Chapter 1453: Chapter 1453: Stakeholders
Madam Lu shook her head repeatedly, saying, “Impossible, our master is loyal only to the Emperor.”
“Oh dear, Madam Lu, our master is loyal to the Emperor as well, but does the Emperor believe us? The key issue is that the Emperor doesn’t trust us. He thinks our family is a remnant of the Ducal Residence.”
“What?” Madam Lu looked incredulous and also began to grow anxious: “Then what should be done? If the Emperor believes we are remnants of the Ducal Residence, won’t he do everything he can to eliminate us?”
“Exactly!” Madam Cheng saw that Madam Lu was taking the bait and led her on vigorously: “The Emperor didn’t eliminate us remnants entirely back then, rely because he feared the size of these remnants, afraid they’d shake the foundation of the nation.
Back then he said he wouldn’t pursue it deeply, but that was just an expedient of the Emperor. The Emperor kept us, while gradually weakening my forr master’s power in court. Once he’s completely marginalized, it will be the ti of our family’s extermination. Madam Lu, you don’t usually manage these state affairs, but you should pay more attention to your General Lu. If he collapses, your family will be finished too!”
After listening to Madam Cheng’s words, Madam Lu’s heart was racing violently.
If their master is finished, won’t they also be finished?
Lately, especially lately, Madam Lu felt that General Lu seed particularly busy, and her son too.
Could all this be related to the remnants of the Ducal Residence?
“What… how are you planning to act?”
Madam Cheng kept it a mystery, saying: “We have our ways. In any case, we won’t sit and wait for death.”
“Oh dear, Madam Cheng, you’re still holding sothing back from ? Quickly tell what it’s all about!”
Madam Cheng looked like she was manipulated into revealing the details.
She lowered her voice and said: “You still don’t know, do you? The Emperor is seriously ill, almost at his end.”
Everyone is speculating that the Emperor is seriously ill; this matter has been circulating for a long ti. Madam Lu knows about it, she nodded repeatedly, saying: “Who said I didn’t know about this? I do know, but hasn’t it been confird that it might just be the Empress Dowager who’s sick?”
“Impossible that it’s the Empress Dowager who’s sick,” Madam Cheng said with great certainty: “If it were the Empress Dowager, would they need to keep watch day and night, skip court sessions, and forbid others from visiting? Isn’t this obviously a cover-up?
I can assure you, it must be the Emperor who is ill, using the na of the Empress Dowager to recover. If the Emperor could get up, he wouldn’t skip court sessions. If you don’t believe , go back and ask your General Lu about it. See what he says, in all these years since the Emperor’s accession, has he ever postponed a court session for anything.”
Madam Lu felt there was so truth in this because everyone was saying the sa thing.
But what connection does this have with the plan they hold?
“Then what does Madam Cheng an?”
Madam Cheng said: “Think about it, if the Emperor passes away, who will inherit the throne?”
“Naturally, it would be the eldest Prince. The eldest Prince is the legitimate eldest son; inheriting the throne is only right.”
Madam Cheng sighed deeply: “Ah! If the eldest Prince really ascends to the throne, it will be the end for us remnants of the Ducal Residence!”
“What do you an by this?” Madam Lu’s heart skipped a beat.
“The extermination of the Ducal Residence was orchestrated by the eldest Prince. The Emperor didn’t eliminate us remnants because he was old and powerless. But the eldest Prince is different; from his decisive action in overthrowing the Ducal Residence, it is evident he is a man of prompt and ruthless action. He certainly won’t drag on and negotiate with us. Once he ascends to the throne as Emperor, he will surely clear away people like us with great force. Madam Lu, what do you think?”
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