How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Chapter 240: Xie Chengze throws the imperial edict in anger, Xie Zimiao acts sneakily

After leaving the Yangxin Palace, Shen Yuan felt very complicated. He held an imperial edict tightly in his hand. It was obviously cold, but it was extremely hot.

Seeing him come out, Xie Chengze and Cao Qingran looked at him at the same time.

An anxious and confused man asked, "How is Father? Can I go in to see him?"

A sharp and sharp, "What did he tell you?"

"His Majesty didn't say anything, he just told the Second Prince not to enter the Palace of Tranquil Longevity again." Shen Yuan shook his head. Seeing that the two of them turned their gazes to the imperial edict again, Shen Yuan paused, then hesitantly handed the imperial edict to Xie Chengze.

Xie Chengze opened it and took a look.

Xie Chengze: ...

Cao Qingran moved over calmly, and after reading the contents clearly, his expression instantly darkened.

Xie Chengze was so angry that he threw the imperial edict to the ground.

No wonder he was not allowed to enter the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. It was because they were afraid that he would rush in and scold him!

The imperial edict clearly stated that if Emperor Jian died, the second prince Xie Chengze would immediately inherit the throne, and Xie Jinyu would remain the crown prince.

Xie Chengze took a deep breath, picked up the imperial edict again, and said to Cao Qingran with an expressionless face, "Did you see it? Mother, if father dies, I will inherit the throne."

"And your prince can only be a prince."

Cao Qingran raised his lips and smiled sarcastically, "Then, I hope that the Second Prince can keep the throne."

It seems that he finally chose to leave the throne to Xie Chengze.

In that case, don't blame her for being rude.

After returning to Cheng Huan Palace, Xie Chengze threw the imperial edict at Shen Yuan, "What does he mean by this? Does he really want me to be the emperor? Why didn't you stop him?"

All the plans were messed up. He originally planned to conduct a sting operation and let Wuhen use salt merchants to buy salt from the Salt Yamen during the New Year to collect evidence of Sheng Shihuai's corruption and abuse of power. When the evidence was conclusive enough to put him to death, he would let Xie Jinyu take action and join forces with Shen Yuan to kill Sheng Shihuai.

And this requires the cooperation of Emperor Jian.

But Emperor Jian suddenly became seriously ill, and Sheng Shihuai obviously planned to take advantage of Emperor Jian's death to launch a palace coup to support him to the throne.

"And what's going on with Father's illness? Didn't he live for several years in his previous life?" Xie Chengze pressed, "Shen Yuan, do you know something?"

He thought about it and thought that Emperor Jian's illness suddenly worsened, and it was most likely that he was poisoned.

Could it be Shengshi Huai?

Or was it Cao Qingran who poisoned him?

Shen Yuan shook his head, picked up the imperial edict, and placed it on the tea table beside him. "I don't know for now, but what is certain is that His Majesty does not have much time left. We must make preparations early."

"What preparations are you making?" Xie Chengze asked puzzledly, "The military power is in the hands of the prince now. How can Sheng Shihuai win? Can he force the emperor to abdicate with just an imperial edict?"

The eldest prince's military token has been confiscated by the crown prince, and the imperial guards are now mostly controlled by the Cao family. As long as Sheng Shihuai dares to confront the crown prince, he will end up facing the weapons of tens of thousands of soldiers. Even if he has great martial arts skills, he will die of exhaustion.

Or did Liang Wanda secretly become a fence-sitter and secretly gave Sheng Shihuai a large amount of gunpowder?

Shen Yuan lowered his head and said a few words beside him.

Xie Chengze's eyes suddenly widened.

"No way?" Xie Chengze subconsciously refuted, "But in his previous life, he clearly stood on the side of the prince..."

"Clearly?" Shen Yuan looked at him calmly, "I'm really curious about where you got all this knowledge from. You're obviously not the second prince, but you know a lot about the palace. However, you only have a superficial understanding of many details."

Xie Chengze: ...

Of course, because I am a reader.

"He can't win." Xie Chengze tapped his knee with his index finger. "After all, we are actually on the prince's side, and once the prince ascends the throne, he will definitely be held responsible."

What's more, how many people would be killed or injured if two armies fought each other?

He will be sad whenever a soldier dies, OK?

His eyes turned and he suddenly remembered something. He immediately waved his hand, motioning Shen Yuan to put his ear closer.

He mumbled a lot, and after a while, Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "You... really surprised me."

"Go ahead." Xie Chengze felt that Shen Yuan was good at speaking and would definitely be able to convince the other party.

"Okay, don't run around." Shen Yuan rubbed his hair. "His Majesty may die at any time. Don't send Wuhen Wuji out on missions. Let them follow you closely. Got it?"

"I know, I know." Xie Chengze felt that Shen Yuan was like an old mother. How could he, who was so afraid of death, send Wuhen Wuji out at such a critical moment?

Shen Yuan smiled gently, then turned and left.

After Shen Yuan left, Xie Chengze walked back and forth in the hall. Thinking that Emperor Jian might die, he couldn't help feeling sad.

Even though Emperor Jian can be quite mean sometimes, after all, they have been together for such a long time and Xie Chengze allowed him to do whatever he wants. How could he not be sad?

"But who poisoned me?"

Xie Chengze was thinking for an unknown amount of time when suddenly three noises rang above his head. It was Wuhen's secret signal, indicating that someone was approaching.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Xie Chengze said, and then saw the door was pushed open, and Xie Zimiao sneaked in with a small bag on his back.

Xie Chengze: ...

"Where did you come in from?" The outside of Chenghuan Palace was controlled by Cao's army and no outsiders were allowed to enter. Where did Xie Zimiao come in from?

Xie Zimiao scratched his head shyly, "Fourth sister said that there is a small secret passage in the west side room of Chenghua Palace that is only wide enough for one person to crawl through, which is connected to the vacant toilet in the east courtyard of Chenghuan Palace."

Xie Chengze: ...So you came out of the toilet? !

And Xie Pingan, how come she knew all these secret passages?! How many places did she usually go?

"So what are you doing here?" Xie Chengze waved his hand helplessly, motioning him to come over and sit down. "The palace is not safe recently, don't run around, otherwise what if you get hurt by mistake?"

"I'm worried about my second brother." Xie Zimiao ran over, pulled a chair and sat next to Xie Chengze, and asked seriously, "I heard that the emperor is dying, and he has issued an order that if he dies, my second brother will ascend the throne. Second brother, do you want the emperor to live?"

Xie Chengze's eyes flashed and he glanced at Xie Zimiao calmly.

At that time, only he, Shen Yuan and Cao Qingran had seen the imperial edict. How could Xie Zimiao know the contents of the edict?

Besides, what does it mean to want father to live?

If he says he doesn't want to, will Xie Zimiao kill Emperor Jian?

and many more?

Could it be that it was Xie Zimiao who poisoned him?

Since what Shen Yuan had just said to him had already broken his understanding of the original text, Xie Zimiao's words at this time made him start to think about conspiracy theories.

Could it be that Xie Zimiao is not as he appears to be in the books and has no desire for the throne?

Just as Xie Chengze was daydreaming, Xie Zimiao opened the small bag he brought with him, and inside was a square box, which was sealed very tightly.