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"Grandpa, the road to Zhejiang is long. You must make careful arrangements. I am really worried that you might be in danger along the way."

"Dacheng is peaceful now, there is no danger. Even if there is any danger, although Grandpa is old, he is still in good health. He can easily defeat a hundred people alone."

Luo Yao saw that his grandfather was trying to change the subject, so he pointed it out directly.

"The Duke's Mansion has been established in Daqing for a hundred years and has experienced countless generations of emperors. For a mansion like this, I don't believe that Grandpa doesn't know where this danger comes from! Not to mention the Yong'an Palace!"

Luo Lin was slightly surprised. He thought Yao'er didn't know that Yao'er had never been made to be a general since childhood. He was thin and simple. He always wanted Yaoyao to have a smooth life and not get involved in the power struggles between the Luo family and the dynasty.

I never thought that Yaoyao also knew about the difficulties of the Luo family.

Well, Yaoyao is now married into the Yong'an Prince's Mansion. Although the evidence of what happened ten years ago is not enough to prove that it was done by the Duke's Mansion, but true and false, false and true, the suspicion of the world is not groundless. The Yong'an Prince will certainly believe that it was done by the Duke's Mansion.

Marrying Yao'er was also done with bad intentions. I think Yaoyao will not have a good life after marrying her.

If Yaoyao were ignorant and naive, his life would probably be even more difficult.

"Yao'er, the emperor won't attack me. The Luo family has defended Dacheng for a hundred years. Even if there are rumors, I don't think the people will allow an old man like me to be left exposed in the wilderness. Similarly, Prince Yong'an can't just kill me without sufficient evidence. What's more, the incident back then was not committed by our government! Don't worry!"

Luo Yao also wanted to ask about what happened back then.

"Since you want to know, Grandpa will tell you in detail."

Luo Lin stared at the thin smoke rising from the incense burner, his thoughts wandering as he slowly recounted the events of the past...

At that time, the old princess suddenly fell ill and searched the world for a doctor.

No fruit.

At that time, Daqi was stronger than it is now. The old prince was the General Zhenbei, mainly fighting against Daqi. Duke Luo guarded the northwest to fight against the strongest Longqi, which is now the Northern Qi.

Duke Luo and the old prince have been close friends for many years. They have joined forces many times. One is good at making plans and the other is good at using troops. The two of them guard the northern border of Dacheng. Although their strength is not greater than that of Daqi and Longqi, they have also kept the northern border safe for decades.

Unexpectedly, Daqi and Longqi had a secret connection, and both sides doubled their military strength at the same time, and added 30% of cavalry. Duke Luo and the old prince were on separate battlefields and could not join forces to resist the enemy.

That year was very similar to the Jang Geum Campaign of the previous year, and the casualties were even more severe than those of the Jang Geum Campaign. There were hundreds of millions of soldiers who went to the battlefield, but only ten thousand returned.

The old prince had an army of 70,000, which was enough originally. However, the Duke defeated Longqi, and Longqi turned east to support Daqi. The old prince had a narrow victory at first, but was defeated step by step, and Dacheng suffered this defeat.

Fortunately, they only lost two cities and then retreated to defend Linguan Town.

Later, after the peace talks were settled, the prince was defeated and recalled by the late emperor, and the duke was also recalled to the capital.

The late emperor knew the difficulties of this battle, and although he was dissatisfied, he did not blame the old prince.

Both of them were injured and recuperating in Beijing, and the old prince continued to seek medical treatment for the princess.

The princess secretly knew that the miracle doctor Qing Yegu had appeared, and she couldn't bear to see the old prince working hard alone, so she dressed in plain clothes and took a maid to seek medical treatment.

Who knew that he would not return for half a month and the prince would not receive the letter.

One day, he received a letter, which turned out to be a letter for help written by the princess herself.

After reading the letter, the prince became impatient and took a few assassins with him to rescue the people.

At that time, the real princess was already on her way back to the palace and missed the group. The prince was too anxious and wanted to find out the news but was instigated by someone, so he killed that person.

An elderly man from Xile Village stepped forward to stop them but was killed by mistake.

Xile Village is poor, with sandy and rocky land and huge temperature differences between day and night. Food cannot grow and the people have difficulty surviving.

The elder led the villagers to make a living and had a high reputation, which aroused a small-scale public outrage. As many as twelve villagers were beaten to death in the chaos.

There have been frequent wars in the past few years. The prince's angry killing of villagers triggered the Xile Village Uprising, and the late emperor ordered the Duke to lead troops to quell the uprising.

The Duke considered that blindly suppressing the rebellion would make it more difficult to control it, so he had a night talk with the late emperor and temporarily detained the Yong'an Palace.

The Duke only brought ten people with him and met with the leader of the rebel army in private.

Later, it was secretly discovered that the number of young and middle-aged people missing in Xile County had reached several thousand in five years. The people of Xile learned that the emperor had detained the Yong'an Palace and were eager to punish the old prince.

Duke Luo was investigating the case while trying to calm the people.

It was secretly discovered that the missing people were trafficked to Feng Village, the most remote village in Xile County. Behind Feng Village, there were nearly fifteen silver mines of various sizes in the mountains stretching for thousands of miles.

After the letter was sent to report to the emperor, he was furious. Duke Luo stayed in Feng Village to monitor the situation. The emperor then brought the old prince out and asked him to send troops to support the Duke and make amends for his mistake.

The old prince and Duke Luo joined forces and within five days they cleared out all the silver mines and released thousands of miners back home.

The villagers of Xile Village rebelled and dispersed, but the old prince killed twelve innocent people in the chaos. Even if he fell into a trap, his crime was unforgivable. Although the rebellion of Xile Village was resolved invisibly, the people still owed him an explanation.

When Duke Luo came into contact with the rebel generals, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, and he felt even more wrong when he took over the silver mine.

Those silver mines were traced back to the wealthy gentry of Xile County, and the clues were divided into two. Later, they were traced all the way to the Southern Xinjiang Merchants Gang, and then all the clues were lost. The other previous clue was reasonably ruled out.

The disappearance of such a huge amount of silver mines and people could definitely not be done by the Southern Xinjiang Merchants alone.

However, the number of powerful people in the capital who are capable of doing such a thing can be counted on one hand.

The late emperor therefore suspected the prime minister Jia Shen, and also the only prince of a different surname, King of Southern Xinjiang Jiang Zecheng.

However, Prime Minister Jia knew nothing about the matter. As for the other prince of Southern Xinjiang, although his fiefdom was in Southern Xinjiang, he was very young, only twenty years old at the time, and had a free and easy nature, spending his days traveling around the mountains and rivers.

The emperor summoned him back to the capital, but he spent half a month searching for him before he discovered that he was in the Four Tiger Provinces in the southwest. Furthermore, he himself didn't even know about the uprising...

The emperor suspected that his two sons did it, but the crown prince, the current emperor, was simple-minded, and the most outrageous thing he had ever done was fishing in the crown prince's mansion.

The second prince, now the Prince of Qi, Bei Zhenqing, is a scoundrel.

He was either hanging out with the talented scholars in the capital, reciting poems and painting, or reciting poems and painting in the palace. He was a complete useless person who didn't care about worldly affairs and only devoted himself to reciting poems and painting. He even named himself the Immortal Poet...

The Duke and the then Chief Justice of the Dali Temple investigated for half a month without any results. They felt something was wrong and rushed back to the capital to report to the emperor, explaining all their suspicions to him.

Among them, there are unknown forces secretly fanning the flames, including the rumors in the capital about the old prince killing people. After all, even Xile Village has gradually become stable.

Your Majesty is wise and understands the crux of the matter. If this continues, I am afraid that someone will deal with the Yong'an Palace. Whether it is due to accidental encounters due to other things or because of deliberate intention, the Yong'an Palace may become the catalyst for the next wave of popular rebellion.

At that time, wars broke out frequently on the border of Dacheng, and the people were already tired of fighting. If a rebellion was triggered, Dacheng would be in danger.

The only way was to quickly convict Prince Yong'an to prevent unknown forces from inciting a rebellion among the people. Shengshan then exiled Prince Yong'an's palace to a remote place in the northwest.

The Northwest was originally the fiefdom of Prince Yong'an, and it was the fiefdom chosen by Prince Yong'an himself. Although he was sent back to his fiefdom and was not allowed to enter the capital without being summoned, everyone in the world knew the hardships of the Northwest, the bitter cold, and the frequent famines. It was also close to Longqi and there were frequent wars. So although he was sent back to his fiefdom, it was also considered exile.

The rumors in the capital were so intense for a few days, and everyone said that the emperor was not really punishing Prince Yong'an.

Later, under the management of the Duke's Mansion, everyone in the capital knew that the emperor was really furious and exiled Prince Yong'an to the northwest. There were also many northwest merchants who said that once they went to the northwest, they would never return. Once they went there, they would either be beaten to death by Longqi or starve to death or freeze to death.

The people are content to live in peace and contentment as long as they have enough food and water. If there is no harvest or even a little snow, they will be displaced. Famine and bitter cold are the things they fear most.

So the people believed...

However, when Prince Yong'an was exiled to the northwest, he was wiped out by a group of thieves overnight, causing a sensation in the capital.