Chapter 35 - Power Shift
”It’s a pity about that Qingya Girl, she perished at a young age!”
Xia Qian followed after Xia Chen, holding a doughnut in one hand and soy milk in the other, and sighed.
As one of the three people who followed Xia Chen to Qingya Xiaozhu that day, Xia Qian had seen Qingya before, and when he heard about Qingya’s death, he couldn’t help but sigh a little sadly.
Without looking back, Xia Chen took a bite of the Steamed Buns in his hand, and the fresh and fragrant grease exploded on his taste buds.
This Goubuli Steamed Buns was indeed delicious, but to be honest, Xia Chen preferred to eat rice noodles for breakfast.
The soup made of high broth, hot cooked rice noodles, and a few small ingredients was the most delicious.
Unfortunately, this side of the capital is rarely sold, Xia Chen has been looking for a few in the past few days, but the taste is a little worse.
Xia Chen couldn’t help but shake his head when he thought of this, then swallowed the Steamed Buns in his mouth before speaking.
Individuals have individual fates, some people are dead but might still be alive, some people are alive but might already be dead!
Xia Qian scratched his head, obviously not understanding these extremely philosophical words from Xia Chen’s mouth.
A smile appeared at the corner of Xia Chen’s mouth and he did not bother to explain.
Of course, he did not believe that Qingya was dead, although Qingya had suffered a great loss at his hands, she was undoubtedly an intelligent person.
Such a big thing had happened in the capital, even the Commander-Chief of the Lamplighters, a powerful minister Lu Li, had fallen because of it, and it was all triggered by Xia Chen.
This will naturally attract a lot of people’s attention to gather around Xia Chen, and Xia Chen exactly from where to know Inspection and Supervision Court lurking in the capital hidden identity location of the secret agent?
On that day, although Xia Chen’s group of people were very low-key and hidden, there were too many people with great powers in the capital, and Qingya Xiaozhu would probably be found out.
Of course, Qingya wouldn’t take that risk, so a huge fire completely wiped out her identity.
‘Bold, still lurking in the capital!’
Xia Chen silently looked at the system panel, and there was a small red dot that was marked.
This small red dot represented Qingya.
On that day, Xia Chen had lied to Qingya, his blood had no tracking power, he was currently a pure martial artist, not a wizard, and he didn’t know any spells.
But the path is simple.
Xia Chen had a system.
The system has a map function, these days he has long been the huge capital once turned, in addition to the Imperial Palace did not go, the entire capital system map has been perfected 95%.
That morning, Xia Chen used the system to mark Qingya.
As long as it was within the range of his system map, there was nowhere to hide!
And now the map showed that Qingya was in the western part of the capital.
At present, Xia Chen did not want to find out Qingya’s intentions, but as long as she was still in the capital, she could be found at any time and would not be able to escape from his hand.
Therefore, Xia Chen was ready to find a late night time next time to give Qingya a surprise.
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Imperial Guards Government Office!
As soon as Xia Chen entered his army tent, Qin Mu mysteriously walked over.
‘Why is the Lord Commandant here in person!’
Xia Chen smiled but did not stand up.
What do you call me, Lord? If you don’t mind, just call me Old Qin!
Old Qin’s face was full of smiles and wrinkles, it was the first time I had seen his face full of seriousness and decency without Xia Chen around.
Qin Mu took the initiative to sit down next to Xia Chen and poured himself a cup of tea.
Obviously, after this incident, the relationship between the two sides has become much closer.
‘After this incident, maybe you will be able to be promoted directly to the position of Commandant, and then we will both be of the same rank’.
Qin Mu drank a mouthful of tea, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and said with some sighs, a 17-year-old Commandant and he was already 35 years old this year, and the two of them were already at the same level.
One can imagine that Xia Chen’s future prospects are absolutely unlimited.
The matter of the military defence map has come to fruition?
Xia Chen immediately understood that this matter would be resolved, and it was time to share the fruits of victory.
Otherwise, Qin Mu would not be so excited.
Although in these few days, the northwest military is the top priority, but all of you courtiers have not forgotten about the military defence map, our Imperial Guards solving this case is a great achievement, the reward for merit will come down in these few days!
Qin Mu took a sip of tea, forcing down his excitement to calm himself.
‘Congratulations, my lord!’
Xia Chen smiled and toasted Qin Mu with tea instead of wine.
”Haha, this matter you are the first credit , Leader of court gentlemen has already reported this matter up, after this time you will at least be a Commandant position!”
Qin Mu sighed, if Xia Chen was not too young, with the credit of breaking the military defence map case and destroying the Dafeng Inspection and Supervision Court’s dark network in the capital, he definitely would not have been promoted to the position of Commandant.
In fact, a seventeen-year-old Five-Rank Commandant was a phoenix in the sky in the entire eight hundred years of Dawu’s history.
Xia Chen smiled and did not continue the conversation.
”This time, the Lord Leader of the court gentlemen will most likely be transferred to the Dragon Martial Guard as the Senior General of the Dragon Martial Guard, and I will probably follow the Lord there as well, just so I can move your position!
Qin Mu continued in a good mood, although the Imperial Guards and the Dragon Martial Guard were each a separate army, the actual power was fundamentally different.
Imperial Guards only 3,000 people establishment, and is only responsible for capital security, but the Dragon Martial Guard is 6,000 people establishment, each are elite in the elite, responsible for guarding the inner city of the Imperial Palace, the Emperor travelling is the Dragon Martial Guard personally responsible for.
Although the Dragon Martial Guard Senior General is only a third grade official position, but the power of the heavens, there is only one top boss, and that is Emperor Wen.
It could be said that if Li Wenzhong was really able to serve as the Senior General of the Dragon Martial Guard, then he would have completely stepped into the Emperor’s heart, the centre of power in the Dawu Dynasty.
‘Is the news reliable?
”Although the decree has not come down yet, but in these two days, Lord Leader of the court gentlemen has already entered the palace twice, so I think there are no surprises!”
When Xia Chen heard this, his brain worked at high speed, a change in position would inevitably lead to a reshuffling of power.
To be able to serve as the Senior General of the Dragon Martial Guard, that meant that Li Wenzhong was definitely Emperor Wen’s beloved, his previous judgement was not wrong, behind Li Wenzhong stood Emperor Wen.
”The original Senior General of the Dragon Martial Guard was somewhat close to the Crown Prince, so ……”
Suddenly, Qin Mu looked around, then leaned into Xia Chen’s ear and whispered.
He didn’t finish his sentence, but Xia Chen naturally understood what it meant.
The Senior General of the Dragon Martial Guard was the equivalent of Emperor Wen’s bodyguard, and now that his bodyguard was even getting close to the heir to the Empire, this kind of signal was absolutely inadmissible for an Emperor.
The relationship between the Emperor and the Crown Prince had been complicated since ancient times, both as a legacy and as a rival, and the Crown Prince was the only person who could openly threaten the Emperor’s power.
Xia Chen quickly took down this information in his mind in order to analyse useful information.
The Emperor was uncomfortable with the Crown Prince, so he supported the Third Prince for balance, allowing the Third Prince to fight the Crown Prince.
There is nothing wrong with this approach, but it also sowed the seeds of trouble for the Third Prince’s coup five years later!
Xia Chen s eyes erupted with a refined light, the political stage is glorious and beautiful, he …… also wants to stand up and dance!