The imperial study of the Qianqing Palace.

The prince knelt on the ground, and did not dare to raise his head, and the little eunuch who was waiting in the imperial study had already hid out. The Jurchen broke through Juyong Pass, and the prince was shocked and inexplicable when he heard the news, regardless of Ye Minchun's strong dissuasion, leaving Ye Minchun alone to guard Tongzhou, and he didn't care about the errand, and hurriedly fled back to Beijing with the guards.

Millions of stones of grain in Tongzhou were thrown aside by him. Now that the army is pressing, the people of Jingshi are panicking, the price of rice in Beijing is soaring, and the importance of food is self-evident.

Such a prince...... It's really mud that can't hold up the wall. It's just that the emperor doesn't have time to blame the prince now. The emperor sighed and said softly; "Get up! Sit down beside me! ”

"Thank you, Father!" The prince's voice trembled with excitement, and he stood up flattered, and sat down carefully on one of the brocade stools at the head of the emperor. He was ready to be scolded by his father, Ye Minchun persuaded him that he had defended Tongzhou, and if he got this great achievement, his status as the crown prince would be stable. Ye Minshu doesn't know the truth of the Dao, but no matter how great the credit is, it is not as important as his own safety, the son of the daughter can't sit down, he is the deputy army of the dignified country, if he dies in Tongzhou in such a daze, wouldn't he be wronged!

As for fear of death? Who is not afraid of death! Especially people like them who grew up in fine clothes and fine food! Fortunately, Ye Minchun was competitive enough, the Jurchen soldiers had already arrived in Tongzhou, and Tumutu also knew the importance of grain, so he personally sent several thousand people to grab grain, Ye Minchun took the military horses and fought a few battles with the Jurchens, and finally held the granary in Tongzhou without falling.

Fortunately, Ye Minchun is capable, if so much food is lost, the prince will be to blame! The prince is really afraid that he will die in the hands of the Jurchens, and he will have one less right-hand man from now on.

"I have sent a decree to Ye Minchun, telling him to set fire to the granary in Tongzhou!"

"Father?" Ye Minshu couldn't sit still anymore when he heard this, the grain in the granary of Tongzhou accounted for 10% of the annual treasury income of Dachu, and it was burned like this? !

The emperor waved his hand to sit down, and threw out a shocking news: "Jinyiwei sent back a secret report that the Sudden People have transferred 30,000 troops and have entered Gyeonggi from Juyong Pass!" ”

Ye Minshu's face turned pale: "How is this possible?" ”

By now, even a person like the emperor and the crown prince who is not very intelligent has finally understood the strategic intentions of the abrupt Khan Zuoyan. He is now dispatching a large army in the northwest direction, dragging the elite troops of Dachu, and then uniting with the Jurchen cavalry to break through Juyong Pass in one fell swoop, their purpose is not to grab a handful and leave, they are very ambitious, they want to subvert the Great Chu Dynasty and occupy the hinterland of the Central Plains!

With the abrupt population, Zuo Yan was able to muster together a full 120,000 soldiers and horses, which shows that he has even used his strength to eat.

At least so far, Zuo Yan and Tumutu's plans have been mostly successful. The two sides combined had a total of 60,000 iron cavalry, and it was enough to attack the Jingshi.

Ye Minshu had cold sweat on his forehead, he was not too stupid, and immediately asked a key question: "How many available soldiers are there in the Jing Division?" ”

The emperor's voice sank: "I asked someone to count the number of soldiers in the Beijing camp, and now the number of soldiers in the Beijing division is less than 100,000, and they are all old and weak, and there is a huge Beijing division, and I can't even find a thousand war horses!" Shocking, shocking! ”

The prince hurriedly said: "What about the three thousand, Shenji, and the three battalions of the five armies?" How come there are only 100,000 old and weak men left in the 170,000 military horses? How can these centaurs hold the Jingshi? ”

The emperor said tiredly: "The elite has long been transferred to Xuanfu and Datong by them!" ”

There is no need for the emperor to explain too much, the prince also understands that the camp affairs have been slack in recent years, the battalion commander has been corrupt and incompetent, and empty salaries have become a common practice, and the three major battalions that were powerful in the world during the time of Taizu are now even inferior to the border army.

The prince trembled and said: "The governor's mansion of the five armies, the military department, and the eunuch in charge of the three major battalions, should be killed!" All of them should be killed! ”

The emperor sighed and said, "Now is not the time to hold accountable!" The Jurchen and Tuwu coalition forces are coming in a blink of an eye, Emperor, we have to find a way to deal with the enemy! ”

The prince swore and said: "But please ask your father to command, and the son will die to the death!" ”

The emperor said gently: "Emperor, my father is old and wants to pass on the throne to you, and I will abdicate to become a emperor, do you think it is good?" ”

The crown prince came to meet him today, and he was ready to be scolded by the emperor. Unexpectedly, a huge pie fell from the sky and almost knocked him unconscious. Let him be the emperor now? Did the Buddha open his eyes?

Ye Minshu trembled with excitement, but he still tried his best to suppress his joy, and knelt on the ground with a "poof", although he couldn't wait to agree immediately, he also said humbly: "Father, your old man is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and his son is blessed and virtuous, this is absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible!" ”

The crown prince is also afraid that the emperor is just testing him!

The emperor's voice above his head sounded slowly: "I have made up my mind, and the imperial frame will set off to inspect Nanjing on the same day, but the important place of the capital division must leave a person to guard here, if you are willing, I will pass the throne to you, and you will lead the troops to guard the Beijing division." ”

I see!

It's like a basin of cold water poured on your head! The prince's heart immediately became cold! He thought to himself: Your Majesty, you are so good to your son!

What kind of inspection of Nanjing, it is just a nice pretense, in fact, the emperor was frightened by the Jurchen and abrupt army, and found a high-sounding reason to flee Beijing. Just as he said, of course, Jingshi can't give it to foreigners, and he always has to find someone to come out and top it. The ideal person is the crown prince. The emperor said it well, passed the throne to him, and became the emperor himself, but as soon as the Jingshi was broken, he became a sinner for the ages, and maybe he would be captured by foreign tribes.

The prince finally understood, and he was the scapegoat pushed out by the emperor!!

No wonder there was no mention of my escape, it turned out that my father had the same idea!

Thinking about all this, he didn't want to accept the emperor's Zen position when he was killed. He thought: Anyway, the throne will be mine sooner or later, why should I take such a big risk?

"Father, the son will not dare to accept it!"

The emperor had a look of extreme disappointment in his eyes. He himself is a cowardly person, he also thought of coexisting with the city, but after all, he couldn't make up his mind, the eunuchs and concubines around him came to cry to him, and the ministers also made up their minds to let him temporarily avoid the enemy's edge, so he made up his mind to hide in Nanjing, the capital of the city.

People are like this, he is cowardly and incompetent, but he hopes that his son will be capable, he sincerely hopes that the prince can take on the task of saving the country at this time, so he will sincerely pass the throne to him, and will not interfere too much in his governance in the future.

It's just that now, the prince's performance is too disappointing!

"Go down! Let's go down! The emperor waved his hand tiredly, and now he didn't want to see the prince again.

The next day, the fourth day of the fifth month of the eighth year of the orthodoxy of Great Chu. In one day, it will be the Dragon Boat Festival, but the people of Jingshi are panicking, whether it is a wealthy family or a small people, they all have no intention of celebrating the festival. The news that 30,000 soldiers and horses had also entered Juyong Pass soon spread to everyone. Everywhere there was a sign of the death of the country, the troops of the Beijing division were empty, the Tu and the Jurchens were so capable of fighting, whether it was the officials or the small people, all the smarter ones packed up their cages and waited for the city gate to open and escape.

Early in the morning, the emperor will hold a grand court meeting at Qianqingmen. For a court meeting of this scale, officials above the fifth rank must participate, and Ye Yichen, as a prince, also needs to participate.

Ye Yichen got up early in the morning, had breakfast and saw that it was still early, so he came to the small courtyard where Yulan lived, Yulan had already gotten up and freshened up. She had just recovered from a serious illness and couldn't get out of bed, and when Ye Yichen came in, Doulu was holding a small bowl and feeding her bird's nest porridge one by one.

"The prince is here!" Seeing the prince come in, Yulan hurriedly owed on the bed. Ye Yichen said: "You eat yours." I'm just here to take a look. ”

Yulan had actually eaten almost, so she said, "I'm full, please let my sister clean up." Doulu answered, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and went out.

Ye Yichen found a chair and sat down, seeing that her complexion was much better than yesterday, and there was already a hint of blush on her innocent little face, which looked extremely moving. The prince was happy in his heart and said, "What do you think?" ”

Yulan smiled and said, "I'm much better, thanks to the prince who invited Doctor Xue to save my life." The prince has shown me great kindness, I really don't know how to repay it! ”

Ye Yichen tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said secretly in his heart: "Is this girl really ignorant or pretending to be confused, now it's like this, of course you will serve this king in the future, and at that time there will be a time when you repay this king!" ”

Ye Yichen said: "Old Lady Yang and Miss Yang Jiu have returned home safely. You don't have to worry. Ye Yichen knew that she was worried about her relatives, so he told her the news without waiting for her to ask.

"Really? God forbid! Yulan was overjoyed. That's really good news.

Seeing her happy appearance, Ye Yichen's heart also became happy. "There is also good news, the king's guard head has also escaped!"

"General Yuan is still alive? That's great! "Yulan is sincerely happy for the big head." How did he escape from so many Jurchen soldiers? ”

A smile tugged at the corner of Ye Yichen's mouth: "He was seriously injured, so he simply pretended to be dead, and the Jurchens were busy looting, so he let him pass the test like this!" ”

Yulan nodded again and again when he heard this: "General Yuan is really smart, and he deserves to be the guard next to the prince!" ”

The corners of Ye Yichen's eyes jumped, thinking to himself, are you praising me, or hurting me?

The two talked a few more words, Yulan secretly looked at the prince's face, and when she saw that the prince put her in his inner house, she felt a little drumming in her heart. What does he mean exactly? At that time, she paid great attention to the defense of men and women, she and Ye Yichen fled all the way, Ye Yichen carried and hugged him, that was really "giving and receiving", according to the rules at this time, I am afraid that I have only one way to marry him!

Merely...... Ye Yichen is the respect of the prince, even if he continues to string, there are also a lot of famous concubines who are in a hurry to send them to the door, how can he think that such a top diamond king Lao Wu can't take his turn.

Is he worthy of being the princess of Jin? Just thinking about her makes her feel discouraged!

He couldn't be trying to take him in as a concubine, was he?! Although Yulan has a good impression of Ye Yichen and is grateful to her for saving herself several times in a row, she can marry the prince as a concubine...... Sorry, forget it! Although this girl is just a concubine, she doesn't want to be low and small!

Yulan's brain hole is getting bigger and bigger, and the more I think about it, the more I feel that it makes sense! I was betrayed by my boyfriend once in my previous life, and she really lacks confidence in her charm! I always think that Ye Yichen is such a good man...... I'd better stop thinking about it!

Thinking about it like this, she felt that the Jin Wangfu was like a tiger's den in Longtan, and she didn't want to stay here for a second.

Yulan immediately said tentatively: "Lord Wang, I'm almost good, can you ...... Sent me back to Yang's house? I've been bothering you for too long, and I've caused you too much trouble......" Under Ye Yichen's sharp gaze, Yulan's voice became smaller and smaller.

Although she tried her best to keep her tone calm, who was Ye Yichen? As soon as she opened her mouth, Lord Jin heard the impatience in her tone. She looked at it with a cold gaze, and saw that Yulan felt weak for a while.

Yulan cheered herself up in her heart!

Anyway, these things are known to the two of them, as long as she speaks out and begs Ye Yichen well, he will definitely be able to handle this matter properly and will not damage his reputation. The credibility of the prince, she can still trust it, as long as she doesn't talk nonsense, it won't affect herself, she still marries Xie Zhiyuan honestly.

After all, she is not a real ancient person, men and women are very guarded or something, in fact, she really doesn't see it very much, not to mention that the two have no substantive relationship. She didn't feel how sorry Xie Zhiyuan was.

Ye Yichen was in a good mood, but when she said these words, he immediately became bad: What do you mean? You still can't look down on this king! Do you think you have been wronged by waiting for this king?

Ye Yichen flicked his sleeves and stood up, and said coldly; "It's not busy! You have a good rest, this king is going to attend the great court meeting! ”

Then he turned around and went out.

"Lord Wang!" Yulan screamed, but Ye Yichen didn't look back!

Yulan was secretly anxious in her heart: Oops, it seems that His Highness is really angry. But Lord Wang, the Lun family really doesn't want to be a concubine for you!