allonlinenovel Chapter 287
Chapter 287
The story begins after Ye Xi and Wei Jue separated.
Wei Jue knew that the emperor sent him to the northern border simply to see him die on the battlefield.
The emperor has been worried about the Wei family, which owns the Wei army, for a long time. Coincidentally, the secret treasure incident happened. Although he had no substantial evidence to punish the Wei family, he wanted to use the army under his control in the north to kill Wei Jue.
In this way, Wei Yuan was old and Wei Ye was young, so they took this opportunity to take back the military power of the Wei family.
But the emperor didn't know that Wei Jue knew the emperor's intention since the Third Prince forced the emperor to abdicate, and then began to use the spies he had laid out in the palace for many years to deceive the prince.
The emperor was made to believe that the prince wanted to seize the throne, and the prince was made to believe that the emperor wanted to depose him, thus creating a rift between the emperor and the prince.
Wei Jue stopped the emperor from telling the prince that the Wei family might have a secret treasure.
Although His Majesty has many children, most of them are princesses. Apart from the Crown Prince, the next prince is the newborn prince of his favorite concubine.
That’s right, after giving birth to a princess, the imperial concubine gave birth to a little prince, and her honor and favor grew day by day.
His Majesty is about the same age as Wei Yuan, but he has newborn children one after another, and the youngest prince is a son because of his mother's status.
The Crown Prince has been in power for too long, nearly forty years, and has had many disagreements with the Emperor on political affairs, and the relationship between them as father and son has become weak.
Now his position is threatened by his newborn brother. Looking at his father who is still strong and has a grudge against him, how can the prince remain silent?
Because the emperor is averse to the crown prince forming cliques for personal gain, the crown prince has never had any so-called "cliques" in the open, but in reality this is not the case.
There are many military generals under the prince, but none is as outstanding as Wei Jia.
The prince thought of the relationship between his eldest son, the little grandson, and Wei Jue as study companions, so he asked the little grandson to test Wei Jue.
Wei Jue initially rejected the olive branch offered by the young grandson of the emperor on the grounds that the Wei family had never participated in party struggles. However, his miserable experiences after being sent to the northern military camp were heard by the prince.
The prince once again sent his little grandson to act as a lobbyist, and this time it was exactly what Wei Jue wanted.
He pretended to be passionate but was discouraged by the emperor's cold response and agreed to join the prince's army, serving as a pawn for the prince to control the emperor's military power in the north.
At the suggestion of his staff, the crown prince secretly harmed the emperor, eventually causing the emperor to die suddenly of illness.
Although Wei Jue's plan was successful and he resolved the emperor's covetous eyes on the Wei family, the enemy countries on the border were ready to make moves and they were no joke.
Wei Jue sent a secret letter back to the capital, asking the prince to send his own people to take over the northern border army, and asked to return to the capital to take care of him in his old age.
The prince was very pleased, and picked out an outstanding general, Huang Qi, from his command to go to the northern border to take over the military power. However, he did not let Wei Jue return to the capital. Instead, he let Wei Jue lead the Wei family army to guard the western border.
The prince thought that Wei Jue had spent much time in the northern border when he was serving in the military camp before, and he was afraid that Wei Jue would have too deep a relationship with the northern border army. Moreover, the northern border was closer to the capital, so it would be safer for him to keep the military power in his own hands.
Once a war breaks out in the north, there is a fear that the enemies in the west will take the opportunity to invade, so it is still necessary to send people to guard the area. Wei Jue is a very suitable person, and he can also suppress the growth of the Wei family army.
The prince's thoughts were exactly what Wei Jue wanted, because Wei Jue was familiar with all the affairs in the northern border, but he had never had the opportunity to go to the western border.
In the past, he had always been afraid of the emperor's suspicion and did not dare to ask to go on his own initiative. Now that the prince has offered him the opportunity to stay, he is naturally happy to see it happen.
After Wei Jue and his party arrived at Huyang City, as soon as they settled down, someone came forward to report what they had observed during this period of time.
This man was named Liu Cheng, a local merchant. He originally wanted to take the imperial examinations, but failed many times. Finally, he was noticed by Wei Jue and became a secret agent left here.