The sky was slightly bright, and the people in Xijing City had already gotten up early to run for life, and the smoke of fireworks gradually became thicker on the streets.
Li Changji went to the Ministry of Rites early in the morning to load the prepared betrothal gifts into the car and prepared to go to Yudong Garden to hire.
Li Changji led his team and walked down the street with great momentum, and the atmosphere was no less than that on the wedding day.
Pedestrians stopped and talked about the marriage.
Li Changji also signaled to the people accompanying him to come and watch the excitement. Sure enough, some people who had never seen such a huge formation followed curiously, forming an even larger team behind the team delivering betrothal gifts.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Li Changji sat in the sedan and laughed with satisfaction.
In front of Yudong Garden, there was a lot of people waiting to see this joyous scene.
Li Changji walked out of the sedan and ordered someone to knock on the door, but no one came to open the door.
"Does this Dongyi man regret it? What's going on behind closed doors?"
"This Dongyi man won't run away, will he?"
"Oh, don't talk nonsense, maybe the Dongyi Princess is shy!"
People in the audience were chatting constantly, as if they were haggling in a vegetable market.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind the crowd of onlookers: "Give way!"
The onlookers quickly moved out of the way, and everyone was confused by what they saw, and they were all stunned.
King Sangfu of Tuoxi walked in front, and several people behind him bound Princess Sangyu and escorted her over. Sangyu kept shouting "I won't marry".
Although Li Changji knew all this, he still pretended to be surprised and walked towards King Tuoxi.
"King Tuoxi, what does this mean? You know that today is the day of appointment, but you make such a fuss. What's going on?"
Hearing Li Changji's question, Sang Fu felt a little embarrassed and said, "This matter is a long story. I would like to invite the Prime Minister to come into the garden and explain it in detail."
Without waiting for Li Changji's answer, Sang Yu struggled and said to Li Changji: "Master Li, I don't want to marry that old man. Even if I are captured, it will be useless. I swear to the death not to marry."
After listening to Sang Yu's words, Li Changji was a little angry and said in a stern voice: "Princess Sang Yu, you clearly agreed to this matter at that time. Now that the betrothal gift has arrived, you suddenly regret the engagement. This is not an attack on my court. Face, are you slapping the emperor in the face?"
Sang Fu also hurriedly said: "This marriage will proceed as usual. Even if I am tied up, I will tie up this unfilial daughter to pay homage to Lord He Yuanjun."
"That's very good! Then please ask King Tuoxi to accept the betrothal gift and marriage certificate!"
After Li Changji finished speaking, King Tuoxi was about to step forward to take the gift list and marriage certificate, but was interrupted by Princess Sangyu.
"Father, I would rather die than accept this marriage! If you accept it, I will bite my tongue and kill myself immediately."
Sang Fu slapped Sang Yu, making Sang Yu's face turn red. His delicate face was filled with tears, which instantly made people feel distressed.
"You bastard! You are trying to frame me, Dongyi, for injustice! Do you know that if you regret your marriage, how many Dongyi people will suffer and starve because of you! You are really confused."
Seeing the stalemate between Sang Fu and Sang Yu, Li Changji said at this time: "The truth of the prince's thoughts is clear, but if the princess is not willing, even if they get married, sudden changes will inevitably happen. The truth cannot be determined at this moment. I don't know. Is the prince willing to take the princess to the palace to meet the emperor and explain the reason to the emperor?"
Sang Fu gave Sang Yu a false look, and Sang Yu also showed an attitude that he would rather die than obey, so he said: "At this point, there is no other way, just follow the Prime Minister."
Then he ordered two people to escort Sang Yu, with two people guarding him on both sides, and a group of five people followed Li Changji towards the palace.
People were still talking about the scene that just happened outside Yudong Garden.
"This Dongyi man is too ignorant of praise. Although Mr. He is a little older, he is loyal and interesting. He has never married and has a distinguished status. What is there to be dissatisfied about?"
"Isn't it? Apart from being older, he is impeccable in every aspect. Besides, this is all for the sake of friendly relations between the two countries. It's really shameless."
In half a day, the story of the Dongyi Princess running away due to fear of marriage spread throughout Xijing, and the streets and alleys were hotly discussed, becoming the hot news of the day.
In the imperial garden of the palace, Emperor Li Zhun was feeding the fish with something on his mind.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li, Lord Tuoxi and others are here to ask for an audience!" Eunuch Zheng reported.
"The rain is coming! It's quite urgent! Let them come in!"
After hearing this, Eunuch Zheng went to bring a few people in.
As soon as he saw Emperor Li Zhun, King Tuoxi unexpectedly knelt on the ground, which really surprised everyone.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was not strict in discipline and allowed this girl Sang Yu to escape last night. Fortunately, the guards found her in time and captured her today." Sang Fu said while kneeling on the ground.
"Oh? This happened! Why is this?" Li Zhun looked at Sang Yu and said.
"Your Majesty, I think this marriage is unfair to me, that's why I ran away. If I were asked to marry someone else of similar age, Sang Yu would be willing, but Mr. He is an old man, but he asked me to marry him. Please forgive me that it is hard for my daughter to accept this, I think even any normal woman in the world would not be willing to accept it!"
Emperor Li Zhun said: "What Princess Sang Yu said is indeed reasonable, but after all, this is a marriage between two countries, how can it be a child's play? Although Princess Sang Yu's behavior is excusable, have you ever thought about putting the face of my court at risk?" Where does Mr. He's face belong? It was your father who personally accepted the imperial edict, but now you have categorically reneged on it. Is this your Dongyi's sincerity?"
Sang Yu was speechless by Li Zhun's words.
Sang Fu was still kneeling on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, my daughter is young and immature. I, Dongyi, will not regret this marriage. Please forgive me for my immaturity!"
"Having said that, even if the marriage is finalized, Princess Sangyu will naturally be unwilling to come, right?" Li Zhun asked.
Sang Yu did not give Sang Fu face, and said, "Yes, even if they get married, Sang Yu will definitely commit suicide."
Li Changji suddenly spoke: "How can you be so rude in front of the Holy Master? Is this the etiquette of Dongyi?"
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister, is absolutely right. I did not know how to teach my daughter. I was rude and I hope you will forgive me." Sang Fu replied.
Li Zhun remained silent, pondered for a moment, and said, "King Tuoxi, get up and stand and speak."
Sang Fu slowly stood up from the ground and thanked Li Zhun.
"Your Majesty, this matter was all caused by me, Dongyi. Dongyi is willing to take any responsibility. Please make it clear, Your Majesty."
Seeing Sang Fu's sincere face, Li Zhun knew that all this was just an act. After all, things had developed to this point according to the content of the letter given by Li Chouxin. Li Zhun also confirmed the letter given by Li Chouxin. authenticity.
"King Tuoxi, that's it. Since the matter has developed like this, let's forget about the marriage. I just hope that you will teach your Princess Qianjin well after you return. Not everyone is as magnanimous as our dynasty."
After listening to Li Zhun's words, both King Tuoxi and Li Changji were surprised. Why did the emperor not play his cards as expected? This completely disrupted the rhythm of the plan. King Tuoxi didn't know what to answer. Even Sang Yu was also surprised.
"King Tuo Xi, why don't you thank me quickly!" Li Changji reminded from the side.
"Thank you for your magnanimity, your majesty. I will definitely teach this naughty daughter well! But your majesty, if the marriage fails, what will happen to the annual tribute? I, Dongyi, cannot afford this ten times the annual tribute." Sang Fu said quickly. .
Li Changji said, "King Tuoxi, please don't push yourself too far. Your Majesty is generous enough to avoid marriage, so how can you still have the dignity to mention this year's tribute?"
Li Changji had just finished speaking, but Li Zhun unexpectedly said: "Dongyi is located in a bitter cold land. It is indeed not easy to pay annual tribute, but our court has always convinced people with virtue, so the annual tribute for these three years is still exempted. It will still be the same as before, I wonder if King Tuoxi has any objections?"
When Sang Fu heard this, he couldn't believe it. Why did the emperor seem to understand people's hearts and be so terrifying that he completely avoided Li Gao's plan. Hastily replied: "Your Majesty is wise, I, Dong Yi, must be grateful and grateful. I, on behalf of the people of Dong Yi, would like to thank your Majesty for your grace."
Li Changji, who thought it was over here, also said: "Your Majesty is magnanimous and wise. It is a blessing to our court. You are indeed a wise king."
But Li Zhun's next operation shocked everyone present again.
"Eunuch Zheng, come with the Emperor's Sword!"
Eunuch Zheng went to the Imperial Study Room and quickly retrieved the Emperor's Sword and handed it to the Emperor.
"King Tuoxi, take the sword!"
When Sang Fu heard this, he didn't know whether it was true or not, and looked at Emperor Li Zhun in disbelief.
"Toshi King Sangfu takes the sword!"
After Li Zhun made this sound again, Sang Fu finally recovered and stepped forward to take the Emperor's Sword from Li Zhun's hand.
Li Zhun continued: "King Tuoxi, today I give you the Emperor's Sword. You should know that this sword is different from other Emperor's swords. Some swords are swords of peace, while others are swords of killing. Just look at King Tuoxi. How to understand."
Sang Fu looked at the sword in his hand, and then glanced at Li Changji. This look shocked Li Changji.
Li Changji thought that King Tuoxi was influenced by the emperor's grace and wanted to inform Li Gao and Li Zhun of all his plans. He quickly said: "A person like King Tuoxi who understands righteousness naturally knows that what your majesty has given is a gift of peace." The sword."
"Your Majesty, there is news from Commander Gao that the guards of the Imperial City have been replaced. This is the list and location map of the guards that have just been replaced. Your Majesty, please take a look." A small eunuch came to report.
After hearing the news, Sang Fu's eyes suddenly changed from humble to murderous. He looked at Emperor Li Zhun and said: "The Prime Minister is only half right. I do understand the righteousness, but this sword is definitely not peace." The sword is a killing sword.”
Seeing Sangfu's change, Li Zhun pretended to be horrified and asked: "King Tuoxi, what do you want to do?"
The four people who had just escorted Princess Sang Yu also let go of Sang Yu and came to Sang Fu. Sang Fu said: "Your Majesty, everything is in order now. I don't want to continue pretending. Since you Put this sword in my hand and use it to kill Your Majesty today."
As soon as Sang Fu said these words, Eunuch Zheng shouted angrily: "How outrageous! I'm afraid King Tuoxi has lost his mind and is talking nonsense. Please retreat quickly. Maybe your Majesty can spare your life."
Sang Fu said with a smile: "Even a eunuch like you wants to stop me, but you know that the four people beside me are the elite of my Dongyi Shadow Team. Besides, your dynasty is rotten to the core, right? Prime Minister."
Li Changji also knew that the time was right, so he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, you should abdicate in favor of someone more worthy. Maybe King Dongzhi can spare your life."
"What? King Dongzhi also betrayed me?" Li Zhun asked, standing behind Eunuch Zheng.
Prime Minister Li Changji said: "Now that the matter has come to an end, I can no longer hide it. If Your Majesty abdicates, King Dongzhi ascending the throne can still leave a way for Your Majesty to survive. If His Majesty refuses, then what King Tuoxi has in his hands will be lost." Swords don't have eyes, and the Forbidden Army is also under our control at this time, so Your Majesty should think about it carefully."
"It turns out that the news from Gao Yu just now is a signal. I understand, but how can I, the majestic king of a country, be threatened by you and others? I swear to the death and will not obey." Li Zhun said calmly.
King Tuoxi lost his patience and said: "Prime Minister, what are you doing after talking so much? Seeing that he is clearly unwilling to compromise, just kill him. There is no need to talk nonsense. When the time comes, he will support King Dongzhi on the throne. Why do you need to do this?" trouble."
Seeing Li Zhun's firm attitude, Li Changji had some doubts in his heart, but he still nodded towards Sang Fu.
Seeing this, Sang Fu stepped forward with his sword and rushed towards Li Zhun.
Li Changji and others thought that everything would be settled, and looked directly at the Emperor's Sword in Sang Fu's hand.
With a "click", the Emperor's Sword was broken. Only half of the Emperor's Sword was held in Sang Fu's hand, and the other half was firmly clamped in Eunuch Zheng's hand.
Sang Fu and others' eyes widened in horror.
"What? Aren't you an ordinary eunuch? How could you have such abilities?" Sang Fu asked.
"It is true that the old slave is a eunuch, but he is not ordinary. Otherwise, you would think that the emperor would put the old slave in front of the emperor to serve him personally." Eunuch Zheng said.
"That's right, the Prime Minister must have heard of the name of the golden boy Zheng Yi, right?" Li Zhun said.
Li Changji's pupils shrank, his face full of shock, "What? The golden boy Zheng Yi? Is this Eunuch Zheng?"
Seeing the panic on Li Changji's face, Sang Fu, who had never heard of Zheng Yi's reputation, was shocked for a moment, but he still said indifferently: "Who cares about the golden boy and silver boy? No matter how powerful they are, they can't beat my shadow team." The four of them, Shadow obeys the command, come to me!"
Before Li Changji could stop him, the four of them headed towards Zheng Yi.
The golden light around Zheng Yi was dazzling, and the people around him closed their eyes. When they opened their eyes again, they only saw that the four people who had just stepped forward were now dead and fell in front of Zheng Yi, lifeless.
Seeing that the situation was over, Li Changji knelt on the ground and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, I know my mistake, please bypass me!"
Only then did Sang Fu realize that he had changed from active to passive, but there was no way out. He angrily shouted at Li Changji: "Li Changji, you are a weakling. If I had known you were such a person, I would not have wanted to I'm going to go through this muddy water with you, and besides, we still have the Imperial Army, so what are you afraid of?"
Li Changji trembled and said: "Why not ban the army? Since the emperor has such precautions, he must have grasped the overall situation. The people of King Dongzhi alone may not be able to shake the emperor at all. Besides, the golden boy Zheng Yi is here , any sword or stick is in vain, King Tuoxi should give up!"
When King Tuoxi heard this, he was filled with anger and sent half of the Emperor's Sword directly towards Li Changji. Li Changji died on the spot. He didn't even have time to hear Li Zhun's remarks and was filled with hatred.
Sang Fu still refused to admit defeat and came towards Li Zhun with half of the Emperor's Sword. Zheng Yi threw out the half of the dagger in his hand, knocking the remaining sword out of Sang Fu's hand. He jumped forward and grabbed Sang Fu's neck with one hand. , lift Sang Fu into the air.
Sang Yu, who was on the side, was frightened at this time. He quickly knelt in front of Emperor Li Zhun and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please show mercy. My father was bewitched by Li Gao before he joined forces with the Prime Minister and the commander of the imperial army to do this evil thing." Yes, my father was just confused for a moment, I hope your majesty will spare my father's life, Sang Yu is willing to marry Mr. He to show the friendship between the two countries."
Seeing what Sang Yu said, Li Zhun also nodded and replied: "It seems that Princess Sang Yu is the one who understands the righteousness. Since Princess Sang Yu has expressed her stance, I don't want to destroy the friendship between the two countries, but I hope The princess keeps her word." Then she signaled Zheng Yi to let go of Sang Fu.
Sang Fu fell to the ground and trembled, and quickly thanked Li Zhun for not killing him.
"King Tuoxi, I don't have to kill you, but I hope you will cooperate with me in a play to continue all this. I want to kill all these moths. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, King Tuoxi repeatedly agreed: "It's all up to your Majesty!"
Li Gao, who didn't know why, was leaving the palace at this time, and was heading towards the imperial city with the remaining 700 soldiers. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Zhang Xiaopan as soon as he left the palace.
When he saw a young boy blocking his way, Li Gao thought it was nothing, so he ordered a few soldiers to go forward and deal with it, but he didn't want to be killed by Zhang Xiaopan with a sword.
Only then did Li Gao realize that the matter might have been exposed, so he ordered the soldiers to fight with Zhang Xiaopan, and he rode towards the imperial city with four or five people. After all, the Imperial City's imperial army was his last hope at this time.
Sure enough, Li Gao entered the imperial city smoothly and saw that all the key positions were occupied by his own people. He felt relieved a little and then found the commander Gao Yu.
"Commander Gao, what's going on with King Tuoxi and the Prime Minister?" Li Gao asked eagerly.
"They are in the Imperial Garden. I think King Tuoxi must have succeeded." Gao Yu replied.
Li Gao let out a long sigh of relief: "That's good."
Gao Yu saw that Li Gao was a little strange and asked, "Your Majesty, where are your soldiers? Why didn't you bring them?"
Li Gao sighed and said: "We were stopped, but even if we stopped the imperial soldiers, we still have the imperial army, which is enough."
Although Gao Yu was confused, what Li Gao said made sense. Controlling the imperial army was equivalent to controlling the imperial city and the emperor, and he was still sure of victory.
The two of them headed towards the Imperial Garden with a dozen guards.
Outside the imperial city, Li Chou held three feet three in his heart to stop the patrol camp coming from outside the city.
"Commander, wait a minute. Everything in this imperial city is under your control. Let things develop further. If you attack rashly at this time, something may happen easily. If things go wrong, we may be plotted for rebellion." For the crime, let Your Majesty perform another show."
When Yu Sheng, the commander of the patrol camp, saw that it was Li Chouxin, he said, "Since Mr. Li said this, it naturally has the deep meaning of Mr. Li. I can't hide it. Yesterday, the emperor sent an order saying that if you encounter Mr. Li Chouxin, you will obey Mr. Li's instructions in everything."
With Yu Sheng's words, Li Chouxin actually took Yu Sheng to drink on the street, while five thousand soldiers were lined up on the street, just waiting for an opportunity.
