Mingshi

Chapter 1420 King Jing is dead
Now the entire Ming Dynasty regards Yu Wang as the crown prince, but the crown prince was almost killed in the capital. Is your cabinet free?

In fact, both Emperor Jiajing and the cabinet knew very well that there was only one person who had the motive to assassinate King Yu, and that was King Jing.

No one else would do it!

The Japanese pirates are gone, Zhang Daoyuan is dead, and the northern grasslands have moved strategically to the Western Regions. Now they have made good friends with Ming Dynasty, and Koryo has been beaten and blocked by the border.If there is another faction that has the ability to assassinate, it is the White Lotus Sect.

However, if it was the dead fighters of the White Lotus Sect, they should assassinate Luo Xin, not King Yu, right?

Only King Jing, as long as King Yu is killed, the throne of the Ming Emperor will fall under his ass.

However, there is no evidence.

In the absence of evidence, who dares to touch King Jing?
Even Emperor Jiajing couldn't kill King Jing casually, and it was a royal scandal.

If there is no evidence, then find evidence.

Moreover, it also prevented King Jing from jumping over the wall in a hurry, sending someone to assassinate King Yu again, or taking risks and rebelling.

Therefore, under the order of Emperor Jiajing, a large number of Dongchang and Jinyiwei went to King Jing's fief to monitor King Jing.And it was still under public surveillance, so they almost surrounded King Jing's mansion.

The cabinet also issued an order, and the local government and the army took targeted surveillance on Prince Jing's Mansion.This simply gave people a sign that they were going to do something to King Jing.

A month has passed like this, Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet in the capital, is approving the memorial, but his hands are shaking, and his eyes are fixed on the memorial in his hand.

Seeing Xu Jie's strange behavior, Zhang Juzheng, who was helping, couldn't help asking softly:

"Master, what's the matter?"

Xu Jie settled down, closed the memorial, looked up at Zhang Juzheng and said:
"His Royal Highness King Jing is dead!"

The expression on Zhang Juzheng's face changed, King Jing was just in his early 30s, so he died like this?

"Master Gao, please come!" Xu Jie said softly.

"Yes!"

Zhang Juzheng woke up from the shock, and walked out quickly. Soon, Gao Gong pushed the door and walked in. Xu Jie handed the memorial to Gao Gong. Overjoyed.As soon as King Jing dies, King Yu's position as the crown prince will be stabilized, so he couldn't help but ask:

"This is real?"

Xu Jie glanced at Gao Gong and said, "Who dares to joke about this kind of thing?"

"Oh!" Gao Gong's face turned red, and he was showing signs of himself. It seems that the energy-raising skills are still not at home!

Xu Jie stood up and said, "Let's report to the Holy Majesty."

Gao Gong nodded, and walked towards Yuxi Palace with Xu Jie.

Yuxi Palace.

Emperor Jiajing's body hadn't recovered yet, and he was struggling even to sit, so he lay down in the palace.When Xu Jie and Gao Gong came to Yuxi Palace, Huang Jin greeted them and said:
"It's unfortunate that the two adults came, His Majesty just fell asleep."

Xu Jie pondered for a while, handed the memorial in his hand to Huang Jin and said, "Eunuch Huang, take a look."

Huang Jin opened the memorial, just glanced at it, his expression changed, and he hurriedly said: "My lords, wait a moment, I will report to Your Majesty right away."

Xu Jie and Gao Gong stood outside silently, at this moment neither of them wanted to speak, but their hearts were turbulent.Once King Jing died, King Yu's position was secured, so the real struggle began. Before King Yu ascended the throne, gaining King Yu's trust was the most important thing.

The two of them were silently thinking about their minds, comparing each other's strength, what plan they should implement, time passed unknowingly, and there was a sound of footsteps, and Huang Jin came out in a hurry and said:
"My lords, Your Majesty invites you to enter."

Xu Jie glanced at Huang Jin, and said in a low voice, "How is Your Majesty feeling?"

"Your Majesty...you don't say anything, your face is ugly." Huang Jin said softly.

Xu Jie nodded and took the lead, followed by Gao Gong.The three of them walked all the way to the bedroom and entered the bedroom. The eyes of the two quickly swept over Jiajing who was lying on the bed. Sure enough, seeing Jiajing's gloomy face, they immediately bowed down and said:
"My condolences, Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!"

After the two shouted, they knelt there and waited.But there was silence in the bedroom.The two waited for a while, then secretly raised their heads to look at Emperor Jiajing on the bed, only to see Emperor Jiajing looking at the two of them calmly, the two hurriedly lowered their eyes, their hearts pounding, Emperor Jiajing was still cold , the voice without any emotion sounded:
"Give the two elders a seat."

Huang Jin asked two young eunuchs to bring two brocade stools to Xu Jie and Gao Gong. The two young eunuchs put down the brocade stools, bowed their heads, and quietly retreated out.After Xu Jie and Gao Gong thanked them, they carefully sat on the brocade bench. The two quietly looked at each other. Xu Jie, who was the chief assistant of the cabinet, spoke first:

"Your Majesty, the old minister was shocked to hear the sad news of His Royal Highness King Jing, and was deeply saddened. His Royal Highness King Jing died young, and it is Daming's loss."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie calmly, then looked at Gao Gong, who hurriedly said:

"My condolences, Your Majesty!"

Gao Gong also only said this sentence. With his personality, he really couldn't say that King Jing himself was in great grief like Xu Jie, and that King Jing's death was Daming's loss.In his opinion, King Jing should have died a long time ago, and his death is a blessing to Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Gao Gong calmly for a while, Gao Gong was wondering if he should praise King Jing a little more, like Xu Jie, is Emperor Jiajing angry?After all, King Jing is the son of Emperor Jiajing, and now that his son is dead, he said it nonchalantly that he should not be a courtier.And at this time, Emperor Jiajing said lightly:
"Death is death, there is no sorrow."

Xu Jie and Gao Gong couldn't understand what Emperor Jiajing meant for a moment, Xu Jie pondered for a moment and said:

"Your Majesty, King Jing is famous for being filial to His Majesty..."

Emperor Jiajing lowered his eyelids and said, "Are you blind, or are you trying to fool me?"

"This..." Xu Jie was stunned for a moment, he really couldn't understand what Emperor Jiajing was thinking at this time.

Emperor Jiajing glanced at Xu Jie and Gao Gong and said, "You two don't have to be hypocritical anymore. Don't you two know that the person who assassinated Luo Xin was King Jing? The person who assassinated King Yu's son was King Jing Wang, the person who assassinated King Yu is King Jing?"

Xu Jie and Gao Gong were shocked. Although there was no evidence for these things, Xu Jie and Gao Gong believed that King Jing did it.And when King Jing sent someone to assassinate Luo Xin, he heard King Jing admit it with his own ears.But knowing it is one thing, saying it is another.Now that Emperor Jiajing has revealed this royal secret in person, what does he mean?
The two couldn't help feeling uneasy.

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(End of this chapter)