Wen Xiangyanyu

In Yinshi, the imperial guards of the other palace were on duty.

The commander of the imperial guards was put on his neck with a long sword, and he glared at the person in front of him angrily: "You are from Prince Jing? You are so courageous! Detain this general, are you trying to rebel?!"

The man answered him coldly: "I have offended you by following His Majesty's orders."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the people beside him: "Go and report to the prince, saying that the man has already taken it."

After reading the emperor's oral order in public, the people present looked at each other in blank dismay, and the man reminded them coldly: "This is His Majesty's will, are you waiting to resist the order?"

The generals of the imperial guards were terrified, hesitantly about to receive the order, someone ran in hurriedly, speaking incoherently: "The crown prince is here..."

The man's expression suddenly changed.

Wen Ying stepped into the dark duty room, half of his face was hidden in the night, so that people could not see the expression on his face clearly, only heard his frosty voice ordering: "Prince Jing Jiaozhao privately ordered people to arrest the Imperial Guards Commander, with bad intentions, take it down."

The situation was turned upside down in an instant.

In the evening of the next day.

When Wen Ying appeared in the emperor's bedroom, King Jing was feeding medicine to the emperor on the imperial couch spoon by spoon.

The emperor woke up, but couldn't move.

Wen Ying came forward to pay his respects, but neither the emperor nor Prince Jing paid any attention to him.

Wen Ying didn't take it seriously, and respectfully asked for instructions: "Father, the emperor's uncle has been serving you for a day and a night. He must be very tired. Why don't you let him rest first, let the ministers do the work, and leave it here for your sickness?"

The emperor tremblingly raised his hand and pointed at Wen Ying, making a rapid but inarticulate voice from his throat, and opened his sunken cloudy eyes wide.

Prince Jing patted his chest to comfort him, stood up, and faced Wen Ying with a particularly cold expression: "Prince, Your Majesty asked this king to interrogate him, and you must answer truthfully."

Wen Ying's face was calm, he lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt down straight in front of the imperial couch: "If you have anything to say, Uncle Huang just say it."

Prince Jing suppressed his anger, settled his mind, and asked coldly, "Concubine Shu and Yu Zhaoyuan gave His Majesty the medicine, did you know in advance?"

"I don't know." Wen Ying replied calmly.

"You really don't know?"

"I really don't know."

Prince Jing clenched his fists: "Did you remember what you two said at the banquet yesterday before His Majesty's imperial bed?"

Wen Yingdao: "It's just a casual mention of the father's illness. Later, the emperor's uncle will come soon, and we will go."

"Didn't you say anything else?"

"No."

"How dare you deny it!" Prince Jing raised his voice, furious, "Yesterday, they took advantage of His Majesty's insensitivity and boasted to replace him, and imprisoned His Majesty here to be a puppet Supreme Emperor. His Majesty heard it with his own ears. Do you dare not admit it? What do you want to do?! Taking advantage of His Majesty's serious illness, can't you rebel?!"

They did say it, but Wen Ying didn't feel guilty at all on the surface, and asked Prince Jing: "If the father has been so seriously ill and unconscious, what should we do about the affairs of the government? The country cannot be united." There is no king in the day, and I alone share my father's worries, so that my father can cultivate and take care of his body, what's wrong?"

Prince Jing said angrily: "Your Majesty is still ill, and you have already started plotting to take his throne. Don't you have ulterior motives?!"

"Gu has no other thoughts, Gu just thinks of the father, the sake of Dacheng Jiangshan."

"You're just being ridiculous!"

The emperor struggled to get up, seemed to be very excited, glared at Wen Ying angrily, his eyes almost popped out, he opened his mouth wide, but it seemed as if someone had choked his throat, and he could only utter meaningless intermittent hoarseness Shouting, with cold sweat all over his face, he looked extremely embarrassed, and soon collapsed back into the bedding.

Seeing this, Prince Jing hurriedly supported the emperor: "Your Majesty calm down, your body is critical..."

"cough--"

The emperor's face was flushed, and he kept coughing, almost coughing up blood.

Wen Ying watched coldly, unmoved, and waited for King Jing to give the emperor the medicine in a hurry, and the old man was no longer so excited, and then he said slowly in a deep voice: "Father, that divine doctor Zhang has already said, The residual poison in your body has not been cleared, you shouldn't be so angry, you need to recuperate for three to five years before you get better, you can rest assured to recuperate in this other palace, and the minister of great industry is willing to take care of it for you."

Seeing that the emperor's body started to tremble again after being stimulated by his few words, Prince Jing turned around and scolded him angrily: "Shut up! Do you really want to piss your father off?!"

However, Wen Ying reminded him: "The emperor's uncle should also appease his anger, don't act impulsively, and do something irreversible."

Prince Jing's heart skipped a beat: "What do you mean by that?"

Wen Ying's expression was light: "What did the emperor do, doesn't the emperor himself not know?"

Prince's bedroom.

Ling Qiyan was sitting on the porch, teasing a stray cat that appeared out of nowhere absent-mindedly. The sky had gradually darkened, and he looked up at the dim sunset in the sky, his heart beating inexplicably fast.

Jiang Lin hurried in and reported to him in a low voice: "Uncle, two thousand soldiers from the Northern Battalion have come from the other palace, and they have surrounded the other palace."

Ling Qiyan smiled: "Really? It came really fast."

As soon as he finished speaking, another servant trotted in, panting in panic and panting: "Uncle, Uncle, the people around King Jing came over suddenly and said aggressively that they wanted to arrest the rebels, but they were stopped by His Highness's guards. conflict."

Hearing the faint noise outside the courtyard, Ling Qiyan stretched his waist, and said casually: "Just let them in, I want to know, this is the bedroom of His Royal Highness, when did the rebels hide here?"

King Jing's guards rushed in, there were a dozen of them in total, each armed with a sharp weapon, they were menacing.

Ling Qiyan still sat on the porch, fed all the snacks in his hand to the wild cat, wiped his hands, slowly raised his eyes, glanced at the people in front of him, and asked coldly: "Are you from King Jing? This is the prince's bedroom. You charge in with swords, do you want to rebel?"

The leader gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty has ordered you to arrest the rebels in the palace. We are only following orders."

"Your Majesty's oral order?" Ling Qiyan said, "Your Majesty is in a coma. When did you give the oral order? Where did the rebels come from in the womb of the Crown Prince? Don't let Prince Jing take advantage of His Majesty's serious illness and intend to seek mischief and fake rumors." Holy edict?"

The man glared and said loudly: "Stop talking nonsense, take him down!"

All the guards of King Jing stepped forward and surrounded Ling Qiyan, pointing their swords at him.

Ling Qiyan stood up unhurriedly and looked up again.

Seeing this, the head of the guard seemed to have noticed something, his face changed suddenly, and he subconsciously raised his eyes to look around, and saw nearly a hundred archers appearing on the surrounding attics and palaces in an instant, and the arrows were aimed at them, all of them were banned in the palace. Guards!

Wen Ying looked at Prince Jing calmly and calmly: "In the middle of the night yesterday, the emperor arbitrarily took down the commander of the imperial guards in the other palace and replaced him with your own cronies. Is there such a thing?"

Prince Jing did not take it seriously: "So what, this king is not arbitrarily making claims, but acting according to His Majesty's orders. If not, is it possible that he was allowed to collude with you to control the palace, intending to put His Majesty under house arrest and force the palace to commit crimes?"

"Uncle Huang's words are wrong. It's not Gu, but you who intended to put His Majesty under house arrest and force the palace to commit crimes." Wen Ying reminded him in a deep voice.

Prince Jing was taken aback for a moment, and his face turned livid and furious: "You are talking nonsense! Don't spit blood on people!"

Wen Ying had stood up, ignored him, and cupped his hands at the emperor who was struggling and coughing violently because of his few words: "Father, please be careful, don't be deceived by the emperor's uncle. The commander of the imperial guards who came down here arbitrarily mobilized soldiers from the northern battalion to force the palace, and now 2000 people from the northern battalion have arrived, and they are blocking the outside of the other palace, this minister was forced to do so."

King Jing was furious when he heard the words: "You bastard! How dare you turn right and wrong like this! Come on!"

The palace door suddenly opened, and the person walking in with the light behind him was Ling Qiyan. Behind him were all the cronies of King Jing, including the one who led people to arrest the commander of the imperial guards last night.

King Jing suddenly opened his eyes wide, his canthus tearing apart, and asked Ling Qiyan sharply: "What are you doing here?! What are you trying to do with the person who detained me?!"

Ling Qiyan smiled but said, "I shouldn't ask the lord this? The lord's guards clamored to arrest the rebels, broke into the prince's bedroom with a sword, intending to take me as a hostage and threaten His Highness. What exactly does the lord want? "

Before King Jing could say anything, he continued: "Not only that, the lord also detained the original commander of the imperial guards in this other palace, and replaced him with your own people. If His Highness hadn't been the first to gain insight and personally lead people to rescue the commander My lord, I am afraid that the imperial guards here have joined forces with the soldiers from the Northern Battalion outside and rushed in to arrest His Highness and me, and His Majesty is seriously ill. At that time, wouldn’t the entire other palace be completely freed? Your lord, you have the final say."

"—You, you! You two bastards!"

Prince Jing was so angry that he almost vomited blood when they sang together and the thief shouted "stop the thief". With trembling hands, he pointed at the two of them and scolded them sharply.

After struggling several times, the emperor was still unable to speak a word, his chest heaved violently, and finally passed out from such anger.

Outside the palace gate, two thousand soldiers from the Northern Battalion were confronting the imperial guards.

The deputy commander of the Beiying personally led the troops, holding in his hand the emperor's troop transfer amulet that King Jing ordered to send overnight, saying that they came to rescue them under the holy order, and asked the imperial guards to open the palace gate immediately. The army refused to give up half a step, and lined up on the gate tower, nodding arrows and drawing bows, ready to release arrows at any time.

The two sides were in a stalemate, and they scolded each other endlessly, until the sound of mighty horseshoes came from a distance.

Let alone thousands of soldiers and horses rushing to attack.

The deputy commander of the Northern Camp stood on the horse and tightened the reins tightly. When he saw clearly who was leading the troops, his eyes shrank fiercely.

After the northern camp surrounded the other palace, nearly 3000 people from the southern camp also appeared outside the other palace, led by Lin Su, the chief soldier of the southern camp, personally.

The two sides faced each other, Lin Su's long sword pointed directly at the other party: "The land of the palace, how can you be so presumptuous, back down!"

This Duke of the State has also been on the battlefield, and he has a murderous spirit that has been accumulated for many years. The opponent's momentum is obviously weak, and he argues forcefully: "The Lord of the State is planning to rebel with the crown prince, but it will not work." ? I have His Majesty's troop transfer talisman in my hand, and it was His Majesty who asked me to come here..."

"Here is closer to the South Camp. Even if His Majesty wants to transfer troops, he should send someone to the South Camp. How could he go far away?" Lin Su interrupted him in a cold voice, "You are under the order of King Jing. Your Majesty is seriously ill. King Jing waited in front of the imperial couch, took the opportunity to take His Majesty's troop talisman, and mobilized soldiers and horses, in order to detain His Highness the Crown Prince when His Majesty was not clear, so as to do wrong things."

"You are talking nonsense! Don't try to slander the prince! It is clear that you are colluding with the prince to hold His Majesty hostage..."

"Report!"

A soldier from the Northern Battalion came galloping, stumbled off their horses, and reported to the deputy commander: "General, General, after you led the troops away, Vice President Chen and Vice President Wang hijacked the entire battalion, and called the prince and general you Jiaozhao sent troops privately, intending to force the palace to rebel, and in the name of Beiying, he reported the matter to the Ministry of War overnight!"

Hearing this, the deputy commander's face flushed instantly, and he was dumbfounded: "Fucking fart! The general clearly brought troops to rescue him with His Majesty's troop transfer talisman! They are so brave!"

He glared at Lin Su fiercely again: "It's you! You not only took refuge in the prince! You also bribed Chen Bin, Wang Zhongxin and the others. You guys joined forces to help the prince seek to usurp the throne! You actually put the blame on the prince! On Prince Jing who has always been loyal to His Majesty!"

"General Zhao speaks carefully," Lin Su reminded him without changing his face, "Some words should be careful not to speak out. If there is no evidence, it is best not to say nonsense."

"What evidence do you have that the prince forced the palace to commit crimes?!"

Lin Su disagreed: "Whether it is true or not, you will see the difference in front of His Highness and the prince."

The emperor's dormitory was in chaos, and the imperial physicians in the inner hall were trying their best to treat the emperor who had passed out again. Ling Qiyan ordered the rest of the people to be taken down first, leaving them to confront Prince Jing in the outer hall.

Soon someone came in and reported the situation outside the palace gate to them.

Hearing that Lin Su led the troops from the southern battalion to appear, King Jing suddenly pulled out the imperial sword hanging on the wall, pointed at Wen Ying, gritted his teeth and asked him word by word in a hoarse voice: "You have even won over Lin Su, what is your plan?" How long has it been?"

Wen Ying was not afraid of the sword in his hand, and did not back down: "Gu just said, don't be so impulsive, Uncle Huang, just have something to say."

"This king has nothing to say to you!" King Jing said angrily, "I only hate that this king was blind and didn't see clearly that you are an ambitious wolf. If I had known this, why would I have urged His Majesty to recognize you back then? Harm Your Majesty!"

Ever since he heard Lin Su's appearance, he knew that he could not stop him. The Southern Camp has always dominated the Northern Camp. The emperor sent him back to contain Lin Su's Southern Camp forces. But he has only been back to Beijing for two years. The foundation of Shangjing City is far inferior to that of Duke Jing's Mansion, which has been camping here for a long time. Even in Beiying, not everyone listens to him.

He just didn't expect that not only Wen Ying was wrong, but Lin Su was also wrong.

Wen Ying said calmly: "For this matter, I will always be grateful to Uncle Huang, and I have no intention of going against Uncle Huang, why should Uncle Huang be so stubborn?"

Prince Jing's eyes turned red with anger: "You have already become the crown prince, and sooner or later that position will be yours, so you can't wait any longer? Even if you win today, you really think that you can stop Yoyo's mouth with this move, and no one will doubt it You? Why bother to tarnish your reputation? "

Wen Ying no longer denied his intentions: "I can't afford to wait alone."

"You are only in your early twenties! How can you not afford to wait! Your Majesty treats you so well and spares no effort to pave the way for you. How can you be so cold-blooded and disregard the relationship between father and son!"

Wen Ying closed his eyes indifferently and then opened them again: "Uncle Huang wants to know why?"

"What excuse do you have?!"

Wen Ying looked at him, with no warmth in his eyes: "Back then in the Imperial College, Gu was just a useless student who wanted to get ahead in the imperial examinations. Your Majesty knew that Gu was wronged. In order to preserve his son's reputation and not let others know his The son is not in harmony with his brothers, and the simple sentence of getting rid of his fame will wipe out the ten years of hard study in the lonely window."

"In order to fight for my breath, I had to go to the border to join the army. As soon as I left Beijing, I encountered an ambush sent by the former prince. He wanted to take Gu's life. Gu escaped by chance, and died on the battlefield outside the Great Wall. Only then was he lucky enough to be recognized by the emperor. Come on, Gu is indeed grateful to Uncle Huang, but if these things were not bestowed by His Majesty, Gu would not have to go through them at all."

Prince Jing was astonished.

"It's just such a small matter, how can you hold grudges to this day? If it weren't for this encounter, even if you were admitted to the number one scholar, I'm afraid that you would be just a little-known official in the Hanlin Academy at this moment. How could you have today?" ?!"

Wen Ying's gaze was even colder: "To His Majesty and the emperor's uncle, this may be a trivial matter, but to millions of scholars in the world, what is the difference between the emperor's sentence of 'retirement from fame' and the death penalty?"

"Prince Jing's words are not right." Without waiting for King Jing to say more, Ling Qiyan stepped forward to help, "Your Highness is the prince, and I lost him back then. Of course it was the fault of Concubine Shu and the Empress, but Your Majesty is the emperor." , but couldn’t protect his parents and children, instead, he recognized him 20 years later as a grace, and asked His Highness to be grateful, how can there be such a reason in the world?”

Prince Jing turned his sword point to him, and asked in a cold voice: "What qualifications do you have to say such a thing? In the past 20 years, you have been the one who has taken advantage of it. Today, the Empress Dowager treats you as her own grandson, and even loves you more than anyone else." I love you, but how did you repay her? You and the prince joined forces to seize His Majesty's throne!"

Wen Ying frowned, and the scene of the sword pointing at Ling Qiyan seemed to make him very unhappy, but seeing Ling Qiyan's expression was calm, he held back and did not move.

Ling Qiyan twitched the corners of her mouth: "I have enjoyed the glory and wealth that I shouldn't have enjoyed for 20 years, but during these 20 years, the prince may not know that the prince is far away at the border, and the queen beats and scolds me. I was almost 12 years old because of her. After entering the gate of hell, the deposed prince provoked me two times and three times, and tried to harm me. No matter how wrong he was, His Majesty always believed that the Queen believed in him. It was because I was ignorant and incompetent, so I lost him. s face."

"The queen mother is kind to me, and I will do my best to repay her for being filial to her in the future, but I have occupied the status of His Highness for 20 years, and I owe him. Not only does he not care about it, but he also treats me a thousand times better. help him?"

King Jing became even more annoyed when he heard the words: "One or two of you, you only talk about yourself, disloyal, filial, benevolent, and unrighteous, what are you talking about here! This king will get rid of you two bastards on behalf of His Majesty today!"

He sent the sword in his hand towards Ling Qiyan, then turned abruptly, pointed at Wen Ying, and stabbed fiercely.

Wen Ying raised his hand, but Ling Qiyan took a step faster than him, clamping the blade of the sword with two fingers, and blood soon slipped from between his fingers.

Wen Ying's eyes turned cold completely, and he sternly said "Back off", he pulled out the dagger he was carrying with him, and collided with King Jing's sword.