The eldest princess is obsessed with rebellion, but there are six male protagonists

Qian Qianhu took the lead and chased to the south, followed closely by Shen Quan and Yang Boyi with a large army.

It was a hot and windless day, but suddenly a strong wind blew up from the ground, causing sand and stones to fly everywhere, making it impossible for people to walk and blinding them.

The army was blown to pieces and staggered. Qian Qianhu threw a rope to a big tree nearby, climbed up the tree, avoided the strong wind, and looked into the distance.

Shen Quan steadied his horse and gathered his personal soldiers around him. They gathered together with their backs against the strong wind.

In the howling wind, Shen Quan asked loudly to Qian Qianhu on the tree:

"how?"

Qian Qianhu pointed in a direction again and replied loudly:

"go!"

Shen Quan abandoned the main force and took only his personal soldiers with him. They braved the strong wind and moved forward, and finally rushed out.

After walking for a few more miles, they arrived at a small river. Qian Qianhu had already crossed the river. Shen Quan and his men were about to cross the river when a sudden downpour came. The river water immediately flooded the shore. The horses were frightened and stopped, refusing to move forward.

Shen Quan waved his whip, urged his horse to cross the river, and followed Qian Qianhu.

With only a hundred people left around him, Shen Quan and his group still did not give up and followed Su Jiheng's trail until they were blocked by a high mountain.

Suddenly, a group of crows flew out of the dense forest, like a dark cloud pressing down on the sky. The crows were like crazy, with red eyes and screaming loudly. They rushed towards the crowd and pecked at everyone they saw.

In the duel between humans and crows, the crow corpses were scattered all over the ground.

The pursuit and counter-pursuit duel between Qian Qianhu and Su Jiheng's men ended with Su Jiheng escaping into the Qinling Mountains with the emperor.

The Qinling Mountains are high and densely forested, stretching for hundreds of miles, and there are wild beasts roaming around. Even if you escape in, you are likely to be dead.

Shen Quan, along with Captain Qian and General Yang, originally wanted to continue the pursuit, and they chased in the Qinling Mountains for many days, until Su Fengyi sent an urgent imperial edict of 800 miles to summon them back to the capital to report.

The Qinling Mountains are very dangerous for Su Jiheng and the emperor, and equally dangerous for Shen Quan and his men. If they continue to advance alone, Su Fengyi is worried that they will be defeated in the Qinling Mountains.

Qian Qianhu was not willing to give up and wanted to fight for it again:

"Give me some more time, I will definitely catch up with you."

The one who came to deliver the decree was Wutong. Wutong said:

"Your Majesty has instructed us to deal with the distant and the tired rather than running around. All of you generals are my loyal ministers and good generals. Your safety is more important to me. I have my own way to take Su Jiheng's life. It is not worth it for you generals to take such risks just to capture Su Jiheng."

How dare we disobey His Majesty's order? General Shen led a large army back to the court.

……

On the day General Shen returned to Beijing, every street and alley was covered in white.

Qian Qianhu arrested a man and asked him:

"My fellow villager, can I trouble you to ask me what's going on?"

When the passerby heard Qian Qianhu's accent, he thought that since our accents were so different, this fellow must be very old. However, he still said to Qian Qianhu enthusiastically:

"Oh, you don't know yet, the emperor has passed away!"

Qian Qianhu was stunned. The emperor passed away, so why are you so happy?

Perhaps the expression on Qian Qianhu's face was too obvious. The passerby who was asked realized that he had brought his inner thoughts to his face, so he quickly put on a sad face and said:

"The Emperor passed away."

Regardless of whether the emperor was still alive or not, when Su Fengyi received the urgent military intelligence report from General Shen about the journey of 800 miles and learned that Su Jiheng had taken the emperor to escape into the Qinling Mountains, she was ready to let the emperor die.

Then Su Fengyi asked the Ministry of Rites to schedule his coronation ceremony for two months later and spread the news.

If Su Jiheng wanted to stop her from ascending the throne, he had to come out of the Qinling Mountains within two months, relying on his own strength and bringing the emperor to the capital.

Come on, Su Jiheng, let me see your abilities and see to what extent Heaven favors you.

……

The cabinet was busy preparing for the funeral of the late emperor and the coronation ceremony of the new emperor.

As the second assistant, Pei Yu was once again honored to stay in the palace.

It was an honor, but Pei Yu did not look happy after receiving the order.

When the two of them were working together in the Yangxin Palace, Su Fengyi saw him sighing, so she asked him:

"Master Pei, what troubles have you encountered?"

Pei Yu was upset and looked resentful:

"On the 27th day of national mourning, Pei only regrets that he has all these skills but his talents are not appreciated and he has no way to serve the country."

After the emperor passed away, all entertainment was banned during the period of national mourning. People who knew the rules, such as Lu Hong, moved out of the Yangxin Palace to avoid suspicion.

Even when General Shen returned to the capital, he still lived in the Princess's residence and did not enter the palace without being summoned, so as not to break the rules during the national mourning period.

Lord Pei had made great contributions in suppressing the bandit rebellion in Shaanxi and Gansu, and in persuading Lord Luo to surrender. Before he left, he was about to accomplish what he asked of Su Fengyi, but it was abruptly disrupted by the national mourning.

For this favor, Lord Pei took time out from his busy schedule to accumulate more and richer theoretical knowledge in advance during the period of suppressing banditry. Now that he has no place to use his knowledge, he feels that his talent is not appreciated.

After hearing this, Su Fengyi pretended not to know at first, but Lord Pei’s sigh was too obvious, and there was still so much time left, and she couldn’t listen to him sighing every day.

Su Fengyi glanced at Dangui, and Dangui understood what she meant. She first closed the window of the study in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, then stepped out and closed the door.

In the Yangxin Palace, only Su Fengyi and Pei Yu were left.

Pei Yu noticed something, glanced at Su Fengyi, and slowly smiled:

"Your Majesty, during the period of national mourning..."

Su Fengyi put down the pen in her hand, leaned back in her chair, and smiled at him:

"so what?"

Pei Yu stood up, walked to her side with a smile, leaned close to her ear and whispered:

"During the period of national mourning, there must be some fun. Pei has a talent that is not appreciated. Please allow me, Your Majesty, to have a chance to realize my ambitions."

Su Fengyi turned her head and touched his face:

"Then let me see what Master Pei is capable of."

Dangui stood outside the door, listening to the suppressed sounds from inside, and occasionally revealing a little bit of noise, thinking, during the national mourning period, it should be quite common to order hot water, right? It shouldn't be considered breaking the rules, right?

Although it is a national mourning, the world will continue to turn without anyone. Everyone should do what they should do and cannot stop for a moment.

Lord Pei does something different every day, but it still isn't enough to show off his abilities.

The officials from the Ministry of Rites were busy with the manifesto, then the national mourning, and then the coronation ceremony. They had no time to spare.

In September, Shen He's fleet officially set off from Mingzhou. It would be several years before Shen He and Lu Qing met again.

Before leaving, Shen He submitted a letter to Su Fengyi.

There was nothing written in the letter, only a picture of a corner of the cabin.

Beside the cabin window, there is a pot of phoenix wing flowers blooming wildly. Outside the window, a bright moon hangs in the sky, looking so close and yet so far away.

Su Fengyi put the letter away, kept it for later dispatch, and did not return it.

By the end of September, the originally peaceful Henan and Shandong provinces suddenly became chaotic. This year, Shaanxi suffered from floods, while Henan and Shandong suffered from severe droughts. The autumn harvest was poor, food prices were high, and a large number of refugees migrated to the capital.

Your Majesty's coronation ceremony is imminent. Under normal circumstances, local officials will certainly stop the refugees and will not allow them to come to the capital.

But this time, the refugees reached Youzhou smoothly, and no one dared to stop them, because among them was the emperor.