Later, I became the prince of the group

When the matter of leaving Beijing was settled, Chu Yan followed the example of "pleading guilty to the thorn" and went to the queen.

The queen had heard about Chu Yan's going to fief the land, and she begged for a long time, but the emperor would not let go. When asked the reason, he only said "the capital is not suitable for him".

The queen took off the thorn and threw it aside, and hugged Chu Yan for the first time: "If you don't want to accept it, then don't accept it. I won't force you. You can stay."

The smell of fat and powder smelt his nostrils, and Chu Yan resisted not getting used to it, and said, "My queen, my father has already issued an order."

The queen looked stunned and disappointed.

Liu Qi also returned to Liu's house.

Although Liu Wen also wanted to leave Beijing, he first had to settle down with some people in Liangzhou, and then immediately rushed to Huizhou to hand over. When they meet each other, check them out before they enter the capital...so they don't go with Chu Yan and others.

The time given to him was very hasty, but the Liu family was used to it, but they were not used to Liu Qi, who had been raised in their hands all the time, and had to go far away.

Although he couldn't see Liu Qi often before, but at least he knew that he was in Prince An's Mansion, not far from him, so he felt much more at ease.

This time she was going to go away, Madam Liu was anxious and distressed, she wished she could go with Liu Qi, and she was a little angry with Chu Yan.

But when she heard that Liu Qi would live in the Liu Mansion before leaving Beijing, she began to boast about "the prince is caring".

The mood of the mother-in-law is very unpredictable.

The day before Liu Wen left, Li Pingrui's charges were settled at the court meeting.

The emperor asked the Minister of the Criminal Ministry to show the evidence in court, and personally judged: Li Pingrui was dismissed from the post of prime minister, and his family members who fled were hunted down, and they were executed together after they were brought back.

Only then did many people know that Li Chun felt that the situation was not good, and had already gone home to pick up his relatives and fled in disguise.

There were layers of guards around Li's residence, Li Chun was able to take people out, and said that no one would help and he would not believe anyone, and there had to be a lot of investigation behind this.

Chu Yan was approved as a fake by Emperor Chengxing and asked him to prepare at home. He knew the news from Liu Wen's mouth.

"Beside Li Pingrui, there is a proud student he single-handedly promoted, named Li Chongyi, who was recognized by Li Pingrui as his adopted son after he joined the servant. Let this adopted son do it—for example, send letters to Nan Jin, send letters to Prince Rui..."

"Li Chongyi was tortured for three rounds, couldn't bear it, and finally confessed. Later, from his confession, he found a courtyard where he used to meet people, and found the relationship between Li Pingrui and Prince Rui from that courtyard. These letters were supposed to be burnt after reading, but Li Chongyi kept his mind on it, he was afraid that one day he would be killed, so he wanted to catch some of Li Pingrui's tricks, so he secretly hid the letters Down."

"So Li Pingrui first instigated Prince Rui, and wanted to secretly help Prince Rui cultivate troops for his own use, but unfortunately, the matter of Prince Rui was revealed in advance, and it became nothing." Chu Yan said calmly, "Prince Rui Why listen to him?"

Liu Wen said: "I also just heard that...the death of Prince Rui's birth mother seems to be related to the higher authorities."

After speaking, he cautiously added: "However, this is also Li Pingrui's method to deceive Prince Rui."

Chu Yan nodded: "Thank you father-in-law for telling me this."

Liu Wen talked to him about this, firstly because Chu Yan was implicated in the rebellion of Prince Rui at that time, Liu Wen thought that he should know the truth behind it, and secondly, Chu Yan hadn't been in court for several days, he didn't feel that he was here The son-in-law is ignorant of court affairs, so he wants to tell him.

Chu Yan thought for a while, and then asked: "By the way, does father-in-law know where Li Xiang is being detained now?"

Liu Wen: "It's not a secret. You can find out by asking around. Li Pingrui was first imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. After several interrogations by Lu Shangshu and failed to interrogate him, His Majesty reprimanded him for being incompetent and referred him to heaven in the imperial city. In the prison, guarded by the imperial guards, no one is allowed to meet him without His Majesty's personal consent. His Majesty has personally interrogated him a few times. I don't know what happened to him, but there are rumors that... he is almost out of shape."

Chu Yan pondered for a moment: "Father-in-law, does he know how Lu Shangshu is?"

Liu Wen thought for a while: "Lu Mingzhi, on the surface, is a honest and upright person. Others say that he has principles but is not rigid. Take this case as an example, because he refused to use lynching until the evidence was found. Nothing came out of the interrogation. But in my opinion, it is impossible for the old official who has been in a high position since the time of the first emperor to be not at all tactful. He did not torture Li Pingrui, or he did not want to offend him until the evidence was firmly established. Li Xiang, why did you ask him?"

Chu Yan: "It's still Yingmei's matter. There is obviously someone instigating behind her, but it's not just the Qiu family, there is a more mysterious person behind the Qiu family. I haven't found out so far."

Then, he uttered his conjecture in one go.

Liu Wen was surprised: "You suspect it's Lu?"

"No, I'm just wondering why it's coming at me. As we all know, I'm just a waste. Is there any need to alienate my relationship with my father? But I suddenly remembered that when Wantao had an accident, I was worried about her safety. Both Lu Shangshu and Commander Zhou knew about it." Chu Yan murmured, "It can't be the Commander of the Imperial Army, that would be too scary."

Liu Wen imagined that the commander of the Forbidden Army was actually a man with a ulterior motive, and couldn't help feeling horrified.

"However, it may be that I was thinking too much. I secretly investigated Lu Shangshu for many days, and I couldn't find anything wrong with him. There are many officials' children in the imperial army. Perhaps among the soldiers who followed me that day Yes. Maybe it wasn't Wantao's time, but it made people feel wary in other places."

"Since you have doubts, you should pay more attention in the future..." After Liu Wen finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he had used the tone he used when talking to the eldest son, and cleared his throat in embarrassment, "There is also that Cen Shuang, let me tell you the truth , Miss Cen is indeed a good candidate for a daughter-in-law, but her brother is really not a good guy, I will remind my mother and wife to pay more attention to him later."

Chu Yan nodded: "Exactly, don't ruin a good marriage."

Sending Liu Wen away the next day, Chu Yan went to see Emperor Chengxing and asked for a meeting with Li Pingrui.

Now anyone who wants to see Li Pingrui, the emperor will not let go. Even the Minister of Criminal Affairs and the Minister of Dali Temple who are in charge of the case want to ask Li Pingrui to make a supplementary statement, but they are told "the verdict has been decided, there is no need to do anything more". dismissed.

Chu Yan was the only one who got permission. Liang Ye heard Wang An say, "I want to ask Li Pingrui about the customs of the Southern Jin Dynasty", and couldn't help worrying whether His Majesty would kick An Wang out in a fit of anger. Who knew that His Majesty really accepted.

However, seeing that Li Pingrui couldn't be clear about it, Chu Yan could only change into the clothes of the imperial army and pretend that he was delivering food.

No one knew what Wang An and Li Pingrui had said inside, and Chu Yan was just like a normal person, still taking care of his own affairs when he came back.

It took him only half a month to get ready to go. Tao Lefang and the mansion in the capital were handed over to Chen Su and You Sheng to take care of them. The things to be taken away were loaded into seven carriages. The accompanying servants of the palace were only More than ten people, one pet, 20 people sent from the palace, and by the way, Xing Yi and Yu Qing, two of the best carpenters, brought them along.

Apart from Chu Rui, there were also a thousand cavalry escorting him. The team was mighty, but they were extremely low-key. You must know that they were protecting the only second prince.

On the day before leaving, the emperor personally went to the tower to see Chu Yan off. The father and son walked aside and whispered to each other. Emperor Chengxing patted him on the shoulder and said, "Safety is the most important thing. If it doesn't work, I will come back. This year will be fine, next year." New Year's Eve, come back for reunion."

Chu Yan nodded: "I remember."

Emperor Chengxing looked at Chu Rui who was not far away. Chu Rui thought he had something to tell himself, so he stepped forward and said, "Father Emperor."

Emperor Chengxing looked at Chu Rui who was obviously out of state, and sighed: "Do you know why I asked you to send your elder brother?"

Chu Rui froze, and said after deliberation: "Father...does he want me to go out and relax?"

Emperor Chengxing chuckled: "Even if you haven't completely lost your mind, there are many things in the capital these days, you might as well go out and calm down, and then think about what you should do in the future."

Chu Rui's heart sank.

When the team set off in a hurry and walked several miles, Chu Rui never recovered from Emperor Chengxing's words.

The emperor sent him out, and he was really dissatisfied with him.

As an emperor, no matter how much he loves his son, he will not tolerate the prince having his own power.

Chu Rui rode on the horse, secretly regretting that he was too impatient.

During those days when he presided over the Xiaochaohui, he suddenly realized that so many people had already started to stand in line, and his father suddenly started to value him, so he felt that it was time to build his own team.

Seeing the support of so many people behind Chu He, he couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency. There was a leftist behind Chu He, so he wanted to win over the right, and behind Chu He was the majestic Zhu family, so he wanted to always use the name of loyalty The Jin family can also be majestic.

In fact, his uncle and mother secretly trained some people for him, but they were all hidden in secret. In order to suppress the momentum of Chu He's lineage, Chu Rui brought them out of the water one by one.

Something happened to Prime Minister Right, and Chu Rui thought to himself, if he can prove that Prime Minister Right is innocent, then his back will grow immediately. Even if he can’t, those who have followed Prime Minister Right in the past will turn to follow him. , but it is impossible for the father to let Zuo Xiang dominate all the time, and he will definitely pick a few from these people for promotion.

Success also earns, failure also earns.

But it was because of his impatience that all his little actions were exposed to Emperor Chengxing's eyes.

At this time, the escort team that was going all the way didn't know that on the afternoon they left the capital, they received a bulletin from the other side of the imperial city: [-] soldiers from the former Liangzhou army who were on the journey had temporarily rebelled and kidnapped the king of Pingcheng.

In Cheng Guogong's mansion.

Chu He slapped the table in surprise and stood up: "Really?"

Cheng Guogong nodded: "When the person who reported the letter came, I was in the imperial study, discussing matters with His Majesty, and heard it with my own ears. Not only that, but the generals of the former Liangzhou Army were all the old troops of King Liang, Pingcheng As soon as the county king fled, they deliberately instigated the soldiers, and they delayed halfway and refused to move forward. The people sent by His Majesty could do nothing. Liu Wen was afraid that they would change, so he asked the deputy general to lead half of the soldiers and horses first, and he took the other Half of them stayed to supervise the former Liangzhou Army."

Chu He was very excited, and took a deep breath: "This is really... It's the right time, place and people!"

He walked back and forth excitedly, taking stock: "That guy Li Pingrui is no longer imposing, his old department will soon be scattered into a pan of sand, and the father sent Chu Rui out at this time, now Liu Wen, who held an army of [-] in his hands, was also dragged..."

Cheng Guogong smiled: "Your Highness, don't get too excited. Although the timing is good, you have to grasp it properly."

Chu He didn't hear what he was saying at all, and his eyes were eager to try: "Uncle, I have an idea now."

The author has something to say: I’m slowly going to reveal the secret. If you find out that there are many details in the previous dungeon that are not clearly explained, and the clues are useless—don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten _(:3)∠)_ It will come in handy sooner or later.