Chapter 436: Self-written, Directed, and Acted (Part II)
Just when Su Bi was thinking about the extremely harsh situation of Liu Yu returning to the dynasty, Liu Yu, who was in the National Post House, was also actively preparing for his return to the dynasty.
First of all, the conditions imposed by the rebels on the imperial court, and the fact that the imperial court learned of his "whereabouts" were all scenes that he wrote, directed, and acted in by himself, the purpose was to make Su Yan feel that he was on the side of the imperial court and did not join the side of the rebels. Now what Liu Yu wants is the "understanding" of the imperial court, and the two sides have reached a "memorandum of understanding", in which Liu Yu will help the imperial court regain military power in exchange for the imperial court's exemption from himself and many generals in the army who participated in the "mutiny".
Liu Yue thought that when the time came, he would really be able to withdraw from the officialdom and find a place to live quietly with his wife and concubine for the rest of his life.
Liu Yu is also working hard for this goal.
Su Yan's reactivation of Sui Yi and Li Mi was a signal of favor to him, and Liu Yue couldn't imagine that Su Yan, who was exhausted, would have any reason not to accept his help, and it was a thing that had no loss. Liu Yu helped Su Yan pacify the world, and now he has helped clean up the troubles of the court's powerful ministers, and he should be grateful to Su Yan when he is back, but Liu Yu is not optimistic when he is optimistic. Su Yan's growth has indeed exceeded his expectations, not because of Su Yan's growth in governing the country, but because of Su Yan's suspicion of people and sensitivity to government figures. At this time, Su Yan made Liu Yu feel more and more of a crisis.
No matter what, now Liu Yu has a comprehensive plan, reconciles with Su Yan, returns to the imperial court to help solve the rebel problem, and resigns to leave Chang'an City to live his own life. Liu Yu even made plans for his future life, and he was ready to go to the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River to live the second half of his life. The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is mild and the scenery is pleasant, and the water and soil on one side raise a beauty. Liu Yue felt a little looking forward to it when he thought about it.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Cao Jie returned to Chang'an City in the afternoon. Jingzhao Mansion and the Yamen of the Six Defense Divisions received the emperor's decree to stop the search for Liu Yu, which meant that Liu Yu was no longer guilty. In fact, Jingzhao Mansion and the Sixth Defense Division had already stopped the search at the end of the year, because Liu Yue was hiding too deeply, and they couldn't search for him at all.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, when Liu Yu still did not show up, the imperial court suddenly posted a list of documents, announcing that the "first meritorious minister" of the pacification of the Turks, the forward general Wuyihou, would be rewarded, and Liu Yu was directly promoted to the title of "King of Changye". Liu Yu also got the news inexplicably in extreme surprise, and he was crowned king like this?
Some child's play also made Liu Yu feel unreasonable. He was ready to take the initiative to approach Su Yan, he didn't expect Su Yan to be more urgent at this time, and to show favor to him in such a special way first. At the same time, the imperial court also rewarded the other two military generals who had made meritorious contributions this time, Sui Yi was named the Marquis of Dongying, and Li Mi was named the Marquis of An Xiao. In addition, the rest of the other meritorious officials who had not yet returned to the dynasty were not so lucky, and there was no mention of the generals who were still in the rebel army.
The court crowned the king. And it is the king of the opposite sex, which is the second time after the founding of the Dashun Dynasty. The first time was when the Shun Dynasty opened the country, and the general Yun Zhou was crowned as the king of the county, but Yun Zhou was inexplicably poisoned six years later, and his descendants were also liquidated by the imperial court. It was also a great purge at the time of the founding of the imperial court, which was a civil strife. Liu Yu has been here for so long, and he has heard of it.
This time, Liu Yu said that it would be greater than the original Yun Zhou's credit, after all, Yun Zhou helped Emperor Shun Chaozu to open the country. And Liu Yue helped the Shun Dynasty pacify the world, and this credit is just like that. Fighting the Turks is also something that almost every dynasty and generation is doing. This made Liu Yu feel that he was "deserved" as a king, and he was a little unjustifiable.
This award by the imperial court was considered a "farce" by most courtiers. Liu Yu was crowned king, but there was no increase in fiefdom and wealth, these were not mentioned at all, that is, Liu Yu just had the title of a king, and he himself was still in a state of "disappearance", the court made such an arrangement, and it was more likely that the rebels would clarify their position and demonstrate, and they did not believe that Liu Yue really dared to come out to accept the court's reward this time.
But "Liu Yu" still appeared.
When Su Bi learned that "Liu Yu" entered the palace to receive a reward, she entered the palace in a hurry, she said that Liu Wenyan could not escape this time, and she thought at first that she would kill Liu Yu first even if she risked the world's disapproval. Since she became the auxiliary minister, she felt that the new emperor's dependence on Liu Yu was too strong, and she was very angry to kill Liu Yu.
But after entering the palace, she calmed down a little, since Liu Yu came back to accept the reward at this time, and promised to help the imperial court quell the rebellion of the rebels, why not use him first, and then kill him when everything is stabilized? Although the latter may be beneficial to the rebellion of the imperial court, it is definitely not beneficial to the imperial court and the dynasty of the Su family, she is very clear about Liu Yu's means, the only result of Liu Yue's suppression of the rebellion is that he himself regains military power, and then the imperial court will only deal with Liu Wenyan, who has transformed from a jackal to a tiger in Huaji'an, and the result of the imperial court wanting to use Liu Yu is likely to be the return of the tiger.
Su Bi entered the palace with complicated emotions, and went straight to Fengcui Palace, where the canonization hall was being held, she was just trying to see how Liu Wenyan was doing in these days of escape, and by the way, she was ready to sarcastically say a few words to play prestige in front of him, and when she arrived at Fengcui Palace, she realized that it was not Liu Yu who came at all, but a "stand-in" who looked a little like Liu Yu.
"What the hell is going on?"
Su Bi looked at the "farce" that was being staged in Fengcui Palace, and turned to ask Lan He, who was silent.
Lan He smiled helplessly, he didn't understand this play. Although there are many ministers who are not familiar with Liu Wenyan, they also recognize that this is not Liu Wenyan at all, and find a fake stand-in to accept the gift of the king for Liu Wenyan, so that the courtiers are guessing the emperor's intentions.
Didn't the emperor want to settle his suspicions with Liu Wenyan, but just wanted to use this ceremony to make Liu Wenyan have no appeal among the rebels and make Liu Wenyan not a human being?
The ceremony lasted for more than half an hour, and the end of the first half was supposed to be the second half of the festival, but it was snowing outside again, and the weather was still very cold, so the second half could only be left for later. After all, finding a fake prince to worship the heavens will make people feel that this thing is too hypocritical, and even the court that does everything openly and upright is playing such a trick, which makes every minister's mood a little weird.
What exactly is the emperor going to do?
When the farce was over, Su Bi finally had the opportunity to go up and ask Su Yan what he meant by doing this, Su Bi was still a little happy, it seemed that Su Yan didn't really want to reconcile with Liu Yu, it could be seen from today's incident, otherwise Su Yan could have waited until Liu Yu came back to perform this ceremony.
Who knew that Su Yan said with a bitter face: "Fourth Emperor Sister, today's ...... It wasn't my idea. It's the master, he found someone to play this play, I am a supporting role, and I don't know what the master is going to do! ”
After listening to Su Yan's words, Su Bi had a dark face, and she looked vicious as if she was about to swallow the emperor in front of her alive. (To be continued......)