When the emperor passed away, the most panic-stricken people were naturally the royal family members.
Everyone knows that this day is completely changed.
If the world is still under the Zhu family, it’s okay, but if the country is destroyed, then...
The concubines who were taken to Luling cried together, crying for their uncertain fate. Now there are vassal kings, tigers and wolves around, and the journey back to Beijing is long. They are all used to being pampered and comfortable, and they are born with fine skin, tender meat and good color, so it is uncertain whether they will be able to return to Kyoto safely.
All the female relatives gathered in the tent of Concubine Tong, the most respected concubine, waiting for the news from the previous dynasty. Including Concubine Shu and Zhen Xi.
Zhen Xi was trembling at the moment, the medicine given to the emperor was given by Xie Ying. Only she, who is the closest to the emperor, can act smoothly. But she didn't expect that the emperor would die that night.
The Zhu Yi sisters were naturally among them.
Zhu Yi and Zhu Jing didn't shed a single tear, they only hid their faces and wept when they heard the news of the emperor's death. Zhu Chuo cried a lot for the emperor, and now he was tired and began to rest. Only Zhu Dai was still sobbing softly.
Zhu Yi hugged Zhu Chuo who was sleeping in her arms, knocked his head heavily, and then forced himself to sit up straight again. From the night before to now, she may have slept for more than an hour, and she was extremely exhausted.
Before nightfall last night, Xie Ying ordered Fu Xiaoche, the eunuch next to Concubine Tong, to look for Zhu Yi, but Concubine Tong kept pulling her, so she did not leave with Fu Xiaoche.
Looking back now, Zhu Yi knew that most of the emperor's affairs had something to do with Xie Ying. If I knew this earlier, I should have gone out, but it is too late to go out now...
But to Zhu Yi's delight, her status as Yan Fengqin's fiancée was erased. According to the eunuch's report, it was said that Yan Yu'er deliberately seduced the emperor and killed him when the emperor lost his vigilance.
The Yan family has become a traitor, and of course it is impossible to bring down the princess. Seeing that the wedding date was just around the corner, Zhu Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, princes and ministers are faced with new choices.
Most of the generals that the emperor brought to Luling were people he trusted that he would not rebel.
But people's hearts are unpredictable. Since Qiu Qingsong, the deputy commander of the army, can be instigated by Xie Ying and Han Yunrong, then there must be others who defected to save their lives or future. Especially when the emperor is dead and there is no successor.
In order to stabilize the situation, Mr. Zheng Ge, who was alluded by the emperor to be the Minister of Gu Ming, took out a volume of imperial decree under the astonished eyes of everyone, and read it out in front of all the officials, saying that Zhu Xiuli had not disappeared, but was sent to the capital to enthroned under the protection of His Majesty After succeeding to the throne, he ordered everyone to support the new monarch and pledge allegiance to the imperial court.
After Dingguo General Zhou Zhixing led an army to surround the vassal king's camp, Zheng Ge quickly ordered to protect his concubines and princesses and go south to Beijing. Baiguan also followed south.
Zhou Zhixing ordered the crossbowmen to point their arrows at the tents of the kings, and said, "All princes and sons, please pay the tents!" Because the sky was not clear, it was normal for the feudal kings to get up to check even if they heard the movement, and some of them never showed up. body.
King Qin and other princes surnamed Zhu yelled at Zhou Zhixing for committing crimes, and there was a fierce conflict between the two sides. King Qin and King Qi were surnamed Zhu, and Zhou Zhixing didn't dare to really shoot arrows.
Zhou Zhixing yelled at the guards outside King Jinghai's tent, "Hand over Princess Hejia!" Yan Yu'er suddenly disappeared, and she must have been hidden by King Jinghai and Yan Fengqin.
It wasn't until Zhou Zhixing sent people to investigate and found that the Xie family, the Yan family, and the masters and confidants of the Ruan family had all disappeared without a trace. After all, they came a step too late.
Sitting in the same carriage, Zhu Yi and Concubine Tong were a little surprised when they learned that Zhu Xiuli had gone to Beijing and the people from the three palaces left Luling on their own.
Zhu Yi couldn't calm down more and more. She told herself that the situation in the previous dynasty must have been tense enough to threaten Xie Ying's life, so he left by himself. He will definitely come to her again.
But what should she do if Xie Ying came to her? Did he abandon everything and go with Xie Ying without knowing Zhu Xiuli's future
Zhu Yi turned her head to look at Concubine Tong, who had become very excited. Perhaps her aunt had already dreamed of being a queen mother and holding great power. When a person is corrupted by the desire for power and becomes crazy about it, he cannot see the truth and is unwilling to see the truth.
So what if Zhu Xiuli ascended the throne as a young emperor, a country that even the old emperor couldn't hold on to, could a child be able to hold on? Especially a kid like Zhu Xiuli who doesn't understand anything but only knows how to play.
No one in the officialdom is a fool, she can think of it, other aristocratic families and ministers can't think of it? So under the circumstances of the vassal king Xiongzhi, how many people would really support Zhu Xiuli. If Zhu Xiuli is promoted to the throne, the end is almost predictable.
Zhu Yi took a deep breath and let herself not think about Xie Ying for the time being. What she hopes to do most now is to prevent Zhu Xiuli from getting involved in the many plots and killings.
She made up her mind to go to Beijing first to find Zhu Xiuli, persuade him to give up the throne, and go to Weizhou with her. She really couldn't make her leave Zhu Xiuli, whom she had been protecting, and leave with Xie Ying.
But Zhu Xiuli, whom Zhu Yi cares about, is surrounded by swords and swords at this time, as Zhu Yi guessed, there are many crises.
After a fierce fight, Ruan Yu asked Xie Ying from a distance: "The third brother wants to take him away? Is this the intention of the third brother alone, or the meaning of the entire Wei Ning Palace?"
During the fight, Ruan Yu discovered that Xie Ying was injured, and the injury was not serious. If it wasn't for Sheng Ling's timely assistance, the tip of his knife could even cut Xie Ying's arm. But Ruan Yu still didn't dare to fight Xie Ying with all his strength.
Xie Ying replied: "I mean it alone."
Ruan Yu thought for a moment, Xie Ying must take Zhu Xiuli away, so let him take him away. He didn't need to fight Xie Ying at this time, wasting his precious time. Originally, killing Zhu Xiuli was a matter of convenience.
"Then I will make it easier for my third brother, and if necessary, I hope my third brother will also make it easier for me." After Ruan Yu finished speaking, he led the people away.
Zhu Xiuli stood aside and looked at Xie Ying, with heavy confusion and confusion on his immature face. For the first time, his favorite big brother made him feel oppressed and afraid. Not long ago, he learned about the emperor's death. Although the emperor didn't pay much attention to sons other than the prince, it was his father after all.
He asked: "Cousin, are you here to kill me like that Ruan Yu?"
"no."
Xie Ying did not take Zhu Xiuli away by force. The tall figure of the man squatted down, looked at Zhu Xiuli, and said, "Ali, my cousin is going back to Weizhou, and your sister is coming too. Do you want to go with us?"
Zhu Xiuli's first reaction was: "Zhu Yi? Why did she go with you?" He recalled Xie Ying's expression and behavior when he mentioned Xie Ying in front of his sister, and asked: "Does she like you?... Do you want to marry her?"
Xie Ying nodded.
After thinking about it, Zhu Xiuli then said: "Go back to Weizhou? How is it possible, cousin, you have so many troops in your hands... don't you want to fight for the world? Are you going to attack Shangjing soon and replace our Zhu family?"
Before this, it was absolutely impossible for Zhu Xiuli to ask such a question. But these two days, the people arranged by the emperor told Zhu Xiuli a lot, a lot. The world that made him carefree was like a glass bottle that suddenly shattered and could never return to its original state.
Xie Ying thought for a while, and said seriously to the child: "We need to fight. But not now, but in the future. Maybe half a year, maybe one or two years, it depends on the situation in the world."
Zhu Xiuli frowned tightly, and said: "The people who protected me before, they planned to take me back to Beijing to be the emperor. Then... cousin, when you win the world in the future, will you let me be the emperor?"
"No." Xie Ying said amid Zhu Xiuli's changed expression: "Because if I seize the world, it will be earned by myself. Only what a man earns by himself can truly belong to him."
Zhu Xiuli looked at Xie Ying without blinking, and the doubts and unwillingness in his heart were strangely eliminated by these words. It was silent all around, except for the snorting of the horses and the rustling of the grass blades in the breeze, there were hardly any other sounds.
Xie Ying said: "Ali, if you come to Weizhou with me, you won't be able to play cricket myna every day, but you can go to war with your cousin, and you will still be a prince in the future."
"If you choose to go to Beijing, I will send you back to General Zhou, who guarded you earlier. Ah Li can choose for himself."
At this time, the relationship between Xie Yingzeng and Zhu Xiuli played a key role. After all, Zhu Xiuli was just a child, and being an emperor didn't really appeal to him much. What's more, Xie Ying is not only the hero he longs for, but also the big brother he wants, who can play with him and lead him to fight. Moreover, there is Zhu Yi who is the most important to him.
"Cousin, can my mother and concubine go to Weizhou together?"
Xie Ying said: "If Concubine Tong is willing, you can." Xie Ying obviously held a different attitude towards Concubine Tong's going to Weizhou, but Zhu Xiuli, who was imagining a new life, did not notice it. In fact, he didn't like being locked up in the palace.
So Zhu Xiuli said: "Cousin, I will go with you!"
"Okay, let's pick up your sister." Xie Ying smiled, and put Zhu Xiuli on the back of a red horse. He, Sheng Ling and the others got on their horses and headed towards Luling.
The wagon team of the women's relatives stopped by a stream to rest, and they should camp here tonight.
Zhu Yi also came to the stream, scooped up the cool water and splashed it on her face. She always felt that there were always two eyes watching her from the dark, but when she turned her head, she found nothing.