Steel Dynasty - Chapter 528

[Chapter 528 Qingzhou Discussion]

PS: There are two more chapters later.

“Quack…”

A baby cried suddenly, and Queen Zhao, who was about to drop the baby, suddenly hesitated.

Her maternal nature made her heart unbearable for a while. At this moment, King Zhao seized the opportunity and suddenly reached out and grabbed the thirteenth prince in Queen Zhao’s hand.

Queen Zhao was shocked, but it was already too late. King Zhao was too strong to allow her to snatch it.

Holding the Thirteenth Prince in his arms, King Zhao’s face suddenly turned cold. He said to the guards: “Watch the Queen, no one is allowed to see her without my order.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Black The soldiers in armor immediately closed the door of the side hall, leaving only Queen Zhao’s hoarse cry.

King Zhao walked outside the door and said to the general behind him: “Go to the city immediately to find a wet nurse for the Thirteenth Prince without delay.”

The general clasped his fists in response and left with a group of troops.

At this time, another group of cavalry stopped in front of him, and a general got off his horse and said: “Your Highness, Concubine Zhen and others must have escaped on something in the sky.”

At this time, King Zhao looked up at the sky, and there were two people in between. A huge object floated slowly from the sky. Under the huge sphere, in baskets, were some women wearing exquisite clothes.

“This must be the hot air balloon that Yuan Liang is talking about. Huh, King Qi is really not an easy opponent. However, Yuan Liang said that this hot air balloon can’t fly very far. You should immediately lead a team of people to chase it.” King Zhao looked at the balloon in the sky and said.

The general took the order and left. Not long after, another general came back to report and said: “Your Highness, there are Qingzhou merchant ships leaving Chang’an Wharf. The people on the dock said that these merchant ships transported many soldiers and officials away.”

“Qingzhou merchant ships.” King Zhao frowned.

Now his attitude towards Xiao Ming is a little complicated, because Zhao Di’s muskets and artillery are currently purchased from Qingzhou. This time the King of Qi sent people to rescue him. If he offended him too much, the arms business would naturally be out of business.

But thinking that they had now mastered the forging method of matchlock guns, and that they had captured many artillery pieces from Chang’an City this time, he said, “You also sent a pair of men and horses to chase along the river bank.” “

Yes.” The general led Gone by fate.

At this time, King Zhao looked at the hot air balloon and then looked at the direction of the dock. He couldn’t help but hesitate. He was now a little unsure whether Concubine Zhen followed the boat or the hot air balloon.

But as a result, the pursuers he sent could only be divided into two groups to pursue.

Looking at the hot air balloon again, King Zhao walked towards the stone bridge. Xiao Wenxuan died, but before the thirteenth prince ascended the throne, a state funeral must be held for Xiao Wenxuan. This is a royal etiquette that cannot be abolished.

Only after the state funeral could they hold the enthronement ceremony, when the Thirteenth Prince ascended the throne and began his rule over the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

Naturally, he was too lazy to bother with these complicated etiquette, but he had already sent people to summon officials from Chang’an. With these people, Xiao Wenxuan’s funeral could be completed smoothly.

Thinking of being able to control Chang’an soon, King Zhao’s face became more and more happy.

At this time, the Qingzhou merchant ship carrying the escape from Chang’an City had already traveled a long distance along the rapids.

Looking at the beacon fire in Chang’an City from a distance, Luo Quan and Fiji felt complicated.

“This is really a national disaster and a shame for the country of Chongqing.” Fiji looked sad and his tone was a little low.

Luo Quan’s mood was equally low. He said to Fiji: “Now that the facts are like this, no matter how much you sigh, it is useless. Now you still have to think about how Qingzhou told Xiao Ming about this edict.”

“It’s more than that, so .

Many courtiers followed, and it was also a problem when they arrived in Qingzhou.” Fiji shook his head.

Luo Hong said at this time: “Your Highness has just passed the government reform recently. There are many official vacancies in the country. Maybe His Highness will welcome it, but…”

“But what…” Luo Quan asked.

“Luo Xin told me when we were in Qingzhou that in fact, His Highness has no objection to officials from outside Qingzhou, but if you want to serve in the officialdom of Qingzhou, you must study at Bowen College and pass the relevant exams.” Luo Hong said.

Fiji nodded, “This Yue’er told me that since you have entered Qingzhou, you have to follow the local customs, not to mention that the current His Highness will soon become His Majesty.”

After saying this, the three people looked a little gloomy.

Luo Quan said: “Now that King Zhao has occupied Chang’an, he will definitely support the Thirteenth Prince to succeed to the throne. If so, wouldn’t His Majesty’s last edict be useless?”

“Not only that, the certificate of surrender that His Majesty asked King Qi to sign is still in the imperial palace. In the study, King Zhao can use this to declare to the world that he does not recognize the emperor’s current edict. “

Luo Hong said: “In fact, there is no meaning in not leaving the edict. Now the world is in chaos and everyone is doing their own thing. Even if there is no edict, the King of Qi will do it .

It is also the royal blood line. “

Well, you are right. In this situation, whether the imperial edict is true or false,” Fiji said, “We will discuss the matter with King Qi in Qingzhou.”

While the three of them were talking, Chang’an said. News of the chaos quickly spread to all parts of the country.

This time the third prince and the fourth prince fled separately. On the way to escape, they spread the news of the prince’s rebellion, and the people on the royal land were panicked for a while.

And Li San’s news arrived in Qingzhou three days later after being rushed eight hundred miles away by the secret guard.

After opening the secret message from Chang’an, Xiao Ming’s heart was filled with ups and downs – the Great Yu Kingdom was in chaos!

“Your Highness, what’s wrong?”

Pang Yukun, Zhan Xingchang, Niu Ben and others were all in Prince Qi’s mansion, and they saw the change in Xiao Ming’s expression.

Xiao Ming handed the secret letter to Pang Yukun, “Read it for yourselves.” After

hearing the words, the three people immediately gathered together to read. When they learned that the prince had committed regicide, King Zhao entered Chang’an City with black armor cavalry and barbarian cavalry. , the three of them exchanged a look at the same time.

Not only did they not panic, Pang Yukun said to Xiao Ming, “Your Highness, with the nature of King Zhao, he will definitely not let the prince ascend the throne. I am afraid that the thirteenth prince will become the puppet of King Zhao. In this case, we do not need to obey at all.” “Yes, I’m afraid not only we think so after this, no matter it is King Wei, King Yong or other vassal kings, they will no longer obey the

orders

of the court. In the past, he was in harmony with the court. It’s probably just a matter of time before we become independent now,” Zhan Xingchang added.

Niu Ben is a soldier and has always been straightforward. He said: “Now is an opportunity for Your Highness. When the world is in chaos, it is the time when times create heroes.”

Pang Yukun and Zhan Xingchang’s words were more tactful, but Niu Ben’s words were very To put it bluntly, it is clear that Xiao Ming is allowed to pull the mountain and he becomes the king.

“At present, the matter in Chang’an is not clear yet. We will discuss it when Li San comes back.”

(End of this chapter)