Chapter 59: False alarm
On a winter night at the end of the first lunar month, the atmosphere became tense with the sound of horse-drawn carriages rushing on the royal street.
“… Who is it this time? ”
In front of the palace gate, a few pairs of eyes peeked at the past carriage and whispered.
"....It's King Ping's car..."
“… Chen Xianggong's car has passed...."
Here he spoke in a low voice, and another carriage came galloping over there, but this time he was stopped outside the palace gate.
"The king of the county, without the holy decree, you are not allowed to enter the palace at night." The Imperial City Forbidden Army said with a blank expression.
The eyes of the surroundings fell on the faces of the young county kings under the lights around the curtain of the car.
"King Qing is always okay, right?" King Jin'an said, pointing to King Qing behind him.
King Qing was apparently pulled out of his sleep, and at this time he fell asleep again in the car.
The forbidden army still shook his head, without the slightest hesitation.
"You are so bold, why can't King Qing enter the palace?" King Jin'an raised his eyebrows and shouted.
"Your Highness, King Qing can enter the palace, but Your Highness, you can't." The leader of the forbidden army said slowly, "If King Qing has to enter the palace, then please get out of the car and wait." ”
"How can King Qing enter the palace by himself?" The chamberlain beside the king of Jin'an County shouted sharply.
The only thing that answered him was the strict forbidden army, which seemed to be more numerous.
When the emperor had an accident, Miyagi was also the most strictly forbidden.
The king of Jin'an looked at the layers of palace gates, and the black pressure in the winter night finally sighed and lowered the curtain.
The carriage turned around and galloped away.
"I want to go out for a walk now."
In the carriage, the king of Jin'an said suddenly, breaking the dull suffocation in the car.
"Your Highness, not now." The chamberlain whispered. Looking at the king of Jin'an, he stretched out his hand to lift the curtain of the car and look out the window.
"Hmm. I know I can't. Just talking. King Jin'an said.
It was so sudden!
How could you suddenly get sick!
There was the sound of galloping horses' hooves coming from behind, and the hand of the king of Jin'an County stroking the curtain of the car couldn't help but stiffen.
"It's safe."
Such a sentence floated lightly outside the window, making the king of Jin'an County close his eyes slightly and exhale.
"Actually, I knew it was fine." He said again suddenly.
The chamberlain looked at him with some puzzlement.
"Because the palace didn't invite Mrs. Cheng." King Jin'an said.
So it's not a mortal disease...
The chamberlain tugged at the corners of his mouth.
"Your Highness, this is really not the time to laugh." He said with a bitter face.
The king of Jin'an County smiled and straightened his expression.
"This time, although it was late, there was still news coming out. But what about next time? He said slowly.
"Next time, we have enough people." The chamberlain whispered.
"But even if we know the news, we can't get in." King Jin'an said in a low voice.
Yes, this is the consequence of moving out, the dilapidated and dull depressing palace, I want to escape when I am there, but once I leave, it is harder to enter it than to climb to the sky.
He exhaled and turned his head to look at King Qing, who was sleeping peacefully in the car.
"Your Highness. Don't be afraid. The chamberlain whispered again, "It's all right." ”
Don't be afraid...
King Jin'an couldn't help but smile. It turned out that he was scared.
Yes, the moment he heard the news, he was really scared.
Especially at the moment when the palace gate was blocked.
It's okay this time, but what about next time? Who can guarantee that?
The carriage staggered away in the night.
The news of the emperor's accident spread quickly throughout the night, and the lights of many people's houses were lit one after another, and countless eyes surrounded Miyagi.
Fortunately, at dawn, good news came, the emperor was fine, and the court meeting went on as usual, presided over by King Ping.
This court meeting was boring, everyone only cared about how the emperor was, but fortunately, Chen Shao, who stayed in the palace for a night, and several other important ministers walked out slowly.
"It's caused by a mixture of joy and anger, and it's not a big deal." Chen Shao said.
Then someone from the Imperial Medical Bureau stood up to explain, and in the afternoon, some courtiers were allowed to enter to see the emperor, and looking at the emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair and being fed medicine by the waiter, everyone's hearts were a little calmer.
"Look at it, the urgent report from last night." The Emperor said.
The voice was clear, the thoughts were smooth, and the courtiers present finally landed on their minds.
looked at the case, and what was there was an urgent report that made the emperor vomit blood and faint.
"There are three more people on Maoping Road, and they converge together, establish themselves as kings, capture Lujiang City, Lujiang County ordered to defend and not retreat, and burned the house with the official seal and died of eighteen old and young families."
"I see."
At this time, Gao Lingbo, who was in a post station, also said after reading the emergency report of the transcription in his hand, and shook his head.
"Is Your Majesty really okay?" He asked again.
"Yes, at that time, His Majesty also personally recounted this urgent revenge." The attendant said.
Gao Lingbo smiled when he heard this.
Naturally, this was the emperor's show to his courtiers that he was in good health.
"What is this called?" He said, throwing the urgent report on several cases, "Go back and tell those people, next time be leisurely, people will report an urgent report, and drive me out of the capital to make a good name for the country, they will report an urgent report, and almost scare the emperor to death, that is a great crime." ”
Echo Yes.
"I really didn't expect this," he said, looking down at the thought of laughing and being a little afraid.
Who knew that the emperor was so unintimidated.
So intimidating?
Gao Lingbo was stunned.
"What did the Imperial Doctor say?" He asked suddenly.
"The imperial doctor said that it was caused by the combination of joy and anger, and it would be fine if this mouthful of blood was spit out, but it would be worse if it didn't spit it out." He said, nodding again, "It's been confirmed." ”
Gao Lingbo sighed, stretched out his hand and twisted his beard for a moment.
"My lord, do you want to go back now?" Asked in person.
"Nope." Gao Lingbo raised his hand and said, "Not only will I not go back, but I will hurry to Wangzhou." ”
In response, he turned around to leave.
"Also, tell them about the calamity. After driving the king of Jin'an out of the capital. Everything else has to be put to rest. The most important thing is to ask for a crown prince. Gao Lingbo instructed again.
Echo Yes.
Out of the first month, the emperor has gone to court normally, so that everyone forgot the fright of that night, and it is common to vomit blood in a hurry, but the rebellion did not dissipate.
On the contrary, it is getting more and more intense.
"....This is all due to the ineffective disaster relief, which gave the people an opportunity to take advantage of..."
The quarrel in the court is also becoming more and more intense.
The Emperor reached out and pressed his forehead.
He understands what they say, everyone understands it, and they all understand. There are ineffective disaster relief and inciting civil unrest, but now is not the time to talk about this, what should we do?
"....Cha Maoping Road's Failure to Relieve the Disaster."
“… counterinsurgency..."
“… Who's going? ”
There was an argument in the court, and a voice suddenly became louder.
"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go."
The voice was a little young, and everyone followed the prestige, and saw a young man standing up and bowing to the emperor.
"Jin'an?" The emperor was a little surprised. Frowning, "What are you messing with?" ”
"Your Majesty. The minister is not adding to the chaos, the minister is willing to go. The king of Jin'an said loudly, "The minister knows that the minister is young and can't afford to take on the heavy responsibility, and the minister doesn't dare to stop himself, the minister just wants to wait for His Majesty to choose a civil minister for disaster relief and a military general to quell the chaos, and the minister is willing to go on behalf of His Majesty to comfort the people and deter traitors." ”
In this way, there have been examples of emperors or princes driving in person, if there is really a royal family to go to Maoping Road at this time, it is really a comfort for the people in the deep disaster, and it is indeed a deterrent to those who rebel.
The court was silent for a moment.
"Nonsense!" The emperor said, "Chen Shao, you choose the candidates for disaster relief and rebellion, report to me within three days, and retire from the dynasty!" ”
Watching the emperor retreat from the court, the ministers also stepped back and began to be busy with the candidates, but the two ministers who walked out of the court couldn't help but glance at each other.
That's not right.
They looked ahead again, and saw that the young prince was about to withdraw with the others, but was stopped by one of his attendants, apparently summoned by the emperor.
"Is it to advance or retreat?" A minister whispered.
The other shook his head, a little confused.
"It's not wise to play this trick at this time." He said.
"And he really wants to go?" The first minister said in surprise.
How is this possible?
But three days later, the results announced by the emperor confirmed the possibility of this matter, and the king of Jin'an went to Maoping Road as a consummating envoy.
"Thank goodness the plague is finally leaving."
The concubine Niangniang who got the news in the harem smiled.
"Sure enough, the palace attendant arranged it properly, he walked on the front foot, and he was kicked out on the back foot."
At the same time, he looked at the palace maid again.
"The arrangement of the palace attendants is the palace attendants, and the palace should be thanked or thanked, you go and tell them."
The palace maid hesitated.
"Niangniang, those two adults said that they didn't do this thing." She said.
The concubine was stunned.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"The slave and maid don't understand it either, anyway, the two adults said that they originally intended to make a fuss about the disaster relief and the like last time when the county king dealt with it in front of His Majesty, but they didn't even remember to say it, and the county king himself said that he was going out to be a fussing envoy." The palace maid said.
Where are you going?
The concubine frowned.
What did he want to do? Is it possible that you want to make a name for yourself and want to go crazy?
That's a departure from Beijing! That's to counter the rebellion! If there is an accident, even if you get fame and merit, it is meaningless.
"Your Highness, do you know what you're doing? Is that really what you mean? ”
King Qing's Mansion, Imperial Doctor Li, who came by seeing King Qing, asked with a heavy expression.
"Yes, of course it was so easy for me to convince Your Majesty."
King Jin'an said with a smile.
"I told Your Majesty that I was wrong, I thought that if I had to provide disaster relief first, the people would be at ease if there was no disaster, but I didn't expect that after some restless hearts were provoked, it would not be so easy to be appeased, so although more and more money and food were spent, and there were more and more chaotic people, I was wrong, so I wanted to go and see it in person."
Imperial Physician Li snorted.
"How? I'm right, right? After speaking, the King of Jin'an looked at him and smiled, "Your Majesty agreed at that time." ”
"Your Highness's witty words are like honey, who can bear it if they hear it." Imperial Physician Li said.
King Jin'an laughed and picked up the bowl.
"But, Your Highness." Imperial Physician Li looked at him with a calm face, "Have you forgotten the incident of encountering a wolf at night on the mountain road four years ago?" ”
"Four years ago?"
With a tea bowl in his hand, the king of Jin'an County, who was sitting a little lazily, suddenly sat upright.
Seeing that he finally straightened his expression, Imperial Physician Li also nodded solemnly.
"It turns out..."King Jin'an smiled slightly, "I've known her for more than four years. ”
Imperial Physician Li was stunned for a moment, and then raised his eyebrows with a bit of anger.
"Your Highness!" He raised his voice in displeasure, "I'm talking to you about business!" (To be continued......)