Early the next morning, Qing Yun lifted his heavy eyelids and sat up while supporting his aching waist.
Seeing the silent incense burner in the room, Qing Yun could not help but pinch the bridge of his nose. The falling smoke did not know what was burning. Although the medicine was not strong, it was lingering, which made him a little unbearable.
Qi Yue noticed the movements of the people around him, and he groped and hugged the warm body around him while he was half asleep and half awake. A happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but when he was about to wake up, he felt a heavy blow on the back of his neck, and he fell into a deep trance again. lethargy.
Seeing the smile on the man's mouth that hadn't dissipated, Qing Yun felt angry.
Last night, this man used the power of the medicine to act recklessly. He just casually mentioned the "Elder Prince" to tease Qi Yue as usual, but the man actually had to force him to promise to take good care of the Eldest Prince in the future when he was deeply in love. give up.
Thinking of the softness she rarely showed last night, Qing Yun's head was throbbing with veins, he raised his hand and slapped the man's dog's face, and then he felt bewildered and kicked him to the ground.
Hehe, the man's obedience these days almost made him forget, the competition between him and Qi Yue is not over yet, I don't know who this idiot will support after abandoning the third prince.
She glanced shyly and angrily at the man on the ground, Qingyun dressed and washed neatly. The servant girl who came to serve saw the disheveled General Zhenbei lying on the ground, even though her eyes were about to pop out, she didn't dare to make a sound.
After Qing Yun finished washing, there was a knock on the door by a guard: "My lord, the carriage is ready, when will you return to Beijing?"
"Leave now, remember not to disturb the people in the city."
Qing Yuntong was normal when he came, and left in a simple carriage.
Before dawn, Qing Yun thought that there would be no one in the city, but when he came out of the prefect's mansion, he found that the entire Xiangzhou city was brightly lit, and people were standing in front of every house, and when they saw his carriage, they knelt down neatly Sending off: "Respectfully sending off the eldest prince, the eldest prince is safe and sound, and will live in peace forever!"
The people of Xiangzhou kneel with sincerity. The Xiangzhou catastrophe had just passed, and they really had nothing to give to the eldest prince, so they could only express their affection with such etiquette.
The road out of the city is very long, and the side of the road is full of people, there are old women over eighty years old, and children under five years old, all sincerely wish Qingyun.
They deeply felt that the eldest prince's stay in Xiangzhou for such a long time was a great favor to them, and they did not dare to be greedy to keep him, but only left the most innocent blessings.
Even Qing Yun was shocked by what he saw and heard along the way. He was spurned and insulted by thousands of people, and he was also admired by crazy obsessions. Carefully and sincerely thanked him and blessed him, just because he did what he was supposed to do.
Qing Yun got out of the carriage and walked all the way. After leaving the city gate, he walked for a while before getting into the carriage again and rushing back to the capital at a very fast speed.
Because of the Third Prince's siege that night, the capital was agitated for a while.
The ministers of the third prince's family, even if they thought about it, they never thought that it was Emperor Hongming himself who sent the third prince into the prison for treason.
Why did the emperor, who had been seriously ill for a long time, suddenly appear? It was rumored that the eldest prince imprisoned Emperor Hongming, could it be false
In any case, the third prince has become a traitor, and these ministers are all in danger, for fear that they will also be implicated. The one who panicked the most was of course the Minister of Rites. In fact, he had already received the news that the third prince had returned to Beijing before that night.
But he never expected that the third prince would lead troops to fight here. After all, according to the Minister of Rites, the eldest prince is not here. The third prince holds the imperial decree, and no one will drive him out if he swaggers in. This is the brain Did you draw your own troops to attack the city
He was still chanting the slogan of King Qin, but was caught by Emperor Hongming who suddenly appeared.
The Minister of the Ministry of Rites is full of darkness, and now he has no intention of arguing with his old rival, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.
What surprised all the officials was that after the emperor appeared that night, he was seriously ill again and did not go to court. From this point of view, Emperor Hongming's body is completely irreparable.
Qi Yue didn't wake up until noon. As soon as he woke up, he felt extremely sore in his neck and couldn't help but smile wryly. Who else could knock him out without a sound, except for the person next to his pillow with whom he was in love last night
"It's so cruel." Qi Yue moaned while clutching his neck, but thinking of the scenes he experienced last night, the smile on his face became even brighter, "But it's very sweet, very soft and very..."
The young man's crying soft voice flashed in Qi Yue's mind again, and he felt a surge of heat immediately, causing his body to react immediately, and he almost had a nosebleed.
Qi Yue wiped his face and stood up. Although he knew that the usually proud young man showed his state last night, he would definitely get angry today, but he didn't expect to be so angry that he directly knocked him out.
Qi Yue couldn't help but reflect on whether he had gone too far last night, but at that time he was being burned by the drug and heard the young man mentioning the eldest prince in an extremely protective tone at that moment, how could he bear it?
Covering his face, Qi Yue still felt a little guilty, Xiangfeng... Don't throw away Xiangfeng, he left early, turned his head to look at the interior decoration, Qi Yue was completely devastated.
Sure enough, he was left behind.
But Qi Yue was not too decadent. In his opinion, he and the young man were already husband and wife, and he was not afraid that the young man would abandon him. Thinking of his current relationship with Xiangfeng, Qi Yue couldn't help but chuckle.
That's what they should be like, right? The eldest prince's relationship with the young man will never be closer than him.
There was no sense of crisis at all. Qi Yue tidied up his clothes and pushed the door out. He thought for a while and went back to check the incense burner in the house with a sullen face. Everyone in Xiangzhou City respected Xiangfeng, and no one would do it. With such dirty means, except for that woman Zhang Luoyan.
Slapped the ashes off his hands, Xiangfeng didn't want to argue with women, he, Qi Yue, didn't have such a good character, Qi Yue's eyes became as black as ink, that woman actually wanted to climb into the young man's bed? That alone is unforgivable.
Not being kind to his former "fiancée" at all, Qi Yue led his team back to the capital after cleaning up Zhang Luoyan and Zhang Lin's father and daughter neatly.
This delay made him completely unable to catch up with Qing Yun, but even though he was anxious, Qi Yue did not dare to let Zhang Luoyan and Zhang Lin ignore him. Xiangfeng kept these two people, and he must be handing them over to him. If he didn't handle this matter well, he would never want to see the young man again in the future.
On the way back to Beijing, Qi Yue happened to meet with the Zhenbei Army who came from the northern border. Looking at the Zhenbei Army with a serious lineup, Qi Yue's face became serious again when he thought of his plan. In order to ensure the success this time, he dispatched two-thirds of the Zhenbei Army. After all, he is different from the third prince, who is a member of the royal family no matter what, so the dispute between him and the eldest prince can be regarded as a fight between the princes at best.
But he, Qi Yue, is really rebelling this time, and it is about the youth, only success is not allowed to fail.
"When you return to Beijing this time, you should know what Qi's plan is. If you don't want to, you can leave." Qi Yue said coldly. His words were just a test, and the Zhenbei Army has been built by him like an iron barrel. Generally, these soldiers always only recognize him, Qi Yue, but not the soldier talisman.
Sure enough, upon hearing Qi Yue's words, the Zhenbei Army not only did not back down, but raised their arms and shouted: "We will follow the general to the death!"
Seeing this, Qi Yue nodded in satisfaction. He didn't pretend, but swaggered and rushed to the capital with this huge army.
The military adviser who reported the situation of the third prince to Qi Yue saw that Qi Yue looked serious, but actually showed a joyful expression, and couldn't help but joked: "The general succeeded in embracing a beautiful woman?"
"You are the only one who is busy." Qi Yue cast a deep glance at the military division, the threat was beyond words.
The military adviser was startled, and immediately straightened his expression. He didn't expect the general to value the young man so much, and he couldn't even tolerate a word of ridicule from others.
Before the capital became turbulent again, Qing Yun had already returned to the capital. And his deeds of water control in Xiangzhou, and the scene of being sent off by all the people when he came back were slowly spread by people from neighboring counties who went to Xiangzhou to control water. Now with his return journey, it has spread to the capital, and all the ministers above the court are full of praise.
After many days, seeing this young but majestic First Prince again, the ministers only felt that the trip to Xiangzhou made the First Prince even more unfathomable.
"When I'm not here, what's the situation?" The young man's clear voice rang out in the Xuanzheng Hall, and Wei Lin and the others felt as if they had a backbone in their hearts, and immediately settled down.
Many ministers sighed in their hearts. They did not expect that the eldest prince would already have such a stable position in their hearts after only a few months in power. Not only did this position not disappear because of his leaving for a few days, but it became even more stable.
Because the eldest prince left the capital, all the political affairs were on their heads, so they really felt how resourceful and resourceful this young man, who was not a weak crown, was able to manage the entire court in an orderly manner with ease.
After dealing with various matters efficiently as usual, Qing Yun leaned back in his chair a little tiredly, and said, "Do you have any other matters, ministers?"
"My minister has something to do!" It was Wei Lin who came out on the list, "A country cannot be without a king for a day. The emperor has been ill for a long time, and his condition is getting worse. There are Yi tribes outside and three princes causing troubles. Dayan urgently needs a virtuous man to sit in charge, so, I implore the eldest prince to ascend the throne and save the people from the fire and water!"
Hearing Wei Lin's words at first, Qing Yun raised his eyebrows slightly, and it turned out to be a little faster than he thought.
As soon as Wei Lin's words fell, other ministers in the hall echoed: "My ministers agree! I implore the eldest prince to ascend the throne!"
The voices in the Xuanzheng Palace were one after another. The incident in Xiangzhou had already announced the ability and character of the First Prince to the world. The previous rumors about the First Prince were self-defeating, and even made the "rebellious" Third Prince useless.
Seeing that the voice was getting stronger and stronger, the ministers in the palace had knelt together and shouted in unison, please Qing Yun to ascend the throne.
Qing Yun raised his hand to stop the shouting, stood up, did not show any arrogance, nor was he hypocritical, he just cupped his hands and said: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."
The news of the eldest prince's enthronement spread, the whole palace was in full swing, and the people in the capital were all beaming when they got the news.
In the past, there would be turmoil every time the throne was changed, and no matter who the crown prince was chosen, a group of ministers would fall after taking the throne, so at this time, people in the capital were still worried.
But the Eldest Prince is different. The Eldest Prince has been in power for several months. Although his methods are fierce, they never bring harm to the innocent, and all the corrupt forces in the court have been wiped out. It can be said that the people in the capital are all looking forward to the first prince's ascension to the throne, for fear that other princes will ascend the throne first and cause turmoil. Now that the first prince is finally about to ascend the throne, how can they not rush to tell everyone
Qi Yue also got the news, and he ordered his soldiers to speed up, so that they must return to the capital before the eldest prince ascended the throne.
After traveling all night, he finally arrived at the capital on the day the First Prince ascended the throne. Looking at the gate of the capital, Qi Yue rode his horse over without hiding anything.
"The Zhenbei Army returns to Beijing!"
As soon as the Zhenbei Army's name came out, the soldiers guarding the city were immediately startled. The Zhenbei Army has returned, and they are so swaggering. Now they are catching up with the eldest prince's ascension to the throne. Could there be something unexpected
When the Imperial Forest Army got the news, they immediately came to stop it. Fang Rui saw Qi Yue's momentum was overwhelming, and the bloody Zhenbei Army had to grit his teeth. Their Yulin Army trained hard for many days, but they were still completely inferior to Qi Yue's Zhenbei Army.
After all, all the Zhenbei Army are veterans who have fought against the brave Mongolian people for more than ten years. How much blood was on their hands? And even the training of the Royal Forest Army in the capital is just a drill. Wherever they have experienced actual combat, they will compete with the Zhenbei Army.
The same tiger, kept in a cage and killed in the jungle, are naturally two completely different states.
Even though he was captured by the terrifying aura of the Zhenbei Army, Fang Rui did not back down, but gritted his teeth and said sharply: "The front is the Zhenbei General Qi Yue? The emperor sent you to station at the border. Why did you return to Beijing for no reason at this time?"
Qi Yue sat on the horse, but did not stop because of the obstruction of the imperial forest army. The uniform black-armored army behind him walked forward with him with heavy steps, and every step forward, the momentum rose by a knot.
"Oh? This general came to congratulate the eldest prince, why not?" Qi Yue replied leisurely, full of strength.
This is the reason why the entire Dayan is afraid of the Zhenbei Army, because as long as Qi Yue turns his back on him, no one in the entire Dayan can stop him. He doesn't need high-sounding reasons, he doesn't need to be afraid of other people's words, as long as he releases the army behind him, he can use force to suppress it absolutely.
Facing the tremendous pressure from the Zhenbei Army, cold sweat dripped down Fang Rui's forehead, but the spear in his hand was twisted: "General, stop, except for the Royal Forest Army, the rest of the army is not allowed to enter the capital without the order of the Holy One, otherwise it will be the same as the conspiracy Same crime!"
As soon as he saw the moves in this man's hands, a trace of tenderness flashed across Qi Yue's dark eyes. It seemed that the Imperial Forest Army was really trained by Xiangfeng.
But suddenly, this tenderness turned into deep possessiveness.
Xiangfeng taught? How is it taught? What kind of contact do you have with this person
Seeing Qi Yue's horseshoes not stopping and his eyes becoming unfriendly, Fang Rui stepped forward to fight with him under the pressure.
Qi Yue watched this man's every move, his eyes became darker and darker, almost bursting with killing intent. For some unknown reason, he used the same move as Fang Rui, but the move was suppressed. In the end, the long sword directly picked Fang Rui off the horse
Seeing the leaders of the two sides fighting, their own leader was completely defeated, and the imperial forest army's momentum suddenly fell. Fang Rui clutched his chest and got up, looking at Qi Yue with shocking eyes: "You...you and the Great Emperor..."
Before Fang Rui finished speaking, Qi Yue snorted and said, "You are not as good as him."
Seeing that the Zhenbei army was about to enter the city, Fang Rui was anxious. He was about to give an order to stop them, but he saw a man coming from the imperial city on horseback, and whispered in his ear.
Fang Rui's eyebrows frowned, but he still respected the order, and turned to the head of the Zhenbei Army: "I was reckless before, General Qi forgives my sin. Please, General Qi, the eldest prince has been waiting in the palace for a long time!"
Hearing Fang Rui's words, Qi Yue raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the eldest prince would have the guts to invite him into the palace