Didn't Love You Enough

Xuanyuan Hancheng works in a large tent, today is the third day since he left Jiabao, and his thoughts are already flooding...

Three days ago, he bid farewell to his reluctant Jiabao and followed his father to sacrifice to heaven. This was Yuntai's first sacrifice in six years, and it was also the most important one this year.In order to ensure that the weather will be smooth and the country peaceful and the people safe this year, the emperor must bathe and fast for three days, pray for blessings in person and lead all civil and military officials to pray to heaven.

Xuanyuan Hancheng maintains daily correspondence with Jiabao, this is the first time he has been away from Jiabao for so long since Jiabao came to him.Flipping through the letter from Jiabao sent by the dark guard, the corners of Xuanyuan Hancheng's mouth twitched slightly.

In the letter, Lin Jiabao described his daily life in detail.In the morning, I will pay my respects to the Empress. After lunch, I will take a nap. Next, I will study with Master Qiu, and then I will practice writing and painting by myself.In the letter, Jiabao honestly told Xuanyuan Hancheng how he missed him, saying that when Xuanyuan Hancheng came back, it would be the Lantern Festival.In the letter, Jiabao acted like a baby and said that he wanted to go to Yudianfang to make snacks, and asked Xuanyuan Hancheng for permission.Jiabao also said that he wanted to make Lantern Festival by himself, and asked Xuanyuan Hancheng what kind of stuffing he likes, etc.Although they are all trivial things in daily life, Xuanyuan Hancheng never gets tired of reading them over and over again...

Xuanyuan Han took up a pen to reply to Jiabao's letter, and also wrote his miss for Guaibao in the letter.It is not impossible to tell Guaibao to go to the Yudian room to make snacks, but Yuan Qing must be with him and bring the guards, and he can only stay in the Yudian room for an hour at most, so I advise Guaibao not to tire himself out.Regarding the content of Yuanxiao, Xuanyuan Hancheng said that he likes everything that Guaibao likes.And ask Guaibao to wait for him to come back obediently, and in two days he can return home and reunite with Guaibao.

After writing, hand over the letter to the dark guard and ask him to send it back as soon as possible and ask the dark guard, "Is there no progress on Zheng Rong's side?"

"There was no new progress when my subordinate set off." The dark guard replied.

"Go back and tell Zheng Rong to give Gu the answer as soon as possible." If the time passes, King Li will definitely notice.

"promise."

A few days ago, the secret guard came to report and seized two nail joints who came to the palace of the former princess.One of them committed suicide by taking poison, and the other was captured alive when he was about to take poison.However, this man is the dead man of King Li, and he has never let go.Xuanyuan Hancheng was a little disappointed that he could not get definite evidence of the collusion between King Li and the princess.

Xuanyuan Hancheng got up and went out of the tent, and came to the big tent of his father Emperor Xuanyuan Zhaoshen.He told his father about King Li, and Emperor Xuanyuanzhao listened deeply and said, "I will send spies over there in Licheng to investigate the news of King Li."

Afterwards, Xuanyuan Zhaoshen discussed with the prince about offering sacrifices to heaven tomorrow.Xuanyuan Zhaoshen was very satisfied with this son, this time Xuanyuan Hancheng offered to let other princes to participate in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.Xuanyuan Hancheng said that the younger brothers are all grown up, so they can all participate in the major events of the Xuanyuan Dynasty.He also hopes that his younger brothers can become the help of the Xuanyuan Empire in the future, and work together with him to realize the prosperity of the Xuanyuan Empire.

In the battle for the throne in the early years, Xuanyuan Zhaoshen and the other princes had no brotherhood, but only mutual defense, conspiracy and calculations.For the prince to get along well with the other princes, the brothers and sisters are still very happy.

At this time, the eunuch's voice came from outside the tent. It was Zhao Yong, the chief servant beside the father, who came in with a guard behind him. The guard lowered his head and carefully carried the tray.

Zhao Yong first went forward to greet the emperor and His Royal Highness, and the guards behind him also saluted and greeted him.Zhao Yong brought the soup to the table. "Your Majesty, please have a supper. I have prepared wild mushroom soup for you tonight."

Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince was also in the emperor's tent, the guard's eyes jumped.Hastily bowed his head and retreated, Xuanyuan Hancheng glanced at him.Feeling that the guard looked familiar, he stopped him and asked, "What's your name?"

The guard obviously didn't expect His Royal Highness to question him, and was a little panicked for a while.

Seeing that he did not return to His Royal Highness, Zhao Yong quickly replied to His Royal Highness: "Reporting to His Royal Highness, this is Wu Zhijie, the imperial guard, who was transferred from the imperial army because he came out to worship the heavens this time. He has been at the Xuanwu Gate before. On duty." He naturally knew the details of the imperial guards beside the emperor.There were many princes traveling this time, and some of them were specially dispatched from the imperial army to protect their safety.

"Wu Zhijie?! How old are you this year? You look very young." Xuanyuan Hancheng recalled the message of this person in his heart.

"Go back to His Royal Highness, this servant is 23 this year." Wu Zhijie didn't dare to look at His Royal Highness, he was very guilty and just wanted to leave quickly.

Xuanyuan Hancheng finally remembered who Wu Zhijie was.Looking at Wu Zhijie with erratic eyes, Xuanyuan Hancheng felt alarm bells ringing in his heart.

Xuanyuan Hancheng suddenly picked up the steaming soup on the table and handed it to Wu Zhijie. "Drink it."

Seeing the soup in front of him, Wu Zhijie took a step back and knelt down. "Slave...slave...don't dare..."

Xuanyuan Hancheng knew that there was something wrong with the soup just by looking at him, and looked at him with a half-smile, "I'll reward you, drink it!"

Wu Zhijie knelt on the ground, his face was already sweating nervously. "Slave...slave...damn..."

Xuanyuan Zhaoshen knew there was something wrong with the soup when the prince forced Wu Zhijie to drink it.He ordered Zhao Yong to find Imperial Physician Chen, the imperial physician who followed him on this trip, and ordered Wu Zhijie to be guarded quietly.

"Cheng'er, how did you find out?" Xuanyuan Zhaoshen didn't find anything wrong with Wu Zhijie from the beginning to the end.

"My son accidentally found out that Wu Zhijie was born in Xue Gui's outer room. It was a random question, but I didn't expect him to be so panicked." This is what Xuanyuan Hancheng knew in his previous life. After the Xue family collapsed, Wu Zhijie told others The report is Xue Gui's illegitimate son.At that time, Wu Zhijie had served in the Forbidden Army for many years, and he had never been involved in the affairs of Xue's family through his own efforts.Xuanyuan Hancheng didn't deal with him, but just demoted him to the army.I don't want Wu Zhijie to have such an accident in this life...

It turned out that Xue Gui's son-in-law was gone in this life, and he remembered that he still had a more promising concubine.Wu Zhijie's mother was an upright official in a brothel, and was put outside after the young Xue Guixuan.Of course it is impossible for the Xue family to accept a prostitute's child, especially Xue Gui's eldest son.To avoid unnecessary trouble, Xue Gui has been hiding it.

Wu Zhijie himself is also a man of integrity. After his mother passed away, he joined the Forbidden Army through his own efforts.Xue Gui thought of Wu Zhijie for the important event of the king this time, he is the best candidate.For this reason, he promised Wu Zhijie that as long as things are done, he will be allowed to return to Xue's house.And put him under the name of the Zhao family as his son. In this life, Wu Zhijie finally did not resist the temptation of the son of the Xue family and agreed.

Doctor Chen came in to examine the soup, "Reporting to the Emperor and His Royal Highness, there is a colorless and odorless Mongolian perspiration medicine in this soup. If you drink all this soup, you may fall into a coma for three days and three nights...

Xuanyuan Zhaoshen immediately told Zhao Yong: "Go and see, is this supper still being delivered elsewhere? Hurry up and stop it..."

"No." Zhao Yong quickly ran out, his body was already in cold sweat, he had checked the soup with a silver needle, but he found nothing wrong with it.This Wu Zhijie is really hateful, no wonder he keeps pestering him, making him want to show his face in front of the emperor, it turns out he has bad intentions.

Zhao Yong ran out for a while and came back panting. "Reporting to the emperor, His Royal Highness and the other four princes sent them over for supper again. Except for the second prince who hadn't had a drink while he was boxing, the other three princes had already drank the soup and fell asleep."

Xuanyuan Zhao asked Chen Taiyi deeply, "Is there an antidote for this Mongolian sweat medicine?"

Chen Taiyi replied: "Return to the emperor, this Mongolian sweat medicine should be obtained from the rivers and lakes, please allow me to go back and check how many herbs are used in this Mongolian sweat medicine, and then prepare it."

Xuanyuan Zhao nodded deeply, "Hurry up..."

"No." The imperial physician withdrew.

At this moment, there are only Xuanyuan Zhaoshen and Xuanyuan Hancheng father and son left in the tent, Xuanyuan Hancheng and his father looked at each other, "Father's matter is probably a joint action of King Li and the Xue family, why don't we just plan..."

In the early morning of the second day, green smoke rose from the camp where they were stationed.

At Chenshi, civil and military officials came to the sacrificial site early to wait.I haven't seen the emperor coming for a long time, not even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and other princes.

The official is also muttering in his heart, it's almost time...

Xue Gui was overjoyed in his heart, he had already received the signal from his son.Last night's actions were foolproof, and this time he had to risk his life to decide to do such a big thing.

Xue Gui looked at the officials standing in front of him, secretly proud in his heart that he will stand at the front in the future...

Xue Gui's position is in the middle, not as far forward as Xue Rong's.Xue Gui looked at his elder brother Xue Rong, who was at the front, envious and jealous of his elder brother Xue Rong, who was the leader of the Xue family.As for him, Xue Gui, outsiders would say that he is Lord Xue Rong's younger brother.

The reason for cooperating with King Li is that Xue Gui also thinks that one day he can surpass his elder brother.In the future, Xue Gui will be the first thing that comes to mind when mentioning the Xue family.So this time he wanted to do something big...

"His Royal Highness Li Wang is here..." Li Wang Xuanyuan Zhaohong walked slowly under the protection of a group of guards.

"His Royal Highness Li Wang..." The courtiers looked at His Highness Li Wang in surprise. This Li Wang should go to Licheng again. Fan Wang is not allowed to enter the capital without an edict. Now His Highness Li Wang is...

Some old officials felt something bad when they saw His Highness Li Wang coming, but they didn't see the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince.

"The emperor and the crown prince are ill. This king will preside over the sacrifice to heaven." King Li said loudly, looking at the ministers below who were discussing a lot.

Prime Minister Xie Changqing asked King Li, "Sacrificing to heaven is a big event, the emperor will not be absent without reason, may King Li have the emperor's order."

Xie Changqing was the head of the civil servants, he was only sixty years old and had gone through two dynasties, so he refused to believe what King Li said.After the prime minister finished speaking, the following ministers echoed.

"The emperor is already sick and delirious, so he can't issue an order. The auspicious time for offering sacrifices to heaven is approaching, so don't delay the auspicious time." King Li ignored Xie Changqing's words and insisted on supporting the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

"Except for the emperor to preside over the sacrifice to heaven, only the prince can preside over it. I'm afraid you don't have the qualification, Li Wang." Xie Changqing was still relentless.

"This king is also the first emperor's son, why can't he offer sacrifices to the heavens. Stop talking nonsense, the sacrifice can begin." Li Wang said arrogantly.Both Emperor Xuanyuan Zhaoshen and Crown Prince Xuanyuan Hancheng have been fascinated.Of course it was justifiable for him to offer sacrifices to heaven, he had waited too long for a day.As early as when the first emperor was alive, he had brought him to sacrifice to heaven, and he had vowed in his heart that he would also stand in the position of his father in the future.And what does Xuanyuan Zhaoshen have? It's just luck that he ascended to the throne.At that time, the first emperor clearly wanted him to inherit the throne.

The more Xuanyuan Zhaohong thought about it, the more unwilling he became. Today he has to sacrifice to heaven.This was also the reason why he rushed to the altar instead of checking the unconscious emperor and prince first.

After he finishes offering sacrifices to heaven, he will go clean them up.If it wasn't for poisoning them directly, he would be found out. He really wanted to poison them to death once and for all.But there is no rush, he still wants to enjoy the fun of torturing them, and when Xuanyuan Zhaoshen is forced to issue the edict of abdication, after he ascends the throne in a legitimate way, he will use some means to kill them.

Xuanyuan Zhaohong knew the crown prince Xuanyuan Hancheng, and he and the crown princess jointly killed his heir, so he knew his fate according to Xuanyuan Hancheng's personality.Thinking about the exterminated barbarians, Xuanyuan Zhaohong had no choice but to strike first, but he didn't expect to succeed so smoothly... God is really helping him!

Seeing that the ministers did not cooperate, King Li raised his eyebrows, so the guards went up and surrounded the ministers.

"Your Majesty Li, you are planning to rebel!" Xie Changqing scolded loudly.

Xue Rong looked at all this, frowned, and said nothing, King Li was too reckless this time...

At this time Xue Gui ran forward, "I will invite His Royal Highness King Li to preside over the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven." Xue Gui looked at Xue Rong who was silent at the side and said, "Brother, why don't you support His Royal Highness Li Wang with me..."

Xue Rong looked at his excited younger brother and sighed in his heart.Things have come to this point, there is no other way, their Xue family can only go to the dark one way.

King Li watched with satisfaction the Xue family and the ministers of the Xue family line surrendered, and was about to board the sacrificial platform at the beginning.

At this time, there was an angry shout from a distance: "You dare, King Li!"