The sound of horse hooves was already very close. At this time, it was impossible to escape in a two-horse carriage. The only way was to remain unchanged in response to the ever-changing situation.
The two of them hid in the car, took out two swords from the hidden compartment, held one in each hand, and held their breaths to listen to what was going on outside.
The large group of people arrived quickly, and their hearts were in their throats.
"If we can't defeat them later, I'll be responsible for leading them away while you wait for an opportunity to escape." Zhao Jingyu said.
Xie Nanjia glanced at him and said briefly: "I don't agree."
"You can't be like this, you have to be obedient..." Zhao Jingyu tried to persuade her again, but Xie Nanjia raised her hand to stop her, "You said, listen to me in all matters big and small. You just said it and you want to go back on it, right?"
"..." Zhao Jingyu was speechless and had no choice but to shut up.
The sound of horse hooves rang in my ears, and with an order from outside, the team stopped advancing and surrounded their carriage.
A long spear lifted up the car curtain from the outside, and dazzling sunlight immediately shone in. The two of them subconsciously squinted their eyes and were about to draw their swords when a familiar face poked in with the sunlight.
"Nanfeng!" Xie Nanjia exclaimed and quickly held Zhao Jingyu's arm, fearing that he would not be able to control himself.
Zhao Jingyu was also surprised, and his tense nerves relaxed: "Why is Master Nanfeng here?"
Xie Nanfeng ignored him and asked Xie Nanjia with concern: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Xie Nanjia sheathed her sword and said with a smile, "I thought I was a pursuer. I didn't expect it was you. What are you doing here?"
"Father is worried and asked me to escort you." Xie Nanfeng said.
"Shouldn't it be 'you'?" Zhao Jingyu answered.
Xie Nanfeng glanced at him, but still ignored him.
Hey! Brat, what's your attitude towards your brother-in-law
With a cold face, I think you should be called Bei Feng!
Zhao Jingyu was very depressed when he was ignored. He expected Xie Nanjia to help him teach this rude guy a lesson. Unexpectedly, Xie Nanjia left him and went out alone.
"I'm bored to death in a carriage. I want to ride a horse." She got out of the carriage and said happily.
Probably because she had met her relatives and her safety was guaranteed, her whole person became lively and bright, completely different from her previous state.
"Slow down." Xie Nanfeng leaned forward on the horse and gave her a hand. "It just rained and there is mud on the ground. You stand here and don't move. I'll ask someone to bring the horse over."
"..." Zhao Jingyu felt abandoned, and felt sour in her heart. She also got out and said loudly, "I want to ride a horse too."
"Who will drive the carriage when you are riding a horse?" Xie Nanfeng asked.
Zhao Jingyu: "..."
Brat, are you really using your brother-in-law as a coachman
Xie Nanjia saw him shivering and laughed so hard that his branches trembled with laughter. When the soldiers brought the horse over, he immediately covered his mouth and exclaimed: "Oh my God, Tuxue! Nanfeng, why did you bring it here?"
"Otherwise, why are you riding?" Xie Nanfeng hadn't seen her startled for a long time, with a satisfied smile in his eyes.
"Did you guess that I was going to ride a horse?" Xie Nanjia became more and more surprised. He stretched out his hand to gently rub the base of Ta Xue's ears and called him repeatedly, "Taxue, Ta Xue..."
He stepped on the snow and raised his front hooves, snorting twice.
Xie Nanjia was so excited that she flew onto the horse, held the reins in her hands and shouted "drive". Taxue raised his head and neighed, and ran away like a gust of wind.
"Follow me!" Xie Nanfeng gave the order and led a large group of people to chase after him.
Before Zhao Jingyu could react, the team was already far away.
"...You all don't care about me?" he shouted angrily, driving the carriage and chasing after me.
At the Queen Mother's pleading, Song Wanji temporarily let the King of Wei go. In the next few days, after "recovering from illness", he began to clean up the King of Wei and the Meng family, and brought order to the court that had not changed much for more than ten years. A big shake-up.
None of Meng's henchmen were dismissed from office or demoted from office. However, the ministers who followed Xie Zhanting and An Yizhi to the Qiande Hall to cry for the emperor were all promoted accordingly.
There is always no shortage of people who add insult to injury in the officialdom. As soon as Prime Minister Meng lost power, the emperor's desk was filled with memorials to impeach him for forming a clique to harm the government. Each and every one of them was enough to cause him to be dismissed from office and his life was at risk.
The man who was once the most powerful person in the court ended his era unexpectedly and cowardly, and was sent to prison to await his fate.
Similarly, Queen Meng, who had dominated the harem for more than ten years, was also thrown into the cold palace and became a prisoner who could be stepped on by everyone, waiting for her final trial.
Regarding the Meng family and his daughter, the officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee unanimously believed that their death was not a pity and should even be punished by the Nine Clan. Only the treatment of the prince made it difficult for everyone.
Although the prince has done a lot of wrong things, it is still quite pitiful to say that he has been deceived by his own mother for twenty years. He has been working hard and diligently, waiting for the day when he will inherit the throne and become the most noble person in the world. , who could have imagined that once he fell from the clouds, the prince of the country would become a shameful illegitimate son and a joke to the whole world.
This kind of fatal blow may be more uncomfortable than death for Song Jingxing, who has a strong self-esteem.
However, after all, he has been the prince for twenty years and has made a lot of contributions to the court. Do we really want to kill him
Everyone can't bear it.
Furthermore, the emperor only has one son. If he is killed, who will inherit the throne? Although Concubine Shu is pregnant, no one can guarantee that it will be the prince. Even if it is the prince, who can guarantee that he will be the prince? Can you grow up safely
If a princess is born, or a prince dies in infancy, doesn’t the emperor still have to choose one of his nephews to train a successor
Rather than spending time and energy to train him from scratch, it would be better to let Song Jingxing take over. At least his ability is obvious to everyone.
But if this happens, the emperor will definitely feel awkward. King Wei has done something sorry for him, and the country he has worked so hard to manage will finally be surrendered to King Wei's blood. What is this
The ministers were worried about this matter, arguing endlessly, and discussed it again and again, but no result was achieved, so they politely raised it to the emperor in the morning and asked him what his opinion was.
If it were about other things, they would have asked about it a long time ago, but after all, this matter was related to the dignity of the emperor. Everyone was considerate of a man who had been cuckolded, and they really couldn't bear to poke his pain, so they didn't dare to speak directly.
Unexpectedly, the emperor not only felt no pain at all, but was actually very happy: "Who said I have no son? Zhao Jingyu is my son!"
"..." The ministers were shocked, then remembered the rumors some time ago, and suddenly realized.
Yes, everyone thought so in private at that time, but later when the court was in chaos, they forgot about it.
It turned out that Zhao Jingyu was really the emperor's flesh and blood. No wonder the emperor insisted on marrying Feng Ming's daughter to him. Ganqing had already planned it.
Oh, that's not right. If the emperor had already planned for Zhao Jingyu to succeed him, does that mean that he had no interest in Song Jingxing's favor? In other words, he had long known that Song Jingxing was not his biological son, and had long known that the Queen Mother and the King of Wei There is an affair, but it's just not revealed.
In this case, the emperor's illness could not be fake, right
Deliberately pretending to be sick to make your opponents lower their guard, and then catch them off guard
The emperor is too good at pretending, right? Fortunately, everyone cried sincerely outside the Qiande Hall until their throats became hoarse. Everything was under the control of the emperor.
This, isn't this treating us like fools
The ministers were pondering this over and over in their minds, and were all frightened into a cold sweat by the emperor's scheming. The emperor usually looked silent, but it turned out that the emperor had his own affairs in his mind, and it was all in his mind to deal with whom and when!
It seems that from now on, you must not be clever in front of the emperor. Ordinary people can't fool him at all.
Surprised, frightened, everyone is very relieved to know that the emperor has a successor. However, since Zhao Jingyu was assassinated in Dengshi, there has been no news since then. He is not known where he is, dead or alive. How can this be? good
"Your Majesty, since the Second Young Master Zhao is the prince, let's get him back quickly, although..."
Although he is a libertine, it is better than nothing!
"Yes, Your Majesty, hurry up and send more manpower to find the second young master!" The ministers agreed one after another.
At this time, someone suddenly stood up and expressed doubts. Even the prince who had been twenty years old was fake. How could the emperor prove that the second young master Zhao was the real one
This was a bit heartbreaking, but it was indeed out of good intentions. Song Wanji didn't want to be angry. In order to reassure everyone, he told the story of Zhao Jingyu's life in front of the civil and military officials of the court.
(End of chapter)