A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance!

This is the case with the current king.

One by one, the good news spread from all over the country to the capital and sent it to the Chengwang Mansion.

King Cheng would be ecstatic every time he saw good news.

Early in the morning, King Cheng had just gotten up, and before he had time to freshen up, the housekeeper took a person to hurry to the outside of King Cheng's bedroom to ask for a meeting.

The housekeeper saw the old man guarding outside King Cheng's bedroom, Shi Li, and said, "Mr. Ling, the news of the Yue clan has arrived. ”

Mr. Ling was about to speak, when King Cheng's eager voice came from the room: "Send it in." ”

Mr. Ling pushed the door open, King Cheng drove the maidservant who was combing his hair out of the room, he took the secret letter in the hand of the Yue messenger, and shouted excitedly three times after reading it, "Okay, good!"

King Cheng has been in a good mood recently, and the people in the palace are also a lot more comfortable, not only do they not have to worry about being punished, but they will also receive rewards from time to time.

The Yue people who sent this secret letter naturally received a reward, and King Cheng asked the housekeeper to take him to the account office to pay one hundred taels of silver.

Although Da Tusi said that he was already acting according to the plan, there was news from King Cheng's people in the Southwest Army that the Southwest was still very quiet, so King Cheng was a little worried about the sincerity of Da Tusi's cooperation, but now he didn't have to worry about it, and he could start implementing the final part of the plan.

As soon as the housekeeper left with the Yue clan's people, Mr. Ling said, "The two deputy commanders of the forbidden army have been attached, and now that the news from the southwest has arrived, can we do it?"

"Has he arrived?"

King Cheng was still ecstatic just now, but now he suddenly became serious.

Mr. Ling was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what King Cheng said.

"It's been here, at the Temple of Mercy and Grace on the outskirts of Beijing. ”

"You go and prepare, we will go out of Beijing in the afternoon to the Temple of Mercy and Grace, and leave from Chengfu. ”

"Yes. ”

"Where is Sect Master Lu?"

"There was news that it would arrive in three days. ”

"It's really grinding, no wonder it hasn't been able to happen for so many years. ”

"Do you want to wait for him?"

"There's no need to wait, since his people are already in Jingqian Town, it doesn't matter if he comes or not. ”

"Yes. ”

King Cheng exhaled deeply, looked into the distance with a deep gaze, clenched his fists, and said word by word: "Inform Bai Hao, send troops tonight, arrive at the south gate tomorrow and attack the city immediately." At the same time, let Elder Mei prepare in Jingqian Town, once the Huai'an army comes to the rescue, he must be intercepted by this king!"

"Yes. ”

"Inform the two deputy commanders of the forbidden army Qin and Hu that tomorrow will be the time when the Qin commander is responsible for leading the troops to control the palace city, and the Hu commander will lead the troops to attack the East Palace, and be sure to capture Ji Xuan. “

"Yes. ”

After capturing Ji Xuan, he was escorted to the palace city and handed over to Commander Qin, and then Commander Hu led people to the south city gate, and the inside and outside should cooperate with the Ding'an army to attack the city. ”

"Yes. ”

"Ji Xuan, this king will let you sleep well for the last time, but whether you can have a good dream or not is up to you. Hahaha....."

King Cheng suddenly laughed, holding the secret letter, and his head emitted a long roar to the sky, looking very scary.

......

Ji Xuan's life is really hard now.

During the years that King Cheng was in power, the Great Wei court was already riddled with holes. Although Ji Xuan and the cabinet have done their best to rectify in the past few months, and they have also received good results, the stubborn disease cannot be eliminated in a short period of time, and the national strength of Great Wei is not so easy to recover.

The biggest headache for Ji Xuan is that Da Wei is now under enemy on three sides.

Money and food are needed to fight a war, but now the Great Wei treasury is empty, and it is difficult to support a long war. It is precisely because of this that some courtiers proposed to make peace with the three countries.

The proposal was vetoed by Ji Xuan and Fan Changyun.

The conditions for the three countries to accept the peace agreement were nothing more than land cession and reparations. Not to mention that such a loss of power and humiliation of the country is unacceptable, even if it is accepted, how much time can it bring to the Great Wei to recuperate? Moreover, it is better to use the money for compensation than to fight a war and play the national prestige of the Great Wei, so as to bring about long-term peace.

In fact, if he could, Ji Xuan was very willing to give up the position of crown prince to King Cheng.

He is not cowardly or trying to evade responsibility.

Since he was a child, he was far away from the court, grew up in Moxiao Mountain, and traveled to the rivers and lakes with his innocent sons and brothers.

But now he has no other choice, for the sake of the people of Great Wei and the Ji family, he can only give up the rivers and lakes and choose the court.

Seeing Ji Xuan working hard every day, Gong Que also felt very sorry for his junior brother, but he also understood his junior brother's hardships and understood that he had no choice. The emperor is suffering from a stubborn illness, and only two sons survive, if Ji Xuan does not take on the important responsibility and let the throne fall into the hands of King Cheng, I am afraid that the Great Wei will be in danger, and it will be the people of Li who will suffer in the end.

For a chivalrous person, he should be for the country and the people. Now that the country is in trouble, Ji Xuan should stand up and take the responsibility he should bear.

......

After a tiring day, Ji Xuan had just laid down at the beginning.

Just as he was about to fall asleep in a daze, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Gong Que, who was sleeping in the outer room, woke up first and jumped to the door.

"Minister Qin Fan has something important to report to His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Gong Que knew that Qin Fan was a deputy commander of the forbidden army, and he could hear his voice, but he still didn't open the door.

"It's so late, can't we wait until dawn to talk about it?"

"Go back to the palace, it's too late at dawn, King Cheng wants to rebel!"

"What!?"

Gong Que was shocked when he heard this, and he also heard the eagerness and panic in Qin Fan's voice.

Gong Que opened the door and looked at Qin Fan to confirm again, "What you said is true?"

Qin Fan said: "It's true! They want to do it at the end of the day, if they don't take measures in time, I'm afraid they will ......."

The movement outside had already woken up Ji Xuan, he got up and came to the outer room, and said to Gong Que: "Senior brother, let Commander Qin come in and talk about it in detail." ”

Qin Fan hurriedly walked into the room and knelt down in front of Ji Xuan with a thud.

"The sin of the minister deserves death!"

Ji Xuan said: "King Cheng's rebellion has nothing to do with you, why do you ask for the guilt?" ”

Qin Fan didn't get up, but said sadly: "Three days ago, Mr. Ling in King Cheng's Mansion came to find the minister and asked the minister to return to King Cheng...... They gave poison to their ministers and their families...... The sin deserves death!"

Ji Xuan said: "Since you have already promised them, why are you coming to report them now?"

Qin Fan said: "The minister reluctantly agreed as a last resort, but in the past three days, the minister has been tormented and wanted to tell His Highness many times, but ...... First, they didn't ask the ministers to do anything, and the other ministers ...... The minister was really worried that they would attack the minister's family. ”

Qin Fan raised his head and looked at Ji Xuan and said, "Just now they sent someone to inform the minister, asking the minister to participate in the rebellion. The minister was deeply favored by the emperor, and he was favored by General Xue, even if the minister's family lost their lives, they would never follow King Cheng to rebel. ”

Ji Xuan nodded, and personally stepped forward to help Qin Fan, "This palace forgives you for your innocence." ”

"Your Highness Xie!" Qin Fan cried bitterly.

"Tell me everything you know about this palace. ”

Qin Fan wiped a handful of tears and said, "They just informed me to let me control Miyagi, and they didn't say anything else." ”

Gong Que said to Ji Xuan: "Since they want to control Commander Qin, I'm afraid Commander Hu has also been controlled. ”

Ji Xuan didn't speak, but took a step in the room.

Qin Fan has followed Xue Chen for many years, so he can stick to his heart, but Commander Hu is newly promoted, although he has also been assessed at various levels, but after all, the time they have been together is still too short, there is no emotion, if they are tempted and threatened, they will inevitably not defect.

"You should return to Miyagi right now, it is not only their request, but also the request of this palace, control Miyagi, and protect the safety of Miyagi and your father. ”

"Yes, the minister must protect the safety of Miyagi and the emperor. ”

Qin Fan saluted and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Gong Que. Gong Que handed a medicine bottle to Qin Fan, "Take one pill, give the rest to your family, and when the matter is over, I will detoxify you." ”

Qin Fan had tears in his eyes, "Thank you Gong Daxia!"