Sure enough, when the banquet was approaching, an urgent report came from the Golden Luan Palace on a certain day, and the Donglin Kingdom dispatched 30 troops to suppress the border.

Donglin Kingdom is like a lion that has been silent for many years. Once it wakes up, it stretches its claws towards Xia Qi.

The news was urgently sent into the capital at [-] miles, and the situation was imminent. Because of the intrusive attack from the east, the border defenders had no time to defend, and now the casualties were heavy. Emperor Ming Xuan did not expect the military situation to be so urgent. Zhengdian, after carefully reading the military newspaper, his heart sank again.

He slapped the report on the desk and waved to invite several ministers to discuss the matter, including Lin Hanhai from the left, Zuo Zongqi from the right, Fang Tingzhi from the Dali Temple, Wu Zong, the leader of the Gyeonggi Guards, Xiao Dan, the king of Pingnan, and Guan Yu. The general of the west said that because Changfengwei, which guards the border to the east, has always been under the command of Zhenyuanhou, so even if he didn't want to, Ming Xuan ordered people to call Zhenyuanhou.

Among these people, apart from Yan Zhengxin who inherited his father's mantle, the rest are veterans who have been in the court since he became the throne. Restore the courage of the past.

Adding that his own body is deteriorating, it's time for a new one, Ming Xuan Emperor thought so, but now is not the time to lament and think about it, there are more important things waiting for him right now.Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty passed the memorial to them for reading, and then asked these people: "What do you think of this matter?"

Because Donglin sent troops suddenly without knowing the reason, and because Donglin's national power is strong, several civil servants in the house suggested sending envoys to discuss together first. If the situation is not right, they can delay time to prepare for the enemy Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty did not speak. After pondering for a while, he looked at Yan Zheng and asked him what he thought.

Because Yanzheng had listened to Xiahou Lingyuan's words in advance, people had been staring at the border between Donglin and Baijin a few days earlier. This time, Donglin suddenly launched an attack. He actually received the news earlier than the court. Not only that, he also Knowing that the Baijin Kingdom is actually not stable, he and Xiahou Lingyuan pulled out all the spies that the Baijin Kingdom had arranged for more than ten years in one fell swoop. Whether Baijin has joined forces, but no matter whether he has joined forces, Baijin will not let go of this opportunity, but he can't say about the matter of paying attention to the border between the two countries in advance and pulling out spies, because the old fox Zhenyuan Hou is here He was afraid that his casual words would make the old fox suspicious.

He thought for a while, and directly told Emperor Ming Xuan that the main attack was that Xiahou Lingyuan had said that before the banquet, Zhenyuanhou would transfer him away from the capital, and sure enough.

Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty asked him why he was the main attacker, and he replied, because he felt that Donglin would not withdraw his troops easily this time. This time, Donglin obviously wanted to use this incident to promote his status as the overlord again. After all, Donglin had been silent for decades. The rest of the three kingdoms are gradually less afraid of him than before, and the new emperor of Donglin has just ascended the throne, and he needs a feat to stabilize his position.

Emperor Mingxuan thought for a while and agreed with his point of view. The rest of the people fell silent after hearing his words. Emperor Mingxuan raised his eyes to look at the Marquis of Zhenyuan who had never spoken, frowned slightly and then relaxed, and asked in a deep voice: "Zhenyuan Hou, what do you think of this?"

"I agree with General Yan," Zhenyuan Hou bowed his head and said, "Dong Lin's visitors are not good, and they will not retreat easily."

Lin Hanhai and the others frowned, and felt that what Yan Zheng said was right, but after considering the treasury, food and grass issues, and uncertain candidates for the army, they still did not agree with the immediate battle. They discussed in the Qinzheng Hall all night, and the first It was only after dawn on the second day that a solution was discussed, that is, you can send people to have a joint discussion first, test Donglin's attitude, try to delay as long as possible, and at the same time, take the opportunity to send people to win over the neighboring small countries in the border areas of Donglin and Xiaqi , Xia Qi also began to gather troops, food and grass, waiting for the opportunity.

During these years when Donglin was silent due to the evil spirit of blood, Zhenyuan Hou, the leader of the Donglin border army, was transferred back to the capital. Now the army there is leaderless. Emperor Ming Xuan looked at Yan Zheng and asked him if he dared to take this position.

Yan Zheng had been informed by Xiahou Lingyuan a long time ago, and this time he was full of pride, he cupped his hands, and said in a sonorous and forceful voice, "I take orders."

Then there is the discussion about the person who travels to the surrounding small countries. This person must not only be brave but also have a strategy. Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty originally wanted Xiao Su to go, but thinking of the upcoming banquet, Xiao Su would still use him, and the rest of the ministers recommended him. He was also dissatisfied, and at this moment Yan Zheng stepped forward to recommend his two subordinates, Fang Rui and Dong Sen.

After he introduced the two of them carefully, Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty was overjoyed, thinking that these two people could take on this great task.

At the beginning of November, it was cold and windy, and the banquet was just around the corner, but Yan Zheng was about to leave for the northeast border. He was driven back within a day, and the situation on the border is now critical. Donglin has captured a city in just a few days, and he doesn't know if he can hold on to the next city until Yanzheng rushes over.

Taking this opportunity, Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty also secretly forced Marquis Zhenyuan to take back the soldier talisman of Changfengwei on the northeast border from him, but every time Marquis Zhenyuan pretended to be stupid and confused, he threw it away. Don't tear yourself apart with Marquis Zhenyuan.

Yanzheng's trip this time is also meant to replace Zhenyuanhou. The soldiers who followed Zhenyuanhou back then are also old now. This war is also an opportunity to erase Zhenyuanhou from the hearts of the younger generation of soldiers.Emperor Mingxuan gave Yanzheng a grand farewell gift. Yanzheng was on a tall horse, and Yanzheng was looking forward to the flying. His robes fluttered against the wind. The scene of a young man in full bloom made Mingxuan laugh again, and he boasted loudly: "Young heroes should be like this." .

An army of one hundred thousand marched forward at high speed. Fang Rui and Dong Sen secretly led a group of thousand guards to part ways with the army, and headed towards the small neighboring countries. This time the army was supervised by a middle-aged general. Belonging to the Marquis of Zhenyuan, because Changfengwei has always been under the Marquis of Zhenyuan after all, Emperor Ming Xuan and Yan Zheng both agreed with him to follow, so as to keep abreast of Changfengwei's situation.

Seeing Fang Rui and Dong Sen leaving with their troops, the supervisor had no doubts. Although their mission was a secret, Yan Zheng did not hide it from him. Before that, Marquis Zhenyuan also told him to win over the neighboring small countries. However, what he didn't know was that Fang Rui and Dong Sen were secretly divided into two groups after walking for a day. Fang Rui led more than 800 people to continue on the way, while Dong Sen led the remaining more than 100 people in secret. He returned to Xia Qi's capital again.

Yan Zheng, the only one who could compete with him, was transferred away from the capital. Hou Zhenyuan sneered, waved to Liu Chengye and said, "Go and prepare, success or failure depends on one action." Although he was talking about success or failure, he could already see the ambition on his face Crazy achieved.

Yan Zheng's army rushed all the way and finally arrived at the last moment when Donglin Kingdom was about to destroy the second city, and under the command of Yan Zhengzheng, they drove back the attacking enemy army. It is excellent, and it does not fall behind in the verbal battle against the Confucianism. Now it has successfully persuaded the first small country and is moving towards the next country. With the first country standing in line, even if it is a good start, the next one will be easier Some time later, two pieces of news were sent back to the capital. Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty was overjoyed. Before he returned, a large number of rewards were directly sent to the Kansai General's Mansion. As for Fang Rui, he was directly promoted from a hundred households to a commander. The position is not low.

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In the good news from ahead, the banquet of the eleventh prince has finally arrived. In the imperial garden, the palace ladies and eunuchs are busy but orderly preparing for the banquet. Groups, from near to far, have been arranged outside the imperial garden.

The Ouchi guards and the Gyeonggi guards, one guards the inside of the palace and the other guards outside the palace. The capital is more lively than before. The new and old ministers and some old princes who have not been in court for a long time are all attending the banquet and guarding the palace. When the guard at the gate saw it, he immediately saluted and opened the palace gate to let everyone in.

In the imperial garden, all the courtiers were happy and greeted each other and talked politely. The scene was very lively for a while.

"The emperor is here!" While everyone was talking, a long and thin voice came, and everyone stopped talking immediately, knelt down on the spot and bowed their heads in salute.

"See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." The shouts echoed in the imperial garden wave after wave.

"Everyone loves you." Emperor Mingxuan glanced at the kneeling crowd, and then his eyes fell on Zhenyuanhou who was kneeling in front of him, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he looked away for a moment, walked to the upper seat and sat down.

The sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and the graceful court ladies danced among them. Even in the coldness of November, they were still wearing long gauze skirts. When they danced, their skirts fluttered in the wind, reflecting the fire in the huge brazier around the imperial garden. The smiles on their faces were also very bright, and the atmosphere around them became more and more warm and harmonious.

All the princes participated in this banquet. Even the thirteenth prince, who was nearly two years old, was held by the queen and sat on the head. After the dance was over, Emperor Mingxuan stood up first and held up his wine glass: "The soldiers of the three armies are guarding the frontier!" Because of you, Xia Qi is as stable and prosperous as he is today, this cup is toast to you, and to the soldiers who are far away in the frontier." Emperor Ming Xuan drank the wine in the glass in one sip, and the civil and military officials below Seeing this, everyone was terrified, and they picked up their wine glasses one after another, raised them above their heads, and drank them down in one gulp.

Emperor Ming Xuan waved his hand to signal everyone to be free, don't pay attention to him, the courtiers saw the emperor's face and knew it was the truth, so they didn't restrain themselves, and the scene became lively again. Loyalty, someone's palms were sweating nervously, thinking about the abandoned prince who was in the cold palace.

As the leader of Gyeonggi Guards, Wu Zong stood up in the eyes of everyone. He held up a cup in his hand and said to Zhenyuan Hou: "I have always heard that the Changfeng Guards of Lord Hou are brave and good at fighting, and they are invincible. The reason why I guard the city must be because of Master Hou's good teaching in the past, I admire you and respect Master Hou."

Marquis Zhenyuan frowned, looking at Wu Zong's empty wine glass, he was not sure what he meant, because Wu Zong was in charge of Jingjiwei, so he also wanted to win him over, but after a shallow test, seeing that Wu Zong had no follow-up, he rested Thoughts, after all, Wu Zong was the leader of the inner bodyguard before and won the trust of the emperor. If he made a wrong move on Wu Zong, then several years of planning would be in vain.

On the surface, there is nothing wrong with what he said in the toast, but when you look at it carefully, it is not right anywhere, and there are traps everywhere.

"Master Wu's words are wrong," Zhenyuanhou looked at him and said slowly: "This Changfengwei is the emperor's soldier and Xia Qi's soldier. How can it be said that it belongs to the Marquis? The defense of the city is not entirely due to the merits of the Marquis, it is because the emperor has a good political law, and the emperor has a good command, so this Marquis will present this wine to the Changfeng Guards for you," he said, spilling the wine on the On the surrounding ground, he continued: "Heroic and good at fighting, invincible, thanks to Mr. Wu for auspicious words."

Marquis Zhenyuan stared closely at Wu Zong's reaction, wondering if he wanted to show his loyalty to him, or was he joining the army for the emperor, or was the speaker intentional while the listener was interested?

Wu Zong and Marquis Zhenyuan went back and forth, and the secret arrows exchanged bright spears. The scene suddenly cooled down again. Emperor Mingxuan, who was at the top, naturally heard what the two said. His expression became visibly chilled. The ministers could all hear that there was something in Wu Zong's words to make things difficult for Marquis Zhenyuan just now, and everyone could hear the meaning that Chang Fengwei only recognized Marquis Zhenyuan but not the emperor.

Seeing that the emperor's face turned cold, they lowered their heads and dared not speak, but they looked up from the corner of their eyes, wanting to see what Emperor Mingxuan would do.

Marquis Zhenyuan also paid attention to the emperor. Seeing that his face was cold and ugly, he didn't seem to be fake, so he turned his attention to Xiahou Lingyuan from the corner of his eye. Maybe Wu Zong didn't instruct the emperor, but Xiahou Lingyuan.Maybe his gaze was too strong, Xiahou Lingyuan, who was eating his meal calmly with his head down, suddenly turned his head and smiled at him where no one else could see. The sarcasm and provocation in that smile were obvious.

Sure enough, Emperor Ming Xuan was very angry and said angrily: "Wu Zong, you've drunk too much, back down."

Wu Zong's expression froze, he apologized and then backed away. Hou Zhenyuan vaguely saw him stand up and look in the direction of Xiahou Linyuan when he stood up to confess the crime. Zhenyuanhou squinted his eyes and realized what he was thinking.

"Father," Xiahou Lingyuan stood up and spoke. All the ministers thought he was going to comfort the emperor and ease the atmosphere. No, his next sentence made everyone feel cold: "What Wu Zong said is right, Changfengwei was originally the Marquis of Zhenyuan. Established by one hand, it is understandable that Lord Hou has greater prestige in the army than your father, but this time, General Yan is in charge of Changfengwei, and if he returns triumphantly, Changfengwei may not... "

"Presumptuous," Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty was furious, he only heard the previous words, "Even if he established it by the Marquis of Zhenyuan, those hundreds of thousands of soldiers are still my people, they eat the food and grass of the imperial court, and they also receive the military salary of the imperial court. , I can't compare to the Marquis of Zhenyuan?"

"Marquis of Zhenyuan, tell me," Emperor Ming Xuan pointed to Marquis Zhenyuan, "I can compare to you?"

The Marquis of Zhenyuan knelt down and pleaded guilty: "I am terrified and dare not compare with you. I am guilty. Please forgive me."

"Since you say you are guilty, then I have to ask you what crime you are guilty of? Come on," Emperor Xuan of Ming said angrily, "Put Zhenyuan Marquis in the prison for me to interrogate myself tomorrow."

A good banquet at the palace became tense at this moment. All the officials understood that the emperor was just taking advantage of Chang Fengwei's problem to suppress Zhenyuanhou's mansion. There are eleven princes who have no intersection with the Zhenyuanhou's Mansion, so the emperor can't rest assured about the Zhenyuanhou's Mansion.

Once Zhenyuanhou entered the prison of the Criminal Department, it might not be easy to get out. After that, Zhenyuanhou's mansion will be in danger.

Marquis Zhenyuan naturally wanted to understand this too, although he also knew that there must be something more famous here, but the plan has been made, everything is ready, after tonight, this world will be his, and it will be too late for there to be famous.

Two guards walked in, trying to escort them away, but Marquis Zhenyuan got up by himself, and then leisurely dusted the dust on his knees.

"Marquis Zhenyuan, you are bold!" Ming Xuandi angrily reprimanded.

"Hahaha, the emperor understands the subject, the subject is indeed more courageous." He picked up the wine glass on the table and slammed it down. With a "snap", a large number of guards with weapons in their hands immediately appeared around him. , All the officials were startled, they couldn't believe it, and the scene suddenly became chaotic after reacting.

Only Emperor Xuan of the Ming Dynasty and Xiahou Lingyuan had a dark light in their eyes, and their expressions remained unchanged.

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