This wedding that caused a sensation in Kyoto finally came to an end.
Kyoto seems to have returned to the calm days of the past. Few people know that on the wedding day of Lu Ze and Wan'er, two assassins infiltrated into the palace. The purpose of these two people did not seem to be to assassinate, but to kill. Looking for something.
After three o'clock in the morning, Lu Ze slowly got up, brushed his teeth and washed himself, then returned to the room.
He looked at Wan'er who was wrapped tightly around him like a kitten. Lu Ze's face showed the happy smile of a married man. He reached out and touched her cheek gently. The latter wrinkled her nose unconsciously. So cute.
"Stop pretending."
"Weren't you awake early?"
Lu Ze put his hand directly into the quilt and felt the softness of two of them.
Under Lu Ze's repeated teasing, Lin Wan'er finally couldn't hold it in anymore, and a helpless smile appeared on her lips. She quickly opened her eyes, which were extremely clear, not the hazy state she had just woken up from. She kept her mouth shut and said in a daze: " I don't want to get up."
Lu Ze smiled dumbly and continued to feel the softness: "I didn't let you get up."
"Last night, there was a thief in the palace. The Queen Mother sent someone to the palace early to inform her, saying she would go back to the palace this afternoon."
After Lu Ze heard the news, he immediately thought of Fan Xian and Wu Zhu.
He must have been the one responsible for these two people.
Yesterday, there was a lot of commotion in the capital about Lu Ze and Wan'er's marriage, and the security situation at the palace was naturally relaxed a little. From the almanac, it was a perfect opportunity to steal the keys from the palace.
Just a pity.
Even if Fan Xian did succeed last night, what he got was just a fake key.
Wan'er's eyes widened: "Did something happen to the Queen Mother?"
In recent years, Wan'er has often been in the palace, and her relationship with her biological mother Li Yunrui is not close. Instead, she prefers to serve the Queen Mother who is a generation away. Lu Ze stopped teasing and smacked the hand that was full of Wan'er's fragrance. He came out and moved the bangs in front of her forehead.
"Nothing."
"Just a little bit frightened."
Maybe the Queen Mother was frightened once by Ye Qingmei's Wu Zhu, and she was also frightened this time.
Wan'er had a worried look on her face: "Then let's go to the palace earlier to visit the Queen Mother."
Gong Dian, the deputy commander of the imperial army who was on duty last night, was said to have been imprisoned by Emperor Qing not long after the incident. Although there was not much damage to the palace at this moment last night, the Queen Mother was frightened. Someone needs to be responsible for this.
The people in the capital felt His Majesty's long-lost fierce methods.
Everyone can see that His Majesty attaches great importance to the deputy commander Gong Dian, but after the incident, he did not listen to Gong Dian's argument and directly ordered him to be sent to the prison to wait for processing. This morning, the Ye family was in the heart of the people. Panicked, the monarch is as powerful as a mountain. When the mountain that originally covered the holy scroll turns to collapse and invades, how will the earth shake?
Lu Ze and Wan'er had a not-too-early breakfast at the mansion.
The food in the East Palace is much better than before with Lu Ze's slight improvement. At least when it comes to enjoyment, Lu Ze has never intended to treat him badly. In the past, Lu Ze's label in Kyoto was that he was happy, but now that he is with Wan'er, He prefers to put some thought into his food.
"Husband..."
"Isn't the Queen Mother..."
Lu Ze shook his head and put a piece of crispy pork into Wan'er's bowl: "You don't have to worry about the customs now."
Originally, the first person to visit the elders on the first day after the wedding was the Queen. However, after hearing that something happened to the Queen Mother in the palace, the Queen hurried to the Queen Mother's bedroom. The newlyweds could only spend an uncomfortable time. A happy first day of wedding.
Lu Ze originally planned to take this opportunity to take Wan'er out of Beijing for their honeymoon.
Now it looks like it can only fail.
After noon, Lu Ze took Wan'er to drive to the palace.
Regarding the matter of Gongdian being imprisoned,
Lu Ze must be thinking more, and his relationship with Gong Dian is considered very good.
The prince Li Chengqian in the original work was not sure about the degree of friendship with the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army. After being given a hint by Emperor Qing, Gong Dian quickly broke off the relationship with the East Palace and returned all the calligraphy and paintings he received. , saying that he would no longer have any hobbies.
Lu Ze couldn't help but wonder whether his father, Emperor Qing, was going to war this time and was likely to directly order the execution of the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army. To some extent, he was also testing himself, the crown prince of the East Palace.
Test Lu Ze's reaction to the Gongdian matter.
Yesterday, Lu Ze seemed to be the most dazzling person in Kyoto. Everyone in the city knew that the prince was getting married. The future master of the Qing Kingdom was showing his dazzling side. Emperor Qing might want to see this kind of thing. Will Lu Ze forget about the situation?
Lu Ze, who was driving in the East Palace carriage, had an uncertain smile on his lips.
He felt that he had unknowingly been exposed to something after coming to this world. At least the suspicious temperament of the royal family was inevitably exposed. Lu Ze felt that he might become like Emperor Qing in the future. ...an old bastard?
But Lu Ze knew that he would not become a slave to power.
The superficially ruthless Emperor Qing prides himself on being affectionate, but what he likes is to seduce and even force others to make mistakes in order to test their hearts. The reason why Lu Ze and the second prince Li Chengze are able to get into this situation is actually under the direct control of Emperor Qing.
[In view of the general environment,
Even Li Yunrui became so crazy, to some extent, he was influenced by Emperor Qing.
Lu Ze didn't know whether this was sentient or sick.
The car in the Prince's Mansion drove slowly along the bluestone road, and the crimson palace walls shrouded the most respected palace in the world. There was a lot of noise last night about the fight between the chief steward Hong Sixiang and the mysterious swordsman, and Emperor Qing did not hide it. The meaning of this matter.
Early this morning, many people in Kyoto knew that during the prince's wedding, there were still people in the world who were bold enough to break into the palace, and even disturbed the queen mother.
Soon, Lu Ze took Wan'er to the Queen Mother's palace.
The old lady's face was pale, and she didn't know it was the prince until she heard the servant's announcement. The old lady's face turned slightly rosy.
After Wan'er entered the inner hall, she was held tightly by the old lady. After listening to the queen mother's brief description, Lu Ze realized what happened specifically. It turned out that Fan Xian had deliberately stolen the key last night. He frightened the Queen Mother several times and almost scared people away on the spot.
Emperor Qing was so angry today not without reason.
Perhaps he also thought that there were people who more blatantly threatened the Queen Mother, hanging Bai Ling directly on the old lady's bedside, and even wrote a letter afterwards to complain, and this letter is still left deep in the palace to this day. In the small attic.
"It doesn't matter."
"It's just that I'm older now, and it's always difficult to fully recover from my illnesses."
The Queen Mother looked a little tired and followed Wan'er weakly.
The queen sighed slightly. It was originally a festive day, but who would have imagined that it would end up like this.
Wan'er held the Queen Mother's hand and followed her inside. Lu Ze came to the inner courtyard. The person who bowed slightly in front of him was Hong Sixiang, the eunuch in charge who fought with the assassin who entered the palace last night.
"Eunuch Hong."
"You can't even keep last night's assassin?"
Lu Ze knew the whole story in his heart, but he still showed appropriate surprise.
Hong Sixiang nodded slightly and said truthfully: "That man's inner strength is unfathomable, and his swordsmanship is extremely fierce. The moves revealed in it are vaguely like the swordsmanship of Si Gu Jian."
Looking around the sword?
Isn’t this the designated assassin’s scapegoat?
Lu Ze couldn't help laughing.
No matter what kind of assassination occurred in Qing Yunian's original work, in the end the name of the assassination would always be attributed to Sigu Jian who was far away in Dongyi City, and the envoys over Dongyi City even figured out
Came familiar rhetoric to respond.
"Later, Commander Yan Xiaoyi arrived, but it was a pity that the two of us cooperated internally and externally and failed to retain that person."
"He is definitely a Grand Master level figure."
This mysterious Grand Master figure became the focus of people's talk for a while.
After Lu Ze left the Queen Mother, he went to the imperial study to meet Emperor Qing. As expected, Emperor Qing pretended to ask Lu Ze unintentionally. On the surface, he was asking about the great master, but in fact, he wanted to ask what should be done. How to deal with palace documents.
Lu Ze was already prepared.
Of course he couldn't stay out of the matter, because Emperor Qing knew that he had a good relationship with Gong Dian, and deliberately staying out of the matter at this time would only make Emperor Qing dissatisfied; but if he was bent on excusing Gong Dian, then this suspicious father would only think too much.
Lu Ze's answer was very simple.
"Gong Dian was the person responsible for guarding the inner palace last night. If a thief sneaked into the palace, it was his dereliction of duty."
"But my son and Eunuch Hong heard that this thief is most likely to have the strength of a grand master, so..."
Emperor Qing stared at Lu Ze with a half-smile, and said directly: "Then what do you think...how should we deal with the palace code?"
Lu Ze bowed respectfully and said only four words: "Removal from office and fine."
...
Soon, the results of the palace's handling of the deputy commander Gong Dian came out.
It was just as Lu Ze said, Gong Dian was removed from the position of deputy commander of the Ouchi Guards, and was demoted to the Kyoto Guard Camp as a middle flag commander. Although the position was only demoted one level, he was promoted from the position of the emperor's personal guard. He was kicked out of a position of great favor.
Lu Ze actually had already guessed that this would be the result.
Ever since Emperor Qing ordered Gong Dian to be imprisoned directly, it had actually been proven that he was determined to change the defense personnel in the capital. Asking Lu Ze was just to probe his mind, and the outcome was already doomed.
And not only Gongdian, but Yan Xiaoyi, the commander of the imperial guard, was also quickly transferred to the army to report on his duties.
Emperor Qing admired this ninth-grade master archer left by the eldest princess in the palace. Even though he knew that this was Li Yunrui's loyal supporter, Emperor Qing only cared about ability. As long as he had ability, even if he was like Prime Minister Lin If you are so greedy, it is not a big deal.
Lu Ze gradually felt that the situation in Beijing was becoming unclear.
The plot in the original book inevitably underwent many changes due to his arrival. Dramas such as Fan Xian's drunken transformation into a poet and Li Yunrui's betrayal of the country did not take place. However, Lu Ze did not appear panicked. He was confident that he could handle the changes brought about by these changes. various influences.
After marriage, Lu Ze became even busier.
The new year is approaching, and Qingguo, a huge company, is also holding its summary meeting at the end of the year. The affairs of the six departments in the court have become extremely busy. Lu Ze deals with various things at hand and relaxes with Wan'er from time to time. Life is quite pleasant.
During the Chinese New Year, according to the usual practice in previous years, all princes will receive a large reward.
Compared with previous years, this year's rewards have undergone considerable changes. First of all, the rewards Lu Ze received this time were extremely valuable, and even included a book written by Emperor Qing himself, which was undoubtedly a priceless treasure for the prince; The second prince also gained a lot.
But what surprised many people was that the eldest prince who was far away on the border also received a reward.
Moreover, there was also a decree that went along with the reward to the eldest prince's tent in Dongyi City, and he would return to the capital to be crowned king after the spring of next year. This made the officials in the capital extremely confused as to what His Majesty meant by this.
Over the past six months, many people have clearly seen that the prince's status as heir apparent has become more stable.
The power of the second prince is no less concessionary. Although the two families are much more stable now, everyone knows that such stability will not last too long. At this time, Emperor Qing's order to return the eldest prince will only change the situation in the capital. Even less stable.
...
"What is the New Year's gift that the prince sent to the Fan family?"
Emperor Qing looked at the heavy snowfall outside the window. He was wearing a bright red robe, and his face was not much different from that of the past.
Many changes are just due to frequent frowning, but the wrinkles on his forehead are clearly visible.
Chen Pingping, who was in a wheelchair, got closer to the stove in the royal study room. Dean Chen dared to cough regardless of her appearance here.
This attracted Emperor Qing's attention to the old man who was tightly wrapped in a blanket. The latter coughed violently again, and only recovered after a long time: "It has snowed heavily in the past few days, and the auspicious snow heralds a good year, so I went out to enjoy the snow. It’s ended up like this.”
He paused and began to answer Emperor Qing's question: "It's a pair of fine mahjong jade pieces and a jade abacus."
Emperor Qing smiled: "Handling the inner treasury is not a simple matter. The prince should learn more from Fan Jianduo."
Chen Pingping lowered her eyebrows and suddenly said: "Fan Jian wanted Fan Xian to take over the inner treasury, so he came to His Majesty while the old slave was away in Kyoto. But now that Fan Xian cannot take over the inner treasury, then the supervision It’s time for the hospital to need someone to slowly take over.”
The master and servant chatted for a long time in the imperial study.
In the end, Emperor Qing agreed to Chen Pingping's suggestion and began to let Fan Xian take over the yard.
........
Lu Ze and Wan'er were cooking hot pot in the house at this time.
Not having a hot pot meal in such a nice weather would be a real letdown. Lu Ze knew that it would be impossible for that old guy Chen Pingping to cooperate smoothly with him, because the person he could really entrust to him was Fan Xian after all.
But Lu Ze also knew that this old guy had also begun to make plans for Emperor Qing.
"The snow is really heavy."
"I don't know which one will be the real winner in the end."
Lu Ze murmured to himself.
