I really became a king.

Chapter 426 Everyone’s thoughts

As the two angry shouts spread out from the imperial capital, the entire Dali imperial capital was immersed in an inexplicable depression. Even those who were whispering in the teahouses and restaurants fell silent.

The king was furious and corpses floated across thousands of miles. One of the two voices was from the current Emperor of Dali, and the other was from the current Queen.

Everyone was secretly wondering what had happened to make the current emperor and empress both so furious that they couldn't even control their emotions. This was the first time in this dynasty.

Ning Donglai, one of the eight military leaders of the Dali Dynasty, was originally planning to take a rest, but was startled by the two noises and lost all sleepiness. He stood on the steps of the courtyard and stared in the direction of the Dali Imperial Capital with a look of doubt and surprise.

"Master, what happened?" His wife came out wearing a coat, obviously also awakened by the two voices.

"I don't know..." Ning Donglai shook his head as he looked in the direction of the Forbidden Palace.

"The current emperor and empress are both furious. This must be a serious matter." His wife felt a little uneasy, because every time the emperor got angry, a group of people in the Dali Dynasty would suffer.

"It's getting late, you should go to bed early." Ning Donglai turned around and said.

His wife nodded, turned around and went back to her room, leaving Ning Donglai alone standing under the night sky.

"Are you finally taking this step?" Ning Donglai turned his gaze to the west, with some worry in his eyes.

Counting the dates, it turned out that these two days were the dates when the 300,000 troops of the Ye family of Bailing and the secluded sects would arrive at the Demon Realm Pass in Western Xinjiang. The current emperor and empress were both furious, which might be related to the Prince Yi in Western Xinjiang.

As for what Prince Yi did, he couldn't guess, but the most likely thing was that he disobeyed the imperial order, closed the country and kept the imperial army out. Even if he didn't take any further action, it was tantamount to rebellion.

At the same time, the Thirteenth Prince Yi Prince Jiang Mo, the Eighth Prince Rui Prince Jiang Li, Ji Shuyi of the Marquis of Wuyao, and other dignitaries in the court were all awakened by the angry shouts of Jiang Zhenyi and Ye Xinmei.

Being able to reach high positions, they were all sensitive people. After a little thought, they vaguely guessed something. They all looked in the direction of the Western Frontier Demon Realm Pass, with ripples in their hearts.

“Fourth brother, fourth brother, your son is really troublesome…” Prince Yi Jiang Mo murmured with a wry smile.

Prince Rui Jiang Li also looked towards the direction of Demon Realm Pass with a serious expression. He had long seen that his nephew Prince Yi was not someone who would stay under someone else's command for long, and would take this step sooner or later.

Jiang Hai, the son of Prince Su, was in a different mood at this time. He was a little envious and a little frightened. He really couldn't understand how his cousin had the courage to take this step. Now he was afraid that he had really angered the royal grandfather. How would this end?

The confused Prince Jiang Huan, after hearing the two angry shouts coming from the Forbidden Palace, also crawled out from the surroundings. After sending everyone away, his cloudy eyes flashed with a sharp light and his face looked gloomy and uncertain.

But after a while, there was a long sigh.

"The Dali royal family has finally been peaceful for decades. Is there going to be another disturbance?"

He is a staunch supporter of the current emperor. He looked on coldly at everything that happened in the Prince Duan's Mansion back then. He even secretly hoped that the Prince Duan's Mansion would be completely suppressed. Only in this way could the throne be passed on smoothly.

But he was born in the Dali royal family after all, and he saw that the most favored prince of the current emperor did not have the qualities to be a great leader, and that Prince Yi Jiang Yi rose like a comet, shining in one storm after another, showing unparalleled decisiveness and ruthlessness. So he hesitated at the last moment, and stood up on behalf of the Dali royal family to stop the current queen and the secular sect.

"Alas, I don't know whether what I did was right or wrong. I have been a foolish prince for decades, but now I have broken my rules..." Jiang Huan knew that since that incident, the current emperor had become suspicious of him.

However, as a member of the Dali royal family, he could not bear to watch the most outstanding up-and-coming star in the royal family being wiped out, and died in a joint campaign by the Bailing Ye family and the secular sect.

"We can only take it one step at a time. I hope you can stick to your original intention and not let the Dali royal family fall into a bloodbath once again..."

Jiang Huan looked towards the direction of Demon Realm Pass. He was one of the few people who knew the secret of the succession to the throne. He also knew that the lineage of Prince Duan's Mansion was the bloodline of the previous Fourteenth Master. So he was worried that Prince Yi, who was far away in the Western Frontier, would know his life experience and want to fight for the throne.

However, Jiang Huan didn't know that the Emperor of Dali had already used the strategy of replacing the dead with the real one. Prince Duan was not the bloodline of the previous Fourteenth Master. If everything went according to the layout of the Emperor Jiang Zhenyi, the dispute over the throne left over from the previous generation would no longer exist, and the Fourteenth Master's lineage would completely disappear into thin air.

It was just that Prince Duan Jiang Lie had used a trick without telling the current emperor, allowing the grandson of the previous Fourteenth Master to step into the court of Dali step by step, and he even had the momentum to become the king of the vassal state.

This is probably the fundamental reason why the current emperor Jiang Zhenyi is furious, so he is eager to use the Bailing Ye family and the secular sects to eliminate Jiang Yi, a major hidden danger.

However, facts have proved that Jiang Yi is now becoming more and more powerful, with many generals and powerful people under his command, and with the support of Wen Zong Mansion, the Bailing Ye family and the secular sects can no longer suppress him.

However, the foolish prince Jiang Huan didn't know this. He just wanted to preserve the bloodline of the previous Fourteenth Master. But it was an unexpected success because Jiang Yi himself was the legitimate grandson of the previous Fourteenth Master.

In addition, in various places in the imperial capital of Dali, those who knew a little about the old secrets of the royal family were all a little frightened and uneasy, because if Prince Yi from the Western Frontier really took this step, it would probably set off a storm in the Dali Dynasty, a storm of dispute over the legitimacy of the throne.

After all, the current emperor Jiang Zhenyi obtained the throne too easily, and in the eyes of some people, it was not even legitimate.

The most important thing is that the Fourteenth Prince had long stood out among the nine princes in the fight for the throne and had already reached the status of a half-king. He was a well-deserved hero with countless trusted confidants under his command. Even though he is dead, there must be a group of loyal followers watching everything in secret.

Now the storm is rising in the western border, and Jiang Yi has taken control of the Demon Realm Pass. If he really breaks off relations with the current emperor, the forces left by the Fourteenth Master will surely rise up.

Besides, the Fourteenth Master was a man of great talent and strategy, and he must have had a backup plan. After the current emperor ascended the throne, although he carried out a large-scale purge, it was definitely not a complete purge.

In addition to those who know the inside story, there are some people who have long been dissatisfied with the current emperor.

Over there were the close branches of the royal family. In the fight for the throne that year, the Fourteenth Master emerged victorious with an absolute advantage, but he did not kill the other eight brothers because he was confident that he could win over these eight brothers.

However, Jiang Zhenyi did not have this confidence, so after he came to power, he used the power of the Fourteenth Master to kill all the eight defeated brothers.

This also caused a great loss of strength for the Dali royal family, which in turn caused dissatisfaction among some of the close relatives of the Dali royal family.

(End of this chapter)