They say it's sick

Chapter 84

In the winter of the fifth year of Zhanghe, there were many changes.

First, there was a sudden rebellion in the southwest. The rebel army was mixed with the southwestern tribes, refugees who lived in no fixed place, and the remnants of the rebel army during the first emperor's reign.

The central government urgently sent a large army to support them, but before they could set off, something happened in northern Liaoning. Several small nomadic countries in the northern grassland joined forces to invade the frontier. Hou Yunye of Zhenyuan led the army to meet the enemy. Although he won a small victory, he himself fell off his horse due to a shot Back, the enemy's current coach's injury will inevitably affect the morale of the army, and the battle in northern Liaoning has become urgent for a while.

Zhang and Emperor Yuan Jing were recuperating in the palace, and fell ill immediately after hearing the successive bad news. It was not a serious illness at all, and there was an accompanying imperial doctor by his side. Another accident occurred in the palace, someone broke into the palace at night to assassinate the holy driver. Although the king of Huai'an who was also in the palace led his men to subdue the assassin in time, they were powerless and could only watch Zhang and the emperor collapse in front of them.

There was chaos in the court.

Originally, there were many affairs to be dealt with at the end of the year, but suddenly there were so many changes, and the civil and military officials were miserable.

If only the wars in the southwest and northern Liaoning were not considered serious, after all, no matter how urgent the war was, the direct impact on the capital would be insignificant.

Now that Emperor Zhang He passed away suddenly, he had to choose and build a mausoleum to prepare for the funeral, but also to investigate the assassin's instigation, and the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor must not be delayed.

Emperor Zhang He was still young, and the harem was vacant because of his deep love for the young couple, Empress Xiao. After five years on the throne, there was only a young prince Yuan Yin under his knees, and it was only natural that he should inherit the throne. But there is an extremely strong mother clan behind it——

Xiao Duo, the king of Huai'an, has been in charge of the government for many years, and when he catches up with a young emperor's heir, who can say for sure whether the surname in this world will be Yuan or Xiao.

The ruling and opposition parties continued to discuss, and some even speculated that the death of Zhang Hedi was actually a deliberate plan by King Huai'an.

It's just that the discussion is discussion, but there is no evidence, and because of Xiao Duo's habit and the military power in his hands, no one dares to question him face to face, so although the court situation is chaotic, on the surface, they are still performing their duties. There is neglect.

As for the waves in the dark, to Xiao Duo, it may be a little troublesome, but it is not really a storm.

The enthronement ceremony is imminent, and the palace is full of turmoil, only the Hall of Concentricity is rare and clean.

Xiao Duo was sitting in front of the desk, while reading the battle report that had just arrived, he was distracted reading the book in Yuan Yin's hand on his lap. On a soft couch next to the desk, Empress Xiao who was embroidering was sitting crookedly, looking up from time to time Take a look at the nephew and uncle in front of the desk.

After all, Yuan Yin is still young and doesn't even know a few words. The content of "University" is really too obscure for him. In addition, he just had lunch not long ago, and it was time for a nap. Leaning on Xiao Duo's arm, he fell into a deep sleep.

Xiao Duo lowered his head slightly to look into his arms, pulled the thin blanket over Yuan Yin's body with one hand, and continued to read the battle report.

Empress Xiao took his movements into her eyes, lowered her eyes slightly, and somehow remembered many things that happened a long time ago.

Most of them are scattered fragments. Some watched my brother practice boxing in the Huai'an Palace when I was young, some were stuffed into the nurse's arms by my brother when the house ransacked unexpectedly, and escaped from the palace. Wearing the queen's phoenix crown.

Over the years, they have experienced many things, and they have undergone many changes, but the only thing that remains the same is that no matter what happens, her brother will always protect her.

She has gained a lot and lost a lot in her life, but now, she has nothing to regret.

While thinking about it, the closed door of the main hall was knocked suddenly, Empress Xiao raised her head subconsciously, and heard Xiao Duo lower her voice: "Come in!"

The door of the palace opened gently, and Li Yan, who was wrapped in fox fur, stepped in quickly, and just about to speak, his eyes fell into Xiao Duo's arms, and he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

Seeing his expression, Empress Xiao smiled lightly, seeing Xiao Duo nodding, got up and carried Yuan Yin who was sleeping peacefully to the back hall to rest.

"My lord..." Li Yan took off his hood, revealing a slightly flushed face, probably coming all the way in a hurry, his breath was not steady when he spoke, "As you expected..."

"What's the rush..." Xiao Duo interrupted him, pointing to the armchair next to him, "Let's take a break first, let's breathe evenly before speaking slowly."

Li Yan responded, took off his fur coat, sat down on the armchair, poured himself a cup of tea and drank a couple of sips before he spoke again: "People from the Suwei Mansion have been guarding the gate of the Zheng Mansion for a whole day. At night, when it was about to dawn, a fast horse wanted to go out of the city. After checking the token according to your instructions, he detained him and withdrew the people from Suwei Mansion who were guarding the gate of the city. The spy who was a drug dealer was sent out of the city, and General Gao deliberately let them go for half a day before taking him down. As expected, he found a secret letter addressed to the rebels and... an edict..."

While Li Yan was talking, he took out two things from his arms and handed them to Xiao Duo.

Xiao Duo opened the imperial edict first, glanced over it, raised his eyebrows lightly: "Yuan Jing really worked hard to overthrow me, and even made a plan after the defeat."

The content of the edict is nothing new, the wording is the same as the letter written to the Marquis of Zhenyuan that day, denouncing Huai'an Wang Xiaoduo for deceiving the emperor and corrupting the government, but a few numbers can make the rebel army in the southwest famous and become a Kuangfu community in one fell swoop The righteous teacher who guards the court, and then the Zheng family will cater to the court, and win over the loyal veterans and Xiao Duo's former enemies under the tree to attack together. Even if Xiao Duo has the ability to kill them all, if he wants to It is already impossible for Yuan Yintai to be sent to the throne peacefully.

It was indeed a painstaking plan, but it did not meet Xiao Duo's expectation.

After he succeeded in the palace that day, he planned to delay Yuan Jing's funeral for a few days until the war in the Southwest and Liaobei was more stable, but he changed his mind when he wanted to send people to surround the Zheng family——

After all, Yuan Jing was in his prime, and he was in good health and rarely even got sick.No matter how well the arrangement is, the sudden death from a serious disease is really unconvincing. If he attacks the Zheng family again at this juncture, it will not end well.

He simply changed his mind and only sent people to keep an eye on Zheng's mansion secretly, and it really paid off.

"pity……"

Xiao Duo let out a low laugh and brought the edict close to the candlestick and lit it slowly. He watched it completely turn into ashes before opening the secret letter again. The restless ones have been dealt with, and now the evidence is conclusive... colluding with the rebel army and murdering the emperor is a serious crime of confiscating the family and destroying the family, let Gao Liang take this to the Zheng family to arrest people."

As soon as the words were spoken, before the secret letter was handed out, Li Yan had already stood up, reaching out to get the fur coat that he had just taken off, Xiao Duo scanned him from top to bottom, turned around and ordered to the outside of the hall: "Come here. people!"

A guard came in and cupped his hands: "My lord..."

"Send it to Suwei Mansion to Gao Liang..." Xiao Duo handed over the secret letter, "Let him do it according to the previous arrangement."

The guard received the letter and received the order, and retreated. Li Yanhu fur was only half worn, and seeing the palace door closed from the outside, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Xiao Duo: "My lord?"

"There are indeed a lot of things that need your help at this time, but you won't even be required to run errands and pass on messages..." Xiao Duo took a sip of the cold tea in hand, "It's hard to get back some, let's toss about it again." When you are sick, wait until Young Master Yun comes back from the battle, and then think that the king treats you harshly."

"When I came back from the palace, I invited an imperial doctor to check my pulse. I have been taking medicine for the past few days. When Xiaohuai comes back, I might gain a little weight. My lord, don't worry..."

Speaking of Yun Zhi, Li Yan's expression became much softer, and there was a smile in his eyes, "I didn't want to run errands either, but I wanted to go to Zheng's house with General Gao."

"Gaoliang is better at arresting people than you. You can watch them after they are all brought to justice and start interrogation..." Xiao Duo thought for a while and then softly snorted, "The Zheng family is a well-connected family. The case can still linger until now. Even if we have solid evidence and can convict them to death, there will inevitably be people with ulterior motives in the court who will take advantage of this case to play tricks. You just took my token and together It's all cleaned up."

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, and simply asked: "Now that the government is unstable and there is a war, if it is too ruthless, will it..."

"These people in the court can't make any waves, so they only dare to do some shady things in secret, just to cause me some trouble..."

Xiao Duo lowered his eyes, and said calmly, "So I'm too lazy to worry about it, and I can let them make troubles, but now that Yin'er has just succeeded to the throne, this court should be cleaned up."

After thinking for a while, Li Yan nodded slightly.

"Okay, let's not mention this for now..." Xiao Duo turned his gaze, and handed over the battle report in his hand, "Do you want to see the battle report in Liaobei?"

When Li Yan heard Liaobei, his eyes widened immediately, and then he came back to his senses. Yunzhi had only left the capital for a few days, and even if he traveled day and night at a fast pace, he still hadn't arrived in Youzhou at this time, even if he just received the battle report. It has nothing to do with him.

Although a little disappointed, he reached out his hand and took the battle report.

"Northern Liaobei is more worry-free than southwest..." Xiao Duo filled himself with a cup of tea, and looked up at the silent Li Yan, "Although Yun Ye was injured, Youzhou has always had strict military discipline, and the generals under him They all have their own ideas, and even though they didn't fight again, they didn't suffer any losses, so you don't have to worry."

After reading the battle report, Li Yan nodded: "Actually, I have never been very worried about the battle in Liaobei. I know that the Marquis of Zhenyuan's ability is enough to deal with this kind of battle situation. It's just a little bit...

It may be that Chinese New Year is almost here. Last year when I went to Youzhou to express condolences for Li Xuan, it happened to be around the end of the new year. The city of Youzhou was festive and peaceful. This year, because of the war, the people of Youzhou may have a very difficult year of peace. "