Yang Tingqing saw that the emperor didn't seem to believe him, so he said again: "King Qinan has been training the army. His soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and they are familiar with the local water and land terrain. However, when our soldiers first arrived there, they were physically impaired due to acclimatization and illness. Afterwards, we were tired of fighting and didn't have a day's rest, so we suffered repeated defeats. It was really because of the wrong time and place, and it was not our intention, please be careful, Father!" He was about to cry.
The emperor thought to himself, there are only two situations in this matter, either Yang Tingqing and Yang Tingming did not collude with King Qinan, and the rumor of rebellion was just a rumor; or Yang Tingqing was also kept in the dark by Yang Tingming, so I don't know about rebellion. No matter which one it is, it is impossible to get any clues from Yang Tingqing right now, so we can only find other ways.
So the emperor got off the dragon chair, walked down the jade steps step by step, helped Yang Tingqing up, and said in a warm voice: "I know you are a good boy. I was worried about the situation on the front line just now, and heard rumors, so I asked this question. I didn't intend to suspect you and your fourth brother, you won't blame the father, will you?"
Yang Tingqing hurriedly said: "I dare not, I only hope that the emperor knows our loyalty to the imperial court. Not only do we dare not do such a treasonous thing, we have never even thought about it."
The emperor comforted him and said: "I believe in you. You are tired after half a day, go back to the palace to rest, and we can discuss things tomorrow."
Yang Tingqing agreed to resign.
The emperor watched him leave, and slowly walked back to the dragon seat, and asked the confidant eunuch to come over and grind the ink, preparing to write the imperial edict.
The eunuch then came over to grind the ink as he said, and the emperor took down a purple hair from the pen holder, paused for a moment and said with some doubts: "The fourth prince's mind is unpredictable, and he has let the city fall one after another. I plan to replace it with someone else. In your opinion, Among the several princes in the capital, who can take on this important task?"
"Yang Tingqing has a good relationship with him, even if he knows something, he will inevitably protect him." The emperor frowned.
The eunuch is a well-behaved person, has seen a lot of the world, and has his own opinions on the affairs of the court, so the emperor often asks his opinions when he is undecided. At this time, while grinding ink, he thought, and replied: "The old slave thought that it would be best for the Seventh Prince to go. He handled the problem of the insect plague in Luo City with courage and decisiveness. Moreover, the explosion in the capital city Although the matter was difficult, he was extremely wise and solved it with all his might, and his calmness was far superior to others, so he also gained a high prestige in the hearts of the people."
The emperor thought it was reasonable, nodded his head slightly, and signaled him to continue, the eunuch said: "If the people's hearts are determined, the world will be determined. It doesn't matter whether the fourth prince really has the intention of rebelling, but the loss of five cities in a row has already made the people panic. Therefore, the old slave I think that it is not too late, the emperor can order the seventh prince to go to the front to direct the war, and the hearts of the people will be settled."
"The most important thing is that the relationship between the seventh prince and the fourth prince is not good, and he will definitely not protect the fourth prince. The sixth prince and the seventh prince have a very good relationship. The seventh prince will be a general in the future... This time it will be very interesting to fight against King Qi Nan." Favorable." The eunuch stopped, there are some things that don't need to be said too clearly, and the emperor knows it too.
The emperor thought about it carefully and felt that Yang Tingjing was indeed the best candidate. Just as the eunuch said, Yang Tingjing has great prestige among the common people, and he is gentle and steady, and can be entrusted with important affairs, so he took a pen and filled in Yang Tingjing's name on the pre-drawn imperial decree, if the throne will be passed on to Xing'er in the future , this old seven can also help Xing'er.
After Yang Tingqing returned to the Fifth Prince's Mansion, he heard that the side concubine Feng in his mansion had actually sent his beloved girl to the brothel, and he was furious and wanted to kill the side concubine Feng, so everyone stopped Yang Tingqing and stopped. With a ruthless hand, he asked Feng Niyan where he sent her.
Feng Niyan laughed, and said mockingly: "She is just a bitch ridden by thousands of people now, you still want her? How funny!"
"Aren't there few who bring brothel women into the mansion to be concubines? What are you, dare to accuse this king!" Yang Tingqing said with a sneer.
"You just look at that bitch who looks like a phoenix! I tell you that Fenghuang has become the Seventh Princess. It's useless even if you think about it. I married you. Why do you keep thinking about that bitch Fenghuang? Where is she? Better than me!" Feng Niyan asked sharply.
"Crack!" Yang Tingqing's hands were trembling, Feng Niyan completely punctured his own thoughts, how could he not be angry!
"Get out!" Yang Tingqing said with red eyes, Feng Niyan was taken aback, and said hesitantly: "Why don't we live a good life, my lord..." After speaking, Feng Niyan felt a little pleading , but Yang Tingqing just looked at her indifferently, without saying a word.
On the second day, just after Yang Tingjing woke up in the morning, he saw the eunuch came to the mansion to announce the decree. He hurriedly dressed and knelt down to listen to the decree. It turned out that the emperor decided to let Yang Tingjing take the place of the fourth prince Yang Tingming to command the war at the front to appease the people, so Yang Tingjing Then he got up to receive the order.
The eunuch also said that the emperor thought that the seventh prince was in poor health, so he specially selected a few seasoned imperial doctors from the imperial hospital to accompany the army, so that he could take care of the seventh prince.
Yang Tingjing said a few more words of thanks, and ordered his servants to take out some gold and silver and order the eunuch to leave. Fenghuang listened behind the screen and just sneered.
After the eunuch left, Yang Tingjing took the imperial decree and showed it to Fenghuang, but Fenghuang didn't look at it, but laughed to himself.
Yang Tingjing said lightly: "What are you laughing at? It's just that I can't find anyone else at the moment, so I was asked to go. Father is probably really anxious this time." He didn't have any expression on his face, very calm, The calmness made Fenghuang feel flustered.
Fenghuang held Yang Tingjing's hand and said softly: "I heard it clearly from behind the screen just now, such a father and son, such a monarch and minister, it's really chilling. Did they show the slightest concern when you were poisoned before? It’s just a few good words in words, but now that you are needed, it’s a lot of nasty praise, sending you to the front line regardless of your life, this is really thick-skinned.”
Yang Tingjing was still puzzled before, but couldn't help laughing when he heard the last sentence: "Ignore him if it's too thick to pass the city wall, but now I really want to defend the city wall."
Fenghuang snorted, and said with some dissatisfaction: "I don't care about anything else, I'm just worried about your health. You haven't finished taking the medicine that Li Xiangren prescribed for you before, and the toxicity won't fade away for a while. The climate on the front line is hot and humid. The miasma is overgrown, and it will do a hundred harms to your body but not any benefit, so how can I be at ease?"
Yang Tingjing comforted: "It's okay. Didn't the above assign some imperial doctors to me? Don't worry, with them here, nothing will happen to me."