Chapter 249
Where to stir up dust
Chapter 249 Where to stir up dust
In the morning of the next day, Wen Xiang was ill, and his aide Ye Xian went to court on his behalf. This move caused dissatisfaction among the courtiers, but Ye Xian was as steady as a mountain and turned a blind eye to the comments of officials. When he was about to go down to court, he reported the King of Qin for collaborating with the enemy and treason.
Not only that, Ye Xian also said that the reason why Princess Changle took the initiative to be engaged to Ye Lan was actually a means for the Qin Palace to win over the Jingan Hou Palace. He even took out the letters between the Qin King and the Jingan Hou Palace, in which the Qin King's ambitions were clear. However, the Marquis of Jing'an bowed his head and proclaimed himself a minister, which made Long Yan furious and immediately ordered the sealing of the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion.
Originally, when King Qin disappeared, everyone thought it was a trick by Nanyi, who either captured him or killed him secretly. Now with Ye Xian's accusation, King Qin's whereabouts became unbelievable.
"The King of Qin has been guarding the southern border for many years. His reputation is like the God of War to the Nanyi people and they cannot be avoided. There is no war on the border now. Why do they need to kill the King of Qin and seek death? Don't you find it strange, sir?"
Weird? Naturally, it was strange, but if this meant that King Qin had the intention to rebel, everyone still took a wait-and-see attitude.
It is true that, unlike Song Lian's low profile, King Qin has become somewhat arrogant in the capital by virtue of his military exploits in recent years. This can be seen from the domineering behavior of his daughter Princess Changle. And because of this, if he wanted to do something, he would have to do something in his early years. The emperor can take action when his foundation is unstable, so why wait until now?
Seeing everyone's attitude, Ye Xian smiled contemptuously, and took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it: "Return to the Emperor, this is a secret letter sent back by the Prime Minister sent to southern Xinjiang. It is found out that the disappearance of King Qin was caused by King Qin himself. He is acting on his own, but he actually wants to use the help of Nanyi to attack our Jin Dynasty, while King Huangque of Qin is behind, and then sends troops to quell the rebellion in the name of the savior, reaping the benefits. "
In the past, the Southern Qin and Northern Song Dynasties each held half of the military power of the Jin Dynasty. Now that Song Lian is dead, Song Hengye's military power has been decomposed, leaving only the King of Qin with the most powerful troops. The rebellion seems to be justified.
The courtiers were slanderous at most, but no one dared to say it out loud. The emperor's face was dark, and he scolded Ye Xian for his alarmist words on the spot, but left him alone after the morning court.
This move was thought-provoking, and the courtiers did not dare to discuss it. They only said that the situation in the capital was about to change. For a time, everyone was in danger, the doors were closed, and there were fewer people wandering on the streets.
A few days later, the emperor actually appointed a prince from the clan to march to the south, and the court was once again agitated.
Conquering the south, conquering the south, is it the Southern Yi, or the King of Qin who is still in the southern border?
And Song Hengye's position in the court has become awkward. If it comes to leading troops, in the entire Jin Dynasty, except for the King of Qin, he is the only one.
The emperor left General Song alone, but appointed the fledgling prince...
But for Gu Qingyou, it is a good thing not to let Song Hengye go. First of all, she does not believe that the King of Qin will rebel. Furthermore, once Song Hengye confronts the King of Qin, regardless of whether he has his original intention or not, both the Duke's Palace and the Prince of Qin's Palace will leave. If they become enemies, it will be difficult for her friendship with Chang Le to continue.
Xue Lan sat in the wicker chair, took a sip of jasmine tea, blew the foam slowly, and said with a smile: "You can rest assured about this. With that person's suspicion, if Hengye is really asked to lead the army, he might even be arrested." I suspect that I am in cahoots with the King of Qin!"
It was obviously self-evident who that person was, and Gu Qingyou thought about it. The emperor had gone through so much trouble to take away the military power of the Duke's Mansion, and he would never hand it over to Song Hengye easily again.
It is estimated that the Jin Emperor has been hesitant in the "Southern Qin and Northern Song" for a long time, or he might have wanted to get rid of them all in order to have peace of mind. Unless the enemy invaded at this time and the border was not protected, Song Hengye would have been idle.
Song Hengye was indifferent to this. It is important to make achievements, but the peace of the country and the people are the meaning of soldiers protecting their homeland.
However, the emperor was too impatient after all.
Just after the southern expedition team set off, there was a change in the northwest border. Several neighboring small countries suddenly formed an alliance and entangled an army of 100,000, catching the Jin Dynasty by surprise.
This was a situation that had never happened before. The emperor panicked and summoned Song Hengye overnight to discuss strategies to defend against the enemy. As a result, Song Hengye fell off his horse and fell into coma on the way into the palace due to an old illness that had not healed.
Seeing that the country was about to be ruined in his own hands, the emperor was panic-stricken and made a decision that shocked the government and the public - to pass the throne to the prince, and he himself fled in a hurry with the concubine's bodyguard more than a hundred miles away from Kyoto in the name of summer vacation. A summer resort.
When Gu Qingyou heard the news, a mouthful of sour plum soup almost sprayed on Xue Lan.
"No, this prince is too miserable, isn't he? He didn't even sit on the throne all day long, so he ordered the hat of the King of the Subjugated Kingdom first?? Pfft hahaha~~~"
Xue Lanle burst into tears. She shook the cattail leaf fan in her hand and said speechlessly: "It's a shame that the Dog Emperor can think of it! It's bad luck for the prince to have such a father."
Song Hengye, who was supposed to be in coma and lying in bed, was now wearing regular clothes and holding a military book comfortably. Hearing the conversation between the two, he couldn't help but smile: "Actually, despite the Queen's eagerness for quick success, His Highness the Crown Prince is quite honest. In recent years, because of Concubine Meng and the second prince are eyeing the throne and have made many small moves in private, but the prince cares about brotherly love and has never attempted to murder them, which is rare. "
As a courtier, he has always abided by his duties and rarely talked about royal affairs in private. But after all the recent events, he seemed to have thought about it. What he wanted to maintain was just the territory of the Jin Dynasty. If he was an unworthy ruler, he would be replaced. It's not bad for individuals either.
Gu Qingyou also remembered that when the second prince was almost driven to the fiefdom, the prince had said all the good things in front of the emperor, and finally managed to keep him. At that time, she only thought that the prince had a better move. This move could not only dispel the emperor's doubts, but also He took this opportunity to gain a reputation for loving his younger brother, but he didn't want to think it was really out of good intentions.
Thinking about it this way, I can't help but feel ashamed that my own petty heart is judging the heart of a gentleman.
"From what the second young master said, it seems that he admires the prince very much as a person?"
She had never met the prince, but she didn't have a good impression of the queen. She also felt that her son might not be a good person. It was rare to hear Song Hengye's words of praise, so she was a little curious.
Song Hengye nodded slightly and commented: "Although he has no great talent, he has a kind heart. He may not be able to expand the territory, but he can keep the people's peace and happiness. Even if it is not perfect, it is harmless to the country."
This is great for the people.
Gu Qingyou sighed: "I hope~"
She got up and went to the study to get the account book and handed it to Song Hengye: "The person Second Young Master likes will definitely make no mistakes. This is all the property of the Duke's Mansion, and I will leave it to you."
Song Hengye took the account book and looked up at the sky. The early autumn sky was clear and blue, and some girl's kite broke the string and flew out of the high wall.
……
In the sixteenth year of the Jin Dynasty, the prince secretly ordered to summon the armies from the north and south to enter the imperial city in the name of "eliminating internal troubles and punishing traitors".
Song Hengye, the general of the northwest, held three feet of incriminating evidence, layer upon layer, word for word, revealing the evidence that the prime minister had slandered the Duke of Ning for collaborating with the enemy. He also set up a scheme to seriously injure Song Lian on the battlefield, resulting in his death, and later encouraged the emperor to frame the Duke of Qin's palace. , until the Jin Dynasty, the country was ignored for hundreds of years, and the prime minister was executed on the spot. All his members were exiled by their clans and were not allowed to enter the official position for three generations.
When the dust settled, the prince ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to Ping.
The emperor who was far away in the summer resort, oh no, he should be called the Supreme Emperor now, did not wait for the invasion from the northwest, nor did he wait for the mountains and rivers to overturn. After hearing the news that the prime minister was beheaded, he vomited blood and fell into the arms of his beloved concubine. The queen passed away after half a month of careful care. The new emperor was deeply saddened. He was grateful for the close relationship between the empress dowager Meng and the late emperor. In memory of her love, he issued a special edict to allow her to be buried. The second prince asked to leave the capital and guard the imperial mausoleum as a filial piety.
It's half a month before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Gu Qingyou started thinking about making mooncakes again.
Chang Le was still wearing a red dress, holding grapes and lazily hanging on the swing. Seeing her writing on the desk for several pages, he couldn't help but poke his head in, only to see a lot of ghost symbols.
"What the hell did you write?"
"Ah? Zongzi recipe."
Gu Qingyou laughed dryly and gathered the paper on the table into her arms. She had been here for a long time and she was still used to writing simplified Chinese characters. And because she was not good at writing brushes, she always used homemade carbon sticks, so emm~~
Changle didn't intend to get to the bottom of it. Anyway, she just waited to eat.
"Miss, you are tired after writing for a long time. Eat some berries to replenish your brain."
Shuang Jiang came in with a plate in his hand. The black and purple mulberries were shining with water, which was very tempting.
"It's early autumn. This kind of thing is rare. Where did it come from?"
As he spoke, Gu Qingyou put down his pen, picked up one with his left hand and put it into his mouth. Different from the sourness of mulberries in the past, these mulberries had no residue in the mouth and were extremely sweet. They were so big that if you didn't look carefully, you would have thought they were grapes. .
Shuangjiang looked at Changle and nuzzled at the courtyard gate.
Gu Qingyou understood, passed the plate to Chang Le, and said with a smile: "It's hard work for me to send it to the Duke's Mansion, won't the princess give it a try?"
Changle's originally stretched out hand seemed to have been bitten, and he retracted it with a swish. He frowned and said: "My mouth and tongue are black after eating it, as if I was poisoned. Who cares?"
His mouth was filled with disgust, but his eyelashes trembled unnaturally.
The subtle change in expression could not escape Gu Qingyou's eyes. She couldn't help but lean forward and asked in a low voice: "The princess really doesn't want to give Prince Ye a chance?"
"Is this princess so worthless? Whoever likes me has to give him a chance?"
Chang Le pretended to be angry and snorted, but he didn't realize that his eyebrows were so soft.
This time the Prime Minister's Mansion was uprooted, and Ye Lan contributed a lot. Since Ye Xian entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, he has acted in a high-profile manner. On the surface, Ye Lan seems to be a playboy who only knows how to eat and drink. In fact, he has noticed Ye Xian's strange behavior a long time ago, and later... With Ye Hou's acquiescence, he secretly investigated the prime minister's crime evidence through Ye Xian, and he really gained a lot.
Ye Xian was not only an accomplice in the murder of Ning Guogong's palace, but also participated in the plot to frame Qin's palace. Ye Lan was concerned about Changle and could not sit idly by in public and private affairs, so Ye Hou wanted to protect Jing'an Hou's palace from being implicated. When Ye Xian launched an attack, he followed the trend and directly removed Ye Xian from the family tree.
Previously, there were elders in the clan who complained about Ye Xian and went to the Jing'an Marquis Mansion to scold Ye Marquis for being partial, allowing his legitimate son to act recklessly and humiliating other clans. It was not until the Prime Minister's incident happened that everyone understood the truth.
After this incident, not only Gu Qingyou, but even Chang Le couldn't help but wonder in her heart, could it be that she heard the wrong name before she died in her previous life?
But she remembered clearly that the names mentioned by the two officers and soldiers had a prefix - "New Marquis of Jing'an". But as a side branch, how could Ye Xian inherit the Marquis title?
There was a sound at the courtyard door, and someone from the Prince of Qin's Palace came to report that Ye Xian was in prison and asked to see the princess.
Ye Xian, as the number one counselor in the prime minister's office, was sentenced to death after the prime minister's execution. His sudden request made Changle feel a palpitation in her heart for no reason. She wanted to say to herself, don't go, he is just a despicable person. What good words can come out of your mouth? Going there will only make you more upset.
But deep down in my heart, there is another voice that keeps confusing me. Go ahead and listen to what he has to say. What if it has something to do with the past life?
Seeing that the day of execution was getting closer and closer, Gu Qingyou said: "If not, the princess should go there, at least listen to what he has to say, and let go of this worry."
During this period of time, she could see that Changle's attitude towards Ye Lan had undergone subtle changes. Although he looked dismissive on the surface, when he heard Ye Lan's name, he would subconsciously raise the corners of his mouth, although he would put it down soon. But it is different after all.
But Ye Lan worked tirelessly and couldn't get into Prince Qin's Mansion, so he came to live in Duke Ning's Mansion. All kinds of strange things were brought in like water, and even Gu Qingyou took up a lot of time.
Chang Le sneered every time, but never like before, whipping people away whenever they disagreed.
The two of them were clearly interested in each other. It would be a pity if they really missed each other because of a name that Chang Le heard vaguely in his previous life.
In the dark and cramped prison, Ye Xian was covered in blood and lying dying in the corner. However, after hearing the footsteps behind him, he quickly stood up and hurriedly smoothed his messy hair back and forth. His empty eyes were staring at him. You light up when you see someone coming.
"Princess, you, you are here."
He stood up in a hurry and rushed towards the fence, but his hands and feet were bound by the rattling iron chains, forcing him to retreat three feet away from the cell door.
The former prime minister's chief adviser, who used to talk eloquently even in front of the emperor, now became stammering when facing Chang Le.
Changle looked at the man in front of him coldly and said straight to the point: "What do you want from me, the princess?"
Ye Xian, however, acted as if he hadn't heard anything and said happily: "Has the princess come to see me? The princess is really willing to come see me?"
His eyes were shining with fanaticism, and he couldn't help but want to get closer, but he was restrained by the thick iron chains on his arms and fell to the ground again and again. Finally, when he fell for an unknown number of times, he collapsed and slapped the iron chains and roared: "Why, why? I just want to be closer to the princess, isn't this okay?!"
He cried bitterly and lay on the ground, and after a long time he murmured, "I have obviously changed my plan in my previous life, why did I end up like this?! I am not willing to accept it, I am not willing to accept it!"
Even though the voice was very soft, Chang Le still keenly captured something. His eyes instantly changed from disgust to shock. The word "past life" in Ye Xian's mouth was like a sharp knife, stabbing hard into her throat, making it difficult to even breathe. Incessantly.
(End of this chapter)