During the time of war in the north, Lin'an, the capital city, was also in turmoil.
When Yue Qiong understood Yan Chi's intentions, she immediately sent a letter to the capital, and it was already ten days later when the letter was delivered to the capital.
At this moment, Yan Chi had already led his troops to the south, but no one in the capital knew about it.
Princess Taichang who received the letter said she was ill at home after reading it. At the same time, she also detained Yue Jia and Yue Qing in the mansion. She only said to the outside world that she was seriously ill and that her grandchildren were all sick. The news spread, Yan Han He also had to hear a thing or two, so he ordered the imperial physician to go to Anyang Hou's mansion, not to ask too much.
At this moment, the news that the emperor ordered Ge Yang and other reinforcements to go west to attack Shuoxi leaked out. For a while there were many rumors in the capital, because it was at the feet of the emperor, no one dared to say that the emperor's actions were unjust, and only said that Shuoxi's visit was more than auspicious.
The Taichang Princess, who was sick, only sighed when she heard about it. Yue Jia and Yue Qing didn't know why, so the Taichang Princess only asked them, "It's not unexpected that the emperor behaved like this, it's just that grandma wants to ask you about this matter. What do you think?"
Yue Jia had already practiced in Shuoxi, and said, "It's quite innocent."
Princess Taichang smiled, "What's the explanation? Yanchi is already a traitor, and Shuoxi is the place where he supports troops. As the emperor, the emperor must take back."
Yue Jia sighed and said, "In the face of the national crisis, the emperor's actions show the heart of a villain. The strange reason is that the reinforcements have not been moved, but it is this idea. Although the Shuoxi army is a traitor, they understand the righteousness better than the emperor. This time Shuoxi was really taken back by the emperor, it is also despicable."
Princess Taichang looked at Yue Qing again, Yue Qing frowned and said, "The emperor's actions are indeed chilling, but the people in high positions are naturally different from what we think. Since the rebels are being dealt with, why bother to talk about such things with the rebels?" Daoyi?" Yue Qing sighed, "It's Prince Rui, if it's someone else who caused the disturbance, I don't think it's a big deal."
Yue Jia shook his head, "You don't have experience in the army, so you don't know the dangers of the army. Apart from the Shuoxi army, there are 100,000 Northern Expeditionary troops in the north. Speaking of the hundreds of thousands of people in the north, what do you think the north would be like without Yan Chi?"
Yue Qing was blocked by these words, scratched his head and said, "It makes sense to say that, then the emperor did something wrong."
Princess Taichang looked at Yue Jia and nodded, "Jia'er didn't train in the army for nothing, but Qing'er, who spent too little time in the army since childhood and never went to the battlefield, was raised in a honey pot. The importance of imperial power, but the lightness of the country."
Yue Jia frowned, "Grandmother, you claimed to be sick, did you..."
Princess Taichang shook her head, "A big event is about to happen. Your father is working hard in the north. I have to guard this house for him."
Yue Jia and Yue Qing looked at each other, they were both hesitant, but Princess Taichang refused to explain, and only said, "For the past month, we don't have to open the gate of our house again."
Seeing Princess Taichang like this, both Yue Jia and Yue Jia knew that something big was about to happen, so they dared not be scornful right now.
In the palace at the same time, Yan Li was kneeling outside the Chongzheng Hall.
In the hall, Yan Han's eyes were calm, while Yuan Qing touched the thin sweat on his face and said, "Your Majesty, it is not a long matter for Prince Gong to kneel like this."
Yan Han sneered, "Since he likes to kneel, let him kneel."
Yuan Qing smiled wryly, "It's mostly cold in the morning, but there's still a bit of heat in the afternoon. I'm afraid His Royal Highness Prince Gong won't be able to bear it."
Hearing this, Yan Han slapped the case, "It's really unreasonable! Yan Chi is plotting rebellion! Rebellion! How dare he accuse me of going west... So, it's just... almost the same as treason..."
Yuan Qing had no choice but to continue persuading, "Your Majesty calm down..."
Yan Han waved his hand, "But let him kneel down, if he can't afford it, he will be arrested and locked up in the prison!"
Yuan Qing rolled his eyes slightly, and said, "Why don't you ask His Royal Highness Yan Ze to persuade him? They are about the same age, and His Highness Prince Gong listened to Prince Yi's words very much."
Yan Han glanced at Yuan Qing, narrowed his eyes for a moment, "Go ahead and talk about it."
The corners of Yuan Qing's lips curved slightly, and he hurried out towards Shoukang Palace.
In the past two days, all the court officials were discussing the Western Expedition, but Yan Ze was not involved in it, and stayed with the Queen Mother in the Shoukang Palace all day long, very filial.
When Yuan Qing arrived at Shoukang Palace, he saw Yan Ze teaching Yan Sui how to write.
After saluting, Yuan Qing said, "Your Highness, the slave came here following the emperor's orders, and now His Highness Prince Gong is kneeling outside the Chongzheng Hall, not listening to advice, so the emperor wants you to persuade me His Royal Highness—"
Yan Ze smiled when he heard the words, "I try to persuade him, but he might not listen."
Yuan Qing hurriedly said, "It's different after all, please go and talk about it."
Yan Ze nodded, "Don't worry, I will go, His Majesty has been generous to him, he must not make His Majesty sad anymore."
Yuan Qing was slightly stunned, but felt that Yan Ze's words were a little indescribable. It can be seen that Yan Ze didn't say anything else, so he didn't want to say much. Yan Ze said again, "His Royal Highness's writing is about to be finished, you go and report to me first." Well, I'll go later."
After Yuan Qing heard this, the errand was completed, so he naturally resigned and left.
Yuan Qing walked away, Yan Sui raised his head, "What happened?"
Yan Ze sighed, "Do you remember what I told Yan Li last time?"
Yan Sui nodded with his small head, and Yan Ze said worriedly, "Yan Chi and Qin Wan went north to fight against the barbarians, but at this moment, the emperor sent someone to Shuoxi." Yan Ze said, "Right now, Shuoxi doesn't have many troops. When Yan Chi finishes fighting the barbarians, his hometown will be occupied. By that time, Yan Chi and the others will have no home to return to, and the army will have no food and pay. They will soon lose their morale. ,By the time-"
Yan Sui's small face paled, the hand holding the pen was tightly clenched, and his brows were also frowned.
"Brother Yanli... are you begging him?"
Yan Ze shook his head directly, "It's useless to beg, the emperor has made up his mind to take Yan Chi's life."
Yan Sui stood up immediately, "Then who can save him?"
Yan Ze smiled wryly, "No one can save him. In this world, whoever the emperor wants to die will die. The emperor has the final say on everything."
Yan Sui murmured, "Does the emperor have the final say on everything?"
Yan Ze nodded, "There is no other way, even if I want to, I am powerless, so why not change the emperor?"
Hearing this, Yan Sui's small body tensed up, as if there was nowhere to vent his anger. He lost his mother and concubine when he was young, and finally got the protection of the Queen Mother, and Qin Wan was also concerned, but now, the Queen Mother Seriously ill, the emperor turned a blind eye to it, and Qin Wan and Yan Chi also died at the hands of the emperor, as well as his mother and concubine...
Yan Sui swayed and looked at Yan Ze helplessly, "You...can't you save them? You're not afraid of him—"
Yan Ze frowned slightly, "I'm not afraid of him?"
Yan Sui nodded, "I don't think you're afraid of him."
Yan Ze's eyes became complicated, "What about you?"
Hearing this, Yan Sui's eyes trembled slightly, and he lowered his head, very frustrated, "I... I'm afraid..."
Saying that, Yan Sui raised his head quickly, "You...can't you send them a letter? Tell them to go home..."
Yan Ze looked at Yan Sui firmly, and for a moment, he clenched his tightly clenched fist, "Your Highness Ninth... Do you really want to save Yan Chi and Qin Wan? To save them, I will do anything Do?"
Yan Sui nodded immediately, his eyes full of determination.
The corners of Yan Ze's lips pursed slightly, and after a while he said slowly, "There is a way to save them."
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Yan Ze brought Yan Sui to Chongzheng Hall.
Seeing Yan Li kneeling on the steps outside, Yan Ze took Yan Sui to Yan Li's side.
Yan Ze sighed, "What are you doing, you know it's useless."
Yan Li knelt down with sweat, looked at Yan Sui and said, "What did you bring him here for?"
Yan Ze sighed, and sat on the steps beside Yan Li, "I'll bring him here to persuade you, the emperor asked me to persuade you, but I didn't know how to persuade you, so I brought him together, even if I can't persuade you, I can't persuade you." Show him how naive you are."
Yan Li's complexion changed slightly, "Third Brother, you..."
Yan Ze laughed, "Are you saying that you are not naive? At this point, there is no room for change. Do you know what conspiracy is?!"
Yan Li frowned, his face turned pale again, but Yan Ze smiled indifferently, but the words that came out of his mouth were very cruel, "You should know what treason is, your mother clan paid for it. There is a huge price to pay, as long as the name of treason is crowned, there is no possibility of turning around, and you kneel here, nothing will change."
When the entire Fu family was punished, that was the end of treason.
Yan Li's forehead was even more sweaty, "Third brother, what do you mean?"
Yan Ze looked at Yan Li and said nothing, but shook his head for a moment, "Yan Li, sometimes I admire you very much."
Yan Li was puzzled, Yan Ze patted the whisk on the hem of his robe and said, "People have to grow up all their lives, especially those in the royal family, but you, it seems that you have never grown up. It's hard to get to this point, I've tried, but I just can't do it."
Yan Li's pupils shrank slightly, "Third brother... what are you talking about?"
Yan Ze took Yan Sui's hand, and said to Yan Li, but looked at Yan Sui, "It's hard, after all, you are really only five years old like him, you are too kind, too kind People who feel guilty are too easy to feel guilty, and once they feel guilty, they will be helpless, it would be better to have more ambitions."
Yan Li became a little impatient, "What the hell does Third Brother mean?"
Hearing this, Yan Ze stood up, with that impeccable gentle look on his face again, "I know I can't persuade you, since that's the case, you can just kneel like this, but the Western Expedition will not stop—"
Yan Li was a little annoyed by Yan Ze's words, raised his eyes and said, "Then why did the third brother tell me these things? Didn't the third brother enter the court? Isn't he very sacred? As a minister, he shouldn't watch Your Majesty has done such unpopular things, why can't Third Brother stop him?"
Yan Ze laughed straight when he heard the words, waved his hands, and actually said something different to Yan Li, and led Yan Sui up the steps to the entrance of Chongzheng Hall.
Yan Ze turned to look at Yan Sui and said, "You wait for me here, I will come whenever I go."
Yan Sui nodded, and Yan Ze walked in. Yan Han was reviewing the memorial, and when he saw Yan Ze arrived, he put down his imperial pen, "Have you gone to see Prince Gong?"
Yan Ze smiled wryly when he heard the words, "Your Majesty, I can't persuade you anymore. I feel that instead of persuading, it is better to teach him a lesson. He is still like a child. He didn't see the situation clearly and was lucky. Your Majesty should let him go." He knows what imperial power and kingly law are."
These words really touched Yan Han's heart, Yan Han frowned and said, "Even if you don't say it, I also have the same intention. He has never been through storms since he was a child, so he was spoiled like this."
After saying this, Yan Han suddenly felt that the words were wrong, as if thinking of Yan Li's situation after he was born.
His eyes darkened slightly, and he turned to say, "Go to heaven and hold on to a long memory for a few days."
Yan Ze smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Yan Ze was about to leave, but Yan Han glanced outside the hall, "Who is outside?"
Yan Ze hurriedly said, "It's Your Highness Ninth. When Eunuch Yuan left, he was teaching His Highness how to write. I thought that I might not be able to persuade you, so I brought His Highness Ninth along. Who knew it would be futile..."
"What would he say at a young age?"
Yan Han shook her head, "Since you're here, why don't you come to greet me?"
Yan Ze hesitated to speak for a while, Yan Han raised his eyebrows, Yan Ze said, "His Highness Ninth Prince is a little afraid of you, it seems that you are too majestic."
Yan Han raised his brows even higher, and said with a broken smile, "Come here! Let His Ninth Prince come in!"
The little eunuch outside brought Yan Sui in. Yan Han really looked at Yan Sui shrinking his neck and was a little afraid of him. Yan Han didn't go to Shoukang Palace for many days, so naturally he didn't see Yan Sui for many days. Looking at him now, he just Feeling that he was very similar to Yan Lisheng when he was young, his heart couldn't help but move slightly, so he looked at Yan Sui for a while, Yan Sui saluted tremblingly, Yan Han then asked about the situation of the Queen Mother, Yan Sui answered one by one, but The sound is extremely low.
Yan Han recently learned that the enemy's situation in the north has been stabilized, and that the Western Expeditionary Army is heading towards Shuoxi, so he felt relieved, and said, "You are not too young, it is the time of enlightenment, your These cousins can teach you, you have to follow the master to learn calligraphy and literature, and I will come here every two days in the future, and I will test whether you put your heart into it or not."
Yan Sui answered tremblingly again, and Yan Han then asked the two to retreat.
After leaving the Chongzheng Hall, Yan Ze held Yan Sui's hand and said, "As you can see, it's not difficult."