On the day of the Changchun Festival, the emperor had a banquet for all the officials at night, and the emperor and his ministers had fun together.

When he was drinking wine, a eunuch suddenly came into the palace and reported that King Pingyang had a gift and sent someone to send it from southern Xinjiang to the capital to present to the emperor.

As soon as Shen Ying heard the name of King Pingyang, her heart skipped a beat, she felt a little bit of anticipation, she put down her wine glass, and ordered the eunuch to bring the gift of King Pingyang into the palace, and he wanted to share it with all the officials.

The eunuchs moved in a huge box from the outside, so big that Shen Ying almost thought that there was someone hidden in the box, and couldn't help but feel his heart tighten. That person shouldn't be so courageous and dare to hide in the box and sneak into the palace, right?

Fortunately, after the box was opened, no one came out of it, so Shen Ying was relieved.

Two eunuchs took out the gift of King Pingyang from the box. It was a huge scroll, and it took two or three eunuchs to unfold the scroll. After unfolding the scroll, it was found that it was not a simple calligraphy and painting, but a painting made of Sichuan embroidery. "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" embroidered with advanced craftsmanship.

Shu embroidery has always been known for its "poor workmanship and ingenuity". It is characterized by bright colors, clear layers, and full of three-dimensionality. Dangerous peaks, Jiangnan Saibei, rural farmhouses, birds, fish and insects are lifelike and have everything that one expects to find. They present the magnificent and beautiful mountains and rivers of Daying in front of people.

Hundreds of officials scrambled to stand up to admire the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", and everyone stared at it intently, amazed.

Chang Shi, who was sent by the Pingyang Palace to give gifts, introduced that this Sichuan embroidery version of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" took thirty embroiderers almost a year and a half to embroider. It is clear in the heart, and there is a thick tenderness in the heart.

Gu Min should have started to find his embroiderer to embroider this "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" as soon as he returned to southern Xinjiang, in order to be able to embroider this "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" on his 20th birthday. " as a birthday present to him.

The two have been separated for nearly two years. During this year, they have not met, let alone exchanged letters, but they have the same heart.

Lovesickness can’t be described on paper, and everything can be said without words. It is useless for children to love each other now. As long as they can unite their hearts and clear away all the obstacles that stand between them, why worry about never seeing each other again in the future? ?

Shen Ying raised the wine glass and drank the wine in the glass. Gu Min sent him this "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Picture" from a long distance, and he could not disappoint Gu Min's intentions. Time to tidy up.

All the officials in the audience competed to look at the painting, but no one paid attention to it. A strange and mysterious smile loomed on the corner of the mouth of the king on the stage.



Since the establishment of the prince, the officials finally stopped bothering the emperor with matters of the country. The emperor became more and more obsessed with the way of cultivation. He spent all day practicing alchemy in the harem with those Taoist priests, ignoring world affairs and neglecting the government.

Although the officials wanted to persuade the emperor, but the emperor did not go to court, they could not even see the emperor's face, even if they were full of complaints, they had no one to confide in.

However, although the emperor is fatuous, fortunately there are many capable ministers in the imperial court. The emperor left all the government affairs to the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies. The two departments performed their duties, complementing each other and restricting each other. The handling of major events.

Time flies like a white horse, and it will be the end of the year again in a flash.

The winter solstice should be the day when the emperor led all the officials to sacrifice to heaven, but he never expected that the little eunuch of Yongle Palace would go into the bedroom early in the morning to wake the emperor up, but he didn't expect to find the emperor lying on the bed and couldn't scream After waking up, the palace people were so frightened that they went to the imperial hospital to send the imperial doctor over. After the imperial doctor's diagnosis, it turned out that the emperor had taken too much elixir and was poisoned by cinnabar.

The emperor was in a coma, and the winter solstice sacrifice could only be interrupted. People in the court suddenly panicked, and all civil and military officials wondered whether the emperor could survive this test.

Although the crown prince has been established, but the crown prince is not yet six years old, how can he know how to govern the country? If the emperor closes his eyes and the crown prince ascends the throne, someone must come to help manage the government affairs before the crown prince takes charge.

Usually when a young emperor ascends the throne, the emperor will appoint a trusted minister Tuogu before he dies, but the emperor has been in a coma for three days and has no explanation for what happened behind him. Invite Empress Dowager Liu out of the harem to preside over the overall situation.

Fortunately, on the fourth day, the emperor finally woke up, but although he saved his life, he was seriously injured, and he was bedridden for a month before he could walk.

A minister paid a lot of money in private to buy the deputy judge of the imperial hospital to inquire about the emperor's condition. The deputy judge told him that the emperor looked fine on the surface, but in fact he was terminally ill.

Soon, the news of the emperor's serious illness spread like wildfire. When the emperor Longyu Bintian left behind a young and powerless prince, Daying Jiangshan was equivalent to having no owner. I'm not ready to move after hearing this.

If the crown prince is the emperor's bloodline, he should inherit the throne after the emperor's death, then the feudal lords have nothing to say, but the crown prince Shen Huairong is not the emperor's bloodline, but a Su of the last rank among the feudal lords. The king's sons are all sons and grandsons of the dragon. Why should they hand over this country to King Su?

The emperor obviously knew that his life was not long, and he also knew that the vassal kings were eyeing the throne. In order to help the prince secure the throne, he began to deploy secretly, intending to eradicate the most restless vassal kings who coveted the throne, King Xin and King Huai. Waiting for a few vassals will naturally bear the brunt.

Since ancient times, the use of soldiers has always paid attention to the reputation of a master. If a vassal king did not make any mistakes, the emperor would cut his power, and the other vassal kings would definitely be in danger, worrying that the emperor would be the next to deal with him. Will unite against the emperor's rule.

But if a vassal made a mistake, the emperor could punish him justifiably, and other vassals who did not make mistakes would not worry about harming themselves.

This is Shen Yingbu's situation.

He first pretended to be sick, to draw out the ambitions of the vassal kings to fight for the throne, and then weakened the strength of the vassal kings such as Xin Wang and Huai Wang under the guise of stabilizing the future crown prince's throne, forcing them to either hand over power or take the initiative to rebel.

And as long as they rebel, the court will have a reason to send troops to suppress it.

Duke Huai, Prince Xin and other vassal princes would never take an emperor who was dying of illness into their eyes, let alone allow the emperor to cut off the power in their hands and ask them to bow down to a yellow-mouthed child. The seat that represents the supreme power is worth their lives to gamble for a time, let it go!

As soon as the first month passed, the palaces of the princes heard the news and began to secretly train soldiers and forge weapons to prepare for the future military uprising.

But these old foxes don't know that Shen Ying has already laid a trap for them.

At the end of February, the emperor issued a decree to King Huai, in the name of defending the frontier, and wanted to transfer his elite guards out of the Great Wall to defend, but King Huai refused. Three days later, the emperor issued another decree to King Xin, ordering King Xin to come to Beijing for an audience. The king knew that Hongmenyan made excuses and refused to go. The two kings resisted and refused to obey the order. The emperor was furious and decreed that they should be deposed as commoners and ordered them to be imprisoned in the fief. The two kings refused to be arrested without a fight, and came to carry out surveillance and arrest tasks The generals and ministers of the army rebelled!

The war started, and Shen Ying appointed Lin Zhenyue as the general to lead the army to attack the two kings. However, King Huai and King Xin had high prestige among the vassal kings, and they also won the support of many vassal kings. They fought stubbornly and captured many cities along the way. There was a stalemate.

Although the southern border is located in a remote place, the Pingyang Palace sent out a lot of eyeliners, and the news of the vassal king's rebellion quickly spread to the Pingyang Palace.

In order to wait for this day to come, Gu Min made two full years of preparations. During these two years, he recruited troops, practiced secretly, and cultivated an elite army. It is justifiable to raise troops to serve the king, and they never dreamed that the king of Pingyang, who has always been aloof from the world, would send troops to cooperate with the imperial army to surround them in the rear!

As soon as he received the secret report of the rebellion of King Huai and King Xin, Gu Min personally led the [-] troops of the Pingyang Palace to advance on light cavalry, and headed straight for the capital. Send someone to send a letter to Lin Zhenyue, asking Lin Zhenyue to cooperate with him to encircle and surround the army of the feudal king and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

But before Gu Min's letter was finished, Ling Qingheng who rushed over stopped him.

Over the years, although Gu Min had no correspondence with Shen Ying, he kept in touch with Ling Qingheng. He and Shen Ying also learned about each other's current situation through Ling Qingheng.

Dressed up as an ordinary soldier, Ling Qingheng entered Gu Min's camp under the leadership of the guards. When he saw Gu Min, he cupped his hands and made a bow, "It's been a few years since you left, how has the young master been?"

Gu Min was grateful to Ling Qingheng for standing by Shen Ying's side for the past two years, helping Shen Ying saddle up and back, so he also returned the gift: "It's not bad, thank you for your concern, Master Ling is well?"

Ling Qingheng smiled and said: "It's very good, the official fortune is prosperous, and it tastes delicious."

"How is your majesty?" Gu Min turned the conversation to Shen Ying within a few words, with worried eyes, "I heard he was ill? Did he really take those pills?"

Ling Qingheng smiled nonchalantly, "Do you think that with the emperor's ingenuity, you will really put yourself in danger? Naturally, you are pretending to be sick. The young master should be the person who knows the emperor best, but he can't even see through it. If you really care about it, you will be chaotic." He waved his hand, and said, "Okay, time is running out, let's talk about the business first, the emperor asked me to come to see you this time, because he wants you to lie in wait behind the rebel army."

Gu Min frowned in confusion: "Why is this? I heard that the imperial army and the rebels did not take advantage of the war. Now that the war is stalemate, it should be resolved quickly. Why does the emperor want me to stand still?"

Ling Qingheng lowered his voice and said: "I understand that you want to see the emperor's heart sooner, but if you put down the rebellion of the vassal king so easily, how can you show your hard work? It will only be a reward for your merits. But Don't forget, in the eyes of all the officials, Marquis of Linyang, Gu Min, is already dead, so where did Marquis of Linyang come from now?"

Gu Min was silent for a moment, rubbed the handle of the knife at his waist habitually, and said in a deep voice: "What does the emperor want me to do, just tell me."

Ling Qingheng stared at Gu Min, and said solemnly: "What the emperor means is that the Marquis of Linyang is dead, and there is no Marquis of Linyang Gu Min in the world. Jing, Cheng."

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