The path of King Ping is destined to be more difficult than others, but since he chose this path, he will not hesitate to fight for blood.
"I have a lot of official duties now, and everything in the mansion still requires you to worry more." King Ping touched his wife's already high pregnant belly, feeling a little guilty for his submissive and considerate wife.
The princess leaned in Prince Ping's arms and said softly, "The concubine is not bitter. Since I chose to stand by the prince's side, I already thought about this day." The princess thought to herself that she did not have a strong foreign family. You can't help the prince like the fifth prince and concubine, at least you have to ensure the tranquility of the backyard, so that the prince can realize his great cause without any worries.
Both the husband and wife knew that the concubine in the mansion was either a holy man or a man of the fifth prince, so both of the husband and wife were indifferent to the two. confidential.
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"Master, the reply from the capital." Yan Wei took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the man standing under the window. Who was the man who turned back when he heard the sound, not Xiao Linyu
He took over the secret letter and confirmed that the beeswax on it had not been unsealed. He opened the letter and sat at the desk. After reading the letter, he placed the candle on the fire and burned it out: "I have been dormant for three years, so I will only wait for today, and I will return in three days. Beijing."
"Yes." Yan Wei said yes and left the study without disturbing Xiao Linyu, who had fallen into deep thought.
It's been three years, and it's finally time to return to Beijing. Xiao Linyu raised her head, suddenly feeling a little timid. In the past few years, he has traveled from northeast to west, re-established an ocean-going caravan, and opened up trade between the north and south waterways. He has been working and rushing around the clock. He didn't dare to stop for a moment, for fear that once he stopped, he would not be able to hold back the feeling in his heart. Strong general.
In the past three years, he has been to Northern Xinjiang, Beidi, Western Chu, and Nanyang. He has only stayed in Northern Xinjiang and Luohe Prefecture for nearly a month. He knows that although his parents and elders are not as prosperous and rich as they used to be, But he also lived well, and he knew that everything he did was worth it.
King Ping had promised him that as long as he helped him ascend to the throne, he would try his best to settle all grievances related to General Han Guanghong's case. In the past three years, he has served King Ping, but he has seen the virtuous side of this prince who is not well-known in Beijing, and has also strengthened his heart to follow King Ping's plan.
Three days later, Xiao Linyu put on his usual clothes for the outside world, sat in a wheelchair and was pushed by Yan Wei to Yu's family's river fleet, and set off back to Beijing.
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In the winter of the thirty-fourth year of Yuanhua, the current sage died of illness and was posthumously named Shizu.
Before the death of the ancestor, he left a decree to establish the seventh prince Yongze, who was only thirteen years old, as the new emperor. The fifth prince, Yong Lian, who originally thought he was winning, was slapped severely by the will, and he rebelled the next day.
The rebellious fifth prince and his subordinates entered tens of thousands of people through Ding'anmen, directly broke through the Ding'anmen's Royal Forest Army, and then fought all the way to go straight to the main hall of Qingyang.
In the harem, in the Jade Cream Palace, Concubine Lan Gui, who colluded with her son inside and outside, instructed the palace staff to hold the seventh prince Yongze, who has not yet ascended the throne, and his mother Concubine Xian tightly: "Don't think that the first emperor has a will, you He Yunxian can really be at peace. Sit firmly as the queen mother, and know that some things don't belong to you, don't take them randomly, or you will pay the price of your life!"
"Sun Laner, what are you going to do? Let me go!" Concubine Xian was pressed to the ground by the two powerful maids, her eyes were full of horror, and she tried to break free, but it was to no avail.
Concubine Lan Gui sneered: "What? You really think you are the supreme empress dowager, don't you?" She motioned to the mammy who was holding the tray by her side to start: "If you want to blame, then blame your good son for taking things that don't belong to him. !"
The seventh prince tightly closed his lips and refused the palace servants to pour him poisonous wine, but he was only a thirteen-year-old boy, how could he have the strength to match three or four palace servants? After being pinched abruptly, it didn't take long for a glass of poisonous wine to fall into his stomach. The seventh prince only felt a sharp pain in his body, but he lost consciousness for a moment.
"Yongze! Yongze!" Concubine Xian, who saw her son being drunk with poisonous wine, suddenly broke away all the shackles, rushed to the side of her son, who had lost her breath, and hugged the bleeding son with seven orifices. In his arms, he burst into tears: "Yongze, look at the concubine! Look at the concubine!"
Concubine Lan Gui smiled smugly: "This is the fate of the dove occupying the magpie's nest." After all, Concubine Xian, who was crying until her heart was broken, only left two palace servants to guard her, and she took the rest of the palace staff to go out. Go to Qingyang Palace to welcome his son's triumphant arrival.
The Royal Forest Army was forced to retreat step by step, and had already retreated outside the Qingyang Palace. There was also news that the Seventh Prince had been poisoned to death, but Jiang Han, the leader of the Royal Forest Army, refused to admit defeat: "The ancestors' bones are not cold, and there is another decree to make the Seventh Prince the new emperor. , the fifth prince walks against the sky, and his heart can be punished! All the officers and men will strangle the rebels with me!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Although the Royal Forest Army was at a disadvantage, but with the leader Jiang present, the morale was still there, and the soldiers fought to the death with the last shred of faith.
Wearing a bright yellow five-clawed golden dragon robe, the fifth prince rode a white horse and walked behind the rebel army. Hearing the voice of the lingering Yulin Junshan, he sneered: "When the first emperor fell ill and lost his mind, who was he? The family was deceived to set up this imperial edict, the He family has already been put to death, and the officers and men will follow me to clear the side of the monarch! Zhenggangji!"
"kill!"
There were only a few hundred of the three thousand imperial guards left, and most of them were wounded. Just as Jiang Han was in despair, a loud and tidy cry of killing came from outside Ding'anmen: "Kill!"
A man in white armor riding a red BMW, wielding a sword in his hand, took the lead in killing a bloody road.
"It's King Ping! We are saved! Brothers, hold on!" The royal guards finally waited for the reinforcements, all of them showed a sigh of relief, and the swords in their hands were swung even harder.
The fifth prince never thought that the person who finally led his troops to compete with him was the second child who was trampled under his feet on weekdays: "It's you? you?"
The army led by King Ping was the Han Family Army back then, and the Gyeonggi Guards are now stationed in Gyeonggi.
The Gyeonggi Guards were all soldiers who saved their lives after nine deaths on the battlefield. In addition, they were several percent more than the rebels led by the Fifth Prince. The rebels who had already successfully captured Qingyang Palace were like being cut into melons and vegetables. In general, the situation was completely reversed within an hour.
The defeat is set, and the fifth prince, Yong Lian, who wanted to escape, was also brought back by the left forward. Yong Lian, who was so powerful just now, is now a prisoner. That Ming Huang Huagui's dragon robe has been stained with blood, like a joke. Embarrassing.
In Qingyang Palace, Concubine Lan Gui and her minions were all taken down. In this case of conspiracy, which was called "Ding'an Rebellion" by later generations, King Ping finally relieved the siege, the fifth prince Yong Lian was captured alive, and the seventh prince Yong Ze died violently. , countless casualties as the ending.
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The seven princes who were supposed to ascend the throne have died suddenly, the five princes with wolf ambitions have been imprisoned in the ancestral mansion, and the king of Ping Yonghong, who led the troops to relieve the siege of Qingyang Palace, has become the most popular candidate for ascending the throne.
"The first emperor has passed away, the queen has ordered the emperor, and the second son of the emperor, Yonghong, is diligent and respectful, and his character is precious. He has contributed greatly to helping the country and the mountains. Upholding the last wish of the former emperor, it is now located in Yonghong. Carefully assist the Prime Minister, and help the Sheji together. Appreciate this!" In the main hall of Qingyang Palace, none of the ministers and princes made a sound. After listening to Qin Dehai's rice paper, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty knelt down three times and nine times in response.
"This king is not talented, thank the father and queen for the grace of the queen." King Ping knelt down to receive the decree: "I hope you will help me to build Haiyan Heqing together!"
"Long live, long live, my emperor!" Long live the civil and martial arts in the hall, but many ministers with their heads bowed did not dare to say anything. Most of them were from the fifth prince. Now the fifth prince has been imprisoned, they hide It's too late, where can there be any movement
Qin Tianjian selected the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month as the day when the new emperor ascended the throne.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was exempted from national taxes for two years, and the case of the third prince and General Han Guanghong's treason was re-examined, and a series of new orders to calm the people and clean up the government were carried out.
"The first emperor's five sons, Yong Lian, framed the first three princes and General Han Guanghong for plotting rebellion first, and then colluded with Bei Di to invade the northern Xinjiang. They were the sinners of Dafeng. The few people remembered the former emperor's kindness and could not bear to kill each other, so Yong Lian committed suicide. The female relatives in the mansion of the fifth prince were removed from the royal jade plate, demoted to commoners, and forbidden to enter the capital for life." The fifth prince, who was already a prisoner, sat in the prison and listened to the imperial decree, but he did not respond.
Qin Dehai put away the imperial decree and handed it to the fifth prince: "Five princes, accept the decree!"
The fifth prince smashed Qin Dehai's hand as if he had gone mad, and Ming Huang's imperial decree floated in the filthy prison: "He Yonghong is a fart saint? I am the one who is destined to die! Why give me death?!"
Looking coldly at the fifth prince, who was already a little crazy, Qin Dehai shook his head sneeringly: "The fifth prince, the king is defeated, you are no longer that high prince, why bother to come?" After that, he brought his little apprentice out In the stinky and dirty cell, he explained to the jailer as he walked: "The sage's kindness, grant Yong Lian to commit suicide, you should be more alert."
"Don't worry, father-in-law, I understand." The jailer nodded and sent Qin Dehai out.
The wrongful cases of the two generals Han Guanghong and Liu Wei have been vindicated, and the people involved in the two cases have finally been vindicated.
After receiving the latest news from the storekeeper Wu from the capital, and learning that the whole family can get rid of their low status and be exiled to the northern Xinjiang, the brothers Xiao Hairu can also return to their hometown to reunite. All right, all right!"
You Jin didn't disturb the joy of Xiao's family, and after bringing the news, he backed out, and then sent the captain of guard Xiao out: "I think this news will soon reach the northern border, captain of the guard, you have to work hard, Pick up the two masters of the Xiao family."
Guard Xiao naturally wouldn't refuse, and the next morning he led the two of them to the northern Xinjiang.
The people here in Luohe Prefecture were still immersed in the joy of reconciling their grievances, but there were other people in the capital who ended up in ruins like the Han and Liu families because of their involvement in the case of the Fifth Prince's treason.
As one of the members who had been wronged, Xiao Linyu was finally able to take off the mask that she had been wearing for nearly three years, and stepped into Xiao's mansion, which was returned by the imperial court.
The first emperor was in a daze, and most of the people below him were corrupt officials. The property that Xiao’s family obtained by looting their home is now unknown, but Xiao Linyu doesn’t care about these external things. Now he is only anxious to go to Luohe Prefecture to pick up his family , went to see the person who offered a helping hand despite everything when his family was in the most difficult time: "As long as people are still there, everything will be there again. I'm going to Luohe Prefecture, and everything in the house will be left to you and Take care of things."
Yan Wei expressed that his head hurts for the stall left by the master, but the master has long since taken the guards of the imperial guards given by the sage to the north all the way, and he can only resign and fight beside the old steward of the Xiao residence. Manage chores.