Da Jian, capital, Zhenbei Wangfu.
A young man in rich clothes, handsome and pale, was leaning on a lounge chair, taking a sip of wine, enjoying the service of the maid behind him, looking towards the north and asking:
"Where have my father and the others gone?"
"Back to the young prince, according to the news that came yesterday, the prince and the others are only a hundred miles away from Jubeiguan. I think they will be back in less than a month!"
A limping middle-aged figure next to him took a step forward and whispered.
"Are we almost at Jubeiguan? Then there should be no problem, but why do I keep feeling uneasy?"
The young man looked at the north with a sad face and his voice was a little low.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Your Majesty has conquered most of the world. What dangers can still stump you? Yesterday, Your Majesty sent a message back, saying that he would try to come back on the Young Master's nineteenth birthday. He has prepared something for you. A gift, I think you will like it..."
"Hope everything goes well..."
The young man comforted himself.
The young man's name was Zhou Yunai, the third son of the Northern King of Dajian Town.
The current King of Zhenbei is the third generation of King of Zhenbei.
The first king of Zhenbei and Emperor Wu of Dajian were sworn brothers.
At the end of the previous dynasty, both of them joined the rebel army at the same time.
The first King of Zhenbei swept across half of the north, and two hundred thousand Hanshan cavalry suppressed the north.
Emperor Wu of Da Jian swept across most of the south and won the support of many aristocratic families and sects.
The world presents a situation where two kings are fighting for hegemony.
In the end, in order to prevent the world from continuing to fall into disputes, his ancestor took the initiative to step aside, and the two made an alliance.
Emperor Wu of Dajian established the Dajian Dynasty, and his ancestor became the king of Zhenbei, and he was hereditary and retired with the country.
At the same time, it was agreed that in each generation a princess must marry into the palace, a daughter of the Zhou family must be the imperial concubine, and the third generation of emperor must be a daughter of the Zhou family.
With the world at peace, the two hundred thousand Hanshan cavalry were finally disbanded, leaving only eight hundred soldiers in the entire Zhenbei Palace.
But no one dared to look down upon Zhenbei Palace. After all, the two hundred thousand Hanshan Cavalry were not eliminated, but integrated into the entire military system of Da Jian.
It can be said that there are members of the Hanshan Army among all the armies in the world.
No one dares to mess with this kind of Zhenbei Prince's Mansion.
But four years ago, Zhou Yu and Princess Da Jian offended Wen Qiao, the saint son of Yunshan Sect, while they were out playing.
As a result, Zhou Yu's martial arts foundation was abolished and he became a useless person.
Emperor Jian felt deeply guilty, so he betrothed his only princess Jian Yun to Zhou Yu as his wife in the name of an alliance between the two families.
And they made an agreement to get married after both of them reached the age of sixteen.
However, three years ago, 200,000 troops from Northern Mongolia moved south, and several northern states fell one after another.
The two princes of Da Jian went north to conquer Northern Mongolia, but they died in battle one after another, leaving only one princess.
At this time, Northern Mongolia asked Da Jian to send the princess and her husband to retreat.
The late emperor, who had just experienced the pain of losing his son, was so angry that he was bedridden. After that, he took Jian Yunjin as the new emperor and drove to Hexi.
Jian Yunjin ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, with the reign title of Dalu!
The marriage between the two was put on hold...
"Something happened to the prince..."
Just when his thoughts were wandering, the middle-aged man beside him came back again.
This person is the steward of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, and Zhou Meng, the former personal soldier of the Zhenbei Prince.
However, after being injured, he stayed in the palace to take care of their family.
"What happened?"
Zhou Yu's heart suddenly rose, and a bad feeling came to his mind.
"Zhou Yi is back. He said that the prince was attacked in Dragon Burial Valley. The prince, the prince died in the battle. Even the two princes have..."
Zhou Meng said in a low voice.
"How is it possible? We are already arriving at Jubeiguan. Where are the Zhou Yi people?"
Zhou Yu's face was terrifyingly gloomy, and his originally pale face looked a little flushed.
"He is dead. He came back with his last breath to report the news. He said that when the army passed through the Dragon Burial Valley a few days ago, a large number of masters raided from both sides of the valley. Later, there were even sneak attacks by horse bandits..."
"When did the horse bandits have the courage to attack the army?"
"The army, the army is unconscious and has no chance to resist!"
Zhou Meng said with a trembling voice and disbelief.
"The army is unconscious, the army is unconscious, haha! There is a mole!"
Zhou Yu sneered.
"What else did Zhou Yi say? Do you know who did it?"
"He said that the people who came here are basically martial arts masters, with shadows from the Xiangshan Sect of Northern Mongolia and the Yunshan Sect. In addition, he seems to have seen the shadow of the Forbidden Army, but how is this possible?"
Zhou Meng said with some uncertainty.
"Is there anything impossible? 'When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dogs will be cooked. When the birds are gone, the good bow will be hidden'."
Now that the Da Jian rebellion has been put down, Northern Mongolia has also been driven away, and the world is at peace, how could there be a need for a Zhenbei King with great achievements and great power.
Moreover, my father and his entourage were about to arrive at Jubeiguan. If there was no internal response, how could a hundred thousand troops be slaughtered without any response? "
Zhou Yu sneered.
He was unusually sober at this time, and it was not like he had never heard of such a thing in his previous life.
More than three years ago, after the new emperor ascended the throne, only half of the entire country was left.
So with the joint signature of all the ministers, the new emperor asked his father to come out as his future daughter-in-law.
Finally, at the emperor's request, his father led 800 soldiers to the expedition, and at the same time called for the return of 200,000 Hanshan cavalry!
It took my father three years to first quell the banditry, then the rebels, and then drive Northern Mongolia out of the border of Dajian.
In the end, he personally led an army of 100,000 people to the north to conquer Northern Mongolia!
My father decided the outcome in one battle and wiped out the 100,000 troops of Northern Mongolia on the grasslands of Mobei in one fell swoop, leaving the enemy no longer able to move south.
My father also became a hero praised by everyone in the whole country.
"Hey! Father, you shouldn't disobey me!"
Before going on the expedition, he had approached his father to break off his engagement with the empress, but was reprimanded by his father, brother and brother-in-law.
Seeing that he could not break off the engagement, he went to persuade his father not to go to war, so as not to be suspected, and his family could just keep the throne of Zhenbei King.
But the father said that the future emperor is his grandson. If he doesn't work hard, who will work hard?
Not only him, but also his brother and brother-in-law are willing to fight for it!
I have been away for three years. I finally pacified the world and drove away Northern Mongolia. I wanted to come back and enjoy it, but in the end, I died!
At this time, Zhou Yu's heart was as cold as a piece of ice, and the murderous intent in his eyes could not be concealed.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Yang is here, saying that His Majesty urgently wants to recruit you to the palace!"
At this moment, a servant came to Zhou Yu and reported in a low voice!
"Yang Lian is here. It seems that the emperor has been waiting for the news. Is he going to eradicate it now?"
Zhou Yu said something gloomily.
"Your Majesty, you can't go. This emperor must have uneasy intentions!"
When Zhou Meng heard this, he spoke hastily. After being reminded by Zhou Yu, he felt that the emperor's purpose of harming his Zhenbei Palace was already obvious.
"Don't go? So what?"
Zhou Yu sighed. Now that he was under the eaves, he had to lower his head. He had to go.
"Your Majesty asked Zhou Yi to come back just to get you out of this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. I will escort you out of the capital. Although the entire army of 100,000 people was wiped out, there are still a few of us in the Hanshan Army, and we will definitely be able to escort you out..."
Zhou Meng hurriedly tried to persuade him.
"Even if I can leave, can my sister leave? And I'm afraid the entire palace has been surrounded at this time, and I can't leave..."
Zhou Yu said helplessly!
"I didn't find anything unusual!"
"That's because you didn't notice..."
Zhou Yu spoke coldly.
Outside the palace!
A eunuch wearing purple eunuch uniform appeared outside the palace.
Immediately, a man dressed in ordinary clothes came to him.
"Is Zhou Yu still in the mansion?" the eunuch asked.
"Back to Eunuch Yang, Zhou Yu is still inside, listening to music just now..."
The visitor reported in a low voice.
"It's good to be here! Your Majesty is still waiting!"
Yang Lian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Eunuch Yang, Your Majesty, please come in!"
At this time, the guard who had just entered ran out and said!
"Watch carefully, don't let Zhou Yu escape!"
"yes!"
Yang Lian whispered to the secret guard next to him and strode into the palace.
"Eunuch Yang, why are you here?"
"Young Prince, Your Majesty urgently invites you to enter the palace..."
"What happened?" Zhou Yu asked.
"I don't know about the big or small matters in the court. Your Majesty, you'd better go as soon as possible, so that His Majesty won't have to wait impatiently!"
Yang Lian's attitude was arrogant, with a murderous look in his eyes. He did not say the reason, but just urged Zhou Yu to go to the palace as soon as possible.
Zhou Yu felt that his entry into the palace might not go smoothly, and he didn't know if he could get through this safely.
"Eunuch Yang, please wait a moment, I will pack up and enter the palace right now!"
Zhou Yu smiled at Yang Lian.
Imperial Palace, Fengluan Hall.
This is the newly built hall after the empress ascended the throne.
There were many soldiers holding weapons standing outside the hall.
It added a lot of chilling atmosphere to this hall.
Arriving at Fengluan Hall, Zhou Yu found that in addition to many ministers, there was also an impressive young man standing in front of the courtiers.
This man was wearing a light blue robe, rich and handsome, and had a sword hanging on his waist.
As soon as he saw this person, Zhou Yu's expression changed.
This man's name was Wen Qiao, he was from a sect, and he still had a lot of grudges against him.
A few years ago, he had a conflict with Jian Yunjin because he molested Jian Yunjin, who was still a princess at that time.
In the end, his martial arts foundation was destroyed by this person.
Seeing him coming at this time, the other party showed a trace of ridicule on his face.
He did not expect that the other party would actually appear in the palace, and he would appear in the main hall openly. No one in the civil and military officials of the court had any objections.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
After withdrawing his thoughts, Zhou Yu bowed his hands towards the emperor and saluted.
"Bold Yu Zhou, you can't kneel down and bow down when you see His Majesty!"
Seeing Zhou Yu's behavior, someone immediately scolded him for not knowing etiquette.
"Who are you?"
"I am the right minister of the Ministry of Rites..."
"Since you are the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, you should know that I am His Majesty's fiancé. According to the rules, you don't need to salute!"
Zhou Yu stared at the other party coldly and said.
"you!"
The other party was directly blocked there by Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yunai is His Majesty's fiancé. According to the rules, he needs to salute, but he does not need to kneel down and worship.
"Hmph! Let's see how long you can hold on to this status..." The Right Minister of Rites sneered.
