The third prince prepared for many days and finally decided to attack the capital.
In the middle of the night, Yan Lan led the local troops he had gathered to surround the capital. Looking at the closed city gates of the capital, Yan Lan, who had finally waited for this day, was extremely excited in her heart.
But Yang Hui stood in front of Yan Lan's horse, but pleaded: "Third Prince, think twice, you have the upper hand with the imperial decree in your hand, these troops can only use it as a means of self-protection, and you must not do this thing of attacking the city!"
Yang Hui has said this countless times, and now that he is approaching the capital, this is his last reminder to Yan Lan. At this time, Yang Hui seemed to be more than 20 years older than when he just left the court, with a stooped figure and gray hair. Especially those eyes, the shrewdness and self-confidence in them have disappeared, showing a faint sense of depression.
Seeing Yan Lan, who is a serious candidate for the crown prince, step by step towards the road of rebels attacking the capital, Yang Hui couldn't figure out how the third prince, whom he admired so much, became like this
If the eldest prince made a political mistake, or used force first, then there is nothing wrong with the third prince leading troops to attack the city. But the eldest prince was praised for his frankness and frankness in every move, and now he went to Xiangzhou to control the water in person. In such a situation, the third prince should take the imperial decree to fight against him in an upright manner. Why did he choose this method of leading troops to attack the city? It happened to be the most unworthy night attack.
"Teacher, there is no need to say too much. The matter has come to this point. Lan's mind has been made up. No matter what Yan Sa does, he is a traitor who imprisoned the emperor and tried to usurp the throne. When I rescue the father, who is right? See you!"
Yan Lan waved her hand to signal Yang Hui to go down, and she rode her horse to the front of the team.
Yang Hui looked at the cold face of the third prince, and the expectation in his eyes finally disappeared. He knelt down on the spot and bowed heavily towards the imperial city, then turned around resolutely and left the camp of the third prince.
Even though the third prince still holds the title of prince, even if he might succeed in winning the capital tonight and become emperor, Yang Hui is completely disappointed, Yan Lan is no longer the emperor he wants to follow.
Not paying attention to Yang Hui's departure, Yan Lan stared at the gate of the capital with serious eyes. He knew that leading troops to attack the capital would definitely add a stain to his reputation, but other than that, he had nothing to do, right
News of the eldest prince's recovery has already spread in the capital, and the entire capital regards Yan Sa as the next emperor. Even if he, Yan Lan, declares to the people that he is the prince of Dayan with an imperial decree, he will not get anyone's favor. support.
Yan Sa is already what the people want, so Yan Lan can only use violence to break the hearts of the people.
A stern light flashed in her eyes, Yan Lan raised the sword in her hand, and shouted: "All officers and men obey the order, the eldest prince is under house arrest, and if he wants to usurp the throne, the father must be in danger. Tonight we will enter King Jingqin, save Dayan!"
"King Jingqin! Save Dayan!"
Encouraged by Yan Sa's words, everyone in the rear raised their arms and shouted along with him.
Following the shouts of this group of people, the dark city wall suddenly became bright, and the torches were lit instantly. When Yan Lan raised her head, she saw groups of soldiers wearing battle armor, and the imposing imperial forest army was silent. standing on the city wall, as if waiting for a long time.
Startled by the sudden appearance of the elite army, the voice of the Yan Lan camp suddenly weakened.
Fang Rui, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, stepped forward slowly, and asked sharply, "Who is in the city? Why did you gather the army without permission? Do you want to rebel?"
Yan Lan was taken aback by the new look of the Imperial Forest Army, he regained his composure, and said loudly: "I am Yan Lan, the third prince of Yan, and I came here this time to help the emperor and capture the traitor Yan Sa! "
Hearing Yan Lan's words, Fang Rui immediately raised his head and laughed loudly: "The eldest prince is a traitor? You can take a good look at this person who claims to be the third prince. The eldest prince is diligent and caring about the people, and now he is personally Going to Xiangzhou to control the floods, but you put the lives of the people in the capital in vain, and privately built an army to carry out this night raid, who are the rebels?"
Yan Lan's face was turned green and red by Fang Rui's unceremonious words, he waved his hand sullenly, and said to the people around him: "Read out the imperial decree! Let the imperial forest army who are being used by the rebels know that this palace is appointed by the emperor." Prince!"
"The third prince, Yan Lan, has great qualities, and benevolence is a heavy responsibility... I choose him as the prince, and I hope that he will be kind and love the people, and protect my great Yan Jiangshan forever."
Fang Rui and the others listened to the lengthy imperial edict until they finished reading it, then looked behind them and said quietly, "It just so happens, Eunuch Chen, don't you also have an imperial edict to proclaim?"
Chen Bing, who had been waiting for a long time with the imperial decree, finally stepped forward at this time, and said in a shrill voice: "By God, the emperor said: The third prince Yan Lan harmed his elder brother, deceived his superiors, was unfaithful and unfilial, and formed a party for personal gain." , intending to rebel, my heart aches! Withdraw his title of prince and put him in prison!"
After receiving the imperial decree, Chen Bing looked at the third prince with a sneer and said, "Why don't the third prince plead guilty?"
After hearing the imperial decree, Yan Lan smiled instead of anger: "This traitor Yan Sa is so bold, he dared to forge the imperial decree, which is an unforgivable crime! Soldiers, don't be fooled by him, let me start attacking the city!"
The imperial decree said that he had harmed his elder brother and deceived others, Yan Lan was genuinely shocked for a moment at first, but then she was really happy. If Yan Sa forged the imperial decree, it would be a serious crime.
Yan Lan's men rushed towards the city gate, but someone inadvertently looked up and was startled and stopped immediately.
They saw a bright yellow figure slowly appearing on the city wall with the support of others. At the same time, Su Gonggong's shrill voice pierced the night sky and immediately shocked the local army assembled by Yan Lan.
"The emperor is here!"
The first time she heard Su Gonggong's old but familiar voice, Yan Lan was startled and almost fell off her horse. He stared wide-eyed and stared at the city wall for a moment, and saw the white-haired old emperor looking at him with gloomy expression and anger in his eyes.
All the soldiers attacking the city saw the figure of Emperor Hongming, and the aura that had just risen deflated like a punctured balloon.
Emperor Hongming stood in the night wind, looking with red eyes at the son who had deceived him for many years, it was him and his mother, who completely destroyed the most precious thing in Emperor Hongming's heart, and made his Sa'er has been reluctant to meet him until now.
The majestic voice of the emperor resounded on the city wall, suppressing all the commotion: "Third brother, I am still alive, what are you going to do with the army?"
"Father, Father Emperor... are you alright?" Yan Lan was too surprised to see Emperor Hongming appear with her own eyes, and staggered down from the horse, "My son, my son is worried about your safety..."
Emperor Hongming is really alive, and Yan Sa didn't imprison him
Yan Lan's heart is now extremely shocked. Since the appearance of Emperor Hongming is true, isn't the imperial decree just now also true? The imperial decree said that he mutilated his elder brother to deceive the superior and the subordinate... Could it be that what he did back then...
Emperor Hongming's extremely gloomy voice completely plunged Yan Lan's heart into an abyss: "I will settle with you what happened to Sa'er back then, and the Imperial Forest Army obeyed the order and immediately took down this traitor! A group of local military officers who have neglected their duties will be taken to prison together!"
"The last general obeys orders!" Fang Rui took the order.
The local military officers below who were coaxed by Yan Lan and only thought that they were the army of King Qin, were terrified when they heard Emperor Hongming's words, and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "The emperor has mercy! The ministers and others were all deceived by the third prince. There is no refusal to wait!"
Seeing the soldiers kneeling together below, the Imperial Forest Army suppressed the rebels without any effort.
When the dust settled, Emperor Hongming did not return to the palace in a hurry, but asked Chen Bing: "Tell me the truth, where did Sa'er go, and why can't I find him in the entire palace?"
Seeing that Chen Bing couldn't hide it, he could only kneel down and plead guilty: "Please forgive me, the flood in Xiangzhou is serious. The eldest prince has been going to Xiangzhou to control the water for many days!"
"What? Sa'er actually went to Xiangzhou in person? How can his body hold up? What are you slaves doing to eat? You don't know how to stop him! Call me Wei Lin!"
Emperor Hongming was extremely furious, he was afraid that as soon as he had the heart of repentance, he would have to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person.
At this time, the commander of the Yulin Army reported again: "Your Majesty, I have not seen General Qi Yue of Zhenbei and others. I heard that General Qi went to Xiangzhou to control the water instead of the third prince."
Emperor Hongming's heart immediately became extremely cold. Before, he had ordered Qi Yue to kill the eldest prince if it was necessary. Now that he and Yan Sa are in Xiangzhou, if they meet...
That Qi Yue had always been extremely loyal to him, thinking of the worst outcome, Emperor Hongming instinctively got his breath stuck in his throat, and immediately rolled his eyes and passed out.
Qi Yue, the general who was extremely "loyal" to Emperor Hongming, had already devoted all his heart to the "Elder Prince" without knowing it. He led the Northern Suppressing Army that followed him, and under the order of the young man, he dug ditches to control the water.
Under the leadership of their own general, this team of Northern Suppressing Army looked like a collared beast, stretching out its sharp claws capable of tearing apart the enemy, digging the silt in the river obediently.
It was a rare sunny day in Xiangzhou today. Watching the sun go down, Qi Yue kept digging mud with his hands, but his mind was obviously not here for a long time, and he turned his head frequently to look in the direction of Xiangzhou city.
Seeing the distraught appearance of their own general, this group of soldiers knew that the general must be thinking about the young man under the eldest prince again.
Qi Yue really scratched his head and scratched his head. In the past, even if he tried to dissuade him frequently, Xiangfeng would come to visit him every day in the water-controlled place, and would even bring food and water. Why hasn't he come at this time today? Even the food is just delivered by different people.
Could it be that something happened? Qi Yue was extremely worried.
These days in Xiangzhou can be said to be the happiest time Qi Yue has ever experienced. He and the young man are so close, they can see each other every day, and occasionally talk by candlelight at night, and the two of them have made suggestions for Xiangzhou affairs during this time, and they have a very happy conversation, and there is no restriction on their previous positions, although...
Although the youth always talked about the eldest prince inexplicably, which made him very heartbroken.
Seeing that the last river course had almost been dredged, Qi Yue led everyone to finish the work and hurried back to Xiangzhou City.
The city of Xiangzhou was peaceful as usual, even looking at him, Qi Yue's expression was as defensive as it was confusing.
Now that the flood has subsided, more refugees accumulated in the city have returned to their homes, and the life of the people in the city has gradually become orderly, and without Zhang Lin's exploitation, people have rosy smiles on their faces all the time, which is simply amazing. One cannot see that the place has just suffered a flood.
Although the atmosphere in the city has not changed drastically, Qi Yue is keenly aware of some changes when he sees people gathering in twos and threes to discuss.
"I heard that Da..." Several workers who were discussing in the corner saw Qi Yue coming, and forcibly swallowed the title that came to their lips, "I heard that the young master will return to Beijing tomorrow, but is it true?"
"It should be true. My relatives in the prefect's mansion said that they saw that the guards brought by the young master had already packed their luggage."
Hearing these few words indistinctly, Qi Yue had a plan in his mind, did Xiangfeng already plan to go back? Why didn't you tell him
Returning to the prefect's mansion in a hurry, Qi Yue knocked on Qing Yun's door covered in stinky sweat before he even had time to wash up. Knocked twice eagerly, but didn't hear the unique melodious voice of the young man, Qi Yue pushed the door and went in without even thinking about it.
As soon as Qi Yue entered the door, he smelled an unusual fragrance. He frowned and looked at the incense burner in the room. In order to prevent the spread of the disease in recent days, some herbs have to be ignited every day for fumigation, so Qi Yue didn't care, but went to the inside as he knew the way.
As soon as he entered the room, Qi Yue saw a thin and somewhat frail figure behind the screen. The figure had loose long hair and was obviously wearing clothes.
Did you just take a shower
Don't look at evil, Qi Yue felt that he should turn his head away, but his eyes were glued to the screen as if he couldn't control it.
The fuzzy outline easily made his blood boil, but Qi Yue's heart seemed to be covered by something all the time, the hot emotion couldn't find an outlet to explode, making him feel oppressed all over.
"Who let you in?" The young man's voice sounded from behind the screen, it seemed to be a little hoarse than usual, making Qi Yue's ears move involuntarily.
Then Qing Yun came out from behind the screen, her slightly damp hair hung behind her, and two strands of hair hung in front of her body, and the ends of her hair formed a winding water stain on the snow-white jacket.
"You..." Why didn't you wipe your hair, and your body was wet.
Qi Yue wanted to say this, but mixed with the smell of the room, he always felt like he was molesting when he said this, so he could only cough and look away: "Are you leaving tomorrow?"
Qing Yun sat on the couch, squinting at him: "The matter of Xiangzhou has come to an end, why don't I leave?"
In fact, the strength of Qingyun's soul has been increasing, and now he can gradually feel the changes in the rules of the world bit by bit. He noticed that Tiandao's control over the world seems to have weakened, so he guessed that something happened to the third prince, so he decided to Return to Beijing as soon as possible.
Speaking of which, Qing Yun frowned, why did she still feel hot after bathing today? Qing Yun couldn't help tugging at the neckline of her jacket, letting the cool wind blow in.
Seeing the young man's movements condescendingly, Qi Yue felt his head explode as soon as he glanced over, and his body reacted almost instantly.
Qi Yue was overwhelmed by this reaction, how could he have such thoughts about young people? But this idea seems to have been hidden in his heart for thousands of years, making Qi Yue completely unable to control himself.
Leave, leave immediately, do not hurt him.
He roared sensibly and crazily, but Qi Yue couldn't control his footsteps. Instead, he walked slowly step by step and sat down opposite the young man, covering his reaction with the short table.
"Then I'll take you back to Beijing."
"Hey, I don't dare to let you give it away. If you tie me up and give it to the third prince, I will be no match for your Zhenbei army." Qing Yun smiled teasingly, but his eyes were faintly glanced inside. incense burner. This aroma is not right, who sent today's herbs
"Nonsense, why would I give you to someone else." Even if it was tied, it was tied in my arms. Qi Yue concealed the last half of the sentence, but felt that the desire in his heart was like a beast that had been let out of the gate, completely out of control.
At this moment, all the hazy emotions that lingered in his heart in the past became clear, and even the faint charm in the dream became clearly visible.
From the first time they met, he actually wanted to make the young man...
Afraid that the young man would notice something was wrong with him, Qi Yue tried to cover it up and explained: "Xiangfeng was joking, why didn't you see you guarding me when we talked at night holding candles yesterday?"
Talking at night by candlelight
Hearing this, Qing Yun was so angry that this man stayed in his room until the third watch last night before leaving. In the dead of night, they talked about the Xiangzhou matter and talked a lot about it.
But Qingyun never expected that this man really just chatted with him all night, and changed his stupid way of clinging to him begging for sex in the previous few worlds, this world is actually possessed by Liu Xiahui.
If it wasn't for the way this man looked at him with affection, Qing Yun would have thought that he had admitted the wrong person this time. Both of them are old husbands, and Qing Yun is very dissatisfied with this man's sudden innocence.
Qing Yun glanced at the censer and ignored it. He wished he could suffocate the man to death today. In a fit of anger, Qing Yun accidentally dropped the teacup, and the tiles splashed, causing Qi Yue to stand up immediately: "Be careful!"
He didn't care about hiding his body's reaction, and hastily walked around Qing Yun's side, holding his hand and examining it carefully. As soon as the skins of the two came into contact, they felt a shiver. Qing Yun couldn't help squinting his eyes, and a flash of water flashed in his long and narrow phoenix eyes, and he couldn't help biting his lip.
"What to bite? What should I do if I bite through it." Qi Yue looked at the young man's bright red lips, and felt as if he was dying of thirst. He pulled the young man's wrist by mistake, leaned over and licked the bright red lips in an extremely presumptuous manner, and instantly smelled a piece of fresh water vapor, and he couldn't leave the young man's lips like a hungry fish.
This is the sweetness that makes Qi Yue's soul burst.
"Hmm!" The familiar ferocity and domineering swept Qing Yun again, his narrowed eyes flashed a hint of complacency, hum, let you pretend, can't you pretend
The man was as fierce as ever, and his neck ached from the bite. Qing Yun was not going to make this man happy, so he kicked him out.
Qi Yue sat on the ground with a plop, and felt the young man's refusal, and suddenly felt a bucket of cold water poured on his head, and his whole body became decadent.
He was rejecting him, he... didn't want it, would he think he was hateful
Panic struck, Qi Yue covered his red and bloodshot eyes, begged and apologized in a humble voice: "It's my fault, it's me, Meng Lang, please don't be angry, okay? I, I'm not right today, I'll take this incense burner with me. Walk."
Qing Yun lay sideways on the bed, tugged at the belt of her shirt, and enjoyed enough of the man's decadent and heartbroken appearance, then snorted, raised her chin and said, "Who told you to go? Go behind the screen and put yourself Clean it up and bring it up."
Hearing the young man's hoarse and soft nasal voice, the depressed Qi Yue seemed to suddenly ignite the flame of life again. He rushed behind the screen and jumped into the bathtub where Qing Yun had just bathed. The water splashed everywhere, even bringing the screen down.
Seeing the man in a hurry, Qing Yun laughed happily.
As night fell, the figure of a woman walked through the path in the garden towards the room where the First Prince lived. Zhang Luoyan stopped in front of Qingyun gate, she looked at the flickering lights in the room and frowned, the eldest prince is still awake
He listened attentively, and the sound of panting was mixed with the very seductive muffled hum of the First Prince. Zhang Luoyan's expression changed. Is there anyone else in the room? All of her planning actually made wedding dresses for other women
Zhang Luoyan's face was very pale, she walked in front of the door, but in the end she was still unwilling, gritted her teeth, opened the door and walked in.
After a while, a certain man burst out angrily, "Get lost!"
Zhang Luoyan crawled out of the house, her face was terrified, what kind of General Zhenbei does not get along with the First Prince, these two people are obviously, that kind of relationship...