu Cang away.

Who is behind the trick? Do we need to spend time guessing?

"Is it that the guards of the imperial guards are not good, or is there a spy among them?" Jiang Yi frowned, "A few days ago, a woman named Jiang Jingyue was able to quietly leave the Xianwang Mansion, and last night a stranger sneaked into the Xianwang Mansion, and the imperial guards knew nothing about it?"

"It's not that the imperial guards knew nothing, but they are good at disguise." Mu Cang held the teacup and said in a faint voice, "The two people who came this time are Guo Huai, the second son of the King of Xijiang, and his daughter Guo Hongqiang."

Emperor Zhaocheng threw down the letter and sneered: "Sending two children at once, is the King of Xijiang going all out?"

"Guo Hongqiang is good at disguise, so she can easily avoid the eyes of the imperial guards. As for how to successfully enter the Xianwang Mansion..." Mu Cang paused, "I heard that she is also good at charm."

"They are quite proficient in many evil ways." Emperor Zhaocheng's expression was gloomy, and there seemed to be a layer of frost between his eyebrows and eyes, and he was shrouded in gloom. "What do they want to do? Use a false intelligence to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and then join forces with the prince to force me to abdicate?"

Mu Cang said: "They want to kill Queen Jiang halfway, cause a war between Jin and Mu, and force the emperor to give up the plan of reducing the power of the vassal states."