"What did you say?" Orthodoxy was resting on the couch with his eyes closed, Ye Minzhao sat on the edge of the bed and thumped his legs, and Orthodoxy suddenly turned over and sat up, with an incredible look in his eyes.

"How is this possible?" Ye Minzhao first secretly exchanged a knowing look with Chen Jia, and then pretended to be shocked and said.

Chen Jia said: "His Royal Highness King Zhao secretly commanded Li Ling in Hebei. He ordered his henchmen to transport more than 10,000 pieces of ordnance that were supposed to be transported to Liaodong to Hebei, and asked him to bring a secret letter from King Zhao to Li Ling, secretly agreeing that the camera would cause trouble...... His henchman Lu Jian didn't dare to do such a rebellious thing with him because of his conscience, so he secretly came to report to the emperor halfway. ”

Orthodoxy only felt a buzz in his head, "Where is Lu Jianren?" He asked in a hoarse voice.

"Just wait outside the hall."

"Pass him into the temple to meet him!"

The chief chamberlain ran out very brightly, and after a while, he took Lu Jian into the main hall. Lu Jian has never seen the emperor when he is so old, and today he is doing this kind of unsightly deed, and his heart is beating very hard like a drum. Vaguely saw that in the empty hall, in addition to the emperor in a dragon robe and Chen Jia standing on the side, there seemed to be others, but he didn't dare to look at it more.

"The last general will knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Under the guidance of the eunuch, he knelt on the ground paved with gold bricks and kowtowed.

The emperor looked at Lu Jian coldly and was silent for a long time. Lu Jian felt that the air was very oppressive, lying on the ground, his body trembling slightly unconsciously, and he couldn't control it even if he wanted to. The deterrent power of the supremacy of imperial power is still very strong, even if the orthodox is a very gentle emperor, Lu Jian still feels a little scared when he sees him at first glance.

Orthodoxy was silent for a moment, and finally asked slowly, "Who are you?" What is your name? What does it have to do with King Zhao? ”

Lu Jian said: "The last general, Lu Jian, is the general of the Shenji Battalion, the grandfather and father of the last general have followed the Marquis of Jinghai to fight, and the last general also served as the Marquis's personal guard when he was young!" "Jinghaihou is Xiao Zongsheng and Ye Minyu's maternal grandfather. Lu Jian's family has such a relationship with the Jinghai Hou Mansion, and Lu Jian is naturally Ye Minyu's person, and there is nothing wrong with it.

"You're out of Beijing this time, but what's the errand?"

"The last general was ordered by the Ministry of War to order the last general and another general, Zhao Kun, to transport 10,000 pieces of ordnance to Liaodong."

Zhengzheng's face sank: "Then why did you leave your post and come to me?" ”

Lu Jian kowtowed and said, "Don't dare to deceive the emperor, there is another secret in this matter." The errand of the last general is said to have been personally ordered by His Royal Highness King Zhao, and it is the name of the last general and Zhao Kun who are the key points of the military department, and the two generals are called to escort the ordnance to Liaodong. Originally, this errand was handed over to the last general, and the last general was very happy. Because the escort of ordnance is all in the territory of Dachu, and the soldiers and horses brought are all elite, and there is no danger, after coming back, it is a great achievement, who knows that before leaving, His Royal Highness King Zhao secretly called the last general and Zhao Kun to the house, and said something to us, which inevitably made the last general suspicious. ”

"What did he tell you?"

He instructed the last general and Zhao Kun not to really send this batch of ordnance to Liaodong, and when they arrived at the border of Hebei, they secretly turned around and transported it to the local guard! However, the order received by the two generals was obviously to escort this batch of ordnance to Liaodong. The two of them were puzzled, so they asked His Royal Highness King Zhao why this was. His Royal Highness said that the last general and Zhao Kun were his people, and we would just do what he told us to do. The last general and the two said that they had military orders and did not dare to disobey them, but His Royal Highness said that he was the prince and the future crown prince, and the military department should also listen to him. Tell the two of us to do a good job for him, and it will naturally benefit us in the future......"

"We didn't dare to disobey, but we only agreed. Before leaving, His Royal Highness gave another letter to the general, telling me to hand over the letter to Li Ling, the commander of Hebei, when I arrived in Hebei! And told the general not to read what was written in the letter on the way. ”

"The last general and Zhao Kun were ordered to go on the road, the more I think about it, the more strange it becomes, Hebei is the place where the holy car is, why did His Royal Highness King Zhao send a batch of weapons over at this time? The Hebei Metropolitan Command and Envoy Division belongs to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, because it is located in a critical place in Gyeonggi, and it has always been the first to be replenished. The last general thought in his heart, unless Lord Zhao has a group of private soldiers who only obey his orders......" Speaking of which, the orthodox emperor's expression has changed wildly. He took 20,000 horses to escort him on this patrol, and Li Ling had a total of three guards, with about 15,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and it was only a few dozen miles away from the summer resort.

He just felt like he had nails under his buttocks. “…… Keep talking! ”

"Lord Zhao Kun Zhao is also very confused, the last general and he have consulted all the way, but after all, he can't understand the essentials. The last general thought about it and felt that something was wrong, but Hebei was too close to the Holy Cross...... secretly opened the letter that His Royal Highness King Zhao asked the last general to bring to General Li, and when he saw it, the last general was immediately frightened! ”

"What is written in the letter?"

Lu Jian kowtowed, and his voice trembled a little: "King Zhao's letter instructed Li Ling to rebel, so that Li Ling and His Royal Highness echoed inside and outside to conspire for the throne, and also said that if this matter is done, when His Royal Highness ascends the throne in the future, he will definitely be rewarded with the position of a prince, and he will be crowned as a king with a different surname!" ”

"Bang!" Although the orthodoxy had expected it, he was still a little angry when he heard this, "This rebel ...... Where is the letter, show it to me! ”

Lu Jian hurriedly took out the letter from his arms, and Chen Jia took both hands and handed it to the emperor.

This letter was given to him by Chen Jia just now.

The emperor opened the letter, and saw at a glance that the notes of the dragon flying and the phoenix dance were through the back of the paper, who else was there if it was not the handwriting of Ye Minyu, the king of Zhao? Orthodox glanced at it a few times, and although Ye Minyu wrote a little vaguely in the letter, the general meaning was exactly the same as what Lu Jian said.

The emperor has already believed seven or eight points, and he is inevitably a little sad in his heart, and he asked in a deep voice: "Xiao Zongsheng, the Marquis of Jinghai, is kind to your family, how did you think of reporting him?" ”

Lu Jian said: "Although the last general is dull, he also knows what is right and what is wrong, but he also knows that he is loyal to the monarch and loyal to the monarch, which one should really be loyal?" What's more, the last general knew in his heart that even if Li Ling raised troops, the so-called evil could not defeat the good, he was just a clown who jumped off the beam, and sooner or later he would be destroyed by the emperor's brilliant heavenly soldiers! When the last general saw this letter, he planned to come to report to the emperor, but he didn't want Zhao Kun's thief to want to do things for His Royal Highness King Zhao, so he refused to come with the last general, and threatened the last general, refusing to call the last general to come to tell the truth, and the last general had no choice, so he killed Zhao Kun! ”

"Well done! You go down first, and when this matter is settled, I will naturally have a reward for you! ”

Lu Jian was overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

A eunuch led Lu Jian out, and said orthodoxically: "Look at him well!" ”

Chen Jia said: "The slave understands! Then he called a little eunuch in and gave him a few words.

After the little eunuch went down, the orthodox said to Chen Jia: "You send more scouts to monitor the movements of the guard station, and all the soldiers are ready to fight at any time." The generals of each battalion should also be awake at all times. ”

"The minion will go down and arrange it!"

Chen Jia also stepped back. Zhengzheng picked up the letter and read it again, no matter how he looked at it, it was King Zhao's handwriting, but he didn't know that there were not a few capable people in this world who could imitate handwriting.

Orthodox looked at it and couldn't help but cry. "What kind of sin have I done! These two rebels are more lawless than the other! Didn't I ask him to stay in Jingshi, didn't it imply that his position as the prince was his, why did he collude with outsiders and want my life? How many more years can I live, can't he even wait for so many years? ”

"Father's anger, you have to take care of your body now! Erchen really didn't expect that the fourth brother would do such a thing! His tone was also very sad.

"What is he doing this for?" The orthodox emperor's heart is like a knife, although he is also a little defensive about these sons, but in addition to this defensive heart, he can be said to care for the princes, and he has been crowned princes early.

Ye Minzhao said: "Probably because you have been unwilling to make him the crown prince during this time, but have disposed of many ministers who have written to speak for him, so the fourth brother has a grudge!" He just wanted to take advantage of your absence in Jingshi to simply break the kettle and ascend to the throne in one fell swoop! ”

Orthodoxy actually thinks so in its heart.

Ye Minzhao suddenly knelt down: "Erchen is guilty!" ”

Orthodoxy wondered, "Why are you doing this?" ”

"Father...... The fourth brother complained in front of his sons, saying...... Say you're old and confused, and you don't even trust your own son, but only trust those geldings who have a little less purr underneath! ”

This so-called gelding naturally refers to Chen Jia. Orthodoxy heard this, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Ye Min glanced at Zhengtong and continued: "He also said that with his seniority and prestige, his father should have made him the crown prince a long time ago. He also told his sons that as long as his sons promised to support him as the crown prince, when he became the emperor in the future, he would make his sons the regents and rule the country with his son. ”

Orthodoxy sneered: "I said that why did this rebel suddenly change his temperament, how did the originally arrogant and domineering person become modest and cautious, it turned out to be a thing in front of one thing and one thing behind the back!" ”

Ye Minzhao said: "Erchen has also persuaded the fourth brother many times, now that the eldest brother is like that, you have made outstanding achievements, and your father's world will be yours sooner or later, why should you be in a hurry." But he said that my father didn't trust me, and my eldest brother could sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince for many years without talent or virtue...... There were a lot of things like this, and Erchen thought that he was a flesh and blood relative of Erchen after all, and felt that he was just complaining when he said this, and he was afraid that his father would punish him, so he didn't explain it to his father. If I had told my father earlier, my father would not have fallen into today's crisis, it was all the fault of his sons! ”

Orthodoxy is angry, and this black complaint is just the right time. Orthodoxy couldn't help but add a little disgust to Ye Minyu.

He said gently, "Get up!" Among my three sons, you were the most naughty and disobedient when you were a child, and now it seems that when you grow up, you are the only one who is truly the most filial. Those two rebels, I really raised them for nothing! ”

Only then did Ye Minzhao stand up and sit on the couch with Orthodoxy. "The most important thing is to protect the safety of my father. Reactive defense is not the best approach! ”

Orthodoxy listened and said, "In your opinion, what is the best way?" ”

Ye Minzhao said: "My son really has a way, please ask my father to refer to it." Now that the ordnance has not been transported to the guard post in Hebei, I am afraid that Li Ling's army has not been properly prepared, we have taken precautions, and it is expected that the fourth brother will not dare to send troops suddenly. Why don't you write a letter by your father, find another reason to transfer the fourth brother to your side and control it, if he comes, a war will disappear invisibly, if he doesn't come, you also have an excuse, ask the sixteenth uncle who stayed in the capital to take him down! ”

Orthodoxy felt reasonable, so he instructed the eunuch to prepare pen and ink, Ye Minzhao personally polished the ink for him, and the orthodoxy wrote an edict, saying that he was ill and missed his son very much, and told him to stop for a moment after receiving the edict, and immediately go to the summer resort to see him.

The handwritten letter of the orthodox emperor was sent to Ye Minyu by four hundred miles of expedited. Ye Minyu also had his own sources, and he knew early that he had been framed for rebellion, and the matter was very important, so he immediately notified Xiao Zongchang and Xiao Zongsheng to go to Chengqian Palace to discuss countermeasures.

The family is either a prince or an important minister, and there is an imperial concubine, so getting together like this is really a bit eye-catching, but at this time, I can't take care of that.

The atmosphere in Chengqian Palace was very heavy. Xiao Zongsheng gritted his teeth and said, "Who is behind this?" ”

Concubine Xiao still maintained a trace of calmness: "Who else can there be, naturally the mother and son of Jingyang Palace!" It is said that dogs that can bite people don't bark, they have been silent for so many years, and now they are finally unwilling to run out lonely to make waves! ”

Xiao Zongsheng slapped the table fiercely, and the cups and plates on the table jumped together: "This pair of snake-hearted mother and son, isn't that slut still in the palace now, the old man will go to Jingyang Palace to kill that slut!" ”

Xiao Zongsheng has been leading the troops all the year round, and he has a hot temper, so he said that he would stand up. Xiao Zongchang hurriedly shouted: "Second brother, you are so old, you still haven't grown at all!" You sit down for me! You broke into the emperor's harem like this and killed his concubine, what is the difference between this and rebellion? ”

Xiao Zongsheng calmed down and sat back. "So what should I do now?"

Instead, the family went to see Concubine Xiao. Even Xiao Zongchang, who was the secretary of the ministry, was very convinced of Concubine Xiao's strategy, and it was under Concubine Xiao's plan that they were able to successfully bring down the prince.

Concubine Xiao sighed and said, "So far, we only have two ways to go. One of them is to simply not do two things endlessly, and say to the outside world that the emperor has died in the summer resort in Chengde, Ye Minzhao is not mourning, and is plotting to take the throne, and we will occupy the Beijing division and send troops to start an incident. In the name of rebellion, send troops to Chengde! Wiped out both of them in one fell swoop. She said vaguely, the so-called them are naturally the emperor and Ye Minzhao.

Xiao Zongsheng gasped when he heard this, Concubine Xiao's move to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle is really ruthless.

Concubine Xiao said again: "This second way is to exempt the prince from his car and driver's uniform, remove the entourage, and go to the emperor to admit his guilt according to what the emperor said!" The emperor is soft-hearted and soft-eared, when the time comes, you will say more good things, only say that you are framed, and the emperor can even stay with the life of the prince, and he should not kill you. There is still a chance to turn over in the future! ”

Xiao Zongchang, Xiao Zongsheng and Ye Minyu all fell silent for a while. Ye Minyu's eyes flashed with a scorching light: "If you go to Chengde to take the blame, you will be putting your life in the hands of others." I'm more inclined to the first option! He had no intention of rebelling, but he was forced to this point, and he is also a person with a decisive character, so he really didn't dare to risk his life to fight.

Concubine Xiao shook her head and sighed: "Do you know who is the biggest obstacle to this matter?" ”

Ye Minyu thought for a while and thought: "You mean...... Sixteenth uncle? ”

Concubine Xiao nodded heavily. Before leaving, the emperor took all the talismans away, so although there were nearly 200,000 troops stationed in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, no one could move a single soldier without a talisman. This is naturally the case in peacetime, but once Ye Minyu raised the anti-flag, the generals who commanded the army at that time naturally had a problem of standing in line.

At that time, Ye Yichen stood up and raised his arms and shouted, without thinking that eighty percent of the people would fall to his command. On the one hand, this is because he has unparalleled prestige among the middle and lower-level officers, and on the other hand, when the 12th regiment battalion was reorganized, almost all the upper-level officers were also arranged by him, and it can be said that the control of military power is not comparable to that of the emperor.

Ye Minyu stood up suddenly: "Without further ado, I'll go to Uncle Sixteen, if he is willing to help me, what if he makes him a regent in the future!" ”

Everyone nodded, it was not so easy to get started, Xiao Zongchang and Xiao Zongsheng had to go back separately to prepare.

Ye Minyu left the palace and immediately hit his horse and went straight to the Jin Palace. At this moment, Ye Yichen was on the way to Daxing with Yulan, Ye Minwen and Sister Zhu.

I don't know if it's a whim or what, Ye Yichen suddenly said that he wanted to take his family to Daxing's Zhuangzi to escape the summer, the palace is very large in Daxing's Zhuangzi, and there is a big natural lake in it, it is said that it is built very beautifully, and it is a good place to escape the heat in May.

Ye Minwen was naturally happy when he knew it, but Yulan was secretly a little strange. Since giving birth to Sister Zhu, because the child is still young, she and Ye Yichen have tried to avoid taking Sister Zhu out, but fortunately, the child is already old, and he will be two years old in a few months, and he will be able to go out.

Yulan ordered his subordinates to pack up the things they needed. It's not easy for them to come out now, although the mountains and rivers are beautiful in Daxing, but there are many things for food and clothing. If you don't bring it from home, you won't have anywhere to buy it.

What's more, with the little ancestor of Sister Zhu, it is even more troublesome.

Yulan made a list of two pieces of paper and asked Mother Qian to take her subordinates to prepare for the salute, and it was roughly estimated that it would take about a dozen carriages to pull it over.

The salute had just begun to prepare, and Ye Yichen urged them to go on the road. "Bring a simple change of clothes, and we'll leave right away."

Yulan put down the front in his hand and couldn't help asking, "Lord Wang, is something wrong?" "Don't be in such a hurry!

Ye Yichen smiled and comforted her: "What can I do, I just want to go over early!" It's rare that our family can go out for a walk, and I don't want to get there quickly! ”

"Cut!" Yulan has been following the prince for several years, and she knows him very well, and when she looks at him like this, she knows that he is not telling the truth.

Yulan didn't get to the bottom of it, she had to ask a meridian unitary, Ye Yichen just had an idea about the things outside, she had been used to having Ye Yichen support her a piece of the world over the years.

So Yulan followed his instructions, only brought a few changes of clothes and went out, leaving Shuangxi at home to pack up the ceremony, and then take it to Daxing after it was packed.

Yulan took her son and daughter into the carriage, and Ye Yichen also followed. A family of four, there are two maids waiting next to it, fortunately, the space in the carriage is large enough, and so many people come in, it still doesn't feel crowded.

Sister Zhu understands everything now, maybe the children are their own well, Yulan feels that she has never seen such a smart child when she is so old, Sister Zhu learned to speak when she was one year and one month old, and now she is very slippery.

The fifth wife brought Brother Liang to play, Brother Liang was much older than Sister Zhu, but every time she was bullied by Sister Zhu, Brother Liang was made to cry by Sister Zhu several times. She is also very discerning, for example, when her mother is angry, she knows how to hide far away, and she also knows how to borrow her father's power......

All in all, the child is older, and it is a little difficult to bring! Yulan was embarrassed to tell Mrs. Five, because Sister Zhu was only less than two years old now, and she didn't dare to imagine how naughty she would be when she grew up, and Yulan would have a secret headache now!

"Daddy, where are we going?" Sister Zhu got into the carriage and threw herself into Ye Yichen's arms, and asked in a milky voice. Ye Yichen is really relieved to hold his daughter. This daughter has been close to him since she was a child, and she really didn't hurt her in vain.

The lines on his face softened a little: "Let's go to Daxing, there is our Zhuangzi there, where do we go to escape the summer!" There's a big lake there, you're going to love it! ”

Zhu'er was really happy, she stared at a pair of big eyes and asked, "Daddy, what is the summer vacation?" ”

Ye Yichen patiently explained to her: "The meaning of summer vacation is that when the weather is hot, let's avoid a place where it is not hot." This is the summer escape. ”

Zhu'er looked a little strange and a little unclear: "Since the weather is hot, can't we use ice, let's make a big house out of ice and live in it, won't it be hot?" ”

Ye Yichen was stunned when he heard this, and laughed and said, "You little clever ghost!" Houses made of ice will melt in no time! ”

On the other side, Ye Minyu hurried to the Jin Palace, Ma Fu personally greeted him, Ye Minyu said: "Uncle Sixteen, you go in and report, I have something urgent to see him!" ”

Ma Fu nodded and said: "Your Highness, it's really not a coincidence that you came, the prince went to Daxing Zhuangzi to escape the summer!" ”

He hid? That's pretty telling! Ye Minyu only felt that her heart sank.