Shangjing, Imperial Palace.

The twelve-year-old little emperor sat upright, draped in red on the notebook one by one. On the side, Zuo Yiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, flipped through the small mountain and put it into three stacks.

The pile on the left near the little emperor is about to pass, the right is rejected, and the middle is the recital, which means that it will be waved and won't be expressed for the time being. In fact, the little emperor was just a character who drew with a leather hook during the whole trial of the manuscript.

"Zuo Shoufu, this book doesn't seem to be appropriate." The little emperor suddenly opened his mouth in a milky voice, and returned the book in his hand, "Remove the post of Qi Yaohui, the chief soldier of Fengzhou, and order him to return to Beijing to participate?" What crime did he commit? ”

"Isn't it a big crime to support the army and make good use of lynching?" Zuo Shoufu said coldly, "There are ginseng people who call themselves the emperor of the soil in the Fengzhou area, and he has a heart of disobedience!" This is a taboo for soldiers! Don't be careful! ”

"But ......," the little emperor thought for a while, "and when Taifu was lecturing today, he also said that it is not good to change commanders and govern the army frequently. The people of Daxia are eyeing our Celestial Empire, Fengzhou is an important town, and General Qi has just been in office for less than five years......"

"Is it just because you don't want to change the commander that you can tolerate it to become bigger?" Zuo Shoufu said unhappily, "Your Majesty is still young, but he can't succeed if he is soft-hearted!" Needless to say, Your Majesty still approved the excerpt. ”

The little emperor's eyelids jumped, and he closed his mouth again, he understood that when Zuo Shoufu said this, it meant that there was no room for negotiation.

Where is this where he is the emperor?!

He silently circled the notebook, closed his eyes after closing it, and suppressed the anger in his heart.

The left first assistant saw that the performance of this batch is almost complete. took out another fold from his sleeve and said, "Today, the old minister also drafted an edict for His Majesty." It was the two uncles under the Xuan Majesty, King Qi and King Yu, who entered Beijing. The name is to make a soul sacrifice for the first emperor. Please also ask Your Majesty to approve it by the way. ”

The little emperor's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "Do a soul sacrifice for my father?" How did I not know about this? ”

"It was also decided this morning. I'm afraid that the Ministry of Rites will not have time to play. Zuo Shoufu said indifferently.

The little emperor glanced meaningfully at Shoufu on the left, paused for a moment and said, "Does Shoufu mean that he is going to do something in this name?" Why not sooner or later, and recruit two imperial uncles to Beijing at this time? ”

"What do you think?" Lao Shoufu asked rhetorically, "King Qi has heavy troops and is stationed at the border. If you have the heart of rebellion, I am afraid that you will become a confidant of the court. King Yu lives alone in Jiangnan, but he is not at ease when he hears the wind, at least he does a lot of money, and he doesn't know what he wants so much silver for? So the old minister thought about it. I still feel that I can't leave the two princes at ease. ”

"What do you mean?" The little emperor was so shocked that he almost didn't fall off the dragon chair, "You...... You...... Do you want me to kill my relatives? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zuo Shoufu twisted his beard and smiled, "King Qi and King Yu went to Beijing to worship the first emperor, but they met mountain bandits or something on the way back, what does it have to do with His Majesty?" ”

"But......" When the little emperor heard that he was going to kill someone, his panicked hands trembled, and the pen and ink splashed on the case. Zuo Shoufu hurriedly snatched his notebook and saw that the document on it had been stained with ink. I had to roll up my sleeves, and Long Feifeng Wu wrote another book with the same content, handed it to the little emperor and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing to hesitate about." You can approve it. ”

But said that an hour later, the eunuch in the imperial study carried a basket of discarded notebooks to the cabinet of the front hall to return, and turned over the discarded notebooks. This fold is different from the side. There was no presenter, and there was no emperor's approval. It's just that some words are blurred by ink, and they are a little blurry.

The eunuch who held the lamp didn't know a few words. He struggled to distinguish the words Qi and Yu from the faint ink, and hurriedly put the waste fold into his sleeve.

After another two hours, he changed shifts with others, walked idly to a secluded place on the palace wall, stopped and whistled. Then he looked around and saw that there was no one around, and hurriedly delivered the fold out of the dog hole in the corner of the palace wall.

Outside the palace walls, a patrol guard took the fold from the dog's hole, put it in his arms, and then continued his errand with steps.

An hour later, the guard handed over his shift, and then hurried to a thriving restaurant on West Street and asked for a pot of rice wine. After a while, a person walked in front of his table, poked him and said, "I'm sorry, there are a lot of people, let's fight a table!" ”

"Feel free to do it!" The guard took a sip of wine, and handed it under the table, and the man took it, pretended to have eaten some wine, and then went out of the house in a hurry.

There was a plaque hanging at the door of the house, which said Li Zhai.

Li Hongyan got the fold delivered by his subordinates, and hurriedly glanced at it, and his heart surged like boiling water!

King Xuanyu enters Beijing? Hold a soul festival for the first emperor? This far-fetched reason is simply a liar!

Good and decent, what are you doing letting the princes enter Beijing? Kyoto is the emperor's territory, and it is unknown whether he can go back safely here!

Can you not be called? But what reason do you have to give to the matter? Will it arouse the emperor's suspicion more and more? What if it was really just a temptation? If you don't come, wouldn't you fall into the handle of disrespecting the first emperor?

Li Hongyan was in a dilemma, and after thinking about it, he was ready to deliver the news back first, let his mother give him a palm, and prepare for the prince in advance!

He hurriedly wrote a letter, sealed the side with fire wax, and sent someone out of Beijing as soon as possible.

But at the same time, there was also a ride out of the north gate of Shangjing and went straight to Yuzhou in the north.

On the eighth day of October, the emperor's edict in Beijing was sent to Yuzhou and Huaizhou at the same time, and the little emperor had a dream in the middle of the night, and the first emperor claimed that he had a wish unfulfilled. So the little emperor decided to hold a soul sacrifice for the first emperor, and asked the master to summon the soul of the first emperor to ask what had not been explained, because this matter involved royal furniture, so he invited the two imperial uncles to also participate, just in case.

When the edict from the north reached Yuzhou, it was rumored that the king of Qi was sick in bed, and it was difficult to take care of himself, so he was afraid that the day would not be long. The eunuch in charge of the summons originally didn't believe it, but after comparing it with the local people left behind in Yuzhou, he learned that King Qi's illness had been contracted more than a month ago, and it was not a temporary idea. The eunuch came to the door in person to comfort the little emperor, and saw the condition of King Qi with his own eyes, but it was very bad. So he didn't know what to do, and while sending someone to Beijing to report the news, he could only delay.

And the eunuch who went south to Huaizhou arrived at King Yu's mansion all the way, perhaps because King Yu was unlucky, and the summoned eunuch was in front of the person sent by Li Hongyan to deliver the message! So the healthy, disease-free and painless Prince Yu had to listen to the announcement in a hurry, and when he learned that the emperor ordered him to enter Beijing, Zhu Chenyun also gasped, and his spine was chilled!

It's impossible to have no conspiracy here!

Whether it's tempting him, or really preparing to be in addition to him, he's afraid it's hard to avoid it!

After receiving the edict, Zhu Chenyun hurriedly looked for an opportunity to go to the old lady in the backyard and told her about it.

After the old lady got the news, she pursed her lips for a long time and didn't speak, and said for a while: "Is the prince worried about whether he will go or not?" Or are you worried that non-compliance will raise suspicions? ”

"Jin Niang! Isn't that all worrying? It's really a dilemma, Li Hongyan didn't find out the news earlier in Shangjing and sent someone back! Otherwise, I could have been prepared! ”

"Ready? What to prepare? Malinger? Pretending to be crazy? Lord Wang, you are at the age of your youth, is this disease crazy easy to pretend? Not to mention whether it will become more and more suspicious, I'm afraid that I will have to suffer a lot if I pretend to be! The old lady said.

"I know the way!" Zhu Chenyun sighed and said, "But I'd rather endure hardships than go to Kyoto!" I'm just going to be alone, and I'm going to send that little bastard to slaughter with a breeze on my sleeves? Or can you lead a large army to Beijing to force the palace? ”

"Nature can't!" The old lady said, "But this matter is not without a way to dodge. ”

Zhu Chenyun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Jin Niang! I know that you have a quick wit! Hurry up! Speak up and give me a detailed reference! ”

The old lady said with a smile: "Even if the little emperor in Beijing wants to make a move against you and King Qi, I'm afraid that he will come to the dark, not to the light." He is the emperor in the end, and he can't put you two princes in prison for no reason, right? I guess Kyoto means that you will create an accident on your way to Beijing or on your way back, even if it is a coincidence? can also clear the suspicion of the emperor, at least in terms of reputation. ”

"Yes! I thought the same way, it's too easy to create an accident! As long as the officers and soldiers are changed into the clothes of bandits, and the generals are killed, how can my chariots and horses be able to defeat them? What's more, in order to avoid suspicion, I can't take a large team of people there! ”

"In that case, we might as well just do it." The old lady said a little proudly, "Aren't they planning to cause an accident on the road?" We're going to make it before they do! ”

"Jin Niang, I don't understand what you mean? Do we create accidents ourselves? Zhu Chenyun was confused.

"Yes, we make it ourselves, of course, it won't cost people's lives, for example, the car fell off the wheel, and you broke a leg or something. As long as you get a serious injury, you naturally don't have to go to Kyoto, and you don't have to summon the soul of a dead person and let the living die! Lord, did you say that? ”

When Zhu Chenyun heard this, his face darkened, and he couldn't help but say, "Could this be Jin Niang's clever plan?" Will this king have to pay the price of self-harm to get out of this crisis? Then in the future, if I have a broken leg or arm, and become a wasted person, how can I become a great treasure? It's nonsense! ”

The old lady smiled confidently: "This prince doesn't have to worry. As far as the old body knows, the medical hall Renhetang with a suspicious origin, the little proprietor, Miss Yang, is an expert in treating external injuries! There was a man who was cut off by the mountain bandits and almost lost his head, and she was even brought back to life. The prince is just a broken arm, and our people will also pay attention, at most they will suffer some hardships on the skin and flesh, and they will be raised for a year and a half, so it's okay. As for the conjuring festival, it can drag on for a year and a half, but I'm afraid it won't be able to do it! ”

When Zhu Chenyun heard this, he felt that there was a lot to be done after thinking about it in his heart, he gritted his teeth, but it was just a broken arm, as long as he could connect it in the future, what were he afraid of? He even dared to do the most dangerous thing in the world, is he still afraid of this little suffering? (To be continued......)