The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 560 Suffering from anger

The two were like oil and water, with Wei Zhongxian unable to get a word in edgewise, but Wei Zhongxian was quite happy at the moment.

Wei Zhongxian was like a cunning little fox who had succeeded in his scheme, secretly rejoicing. Zhang Xingchen heard Chen Er's threatening words, and the burly man was immediately indignant.

"Don't threaten me with words like that. You've known me for quite some time now, and you should know what kind of person I am. I will never be afraid or give up on what I believe in."

"You'd better keep protecting Qin Luoshen's safety, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life." Chen Er laughed as soon as Zhang Xingchen finished speaking.

"Zhang Xingchen, to prevent you from harming Qin Luoshen, I will kill you first today."

After Chen Er finished speaking, he charged at Zhang Xingchen like a cheetah. However, Zhang Xingchen was not afraid at all. Just as the two were about to fight again, the Emperor walked in without making a sound.

The Emperor has returned from the Empress Dowager's place, and he has suffered quite a bit of trouble. Although the Empress Dowager could not produce any evidence that Zhang Shaoqing was having an affair with an enemy clan and was damaging the interests of the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor was still in trouble.

However, the Empress Dowager insisted that she had witnesses and claimed that Zhang Shaoqing had done something to harm the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Zhang Shaoqing was only temporarily imprisoned in the imperial prison. The emperor originally wanted to put pressure on Wei Zhongxian, but he saw Zhang Xingchen and Chen Er tearing off their masks and fighting each other, which made the emperor feel uneasy.

There's something that really bothers me. The Emperor mentioned more than once last time that we should deal with Zhang Xingchen first, because Zhang Xingchen has changed too much lately.

The Emperor knew that the change in power had made Zhang Xingchen a little arrogant, or perhaps Zhang Xingchen was a bad person to the core; who could say for sure?

"His Majesty has arrived! All of you, stop fighting and come over here to pay your respects to His Majesty."

A eunuch spoke in a low voice. When Zhang Xingchen, who was fighting with Chen Er, also stopped, Wei Zhongxian was the first to react and immediately knelt down respectfully.

"Your Majesty, please come and do justice for me. I was trying to persuade these two gentlemen to stop fighting, so I didn't notice you coming. Please, Your Majesty, punish me."

Wei Zhongxian's words made the emperor sneer. The emperor knew he was dreaming and wanted to sentence Wei Zhongxian to death.

But there was nothing he could do. Behind Wei Zhongxian was the Empress Dowager. No matter how unhappy the Emperor was, he had no choice but to swallow his anger for the time being. The Emperor ignored Wei Zhongxian and instead looked at Zhang Xingchen and Chen Er.

"I say you two should stop fighting. One is the hope of our Great Ming Dynasty, and the other is our Minister of War," the Emperor said coldly, looking at Wei Zhongxian.

"Wei Zhongxian, let me give you a piece of advice: those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. The road ahead is long, let's see who will have the last laugh." The emperor's words made Wei Zhongxian laugh instead of get angry.

"Your Majesty, you should try to find a way to rescue Zhang Shaoqing. Zhang Shaoqing is not young anymore, and Zhang Xingchen has also punished him. Zhang Shaoqing's body can't hold on much longer."

Wei Zhongxian said excitedly that the emperor's teeth almost broke in an instant.

The reason Wei Zhongxian chose to act now is simple: Zhang Shaoqing is no longer the same Zhang Shaoqing as before, and Zhang Shaoqing has recently become quite close to the Emperor. This is why Wei Zhongxian is taking action.

Wei Zhongxian wanted to know what the Emperor had been up to lately. When the Emperor heard that Zhang Xingchen had misused the punishment, he glared angrily at Zhang Xingchen.

"I have to say, you're really something. You know that Zhang Shaoqing dedicated himself to serving our Great Ming Dynasty, but in the end, he ended up in prison. Do you think that's fair to Zhang Shaoqing?" The Emperor's words made Zhang Xingchen laugh.

"Zhang Xingchen, so I advise you to release Zhang Shaoqing right now, and I'll pretend this never happened." The Emperor paused slightly before continuing.

"If you don't release Zhang Shaoqing today, I will make sure you die a horrible death." Faced with the emperor's threat, Zhang Xingchen showed no change in expression.

However, the Emperor was acting on impulse. He was genuinely angry and hadn't expected Zhang Xingchen to be so stubborn and refuse to listen to reason. Even though the Emperor had spoken up, Zhang Xingchen didn't give him any face.

So the emperor originally intended to announce during the morning court session the following day that you would be taking away Zhang Xingchen's military power.

The Emperor felt there was no need for this anymore; it would be fine now. He gave a wink to the eunuch beside him, who immediately spoke up.

"From today onwards, the Imperial Guards will return to His Majesty's control. Lord Zhang Xingchen, please return the military power immediately." The eunuch's words left Zhang Xingchen somewhat bewildered. Zhang Xingchen immediately sneered. He wasn't stupid; he understood what the Emperor meant.

Just now, the Emperor wanted him to release Zhang Shaoqing. If Zhang Xingchen had released Zhang Shaoqing, perhaps the Emperor wouldn't have been so eager to regain his military power. But now it's different, though there's no other choice.

Zhang Xingchen felt like he was just an empty shell. Although he had been in control of the Imperial Guards for almost half a month, the Imperial Guards were obedient on the surface, but they were still arrogant and domineering behind the scenes.

They didn't take him seriously at all, so now that the Emperor has taken it back, Zhang Xingchen has suffered no loss. In fact, it saves Zhang Xingchen a lot of trouble. Zhang Xingchen immediately took out a jade pendant from the flower and threw it to the Emperor.

“Your Majesty, these Imperial Guards of yours are not suitable to follow me. All they do is make a ruckus all day long. They are no match for my Embroidered Uniform Guards.” Zhang Xingchen’s meaning was very clear: he was threatening the emperor.

In other words, don't think that just because you've taken back the Imperial Guards, I'll release Zhang Shaoqing. I still have the Embroidered Uniform Guard under my command, and even people from the Eastern Field. So Zhang Xingchen doesn't take the Emperor seriously at all.

The Emperor had hoped to hear Zhang Xingchen beg for mercy, but Zhang Xingchen hadn't done so at all, which made the Emperor even angrier. The Emperor also realized that Zhang Xingchen had the right to be arrogant.

Since Zhang Xingchen has already subdued the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the Emperor now wants to take them back as well.

"But this is not an easy thing. We must find an opportunity and a chance," the Emperor said, holding the jade pendant and looking at Chen Er.