Wishful Things

In just two days, Ji Xiu had taken care of the interior and exterior of the Lingshan Palace—everything went smoothly, whether it was replacing the defense or dealing with the imperial army, he just did his own thing, and the ministers saw it from the inside out. From the beginning to the end, no one intervened.

Rather than saying that they dare not intervene, it is better to say that it is due to the situation. Everyone has seen it clearly, and no one will do meaningless things.

Even so, the ministers hardly closed their eyes these two days.

The Emperor is dead—

But the death of the emperor is not the end, but just a new beginning.

Next, there are too many things that require them to weigh, discuss, and decide.

And for the past two days, they have gathered in one place to discuss matters all day long, but they have not waited for the summoning of King Yan...not once.

To be exact, they have not seen King Yan since that day.

Ordinarily, isn't this the time when it's time to act resolutely to gather power and give orders to everything?

Are you busy with other things and can't get away for the time being?

But the fact is that he sacrificed to the imperial mausoleum on the first day, and went to the mausoleum temple to offer incense on the second day. Other than that, he never left the palace at all, and his daily life can be called leisurely.

And the more so, the more uneasy many ministers felt.

Why haven't you said anything?

On the third day, this uneasiness was suddenly pulled to the highest point——

Lord Zhen is here!

With 50,000 soldiers and horses!

Hearing this news, some ministers could not help panicking.

The situation is settled, why did you bring troops around?

Can't it?

Although things happen suddenly, it does take time to think about it, but they are not ignorant people, and they don't have to be tough or soft, right?

So... let's give it a try first?

It's so hard to come directly, how can they let go of the handover? Who is not a face-saving person?

Why bother?

King Yan's handling of this matter is really out of level, and I don't know who gave the idea!

All the ministers were panicked and helpless.

However, the expected turmoil did not come, Duke Zhen only brought a few confidants into the palace, and he didn't even come to see them.

After waiting for a long time, when I inquired, it was said that I was here to pick up my granddaughter!

"..."

The ministers stared wide-eyed.

The granddaughter of Zhen Guogong is in the palace. They already knew about this yesterday. It is said that as early as last winter, this girl Xu had sneaked into the capital alone. King Yan came here secretly, and persuaded Ji Xiuli to cooperate with others... All of them are mostly arranged and planned by this little girl.

As for Duke Zhen's army being fifty miles away, they already knew that as early as the day of the accident——

If you think about it with your brain, you know that no matter how adventurous King Yan is, he can't break into the Lingshan Palace alone, he must have a backup. And the Yan army, pretending to be defeated and split, is thousands of miles away, and there are layers of obstacles along the way, it is impossible to catch up in a short time——

Under such circumstances, the most likely one is the Xu family army stationed in Linyuan.

As for why the Xu family's army approached Lingshan all the way, they didn't get any news-do you even need to ask?

Posts all over the country are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War!

What's more, the incident happened suddenly. Except for the post office responsible for the communication, the news from other places is lagging behind. No, yesterday, the officials from Yanxian County came to deliver the letter urgently, saying that there was a change in the Xu family army. If you want to take the opportunity to cause chaos, you must take precautions early...

Prepare early...

It's really too early...

The emperor's body was completely cold when he arrived early.

"Mr. Xie Ge, in your opinion, what is King Yan's intention at the moment?" An official sighed and said, "Even if we put aside other matters, we still have to deal with the funeral. How can we keep delaying here?"

Xie Shoufu, who had been frowning all the time, got up from his chair when he heard the words.

"I'm going to see King Yan—"

All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay upon hearing the words, with different moods.

At this moment, an internal supervisor suddenly walked in quickly.

After saluting, the inner supervisor said: "...Just now His Royal Highness King Yan sent someone to pass on a message, asking the villain to tell the adults that he and General Xu will take the first step, and the remaining matters only need to be discussed and decided by the adults."

"...?"

people left?

The ministers suddenly felt caught off guard.

Haven't got it yet, and started to be a shopkeeper?

And... What's the point of leaving the rest of the matter to them to discuss and decide?

What are these so-called "things" referring to? Or... all of them?

What do you mean you don't care about anything?

The ministers who never expected to wait for such a result were all in complicated moods.

It can be said that the other party has given them enough respect and decency to express their position in this way——

But after that?

Before that, they even thought about the possibility that King Yan might obstruct the affairs of Emperor Daxing after his death... If so, there would be another dispute.

But at the moment, the other party obviously has no intention of interfering in this matter, at least on the surface.

After a while of discussion, everyone looked to understand Shoufu, waiting for him to make up his mind.

"Fu Ling returns to the capital—" Xie Shoufu said seriously.

...

At this time, King Yan and Lord Zhen Guo had already left Lingshan Palace.

A group of hundreds of people went first, followed by the army.

After the rain, the green hills are even more green.

Xu Mingyi rode behind his grandfather and King Yan, and he seemed to be able to smell the fresh breath of green grass breaking through the ground.

Wu Chao walked side by side with her, seeing her happy face, his brows and eyes became relaxed unconsciously.

Leaving Lingshan, Duke Zhen sat high on his horseback, looked at the official road with a wide view, laughed heartily, and said loudly: "Go home!"

Hearing this voice, Xu Mingyi smiled, and subconsciously turned to look at Wu Chao, only to see that he was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

On the way back to Beijing, they were not in a hurry.

I never rush at night, rest when I need to rest, stay when I want to stay, and go to the restaurant when I want to eat.

After all, it is the area next to the capital, compared to other places, it is generally safe.

Of course, there was an army of 50,000 behind them, and no one dared to cause trouble wherever they passed.

When they got to the gate of the city, the officials guarding the city even opened the gate to welcome him personally - King Yan saw it in his eyes, and he had some concerns in his heart.

Xu Mingyi also raised his eyes to look at the wide open city gate, and the officials and soldiers on both sides saluted silently.

They walked very slowly all the way, and the change of Lingshan Imperial Mausoleum must have already spread to Beijing.

But when Emperor Qingming left the capital earlier, there were careful deployments everywhere in the capital, and most of the defenses in the capital were not Ji Xiu's people.

These people are so happy to open the city gate to welcome them at this time, it is impossible for them to be the so-called arbitrarily assertive——

Presumably, on their way back to Beijing, the prince and cabinet officials had given orders to be sent to Beijing first.

Under the morning light of early spring, a group of black-armored cavalry opened the way ahead, and the military flag embroidered with the word "Swallow" fluttered in the morning wind and passed through the city gate.

Hundreds of people walked slowly across Chang'an Avenue.

The pedestrians on the street are deserted, most of the shops are closed tightly, but there are still many people hiding in the semi-dark corners and alleys, quietly cast their uneasy eyes.

King Yan has entered Beijing...

General Xu is back too!

It seems that the rumors of the emperor's death must be true!

At this moment, they don't know what kind of changes they need to face next. The emperor is gone, but the crown prince is still there. Will there still be disturbances under the struggle? Will there still be war?

And these are destined to be answered with time and what we see later.

King Yan insisted on taking a detour and sent the man outside Qingyunfang.

"The house is in a mess, so I won't invite the prince to come and rest today." Duke Zhen Guo immediately smiled and cupped his hands.

King Yan nodded and said with a smile, "I'll come to the door some other day to discuss tea with the general."

After speaking, he raised his hand and saluted, then turned his horse's head.

Wu Chao also bid farewell to Duke Zhenguo, and said to Xu Mingyi: "I'll go back with the prince—"

King Yan, who was listening quietly, frowned slightly.

What does it mean to follow him back first?

Why do you say it as if you have to turn around and come back after following him for a cutscene?

Does this kid know where his house is?

Xu Mingyi and Wu Chao smiled and said: "Go back, after the house is tidied up, I will invite you and the prince to sit down."

King Yan raised his brows—do you understand, Miss Ren is busy, this means refusing to come uninvited, is she disgusted?

Wu Chao didn't feel that he was disgusted at first, but when he turned his horse around, he somehow felt that someone was gloating.

The young man couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Is this my dear father?

King Yan, however, was in a good mood, and Dama left here with his disliked son, smiling and saying, "Go, I'll take you home and have a look!"

Like Zhen Guogong's mansion, a seal was pasted outside the gate of King Yan's mansion in Beijing.

He Feng stepped forward and tore off the seal, raised the knife and chopped off the door lock two or three times.

Accompanied by a long "squeak—" sound, the vermilion gate of the palace was slowly pushed open.

Wu Chao followed Yan Wang and walked in step by step.

The young man walked all the way, looking around the mansion.

If you talk about impression memory, he naturally doesn't have it.

He had never been here before.

No, he came here too—he left here nineteen years ago.

The father and son walked through the front yard, through the promenade that still had traces of time, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard.

The gate of the courtyard was not locked, it was originally locked, or the gate was wide open at this time because of the house raiding, and the fallen leaves of the whole winter were accumulated in the courtyard, and after rain after rain, there was a rotten dampness Qi.

"This is your mother's former residence, and the interior furnishings, I have always asked people to keep it..." Came to the hall, looking at the empty surroundings, King Yan said.

"If the father still wants to keep it, he can restore the person to the original state afterward."

King Yan nodded subconsciously.

Things were taken away, but they can still be taken back.

He remembered clearly how to arrange the bottles and cabinets here.

He turned around and faced the outside of the hall, stretched out his finger and pointed at one place, and when he was about to say something, his face froze suddenly.

This kid...

What did you call him just now?

King Yan was stunned for a while, his face suddenly filled with a smile, looked at the young man beside him, he was a little confused, but he replied firmly: "Hey!"

When he responded, the corners of the already lined eyes were smiling and also red.

Being looked at by such a pair of old eyes with gratification, Wu Chao, who had just changed his words, was a little uncomfortable. He looked in the direction of his finger, coughed lightly, and asked, "What did father want to say just now?"

King Yan turned his head, looked at a corner of the courtyard, and said with a smile, "That plum tree was planted by your mother back then. Look, it grows so well..."

Wu Chao looked over.

The father and son looked at the same place side by side. The plum tree swayed its new leaves in the wind. Under the tree, there was dense green grass growing high and low, quiet and peaceful.

...

As soon as Xu Mingyi got off the horse with his grandfather and returned home, he led people straight to Xu Yun's residence.

The stone table in the courtyard is still there.

The soldiers obeyed the order, moved the stone table away, and lifted up the green bricks covered with a layer of fallen leaves.

The entrance of the secret passage was opened, and a ray of sunlight poured in along the entrance. There was a rustling sound in the secret passage, but it quickly became silent.

It wasn't until Yun Liu went down the secret passage in person that everyone inside put down their guard and dropped the weapons they used for self-defense with a "bang bang bang bang", and then there were joyful and excited voices.

Soon, familiar and unfamiliar faces emerged from the secret passage and appeared in Xu Mingyi's sight.

Why do you say unfamiliar...

After hiding in the secret path for more than half a year, there will be some changes in individuals, especially the skin color.

But at this time, on those faces, there were all expressions of ecstasy.

From the old servant, to the woman, to the servant girl——

"General!"

"The general is back!"

"The girl is finally back!"

"The servant girl knew that the girl would come back safely!"

"..."

Xu Mingyi looked at them with a smile, and then his eyes fell on the entrance of the secret passage—why didn't Uncle Yun come out?

Until more and more people came out, and the speed gradually slowed down, Uncle Yun was still nowhere to be seen.

Xu Mingyi was a little uneasy.

After all, Uncle Yun is getting old and has some old diseases. Although there are some commonly used pills in the secret path, they are not foolproof...

"Why haven't you seen Uncle Yun?" She asked Ah Li.

When Ah Li was about to answer, she saw a gray figure with a little slow movement finally being helped up from the entrance of the secret passage.

Xu Mingyi's eyes became hot, and he immediately shouted, "Uncle Yun!"

"Hey! The old slave is here!" Uncle Yun raised his head, responded with a smile, and hurried forward to salute.

He had been listening to the commotion outside for a long time, and he was so anxious, but who told him to be the person in charge, he had to be the last one when he went in, and naturally he should be the last one when he came out.

Xu Mingyi felt relieved, with a smile on his face.

Everyone is here.

Not one less.

A courtyard full of servants saluted together.

No one asked what happened. The general and the girl brought people back together. Do you need to ask anything else?

As I said a long time ago, there is no battle that the general cannot win!

Oh, it seems to be a rebellion—but rebellion is also a war, it's all the same, the same!

The courtyard was noisy and full of joy.

As soon as Ah Li saluted, she pulled Xu Mingyi to sit down on the stone bench, and rubbed her shoulders: "Miss must have worked hard these days, my servant will rub it for you!"

Seeing this, the other maids hurriedly gathered around.

"The servant girl beat the girl's leg!"

A girl took out a handkerchief: "Oh, this stone bench is so dirty, why don't you wipe it for the girl... Girl, get up quickly..."

Ah Li thought inwardly that she was careless, and then frowned and looked at the girl—how could this little hoof still imitate her?

Xu Mingyi was stunned.

This rolled up?

The mothers-in-law and servants are not willing to be left behind—although they have stayed in the secret path for more than half a year, who is not a diligent person in their bones?

Some old servants snatched a broom and swept it wildly, which seemed to be a kind of retaliatory labor.

Looking at the broom that seemed to be dying in the next moment, Xu Mingyi trembled a little for it, thinking that a few of them would be broken in the mansion today.

Uncle Yun also started to talk about it, saying, "Tonight we have to clean up the old man and the girl." The people in charge of the kitchen immediately stood up and walked out, rolling up their sleeves quickly as they walked.

Uncle Yun said again, "If the lantern is broken, you need to replace it with a new one", and some people were busy moving the ladder and went out to buy. Several people rushed to the front, and Uncle Yun shouted hurriedly from behind: "Come back, come back and get the money!" huh? Just run!"

Xu Mingyi, who was surrounded by a group of girls, couldn't help laughing out loud.

...

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