The emperor reluctantly listened to it, but he was still not very happy. He sighed and said, "Oh, if I knew it earlier, I wouldn't let Mingda go out. How nice it is to be like Changyu, who is right under my nose, so I won't be bullied."
The queen laughed and said, "With the son-in-law here, who dares to bully her? Besides, there is Zhou Man in Qingzhou, so she is safe there."
The emperor has been persuading himself in this way recently so that he is not so upset, but only he knows how he feels in his heart.
Among so many children, the three he loves the most are all born in the same family, and among them Mingda is the most lovable. He can love Prince Gong so much, but in fact Prince Gong has to take a step back in front of Mingda.
The queen also knew that he always loved Mingda, so she stopped mentioning this matter to bother him, but asked, "When will the prince come back?"
The emperor said: "I have sent a secret letter back, and I am already on my way back. I should be able to reach the capital in a few days."
But at this time the prince's return journey was not peaceful. Although they hadn't gone deep into the south of the Yangtze River this time, they boldly wandered around several counties on the border of the south of the Yangtze River.
Although the two censors who followed were stable, they were jealous people, not to mention Tang He, who was not afraid of things, and the crown prince himself was even bolder, so he rectified the officials who passed by, cutting off the south of the Yangtze River and the north. On the way to transport the official salt, he had already sent letters to Qingzhou and Beijing. When he was about to return to Beijing, he passed by Haizhou, so he couldn't hold back and went to the south of the Yangtze River for inspection.
Although he was only in a few states and counties near Haizhou, he rushed to the salt tax and caught the other party by surprise.
He found out a lot of things.
Hearing that Yang Heshu was obstructed in doing things in the south of the Yangtze River, the prince took the things he found out and killed a few people for him.
Well, as the crown prince and inspector on behalf of the emperor, he still has this right.
But when he ransacked the house, he found some incredible things, and the prince and his party immediately prepared to return to Beijing.
Seeing that they had lost eight guards, Xia Yushi couldn't help persuading the prince, "Your Highness, we should change the route to enter the capital. It is better to divide the soldiers into two groups. I will lead the pursuers away, and your Highness will hurry back to Beijing."
The prince had just watched the guards around him dug a hole to bury the three guards who had just passed away. Hearing this, he snorted coldly and said: "Is it the king of the world, why hide from them alone? A group of monsters and monsters are also worthy of deserting good ministers and fleeing for their lives? "
He said: "We drove overnight to Bianzhou, and let the garrison escort Gu back to Beijing directly."
Although Xia Yushi was very moved that the prince did not abandon them and listed them as good ministers, he still said: "How do you know that the people who were hunted down did not collude with the aristocratic families in the Central Plains? Once they collude with each other, it will only become more dangerous for us to enter the city .”
The prince looked directly at Tang He, "What do you think?"
Tang He had to protect the two censors during the fight just now, and his arm was also cut with a sword. The problem is not serious. He is bandaging at this time. After thinking about it, he said: "Xia Yushi's concerns are not unreasonable."
The prince sneered, "Is there such a ridiculous thing in the world? You are the prince alone!"
Tang He said indifferently: "There are too many absurd things in this world, even such things as father killing son and son killing father, not to mention assassinating the crown prince? Aren't they planning to assassinate now?"
He said: "The things in His Highness's hands can kill many people, and no one knows how many forces are involved in it except for the people written in that book."
"It's already a life-and-death situation, why don't they dare?" Tang He said: "If we are lucky and there are no accomplices in the city we enter, we can naturally call up the garrison to escort the prince to Beijing, but if it happens to be theirs What about your partner?"
The two censors also said yes again and again, persuading: "Your Highness's safety is the most important thing."
The prince pursed his lips tightly, and asked after a while, "Then how can we have both?"
"Two ways, let's go to Yanzhou," Qingzhou went to the south, and the area north of Haizhou was cleaned up by the prince. He has mastered the land transportation, and Yanzhou is among them, and it is not very far away from them. In fact, it can be trusted of.
"Yanzhou's garrison is available, that is..."
"Too weak," the prince said expressionlessly.
"Yes, they may not be able to withstand the increasing number of assassins, but they will definitely be able to delay the time. We will send someone to the capital to send a message. If Jiangnan does not want to rebel, they can only stop."
Actually, Tang He didn't really want to make a fuss to this point. Once Jiangnan turned against him, not only would the war in Jiangnan be renewed, and people would be devastated, even Yang Heshu would not be able to live.
Before they ran, they sent someone to deliver a letter to Yang Heshu. I don't know if he received it, and if he could run away in time...
"There is another way, Your Highness will give the things to the minister, and the minister will take the people back to the capital first," Tang He said: "The one who is dangerous is the person who brought the things, not Your Highness."
The prince lowered his eyes to think, and raised his eyes to look at him after a while, "Which one do you prefer?"
"The first one," Tang He said with a serious face, "Your Highness can recruit garrison escorts when entering Yanzhou, and then continue to recruit garrison escorts in the next county..."
Xia Yushi felt bad when he heard the words, and immediately asked: "What if the assassin gets involved?"
Tang He: "His Royal Highness has us to protect him, even assassins are among them. I don't believe that there are more assassins than soldiers who serve the country."
Ning Yushi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "When you cross a state, you will call a government to garrison. Not to mention that His Highness has no military talisman and no power to mobilize the army. If he can mobilize, there must be many soldiers following him. Once it is passed into the capital , I'm afraid there is a suspicion of forcing the palace."
The prince's eyes widened, "I'm full, and I'm forced to force the palace at this time?"
Ning Yushi choked for a moment and said, "Your Highness, this is a hypothesis."
Who can tell what is going on in this world
He hinted: "Prince Li and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were also loving fathers and filial sons, but Jiang Chong slandered, didn't the emperor also suspect him of witchcraft? Otherwise, why would Prince Li rebel and commit suicide?"
Prince: ... The prince, who was prepared to rebel, felt that what he said was very reasonable.
But at this time, he trusted his father a little more, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Gu believes in the father, and the father must also believe in the father."
His wife and children are still in the palace, even if he wants to rebel, he has to bring his wife and children out first, right
He is not really alone now as he used to be.
And there is also the queen mother, the prince trusts the queen very much.
It is true that the first method is the safest at the moment, but... he glanced at Tang He and asked, "What is your plan for suggesting Gu?"
Tang He took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, I want to take the initiative to spread rumors that you want to rebel."
The two censors glared at Tang He. Isn't this separating the father and son of the Tian family
Tang He hurriedly said: "This is a last resort. We did this wrong from the beginning. We shouldn't have gone to Haizhou, let alone killed the governor of Haizhou. Although we have done it, I shouldn't regret it. , but should think of a remedy, but we should also know that if one is not handled properly, Jiangnan will start a new war, and I don’t want the people to suffer, so I can only ask Your Highness to take risks.”