Chapter 17 The Prime Minister's Mansion is in turmoil
Emperor Xiao Dao learned that he still had half a year to go, so he made military preparations on the border early to prevent the invasion of Yelang Kingdom. The spy he sent out learned of Xiao Zhao's ambition, so he planned to design his son to prevent future troubles!
Xiao Zhao, the king of An, collaborated with the enemy and committed treason, and the emperor ordered to be demoted to the common people, beheaded and displayed to the public, and all the participants were punished by the nine clans, and the exile should be exiled.
The crown prince Xiao Luan was suspicious of Emperor Xiao Daocheng because of the matter of the fake queen mother, and was imprisoned in the East Palace without being sentenced to death.
Once upon a time, the East Palace was full of guests, and officials in the capital flocked to it, but now the scene is actually full of birds.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, if there is a chance, the old man will definitely rehabilitate you and regain the reuse of the saint! It's a pity that this time I entered Beijing to suppress the rebel king Xiao Zhao has lost a lot of our soldiers and horses! Taiwei Yao Jinlong stood in the courtyard of the East Palace, bowed down and said to Xiao Luan.
Xiao Luan, who has become a commoner, said calmly, "Why did the queen mother become a secret agent of another country?" Uncle, do you know why the queen mother was impersonated? Taiwei Yao Jinlong was stunned and didn't know how to answer this question, his sister was a virtuous and virtuous queen, how could someone fake her for more than ten years without being discovered, his heart ached like a knife.
Gao Lancang, who pretended to be the queen's mother Yao Jinling, was a secret agent of another country and was executed on the spot, and no one cared about finding the place where the real queen Yao Jinling went. The other agents were all held in prison pending interrogation in order to investigate and punish more agents. After all, he was infatuated with Nalan Rongruo back then, and Emperor Xiao Daocheng still decided to let Nalan Rongruo go, so he let her go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion and ordered someone to monitor her at all times.
Emperor Xiao Daocheng's body became more and more unwell, and he was in a coma for more days, only awake for one or two hours a day. had no choice but to let Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, temporarily supervise the country, and only this one son could inherit the unification.
King An Xiao Zhao rebelled, and he also played a role in fueling the flames, this plan of killing two birds with one stone was only to clear the obstacles to the unification of his youngest son Xiao Chong. The supremacy of imperial power is destined to have no flesh and blood affection for the royal family.
Since Emperor Xiao Daocheng discovered that Xiao Chong was talented and intelligent, he deliberately snubbed this little son, even if he knew that this son was resentful in his heart, looking at this little son at this moment, his heart was full of emotion.
After Prime Minister Wang Jingtian learned the news, he rushed to King Ning's mansion. "See Your Highness, the dust has settled on King An's rebellion, the crown prince has been abolished, King An has been beheaded, and now the only person who can inherit the unification is you!" Prime Minister Wang Jingtian was so excited that the green tendons on his forehead bulged.
Ning Wang Xiao Chong looked at Prime Minister Wang Jingtian coldly, "This matter can go so smoothly, is it that uncle, you are also part of your father's scheme?" ”
Prime Minister Wang Jingtian looked at this poor hairy boy who was no longer the same as he was back then, and shuddered in the face of his coldness, "Your Highness, the old man is just adding fuel to the fire, and other people and things are really not under the control of the old man." ”
King Ning Xiao Chong stood quietly, facing this uncle who was all for him to ascend to the throne, what else could he say?
His confidant Cao Xuan begged to see Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, he knelt down to give a salute, and when he saw that the prime minister Wang Jingtian was also there, he didn't say anything. Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, knew his thoughts, so he said, "Xiangye is the uncle of this king, it doesn't matter." ”
"Your Highness, Nalan Rongruo is a secret agent of the Yelang Kingdom! She has been lurking in our Nanyue Dynasty for more than ten years, and this time King An and Yelang Kingdom rebelled against her, and the news was sent through her. Cao Xuan knelt in the study with a sword and reported to Xiao Chong, the king of Ning.
"What? If Nalan Rong is such a weak woman, how can she be a spy of Yelang Kingdom? Prime Minister Wang Jingtian was extremely surprised, and took a few steps forward and pointed at Cao Xuan and asked.
Cao Xuan still insisted, "The subordinates have no lies, the evidence is conclusive, if the prime minister doesn't believe it, take a look at these tokens." As he spoke, he handed over a stack of letters to Wang Jingtian with both hands.
Wang Jingtian took it, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and finally looked at King Ning Xiao Chong solemnly, and said with all his might, "Your Highness, the Prime Minister is wholeheartedly for His Highness, and there is no second heart, and it is impossible to have anything to do with Yelang Country, but I don't know how this Nalan clan collaborated with the enemy to be a spy under the nose of the old man?" ”
Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, turned his back to Cao Xuan and Wang Jingtian, and still said sternly, "If Nalan Rong can't stay, this king will report to his father." Stand down! ”
Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, was at a loss in his heart, the mother of the woman he loved turned out to be a secret agent of another country, which made him really embarrassed, and he had to take measures for the country and the family.
From King Ning's Mansion to the palace, he needs half an hour every time he walks, at this time King Ning Xiao Chong hesitated to walk forward, this section of the journey feels like walking in the mud, but soon arrived in front of the palace gate, I hope that this road can never go to the destination.
"See Father!" Xiao Chong, King of Ning, knelt in front of the emperor's bedroom, and Emperor Xiao Daocheng was half-lying on the bed, and a few coughs came out from time to time.
"Ah Chong, do you blame your father all these years?" Emperor Xiao Daocheng suddenly asked. "Erchen has never had such a thought!" Xiao Chong, King of Ning, said to him firmly.
Emperor Xiao Daocheng smiled and shook his head gently, "Ah Chong, you have been hiding your emotions well since you were a child, and this time your brother has been punished as he deserves, and I know that you also have some doubts in your heart. Although your uncle Wang Jingtian is supporting you, sooner or later he will be crowned with great achievements, and your father will naturally clear all obstacles for you. ”
Xiao Chong, King of Ning, just calmly looked at his father, who was the strongest emperor in the world, and said calmly, "Everything my father does is reasonable, and it is for the sake of the Xiao family's country. ”
Emperor Xiao Daocheng nodded, and seemed to be very satisfied with this answer, so he called out to the person who came to draft the order, "Prime Minister Wang Jingtian committed the following crimes, colluded with Gao Lancang, Nalan Rongruo and other secret agents of the Yelang Kingdom, collaborated with the enemy and rebelled, and specially ordered Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, to lead the order to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to raid the house and arrest the Qin criminals!" ”
When Xiao Chong, the king of Ning, heard this will, his face changed, and he immediately regained his demeanor, "Father, son...... He is Erchen's uncle, Erchen really can't bear it, please be sympathetic to his father! ”
Emperor Xiao Daocheng glanced at King Ning Xiao Chong meaningfully, and sighed deeply, "It's okay, leave it to Taiwei Yao Jinlong!" ”
When he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Jingtian sat quietly in the study, he was guessing what Shengshang's next move was, and suddenly he was shocked and immediately called his official Liu Zongnan.
"Zongnan, the Prime Minister's Mansion is in trouble!" Wang Jingtian was obviously also confused at this time. "Xiangye, the next thing the saint has to deal with is the Xiangfu, the more powerful you have been over the years, the more you will be jealous of the saint! This time, it may be difficult for the prime minister to stay out of the matter. Liu Zongnan said with a solemn face.
Prime Minister Wang Jingtian turned his head to Liu Zongnan and said, "Zongnan, immediately fly the pigeon and pass the message so that Jia Er and Fuqing don't have to return to Beijing, and take the property of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Jiangnan to the border of Yelang Country to settle down on the same day!" Tell them to keep this matter a secret! ”
Liu Zongnan nodded, and tied a few letters from Xiushu to different pigeons, so as to confuse the sight, and specially ordered Wang Jia'er's personal servant Yuan San to wear the Jiangnan property of the Prime Minister's Mansion on his back and go to the northwest to meet the two of them.
The next day, Tai Lieutenant Yao Jinlong led a group of soldiers to the Prime Minister's Mansion and surrounded the Prime Minister's Mansion, so that not even an ant could slip away.
"Bold, the prime minister is the prime minister today, who dares to come forward to search the house? If you go forward, you will kill one! Wang Jingtian held a long sword and glared angrily, and Liu Zongnan stood majestically beside Prime Minister Wang Jingtian, also holding a long sword to guard.
The ladies and dependents of the mansion were all gathered in the hall, panicked, Wang Jingtian had already instructed the eldest lady Du Lan to arrange for their heirs to escape if something really happened to the prime minister's mansion.
But the eldest lady accompanied him to suffer on the grounds that the husband and wife were originally birds of the same forest, and how could they fly separately when disaster came, although Wang Jingtian did not love him, the original wife, but when he heard this sentence at this moment, he was also moved to wet his eyes. Wang Miaomiao and Liu Fusu hid in the book together because of the urgency of the situation, and they didn't care about their previous suspicions.
Taiwei Yao Jinlong was outside the mansion, and after waiting for a long time without waiting for any news, he jumped off his horse and walked in, holding up a holy decree with his right hand, "The holy will is here, why don't you hurry up and arrest the thief?" ”
Prime Minister Wang Jingtian was silent, holding a long sword and quickly stabbing at the holy decree in Yao Jinlong's hand, and under the order of Tai Lieutenant Yao Jinlong, all the soldiers stepped forward to capture the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Prime Minister Wang Jingtian and Liu Zongnan led their families to fight the soldiers who came forward, but in the end they were outnumbered and gradually gained the upper hand. "Madame, go away!" The sword in Liu Zongnan's hand was already covered with blood, and he stabbed at one of the guards who was trying to kill him, and when he saw another soldier slashing at Nalan Rongruo, he shouted loudly.
Although Nalan Rongruo was trained, it was still very difficult to fight the soldiers and guards with weapons with her bare hands, and when she saw Yao Jinlong holding a long sword and stabbing behind her husband Liu Zongnan, she didn't have time to make a report and quickly blocked behind him, and blood flowed out of her right arm.
Liu Fusu saw her mother injured in the dark compartment behind the bookcase, tears fell, and she struggled to get out, but was held tightly by Wang Miaomiao, hugged and whispered, "Fusu!" Can't go out! Otherwise, your father's hard work will be wasted! ”
Liu Fusu bit her lip tightly, tears kept falling, her dearest mother was injured, she couldn't do anything but watch dryly!
Liu Zongnan turned around and found that Nalan Rongruo had been stabbed by Yao Jinlong, so he hurriedly hugged Nalan Rongruo and shouted angrily, "Madam! Hold! Save you for your husband! ”
Nalan Rongruo burst into tears, shook his head desperately, and shouted loudly, "Husband, don't come here!" Fast...... Come on! Liu Zongnan seemed to put his life out of the way, he threw away the sword in his hand, and gently picked up Nalan Rongruo, their eyes were paired, and they walked in the direction of Nanyuan with affection.
At this time, Xiangye Wang Jingtian and Jia Ding couldn't resist Yao Jinlong's rounds of attacks, so they fell down and were captured by the guards.
Yao Jinlong saw Liu Zongnan walking out with Nalan Rongruo in his arms, so he flew with a sword and stabbed Liu Zongnan in the back, staining Liu Zongnan's clothes with blood. Liu Zongnan was physically exhausted, and fell to his knees, his hands still did not let go of Nalan Rongruo, but he smiled softly and said, "Madame, I'm afraid that my husband won't be able to take you back to Nanyuan!" ”
"Husband, husband! Don't leave me behind! Blood flowed from the corners of Nalan Rongruo's mouth, and in an instant it was as beautiful as a rose blooming, and they held their hands tightly, and Liu Zongnan gradually closed his eyes. Nalan Rongruo picked up the sword beside him, raised it resolutely, and just wanted to kill himself, but was pushed down by Yao Jinlong and escorted down by two guards.
Liu Fusu's tears kept falling, desperately wanting to go out, her mouth was tightly covered by Wang Miaomiao, and the others held her tightly and didn't let her go out.
At sunset, Tai Lieutenant Yao Jinlong led the soldiers to detain more than 300 people from the Prime Minister's Mansion and put them in prison, and removed all the valuable things of the Prime Minister's Mansion, leaving some soldiers to search carefully for any fish that had slipped through the net.
In the middle of the night, Taiwei Yao Jinlong ordered someone to set a fire to the once glorious prime minister's mansion, Liu Fusu and Wang Miaomiao were so smoked by the thick fire smoke that they coughed, the fire became bigger and bigger, and they had to jump into the lake to save themselves. Xuanwu, the turtle in the lake, came out and carried the two of them out of the prime minister's mansion.