The empress briefly explained the situation, and then handed over the secret letter to everyone, first to Zhou An, who was the closest.

Zhou An directly shook the letter away, and took a few steps to the side, the others were all military generals, and there was not so much red tape, so they all gathered around Zhou An and looked at the letter.

This is a handwritten letter from King Rong to the empress.

Speaking of King Rong, he is not a prince, but a county king, so it should be accurately called Rong County King, who is also the Taishou of Rongcheng, the largest city in the north of Dongqian, the governor of Rongzhou, and the general of the hussars who protect the country, named Li Songdao.

Yourong Li family, is one of the most famous families in the north of Dongqian, the history of its origin can be traced back to the Shun Dynasty period thousands of years ago, although Yourong Prefecture is far away from the prosperous place of Zhongzhou, and the Beirong Empire is only separated by a northern Xinjiang, but it has always been a prosperous and wealthy place, and there are many famous families that have been inherited for hundreds of years or even thousands of years, the Li family is one of them, and it can also be said that it is the largest family valve in Yourong State!

In the current Yourong Prefecture, when it comes to the Li family, it can be said that everyone knows about it, and even the whole world knows about the Yourong Li family, but this is not because Li Songdao is a feudal official with heavy troops, and it has nothing to do with the fact that he is not a vassal king but is as powerful as a vassal king!

The real reason is...... The Li family has produced an emperor!

The empress of the Shendu, whose real name is Li Ji!

He is Li Songdao's third sister!

Li Songdao is the eldest brother of the Empress of Shendu!

In other words, he is the uncle of the current Empress Shenzhao!

Speaking of the current general trend of the world, Wu Xukuan has great power and can be called the power of the world, but in fact, most of the soldiers and horses that Wu Xukuan can control are the troops directly under the imperial court, the local army and the border army, he can control some of them, and naturally there are some that he cannot, and he can't control the six major vassal kings, at most he can only cooperate with a few of them.

In addition to the six major feudal kings of Dongqian, the local gate lords are also very strong, and the more remote the place, the weaker the control of the imperial court, and Wu Xukuan will naturally not have too strong control over it.

Dongqian is really too big, and there are too many places far away for the Tiangao Emperor, for a great dynasty that has been established for hundreds of years, the birth of the family gate valve can be said to be an inevitability.

The Yourong Li family can be said to be one of the largest gate valves in Dongqian at present.

The Li family was not so strong originally, and its ability to grow to this day, and even control the land of a state in its hands, has a lot to do with the support of the Empress of Shendu after she ascended the throne, and it also has something to do with the deliberate arrangement of the Empress Shendu in her later years when she knew that the world might be in chaos after her death.

The Empress of Shendu knew what might happen after her death, so she naturally left some hole cards for the Empress Shenzhao, and this secluded Li family was one of them.

Once there was chaos in Qianjing City, causing chaos in the world, Empress Shenzhao left Beijing for refuge, and the first thing she had to go to was Jiangning Mansion in Jiangzhou in the south.

Jiangning is the old capital of the former dynasty, and it is also the companion capital of Dongqian, where there are not only palaces, but also various imperial court yamen in Qianjing City, which are basically there, and the empress can go there, which can be directly activated, which can maintain the operation of the imperial court, or it can be used as a basis to dispatch and command the suppression of rebellion.

And if for various reasons, Jiangning Mansion can't go, then the empress's second choice is Yourong Prefecture in the north, although Yourong Prefecture is relatively far away, and the geographical location is far inferior to Jiangzhou, which is next to Zhongzhou, but it is also an excellent choice, because Yourong Li family is the empress's most solid supporter and backing!

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The secret letter was written by the empress's own uncle.

Regarding Prince Ning's unauthorized departure from Xining Prefecture and his secret rush to Beijing, he gave a detailed account in his letter.

Prince Ning was about half a month ago in Xining Prefecture, which secretly left, was escorted all the way, hidden his identity and rushed to the capital, as of the time the king of Rong Jun sent this letter, he had already left Yourong Prefecture, and the king of Rong Jun had also sent someone to secretly hunt down.

King Rong Jun also said in the letter that the reason why this matter was known to him was actually an accident, because after Wu Yunsheng, the prince of Ning, secretly left Xining Prefecture, he should not have crossed the border from Yourong Prefecture, and taking Yourong Prefecture was a detour.

But Prince Ning still took a detour to Yourong Prefecture.

King Rong analyzed the reason for Prince Ning's detour!

It should be because of the war in Northern Xinjiang!

The land of eight states in northern Xinjiang was beaten by the Beirong Empire, which affected Prince Ning's route into Beijing, and it would make Prince Ning worry that once the Beirong Empire invested more troops, even if it could not defeat Yuxing Pass, it could continue to fight in the east and west, and first conquer the northwest and northeast states of the Dongqian Dynasty.

That's why.

Prince Ning took a detour to Yourong Prefecture, which has hundreds of thousands of troops, and Yuxing Pass, the largest pass in the north of Dongqian, can be guarded, which can be said to be very safe.

This letter was sent by King Rongjun from Yourong Prefecture five days ago, and according to what he said, it will take at least one month for Prince Ning to enter Zhongzhou, and it will take at least one and a half months to reach Jingshi.

However, he also said that this is based on the normal speed of travel.

Prince Ning Wu Yunsheng is the eldest son of Emperor Sejong and the eldest brother of dozens of children of Emperor Sejong...... Prince Ning is more than forty years older than Empress Shenzhao, and he is now in his sixties.

At his age, he is still secretly traveling in a carriage under heavy guards, so naturally he can't go fast.

At the end of the letter, King Rong Jun also asked the empress for instructions, if he chased someone over there, should he be executed directly and secretly?!

After reading the secret letter, everyone looked at each other, but they were speechless.

In fact, everyone understood why Prince Ning entered Beijing, and Wu Xukuan brought him here, naturally preparing for the abolition of the empress to support the new emperor, and the best candidate for the new emperor was Wu Yunsheng...... There is no more suitable than him, because he has been a crown prince since birth, and he has been a prince for more than forty years, until he was abolished by the Empress Shendu, and he is the crown prince established by Emperor Xuanzong, and the only successor set by Emperor Xuanzong before his death.

It is righteous to support him as emperor!

Wu Xukuan needs a puppet emperor, so that he can gradually complete the transfer of imperial power by "legal" means, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of seeking the country to be the emperor, so as to ensure that the country is not chaotic, everyone understands.

However, as it stands, whatever one may say...... Prince Ning is the eldest brother of the empress!

This is the reason why people are not very easy to speak.

Suggest to the empress to hunt down his eldest brother?

Who is responsible for what went wrong?

Wu Yunsheng didn't do anything after all, but he disobeyed the order of the empress of Shendu and secretly left Xining Prefecture, so he killed him, once the news leaked, the empress would bear the name of killing her brother, which would have an unimaginable blow to the empress's reputation!

In a country where filial piety governs the world, many ethical problems are even bigger than the sky! When Lao Tzu kills his erring son in anger, it is not a problem, not only ethically and morally, but even in law.

Because he is Lao Tzu!

But if the younger sister kills her brother, even if she is the emperor, there will be problems......

And when the emperor is often more concerned about reputation.

Especially for the current empress, reputation is very important!

The hall was quiet.

"What do you think about this?" The empress spoke, she didn't want to be quiet, but to solve the problem!

Zhou An had been thinking for a while, and when he heard the empress ask, he didn't wait any longer, took a step forward and bowed down and said, "Holy Lord, the slave thinks that Prince Ning's crime can be punished!" ”