History of Yongwu

Gensari 26 years

The Mingyue Palace after dusk, under the cover of golden light, looks particularly charming and intoxicating. The newly favored concubine Liu is leaning against the half-white haired Emperor Wu

"Your Majesty, this lowly maid has offended my concubine, is that all for your Majesty?" Concubine Liu said softly, holding her slender voice.

A woman was kneeling on the ground, her clothes were white, she must be a palace official with no status, the little eunuch was slapping her mouth next to her, the woman lowered her head, letting the blood flow from the corner of her mouth.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty stretched out his hand to touch Concubine Liu's smooth face, and asked with a smile, "Then what do you think should be done?"

Concubine Liu shyly buried her head in Emperor Wu's chest, "The concubine listens to His Majesty"

"Then punish her as a slave in the Huanyi Bureau, what do you think?" Emperor Ming Wu lifted the woman's chin and teased, but everyone present didn't take it seriously.

"Father!"

Not far away, a young man rushed over. With a round face, a pair of bright eyes, and handsome eyebrows, everything looked so extravagant, but his clothes were shabby.

"Father is kind, my mother is too old to be tired from the clothing bureau"

Emperor Ming Wu looked up at the boy kneeling on the ground, his eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

"This is Sima Shaojun, the sixteenth prince, the son of the palace man," the old eunuch next to him saw it and immediately whispered.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty had a romantic life and gave birth to many sons and daughters. He didn't know many princes with low status like Sima Shaojun who didn't see each other very often.

"Oh" Emperor Wu replied, still without any emotion.

Sima Shaojun knelt on the ground and kept knuckling his head in prayer, blood was oozing faintly from his forehead, the palace people looked at him with unbearable eyes, but she, who was always cowardly, did not dare to say anything.

"Father, the child is willing to make amends for the mother, please forgive me." Sima Shaojun gritted his teeth when he saw his mother's dodging eyes.

"Father Emperor" the young man in brocade robe who was older than Sima Shaojun said, "Although there are people in the palace, the sixteenth brother is also benevolent and filial. Beiyong Changshen has failed for years. Why don't you give the sixteenth brother a chance to repay his favor?"

Sima Shaoan didn't care about this younger brother he didn't know and a low-status palace official. The Liu family had risen too fast this year. If Concubine Liu became a noble concubine and gave birth to a son, then his status would not be in danger, so he must suppress it!And it just so happens that he also lacks such a 'brother' to help brother Li Wang organize his subordinates.

"Then do as Shao An said!" After Wudi finished speaking, he got up and walked towards the sleeping hall. In fact, he was a little tired after such a toss, and now he just wanted to hug the beauty and go back to the sleeping hall to sleep.

"Thank you, father, for your kindness." Sima Shaojun knelt on the ground alone, with only a cowardly palace man beside him.

In the small courtyard in the corner of the palace, the palace people looked at their son who was about to leave, squatted down and hugged him, and said softly, "Shaojun, mother will pray for you."

"Mother" Sima Shaojun pushed away the palace man, his handsome eyebrows twitched, and said, "Praying is useless."

The imperial palace does not need pity, let alone the blessing of gods and Buddhas. After stepping out, it can only protect itself.

雍京

Sima Shaojun was sitting in the carriage, he opened the curtain, just in time to see the plaque of the city gate slowly sliding past his eyes, he looked at the straight bluestone road, a look of ruthlessness flashed across his slightly immature face.

"Young master is here," said the person outside the car.

"En." Sima Shaojun agreed, took a breath, put his face together and got out of the car.

Hanshan Trading Company, Sima Shaojun looked at the plaque, and followed the guide upstairs.In the attic on the top floor, the guide opened the door and sat alone in the room, looking up at him for a while before getting up.

"See Your Highness"

Sima Shaojun looked at his expression, curled the corners of his mouth, stepped forward two steps and said, "Master Chang, I need you to take care of me in the future." His eyes swept over Chang Shen, and then timidly fell aside.

"Your Highness is so humble." Chang Shen smiled, looking very kind.

The two sat down, and his subordinates brought tea. Chang Shen poured a cup for Sima Shaojun and brought it to him, "Your Highness, there are two Hanshan Trading Co., Ltd. in the capital, and outside Yongjing, there are branches in thirteen counties within the Guan..."

"Master Chang" Ma Shaojun picked up the teacup, rubbed it in his hand anxiously, and said to him, "You have always been responsible for these things. I just arrived here and traveled all the way. Let's rest first."

"Despicable and negligent" Chang Shen got up, called his followers and said, "Hurry up and take His Highness to rest"

"Farewell" Sima Shaojun saluted.

The door closed, Chang Shen sat back at the table, a moment later a person walked out from behind the screen in the corner, stood behind him, and bowed slightly, "My lord, why do you do this to a yellow-mouthed child, how about..."

"No, he was sent by Prince Yu after all. The dispute between the prince and the court is becoming more and more intense. Don't act rashly at this time and ruin the prince's affairs."

Chang Shen said with his arms on the table, sneered and said, "Besides, no matter what you say...he is the prince after all"

Hmph Fei Ying snorted disdainfully, prince?The most indispensable thing in His Majesty's palace is the prince, a prince from a humble background and unknown, who is nothing.

夜晚

Sima Shaojun sat on the bedside, looking at the moon outside the window, and the moonlight in Yongjing was no different. He leaned on the pillow and looked at the night sky quietly, when suddenly there was a slight voice, he shook his hand , sit up at once.

"Your Highness" came a deep voice, Sima Shaojun turned his head, and saw a figure standing by the window, coming quietly.

"Meet the messenger" Sima Shaojun stood up and saluted.

The envoy came out from the shadows and looked at this somewhat weak figure, "My lord is destined, and the Chang family is rampant, so we can't leave this place to the Chang family."

"What do you want me to do?" Sima Shaojun asked in a low voice.

The man took a few steps forward, lowered his head slightly, and whispered in his ear.

"Don't worry, my lord." Sima Shaojun saluted again, and said in a respectful and modest voice, "I will definitely live up to my trust."

The man nodded, without saying a word, and left the room quietly.In front of the window, Sima Shaojun looked up at the moon again, and he suddenly felt that the moonlight seemed to be somewhat different.

Jingshi

King Yu stood in the waterside pavilion, listened to the reports from his subordinates and left, passed through the atrium, came to the back garden, and stood outside a courtyard and lightly knocked on the door.

"Sir," he pushed the door open.

Chu Yuebai looked up at him and asked, "Is everything all right?"

"Sima Shaojun has arrived in Yongjing, Chang Shen treated him very politely." King Yu sat aside.

Hehe...Chu Yuebai chuckled twice, "Playing hard to get, why is Chang Shen afraid of a 12-year-old child, there is something else hidden."

"Mr." Wang Yu showed doubts on his face, looked at him worriedly and asked, "Can a Sima Shaojun really take Yongjing into our hands?"

"not necessarily"

"That··"

"Don't forget, King Liang of Beiyong has died for more than a year. Emperor Beiyong has been busy paying off the remnants of King Liang. Afterwards, Beiyong will probably clean up the interior and aim at our bright moon."

Chu Yuebai spoke in a leisurely tone, poured a cup of tea in her hand without rushing, looked at the few flowers in the courtyard and said, "Hanshan Trading Co., Ltd. has been fruitless for years because of Chang Shen's incompetence, and also because of his brother Chang Feng's jealousy." Jealousy, but that side is about to become important. Beiyong's battle for heir has never stopped. Now that King Liang is gone, it will soon be on the table. It's time for us to take advantage of it. "

"But Sima Shaojun has this talent?" Yu Wang Yousi curled his lips in disdain, "What if Chang Shen kills him?"

"If you send your confidants there, how could King Li allow it, and how could Chang Shen be negligent? After all, his surname is Sima, he is the prince, and he can order Chang Shen in name, besides..." Chu Yuebai slightly raised his eyebrows. Eyebrows, eyes showing a cold light: "Chang Shen really killed him, but it would be better. I'm afraid the Chang family will not be able to explain the death of a prince. Isn't it just a chance to give us?"

"So... I want to enter the palace and ask for a will for my sixteenth brother." Yu Wang smiled and got up to leave.

雍京

Sima Shaojun sat across from Chang Shen, said uneasy and embarrassing, "Master Chang, I also have no other choice, the emperor has orders, I have to obey"

"Hehe...what did His Highness say?" Chang Shen smiled deeply, and said to him, "Your Majesty has an order, and we will naturally go through fire and water. It's just that Beiyong always takes strict precautions. I don't know how His Highness can send people to sneak into the Beiyong Dynasty."

"This..." Sima Shaojun's face was full of embarrassment, and he said uncertainly, "It's better to choose a loyal and brave man, enter the academy, and proceed step by step."

"Beiyong's custom is that it is difficult for scholars without any family background to enter the palace. Even if they enter, without the help of the family, it is difficult to gain a foothold in the court. Your Highness may not be right."

"..." Sima Shaojun smiled awkwardly, and said to him, "Lord Chang, you have been in Yongjing for a long time, and you still need to consider this matter. I'm not learned enough, and I don't have enough qualifications. I'm afraid it will ruin the big event."

Chang Shen looked at him for a while, smiled kindly, stood up and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, this matter is handled by a humble official, Your Highness can rest assured."

Outside, Fei Ying looked at Chang Shen who was standing silently in the courtyard and asked, "Why did your lord help him?"

"I'm not helping him. Your Majesty has an order. If we don't finish it, how can King Yu let us go? It's not a pity for him to die. Do you want us to be buried with him?" Chang Shen said coldly.

On the attic, Sima Shaojun hid behind the window, looking at the two whispering below, the corner of his eye twitched, he turned and left.

It was another moonlit night, and Sima Shaojun was sitting at the table. There was no light in the room, only the thin, cool moonlight. There was a blur in front of his eyes, and a person was already standing opposite.

"Messenger" Sima Shaojun stood up and asked, "How?"

"This is what you want." The messenger handed the things to him and asked, "What do you want these for?"

"I thought that if you want Chang Shen to fail, you must know yourself and the enemy, and know Yong Jing better than him, otherwise I will not be able to fulfill the prince's order."

The messenger left without saying a word. Sima Shaojun leaned against the window, lit a small candle, and carefully read the writing on the paper with the faint light.

A small silhouette was outlined on the paper window. Looking from a distance, he seemed to be a hard-working scholar who read at night by candlelight at a young age.

in a few days

"What do you think, Your Highness?" Chang Shen asked.

Mu Zhengfeng... Sima Shaojun said something in his heart, glanced at the portrait beside him and said, "Who is this Mu Zhengfeng, and why did the Second Prince of Beiyong save his old ministry?"

"Mu Zhengfeng, the marquis of Diancheng, was a member of the Northern Yongqing Party. Later, his family was exterminated due to party disputes. In the 18th year of Beiyong Fude, Taishi Lin Yun rehabilitated the Mu family. Lin Taishi was the father of the Queen of Beiyong, that is, the second Prince Qin Hao's mother clan"

"So that's how it is." Sima Shaojun nodded, staring at Qin Hao's portrait, hesitantly said, "Master Chang, I think this matter may be slightly inappropriate. How can people from the Mu family make Qin Hao help, even become confidantes, and how can Qin Hao be credulous?"

"Your Highness is right." Chang smiled deeply and looked at him, "I don't know what His Highness thinks?"

"If you can assume the name of a member of the Mu clan, it should be better for someone else to get close to you," Sima Shaojun said, with some uncertainty in his tone.

"Change someone? Who does Your Highness think should be replaced?"

"Qin Yu, the Sixth Prince of Beiyong"

The sixth prince... Chang Shen frowned slightly, looked at Sima Shaojun secretly smiling in his heart, he nodded cooperatively, and then said, "Your Highness is very thoughtful, but I'm afraid it's difficult for the members of the Mu clan?"

"Master Chang needs to worry about this matter," Sima Shaojun said hastily.

"Naturally, His Highness has a trick in his humble position. I'm afraid I will offend His Highness. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Sima Shaojun clenched his hands under the table violently, and said flatly, "It's okay for Mr. Chang to speak frankly."

"Your Highness, the Mu family was exterminated in the 18th year of Fude, 12 years ago. They are about the same age as His Highness, and have a humble job. If His Highness is willing to pretend to be Mu Zhengfeng's posthumous son, His Highness is smart and quick, and he will succeed," Chang Shen said. Stand up and salute deeply.

Sima Shaojun stood up abruptly and said, "But..."

"Your Highness" Chang Shen interrupted, "Your Majesty cares about the affairs of Yongjing. If Your Highness can facilitate this matter, His Majesty will surely be rewarded by His Majesty. Your Majesty is also proud of His Highness in the palace."

"...This..." Sima Shaojun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."

"Let's get ready for the humble job." Chang Shen left quickly.

"My lord" Fei Ying followed beside him, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, I can't wait, but their thinking is too simple, the sixth prince... I'm afraid they haven't heard of it"

"Hehe, it's even better. It's better for him to die by himself than us. What's more, the matter is messed up. How should King Yu explain to His Majesty?"

After Chang Shen left, Sima Shaojun returned to his room, closed the door gently, and suddenly leaned his back against the door and let out a deep breath.

"It's okay...it's okay." Sima Shaojun comforted himself softly, "The first step is very smooth."

The cold sweat on his palms was blown dry, Sima Shaojun calmed down slowly, sat down at the table, looked out from the small window "Yong Jing, what is it like?" He murmured in a low voice.

It doesn't matter what it is, only if you leave here, not caught between Chang Shen and Yu Wang, and only if you become that pawn in the Beiyong Dynasty, can your life not be in danger, and you can have... more.

If it is your destiny, be the most important one, step on everything, step on everyone, and step on the top.

In the alley, Sima Shaojun pulled his clothes, leaned against the cool wall, and stared at the bluestone road outside the alley.The sun moved up and down, and there was a crisp sound of horseshoes at the end of the bluestone road.

A gorgeous carriage came slowly, followed by Xixi's yelling guards, Sima Shaojun stood up and looked over there, and took a deep breath.

"I have something to ask His Royal Highness Six!"

Hey... The horse neighed, Sima Shaojun raised his head, and the horse's hooves passed in front of his eyes, narrowly avoiding his thin body.

"Go, go, go" the guard was startled secretly, pulled the rein and looked at the little guy and said, "Where did the wild child come from? You can't see the Sixth Highness!"

The guards ran out from the side, and seemed to want to pull him away. Sima Shaojun was about to speak when the curtain of the car suddenly opened, and the young man in black brocade leaned out, his eyes fell on him for a moment, his round and chubby face Hooked a nice smile.

Many years later, Sima Shaojun can still clearly remember that smile. No matter how the world changes, he always feels that it is the purest smile he has ever seen.