Chapter 1440: What Are You Planning to Do?

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He waved his hand, indicating that he did not want to know anything that they should not know.

What he couldn’t understand was why the Emperor was so hostile to Qian Jiyun. Was it because he controlled the Zhan Yun Army?

But wasn’t Prince Zhan Yun the one who built up the Zhan Yun Army bit by bit?

If the Emperor had utilized the close relationship between the Third Prince and Prince Zhan Yun, allowing the Third Prince to slowly bring the Zhan Yun Army under his control, it would have been acceptable.

However, the Emperor’s actions baffled everyone.

This move would definitely lead the Emperor into a trap, bringing him nothing but harm!

Now that the Third Prince was missing, the Emperor had no authority over the Shubei Army. He only had the Eldest Prince’s Suxi Army. How could he fight against the Third Prince?

If it came to the military forces in the capital, he believed the Third Prince would have the upper hand in a conflict.

“Let’s go. We’ll take it one step at a time,” the Minister of Rites said to Grand Chancellor Zhou as he walked forward.

People like them were expendable to the Emperor, so they naturally had to protect themselves by not offending either side.

“Haha…”

Grand Chancellor Zhou chuckled as they walked forward, temporarily leaving this hotbed of trouble that is the royal palace.

In the imperial study…

After the ministers left, the old Emperor summoned the chief of the shadow guards.

“Your Majesty, what can I do for you?”

“Go and finish that woman in the Prince Zhan Yun Residence,” the old Emperor commanded with a dark gaze.

Didn’t that woman claim that her old illness had relapsed? Then there was no need for her to recover anymore. Besides, he had already fallen out with the Prince Zhan Yun Residence, and Xue Yingyue was of no use anymore.

The shadow guard looked up at him. “Yes, Your Majesty.”

The old Emperor continued to command, “And I don’t expect those fools to find that unfilial son anymore. Dispatch the shadow guards. Make sure to find him and then… kill him without mercy!”

He did not want to see that unfilial son again.

The fact that his son associated with Qian Jiyun, despite knowing full well that he was at odds with him, infuriated him!

“Yes, Your Majesty,” the chief of the shadow guards replied and left to carry out his orders.

“Ha!”

In an abandoned temple outside the capital, An Jiuyue could not help but chuckle upon hearing a man’s words.

“So we can’t enter Prince Zhan Yun Residence either?”

“Yes, Young Master.”

The person who came was from Shang’er Secret Network Hall and addressed An Jiuyue as “Young Master.”

“Everyone in the Prince Zhan Yun Residence has been evacuated. Only some servants and Xue Yingyue’s people are left.”

“Tsk tsk.” An Jiuyue clicked her tongue and looked at Qian Jiyun. “Jiyun, what are you planning to do?”

The old Emperor had gone too far. He dared to do this without any charges. While the generals were fighting to the death outside, he was playing his political games here. Was he not afraid of dampening the generals and soldiers’ spirits?

“We won’t stay because he won’t let us?”

Qian Jiyun raised his hand and rubbed her head.

Since the old Emperor would not let him stay in his residence, he definitely had to go back. He wanted to see what the old Emperor could do to him.

“How is the Third Prince?” he asked the subordinate from the Shang’er Secret Network Hall.

“The Third Prince is well. However, reports from the southern and northern borders have yet to arrive. He hasn’t made a move because the deployment isn’t finished,” the subordinate replied.