Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 308 Di Xin's Scheme Begins
Upon hearing that Jiang Huan was about to escape, Bi Gan hurriedly said to Emperor Xin, "Your Majesty, we must not let Jiang Huan get away. Otherwise, we will have no evidence to accuse the Queen."

At this moment, Daji spoke up, saying, "Even if we can capture Jiang Huan and make her confess the Queen's identity, Your Majesty will still be branded as a tyrant."

"Because then people will inevitably say that all of this was arranged by the king. That the king is fickle and wants to make someone else the queen, thus framing the current queen."

Upon hearing Daji's words, even Emperor Xin was taken aback. In the end, he burst into laughter, "Daji is right, their goal is to make me the tyrant they speak of."

"Whether I am a truly incompetent ruler or not is not important to them. So no matter what I do, I will become the incompetent ruler in their eyes."

"I finally understand why the Azure Lotus Saint said that I should use the name of the tyrannical emperor to eradicate the traitors in my Great Shang Dynasty."

“In that case, Aunt will do as the Azure Lotus Saint said. She will become a complete tyrant and slaughter the entire Shang Dynasty, leaving a trail of heads.”

After saying that, he directly said to Yang Jian, "Minister Yang, since it doesn't matter whether Jiang Huan is dead or alive, let him go where he belongs."

Yang Jian nodded, then reached out and patted Xiaotianquan's head. Xiaotianquan then transformed into a streak of light and disappeared before everyone's eyes.

At that moment, Yang Jian underwent a transformation. In just a few moments, he had transformed into Jiang Huan's appearance.

"Later, when Xiaotianquan brings back Jiang Huan's memories, Yang Jian will be the real Jiang Huan."

Di Xin naturally knew that Yang Jian still wanted to legitimize his removal of Queen Jiang. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to go through all this trouble.

This reminded Di Xin of a sudden idea, and he immediately said, "Minister Yang, you can transform into Jiang Huan, so you can surely transform into Lao Xiang, right?"

"If you were to transform into the old prime minister and commit suicide in front of all the civil and military officials, would people be able to see through your disguise?"

Although Yang Jian didn't know what Di Xin wanted to do, he still nodded to Di Xin without hesitation.

Seeing Yang Jian nod, Di Xin then began to explain his plan in detail to everyone.

Even Yang Jian was shocked when he heard Di Xin's complete plan. Di Xin's plan was simply too perfect.

After the plan was finalized, Di Xin took Daji back to the palace. As for Shang Qingjun, she did not return to the palace with Di Xin, but instead went back to the Prime Minister's residence with Shang Rong.

At the same time, Queen Jiang had also received news that her uncle, Bi Gan, and Shang Rong had been assassinated.

This prompted a cold smile to appear on Queen Jiang's lips, and she said in an extremely icy tone, "Then where is the evidence?"

"The evidence has been destroyed, Your Majesty need not worry any longer," the visitor said to Queen Jiang.

Queen Jiang nodded and then said, "Now that the matter has been accomplished, you should not have come to see me."

Standing in front of King Jiang at this moment was none other than Jiang Huan, who had just infiltrated the palace.

Jiang Huan sighed and said, "Originally, I planned to return to Donglu to seek refuge, but unfortunately the gates of Chaoge City are closed, and I have nowhere to hide."

Queen Jiang nodded after hearing this, "Then stay in the palace for now and pretend to be a eunuch. Once things have calmed down, you can find a way to leave."

After speaking, Queen Jiang ordered Jiang Huan to be taken away and that eunuch clothes be prepared for him to change into.

After seeing Jiang Huan off, a murderous aura appeared on Queen Jiang's face. Looking towards the direction of the Longevity Palace, she gritted her teeth and said...

"Since you've chosen your own death, don't blame me. You only have yourself to blame for doing things you shouldn't have." At this moment, Queen Jiang already harbored murderous intent towards Daji. After all, Queen Jiang would never let someone who dared to collect evidence against her live.

Furthermore, since Emperor Xin had never been to the Longevity Palace, Queen Jiang became even more unscrupulous.

At this point, Queen Jiang had a hundred ways to kill Daji without anyone knowing, and without arousing Di Xin's suspicion.

Just then, Queen Jiang's personal maid walked in from outside and said to Queen Jiang, "Your Majesty, the King has gone to the Longevity Palace."

Queen Jiang had not expected that Emperor Xin would favor Daji so soon after Bi Gan and Shang Rong's assassination attempts. This inevitably caused Queen Jiang some unease.

After all, with Daji's beauty, as long as he had some tricks up his sleeve, he could surely make Di Xin fall into her arms.

Getting rid of Daji at that point would not be an easy task. Daji might even use Di Xin's favor to make her, the queen, die a horrible death.

After pondering for a moment, he said to his personal maid, "Immediately find a way to inform Grand Tutor Wen about this matter."

Queen Jiang's thinking was very simple: once Wen Zhong learned of this matter, he would definitely come to the palace to see Emperor Xin immediately.

We will absolutely not allow Emperor Xin to favor Daji, this vixen, while Bigan and Shang Rong are being assassinated.

As long as Emperor Xin doesn't go to the Longevity Palace tonight, she can ensure that Daji doesn't see the sun tomorrow.

So while sending out her personal maid, Queen Jiang also began to arrange how to make Daji die in the Shouxian Palace.

Just as Queen Jiang finished making the arrangements, her personal maid returned and spoke to her.

"Your Majesty, it has been taken care of. The Grand Tutor was furious when he learned of this. He is already on his way to the palace."

Queen Jiang smiled upon hearing this, feeling that her plan had succeeded. "You think you can fight with me? You're not worthy!"

At this moment, Queen Jiang was brimming with confidence. She was just waiting for Di Xin to be taken away by Wen Zhong before she would make her move against Daji.

But after waiting for a long time, he received an unexpected result: Wen Zhong had been driven away.

Most importantly, Wen Zhong left, but Di Xin remained in the Shouxian Palace. Moreover, all the palace maids and eunuchs in the Shouxian Palace were expelled.

This caught Queen Jiang somewhat off guard, as she knew that Emperor Xin had always been obedient to Wen Zhong. She couldn't understand why he dared to expel Wen Zhong from the palace this time.

Just as Queen Jiang was filled with many questions, another message arrived: King Pingling of the East Sea had rebelled, and Wen Zhong had mustered troops overnight to march on the East Sea.

Now Queen Jiang understood. It wasn't that Emperor Xin wasn't afraid of Wen Zhong; rather, Wen Zhong had more important things to do and didn't have time to care which wife Emperor Xin slept with.

However, for whatever reason, Queen Jiang had to temporarily abandon her plan to kill Daji.

This inevitably made Queen Jiang feel uneasy, worried that she would suffer an irreparable fate because of Daji.

Suddenly, Queen Jiang thought of Jiang Huan and couldn't help but think to herself, "Fortunately, I haven't had a chance to kill him yet."

(End of this chapter)