Duan Ling was half asleep, curled up in the cabin, and heard the sound of raindrops.
"It's raining." Duan Ling said, "Don't worry, come in, don't catch a cold."
Wu Du was covered in sweat and wearing a military uniform, and replied, "It's not in the way." He was still at the stern of the boat.
The rain gradually increased, and there was only one boat on the river, leading to a ray of eastern dawn hidden in the clouds under the dark clouds at the end.
"I miss you." Duan Ling said.
Wu Du took a penny and stood up, entered the cabin, took off his robe, and put his arms around Duan Ling.
"Sleep a little longer." Wu Du whispered.
"It's dawn." Duan Ling only slept for a short time on the way, but he was still very energetic. This is the twelfth day after receiving the news. I don't know what Cai Yan is doing and what changes have taken place in Jiangzhou during these days.
"Will the road be closed?" Duan Ling said, "Jiangzhou must be under martial law."
"Others block the road, we can enter, what are we afraid of?" Wu Du comforted absently, looking at Jiang Shui in a trance.
"What are you thinking?" Duan Ling asked.
"I'm thinking, I'm about to reach the place." Wu Du looked down at Duan Ling in his arms and smiled, "From the day I knew you were His Highness, I've been thinking, when will it be the end."
Duan Ling remembered the moment when they returned from outside Tongguan, in Fenglin.
"It's been two years." Duan Ling said, "It's not too long, and it's not too short."
He once felt that there was no hope, but the fact is that fate has pushed them to a place close to success step by step. The birth of this destiny is not the illusory "destiny", but this person sitting quietly beside him.
A ray of light came in from outside the awning and shone on the jade Huang in Duan Ling, the jade Huang flowing with colorful luster.
"I found it!" A palace maid wrapped the jade in a handkerchief and took it out to Mu Jinzhi.
Mu Jinzhi finally put down the big stone in his heart, and after a second thought, he said, "Leave it for now. No, forget it, bring it here."
The palace maid handed Yu Huang to Mu Jinzhi, who asked again, "Where's the prince?"
The palace maid replied, "I went to the cabinet today."
"The last time I came out of General Xie's mansion." Mu Jinzhi said, "Where else did you go?"
The palace maid shook her head and replied no. Mu Jinzhi changed his mind and stopped asking further, looking at the jade Huang in his hand, he was silent.
The summer is cloudy and the weather is sweltering, as if heralding a torrential rain.
"According to the usual practice," said the Su Clan, "His Royal Highness must be filial to His Majesty for three years before he can become emperor. Back then, Emperor Wu was a last resort, and everyone in the world was looking at His Highness..."
Cai Yan sat in the Yizheng Pavilion with red eyes.
"Your Highness?" Su Clan said.
Cai Yan said: "A country cannot live without a ruler for a day. Please let alone this kind of filial piety."
"Within forty-nine days, before His Majesty enters the mausoleum, during this time, the Queen Mother will be in charge of politics, the cabinet will discuss politics, and the Prince will decide." No., it will have to be changed in the coming year, but it's actually the same."
Cai Yan listened to the discussions of the cabinet scholars and told him one by one what to do next. Before coming, Mu Kuangda had just entered the palace to see him, and tried to persuade him to take the throne as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to screw the cabinet. After all, no one knew what the Su clan would do.
As long as Cai Yan ascends the throne as soon as possible, the first step will be completed, and the next thing to consider is his marriage.
The cabinet tried to persuade Cai Yan not to take the throne so quickly. Cai Yan pondered for a moment, and then said, "Then wait until after Dalian."
On the day of Li Yanqiu's death, all the officials wept, it was Xiaolian. After seventy-seven and forty-nine days of cessation of the spirit, Fang Yu, the prince and the officials, helped the spirit out of the city and returned to the temporary imperial mausoleum at the foot of Yuheng Mountain.
The old emperor, Li Jianhong, Li Yanqiu... They can't go back to the emperor's mausoleum in Chendi. They can only wait for a certain day in the future. After the history is created by a new enemy army, the emperor's soul can rest in their hometown.
After Cai Yan listened to the submissions from the cabinet scholars, he was thinking about his father, mother, family, and brother who died to protect Shangjing... Except for Cai Wen who was buried in Shangjing, the rest were buried in Luoyan, who was executed. Outside the city, perhaps in my life, I will not be able to go back to the north to pay respects to my elder brother and return the coffin of the Cai family to their ancestral home.
"That's it." Cai Yan said tiredly, "Don't talk about it anymore, I'm tired, and the conclusion is final."
Although it won't be long, but at least forty-nine days have been won, this is no way to do it, the cabinet ministers have to go down and make arrangements.
"Who's next?" Cai Yan asked after getting into the carriage.
Feng Duo replied, "Yao Hou and the Fifth Princess."
"Let's go." Cai Yan replied. In the past few days, he has been running around, seeing this and seeing that. Feng Duo advised him not to take the throne right away. Cai Yan sometimes really doubted whether he understood what he said. Duan Ling was already on his way. If he escaped again and again, wouldn't it be more troublesome when he came back
But thinking about it carefully, even if Duan Lingruo really came back, even if he became an emperor, it would be the same, and the trouble would not make much difference between being a prince or an emperor.
"General Xie is here." Feng Duo replied, "There won't be any problems, we still have more than a month to prepare."
"What are you preparing for?" Cai Yan asked.
"His Royal Highness only needs to ascend the throne." Feng Duo said, "The minister will definitely try to deal with the Su clan."
"Let him deal with it." Cai Yan said.
Feng Duo added: "However, Han Bin is back, and he is bringing an army of 50,000 to the funeral."
"I have the Jiangzhou Army, am I still afraid of him?" Cai Yan said.
"Han Bin and Xie You have always been at odds." Feng Duo explained patiently, "You chose the minister, and Xie You will have some criticisms in his heart. When the minister will write again, requesting that Han Bin be transferred back, what do you do? What to do? Why don't you throw this trouble to the cabinet and let them do the things that offend people."
"By that time, the cabinet will do its best to stop General Han from bringing back the memorial." Feng Duo added, "You just need to appease both sides. Forty-nine days later, when His Majesty's funeral will take place, Han Bin will have no reason to stay. In Jiangzhou City, after he leaves, you can successfully ascend the throne."
"Where's Yao Fu?" Cai Yan asked again, "What should I say when I see him?"
"He shouldn't know anything." Feng Duo said, "You only need to cry to the Fifth Princess. When crying, His Royal Highness must observe the Fifth Princess clearly to see what she says. If she asks you repeatedly, what does His Majesty say? Don't say anything, just cry."
Cai Yan said, "I'll try my best. I've cried so much that I can't cry anymore. Then what?"
Feng Duo replied: "After crying, you pretend to be tired from crying, sleep in Liuyuan Palace, remember to scream in the middle of the night, and do as we agreed. In this way, the princess will definitely be suspicious."
"Okay." Cai Yan took a deep breath and said, "I'm going."
The carriage returned to the palace, Cai Yan sorted out his robes, and went to see Yao Fu and Li Xiao who had just come to the funeral.
The boat arrived at the foot of Yuheng Mountain, and entered the Yangtze River in one night, and entered the boundary of the left side of the river.
The night was overcast, with lightning bursts, tangled in the dark distance. Duan Ling leaned against the bow of the boat, he always felt that such a road could not be completed no matter how he walked, leading him from death to life, from dark night to dawn.
It had been a long, long time since that winter, so long that he was about to forget that feeling.
"Go to sleep." Wu Du said, "We will arrive in Jiangzhou tomorrow."
Duan Ling felt that they should have bypassed the assassins sent by Cai Yan. Of course, maybe Cai Yan was busy becoming emperor and had no time to send someone to assassinate him. But he didn't dare to say, for fear of saying something. Wu Du also didn't say that this night, he abnormally put on a self-cultivating night suit, a belt, a finger tiger, a blazing sword beside him, his long legs resting on the rail of the boat, and he was thin and strong.
Duan Ling likes to see him wearing night clothes, he has a sense of security in the dark.
In the dark night where he can't see his fingers, there is a quiet assassin by his side, as if even this quiet night has become gentle.
He knew that Wu Du was also on guard. After all, this was their last part of the road, and nothing could change near the end.
"Wu Du." Duan Ling whispered, "Do you think my father will accompany us all the way?"
"He has always been there." Wu Du replied, "I dreamed of him last night."
"What did you dream about?" Duan Ling asked with a smile.
"He said, my emperor is going back." Wu Du replied casually, "You can't make him too busy in the future."
Duan Ling laughed, not knowing whether what Wu Du said was true or not, but he was willing to believe it. Duan Ling leaned against Wu Du's chest and gradually fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, the boat began to shake, Duan Ling rolled over, and felt a stream of rain pouring in from outside the cabin.
"Boom", the sound of thunder woke him up, the boat suddenly turned to one side, and the river water rushed in, splashing him in the face, and Duan Ling got up immediately.
"Wu Du!"
"I'm here!" Wu Du was soaking wet, trying to stabilize the boat at the stern, and said, "Don't come out! Stay inside!"
Duan Ling grabbed the side of the boat, and his body was thrown up and down as the boat rose and fell. In the wind and waves, the boat rose into the air with the river waves, and then lowered its head and rushed down.
"Prepare to dock!" Wu Du said loudly in the cabin, "Leave tomorrow! Avoid the wind and waves!"
The wind was turbulent and the waves were dangerous, the thunder came one after another, and a flash of lightning flashed across, illuminating Wu Du's face full of rain.
At that moment, Duan Ling's vigilance was aroused by the intuition that occurred almost at countless moments of life and death. He grabbed the longbow, quickly ran out of the cabin, rushed towards Wu Du, and hugged him by the waist. Wu Du also seemed to sense something, turned over in the air, hugged Duan Ling, turned and plunged into the river.
At the same time, several assassins in black jumped onto the boat, blowing arrows passed over their heads and fell into the river!