Chapter 75: The Storm Rises Again
"Since everything has been discussed, let's do what I just said, and General Qiao will immediately organize the army." The emperor closed his eyes tiredly and waved his hand to let the two of them retreat.
From the moment he learned that the prince was missing, his heart has been hanging, as a father he is worried about his son, as a monarch is even more worried about this country, the Xiongnu are obviously prepared this time, and the next thing they will face will be a hard battle.
Not long after General Qiao and Lin Xiang left, Qiao Mingyue hurriedly entered the palace and came straight to the imperial study, "Gonggong Chen, there is something important to report in this palace." ”
"This ...... The emperor has just rested, and the princess might as well wait for a while. "Gonggong Chen is a little embarrassed, who can tell him why he is in a hurry today.
Qiao Mingyue didn't care about any rules, so she bypassed Gonggong Chen and rushed in, "I said it was urgent, I can't wait." ”
"Hey, hey, princess, slow down." Gonggong Chen hurriedly followed behind and ran in.
The emperor was lying on a chair with his eyes closed, and when he heard someone coming in, he asked without looking, "Chen Fu, what's the matter?" ”
"See the Emperor." Qiao Mingyue ran to the emperor and saluted him, and then said: "The spies of the palace came to report that the third prince and the Xiongnu were secretly colluding, and now they are in the royal courtyard outside the city, I am afraid that it will ......."
When the emperor heard her words, he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, "I'm afraid of what? ”
"I'm afraid it's a rebellion." Qiao Mingyue faced the emperor's coercion and tried to say calmly.
"Nonsense! Did you know that falsely reporting the enemy's situation is to cut off the head? The third child has no intention of politics at all, how can he do such a thing? The emperor slapped the table angrily, stood up and pointed at Qiao Mingyue and shouted, "Besides, those caravans have already been seen by someone, they all have customs clearance documents, and they are all stamped with official seals, are they all fake?!" ”
As soon as Gonggong Chen came in, he heard the emperor's roar, trembled with fright, and hurriedly retreated.
Qiao Mingyue knelt on the ground and silently endured the anger of this king, and didn't speak for a long time, and waited until the emperor finished speaking, and then slowly spoke, "Your Majesty, Mingyue has been a member of the royal family since the moment she married the prince, so naturally she won't joke about the people in the world, but the prince is still uncertain about life and death in that courtyard at this time, how can the son joke with his life." ”
After that, Qiao Mingyue got up again and saluted the emperor, "Erchen implores the emperor to quickly mobilize troops and leave Kyoto." ”
The three princes must have made sufficient preparations to rebel, counting the Xiongnu hiding in all corners of Kyoto City, there are no less than 10,000 people, not to mention the army in the hands of the three princes themselves and those officials who have taken refuge in him, counting left, right, right, and right, it is not easy to resist.
Now that the crown prince is leading the troops to the battle, Kyoto City is already empty, King Jin is still in the territory of the three princes, and the other princes are either crowned kings or underage, if the three princes directly force the palace to usurp the throne, it can be said that it is easy.
Qiao Mingyue understands these truths, and the emperor must also understand them in his heart, but now there is no evidence, he still doesn't want to believe what Qiao Mingyue said, when he was the prince before, he heard Taifu talk about killing his father and usurping the throne, but he never thought that he would be so close to this kind of thing.
The emperor only felt cold, and almost fainted in front of him, but fortunately his hand supported the table.
"Your Majesty." Qiao Mingyue noticed the emperor's abnormality, and hurriedly got up and helped him sit aside.
In the courtyard on the other side, Xu Buyi was still having an archery competition with the guests, and Qi Jingyun had quietly returned to the back mountain, but he did not return to the crowd, but hid in the tree and vigilantly observed the surroundings.
After a few rounds, except for Qi Jingyun before, everyone was defeated in the hands of Xu Buyi, and he himself was a little tired of it, so he threw the bow to his subordinates and shouted: "It's boring, don't play." ”
The third prince smiled and looked up at the sky, it was almost dusk at this time, and the dark clouds in the sky covered the sun, which only made people feel gloomy, "It's time." ”
When Su Buyi heard this, he glanced at him with deep meaning and quietly took a step back.
In the next second, a group of soldiers suddenly rushed out of the woods in the back mountain and directly detained the group of guests. Among them, there are many skilled generals, who wanted to resist, but found that they couldn't use their strength, so they could only look angrily at the three princes who were still smiling on the side, "What do you want to do with the three princes?" ”
"Don't worry, I'm looking for you today, in fact, I just want you to help the palace as a witness." The three princes stood outside the crowd and looked at them calmly.
"Could it be that the third prince is trying to rebel?" One of the guests reacted and shouted.
The third prince shook his head, "How can it be said that it is a rebellion?" That's what only losers say. This palace just wants to share the state affairs for his father, is there anything wrong? ”
"King Jin and the princess are gone." Su Buyi checked the number of people, walked to the side of the third prince and whispered.
The third prince was stunned for a moment, and then returned to normal, "It's okay, they are all drugged, and they can't go far." ”
Some of the guests who were close to the third prince heard the words of the third prince and looked at him in disbelief, "You still drugged us?" When the others heard him, they realized why they had lost their strength just now, and the crowd became agitated again.
Su Buyi was upset when he heard this, and slammed his fist on the wooden table on the side, and the table instantly split in half, "Shut up!" ”
The guests had no strength now, so they could only dare to be angry and not speak out, and honestly shut their mouths.
"Don't worry, it's just some ordinary drugs, as long as you stay here until tomorrow and give me a witness, someone will come to you." After that, the third prince ordered the soldiers to watch them here, and he and Xu Buyi left the back mountain with another part of the people.
At this time, the plan of the three princes has been half successful, and the next step is to lead those Xiongnu in Kyoto City to attack the palace.
On the way there, Xu Buyi was really bored, and couldn't help but start gossiping, "Third Prince, why are you only targeting that King Jin?" ”
This mission was originally decided by their leader to let him and Lan Ruoda come by lot, and he was not prepared at all, so he didn't know anything about the relationship between the royal family of this Zhou Dynasty, and now that he had caught a person, he naturally wanted to ask a good question to satisfy his curiosity.
The third prince sat on horseback and said casually: "It's nothing, this palace just can't get used to him, that kid is the most favored prince of his father, and his status in his father's heart is probably more important than that of the prince, and this palace is nothing in the eyes of his father." A little hatred flashed in the eyes of the third prince, "The big war is coming, and this palace must calculate the previous feud." ”