General, this plot is wrong

Chu Heng and his party soon returned to Guiyan City.

Guiyan City belongs to King Qing, and it is the most prestigious city in King Qing's fiefdom in the northwest, and it is also an extremely dangerous border city.Once Guiyan City is broken, the frontier generation can fall into the hands of others in an instant.

Guiyan City has the most famous bazaar in the frontier. From the first to the fifteenth day of every month, merchants from all over the world flock here to trade, and the city's bazaar is packed to the brim, comparable to the West Market in Yandu.

Due to the geographical location, the market in Guiyan City is not limited to the people of Dayan.There are many small tribes or small countries outside the customs, as long as they have a good relationship with Dayan, they can enter the city to trade goods.

In the small bazaar, rare treasures and daily utensils from exotic lands are everywhere, and a lot of sheds are set up outside the bazaar, which are used to trade large items, such as fur horses, etc.

However, when the carriage passed by the market, Chu Heng lifted the curtain to look out. The bustling market in Yuncheng that he had imagined was not at all seen in Guiyan City.

The bazaar, which was supposed to be crowded with people, was not crowded with people, only occasionally a few people could be seen dismantling the temporary sheds or shelves set up in the bazaar.

"The emperor passed away suddenly, even if the news came late, the market here still has to be demolished." Lu Ting leaned against the car wall, heard the wind from the window, opened his eyes and said.

The death knell of Yandu could not be heard in the northwest, and the common people would not know what happened far away in Yandu.But the death of a king of a country, no matter what the reason behind it, always requires the mourning of the whole country.

After King Qing learned of the death of Emperor Mingde, he must have stopped the market in the city, so that the market that should have been in progress turned into the empty appearance it is now.

After the emperor passed away, the most important thing for the princes and ministers in Yandu was probably the will.

But the people are different. Emperor Mingde has only one son, the prince Zhao Zhen. When the emperor dies, the prince must ascend the throne. .

It's just a pity for this market.

King Qing couldn't return to the palace, so he sent his son and his personal guards to Yandu under the pretext of escorting the prince.

Compared with Prince Qing's Mansion in Yan City, Prince Qing's Mansion in Guiyan City is larger and has more servants.

Because of the emperor's death, when Chu Heng's carriage stopped in front of Prince Qing's mansion, the front of the mansion was completely clean, and if you walked inside, you couldn't see any other brightly colored objects.The servants who came and went changed into plain clothes, and when they saw Lu Ting and his party returning to the mansion, they saluted in a leisurely manner.

The old steward who came to greet him said that the palace has prepared a wing for the guests, and they can go to the wing to rest immediately.

Chu Heng was indeed a little tired, and immediately followed the servant who led the way to the wing.

Because of Lu Ting's back injury, the old steward arranged a small sedan chair and carried him through the palace and into the promenade, and through the backyard. Finally, the lotus pond, with only dead leaves left, finally reached King Qing's study in a corner of the backyard.

The door of the study room was open, and the elegant incense was wafting in the room. King Qing was sitting in it, writing something with a pen.

"Father."

After getting off the sedan chair, Lu Ting walked into the study.

King Qing said nothing, but raised his hand slightly to signal him to sit down beside him.

Lu Ting found a seat on the side of the study and sat down, and a servant hurriedly brought tea.After he finished drinking a cup of tea, King Qing put down his pen.

On the table is a copy of the entire "Ksitigarbha Vow Sutra".

"Among the brothers of this king, the emperor has longed to be an idle prince since he was a child. Back then, when the first emperor was dying, in order to save the king of Yuan, he promised the queen mother to make the emperor the crown prince, and left a decree ordering the crown prince to ascend the throne immediately. "

King Qing's voice was a little low.Lu Ting sat aside and listened silently.

"When the emperor ascended the throne, King Yuan was sent to the fief in a hurry before he even had time to wait for the first emperor. It wasn't until the crown prince was born that King Yuan was able to leave the fief and often went in and out of Yandu."

"Cheng Tan, you sent a letter to the king earlier, saying that the king of Yuan will definitely usurp the throne in the future, what evidence do you have?"

Lu Ting shook his head: "Father, father asks himself, if the crown prince ascends the throne, how long does father think Dayan can last?"

This time, it was King Qing's turn to remain silent.

This generation has its own set of unwritten rules.

The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die.Even if the relationship between the monarch and his ministers can be described as uncle and nephew, it will not be an exception.

Although Emperor Mingde was confused, he treated his brothers well, he was afraid, but he was not too cruel.

Son Xiao father.The prince is very similar to Emperor Mingde, but more benevolent than Emperor Mingde.

Or rather, timid.

"The bearded girl died, and Eunuch Chang was also beheaded in the wine shop. The little eunuch who delivered the letter ran headfirst into death in front of the prince. Now in the palace, those who know the truth about the emperor's death are afraid of dying and walking away. The truth about who made the tiger and wolf medicine will be hidden in the hearts of those people forever."

King Qing drew up the paperwork to be handed to the Queen Mother. Although he still begged the Queen Mother to allow him to return to court as soon as possible at the end, he had already given up any hope in his heart.

When the kings return to the court, I am afraid that those who want to send the crown prince to the throne of God, so as to control the government, will not be able to sleep at night.

"The hands of the Qiu family have stretched out longer and longer. In the past, they just sent young ladies into the palace, either as concubines or in marriages with the families of ministers. Since the emperor hired the daughter of the Qiu family as the crown prince, the actions of the Qiu family More and more frequently, the ambition has been revealed. But the emperor and the prince seem to be blinded by a leaf, and they don't know it at all."

Lu Ting frowned slightly.He has never paid much attention to the open and secret struggles in the court.But the actions of the Qiu family became more and more conspicuous day by day, and now the Gui family who is attached to the Qiu family are used as pawns to be placed in various places, and they are more openly conveying their ambitions to everyone.

Gui 21 Lang's chess piece can be moved or not.Both the governor's mansion and the prefect's mansion have people from King Qing. As long as Gui 21lang makes a small move, King Qing's mansion can get news.

"The Qiu family doesn't want the lords to return to court, what they are afraid of is..."

"What I'm afraid of is that after the king returns to the court, he will snatch Zhao Zhen's dragon chair that is almost sitting on his buttocks."

There was someone standing outside the door, with a gray ride covering his whole body, two men dressed as servants bowed in front of them, and turned slightly sideways to give way to the people behind them.

The wind blows the cigarettes in the study, curling up, and is blown away by the wind after a while.

The man straightened up and put down the hood that covered most of his face.

King Yuan was the youngest son of the first emperor during his lifetime.

At that time, although Lu Ting had doubts about his own life experience, but to the world, King Yuan was the youngest son of the late emperor.

As the youngest son of the first emperor, the word "Yuan" represents all the love of the first emperor for this son.

Yuan, as the initial, as one, as the head.

The first emperor once said, "This son is like me."

Now, this man Xiao Xiandi, who somewhat resembled Emperor Mingde and King Qing, stood outside the door of the study.

"Brother, if my brother really wants to take that dragon chair, will you help me?"

So said the young king of Yuan.

Lu Ting left the study.He has his own courtyard in Prince Qing's Mansion, and the servants and maidservants who used to serve are also waiting in the courtyard, just waiting for the return of the Lord.

But just got up from the sedan chair, Lu Ting suddenly asked: "The gentleman who came back with me, where does he live?"

"In the West Wing."

"Go there."

In Prince Qing's Mansion in Yancheng, the names of all the courtyards and pavilions were decided by King Qing casually.Compared with the elegant courtyard names set by Princess Qing in Prince Qing's Mansion in Yandu, this place seems more... casual.

The guests lived in the West Wing, so it was named the West Wing Courtyard.All the facilities in the courtyard are complete, even the servants are ready.

When Lu Ting arrived, Chu Heng just fell asleep lightly.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Lu Ting's expression was not right, Chu Heng sat up from the bed, patted the edge of the bed, and asked, "Did something happen?"

Lu Ting closed the door and sat down beside the bed: "King Yuan is here."

Chu Heng was taken aback: "Who?"

"His Royal Highness Yuan Wang." Lu Ting stretched out his hand, embraced Chu Heng, kissed his forehead, and said in a low voice, "His Royal Highness Yuan Wang is here, it seems that he has long been resentful towards the emperor."

"Based on how the emperor has behaved in these years, perhaps not only Yuan Wang has resentment, but the other princes may also feel uncomfortable."

Chu Heng got up and poured tea for Lu Ting: "What did King Yuan and King Qing say?"

Lu Ting lowered his head and sipped his tea slowly, and said for a while, "His Royal Highness Prince Yuan...he asked his adoptive father, if he really intends to usurp the throne, would his adoptive father be willing to bring Xishanying to help him?"

"King Yuan doesn't have military power." Chu Heng thought for a while, and said, "The only thing that needs to be considered by the Xishan Camp is the matter of loyalty to the emperor."

He remembered that in the original book, even though the first emperor granted the title of king and a fief to King Yuan before his death, the only troops that King Yuan could mobilize were just over a thousand personal soldiers.The rest of the troops in his fief only recognize the soldier talisman, and the soldier talisman is not in the hands of King Yuan.

It is obviously unreliable to rely on more than a thousand people to launch a palace coup and try to usurp the throne.

"Did King Yuan come to borrow troops?"

Lu Ting frowned: "The loyal king of the Xishan Camp is Dayan." He held Chu Heng's hand: "Although King Yuan did not bluntly say that he would borrow troops, since he came to the palace in disguise, he must be aiming at righteousness. By the promise of the Father."

Chu Heng looked at Lu Ting's expression: "Yuan Wang wants Qing Wang to stand in line?"

"His Royal Highness Prince Yuan begged the adoptive father that no matter what happens in Yandu in the future, the adoptive father will not leave the northwest."

"Does this mean that you want to use King Qing, and you are afraid that King Qing will use his military power to seize the throne?"

Father and son brothers in the Tian family are the monarch and minister, not father and son, brother and younger brother.

Both King Yuan and King Qing understand this, but King Yuan is ambitious and King Qing is loyal. This is the difference between the two brothers, and it may unexpectedly become a good way to cooperate.

At the very least, letting King Yuan be the emperor should not be worse than letting the crown prince be the puppet emperor of the Qiu family.

"If the 10,000+ sergeants of the Xishan Battalion let the Qiu family gain power, they will definitely be divided up bit by bit without waiting too long. At that time, who will guard the border area?"

"so?"

"So the adoptive father agreed."

Chu Heng closed his eyes, King Qing's agreement meant that they were formally involved in the battle for the throne.Even if the crown prince is called back to the palace immediately and succeeds immediately, King Yuan with the backing of King Qing will definitely drive him off the dragon chair as quickly as possible.

"Yantang." Lu Ting stretched out his hand and interlocked his fingers, "Go back while it's still peaceful."

Chu Heng paused.

"Now, before the chaos starts, you go back to Bieyun Villa. Just stay there and don't go anywhere."