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Chapter 1169 The Imperial Concubine is a Beauty (9)

Twenty years ago, Li Zheng passed away and Li Yan ascended the throne.

At that time, the court was divided into two factions, civil and military. The civil officials were headed by Prime Minister Yun Zheng, and the military officials were headed by General Shang Ming.

Logically speaking, the two factions should have been incompatible, but Li Zheng arranged a marriage between the two families.

In the end, everything originated from Yunshen.

On the day the original owner was born, Li Zheng went to the Yun Mansion to visit in person.

When seeing the original owner's eyes that resembled Yun Shen's, Li Zheng couldn't help but think of his father, Yun Shen, who was once the regent.

Therefore, he immediately gave him the name Yunshen and arranged for him to marry Shang Yizi, the only son of Shang family.

The Yunshang and Shang families were closely connected because of this marriage.

Originally, it was a marriage between two people of equal social status, but the mistake was that they were too well matched.

The head of the civil officials and the head of the military officials became relatives, which also meant that the Yunshang and Shang families would prosper and suffer together from now on.

From then on, the civil and military officials, who used to quarrel every time they went to court, gradually stopped quarreling and the court became harmonious.

This should have been a good thing, but Li Yan felt that this marriage was not conducive to the stability of imperial power.

But the marriage was arranged by Li Zheng, and Li Yan had no reason to change it.

At first, Li Yan planned to use a strategy of sowing discord to create rifts between the Yunshang and Shang families, but it failed.

Seeing that Yun Zheng and Shang Ming were becoming more and more powerful in the court, Li Yan gradually developed the intention to kill them.

No matter how powerful the civil servants are, it is ultimately just a dispute in the officialdom. If you want to suppress them, you only need to disperse the power in Yun Zheng's hands.

Li Yan promoted the chief of his mother's clan to the position of left prime minister, and changed Yun Zheng to the right prime minister, taking away his power to assist in the six ministries, so that Yun Zheng no longer had the right to be in charge of the six ministries.

However, Shang Ming, who holds military power, cannot be completely dealt with by simply demoting him.

As a result, Li Yan framed Shang Ming for treason, and the entire Shang family was executed.

It was said to be a massacre, but in fact the whole family was exterminated.

That night, the Shang Mansion was littered with corpses, with no one alive. Only Shang Yizi, who was crushed under several corpses, escaped.

But he was accused of treason and was still young, so even if he managed to survive, he would have nowhere to escape.

Shang Yizi was soon found by the palace guards and should have been executed directly, but it happened to be Li Yan's birthday.

Since ancient times, the emperor would grant amnesty to the whole country on his birthday.

Shang Yizi was not executed but sent to the purification room.

Shang Ming's best friend and deputy general Xie Jin could not bear to see Shang Yizi left behind, so he reluctantly used his only son Xie Yu to save Shang Yizi.

From then on, Shang Yizi changed his name to Shi Xu and became a small eunuch in the Qian'an Palace, just to avenge the Shang family and Xie Yu one day.

Over the years, Shi Xu has helped Li Yan solve his problems and gained his trust. He has climbed up step by step from a small eunuch to his current position as the Director of the Supervisory Department.

But when he woke up in the middle of the night, the screams and wails of the dead kept echoing in his mind, tormenting him all the time and making him live a life worse than death.

"Shen Shen, every day when I face my enemies, I used to want to kill them directly and then go down to accompany them, but when I think that my life was exchanged for Xie Yu's life, I can only tell myself that I can't die, I must live to avenge them!"

Yun Shen hugged Shi Xu and said, "I will take revenge with you."

Shi Xu was silent for a while, then he spoke: "This is a road of no return. If we fail, our entire family will be wiped out."

The business no longer exists, but the Yun family is still alive and well.

Yun Shen patted him on the back and said, "The Yun family has already made their choice."

Shi Xu thought about those secret letters, "Did the Yun family also participate in An Zishan's rebellion?"

Yun Shen nodded, "I participated, and my father was the one behind the rebellion."

Shi Xu was puzzled, "Why is the Right Prime Minister like this?"

Yun Shen smiled and said, "Maybe it's because the lips and teeth are interdependent. The merchants back then may not be the Yun family in the future."

The sequence of events became clear, "I think the Right Prime Minister did this for you."

Yun Shen did not deny it: "The Yun family has only one son for three generations. If Li Yan lets me enter the palace, it will be tantamount to making the Yun family extinct. How can my father let this go?"

If Li Yan had not allowed the original owner to enter the palace as a concubine, perhaps Yun Zheng would not have reached this point.

All I can say is that everything was driven by Li Yan.

Shi Xu buried his head in Yun Shen's neck, "Now that you are with me, you are destined to have no offspring. Will my father-in-law blame me?"

Yun Shen said calmly: "No, my mother is pregnant."

Shi Xu raised his head in surprise when he heard this. "When did this happen? Why didn't the Supervisory Department receive any news about it?"

Yun Shen said perfunctorily: "Perhaps my subordinates haven't had time to report it to you yet."

Shi Xu touched his nose guiltily. Since coming to the palace, he had been hanging out with Yun Shen every day and had indeed neglected his official duties.

Yun Shen asked about the main matter, "How are you preparing for the rebellion?"

Shixu answered honestly: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing."

"I have been in charge of the Supervision Department for many years, and I have the leverage over many people. These people can all become my helpers."

Yun Shen shook his head, "Not enough. To rebel, the most important thing is military power."

Shi Xu smiled, "Of course I am prepared for this. Uncle Xie has been leading troops to guard the border over the years, and Shang Jia's old subordinates are among them. As long as I send a letter, Uncle Xie will lead his troops to the capital."

Yun Shen twisted his fingers and said, "I'm afraid distant water cannot quench immediate thirst."

Shi Xu lowered his eyes, "The imperial guards under Li Yan's command are not easy to deal with. If I hadn't been completely sure of being able to deal with them, I would have rebelled long ago."

Yun Shen said in a gentle voice: "Leave the Imperial Army to me. I have a way."

It clearly sounded like a fairy tale, but when it came out of Yun Shen's mouth, it was inexplicably believable.

Shi Xu smiled as if relieved: "Okay, I'll leave it to you."