And most importantly, it has improved the happiness index of the people!

"Your mother has great love in her heart, so she can't be idle."

Xia Mohan said softly, unconsciously feeling distressed, but he couldn't see anything unusual on his face without the slightest trace of time.

"That's true, but I feel sorry for my mother! If I could, I would like my mother to be selfish, so that she can rest more and not be busy all day long. ”

Song Fengyan said, his mood was slightly depressed, but soon he returned to normal, and said with a serious face: "Uncle, you have been my idol for as long as I can remember, I thought at that time,

If I am in good health, I will definitely go to the battlefield to kill the enemy like you when I become an adult, and be a great hero who stands up to the sky and protects my family and country. ”

Xia Mohan smiled: "You are now a big hero. ”

"I'm still far from a big hero!"

Song Fengyan smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "Uncle is not only a big hero but also a god of war, in this life, I will look up to you as an idol." ”

Xia Mohan raised his eyebrows, deliberately teasing the child: "Really? Then you don't study like your uncle? He is a well-deserved hero and god of war in my Great Xia. ”

Song Fengyan didn't think about it, and responded bluntly: "Uncle and uncle, like you, are idols that I have recognized since I was a child, and an example that I will learn from in my life." ”

Xia Mohan's voice was gentle, and there was a light in his eyes: "After returning to Beijing, the emperor will reward you for your merits, and the official rank that you and the prince of Changguo will definitely not be low." ”

Hearing this, Song Fengyan shook his head: "I don't care whether the official rank is high or low, I just want to be able to fight for the country when the country needs it and do my part." ”

Xia Mohan was stunned, his eyes were dyed with a touch of relief, and the corners of his lips were lightly raised: "Good boy, your achievements in the coming day will be no less than that of your uncle and your eldest uncle." ”

"Uncle Cheng's auspicious words, whether I can have the achievements of you and my uncle in the future I don't know now, but the kid will not embarrass you two!"

Song Fengyan's tone was firm, and he made Xia Mohan feel more and more relieved, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "Good boy, uncle believes that you will not disappoint your uncle and your eldest uncle." ”

The train whistle sounded, "clang" and drove quickly in the direction of the capital, looking at the snowflakes flying all over the sky outside the car window, Ye Xia smiled and said to the eldest brother: "The emperor came to summon the eldest brother to return to Beijing with the triumphant army, I estimate that the emperor wants to keep you in the capital to serve, what does the elder brother think about this?" ”

Ye Qingcheng picked up the teacup on the table in front of him and took a sip, Fang said slowly: "The emperor is the king, your brother and I are the minister, how should the king appoint, the minister only has the next share, how can he have his own thoughts?!" ”

After a moment's pause, Ye Qingcheng continued: "But ...... When it's time to quit the court, I will quit categorically, and I will never drag my feet! ”

Ye Xia bowed his head lightly: "That's very good." ”

Over the years, the emperor has always been good to the queen and the prince, and he has tried his best to cultivate the prince as a prince, but a few years ago, she didn't feel that there was no cat in it.

——The four princes who were demoted to concubines died of illness at the border pass.

Died?

The body was not cremated on the day of death, rather than being cremated according to the usual grave.

Epidemics?

It is said that he died of an epidemic, and in order to prevent the corpse from being transformed, which will lead to the spread of the epidemic, cremation had to be used.

The people who handled it died one by one in just a few days, and the emperor sent people to Beiguan to implement it, but he couldn't find the slightest clue.

It can be seen that the four princes who were demoted to concubines and are said to have died of epidemic disease may not have died and turned to ashes. In addition, there is a fifth prince and a seventh-prince who have always coveted the throne in the court.

This invisibly added some resistance to the crown prince's succession. Therefore, it is not yet the time for the Ye family to retreat from the power of the court, waiting to find out the four princes of the golden cicada shell,

To completely suppress the ambitions of the five princes and determine the minds of the seven princes, it is best to go further to the moment when the imperial throne is passed to the crown prince before the death of Emperor Yongkang, at this time, the power of the Ye family in the court can be gradually withdrawn, so as not to worry that the prince will be in power as a marcher, and his relatives will be in power.

A courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing.

An unusually thin man wearing a mask and holding his hands under the eaves of the porch, he raised his eyes in the direction of the palace, and a look of imperative was flashed in his eyes.

After a while, the masked man muttered silently: "Father, you forced me everything!" ”

He not only wants to force the palace to kill his father, but also kills all his brothers, only he is worthy of inheriting the Great Xia country, and only he is the most proud son of his father! This is the man who has been demoted to a concubine,

A few years ago, the four princes who died of the epidemic at the border pass and turned to ashes, there is no need to think about it, the fourth prince Xia Zitang is not dead at all, and the news that the four princes died of illness that came back to the capital a few years ago is false.

The golden cicada came out of its shell, and Xia Zitang did use the golden cicada to secretly return to Beijing a few years ago, secretly contacting the forces that supported him before to seize the heir. With the passage of time, in these years, Xia Zitang consciously prepared enough and decided to implement his plan at the celebration banquet held in the palace tomorrow night.

"Master."

A man in black suddenly fell in front of Xia Zitang.

"Say."

Xia Zitang spat out a word between his lips and teeth.

"Back to the master, according to your orders, everything is ready."

The man in black knelt on one knee and said respectfully with his fists clenched.

"Got it."

Xia Zitang waved his hand, and the black-clothed man in front of him disappeared in a blink of an eye as when he came.

"Ahem...... cough cough cough ......"

A medium-sized, thin body, the maid who was about twenty years old heard Xia Zitang's coughing sound one after another, walked out of the house quickly, and stood behind Xia Zitang: "Master, the slave and maid will help you go back to the house and lie down." ”

Xia Zitang let out a light "um", and was slowly walked into the door by the maidservant with her left arm. If you pay a little attention, you can see that Xia Zitang is not only weak, but also a little lame when walking.

has lived in the border pass for nearly ten years, even if the golden cicada came out of its shell and secretly returned to Beijing a few years ago, the fourth prince who was demoted to a concubine by Emperor Yongkang did not take care of his body. As for walking a little lame,

It was Xia Zitang who accidentally broke a leg on the way to the border gate, and because he could not be treated in time, he was disabled. Xia Zitang hated Emperor Yongkang very much, and felt that Emperor Yongkang was too ruthless and cold-blooded, just because of a woman, he abolished his status as a prince, and even sent him to the bitter cold land of the border pass.

Thinking about how filial they were at the beginning, is this all fake? Especially after knowing that the three princes framed the Ye family and framed the queen and the crown prince, they were also the emperor's sons, but the three princes were only sent to guard the emperor's mausoleum after losing their status as princes.

Yes, guarding the imperial tomb is a chore, but no matter how bitter it is, can he suffer, can he have this bitter cold place that was assigned to the border pass, walk to the distant border pass on foot, and break a leg on the way?

It's unfair, his good father is too unfair to him, he wants to ask his good father in person, why did he treat him so cruelly and ruthlessly?

The moonlight outside the window was cool, and against the background of the snow and the cold moon, the night that should have been like ink was unusually bright.

Xia Zitang was lying on the bed, and the coughing sound sounded in the house from time to time. Before leaving Beijing, although Xia Zitang was married and there was another side concubine in the backyard, neither the main concubine nor the side concubine gave birth to a son and a half daughter.

In Xia Zitang, who was demoted to a concubine and was assigned to the bitter cold land of the border pass for less than two years, his main concubine and side concubine died of illness one after another because they couldn't stand the suffering. Since then, Xia Zitang no longer has women by his side.

Later, the golden cicada came out of its shell and secretly returned to Beijing, but due to its body, it was very powerless in the affairs of men and women.

So much so that now, Xia Zitang's knees are empty, he knows his own situation, knows that even if he succeeds in forcing the palace, even if he ascends the throne, he has no heirs under his knees, and after a hundred years, the emperor is vacant, but it is still difficult to change the decision made by Xia Zitang.

forced the palace to kill his father, slaughtered his brothers, and slaughtered all the blood of the royal family!

Didn't they all want to be a high-ranking royal family, so now he is not, and others don't want to continue to enjoy the glory brought by the royal family.

The army returned to Beijing in triumph, and the people in Beijing greeted each other, and Emperor Yongkang took the prince to lead hundreds of civil and military officials to the railway station outside Beijing to welcome the returning army.

On the reward of meritorious deeds, the palace banquet was held, and the whole palace was lit up on this day, and the palace people were all beaming. There was still an hour before the palace banquet, and Emperor Yongkang was sitting in the warm pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, with a solemn expression, listening to the report of a secret guard.

"Are you sure?"

As an emperor, as an emperor with real talent and hard work, Emperor Yongkang was suspicious of the death of the four princes from the epidemic and the cremation from the beginning, and on the surface, the people he sent did not find anything useful.

After a period of time, the death of the four princes was conclusive, and he didn't explore it again, secretly, Emperor Yongkang has never given up looking for the traces of the four princes, for many years, with Emperor Yongkang's understanding of the four princes, he doesn't believe that this son who has been degraded to a concubine died at the border.

Now, several years have passed, but I didn't expect that more than half a month ago there was finally news of the four princes, and a few days ago, I learned that the four princes wanted to plot to force the palace to rebel.

He even learned that the unfilial son wanted to kill his father, slaughter his brothers, and slaughter all the royal blood. At this moment, Emperor Yongkang's face seemed calm and unwavering, and his heart was already surging with anger.

"Back to the emperor, sure."

"Stand down."

Waving off the secret guard, Emperor Yongkang summoned Luo Fuhai to him, and summoned Ye Qingcheng, the general of Zhenguo, who had just been promoted to the seal not long ago, to meet him, and summoned King Jing to meet him.

"Please rest assured that the emperor will live up to the emperor's orders!"

Hurriedly entering the palace, Ye Qingcheng accepted the order without any ambiguity after listening to what Emperor Yongkang said and ordered. King Jing also received the order, and the two hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint, retired, and quickly made arrangements, so that Fu Zhu had already been demoted to a concubine, and wanted to force the palace to rebel against the four princes and other chaotic parties.

"Fourth, you're forcing me to kill you!"

Emperor Yongkang got down from the warm kang and stood in front of the window, looking at the cold moonlight, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he muttered in a low voice.

Outside the palace gate, the carriage lined up in a long line, the ministers and their families who were qualified to come to participate in the palace banquet arrived at the palace banquet site one after another, with the arrival of the hour, Emperor Yongkang and the queen mother, the queen, and the prince were in place, and the palace banquet officially began.