Chapter 129: Remembering Shaoling's Path of Rebellion
When Bi Luojing led the troops to the gate of Thousand Winds City, Shaoling did not hesitate to order the city gate to be opened, preparing to welcome the rebels into the city. After the gates were opened, the rebels quickly poured into the city. Shaoling personally led a team to the front to welcome the rebels. As his own horse, he also sent a sincere invitation to the rebel generals and led them into the palace.
Not only that, Shaoling also informed the officials of several nearby cities in advance so that they were ready to surrender to the rebels. He knew that the officials of these cities might be uneasy and worried about the arrival of the rebels, so he decided to take positive measures to calm their emotions and help them cooperate with the rebels smoothly.
However, he didn't expect that after Bi Luojing led the rebels to occupy Thousand Winds City, he did not reuse Shaoling, but put him under house arrest in the palace. Bi Luojing always knew that Shaoling was a secret agent of the Beiyu Empire, and he also knew that he had correspondence with Yao Fuji, but he always maintained a suspicious attitude towards Shaoling, and he never believed that Shaoling was truly obedient. Therefore, after occupying Thousand Winds City, he ignored Yao Fuji's instructions and directly put Shaoling under house arrest.
The young man who was placed under house arrest in the palace was frustrated and disappointed. He originally thought that he would be able to make a greater contribution to the Beiyu Empire, but now he was imprisoned by Bi Luojing. He began to reflect on his actions and thoughts, trying to figure out what was wrong. Shaoling believes that Bi Luojing is not really doubting his loyalty, but testing his bottom line. Bi Luojing wanted to see if Shaoling would choose to betray the Beiyu Empire for his own benefit.
Soon after Bi Luojing occupied Thousand Winds City, Yao Fuji decided to move the capital of the Beiyu Empire from Pinghe City to Thousand Winds City. Before moving the capital, he also decided to lead his forbidden army to Thousand Winds City first, his purpose was to hold a reward in Thousand Winds City, to reward some meritorious ministers of the Beiyu Empire since the uprising, and it was also his obsession to choose to come to Thousand Winds City. Back then, when Emperor Xuanyu was in power, he held a reward for hundreds of civil and military officials, and at that time, Yao Fuji was invited because he governed Pinghe City well, but among the officials who were invited, only Yao Fuji was not knighted, and the rest of the officials were rewarded large and small. Yao Fuji felt unfair, and when he proposed it to Emperor Xuanyu, he was ridiculed by some other officials, which greatly stimulated Yao Fuji. Yao Fuji decided to hold a reward in Thousand Winds City to make up for his regrets that year.
In order to welcome the arrival of Yao Fuji, Bi Luojing also made a lot of preparations, he organized soldiers to strengthen training every day, and increased the strength of several city gates to prevent the counterattack of the Eastern Empire. Although Tai Hao led his troops to attack Thousand Winds City twice, it did not pose much threat to the rebels.
Before Yao Fuji arrived in Thousand Winds City, he received a secret report that Xuan Yu, the emperor of the Eastern Empire, was dead. This is good news for Yao Fuji, who believes that if the emperor dies, then the Eastern Empire will become ownerless. He believed that an ownerless country would inevitably lead to political turmoil, economic recession, social chaos, and the isolation of the state. He decided to take the opportunity to attack more territory of the Eastern Empire and include this unowned country in his territory.
At the same time, Shaoling had been under house arrest in the palace for some time. He began to think about how he could escape and take revenge on Bi Luojing. He used his position in the palace to secretly contact a number of officials and soldiers loyal to the Eastern Empire to plan a rebellion. The officers and soldiers had pretended to surrender to the rebels, but they were still unwilling to give up their determination to resist.
In the past six months, the relationship between Shaoling and Princess Sangya has not been very good, and the reason is unknown. Onlookers know that there is a twisted love story between them. When he was in Pinghe City, after Yao Fuji proclaimed himself emperor of the Beiyu Empire, he took care of Taihao's general's mansion. This provided an opportunity for Shaoling, who would take care of Sangya every day, and after a long time, Sanya also began to have a crush on Shaoling. Due to the relationship between Yao Fuji's righteous son, Shaoling can freely enter and exit the General's Mansion, while Princess Sangya has lived in the palace since she was a child and has always lived a luxurious life. When she was under house arrest in the General's Mansion, no matter what she wanted to eat, Shaoling would bring it to her from the outside. Later, the emperor sent troops to rescue them from Pinghe City. After returning to Thousand Winds City, Emperor Xuanyu named Shaoling as the master of the horse. However, since becoming a colt, Shaoling's true colors are gradually revealed, and Sonya feels that he does not really love herself. Despite this, for the sake of the royal family's face, Sonya did not choose to leave Shaoling, but rarely lived in the Horse Mansion, and often returned to the palace to live, and announced to the outside world that she wanted to accompany the queen mother.
When Emperor Xuanyu fled to Tianxue City, Shaoling chose to stay in Thousand Winds City, and Sang Ya could only choose to stay. Shaoling then moved to live in the palace and brought his own men into the palace. He sang and danced in the palace every day, and experienced the feeling of being an emperor for a few days, but Princess Sangya dared to be angry about this matter. But when Bi Luojing occupied Thousand Winds City, Shaoling was directly placed under house arrest in the palace, and at this time, Shaoling had to secretly contact the outside world again under the banner of Princess Sangya and his identity as a concubine.
While liaising with officials outside the palace, Shaoling received the news of Emperor Xuanyu's death, and Shaoling informed Sangya of the news. When Princess Sangya learned the news of her father's death, her heart was extremely heavy. She couldn't accept this reality, and her whole body seemed to be hollowed out. Her mind became confused, she felt like she had lost the whole world, everything had become meaningless. Her heart was filled with grief and helplessness, and she didn't know how to face this reality. Princess Sangya began to think back to the good times she had with her father, and those heartwarming memories made her even more sad. She felt that she had lost an important pillar and she didn't know how to move on.
But Shaoling thought that his opportunity had come, and he thought that after the death of Emperor Xuanyu, the new successor would definitely be beneficial to him. In today's royal family, there are four who meet the conditions for inheriting the throne, the first is the eldest princess Changxiang, Xuanyu has no son, and Princess Changxiang has the hope of becoming the first empress of the Eastern Empire. The second is the second princess Sanya, Princess Changxiang may be affected by Wanyan and cannot reach the high position, so this gives Princess Sangya the opportunity to become the empress. The third is Xuanbao, the son of His Royal Highness King Cheng, because Xuanyu has no son, so there will definitely be ministers in the court who elect Xuanyu's nephew as the emperor, but among Xuanyu's nephews, the one who has the most chance to become the emperor is Xuanbao, the son of His Royal Highness Chengwang. The fourth is His Royal Highness Chengwang to establish himself as the emperor, although this is rude, but the lord of the Eastern Empire is not a vain position, Changxiang and Sang Ya are both women, do not understand politics, if they really become the empress, it will cause great trouble to the Eastern Empire. And the son of His Royal Highness King Cheng is still young, and it is extremely inappropriate to let him be the emperor with a small child at a time when the country is worried about internal and external troubles, so the only one who is most likely to be called the emperor is His Royal Highness King Cheng.
Shaoling is worthy of being a champion, and he analyzes the inheritance of the throne to the top. originally wanted to take advantage of the rebels' lack of security and escape from the palace, but because he knew about the emperor's death, he no longer wanted to escape, and he had other plans at this time. After the death of Emperor Xuanyu, Shaoling showed great care in front of Sanya, and his degree of care even exceeded that of his performance in Pinghe City.
After Yao Fuji entered the Thousand Winds City, he came to the imperial palace and sat on the dragon chair of the Qiankun Hall to feel the power of the imperial power. Yao Fuji met Shao Ling in the Qiankun Palace.
"My son, thanks to you, we were able to successfully occupy Thousand Winds City." Lucky Road.
"Father-in-law, this is what a child should do." After speaking, Shaoling suddenly knelt down in front of Yao Fuji, and said bitterly: "Father-in-law, the child is sorry for you, I have always thought that I was your confidant, but there are officials in our Beiyu Empire who have been doubting my loyalty to the imperial court, but the child really didn't want to betray you." ”
Yao Fuji was frightened, and hurriedly helped Shaoling up and asked, "My son, what's wrong?" If you have any grievances, tell me about them! ”
"Father-in-law, the child has been a spy of the Beiyu Empire in Thousand Winds City, and there has always been correspondence with his father-in-law, and he is loyal to his father-in-law and the Beiyu Empire, but I don't know that there are already officials in the court of the Beiyu Empire who are doubting my loyalty to the imperial court. I always thought I was doing a good job, but now it seems, I was wrong. Shao Ling said silently.
After listening to Shaoling's words, Yao Fuji was also very shocked and disappointed in his heart. He had always regarded Shaoling as his confidant, and had never had the slightest suspicion of him, so he asked Shaoling, "My son, who is doubting you?" ”
Shao Ling said: "It's General Bi Luojing, when General Bi Luojing led the troops to the gate of Thousand Winds City, the child personally commanded to open the city gate and personally welcomed them into Thousand Winds City, but...... However, General Bi Luojing ordered the child to be placed under house arrest in the palace, and let the soldiers strictly guard him, the child stayed in the palace all day long and could not go out, and he couldn't send a letter to his father-in-law. ”
After hearing this, Yao Fuji said angrily: "There is such a thing! He said to the guards beside him, "Call me over to Biluojing, and I will ask him personally!" The guard answered.
After a while, Bi Luojing was taken to the Qiankun Palace. He knew when he was summoned, so he knelt down in front of him, bowing his head and not daring to lift up.
"Bi Luojing, why do you want to doubt my son Shaoling?" Yao Fuji asked coldly.
Bi Luojing looked up at Yao Fuji, and lowered his head again: "Your Majesty, the minister did not suspect Lord Shaoling. Lord Shaoling has always been a loyal courtier of our Beiyu Empire, and the minister let him stay in the palace entirely because the minister was worried about the safety of Lord Shaoling. ”
Yao Fuji sneered: "Worried? You put my son under house arrest in the palace because you were worried about my son's safety? What did I tell you at the beginning, I asked you and Shaoling to lead troops to garrison Thousand Winds City and manage Thousand Winds City well, and you put him under house arrest in the palace and didn't let him come out, what was your intention? ”
Bi Luojing hurriedly shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, Xia Guan just felt that General Shaoling's behavior was not quite right, so he ......"
"Enough!" "You know that you were able to capture Thousand Winds City mainly because of my son's merits, but it makes no sense for you to doubt his loyalty to me. ”
He waved to the two guards next to him and said, "Put Bi Luojing in the heavenly prison, and let him taste the taste of captivity, and lock him up for a month first!" The two guards obeyed the order and set up the well.
As soon as Bi Luojing heard that he was going to be imprisoned in the prison, he hurriedly shouted: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life." ”
But Yao Fuji didn't listen at all, and watched Bi Luojing being erected out of the Qiankun Palace.