In the twelfth year of the Eastern Qi Huaixian, on the third day of the eighth month, Yang Shaoyu, the king of Qin, and Yang Shaoting, the king of Han, attacked and shattered Yecheng, completely quelled the rebellion, and returned to the dynasty.

Taichang City is still bustling with pomp, the two princes brought 500 soldiers, just entered the city gate, the long-awaited chamberlain Wang Qing read out the holy decree, let the two of them go back to their homes directly, do not have to enter the palace to report, no will not go out without a will.

The news spread all over the capital in an instant, and there were offices everywhere, and the streets and alleys set off turbulent waves.

However, both the crown prince and the emperor avoided it and only pushed out their subordinates to perfunctory.

Of course, not all the ministers could not see them, for example, at this time, Yang Shaofang was discussing urgent matters with Shen Hongcai, Shen Hongcai, Jing Yuanhou, Shen Xingjian, and Wei Zhuangming, the old man of Wenhua Pavilion, about how to resolve this crisis and rescue the heroes.

Several people's faces were solemn, and the ins and outs of the matter had been clearly seen in their eyes, and only the embroidered ministers could use such a big and unreliable thing to move the emperor's suspicion.

Shen Xingjian even suspected that there was a person from King Zhao among the embroidered ministers.

The hot tea turns cool, and the incense stands again.

Yang Shaofang and they still haven't come up with a good countermeasure, except for borrowing the people's feelings and opinions, it seems that there is no other way to save the emperor's mind.

Everyone knows nothing about what the embroidered minister has found, and the situation is precarious.

Yang Shaofang was anxious, his sideburns were born early, and he twisted his eyebrows and said: "This time, apart from public sentiment and public opinion, there is indeed no evidence that can save Erlang Sanlang!" What's more, on that day in the Jiade Palace, His Majesty held a banquet to test the palace, which already showed his determination. ”

Shen Hongcai arched his hand and said: "The old minister said a big rebellious word. His Majesty can tolerate the strife of the princes, and he can also tolerate the domineering of the ministers, but he decided that he cannot tolerate being deceived and betrayed, do you still remember the events of the seventh year of Qianrui? ”

"Naturally, I remember it clearly, this is also His Majesty's reverse scale." Wei Zhuangming's eyes were empty, and he recalled, "At that time, His Highness and Jing Yuanhou were still young and probably didn't know what was going on, and no one dared to mention it. ”

"Tell me more about it." Yang Shaofang arched his hand.

Wei Zhuang bowed his head and slowly unveiled the old things, "The first emperor was still there, and His Majesty is still His Royal Highness King Hong back then. At that time, King Hong had just won the battle for the throne, and it was when the sun was in full swing that he sent the crown prince to depose and confer the Golden Seal Orthodoxy.

The courtiers all looked at King Hong's horse as the head, thinking that he was already orthodox in the Eastern Mansion, so those who supported him naturally relaxed their vigilance.

Unexpectedly, the crown prince of the year, Yang Xiao, who is now a concubine, bought off a close minister who was trusted by King Hong with a lot of money, and learned from him in advance the exact date of the ceremony. ”

"And after that?"

"After that...... The concubine Yang Xiao borrowed the mouth of the rebel minister and asked him to provoke the relationship between the staff of the Hongwang Mansion, and also used the golden seal of the prince who had not yet changed hands to let the rebel minister make a lot of money in various ways, and urgently recruited 800 bandits from the rivers and lakes, preparing to capture the imperial capital arsenal on the day of the ceremony. ”

Yang Shaofang wiped away the fine beads of sweat, "Yang Xiao is much bolder than this palace." ”

Shen Hongcai smiled, took over the conversation and continued: "Because Qianrui's armament was relaxed, and on the day of the ceremony, important ministers from all over the capital went to watch the ceremony and pay homage to the prince, so Yang Xiao was able to lead eight hundred bandits to successfully break through the arsenal of the sparsely defended imperial capital, seize a large number of weapons and armor, and ride a fast horse to the harem, forcing the empress dowager to write an edict to suppress thieves, and then take the edict to impact the ceremony. ”

"Eight hundred people can actually enter the no-man's land in the harem of the imperial capital!" Shen Xingjian asked incredulously, "Where did the forbidden army go at that time?" ”

Wei Zhuangming sighed: "In the Qianrui Dynasty, the good thing to say was to suppress the martial arts and cultivate the literature, and the bad ones to say were the martial arts not thinking about war, the literature was not ideological and political, the first emperor advocated Taoism, and he was very concerned about the government and politics, so those forbidden troops had already lost their combat power, and they were even inferior to the ruffians on the street when they took off their armor. ”

"What a shame!" Yang Shaofang said angrily.

Wei Zhuangming took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and continued, "So when the eight hundred bandits rushed into the ceremony, because of the previous operation of the rebel ministers, many of the staff of the Hongwang Mansion were separated from morality and softened their bones.

King Hong led the Imperial Forest Army to resist desperately, and the blood killed on such occasions as the Great Ceremony was shed, and at the critical moment when King Hong and others could not support it, His Royal Highness's biological mother, with the Queen of Heaven, arrived with the soldiers of King Hong's mansion, and the siege was lifted. ”

Shen Hongcai admired and admired, "Fortunately, thanks to the heroine of the Queen of Heaven, the crisis was solved!" After that, King Hong found out the rebel minister, sentenced him to inch punishment, and the abolished prince became a concubine completely, which is still King Hong couldn't bear to see him die, and begged for some mercy for him. ”

"This palace seems to ......understand," Yang Shaofang muttered to himself, "I understand why my father deposed many old ministers after he ascended the throne, I'm afraid those people are on the verge of defection, right?" ”

Shen Hongcai replied: "What His Highness said is right, those people are the ones who defected in battle, if it weren't for their defection, how could a minister like us be in a high position today?" ”

Wei Zhuangming also chimed in: "Lord Shen is right, there are many people with the best wisdom among those people!" Presumably Your Majesty was already extremely chilled back then! So many people he regarded as his best friends disarmed and defected in the face of the enemy, and some even wanted to fight back! Such a thing, such a person, is really devastating! ”

"So, from then on, His Majesty was extremely disgusted with those who deceived and betrayed him. No matter who it is, if you touch the bottom line, you will die, even if others only have a little suspicion, you have to find out. ”

Shen Xingjian asked helplessly: "Your Majesty hates deception and betrayal so much, what should I do now?" Relying only on public sentiment and public opinion is far from enough to save the two highnesses of King Qin and King Han. ”

"The matter has come to this point, there is no way to do it, and it depends on the courage of His Royal Highness the Prince!" Shen Hongcai said in a deep voice.

Yang Shaofang's heart sank, "How do you need this palace to do it?" ”

"At that time, the people's sentiment will be turbulent, and Your Majesty will definitely send a forbidden army to suppress it, and at that time, will Your Highness have the courage to lead Xiaowu Wei to fight against it? Protecting people from harm? ”

Yang Shaofang was silent for a long time, then took the case and said categorically: "Erlang is loyal and upright, open-minded!" How can the palace stand by and watch and be a husband in vain! ”

"In this case, please leave it to Your Highness!" Shen Hongcai arched his hand again, "The ministers and others have found out all the clues about this case as soon as possible in the past few days, and they are willing to make up for the sky with one hand!" ”