On the day before the winter solstice, Yang Kang arrived at Zhongdu City.

His Royal Highness has lost count of how many times he has come to this imperial city. He recalled that a year ago he came here from Kaifeng City, and officials from the central and central courts came out of the city to greet him. The scene was warm and unprecedented.

The only prince of the country, and he also made extraordinary achievements in the fight to overthrow the traitor Wanyan Hongyu, he can be said to be the most popular figure in the Kingdom of Jin.

However, life is unpredictable and events are unpredictable. Just one year later, he was about to become a prisoner. This time, he was greeted by fully armed soldiers, who were more of an escort than a protector.

His Royal Highness the King paused for a moment at the city gate. He knew that once he stepped into this imperial city, his life was no longer in his control. This was a huge gamble with his life. If he won, he would get the throne of the Kingdom of Jin.

, losing is a dead end, he uses himself as bait to buy time for the plan to proceed.

This is the reason why he set a one-month deadline. If Wanyan Honglie was killed as soon as he entered the city, nothing would be mentioned. It can only be said that it is God's will. If the time drags on for too long, Wanyan Honglie may

Aware of his conspiracy, this month happens to run from the winter solstice to New Year's Eve, which is the best time to implement the plan.

God bless!

When Yang Kang entered Zhongdu City, he said silently in his heart, he has done everything he should do, and it depends on what God will do next. Mei Chaofeng followed him silently. This blind woman made the surrounding soldiers like

Facing a powerful enemy, the information they received found that this woman was a murderous demon.

According to the information provided by Tang Zude, Mei Chaofeng has always been with His Royal Highness. Yang Kang knew that this matter could not be hidden from Wanyan Honglie, so he simply took Mei Chaofeng's surname to prevent Wanyan Honglie from being suspicious and vigilant, which would not be conducive to

As the plan progresses, all His Royal Highness has to do is to completely reassure Wanyan Honglie.

At this time, the main palace of Dazong was very lively, and the idle princes from all over the country gathered together for a rare occasion. Whether it was past grievances or old friendships, they all gathered and condensed here.

In 1115 AD, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda unified the Jurchen tribes and established a country in Huining Prefecture in Liaodong. The country was named Daijin. It has just passed one hundred years ago this year. Wanyan Aguda would not have thought that when Daijin was founded,

A hundred years later, a Han teenager was planning to steal the imperial power of the Jin Kingdom and overthrow the rule of the Jin people.

In the past hundred years, the Kingdom of Jin divided many princes into feudal princes, forming a huge clan system. These princes had their own fiefdoms. Unless they made any mistakes, the fiefdoms were hereditary. Fortunately, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin*

*Dare to attack his own clan, Jin Xizong Wanyan Dan killed all his brothers. Later, after Hailing King Wanyan Liang usurped the throne, he killed the Jurchen nobles and more than 70 descendants of Jin Taizong and three descendants of Wanyan Zonghan.

More than ten people.

This kind of killing effectively controlled the number of Jin royal family members, otherwise there would be a situation where princes were everywhere. However, after the two dynasties of Jin Shizong Wanyanyong and Jin Zhangzong Wanyanjing, the number of Jin princes increased again.

Wang Wanyankang is undoubtedly the most recent prince.

When His Royal Highness the King of England came to Da Zongzheng Mansion, all the princes came out of their residences and looked at the prince who was on the cusp of the storm. There were people with various thoughts among them, some were gloating about the misfortune, and some were saddened by the death of a rabbit or a fox.

Some of them are genuinely concerned, and some of them have murderous intentions.

A story about Yelu Chucai has spread all over the country, even in remote Liaodong. Even if some princes don't like to go to the theater, they have been in Zhongdu City for several days, and they have always heard of this hottest topic.

, many princes are wondering what choice His Royal Highness will make.

Yang Kang can no longer live in the former Prince Zhao's Mansion. As a member of the royal family, he can only live with these princes of the Jin Kingdom under the arrangement of Dazongzhengfu. However, Dazongzhengfu obviously provides special services to His Royal Highness the King of England.

The courtyard where Yang Kang lived was the most remote, and it was guarded by thousands of well-equipped soldiers. There was no telling how many people were snooping in the dark.

Under such circumstances, even Mei Chaofeng would find it difficult to escape. Wanyan Honglie actually wanted Yang Kang to escape once, so that he would have a reason to get rid of the child.

Yang Kang and Mei Chaofeng walked into this courtyard. It was empty, without a single servant, and naturally there were no charcoal fires for heating or candles for lighting. It was in sharp contrast to the fiery scenes of other princes around them.

The grudge between His Royal Highness the King of England and the Zong Zhengfu has been deep. It started from the moment Bao Xiruo entered Zhongdu City twelve years ago. The bloody recognition in the palace hall directly put the then Zong Zhengguan to death. All kinds of grievances

After all the accumulation, it’s no wonder that the Dazong Palace gave Yang Kang such treatment.

This is no longer as simple as adding insult to injury. Da Zongzhengfu has long wanted to get rid of this King of England whose origin is unknown. Fortunately, they did not go too far and provided food to His Highness. However, tomorrow is a day of sacrifice to heaven.

During the ceremony, in order for His Royal Highness the King of England to worship heaven and earth with a clean mind and body, they provided cold food.

The so-called cold food refers to food that has not been cooked. In ancient times, there was the Cold Food Festival, which was later merged with the Qingming Festival. On the day of the Cold Food Festival, you could not light a fire, so you had to eat prepared cooked food or cold food that did not require cooking.

It was late winter. Yang Kang and Mei Chaofeng were eating cold food in the room. This was not torture for them. After eating, the two began to practice and spent the long night in this way.

His Royal Highness originally wanted to find a topic to chat about, but Mei Chaofeng was obviously not in the mood, so he had to keep quiet.

On the winter solstice, the heaven-sacrifice ceremony began. Mei Chaofeng stayed in the Dazong Palace, while Yang Kang went out under the escort of soldiers, and went with the princes to the outskirts of Zhongdu City, where the heaven-sacrifice ceremony was held.

Along the way, His Royal Highness was always guarded by hundreds of soldiers. Those princes did not want to get close to him and avoided him like the plague. Yang Kang laughed at himself in his heart, this is life.

He has participated in many heaven-sacrifice ceremonies. In the past, Wanyan Jing was the host, but now it was Wanyan Honglie. This was the first time Yang Kang saw Wanyan Honglie after a year. Usually, he stood next to Wanyan Honglie, but now he

He could only watch from a distance, but the newly born little prince took his place and appeared beside the emperor, being held in his arms.

Wanyan Honglie was even more majestic than before. He stood on the high platform and looked down. His eyes swept through the thousands of people, and finally he saw the unusually handsome child. Even though the child was standing among thousands of people, he still looked...

He is so outstanding that people can find him quickly, and he seems to be the center of everyone's attention.

The Emperor of Jin saw the shadow of Bao Xiruo on Yang Kang's face, but it was a pity that the child was not his. Wanyan Honglie sighed, the matter had come to this and could not be undone. Before coming to preside over the ceremony of worshiping the heaven, Wanyan Honglie issued a secret edict to let

People went to Chang'an City to take Bao Xiruo into custody.

As the most beautiful memory in his heart, the Emperor of Jin did not want the woman to die after receiving the bad news about his son. He wanted to keep the woman's life so that he could miss her from time to time.

After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, everyone returned to the imperial city. Emperor Wanyan Honglie wanted to get together with the royal family members to connect with each other. These idle princes could also play a role in calming the people's hearts in various parts of the Jin Kingdom, but most of the princes were

They rely on oppressing the people to live a luxurious and enjoyable life. Only a small number of princes will think about the people.

The corruption of the royal family and the aristocratic class of the Jin Kingdom was an important reason for the decline of the Jin Kingdom's national power. At this time, the Jin Kingdom was only slightly stronger than Xixia. Years of comfortable life made the Jin Kingdom's nobles unable to see the crisis, and some even

Thinking that Mongolia was a barbaric tribe left to their plunder.

At the subsequent banquet, these princes unanimously praised Wanyan Honglie's great achievements and the new prince's intelligence and cuteness. There is no shortage of flatterers in this world. Some even made insinuations about His Royal Highness's background. Yang Kang sat in the corner and smiled.

Listen, watch and endure.

He secretly wrote down these people and their faces. His Royal Highness has never been a generous person. He would not be slapped on the left cheek, but would also extend his right cheek to be slapped. He believed in tooth for tooth and eye for eye.

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After the banquet, Yang Kang personally presented Wanyan Honglie with a memorial requesting to be demoted, and was willing to stay in the Dazong Palace for the rest of his life. In the memorial, he casually listed several of his crimes, such as being stubborn and disrespectful, and repeatedly

It is difficult to change a religion, etc. These crimes may be serious or trivial, but the purpose is to appease Wanyan Honglie's heart and prevent the emperor from immediately issuing an order to kill him.

After submitting the memorial, Yang Kang followed the princes back to the Dazong Palace and came to the small courtyard. When he saw Mei Chaofeng, his heart calmed down. His Royal Highness did not know what Wanyan Honglie would do and what would happen next.

Life and death were no longer in his control. He could only wait quietly in this courtyard. Everything depended on Huang Yaoshi outside.

The winter solstice is the day with the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Da Zongzheng Mansion still did not provide candles. Yang Kang sat in the room, watching night fall, the light disappear, and the longest night of the year began.

He was in the darkness and looked up, hoping to see even a glimmer of light.

Under the same night, in the palace of Zhongdu City, Wanyan Honglie looked at the memorial. The words written in the memorial were sincere, even begging. Judging from the memorial, this was a child who just wanted to save his life and just wanted something.

Pity and sympathy, and then live on.

However, the Emperor of Jin vaguely felt that something was wrong. Based on his understanding of A Kang, he should not just sit back and wait for death, without even the slightest intention of resisting. He taught A Kang. If he was in this situation, he would definitely

I will give it a try, even if the fish is dead and the net is broken, I am not willing to live in such humiliation.

But what can the child do?

Wanyan Honglie was deep in thought. At this moment, Empress Dowager Li Shier came with a cup of ginseng soup and advised the emperor not to be too diligent in government affairs and to take care of his body. Wanyan Honglie responded with a smile. After Li Shier left, he did not rest.

Let’s continue reading the memorials of other ministers.
Chapter completed!