Queen's New Clothes

Chapter 131 Don't Hurt Her Anymore

Collaborating with the enemy and treason is not a small crime.

However, those old men spoke with reason and evidence, and they took out the letters between Wei Yan and the leader of the Mi Rong family. The handwriting on the letters was indeed Wei Yan's.The content of the conspiracy is written on it.Wei Yan promised that as long as the Xirong people retreated, after he ascended the throne, he would cede several border cities to the Xirong tribes.

In the early court, the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stood up and said: "The crown prince conspired with the Xirong people to divide up my Dayan's territory without authorization. This is really treason. Your Majesty, please come down."

The time on the letter coincided with the time when the Xirong tribe retreated. At first glance, it seemed that the two sides had agreed.

Emperor Zhaoyuan sat on the golden dragon chair, nodded his knees, and said after a while, "Apart from this, what evidence is there?"

The Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is stagnant, isn't that enough?What more evidence does His Majesty want?
Wei Yuan glanced at the speaker who was wearing the red-purple Golden Pheasant Buzi court uniform, and the speaker understood, and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, when the crown prince fought with the leader of Xirong, Zagar, he had a chance to capture him alive, but Withdraw the troops halfway. If it wasn't for some tricks, how could you let the opponent go so easily? Wouldn't it be letting the tiger go back to the mountain and raising the tiger to cause trouble?"

However, on this point, the speaker was wrong.Wei Feng is not letting the tiger go back to the mountain, he is trying to convince Zagel.Afterwards, Zager led his troops to fight twice, but was defeated by Wei Yan's soldiers.After three times, Zager had nothing to say, and voluntarily withdrew his troops for three hundred miles, and promised that he would never invade Dayan's territory again in the next 30 years.

As an emperor, Emperor Zhaoyuan naturally knew what Wei Feng was thinking.

Zager has two sons who are brave and good at fighting. If Zager dies, no matter which one of them succeeds, in order to avenge their father, the border will not be peaceful for the next few decades.There is only one way, once and for all, with a long-term vision.

Emperor Zhaoyuan didn't think that Wei Wei was afraid of Zagel's two sons, but he just wanted to avoid wars for the sake of the people at the border.

Think about what the people think, think about what the people think.That's what a king really should do.

Emperor Zhaoyuan thought he had chosen the right person, glanced at the officer, and said: "Xi Rong has signed the letter of surrender and paid 10 taels of tribute to our court every year. Is it possible that Minister Wang thinks there is anything more suitable than this?" the result of?"

Minister Wang was pushed back to his grandma's house by the emperor's words, and he had to bring up the old story again, "But the content of the letter is clearly written in black and white..."

Emperor Zhaoyuan thought for a while and said, "As for the letter, we will deal with it after the Crown Prince returns to Beijing."

His Majesty's partiality is so obvious, how could the officials below not see it.However, for now, this is the only way to go. The officials who had just impeached Wei Feng bowed their heads, and Nuonuo said yes.

After the court was over, Wei Yuan had a gloomy face, and only walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony after all the ministers had left.

In front of him stood a figure, thin and slender, wearing ordinary clothes.A minister stopped Wei Jichang from speaking, so he walked slowly.

Wei Yuan took a few steps forward and called him to stop: "Prince, please stay."

Wei Jichang didn't seem to hear, and continued to walk down.Wei Yuan remembered that he couldn't hear, reached out his hand to hold his shoulder, and went around to him.

Wei Jichang's brows were wide open, he didn't seem surprised to see Wei Yuan at all, the smile from just now still remained on his lips.

There was no one around, Wei Yuan looked at him flatly, with the usual tone, "What did you think about the matter I discussed with you last time?"

Wei Jichang raised his eyebrows slightly, maybe he didn't expect him to be so direct.

It's no wonder that Wei Yuan couldn't hold his breath, the emperor's attitude was so obvious just now, it was clear that he wanted to favor Wei Wei.If Wei Yuan hadn't taken action sooner, after Wei Feng returned to Beijing, he would never have the chance to be on the throne again.

Wei Jichang smiled, stretched out his hand, took Wei Yuan's palm on his shoulder, and left without saying anything.

Su Xi was in the inner house and didn't know anything about the court. When she heard the news, it was already two days later.

Su Xi was holding Ting Yan's hand for a walk around the backyard. Dr. Zhou said that she was about to give birth, so she walked around more every day so that the labor would not be too hard.The lotus in the backyard is blooming just right, the green leaves are pavilions, and the red lotus blooms quietly, like a thick and colorful ink painting.Nanny Ye and Nanny Lu followed behind, fearing that something might happen to her, they would make a fuss and stop her when she walked a little closer to the pool.

This made Su Xi lose interest, and clamored to go back after walking a few steps.

It's better when Wei Yan is around. Although he will be nervous about her, he will try his best to satisfy all her requests.

Now that Wei Yan has been away for two months, Su Xi looked at her belly and pursed her lips in displeasure.

Didn't you say you would come back soon?If he doesn't come back, her child will be born soon.

Just as they were walking, Jin Wang Wei Liankun walked over, didn't see her, and said to the attendants beside him, "Send a letter to Wei Yan and tell him to return to Beijing immediately! If he doesn't come back, the position of the crown prince will be taken away." gone."

Su Xi stopped in her tracks, looked at King Jin in a daze, and said, "Father, what did you mean by what you just said?"

King Jin seemed to pay attention to her, looked at her with dark and cloudy eyes, waved his sleeves and continued to walk in, "It has nothing to do with you, ladies and gentlemen, take care of your own body first."

But what he said was endless, how could Su Xi feel at ease?
What does it mean that the position of the crown prince will be taken away?Who wants to take it, Wei Yuan?Su Xi clearly remembered that this did not happen in her previous life, or maybe she never paid attention to it and ignored something.She tossed and turned alone at night, feeling anxious, always feeling that something was about to happen.

Sure enough, Wei Yuan led [-] soldiers to conquer the city gate that night, and captured the two gates of Donghua Gate and Zhongcheng Gate overnight.The people in the capital fell into panic. Emperor Zhaoyuan ordered General Weiyuan to capture Wei Yuan, the prince of Yu, but he didn't know when Wei Yuan hooked up with Wan Rui, the commander of the imperial army.

But it turned out that after Li Yan was exiled, his position in the imperial guard was vacant, and Wei Yuan recommended someone to fill Li Yan's vacancy, and that person was Wan Rui.

The palace was in chaos.Wei Yuan did not kill Emperor Zhao Yuan, but he wanted Emperor Zhao Yuan to announce to the world that Wei Yuan was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason by joining forces with the Xirong tribe.In this way, Wei Yuan was able to block Wei Feng's army outside the city wall in the name of "the side of the Qing emperor" in an upright manner, and wiped out all of them.

In the Linde Hall, Emperor Zhaoyuan looked at the imperial edict drawn up on the lacquered table case, but did not affix the jade seal for a long time.

Standing below, Wei Yuan asked knowingly, "What is your Majesty hesitating about? The evidence of Wei Wei's collusion with the enemy and treason is on your table. As long as you stamp the jade seal, I can help you eliminate the rebellious officials and thieves, and return the people of the capital to a peaceful and prosperous world."

The halo of dusk outside the hall shone in and fell on the floor, stretching Wei Yuan's shadow very long, until it reached under the table in front of Emperor Zhaoyuan.Emperor Zhaoyuan still sat steadily, without panic. "The people in the capital are not fools. They can see clearly what is right and what is wrong. Even if I stamp this imperial edict, you will not be able to get rid of the crime of treason."

Wei Yuan put away the smile on his face, stopped talking nonsense with Emperor Zhao Yuan, and ordered someone to bring a little man up.

Wei Deyin stood in the middle of the hall with a small body, trembling, and looked at the father behind the case with watery eyes. He didn't know what happened, but felt scared.She timidly said: "Father...I miss my mother."

Emperor Zhaoyuan finally showed a crack on his face, and said angrily, "Wei Yuan, you are so courageous."

Wei Yuan signaled the guards behind him to retreat, walked behind Wei Deyin, gently rubbed Wei Deyin's head with his palm, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, don't be too nervous, I just asked the little princess to persuade Your Majesty. As long as you sign the imperial edict, I guarantee that the little princess will be safe and sound."

Not only the palace was under the control of Wei Yuan, but even the Prince Jin's mansion could not escape.

The palace was surrounded by Wei Yuan's soldiers, with three floors inside and three floors outside, even Ting Yan wanted to go out to inquire about the situation in the city, but was stopped by people.

After listening to Yan came back, he complained angrily: "Prince Yu's son is really lawless. When he comes back, he will be severely punished for his crimes!"

Listening to He pulled her, he glanced into the room and motioned her to speak softly.

Since Wei Yuan invaded the city three days ago, Su Xi has not spoken.She was sitting on the Rahan couch facing the rattan window by the window, and was writing a letter to her second elder brother Su Zhi who was far away at Yanmen Pass.A while ago, the second elder brother was sent to Yanmen Pass by Emperor Zhaoyuan just after he got married. I don't know if he knows what happened in the capital. If he can come back in time after seeing her letter, maybe he can help Wei Yan.

Su Xi was flustered at first, but after calming down, she thought of everything she should think of.There was nothing she could do, but she could only try not to cause trouble to Wei Yan as much as possible, and stay at home until he came back.After writing the letter and sealing it with wax, Su Xi called Ting Li and said, "When you're shopping tomorrow morning, find a way to send this letter out, and don't let anyone know about it."

Ting Li is clever and immature, which makes it easy for people to relax their guard.Early the next morning, Ting Li left the mansion smoothly and delivered the letter to the Su mansion.

The servant of the gatekeeper of the Su Mansion handed the letter to the elder Su Zhen, and Su Zhen naturally knew what to do.

Three days later, a black-painted flat-roofed double carriage stopped in front of the Prince Jin Mansion.

The leader is Wan Rui, the commander of the imperial army.

Wan Rui respectfully "invited" Su Xi to come out, and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Yu, please come to the gate of the city."

Su Xi has always been timid, and she must have been terrified when encountering such a big incident in the past, but now she can still maintain her calm, even though the hand holding Tinghe is already cold. "I'm about to give birth, the doctor said it's inconvenient to walk around, I'm afraid I can't go out with adults."

Wan Rui narrowed his eyes, and glanced at Su Xi's stomach. The lower abdomen protruded under the delicate green silk blouse, which didn't look like a lie.He remembered Wei Yuan's words before departure - "You are only allowed to take someone with you, and you are not allowed to hurt her at all."

Wan Rui's attitude was respectful, but his voice was devoid of emotion: "Madam, don't worry, there is a carriage parked outside the door. You only need to go with the official, and you won't be tired."

This means that you must go.Su Xi looked at him quietly, a thousand thoughts flashed through her mind.What is the purpose of Wei Yuan asking her to go to the city gate at this time?The outside of the palace is full of Wei Yuan's staff, if he confronts them head-on, he may not be able to please him.Besides, she herself had a premonition that she felt a slight pain in her stomach early this morning, and she was afraid that she was about to give birth.At this time, the two sides will fight again, if something goes wrong, she is afraid of hurting the child in her stomach.

Su Xi quickly weighed the pros and cons, forgiving that Wei Yuan would not dare to do anything to her in public, not to mention that she was still pregnant.So he said: "I can go with you, but I have to bring two midwives with me."

Wan Rui was easy to speak, and said, "Of course."

Su Xi asked Wan Rui to wait outside, went back to clean up, and picked two more experienced midwives in case she was about to give birth suddenly.In fact, there was nothing to deal with, she hid a silver hairpin in her sleeve for self-defense.Once everything was ready, he followed Wan Rui into the carriage outside the residence.

The carriage walked steadily, all the way to the gate of the city.Supporting her waist with one hand, Su Xi stepped on the yellow wooden stool and slowly got off the carriage. After only a short distance, the pain in her stomach intensified.Fortunately, it was not unbearable. Wan Rui led the way and asked her to climb the city wall.

Su Xi walked very slowly step by step, and when he reached the city wall, he saw Wei Yuan standing in front of him in a black lotus-colored robe.

Seeing her coming, Wei Yuan curled his lips until she stopped a few steps away before saying, "Do you know why I invited you here today?"

Su Xi was silent.The city wall was very windy, blowing her delicate green skirt, and the thin fabric wrapped her body, making her even more petite and lovely.Her pink lips were tightly pursed, her face was a little pale, but it added a sense of stubbornness.

Su Xi originally thought that Wei Yuan would attack her. After all, she was pregnant with Wei Yuan's flesh and blood. He wanted to fight for the throne, and the child in her womb would be a serious concern to him.But she couldn't confront him head-on, she could only think of a way to hold him back and give birth to the child safely.

However, Wei Yuan withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance.

Su Xi followed his gaze, and saw tens of thousands of horses driving towards Qingshui Mountain outside the city.On the front banner hangs a large character - "Jin".

(End of this chapter)