Time flies, and it has been five years in the blink of an eye.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, the court quickly regained stability, except for the initial fluctuations caused by the rebel forces in the north and south.

Originally, the ministers were still worried about the new emperor, after all, everyone knew what kind of virtue this lord used to be when he was in Jinyiwei.

So at the beginning, everyone couldn't help but worry, after all, there was once a Meng Yuan who could take care of him, but now it's okay, he is the lord of the world, who dares to take care of him.

However, after the new emperor ascended the throne, the court was unexpectedly stable, with Luo Fuzi and Lu Shangshu and others presiding over the overall situation, the new emperor did not care about the power of the court, and basically decentralized, and the court officials had never been so comfortable.

But after getting comfortable, everyone is inevitably a little worried, most of the power of the imperial court administration has indeed been delegated, but the military power has been in the hands of the new emperor from beginning to end.

And sure enough, just five years after the new emperor came to power, His Majesty gave everyone a whole job.

There is only one queen in the harem of the new emperor, that is, the former Princess Yongle, and the queen has given birth to a princess and a prince for the royal family in five years.

But even so, there are still courtiers who feel that the emperor's heirs are not abundant, and hope that His Majesty will choose a good person to fill the harem, at first His Majesty refused several times, at that time the queen only gave birth to a princess, and then the little prince was also born.

However, the plan given by the emperor was a bit surprising, and His Majesty planned to imitate the first emperor and enter the palace with a woman from the family.

This can make the family very happy, I thought that the emperor had a deep grudge against them, but I didn't expect that His Majesty still took the old path of the previous one, and wanted to balance the court with the family.

As soon as this incident came out, the court was in an uproar, and countless ministers found Lu Shangshu's mansion, wanting the other party to persuade His Majesty to retract his life, after all, they were the ones who entered the court to fight against the family, and now the new emperor took the old path of the first emperor, wouldn't it be in vain.

Compared with the worried courtiers, the people of the family were ecstatic, and when they saw that the emperor finally relented, they hurriedly began to show goodwill, and each family selected women of appropriate age to send to the palace.

And at this juncture, Ying Wuxian, whose rocket speed was upgraded to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, suddenly led people to break into the Wang family's mansion in the capital, and "searched" a group of assassins who wanted to murder the emperor.

At this time, the world was in an uproar, no one was a fool, when the emperor already wanted to pursue peace, it was absolutely impossible for the family to destroy the Great Wall, and with the background and energy of the Wang family, it was also very difficult to blame them for such a fatal thing.

In this way, there is only one possible outcome left, this is the self-directed and self-acting of Jin Yiwei, and they once again took out their own unique skills and framed them.

Meng Yuan is the emperor's right-hand man, Lu Hanjiang is the emperor's butcher's knife, Wu Qiming is the emperor's eyes, and he should be the emperor's most loyal eagle dog.

This commander is not greedy for power or money, and he treats both official and private affairs indifferently, and only obeys the emperor's instructions wholeheartedly, so he will never be able to advocate against the Wang.

The main person behind this big drama can be seen by anyone - this is the emperor is going to do something to the family.

The emperor already has a bad impression of the family, and it is a matter of time before he does it, which everyone is not surprised, everyone is surprised that the emperor's methods are so simple and. Off color.

The influence of the family on the imperial court is so great that the imperial court wants to do it but is constrained everywhere, the reason is that no matter what you do, you can't end up with a good reputation, and once you do it, it is often a lose-lose situation.

The biggest difficulty of the imperial court is that the family is slippery, and if you can't hold the handle, you can't do it justifiably, and if the teacher is unknown, then the reputation of the emperor who makes the decision will be attacked.

Common sense is that the emperor is the Son of Heaven, and he cares about nothing more than two things, in addition to power is reputation, but there were two accidents in the imperial court one after another, before and after the first emperor was obsessed with cultivating immortals, he was a person who didn't take reputation very seriously.

And the new emperor is even more outrageous, he seems to have never cared about such a thing as a cheek, this time he calculates the family, the plan is simple and rude, and he almost slapped others with his own arms.

When an emperor doesn't even want a reputation, the threat it can pose is absolutely terrifying.

Jinyiwei received a big case after a long absence, the Wang family was convicted of rebellion, and the emperor's holy decree was directly given to the commander in one step, and let him take people and horses to raid the house.

The courtiers were simply stunned, although they hoped that the emperor would not let the family go, but absolutely no one wanted the emperor to use such forceful means to do this, because it would provoke a big mess.

"Taifu! Hurry up and persuade Your Majesty, if you go on like this, I'm afraid that the world will be chaotic. A cabinet minister said worriedly.

Three years ago, Wei Ge Lao resigned and went into hiding, and the position of the cabinet elder was vacant, and the emperor did not instruct, but Luo Fuzi, who had been promoted to Taifu, led the cabinet on his behalf.

Listening to everyone's worries, Luo Fuzi's eyes were deep, but he didn't reply, and just when everyone was worried about the future, Lu Shangshu hurriedly came in from outside the door.

"Taifu, the latest news." Lu Shangshu took the newspaper, and after Luo Fuzi took it, he opened it, and everyone immediately gathered around to take a look.

The content of the newspaper was undoubtedly astonishing, and the ministers thought that the great chaos in the world had not come, but the families everywhere began to write to beg the emperor for forgiveness.

"This" The courtier's face turned pale and red for a while, and he said sneeringly: "How can this be, don't they dare to resist?" ”

Luo Fuzi read the newspaper twice, and then said lightly: "You don't need to be surprised, the way of the world has changed, and now Your Majesty's methods are so fierce, those people have heard of it, since Your Majesty is desperate to fight, it is already ready to do whatever it takes, and those people are afraid of death, it is not surprising that they will take such a move." ”

The family is not all soft bones, and there are many of them who are not afraid of death, but the meaningless bloodshed is something they don't want to see.

When the emperor was the first, the family and the court tore their faces, and the reason why the family had the confidence to resist was because they clearly saw that the emperor did not completely turn his face, and they were conceited that the emperor believed in the art of checks and balances, and they would not kill them all.

Although judging from the results, they were blind last time, if it weren't for the immortality that blinded the emperor's eyes, the family would have been in the past a long time ago.

But this time they saw it very accurately, the new emperor really didn't mean to joke with them at all, and he came up directly to death.

should be unharmed, born in the rivers and lakes, his reputation in his early years was not obvious, and he relied on raiding his house to kill people when he showed his reputation several times, this is a person who "doesn't know the severity", and he will do it, and the Wang family can survive a dog is considered to be his mercy.

Because he knew that the emperor would not be restrained because of his reputation, and he would not retreat because he was afraid of losing both, the family was really panicked, and it was not uncommon for someone with luck to appear.

But the reason why almost half of the families have this ostrich idea is because of the credit of another person, the vice president of the academy - Qi Yunzhou.

As a person who wants to replicate the achievements of his teacher and is determined to become the second Luo Yuanjing in the future, this time the emperor made a move against the family, although he was unofficial and did not belong to the imperial court, but he still rushed to the forefront as a vanguard.

His approach was to lobby, and through his great prestige in Shilin and his incorruptible tongue, he gave the family in the abyss a long rope.

Qi Yunzhou's eloquence is indeed excellent, but the entry point he chose is also critical, the family was angry at the emperor's ruthlessness, and also had plans to break the cauldron and sink the boat, but after all, the desire for survival exceeded the calmness of death.

Qi Yunzhou's appearance gave them a glimmer of hope, so that this group of people could not completely fall into despair and even make a desperate bet, but this was the most important thing.

Qi Yunzhou's lobbying was divided within the family, and the hardliners who advocated resistance were quickly dismantled, and another group of forces that believed that the emperor would eventually show mercy began to expand.

And one of the most eye-catching is the Chen family, since the Chen family three points, the life of the Chen family under the leadership of the eldest lady Chen Yin is not easy, especially the speed of Jinyiwei crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is too fast, and they can't react and become outcasts.

It stands to reason that people shouldn't fall twice in the same place, but if you can't stand Chen Yin, there is really no better choice, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and cooperating with Jinyiwei is extremely risky, but if you don't cooperate with them, Yanmai will be finished.

Chen Yin was helpless, compared to the possible future of unloading and killing donkeys, she first had to ensure that the future of the lineage could still exist, so even if she knew that the emperor was going to be ruthless to the family, she still chose to fall to the court.

The Wang family, who ranked first in "Clan Chronicles", came to an end, and stepped down in a tragic gesture of family ruin, I don't know how many people sighed, how many people sighed, how many people were frightened, and how many people applauded.

When Jin Yiwei went out of Beijing with the emperor's will, there were hidden signs of turmoil in the world, but after the bloodbath of the Wang family by Ying Wuxian Thunder, the world was peaceful again.

Without him, the emperor's methods were too violent and cruel to frighten not only those careerists.

At the same time, it also made the family desperately realize that once the emperor really fought desperately, they would have nothing else to do except make themselves a brilliant firework in this history book and make the emperor break his muscles and bones for a moment.

Strength can't be easily used, because once it is used, it is easy for people to find out, in fact, you are nothing more than that.

The family is now in such an embarrassing situation, and the Wang family, who seems to be famous all over the world, can't jump a few times under Jinyiwei's hands.

The chaos expected by the imperial court did not appear, and many courtiers began to realize that the family was not as powerful as they imagined.

Of course, it was also caused by the continuous efforts of the ancestors of the previous dynasties, but in the final analysis, the new emperor acted too fiercely and too quickly, which not only blinded the family, but also woke up the officials of the court.

And the fall of the Wang family also marks a signal, that is, the times have really changed, and the family that shared the world with the royal family is about to become a thing of the past.

In the following period of time, the long-planned plan of the imperial court began to be launched, and the actions against countless families in the world began to be carried out step by step.

The family is in danger, but this has nothing to do with the new emperor, although the palace is also very lively today, but it is not because of the family, but because the eldest son of the emperor is over three years old, and it is time to choose the right teacher for him.

This little prince is both the eldest son and the son-in-law, and it can be said that he is basically the heir to the throne, so the choice of his teacher is naturally very important.

The emperor also expressed that he wanted to recruit talents from all over the world to enlighten the little prince, which gave Qi Yunzhou room in disguise, the family has no shortage of talents, especially talents, so many hardliners were dismantled, and began to think of sending people into Beijing to hug the prince's thigh around Wei to save Zhao.

But these are all small things, for the people in the palace, this time the biggest impact of the little prince's enlightenment is not from the outside, but from inside the palace.

Aunt Axiu, who has served in the palace for many years, suddenly said goodbye, which made the queen and the concubine panic, for no other reason, it was too sudden.

"Aunt Xiu, why are you leaving?" Yongle and the little prince were holding one of Ah Xiu's hands, and the big and the small were both reluctant expressions.

Ah Xiu looked at the mother and son with some heads, perhaps because the elders were alive and well, and the emperor himself was not very concerned, and Yongle's temperament had hardly changed after the identity change.

Even if she has become a mother of two children, Yongle usually behaves like a child, which often makes Ah Xiu quite helpless.

"I'm the same age as your mother, does the queen still want me to live in this palace for the rest of my life." Ah Xiu stretched out his hand and hugged the little prince, and then said to Yongle while poking the other party's face.

"But." Yongle lowered her head and muttered something that only she could hear, she was not inconsiderate of Ah Xiu, but she had been taken care of by the other party since she was a child, if suddenly one day the other party disappeared, she couldn't imagine that kind of day.

"Okay, if I have free time in the future, I will go back to the palace to visit Niangniang and His Royal Highness." Ah Xiu has made up her mind, and no matter how reluctant Yongle is, it is impossible to forcibly leave the other party.

In the end, Ah Xiu left the palace under the reluctant gaze of one big and one small, and after she left, she took the will she got from the emperor, accompanied by Qiu Qingyun, and went directly to the Meng Mansion.

"Uncle Qiu is here, please come in, the little nephew has already prepared the wine and food, who is this?"

Greeting the two in the Meng Mansion is the central figure of the Meng clan today, Meng Yuan's eldest son, Meng Jin, Qiu Qingyun He naturally knows this person, this is his father's friend, not to mention this relationship, the other party is now a high authority in the court, and it is very necessary to maintain a good relationship.

But the other one looked at it a lot, and looking at his appearance, it seemed that he was not an ordinary woman, after all, there were few women in Beijing who could go out with a sword.

Meng Jin quietly looked at the woman a few times and paid attention to it in his heart, the sword control in Beijing was serious, and except for those with status, the rest of the people were almost not allowed to wear blades.

It's a pity that Qiu Qingyun didn't mean to introduce him, and after a few words of greeting, he put forward his intention: "I'm here to see my father." ”

Meng Jin was a little embarrassed: "I have to tell my mother about this matter, and my father has said that he will no longer see outsiders since he resigned." ”

Qiu Qingyun frowned, and just wanted to go directly to someone, but was restrained by Ah Xiu beside him with his eyes, so he changed his words: "Then I'll go see my sister-in-law first." ”

"Uncle, please."

Meng Jin took Qiu Qingyun to the main hall, when Liu saw Ah Xiu, his eyes obviously changed a little, Meng Jin naturally noticed this, but before he could speak, he was invited away by his mother.

"Everyone else retreats, Jin'er, you step down too." Liu Shi retreated from the others, although Meng Jin wanted to stay and listen, but his mother's eyes made him a little timid, and finally retreated obediently.

Qiu Qingyun looked at the two of them as if they had something to say, so he said to himself: "Since that's the case, then I'll go see Brother Meng first." ”

He didn't take Meng Jin's words to heart, their elders were doing things, and it was not the turn of a junior to speak, and the Liu family on the side didn't say anything with a slight bow.

After Qiu Qingyun left, Liu beckoned the other party to sit down: "Miss Axiu, please sit down." ”

No matter how favored by His Majesty as a foreign man, Meng Yuan can't treat the palace as his backyard casually, so Liu, as his wife, naturally needs to go into the palace for him often to visit the concubine.

"The girl came here today to see the master?" Liu said straight to the point.

Ah Xiu glanced up at her and nodded: "Yes." ”

After a pause, she said again: "Niangniang heard that he has lived in seclusion for the past few years, and she is worried about his body, so let me come."

"If the girl has something to say, you might as well say it directly, you don't have to use the noble concubine as an excuse." Ryu interrupted her.

Ah Xiu paused, his face was a little hesitant, and the Liu family smiled lightly: "The marriage of the family has always been a high marriage and a low marriage, and the Liu family ranks sixty-one on the "Clan Chronicle", far surpassing the Meng family, regardless of power or means. So what happened back then, the girl thought I didn't know? ”

Ah Xiu's face changed slightly, she looked at Liu, who was as calm as ever, and after a moment of silence, she asked, "Since you already knew, why——? ”

Liu smiled and said in a somewhat cold tone: "The woman of the family has always put the family first, betting on the Meng family is my Liu family's bet right, now the Meng family has His Majesty's attention, and the Liu family has also got the benefits, I came to the Meng family, just to occupy the position of the Meng lady, as for how many confidantes there are in the master's heart, I don't care." ”

"You" Ah Xiu's face was a little complicated, she thought about the treatment she would suffer when she came here today, no matter how humiliated the other party was, she was ready to endure it, but she didn't expect to get such an answer in the end.

The words have been spoken, and Liu Shi got up and was about to leave: "The master is in the backyard, you can do it yourself." ”

Ah Xiu's mouth opened, she didn't say anything, she turned around and went to the backyard, only to see a small courtyard located in the corner of the mansion, as if forgotten.

Qiu Qingyun was in front of the courtyard gate, as if he was hesitating whether to go in or not, and when he turned around and saw Ah Xiu, he said with a difficult face: "Ah Xiu girl, I heard Brother Meng's voice at the door just now, and he doesn't seem to want to see it."

Bang!

Before the words fell, Ah Xiu had already split the courtyard door with a sword, Qiu Qingyun was dumbfounded, and saw the other party walking straight in, he wanted to follow closely, but who knew that the former hooked his feet, and two wooden planks flew in response to the sound, and they were directly stuck on the cracked door frame.

"This" Qiu Qingyun was stunned for a moment, and then saw Ah Xiu turn around and glance at him lightly, he had to smile helplessly, yes, it's better for the two of them to interfere less.

Ah Xiu walked to the courtyard with his sword, and when he looked up, he saw a Meng Yuan sitting on a low stone bench with a twilight in front of him, and in front of him was a chessboard, which was an endgame that had been played for most of the game.

The movement outside the door made Meng Yuan withdraw his gaze from the chess game, and he raised his head with a smile on his face: "Ah Xiu." ”

Ah Xiu frowned and looked at him, his gaze fell down on the chessboard, and then the sword flashed, and the chessboard shattered along with the stone table, shaking Meng Yuan and stumbling to the ground.

"Your martial arts." Ah Xiu's eyes were deep, and after a moment of silence, the long sword in her hand stabbed out.

Meng Yuan sat on the ground at first, unimpressed, until he found that the long sword was going to kill him, he had to slap it and dodge sideways.

"I deserve to be like this, Ah Xiu, why do you care about me," Meng Yuan said with a wry smile.

"Shut up."

Ah Xiu looked coldly, and in a flash, she swept past the other party and entered the back room, and then an ordinary Pu knife was thrown out by her and fell straight into Meng Yuan's hands.

"Come on."

Dropping such a word, Ah Xiu killed with a sword again, Meng Yuan had no choice but to take the move, ashamed to say, although he was so depressed, he did not have the intention of dying, even if he knew that he had no shame to live, but he still wanted to live.

When Ah Xiu made his move, the killing intent was real, so Meng Yuan had to fight with all his might.

"It turns out that in the past few years, you have wasted your time like this."

Ah Xiu sneered, although Meng Yuan could only dodge in embarrassment under her, she could see that the other party was already fighting with all his might.

After a hundred and ten moves, Meng Yuan was defeated and was already paralyzed on the ground, and the small courtyard, which had been quiet for many years, also became devastated.

Qiu Qingyun outside heard the movement inside, and was so frightened that he wanted to go in several times, but in the end he held back, and the rest of the Meng clan was inevitably alarmed, after all, what was waiting here could be said to be the pillar of their Meng clan, even if the other party had no official or position, but he was still the most important person in the Meng clan.

"Uncle, what is this woman you brought—" Meng Jin couldn't help but ask.

Qiu Qingyun just said lightly: "It has nothing to do with you." ”

Meng Jin was a little red with anger for a while, he is now the head of the dignified Meng family, but Qiu Qingyun still treats him as a junior under the stage, and he doesn't even owe him a perfunctory treatment.

But even so, he didn't dare to refute anything, the other party's qualifications and status far surpassed him, and now he can really only be a junior, otherwise if he angers the other party, he is afraid that he will suffer in the future.

Fortunately, after a while, the movement in the small courtyard stopped, Qiu Qingyun hesitated, looked back at the anxious Meng clan people who came up, thought about it and took a step, but as soon as he wanted to go in, the people inside came out, Meng Yuan was covered in injuries, and he looked so miserable.

"Father!" Seeing this, Meng Jin hurriedly stepped forward to support the other party, but was stopped by Meng Yuan waving his hand.

Then he looked at Qiu Qingyun angrily: "Uncle! I treat you as an elder, but you bring people to treat your father like this, what is the reason! ”

"Shut up!"

Qiu Qingyun and Meng Yuan said in unison, Meng Jin's face was red and white for a while, and finally retreated under the majesty of his father and elders, and retreated to the side as if he was wilted.

Qiu Qingyun stepped forward to help Meng Yuan, and then Ah Xiu also came out, she seemed to be a little unsafe with a sword, and she could see that the Meng clan people dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

Meng Yuan glanced back at Ah Xiu and shook his head helplessly: "Prepare the carriage." ”

"Okay." Qiu Qingyun looked at him, the stone in his heart was finally put down, although Meng Yuan still looked depressed, but the twilight on his body dispersed a lot, and when he taught Meng Jin a lesson, it was rare to have a little bit of his temper back then.

"No need," Ah Xiu stopped him, and then said coldly: "Just lead two horses, he is not old enough to travel in a carriage." ”

"This" Qiu Qingyun was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Meng Yuan with a helpless look, he laughed and hugged his fists to leave.

The rest of the Meng clansmen were signaled by Meng Yuan to stay, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shocked: "The old man is going to leave Beijing for a while, and the family affairs will be handed over to the wife and son to deal with together." ”

"Old—sir?" Everyone was stunned, what is Meng Yuan's identity, can he talk casually about such a thing as leaving Beijing, and doesn't he need to talk to the one in the palace for this kind of thing?

Ah Xiu's eyes swept over, and when he saw Meng Jin, who shrank his head and didn't dare to speak, he raised his eyebrows, and threw off the same thing casually, and the latter took it in a daze: "This is?" ”

"Holy Decree." Ah Xiu continued Meng Yuan's rhythm, which was not shocking, and suddenly the people outside the courtyard fell to their knees again.

"You even have this thing ready, and Your Majesty is actually messing around with you. Or is this what Yongle means? Meng Yuan looked at her, his eyes were a little complicated, and he didn't know what to think in his heart.

"It's anyone's fine, it doesn't matter anymore - I was going to do it, even if you don't want to leave, I'll drag you away." Ah Xiu glanced at Meng Yuan, his cold face was rare to have a little smile.

"You've always been so domineering, much better than me, they can't even see it." Meng Yuan sighed, he looked up at the sky, and then walked through the crowd with Ah Xiu as if no one was around, halfway, he suddenly asked, "Where are we going?" ”

"Jianghu," Ah Xiu paused and said, "When you are dying, I will take you back to Beijing, and I will not let you die in a foreign land." ”

Hearing this, Meng Yuan's expression was a little dazed, and then he came back to his senses and said softly: "There is no need to go back to Beijing, where do you come from, there is nothing wrong with going back to the rivers and lakes, just travel together, there must always be a head, if others ask, we are alone——"

Boom!

Ah Xiu's long sword lightning out of the sheath, and in an instant, Meng Yuan's beard was missing, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, and the two came to the outside of the mansion to ride away, and no one said anything back.

These two chapters are a beginning.,A brief description of what happened after the ending.,And then it's a short story.,There will be a break in the characters of a large number of people.,Xiaoyuan's fan will also be integrated into it.

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