Fortunately, neither of them can be regarded as people who are rigid about small things, and although the knot in their hearts cannot be solved for a while, they will not delay their serious days. In this way, the lives of the saint and his family are generally back on track.

When Qian Yuanhe and Qiwen were recuperating separately, the affairs of the East Factory were temporarily supervised by Wang Zhi, but fortunately, Jinyiwei led by Lord Qiu returned to Beijing to assist, and there was no cumbersome official business. When both of them are almost restored, they will restore their old appearance.

In fact, the courtiers also realized more and more that Dongchang was in charge of Concubine Chen, but because they couldn't get any definite evidence, no one dared to pick up the blame for the emperor's improper arrangement.

But even if there is evidence, no one may mention who has made the limelight flourish today.

Driven out foreign enemies, calmed down some internal troubles, and because of the implementation of the new tax policy, which not only expanded the treasury reserves, but also reduced the tax pressure of the common people, the prestige of the present has reached the highest level in history, and it is almost the highest value in the three generations of Great Yan Emperors in decades.

But that doesn't mean it's safe.

Years of scabies cannot be completely cured overnight. The biggest trouble at the moment is still from the civil unrest.

The Sanskrit Yin Sect is just a small sect, and the reason why it has made such a big noise is only because its origin is close to the capital, and it is just pointing the finger at the palace. The eradication of Sanskrit religion is only a small part of the many rebellions in the country. Shaanxi, Hunan, Fujian, Zhejiang, and other places still have several large and small rebel forces in action.

The territory is so vast that there will always be places that suffer from natural disasters**, and there will always be poor people who do not have enough to eat. When the people regard food as their heaven and their lives cannot be guaranteed, it is natural that whoever gives them food will run with them.

At present, the finances of the imperial court have only improved slightly, and it is necessary to pay attention to the victims of the disaster, and it is impossible to cover everything at once, and it is impossible for the people of the whole country to be satisfied, and they will not come to oppose the imperial court.

Originally, it was not very easy for those rebels to bring out any of them alone, and if they were broken in time, it would be much easier than going to war with Heguo. But after this great battle, the army always needs to recuperate and regain its vitality before it can continue to move its troops. Most of the people in the imperial court felt that the rebels were not enough to cause trouble, and it was okay to rest and wait.

I didn't expect to wait for this, but I waited for a little trouble.

The leader of a rebel army originating in Jiangxi is a talent, and his power is only the middle and lower among the rebels, but this person has lobbied around with his three-inch tongue, and in half a year, he said that several of the most successful rebels joined forces with him, and gradually joined forces and became attached.

By the end of the second year of Xianjia and the New Year, the boss had become the leader of more than 500,000 rebels, and he was in the limelight.

Disdain to contempt, these rebel armies, which were originally not in the climate, once joined forces and joined forces, advancing and retreating together, the threat increased several times. It turned out that it was chased by officers and soldiers everywhere, but in recent days, it has repeatedly defeated the officers and troops, and marched towards the capital with a large army.

So much so that after the Spring Festival was ruined by the funeral of the first emperor last year, the people of the capital have just enjoyed a decent year, and they will not be able to live a stable life.

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"You shouldn't have shaken out the matter of me and the country in the first place. With the lessons of the past, how can they trust me? ”

The emperor was really speechless. Wasn't it to show outsiders that they were brothers united and had no suspicions? You can't be wrong, right? It is not precisely because of this rumor as a deterrent that two small-scale rebels were successfully subdued and surrendered a few days ago.

Two days ago, the commander Qiu ran to report that the third prince seemed to be in private contact with the rebels, but he had not yet obtained any evidence.

The Emperor looked at his nervous appearance, and told him with some reluctance that Yuan Ying had just been here before he came, and bluntly said that he had contacted one of the leaders of the rebels, and was trying to divide and spy on them again.

Yuan Ying also said to him frankly: Although I will cut this matter first and then play, I will definitely report it to you, and I advise you not to let those Jinyi guards and Dongchang's fans stare at me too closely, otherwise if one of them is bought by the rebels, the matter will be exposed.

Lord Qiu was immediately stunned when he heard this. The emperor was ridiculous, of course, he would not really withdraw his manpower for this reason and not keep an eye on Yuan Ying at all, but just told Qiu Yu to ensure that those manpower was loyal and reliable.

In fact, he wasn't worried that Yuan Ying would really collude with the troubled people, if Yuan Ying had the heart to eat inside and out, he wouldn't have to wait until today, he was naturally guarding against something else.

Then, I received news today that the leader of the rebellious people that Yuan Ying hooked up with had been killed by Emperor Dachang, and they also released words to claim: Lao Tzu knows that you Bai Lao Er and Bai Lao San are all the same dogs, and it is not so easy to deceive Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu is going to sit on the country, and Lao Tzu is bound to fight to the death with your Lao Bai family!

Then, he got Yuan Ying's more frank and straightforward face-to-face counting.

"This time I can only fight with them hard, how many more people will die, and how much more money will be spent?" King Tan shook his head and sighed, like a helpless parent who saw his child do something stupid.

He is like this these days, he is so respectful when he should be respectful, and he is so indistinguishable when he gets up casually, he doesn't mention half a sentence about private matters, and when it comes to official affairs, he sometimes thinks clearly and methodically, how to listen to how normal, and sometimes unexpectedly pops up such a sentence or two of strange words that are completely inconsistent with the situational identity, how to listen to how abnormal.

On the surface, the two of them really have a bit of a brotherly and brotherly attitude, and Yuan Ying seems to have really become "good". Even the courtiers were puzzled, was it true that after dealing with the country and the Sanskrit Yin Sect twice, Jinshang and the three princes completely turned enemies into friends?

But as long as everyone who has seen it can see the difference, since the palace chaos "injured", the eyes of the third prince are always so dull, and the expression on his face is always so listless, and he is wandering outside the world at any time, just like not eating or sleeping for a day or two. Greet him face-to-face, and he will probably not respond.

It seems that the third prince's injury seems to have hurt his brain. Could it be that this is why it has become better?

The emperor could see it more clearly, Yuan Ying's spirit now was not as good as when he was released from the palace that day, at least he said something similar to the confession that day, and he never had it since. It's a pity that he is not good at communicating, and when he went to see the Queen Mother, Yuan Ying was also silent and never talked about private matters. No one could figure out what he was thinking.

After careful calculation, when Qiwen proposed to exchange his life for life to provoke him to kill on the day of childbirth, although Yuan Ying was no longer normal, at least he still had some spirit, and it seemed that he was stimulated by his last words that he was not qualified to be martyred, so he became what he is today, just like the three souls and seven spirits lost one or two, and they can't get it back.

In other words, it was his words that drove Yuan Ying crazy.

The emperor was really regretful and helpless. It stands to reason that if he deliberately pretends to be obedient and leads him to take it lightly, it seems that he should never be such a ghost. This simply does not make sense.

"What's unconscionable?" Qiwen scoffed at his assertion, "Hasn't he already succeeded in winning your mercy and letting your guard down?" His purpose has been accomplished. If you really pretend to be a normal good person and help you everywhere from now on, anyone will be suspicious, right? ”

According to Qiwen, the current Yuan Ying looks like a "neurotic". Of course, this is all summarized after listening to his narration, and Qiwen has never met Yuan Ying again.

Qiwen has always been that point of view, regardless of whether his so-called affection is true or false, anyway, don't treat him as a good person, don't let down your vigilance against him all the time, even if he is sincere? Does that guarantee that he will never do anything bad? Anyway, judging from what he did in the past, he is a bad guy by nature, even if he really becomes a neurotic, he is still a bad neurotic, and he will always be a threat to others more than a help.

The emperor didn't want to treat Yuan Ying as a good person completely, but he didn't think there was any doubt about Yuan Ying's love for Qiwen. According to his innate kindness, as long as Yuan Ying does not come to clearly express his hostility, and learns that Yuan Ying and he love the same woman but cannot lose their souls, he will inevitably feel indebted to her, and then he will naturally feel even more guilty when he thinks that his words have stimulated the other party to become unconscious.

He could fully imagine that sentence was a heart-piercing blade. If he were to change places, he would also be devastated. That blow would have been far stronger than the impact that Yin'er's suicide had on him before.

After hearing Qiwen's words, he couldn't refute it, so he had to sigh and say: "I'd rather let him change back to his original state, rather he still have the spirit to continue to fight with me." At least I can guess what he was thinking, better than now, and I can't even guess what he's thinking. ”

"Give him Yuzhang, hand over Yulinwei to him, and let him guard the palace city for you." Qiwen threw down the half-embroidered baby belly pocket in her hand and proposed such a bold proposal, "Isn't there just news that the Chang bandits will attack the capital in a short time?" At this time, your task is heavy, and you need to be busy with the deployment of troops to guard the Beijing Division, and the task of guarding Miyagi is entrusted to him, and it is the division that is famous. ”

The emperor was stunned, and immediately understood what she meant: "Do you want to capture him, give him this opportunity, and test whether he has a bad heart?" ”

Qiwen slowly walked to the window of the newly replaced glass Longxi Pavilion's dormitory, looked at the bright spring scenery outside the window, and said indifferently: "It may not be successful, he is so cunning, he must have guessed that this is a strategy." But you have been very lenient and considerate to him for a while, and if you add some foreshadowing, it will not be difficult to win his trust and make him think that you really trust him. Anyway, if you can't lead him to do it this time, it should be a paving for the future. After a long time, he will always believe that you are really lax, and if you still have a different heart, you will always show your fox tail. At that time, let Dongchang and Jinyiwei keep an eye on him at any time. ”

The emperor hesitated: "But in that case, it is equivalent to giving him the authority to enter and leave the palace." I'm afraid it's too risky. ”

Qiwen sneered slightly, and turned to look at him: "It can be seen that you don't fully believe him, and you also feel that he is still a threat to me." ”

The emperor shook his head and sighed: "No matter how small the threat is, I can't risk my wife and children." ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Qiwen said confidently, "Why would I take Yu'er to take risks?" If he says this, he must be sure that he will not be able to hurt us. ”

The emperor was silent for a moment, then took two steps forward and said in a sincere tone: "Qiwen, you can tell me well, this is not that you deliberately arranged to lead him into trouble, and wanted to take the opportunity to put him to death, right?" ”

"Layout to lead him to make trouble" is already a statement he has reservations, if Qiwen wants to take the opportunity to create a false impression of Yuan Ying's rebellion, and deduct him from the crime of borrowing the following killers, it is not impossible.

Qiwen sneered, her expression slightly depressed: "It's not wrong for you to guess so, I did have this heart." After all, for the sake of Yu'er, I also want to never suffer in the future. What foreign enemy, what civil unrest, which one is guarding him more threatening? But how could I be so disregarding your feelings in order to achieve this? ”

She sighed deeply and lay down on the couch beside her, "You're so worried that I'll deal with him, why don't you send him out of Beijing to become a vassal?" I dare to say that I am not soft-hearted and deceived by him, you just believe him in your heart, and you don't even feel at ease when you send him away from your eyes. ”

The Emperor was silent. He and Qiwen were originally intimate, but because of the difference in attitude towards Yuan Ying and the queen, there has been a tendency to go farther and farther away in the past few months, although the affection has not decreased, but the heart is obviously not as close as before.

This is also a big reason why he is anxious to confirm what Yuan Ying is thinking. has experienced so much with Qiwen, and once it was so two-hearted, but now this state is really unbearable. He simply missed the time when they discussed countermeasures to deal with Yuan Ying together.

It's time to come to a conclusion early and close the rift between them. Perhaps her idea is not impossible.

The emperor was still groaning, and Wu Feng's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, the third prince has something to ask to see, and he is already waiting in the imperial study in the front hall." ”

To say that the vassal king came to the emperor's dormitory openly and openly to ask for a meeting, it is not too much. It's just that since Qiwen lived in Longxi Pavilion as a concubine, the emperor almost never recruited foreign ministers to Longxi Pavilion to discuss matters, but transferred them to the Wenhua Hall or the cabinet.

The pattern of Longxi Pavilion is I-shaped, the front hall is parallel to the apse, there is a dozen steps long through the hall between them, the rest is the courtyard that is separated by more than ten steps wide, and now they are all replaced by glass windows, looking from the back window of the front hall, you can almost directly see into the west corner where Qiwen lives, in this case, the king of Tan also did not shy away from running to ask to see, how to say it is also an awkward thing.

As soon as she heard this, Qiwen immediately got up and walked away from the window.

The emperor was a little crying and laughing.

Around last month, he had deliberately withdrawn the team of Yulin Guards sent to Tanwang's Mansion, and felt that it was enough to have a secret sentry to keep an eye on, and there was no need to let these people squat in front of Yuan Ying every day. Unexpectedly, Yuan Ying himself bluntly said that he didn't have to, saying that he had completely adapted to the existence of these people, and with them watching, he acted more freely, saving himself from deliberately avoiding suspicion. The attitude is full of openness and integrity.

These days, a situation has basically formed as long as these people follow, and Yuan Ying is not restricted where he wants to go, anyway, there are thirty emperors' henchmen staring at it at any time, right? This time, he was really calm, and generously led this group of fart worms to Longxi Pavilion.

The emperor was silent for a moment, then reached out and took the jade zhang that Qiwen put on the kang table, turned around and walked out.

King Tan still looked like he hadn't woken up, and the four hundred households in Yulin Wei were like the four heavenly kings, standing in a row majestically and waiting with him in the imperial study. The first thing the emperor did when he came in was to wave his hand to let the four decorations go out.

After the ceremony, King Tan stood in the middle of the floor and reported in his characteristic tone of weakness: "One of the leaders of the Chang bandits named Hu Rui took the initiative to contact me, saying that he was at odds with their emperor and intended to surrender to Cheng as a traitor. I have already assigned two people from your team of Yulin Guards to go back with his men, and I have entered the Chang bandit along the way, and I have received a reply today. ”

The emperor was surprised: "Are you sure this is not their strategy?" ”

King Tan shook his head indifferently: "I asked Qiu Yu to send someone to verify it beforehand, it should be credible." And this time, Na Hu Rui did not believe that I was going to use their power to seize the throne, but knew that I was working together with you, so he made a special trip to surrender, in order to turn a bandit into an official and seek a rich future, which is more credible. Oh, don't blame Qiu Yu, I told him about it, and I will tell you in person, so that he doesn't have to come and make another trip. ”

The Emperor felt that he had nothing more to say. With the lesson of the last time, Qiu Yu must be reluctant to be the villain between their brothers.

King Tan paused and then said: "Also, you don't need to worry about how that Hu Rui will deal with it in the future, after I promised him a high-ranking official, I informed my subordinates, and when I confirmed that he was useless, I went to tell them that Hu Rui was a traitor to the wild emperor, and someone would take care of him at that time." No matter what high-ranking officials are generous, there is no need to cash it in. ”

The emperor had nothing to say, and couldn't help but think of Qiwen's strange statement that he "is a bad neurotic even if he becomes a psychopath". This kind of trick of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is not something that a kind person like himself can use. A little person who wants to be a high-ranking official, can he kill them all like this? But that's a later story, and I'm not in a hurry to say it.

It seemed that after saying these words, it took a lot of body, King Tan took a deep breath, his shoulders fell slightly, and he said even more weakly: "If you have nothing to explain, I will leave." If I can be sure that this team of Yu Linwei is absolutely reliable, I will send them to inform them if there is any news in the future, and I will not come. ”

"Wait." The emperor walked out from behind the dragon book case and handed the jade zhang that had been held in his hand to him, "The rebels are approaching the capital for a while, I have too many affairs to worry about, Qiu Yu is also very busy, and the errand of commanding the Yulin guard to guard the palace city will be handed over to you." ”

King Tan looked at Yuzhang, did not show any change in expression, only was silent for a moment, and then took it lightly: "It's okay, anyway, no one believes that I will eat inside and out, and I don't have to pretend." ”

The emperor simply has an illusion, the little soul that Yuan Ying lost is the part of the memory about their struggle for the throne, and now Yuan Ying has forgotten those pasts, although he is listless, but he is really in harmony with him.

If that's the case, that's fine. It's a pity that I can't prove it right now.

Just as the emperor was about to leave, King Tan suddenly asked, "Where is the box?" ”

The emperor couldn't help but smile slightly: "Old place, go get it yourself." ”

I don't know if it's to avoid suspicion, or because he doesn't have the heart to manage it, King Tan accepted the position of Yulinwei commander, but he didn't seem to care. After changing his boss, Yu Linwei still followed the rules as before, and he couldn't see any changes, and his new boss didn't give any instructions.

However, since then, King Tan has never taken the initiative to enter the palace, and he has not touched the privilege of entering and exiting the palace at all, so it seems that he is still deliberately avoiding suspicion.

This made the emperor feel a little relieved, at least it seemed that Yuan Ying's "madness" was not very strict. If he can really become a normal and harmless brother, it is naturally ideal.

After a period of exchanging news, the emperor has a grasp of the internal situation and future trends of the rebels, and after consulting with reliable generals, in order to avoid this rebel army like the former rebels who can't beat and run, they will run into the ravine and disappear, so that they can't be completely wiped out for many years, and they are temporarily shown to show weakness and retreat, and lead them to the plain area near the capital, and then strike hard in one fell swoop, and fully clear up.

Unlike the invading foreign enemies, the rebels regard the world as their own territory, and they also have to win the support of the common people, so they don't have to worry about them attacking and harassing the people when they put the rebels near the capital, and it is too late for Emperor Dachang to please the people.

Seeing that the decisive battle was imminent, the rebels' road to the capital was very smooth, and it was the time to sing triumphant songs and get carried away.

There is no suspense in this battle.

And what Qiwen is preparing for is another battle.