Emperor Que Shaohua

King Jing had a chaotic night. At first it was the tension and disturbance caused by the night attack, and then he finally calmed down, but there was always someone beside him, and he was always holding his hand.There are always many images in his mind when he is half awake, and he can't tell which ones are real and which ones are hallucinations.I just feel that I always see Luo Pingyuan, his brother who is seven years younger than him has been supporting him, trying to use true energy to help regulate the chaotic breath in his body. As time goes by, the toxicity finally fades away, replaced by shallow comfort.He was still as uncomfortable as when he had the attack before, but there seemed to be a small piece of warm comfort in his heart.In the end, Luo Pingyuan seemed to have a long time to bury his head on his shoulder, as if he needed comfort.

The dim light of the morning sun penetrated the window, and his vision changed from blurred to clear. He saw his younger brother who was resting on the bedside. He seemed to be calm with his eyes closed, but for some reason, it made people feel preoccupied.The last time I saw him sleeping was nine years ago.

As dawn broke, Luo Yanhua moved into the bed, wanting Luo Pingyuan to lie down and rest for a while.Only then did he feel powerless. According to the usual practice, he might have a fever and cough for a day or two.The human body is like this. Once it becomes weak due to excessive consumption, the disease will come from the weakest part.

Luo Pingyuan was dozing off, but when the patient on the bed moved, he woke up immediately, and met King Shangjing's eyes, he was no longer distracted like last night, and returned to his usual tranquility.

"Brother Huang, you're awake, do you feel uncomfortable?" He felt his tense mood calm down a bit, touched Brother Huang's forehead, turned around and poured a cup of tea.

"It's much better." Jing Wang said, he was telling the truth, this time the attack was violent, but it felt better than the previous two times.He thought of the gentle inner breath in his body last night, and slowly swam away to protect his heart veins.

"Why did you come back from Yuzhou so quickly? I thought you had to delay for a while." If the round trip was excluded, Luo Pingyuan only stayed in Yuzhou for three or four days.

"Dark clouds stepping on the snow." Luo Pingyuan whispered, he had a lot of words in his heart, but they were either too intense or too heavy, and they were not suitable for uttering them now.

Luo Yanhua thought to himself, wondering if Wang An would regret it if he learned about this, he was still exhausted and said: "Ping Yuan, it's still early, you should sleep for a while."

King Ning nodded, seeing that he had given up his position, he lay down with his clothes on.After all, his heart was still surging, and he said: "Brother Huang, treat your illness well, and tell me in advance if you have anything to do. From now on, don't scare me like this again."

King Jing didn't answer right away, he could hear that Luo Pingyuan just needed to vent a little bit, what happened last night didn't have any warning for him, he was inevitably shocked, and said softly: "Okay, I will try my best."

"If you promise, it will count." Luo Pingyuan said, in retrospect, King Jing did not lie to himself, but he kept many things secret.The night he just experienced gave him a glimpse of the danger once again, as well as the grievances buried in time, but most of all, it was the fear of possible loss.When he returned from his master's school, he found his brother Huang with great difficulty, and he never wanted to lose it again.

He understood that King Jing couldn't guarantee it, and he was just trying his best, because the crown prince had the dead men trained by Wei Wuze and the intelligence network of the Kunlun Mansion in his hands, Concubine Han Guifei in the palace, and the power of the six nine ministers in the court, as well as those who stood in front of him. King An on his side, as well as his status and orthodoxy as the crown prince.

King Jing's aura beside him was still weak, but it was a little more stable than last night. Luo Pingyuan was not sure whether the prince's attack caused this attack, but he might never forget how the assassin rushed to the side of the bed, He raised his knife and slashed at the unconscious emperor brother, as well as the unbearable old wound on Luo Yanhua's foot.

King Jing seemed to have fallen into a coma again, and Luo Pingyuan's consciousness gradually dimmed. After all, he had been tossing all day and all night.When he was about to fall asleep, he unconsciously recalled the first meal he ate with his brother under the tree in Lancangju when he just moved into Prince Jing's Mansion.King Jing asked him: Pingyuan, what do you have?The identity of the prince, the authority over Jing Yuwei, everything comes from the emperor's approval.But the prince is not the same, his current strength is indeed unable to compete with Luo Wenxiao, but the mighty universe has its own justice, he does not believe and cannot bear that King Jing has been in a dangerous situation, and it is impossible to be wronged.At this moment he thought of Emperor Tianyi, no matter how powerful the prince is, the attitude of the emperor is the key to the victory or defeat.Even though he really wanted to rush to the palace, grab the emperor, and tell about the burns on King Jing's feet and the red mole he had seen, but he couldn't be in a hurry, and he couldn't act rashly, because failure was not allowed in this matter.King Jing said that there will be a day when the golden palace will be rehabilitated. Before that, there will be many things waiting for him to complete in the imperial palace, including turning around and changing the deepest and most difficult emperor's heart in the world.

The next day, Luo Yanhua still had a low fever, and he was thinking about how to deal with the aftermath.If Luo Pingyuan hadn't seen everything, it could have been treated as a vendetta and dragged the dead man's body to Yizhuang; but since King Ning had seen it and fought, the crown prince would also get it from the fleeing subordinates. You know, you have to deal with it separately.There was a kind of grief in his heart. Qin Shuang didn't tell him, but he could tell from his expression that Xuanshuang's hidden guard died in the battle last night, just like many times before, just to protect his own safety .

He said to his younger brother who had finally slept for two hours and was still guarding the bed: "Ping Yuan, you should go to the palace this afternoon and ask to see Father. The crown prince failed to send someone to assassinate him, so he will do his best to cover it up, so it is not appropriate. Late."

Luo Pingyuan was a little reluctant and didn't want to go away, but seeing that his face was pale and he was tired from illness when he spoke, if he said no, the emperor would have to spend his strength to persuade himself, so he nodded and agreed: "I have seen father What should the emperor say?"

"Just tell the truth, and tell Father what you saw." Jing Wang said, "Xiaoshuang has seen it, and seven of the dozens of corpses are from the Western Regions. If Father asks for details, you can tell the truth." Let me tell you, as long as you don't say that my residence has prepared in advance." The matter has come to this point, why not let Emperor Tianyi become more suspicious of the frequent appearance of dead men.

Luo Pingyuan understood what he meant, and said: "I will tell Royal Father that the assassins attacked the residence of my brother and me at the same time. Although there are a few hidden guards in the mansion, they are not opponents. If I hadn't rushed back, there would have been heavy casualties. ,The consequences could be disastrous."

"It's roughly like this," Jing Wang said, "When you mention me, your words should be cold, so that your father will feel that you are only angry because of the attack on your residence, and the rest will come to an end, and your father will naturally think of a lot."

The two of them stopped discussing, and Luo Pingyuan accompanied King Jing to have a light lunch, then rode on the dark clouds and stepped on the snow to Chonghua Palace.

Emperor Tianyi just got into trouble in the harem yesterday, Yongxu Palace was going to check up and down, so Concubine Rong placed Concubine Li in the side hall of Lanting Palace, took good care of her and recuperated for a few days, so as not to cause the root cause of the disease.Seeing that she had been wronged, the emperor didn't complain about it, and he still shared his worries with gentleness and was considerate, but he felt a little apologetic in his heart. He stayed with his concubine and the little prince on his birthday at Lanting Palace that night, and ordered people to follow her. I found some rare and exquisite gadgets in the inner treasury and gave them to Yueyue.

Yingzhu was found to have committed suicide by throwing himself into a well. Now that he was dead, the matter became a case without merit.Concubine Han Gui knew that the time had passed, and she turned her head to check Qionghualu, but she seemed incompetent, and would only annoy Emperor Tianyi in vain, so she hastily interrogated several palace servants from Yongxu Palace, and it was already thunderous and raining Small.

When Luo Pingyuan arrived at the palace, the emperor was still on his lunch break, so he waited for an hour.

Emperor Tianyi heard that the fifth prince had just returned to Luocheng last night, and he rushed to see him today, feeling quite satisfied.Luo Pingyuan first briefly described the process of cleaning up the Liu family's property in Yuzhou and confiscating the property, how Jing Yuwei returned the Tianmu shop, and found Tibetan silver and IOUs in the Liu family mansion. He didn't say much, but his words were vivid.

At the end, he said: "The Liu family has been doing harm for several years. The people of Yuzhou see that the father is the master for the people. They are all grateful to God for getting rid of this harm. When I was about to leave Yuzhou, I saw many people burning incense and praying. I only hope that the father is in good health." .”

Every emperor would never tire of hearing these words. Emperor Tianyi was not in a good mood at first, but he felt very comfortable hearing the words.Hearing that he carried a box of IOUs to the street and burned them in public, he couldn't help nodding in approval. He saw that Luo Pingyuan's face was dusty, his eyes were slightly red, and his clothes were messy. He thought it was the fifth prince's first time leaving Luocheng I'm not used to running errands, and I'm tired, so I said softly: "The emperor is diligent in doing things, but there is no need to be too strict. You just need to remember the four words of public loyalty and national integrity in everything, and do your best. Too tired is not beautiful."

"Respectfully accept father's instruction," Luo Pingyuan bowed and replied, "Because father confessed personally, I always thought that the sooner I could return to my life, the better, so I was in a hurry when I returned." He then said From the dark cloud sent by King An to step on the snow.

Emperor Tianyi heard that he was galloping all the way back to Luocheng relying on the speed of his horse, he couldn't help smiling, thinking that he was young after all: "Although you are good at martial arts, you are always a prince, and you still have to bring guards by your side when you go out." He said again, "Things are endless, and I will assign you many errands in the future. Only by keeping things in check can they last forever."

"What the father said is that the son-in-law has something to tell the father."

After answering his father's kindness and son's filial piety, Luo Pingyuan said in a low voice: "I rushed back, thinking that I haven't seen my father for many days, I wanted to go to the palace early this morning to say hello, I didn't want to go back to the mansion last night, but I saw someone A large number of assassins sneaked into the night attack, all of them are dead soldiers with martial arts skills. The sons and ministers did not bring guards, so they could only respond to the enemy hastily. Fortunately, the father gave him a sword to protect him, and there were several secret guards in the elder brother's house , just barely retreated from the enemy. That's why we have been busy all night, and we dragged it until now."

Emperor Tianyi was greatly surprised. Hearing the word "a large number of dead men", the smile on his lips disappeared, and his expression changed from casual to deep: "You mean someone attacked the Prince Jing's mansion last night? How did you meet them? How many people were there?" , what is the purpose, and let’s talk about it in detail.”

Luo Pingyuan tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart. He still remembered that King Jing said that in the eyes of the emperor, loyalty is the first priority at any time, and everything else should be placed second.He started talking about his arrival in Luo City in the evening, meeting Shen Ling and others in the restaurant, and returning to the mansion late at night, he saw dozens of dead men trying to break into the residence of Hanxiaozhai at night, and besieged King Jing's Lancang residence.According to the speech prepared in advance with the emperor's brother, whenever he talked about the situation of King Jing, his tone showed indifference and rejection, except for skipping some details, what he said was all the truth.

Following his narration, Emperor Tianyi's complexion gradually darkened, and his eyes became unfathomable.He could hear that King Ning was not lying, what he said was the truth, and coupled with the contradiction with King Jing, these words were especially true and credible.

Some things that happened recently have gradually become a series in his mind: in order to protect the Liu family, he attacked the Jingyu Guard, took Xuanshuang to escort the food team, and attacked the Jing Palace at night when King Ning was away. Who would dare to be so unscrupulous in the eyes of the emperor for the same deadly attack?

He really wanted to hold Luo Yanhua's life and death in his palms, and he didn't intend to make it easy for him, but it didn't mean that others could take action against the eldest prince at will.King Jing and King Ning are both princes, and they are both working for the court. Such a large-scale attack against them can no longer be viewed simply as grievances.

He thought of the Kunlun Mansion mentioned by King Jing yesterday, many of which were working for the Liao and Jin Dynasties.If the foreign captives sent people to assassinate King Jing, it would make sense, but why would these dead men act to save Liu Kedu?He still remembers that a dead man who was arrested once said that they were acting under the order of the imperial court Zhengshuo, and the doubts at that time arose in his heart again.

In addition, last night was the full [-]th month, and a series of changes happened in the palace and Prince Jing's mansion. Is it just a coincidence?Luo Pingyuan was at odds with Prince Jing, and he didn't know many things, but the correspondence between what they said could prove each other.

Emperor Tianyi now regards borrowing the power of Langhuan as a good move for himself, and he is even more wary of someone who might be manipulating other forces in the world to fight against him. He said in a deep voice: "You can transfer more people from the Jingyu Guard The guards of Prince Jing's Mansion, no matter how hard they are, they can find out the origin and purpose of these dead men."

"Father, Emperor Shengming," Luo Pingyuan said, "I think that although Liu Kedu's evil deeds in Yuzhou City have been liquidated, the large sum of money in and out of the Liu family's bank has not been found out. The dead men in Luo City are related, and the person behind it is so rampant that he dared to be an enemy of my Jing Yuwei, and I will definitely investigate and find out." He kept talking about being provoked, not mentioning King Jing, Lest the emperor suspect the relationship between the two of them.

Emperor Tianyi nodded slightly, since King Ning had quickly grasped the key point, he saved a lot of talking.He said: "I will let Li Pinglan send someone to look at the dead body of the assassin. You can do it with peace of mind. You should focus on secret investigations, and don't startle them."

Luo Pingyuan agreed, whether he sent someone to examine the body or ordered a secret investigation, it could be seen that the emperor was really suspicious.

Seeing that Emperor Tianyi didn't intend to let him back down immediately, he accompanied him and talked about what he had seen and heard in Yuzhou. Burn incense at home every day, praying for the emperor's holy body and health.He also said: "My son saw it, and felt that although most of the common people didn't read much and couldn't say any good words, their gratitude and love for the emperor was really from the heart, out of sincerity, and it was moving. The storyteller in the local tea shop also compiled the story into a story book, which may have been circulated."

Emperor Tianyi couldn't help but smile when he heard the end, his original intention was not to be the master of the people, but he was very pleased to hear the words, and sighed: "I, Yu Zhou, have a simple heart, and if I think about them one or two, I will repay them. Officials in the state government only need to guard one side, but as the son of heaven, they need to benevolent to the people of the world. It is inevitable that there are things that cannot be taken into account. Every time I think about it, I often toss and turn and cannot sleep, lest I have to bear the entrustment of heaven." And said: " Just like the matter of Liu Kedu, you were sent to do it only after your Uncle Xu brought it up to me when he came back from a trip."

"The people have been educated by the emperor's holy virtue for a long time, so they are honest and responsible, and live and work in peace." Luo Pingyuan said, "The sons and ministers will definitely do their duty faithfully and share the worries of the father." On the one hand, although it is considered from the perspective of power and one's own reputation, and there are not many elements that truly sympathize with the people, this side should also be grasped.

"Very good," Emperor Tianyi said, "Ping Yuan, after you go back, rest for a few days, besides taking care of Jing Yuwei, you will go to the Ministry of Households to handle a matter, and I will give you an order in two days."

The revelation of corruption in the Household Department a few days ago is nothing more than a reminder to him that the six ministries of the DPRK and Central Committee may have reached the time when they need to be serious about cleaning up.It needs to be vigorous and resolute but not too strict, affecting the daily operation of the court. The most suitable thing is for the prince to come forward to calm the situation.The Crown Prince and King An had too much influence in the Six Ministries, and Luo Wenxiao was used to being a good person, making friends with his party members, and leaving it to them, he would definitely push back and compromise, and drag things out later.Luo Pingyuan didn't make friends with officials and cared about people's livelihood, so he was the most suitable candidate.

Luo Pingyuan was stunned for a moment. Emperor Tianyi said he would send him to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he didn't expect to come so soon. He was a little confused: "Thank you for your father's trust. It's just that my minister has never been involved in government affairs. If things don't go well, some Isn't it a crime to disobey the emperor's entrustment?"

"It's okay, you can learn everything. The prince was only seventeen or eighteen years old when he first came to court," Emperor Tianyi said in a very gentle tone, "You have to share my worries and understand state affairs. The six departments are the foundation of the state. For the heavy equipment, let’s start from the household department.”

King Ning then received an order to thank him, Emperor Tianyi talked to him for a while, and asked King Jing, Luo Pingyuan said: "My son went back to the mansion last night, but I haven't seen the face of the eldest brother, I only heard that he was ill again. Yes. Brother Da Huang often pretends to be sick, so it is not easy for my ministers to disturb each other." There was a sense of alienation and dissatisfaction in his tone, as if he was saying that King Jing was pretending to be sick.Emperor Tianyi naturally understood that King Jing must be really ill, so he didn't point it out, and praised the good news from Taiping Valley, and then let him go back to the mansion.

King Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief when he walked out of the palace gate.Emperor Tianyi's malice and suspicion towards the emperor's brother has a long history and cannot be changed in a short period of time. Therefore, he needs to work harder in front of the emperor in order to win more opportunities and leeway.He really wanted to fly back to the mansion right away, but King Jing had told him not to rush back after meeting the saint. It was best to go to the Jingyu guard first, and he could go to see the files and meet his subordinates if there was no urgent matter.Because even if the emperor had no doubts, the crown prince would pay close attention to his actions, so as to speculate on his attitude towards last night's night attack, and whether his indifference to Prince Jing's mansion remained the same.

All he could do was pat Wu YunTaXue's mane and head towards the guard.