Farming in the Mountains: Max Level Jiaojiao Is Three Years Old

Chapter 1714: Flatten?

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Xia Houzheng was irked to see that his men were not listening to him. “I am the Emperor now! How dare you go against my words! Do you think you are right? No! Only my words are the ultimate end! If you say another word, I’ll kill all of you without mercy!”

The retainer did not dare to speak again.

After that, their hearts turned cold. They had followed him for many years, and they had been planning for his success for many years, but all they received was banishment and death.

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When the people loyal to Qu Xiao saw that Xia Houzheng only had 20,000 to 30,000 men left in the capital to protect him, they saw this as a chance to act. Before this, they had already received a secret letter from their Emperor, asking them to take the opportunity to kill Xia Houzheng when they had the chance.

Moreover, these twenty to thirty thousand troops were not all in the city. Half of them were outside the city. In that case, it would be easier to get rid of Xia Houzheng.

The Prime Minister and the Vice Prime Minister were Xia Houzheng’s men, but they were all civil officials. Once the city gates are closed, even if these people had the brains, they would be useless in a fight.

The highest official position of those loyal to Qu Xiao was the Minister of Justice.

The Supreme Court Official had a distant nephew that no one knew about. Coincidentally, he was the Deputy Commander of the Royal Guards. Thus, the Commander of the Royal Guards was handed over to this Deputy Commander to deal with.

The commander of the Royal Guards was also Xia Houzheng’s subordinate.

As long as they killed this commander, they would be able to control the Royal Guards.

The generals guarding the capital were also Qu Xiao’s men. He would be responsible for closing the city gates and lifting the suspension bridge. News from the capital and outside would be blocked, and it would be difficult for people outside to rescue them when the time came.

Although the officials of the Supreme Court did not have many people, they had secretly convinced some people to stand by Qu Xiao’s over the years. They were indeed not lacking in loyal and patriotic people. They were willing to sacrifice their lives for the Emperor, Qu Xiao.

One of them was the father of Xia Houzheng’s concubine.

Qu Xiao’s father was an upright person. Because Xia Houzheng had taken a fancy to his daughter, he had sent someone to find him. It was extremely rude of him to ask him to send his daughter in as a concubine. Xia Houzheng had many wives and concubines, and this fifth-grade official especially doted on his daughter. In fact, he did not want to send his daughter to be a concubine, but he had no choice but to send her off with tears in his eyes.

This daughter had been influenced by her father. She was upright and noble, and she had a natural disposition to abhor evil. She had a ranking higher than her father. She despised Xia Houzheng’s behavior, but she had no choice but to flatter him and fight for his favor. She had no choice but to fend for herself in Xia Houzheng’s backyard and make Xia Houzheng forget about her existence. He would not come looking for her because his other wives and concubines were jealous.

Thankfully, Xia Houzheng fell for this trick. The more she avoided it, the more Xia Houzheng wanted her to compete for a favor like everyone else. As long as Xia Houzheng got something, his wife would give her a share. Although she never competed for favor and was as cold as ice, she would always turn heads wherever she went.

Xia Houzheng’s wife was virtuous and kind. In addition, in order to consolidate her position as his wife, she had always been good to whoever Xia Houzheng liked and helped take care of them. Xia Houzheng had always respected his wife. Therefore, even if the concubines were jealous, because of the care of the main wife, the daughter of the fifth-grade official had never been harmed in the backyard and had always been safe and sound. However, she still felt indignant and hated Xia Houzheng.

Therefore, after the Supreme Court Official and the others had agreed to kill Xia Houzheng, the fifth-grade official would let his wife visit his daughter and secretly tell her the plan so that she would cooperate when the time came.

Her father had wanted her to be someone else’s official wife, even if her family background was not as good as hers, it was better than being here. After all, she was a legitimate wife. Moreover, ever since she entered Xia Houzheng’s backyard, she knew that Xia Houzheng was not loyal at all to the Emperor and was a treacherous official. She hated him very much after knowing that. Naturally, her daughter agreed immediately and promised to cooperate.