Chapter 49 The whereabouts of the fourth prince is unknown, Emperor Qing is ruthless!
In just one night, a sudden rebellion was easily and quickly put down.

It goes as quickly as it comes.

After dawn, the city of Kyoto had been cleaned up and the few corpses were quickly moved away.

There wasn't even much of a smell of blood left on the streets.

After all, this rebellion was a gamble.

It was obvious that God did not give Li Chengze any chance, and Emperor Qing was not seriously injured from beginning to end.

Not to mention that he died from serious injuries.

Emperor Qing was very disappointed with this rebellion.

Li Chengze's heart-wrenching remarks really touched his heart.

But the damage caused to him was not too serious.

So it wasn't Li Chengze that disappointed him.

But after finally faking his death, he failed to catch a big fish!
Of course, the biggest reason for this situation is probably that he has too much control over Qing State.

Many people simply couldn't believe that Emperor Qing had passed away.

If he really faked his death for half a year or even longer, perhaps some evil spirits would jump out without knowing their own limits.

But that would be a bit of a loss.

Fortunately, this time it was not completely fruitless.

Li Chengze was able to win over so many mid- and low-level generals in Kyoto City. There must be something fishy about this!
Moreover, Emperor Qing knew without any guessing that the biggest suspect must be the eldest princess!
However, the eldest princess was very skilled at cutting off her own tail to survive. She should have cut off contact as early as when she handed over the list of low- and middle-level generals to Li Chengze.

Emperor Qing didn't really care about this.

It is not easy to train such a group of people, and it is impossible for the princess to win over the same number of generals.

So this time, basically all of the eldest princess's minions were broken.

This is also the reason why Emperor Qing ignored the eldest princess.

However, after this rebellion, Emperor Qing will no longer give the eldest princess the opportunity to win over the Kyoto army.

He wanted to drive the eldest princess out of Kyoto and let her return to her own fiefdom, Xinyang.

As for Li Chengze... Emperor Qing was indeed very angry at first, but he had no intention of killing anyone.

He just found it funny.

Why does Li Chengze think that he can force the emperor to abdicate and rebel just by relying on those middle and low-level generals?

Is this a disdain for his control over the military?

So, Emperor Qing's verdict was changed.

There is no need to punish with death, but it is hard to escape punishment while alive.

Li Chengze was stripped of his title, demoted to a commoner, and placed under house arrest in a dilapidated house.

Since Li Chengze is so resistant to being a grindstone, let Li Chengze watch the prince ascend the throne with his own eyes!

Of course, before that, Emperor Qing had to call back the other whetstone from Northern Qi.

The time is almost up.

Li Chengde should have ended this foreign journey and returned to Daqing.

Moreover, the relevant plans must definitely be completed.

Once the economic system of Northern Qi was destroyed, he would be able to launch an attack on Northern Qi quickly.

Taking over a few more pieces of land is not a problem at all!
"Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

Eunuch Hou suddenly looked anxious and rushed into the bedroom.

Emperor Qing's eyes narrowed slightly.

Eunuch Hou had followed him for many years and had always been calm and composed, even when he became the supervisor of the East Factory.

But now he looks panic-stricken, so something serious must have happened!

Emperor Qing's face darkened, "Could it be that the rebellious son has a problem with my handling of the matter?"

The first person he thought of was Li Chengze.

Although he claimed to be very familiar with the prince, the rebellion last night seemed very unfamiliar to him.

It turned out that Li Chengze dared to talk back to him, and even committed treason and intended to rebel.

According to his understanding of Li Chengze, no matter what the result is, Li Chengze will gladly accept it. But what if Li Chengze chooses to commit suicide instead of surrendering?

Even if you have made all the preparations, it is difficult to stop a person if he is determined to die.

Emperor Qing also planned to let Li Chengze watch the prince ascend the throne. He would never allow him to commit suicide at this time!

"It's not the Second Prince, it's, it's the Fourth Prince!" Eunuch Hou reported hesitantly.

"Li Chengde?" Emperor Qing had an inexplicable ominous premonition, "What happened to him?"

Eunuch Hou hesitated and did not dare to speak directly, "The Fourth Prince, he, he..."

"What happened to him?!" Emperor Qing raised his voice, his heart becoming more and more panicked, "Speak!"

Eunuch Hou gritted his teeth and reported truthfully: "Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince was attacked and killed, and his life or death is unknown!"

"what?!"

Emperor Qing stood up suddenly and stared at Eunuch Hou with disbelief in his eyes.

He had no idea at all,
Li Chengde was just going to Northern Qi to carry out a very ordinary mission, how could he be attacked and killed? !
Even if that mission could potentially destroy Northern Qi's economic system, doesn't Northern Qi have any responsibility?

Whenever negotiating,
If he cedes more land to Qing State, he will most likely not let Li Chengde carry out this task!
"How dare Northern Qi... How dare they attack my prince?!" Emperor Qing was very angry.

Although Northern Qi's economic system was destroyed, this would allow Qing to easily take over Northern Qi's land.

But now, since Li Chengde has been attacked, it means that Li Chengde’s plan has most likely been discovered.

In this case, the only option is head-on confrontation!
Emperor Qing believed that it would not be difficult for Qing to crush Northern Qi.

Of course, the problem of the Grand Master still needs to be solved first, and he has already made a plan for this.

There would be nothing wrong with taking advantage of the situation to seize a few cities of Northern Qi before starting to clean up the Grand Master.

Li Chengde would surely be able to turn danger into safety and come back alive. There was no way that the people of Northern Qi could kill him.

But soon, Emperor Qing found out that he was wrong.

And it’s so wrong!

"Your Majesty, it's not Northern Qi, but the envoy of the temple!" Eunuch Hou added the details.

"Temple messenger?!" Emperor Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, somewhat incredulous.

He had already been attacked by a temple messenger in the palace. Why did Li Chengde also encounter the same thing? The temple actually sent out two messengers at the same time? !

If that's the case, then he'll have to reconsider many things!
First of all, one thing is certain, Li Chengde does not have guards comparable to those of a grandmaster.

Even if there were, an ordinary grandmaster could not be a match for the temple messenger.

In this case, Li Chengde will definitely die!
It’s not that Emperor Qing has no confidence in him, but in the face of absolute strength, no matter how much calculation is useless.

In this case, the marriage between the Grand Princess of Northern Qi and Li Chengde will have to be temporarily suspended.

However, even if the eldest princess of Northern Qi was asked to marry a private man, the young emperor and the empress dowager of Northern Qi would not dare to disobey.

In particular, he will use this incident to launch an attack on Northern Qi.

By then, both sides will certainly negotiate.

The agreement could require the eldest princess of Northern Qi to marry far away.

Moreover, she married a prince whose life or death was unknown and who had a high probability of not surviving.

Secondly, Li Chengze had just committed the act of forcing the emperor to abdicate and treason, so it would be difficult for Emperor Qing to let him go now.

But the prince still needs a whetstone.

The eldest prince is obviously not suitable.

Then, it seems that it can only be Li Chengping.

Of course, Li Chengping is just a stopgap measure, and Li Chengze is a more suitable candidate.

Lee Seung-taek can return, but not now.

In addition to these sons, he also had an illegitimate son who lived far away in Danzhou.

Although an illegitimate child cannot have anything to do with the throne, he can do things that are inconvenient for him to do.

Previously, Li Chengde was the "lone minister".
Now that Li Chengde has been assassinated, Fan Xian can only replace him.

Emperor Qing's eyes turned cold, and he quickly made a decision, "Summon Fan Jian to the palace, I have something to tell him!"

(End of this chapter)