“Jiuquan Sui1九, jiǔ: nine 千, qiān: thousand 岁, suì: year / years old 万岁, Wànsuì: ten thousand years.
The phrase Wànsuì, meaning “myriad years” is used to wish for a long life, and is typically translated as “Long live” in English. The term wansui (萬歲), literally meaning “ten thousand years”, is thus used to describe a very long life, or even immortality for a person. During certain reigns of weak emperors, powerful eunuchs such as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian circumvented this restriction by styling themselves with jiǔ qiān suì (九千歲, literally “9,000 years”) so as to display their high positions, which were close to or even exceeded the emperor’s, while still remaining reverent to the title of the emperor., we have found a clue. Fu Sheng, who spread the rumor before, is from Xuzhou. He has a younger brother in his hometown. More than two months ago, his useless younger brother suddenly disappeared. It is said that a distant relative found him and took him away to enjoy a good life.”
“Our people found out that his younger brother was not found by the distant relative at all, but he was taken away by a steward in the Third Prince’s palace. Now he is probably dead.”
Yan Zhongying was taking Xiaoyao Powder, with a floating and intoxicated expression. Not far away, a middle-aged eunuch was kneeling, relaying the ‘truth’ he had investigated these days.
The Fu Sheng he mentioned was the young eunuch Yan Zhongying had investigated before, who spread the rumor that Ling Wu was a disaster star.
However, the other party was too tight-lipped. No matter how Yan Zhongying tortured him, he could not find any useful clues.
Not long ago, the young eunuch found an opportunity and committed suicide in the water dungeon of the Eunuch Prison.
Although Yan Zhongying didn’t mind Ling Yaodong thinking that he was targeting him, he did mind becoming a shield for others, so he never gave up investigating the young eunuch.
“So, was it the Third Prince’s people?”
Because he had taken Xiaoyao Powder, Yan Zhongying’s mind was still a little confused at the moment, and it took him a long time to react.
“At first, the servants all thought it was, but as we investigated in depth, we found that the steward of the palace had a new concubine, and the wife of the steward had given birth to five daughters in succession. The fortune teller said that the concubine was destined to give birth to a son, so the steward of the palace doted on her very much.”
“Coincidentally, not long after the concubine appeared, the steward of the palace sent someone to take Fu Sheng’s younger brother away. According to our investigation, the concubine turned out to be the sister of a maid of a concubine in the First Prince’s mansion.”
The relationship here was complicated. From the superficial investigation, it seemed that the Third Prince’s people took action, but from the results of the in-depth investigation, it seemed that it was the First Prince who was more likely to take action.
But there was no way to rule out the possibility that it was the Third Prince’s people who did it and then deliberately set up a confusing array to divert attention.
Yan Zhongying had always been a suspicious person.
If the young eunuch could not bear the heavy burden and confessed directly at the beginning, he might still doubt the authenticity of the confession.
But now that he had obtained all these through his own investigation, Yan Zhongying believed it without a doubt.
As for who it was between the First Prince and the Third Prince, it didn’t matter. Yan Zhongying knew that if these two were given the chance, they would be eager to eat him alive.
“One or two, they all want me to die, hehe…”
Yan Zhongying’s laughter was a bit creepy.
Perhaps it was because of the purity of Xiaoyao Powder that Yan Zhongying’s mind was getting less and less clear, and he was getting more and more crazy.
At this time, he had already held great power, and even Emperor Qian had become a puppet in his hands.
It was just a few princes. Even if they were all killed, what did it matter?
He had forgotten that he had not yet found the tiger talisman and imperial seal hidden by Emperor Qian. He only wanted to kill all those who disobeyed him and targeted him.
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Although Emperor Qian still did not show up, the draft went on as usual.
As if for revenge, Yan Zhongying assigned several ordinary-born and average-looking girls to the residences of the First Prince and others.
As for Ling Yaodong, Yan Zhongying felt that the lesson with Ling Wu was enough, and he did not want to make any more enemies, so when he granted the marriage, he gave the Marquis of Changping Mansion a sweet treat and arranged for the Sixth Young Lady of the Marquis of Changping Mansion to be married to the Fifth Prince as Princess Rong.
Everyone knew the true birth of the Sixth Young Lady Ling. She could marry the Fifth Prince who Yan Zhongying decided to support as the principal wife. In Yan Zhongying’s view, it was the honor he bestowed on the Marquis of Changping Mansion.
The Fifth Prince was not young anymore. Yan Zhongying intended to select the future empress before the funeral, so not long after the arranged marriage, Ling Zhuo married into Prince Rong’s palace with a generous dowry.
The Fifth Prince, who was originally like a transparent person, suddenly became the focus of everyone’s attention, which made the First Prince and others hate him even more.
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