Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 474; Regret

The retired emperor was just angry that Emperor Zhaowu was a little too cruel, but he was not really furious.

The struggle for imperial power has always been bloody from ancient times to the present. He just felt that his eyesight was really bad at that time, and he didn't even notice the secret confrontation between his two sons.

The situation had already reached a life-and-death situation. If it had been discovered earlier, perhaps it could have been saved, or at least one of their lives could have been preserved.

Of course, he was just thinking so beautifully. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that even if he could keep it, it would only be temporary. Once he was gone, the two brothers would definitely fight to the death.

It is hard to say who is right or wrong, but as of now, Prince Yide at least died at the hands of Emperor Zhaowu, so he must have made more mistakes.

Otherwise, the current rebellion of the King of Qin wouldn't have happened, right?

The deadline given by the King of Qin soon arrived, but the King of Qin did not come to ask the Supreme Emperor for an imperial edict.

Obviously he already knew that in the current situation, it would be useless even if he got the imperial edict, because the news of the rebellion had already spread, and it could not be corrected by a mere imperial edict.

In addition, the capital city is becoming more and more chaotic, and he has to find ways to suppress it every day. Outside the capital city, the major families and the entire official community have begun to criticize him.

In the past few years, the relationship between Emperor Zhaowu and the gentry has eased significantly. At the same time, the living standards of people all over the world have also risen sharply, which the people of the Yu Dynasty have seen.

Now that the King of Qin is rebelling, he undoubtedly wants to destroy their hard-earned good days. Not to mention the aristocratic families, Princess Zhaode has already fired the first shot, and those who stand on Princess Zhaode's side will naturally follow suit.

Of course they would follow, not because they thought Princess Zhaode was so great, nor because they were afraid of her, but mainly because they felt that the King of Qin had little chance of winning.

And no one knows whether the King of Qin’s ascension to the throne will have any impact on their shares in the Hot Spring Villa Company.

They all wanted to seize the shares of the hot spring villa, but they also knew that it was impossible, so after much thought, they decided to stand on the side of Princess Zhaode.

After all, the King of Qin doesn't have much chance of winning, so it is better to maintain the current relationship. At least the original interests will not be affected. Moreover, they are helping the lineage of Emperor Zhaowu this time. After the King of Qin is taken down, the lineage of Emperor Zhaowu will more or less remember their kindness, right?
That's why they are so positive.

Li Jiujun, who had received the message from Princess Zhaode, was also horrified. He quickly ordered his messenger soldiers to find Duke Ningguo and tell them to delay the rebellion of King Huai's former subordinates as much as possible.

He had to rush back to the capital to serve the king. When Duke Ningguo heard the news, he was also shocked. Without further ado, he agreed to Li Jiujun's request.

Just like that, Li Jiujun did not go to help Duke Ningguo, but instead led a large army on a rapid march to the capital to serve the king.

As for Huo Junyao, she has not been idle these days. Every day she arranges people to go outside the capital to bring warmth to King Qin.

There would be thunder and lightning in the capital from time to time, and in order to prevent the King of Qin from doing anything desperate, she had placed explosives around her hot spring villa. As long as the King of Qin dared to bring people to cause trouble for her, it would definitely be like the more than 3,000 vanguard troops in front. Even if the entire army was not killed, there would be heavy losses.

Little did she know that the King of Qin was in a state of panic and had no time to bother her. Although he wanted to, the situation did not allow it. There were many civilians in the capital. His 50,000 troops seemed to be a lot, but compared with those civilians, they were not on the same level at all.

As people were not allowed to enter or leave the capital for several days, the people were becoming more and more panicked. In addition, Princess Zhaode came to offer warmth every day, causing prices of all kinds of goods in the capital to soar. Many ordinary people seemed to be almost unable to make a living.

If people have no way to make a living, they will do anything. Once a civil uprising occurs in the capital, it will be difficult for him to suppress it with more than 50,000 people.

He also thought about whether he should get some food from the national treasury and distribute it to the people to stabilize their situation first.

However, there was not much grain stored in the granaries in the capital. After all, Emperor Zhaowu had allocated a lot of grain when fighting the Turks, and much of it went directly from the capital.

How could the remaining food and grass feed the people of the entire city? Not to mention that he had 50,000 troops under his command.

"Your Highness, we can't go on like this. How about we first collect all the grain from the wealthy families in the capital, and then distribute some of it to the people to stabilize them first?"

As soon as the Zhao family leader opened his mouth, the King of Qin glared at him fiercely.

It’s all because of this idiot. If the two brothers hadn’t threatened Princess Zhaode, how could things have turned out like this?
Now you're giving him such bad advice, do you think he's not in enough of a mess right now?
How many wealthy families are there in the capital? The majority of them are civil and military officials and nobles. Now these people have not moved. They are just some common people, and they can still suppress them.

Once these people are pushed into a corner and unite, they will be in even bigger trouble.

Moreover, now is not the time to offend these people. Not to mention whether he still has a chance to ascend to the throne. If he does, he will still need the help of these people. If he fails and is finally taken down, even if the emperor is angry, he will most likely try to find a way to preserve his bloodline.

In order to prevent his line from becoming completely extinct, if he offends all those civil and military ministers and nobles now, these guys will definitely take advantage of the situation.

By then, facing the pressure from his ministers, even the emperor emeritus would have no chance of preserving his bloodline.

"Come here, take this idiot down and lock him up. The same goes for the second son of the Zhao family. I don't want to see them."

Soldiers came in from outside. This sudden scene scared the Zhao brothers badly. Why were they imprisoned for no reason?
Especially the eldest brother of the Zhao family, he totally couldn't understand why the King of Qin did this. He thought his own law was very good, and even if he didn't get praised, he wouldn't be imprisoned.

"My Lord, what are you doing?"

"Shut their mouths for me. I don't want to hear their nonsense."

The King of Qin now really hates these two brothers. They are short-sighted, have high expectations but poor skills, and have been making trouble for him from the very beginning and are still making trouble now.

At this moment, he was a little regretful. If he had been more decisive at that time and directly captured the two brothers and showed his attitude to Princess Zhaode, would things not have developed like this?

"Your Majesty, why don't you send a letter to the Marquis and ask him to think of a solution? Now the situation outside is very chaotic. I'm afraid that it won't be long before a large army will arrive in the capital to support the king. If we don't prepare early, I'm afraid we will end up isolated and helpless."