Mortal Mage

Royal study room.

Simple and elegant, quiet and fragrant.

"Your Majesty, the Censorate and the Dahe Temple sent us a letter saying that the major palace case from August last year has been solved."

Xiao Feizi came up with a letter in his hand.

"Take a look and give me some ideas."

Zhang Mingxuan sat back on the dragon throne, his eyes fixed on a piece of rice paper in his hands. On the paper were densely packed small Arabic characters, horizontal and vertical lines, and strange symbols.

Xiao Feizi opened the memorial and read it for a long time. He looked up and winked at the two palace maids standing behind Zhang Mingxuan, and the two palace maids hurriedly retreated.

"After investigation, it was found that on the night of August 8, the 180th year of Taicang, the palace guards, attendants, etc. all received a false order from the national teacher Bu Dazhen and were transferred out of the palace. The national teacher planned to assassinate Li Si and usurp the throne. At the same time, in order to quickly control the palace after usurping the throne, he asked Chang Zhongxian to send people to assassinate all the ministers in the court who might cause trouble. Liu Zhengli died because of this. At the same time, Chang Zhongxian sent four eunuchs to the Zhenghe Hall to kill you, but he didn't expect you to escape to the palace."

"Lu Ming received two orders that night. One was from the Imperial Master Bu Dazhen, asking Lu Ming to get rid of Wang Mingde. The other was from the Crown Prince, asking Lu Ming to get rid of Chang Zhongxian. But Lu Ming did nothing and falsely reported to the Crown Prince that Chang Zhongxian was dead. His original intention was to appease the Crown Prince and prevent chaos."

"That night, Yulong also received an order from the crown prince, ordering him to lead 30,000 soldiers to occupy the inner palace. If successful, Li Si would definitely not be able to withstand the 30,000-man army. The crown prince's purpose of raising an army was also to kill Li Si."

"Most of these were confessed by Li Xucheng, and after checking with a number of people, they confirmed that they were correct."

After Xiao Feizi finished speaking, he placed the memorial on Zhang Mingxuan's desk.

Zhang Mingxuan put down the rice paper in his hand, stood up and rubbed his forehead; "It's too confusing, I don't understand."

"That night, the crown prince rebelled and wanted to kill Li Si, and Bu Dazhen conspired to usurp the throne. As a result, the crown prince's personal army and Bu Dazhen's soldiers collided with each other, and the crown prince's rebellion turned into a rescue."

"Killing you is indeed just a byproduct..."

After Xiao Feizi finished speaking, he touched his neck.

"Doesn't Li Si have any soldiers?"

Zhang Mingxuan got up and walked around the house.

"Li Si has reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage. He can fight nearly a thousand people by himself. His personal army has been in name only because of the lack of salary for many years."

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The prince's outer city palace is magnificent.

Three to five hundred graceful, charming, and delicate concubines were kneeling in the palace, all of them with resentful expressions, feeling uneasy and restless.

For the past six months, these one hundred concubines have been unable to eat, sleep, or get any sleep at night.

"General Yulong, half a year has passed. Where should we go?"

A girl with a soft and delicate appearance, who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.

"How will the new emperor deal with us?"

Another weak and limp woman asked in a whimper.

Yulong stood in the hall in mourning clothes, holding a sword, without saying a word.

"Your Majesty has ordered that all the people in the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace can either be dismissed on the spot and compensated with 200 taels of silver, or be assigned a job in the palace with a monthly salary of 3 taels of silver. Or, Your Majesty can act as a matchmaker and marry them into the Feathered Guard. The deadline is three days to decide."

"Order Xuan Yulong to come to the emperor as soon as possible. I decree this."

Three young eunuchs, led by seven or eight feather guards, did not enter the house. They stood at the door of the palace, sang, and then turned around and left.

"Eunuch, please wait a moment." Yulong took a step forward, stopped a young eunuch, then took out an ingot of silver from his arms and wanted to give it to the eunuch.

The young eunuch was horrified and raised his hand quickly. "We have three points of attention and eight regulations in our Guards' Bureau. We have repeatedly emphasized that from now on, there will be no such regulations in the Guards' Bureau." After he finished speaking, he hurriedly led a group of people away.

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