Chapter 61: All of Great Ming was in chaos, the Gold Ranking reappears

Zhu Houzhao remained unconscious.

All matters, large and small, of the Great Ming imperial court were handled by the Empress Dowager and Zhu Wushi.

After Zhu Wushi took power, the first thing he did was to arrest Cao Zhengchun.

Because the order for Zhu Houzhao to go to the scene to watch the duel was conveyed to departments like the Western Depot, Six Fan Gate, and Divine Marquis Mansion through Cao Zhengchun.

Therefore, Zhu Wushi's reason was that Cao Zhengchun colluded with Ye Gucheng to frame His Majesty.

Although Cao Zhengchun claimed desperately that he was wronged, no one believed him.

Now that Zhu Houzhao had also been assassinated and remained unconscious.

A scapegoat had to be pushed out.

The disputes in the court were not over, and the feudal princes in various parts of Great Ming also began to take action.

Prince Ruyang and Prince Ning, under the banner of "clearing the Emperor's side," claimed Zhu Wushi was a treacherous official and wanted to raise troops to serve the Emperor!

Fires of war broke out all over Great Ming!

This wasn't all; there were also undercurrents in the Jianghu.

Ximen Chuixue was knocked unconscious and taken away by Lu Xiaofeng, Chu Liuxiang, and Hua Manlou; as soon as he woke up, he took his sword and wanted to find Ye Gucheng for revenge.

The Forbidden City incident was a great humiliation to him.

Other major forces also had significant movements.

The court and the Jianghu were all in chaos.

All of Great Ming was in a mess!

Ying Ziyu looked at the intelligence regarding Great Ming in his hand, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile.

This feeling of staying behind the scenes and manipulating everything was truly satisfying.

"A person like me, if placed in a novel, should be that kind of big villain!"

Ying Ziyu thought to himself.

"Is Ye Gucheng arranged?"

Ying Ziyu asked.

"It has been arranged properly; before long, he will appear with a brand new identity!"

"It will not arouse the slightest suspicion from others."

Jin Luo Yi said.

Ying Ziyu nodded and then waved his hand.

Jin Luo Yi subsequently left.

"Congratulations to Master for the success of the plan; the Great Ming Dynasty has fallen into complete chaos."

Jiang Yuyan said with a smile.

The worship in her eyes became even more intense.

The man before her, without stepping out of his house, had plunged a prosperous dynasty into unprecedented chaos.

This ability was truly fascinating!

"The Nine Provinces are only interesting this way; the Nine Provinces of the past were truly boring!"

Ying Ziyu said with a smile.

As long as Great Qin was not in chaos, the more chaotic the other countries were, the better.

This time the target was Great Ming; as for the next target, Ying Ziyu was still considering.

Although Great Ming looked very chaotic now, Ying Ziyu knew that this chaos would not last long.

The raising of troops by Prince Ruyang and Prince Ning looked very impressive.

In fact, it was just a facade; it wouldn't be long before they were wiped out by the imperial court's army.

As for the chaos in the Great Ming martial arts world, it was not worth mentioning to Great Ming; with Eunuch Sanbao there, the Great Ming martial arts world would not fall into chaos.

With Great Ming's current national strength, this incident would at most consume a portion of its national power.

It was not enough to destroy the Great Ming nation!

Jiang Yuyan, seeing Ying Ziyu fall into deep thought, did not disturb him and slowly got up to leave.

Seeing Great Ming fall into chaos, Great Qin, Great Han, Great Sui, Great Tang, the two Songs, and foreign tribes like Great Yuan and Great Qing all had movements.

Especially Great Qing, which bordered Great Ming, took this opportunity to invade Shanhai Pass multiple times, wanting to break into the pass, but were all blocked by the Great Ming army.

The Great Ming Jianghu had undercurrents, and the Jianghu of other countries was not peaceful either.

The appearance of the Heaven's Pride Ranking made the Jianghu struggles in the Nine Provinces more frequent.

Vendettas, duels, life-and-death battles, etc., were happening every day.

Many people died every day.

Boom!

The sky trembled violently.

Black-red light shone brightly, illuminating the entire Nine Provinces.

Dragons and phoenixes danced in the air.

At this moment, everyone in the Nine Provinces stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky.

Great Sui Imperial Palace.

Yang Guang, with disheveled hair, looked at the sky with red eyes.

At this moment, he had no posture of an Emperor; he was the image of a complete madman.

"A month passed so quickly?"

"The Nine Provinces Heaven's Pride Ranking has appeared again, and Chen Jingchou is not dead yet."

"He must die!"

Yang Guang said through gritted teeth.

On the previous ranking, Great Sui only had one person on the list.

Yet, this person happened to be a descendant of the Chen state, which had been destroyed by Great Sui.

Yang Guang would rather Great Sui have no one on the list than see Chen Jingchou on the list; this was a blatant mockery of the Great Sui Imperial Family.

It was even more of a mockery of him, Yang Guang!

Yang Guang, who loved face extremely, simply could not stand such a slap in the face.

Therefore, Yang Guang secretly sent the Left Cavalry Guard to kill Chen Jingchou.

The Left Cavalry Guard consisted of thirteen brave and skilled death warriors among the Hu and Han people; these people, regardless of good or evil, regardless of origin, were named after divine beasts and specialized in assassinating and purging the enemies of the Son of Heaven.

This was an organization in Yang Guang's hands specifically for doing dirty and tiring work.

Now a month had passed, and the Left Cavalry Guard still hadn't sent back any news.

This indicated that Chen Jingchou was not dead yet.

Yang Guang's patience had gradually been worn out.

Great Tang Imperial Palace.

Li Shimin, upon learning of the Great Ming incident, did not take direct action.

Great Tang and Great Ming did not border each other.

At present, Great Tang's greatest enemy was Great Sui.

"Master Yuan, the Heaven's Pride Ranking has opened again; does Great Tang have anyone who can make the list this time?"

Li Shimin asked with some anticipation.

This month, he had been looking forward to the Heaven's Pride Ranking being released again.

He hoped that someone from Great Tang could make the list; even one person would be a comfort to Li Shimin.

"This, this subject is also not sure."

"Previously, there were some seedlings among the Unofficial People."

"However, not long ago, they clashed with the Left Cavalry Guard of Great Sui many times in secret, and there were casualties on both sides."

"Many seedlings died in the clashes."