In the seventh month of Wuyin, the twenty-seventh year of Shengwu, King Ling went to the Taiji Hall to watch the court and accept the worship of the officials.
Gengshen announced to the world that he would succeed Emperor Hao and call him Emperor Hao, and make Princess Feng the queen, and change Yuan Emperor Yao.
Due to the conspiracy of the Gyeonggi Guards, the ruling power of the inner five gates near Miyagi and the Imperial City was handed over to the Imperial Forest Army. In order to prevent the remnants of the rebels from causing trouble, the Outer Nine Gates were also heavily sealed by the Xuanjia Army.
The emperor's eldest son, King Qi, was granted the title of King Hao; the twelve princes were promoted to be King Li; the third prince, King Ji, was expelled from the title of Prince, and was imprisoned by the Emperor Zongsi; Given death, all the rest of the family members will be dispatched to Zhuozhou, and will never be pardoned.
Although Empress Yin was imprisoned in the palace, the Yin family was not willing to lose just like that. Soon there were rumors in the city of Yige, claiming that King Ling mobilized the imperial guards to force the palace to seize the heir, forged the imperial decree, and blamed King Ji and King Xi on this.
The family members of King Ji and King Xi took the opportunity to cry and cry for grievances. There were many rumors in the imperial capital, and people's hearts were in turmoil.
At this time, the two armies of Shenyu and Shence rushed back in the starry night, and King Zhan's soldiers forced the emperor's capital, please see the emperor of heaven, Sheng'an.
The situation changed abruptly, and the mountains and rain in Yige City were full of wind and rain. Everywhere, you can see sharp weapons and fierce armor, which is eye-catching and shocking.
At this time, the Yin family also joined forces with the Wei family, Jin family and other powerful forces to gather courtiers of the fourth rank and above who supported King Zhan.
It has been a hundred years since the clans of the Celestial Dynasty resisted the imperial power and controlled the government. Even though the Feng and Su families were not among them, they still had an astonishing momentum.
There are even Sun Pu, a veteran of the three dynasties, and others who have been loyal to the royal family all their lives and are stubborn and upright. This time they were somehow moved by Yin Jianzheng's rhetoric, and they also participated in this matter.
Dengwen heard that the drum was rumbling and shaking the sky and spread throughout the palace city, and the purple robe and scarlet clothes in front of the Tai Chi Hall knelt down on the ground.
Unexpectedly, it was dark from noon, and for three days in a row, the scorching sun made a group of civil servants dizzy, but the emperor didn't even show his face. Only Prime Minister Feng said a few polite words with a smile on his face, and the python robe and jade belt were very dignified as a powerful minister.
Wei Zongping, the leader of the group of ministers, hated his teeth itchingly, but he finally learned that the new emperor's cold and hard temper really lived up to his reputation.
In the evening, there was a sudden thunderstorm, and lightning flashed across the hall, splashing the glazed green tiles above the main hall. The sound of the rain was rapid, and the scorching hot jade steps in front of the day were full of heat, which added to the sweltering heat.
The damp wind filled the palace with rain, and the nine jade lotus lanterns were reflected on the crystal clear bead curtains. The night gradually fell, and the light and shadow were faint.
In front of the Taiji Hall, the monarch and his ministers argued that there would be no trouble in the harem. Just after taking a bath, Qing Chen leaned in front of the phoenix couch and thoughtfully combed his long hair with jade. There was a maid on duty standing under the light outside, she waved her hand, Baguio understood, turned around and led the maids back.
She closed her eyes lazily, but her heart was not at peace, as expected, after all, everyone has reached this point.
The Taishanghuang suddenly fell into a coma. Although he was revived by medical treatment, he could not speak and his mind was in a daze.
The end of the hero, the twilight of the years. The wise and powerful monarch in the past is now just an old man waiting to die, and the world has no meaning to him.
With 400,000 troops approaching the imperial capital, there are still forces from the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and with the full support of the officials and clans within, Ye Tianzhan has no chance of winning.
Even though he only asked to see the emperor of heaven, Sheng'an, and did not openly question the emperor's throne, they had already understood each other's hearts.
However, long before that, Ye Tianling secretly supported the rapid growth of the Northwest Rouran clan, and gradually began to replace the Turkic power in the past and regain its glory. In terms of emotion and reason, Wanqi Shuofeng will never let the countries of the Western Regions have the opportunity to intervene in the political situation of the Celestial Dynasty. Once there is a change in the Western Regions, the Rouran Iron Cavalry will definitely block the soldiers from the Western Regions for Ye Tianling. And the chief envoys of the states were ordered to mobilize the soldiers and horses from all over the world. At this moment, they may have approached the rear wings of the two armies.
The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind. Once the interlocking flames of war are ignited, there will be another turbulent war in Kyushu.
A strand of hair slid through his fingers, and Qing Chen's brows subconsciously passed a slight mark. She wasn't worried that Ye Tianling would lose in any duel, but the situation of civil strife and cannibalism in front of her was really hard to laugh at.
The war in Mobei has just extinguished, and the war in the Central Plains has resumed. How many soldiers will be buried in this civil strife. The body that was supposed to defend the country has to be sacrificed in the struggle for the change of imperial power. What is the value of life
Who are they fighting for? Who can be worthy of their bloodshed and sacrifice
War, probably after all, is not suitable for women.
Qing Chen laughed at himself. When she stood beside him and chose this path, it meant giving up peace and tranquility. Kindness and tranquility are pity for the enemy and a sharp edge for oneself.
However, that person, is he an enemy
She gently buried her face in her satin-like hair, and the sound of the rain was about to stop. She just thought it was an illusion, a leisurely flute sound gradually came from the distant night, it was vaguely a familiar tune.
After listening to this for a while, she suddenly woke up and straightened up.
The sound of the flute was far away, as if it was in the sky, but it was so clear that it seemed to penetrate through the rain and night and echo in every corner of Yige City, drifting into the palace city with heavy courtyards.
She broke out in a cold sweat. If she wasn't in the imperial capital, it would be impossible to hear the sound of the flute so clearly in the palace. Could it be... She didn't dare to think about it, pulled off the gauze, got off the couch barefoot, and hurried out of the palace .
After taking a few steps, she stopped.
At the gate of the palace, Ye Tianling stood there at some point. The figure is straight, as proud as facing the abyss, the black gold dragon robe, the wide sleeves hang down quietly behind him, motionless, a chilling air shrouds his whole body like frost.
Under the glazed lamp, his face was cold and sharp, he silently locked Qing Chen's eyes for a moment, and with a decisive sharp blade broke the water and ice, he suddenly turned around and strode out.
"Fourth brother!" Qing Chen was in a hurry, and stopped him after a few steps: "No!"
Ye Tianling turned around, with a deep chill in his eyes, and said coldly: "Since he came boldly, is he still afraid of meeting me!"
Qing Chen knew that he had already heard the song "Bi Mu", and was angry in his heart. At this time, he was afraid that the more he persuaded, the more chaotic he would be, so he immediately asked him: "How do you know that they are not using tricks to lure each other? In such a situation , if he dares to enter the imperial capital at night, he will not take risks in vain!"
Ye Tianling's lips showed a cold and arrogant arc: "So what, do you think I can't do anything to him?"
Qing Chen was well aware of his stubbornness and conceit, so he felt helpless, turned his thoughts, raised his bright eyes, stepped back half a step, bowed down and said: "I beg your majesty to think twice!" Her hair cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall, but her expression was dignified and dignified, as if this prostration was a phoenix crown and court dress on the top of a temple, not a deep palace where the two faced each other.
Ye Tianling was stunned for a moment, frowning his sword eyebrows, raised his hand to pull Qing Chen up and brought him to him, staring at her intently, his eyes pierced into her eyes sharply.
Qing Chen looked at him quietly, only to see that his brows were slightly wrinkled, his eyes were faintly bloodshot, and his exhaustion was deeply hidden. Domestic and foreign attacks for several days in a row, everything is messy, so non-stop sleepless, even hard-working people can't bear it. What everyone can see is that he is charming and capable, but because of his arrogance, he will never show his difficulties to others, or it is only in front of her that he can have such an undisguised truth. A burst of heartache was inexplicably mixed with layers of anxiety and worry. The wind was blowing in front of the hall, and the unending night rain slanted onto the front of her clothes. She couldn't help shivering, and when she turned her head, Ye Tianling hugged her tightly. in his arms.
A light flash flashed across the night sky, illuminating Ye Tianling's face, and the cold softness was exceptionally clear. He said slowly, "What are you afraid of?"
Qing Chen said in a low voice: "Just like Eleven, he is your family member and mine."
Suddenly, Ye Tianling's jaw tightened, and Ye Tianling stretched out his hand to lift her face up. His deep eyes gleamed, and the stars and stars emerged from the dark bottom of the lake, slowly covering the sky, "What about me?"
Qing Chen tilted his eyes, stared at him, tiptoed and kissed his lips lightly, without speaking, looked at him again with a smile, his eyes were full of tenderness.
Ye Tianling moved slightly, stretched out his hand and slid down her slender neck, lowered his head and sealed her lips.
The breath is lingering, the beautiful shadows of the palace lanterns are flying around, and the drizzle outside the hall is like a little bit of silver light all over the day.
It took a long time for Ye Tianling to let go of Qing Chen, seeing the charm of Xia Fei's cheeks, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "I hate that song!"
Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he had heard wrongly, the man in front of him was standing in front of the majestic hall with his sleeves flapping, his expression unruly, his eyes staring at people as sharp as a sword, yet he said such a childish sentence. She slanted her eyebrows and looked over, seeing that he really didn't look like he was joking, and finally couldn't help laughing, she leaned over him and laughed until her shoulders trembled slightly.
Ye Tianling's arm was strangled, and Qing Chen said with a smile, "In front of a person, you are serious about a piece of music, what's the matter with you?"
Ye Tianling snorted coldly, "His heart can be punished!"
After hearing this, Qing Chen's heart still sank for no reason, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "Fourth brother, maybe I can try it."
Ye Tianling's expression turned cold instantly: "No way!"
Qing Chen knew that it was useless to discuss, so he provoked him: "Don't you believe me?"
Ye Tianling seemed to be able to see through her mind: "Don't use such aggressive methods, I don't believe him."
Qing Chen was about to say something later, Ye Tianling's eyes moved, and the guard outside the hall asked for an audience, walking in a hurry, obviously something urgent.
The drizzle made Wei Changzheng's armor half-wet, and he knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, the Emperor's Zongsi sent someone to report, but the guards were careless for a while, and King Ji escaped at night, and his whereabouts are unknown!"
Huang Zongsi is located in the imperial city, and although its guards are slightly inferior to Miyagi, they are still heavily guarded. King Ji has no soldiers in his hands and his wounds are still unhealed. How can he escape from the imperial city from the guards of Huang Zongsi? Qing Chen's brows were warm and cold, and he thought to himself, the official family has a deep foundation, and it should not be underestimated, even the Emperor Zongsi can do something. If King Ji wants to get rid of the crime of treason, the only chance is to join the army of King Zhan, falsely accuse Ye Tianling of kidnapping the Emperor of Heaven, and pretend to usurp the throne. In a duel, at least the outcome is evenly divided.
However, Ye Tianling saw a gleam of light in Ye Tianling's eyes like a light splitting the sky, and it was fleeting, and instantly returned to the depth of the night, "I pass on my secret decree, if the guards of Tiandu meet King Ji, don't stop him, let him go out of the city."
Wei Changzheng led the order to do it, and Qing Chen looked at Ye Tianling with shock in his eyes.
They wanted this reason, and he gave them a reason. They wanted to turn the stalemate into a war situation, and he was more willing to break the immediate confrontation than them.
He looked at the night sky with a cold and arrogant expression, which was the confidence of winning, and the fearless perseverance.
Qing Chen immediately understood that King Ji's escape did not rely on the influence of the Yin family or the Wei family, all of this was in his hands. Everything is ready, he is waiting, even creating an opportunity with his own hands, using the resplendent dragon chair in front of him to lure his opponent to kill himself.
In the man's world, killing decisively, swords and swords, and blood flowing into rivers are nothing more than smiles.
Qing Chen suppressed the turbulent mood, stepped forward slowly, and stood beside him. She stretched out her hand to try the wind and rain that drifted into the hall from time to time, and said to him: "Even the emperor's negligence, it can be seen that both sides of the palace city and the imperial city It's time to rectify, what should go out of the palace, what should be changed."
Ye Tianling turned his head, and the corners of his lips curved slightly, "Qing'er, with you walking together, sometimes I wish that the mountain would be higher and the road farther away, it would be a lot of fun."
Qing Chen also smiled and said: "The mountains are high and the roads are far away, just walk around and see. If you really reach the extreme top, there are other mountains. Thousands of mountains are beautiful and thousands of mountains are beautiful. Isn't it not good?"
Ye Tianling looked down at her and said, "Yes, whatever."
Ye Yu was in a hurry, Ye Tianling held Qing Chen in his arms, avoided the cold in the rain, and walked into the hall together.
After entering the bedroom, Qing Chen pointed out to him the stack of memorials before the case: "It's probably all good, but you have to see how many there are, I'm not sure."
Ye Tianling sat down in front of the case, and exchanged glances with her, both of them had a slight hint of a successful prank in their eyes. If anyone was watching at this time, they would definitely not be able to help but wonder who accidentally fell into their schemes.
Seriously speaking, it is not a trivial matter for the ministers to stop the court. In such a huge country, everything is connected from the center to the local area, and the coordination between the upper and lower levels can ensure the normal operation. If so many links are suddenly cut off, and everything piles up like a mountain, the impact will naturally be serious. This is also one of the reasons why the emperors of all dynasties were forced to give in whenever there were ministers beating drums and kneeling to remonstrate.
But now it seems different. On the day of kneeling and admonishing, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China issued an edict that the six departments and nine divisions can directly send undecided matters to Tianting, and wait for the emperor's own handwriting.
As soon as the imperial decree came out, the number of memorials in the Zhiyuan Palace doubled, and all the officials were waiting to see how the emperor could handle so many government affairs alone with three heads and six arms. Unexpectedly, the sent-in playbook would definitely be sent out the next day, and the imperial pen and ink were without errors or omissions, which really made the officials dumbfounded. Some courtiers even read Zhu Zhu's criticism in this chapter, and they were ashamed and quit the list of kneeling and admonishing. It is said that after the old official Sun Pu read Zhu Zhu's commentary, he sighed deeply in the combined version, "Fortunately, the virtuous of the country!" After that, he closed the door and complained of illness, and never went to the Taiji Hall again.
Naturally, no one would know that this sum of money was written by two people. The emperor does not have three heads and six arms, but only one queen who can be trusted as himself.
Ye Tianling flipped through a few melodies, and Qing Chen personally brought a carved silver palace lantern and put it on the desk, immediately a faint fragrance wafted in the air, calming the mind.
Seeing that Ye Tianling had taken the ink brush and quickly wrote a few words on the memorial, and seeing that he had indeed rejected the memorial to the new emperor's enthronement to amnesty the world, she smiled and teased: "You are so cool and ungrateful."
Ye Tianling didn't raise his eyes, but focused on the next memorial, "I don't need to pardon these criminals to win people's hearts." As he spoke, he swiped his ink pen, and a list of Autumn Judgments was ticked out, on which there were The names of Shao Xiubing and others.
After dealing with a few things so quickly, Ye Tianling only felt extremely sleepy tonight. It was said that the servants in the palace would take away the approved memorials so that they could be sent back to the various departments for handling in the morning. He relaxed his muscles and bones, and leaned back against the Close your eyes and rest on the couch.
Qing Chen reached out to rub his shoulders for him, Ye Tianling closed his eyes and shook her hand, but fell asleep unconsciously.
After he fell into a deep sleep, Qing Chen gently pulled his hand out of his palm, got up and extinguished the bright lamp on the desk, and quietly walked out of the bedroom.
The guards in front of the sleeping palace are all carefully selected confidantes, many of whom are from Mingyi Building. Qing Chen called Mingzhi over and ordered in a low voice: "Come out of the palace with me, don't disturb others."