638:Finale (14,000 words)
After a while, the soldiers and horses with the smell of blood rushed into the courtyard from outside the Qianqing Palace.
The leader was Xu Lei, a first-class military general who was supposed to be guarding the camp outside the city, full of bloody aura.
"Gu Qin, you charm the king's cholera court, you should be punished." Xu Lei stood there and shouted at Gu Qin, who was standing in the corridor in front of the hall with many ministers apart.
The military attachΓ©s in the courtyard were okay, and the civil officials couldn't help but retreat on both sides of the beam, fearing that they would encounter the disaster of the pond fish, after all, the other party was here to crusade against Gu Qin.
"What is the charm of the king, what is the chaos of the court, what has the prime minister done?" No matter what the hundred officials said, Gu Qin, who had never spoken, spoke at this time.
"Controlling the government, wronging loyal ministers, and controlling the crown prince, isn't this a disaster for the court?"
Gu Qin flicked the hem of his clothes, "General Xu, Your Majesty is awake, do you know?" β
Xu Lei's face changed slightly.
"Don't say you don't know, it was rumored that hundreds of officials had entered the palace a while earlier, and the news could be said to have spread throughout Kyoto City."
"You don't have to quibble, Your Majesty has been in a coma for many days and first woke up, and his thoughts must be unclear, and it is easier for you to control."
Gu Qin didn't argue, "Ladies and gentlemen, tell me, when you saw Your Majesty a little earlier, Your Majesty's thoughts would be clear?" β
Gu Qin's sentence can be described as a proposition.
I can't say it clearly, this is a bully, let's make it clear, since General Xu has killed here, then the army must have surrounded the palace.
"Your Majesty's thoughts are clear." Li Ge Lao was the first to stand in line, and after speaking, he stood in an open place, alone.
"Your Majesty's thoughts are clear." Qiao Zhong is an old minister, although he has impeached Gu Qin a lot, but he chooses to think clearly about Gu Qin.
After a while, a small wave of courtiers stood on Li Gelao's side.
"Your Majesty's thoughts are not clear." Finally, someone said something strange and stood on the opposite side of Li Ge Lao.
"Your Majesty's thoughts are not clear." A wave of people followed categorically without hesitation.
In this way, the courtiers divided into two groups of people, and a third wave of people, who were wandering and did not know which one to choose, stood in the middle of the courtyard.
King Wu, who was standing in the corner, didn't know when he got mixed in.
"Gu Qin, you don't have to try to struggle and quibble again, today General Ben will clear the monarch's side and return me to a peaceful country." Xu Lei didn't wait for the hesitant third wave of people to choose, and rushed towards Gu Qin directly with a knife, which frightened the neck official standing in the middle and immediately scattered away.
And this run is instinctive, and I subconsciously chose which side is which.
Xu Lei failed to rush in front of Gu Qin, but was stopped by the Imperial Forest Army standing in the courtyard, Xu Lei's face was full of disdain, "Gu Qin, do you think these few people can stop General Ben?" Since General Ben is here, it is enough to explain the situation in the entire palace. β
"What situation? Is the situation captured by you? Gu Qin asked rhetorically, "Dare to ask General Xu if this is going to rebel?" β
Xu Lei was choked.
"General, Hugh wants to talk nonsense with him, he just wants to stall for time." Adjutant general Wang Xiang relieved Xu Lei.
"Hmph, it's the end of the crossbow, what's the use of delaying time." Xu Lei was disdainful, holding a knife and preparing to make a move.
At this moment, the gate of the Qianqing Palace that was closed behind Gu Qin opened again, and this time Ji Chengye was helped out by someone.
"Xu Lei, you are so bold." Even if Ji Chengye's face is withered now, and he still needs someone to help him walk, the majesty of the emperor is not damaged at all.
No one expected that Ji Chengye, who had not reacted for so long, would come out again, before this, they really thought that Ji Chengye was held hostage by Gu Qin, otherwise why did they impeach Gu Qin so much, Ji Chengye didn't make any movement, and this person rushed to the door of his dormitory, he still didn't make any movement, this is not what it is to be held hostage.
"Your Majesty." Xu Lei's face froze for a moment.
"Who allowed you to lead troops into the city and attack the palace, are you going to rebel?"
"The minister is on the side of the Qing monarch, and his majesty cannot be bewitched by the vain minister Gu Qin."
"Heh......" Ji Chengye sneered, "Which side of the sect are you clear?" As you said, you are on the side of the Qing monarch, so now that I have woken up, I have ordered you to withdraw from the city, and you can receive your orders? β
Xu Lei's face froze suddenly, and he was in a dilemma.
"General, Your Majesty has just woken up, and his thoughts are not clear, he must have been coerced by Gu Qin." Adjutant General Wang Xiang spoke again.
Ji Chengye ignored it, but looked at the officials on both sides below, "You also think that I am not thinking clearly and was coerced by Gu Qin?" β
"The minister has not, the minister feels that His Majesty's thoughts are clear, and the prime minister is loyal to assist." It is still Li Ge Lao who takes the lead in supporting.
"The minister seconded the proposal." The officials who stood on the side with Elder Li Ge seconded the proposal.
And this made the officials on the other side look unsightly, they looked at each other for a moment, and finally said, "Your Majesty has just woken up, and your thoughts are not clear, and we ministers should not look at Your Majesty and be confused." β
"King Wu, do you think so about me?"
I don't know if it's intentional or unintentional, King Wu just happened to be in this column.
It stands to reason that King Wu should have brought an official to the palace in the name of Qingjun, but before they acted, Ji Chengye woke up, and it became the current situation of not advancing or retreating.
He should have stood on Du Zhen's side unconditionally, but Du Zhen is not a good thing, but if he stood on Ji Chengye's side, if Ji Chengye lost, wouldn't he be on the wrong team, how could he talk to Du Zhenxu and the snake, the current Du Zhen is not Du Zhen who needed to stabilize his power back then, but is in power, if he stands wrong, it is completely possible to be directly wiped out.
After all, his base camp is in the fiefdom, and this participation is also to let Du Zhen and Ji Chengye lose both sides, so that they can reap the benefits of the fisherman.
Now it seems that the situation is very one-sided.
But now that Ji Chengye has woken up, if he is too grandiose, he will not be rightly named.
"The minister thinks that His Majesty's thoughts are quite clear, but whether His Majesty is really clear or for other reasons, the minister doesn't know." After thinking for a moment, King Wu gave such an answer.
"Heh......" Ji Chengye smiled again, a little cold, but a little nostalgic, "Starling, do you understand now why it was me who inherited the throne and not you?" β
This is a thorn in King Wu's heart, obviously he and Ji Chengye are only one year apart, but Ji Chengye was selected to be the emperor, and he was thrown into a barren fiefdom, and he almost died on the way.
After so many years of slowly building up his power, step by step, no one knows his hardships.
"You just don't have a clear goal, you always waver in doing things, thinking about double gains, how can there be such a good thing in this world?"
As soon as he heard Ji Chengye's words, King Wu felt that he had been seen through and wanted to refute angrily, but he couldn't cross the hurdle in his heart, and until the situation became clear, he would never make a choice on the bright side.
"For the emperor, you need to kill decisively, which is what you lack the most, so you can only be the vassal king, and I can be the emperor."
King Wu remained silent.
Ji Chengye shook his head in disappointment, but whenever King Wu could refute him, he respected him as a man.
"Your Majesty, why do you want to say that about King Wu." In the crowd, a person wearing the uniform of the Imperial Forest Army stood up and took off the helmet on his head, and everyone realized that it was Du Zhen who should have been in the prison.
"I thought you were going to stay hidden." Ji Chengye looked at Du Zhen who stood up.
"Why are you hiding?" Du Zhen was full of disdain, "The minister was wronged, and there is nothing to be disregarded." β
"Du Zhen, do you believe this yourself?"
"Your Majesty, the prince was bewitched by Gu Qin, a vain minister, and wronged his loyal ministers, the minister is an old minister, when the first emperor died, his majesty was handed over to the minister, and the minister has the responsibility to supervise His Majesty, and today the minister will clear the king's side, Your Majesty, you want to know clearly, whether you want to protect this Gu Qin, or hand it over."
This King Wu is simply too useless, too overwhelmed, if not, he would not have to stand up in person.
"How's it going? What if you don't pay it? β
"If you don't hand it over, your majesty may feel unwell enough to deal with the government and politics."
Du Zhen's words are called real threats, to put it bluntly, they are all imprisoned, but one is good words, and there is some personal freedom, and the other is enforcement.
"Du Zhen, do you think I was still in your hands more than ten years ago?"
"Your Majesty's words are wrong, the minister has never wanted to pinch Your Majesty, the minister is just loyal to his duties and serves the country and the people."
"Heh......" Ji Chengye sneered, "Gu Qinzhen has secured it today, how should you treat me?" β
"Come on, Your Majesty is bewitched by the demon, kill the demon, save Your Majesty." Du Zhen gave the order directly.
Suddenly, the Imperial Forest Army, who were still surrounding the officials a moment ago, immediately divided into two factions and fought together, half attacking Gu Qin and half protecting Gu Qin, which was quite a bit of infighting.
"Wang Xiang went outside to transfer people, and he made a quick decision." Du Zhen has no patience, he is only one step away from success, and he doesn't want to wait slowly.
"Yes." The deputy general Wang Xiang received the order and rushed out.
The people outside rushed in, and the situation that was originally divided and fought against each other was instantly one-sided, but in a moment, the people who defended Gu Qin were defeated.
Seeing this, Ji Chengye directly pushed away the palace people who were supporting him and stood in front of Gu Qin, protecting Gu Qin behind him.
This made those who wanted to arrest Gu Qin stunned and had nowhere to start.
"Du Zhen, I see that you dare to ......" Ji Chengye struggled to protect Gu Qin, his eyes full of anger.
Du Zhen's face was full of disdain, "Your Majesty, can't you still see the form clearly?" "Gu Qin's life is not to be feared, the so-called killing of Gu Qin is just a pretense for a palace change.
"Du Zhen, are you going to rebel?"
"The minister is only on the side of the Qing monarch, and he did not rebel. Since His Majesty has repeatedly failed to understand the words of his ministers, I think that His Majesty must have just woken up from a coma, and his thoughts are not clear, and it is not suitable to continue to sit in his current position in this state. But it doesn't matter, there are so many princes of Your Majesty, there are still candidates to inherit the throne. β
"Du Zhen." Ji Chengye seemed to be angry, and directly sprayed a mouthful of blood, Gu Qin supported the person from behind, "How dare you?" Ji Chengye's eyes were full of anger, "Even if I am not comfortable, how dare you ...... I still have the prince?"
"Since ancient times, the three princes are not the eldest son, and the other is not the eldest son, and the other is not the son-in-law, all of them are Your Majesty's obstinate actions and do not listen to persuasion, and things that do not conform to the rules should not exist."
"That being the case, after I am abolished, Concubine Lide is the queen."
"Hahaha......" Du Zhen seemed to have heard some big joke, "Your Majesty, do you think these can still be your masters now?" β
The implication of rebellion in this statement could not be more obvious.
"Du Zhen, do you dare to rebel? What are you guilty of? β
"Come on, Your Majesty's thoughts are no longer clear, please go back to the palace, catch the delusional minister Gu Qin, and kill him." Du Zhen directly gave an order and stopped talking nonsense with Ji Chengye.
The people surrounding Gu Qin and Ji Chengye moved again at the moment.
"King Wu, you just watched Du Zhen rebel and watched me fall into a predicament?" Ji Chengye shouted King Wu again.
King Wu only felt a big chunk in his heart at this time, but his face was a good look for Ji Chengye, "Your Majesty, the minister should take a good rest." β
A trace of pain flashed in Ji Chengye's eyes, the only brothers he had left were King Wu and King Liang, and he didn't want to be ruthless, so he woke up early to give him a chance to create such a situation, otherwise if he brought the rebels into the palace, there would really be no way out, even if he wanted to let him go.
But even so, he really doesn't care about brotherhood at all.
"You're also going to rebel?" Ji Chengye's face was full of pain.
"Your Majesty, the minister didn't do anything, the minister just thinks you should just wake up and rest more."
"Then do you agree with Du Zhen's words?"
"There is nothing wrong with what Lord Du said."
"What about you?" Ji Chengye asked the officials who were in the same column as King Wu.
These officials looked at each other, and finally collectively admonished, "Your Majesty has just woken up, and your thoughts are not clear, please rest Your Majesty." β
"Hahaha......" Ji Chengye laughed sadly, "Good, good, good ......" Ji Chengye at this moment is like the last struggle.
After shouting hello three times, Ji Chengye restrained the emotions on his face, leaving only coldness and majesty, "What about you?" β
Ji Chengye looked at Li Ge Lao again.
"The minister swears allegiance to His Majesty and advances and retreats with His Majesty." Led by Li Ge Lao, a wave of courtiers immediately expressed their loyalty, even at this time when they were likely to be killed.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to do any more fearless struggles." Du Zhen's face was full of mockery.
Ji Chengye didn't pay attention, but looked at Gu Qin, "Gu Qin, let's do it." β
Ji Chengye's sentence did not cause any waves, the hundred officials only thought that this was Ji Chengye's last struggle, and Du Zhen was even more disdainful, waving his hand to let people attack Ji Chengye and Gu Qin.
Gu Qin unhurriedly took out a fire fold and a bamboo tube from his arms, lit them high, and a cluster of fireworks bloomed in the high sky of this dark night, which looked particularly beautiful.
Everyone vaguely felt that something was wrong, but what could be wrong with the situation in front of them being so one-sided.
The bamboo tube was a little bit, and the person who was still facing Gu Qin and Ji Chengye with swords a moment ago immediately aimed his sword at Du Zhen with his backhand.
Du Zhen's face was stunned, and it became ugly at the moment, but he didn't expect that there would be someone in this who turned back.
His first instinct was to retreat and retreat into the crowd of troops rushing in from the outside.
Xu Lei and Wang Xiang were the leaders in front of Du Zhen.
"Ji Chengye, do you think that a dozen people like you want to fight with the tens of thousands of troops behind me?"
Tearing his face, Du Zhen doesn't want the last fig leaf.
"So what?" Ji Chengye's eyes were full of eyes, looking down at Du Zhen like an ant.
"Have you forgotten how you got on this throne in the first place? I was able to help you to get to the top back then, and now I can pull you down, and if you don't listen to the good words, don't blame me for not being emotional. β
"You're finally admitting that you're disobedient?"
"I've been convicted, doesn't it matter?"
"Du Zhenmou is convicted of rebellion, and there is no forgiveness for killing." Ji Chengye gave the order to kill with cold eyes.
The courtyard was full of officials, and it was not suitable to do it, and the people on Ji Chengye's side kept approaching Du Zhen's side, forcing people out of the courtyard.
Du Zhen didn't need to be forced too much, he retreated by himself, outside was his base camp, and it was safe there.
Now Ji Chengye is just a fish out of the water, making the last struggle, he just watched him jump for a while, even if he didn't want to live, he didn't need to keep him, the sword was speechless, how normal it was to accidentally get injured and die.
The battlefield moved outward, from the courtyard of the Qianqing Palace to the gate of the Qianqing Palace.
Ji Chengye and Gu Qin also went outside, some bold ministers also went outside, and some generals even joined the battle, and it was not until they did not move at this time.
The scene outside was extremely bloody, and it was full of soldiers in armor, neat and regular.
"Now disarmed and surrendered, I forgive you from your sins." They are all his people, but they are just bewitched by Du Zhen, and Ji Chengye does not intend to strangle them all.
"Ji Chengye, do you think your words are ridiculous?" Du Zhen's face was full of mockery.
"Swear allegiance to Lord Du."
"Swear allegiance to Lord Du."
I don't know who shouted, and then there was a chant that resounded through the night sky.
Some of the officials standing on Ji Chengye's side were drenched in cold sweat and trembling, His Majesty was cutting off his own back road at this time, so Du Zhen was afraid that he would not even let them go.
There was no intention of persuasion, Ji Chengye directly ordered, "There is no forgiveness for killing." β
Ji Chengye gave an order, and saw that among the soldiers who were shouting, some soldiers took out a red belt from their arms and tied it to the top of their heads, and then directly slashed at those who were not tied with a knife.
Suddenly, the situation took a big turn, and they started killing each other, no, it should be said that there were people from both sides involved.
Seeing this scene, Du Zhen was shocked, he didn't expect that there were so many people from Ji Chengye's side among his people, when did he infiltrate?
The sound of swords and roars resounded in the night sky, and the blood stained the bluestone slab in front of the Qianqing Palace like splashed ink.
Some old ministers suddenly saw the scene more than ten years ago.
I don't know how long it took, the fight was coming to an end, and Du Zhen and his supporters were surrounded in the middle.
At this moment, Du Zhen was no longer arrogant, but his face was full of disbelief, he didn't understand why he lost today, he was obviously foolproof, and he had been planning for many years.
"Ji Chengye, what if you kill me today? Gu Qin, this troublemaker, you protect everything like this, do you know that he is not the second me? β
Du Zhen saw the defeat, and did not forget to sow discord.
"He won't." Ji Chengye was categorical.
"The first emperor never thought that I would be like this."
Ji Chengye's face didn't change at all, "Do you know whose student Gu Qin is?" β
"Does it make a difference in whose students?"
"I thought there was."
"Then please take pity on the poor minister and tell the minister the answer." said pitiful words, but Du Zhen's face was full of ridicule.
"Gu Xing."
"Who are you talking about?" Du Zhen felt that he had heard auditory hallucinations.
"Your nightmare from a young age, Gu Xing, the eldest son of the Jin'an Mansion."
"No way, that guy is dead."
Gu Xing is really Du Zhen's nightmare, just mentioning the name, Du Zhen changes color.
Baiguan was also shocked, Gu Qin turned out to be Gu Xing's student.
It is not surprising that the students taught by that brilliant person are not even in the middle school, and there are all kinds of things that followed.
"Believe it or not." Ji Chengye didn't plan to say that Du Zhen believed, "Do you think Gu Qin is really just luck so far?" Do you think Gu Qin's talent is really just a dead study? Do you think I'm really so stupid, so stupid as to appoint a good-for-nothing man who only has a woman in his eyes as prime minister? β
Just after being defeated by Ji Chengye, Du Zhen didn't have this sense of despair, but Ji Chengye's words.
"You think you lost to me? You still lost to your nightmare Gu Xing after all, do you think that if he hadn't hated the court dispute back then, there would still be a place for you? Wake up, Du Zhen. If it weren't for Gu Xing's disdain, do you think you would be able to jump to this day? β
Ji Chengye, this is a typical snake beating seven inches, and a few words make a high-spirited person be hit to the point of collapse.
"Crush into the prison, behead tomorrow, I want everyone to see the fate of the disobedient." In the war, there is no forgiveness, and the situation is under control, there is no need, it is too cheap to die silently Du Zhen, "I am tired, let's retreat." β
"Don't, ninth brother, this is not over yet, are you going to rest?" King Wu, who has always called Ji Chengye His Majesty, has been speaking ambiguously, and has been standing in the crowd pretending to be a lamb, finally couldn't help but stand up, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he changed directly, and the temperament of the whole person changed from a sheep to a wolf.
It's not that Gu Xing, King Wu, doesn't know, but that is Du Zhen's nightmare, what does it have to do with him?
Now, Du Zhen and Ji Chengye are just fighting and both are defeated, and he just took advantage of the situation.
His men took this opportunity to enter the palace from outside the city, and when they captured the palace, his men were in the rear, so their strength was very well preserved.
"Starling, is this what else to do?" Ji Chengye stopped and looked at King Wu who came out of the crowd, and he said that going to rest was just to give him another chance.
"Ninth brother said this, you see that you are unconscious and unconscious, and you are protecting your delusional ministers, brother, I really think you are not suitable to sit in this position."
"Starling is trying to usurp the throne?"
"Ninth Brother said this, isn't this position who has the strength to do it? Back then, the ninth brother was lucky, and now that this feng shui is turning, luck should also fall on my brother and me. β
"What about starlings?"
"Of course, I asked the ninth brother to give way." As he spoke, King Wu clapped his hands, and suddenly the scene changed again, some of the people surrounding Du Zhen ripped off the red belts on their heads, such a counterattack, there were more moments without red belts than red belts, and it was a reversal of encirclement and suppression, and finally everyone was surrounded by the army.
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect ......it" Du Zhen, who has always been self-righteous, became even more collapsed, underestimating Ji Chengye and Gu Qin, but I didn't expect that now he is underestimating King Wu again, he is completely making a wedding dress for King Wu.
"Lord Du, don't be so excited, this king has to thank Lord Du. Of course, I would like to thank Brother Nine. Ninth brother, do you write the abdication edict yourself, or do you want me to do it for you? β
King Wu is different from Du Zhen, he is a child of the royal family, just usurp the throne directly, and he is not afraid of who will accept it, after all, this country has not changed hands, and the royal family has changed since ancient times, not all of them are strong.
"I was going to spare your life, but in that case, you don't blame me for being ruthless. Fifth brother, you have also seen it, it's not that I don't care about brotherhood, it's that starling doesn't want to stay alive. β
King Wu was stunned for a moment, not knowing where King Liang came from.
And at this time, among those who wore helmets at the beginning, one of them took off his hat, and it was King Liang, who had already left Beijing.
The onlookers were stunned for a moment, this reversal was really one after another, and they felt that they were about to be unable to react.
"Eighth brother, do you think that the succession of the ninth brother was really just chosen by Du Zhen at random?"
"What do you mean?" King Wu was a little flustered.
Everyone has a sore foot, it's just different.
"The succession of the ninth brother is the edict of his father."
"Impossible, my father and emperor are dead, where did the edict come from, it is impossible...... I'm better than him, and my father must like me......"
When the first emperor was in power, he had been fighting with Ji Chengye, and there was no Ji Chengye who liked the first emperor, and then Du Zhenxuan was not him in his heart, he had always been obsessed with it, wanting to prove that he was excellent, and now he was told that Ji Chengye's throne was a testament, it was all a joke, it was a joke.
"How is that possible?" Another person who was shocked was Du Zhen, he always thought that he controlled the imperial vein of the Ji family, but now he told him that he was not, he was the one in the game.
"Du Zhen, my father has long noticed your disobedience and paved the way, but I didn't expect you to be so vicious, he didn't have time to implement it, but this doesn't mean that the matter is over. Don't think that you don't know what you did to this king and princess, this king tells you that this king's princess is alive and well, her daughter is alive and well, and her son is alive and well. The one who died is also a wild seed, do you really think you can shake this king? "King Liang is just a deep-rooted person.
"Impossible, impossible."
"Fifth brother, don't say that you don't covet the throne, why don't you give it to your younger brother?" King Wu immediately changed his tune.
"This king doesn't need it."
"Fifth brother, why pretend?"
"This king doesn't need it, back then, my father asked this king to choose the throne and Qiong'er, and this king chose Qiong'er, but this king was selfish and put the heavy responsibility on the ninth brother. Now the king doesn't need it anymore. β
Gu Qin didn't know this, but it didn't matter, the ending was that they won, after all, these were royal secrets.
"Since the fifth brother can't talk well, then the fifth brother will go and accompany the ninth brother." Now that it is difficult to ride a tiger, King Wu simply ordered to be strangled without doing anything, "Kill them all, and there is no forgiveness for killing." β
As soon as King Wu ordered, a group of black-clothed people suddenly flashed out of the dark night, protecting Ji Chengye, King of Liang, Gu Qin, and the loyal courtiers here.
"Dragon Guard." King Wu exclaimed, and then laughed, "Hahaha...... Father, he is really biased to this point, and even the dragon guard has given you ......"
Originally, King Wu thought that Ji Chengye and King Liang were talking nonsense, but now he realized that he was a joke.
After laughing, King Wu's face was full of cruelty, "What about the Dragon Guard?" I have soldiers and horses, what do you think I can do with just a few dragon guards? β
Not long after King Wu finished speaking, soldiers and horses rushed over from all directions.
King Wu thought it was his own soldiers and horses, but when people got closer, he realized that it was not.
"Your Majesty, the anti-thieves have been eliminated."
"Your Majesty, the anti-thieves have been eliminated."
"Your Majesty, the anti-thieves have been eliminated."
The four leaders asked for a play, and all of them wore red bands on their heads.
One is the general of King Liang, they know each other, and the other two are the Huo family brothers, and then everyone found out that Huo Hanyi was not among the ministers, so forget it, Huo Hanyi also does the right thing on weekdays, and they are both the secretary of the criminal department and the marquis of Jing'an.
But what's going on with Huo Hanyu? The gentleman in Kyoto always does bastard things to make his brother wipe his ass, just for his brother's wife, he has been making trouble for so long, he is really not sensible at all, but such an ignorant existence is actually full of slaughter, covered with blood, standing in the army, how deep is this hidden.
By the way, they seem to have forgotten that the Huo family is the real martial arts family, but they abandoned martial arts more than ten years ago.
This is all secretly loyal to His Majesty.
Huo Hanyu is not as bastard as he seems on the surface, Gu Qin can still see it, but he didn't expect to take on this big responsibility.
Who else is there? The officials frowned.
"Isn't this Gu Qin's guard?"
I don't know who recognized Shen You, and he can still remember that it was Gu Qin's guard, after all, Shen You had been away from Gu Qin's side for two or three years, and he didn't expect to appear here in such a way.
Didn't you say a cloth coat? What's going on now?
This Gu Qin ...... This Gu Qin ......
It's all like this, King Wu is already in a losing situation, he wants Ji Chengye, there is a dragon guard over there, and his own army here has been surrounded and suppressed, he is careful and careful, but he is still defeated in the hands of Ji Chengye.
"Fifth brother, the ninth brother has such a deep mind, be careful that what happens to your brother today is what happens to you tomorrow. Defeat is defeat, and this king can afford to lose. β
When the words fell, King Wu took out a dagger directly from himself and stabbed it into his left chest, even if he died, he would die in his own hands.
King Wu fell like this, Ji Chengye and King Liang just looked at it, and nothing else.
"I'll just say that everything you have is under my surveillance, how can you end up in the current situation, but more and more you have this. A good King of Liang, a good brother of the Huo family, the disaster is not good for the family, I Du Zhen do everything by myself, everything is done by me Du Zhen, today I Du Zhen will apologize with death. β
Saying that, Du Zhen also learned from King Wu, but he took out the knife in the hand of the soldier on one side and wiped his neck, only hoping that his neat death could leave him behind the Du family.
At this point, this cholera is over.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Gu Qin was the first to kneel.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." Li Ge is the second.
Then the third and fourth, and finally a large number of courtiers knelt down, but everyone's thoughts were different, and those who had shown loyalty before were now the joy of being reborn after the catastrophe, and those who had rebelled before were now drenched in cold sweat.
"In this turmoil, those who have meritorious deeds will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds, and those who have done so will also be punished accordingly. I'm not feeling well, I'll rest first, and we'll discuss this matter in a few days, and I'll disperse. The follow-up matters will be handled by Huo Hanyi. β
"Commandment." Huo Hanyi led the order.
"Fifth brother, you are casual, you have worked hard." After ordering what should be ordered, Ji Chengye spoke to King Liang.
"The minister doesn't tell His Majesty to rest, first withdraw the soldiers and horses, and then go to the post house to rest." Although they are brothers, they are also courtiers, and what happened to King Wu just now, there must be something that should be there.
"Fifth Brother Ixin."
"I know." King Liang answered.
The two brothers glanced at each other, and everything was silent.
Ji Chengye didn't say anything more, and turned his head to look at Gu Qin, "You have endured so much hard these days. β
"It is the duty of a minister to share the worries of His Majesty."
"Go and see your wife, the fight is in the middle of the night, and the sound of the fight resounds throughout the palace, and she must be very worried about you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Qin thanked him and got up and left, his impatience could be seen in the speed of his steps.
It was only at this time that the hundred officials reflected one after another, where is this Gu Qin who is a vain minister, this is the real minister, and he has really won the trust of the emperor, where do they dare to question it in the future?
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Soon after dark, as soon as the children finished eating, the sound of fighting was heard in the palace in the distance.
At that time, it was still a little far away, and the East Palace didn't pay much attention to it.
Until the middle of the moon, the sound of fighting is getting closer and closer.
Don't mention it in the distance, and the sound of the fight outside the East Palace is very clear.
Since the palace has been captured, how can the prince's side be let go.
After all, it is to change the crown prince, so the original prince should not be alive, and it is normal to accidentally die in the fight.
"Mother, what is the sound outside, it seems to be screaming very badly, and it hurts."
At this time, the children were listening to Cheng Ningning's story in bed, and they asked Gu Muning, who was more curious.
Ji Yan was also there, but he was sitting on a small bench on one side.
"There's a military exercise tonight." Cheng Ningning explained.
"What are military exercises?"
"Did the army mother tell Ning'er?"
"What Ning'er knows is the people who protect our family."
"Yes." Cheng Ningning touched Gu Muning's head with appreciation.
"Or the people who protect our country." Gu Mucheng was not to be left behind, he also wanted his mother's appreciation.
In the face of a mother's love, no child is steady.
"yes, yes." Cheng Ningning also touched Gu Mucheng's head with appreciation.
The two children were very happy.
Ji Yan sat there and watched.
Cheng Ningning also reached out and touched Ji Yan's head, she knew that Ji Yan had endured a lot, obviously only two years older than her child.
"Master, I'm fine, I believe sir."
Cheng Ningning nodded with a smile and withdrew his hand, and then continued to say to the two children, "Since it is the person who protects our family and country, it must be practiced more on weekdays, just like Ning'er practicing calligraphy, Cheng'er squatting on a horse, if you don't practice, you will definitely not be able to write well and squat on a horse, right?" β
"Yes, mother." Both children nodded their heads at the same time.
"So, the people who protect us must also practice in order to better protect us, and now, they are practicing how to resist the bad guys and protect us, understand?"
"Got it, mother." The two children nodded violently, still a little excited.
"We can't interfere with them, we have to stay in the house and sleep, you know?"
As soon as Cheng Ningning finished speaking, there was a sound of a heavy object being smashed outside, but her smile did not change at all.
"Okay mother." The two children are very well-behaved and obedient.
"Then now my mother will tell you a story?"
"Okay mother."
Then there was Cheng Ningning's storytelling and the sound of the two children asking questions from time to time, and these were all sandwiched between the sounds of fighting and swords colliding outside.
Cheng Ningning is really gentle, Ji Yan is envious, it is the first time he knows that his mother can sleep with the child and tell stories, he has never been.
Not to mention the gentleman, who is also very gentle, although he always seems cold.
Before the story was finished, the two children fell asleep, Cheng Ningning helped them fold the quilt, then got off the couch and sat on Ji Yan's side, "Prince, you can also go to bed, you are still young, it is not suitable to sleep too late." β
"I want to wait." He knew what was going to happen tonight, and he knew that the ones outside weren't drills, they were really fighting.
The early wisdom in Ji Yan's eyes made Cheng Ningning feel distressed, at this moment Ji Yan was a child in her eyes, and she couldn't help but reach out and hold the person in her arms, "Don't be afraid, it will be fine soon." β
With such a noble identity, he also carries much more than a child of the same age.
"Thank you, Master." Ji Yan obediently lay in Cheng Ningning's arms, only feeling much better.
It's false to say that he is not afraid, he is really afraid that he will never see his father and mother again.
Cheng Ningning didn't speak, and patted Ji Yan's shoulder.
I don't know how long it took, Cheng Ningning felt the whole weight of the person in her arms lying on her body, and she knew that Ji Yan couldn't withstand the fatigue of her body and fell asleep, and she was just a child after all.
picked up the person at the moment, put it together with Gu Mucheng and Gu Muning, and folded the quilt.
When she was done, she sat down on the small stool again, guarded the child, listened to the sound of fighting, roars, and swords, and waited quietly.
Cheng Ningning didn't know how long she had been sitting there and waiting, only that she had been looking at the door, waiting for the person who said she was coming back.
The fighting faded away, no one came in, and she thought, "Their side must have won."
The smell of blood in the air was so great that it permeated the room.
Suddenly, there was a crunch, and it was the sound of the door being pushed.
Cheng Ningning instantly tensed up, and subconsciously stood up to protect the side of the bed.
When he saw Gu Qin appearing from behind the gate of Gazi's palace, Cheng Ningning's defenses were completely gone, and with this relaxation, the whole person fell down so softly.
Gu Qin rushed over, hugged Cheng Ningning before he fell, and then hugged him tightly in his arms.
"Ning Ning, I'm back."
A thousand words can't match Gu Qin's sentence at this moment.
Cheng Ningning grabbed Gu Qin's clothes tightly with both hands, and the emotions that had been tense for most of the night collapsed at this moment, and he just fell into Gu Qin's arms and cried.
It is happiness and the aftermath of the catastrophe, and it is the weakness after being too strong.
"Don't cry." Gu Qin was so distressed that she pulled someone away and reached out to help her wipe her tears.
However, the tears were rolling more and more fiercely.
"There won't be a next time." Gu Qin assured.
"I love you, Gu Qin, thank you for coming back safely."
"I love you too, Ning Ning, thank you for waiting for me to come back safely with your child."
When the words fell, Gu Qin leaned over and kissed Cheng Ningning's lips with infinite affection.
Cheng Ningning closed his eyes to accept the response, raised his hands to hook Gu Qin's neck, and was also full of affection.
This kiss is the rest of his life after the catastrophe, this kiss is the end of a thousand sails, this kiss is the deep roots of love, and this kiss is inseparable from the white head.
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A year later
The Huo family has added a new ding, she is a cute little girl, and today is the child's washing.
Earlier, when the Huo family had a Huo Hanyi as an official, he was already very dignified in Kyoto City, and now there is a second-grade military general like Huo Hanyu, which is really the icing on the cake.
Last year, the palace changed, and the Huo brothers made great contributions.
Huo Hanyi didn't want anything, he gave it all to his younger brother Huo Hanyi, so His Majesty directly sealed a second-grade military general, and the civil and military officials were stunned and didn't dare to speak out, the emperor didn't treat them for the crime of bouncing around, where would they dare to impeach again.
As for what Gu Qin did last year, after the emperor woke up, they all clarified one by one, it was all the emperor's order, and where the vain ministers came from were all their own imaginations.
Gu Qin endured all kinds of criticism to do big things for the emperor, and they pulled back in various ways, especially the old minister Qiao Zhong, who almost had no face to live, and directly told the old man to return to his hometown to enjoy his old age.
The heads of the ministers are automatically offline, who dares to care about the crookedness?
As for those anti-ministers, they have to shut up, this is because they are afraid that the emperor will not punish them, isn't it?
The emperor did a review, saw that the circumstances were serious and punished for dispatch and demotion, and the most serious was directly dismissed, in short, he made a big change, and some of the following officials were promoted, and some of them were born in a cold family, and it also broke the routine of waiting for three years for the Hanlin Academy to re-enter the court.
None of this matters when it comes to employing people.
Liu Xun was directly transferred to the cabinet.
And the reason why the cold door is used is to balance the powerful families and save the power to be one-sided.
Du Zhen died, the Du family was directly raided, and everyone was exiled.
The queen in the palace was beaten into the cold palace, Concubine De was promoted to the queen, and the prince became a veritable concubine.
After all, the queen mother was the woman of the first emperor, so she was directly imprisoned in Cining Palace.
"Mother, why is the baby's face so wrinkled?"
Xu Wanying gave birth to a child, and Cheng Ningning must be here.
"You were like that when you were a kid."
"Is it so ugly?" What did the little girl say?
"It's good to look good when you grow up, and it will become more and more cute, does Ning'er think you're ugly?"
"That can't be, I'm pretty good."
Gu Muning's sentence made the people in the room laugh, it was really a child's saying.
Cheng Ningning accompanied Xu Wanying here, and entertained some female dependents who came to see Xu Wanying, so she couldn't go outside to entertain female dependents.
Jin An Guogong's side broke off contact a year ago, and before the robbery of Cheng Ningning and Xu Wanying, Jin An Guogong also participated, and after the palace change, he directly removed the title of Guogong, otherwise he couldn't even save his life, just because Gu Qin begged for mercy in Gu Xing's face, otherwise he would have lost his life.
In this way, Xu Wanying was confined in the house, so she could only rely on Cheng Ningning, a sister-in-law, to take care of it.
And Cheng Ningning is in this house, so there is someone else outside.
This person is none other than Shen Fu.
Shen Fu, who has followed Cheng Ningning to various occasions, has long been able to take charge on his own.
Once, Shen Fu was just Cheng Ningning's sister who recognized her, that is, it was also a maid Gao Pan.
But since last year's palace change, it has been different, and the sister of the prime minister's wife is the icing on the cake.
His brother Shen You made meritorious contributions in the palace change, although he was not as good as Huo Hanyu, but he was also a fourth-grade general, which was already very powerful. After all, Huo Hanyu is the credit of the two people.
Of course, this grade is not only because of the meritorious work in the palace change, but also made other contributions in the past few years except for Shen You, including the evidence of Du Zhen's self-respect for the army, which he found.
If you want to talk about the reason, you have to sue the clues found out from the death of his parents, the dart that his parents received back then was to escort weapons, although it was not Du Zhen who killed his parents with his own hands, but the source of it was Du Zhen, and Shen You could be regarded as avenging it with his own hands.
In this way, the current Shen Fu is the sister of the four-rank general, this is the rising tide, and there is a prime minister's sister, this is ......
The guests all came in waves, so Shen Fu and Huo Hanyu, who were entertaining guests at the door, did not need to entertain guests all the time.
Two people, one for men, and one for women.
After entering the house, the male guest was entertained by Huo Hanyi, and the female guest was naturally Cheng Ningning.
"My brother has given birth to a second child, when will you marry me?" As soon as there were no guests, Huo Hanyu pestered Shen Fu to ask this question.
"Why should I marry you?" Shen Fu looked at Huo Hanyu like a fool.
Not to mention now, even in the past, when Shen Fu introduced cloth clothes, he also looked at Huo Hanyu like this.
And Huo Hanyu, even if he is a military general, he still looks like a gentleman who is not beaten on weekdays.
"Didn't my sister want me to pair them up earlier?"
"That was earlier, and you didn't want to marry me earlier."
"I want to marry now, you marry me."
"Don't marry."
"Look you're all this age......"
Shen Fu kicked over, "Do you want to fight?" β
Huo Hanyu subconsciously hidden, "I said it wrong, it's my age, I think I should start a family." β
"That's your business, what does it have to do with me?"
"It's okay, I ......"
"Brother." Shen Fu saw Shen You coming, and immediately greeted him happily, without taking care of Huo Hanyu.
Shen You glanced at Huo Hanyu coldly, even if the other party was a second-grade general, he was not afraid.
Huo Hanyu was seen as a spirit, and when it came to fighting, he was slightly worse than Shen You, just a little.
"Brother." Immediately laughed and his face came up.
"Huo Hanyu, you have no shame, this is my brother." Shen Fu quit.
"I ......"
"Uncle, aunt." Huo Hanyu was just about to say something when a call sounded.
Huo Hanyu looked over, it was Gu Mucheng, and Gu Mucheng was followed by Gu Qin and Prince Ji Yan.
Ji Yan was amnestied and followed.
And Gu Mucheng, after getting along with each other during the palace change last year, chose to enter the palace to be Ji Yan's companion this year, and Gu Muning was placed next to Cheng Ningning and followed Cheng Ningning.
"Prince." Huo Hanyu saluted first.
"Prince." Shen Fu also left his brother and saluted.
"This prince is here to play, don't worry about this prince." Seven-year-old Ji Yan is much more sensible than last year, and Prince Fan has also come out.
"Dad, I'll go find my sister first." I haven't seen my sister for a long time, Gu Mucheng thinks about it tightly, they have always grown up together, but this year they are separated, Gu Mucheng is very uncomfortable, and he looks for his sister almost as soon as he comes back.
"Go ahead." Gu Qin directly let people go.
"Sir, I'll go too." Ji Yan is not behind, and his excitement is really no less than Gu Mucheng.
Gu Qin waved his hand.
The two children swooped away.
With Gu Qin here, Shen You is always not good at cleaning up Huo Hanyu, who is rude to his sister, and there is an opportunity, and he is also busy after becoming an official, so he specially rushed back from the camp outside the city, and he hasn't seen his sister for a few days, so he quit and led his sister to talk.
In this way, Huo Hanyu and Gu Qin were left at the door.
Huo Hanyu looked at Shen Fu who was taken away by Shen You.
"Do you really like it?" When he first came, Gu Qin heard a few words, otherwise he could see it with this stunned look.
"I really like it." My brother-in-law has nothing to say.
"Why didn't you like it before?" It was a bit of a suddenness.
"It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I don't care too much, I don't understand it very well, and now I'm just enlightened, and I don't have a reason to like someone?"
Huo Hanyu's words were really a bit of a scoundrel, but Gu Qin seemed to think of something, and slightly hooked the corners of his lips, "Yes, you don't need a reason to like someone." β
He and his Ning Ning are not.
"If you like it, chase it well, what you say is something indebted, learn something good to listen to, don't be so bad. The fierce girl is afraid of pestering Lang, pestering is, Shen Fu is a good girl, she must be treated well. I know if I like you or not, but I shouldn't hate it, otherwise you would have lost your arm and broken leg. β
As soon as he heard Gu Qin's words, Huo Hanyu's eyes lit up, "Is this okay?" β
"Just try it."
"Then I'm ......," Huo Hanyu hated to run away.
"Entertain the guests first, and in a while, I'll go to find Ningning."
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Today's Cheng Ningning is really a veritable lady of the first grade, and she really has to participate in a tea party from time to time, a flower viewing banquet or something, not to mention anything else.
Forget it, the key is to be an exclusive pet.
This Gu Qin doesn't want to talk about marrying, he really doesn't look at other women.
Gu Qin is both young and a prime minister, and he is good-looking, which little girl can not be moved.
Cheng Ningning's side had no way to harass them, after all, Cheng Ningning had spoken, as long as Gu Qin said yes, she wouldn't say a word.
Can the little girls not be excited?
There were all kinds of encounters, all kinds of falls, but the results were obvious, none of them succeeded.
Cheng Ningning was annoyed, and she didn't say a word when she said Gu Qin, it was because she believed in Gu Qin.
And Gu Qin was also annoyed after experiencing all kinds of encounters and falls, which was not enough to anger him, mainly because a woman ran to his house and said that his child was broken, although Cheng Ningning did not disbelieve him, but he responded himself, and finally directly said that he had taken the avoidance and would not make the woman pregnant.
This one really shocked the government and the opposition, including Cheng Ningning.
Some people didn't believe it, Gu Qin went directly to the Tai Hospital for treatment, and then the whole dynasty believed it and asked the reason, not wanting Cheng Ningning to have another child, afraid that she would have a hard pregnancy, and that she would have pain in giving birth.
So far, Cheng Ningning has really become the object of envy and hatred of all women in Kyoto.
You say that this minister is a powerful minister, forget it, he is still young, you say that he is young, forget it, and spoil her, you say that he is only favored, in order for her not to suffer from pregnancy, he even eats to avoid the child, this and this......
The weather is just right today, and Cheng Ningning took Gu Muning out to participate in the banquet again, this time it was a flower-viewing banquet held by the queen of the palace.
After the ladies entered the palace and bowed to the queen, they went to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers.
Cheng Ningning was left by the queen to speak.
Not to mention Gu Qin is Mr. Ji Yan's affection, as far as Cheng Ningning himself is concerned, the queen is also very fond of it.
Gu Muning was a little girl, and she couldn't stand it, so she muttered in a low voice, "Mother, I want to go to my brother." β
Before Cheng Ningning could speak, the queen spoke, "Go, the palace will let someone send you there." β
For Gu Muning, the queen also likes it very much.
"Thank you, Queen Mother." The little girl saluted in good manner, and then galloped away.
The palace people hurriedly followed.
"Ning'er was raised too skinny by the courtiers, and the queen smiled when she saw it."
"It's good for a child."
As far as the child is concerned, the two just chatted.
Gu Muning in the palace was already ripe, and when she got out of the queen's Kunning Palace, Gu Muning rushed straight to the East Palace.
Before he arrived at the East Palace, he collided with Ji Yan who came out of the East Palace.
When Ji Yan saw that it was Gu Muning, she hurriedly stepped forward to help someone, but the little girl was knocked down, she was very unhappy, and stared at Ji Yan with round eyes.
Ji Yan, who has been with her for a long time, has long known how to coax Gu Muning.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, I didn't look at the road and bumped into you." came up with an apology, and the little girl's eyes instantly widened.
"Shall I take you to eat something delicious?" This is the second trick, the temptation to eat.
Sure enough, Gu Muning completely forgot that she was still angry just now, but she was still a little struggling, "I'm going to find my brother." β
"Cheng'er was punished by Mr. to write, and you are going to disturb him now. It's just right for us to come back after we've eaten. β
"Really?"
"Really."
"Okay then."
The little girl just took the bait.
Ji Yan gestured to his little eunuch, and then took the little girl's hand to the imperial study.
The two of them left on the front foot, and Gu Mucheng, who came out a few steps slowly, saw that only Ji Yan's little eunuch Xiao Zhuzi was there, and he didn't see Ji Yan, so he hurriedly asked, "Where is the prince?" β
"Looking back at Gongzi, just now Miss Gu came and said that she was hungry, and the prince took her to find food, and said that he would bring some back for Gu Gongzi, and let Gu Gongzi go to the library to wait for him first."
"My sister is here." Gu Mucheng was very happy, and then patted his head, "By the way, the queen will hold a banquet today, and the mother will definitely bring her sister into the palace." β
"Gu Gongzi, please go to the library first, otherwise it will be easy to stagger with the prince, and if you can't complete the task of the prime minister, Gu Gongzi and the prince will be punished."
As soon as he heard the word punishment, Gu Mucheng was excited, "Then I'll go to the library first." β
"The minions are with you."
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After coming out of the queen, Cheng Ningning went to the imperial garden, and when she saw Cheng Ningning, all the noble ladies and nobles were envious, jealous and hateful, and they couldn't enter the prime minister's mansion despite all their might.
No, as soon as Cheng Ningning came, all the ladies began to hide needles in their words, after all, they didn't dare to face them, someone had done it, and they were impeached by the prime minister and went home to retire, which was terrible.
"The Prime Minister's wife is fat today." I can only say these painless words.
"Hey, the Prime Minister makes me something to eat every day." Who knew that Cheng Ningning's answer was so choking.
"The Prime Minister's wife is dressed a little vulgarly today." They keep up the good work.
"The Prime Minister personally picked it, and the man's aesthetic is like this, so if he likes it." Cheng Ningning shot back with a smile, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he always has to practice some skills.
"......" can still speak well?
Cheng Ningning changed the topic with a smile, just say a few words, after all, they are all fateful women.
Cheng Ningning gave the steps, and everyone wanted to take it.
And they thought that this was annoying enough, but they didn't expect that the most annoying thing was at the end of the banquet.
They walked out of the palace in groups of three or five laughing.
And there was a person standing at the gate of the harem, with a clear breeze and a bright moon, and he couldn't help but fall at a glance.
Just when they were all lost, they saw Cheng Ningning walk past them and walk in front of the man, and shouted with a smile, "Xianggong." β
After this sound, they could clearly see that the man's face was soft, his eyes were gentle, and he only looked at Cheng Ningning alone, "Madam, I'm here to take you home for my husband." β
Ladies and Gentlemen: ......
I didn't let people live.
Gu Qin took Cheng Ningning's hand, ignored everyone's eyes, and turned to leave.
"Where's the kid?" Cheng Ningning said.
"In the East Palace."
"We're going to pick up the kids."
"Okay."
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