Your Highness, has he stopped today?

After autumn, the weather in Xingcheng gradually turned cooler.A crown prince died in the Chu palace, and Emperor Cheng'an was seriously ill. In addition, the six princes died in the chaos in the first half of the year. Today's Chu country is like yellow leaves in autumn, hanging on the branches, crumbling.The entire palace was shrouded in a layer of gloom.

The imperial doctor diagnosed Emperor Cheng'an's pulse, saying that his time was running out, and he could only save His Majesty's life until early winter if he exhausted the entire imperial hospital.After more than ten days without going to the morning court, the memorials handed over by the courtiers were piled up in the imperial study like a hill, but there was no response.There was a lot of discussion in the court hall of the state of Chu, and there was an endless stream of ministers who came to visit Emperor Cheng'an in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. However, Emperor Cheng'an was so ill that he couldn't even get out of bed, so Li Zhongren had to stop those courtiers who came to visit.

A few days later, in desperation, Emperor Cheng'an was ill and issued an imperial edict, when Yun Rong was canonized as the prince of the nine princes, he moved into the East Palace from now on to assist in handling the affairs of the court, and the court of Chu Kingdom was a little more stable.

It has been cloudy for several days, and it is rare to see sunshine today.Although the sun is good, the cold wind blowing on the face is still chilling.A yellow leaf blew in from the window and landed on the memorial on the table, blocking the view.

Shi Yunrong picked up the yellow leaf with narrowed eyes, her expression darkened, then she stood up, walked to the window, stared at the scenery outside the window, and remained silent.

The eunuch walked into the hall, bowed and said softly: "His Royal Highness, Princess Su Ning is asking to see you."

Shi Yunrong's dim eyes rarely light up slightly: "It's Huang Jie who is here, let her in quickly."

The eunuch went to pass the message, Shi Yunyao walked into the hall with two maids behind, and bowed to salute: "Meet Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"Sister Huang, you don't need to be too polite." Shi Yunrong hurriedly said, "Come here, serve tea."

The eunuch retreated to make tea, only Shi Yunrong and Shi Yunyao were left in the room.

Shi Yunrong couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed Shi Yunyao's hand, her young face was full of worry: "Sister Huang, tell me, how is your father's illness? The imperial doctor said that your father's time is short, Is that true?"

Shi Yunyao sighed lightly, and patted his hand: "Anyway, now that you are the crown prince, everything in the court depends on you. You should meet more courtiers these days. After all, sooner or later, you will be alone. As for the condition of the royal father, Yun Rong doesn't have to worry too much with the elder sister taking care of her."

Shi Yunrong bit her lip, and said softly: "I used to have the fourth brother and the sixth brother, I never thought about this...but now..."

Shi Yunyao looked at the 13-year-old child in front of her and couldn't help but sighed softly: "Ah Rong shouldn't be like that when I was a child, after all, my father and brothers can't always take care of you, you will grow up sooner or later." ,Is not it?"

"But I don't want to be a prince at all..." Shi Yunrong raised her eyes and tugged at her cuff, "Sister Huang, can I not be a prince?"

When Shi Yunyao looked at his appearance, her heart ached.Speaking of which, Shi Yunrong's biological mother, Concubine Jing, has always been aloof from the world, and she was supported by Empress Wende in the early years. After the death of Empress Wende, she went to condole many times. Frail and sickly died.Seeing Shi Yun Rong being canonized as the crown prince now, it seems like a moment of boundless glory, but who knows the pain in it?

Shi Yunyao really wanted to tell him that his sixth elder brother was not dead, and that the East Palace position was only temporary. When the mutiny was properly prepared, Chu would change hands, and he no longer had to be constrained by the title of prince .

But all this cannot be said.Most of the Xiao family's military power was handed over, and now only [-] people are left to garrison Xingcheng, and the rest of the military power is in the hands of Emperor Cheng'an, and is now distributed in other parts of Chu State.The mutiny can only be launched when everything is ready and everything is safe.As the saying goes, if one succeeds, one will die, so how should she tell Shi Yunrong about these things?

Shi Yunyao sighed softly, raised her hand to stroke Shi Yunrong's hair, and said softly: "My father doesn't have many heirs, and your fourth and sixth brothers are not here, so you are the oldest in the Chu Palace now." My prince, if you don't want to be the prince, do you want the eleventh and twelfth brothers to be the prince? They are only six or seven years old, Yun Rong, you are their elder brother."

Shi Yunrong bit her lip, lowered her head and said nothing.

Shi Yunyao: "Now it's an eventful autumn, and the state of Chu is in a precarious state. If you don't stand up, do you want to turn the tide for your sick father, or are you counting on your imperial sister, a mediocre woman, or your young and ignorant brothers?" ?”

Shi Yunrong's eyes turned red, and tears filled her eyes: "I listen to the emperor, I will be the crown prince, and I am willing to be the crown prince..."

Shi Yunyao shook her head helplessly, and patted him on the shoulder: "This is Huang Jie's good brother. Don't worry, I won't embarrass you for too long."

Shi Yunrong couldn't hold back for a moment, shed tears, he raised his head and looked at Shi Yunyao: "Really?" He didn't understand why she said that suddenly, or was she just comforting him.

Shi Yunyao nodded: "Yes, Miss Huang promises you."

Wait, just wait until the mutiny succeeds.

Shi Yunyao thought so.

……

Xingcheng, Xiaofu.

"Are you sure that the flies at the door have been cleaned?" Shi Yunjing asked after entering the room.

Miao Xing nodded: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the subordinates have already sent people to check around, and there is no suspicious person at the door in the past few days."

Shi Yunjing glanced at him and said, "It's rare for you to do things reliably once, but I'm still a little uncomfortable."

Miao Xing was speechless for a while, and after a while he coughed lightly, and said: "The subordinates of the Fourth Highness are mostly externally capable, and their martial arts are really not good, so it is not difficult to manage them..."

Shi Yunjing sat behind the desk, picked up a pen and dipped in ink, and said while writing: "That's really strange, there are people in this world with worse martial arts than you."

Miao Xing lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "Your Highness, your martial arts aren't too bad..."

Shi Yunjing was still writing with her head down: "I'll fight with you another day."

Miao Xing hastily refused: "Ah... this is unnecessary..."

Shi Yunjing didn't speak any more.After finishing writing, he put down the pen, folded the letter paper and put it in the envelope, sealed it with wax seal, and said, "You go to the military camp and give this letter to my uncle."

Miao Xing took the letter and took a look: "This is..."

Shi Yunjing: "Uncle now has too little military power, if you want to succeed, you must borrow troops."

Miao Xing looked up at him: "Who is your Highness planning to borrow troops from?"

Shi Yunjing responded indifferently: "General Xuanwei Su Zhu."

Miao Xing was taken aback.General Xuanwei, Su Zhu, was stationed in Yunzhou all the year round.Yunzhou is located in the westernmost part of Chu State, bordering on the desert.Su Shu's ancestor was the Marquis of Xuanwei, but he was relegated to Yunzhou and stationed at the border because of his careless remonstrance.In a blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed, Chu State and Damo have been living in peace, and this is probably due to the Su family's credit.

Miao Xing scratched his head: "This... Can General Xiao agree?"

Shi Yunjing's expression darkened: "It may not be possible, but we'll talk about it after a try. If you don't borrow soldiers, you can't mutiny. Could it be possible to let the Xiao family's less than [-] soldiers go head-to-head with the tens of thousands of soldiers in Shi Ningcheng's hands? "

"Since the Su family was demoted, they have seldom participated in the affairs of the court. The subordinates think that they may not borrow troops, and this is a matter of rebellion." Miao Xing thought for a moment, then looked up at him, "Your Highness, the subordinates only I am afraid that General Xiao will not agree to this letter before it is sent to Yunzhou."

Shi Yunjing opened his mouth, wanting to refute him again, but felt that what he said was reasonable.Even though the Su family has a little friendship with the Xiao family, they are not so close that they can help the Xiao family to plot rebellion. When Su Chi received this letter, if he had been a little bit smarter, maybe Ning Cheng would have delivered a copy of it. In front of him, he sued the Xiao family for treason.

Shi Yunjing sighed softly, sat down, and didn't speak for a long time.

In the past, he was used to idleness, whether it was court affairs or political schemes, he always dismissed them.Unexpectedly, when the book came to use, he hated less, but when it came time to borrow soldiers, he was at a loss what to do.

For some reason, Shi Yunjing suddenly thought of Lu Zheyu at this moment.If he was here, he would definitely be able to think of some good ideas for him...

Thinking of Lu Zheyu, Shi Yunjing's expression froze suddenly, and a thought suddenly came to his mind.

But Miao Xing suddenly said: "Your Highness, I have a plan."

Shi Yunjing glanced at him, and looked at him with "what reliable strategy can you come up with".

Miao Xing said: "Your Highness, you know that Mr. Lu is now leading [-] troops and stationed in Lizhou. A month ago, he had just quelled the chaos. But he has never returned to Yecheng. If Your Highness wants to borrow troops, why not consider Mr. Lu?"

This was also what Shi Yunjing thought of in that momentary thought just now.

He frowned slightly, thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

Miao Xing continued: "No matter who your Highness borrows troops from, they will always worry that if the army is defeated, it will be a serious crime of treason. But the Lu family is different. Mr. Lu is not from Chu, so how can you talk about treason?"

Shi Yunjing glanced at him meaningfully: "It's rare that you were reliable today."

Miao Xing scratched his head and smiled: "Subordinates are still useful..."

Shi Yunjing didn't delay anymore, and spread out new rice paper on the table: "I'll write a letter to uncle right now."

Miao Xing stood aside and waited for him to finish writing, so that he could deliver the letter.However, just as Shi Yunjing was about to write, she stopped suddenly.

"Forget it. It's a big matter. I have to go to the barracks myself."

Saying that, Shi Yunjing stood up and was about to leave, Miao Xing was startled, terrified instantly, and hurriedly chased him out.

"Hey, wait, Your Highness... Although no one is watching outside, it's too risky for you to go out directly!"

Shi Yunjing was all about borrowing troops from the Lu family. To be precise, he was all about Lu Zheyu, so he couldn't hear Miao Xing's words.In desperation, Miao Xing hurried back to the house to fetch Mi Li, and quickly ran over to put Mi Li on Shi Yunjing's head.

In autumn, there are yellow leaves all over the city of Xingcheng, and there are much fewer small businesses and hawkers on the streets than usual. When the wind blows, yellow leaves are flying all over the sky.The dead branches broke, fell to the ground, and were trampled off by pedestrians.The usual prosperity has disappeared, and now there is only a bleak scene in Xingcheng, which seems to indicate that autumn has come and Xingcheng has changed.

And Chu State is about to change.

[The author has something to say: Ah Jing and Zheyu reunited in Chapter 66.Coming soon. 】