Jingxi 8th year, winter, early November.

Rui Guifei Su gave birth to a son in Chengxi Palace, Emperor Xuan was overjoyed, and immediately announced that Su was the queen, and the emperor's eldest son was crowned after the full moon.

Both inside and outside the government and the opposition are actively preparing for the post-sealing ceremony that only has one month left, and the congratulatory gifts in the palace to congratulate Concubine Rui on giving birth and sealing have been sent in like flowing water, and the threshold of the Su family's mansion outside the palace has almost been flattened in just a few days.

At the same time, the Xuanwu Kingdom, which can be described as a strip of water from the Shenlong Kingdom, has spread the news of a coup d'état and a civil war.

It is rumored that King Xuanzhuo, who lost the right to inherit the throne because his mother was the maid of the Shenlong Kingdom, took advantage of Emperor Shuo's hunting from the palace to usurp the throne and seize power. When Emperor Shuo received the news and returned to Beijing with his personal guards, the entire Kyoto had already been completely controlled by King Ruixian, who had been planning for a long time, and with most of the military power of the Xuanwu Kingdom in his hands, Emperor Shuo was forced to retreat to the east.

Originally, the coup d'état in the Xuanwu Kingdom had nothing to do with the Shenlong Kingdom, and even in terms of the situation of eliminating the other, the more chaotic the Xuanwu Kingdom was, the more beneficial it would be to the Shenlong Kingdom.

However, Emperor Shuo, who was forced into a desperate situation, actually put aside his face and wrote a letter of resignation, and sent his important ministers to the Emperor of Shenlong to ask Emperor Xuan for support, and used nearly half of the text to elaborate on his friendship with Emperor Xuan's biological mother, in order to get Emperor Xuan's assistance.

The day after reading the letter asking for help, Long Jingming first sternly condemned the wolf ambition of King Ruixian of the Xuanwu Kingdom to usurp his brother's throne, and then announced that he would send troops to help Emperor Shuo regain power.

"The minister feels that it is not appropriate for his own country to participate in the political affairs of other countries, let alone borrowing troops to help, and this matter needs to be discussed in the long run."

The first to express his opposition was the newly promoted lieutenant Su Chen, who held the military and political power, and Su Taiwei's opposition immediately aroused the solidarity and support of more than half of the courtiers, and they all agreed to refuse to borrow troops.

Seeing this, Long Jingming was so angry that his face was as ugly as frost, and he said: "Such a wind of chaotic ministers and thieves usurping the throne cannot be promoted, I have made up my mind, and Taiwei Su and Zhongqing don't need to persuade again!" ”

Taiwei Su insisted: "The minister can't watch the saint make a big mistake because of his whim, and it is still unknown whether there is a coup d'état in Xuanwu, what if this is a fake show played by the Xuanwu monarch and the king of Ruixian, the purpose is to lure our army into the urn to weaken the momentum of our army, and then take the opportunity to invade our land?" ”

Nangong Jingtai, the former imperial historian who had already succeeded Feng Wanquan as prime minister, immediately continued: "The minister thinks that what Taiwei Su said is extremely true, and I hope that the saint will think twice before acting, if the army Xuanwu is borrowed, it will really do more harm than good to the country." ”

Naturally, the ministers echoed the voice, and the imperial historians, who had always been war-weary and eventful, beat their chests and vigorously opposed it, even the military attachés who had always been warlike were mostly disapproving of sending troops.

However, not all the courtiers objected, and the officials supported by Emperor Xuan, led by the official servants, showed their loyalty at this time.

"The saint, the minister thinks that as the saint said, the wind of chaotic ministers and thieves boldly usurping the throne and seizing power will never rise." Shangguan Taifu stepped forward, "And this time since the Xuanwu monarch personally begged, if the country borrowed troops to help him regain the throne, it would definitely be beneficial to the peace and stability of the two countries in the next hundred years." ”

Immediately, almost all of them were a group of young talents without a prominent family background, and immediately agreed to borrow troops from the Xuanwu Kingdom, but the only thing missing was Jingzhao Yin Zhongzheng.

Above the court, the officials of the two factions quarreled over whether to borrow troops, and Emperor Xuan on the gilded dragon chair always frowned and pursed his lips silently.

Presumably, in addition to being angry with the opponents in his heart, he was also secretly glad that he was alert to the power of the five major families in time and took action to eradicate the scourge in time, and at the same time cultivated a group of new forces loyal to him, otherwise sooner or later, his imperial power would be overthrown by these old ministers with many meritorious achievements!

I don't know who first mentioned the Flying Dragon Army in this war of words, and the Shangguan Taifu immediately proposed: "Shengshang, if Prime Minister Nangong and Su Taiwei insist on refusing to send troops, please ask Shengshang to use the 'Flying Dragon Order' to dispatch the Flying Dragon Army, and then he will be able to help Emperor Shuo of Xuanwu Kingdom regain the power of the country in one fell swoop!" ”

The Flying Dragon Army is not only in the Divine Dragon Country, even if you look at the entire Guiyuan Continent, it is also a legendally powerful and magical existence, and after the fall of the Yan Clan, everyone naturally thought that the Flying Dragon Order must have been taken back by Emperor Xuan, and Shangguan Yi didn't know that the Flying Dragon Order had actually been snatched back by Long Jingming not long ago.

When Taiwei Su heard this, he immediately knelt down with an excited expression and said, "Holy Lord, think twice, the Flying Dragon Army must not be used lightly!" ”

The opposing ministers immediately knelt down one after another, and urged Emperor Xuan not to use the Flying Dragon Army because of Xuanwu's internal affairs, otherwise he was afraid of arousing the anger of the people.

"Since I have the Flying Dragon Order, I have the right to mobilize the Flying Dragon Army, and borrowing troops from Emperor Shuo of the Xuanwu Kingdom to quell the chaos should be regarded as acting for the heavens, how can I talk about arousing the anger of the people? In short, I have made up my mind, and those who dare to speak out and obstruct it will be severely punished! ”

But Long Jingming was obviously moved by Shangguan's servant, but his main thing was to let the ministers understand that he would never be restrained by anyone.

Prime Minister Nangong, Su Taiwei and others did not say much in the palace, but after the next court, they all knelt outside the Qinglong Palace, silently declaring their opposition to the insistence of borrowing troops from the Xuanwu Kingdom.

Although Long Yucang, who still regarded himself as the king of leisure, did not have to go to court, he quickly received the news and informed Feng Huanling of the matter.

Feng Huanling was puzzled: "Isn't Long Jingming a deep personal friend with that Ruixian King Xuanzhuo?" How could they be clamoring to help Emperor Shuo regain the throne? ”

She still remembers that when Emperor Xuan's birthday, King Ruixian came to congratulate him as a Xuanwu envoy, during which Xuanzhuo secretly moved around with Long Jingming, although the two of them had discussed what and whether it was a Dada agreement, she had no way of knowing, but it was an indisputable fact that the two had a personal relationship.

"I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface, after the senior brother came back from the Xuanwu Kingdom, he also said that the brotherhood between Xuan Zhuo and his brother Xuan Shuo is very deep, maybe this so-called coup is just a trick to lure the enemy." Long Yucang's thoughts coincided with that of Taiwei Su, "However, if Long Jingming wants to use the Flying Dragon Army, he will also have some interests for us." ”

Greeting Long Yucang's meaningful eyes, Feng Huanling immediately understood after a little thought, nodded and said, "That's right, I'll go and inform Brother Xiao now, hasn't he always wanted to take back the things that were snatched from his hands with his own hands?" Now is a godsend! ”

After the Flying Dragon Order was taken away by Long Jingming, it was natural to hide in the tightest and safest place, so Feng Huanling had hinted to Su Moxuan before that he could not help find it. And now that he wants to mobilize the Flying Dragon Army for the affairs of the Xuanwu Kingdom, he naturally wants to take out the Flying Dragon Order and use it, which is undoubtedly the best time for them to steal back the token.

After Cangyun's skillful treatment, Xiao Yan has already recovered as before, and in recent days, he has been busy secretly gathering the old departments of the rivers and lakes scattered all over the place, and all the killers of the Red Flame Gate have been secretly gathered in Dragon City by him. Hearing that Feng Huanling asked him to enter the palace to wait for the opportunity to steal the Flying Dragon Order, he agreed without hesitation, and sneaked into the Great Inner Deep Palace with a few elites of the Red Flame Sect that night.

On winter nights, the snow falls silently.

There was silence in the warm Long'an Palace, and Long Jingming sat alone on the golden chair of the dormitory, thinking about playing with a black iron card with a lifelike green dragon pattern in his hand.

When Xuanxian King Xuanzhuo took the opportunity of his birthday to go to Beijing to present a gift, he secretly reached an agreement with him that as long as he helped him succeed in winning the throne, half of the Xuanwu Kingdom would be his.

As for the current insistence that he insisted on borrowing troops to help Emperor Shuo in distress, in fact, the real purpose was not to rescue but to help Xuanzhuo to attack in a two-phase attack and completely destroy all the remnants of Emperor Shuo, and he would also take this opportunity to start taking over half of the country that Xuanzhuo promised to him by the new Emperor Xuanwu.

Long Jingming was not surprised that the courtiers who didn't know the inside story would object, but the decision of Prime Minister Nangong and Su Taiwei and other prominent ministers to take the lead in insisting and opposing him was unacceptable to him.

What he hates most is this situation of being threatened and forced to compromise and concede!

After receiving the news from the little eunuch sent to the Qinglong Palace to check the situation, Miao Shangshan, the chief supervisor of the internal prison, cautiously entered the dormitory and reported: "Qi Qi Sheng, the prime minister of Nangong fainted in front of the Qinglong Palace due to physical exhaustion earlier, and he has been carried back to the prime minister's mansion by the people of the Nangong family. However, Mrs. Su still insisted on leading people to kneel in front of the hall. ”

Hearing this, Long Jingming squeezed the hand of the Flying Dragon Order tightly, and sneered: "If he is willing to kneel, let him kneel, I want to see how long this lord can hold on!" ”

Miao Shangshan responded, and when he came back after going out of the temple gate, he already had an extra tray of green head cards in his hand, and asked with a smile carefully: "I don't know which lady the saint wants to sleep tonight?" ”

Because of Taiwei Su's ignorance, Long Jingming, who had not yet dissipated his anger, didn't even look at the names on those signs, and said straightforwardly: "It's better to be Zhong Xiurong." ”

Although the most popular one recently is Concubine Rui, who is about to be officially sealed, but in fact, the most fortunate thing is Zhong Xiurong, who is not visible and low-key everywhere. Obviously, none of the backgrounds stand out, but they are very favored by Emperor Xuan, but even if she has been promoted to one of the nine concubines, she is still the same as a white rabbit who is harmless to everyone and cautious.

Later, Miao Shangshan thought that perhaps Emperor Xuan, who was too tough and extreme and could not be betrayed at all, needed such a weak and scheming little woman the most.

Before Zhong Xiurong, who was named to serve in bed, was sent in, Long Jingming had already hidden the Flying Dragon Order, which contained great mysterious power and authority, back in the secret compartment of his dormitory.

All this has been clearly seen by Xiao Yan, who has been hidden in the dark for a long time.

He remained hidden in a dark corner that was not easy to detect, motionless as if he were just a relief in that corner, quietly waiting for the opportunity to come.

Until Zhong Xiurong, who was wrapped in a brocade jacket, was carried onto the dragon couch, the vigilant and keenly Emperor Xuan gradually indulged in the gentle township, and could not help but lower his precautions