The capital was turbulent, and the already complicated situation became more complicated and tense because the emperor reprimanded the fourth prince for three consecutive days.

The fourth prince is the most popular candidate to replace the prince as the next generation heir apparent in the past fourteen years, not one of them!

Because his mother is the most favored, he is the most favored!

There is also no one.

If the emperor reprimanded the prince, the courtiers would not raise their eyebrows because they were used to it, but this time the emperor reprimanded the fourth prince, and the reason was not a big deal.

The old lady of the Pingguo family passed away a few years ago. The former Tianping Duke's son was impeached by the censor for having a banquet with the students of the Guozijian for drinking and having fun in a restaurant. Mix behind.

As usual, such an account does not need to be brought up to the court for discussion, if it should be reprimanded, it will be reprimanded, and if the fourth prince comes forward to have a laugh at Yushitai, he will let it go. But this time the book was not only delivered to the emperor, the emperor also scolded Pingguo Gong and Pingguo Gong's sons at the court meeting, saying that they were unfaithful and filial, unworthy of being grandchildren, and that Ping Guogong was not strict in governing the family.

What shocked the courtiers the most was that after scolding Ping Guogong's family, the emperor turned around and reprimanded the fourth prince, saying that he was not strict in governing...

The lack of strict governance is to cover the mistakes made by the prince of Pingguo on the fourth prince.

The courtiers looked "hehe".

When the empress dowager passed away, the fourth prince took people out of Beijing to hunt in less than a hundred days. After being caught by the censor, he gave him a hard meal. Who prevaricated by saying "the fourth prince is young and ignorant"? Who retaliated afterwards and sent the censor of impeachment to the local government as an angel?

In terms of disloyalty and filial piety, the fourth prince must be above Duke Pingguo, and you are also above Duke Pingguo when it comes to teaching your son well, but the courtiers dare not say these words, so they think about it in their hearts, and then Desperately recalling what rebellious thing the fourth prince did to make the emperor, who has always spoiled his son so much, get angry at him?

After thinking and thinking, after checking and checking, most of the courtiers said they had no clue. They thought that it was probably because His Majesty had reached menopause, so they were particularly irritable recently.

A few well-informed ministers knew that the matter was started by the grandson.

A few years ago, Taisun was ordered to go to Fujian to investigate Fujian's general soldiers who came to Fu Yiliang to pretend to be meritorious, falsely reported military households, embezzled and accepted bribes, and paid for nothing.

Unexpectedly, the grandson played private visits on micro-services. It was not until three months ago that the grandson gave the emperor a discount. Not only was he involved in the crimes above Laifu, but he was also involved in Fujian's chief envoy and grain transport envoy. Most of the officials in Fujian's officialdom were arrested. spread.

Of course, the emperor did not blame Fujian for this, because the evidence has not been sent back, and the grandson has not returned to Beijing. It is impossible for the emperor and courtiers to behead half of the officials in Fujian just based on a note from the grandson.

Therefore, everything can only be discussed after Taisun comes back.

But the grandson suddenly disappeared. The prince was furious and ordered the officials in Fujian and Zhejiang to search for it. The body of the guard who followed the prince was found half a month ago...

All the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty knew that the grandson had been attacked.

The smart ones think that the officials in Fujian are so stupid that they want to play the trick of killing people to silence them.

This object may be useful for other officials, but what use is it for Taisun?

The grandson is not dead, and they are asking about the crimes they committed before. At most, their heads were beheaded and their family members were exiled.

If the grandson is dead, no matter if they are guilty or not, they will be guilty in the end, and it will be light for the family members to be exiled.

Do you think the prince is weak and can be bullied just by being pointed and scolded by the emperor every day?

That's because the prince is facing off with the emperor's favorite fourth prince. Let the outsiders try it out. Is it the grandson of the family that is more important, or these foreign ministers?

No matter how unfavored the grandson is, he is also the emperor's own grandson, who is in his blood, not someone who can be bullied if he wants to.

Those who knew the inside story could guess that it wasn't officials from Fujian who did it, but a few princes and grandchildren from Beijing.

The prince is weak, except for one princess, he only has three sons. Except for the grandson, the other two sons are too young, one is twelve, and the other is only four years old.

If something happened to the grandson, the prince's family would lose at least half of their power. Judging from the current situation, it would be no different from directly abolishing the prince.

What's more, they guessed that the incident in Fujian should be related to the prince and grandson in Beijing.

Didn't the emperor become more irritable because of this?

But the blame lies here. When the news came that the grandson was attacked and disappeared, the emperor was angry, but not too angry. He just let the prince order the government to search along the road. It exploded wherever it went, and it is said that even the noble concubines in the palace were reprimanded.

Now the well-informed group of people who thought they knew the inside story were also stunned, completely unaware of what stimulated the emperor.

But the few people who were more informed knew that the emperor was hurting others.

The grandson tried his best to send a letter of distress to the prince. In the letter, he mourned and strongly expressed his desire to live. He wrote emotionally in a very long length about his unfulfilled ideals, unfulfilled filial piety, and unfulfilled love. The responsibility of her husband and father, he wants to live, to continue to appreciate the spring breeze and autumn moon, feel the summer rain and winter snow...

A copy of the letter was sent to the emperor. This letter, which had a strong desire to survive but was suppressed by reality, resonated strongly with the emperor.

Li An wants to live, and the emperor also wants to live. He is fifty-eight, and he will be sixty in two years. How many emperors in history can live past sixty?

He was weak and self-willed, otherwise he would not have thought of abolishing the crown prince and would have sent troops to surround the East Palace recklessly. When the courtiers strongly opposed him, he would have been weak and backed down, letting the matter go unnoticed.

As he gets older and his body becomes weaker, he wants to live more and more. As Ang Lee said, he also has many unfinished business.

Seeing this letter, the emperor felt sorry for the eldest grandson for the first time, and then became angry and suspicious.

He is still alive and healthy now, and the fourth brother chased and killed his nephew thousands of miles away for the sake of the throne. He is so ruthless, and when he gets old and sick, will the fourth child treat him like this?

The emperor loves the fourth prince, but no matter how much he loves him, it is impossible to love him more than himself, so the emperor finds an excuse to reprimand him and ask him to restrain himself.

He doesn't mind if he fights with the prince, but he doesn't want the fight to involve human life.

They were all his sons, and he didn't want to die in the end except for the one who ascended the throne.

It's a pity that the fourth prince couldn't understand his good intentions. After being reprimanded for three days, the fourth prince felt an unprecedented crisis.

He has never experienced such a setback since he was a child, and this kind of failure was not given to him by the crown prince, but by his nephew!

The fourth prince especially couldn't bear it, thinking, if I can't kill your father, why can't I kill you, a bastard?

What the fourth prince thought was that with Li An dead, the crown prince would lose a lot of support, he would lose a strong enemy, and the Fujian matter could be left alone.

His methods were unprecedentedly fierce, and he sent all kinds of people to intercept and kill, and he must be killed outside the capital.

The Prince's Mansion naturally sent guards to look for and protect the grandson, and the two forces immediately made the situation in the capital tense.

In addition, there is a bridge next to it to poke the fire, and those who want to take advantage of the fisherman's interests make the situation in the capital even more complicated and tense.

The old man on the throne was so angry that his beard almost turned up when he saw the result of his reprimand. He couldn't bear it anymore, and called the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and said in a deep voice, "You choose a team to go out of Beijing to meet the grandson."

Wan Peng, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, was dumbfounded, and asked, "Your Majesty, where is Taisun at this time?"

The emperor stared and said: "You ask me, who do I ask? You don't know how to find it yourself? There are only a few roads from south to north, and you will always meet someone if you look for them one by one."

Wanpeng's face was covered in blood, but it was difficult to say that the emperor was willful. There were four official roads from the south and the east to the capital, and there were countless small roads and side roads...

He knew that it was useless to refuse, so he could only bow his head in response, wiped his face after going out and went to make arrangements.

The emperor's upper and lower lips touched and it was over, but they were the ones who were tired.

Not only the emperor, but the fourth prince and the prince are looking for the grandson. After watching for a few days, all the forces in the capital still couldn't help but send people out to find Li An and the others. They must know whether they are alive or dead. Make an earlier and more accurate decision on what to do next.

That's why Li Baolu and the others met four groups of inspectors when they walked halfway. The group who were expected to reach the capital in the evening didn't make it to two-thirds of the distance until the sun was about to set.

Li Baolu's face turned dark.

Everyone else lowered their heads and did not dare to look at her face, even Gu Jingyun sat obediently on the mule cart without moving.

There were many people who were delayed like them, and everyone followed them all the way in fear, at least they had some revolutionary friendship, so they got together to discuss and spend the night together.

Because Li Baolu and the others have four strong men, they are also the main targets of everyone's wooing.

There is no way, businessmen from Baoding to Beijing rarely spend the night on the road, such a change makes them very uneasy, and today's abnormality, everyone needs to hold together to keep warm.

Li Baolu thought for a moment before agreeing, but when looking for a location, she parked the mule cart beside her so that she could escape.

The others were also very happy. From their point of view, the more camped in the middle, the safer it would be.

Li Baolu untied the car, hugged hay for the red dates to eat, and put the luggage wrapped with bows and crossbows beside her.

Gu Jingyun added firewood to the fire and warmed the steamed buns for her to eat. Li Baolu squeezed the steamed buns in her hand and said in a deep voice, "It's too dangerous to spend the night outside at this time, and I'm always very uneasy."

"Miss Li, don't worry, the people who meet us have arrived." Wei Yingjie whispered.

Li Baolu's eyes slid over the nearby bushes and tall branches, and said heavily: "That's why it's easier to be found."

Wei Yingjie: "..."

"Miss Na Li thought..."

Li Baolu shook her head, stuffed a piece of steamed bun into her mouth, and said, "Now it's only safe to be surrounded by you, it's even more dangerous to go out, but I'm always uneasy."

Wei Yingjie was silent and didn't speak, and took Li An out for a long time. No one knew what the two of them were doing. Anyway, it was two quarters of an hour when they came back. Li Baolu always felt that Li An's body would be weak Seems a little stronger.

Li Baolu turned her head and looked at Gu Jingyun regretfully, there was nothing on them that could protect against swords.

Gu Jingyun turned his head and smiled at her, stretched out his hand to hold her hand, and handed her the kettle with the other hand, "I put honey to make scented tea, drink more."

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