On the day Mr. Meng left the capital, the emperor led all the civil and military officials to see him out of the city gate. The emperor bid farewell to Mr. Meng as a student and expressed his gratitude to Mr. Meng again and again.
Before leaving, Mr. Meng saluted the emperor very solemnly and presented the emperor with a poem. The content of the poem is to praise the emperor as a wise king.
The scene of the emperor saying goodbye to Mr. Meng was painted by many painters and passed down to later generations, becoming a good story. Of course, this is something.
When Mr. Meng left, students from the capital followed him. They want to go to Liangzhou and continue to listen to Mr. Meng's lectures.
During this time, the capital became very lively because of Mr. Meng's lectures. Now that Mr. Meng has left, the capital has suddenly become very deserted, which makes the people in the capital a little uncomfortable. These days, they are used to seeing students on the streets.
However, Mr. Meng's departure had no impact on the ministers of the DPRK and China. It can also be said that they did not care about Mr. Meng's departure.
Of course, they had to pretend to express their feelings about Mr. Meng coming to the capital to give lectures. Many ministers wrote poems or articles to praise Mr. Meng's selfless lectures.
The emperor had no time to write, so he read poems and articles written by his ministers. If you write well, he not only praises it, but also rewards it with something.
Zhao Yao lamented that when it comes to face-saving skills, his father is still good at it. Mr. Meng's departure still had some impact on him, because he couldn't see the excitement anymore.
While Mr. Meng was giving lectures, many interesting things happened in the capital, and Zhao Yao even went to watch the excitement. Not to mention other liveliness, let’s talk about the liveliness of the prince brother, which is quite interesting. Now that Mr. Meng is gone, Zhao Yao feels that his daily life has lost some fun.
Zhao Yao also discovered one thing. After Mr. Meng left, the atmosphere in the capital became more subtle. When the bodies of the two legitimate sons of the Yuan family were returned to the capital, the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became very calm.
"Your Highness, it's getting late, you should go and rest." Seeing that it was getting late, Tong Xi hurriedly reminded Zhao Yao, "You will follow the Eighth Prince to the Jingyang Marquis Mansion to pay homage tomorrow morning, so go to bed quickly."
Although the Yuan family secretly colluded with the Huns, on the surface the Yuan family was still the Marquis of Jingyang and one of the founding heroes. The Yuan family lost two legitimate sons, and the royal family sent people to mourn them.
It was impossible for the emperor to go to mourn, so he sent the prince to go. The other princes will naturally go as well.
Zhao Yao did not stop his movements, "Wait until I finish writing this."
"Your Highness, it's not too late for you to continue writing tomorrow."
"It's still a little short, wait for me a little longer." Zhao Yao quickly speeded up and finished the remaining unfinished words. After a moment, he finished writing. I just wrote too fast and too urgently, and my wrists are sore as I write. Seeing this, Tongxi hurriedly came over and rubbed his wrist.
"Your Highness, what are you in a hurry? There's still time to write tomorrow." Tongxi lowered his head and massaged Zhao Yao's wrist seriously, without looking up curiously at what Zhao Yao had just finished writing.
"I will give it to my second uncle tomorrow, and I must finish it tonight."
"Your Highness, are you feeling better?"
"Okay, much better." Zhao Yao flexed his wrist, then stood up, raised his hands and stretched, "I'm exhausted, I need to take a good bath later."
"By the way, Your Highness, Yu Hai just came over and told the slaves that we should not prepare anything for memorial. They helped prepare it."
"Bago is still considerate." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and then his expression became serious and he sighed, "A storm is coming."
"Your Highness, what's the storm?"
Zhao Yao said meaningfully: "Storm." In the past few days, the capital suddenly became very quiet, incredibly quiet, as if a storm was brewing.
Tongxi didn't understand it and thought it meant literally.
"Then you have to bring an umbrella when you go to mourn tomorrow."
Zhao Yao: "..."
He glanced at Tongxi helplessly, and then said angrily: "I'm talking about the bloody storm."
When Tong Xi heard the word "bloody storm", he immediately understood it, and his delicate little face showed the same solemn expression as Zhao Yao just now.
"Your Highness, is the Jingyang Marquis Mansion about to..." At this point, he paused, then raised his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "It probably only happened in the past few months." News came back from the Western Regions that most of the Yuan family's business there had been robbed. The Yuan family suffered heavy losses this time. Not only did their two legitimate sons die, they also lost most of their business. "Brother Six is already on his way back to Beijing."
When Tong Xi heard about it, a look of horror appeared on his face: "Then... His Highness, Prince Chen, will be... before he returns to the capital..." He made another gesture of wiping his neck.
Zhao Yao nodded slightly and said, "It might only be a few days." With Bago's methods, it was impossible for Sixth Brother to return to Beijing safely and smoothly.
After listening to this, Tong Xi didn't know what expression to make for a while. After a moment, he hesitated and asked: "Your Highness, if His Highness King Chen dies, then..."
"If Brother Six dies, the capital will..." Zhao Yao shook his head and said with a heavy face, "The city is full of trouble." Although he had expected this to happen, when it was really coming, he I still feel a little uneasy.
"Your Highness, nothing will happen to you."
"Hopefully." He was fully prepared, but some things might not develop as he expected. Besides, something might happen that would harm Chi Yu. "I'm tired, please help me take a bath."
"Yes, Your Highness, my servant will take good care of your bathing."
At this time, the eighth prince, who was supposed to be at Xingde Palace, was instead in a house in Beishi.
The person the Eighth Prince met today was not Wang Siqi or Lin Xueyi or the others, but another person.
"My lord, everything has been arranged. Where should we start?"
There was a map on the table in front of the Eighth Prince. He lowered his head and looked thoughtfully at the map up the mountain. After a while, his finger was placed on a place called "Jingshan".
"Let's do it in Jingshan." He remembered that Jingshan had dense forests and rugged and narrow roads, which were perfect for ambushes. "When did King Chen and the others pass by Jingshan?"
The man thought about it in his mind and said: "With King Chen's footsteps, he will be able to pass through Jingshan in the future."
The Eighth Prince tapped "Jingshan" on the map with his finger and said indifferently: "Then we will do it the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, my lord."
The Eighth Prince warned: "Remember to do it beautifully."
This man understood what the eighth prince meant and said respectfully: "Don't worry, my lord, we will never expose any mistakes."
The Eighth Prince looked calm and wrote in a nonchalant tone: "And let King Chen die more miserably."
The man said: "I understand."
The Eighth Prince fell silent for a moment, tapping the table with the index finger of his right hand, his expression thoughtful.
The man stood quietly aside, waiting for the eighth prince's next instructions.
The Eighth Prince put away his index finger, looked at the man, told him some more things, and then waved his hand to make the man retreat.
After the man left, Yu Hai walked in.
"Your Highness, please have a sip of tea."
The Eighth Prince reached out to take the tea cup, lowered his head and sipped for a few sips, and then said, "How is Wang Siqi's arrangement?"
"Wang Siqi replied that everything went smoothly."
The Eighth Prince nodded lightly, "Just wait for Bochang."
Yu Hai was a little worried. He hesitated and said, "Your Highness, will King Youxian really do what we arranged? King Youxian has been colluding with the Yuan family for so many years, and he would cut off contact with the Yuan family so easily. ?"
The eighth prince raised his lips and sneered: "It's not that King Youxian wants to cut off contact with the Yuan family, but that the Yuan family wants to be incompatible with King Youxian."
"Your Highness, do you think the Yuan family will really believe that it was someone from King Youxian who did it?" Yu Hai felt that what they did was very thorough and not deliberate at all, but he still felt that this matter was a bit suspenseful.
"Yes, but the Yuan family will not break up with King Youxian for the time being. They will continue to maintain a superficial friendly relationship." The eighth prince said with a sarcastic smile, "The Yuan family knows that they cannot completely break up with King Youxian. , otherwise King Youxian will expose their collusion, and the Yuan family will face the whole family being executed."
"Then the Yuan family will not sever ties with King Youxian for the time being?" Yu Hai said, "I thought that Marquis Jingyang would immediately seek revenge on King Youxian."
"The Yuan family has a handle on King Youxian. Marquis Jingyang would not dare to fall out with King Youxian easily." The Eighth Prince sneered, "With Marquis Jingyang's methods, he only dares to use despicable and insidious means to deal with Youxian behind his back." Wise King."
"What about King Youxian?" Yu Hai asked, "Will King Youxian directly expose what the Yuan family has done over the years?"
"King Youxian is a headstrong and arrogant person with no brains. He feels that Marquis Jingyang does not dare to betray him, let alone do anything detrimental to him. After all, Marquis Jingyang has the handle in his hands."
When it comes to the matter of handles, Yu Hai has a question in his mind.
"Your Highness, I have something unclear about this servant."
The Eighth Prince guessed what Yu Hai wanted to ask and said, "You want to ask why we don't directly expose the Yuan family since we already have evidence that the Yuan family colluded with King Youxian?"
Yu Hai nodded vigorously.
The Eighth Prince smiled coldly: "This is too cheap for the Yuan family."
When Yu Hai heard this, he understood what the eighth prince meant.
The Eighth Prince added: "That thing may be in the Yuan family."
"In the Yuan family?" Yu Hai said in astonishment, "Your Highness, why do you think that thing is in the Yuan family?"
"The Yuan family had close contacts with the Southern Wei Dynasty. It is not impossible that the things were taken away by the Yuan family." The eighth prince said, his eyebrows wrinkled, and his eyes instantly became cold and stern, "I suspect that the Yuan family has other things. .”
"Other things?" Yu Hai asked with confusion, "Besides that thing, what else can there be?"
"There should be a lot of gold, silver and jewelry." Back then, when the Yuan family had contacts with the Southern Wei Dynasty, they made a lot of money from the Southern Wei Dynasty. Later, when the Southern Wei Dynasty was exterminated, the Yuan family was also involved, and a lot of things must have been confiscated.
"Your Highness, then we must get it back." Upon hearing that the Yuan family had money from the Southern Wei Dynasty, Yu Hai's face immediately became angry, "Your Highness, it is your thing, and we must not let the Yuan family continue to occupy it."
In addition to gold and silver jewelry, the Eighth Prince also suspected that the Yuan family had hidden another very important item from the Southern Wei Dynasty. Of course, this thing is not as important as that thing, but it is very important to the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty.
Early the next morning, Zhao Yao and the Eighth Prince went to the Jingyang Marquis Mansion to pay their respects.
In addition to the princes, all civil and military officials and aristocratic families came to pay their respects.
Marquis Jingyang fell ill and could not see anyone for the time being. The funerals of the two legitimate sons of the Yuan family were organized by the eldest son.
The eldest son of the concubine was a little timid and stammered when he spoke. Zhao Yao was worried for him when he heard what he said.
After offering the incense, the Eighth Prince left with Zhao Yao and did not stay at Yuan's house for long.
On the way back to the palace, Zhao Yao asked the eighth prince: "Brother Bage, is that Yuan Kuang a stammerer?"
"I haven't heard of it." The Eighth Prince guessed, "Maybe it's because of nervousness."
"I feel that he is quite nervous and scared. He seems to be the eldest son of the Marquis of Jingyang." Yuan Han, the eldest son who died, was not the eldest son. There was another eldest son above him.
"Yes, he is the eldest son of the Marquis of Jingyang, but because he is a concubine, he is not highly regarded in the Marquis of Jingyang." The eighth prince introduced to Zhao Yao, "The Marquis of Jingyang attaches great importance to the distinction between concubines and concubines. It's a matter of fact. Although they are both sons, the status of a bastard son and a legitimate son are very different."
Zhao Yao heard what the eighth prince said and discovered a key point.
"Bago, you said that the Marquis of Jingyang pays special attention to the legitimate concubines, so why is it that the eldest son of a concubine is older than the eldest son of a legitimate concubine?" Logically speaking, the eldest son of a concubine cannot be older than the eldest son of a legitimate concubine.
"Actually, Yuan Han is not the real eldest son. He also had an older brother, but he died when he was more than one year old. After that, he had Yuan Kuang, the eldest son of the concubine, and it took two years to have Yuan Han, the legitimate son. The eldest son." The Eighth Prince knew the situation of the Jingyang Marquis Mansion very well.
Zhao Yao said with a sudden look on his face: "No wonder."
Thinking of what he had just seen at Jingyang Hou Mansion, his expression suddenly became a little strange.
Seeing his strange little expression, the Eighth Prince asked funnyly: "What's wrong?"
Zhao Yao looked mysterious and lowered his voice to the eighth prince: "Bago, I think the Marquis of Jingyang is a bit... strange." Leaving aside the fact that the Marquis of Jingyang's mansion colluded with the Huns, the atmosphere in the Marquis of Jingyang's mansion was really... It's very... "weird" is more appropriate to describe it. "When I just entered, I felt a little fuzzy in my heart. Brother Bago, do you feel this way?"
The Eighth Prince did not feel this way. He comforted Zhao Yao and said: "The Jingyang Marquis Mansion is holding a funeral. It is your first time to attend a funeral, so you should be afraid."
"Is that so?" Zhao Yao didn't mean it this way, but when he saw that the eighth prince didn't understand what he said, he didn't say more.
"It's like this. When you grow up, you won't be afraid anymore."
Zhao Yao pretended to have just reacted, and immediately glared at the Eighth Prince: "Brother Bage, do you mean that I am timid?"
"Oh, you saw it."
Zhao Yao: "..." Bage, your expression is so exaggerated.
"Bago, how can you say I'm timid?" Zhao Yao rushed towards the eighth prince to scratch his itch.
The brothers played around in the carriage for a while.
Zhao Yao lay on the car window and stared outside. He saw the Li family's carriage not far away, and immediately thought of the King of Chu who was far away in Liangzhou.
Alas, although the fourth brother is not in the capital, his presence is very strong, especially after Mr. Meng went to Liangzhou.
During this period of time, many ministers came to the court to show off to His Highness the King of Chu. They showed him how to support his troops, win over the people, and show no regard for the imperial court...
The emperor found it funny when he saw King Shen Chu's memorial. After the morning court today, he will receive a bunch of memorials from King Shenchu.
"They just said that the fourth child was going to rebel."
"Didn't you already expect that when Mr. Meng went to Liangzhou, His Royal Highness the King of Chu would be joined by some ministers?" Sun Kui used the word "certain" ministers very cleverly.
The emperor chuckled: "They really didn't disappoint me." He dropped the memorial of King Shen Chu in his hand and just picked up the other memorials. At this moment, the dark guard walked in.
When a secret guard enters or exits any place in Chengguang Hall, he does not need to be notified in advance and can come in directly.
He first saluted the emperor, then took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to Sun Kui.
Sun Kui took it and held it in front of the emperor with both hands.
The emperor picked up the secret letter and read it, then he smiled and said, "Finally, I'm asking for help." He raised his eyes and looked at Sun Kui who was standing aside, "Call Song Dekang and Zhang Gong."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor gave a few instructions to the secret guard, and then asked him to retreat.
After a while, Song Dekang and Zhang Gong came to the imperial study. The emperor told the two of them that Han Zhong's eldest son asked them for help.
After hearing this, the two of them looked overjoyed. Then, they excitedly asked the emperor for instructions, and they were willing to lead troops to assist Han Zhong's eldest son.
"Old Song, you stay in Beijing, while Old Zhang goes to Shu."
After hearing this, Zhang Gong immediately knelt down and accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Song Dekang refused to accept it and felt very unfair.
"Your Majesty, why do you keep me in the capital? I can go to Shu with Lao Zhang."
"One person must stay in the capital to guard the city, do you understand?" the emperor said, "You have been to the south of the Yangtze River before. Lao Zhang has not been out yet. Let him go to Shu this time."
Zhang Gong looked grateful: "Your Majesty, your Majesty."
"Sichuan is not easy to fight. I'm afraid Lao Zhang won't be able to do it alone. I'll go with Lao Zhang." After Song Dekang finished speaking, he quietly winked at Zhang Gong.
Zhang Gong could not pretend not to see it, so he had to speak for Song Dekang. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the emperor say: "I will let Lao Si and Lao Zhang go to Shu together."
Song Dekang and Zhang Gong said in surprise: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu?"
The emperor nodded slightly and said: "Well, the fourth child will go with you. You are not the chief general this time, but the deputy general, assisting the fourth child."
After hearing this, Zhang Gong frowned slightly and said: "Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Chu has never led troops to fight." This time he went to Shu to assist, mainly to recover Shu. How could such an important matter be left to someone with no combat experience? His Royal Highness the King of Chu is commanding.
"The fourth child has never been on the battlefield, but you have been, otherwise why would I send you to assist the fourth child." The emperor took a deep look at Zhang Gong, "Do you understand what I mean?"
Although Zhang Gong is a little reckless, he is not an idiot. After hearing the emperor's words, he instantly understood the emperor's intention.
"I understand, I will definitely help His Royal Highness the King of Chu to win the land of Shu."
The emperor added: "You prepare in the past few days, and then go directly to Shu. I will ask the fourth child to meet you in Shu."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Song Dekang looked at Zhang Gong with envy and hatred. He also wanted to regain Shu.
The emperor gave Zhang Gong some more words and then asked them to retreat.
After they left, the emperor wrote an imperial edict and sent people to Liangzhou quickly.
Soon, the ministers in the court learned that His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Zhang Gong were about to go to Shu.
After His Highness King Dai heard the news, his face was full of disbelief: "What are you talking about? Father decreed that the King of Chu would make the decision to recover Shu?"
Fuzhong said: "Your Majesty, this is what the imperial edict says."
"It should be me who goes to recover Shu. How could it be the King of Chu?"
At the same time, His Highness the Crown Prince also had a face full of disbelief.
"My father actually asked the King of Chu to be the commander-in-chief and General Zhang to be his deputy to regain Shu. What is my father going to do? Let the King of Chu make military exploits?"
Judging from the current situation of King Chu, what he lacks most is military merit.
"Father, are you trying to pave the way for the King of Chu?" After His Highness the Crown Prince finished speaking, his usually gentle face became a little distorted by jealousy.
As for why the emperor did not allow the male protagonist to meet the King of Chu, some veterans guessed it right.
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