Chapter 151: Shocking Change
"The one who knows the life experience of this palace is the father, if Lord Liu, you really have doubts, after your father comes back, you will tell your doubts one by one, and how about we solve all the doubts one by one?" Liu Changqing sneered, "If this matter is left aside by the father, a few of you will be able to decide the life experience of the palace, which is too ridiculous! At present, my father is on the front line, and if we are here to protect the stability of this rear for my father, it will be the greatest help to him! And you, for fear that the world will not be chaotic, are you not afraid that the events here will affect the morale of the troops at the front? If anything happens in the war with Nanchu this time, which of you can bear this responsibility?"
He glanced at Xie Xuan, sneered and said, "This responsibility, are you the queen?"
Xie Xuan was about to speak, Liu Changqing continued: "It doesn't matter what the background of this palace is, or even whether this palace is not a prince in the future, the important thing is that we must unite the whole country and win the battle in front of us first! If someone intends to disturb the morale of the army at this time, it is ill-intentioned!" This palace is not denying what you suspect now, but since my father has let this palace supervise the country, then it is impossible for this palace to let anything mess up my father's original plan, if there are any more dissenters, they will be punished for treason, and all doubts about the life of this palace will be investigated after the triumph of my father, do you have any opinions?"
The prince's attitude was tough, and everyone didn't dare to say anything more after listening to it, for fear of taking on the responsibility of disturbing the morale of the army.
Before this matter, several of Liu Xu's most trusted ministers also stood up to make their interests clear, and everyone dared not speak, and acquiesced in the current way of dealing with this matter, but since Lord Liu opened this head, there was no room for retraction, and he argued a few words on the basis of reason, and asked the ministers to teach a lesson on the grounds of ignoring the overall situation.
Liu Changqing looked at the queen and said with a faint smile: "What else does the queen have to say?"
"Since the words have been finished by the prince, what else is there to say in this palace, just do what the prince wants!" Xie Xuan said lightly.
This time the crisis was finally temporarily lifted, but for Liu Changqing himself, the trauma in his heart was far from over.
He had always thought that his father and mother were more than his own father and mother, so who was he? Who could tell him the truth?
He will also be fragile and want to find someone to talk to, but at this time, all eyes are on her, he can only sit and calm down, and all fragile emotions cannot be shown.
North County Palace.
"I underestimated this little prince, but I didn't expect him to accept the invitation at all, and there was no situation of chaos after being shocked. Xie Di took a sip of tea and said, "Is he too powerful, or does he already know his identity?"
"No matter what the hell he does, what are his plans next?, there is no turning back after this bow!" Liu Cheng said worriedly, "If this incident can't bring him down, then it will be a disaster when His Majesty comes back." ”
"I understand the reason, you can rest assured, I definitely have a plan for the future. At present, although Liu Changqing strictly forbids everyone to talk about his life experience, there are not a few ministers who suspect his background, if the identity of the crown prince is in doubt, then in this capital, the only person they need to be loyal to is the little prince. Over the years, although the crown prince has taken some measures to stabilize his position, he has also offended many people, who are waiting to see the time come when he falls!" said Xie Di.
"Having said all this, what are your plans!" Liu Cheng asked anxiously.
"Three days later is the autumn festival, and the prince will definitely attend. Xie Di said, "The Eastern Patrol Battalion is responsible for defense, and the leader of the Eastern Patrol Battalion was single-handedly picked up by me. If there is a change in the autumn festival, then the Western Patrol Camp will come to escort first, followed by the City Protector and the Royal Forest Army, as long as the Western Patrol Camp can be contained at this time, then the prince will definitely die!"
"How do you explain to Your Majesty?"
"The crown prince was assassinated and died. Xie Di said lightly, "In order not to affect His Majesty's war at the border pass, the battle report was never reported, and the capital can only be controlled by the queen." The little prince is the eldest son, so there is nothing wrong with being the crown prince, even if His Majesty comes back victorious, in the face of the situation of returning, what other way can there be besides admitting it?"
At this time, Xie Di suddenly shouted: "Who?"
Seeing that the door was opened, Xie Yi entered with two cups of tea dignified and calm, and said with a smile: "I heard that the eldest brother is here, so I came to take a look! I didn't disturb your conversation, did you?
"Look at what you said, I was going to see you, but there are some things in the court and politics that I need to discuss with my brother-in-law. Xie Di smiled, "You've been married for a while, how do you feel?"
"The king of the county treats his sister very well. Xie Yi put down the tea and smiled faintly, "Since you have something to talk about, I won't bother you, big brother, I'll go and prepare a table of meals first, and when you're done talking, our brothers and sisters will have a meal together, it's really been a long time since we met!"
"Good. Xie Di nodded and smiled.
"Then I'll go prepare the meal first, and you talk slowly. Xie Yan smiled, turned and walked out.
Xie Di turned around and picked up the teacup, took a sip, and didn't say anything.
Liu Cheng summoned a guard in: "Go and follow the princess of the county, if she or the people around her want to leave the mansion, stop her, and if there is any abnormal behavior, report it at any time!"
"Yes. ”
Liu Cheng also picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea: "If she hears something......
"She's your wife now, so you don't have to ask me about this kind of thing. Xie Di said lightly.
After a while, Xie Yi sent someone to invite them over for a meal.
After the two of them went, they only saw that Xie Comet looked at ease, there was nothing abnormal, and there was no intention of going out of the house, and they were secretly relieved in their hearts, it seemed that she really didn't know anything.
However, Liu Cheng did not relax his vigilance, and still sent people to monitor Xie Comet in the past three days, but Xie Comet was just concentrating on taking care of the affairs in the palace, and there was nothing abnormal at all, so he was completely relieved.
On this day, it is the autumn festival, and according to the custom of the Northern Xia, a sacrifice ceremony will be held to thank the declaration for the good harvest. In previous years, the emperor did it himself, but this year it was the crown prince who did it for him.
Because this year is a special time, everything is simple, but this ceremony is preserved.
North County Palace.
"Princess Jun, Princess Jin is here. The maid reported.
"I'll go and meet you. Xie Yan hurriedly walked outside and said.
Princess Jin came to the mansion, and Xie Yan hurriedly stepped forward to see.
"No need to be polite. Princess Jin helped Xie Yi up and said, "You want to see me, do you have something to tell me?"
Xie Yan's eyes rolled and he whispered, "Princess Jin, please come with me." ”
Because of the relationship between Princess Jin and Jiang Liu, Xie Comet and Princess Jin did not have much friendship before. It's just that this time it's about the safety of the crown prince, and she thought of a lot of ways before she got in touch with Princess Jin.
"What happened?" asked Princess Jin after entering the house.
"I'm being watched right now, I can't go out, I think of a lot of people, and now I feel that the only one I can trust is you, Princess Jin!"
"What did you say?" Princess Jin said in surprise.
Xie Yi told Princess Jin about the conversation between Xie Di and Liu Cheng that day.
"What do they want to do, this is to rebel!" Princess Jin said angrily.
"If something happens to the prince, there will be chaos ahead. Xie Yan said, "No matter what, I can't watch my brother and husband do such a wrong thing! Princess Jin, now that the autumn festival is about to start, please immediately notify His Highness to cancel the autumn festival or take precautions as soon as possible!"
"Okay, I'll go!" Princess Jin hugged Xie Yi and said, "Child, you have to take care of yourself!"
"I know, everything will have Princess Lao Jin!"
Then the princess of Jin immediately rushed to the palace and was told that the prince had already set off for the autumn festival ahead, and the princess of Jin had no choice but to rush to the altar of the autumn festival.
When Princess Jin arrived, this sacrifice was about to begin, and now it was impossible to cancel it, she thought about it, and she could only let His Royal Highness take more precautions and take down the leader of the East Patrol Camp as soon as possible.
"Princess Jin, why are you here?" Zuo Jing and Qi Du looked at Princess Jin's anxious appearance and walked over and asked.
These two people are the prince's henchmen, and Princess Jin breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to be able to meet you two here, I have something to tell you!"
Then he called the two of them to a small corner and relayed Xie Comet's words to the two of them.
The two of them were suspicious of this matter, but this matter was undoubtedly a big deal, so the two did not dare to delay and hurriedly went to find Liu Changqing. When Liu Changqing was about to ascend the altar, the two stopped him and told Xie Di and Liu Cheng about their plans.
"Xie Yi is Xie Di's sister and the wife of the King of Beijun, is her words credible?" Zuo Jing asked suspiciously, "Your Highness, what should we do?"
"Hui'er......" Liu Changqing said softly, "she won't hurt me." ”
"That's right, she doesn't have to go around in such a big circle. Qi Du said, "Your Highness, the sacrificial ceremony is about to begin, what should we do?"
Liu Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly: "The people have arrived, first complete the sacrificial ceremony! Qi Du, you take two people to secretly take down Li Dong, the leader of the East Patrol Battalion, and the palace will personally interrogate him! Zuo Jing, you take the token of the main palace to transfer the people of the West Patrol Camp, if you encounter obstacles, there will be no forgiveness!"
"Yes. ”
Then the sacrificial ceremony began, everything was quite smooth, and in the cheers of the people, Liu Changqing slowly walked off the altar and went to the backstage.
At this time, I saw that Qi Du had already taken Li Dong.
Li Dong looked at Liu Changqing angrily and asked, "I don't know what my subordinates have done, Your Highness wants to ask your subordinates?"
"Do you still have the face to ask?" Qi Du sneered, "Your Majesty and His Highness trust you so much, let you serve as the leader of the Eastern Patrol Camp, and let you guard the safety with you, you actually colluded with foreign thieves and wanted to harm Your Highness's life, is your conscience eaten by dogs?"
Li Dong looked confused: "Your Highness, you have been wronged! Your subordinates don't know what you're talking about? Who have your subordinates colluded with? Who wants to harm Your Highness?"
"Aren't you being bribed by Xie Di?" Qi Qi asked, "You still want to quibble at this time?"
"The subordinates have been wronged, the subordinates have sworn to the sky, the subordinates have never betrayed His Highness, please Your Highness to investigate!" Li Dong defended.
At this time, Zuo Jing hurriedly ran over, hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness, the West Patrol Camp has been transferred, and the people from the East Patrol Camp have been taken down." ”
"Did you encounter any obstacles on the way?" asked Liu Changqing.
"Nope. ”
"No?" Liu Changqing's brows furrowed, he suddenly reacted, and his face changed, "The problem is not the East Patrol Camp but the West Patrol Camp!"
At this time, there was a sudden commotion outside, and a guard hurriedly entered the interior to report: "Your Highness is not good, the Western Patrol Camp has rebelled!"
"Untie it to General Li!" Liu Changqing said.
Qi Du hurriedly untied Li Dong, his face full of doubts: "What the hell is going on!"
Liu Changqing's face turned pale: "Even she betrayed me?"
At this time, Li Dong knelt down and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, your subordinates will escort Your Highness to the death!"
Zuo Jing and Qi Du also said in unison: "Subordinates escort His Highness out!"
The three of them plus Liu Changqing's personal guards, a total of more than a dozen people went out together, and the people of the East Patrol Camp had long been controlled by the West Patrol Camp, and now Liu Changqing was completely surrounded by the other party.
They wanted to kill them, but as long as they could break out of the encirclement of the Western Patrol Camp, the city guards would come to their rescue. It's just that the other party completely guessed their plan, and they guarded it strictly, and after a round of attacks, there were only five or six people left around Liu Changqing, and they couldn't, so they had to retreat to the back mountain.
The chasing soldiers were chasing after him, and Li Dong said: "Your Highness will withdraw first, and your Highness will be the queen!"
Then he took the other two guards to stay behind and let Liu Changqing and them evacuate first.
Liu Changqing and the three of them continued to run up the mountain, but there was no way ahead, but on the edge of the cliff, looking back, Li Dong and the three of them had already died under the enemy's knife.
"There is no way forward. Qi Du gasped and said, "The three of us are swearing goodbye, as if we are really going to live and die together!"
"Aren't you afraid?" asked Liu Changqing with a smile.
"What's there to be afraid of, even if it's death, I'll have to pull a few backs! It's a pity that I didn't see Xie Di and Liu Cheng, two dog thieves, otherwise I would have taken them on the road together!" Qi Du spat blood and smiled, "The subordinates just regret it, if they hadn't trusted Princess Jin, they wouldn't have been like this." ”
"It's Bengong's fault, it's Bengong who believes her, Bengong thinks she won't harm Bengong, it seems that Bengong thinks too highly of herself!" Liu Changqing said self-deprecatingly.