Sima Lan drank the poisonous wine of the imperial gift, this force group has no leader, and Sima Lan's biggest weakness during his lifetime is that he did not control the military power.

Longtai did not immediately set off to return to Beijing, and the ministers who came with him had already sent the excerpts to the emperor before dusk, and hundreds of excerpts were naturally condemned to Sima Lan for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and all the ministers also asked the emperor to take Sima to destroy his ancestors.

Long Tai personally said that he would only punish the evil, and promoted Qu Yanzhi to be the commander of the Black Knife Battalion, and his attitude was naturally understood by the ministers, but no one asked to track down the Sima clan's henchmen on the excerpt.

Pinglin Autumn Hunting, it was Longtai who set up a bureau to eradicate Sima Lan, but after the ministers folded their heads, it seemed that Longtai complied with the people's will and eliminated the traitorous ministers of Chu.

Sima Lan was eradicated, and Longtai naturally did not continue to stay in Pinglin to hunt, and the next morning, the royal car set off to return to Beijing.

Along the way, Qi Ning obviously felt that the attitude of the ministers towards him had changed greatly, and he looked at him, but all the ministers who made eye contact with him immediately showed a respectful look and looked very humble?

Qi Ning naturally knew it.

Previously, the Sima family was so powerful that almost no one dared to offend in the court, and many ministers knew that the Sima family would have to clean up the Jinyi Qi family sooner or later, and the disparity between the two sides was huge, and the Jinyi Qi family could never be the opponent of the Sima family, so in the eyes of many ministers, the fall of the Jinyi Qi family was a matter of time.

Now that Sima Lan has fallen, and Qi Ning has always been Longtai's cronies, from now on, the status of the Jinyi Qi family in the court is naturally very different.

Although Longtai said that he would only punish the evil and would not continue to track down Sima's henchmen, no one dared to guarantee that the emperor would really stop there, and Qi Ning, who was named the protector of the country, naturally had a lot of influence on the emperor in the future.

The speed of the team returning to Beijing was very fast, much faster than the time when they had come to Pinglin before, and they could see the outline of the capital in the distance, but the cavalry at the front of the team saw several horses galloping towards them.

Several cavalrymen immediately drew their swords and stepped forward, forming a row, and one of them had already said in a deep voice: "Stop! ”

But the horsemen also quickly stopped their horses, and all of them turned over and dismounted, and one of them came quickly, while the others all bowed to the ground.

The team stopped suddenly, the ministers were a little strange, Qi Ning rode on horseback, followed behind Longtai, and soon, a cavalry rushed over, but he was holding a letterhead in his hand, and presented it to Longtai, Longtai took the letterhead, and quickly opened it to see, although Qi Ning was behind Longtai, but what was written on the letterhead, at this time it was naturally not visible, and suddenly saw Longtai's body shaking, holding the letterhead in the palm of his hand, Qi Ning vaguely saw Longtai's hand trembling.

He frowned, thinking that although the emperor was not very old, he was a calm figure, and after reading the letter, his uneasy thoughts had been revealed, and he couldn't help shaking the reins of his horse, leaning closer, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is there something wrong with the capital?" ”

Longtai turned his head and glanced at Qi Ning, his expression was unusually solemn, and he handed the letterhead in his hand to Qi Ning.

The ministers followed the team, most of them only knew that the team suddenly stopped, what happened, but they didn't know anything, the ministers near Longtai saw that someone sent a letter over, and saw that Longtai seemed to be a little wrong after reading the letter, but their hearts sank, thinking that it was when the emperor left Beijing, what happened in the capital?

Qi Ning only glanced at it, and immediately understood why Longtai reacted like that.

The letterhead is just a simple message.

Yiguo Gong Taihuang passed away!

Since Emperor Taizu, he has been fighting for the Great Chu Empire, and passed away at dawn.

When Qi Ning saw Taihuang for the last time a few days ago, he knew that his time was running out, but he didn't want to leave so quickly.

"Back to Beijing!" Longtai tried his best to compose himself, flicked the reins of his horse, and the team continued on its way.

Qi Ning's mood was also a little gloomy.

The four hereditary old marquis of the empire, the old marquis of brocade and the old marquis of Wuxiang have long passed away, Sima Lan was given death by the emperor, and now Taihuang has also passed away.

Qi Jing passed away, the famous generals of the Chu State were the only ones left in the world, and now the Taihuang Immortal is gone, looking at the great Chu government and the opposition, but there is no longer a frightening general, although Yue Huanshan commanded the Qinhuai Army, but the Northern Han people may not have a jealous heart towards Yue Huanshan.

Qi Ning suddenly thought of what Taihuang said last time, if Beitangqing, the Marquis of Changling of the Northern Han Dynasty, had really passed away, then the State of Chu would have the strength to fight against the Northern Han, but if the Marquis of Changling was alive and was used by the Northern Han at a time of crisis, the State of Chu would face an extremely terrible opponent.

Pinglin Qiuzhen's team entered the capital, and the ministers sent the emperor into the palace, but Longtai let people pass the word and ordered Qi Ning to wait outside the palace.

Qi Ning waited for nearly two hours, and finally waited for Fan Dehai to come out in person to summon him.

Fan Dehai seemed to be in a really good mood this time, and when he saw Qi Ning, he immediately opened his eyebrows and smiled: "Congratulations to the Duke of the Kingdom for being promoted, the Duke of the Kingdom, the emperor is waiting." ”

Qi Ning followed Fan Dehai into the palace, and when he saw Fan Dehai's brisk steps, he said with a smile: "Father-in-law seems to be in a good mood?" ”

Fan Dehai said with a smile: "The miscellaneous family always thought that the emperor didn't want slaves before, but today I learned that the emperor still thinks of slaves." Speaking of this, he sneered, lowered his voice and said: "Guogong, the emperor handed over Liu Zhi to the slave to dispose of, this dog slave ate inside and out, and the miscellaneous family made people beat him with thirty rods, and Liu Zhen's dog slave couldn't eat it and was beaten to death." ”

Qi Ning was stunned, but he also understood in his heart that Liu Zhi had been by Longtai's side as Sima Lan's eyeliner before, and Longtai naturally couldn't tolerate such a small night, but Longtai, as the king of a country, of course, there was no need to make his own order to deal with it, and throwing him to Fan Dehai was equivalent to directly giving Liu Zhi's life to Fan Dehai, Fan Dehai hated Liu Zhi deeply, and Liu Zhi fell into his hands, so naturally there was no way to live.

However, the re-use of Van de Hai by Longtai is not a bad thing for Qi Ning.

Liu Zhi is a villain, and his relationship with Qi Ning is not good, but Fan Dehai and Qi Ning get along quite well.

Fan Dehai took Qi Ning directly to the imperial study, and retreated in front of the door, Qi Ning thought that only Longtai was waiting in the imperial study, but when he entered the house, he found that Xiao Shaozong, the son of the king of Huainan, was also in the imperial study.

Qi Ning stepped forward and saluted, and Xiao Shaozong had already said with a smile: "Congratulations to Jinyi and Hou Jin to be crowned the Duke of the Kingdom." ”

Qi Ning immediately said: "This is the emperor's grace. "I was puzzled in my heart, secretly thinking that Longtai had just entered Beijing, and Xiao Shaozong was here, and it seemed that when he was waiting, Longtai had already sent someone to summon Xiao Shaozong.

He remembered that night Xiao Shaozong sneakily entered the palace through the underground passage of Maitreya Temple, but he didn't know what this Huainan prince wanted.

Longtai motioned for Qi Ning to sit down, and then said: "The death of the Duke of Yiguo, I am sad in my heart, from now on, I will rely on you to assist me in governing Dachu." Xiang Qi Ning said: "You have a lot of credit for being able to eradicate Sima Lan." ”

Qi Ning arched his hand and said: "It's all the emperor's strategy." ”

"It's not like I'm strategizing." Long Tai smiled slightly, glanced at Xiao Shaozong, and then said, "If there is no prince, I can't eradicate the traitor so smoothly." ”

Qi Ning was stunned, and Long Tai said: "Sima Lan's ambition is growing, and he wants to use the Northern Expedition to control the military power, if the military power falls into his hands, he is afraid that he will seek to usurp the throne." Naturally, I want to completely eradicate him before the Northern Expedition. ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, and Long Tai said again: "I said that you are my close minister, if I am always with you, Sima Lan will naturally think that we are planning to deal with him, and he must be cautious." He is cunning and cunning, but if I notice it, I will not find a chance to do it. ”

Xiao Shaozong bowed slightly and said: "Sima Lan is calm, before he starts, he must be well-planned, and the changes in the imperial tomb are all under his control." ”

Long Tai nodded and said, "Yes, so my plan must not be detected by him." ”

Qi Ning seemed to understand and asked, "Your Majesty, has this always been..... The prince and the emperor plan together? ”

Long Tai bowed his head and said, "Exactly." I grew up with the prince of the world, and knew that he was resourceful, and I was not enough to deal with Sima Lan alone, so I secretly discussed countermeasures with the prince. Sima Lan only thought that when I wanted to make a move, I would definitely plot with you, so I kept an eye on you, and I just used you to attract Sima Lan's attention and secretly prepare with the prince. ”

In an instant, Qi Ning suddenly realized.

Longtai is naturally smart, but he has not been on the throne for a long time, and he has not been involved in political affairs too much, but this time his shot is crisp and neat, and his style of action is quite different from Longtai's temperament.

In this way, Xiao Shaozong entered the palace through the underground secret passage, not because he had other plans, but because he entered the palace to discuss with the emperor secretly.

"Although the minister did his best, he was also wise and decisive of the emperor." Xiao Shaozong said: "The change of the imperial tomb, Sima Lan almost exposed his strength in order to bring down his father, we know the strength in his hands, we can know ourselves and the enemy, and hit with one blow." Speaking of this, Xiao Shaozong suddenly coughed violently, and Long Tai frowned: "How are you doing?" He shouted, "Someone come, quickly pass on the imperial doctor." ”

Xiao Shaozong waved his hand slightly, but the cough was even more violent, he took out the Jinpa from his sleeve and covered his mouth, after the cough stopped, he wiped the corners of his mouth, and was about to put the Jinpa into his sleeve, but Longtai had already quickly got up, and grabbed Xiao Shaozong's wrist in the past, but at this time, he saw that the Jinpa was full of blood, and the blood was even a little black.

Long Tai's expression was solemn, and he said, "I will let the Imperial Doctor do his best to heal you." ”

Xiao Shaozong shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you know the minister's illness very well, he is already terminally ill, and the minister himself knows it, but I am afraid that he will not survive this year." It's just that before he died, he was already satisfied to be able to help the emperor eradicate the traitors. ”

"Don't say that." Longtai said: "There are many strange people in the world, I immediately issued an edict to seek medical treatment from the world." ”

"Your Majesty, when my father was alive, he spent a lot of money over the years, searched for famous doctors, and also found countless precious medicinal materials, but his fate was like this, and he couldn't return to heaven." Xiao Shaozong's face was a little pale, and he smiled faintly: "The minister has accepted his fate, and the emperor can now govern the country in person and govern the ancestors' country well." "Another sharp cough.

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