Chapter 164 The faint king
Emperor Qianwu sat on his chair and looked at several ministers impatiently.

"If you have anything to say, please tell me. You are taking up my time."

The ministers looked at each other, then at Xue Baochai, without saying a word.

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will go first and you two can discuss it."

Emperor Qianwu grabbed Xue Baochai's hand and said dissatisfiedly
"No need to leave, you stay here." Then he looked at the ministers and said, "You guys speak."

Several ministers all looked at the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister looked at Xue Baochai, sighed, shook his head, and handed the letter to Emperor Qianwu.
"Your Majesty, hurry up and make haste. The Tatars will soon be at the gates of the city."

Emperor Qianwu's expression finally changed.
"What?" He quickly opened the letter, and the clarity in his eyes began to return.

Xue Baochai's eyes flashed, she threw the letter away and said coquettishly

"Your Majesty, this is all alarmist talk, maybe it's fake intelligence. The Daren are so powerful, how could they possibly attack the capital?"

Emperor Qianwu's eyes, which were about to recover their clarity, became confused for a moment, and then a look of infatuation appeared in his eyes.
"My beloved concubine is right. You must be here to deceive me. Get out, all of you."

When the Prime Minister saw the letter that had been knocked down, his face changed drastically and he shouted

"Evil Concubine, how dare you deceive His Majesty?"

Xue Baochai showed a hint of sneer at the corner of her mouth, and immediately her body trembled, and she leaned weakly against Emperor Qianwu.
"Your Majesty, is he going to kill me? I'm so scared."

"Don't be afraid, my beloved concubine." Emperor Qianwu hugged Xue Baochai's waist, then looked at the Prime Minister and said coldly

"How dare you say that about my beloved concubine? Come, throw him into jail."

"Your Majesty, you are confused. This is an urgent letter sent eight hundred miles away. How could it be fake?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Prime Minister was also anxious at the moment, please forgive him."

All the ministers knelt down to beg for mercy, but Emperor Qianwu waved his hand

"Come here, put these people who spread rumors and deceived the people into jail."

Soon the imperial guards came in and arrested several ministers.

The ministers cried out for injustice one after another. The Prime Minister had a gloomy face. He frowned as he watched Emperor Qianwu walk out with Xue Baochai in his arms.

This is obviously wrong. Is this the end of Daren?

Soon, the news that the Tatars were about to attack the capital and all the cabinet ministers were imprisoned spread, and the whole capital was in panic.

Many ministers secretly cursed the incompetent emperor and even praised Emperor Qianwen, saying that they should not have supported the prince to ascend the throne in the first place.

Naturally, Ningguo Mansion also knew about this big commotion.

Jia Hu and his friends met at Fangyuan. Lin Daiyu was a little puzzled.

"That's impossible. I've met your Majesty before. He doesn't look like someone who neglects state affairs, nor is he a tyrant. How could he put you in jail for no reason?"

Lin Ruhai sighed and said
"You guys have been staying in the palace and don't know that His Majesty hasn't attended court for a long time. He has been in the harem and only favors Concubine Xue. Alas..."

"Empress Xue? Who is that?" Lin Daiyu asked curiously.

Lin Ruhai was stunned.
"Oh, you should know her. She is the daughter of the Xue family who lives in Rongguo Mansion.

Hu Ge'er also killed his brother Xue Pan." Then his face changed,
"Oh, she wouldn't persuade His Majesty to kill Hu Ge'er, would she?"

Everyone was stunned and looked at Jia Hu worriedly.

Jia Hu smiled slightly

"What are you afraid of? If someone comes to cause trouble, just kill him."

Everyone was stunned. Well, it seems that this guy is not afraid given his strength.

Lin Ruhai said solemnly

"The Tatars are almost reaching the capital. If Your Majesty continues like this, I'm afraid the capital will be in danger."

Jia Hu narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Ruhai.
"Uncle, you mean that the emperor became like this after Xue Baochai entered the palace."

Lin Ruhai nodded
"Well, I don't know what magic Xue Baochai has that makes His Majesty so obsessed with her.

The Emperor is not here either. If he were here, Your Majesty would definitely not dare to do this."

Jia Hu smiled and shook his head. "Not necessarily. Maybe there will be a drama of father and son fighting for a daughter."

"Ah!" Everyone screamed in disbelief. Tanchun frowned and said

"We have also seen Xue Baochai. She is only pretty. It is too false to say that she can fascinate people."

Lin Ruhai also nodded

"Yeah, I've seen it too, but I don't see anything special about it."

Jia Hu smiled coldly

"What if she's not who she used to be?"

"What do you mean?" Lin Ruhai and the others looked at Jia Hu in confusion. What did she mean she was not the same person as before?

Jia Hu glanced at everyone and said calmly, "I suspect that she had been possessed by someone else a long time ago, so she was able to seduce the emperor."

"Ah, isn't that a demon?" Lin Ruhai was shocked.

"A fox spirit, it must be a fox spirit." Lin Daiyu suddenly said,
“I saw that it’s written in the storybook.”

"Uh" Sanchun looked at Lin Daiyu speechlessly.

"Maybe." Jia Hu smiled.

"It has nothing to do with us, don't worry about it."

Lin Ruhai said hurriedly

"How can you say it doesn't matter? Those Tatars are very cruel. They might massacre the whole city."

Jia Hu shook his head and said, "It's okay. I'll take action when the time comes."

Hearing this, everyone instinctively breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Jia Hu could take action, the Tatars would not be able to harm them even if they entered the city.

Jia Hu looked up at his head and frowned slightly. It seemed that something was missing before the Heavenly Dao Gu could come out.

He wanted to see what those people were trying to do. It was probably their doing that the emperor became like this. He didn't understand what the point of them doing this was.

At this moment, Li Liang came over with a look of surprise on his face.
"Third Master, Prince Zhongshun sent a lot of things and said he wanted to see you."

"Prince Zhongshun?" Jia Hu was stunned, and the others were also a little puzzled.

Lin Ruhai's eyes flickered.
"Is this person planning something?"

"Let him in." Jia Hu thought for a moment and said.

Soon Prince Zhongshun followed Li Liang in and looked around.
Finally, he looked at Jia Hu, who immediately came up with a smile on his face.

"Duke Ningguo, you are really young and promising, a young talent, I admire you."

Everyone was stunned by Prince Zhongshun's sudden flattery and looked at him strangely.

Jia Hu shook his head and said calmly

"Just tell me, what's the matter?"

Prince Zhongshun was stunned. He didn't expect Jia Hu to be so direct. He rubbed his hands and laughed.

"Duke Ning is really a quick-witted and straightforward person. I am actually the same kind of person."

He noticed that everyone's eyes were getting weirder, so he smiled awkwardly.

"Ahem, well, Duke Ning, you've seen what His Majesty has done, right? I...I'd like to ask you to help me."

Jia Hu looked Prince Zhongshun up and down.

"What are you doing?"

Prince Zhongshun's face turned serious.

"I would like you to stop the Tatar army from attacking the capital."

Now everyone's eyes on Prince Zhongshun changed. They didn't expect that this prince, who always acted like a playboy, would actually have such thoughts.

Lin Ruhai even looked at Prince Zhongshun with new eyes.

Jia Hu said calmly, "How do you know I can stop the Tatar army?"

Prince Zhongshun immediately said excitedly
"I saw it. That day you were fighting with that guy in the sky. I saw that the black shadow was you." He said with awe in his eyes.

Why can he see it clearly? Because he is using a monocular telescope, which he bought from overseas.
He saw it more clearly than others, and as a result he was almost scared to death.

Jia Hu gave Prince Zhongshun a meaningful look.

"and then?"

Prince Zhongshun gritted his teeth and stopped hiding it.

"I want to drive the emperor out. I never thought that the wise and brave prince would become like this.

I was prepared to spend my whole life eating, drinking and having fun.
But he is simply like a madman now, a complete tyrant, and my country cannot be destroyed in his hands." There was some excitement in his eyes.

"Hiss" everyone gasped. To put it nicely, isn't this rebellion?
Lin Ruhai looked at Prince Zhongshun solemnly. He really didn't expect that he would jump out at this time.

Jia Hu's expression remained calm. "That makes sense, but why should I help you?"

Prince Zhongshun seemed to be well prepared when he heard this.

"Duke Ning, I know you are extremely powerful and have no interest in power.
After I take over, I can ask people all over the world to find you rare poisonous insects, as many as you want."

Jia Hu looked Prince Zhongshun up and down. This guy really did what he wanted.

Prince Zhongshun looked at Jia Hu nervously and said

"As long as you agree, you can get whatever conditions you want."

Lin Ruhai and others looked at Prince Zhongshun in surprise. He really was willing to spend a lot of money.

Jia Hu shook his head.
"Do you know why the emperor became like this?"

Prince Zhongshun was stunned and shook his head. He really didn't know this, but the emperor suddenly knew it.

"If I say that even if you become emperor, you will become like him, do you believe it?" Jia Hu said lightly.

"What?" Prince Zhongshun was startled.
"No, it's impossible."

Jia Hu waved his hand.
"Okay, go back. I will take action against the Tatars when the time comes.

There will be no trouble in the capital, and who will be the emperor has nothing to do with me."

Prince Zhongshun was half happy and half worried. He was happy that Jia Hu would take action against the Tatars, but he was worried that Jia Hu would not support him.

And what he just said made him feel a little uneasy.

"Well, I thought too much." Prince Zhongshun smiled bitterly, then said solemnly

"According to my information, the Tatars will be at the foot of the capital by tomorrow night."

Jia Hu's eyes flashed, "Yeah, I understand."

Prince Zhongshun left. He walked out of Ningguo Mansion and looked back at the gate. His eyes flickered.
"From what Jia Hu said, the emperor was plotted against by someone. Who was it?" Suddenly his face changed.
"Emperor Qianwen, it must be him. It seems that he still has evil intentions." His face was a little uncertain as he wondered which side he should stand on.

In Huifang Garden, Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Hu curiously.
"Brother Hu, why didn't you agree to his request just now? Now that His Majesty has been deposed, perhaps it would be a good thing for him to go up."

Jia Hu shook his head.
"What does it have to do with me? This is something those guys did. It's best to stay the same in the face of change.
I want to see what they want to do? So now I don’t have to do anything.”

The three of them nodded in unison, and Lin Ruhai frowned and said

"Brother Hu, are they really that powerful?"

(End of this chapter)