Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

Emperor Dingwen was really angry:

"What kind of stupid thing did Hongxuan do? He was the governor of a state! He was a second-rank official appointed by the imperial court, and he actually dared to kill him?"

"He also killed more than 30 politicians, councilors, managers, and clerks! He..."

"They actually directly issued a decree to reduce taxes for three years and centrally distribute land?"

Just when Emperor Dingwen felt something incredible,

Shen Qian, the chief eunuch in front of the emperor, came to the Qianqing Palace:

"Your Majesty, the six ministers have come to the court to impeach the King of Zhenbei."

"Captain Zhang and his cabinet will come to see His Majesty and impeach the King of Zhenbei."

"The impeachment memorials written by the ministers in the court are already piled up in the Silijian! We, the younger ones, do not know what the emperor means, and dare not submit these impeachment memorials."

Emperor Dingwen had a grim expression on his face. Listening to the old eunuch's report, he knew that if Hongxuan did this, something like this would definitely happen.

"I had high hopes for Hongxuan! But why did you do such a stupid thing?"

Emperor Dingwen, who was wearing a dragon robe, couldn't figure it out.

"Xuan!"

"Tomorrow there will be a morning court session in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. All officials must attend. Anyone who does not come will be dismissed from his post."

The chief eunuch in the imperial court, Shen Qian, knew Emperor Dingwen very well, after all, he had served him for decades.

The old eunuch hadn't seen Emperor Dingwen so angry for a long time.

Kunning Palace

The Crown Prince and Queen Zhu were discussing the next countermeasures. Sending assassins was no longer possible, so they gave up the idea.

"Mother! Our plan now is to consolidate our power in the court. Hongxuan will not come back. We just need to wait for an opportunity. If he makes a mistake in the northern border, we will do our best to impeach him in the court!"

"Ah! We still need him to save the northern border. What mistakes can he make? What I am worried about is not that he will come back in the future. What I am worried about is that the King of Zhenbei has a miraculous ability to lead troops in battle. If he gets the military power in the northern border, the Dafeng army will probably not be his opponent."

Hongze was silent. Queen Zhu was indeed right.

At this moment, a young eunuch from the Imperial Household Department ran in hurriedly. He looked excited and seemed eager to come to the Queen to take credit.

When he saw Prince Hongze, he was even more delighted!

He couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha!"

Hongze saw the murderous intent in the little eunuch's eyes. He was in the worst mood right now. How dare the dog slave laugh?

"Dog slave wants to die, doesn't he?"

The young eunuch then knelt down hurriedly as if ice water was poured over him, with joy still in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I have heard a piece of great news."

Hongxuan and Queen Zhu looked at each other.

"What's the great news?"

This young eunuch was Empress Zhu's confidant, and was placed in the Imperial Household Department to gather information.

He received an order from Queen Zhu to tell him any news about Prince Zhenbei as soon as possible.

Of course the young eunuch knew that the Prince of Zhenbei had already threatened the crown prince's future throne and was someone who must be eliminated.

The young eunuch calmed down his excitement.

He straightened his appearance and looked at Queen Zhu and said respectfully:

"I am on duty today, and the desk of the Chief of Ceremonies is already piled with memorials impeaching the King of Zhenbei."

"Out of curiosity, I secretly read a memorial, which showed that the Prince of Zhenbei went to Yuzhou and killed Song Yushan, the governor of Yuzhou, and more than 30 imperial officials, leaving no one alive!"

"Bang!"

The teacup in Queen Zhu's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"You little slave! Stop talking nonsense!" Queen Zhu scolded.

"You! What did you say? You said that Prince Zhenbei rebelled?" Prince Hongze asked after he reacted.

The young eunuch looked at Empress Zhu and the Crown Prince's misbehavior and was unsure. He said uncertainly:

"I don't know! This is all I know!"

There are some things that cannot be said carelessly. He is just a small servant, how dare he say whether the King of Zhenbei is rebelling? He just repeated the impeachment memorial he saw.

Queen Zhu raised the corner of her mouth, unable to suppress her excitement, and called out to the palace maid beside her.

"Zhu Qing! Give Eunuch Xiao a hundred taels of gold!"

The palace maid led the young eunuch to collect the reward money. One hundred taels of gold was a lot of money, enough to buy several concubines. But this young eunuch had been castrated, which was a pity.

"Why did Na Hongxuan rebel, mother? I even felt that my father made me the crown prince just for show."

"My seventh brother, Prince Hongxuan of Zhenbei, is very likely the heir to the throne, but why would he rebel? He has such a bright future! He doesn't want the beautiful mountains and rivers anymore?"

Prince Hongze found it hard to believe, but if it was not a rebellion, why would they execute the governor of a state? He was a second-rank official, the highest administrative chief of a state, and yet he was executed along with thirty officials. What else could this be but a rebellion?

Queen Zhu was dressed elegantly and wore a golden phoenix hairpin. Her beautiful face opened as she looked at her son:

"My son! From now on, your throne is as stable as Mount Tai, and no one can shake it."

"Hurry up and contact your prince's lineage and find out what happened. The more detailed the better. I will also make sure that Zhenbei King Hongxuan will never be able to turn over, or at least never return to the imperial city!"

Zhongcuigong

Cao Huanggui was admiring the koi in the pond in the courtyard, and occasionally scattered a handful of fish food noodles.

The second prince, Hongxiong, walked quickly from the palace gate into the backyard. Seeing his mother, Imperial Noble Consort Cao, he hurried over.

He shouted happily, "Mother, I have received great news. God is really helping me!"

"It's good news. Look how happy you are."

But Imperial Concubine Cao had a worried look on her face.

Because of the shocks that Zhenbei King Hongxun had brought to her on several occasions, she had a deep sense of life and death crisis.

If the Zhenbei King Hongxuan gains power and really sits on the throne,

Then, it would not be as simple as just banishing her to the cold palace as an imperial concubine. Being exiled to the frontier as a slave would be the lightest punishment, and Hongxiong would definitely not survive.

"Mother, this is great news! I just received some news that I still can't believe!"

"The news is that my seventh brother Hongxuan, when passing through Yuzhou, went crazy for some reason and actually killed the governor of Yuzhou, Song Governor,"

"Haha! His army only needs to pass through Yuzhou to reach the northern border, but he suddenly did something so crazy, killing more than 30 court officials. All the officials and even the people of Dafeng were shocked!"

Imperial Concubine Cao looked at Hong Xiong in disbelief and said with her eyes slightly opened:

"Where did this news come from? How can such rumors be trusted?"

"Not only that, mother, there is even more cruel news!"

"After killing the governor, Hong Xuan announced that Yuzhou was under his jurisdiction and exempted the people of Yuzhou from taxes for three years. He also concentrated all the land and redistributed it to the people."

"This not only offends the high-ranking officials in the court, but also offends my father. Hongxuan's actions have also offended all the royal nobles. In Yuzhou, a lot of fertile land is in the hands of the Huang emperor's relatives and nobles, but now all of it is collectively handed over and distributed to those lowly people. What is Hongxuan thinking?"

If it wasn't a rebellion against the entire Dafeng Kingdom, ordinary people wouldn't do such a thing, let alone a prince.