Night fell, but the palace of the king of Chu was still like day,

The faint candlelight in the side hall stretched the two shadows slender, it was Changgong Haruka and his father Changgong Longcheng.

At this moment, Changgong Haruka has already changed into a new set of plain robes,

Just listen to him ask; "Father, is this really the only way to go?"

"Huh?" Changgong Longcheng sighed and said; "There is no way to do this, the first emperor has passed away, if you don't withdraw in time, I'm afraid that our Changgong family will be more and more difficult in the future."

"In that case, when does the father plan to enter Beijing?"

Chang Gong Yao looked at his father, who was full of loneliness under the light, and felt that he had suddenly aged a lot.

"I have sent a message to your brother, and he should be coming in the next two days, so when he returns, we will go with him." Tonomiya Ryujo's tone was a little sad.

Haruka Tonomiya; "My brother has just been sealed, and it has only been a few days, and he is going to resign, but I am afraid that he will be a little difficult to accept in his heart."

Changgong Biannan, the position of the Marquis of Jingbian, has not yet sat on the buttocks, and he has to come down from above, but I am afraid that if I change someone, I will feel uncomfortable.

Tonomiya Ryujo sighed; "I didn't know that your brother was also a proud person, just to save his life, we had to do this, I think he would understand."

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And what's going on here? can make this prince of the opposite sex who is in awe of the government and the opposition and dominates one side so lonely and powerless.

It turned out that with the death of Emperor Chengxi Li Heng, the Changgong family lost its most relied on backer. And now the new emperor is called Li Lin, the new emperor has always had the heart of cutting the domain when he was in the hidden dragon, and now he is on the throne, ruling the world, and with the support of many henchmen in the court, it is definitely imperative to cut the domain.

No, the new emperor has just ascended the throne, and the first order is to let the kings of all towns and feudal lords enter Beijing to worship the emperor.

The name is to pay tribute, but the intention is well known to passers-by.

Changgong Longcheng naturally understood the meaning of the new emperor, so this time he entered Beijing, not only to pay tribute to the emperor, but more importantly, to pay military power, resign and retire.

And the reason why he called Changgong Biannan to go with him was to let the emperor completely rest assured, and secondly, once he retired, Changgong Biannan continued to be in the court, but he was afraid that it would become difficult. Changgong Biannan has been leading the troops for many years, and he doesn't know anything about court politics, so he is afraid that any excuse will kill him when the time comes.

So in order to keep the south of Changgong Biannan, Changgong Longcheng decided to take him to Beijing to resign.

In today's form, only by handing over the military power and returning to the field can the entire Changgong family be preserved.

The days were as before, and after another three days, Changgong Biannan finally rushed back from the north without stopping.

Wind and dust, the last general of the former emperor's life, the Marquis of Jingbian now looks a little lonely.

But also, he has just made great achievements for the imperial court, and he is about to be cut off and win the championship in a blink of an eye, which undoubtedly means that some birds hide their bows and rabbits die and dogs cook.

After paying tribute to the emperor, Bian Nan of Changgong sat down in the side hall and asked; "Father, is there really only one way we can choose?"

In fact, he is not reluctant to be fame and fortune, but he knows that if the Changgong family loses power, then his mother's revenge will be difficult to avenge for life.

Changgong Longcheng looked at his son with a frustrated face, and a trace of distress flashed in his eyes, he had to sacrifice the good future of Changgong Biannan for the sake of Changgong family today.

"When your brother came back, he heard a yellow-mouthed boy singing in the street; The whole city is dressed in plain clothes, and I am the only one who is ermine Qiu Green. The emperor will let him die if he dies, and I will sit in the court next year. Changgong Longcheng said.

Hearing this, Changgong Bian Nan was shocked; "Who would dare to teach such a rebellious nursery rhyme? If it is spread out by someone with a heart, it will cause great trouble. ”

Changgong Longcheng Road; "It's not the most important thing this time, the important thing is that what your brother wore when he entered the city that day was a mink fur green clothes."

Hearing this, Changgong Bian Nan frowned, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said; "It seems that someone has already started to target us, have you found out who is behind the scenes?"

Changgong Longcheng Road; "I don't need to investigate this matter, I know who it is, otherwise I wouldn't be in a hurry to summon you back, and several other feudal towns should also have such nursery rhymes."

He guessed well, in addition to Jinling, there are Qingyang, Jinyang, Liaodong, Yan, Shu and other feudal towns where there are feudal towns where the vassal king leads the troops to station, and there are also children singing anti-songs.

This made the kings of all towns and clans worried and frightened.

The next day, Changgong Longcheng father and son dressed in plain robes, wearing white crowns, leading two hundred armor soldiers, holding the edict and the tiger talisman of the army, rushed to Dazuo Kyoto.

Changgong Haruka wanted to go together to protect the safety of his father and brother, but was stopped by Changgong Longcheng, saying that this time he was ordered to enter Beijing, and it was not appropriate to take him with him.

But he still has a layer of worry, he doesn't know if the new emperor will turn his face and deny people after he hands over the military power, so he doesn't want Changgong Yao to follow him to take risks.

Dazuo Palace, located in the Shendu Luojing City, has a total of five palaces in the east, west, north, south, and middle.

Among them, the east palace is the residence of the prince, the west palace is the residence of the queen and concubines, the south palace is the place where the emperor handles government affairs, and the north palace is the emperor's residence.

The middle palace is the main hall of the daily court meeting.

At this moment, outside the Nangong Zhangde Palace, a minister dressed in a purple gold crane official robe and wearing a phoenix pond five-crown flower on his head was waiting respectfully.

After a while, I saw an old eunuch come out of the hall and say to him; "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please."

That's right, this person is Lu Huaiyang, the chief minister of the dynasty, and Prime Minister Du Ruhui are called the left and right ministers, from the Fanyang Lu family, a proper famous family.

Lu Huaiyang came in with the eunuch Huang Gonggong, and saw the new emperor Li Lin sitting on the Nine Dragons bead chair, and hurriedly knelt forward, shouting long live.

After bowing down to him, the emperor said; "Lu Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, please get up quickly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty"

Hearing the emperor call him up, Lu Huaiyang got up and thanked him.

"I don't know what His Majesty summoned his ministers to do?" Lu Huaiyang asked.

The Emperor said with a smile; "I have issued an order to let the vassal kings of all towns enter Beijing to mourn the emperor, Aiqing and tell me, how many vassal kings will come with an edict?"

"According to the minister, I am afraid that only one person will obey the order."

Lu Huaiyang thought for a while, but still said his thoughts.

Hearing this, the emperor asked with a frown; "Oh! Why is there only one person, and why do others dare to resist the decree? ”

Lu Huaiyang replied; "Naturally, it will not resist the decree, but His Majesty's desire to cut the vassal is already known to the government and the opposition, and now that the vassal kings are suddenly summoned to Beijing, they dare not come, which is naturally reasonable."

The Emperor said again; "Didn't you just say that there is another person who will come, and no one else dares to come to this Longtan Tiger's Den, why does he dare to come."

"Because he was loyal to the emperor, and now that the emperor has passed away, he knows that if His Majesty wants to cut the domain, he will be the first to cut him. Therefore, in order to save the lives of his family, he will not only be summoned to Beijing, but also hand over his military power and ask to return to his hometown. ”

Lu Huaiyang deserves to be the right minister, and he sees things very thoroughly.

The emperor stared at Lu Huaiyang and said with a slight smile; "Then you should tell me, whether I accept it or not? Is it true or not? ”

Lu Huaiyang Road; "Your Majesty has already made up your mind in your heart, why bother your ministers again? All decisions made by His Majesty are supported by the ministers. ”

He knew that the emperor's words were touching his bottom and asking him to give an attitude, but he had been an official for many years, so he naturally had a very good sense of proportion.

Looking at Lu Huaiyang, the emperor laughed; "Lu Aiqing, Lu Aiqing, you are really an old fox."

It's just that there are some other meanings in this laughter.

Lu Huaiyang has been with you for many years, so he naturally knows it, but he just bowed down and replied; "Thank you Your Majesty for the compliment, but no matter how cunning the fox is, it can't escape the palm of the fox keeper after all."

His sycophancy, which made the emperor very useful, and the two chatted for several hours before letting him go.

As for what they said? I'm afraid only the emperor and the two of them know.

On the official road about 150 kilometers away from Luojing City, two carriages surrounded by armor soldiers were slowly moving in the direction of the capital.

It is the father and son of Changgong Longcheng who were ordered to go to Beijing to hang filial piety.

When he didn't walk for a long time, he was stopped by a little girl.

Seeing this, Changgong Longcheng instructed the soldiers around him; "Go see what's going on? If a poor child comes out to beg for money, don't embarrass her, but give her some, and send her away, so that she can hurry. ”

"Yes, lord." The soldier answered, and came forward to ask; "Where did you come from, boy, why did you stop me from waiting for the car to drive?"

Seeing these men in armor and halberds, the child was not even afraid, and pointed to the carriage of Changgong Longcheng and said; "I want to see the lady inside."

Hearing this, the soldier angrily rebuked; "You little boy, don't talk nonsense, do you know who is sitting in that car? Don't get out of the way yet. ”

However, just as he was about to drive the little girl away, Changgong Longcheng suddenly lifted the curtain and said; "Let her come."

"Yes, lord."

Hearing the order, the soldier naturally obeyed the order, spread the road and let the little girl run in.

Looking at the little girl in front of him, who was dressed a little tattered, but had an extremely delicate face, Changgong Longcheng asked; "Little baby, what are you looking for me?"

"There is an old man Lu who said that he was waiting for you in the Peony Pavilion, and asked me to come and invite you over." The little girl said in a childish voice.

"Master Lu?"

Changgong Longcheng thought about it for a while, he didn't know what Master Lu was,

"Who is Master Nalu?" Tonomiya Ryujo asked with a smile.

Little Girl Road; "I don't know."

Changgong Longcheng Road; "Then why did he ask you to invite me to the Peony Pavilion?"

At this moment, his heart was even more puzzled.

"It was Master Lu who gave me ten taels of silver, and asked me to help him invite you." The little girl explained childishly.

Hearing this, Changgong Longcheng thought for a while, and then got out of the car and commanded the soldiers; "You wait here for a short rest, and I'll come when I go."

"Yes!" All the sergeants said in unison.

Changgong Biannan saw that Changgong Longcheng wanted to meet this little girl who had never known him, so he hurriedly got out of the car and said; "Father, what kind of old man Lu is hiding his head, I think it's better to ignore it."

"It's okay," Changgong Longcheng waved his hand and said lightly.

"In that case, let me go with my father."

Changgong Bian Nan saw that his father insisted on going, so he also asked to go with him.

But it was rejected by Tokonomiya Dragon City,

"Don't worry, my father knows it in his heart, and you are waiting here with the soldiers, and I will come when I go."

"Little one, lead the way." Tonomiya Ryujo said to the little girl with a smile.

"Uh-huh!"

The little girl nodded obediently, walked ahead, and took Changgong Longcheng to the Peony Pavilion two miles away.

Although I walked slowly, it was only about ten minutes to walk two miles.

In the Peony Pavilion, a middle-aged man about forty or fifty years old was making tea, and next to him stood an extraordinary-looking servant.

Seeing the arrival of Changgong Dragon City, he hurriedly got up to greet him, smiling.

"Brother Changgong, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"After many years, Lu Guogong still has the same demeanor."

Changgong Longcheng saw this person, and also smiled and saluted, he had just guessed that it was this person, so he agreed to come over with this little girl.

It turned out that this person was the famous Duke of Lu Guo, Cen Qiusheng,

That is, Na Cen Kai's father, who once served in the army with Changgong Longcheng, can be regarded as a friend of life and death.

Cen Qiusheng sighed; "Yes, since the incident with my sister-in-law, brother, you have never entered the Beijing Division, and our brothers haven't seen each other for nearly ten years."

When Changgong Longcheng heard this, he waved his hand; "Why did you invite me here today? When I still want to go to the capital, I will go to your house to disturb you for a few days. ”

"That's welcome, of course." Cen Qiusheng smiled, and then said; "But I stopped my brother from this capital today, and I really have something important to discuss with my brother."

Changgong Longcheng listened to his words with a little heaviness and asked; "What?"

Cen Qiusheng Dao; "Brother, don't you know what the emperor's intention is to summon you and other vassal kings into Beijing? Why are you still here? ”

"Isn't the will clearly written? Summoning the kings of each town to Beijing to pay tribute to the emperor. Tsunenomiya Ryujo said with a smile.

Seeing that he was pretending to be confused, Cen Qiusheng said; "Brother, don't tease me, how can you not understand the emperor's intentions. I just ask you, how are you going to respond? ”

Changgong Longcheng smiled faintly; "Naturally, it has the right to hand over power, and if there are soldiers, what else can I do? Could it be that you asked me to raise troops to rebel? ”

He was originally joking, but unexpectedly, Cen Qiusheng listened to it and said solemnly; "Brother, the emperor's edict, presumably most of the vassal kings will not obey the order, and will be in a wait-and-see state, if you enter Beijing and are confiscated, then the other vassal kings will rebel. Brother, why do you need to be this fish to test the waters? At this time, it is still too late to return, you still have more than 100,000 troops in Jinling, once you return to the station, even if the emperor can help you? ”

Cen Qiusheng said quite sincerely.

But Changgong Longcheng listened to it, but he shook his head and said; "Brother Cen, today's words come from your mouth and stop at my ears, don't talk about such words in the future. I Changgong Longcheng was blessed by the emperor, so that I could be crowned the king and worship the generals, and enjoy the blessings of the ministers. Now that the new emperor has taken back my military power, it is a matter of course, how dare I rebel against the court for my own selfish interests? And once the flames of war are ignited, the people of Li will suffer, and the people will suffer, will my Changgong Longcheng not become a sinner who bears the eternal burden. ”

Changgong Longcheng's remarks made Cen Qiusheng feel ashamed and hurriedly said; "My brother has taught me that my foolish brother is narrow-minded."

Changgong Longcheng looked at him with such a panicked appearance and said; "Since there is nothing else to do, I will go back, let's meet here, if it is seen by someone with a heart, it will definitely increase the troubles, let's go into the city and meet again."

After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Looking at the distant back of Changgong Longcheng, Cen Qiusheng suddenly bowed to the young servant beside him; "Your Majesty, from this point of view, the King of Chu has no intention of being subservient, and I hope that after Your Majesty recovers his military power, he will spare the lives of his father and son and allow him to return to the township."

The young servant straightened up and said; "If the Qing family doesn't say it, I won't really want his father and son's life, although I am not as virtuous as the great grandfather Wu Emperor, but the loyal traitors can still be recognized, as long as they are willing to hand over the military power, it will not affect my plan to cut the domain, I will naturally ensure that his family will be prosperous in the township and rich for generations."

"Your Majesty is wise and holy, thank Your Majesty for the King of Chu."

Hearing this, Cen Qiusheng hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.