Chapter 12: The Return of the Armor (Part II)
Two.
After dinner, Ying Zhongqing sat in the courtyard looking at the stars, and unconsciously thought of Liu Mei again, I don't know how Liu Mei is doing, is it also in the backyard of Mingyuan Temple, like him, looking at this starry sky?
Ying Zhongqing couldn't help but think of Liu Mei, the days when they chatted together in Baicao Garden, and the fact that now she can only green and light the ancient Buddha, and she began to hate He Yunsheng in her heart.
He knew that He Yunsheng regarded him as an outsider when he was a child, an outsider under the fence, never looked down on him, never looked down on him, and blamed him for all his sins, he also knew that He Yunsheng just looked at him unpleasantly, He Yunsheng thought very highly of himself, he looked down on him, and he didn't even need a reason. Ying Zhongqing looked at the stars fixedly, thought of one of them as He Yunsheng, and said to it in a low voice: "He Yunsheng, He Yunsheng, you must live a little longer, and live until the day when I personally send you to the tomb." β
That night, Ying Zhongqing dreamed, he saw Liu Mei in a dream for a long time, he dreamed of Obon, he and Liu Mei watched the lantern festival in Dongcheng Lane, put the river lantern, and came back after the river lantern, he and Liu Mei held hands, walked by the Lin Zhong River, walked and walked somehow to Mingyuan Temple, Liu Mei let go of his hand and walked forward, Ying Zhongqing couldn't catch up with her no matter what, and his mouth couldn't shout, so he could only watch her enter the temple and never come out. Ying Zhongqing woke up in the morning, touched the corners of his eyes with tears, remembered that today was the day to enter the palace, and made up his mind not to dream of Liu Mei again.
Yang Wenhao had already arranged everything, as usual in the early dynasty, when it was Yang Wenhao's turn to speak, Taiwei Hall suddenly rushed in a group of people with weapons, and the monarch sitting on the dragon chair shouted to escort him, but there was no Royal Forest Army coming, because the power of the Royal Forest Army had long been controlled by Yang Wenhao. No one in the hall dared to move, waiting for Ying Zhongqing to walk in.
Ying Zhongqing walked into the Taiwei Hall and saw his uncle sitting on the dragon chair, who no longer recognized his appearance, and only asked him in horror.
"It's only been twenty years, uncle, you don't remember me?" Ying Zhongqing smiled and approached the dragon chair step by step, "Uncle is really old, his memory is getting worse and worse, I'm afraid that my head is not bright, this son, shouldn't it be returned to our Ying family?" β
"You...... Ying Zhongqing! β
"Well, this is the last time you will be able to call me by my name, because in a moment I will be sitting in your seat, and no one in the whole country can call me by my name anymore, including you. By then, though, you'd be dead. Ying Zhongqing walked up the steps, "Uncle, do you know what kind of life I have lived in Chenguo in the past twenty years?" Did you know that I was only nine years old when I learned that you killed my father and all my brothers and sisters? My mother is your own sister, uncle, I am your own nephew, and you still want to exchange grain and grass for my life. When Ying Zhongqing said this, he remembered that Chen Guo really didn't hand him over, and when he should have been handed over the most, the national teacher and Zhou Yulan and his father tried their best to protect him, but he didn't plan to say this, and said, "Uncle, you are really ruthless." β
The Unwanted King could only shout, "Escort! Escort! Are you all wood?! Don't you take down this thief for me! β
"I'm sorry, you're the thief, uncle, do you think there are still your people in this court?" Ying Zhongqing laughed, "It's been twenty years, uncle, I always wanted to say hello to you and tell you, I'm back, and you, you can get out." β
Ying Zhongqing waved his hand, Shen Chuxi immediately stepped forward to subdue the Weiling King and dragged him off the dragon chair, Ying Zhongqing stood in front of the dragon chair and did not sit down, Yang Wenhao immediately knelt down and said: "Congratulations to welcome the new monarch!" Hail to Your Majesty! The ministers of the court also knelt down one after another: "Congratulations to the new king!" Hail to Your Majesty! β
"Flat, put this thief in prison first, don't make a noise about this matter, don't leak the news." Ying Zhongqing said, "Replace the dragon chair," Ying Zhongqing wiped the back of the dragon chair with his hand, and said, "Also, before I came, I heard that my cousin was about to get married, or did she marry Master Zhang?" Did Lord Zhang come to the court today? β
"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Zhang has been studying in the Hanlin Academy recently, and he will not come to the court."
"Okay, go and get my dear cousin first, I'm an elder brother, and I haven't congratulated her on her wedding yet." Ying Zhongqing smiled coldly, and his eyes seemed to have a layer of frost.
Ying Zhongqing's coup d'Γ©tat, known in the history books as the Lingzhuang coup, means that after a short period of more than ten years, the original monarch of the future country, Ying Jia, has reappeared on the stage.
The entire Chaoyang Palace was surrounded by the Imperial Forest Army, and not a single bird was released, and the concubines of the Weiling King were all locked up in the cold palace first, and the children were all locked up in prison, and the entire Chaoyang Palace, indeed, completely belonged to Ying Zhongqing.
In the evening, Ying Zhongqing walked on the avenue of Chaoyang Palace, the slanting sun lazily sprinkled the afterglow, Ying Zhongqing looked at the red walls and blue tiles of Chaoyang Palace, looking at the scene that was almost the same as his vague memory, and his heart was empty. When he was in Chenguo, he looked at Yangri Palace, and imagined countless times that he had returned to Chaoyang Palace, but it didn't seem to be like it is now.
Shen Chuxi didn't know when he appeared behind him, and said, "Big brother, let me tell you that Princess Yiyuan went to Lord Zhang's mansion early in the morning, and later Lord Zhang said that the princess went out to buy jewelry, and she never came back, and she has already sent someone to search Xucheng and the surrounding area." β
Ying Zhongqing smiled when she heard this: "My cousin, she is much smarter than her father, and she runs faster than a rabbit." β
"What are you going to do if you find her?" Shen Chuxi asked.
"I don't hate Wu Zipei so much, on the contrary, I still like her, she once came to Chenguo, carried her father behind her back, and secretly came to Chenguo to see me." Ying Zhongqing looked up at the clouds in the sky, "I left Weiguo when I was five years old, I can't even remember her appearance, she and I don't know each other, and I am her father's most wanted criminal, she will secretly come to Chenguo to see me." She was thirteen years old. β
"Princess Yiyuan's reputation is really good." Shen Chuxi concluded.
"And she's getting married, I heard Yang Yuxian say that Master Zhang is a highly learned and capable person, if she can, I hope she can marry him and live well, and I can let her go."
"Is this your only mercy to the Wu family?" Shen Chuxi has always spoken directly, and she didn't regard Ying Zhongqing as a king, but only as her own little master.
"Not really." Ying Zhongqing was not angry, "People's paths are all chosen by themselves, and karma is fate." I am willing to let Wu Zipei go, if she wants to go underground to accompany her father and mother, I will not stop her. β
Shen Chuxi thought about it and felt that Ying Zhongqing was right, so he didn't ask anymore, thought about it, and asked, "Do you want to eat crystal dragon and phoenix cake?" β
Ying Zhongqing raised his eyebrows: "If you want to eat, let the imperial dining room do it." I don't eat it, and there will be a chance in the future. β
"yes." Shen Chuxi seemed to have discovered the change of identity after realizing it, "Does Your Majesty have any other orders?" β
Ying Zhongqing said with a smile: "I heard that the Xu family, a big family in Chenguo's Abandoned Qiu City, is interested in cooperating with us?" β
"The Xu family was involved in the party dispute many years ago, and the party dispute case of the Chen Kingdom that year is said to have a lot of suspicions, and the Fan family has not been spared, it is rumored that the Xu family and the Fan family have provoked the taboo of King Chen, and there are also rumors that the two of them are indeed collaborating with the enemy and treason." Shen Chuxi replied, "These two families were forced to move out of Wucheng and return to their respective hometowns. The Fan family is okay, but Fan Cheng is more and more involved in the party dispute, and there is no direct evidence to prove that he fornicated with the country, and in the end his son still became the leader of the secret guard. The Xu family is a little miserable, originally the Xu family is a big family that controls the fortune of the Chen country, Chen Guo had a Lin Zhonghe disaster that shocked the rivers and lakes, and suffered heavy losses, at that time the king of Chen was already dissatisfied with the Xu family, and later involved in the party dispute, was accused of having a personal relationship with the Mao country, and the Xu family was basically a waste. β
"The waste son of Chenguo is naturally our good chess." Ying Zhongqing said lazily, "Waste Hill... The waste hill is good, the waste hill is close to the country, just find a way to take down the Xu family, you talk to Yang Yuxian. β
"Yes."
Ying Zhongqing looked into the distance: "The sunset is infinitely good......"
This year, the twenty-first year of King Chenping and the first year of King Weizhuang.