Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 66 Do you mean that Xiaoyao Palace is trying to win me over?
The news that King Xiaoyao had been assassinated and was in imminent danger quickly spread throughout the capital.

After all, Lu Ming is the only descendant of the immortal, and his affairs have attracted the attention of the common people.

And this news soon reached the ears of the third prince.

The mansion of the three princes.

study.

Ji Wenjie looked at the imperial edict in his hand with a gloomy face, and clenched a corner of the edict tightly with one hand.

"This vicious woman!" Ji Wenjie cursed viciously.

"She wants to kill me!"

Two months ago, Emperor Zhou, against all odds, proposed a tax reform, changing the previous household tax system to a land and population tax system, and the land in the entire country had to be remeasured.

Ever since Emperor Zhou promoted tax reform, chaos has broken out throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially in the Jiangnan area.

The Jiangnan area was the financial source of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In order to implement tax reform, the Zhou emperor specially sent envoys to Jiangnan to supervise the tax reform.

As a result, as soon as the envoys arrived in Jiangnan, the court officials in their team died one after another.

Another urgent report came yesterday that the envoy also died in Jiangnan.

The court had realized that someone was obstructing tax reform.

Although they all knew that there was great resistance to tax reform, this tax reform was left behind by Emperor Zhou before he went into seclusion, so they had to continue pushing it forward no matter what.

At the grand court meeting early this morning, the Queen proposed that a royal heir go to Jiangnan in person to supervise the tax reform in Jiangnan.

After some discussion, the Queen decided to let the third prince Ji Wenjie go to Jiangnan, and this matter was also nodded by the three Tianshu.

Ji Wenjie almost fainted on the spot.

Although he tried his best to refuse by using his own ability as an excuse, the matter had been approved by the three Tianshu after all. The Queen's words could be ignored, but with the Tianshu nodding, it would be useless no matter how unwilling he was.

After the grand court meeting was over, Ji Wenjie had just returned home when the imperial edict drafted by Tianshu Hall arrived.

Seeing Ji Wenjie's rage, the staff in Ji Wenjie's mansion looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Among the three princes, the third prince has the weakest power in the court, so it is not surprising that he was pushed forward this time.

Ji Wenjie put down the imperial edict, looked up at the staff in the study, and then said, "Tell me, what should I do next?"

None of the staff members spoke. As the imperial edict drafted by Tianshu Palace had passed through the jade seal in the hands of the Queen, it had already been sent to the Third Prince's residence. This matter was basically a foregone conclusion, and the Third Prince had no choice but to go to Jiangnan.

Although Emperor Zhou was in seclusion, the Empress was regent, and the imperial edict passed through the jade seal in her hand was equivalent to the Emperor Zhou's will. If he disobeyed, he would be disobeying the order.

Seeing that his staff members were all silent and didn't say anything, Ji Wenjie became even more annoyed.

"You are all useless. What's the point of me keeping you around?"

"Get out! Get out of here, everyone!"

Hearing this, the staff hurriedly left the room. At this moment, Ji Wenjie said, "Li Cheng stay."

Li Cheng stopped walking and stayed in the study. After the other staff members left, Ji Wenjie looked at Li Cheng and asked, "Is this matter truly irreversible?"

Li Cheng said, "Your Highness, the imperial edict has been issued, and this imperial edict is different from the one issued by His Majesty. If it was an imperial edict issued by His Majesty, he could have found a reason to take it back."

"This imperial edict was drafted by the Tianshu Palace and passed through the hands of the Queen. If you want to take it back, you must get the simultaneous consent of the Tianshu and the Queen. It's almost impossible." Hearing Li Cheng's words, Ji Wenjie became even more furious and slammed his fist on the desk. "Evil woman! This evil woman is responsible!"

At this point, Ji Wenjie sneered, "Could this vicious woman have formed an alliance with one of my royal brothers to harm me?"

Emperor Zhou has been in seclusion for half a year. This half year is crucial for the three princes. Their fight for the throne has entered a critical moment.

Letting him leave the capital and go to Jiangnan at this time would create an opportunity for the other two princes to get rid of him. It was hard for Ji Wenjie not to suspect that the queen had allied with one of the princes, so he proposed that he go to Jiangnan to urge tax reform.

And even if the two princes did not take action, he would probably be in danger if he went to Jiangnan.

The tax reform involved the interests of the aristocratic families, especially those who owned a lot of land. He was asked to supervise the tax reform, but before his two royal brothers could take action, he was dealt with by those aristocratic families.

At this moment, a guard's voice came, "Your Highness, there is news from Xiaoyao Palace."

Hearing this, Ji Wenjie said impatiently: "Don't worry about it."

In the current situation, even if we obtain dragon energy, we cannot escape the predicament.

The dragon energy only has the function of protecting the body in the capital. Once you leave the capital, the dragon energy can still have a deterrent effect, but it can no longer protect you.

Perhaps the guard realized that this news was very important to Ji Wenjie, so he said directly at the door: "Prince Xiaoyao was assassinated last night and is in imminent danger."

Hearing this, Ji Wenjie was stunned for a moment and frowned.

Although dragon energy is of little use to him now, it doesn't mean that he doesn't want it.

If Lu Ming died, the dragon energy would return to his father.

Ji Wenjie said, "Come in."

The guard then pushed the door open and entered the study. Ji Wenjie continued, "What's going on?"

The guard continued, "Early this morning, the Qingyun Guard went to Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion to clean up the assassin's body. Later, the Xiaoyao Mansion spread the news that Prince Xiaoyao was assassinated last night and doesn't have many days left to live. The Xiaoyao Mansion is willing to pay a high price to purchase a blue-light-emitting stone as a medicine to prolong Prince Xiaoyao's life."

After hearing this, Ji Wenjie and Li Cheng were stunned.

A stone that emits blue light?
Isn’t this the night pearl in the mansion?
Is it such a coincidence?
They have been thinking about how to build a good relationship with the Xiaoyao Palace these days, but they didn't expect that the opportunity would come so soon.

However, that night pearl may not be the kind of stone that Xiaoyao Palace needs.

And they had never heard of using night pearls as medicine.

Ji Wenjie asked in confusion: "Doesn't King Xiaoyao have dragon energy protecting his body? How could he be injured by an assassin?"

Li Cheng said, "Although King Xiaoyao has dragon energy to protect him, his body is already exhausted and cannot withstand the turbulence. Those assassins don't need to attack him directly to kill him."

Ji Wenjie thought about it and felt that there was some truth in it. "It seems that my chance has come. I just don't know if this night-shining pearl will be of any use to King Xiaoyao."

Although the night pearl was precious, it was nothing compared to the dragon energy. Ji Wenjie did not have even the slightest hesitation in his heart.

Li Cheng said, "Your Highness, take him there and you'll know, but I always feel like something is wrong."

"I have never heard of stones being used as a medicinal agent, and you, Third Prince, happen to have this stone."

After hearing what Li Cheng said, Ji Wenjie also felt that something was wrong. "Are you saying that Xiaoyao Palace is trying to win me over?"

(End of this chapter)