One-third of the soldiers and horses in Gyeonggi were stationed near the small mines in Dongzhou. A few days ago, the emperor ordered the troops stationed there to secretly transfer the weapons made in the small mines back to the capital.

Unexpectedly, the news leaked, the army transporting the weapons was ambushed by unknown figures, and all the boxes containing the weapons were taken away.

In the living room of Nan Rong's house, Su Chen narrated with a solemn expression.

"This matter has already caused a lot of trouble, and His Royal Highness the Second Prince is in charge. The emperor called urgently, and he has already rushed back."

Hearing this, Nan Rongyue looked at Yu Wenrui suddenly, but she couldn't see anything from her expressionless face.

But she had an intuition that this matter must have something to do with Yu Wenrui.

Jiang Liumu frowned tightly: "Your Highness the Second Prince...is there anything wrong?"

There was a moment of silence, and the atmosphere in the living room was somewhat depressed, and the laughter and laughter just now were swept away.

Because of the relationship between Yu Wenfeng and Jiang Hanfang, the Nan Rong family had already regarded Yu Wenfeng as their own by default, and now that this incident happened, the Nan Rong family were also quite worried about whether Yu Wenfeng would be blamed by the emperor.

Although Yu Wenfeng is the emperor's favorite, but accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, and the emperor's temperament is unpredictable, so he should be careful.

Nan Rongyu glanced at Nan Rongya and asked, "Do you know who stole those weapons?"

Su Chen replied: "The other party did it very covertly. It is not clear yet. It may be the Pei family or the rebels."

He sighed and continued: "But no matter what, the charge of dereliction of duty of His Royal Highness the Second Prince cannot be escaped. Some officials in the capital have jointly impeached him and asked the emperor to punish him."

Several people chatted a few words with heavy thoughts, Nan Rongya waved his hands wearily, not wanting to continue this topic.

The children were winking, saluted Nan Rongya, and walked out of the hall one after another.

After sending the servants away, only Nan Rongyu and Nan Rongya were left in the living room.

Nan Rongya closed her eyes and said slowly: "Yu'er, do you think Hanfang's child will really get well with the second prince?"

The Nanrong family has had no connection with the royal family since ancient times. Nan Rongya never thought that Jiang Hanfang would fall in love with the second prince, but the elders of the Nanrong family have always been open-minded and never imposed their own views on their children and grandchildren. Not to point fingers.

But now, Nan Rongya has doubts about her actions.

Yu Wenfeng is the prince, although he has been favored by the emperor so far, the royal family has fought a lot since ancient times, and if he is not careful, his life is in danger. It is also very dangerous for Jiang Hanfang to stay by his side, so he must not be able to live comfortably.

And the current situation is turbulent, even if it seems that Yu Wenfeng has a great chance of winning at present, even if he finally takes that position, after enjoying the thrill of power, can he still treat Jiang Hanfang well?Can he still treat her wholeheartedly?

People are unpredictable!

Nan Rongyu sighed, "Mother, this is the children's own choice after all. Don't worry too much, try to let go and trust them. After all, the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge."

……

That night, in Nan Rongyue's room.

"Third Princess, you were the one who took the weapon away, right?" Nan Rongyue looked sharp.

Yu Wenrui smiled, and said in a pure tone: "It's against the law to snatch weapons. How dare I do it? Besides, the slaves have been staying by the saintess's side to serve her personally, so where is the chance?"

"Stop being slick, even if you didn't do it, you must have been a hindrance! Anyway... this matter has nothing to do with you!"

"Miss Saintess calm down?" Yu Wenrui walked around behind Nan Rongyue and patted her shoulders courteously.

Hearing her say this, Nan Rongyue knew that Yu Wenrui had acquiesced.

Nan Rongyue took her hand away and said in disapproval: "What's the benefit of causing the second prince to be reprimanded by the emperor? Do you know how worried Sister Hanfang will be if you do this?"

Yu Wenrui was silent.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Nan Rongyue said anxiously: "You promised, you said you would not harm Nan Rong's family!"

Yu Wenrui stood behind Nan Rongyue, closed his eyes, and opened them again.

After a long time, Yu Wenrui said, "I have not done any harm to the Nanrong family."

The so-called "disadvantage", Yu Wenrui's understanding is "not to harm the interests of Nan Rong's family", she only considers the material level, as for who is too worried, who is sad and tears, she can't control it.

What's more, the rebels in Dongzhou really needed those weapons.

Now, it was Nan Rongyue who was silent.

Even though Nan Rongyue was biased towards Yu Wenrui, they still couldn't agree on their positions. The two of them would inevitably have differences in their ideas, and they couldn't work together to fight side by side.

"Don't overdo it." After a while, Nan Rongyue compromised.

Yu Wenrui gave a soft "hmm".

Nan Rongyue continued: "There are some problems, we all need to calm down and think about it."

"Huh?" Yu Wenrui made a confused nasal sound.

"I'm a little tired, let's sleep in separate rooms tonight."

After saying this, Nan Rongyue stood up, opened the door and left.

The door was not closed, and the night wind was cold, blowing towards his face, just like Yu Wenrui's mood at the moment.

The huge room was empty, and Yu Wenrui stared at her receding figure for a long time, then also got up and left.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

……

The imperial palace and imperial study room are brightly lit.

The emperor closed the impeachment letter, rubbed his temples wearily, and said indifferently: "Feng'er, you were negligent about this matter."

Yu Wenfeng knelt on the ground and said: "This matter is my son's fault, please punish my father!"

Yu Wenqian stared at the top of his head and said, "I heard that when the army was transporting weapons, you left your post without authorization and went to Xizhou to meet Jiang's daughter?"

Yu Wenfeng's eyebrows jumped, he lowered his head and said: "I know I was wrong!"

"Hmph!" Yu Wenqian snorted heavily.

"I said a long time ago that the daughter of the Jiang family has a very different status from you, and she is only worthy of being a side concubine, so you don't have to pay too much attention to it."

"But you are blinded by love and love, and you refuse to listen to a word of persuasion from your father. I told you to have a good relationship with the saint of the Nanrong family, but you didn't listen!"

The emperor finished speaking in one breath, a little out of breath.

He Ling Ran said: "Yu Wenfeng, are you going to disobey me?"

Yu Wenfeng lowered his head and listened quietly, and suddenly said excitedly: "Father, I can listen to you on everything, but I hope to be able to make my own decisions about the matter of marriage!"

"You bastard! How can you decide for yourself with the order of your parents and the words of the matchmaker!" The emperor slapped the table heavily, and the ground shook three times.

"Do you know how many officials took the opportunity to attack and impeach you because of this incident?"

"My son..."

The emperor interrupted him bitterly: "I won't listen to your explanation, think about it!"

After finishing speaking, Yu Wengan shook his sleeves angrily and left.

He originally intended to make Yu Wenfeng the crown prince, but now it seems that he has to think about it.

……

After one wave of ups and downs, another wave rose again. Ten days later, another accident happened in Dongzhou. As soon as this incident happened, it immediately caused an uproar.

It turned out that a peasant uprising broke out in the coastal area south of Dongzhou.

As we all know, the Dark Sea is the only sea area in the Elemental Continent. It is located at the southernmost tip of the continent, straddling the eastern and western states. It is rich in products, fish and other seafood, and the maritime trade is developed, which is the material guarantee for the survival of coastal fishermen.

Logically speaking, the people living here should be contented and happy, live and work in peace and contentment, with a high happiness index, and the possibility of ordinary people rebelling is extremely small, so why did they rise up?

The reason is still the fault of the Dongzhou government headed by the Pei family. The tax burden set by the government for the common people is unreasonable, and there are a lot of miscellaneous taxes.

During the fishing season, the sailors and fishermen who go to sea harvest extremely richly. They originally thought that they would sell part of the seafood in the market, leaving a small part to be self-sufficient and accumulate a lot of wealth by then.

Unexpectedly, the government imposed compulsory taxation. Not only did the fishermen have to hand in a lot of money, the big ones were gone, and the little money left was not enough for food and clothing. Protection fees.

If the protection fee is not paid, the inspectors will bring people under various names to smash the seafood that the fishermen have worked so hard to catch, and the unarmed people are forced to use force, and they are trembling one by one, let alone dare to say anything.

When people from the government came, they were all respectful and smiling, and when they left, they immediately scolded their mothers behind their backs. The common people did not dare to discuss in broad daylight. , and then looked at himself who was completely destitute, and his heart was full of helpless resentment.

Song Shu and others took the opportunity to spread rumors, and sent a few people to secretly promote and guide public opinion in the streets and alleys, saying that everything that happened in the coastal area was the fault of the Pei family.

Those people claimed that they came from other counties in Dongzhou, where the government has a good style, treats the people very well, and the people live a prosperous life.After that, the people along the coast believed it was true, and hated themselves for living under the rule of the Pei family, so they transferred the blame from the Dongzhou government to the Pei family.

Finally one day, when the common people heard that the city and county lords in Dongzhou refused to accept the rule of the Pei family and rebelled collectively, they were all overjoyed. They took hoes and spatulas as weapons and rose up to support the rebels.

The rebels lived up to expectations, distributed food and weapons to poor people who were willing to join the army, and sent troops to protect their families. They considered everything that was beneficial to the people extremely thoughtful.

After the emperor learned about this incident, he belatedly realized that things were going awry. There was an external force beyond his control that was secretly promoting all this. It was originally a battle between the Pei family and the rebels, but for some reason it turned into a national uprising !

The emperor paced back and forth in the imperial study, turning around in a hurry, but there was nothing he could do.

Let's send troops to suppress the uprising. This is against the will of the people. Not only will it arouse the dissatisfaction of the common people and shake his own rule, what's more, it's too late for the emperor to weaken the Pei family. Let him send troops to assist the Pei family?The emperor was extremely reluctant.

Why don't you send troops to support it? The emperor is also worried that the development of the matter will become more and more out of his control. According to the current situation, the combination of the rebels, the undead, and the people is overwhelming. The resistance of the Pei family alone may not take more than three months. The Pei family will suffer a crushing defeat. When the rebels gain power and Dongzhou falls, the emperor's rule will also be shaken.

For a while, the emperor was caught in a dilemma, feeling restless.

At the same moment, in Yu Wenrui's room in the Temple of Light.

Yu Wenrui sat in front of the desk with his chin propped up, and with the other hand he was writing and drawing on a piece of paper, thinking about what to write next.

Putting a tick at the end of the two lines, Yu Wenrui put down his pen.

I saw the words "shake the foundation of Dongzhou and the emperor's rule" and "distribute the intercepted weapons to the people" written on the paper. The two lines of small characters are neat and elegant, quite like everyone.

Yu Wenrui took a last look at the paper, she smiled lightly, raised her hand and put the paper on the candle, letting it burn to ashes.

Everything is under control...

The author has something to say: Everyone in the royal family: Who is plotting against me?

Yu Wenrui: Hehe.

Nan Rongyue: ...

The speed of life and death without saving manuscripts QAQ

In the next chapter, the two will reconcile.

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