Chapter 63: Unease
The success of the palace changes of Zhou and Xuanguo also made some people in Dajing ready to move.
Emperor Jianye is a person who can maintain, although he has long been full of children and grandchildren, but he still looks like he is in his forties, and there are even little princes and little princesses born, and palace concubines are pregnant. The princes below are only the princes, and once they reach adulthood, they are ordered to leave the palace to build a mansion. I don't even have the title of the prince.
The eldest son of the eldest prince was almost ten years old, and he himself had already grown a beard. For him, if he really waited until Emperor Jianye and the crown prince died, and then took action, maybe at that time, he would even have a grandson.
The four princes are not far behind, perhaps because of the same mother, the two brothers' thoughts are sometimes similar. But what the great prince noticed, the fourth prince also noticed.
Compared with the eldest prince, the fourth prince has no advantage at all. The prince's body can't be better at all, once the prince closes his eyes, if Emperor Jianye establishes the prince again, he will either establish a grandson or a chief, but no matter which one is his turn.
In the capital of Dajing, the situation has also become tense. These days, the eldest prince and the fourth prince have come and gone more frequently with the strategists below.
Mu Qingwan also noticed that in addition to a trace of restlessness, even Second Master Mu and Mu Chen were coming and going in a hurry these days. remembered what Jing Yao said to himself before leaving. Could it be that someone wants to seize power? Mu Qingwan's family is in the capital, and if an accident happens, it will inevitably be affected. Mu Qingwan was uneasy, so she sent someone to inquire about the news.
However, Mu Qingwan is not a politician and can't find out too much valuable information. Just in case, Mu Qingwan also mentioned this matter to Second Master Mu, and only after learning that Second Master Mu was also aware of it and had already made arrangements, she relaxed a little.
There is a delicate balance maintained in the court, and it is precisely because of the division of many that no one wants to make the first move and become the target of others.
Time never stops, so a year has passed, it has been seventeen years since Jianye, and it has been twelve years since Mu Qingwan came to this time and space.
Mu Qingwan is seventeen years old, and at such an age, she is already an old girl. However, she still doesn't have the slightest sense of hating to marry, and she is not in a hurry about her life's events.
Seventeen-year-old Mu Qingwan is just the right age, and she is covered with grace. While Mrs. Mu was proud in her heart, she was also a little anxious. asked Mu Qingwan about the right person in all aspects, but as a mother who dotes on her daughter, she always feels that no one is worthy of her baby daughter. finally found a suitable one, but Mu Qingwan herself couldn't look down on it. And so it dragged on.
In the spring of the seventeenth year of Jianye, a drought broke out. Especially in the barren areas, there is almost no harvest. The grassland area has a lot of animal husbandry and underdeveloped agriculture, and this drought has a particularly great impact on the grassland, and has also become the fuse for the invasion of the grassland tribes.
The distance between the grassland and the big view is the closest, and the first goal is naturally to start with the big view. The war on the border is about to break out, and the steppe tribes are brave and good at fighting, and they are menacing. This time, the other two countries also joined in, the Zhou State and the grassland formed an alliance to encroach on the land of Dajing, and the Xuan State sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. The generals on the border of Dajing were defeated and retreated, and Emperor Jianye was worried that his position was unstable, so he immediately sent the seventh prince Jingli to send troops.
This war is more severe than ever. Mu Qingwan felt uneasy, and immediately sent people to let the Baicaotang in various places hoard medicinal materials, and even the Zhuangzi in various places arranged for the stewards to store grain, and store grain and medicine, which was something Mu Qingwan could think of.
The Seventh Prince has only been gone for two months, and the news came that the crown prince had gone!
In the spring of the seventeenth year of Jianye, the prince of Dajing!
The prince, who has been frail and sick since he was a child, has endured so many years, but after all, he still has not fought for God, and when the prince died, he did not leave a son. Now, there is a new question in front of people, who should the new prince appoint? Above the court, there are constant sayings. Some people proposed to establish the eldest prince of King Xian, and some people proposed to establish the remaining seven princes. The courtiers fought back and forth, but unfortunately the crown prince was just dead.
The first seven days of the crown prince have not yet passed, and then another major event happened, the palace of the four emperors changed!
The ambitious four princes finally couldn't hold it back and launched a palace mutiny, and the five thousand Beijing Janissaries directly entered the noon gate.
Unfortunately, the eldest prince, who has been paying attention to the movements of the four princes, has also been prepared. The eldest prince led 10,000 horses from the camp on the outskirts of Beijing and directly entered the city to fight with the four princes at the noon gate.
At this time, the two groups of people fought to the death, and each did not give in to each other. The eldest prince finally defeated the fourth prince by virtue of his numerical advantage. And the four princes were eventually taken captive and even lost an arm.
The winning eldest prince did not stop, led people to escort the four princes, and went straight to the direction where Emperor Jianye was.
"Stop!"
Just after crossing the noon gate, the eldest prince was stopped.
"Ninth brother?"
The eldest prince looked at the Nine Emperor Princes who were blocking him in surprise, because the age difference between the two people was very large, and the eldest prince had never paid attention to this younger brother. I have the impression that this ninth brother, who has been stunned since he was a child, actually led someone to stop him here, and the eldest prince thought it was funny.
"Big brother, what are you doing here?"
The Nine Emperor Princes ignored the Great Prince's sneer and looked at him suspiciously.
"Ninth brother, get out of the way, let the eldest brother take this traitor to his father and ask for guilt."
"But, why did the eldest brother bring so many people into the palace!"
"Ninth brother, get out of the way! Big brother still has something to do, get out of the way quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being unkind! ”
The eldest prince really didn't want to talk to the Nine Emperor Princes anymore, so he said in a direct commanding tone.
"Big brother, no, this doesn't make sense!"
The Nine Emperors insisted on not budging.
"Ninth brother, are you really not going to let me?"
After experiencing a battle just now, the eldest prince has long been exhausted. In addition, the fruits of victory are already in front of you, where is there still patience to pull with the Nine Emperor Princes here.
"Don't let it!"
The Nine Emperors did not budge.
"Let's do it!"
The eldest prince narrowed his eyes and commanded his subordinates. The maternal ancestor of the Nine Emperors is the Auxiliary General's Mansion, which in turn belongs to the snobbery of the Four Princes. From the perspective of relationship, the eldest prince and the ninth prince should also be opposite parties. There will inevitably be blood today, and since the Nine Emperor Princes insist on doing so, the Great Prince does not need to persuade him anymore.
The people behind the Nine Emperor Princes received the order and rushed towards the Nine Emperor Princes.
It's just that before anyone rushed in front of the Nine Emperor Princes, a large number of people fell. It turned out that a group of archers were quietly ambushed on the palace walls on both sides. As soon as the eldest prince started to act, for a time ten thousand arrows were fired, and a large number of people were defenseless and were killed by arrows. And the Ouchi guards who followed behind the Nine Emperors also pulled out their waist knives and were ready to attack.
The eldest prince was a little panicked, and always felt that something had been ignored in the quilt. But by this time, there was no turning back, and I could only fight hard!
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