In the capital, it has snowed heavily.

Even if the ice and snow weather is cold, it can't stop those pervasive gossip, and the people of the capital have a burning gossip heart.

"Do the Oriental Immortals really say that?"

"This is true, Your Majesty's southern tour has a bloody disaster!"

"If that's the case, Your Majesty shouldn't have toured south in the first place!"

……

Regarding Dongfang Dao's fierce prediction of Zhu Youji's southern tour, I don't know which link went wrong, and the news actually spread from the court to the people, causing the people in the capital to also talk about it.

In particular, some old ways of divination seem to want to rub the popularity of the Eastern Dao, and the high and low are two sentences, and they all think that the Son of Heaven should not tour the south this time.

The cold wind was outside, but it was blocked by the curtain hanging at the doorway, but when the curtain was lifted, the cold wind came out.

Mao Cheng came in from inside, and because he was a southerner, he was quite unaccustomed to this kind of weather. After patting off the snow on his body, he followed his companion upstairs.

Originally, he took the high school entrance examination in Yingtianxiang in the twenty-second year of Chenghua, but he was unable to go to the capital to take the examination due to illness.

In the first year of Hongzhi, when Enke, because of the death of his father, Ding was worried for three years, and Hongzhi chose to continue to worry about filial piety at home because he didn't want to give people a handle, and now it is the first time he has participated in the examination.

He is in his early thirties this year, and although he is an unsurpassable existence for many scholars, he was able to write poems and recite them in the village at the age of seven, and it is not a matter of pride that he has only taken the examination for the first time at this age.

Unlike other active temperaments, he is pure by nature, with a clear and dignified demeanor, and he does not look around in his steps.

"Brother Mao, Brother Chen, I'm waiting for you, come and talk about it!" A man surnamed Xu saw the two of them appear, and greeted him very warmly.

Since the examination will be held in the spring of next year, both this year's new imperial examination and the old ones of the previous years have already gathered in the capital at this time.

Mao Cheng didn't like this lively atmosphere, but heard the conversation at the next table, but suddenly broke the silence and said: "This matter is too weird! ”

"What?" There were nearly ten people present, and now they are all looking at Mao Chengdao, whose words and deeds are very heavy.

Mao Cheng met everyone's eyes, but he threw out a question: "Isn't it strange that the topic of the Son of Heaven's southern tour suddenly became hot?" ”

"Indeed, the nearest restaurants are talking about this!"

"It's really unreasonable, this matter has been rumored since last month!"

"Not only last month, but I already heard about it when I first entered Beijing in October!"

……

The people present are all smart people, and now they have been reminded by Mao Cheng, especially since every restaurant has been talking about this old news recently, which has made them realize something different.

Mao Cheng silently put down his wine glass, but suddenly stood up: "Brothers, this matter has made people quite uneasy, I still went to meet Lord Taishan and said goodbye!" ”

Just when the undercurrent of the capital is surging, Jiangnan is still prosperous like a dream.

At the end of the trip to West Lake, the emperor's guard of honor returned to the palace in Hangzhou.

Zhu Youzhu brought Longjing tea from the tea garden of Han Youying's house, and came to Concubine Jing's courtyard in a good mood, and was also ready to accompany this concubine with a slightly bulging lower abdomen to enjoy this leisure time.

The winter sun shines through the treetops on Su Yun'er's body, and Su Yun'er's hand is on her lower abdomen, and the dappled light and shadow add a bit of poetry to this quiet afternoon.

Zhu Youzhu originally didn't want to disturb Concubine Jing, but the palace maid next to her had already taken the first step to tell Concubine Jing.

"Your Majesty, how did you feel about your trip to West Lake?" After Su Yun'er saw the salute, she also asked curiously.

Zhu Youzhu thought of the carp king he had caught earlier, and said with a smile on his face: "I am very satisfied with the trip to the West Lake, but the concubine should not be idle in the palace!" ”

"The concubine is so careful, isn't it for the sake of the dragon species? Your Majesty, now that the trip to West Lake has ended, shall we return to Beijing tomorrow? Due to her pregnancy, Su Yuna is now looking forward to ending this southern tour.

Zhu Youzhu sat down and saw a plate of fresh pears on the table, so he reached out and picked up a delicate silver knife, and then carefully peeled a pear.

His movements were light and elegant, as if a skilled craftsman was carving a precious work of art, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "Yes, I will leave for Beijing tomorrow!" Hehe...... When he left Beijing, Dongfang Dao had warned me that there would be a bloody disaster on my southern tour, but I didn't expect him to be the time when the prophecy failed! ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that Your Majesty deserves a reward for Dongfang Dao! Fortunately, he reminded us so carefully, and your journey is safe! Concubine Jing was satisfied with the current result, and she also took the initiative to speak for Dongfang Dao.

In his opinion, it doesn't matter whether Dongfang Dao can be calculated accurately, the important thing is that they haven't had an accident along the way. In particular, there are anti-thieves diving in the canal, and they are careful to gain insight into the conspiracy of the thieves.

Zhu Youzhu doesn't think so, although Dongfang Dao can indeed get a glimpse of a heavenly opportunity, but now that there is a miscalculation, he naturally wants to take the opportunity to ridicule it.

Just as he was about to say something, the blade in his hand suddenly slipped, and he felt a sharp pain coming from between his fingers.

Zhu Youzhu was secretly shocked in his heart, and when he looked down, he saw that a deep wound had appeared on his finger, and blood was slowly oozing out.

"Ah...... Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty, there is blood!"

"Quick...... Tell the Imperial Doctor! ”

……

Seeing this, the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs immediately panicked, and came forward to check on the emperor's injuries, and some people were busy summoning the accompanying imperial doctors.

Su Yun'er was so frightened that she was just from a merchant family, but she quickly treated Zhu Youji's wounds.

Although Zhu Youzhu felt pain, he did not lose his temper, signaled everyone not to panic, and let the nervous Concubine Jing bandage herself with a silk scarf at any time to stop the bleeding.

Although the wound is indeed a little painful, as the king of a country, he cannot lose his majesty and demeanor at any time, so he maintains a calm appearance.

I thought that Dongfang Dao had made a mistake in divination again, but seeing that he was going back to Beijing, he really told Dongfang Dao that there was really a bloody disaster.

It's just life! Even if he is a high-ranking emperor, even if he easily solves the resistance of the Jiangnan gentry group, he is completely unable to prevent the accident from happening.

"Since this blood-light disaster has been cured, then I'm afraid the capital is just as Dongfang Dao expected, right?"

Zhu Youzhu suddenly thought of the capital, but he knew that the city of Beijing was probably not calm at this time, and his eyes couldn't help but flash a faint sadness.

It was at this time that a eunuch received the news from Beijing, and ran in with an anxious face and reported: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the queen is in a hurry!" ”

Zhu Youzhi took the news from the capital, and his eyes flashed with anger: "Hehe...... After all, they still can't hold back the country they want to try! ”

The reason for this southern tour is not only to solve the stubborn problem that the ban on silver cannot be implemented in Jiangnan, but also to take the initiative to leave Beijing, so that the rats at home will come out.

After all, he did not have a divine perspective, and even if he was suspicious of some courtiers, it was difficult to grasp the exact evidence. Killing just because of suspicion is not his way of dealing with things.

This southern tour is naturally always paying attention to the movements in the capital, and it seems that there has been no major movement on the return trip, so that Zhu Youzhi wonders if he is thinking too much.

But at this time, those people couldn't hold back after all, and the attraction of this Ming Dynasty was too great after all.

They dared to feel that they had received the news of King Ning's rebellion, or they had been waiting for the news of King Ning's rebellion, so they had not started their real actions until now.

Concubine Jing got that something had happened in the capital, and she immediately asked in a panic: "Your Majesty, what should I do now?" ”

"I'm beyond the reach of the whip now, I'm afraid I'll have to look at my queen this time!" Zhu Youji's eyes flashed with a touch of helplessness, but with a hint of expectation.

The capital, at this time, is like a chessboard, and the people in the capital are like chess pieces.

When the news of Dongfang Dao's divination of the emperor's southern tour of the bloody disaster was in an uproar, another blockbuster news came that King Ning had rebelled.

"Is King Ning crazy?"

"If he dares to rebel, that is to seek death!"

"Our Majesty is wise and powerful, and he can be destroyed with a snap of his fingers!"

……

It was also the news of King Ning's rebellion, but it was not taken seriously at all when it came to the capital, and even ridiculed this self-defeating prince.

Since Hongzhi ascended the throne, he has been taking the line of strengthening the army, and his external achievements are incomparably brilliant.

Rejecting Mongolia in the north, conquering the Li Dynasty in the south, recovering Jianzhou, and occupying the sea and Xiwei, this year not only beat the Japanese Ouchi clan to send their daughters, but now the territory of the Ming Dynasty has added a Kyushu Island.

In terms of military talents, military wizards such as Wang Yue and Tiexiangshan were reused, and a large number of middle and low-level generals were trained through martial arts and Jingwei martial arts.

King Ning is now rebelling, not to mention that the military strength of the Ming Dynasty has reached a terrifying state, and now the Hongzhi Emperor is supported by all the people of the world.

It is precisely like this, when this news came, the people of the entire capital did not take the news of King Ning's rebellion to heart, and only regarded it as the death of a clown who jumped off the beam.

"Your Majesty's Southern Tour is not in King Ning, so where should it be?"

The capital was already surging in the dark waves, and just when everyone didn't take the news of King Ning's rebellion seriously, a sharp question suddenly appeared in the capital.

Oh, yes!

If King Ning's rebellion is not a catastrophe, then where is the catastrophe of the Son of Heaven?

The people of the capital seem to be deliberately guided, and what was originally unrelated is beginning to cause people to think. It's just that the answer is even given.

Just one day, more serious news came.

On the way back, the Son of Heaven Hongji invited Oiran to play because it was too boring.

Originally, after each performance, Lan Xiang arranged to leave, but this time the Son of Heaven was interested. But ignoring Lan Xiang's pleading, he dragged the person onto the dragon bed.

The matter should end here, but who knew that when the Son of Heaven Hongzhi was rolling in the dragon bed with Lanxiang, the Son of Heaven was actually held hostage by Er Xiang.

Er Xiang held the Son of Heaven hostage to the bow of the boat, but suddenly pushed the Son of Heaven into the water together, and just as everyone jumped into the river to save the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven did not even know where to go with Er Xiang.

The officials of the six ministries, who were originally orderly and performed their duties, suddenly became a mess.

The officials of the various yamen had solemn faces, exchanged heads and ears, and the voices of discussion came and went. Some loyal and upright ministers, with tears in their eyes, lamented the misfortune of the country bitterly.

Some active-minded officials have been secretly pondering the changes in the political pattern that this accident may bring, and they are calculating the gains and losses of their own interests.

The streets and alleys of the capital are also filled with an atmosphere of tension and unease. Ordinary people gathered in teahouses, restaurants and other public places to talk about the emperor's safety and the future of the country.

At the same time, the army in the capital was on high alert, but it was on guard against possible unrest at any time.

It was this sudden turn of events that plunged the entire capital and the imperial court into chaos and unrest.

The people of the capital are waiting for further news, hoping that the emperor will return safely and restore the stability and prosperity of the country. However, what awaits them is always unknown.

Seeing that time passed day by day, there was no news from the south.

"Please ask the queen to attend the early dynasty to make it clear that Your Majesty is safe and sound, so as to calm the hearts of the people in the world!" Before the arrival of the eighth day of December, Liu Ji, the first assistant of the cabinet, made a request.

Queen Chang looked at her half-year-old Princess Haixiao, and she was also exhausted for a while.

It's just that she knows that once things reach the worst situation, then she has to fight for what belongs to the Son of Heaven, but she can't really be taken away by King Xing.

In the face of this Shoufu's request, she still chose to agree, and at the same time called her younger brother Chang Feng to the palace to deliver the news, and at the same time asked to strengthen the patrol of the palace.

On the eighth day of December, the wind and snow were beginning to clear, and the sky was just bright.

In the cold winter, the early dynasty is the most torturous thing, but today's early dynasty has to come.

The sky was faintly pale, and the golden splendor of the palace loomed in the mist.

The civil and military officials came from the warm mansion to the empty square in front of the noon gate, and when they stepped out of the sedan door, they felt the cold wind blowing through and bringing a biting chill.

"Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, was poisoned last night?"

"Not only the secretary of the ministry, but also the secretary of the military department!"

"Isn't this a bit of a coincidence?"

……

When the civil and military officials got together, some news came one after another, and the accident of the two heavyweight court bigwigs also made the atmosphere suddenly tense.

"Silence!"

Liu Ji, the head of the cabinet standing at the front, was wearing a fur coat, but he said with an unhappy face.

The officials present exchanged glances, but silently closed their mouths. Due to the emperor's southern tour, the authority of the cabinet is increasing, and now Liu Ji's power is rising.

This is also a matter of no way, when the emperor is here, there is naturally no need for this first assistant to lead a hundred officials, but now the emperor is leaving the capital to tour the south.

However, the news that the emperor fell into the water recently came made these first assistants speak with more weight.

Knock Knock......

As the bells and drums on the afternoon tower sounded, the palace door slowly opened, and many officials had already smelled the smell of gunsmoke. (End of chapter)

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