American Comics: BOSS Invasion

After waiting for a good while, Prince Xin didn't say a word, and Qi Shan nodded faintly.

"Alright, since Your Highness Prince Xin won't speak, then I, your humble subordinate, will. You are, after all, a Prince, and it's only right for subordinates to serve their superiors."

Qi Shan strolled slowly on the high platform, his posture relaxed, his gaze calm, as if he were leisurely strolling through a garden.

The civil and military officials below were as silent as cicadas in winter. After experiencing such a grand scene tonight, everyone knew that this person was the one who was the most deeply hidden in the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Given the Ming Dynasty court's fear of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, they wouldn't dare to make a sound at this time. They were even afraid that their figures might be slightly taller and then be noticed by this terrifying person above. It seemed that even Qi Shan's gaze had become a sharp weapon that could kill.

"Actually, I quite understand Your Highness Prince Xin's ambitions. You are, after all, born of the royal family. With the advantage of royal blood, you have been educated in an elite manner since childhood. After you came of age, what you saw and heard was very different from what you had learned before. Coupled with beautiful articles that repeatedly brainwashed you, you developed a one-sided view of a certain aspect of the Ming Dynasty's empire. This created an illusion deep within your heart."

Qi Shan paused for a moment, turned his head slightly to look at Prince Xin, and said lightly, "You think the Emperor is incompetent, and if you could replace him, you would definitely do better. You even believe that you are not greedy for the throne, nor do you have any designs on the Ming Dynasty's empire. You don't care whether you can ascend the Dragon Throne, but you truly love this land, and you even believe that with your own strength, you can save the Ming Dynasty from its crumbling state.

In your heart, everything you have done is only a last resort, to save the world, to save all the common people. Even giving your beloved brother a fatal blow against your will, it can only be blamed on his incompetence!"

Every time Qi Shan said a few words, Prince Xin couldn't help but tremble.

He even felt as if he had suddenly been stripped naked and exposed to the sun, his entire body, even his skin, flesh, and bones, were seen through clearly.

This feeling of being completely seen through was truly chilling.

Only after arriving here did he truly understand. What were those Embroidered Uniform Guards who used to surround Wei Zhongxian, calling him 'Godfather, Godfather,' only knowing how to flatter and fawn?

And what kind of people did that group of forces surrounding him, wanting to secretly send him to the throne, represent? What exactly did they want to do?

His mind was blank, and Prince Xin didn't even know what he should be thinking about now.

Qi Shan ignored him and continued to speak in a calm, even tone.

"It is precisely with this belief that you have been waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a perfect opportunity that will definitely achieve all your goals without affecting the Ming Dynasty's stability or arousing suspicion from others.

You have been waiting for so many years since the Battle of Sarhu. Finally, this year, when His Majesty had the whim to build a treasure ship for a pleasure cruise on the lake, you knew that the opportunity had finally come!"

Qi Shan slowly stopped, raised his head slightly, and looked at the stars in the sky. As the moon gradually sank below the horizon, a thin, bright edge of light began to appear in the east.

The sun was about to rise!

"You contacted a large group of people through some means. These people are spread all over the world, spread throughout various prefectures, like a huge network covering the entire Ming Dynasty.

Your personnel range from Grand Secretaries to peddlers, men and women, in surprisingly large numbers.

Lu Wenzhao, the Commander of the Northern Garrison Office, is one of them. Originally, a small Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander, by virtue of being the Emperor's personal guard and having a close relationship with the royal family, wouldn't be a big deal, but the beauty lies in the fact that this Lu Wenzhao is skilled in martial arts and has good connections.

And his connection is precisely Guo Jing, who is in charge of the construction of the treasure ship.

Both of them were survivors of the Battle of Sarhu. They supported each other to get out of the battlefield. Although they don't contact each other on weekdays, they are actually friends in life and death."

Qi Shan stopped, tilted his head slightly, and looked at Prince Xin: "Among the characters who have appeared now, there is already a slave of the Emperor and an officer of the Emperor's personal army. Do you still need me to continue?"

Prince Xin trembled slightly, not uttering a word.

Qi Shan nodded: "Alright, it seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"

Qi Shan shook his head and slowly continued, "This opportunity is really rare and cannot be missed. Although this method is a bit risky, after overcoming the last hurdle in the Imperial Hospital, this risk has been quietly smoothed out.

Although you didn't say it explicitly, you hinted that Lu Wenzhao could act as he saw fit. In order to carry out your orders, Lu Wenzhao went directly to Guo Jing.

The royal bloodline and the world unhesitatingly yielded.

The manufacturing department and the acceptance department combined with each other, easily deceiving the Emperor.

Prince Xin, like a spider, sat firmly in the central command tent. The intelligence network had already been woven. He didn't need to take risks; he only needed to issue orders, and someone would do things for him.

Eunuchs, Embroidered Uniform Guards, and the Prince, three of His Majesty's most trusted people, betrayed him together. His Majesty, as you expected, boarded the ship and even arrived at the center of the lake.

The ship hit a reef in a very coincidental place and, very coincidentally, threw the Emperor out on the spot.

The Emperor fell into the water and caught a cold. The Imperial Hospital naturally needed to be dispatched. They didn't need to fabricate anything; they only needed to treat him according to the most conservative methods, and then the Emperor's cold would not get better.

After dragging on for the first period of time, the Emperor's condition worsened, and no matter how the medicine was used, it wouldn't work.

By then, His Majesty will, as you wish, fall into the lake, catch a cold, and suffer a relapse of an old illness, which will be difficult to cure, and finally, he can only die in depression."

Qi Shan raised his eyes slightly, looked at Prince Xin, whose face was pale and whose legs were as soft as noodles, and who might fall to the ground at any time, sighed softly, and said lightly: "And Prince Xin, as His Majesty's only flesh and blood relative, will naturally take over the throne and complete your initial plan!"

Qi Shan clapped his hands gently: "This plan can't be said to be anything but meticulous. Being able to seize a fleeting opportunity among thousands of clues, decisively act, and not hesitate, is already very rare!

Prince Xin, I believe that you may have some schemes and tricks, but you can never compare with His Majesty.

Do you really think that the ground doesn't know about the little tricks you've been playing? Do you really think that Wei Zhongxian can completely control the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard? Do you really think that the Emperor doesn't have any backup plans?"

Speaking of this, the Prince's pale face finally lifted up, and his eyes were red as he spoke the first sentence tonight.

"The Southern Garrison Office of the Embroidered Uniform Guard! I, the Prince, calculated everything, but I didn't expect that it would be the Southern Garrison Office, the least valued in the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"