"Oh yes, there is one more thing." Butler Feng said in a low voice, "The people in Bie Zhuang reassured the prince that they took good care of the two little masters. They didn't let them know about the death of the former Qian'an King. These messy things will never reach their ears."
Yu She nodded, "Be strict with your mouth, and take good care of the twins. If it happens that they know something, no matter how they make trouble, they will never be allowed to return to Beijing without my order."
Butler Feng nodded hurriedly, "Yes."
"Also." Yu She glanced at Zhong Wan, who was on the side, and tried his best to say naturally, "Everyone will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver."
"Twelve taels?!" Steward Feng was startled, he paused and smiled, "Prince may not know, yesterday's imperial decree was already rewarded, eight taels per person in charge, servants each The two people are all grateful, and the generals can't wait to castrate themselves and go back to the palace to serve the prince and the young master!"
Yu She hesitated, shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with this, don't ask more, each person is 12 taels, just reward."
Zhong Wan felt a little ashamed and lowered his head to drink tea.
Butler Feng looked innocently at Yu She and then at Zhong Wan. Thinking about what happened last night, his old face flushed, "Oh! Yes, it's also a big happy event. That old slave thanked everyone first."
Yu She was satisfied, and he said again, "Don't fall on the other side of Bie Zhuang, reward."
Butler Feng agreed and suggested, "Then, the Qian'an Palace should also be rewarded."
Yu She was in a better mood, but he still didn't know what to say, "Xuan Jing also rewarded one or two?"
Zhong Wan: "…"
Zhong Wan couldn't bear it any longer, and interrupted, "Does this have anything to do with innocent Xuan Jing? Why should you reward him?"
Butler Feng said dryly, "His Royal Highness may not be very happy..."
Yu She frowned sensitively when he heard the words, "He dares to be ignorant of flattery? He doesn't see how I and Gui Yuan are on good terms?"
Butler Feng never dared to go against Yu She's wishes, and hurriedly said loudly, "He doesn't dare!!!"
Butler Feng said sternly, "I really can't see it, and the Fourth Highness doesn't dare to say anything!"
Yu She's face softened a little, angrily, "If it wasn't for the wrong timing, this would be worth amnesty and reward Xuan Jing one or two, he should be grateful."
Butler Feng closed his eyes and flattered, "That's what it is! It's a good thing that the whole world celebrates, and the Fourth Highness should be happy. Now, the Fourth Highness can't say that others don't take him with him. There is a prince who thinks of him all the time! "
Zhong Wan covered her face in pain and didn't look at it.
Although Yu She still felt that it was not formal enough and not lively, but because of the critical moment of life and death, this was the only way to do it.
Butler Feng took his order.
The other courtyard of Prince Yu's Mansion was opening the warehouse to appreciate the silver, and it was swaying in the middle of the wind and rain. The dark tide that had been surging for many years gathered into a huge wave, and finally the old and dirty buried deep in the ground was thrown into the big sun.
Emperor Chong'an heard the news from Princess An Guo and passed out. Two days and two nights had passed since he woke up again. Emperor Chong'an was completely speechless. He couldn't move his legs, except for one. The left hand can also make two difficult gestures.
Two days and two nights, whether it was long or short, but Yu Mucheng had been given enough time.
How the late emperor doted on his youngest son, King Ning, can be seen by anyone with eyes, not to mention the fact that the late emperor's relatives and old ministers have hinted more than once that King Ning will be made the crown prince in the future. Emperor Chong'an is afraid of these old people. After he ascended the throne, he dismissed the old officials of the previous dynasty and dismissed them. The clansmen had no choice but to secretly reduce the power in the hands of the clansmen. Later, when Xuan Ruiyuan was sent to Qian'an, he also dismissed a lot of them, which he found annoying. 's clan.
After years of harsh treatment, the clansmen did not dare to say anything on the face, and many people already harbored resentment in their hearts.
Emperor Chong'an became a crippled man, Yu She told him that he was ill and could not leave the house, and I heard that his health was not very good.
Those who received Yu Mucheng's assurance that they wanted a share of the pie at this moment immediately increased, and quickly gathered into a party.
From the moment the first person spoke, everyone suddenly became bold and began to blatantly complain for King Ning. By investigating the matter of Xuanqiong, they turned over the old case and tried to return King Ning's innocence.
Zhong Wan listened to all kinds of news in the mansion, and there was no wave in his heart.
When Emperor Chong'an was in power, when Zhong Wan was struggling in prison, these people didn't say a word for King Ning.
Eight years later, these people seemed to wake up from a dream, and suddenly remembered that they were also close relatives who were connected with King Ning.
If someone wants to overturn the case for King Ning, there must be someone who wants to maintain the imperial power.
Emperor Chong'an has held the power tightly for many years. Although he is in charge of the state and government, he does hold the cabinet tightly in his hands. The cabinet ministers were all drawn up by Emperor Chong'an, and now he is holding Yu She's. The edict of succession naturally refused to let the clan clan make trouble.
Since the fall of Emperor Chong'an, the two factions have gradually become distinct, and the contradictions have intensified step by step, but within half a month, the swords have been drawn, and the water is so hot that they can't wait to swallow the other.
In the smog, Princess An Guo met Yu She once.
That day, Princess An Guo was very embarrassed after leaving the gate of the palace. She really didn't know how to face Yu She. I heard that Yu She was sick and couldn't get out of bed. At first, Princess An Guo only ordered some medicinal materials to be sent. On that day, she personally came to the courtyard of Prince Yu's Mansion.
Princess An Guo had no hope at first, but Yu She saw her.
Princess An Guo looked at Zhong Wan anxiously, "Ziyou, I have something to say to you alone..."
"No need." Yu She sat down and said calmly, "If it wasn't for Zhong Wan to hear about the last incident, someone will teach him to listen to it later, I can't argue with it, the princess should tell her face to face."
Zhong Wan sat down and thought for a while, but didn't speak.
Over the past year, every time Yu She saw Princess Anguo, she would be heartbroken.
If it wasn't for the fear of missing something important, if it wasn't for the fear that Princess An Guo was arrogant and refused to talk to him, Zhong Wan actually wanted to deal with her by himself.
Princess An Guo looked at the two of them, "Forget it, I told you anyway, you have to turn your head and tell him."
Princess An Guo thought for a moment, and said, "Today, through their back and forth arguing and making noise, I accidentally found out something, this matter is related to you and me, let me tell you, lest you and I are still confused. ."
"Seven years ago, someone made a rumor and told me that my own child was the emperor's secret plan to kill me."
Princess Anguo smiled bitterly, "I was so mad at the time, I beat you, and asked you to kneel at the Yufu ancestral hall. Since then... our mother-son friendship has been completely broken."
"It was later found out that the child was indeed lost by myself, but I never knew who was the one who spread such rumors, first harming me, and then harming you, and today I finally found out."
Princess An Guo looked at Yu She and smiled bleakly, "Do you believe it? It's the emperor, my good imperial brother, your real father."
Zhong Wan's face changed suddenly, Yu She was stunned, and then sneered.
"it is true."
"On that day, King Ning was already dead, and the few children left behind were also thrown by the emperor into the barren land to fend for themselves. The emperor has no worries."
"The Zhong family has completely fallen, and Prince Ning's mansion is dead, and no one can mess with him and Concubine Zhong anymore. He no longer worries that your unknown child will harm him, and because The heir withered, and he wants to recognize you."
"The emperor already had the idea of making you his reserve that day. Among his sons, you are the only one who is the most powerful. In fact, he had already made a choice in his heart, but..." Princess An Guo laughed, "but you and I have a deep relationship between mother and son. He is a good boy, he is very filial to me, and he respects King Yu very much."
"A son cannot become someone else's. If a son can succeed him, he cannot respect outsiders as his parents. The emperor is afraid that I will interfere with the state affairs with King Yu in the future. But how to stop this?"
"The best result is that I personally push you to him. The best way is to use my own poor child as an excuse to drive me crazy."
"Sure enough, I was so angry that I treated you coldly. According to the emperor's original plan, he will reconnect you to the palace at this time, hide the dirty things between him and Concubine Zhong, and make up a story to bring you down. It's his parent-child story that makes you recognize him as your father and emperor."
"That's why I was able to find out that the child was accidentally shed by myself, because the original result was that I had no regrets after finding out the truth, but I can no longer repair the relationship with you. A closer relationship with the emperor."
"But unfortunately, there is another chasm in the middle."
Princess An Guo held the veil tightly, "Yu Mucheng understands."
"Xuan Qiong is still staying there, how can Yu Mucheng let the emperor make you the reserve? He interjected, throwing out countless clues, leading you, hooking you, and asking you to investigate the events of the year. Clearly."
"If not, you were so young at the time, how could it be possible to find out so clearly?"
Princess An Guo's heart palpitated, "The emperor's wishful thinking fell through, but if he was not careful, it was all over..."
After that incident, Yu She was reborn and became another person.
Even though he had already guessed it faintly, Zhong Wan couldn't help shaking his hands when he heard Princess An Guo say this.
You have a good time, and you have been hurt like this by these people.
"The things about the children over the years have made me brooding, and I have broken my love with you by accident. It is even more of a great hatred in my heart." Princess An Guo got up and said, "I know this now, but I didn't know what to complain about for a while. Who is it, whether it's helping the emperor or the king, I'm still unwilling now, Ziyou... I'm really tired."
Princess An Guo laughed at herself, "Anyway, I have helped both sides to this day. No matter who succeeds you in the future, even if it is against your own feelings, you will not kill me, that's all, I don't care."
Before leaving, Princess An Guo turned tiredly and glanced at Yu She, "Back then... King Yu took a concubine and gave birth to concubines one after another. You contradicted him a few times for me. I'll tell you, no need to say more, you said..."
Princess An Guo said, "You said, as a son of man, how can you not protect your mother?"
"But then..." Princess Anguo burst into tears, "When your life was better than death, I knew it wasn't your fault, but you were injured for so many years, Ziyou... It was the mother's fault, I didn't even think about it. I'm going to protect you."
Zhong Wan's throat choked violently, so what's the use of saying this now? !
Princess An Guo finally left.
Zhong Wan took a deep breath, walked over to Yu She's side, and took his hand carefully, before waiting for Zhong Wan to speak, Yu She smiled lightly, "It's okay."
Yu She looked at Zhong Wan and laughed, "I really didn't coax you, I don't know why, this time I don't feel bad at all."
Zhong Wan paused, endured and endured, tears winding down.
Zhong Wan lowered his head and choked silently.
"Understood, it was you who suffered on my behalf." Yu She took out a handkerchief and wiped it on Zhong Wan's behalf, and whispered, "There is something I wanted to tell you for a long time, but the time hasn't come, so I'm just talking empty-handed. Promises are meaningless, and today... I feel like the time has finally come."
Zhong Wan raised her eyes to look at Yu She, her lips moved slightly.
The eyes of the two met, Yu She was startled unexpectedly, and said in a low voice, "You actually guessed it a long time ago, didn't you?"
Zhong Wan clenched Yu She's wrist tightly and said in a hoarse voice, "You, think again."
Yu She smiled freely, "I've thought about it for a long time."
Princess An Guo claimed to be sick to the outside world, and she withdrew from the chaos and stayed behind closed doors.
Three days later, through Yu Mucheng's personal and material evidence, it was revealed that Emperor Chong'an had colluded with Concubine Zhong to kill the late emperor, and it was nothing more than an affair with his concubine mother. It is arguable that the clan members raised their eyebrows, and then they were filled with righteous indignation, and they were about to seek an explanation for the late emperor.
Yu Mucheng acted meticulously and carefully. When it comes to the events of the past, he only calls it "heard" and "expected", and then throws out the evidence. All the things are found out by others. When asked about him, Yu Mucheng flatly denied it. , only to say that he has suspected it for many years, but since the matter is serious, he has never dared to investigate it thoroughly.
For many years of co-authoring, he did not know anything, but he was always able to obtain evidence by magic.
Everyone knew that Yu Mucheng was lying, but the people of Emperor Chong'an's faction couldn't help him, and the clansmen even called it a horse, and Yu Mucheng suddenly became a loyal minister.
Everything was happening according to Yu Mucheng's expectations. Emperor Chong'an was knocked out several times and lived several times. Although he dragged himself to death, he also lost his authority. Let go.
The last straw that crushed Emperor Chong'an was a relic of the previous emperor.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs opened the old warehouse in the palace and found an old clothes.
After the death of the late emperor, these things were either burned or buried, and it happened that such a piece of clothing was left out.
The old clothes were stained with some medicine stains, which were stained by the late emperor's vomiting when he was seriously ill.
After examination by the imperial physician and the elderly staff, the stains were indeed poisonous.
The people of Emperor Chong'an kept biting him to death, saying that the late emperor was indeed seriously ill and died. When the old clothes came out, everyone was speechless.
Several generals in charge of military power in Beijing were pure ministers, and at first they joined forces to suppress the clan faction, so no matter how mad the clan clans were, they could not force the palace. But now that the Chong'an Emperor's guilt of murdering the monarch is conclusive, several pure ministers did not know what to do for a while.
Emperor Chong'an was in charge of the imperial power, and everyone should swear allegiance to the death, but was the first emperor not the emperor? Should the person who murdered the late emperor continue to be loyal
During the stalemate, the officials of Qian'an reported that they had found the traces of the former King of Qian'an, and that Xuanrui, the former King of Qian'an, was indeed assassinated by Emperor Chong'an, but with the blessing of God, Xuanrui survived the disaster.
Emperor Chong'an killed the first emperor first, and then killed King Ning unjustly, and now even King Ning's direct son is not spared. Reconsideration.
At this point, Emperor Chong'an's faction has nothing to do.
Although Yu Mucheng couldn't leave the ancestral mansion, he was not worried at all.
How about being under house arrest for a while? If Xuan Rui wanted to succeed the throne, he had to let himself go first.
Yu Mucheng thought about it for several months, and finally the dust settled. He was completely relieved. Yu Mucheng in the clan's mansion was eating raw tea and rice every day. Field turnaround.
But this time, God did not bless him.
Xuan Rui disappeared.
"Impossible." Yu Mucheng deserved to have been ups and downs in the court for many years, and he has cultivated a good kung fu. After listening to Zhong Wan's words, he shook his head lightly, "You don't have to lie to me."
Zhong Wan looked at Yu Mucheng quietly, "If you don't believe me, forget it, I'm leaving."
"Wait!" Yu Mucheng moved his fingers unconsciously, "You just said... that Xuan Rui is missing? What is missing? How could he be missing?"
Zhong Wan said lightly, "Missing is missing. From the beginning to the end, it's the Huan you called Prince Yu, who said that Xuan Rui is still alive. What evidence do you have?"
Yu Mucheng said eagerly, "Xuan Rui is the evidence!"
Zhong Wan said, "But now he is not alive or dead or dead, the clans are in a panic, and everyone has been harmed by your empty talk."
Yu Mucheng was stunned for a moment, his tone unsteady, "He's obviously not dead! It was my people who saved him! I was afraid that Xuan Rui would be assassinated by the emperor again, so I secretly sent someone to escort him into the capital! My people kept saying that Xuan Rui was fine! of!"
Zhong Wan looked at Yu Mucheng quietly and did not speak.
Yu Mucheng suddenly looked at Zhong Wan, and after a while, he fully understood.
Zhong Wan looked at Yu Mucheng's pale face and said with pity, "Yu Wangye, is it too greedy?"
"You originally had the opportunity to completely hold Xuan Rui in the palm of your hand, but in order to distract me from Zi You, you deliberately let Zi You's people follow, so that after Xuan Rui's accident, let me anger Zi You." Zhong Wan said Explaining Yu Mucheng's thoughts, "If Xuan Rui is really good or bad, if someone is held accountable in the future, you can still rely on Yu She's head and kill three birds with one stone, right?"
The blood on Yu Mucheng's face faded.
"We've come this far." Zhong Wan said solemnly, "You haven't forgotten to harm him."
Yu Mucheng tried his best to control himself to calm down, and asked, "Did you intercept Xuan Rui halfway? Zhong Wan, Wang Ning loved you so much back then, so you did this to King Ning's son in order for Yu She to succeed him?! "
Zhong Wan was too lazy to explain.
Yu Mucheng thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of another person in his heart, and suddenly said loudly, "Someone! Somebody!!"
"It's too late." Zhong Wan said coldly, "I'm here to tell you that the emperor is about to die, and Ziyou has already entered the palace."
Yu Mucheng didn't really understand what "too late" meant at this moment, he ignored Zhong Wan, completely lost his temper, got up and screamed.
In the palace at the same time.
Emperor Chong'an's waxy face was tinged with cyan. He tried his best to open his mouth and let out a long sigh before he could take another breath.
The people kneeling on the ground outside the dormitory were sobbing.
In the bedroom, Yu She stood at the head of the bed, looking at Emperor Chong'an indifferently.
An old eunuch fell in from the outside and was overjoyed, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! That traitor Xuan Rui is indeed dead! He can't be found at all, and the clans are panicking!"
Emperor Chong'an's eyes widened in an instant, he looked at Yu She, and with difficulty he touched his still-moving hand under the pillow, and took out an edict.
Emperor Chong'an shook his hands, threw the edict under the bed, took the pen handed to him by the old eunuch with great effort, and wrote ghostly talismans on the quilt: Ascension, time is running out, don't wait for them to recover, go find Xuan …
Emperor Chong'an was exhausted and fell back on the bed, unable to write anymore.
Yu She picked up the edict on the ground, opened it and read it carefully. After a while, she whispered, "I knew it."
"Why do you keep holding it in your hand, why are you refusing to give it to me?" Yu She spread out the edict and said lightly, "Have you decided on the selection of the queen?"
Yu She asked in a low voice, "If I want to ascend the throne, I must marry the queen you chose for me, right?"
Emperor Chong'an stared at Yu She, with a hint of pleasure in his eyes.
Even if the clans are fishing in troubled waters, what if they have been making trouble for so many days? It is impossible for a country to be without a king for a day. As soon as he leaves, a new emperor will soon succeed him. Xuan Rui is nowhere to be found. Who would dare to say nothing to Yu She
What if Yu Mucheng had been dormant for many years? At the end of the day, isn't this still an empty bamboo basket
What if Yu She was rebellious? If he wants this dragon chair, he has to take it with the queen.
Although the possibility of Zhong Wan's entry into office was not cut off, in Yu She's marriage, Emperor Chong'an would never let Yu She follow his own wishes.
The old eunuch who was serving Emperor Chong'an said with trepidation: "Prince, the emperor said before that I was afraid that you would be confused and would not marry the queen for the sake of Young Master Zhong in the future, so... I have to arrange it for you. You don't take it lightly either, so... it's good for everyone."
Yu She smiled, "In the final edict, I have to be included."
Emperor Chong'an took a breath of relief, picked up the pen again, and drew on the quilt: That child, hold it in your hand, it's fine, but don't waste any more time, the clan will think of him immediately, don't let them …
"Don't worry." Yu She folded the edict, "Even if the clansmen come to their senses and think that King Ning still has such a son, they won't be able to see him or grab him."
Yu She said casually, "Xuan Yu will always be in my hands."
Emperor Chong'an thought that Yu She had finally compromised, and just as he was about to nod his head, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Yu She smiled, "I didn't expect it?"
Emperor Chong'an whimpered hoarsely, his left hand shaking violently.
"The clansmen have done everything I was supposed to do for me, leaving me with a lot of trouble."
Yu She said softly, "But everyone just stared at Xuan Rui and forgot that King Ning has a son."
"King Ning has overturned the case, so his two sons are actually the same."
Emperor Chong'an understood what Yu She was going to do, and was out of breath.
Yu She read the edict carefully again and said to himself, "All these years, everyone has been pushing me into the abyss..."
"I'm a pawn for all of you... You know that if I marry the queen, I will lose Zhong Wan, and my life will be better than death, but for this bloodline, you still have to force me, let me be behind you, and still be at your mercy ."
"I had already accepted my fate in this abyss, but Zhong Wan suddenly jumped down. Not only did he jump down, he also wanted to pull me up and climb up together."
Yu She looked at Emperor Chong'an, "You should thank him, if it wasn't for him, this ending would have been even more terrifying."
Emperor Chong'an's eyes cracked and he roared sharply.
"Yu Mucheng and the others feel that they have saved Xuan Rui's life first, and then they have made great achievements, so they can safely hold Xuan Rui in their hands."
"Xuan Rui and Zhong Wan have a knot in their hearts that can't be solved, and I can't tell whether they are old or new. If he succeeds, he will naturally not let us go."
"So I can't let Xuan Rui go back to Beijing, but... what about Xuan Yu?"
"It was a little difficult to support him in the first place, but thanks to the tossing of the clans these days, it is now smooth sailing."
"Compared to those clans that he doesn't even recognize, is Xuan Yu closer to Zhong Wan, who brought him up with his own hands, and my cousin who handed over the throne to him?"
"Don't worry, I won't treat Xuan Yu as a puppet, I will nurture him, teach him, and leave everything to him when he is an adult and can really take charge of the world. The debt is paid off."
"I won't be trapped in the past, and Gui Yuan doesn't have to feel sorry for King Ning anymore."
"We're both clean and we don't owe anyone any more."
Yu She stood up and spoke to Emperor Chong'an calmly for the first time, "Father, from the beginning to the end, I never thought of taking the throne, I just wanted to..."
In the Zongren Mansion, Zhong Wan looked at Yu Mucheng, who was in a state of despair, and said hoarsely, "Ziyou just wants to do his best..."
"Put the mighty gears that were misplaced 20 years ago back to their original positions."
-Finish-
The author has something to say: Finally finished.
A book I was writing in 2016, edited and revised, it is already another book compared to the original version, but I am very happy. This is the most complete story in my heart. The overall tone has been adjusted several times. It's a lot of fun, and it's the version I'm most satisfied with.
The story is a little heavy, and I tried my best to write it lightly. First, I hope that the two protagonists don't have such a hard time. Second, I think the two protagonists are strong enough, especially Zhong Wan. No matter how bad the situation is, he can do it. Find fun for yourself.
Looking back on the whole story now, I still feel a little sad. Really, I like the two protagonists so much.
There were originally a lot of things I wanted to say, but now I feel that I have already said everything I need to say, so I won’t be verbose. I wish all readers who have read this article to be positive and optimistic, and even if they encounter difficulties, they can go well cross.
2019 is almost here, I wish all readers a happy and safe.
See you next time.
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(I haven't written a long story for a long time. I'm too tired. I'll update the episode after a few days of rest. See you in the episode~)
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