Chapter 1286 Riding the dragon to heaven!

"What do the people of Yijing think of your ascension to the throne?"

Facing Murong Qingwu's question, Ying Er thought about it carefully before she began to speak:
"Most of the people in Yijing still support the Marshal's enthronement, but at the beginning they still believed that the Mandate of Heaven was in Zhou and that the Marshal should not usurp the throne. However, later on, under the guidance of the Coordination Office, these opposing voices gradually disappeared! At present, public opinion is relatively unified!"

Hearing this, Murong Qingwu said calmly:
"So Wang Xuecheng put a lot of effort into this?"

"Well! There have been a lot of rumors about the Coordination Office in the court recently, so Director Wang of the Coordination Office is really trying his best this time!"

"Rumors? What rumors?" Murong Qingwu said with interest:

Ying Er answered without hesitation:

"Recently, there was news in the court that Wang Xuecheng was involved in the QZ case in Jiangnan and was dealt with by the Marshal. In addition, there have been many news in the court recently that the Marshal wants to split up the Dadongsheng Company. There is even news that the Ministry of Revenue has begun the work of splitting up the Dadongsheng Company. Therefore, some people speculate that after the Dadongsheng Company is split up, the Marshal will split up the General Coordination Office next!"

"When Xiao Lingyu was the Left Censor-in-Chief, the Censorate had been calling for the splitting up of the Coordination Office, and the censors had even jointly submitted a petition to the Marshal. Now Chu Zhiyi is the Left Censor-in-Chief, and although he has not expressed his position on this issue, there have been voices in the Censorate suggesting that the Marshal split up the Coordination Office!"

“So Director Wang of the Coordination Office should be quite panicked right now. He must want to perform well in front of the Marshal to prove that their Coordination Office has value in existence…”

Murong Qingwu became thoughtful after hearing this, and at this moment a nanny walked into the room and handed a note to Murong Qingwu.

Murong Qingwu's expression changed slightly after just a glance at the contents of the note. Noticing the change in Murong Qingwu's expression, Ying'er couldn't help but be curious about what was written on the note. At this time, Murong Qingwu casually handed the note to Ying'er.

Ying Er was not as cunning as Murong Qingwu. She was surprised when she saw the contents of the note.
"How can this be?"

Listening to Ying'er's words, Murong Qingwu's beautiful eyes flashed with coldness. There was a message written on the note just now. Three hidden killers of the Murong family were attacked by a group of unidentified people in the past three days. Two of the three killers died, and one escaped with serious injuries.

Murong Qingwu was extremely shocked and heartbroken about this matter. Although she and An Miaoyi both had assassins outside the Ye Mansion, their strategies were completely different. An Miaoyi had at least a hundred assassins, and although there were some ruthless characters like Wang Rui who were highly skilled in martial arts and had cruel means among them, most of them were mediocre!

Murong Qingwu believed that quality of soldiers was more important than quantity, so she had only a dozen assassins under her command, which was only one-tenth of An Miaoyi's number.

Although there is a big gap in the number of people, each of these more than ten killers has been trained by the Murong family since childhood. They are not only highly skilled in martial arts and killing, but also loyal to the Murong family. These people are Murong Qingwu’s sharp sword hidden in the dark...

Murong Qingwu cherishes her dark sword very much. She only wants to use the best steel on the blade and will not use it easily!

The reason why they were used this time was that Murong Qingwu was worried that An Miaoyi would arrange for Wang Rui to go to Jiangnan to plot against her father, so she simply cut the Gordian knot and killed Wang Rui. She never thought that because of this use, this dark sword was targeted by someone!
Just as Murong Qingwu was secretly wondering who did this, Ying'er beside her couldn't help but speak up:
"Madam, since the attackers did not reveal their identities, it means they are not from the government. In this case, that bitch is the biggest suspect. Please give me a few days, and I will investigate this matter as soon as possible!"

Murong Qingwu said in a deep voice:

"An Miaoyi has been investigating my Dark Sword for a while, but she has never found anything. How come she was able to find its location so accurately this time?"

Faced with Murong Qingwu's question, Ying'er also felt that Murong Qingwu's suspicion was reasonable, but unfortunately she was puzzled and could not give an answer.

At this moment Murong Qingwu asked and answered herself:
“If it was really done by An Miaoyi, then there are only two answers to this matter. The first answer is that there is a traitor among us. The second answer is that someone is helping An Miaoyi…”

Ying Er's face froze immediately after hearing this, but she also immediately expressed her opinion:

"Madam, I will investigate our internal affairs immediately. If there is a traitor, he will be found out!"

Murong Qingwu shook her head and said:

"Compared to the possibility of a traitor among us, I am more inclined to believe that someone is helping An Miaoyi!"

Murong Qingwu's words really stumped Ying'er. After hesitating for two seconds, she said with some doubt:

"Madam, although Wang Xuecheng was close to An Miaoyi before, he has stopped listening to An Miaoyi since Huo San was eliminated by the Marshal. Moreover, Wang Xuecheng and the Coordination Office have recently focused their energy on assisting the Marshal to ascend the throne and become emperor. I think Director Wang should not have the energy to get involved in An Miaoyi's affairs!"

"Besides the Coordination Office, there are only the Cui family left. Although the Cui faction has deep roots in the court, their intelligence capabilities are really average. I think even if the Cui family wants to help An Miaoyi, they don't have the ability to do so!"

Ying Er paused for a moment, and after hesitating for a moment, she said:
"Madam, forgive me for being blunt, but I think it's more likely that there's something wrong with us internally?" An Miaoyi neither confirmed nor objected to what she said, but instead said calmly:

"Tell this to Zhang Mang, he is the Minister of Justice, and see if he can find out some information..."

"Yes!"

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On October 23rd, in a heavily guarded courtyard in the southwest corner of the Ye Mansion, a little boy of about fourteen or fifteen was looking up at the sky, his eyes filled with melancholy and bitterness that did not match his age.

This little boy was Jiang Cong, the Emperor of the Great Zhou. Ever since he was made emperor by Ye Mingsheng, Ye Mingsheng had never let him get involved in government affairs. He even rejected the requests of some ministers to find a teacher for Jiang Cong and directly raised the young emperor of the Great Zhou in his own palace.

Although Ye Mingsheng did not allow Jiang Cong to touch anything related to ZZ, Ye Mingsheng did not abuse the little boy. Jiang Cong had his own small courtyard in the Ye Mansion, with ten maids and three maids to serve him. He lived a life of luxury on weekdays. Whatever he wanted to eat or play with, as long as Jiang Cong asked for it, it would be delivered to him the next day!
Apart from food and clothing, although Ye Mingsheng did not allow Jiang Cong to enter and leave the Ye Mansion at will, he still allowed Jiang Cong to freely enter and leave the back garden on weekdays to appreciate the flowers and play with the fish. There was no problem with these. Ye Mingsheng also allowed him to exchange letters with his family, and even to visit Jiang Cong occasionally.

In this way, Jiang Cong lived in Ye Mansion for more than a year. Although Ye Mingsheng did not abuse him and provided him with good food and drink on weekdays, Jiang Cong was depressed in his heart!

Before being established as the Emperor of the Great Zhou by Ye Mingsheng, he had never left his parents and relatives, so during his time in the Ye Mansion he missed his relatives all the time...

Although Ye Mingsheng allowed him to communicate with his family and sometimes meet them, the time they spent together was short after all. Moreover, the letters had to be submitted to the Guards' Office for inspection, and the meetings had to be attended by the Guards' Office's attendants. So this kind of life really made Jiang Cong feel very depressed!
What made Jiang Cong most painful was that when his biological mother came to Ye Mansion to meet him a few days ago, she brought the news that his grandfather, King Zhao of the Great Zhou, Jiang Hailin, was seriously ill!

This news also made Jiang Cong very worried. He has lived with his grandfather Jiang Hailin since he was a child, and Jiang Hailin also dotes on this grandson. The relationship between the two is very close. So after hearing the news that his grandfather is seriously ill, Jiang Cong wished he could grow wings and fly to his grandfather's side to see him for the last time!
For this reason, Jiang Cong found Ye Cheng, who was in charge of the Attendant Department, and even begged Ye Cheng, using his imperial status, to allow him to go home to visit Jiang Hailin.

However, to Jiang Cong's great disappointment, Ye Cheng ruthlessly rejected his request and asked him to be honest and not to cause trouble at this time, otherwise, Ye Cheng would not care whether you are the emperor of the Great Zhou or not, and would definitely make you suffer!
Looking at Ye Cheng's despicable and shameless face at that time, Jiang Cong was so angry that he was shaking all over. He wanted to fight with Ye Cheng on the spot, but unfortunately, just as he was about to do so, he was held down by the guards of Ye Mansion and sent back to this yard!

And Ye Cheng did what he said. He said he would give Jiang Cong a taste of bitterness, so he had to give Jiang Cong a taste of bitterness. Although the director of the attendant department did not dare to hit Jiang Cong, he directly ordered to stop Jiang Cong’s luxurious clothes and food, and only gave Jiang Cong some steamed buns to eat every day······················

Jiang Cong was born into a noble family. Even though he was under house arrest by Ye Mingsheng, he was well fed and well treated. So when he saw Ye Cheng trying to give him those hard-to-swallow steamed bread, he felt that Ye Cheng was humiliating him! Humiliating him, the emperor of the Great Zhou! He was suddenly filled with grief and indignation!

Although Jiang Cong was not very old at that time, only fifteen years old, he also understood the principle that a gentleman can be killed but not humiliated!

Although Jiang Cong knew very well that he, the emperor, was just a puppet controlled by Ye Mingsheng and he would do whatever Ye Mingsheng told him to do, the Great Zhou Dynasty was founded by his ancestors of the Jiang family after all. After all, Jiang Cong was still the emperor of the Great Zhou in name, so he still had dignity and could not be insulted at will by Ye Mingsheng's lackeys!
Now, although Jiang Cong wanted to kill the thief, he was powerless to do anything to Ye Cheng, the dog. However, he could end his own life. Although Jiang Cong could not leave the house, he understood from the gossips of the maids and old women in the house that the traitor Ye Mingsheng's fox tail could no longer be hidden, and he was about to usurp the throne!
Therefore, if he, the legitimate emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, were to ascend to heaven at this time, it would definitely have a great impact on Ye Mingsheng's plan to become emperor. In this way, Ye Cheng, the lackey, would definitely be severely punished by Ye Mingsheng!

Thinking of this, Jiang Cong also strengthened his determination to die. He wanted to go to the underworld to find the ancestors of the Jiang family to accuse Ye Mingsheng and his lackeys.

Jiang Cong tied the rope he had prepared long ago to the tree trunk, and then placed his prepared last words on the ground. Then he tied the rope around his neck and went to his death.

As his feet were empty, Jiang Cong felt himself surrounded by the pain of suffocation. After struggling for a while, his eyes went black...

It was unknown how long it had passed before Jiang Cong slowly woke up from the darkness. Looking at the gorgeous decorations in the room, the young emperor couldn't help but ask subconsciously:
"Is this the underworld?"

As soon as Jiang Cong finished speaking, a cold voice sounded in his ears.

"You are still in Ye Mansion!"

As the voice sounded, a tall, beautiful and elegant woman appeared in Jiang Cong's sight. Jiang Cong was stunned when he saw this woman, and then he closed his eyes in pain. He had been in Ye Mansion for more than a year, so he naturally recognized that the beautiful man in front of him was the eldest lady of Ye Mansion, An Miaoyi!
Although he didn't know why he appeared in An Miaoyi's room, when he saw this woman, Jiang Cong knew that his wish might not come true!
Looking at the painful and disappointed expression on the little boy's face, An Miaoyi said calmly:
"Do you want to see your grandfather Jiang Hailin for the last time?"

Hearing An Miaoyi mention this, Jiang Cong was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly and said:

"Of course I do!"

"Very good! Can you move now?"

Jiang Cong said without hesitation:
"can!"

"Qiqige! Take him out of the house to see his grandfather Jiang Hailin"

Following An Miaoyi's order, Qiqige stood up. Although Jiang Cong didn't know what An Miaoyi was up to, he stood up immediately. At this time, An Miaoyi said:
"I promised in advance that I would take you to see your grandfather, so you can't commit suicide anymore..."

(End of this chapter)