Chapter 117 One Night's Tos

Chu Ruoxi pondered for a little and asked, "Only Andehai? Didn't the emperor and the prince come?"

"I didn't see the emperor driving, and Andehai held the imperial edict and went straight into the backyard!"

The prince didn't come either! God will help me!

Chu Ruoxi was relieved, "Such a big thing has happened in the capital. I can't help but know my brother Zhihuai, Alin, who is far away in the frontier, go and see why Andehai came, and the prince can't relax!"

A few chickens crowed faintly, the east was slightly white, and the dawn was coming.

Chu Ruoxi looked at the arranged mourning hall behind her and put away the sadness in her eyes: Chu Zhicheng's death is bound to tear a crack in the seemingly unbreakable Zhou Dynasty, and all she has to do is to make up this opening with a few more knives until the Great Zhou Dynasty collapses!

You must not let Chu Zhihuai rush back to Beijing now. There is no conclusive evidence to prove that the prince murdered Chu Zhicheng. He will only make the courtiers think that the Chu family is going to rebel.

Moreover, even if the prince kills him, as a minister, he can't bring troops to revenge on the prince!

Chu Ruoxi thought carefully and made up his mind to persuade Chu Yuanshan to let Chu Zhihuai stay at the border and wait to leave implicitly.

Chu Zhihuai must be angry when he learned that his eldest brother died tragically and could not return to Beijing to revenge. When the resentment accumulated in his heart could not be suppressed, she would find an opportunity for him to vent happily.

Andhai came to appease Chu Yuanshan with the imperial edict. Dingguo's mansion was full of lights and white veils. The slave's face was sad and his eyes were desolate, but Chu Yuanshan did not come out to receive the order, which made him feel a little guilty.

He did not dare to use Yongle Emperor to suppress Chu Yuanshan, so he had to ask the slaves in the house to wake up the "comatose" Chu Yuanshan as soon as possible and come to receive the order.

"No matter who framed Cheng'er, I, Chu Yuanshan, vowed to smash him into ten thousand pieces and five horses to separate the body."

In the warm pavilion of Chunhui Hall, Chu Yuanshan had a murderous face and comforted Liang, who cried into tears, "Madam, don't be sad. If you dare to touch my Chu family, you are looking for a way to die."

Liang leaned on the couch and was full of uneasiness. "At the feet of the emperor, there are so many people protecting him, and there are still people who dare to poison Zhicheng. It's really better than beasts. Poor him..."

"Madam!" Chu Yuanshan was sad and said to Liang, "This time it's the old man's carelessness. The Chu family is not what it used to be. He can't tolerate my Chu family and wants to completely eradicate the Chu family from the Zhou Dynasty. I, Chu Yuanshan, can't sit and wait to die. For the 100-year foundation of the Chu family and for my Chu Yuanshan's wife and children, I want to protect myself!"

Liang was shocked, "Sir, you mean..."

"In the morning, I will ask my wife to go back to my mother's house and bring up the difficulties of the Chu family with my brother to see what good advice the brother can do to help the Chu family overcome the difficulties."

Liang's brother is the commander of the 300,000 imperial forest army in the capital. Chu Yuanshan said so in the hope that she could persuade Liang Xianzhi to stand up and defend the interests of the Chu family at a critical moment.

"Master, don't worry, the brother will never sit idly by and ignore such a big thing happened to the Chu family. My concubine has ordered someone to invite my brother. Presumably, my brother must have rushed back to the capital with a whip."

In order to be selfish, Liang asked his brother to leave the capital early for the urgent moment. Chu Zhicheng could not ask his brother to mobilize the imperial army.

Then deliberately stimulated Chu Zhicheng and asked him to enter the palace to "save people". Now Chu Zhicheng is finally dead. Chu Yuanshan said this, she was a little guilty and quickly cried twice to cover it up.

The housekeeper Liu Sheng hurriedly reported, "Master, Grandpa An urged you to come to the front hall to receive the order."

Chu Yuanshan frowned. The emperor sent an eunuch to give an explanation to the Chu family. He was too naive and was hesitating. Chu Ruoxi came to see him with a haggard face.

"Father, Andhai is waiting in the front hall. Although what happened last night was annoying, it was still not easy for us to neglect the imperial envoy!"

"Ruoxi is right, sir, why don't we see what the emperor said first?" Liang didn't want the Chu family to turn against the royal family. She was also thinking about finding an opportunity to let her daughter Chu Yunxi replace Chu Ruoxi and marry the prince.

Chu Yuanshan shook his hand and said, "I fainted and couldn't accept the order. Madam, please let Zhiyong follow the imperial edict instead of me!"

Liang was stunned. Zhiyong was just a child, and I'm afraid the master's move would be more inappropriate.

Chu Ruoxi nodded and agreed, "My father's arrangement is excellent, so let Zhiyong go."

"Madam, take Zhiyong. Remember, Andhai asks you nothing. Just cry." Chu Yuanshan sat in the mahogany teacher's chair, his face was haggard, but his eyes were as cold as knives, which made the people present feel a chill.

Chu Ruoxi admired Chu Yuanshan more and more. The emperor asked Andehai to come to the Duke of Ding to spy on the wind of Chu Yuanshan, but Chu Yuanshan was determined to cry out to Emperor Yongle. Chu Zhicheng died tragically. Chu Yuanshan was seriously ill. The only one who could come forward was this 8-year-old child.

I don't know what the mediocre Yongle Emperor thinks of such a depressed Duke of Dingguo!

When Chu Yuanshan learned that he had seen Lin Shuangqing when he left the house, he couldn't help but suspect that Chu Zhicheng innocently went to the high building of Qilin Pavilion and was regarded as a target.

Although Chu Ruoxi did not know Lin Shuangqing's true identity, Lin Shuangqing successfully provoked a deep hatred between the prince and the Chu family. With her ability alone, she was afraid that Chu Yuanshan could not touch her for a while, but destroyed such a good pawn.

Chu Ruoxi hid the matter of the envelope and tried his best to attract the death of Chu Zhicheng to the prince in front of Chu Yuanshan to dispel his doubts about Lin Shuangqing.

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The overnight accident shocked the government and the opposition. Emperor Yongle was seriously ill and could not face the government, and the prince supervised the country.

When hundreds of officials came to the dynasty, the position of Chu Yuanshan's father and son was vacant, and the atmosphere was a little awe.

The prince was very saddened by the tragic death of the son of the Duke of Ding. He vomited blood and almost fainted.

Minister Pu Sifei came up and impeached Wu Yunde, a guard of the capital, who supported himself and defended himself. He intended to rebel and led troops to attack the palace.

Immediately, a minister Han Jin rushed out to fight back, strongly verifying that Wu Yunde was to seize the bandits, not to rebel. The two sides fought in front of the prince with each other.

Wu Yunde blatantly led his troops to clash with the imperial army, but some people turned right and wrong upside down. The prince suppressed his anger and let Pu Si fly to the evidence, otherwise he would be guilty of slandering loyalty!

Pu Sifei is the confidant arranged by the prince. Naturally, he was prepared early in the morning and summoned the officers and soldiers who clashed that night, and proved that Wu Yunde asked people to "kill into the palace and save the Duke Zheng" and other rebellious words.

Pu Sifei asked Wu Yunde to come to face him, but Wu Yunde came back to order: the bandits who had disturbed the capital last night were seized. The bandits admitted that they did not know that the man was the son of the Duke of Dingguo and may have killed him by mistake in the chaos.

Last night, the prince was scolded by Emperor Yongle and scolded him for being stupid.

However, Emperor Yongle has no definite evidence that Chu Zhicheng was shot by him, but now some people believe that he is the murderer of Chu Zhicheng. He can't ask for it. He just escaped, and Chu Yuanshan has nothing to say in the future!

The prince lightly resolved the dispute between the ministers and executed the bandit Ling Chi

He blamed Wu Yunde for his dereliction of duty and failed to protect his son well. Although he captured the bandits, he could not absolve himself from the blame. He was demoted by the prince and removed his guard position and asked him to go back to the house to think about it.

He also asked Emperor Yongle to issue an order to make the deceased Chu Zhicheng "the first-class prince of Guoan" and appease Chu Yuanshan.

The matter of Chu Zhicheng was taken care of by the prince, but Chu Yuanshan, who was recuperating in the Duke of Dingguo, did not intend to give up.

Secretly vowed to avenge Chu Zhicheng and set out to prepare for the stupid prince Yang Yiping to replace his own nephew, Prince Yang Zheng.

Under the purple bamboo forest where Yilan lived, Chu Ruoxi carefully read the letter of his second brother Chu Zhihuai, and then put it in the brazier and turned it into ashes.

Chu Zhihuai intended to rebel and led troops back to the capital to seize the Yang family, but he could not get the support of Chu Yuanshan. He was depressed and wrote to his sister to complain.

When Chu Ruoxi calculated the current situation, Emperor Yongle was stunned and handed over the government to Chu Yuanshan to take care of the government. Although the Chu family was full of power, there were many generals loyal to the emperor. Coupled with the "dragon shadow" secretly guarding the royal family, Chu Yuanshan had no 100% chance of winning.

And she was reborn in a hurry, and everything was not arranged properly. It was what she thought. Yes, she didn't want Chu Zhihuai to rise up so quickly.

Under her persuasion, Chu Zhihuai suppressed the impulse of revenge, secretly recruited soldiers and horses, trained sergeants, and returned to the capital in the coming day.

"Ruoxi, your father has made several orders in a row, mostly to appease you. It's better to go to the palace to see your father."

Yang Yiping squatted beside Chu Ruoxi and played with the fresh buds in the flower nursery. He looked at him from afar and only regarded the stupid prince as the young lady and did not do his job.

"No, what should I do when the prince finds an excuse to frame me? I don't want to die in the palace for no reason!" Chu Ruoxi sighed gently, "If the emperor sincerely pity the Chu family, why don't you let the prince come to apologize? Should I go to the palace to thank him for saying a few empty words?"

Yang Yiping was a little helpless: "My father's decree to appease the Chu family is the emperor's kindness, how can it be empty words! If you are so difficult, it will only make the prince more afraid of the Chu family, which is even more unfavorable to you!"

Chu Ruoxi raised her eyebrows and looked at Yang Yiping. "Why does Your Highness say this to me? The world says that the Chu family is the first treacherous minister in the dynasty, and the prince will not give up if he does not get rid of the Chu family. Your Highness doesn't worry about the Chu family sitting up?"

Yang Yiping raised his head, pulled the tender buds in his hand, and said foolishly, "Why did the prince eradicate the Chu family? Ruoxi's sister is also the Chu family. What should I do..." He seemed to be trying to figure out a way. Suddenly, he was happy and said happily, "I will be the prince, so that the prince will not harm Ruoxi's sister!"

"You..." Chu Ruoxi immediately understood that Chu Yuanshan stood quietly at the corner of the corridor. Yang Yiping said these stupid words to him. She pushed him angrily, "All nonsense, you can be the prince? Still unable to stand up, what does the prince squat on the ground like?

"Does the King of Jin want to be a prince?" Chu Yuanshan came up alone with a smile and looked at Yang Yiping: "The king of Jin knows that the prince is going to be the emperor. The emperor is the most powerful person in the world. Everyone should listen to the emperor!"

Yang Yiping was puzzled and said, "I want to be a prince, so that the prince will not bully Ruoxi's sister, but my father is the emperor, and others can't be emperor!"

"If the emperor wants to kill Ruoxi, what will His Royal Highness the King of Jin do?"

"...I won't let anyone hurt Ruoxi's sister!" Yang Yiping hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth, "Even my father can't!"