Recently, the kings are not very peaceful. Whether it is the harem of the court or the teahouse academy, they are talking about one thing - King Lan's rebellion.
Some people think that Chu Jinglan is angry at the crown, and some people think that he has been planning for a long time and took the opportunity to attack. In short, there are different opinions, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false, until the Shence Army sent a letter to all the prefectures and wrote to Chu Sanghuai ten points. Only then did the people know the truth of the crime and the content of the emperor's last edict.
Not rebellion, but retribution.
The entire country of Chu was in shock, and the reactions of all parties were different, but it did not affect the battle situation in the slightest. Chu Jinglan led the Shence army all the way, plus Meng Xuan's Beidi army and Chu Zhenghe's Youzhou. Protected by the defenders, they reached Jiangbei in less than three months. Wang Jun was retreating steadily, and had retreated to the last line of defense in Jiangbei - Lushan Tianjian.
The so-called right time, place and people are probably like this. In the past six years, Chu Sanghuai has been carrying out heavy civil service, and the people have long been unable to bear it. The state army on the road to the capital is almost all scattered, and some are able to fight. After a few hard battles, they suffered big losses due to insufficient supplies. Chu Sanghuai cut down the newly appointed army in anger. The Minister of Accounts, however, could no longer afford a tael of silver as military salaries.
Fortunately, there is still a royal family left in the four major families. Usually, they run rampant in and out, and they attract countless wealth. When it comes to a critical moment, they have to support Chu Sanghuai. Although the two sides of the queen's death are almost breaking up, Chu Jinglan is the best. They couldn't beg for the emperor even more, so they could only swallow their anger and dig out the money.
Half of these money fell into the hands of King Tao. The reason is very simple. The 300,000 king army was dispatched to fight Chu Jinglan, and there was a Ye Huaili in Jiangnan who was leading the Guanzhong army to the north quickly. Liuzhou and Tanzhou guarded Jundu was defeated by him one after another, and he was about to break through the Guanbei line of defense. If he didn't send the cavalry battalion to stop him, he was afraid that he would hit Wangdu in two days.
Already beleaguered.
At this moment, Chu Sanghuai was already devastated. He never thought that killing a Ye Huaiyang would cause a chain reaction and teach his country to collapse!
In fact, it wasn't that he had no scruples about the night's wedding ceremony, but the Ye family's descendants were all under his control, so he felt relieved to solve Ye Huaiyang. Unexpectedly, after returning from the sacrifice, someone suddenly came to report that the Ye family's people were in broad daylight. After disappearing, he was so angry that he slaughtered the guards in charge of guarding in front of the court, but in the end he didn't understand how they disappeared.
Under the continuous setbacks, he has completely lost control, and he will kill at every turn. The harem and the court seem to be shrouded in dark clouds, and people everywhere are panicking. If there is anyone who is not afraid of death, I am afraid it is Zhang Yin, the commander of the forbidden army.
The steady sound of footsteps slammed the stone bricks in front of the imperial study room, Zhang Yin stepped in under the guidance of the little eunuch, and kowtowed: "See the emperor for your humble position."
Chu Sanghuai raised his head, his expression was still gloomy and gloomy, creating a huge pressure on this inch of land, teaching people not to act rashly, but his eyes were deeply sunken, the red silk was turned inward, his face was strangely white, and there was an indescribable morbid state. The stance that used to easily play people between the palms of the past has disappeared, and only the arrogance that can't be concealed remains.
"What's going on?"
He didn't shout, and Zhang Yin naturally didn't dare to move. He just straightened up slightly and replied, "Back to the emperor, his words and deeds were normal and there was nothing suspicious during the period when he was monitoring Lord Yue."
As soon as he finished speaking, a high-quality azure lotus lamp smashed in front of him, and the fragments splashed all over him.
"Stupid! It's suspicious because it's normal!"
Chu Sanghuai was gasping for breath while holding the table, as if the action just now took a lot of effort for him. There was already a mess around the imperial case.
No one dared to speak out.
Chu Sanghuai still didn't calm down, his eyes were fixed on Zhang Yin's head, as if he was about to stare out a hole.
Not long ago, the decree spread all over the world, and he learned that the edict had already arrived in Chu Jinglan's hands. In his anger, he suddenly remembered that the queen had mentioned it to him, and Ye Huaiyang seemed to want to give the edict to an old official to distinguish the authenticity. Immediately let Zhang Yin arrange personnel to carry out surveillance operations, but more than two months have passed, and all the investigations have been completed, and nothing has been found.
In the six years since he ascended the throne, he has already cleaned up almost all the people of the late emperor. Now, only a few people in the court have been fortunate enough to see the handwriting of the late emperor. Of course, Wang Ying and Wang Jian are impossible. The rest are only those in the cabinet. Now, after thinking about it, he unexpectedly thought of Yue Ting.
The Ye family had been loyal to Chu Jinglan for some time. Ye Huaixin had been Yue Ting's student for so long. , and the overly excited attitude of Huaiyang when he was about to be killed on the day and night of the sacrifice, it is very suspicious. The most important thing is that Pei Yuanshu has been missing for a long time. Sent this way.
Based on various speculations, he had to start re-examining Yue Ting, thinking that Yue Ting was forced to give in at the beginning, and he did not intend to reuse him. Astonishingly loyal and ruthless, he even squeezed out the Yuanzhong Shuling who was not under his control. This move was quite satisfying to him. Slowly, he began to hand over a lot of shameful things to Yue Ting. Measured, Yue Ting was not afraid of scolding and didn't mind the blood on his hands, and he did it very well. Only then did Chu Sanghuai begin to trust him.
If it was really Yue Ting and Chu Jinglan who had joined hands with him, then he really underestimated them. For six years, this secret chess had been placed beside him for six years, and he did not notice it at all. Just damn it!
The more Chu Sanghuai thought about it, the more he could not calm down, the corners of his eyes twitched, and then a few traces of ruthlessness overflowed.
"Go and bring him to me, no matter what means I use, I want to know the answer."
He couldn't wait any longer!
Zhang Yin raised his head slightly, with a moment of hesitation, "Your Majesty, Lord Yue is the minister of the humerus, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding, and the court will go to the court in a while, I'm afraid to send someone to arrest it at this time. Manchu civil and military…”
"Then I'll be tied to a water prison in the future! I don't believe that I can't tell the truth when I get a big sentence!"
Chu Sanghuai roared suddenly, the table was shaken by the photo, and he pressed his head to cover his head. The little eunuch next to him was so frightened that his legs trembled, Zhang Yin felt a little chill in his heart, but he just said something humble and went out. Now, the moment the door was closed, the bleak autumn wind blew in from the gap in the armor, which made him feel completely cold. He looked up at the dark sky, and walked towards the outside of the palace.
This autumn is colder than before. It is only in early November that you have to put on your jacket. The streets are full of pedestrians with their sleeves rolled up. Seeing their hands and feet, they seem to want to hide their heads in their clothes. it is good.
The gate of Yuefu was quietly opened in the silence, and an official boot was stretched out. The driver who was waiting in front of the door immediately bent over and saluted. After a while, a dark blue figure stepped down the steps and waved to him. At first glance, the man was slender and his official robes were thin and crisp, showing his strong bones and extraordinary bearing.
"Sir, do you want to enter the palace immediately?"
Yue Ting nodded slightly, just as he was about to get on the carriage, he walked for some reason, looked sideways, and there seemed to be a dark shadow at the corner that shrank suddenly, as fast as an illusion, he stared at it for a while, and suddenly said: "Let's go."
The driver immediately gave way, and after he sat in, he closed the door before waving his horsewhip. Accompanied by intermittent shouts, the carriage drove in the direction of Xuan'anmen at a constant speed.
Yue Ting got out of the car and walked into the palace gate. He walked straight along the spacious bluestone avenue to the Golden Palace. When he met three or two courtiers on the road, they all nodded their hello to him. He just smiled and walked into the hall.
At the beginning of the hour, the court meeting officially began.
In the past two months, all the memorials have basically revolved around the war, and today is no exception, but Chu Sanghuai's attitude is a bit strange. Whether it is the frontline battle situation or the strategy to deal with the enemy, it will be over in a few words. It is not like usual. After deliberation, only one sentence came suddenly at the end.
"Yue Qing, do you think this can defeat the enemy?"
Yue Ting raised his head slowly and stopped after moving his gaze to the golden dragon chair. As always, it was so far-reaching and long that he could not tell what he was thinking.
"Back to the emperor, I think it may be a try."
A very simple answer, without any preference or position, is his usual style.
Chu Sanghuai suddenly realized that it was this way of doing things that made him stand firm in the courtroom. Even the aristocratic family never felt sorry for him. In the final analysis, he avoided all sharp edges and conflicts of interest and made everything great. After all, only in front of Chu Sanghuai will he show his loyal and shrewd side.
But now he can be sure that loyalty is only Yue Ting's protective color, and he has long recognized other masters.
Chu Sanghuai sneered in his heart, but said on his mouth: "In this case, if you have nothing else to do, you should retire to the court."
When the ministers heard this, they hurriedly handed over their hands and resigned. Unexpectedly, Yue Tingchu didn't move in the center, and said slowly, "Your Majesty, this minister has a plan to play."
Everyone's movements stopped, and Chu Sanghuai narrowed his sullen eyes, and it took a long time to utter two words: "Precise play."
Yue Ting lifted his hem and knelt on the ground, and forcefully spit out a few words: "I ask the emperor to abdicate today!"
As soon as these words came out, the originally peaceful court immediately caused an uproar, and many ministers dropped their jaws in shock, but more people felt it was a matter of course.
Chu Sanghuai did not expect that Yue Ting would give him such a show, and immediately slapped the case and roared: "Let's be presumptuous! Take him down!"
When the order was issued to the outside of the hall, the forbidden army immediately surrounded the corridor, Yue Ting seemed to have not heard the sound of the sword and the armor, and continued calmly: "I have been confused all my life, and now I can finally say a word. To be honest, the edict held by the emperor when he succeeded to the throne was a forgery. Zhongshu Province never received the document from the first emperor to establish the reserve, and the only remaining edict was in the hands of Xie Yuan when the first emperor was poisoned. It has now returned to King Lan's hands."
"Demon talk to confuse the public!" Chu Sanghuai jumped like thunder, and pointed at him with a swipe of his sleeves, "Come here, kill this traitor for me!"
"The justice of right and wrong is in the hearts of the people. The emperor can kill the ministers, but he can't stop the speeches. Who is the rebel and who is the Mingjun? The people have their own opinions. Moreover, now that the prince has hit Jiangbei, he will soon rule over the world. Why not?"
After all, Yue Ting smiled up to the sky, and suddenly a cluster of sharp knives stabbed into his body from behind.
"I finally have a face... I went to see the late emperor..."
Another sword stabbed into his chest, he smiled and closed his eyes, out of breath on the spot, blood dripped all over the ground, dyeing the golden palace into the palace of Yama.
All the ministers were stunned, and the poor men rushed up with red eyes, and were crushed by the forbidden army outside the hall. When Chu Sanghuai saw this, his facial features were twisted with anger, and he roared angrily: "Give me his head. Hang it to the city wall! Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be dealt with according to this!"
The atmosphere in the hall was dead, and officials were dragged down one after another. The rest of the people suppressed their fears and watched their surroundings like frightened birds, for fear that it would be their turn next, while Wang Ying and Wang Jian They looked at each other and had a bad feeling in their hearts.
Internal and external troubles, people's hearts are lost, I am afraid that nothing can stop the Chu country from changing.
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