Emperor Que Shaohua

Chapter 166

King Jing and King Ning traveled all the way back in light boats, without showing their whereabouts and attracting attention.But the two princes have been away from Beijing for a long time, and now they finally return, after all, it is a big event, in addition to the officials from the Ministry of Rites to welcome them as required, there are quite a few ministers waiting outside the city together.

Luo Yanhua knew that most of the people were coming for King Ning, and he didn't have the energy to make excuses. He only responded briefly in the carriage, expressing that he was tired from the journey and needed to rest, and he was directly accompanied by Yang Yue and Qin Shuang to the city and returned home. .

Luo Pingyuan was not so relaxed. He was ordered to supervise the affairs of the household department, so he had to go to the post house to meet him first, and he could move freely after entering the palace and returning to the order.So even though he really wanted to go back to the mansion with the emperor, he could only watch Jing Wang put down the curtain of the car, and the car and horses left, leaving himself to greet everyone.

He had something on his mind, so he rejected the reception banquet in a few words. Seeing that he lacked interest, and thinking that it was a troubled time recently, all the officials had no choice but to leave in dismay.

Accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites, Luo Pingyuan went to the post house to settle down. He thought he would finally arrive in the capital and face the saint soon. Unexpectedly, one day passed, two days passed, and the palace seemed to have not received any news. The purpose is called.

Luo Pingyuan knew that Emperor Tianyi must be annoyed by his procrastination before, and wanted to let it go, but he didn't show his face, but he was secretly anxious. At other times, he could calm down and let the emperor show his face , but it was the middle of the month again, King Jing's condition could not be delayed, and the onset of cold poison seemed to be as heavy as January, but he was stuck in the post all day long waiting for the order, and it was really inconvenient to go out.

Fortunately, on the third day, a servant finally came to pass the oral order, and announced that the fifth prince would enter the palace to meet him.

In September, Luocheng is full of autumn, the scenery in Chonghua Palace is still the same, and the maids are still hurrying, going in and out, but walking on the royal road again, I don’t know if it’s because of a change of mood, Luo Pingyuan always feels that there is something wrong here. The atmosphere was deserted and bleak, a little less angry than before.

Emperor Tianyi was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study, and when he saw King Ning coming in to salute, he didn't raise his head.

There was silence all around, only the rustling sound of pages being turned. Luo Pingyuan waited for a moment and no one responded, knowing that the emperor intended to treat him slowly, so he could only speak again: "I see my father, and greet my father's holy peace."

Only then did Emperor Tianyi put down the memorial at hand, looked at the fifth prince who was kneeling below, and said lightly: "It has been nearly two months since I ordered you to return to Beijing. Why, go to the south of the Yangtze River with Shang Fang's sword, and I am used to it." Standing alone, berating Fang Qiu, and refusing to come back and be wronged in front of me?"

These words were very heartbreaking, Luo Pingyuan said in a low voice: "I dare not."

"Don't you dare?" The emperor sneered, his face was like a rainstorm, "I'm inseparable from the eldest prince all day long, hang out with a group of gangsters, and even reward orders have been issued all over the world, what else is your fifth highness not dare of?"

The more he spoke, the angrier he became: "I wasted all my efforts, you are so disappointing!"

It was the first time for Luo Pingyuan to be attacked by the emperor with such harsh words, and he only felt a majestic majesty under his hood, but he had been numb from worry and anxiety for the past few days, and now he didn't feel much.

"Father, please," he said after being silent for a while, "I have been trusted by my father and entrusted with a heavy responsibility. I have always been in fear. After I went to the south of the Yangtze River, I stayed by the elder brother's side to observe the movements of the martial arts. I dare not do anything." Take a moment to slack off. But this time away from the capital, no matter whether the two governments are clearing up the land and acres, or punishing Wei Wuze's rebellious party, the situation is unpredictable, and there are dangers. I know that my knowledge is shallow. I retreated completely, but there are indeed a lot of reckless and improper handling, I would like to ask my father to punish me."

He paused: "But my son didn't come back late on purpose, and he didn't even have the slightest intention of being negligent and disrespectful. If my father blamed me, I really don't know how to deal with myself. I hope my father will learn from me!"

By the end, his voice was a little choked up.

Emperor Tianyi has indeed deliberately neglected King Ning these few days. If not for the battle report from Suining a few days ago, both King Yun and King An were injured, and Luo Junping was seriously injured. No matter how difficult it is to recover, the Emperor felt deeply However, Luo Pingyuan, who had just arrived in the capital, might have to hang out in the post house for a while longer.

As far as he was concerned, Prince Jing had returned to Luocheng silently, and his current intentions were unclear, and he hadn't seen any actions by Lang Huan.The more so, the more dreadful it is; how can the fifth prince be wavering at such a critical moment?Just now when he first came up, he preemptively attacked him with verbal accusations, although it was because he was unhappy, the more important purpose was to beat him up and teach him to be honest and cautious in his words and deeds.

However, when Luo Pingyuan bowed and saluted, he couldn't see it. When Luo Pingyuan raised his head to answer, the emperor found that his expression was gloomy and haggard.It seems that King Ning's statement before the Mid-Autumn Festival that he could not return in time because of the wind and cold was not all evasive words.Emperor Tianyi had a lot of experience, Luo Pingyuan's tired and depressed expression was determined not to be faked, as if he had encountered a lot of setbacks.

He didn't know that Luo Pingyuan also felt astonished at the same time. The emperor in front of him had a gloomy complexion and deep lines on his forehead and eyes. He hadn't seen him in just half a year, but he seemed to have aged seven or eight years suddenly.Could it be that not only Hanzhang caught fire, but also other serious incidents happened in Beijing?

"Seeing that you are quite wronged, I can't blame you? If you have any reason, just say it, don't hide it." Emperor Tianyi saw that King Ning was silent, as if You Zi was sad and stubborn, and hummed With a voice, "get up and answer, lest others say that I treated you harshly."

In fact, he also understands that Luo Pingyuan's trip to the south of the Yangtze River has shown both kindness and power to the aristocratic family, and his methods are tough and leeway. He has handled the Qingzhang matters in Jinling and Hangzhou very properly, and has joined forces with Langhuan several times to wipe out Kunlun. The government was chaotic and the party, and Wei Wuze, who committed the crime and killed the chief villain, had done a lot of hard work. Now that he came back in a hurry, he didn't have a word of praise to appease him, and he didn't even give him a good face. It really seemed unreasonable.Thinking of this, although his speech was still stinging, his tone slowed down a bit.

"Thank you, father." Luo Pingyuan stood up as he said. Before entering the palace, he had prepared the manuscript and sorted out his thoughts. He began to narrate from Jinling to Yuhang in early June: when he came to Hangzhou, how did Jing Yuwei follow Wei Wuze? He found Beifeng Mountain with clues, led people into the mountain to investigate, and almost fell into the trap in the middle of the mountain. Although he captured Dai Shifa and other gangsters with the help of Lang Huan, he almost fell out with King Jing in public because of a misunderstanding.When he returned to Hangzhou City, he received a tip and sneaked into Tianyuan alone. If King Jing hadn't been sick and rescued him in time, he would have almost died at the hands of Wei Wuze.In the end, it was Mu Shaoqing who rushed to assassinate the Wei thief, and the Min family was convicted. They had to cooperate with the court to complete the Qingzhang in order to seek forgiveness.

He made a statement before, mainly to report the result, and the process experience was mostly mentioned briefly, and he did not report it exactly until now.He believed that Emperor Tianyi had his own eyes and ears, and he already knew something about what happened in the south of the Yangtze River, so his attitude was very frank, he neither concealed his own mistakes, nor concealed the existence and identity of Qingluan, but only ignored Wei Wuze's use of divisive tactics Part of it, instead of being eager for quick success, impulsive and reckless.

Emperor Tianyi groaned and said nothing, the information that King Ning said was consistent with what he had learned, and it was more detailed and reasonable, so there should be no deception.But what made him most suspicious and displeased was not the specific situation he heard just now, but the various abnormalities that Luo Pingyuan showed after the fire in the palace city.Even if he had received the help of King Jing more than once, it would be beyond the norm to advocate for the release of rewards. He would spare no effort to help Langhuan; Tiredness will cause illness, which makes him very suspicious.Not to mention that King Ning has always had a heart-to-heart relationship with King Jing, knowing that he is jealous of Langhuan, but refuses to obey the order, and instead goes back with King Jing all the way, when did Luo Pingyuan become so willful and reckless?If it is said that there is no secret in it, it is really hard to believe.

"That's all you want to explain to me?" He asked deeply, "Think about it again, is there anything missing?"

"There is one thing, my son is going to report to the emperor." Luo Pingyuan bowed and said, he had already thought about it on the way, no matter what, it was time to express his attitude to the emperor.

"That day, I sneaked into Min's Tianyuan, and before Wei Wuze arrived, I had a conversation with Qingluan." He took a breath and said word by word, "Qingluan told Erchen that ten years ago, Erchen The concubine’s mother and concubine did not die at the hands of the empress, but Han Guifei instigated Wei Wuze to kill her in order to silence her, and then put the blame on the empress.”

He paused, met the emperor's unbelievable gaze, and continued: "Qingluan has already made up her mind to die. She drank poisonous wine shortly after she was informed of this, and she would not deceive me if she wanted to die with Wei thief. The minister was so sad and indignant that he drew his sword and asked, but Wei Wuze thought that I was no match for him, and that he was doomed, so he admitted it himself. Father, this matter is absolutely true. Wei Wuze has long betrayed Langhuan and colluded with Han Guifei. Misunderstood the empress empress, and misunderstood the eldest brother!"

His words are both false and true, the first time he learned the truth from Yubo a year ago; but during the brief meeting in Tianyuan, Qingluan did not forget to mention that he hoped to tell His Highness the Fifth Highness that it was Wei Wuze who stabbed Rupin to death, Therefore, it is not a complete embellishment; as for the later part of asking Wei Wuze for verification, it is out of fabrication.To this day, in his mind, it is no longer so important whether Wei Wuze blamed the queen for Rupin's death, or whether Queen Langhuan acted out of anger because of her betrayal.The weak and sad concubine in his memory is not a betrayer. No matter a mistake or careful consideration, it has caused irreparable consequences, not only ruining his own life, but also bringing disaster to his family and country.Luo Yuhua never vented his anger on him because of this, but he wanted to blame the emperor's brother for his concubine. Is there anything more absurd than this in the world?There was a look of depression and pain in his eyes.

Emperor Tianyi never expected that King Ning would say such an unimaginable twists and turns, and his heart was shocked for a while, but he couldn't believe it.Because no matter from any angle, Luo Pingyuan has no reason to lie about the cause of his mother and concubine's death.

Suddenly, he felt dizzy and bitter.If the concubine was not killed by the queen, why would King Ning hate King Jing?The feud between the two naturally ceased to exist.

And earlier, the little prince born to Ru concubine had been placed in Fengyi Palace and brought up under the empress' knees, and he had the closest relationship with Luo Shenhua.The emperor still remembers the scene of that young figure chasing after the eldest son of the young emperor, happily calling the emperor brother.The reason for Luo Pingyuan's series of abnormal behaviors is self-evident when Lenovo Hanzhang's west side hall burns down.

There was a moment of silence in the imperial study room, and after a long while, the emperor, who was sitting upright behind the imperial case, slowly asked, "How is the eldest prince?"

"Brother Dahuang, he was seriously ill some time ago, and he is finally stable now." Luo Pingyuan heard the search in his tone, and replied carefully, "It's just that the journey back to the city was tiring, and I wanted to take a rest. Huan will enter the palace to greet Father. Although the subordinates are a little anxious and sad, they are all loyal people who put the overall situation first, please rest assured, Father."

He hesitated, but still couldn't help but said: "Father, Wei Wuze's wolfish ambition, instigated confusion in the south of the Yangtze River, in vain to provoke the martial arts and the court to confront each other again, the situation was once critical, the big emperor brother was exhausted mentally and physically in order to assess the chaos, and even became seriously ill. This is what I saw with my own eyes. For more than a year, I have lived in Prince Jing’s Mansion by order, and I have been with him day and night, and I have been deeply on guard against him. The emperor tried his best to help, and he was never disrespectful, but in the end, what was waiting for him was the news that the antidote had been burned. Father, the sons and ministers know that people are soft-spoken, but the kindness of the emperor and ministers, the close relatives of father and son, have already reached this point, why should you insist on it? Doubt?"

As far as he is concerned, these thoughts have been suppressed for a long time, and they have been rolled over in his heart countless times, and there is a sense of sincerity from the bottom of his heart.Emperor Tianyi was about to get angry when he heard the words "father and son close relatives", but the night of February [-]th flashed in his mind, when King Yun walked away from the Zichen Palace, and the sentence "Blood to recognize relatives" left coldly, all of a sudden. The breath suddenly choked in his throat.The shadows of the past are lingering, and with King Jing returning to the capital, how many secrets that I don't want to pay attention to and turn a blind eye will surface and be exposed by humanity?

"Very well, the fifth prince went to the south of the Yangtze River, and he really gained a lot of knowledge." He gritted his teeth and sneered, and his face changed suddenly, "The kindness of the monarch and ministers, the affection between father and son, is it your turn to speak nonsense in front of me? It seems that I am right. You are too conniving, all of you are proud of your credit and proud of being favored! You have to learn the lesson before you know what a father and son are like!"

Luo Pingyuan had no choice but to kneel down again: "Father calm down, my son dare not." He knew not to press too hard, he lowered his head and waited for the emperor to show his anger again, then said: "My son is stupid and clumsy, can't speak, But it is true that I miss my father and hope for a reconciliation between my father and my elder brother."

In fact, Emperor Tianyi was also stern and soft-hearted, saying that King Jing's antidote was destroyed in the palace, and he was inseparable from it after all. Everyone knew about this matter, and it would be even more difficult to deal with the commotion.As for Ning Wang, apart from using the king's authority to suppress him, there is really no reason to convict him.Otherwise, it was rumored that King Ning begged for medicine and pleaded for mercy for his seriously ill elder brother, but he was convicted instead. Wouldn't he become a villain through and through?He wanted to tell Luo Pingyuan to go back and think about his mistakes behind closed doors, but after thinking about it, he had to go back to Prince Jing's Mansion, so he had to use the steps to suppress his anger.

After some trials and twists and turns, the emperor couldn't help but lose interest. He originally wanted to ask about the situation of the Jiangnan family and the details of the chaos, but now he hastily dismissed the matter.It wasn't until Luo Pingyuan resigned from Jingyu's guard because he was young and inexperienced and incompetent, that it was a little unexpected.

At the beginning, Jing Yuwei was awarded to King Ning, mainly because the fifth prince had no foundation in the capital and had to rely on himself for support everywhere, and he was at odds with King Jing, so it was most suitable to contain Langhuan; now that Luo Pingyuan is gaining momentum, Yu Both the government and the opposition have established their positions, and they have made it clear that they are speaking to Luo Yanhua. If they continue to control Jingyuwei, it is really worrying.King Ning would take the initiative to hand over power, and he should have the same concerns, and he wanted to express his feelings to himself; but it can also be seen from this that he has made up his mind to support King Jing.

Emperor Tianyi thought for a moment, nodded lightly and said: "It's okay, the head of the household department has just started, and the whole country will be implemented in the future, and there must be many affairs. If you still take care of both ends, you will inevitably lose sight of the other. The commander of Jing Yuwei has been vacant for a long time. I will select the right person to be in charge, so that you can focus on the household department."

He has already figured out that there needs to be a decent reason to take back Jingyuwei, and Qingzhang Tianmu has a lot of thoughts, time-consuming, laborious and offending people, so he can let Luo Pingyuan continue to supervise it, stay away from Langhuan and Jianghu, Take a good grind.In the future, there will be more opportunities for experience in the six parts. When King Ning works in the court and relies on himself everywhere, he will naturally understand the advantages and disadvantages and restrain his arrogance.

In the past, Luo Pingyuan's words and deeds today might have annoyed him greatly, and even condemned him, but King Jing's life is not long, and the influence on the government and the other princes is destined to be short-lived, so why should I care too much about it? On the contrary, he was inferior in temperament.

As soon as he made up his mind, his expression softened: "Pingyuan, you just came back, so you can rest for a few days. Your Prince Ning's Mansion will be completed in July, and the House of Internal Affairs has been almost arranged. You might as well go and have a look, and wait for Qin Tianjian Set an auspicious date, and I will give you a decree to move in."

"Yes, thank you, Father!" Luo Pingyuan took the order to thank him, feeling a sense of loss in his heart, as the expected arrangement still came.Now, though, where you live is a relatively secondary matter.

The summoning was coming to an end, he accompanied Emperor Tianyi to say a few more homely gossips, then he took his leave in due time, left the Imperial Study Room, and left the Chonghua Palace in a hurry.

Author's words

Because I have to deal with some things, the next chapter will be a few days late, so I have to let Brother Huang wait a little longer, and will come back as soon as possible.