Chen Pingping nodded." How about this? Let's make a hypothesis first. There's a mastermind behind the scenes. For an unspeakable plan, he first contacted the dung picker, Old Man Zhang, Blacksmith Wu, and Ghost Hand Li. He gave them each 500 taels. Among them, Old Man Zhang was asked to collect stones from the toilet, refine saltpeter, and make gunpowder.”
Blacksmith Wu forged the outer shell of the Fire Thunder King's weapon, while Li Guishou disguised the murderer or one of the murderers as Ma Bo, the carriage inspector. Then, what was the purpose of disguising himself as Ma Bo? The inspection of the finished carriage was the last step in the production process, so he could tamper with the carriage without being discovered.”
After that, he would use the white phosphorous to silence them. Then the next question was, what kind of carriage was worth the trouble? What was their purpose in making gunpowder?”
Zhu Yipin didn't smile, which was rare.""They want to take advantage of the emperor's sacrifice to kill the emperor!”
"That's right!" Chen Pingping continued," There are still two days left until the Heaven Worship Ceremony. Ruoxin, go to the West Hall first and tell your foster father about our guess. Remember, you must go secretly.”
"Good!" Liu Ruoxin didn't delay and went straight to the West Hall.
"Now, let's wait for Ruoxin's news.”
In the afternoon, Liu Ruoxin came back with the news that the Emperor's carriage was fine. However, this matter alarmed the Emperor. The Emperor requested to see them secretly in the secret passage of the Imperial Palace.
In the next two days, they were still investigating cases everywhere, but they were investigating Black Rock's case. The investigation seemed to have gone astray.
Two days later, the Emperor finished his worship and returned to the palace in a carriage. The Brocade Guard and soldiers accompanied him to protect him. Just as he was about to leave Longquan Temple, he saw a carriage speeding over from afar.
The person driving the carriage was dressed like a eunuch. His face was abnormally pale and he kept coughing. He didn't answer Nie Ziyi's question and just kept driving the carriage.
Nie Ziyi understood. He looked at the carriage behind him worriedly."Protector beast!"
Dozens of Embroidered Uniform Guards and hundreds of soldiers surrounded the Emperor's carriage tightly. Nie Ziyi stood at the front and stared at the opposite carriage. When they were less than 30 meters apart, the eunuch who drove the carriage took out a lighter with his right hand and drove the carriage with his left hand. Nie Ziyi saw it clearly. A flying knife shot out from his left hand and hit his right hand, which was holding the lighter.
The eunuch's right hand was in pain. He threw away the lighter and was about to pull out the flying knife on his wrist when a small stone hit his forehead, killing him instantly.
The driver was dead, but the carriage did not slow down. Nie Ziyi exclaimed,""Stop the carriage!"
Just as the Brocade Guard was about to step forward, a figure suddenly flew out of the Emperor's carriage. It carried a powerful sword aura and split the carriage in half.
In the Imperial Palace, Empress Wu and the people from the Palace of Earthly Tranquility were kneeling on the ground. A person alighted from the carriage in front of them. It was the Emperor who had just returned from his sacrifice. The Empress stood up and stepped forward. Eunuch Wang just came to report that the emperor wants to take a shortcut back to the palace. He said that someone wants to…"
"It's all good. When I return to the palace and see you, I am relieved.”The Emperor smiled slightly, as if he did not take today's matter to heart.
"Then the Emperor must go out often in the future, lest he forget us old people."”
The Emperor looked at the Empress. Doctor Zhu, come down and eat with us."”
"We've already prepared food and wine for the emperor.”
Nie Ziyi examined Chen Pingping's body for a long time at the place where the assassination took place." Thank goodness I'm fine. I was scared to death."
It was obvious that the person sitting in the carriage earlier was not the Emperor, but Chen Pingping."Alright, girl, what can happen to me? How is it? Do you know who the other party is?”
A Jinyiwei came over and reported,"Sir, this carriage is filled with gunpowder."”
Chen Pingping came to the dead man's side and bent down to pick up a handkerchief on his body. There were bloodstains on it, dark red, and it looked like it had been there for quite some time."This person has consumption. Even if he doesn't die today, he won't be able to live for a few days. He didn't dare to come, so he deliberately found a scapegoat. Good plan. Purple Dress, send someone to investigate the origin of this carriage.”
Nie Ziyi said," This carriage is extremely luxurious. It's not something that ordinary people can use. I've already sent people to investigate the carriages that went in and out of Longquan Temple today. There will be news soon. Don't worry."”
"Also, continue with the plan. Spread the news that the emperor was assassinated and that his life was uncertain. I believe there will be news soon.”Chen Pingping threw the handkerchief on the ground. The mastermind would jump out soon.
Prince Ning, this villain from all over the world has never succeeded before, right? This time was no exception.
As expected, the culprit behind the scenes could not wait to reveal himself.
The next day after the news of the Emperor being seriously injured and his life unknown spread, Prince Ning took control of the Imperial Palace. He walked into Taihe Palace alone and looked at the majestic dragon throne above. He slowly walked up the steps and reached out to gently touch the armrest of the dragon throne. Finally, he sat on the dragon throne and let out a long sigh of relief.
"How does it feel to sit on it?" A voice that Prince Ning was familiar with came from behind. He turned his head and saw the Emperor wearing a dragon robe slowly walking out from behind. The expression on his face seemed to be sighing, sorrowful, and regretful.
"It's alright. Before I sat on it, I always thought about how the dragon throne would feel. I always yearned to come up and feel it. However, when I sat on it, I realized that it was not as comfortable as the chair at home.”Prince Ning was not surprised to see the Emperor come out unscathed. Did he not understand this brother of his? Other than being soft-hearted, he had almost no shortcomings.
The Emperor smiled.”
He said "I" instead of "I"."Do you know, ever since I sat on this chair, I have never had a good night's sleep? I always feel like there's a sharp sword hanging above my head, ready to fall at any moment.”
I had nightmares every night and woke up in cold sweat, afraid that the assassin would kill me while I was asleep. To be honest, if you really want this position, I'll give it to you as long as you can shoulder this burden. Unfortunately, you should never have joined the Boat Club and hurt so many innocent lives.”
Prince Ning also smiled. He knew that he had lost again this time, but there was nothing to be disappointed about, and there was nothing to be angry about."I originally hoped that the Same Boat Association could become the guardian of my Ming Dynasty, but when I joined, I realized that this organization was too complicated. It was simply a small imperial court. So, I worked hard for so many years and became the leader of the Sailing Club.”
When they were hungry, the emperor had to find a way to get them food. When the commoners were cold, the emperor had to find clothes for them to wear.”
How could a parent be so cruel to their own child? When an emperor was too ruthless and calculative, he could only be a politician and not a qualified emperor.”
Prince Ning, the emperor was a manager and a leader. This chair not only represented power, but also a kind of responsibility. Sitting on it, wouldn't one have to wake up earlier than a chicken and sleep later than a dog?”
The Emperor felt the same way about this last sentence. It was rough but not rough. Prince Ning almost couldn't catch his breath. This sentence was too vivid, but the style didn't match the previous words.
"You're right." The Emperor sat down on the steps and sighed." Ever since I took the throne, I haven't had a peaceful day. You said that an emperor had to be ruthless, but there were so many ruthless emperors in history. How many of them had a good ending? Xia Jie, King Zhou of Shang, and King You of Zhou, who was toying with the vassals. Which one of them wasn't a king of a subjugated country? Even Qin Shi Huang, who had unified the seven countries, had caused the death of the second emperor of Great Qin because of his tyranny. Tell me, what should I do?"
Prince Ning was silent. Taihe Palace was silent for a while. Finally, after a long time,"How are you going to deal with me?"
He had lost, not only in strategy, but also in the way of being a ruler.
"I won't kill you." The Emperor stood up and looked at his younger brother." However, those who died must be given an explanation. In the morning court tomorrow, I will issue an edict to punish myself and turn you into a commoner. You are no longer Prince Ning. As for the Sameboat Meeting, I won't keep it."
"Receive the decree!" Prince Ning knelt down and accepted the result.
The rebellion ended just like that. From the beginning to the end, not many people knew about it.
However, the next day, just as the Emperor had said, he issued an edict to punish himself. He abolished Prince Ning's title and executed Cao Shaoqin, the last high-ranking member of the Same Boat Association.
Only a few people from Black Rock were left in the Sameboat Club. However, the people from Black Rock seemed to have disappeared recently. There was no movement at all.
Of course, Tianhe Medical Hall had been very proud recently.
Since Chen Pingping and the others had made a great contribution, the emperor rewarded Tianhe Medical Hall with a golden signboard and 1,000 taels of gold. Liu Ruoxin, Nie Ziyi, and Yang Yuxuan were each rewarded with 100 taels of gold. The most important thing was that Chen Pingping had obtained a gold medal. If the king came personally, he could even see the king without bowing.
Of course, the most important thing was that the Emperor had personally bestowed Chen Pingping, Liu Ruoxin, and Nie Ziyi with a marriage. In this way, the wedding would be held in a few days. For some reason, the emperor had even arranged a marriage between Zhu Yipin and Chen Anan.
She remembered that Zhu Yipin had fainted after Eunuch Wang had read the imperial edict, but Chen Anan was overjoyed.
What made the clinic the happiest was that Chen Muchan and his wife could finally live under the sun because of the destruction of the Same Boat Club. They were back.
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