Lu Huan has been very busy recently, but Su Qingci doesn't know what he is busy with. He always goes out early and comes back late, and some time has passed like this.

In Kunde Palace, Emperor Gao Qinglie was looking at the urgent report submitted by the Governor of Yizhou, Babaili, with a hint of worry and shock in his eyes.

About half an incense stick of time later, Gao Qinglie's fingers dropped as if they were exhausted. He slowly raised his head and spoke to the ministers in the court.

"Prince Ning rebelled and led an army of 100,000 to attack Yizhou."

This sentence exploded in the court like thunder, and everyone was panicked.

Originally, all eyes in the court were fixed on Yan Xuanye. Although he said goodbye and left, everyone was worried that he would raise an army to attack the town of their Nanchang Kingdom.

Gao Qinglie had been sending people to follow Yan Xuanye's whereabouts along the way. Everyone had been terrified for more than half a month, until the news came yesterday that Yan Xuanye's team was riding at full speed and was now almost at the border of Nanchang State. Everyone was relieved.

But who would have thought that after one serious threat was gone, another one would come.

Prince Ning is Gao Qinglie's uncle. When Gao Qinglie's father was in power, all of his adult brothers were granted fiefdoms and kept away from the capital to avoid power struggles.

Prince Ning's fiefdom was in Youzhou, and there had been peace there over the years.

Logically speaking, Prince Ning has reached old age, and this age should be the time for him to enjoy family happiness and retire in peace.

But he just couldn't stand his nephew's incompetence, cruelty and lust, and felt that his son was much better than him. If his son became emperor, he would surely make the country prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Originally, King Ning's fief was in Yunnan, but he felt that Yunnan was located in a remote and cold place. Not only was the land barren and the climate harsh, but it was also far away from the capital, with inconvenient transportation and difficulty in contacting the outside world.

Therefore, before Gao Qinglie's father passed away, Prince Ning wrote him many letters to cry out to him, and in his letters he often mentioned the deep brotherly friendship between himself and his elder brother.

He also asked for permission from his brother, the emperor, to move his fiefdom to the prosperous Youzhou.

Gao Qinglie's father is getting old. When people are near death, they tend to cherish their family affection and also care very much about their reputation a hundred years later.

After some thought, he finally agreed to King Ning's request.

At first, King Ning behaved well after arriving in Youzhou and did not attract much attention.

However, as time went on, he witnessed the tyranny of Gao Qinglie.

It is learned that the people also have complaints about the emperor and complain about his tyranny.

King Ning discovered that the people's dissatisfaction was growing.

Gradually, a bold idea emerged in his mind - rebellion.

Originally, he just wanted to fight for a better future for his sons and let them live a rich and stable life.

In addition, the Yunnan region is indeed too remote and the conditions are rather difficult in all aspects, so I begged my brother to transfer my fiefdom to the more superior Youzhou.

But now it seems that if we want to truly change the status quo and let future generations enjoy wealth and glory, it is far from enough to rely solely on the grace of our royal brother.

Only through one's own efforts and seizing the throne can one gain absolute power and realize one's ideals and ambitions.

Moreover, Prince Ning later thought that if a cruel and licentious man like Gao Qinglie was worthy of being the emperor, why couldn't he and his son be the emperor?

Just because he is the emperor's only son, does that mean he should inherit the world?

Prince Ning thought that perhaps Gao Qinglie thought just like that, which was why he had been so unscrupulous since he ascended the throne.

Prince Ning has five sons in total, two of whom are born to the principal wife and are of legitimate royal blood. They are not only proficient in both civil and military strategies, but are also outstanding people. However, they can only live in this small fiefdom.

Without the emperor's order, even stepping out of the fiefdom became a luxury.

Initially, King Ning had planned to wait for a few more years, until he had accumulated more money and his army was stronger, before launching a rebellion.

However, in recent years, Gao Qinglie's sudden changes have made him no longer want to wait.

In the past, Gao Qinglie lived an extravagant life, indulging in sensual pleasures all day long and caring nothing about government affairs.

However, since some time ago, he seemed to have been reborn and began to devote his energy to political affairs, and occasionally proposed some measures that benefited the people.

Although these measures were limited in number and had little actual effect, they remained cruel, tyrannical and licentious.

But after all, Gao Qinglie's reputation has improved slightly in recent years.

King Ning couldn't help but feel worried: If he could really mend his ways, then if he raised an army to rebel again, he would probably lose the reputation of being a warlord.

If we rebel now, we can still use Gao Qinglie's reputation of being extremely cruel, arrogant and licentious. If we wait a few years, we will not have this opportunity.

Besides, Yan Xuanye had already promised him that he would send troops to help.

If he succeeded in becoming emperor, Yan Xuanye would not want anything, just a promise from him that there would be no war between the two countries in the future, and then he just wanted a woman.

Wouldn't it be stupid if he didn't make such a good deal?

Therefore, King Ning took his existing 80,000 troops and recruited another 20,000 soldiers, totaling 100,000, and began to attack Yizhou City, which was the nearest city to Youzhou.

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Prince Ning rebelled, war broke out, and the people of Yizhou were in dire straits.

Gao Qinglie was furious. "Prince Ning is my uncle. When the late emperor was seriously ill, Prince Ning wrote a letter to express his deep love for the late emperor and asked the late emperor to move his fief to Youzhou. Father cherished this love and agreed to his request."

"Over the years, I have also taken into consideration the relationship between me and Prince Ning, and have always respected him and never treated him unfairly."

Gao Qinglie slammed the table and stood up, "I didn't expect he would dare to rebel!"

He looked around, his eyes swept across the ministers below the stage, and then asked in a deep voice: "My dear ministers, in your opinion, who should be sent to quell the rebellion?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the civil officials in the audience turned their eyes to the ranks of military commanders standing nearby.

However, those battle-hardened generals looked at each other, and no one took the initiative to step forward and ask for permission to go to the battle.

For a moment, the court fell into dead silence.

"I have so many capable ministers, why... is there no one willing to take the initiative to share my worries?"

Gao Qinglie was very dissatisfied when he saw that no one took the initiative to ask for permission to go and quell the rebellion.

A minister walked out slowly and suggested, "Your Majesty, you can send General Lu Guang or his son General Lu Huan to quell the rebellion."

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