hotmtlnovel Chapter 214 Clearing Obstacles
Chapter 214 Clearing Obstacles
"Your Majesty, I thought you would never accept your fate!"
Shen Yuyao interrupted him and said seriously: "If the prince was still alive in the Great Xia Dynasty, there would be no doubt that the country would be strong and the people would be prosperous! But now, the prince has suddenly passed away..."
Xia Yu handed a cup of hot tea to Shen Yuyao, "Although the crown prince has passed away, my father will definitely appoint a new heir to the throne. I only hope that our Ning Wangfu can be reunited and live in peace."
"Even if...even if I really have to become a 'lonely king'!"
Shen Yuyao pursed her lips gently, "Then according to your opinion, who would be the new crown prince in father's mind? The King of Qin? Or the King of Jin?"
"How can this king presume to guess the will of the Holy Lord?"
Xia Yu's face changed slightly when he heard this. Seeing Shen Yuyao's serious expression, he consoled her, "It's just these brothers anyway."
"Your Majesty, do you really want to watch your father hand over the throne to the King of Qin or the King of Jin?"
Xia Yu and Shen Yuyao both knew very well how the King of Qin and the King of Jin treated the people in their vassal states.
"Whether it's the Prince of Qin or the Prince of Jin, don't worry, Yuyao. I will definitely protect Prince Ning's mansion."
Xia Yu's voice became deeper and deeper.
"My lord, I know that you care about the world, and it is not your intention to live in peace in a corner." Shen Yuyao raised her eyes and looked at Xia Yu firmly: "If one day, my lord, for the sake of the people of the world, he is willing to rebel, I will follow him at the cost of my life."
Xia Yu looked at her quietly.
Shen Yuyao is no longer the love-minded girl who was reckless in the past. Now, she is the one who cares about the people!
Xia Yu felt relieved, but also a little distressed.
"Yuyao, have you ever thought that if you fail, that would be a road of no return as pointed out by your ex-husband?"
"Of course I know..."
Shen Yuyao talked a lot, about Xia Xiaoxian, about Xu Yunxuan, about the East Factory...
"Yuyao, we can't rush this matter. There has to be an appropriate time." Xia Yu frowned, "I'm afraid my father won't be in a hurry to choose the successor to the throne. Let's wait and see."
Shen Yuyao wanted to say something else, but when she turned around and saw Xu Yunxuan winking at her, she was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses.
Xia Yu has not been forced into a desperate situation at this time, and his thoughts and ideas cannot keep up!
Shen Yuyao didn't say anything else out of the ordinary, and just chatted with Xia Yu about some family matters in Prince Ning's Mansion, the children's growth and so on.
When the sky began to turn slightly white, Xia Yu went out.
Since he was the "lonely king" already chosen by the emperor, he had to rush to the foreign land of Yanjing without stopping after attending the funeral of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
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Midsummer, Ning Wang Mansion in Kyoto.
Early in the morning, Shen Yuyao's right eyelid started twitching.
Sure enough, when Xia Xiaoxian came in with the secret report from the East Factory, her face was serious.
"Mother, the Great Xia Dynasty's greatest injustice case, the Lan Yu case, has happened!"
Shen Yuyao's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Lan Yu?
That’s Sister Chang’s maternal uncle, who made great contributions to the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty and swept across the former Yuan Dynasty, the “God of War” General Lan Yu!
Xia Xiaoxian walked up to Shen Yuyao, handed her the secret letter from the East Factory and said, "Mother, the Emperor has begun to remove obstacles."
Shen Yuyao's hands trembled slightly as she took out a thick stack of secret reports.
The secret report was written by Tang Wei himself.
The secret report stated that there was a craftsman named Zhang Rensun in the residence of General Lan Yu who, for some unknown reason, suddenly ran to the Dali Temple to complain and accused General Lan Yu of plotting a rebellion.
The craftsman in Lan Yu's mansion confessed that Lan Yu had ordered him to organize the creation of various military weapons so that he could use them for future rebellion.
Then, after a secret investigation by the guards of the East Factory, it was discovered that the craftsman's true identity was just a dyer in Lan Yu Mansion, and he had no skills at all in making weapons.
How could Lan Yu entrust such a person with the task of rebellion?
Simply unbelievable.
Moreover, the guards of the Eastern Depot also reported that the entire Lan Yu case was handled in secret.
Under the emperor's order, the person in charge of handling this case was the Minister of Personnel Zhan Hui.
When Zhan Hui was ordered to personally interrogate Lan Yu to find out if there were any accomplices, Lan Yu not only refused to plead guilty, he also said that if there was any accomplice, it must be Zhan Hui.
What was even more unexpected was that after hearing this, the emperor actually ordered the execution of Zhan Hui on the spot for treason.
You must know that the Minister of Personnel, as the head of the six ministries, has an extremely important position.
Then, such an important official in the court was easily executed without the emperor having any real evidence at all.
This made Shen Yuyao, who knew the emperor's temperament well, gasp.
It was obvious that the emperor was indeed going to start clearing away obstacles as Xia Xiaoxian had said.
If the position of crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty is to be secure, General Lan Yu must die!
Shen Yuyao knew that, first of all, from the perspective of General Lan Yu himself, although he had outstanding military achievements, he was also hailed as the true "God of War" of the Great Xia Dynasty.
But he also made two big mistakes. One was that he saw the beauty of the former Yuan princess and broke into her tent at night. He ignored the princess's resistance and forcibly humiliated her, causing her to commit suicide out of shame.
The emperor originally planned to use gentle means to win over and surrender the remaining forces of the former Yuan Dynasty, but because of Lan Yu's move, the new and old hatreds between the two sides were further intensified.
The emperor was furious.
And just after making the first mistake, Blue Rain made the second fatal mistake.
When Lan Yu was returning to the capital, when he passed through Jiayu Pass, the garrison commander did not open the city gate immediately according to military orders, but demanded an inspection according to military regulations.
As a result, General Lan Yu actually ordered the army to use its artillery to directly bombard the city gate of the Great Xia Dynasty.
After the city gate was blasted open, Lan Yu led his troops into the city in a swagger.
However, Blue Rain had acted so recklessly before, but it had not brought any disaster upon itself.
After the crown prince passed away, Lan Yu, the great general originally retained by the emperor for the crown prince, suddenly became a stumbling block on the road to the throne for the future new crown prince.
It also completely became the most unstable factor for the future of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Therefore, Lan Yu must die!
And he must die before the new crown prince is determined.
The emperor must clear away obstacles for the new crown prince, but he cannot bring hatred to the new crown prince.
These were all within Shen Yuyao's expectations.
To her surprise, the emperor actually issued an edict stating that the Lan Yu case was initially reported by the Black Dragon Guards to officials in Lan Yu's mansion, who said that he intended to rebel. Then the Black Dragon Guards conducted a massive investigation and trial.
At this time, the Black Dragon Guards had already arrested more than ten thousand people!
It is indeed the best use of "the lonely king".
It is also equivalent to the emperor directly announcing to all civil and military officials that the position of the new crown prince will definitely not be that of Prince Ning!
General Lan Yu’s rebellion case can be said to kill three birds with one stone!
At this time, it was less than three months since Xia Yu left Kyoto City.