Chapter 413: Defection
Lian Jin has already decided to leave the Shang Kingdom and plot again.
After waiting for a long time, the news of the emperor's return to heaven spread all over the world, although the six princes were the most powerful among the princes, but after all, it was not unjustifiable, and he had no merits, so others naturally would not let him sit on the throne so lightly and skillfully.
When King Yan heard the news, he was naturally overjoyed, and now he had an excuse to return to Beijing.
After thinking about it again, Cui Jie still decided to go with the prince, now that the situation has changed greatly, King Yan will be even more jealous of himself, Yue'er is young, he will definitely despise her, Yue'er has grown a lot, and he can still deal with King Yan.
Cui Jie and Cui Yue planned to work with King Yan to support Lian Xun as the emperor, and then let King Yan be the regent.
After all, King Yan is suspected of rebellion on this trip, and letting him be the regent sounds more convincing.
King Yan heard that Lian Xun was still alive and still carrying a jade seal, but he didn't expect it, so it would be more advantageous for him to do so.
It's just that Cui Jie is not Cui Yue, he has followed the prince for many years, and he has a deep strategy, if he tears his face with him, I'm afraid he won't feel good, if he lets people know his intentions, then the resistance will be even greater.
Cui Jie listened to Lian Jin's orders and secretly handed over his collection of military power to Cui Yue
Lian Jin believed in Cui Yue's ability very much.
In the end, the Cui Yue brothers and sisters, on behalf of Lian Xun, promised to give King Yan supreme power and reached a cooperation with King Yan.
It's just that King Yan is still more guarded.
Lian Jin and Cui Jie discussed and went to the Qin State, firstly, the Qin State was outside the dispute between the Three Kingdoms, and secondly, the Jin State now had no chance to take advantage of it, and the Qi State was too weak, if it entered the Qin State, it would also have a chance to reverse the situation.
So Cui Jie and Lian Jin planned a fake death.
Pretending to be besieged.
After King Yan confirmed that he was dead, although he knew that he was missing a little strength, he was still relieved.
Although Cui Yue learned about this plan in advance, she was still inevitably sad, the eldest brother and they were forced to leave, and in the future, only herself and Xun'er would be left in Shangguo.
King Yan left the princess and princes in the fiefdom, and rushed back to the capital with his henchmen, Cui Yue and Lian Xun, and at the same time contacted all forces.
After arriving in the capital, Cui Yue first stood still, and realized that King Yan had other meanings, so he consulted with King Yan.
"Uncle, I know your strength, but you take action personally, after all, it is more difficult, now Xun'er and I, one is a dying person, the other is a child, we just want to take revenge, and then fulfill the last wish of the eldest brother and the prince, so please don't change your mind." ”
"Isn't the imperial brother already returning to heaven? ”
"Lian Yu has been pretending to be obedient and clever for so long, and after killing the crown prince and them, he has gained power, isn't he the one who calculates us with the old emperor? ”
"And what do you mean by your last wish?"
"The eldest brother followed the prince, and his party wanted to take down the state of Chu, but he didn't expect to be successful, but he was victimized, and now he was seized by the state of Chu, and he wanted to be unfavorable to the state of Shang, I and Xun'er, we must guard the state of Shang, and in the future, we must capture the state of Chu and fulfill their last wishes. ”
King Yan stared at her and did not speak.
Cui Yue continued with a firm face, "The eldest brother also told me about the remaining forces for insurance purposes before his death, and now that he is dead, these forces will only listen to me and Xun'er, as long as we cooperate, we will definitely be able to win the throne." When the time comes, we will clean up the innocence of the Cui family and the prince's mansion, Xun'er is still the eldest grandson of the emperor, and should inherit the throne, you know that I will also die soon, at that time you will be the regent, and block the attack of the Chu State, with merit, after the Shang country is stable, I will let Xun'er Zen position to you, so that you can be justified, Cui Jie and the prince's mansion can also wash away the grievances, do you say?"
King Yan thought about it for a long time, and it was a response, Cui Yue's body had been diagnosed and treated by the doctor, and the situation was indeed as she said. When it was time to slowly deceive the forces in Cui Yue's hands and elevate them, they had to give in if they didn't want to.
Cui Yue was underestimated by him in the end, and this was also the most calculated by them.
King Yan is powerful and can compete with the six princes, and other thoughtful princes want to get the support of King Yan, but these adult princes with foreign support and active minds can compare to the harmlessness of Lian Xun, a child, King Yan pretended to welcome him, and actually secretly collected evidence, wanting to prove that the Cui family and the prince were killed by the six princes.
The people in the Shang capital have their own ghosts, Cui Yue and Lian Xun are hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to move.
remembered that the prince said that Ning Ming helped him fake his death, but he couldn't hide the fact that Ning Ming was a traitor.
Cui Yue wanted to send someone to kill him, but changed his mind again.
She arranged a secret meeting with Ning Ming.
Ning Ming led her out of Beijing that day to protect her, so she didn't die, Ning Ming was not surprised, but after making sure that she really didn't die, he was very happy.
The two met in secret.
Cui Yue resisted the urge to kill him and asked, "How did the crown princess die?" and the child in her womb, what's going on." ”
"The prince had an accident that day, the princess was stimulated, moved the fetal gas, gave birth to a baby girl, the princess died of dystocia, the sixth prince was angry that he could no longer get the whereabouts of the jade seal from the princess's mouth, and sent someone to drown the baby girl alive. ”
When Cui Yue heard this, her eyes turned red with hatred, and she stepped forward to choke Ning Ming's neck, but Ning Ming didn't struggle at all.
When he thought he was really going to be strangled to death, Cui Yue let him go, "I won't let you die so easily, the prince and I trust you so much, you betrayed us like this, all of this was caused by you, I won't let you have a good time." ”
Ning Ming frowned and looked at her, as if every time he felt that she was messing around, "You better run away with the emperor and grandson, don't come back, I know that I won't end well, and since that day, I have been living in torment." ”
Cui Yue said, "Why do you want to escape, I want Xun'er to go, sit on the throne, and trample Lianyu's bones under my feet." The prince once said that you are also ambitious, and with the villain Lianyu, you will not have the opportunity to achieve this, you might as well change your master. ”
"Your life is not easy to be saved, you still have to cherish it, don't mess around, let's go. ”
"It turns out that you just want to be Lianyu's dog, it is me and the prince who misjudged you, I won't leave, I still have to support Xun'er and sit on the supreme position. ”
Ning Ming saw that she had made up her mind, and thought of King Yan who rushed back quickly, she already had a guess in her heart, and sighed secretly, "Since this is the case, I will naturally help you and the emperor and grandson." ”
Cui Yue didn't expect to move him so easily, and looked at Ning Ming suspiciously.
Ning Ming said indifferently, "I was originally an ordinary student, the emperor secretly collected talents and selected me, I thought this was an opportunity to realize my ideals, but I thought wrong." In order to completely control our people, our family members are in the hands of the emperor, so what I did before was because of my own family, so it went against my heart, in fact, I really want to realize everyone's dream with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”
"And now?"
"Actually, the first emperor was not only poisoned by the second lady Dai, the sixth prince changed the medicine of the first emperor in order to get the throne as soon as possible, so that the first emperor did not have the opportunity to wait for the cure, the first emperor has not handed over all the forces to the six princes, he didn't know that the first emperor controlled us in this way, as soon as the first emperor died, I took the opportunity to rescue my family, so I am now a real free body. ”
Cui Yue looked at him, not knowing whether he could be trusted or not.
"In fact, in order to resist, we have been secretly leaving a back hand, we have long hated the former emperor and the six princes, if Miss Cui and the emperor can give us a good future, we are willing to serve you, and we are willing to help you get rid of the six princes. ”
These words were indeed very tempting, Cui Yue lowered her head and thought seriously, but she didn't see that there was soft love in Ning Ming's eyes when she looked at her.
Cui Yue said, "Even so, our strength is not enough, so I plan to attach myself to King Yan." ”
"King Yan is not too ambitious to believe. ”
"However, only he can achieve my goal, the military power in his hands can resist the Chu army, as long as Xun'er sits on the throne, there is still room for plotting in the future, if King Yan or Lianyu are allowed to sit on the throne, then we will never be able to do that. ”
"In that case, then go according to your plan, what do you have in mind now. ”
Cui Yue looked into his eyes and said hatefully, "Naturally, we killed Lianyu, as long as he dies and the balance is broken, we will have a chance." ”
Ning Ming was silent for a moment, "I'm afraid this is not easy, and we need to plan slowly." ”
"I'm going to kill him with my own hands, as long as you cooperate with me, you can do it. ”
"Hopefully we can succeed. ”
Cui Yue met with him, but there was still no bottom in his heart, even if his conscience found out that he saved the prince's cousin and arranged to save his own life, he was still a traitor, if he didn't betray the prince, then so many people in Cui Mansion and the Prince's Mansion would not have died tragically like this, and they didn't even have a chance to resist.
After going back, in the face of Lian Xun's question, Cui Yue still told him the truth, "Sister, she gave birth to a younger sister for you, she had a difficult birth and didn't save her, your little sister was drowned by Lianyu faction, Xun'er, you must become strong quickly, so that you can protect your loved ones." ”
Lian Xun knew that something must have happened to his mother, but he didn't expect this to happen, so he knelt on the ground at the moment, crying silently, for a long time, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and forced himself not to cry again, his eyes were red, "Mother, Xun'er doesn't cry, Xun'er wants to avenge you." ”
Cui Yue took him, leaned on his arms, and gently comforted him, and in the future, only the two of them would be left to lick each other's wounds.
Comforting Lian Xun and coaxing him to sleep, Cui Yue gently rubbed his immature little face with a wet towel, he was only nine years old, but he could only accompany him for ten years at most, so he had to be strong himself, so strong that he was not afraid of any danger.
On the second day, Lian Xun woke up early, saw Cui Yue sleeping by his bedside, and saw her frowning brows, and secretly made up his mind that he must become strong quickly.