Several things have happened in Chang'an recently.
First, the emperor personally admitted that Shi Zhongtang, deputy envoy of the Southern Xinjiang Festival, was his adopted son.
In an instant, everyone looked down on Zhang Chumao. Even the gamblers dared to make a bet on when Zhang Chumao would leave southern Xinjiang. According to reports, 99% of them bet within three years.
Yang Songcheng's son-in-law is about to fall.
Just when everyone was gloating about the misfortune, the emperor suddenly rewarded the King of Yue and even promoted several of the King of Yue's confidants.
Then, some kittens that King Wei had just won over were impeached and captured immediately.
King Wei became a loner again.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is compensating the Yang family!"
Ding's long beard and hair turned gray, but he still refused to rest. He rushed from Qianzhou to Chang'an to help King Wei, "The Yang family is so powerful that your Majesty cannot control it, so you give me a stick and a sweet date. Poor king, but he became
Your Majesty's target."
This is the palace.
King Wei sat in his study after a long absence, holding a book in his hand, and raised his head and said: "He asked me to come to Chang'an just to be used as a chess piece."
"But..." Ding Chang said angrily: "But tiger poison cannot eat its seeds!"
"He is not a tiger." King Wei lowered his head and read the book, "He is a wolf!"
Ding Changdu said, "That's right! A wolf with a wolf-like heart and a dog-like lung!"
King Wei didn't care what others said about the emperor, even if he was a beast.
Because he is indeed a beast.
"Your Majesty, those few people have been captured. Chang'an is saying that they cannot follow your Majesty. Otherwise, they will become targets at some point."
"And this target is inexplicably often hit by others. I don't know why."
"Your Majesty..."
"Actually, I have been waiting for you."
"What are you waiting for, Your Majesty?"
"Aniang!"
King Wei stood up and said, "I asked someone to go to the palace to ask for instructions. He said, I want to see my mother-in-law."
Later, King Wei went to Concubine Shu.
"Your Majesty, the king is here."
Yu Nan went in happily.
Concubine Shu was sitting on the futon and was reciting sutras. When she heard this, she threw away the sutras and said, "Come in quickly."
The southern woman was petite, and Concubine Shu immediately jumped up. Just as King Wei came in, she complained: "Yang Songcheng's family is no worse than the emperor. You are alone, how can you compete with them?"
For others to seize the right of birth, it is a struggle between several brothers, fighting alone.
When I arrived at your place, it was Yang and his men who surrounded you and beat you up. See what I said, get some tea quickly."
King Wei sat down. One mother and son were petite and the other was tall and burly. They looked very interesting.
"How's the kid?"
"Fortunately, Mr. Huang is a little flustered."
"It's like this for the first pregnancy. It'll get better after a while. It's okay for you to stay down and be small for a while. It will at least make her feel better."
"Yeah! I'm coaxing her!"
"Oh! My son is also good at coaxing people!" Concubine Shu said with a beaming smile, "It shows that Miss Huang is really your favorite."
King Wei remained silent.
"Don't worry about the emperor trying to suppress you this time." Concubine Shu took a sip of tea, "After a while, he will naturally pull you up again.
However, you have to be careful. Once you, Aye, are not feeling well, you have to see what he does.
If he is willing to let you take over the government, he is deliberately trying to get you to succeed and continue fighting against the Yang family.
If he refuses, then he is a fool who doesn't care if he leaves the country to the Yang family.
When that time comes, you run away quickly to Northern Xinjiang. That Yang Xuan...Yu Nan."
"Empress!" Yu Nan stepped forward.
Concubine Shu said: "Next time Zhou Qin celebrates his birthday, remember to remind me and give him a gift."
This is a roundabout way to save the country and show favor to Yang Xuan.
King Wei wanted to say that there was no need to do this, but when he saw his mother was happy, he held it back.
"Also, I know that you have a bad temper. This time you suffered a big loss for no reason, and you want to take action.
But you have to think about it, this time it was your father who took action, who are you going to hit? Be more restrained, ah!"
Concubine Shu leaned forward and straightened her clothes for him, "We are not in a hurry."
"Yeah!" King Wei said casually.
"Huh?" Concubine Shu stared at him.
King Wei said: "I promise not to do anything this time."
Concubine Shu smiled with her eyebrows curved, "Okay, okay. Yu Nan, bring the shoes I made for Erlang and take them back to him."
"Auntie, sewing hurts your eyes. Please do it less in the future."
Concubine Shu took a cloth bag and said, "I have nothing to do in the palace and I just want to make shoes. I took it."
King Wei came out of the palace with a cloth bag.
"The guard who pretended to be a neighbor asked him to tell my wife that I met a businessman friend outside today and had a drink with him. I won't go back until this afternoon."
"Yes." The guard went.
Chief Ding asked: "Your Majesty, where are you going next?"
"Stand for a moment."
King Wei stood outside the imperial city, pacing back and forth.
The Imperial City was the political center of the Tang Dynasty, where countless officials managed this huge empire.
Officials came in and out, and when they saw King Wei pacing back and forth, they were inevitably curious.
"What is King Wei trying to do? He looks hesitant."
"He has just been dealt with. His Majesty wanted to appease the Yang family, so he used him to vent his anger on the Yang family."
"Tsk tsk! This is the punching bag!"
"No, there are so many sons in the family, and you only bully the second son. What is this?"
"King Wei probably has his heart set on seeking bad luck."
"Be careful!"
Ding Chang couldn't help but asked: "Who is the king waiting for?"
King Wei said: "I am waiting for someone."
"Kuozhang!"
Yang Songcheng came out.
King Wei stopped, turned sideways, faced Yang Songcheng who was leaving the imperial city, and walked slowly over.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but follow him.
Yang Songcheng smiled, thinking that the emperor just slapped this unfounded son with a stick. Is this to scold me?
But he dared to bet that King Wei would not dare to take action.
The head of the Yang family was slapped by the prince, so don't blame him for ruthlessly attacking King Wei and destroying the emperor's chess piece.
Then what can King Wei come over to do?
Some officials were very curious.
"Could it be that he is submissive?" someone speculated.
"Maybe!"
King Wei walked to Yang Songcheng and stopped.
Open your mouth.
"If you live, I will die!"
King Wei turned around and left, saying: "Go to Pingkangfang!"
Pingkangfang is the city that never sleeps in Chang'an, a place where you can eat, drink, have fun, and party all night long.
I didn't hear that King Wei went to a brothel, so he probably went to a restaurant.
Chief Ding asked: "Where?"
"Qingyun Tower!"
Qingyun House is a restaurant in Pingkangfang. It's not big, but it has its own characteristics, and that's its Bao.
Qingyun Tower was not big, so even if it was full every day, it would not make much money, so the shopkeeper thought of a way.
Generally speaking, restaurants are not happy to be booked...to be booked is equivalent to closing down the business. If the business is closed for a day, the old customers will go elsewhere. If the restaurant is booked a few times, the old customers will not be happy and will change places to eat in the future.
And the guests were not happy because it cost too much to book the restaurant.
Generally speaking, it is mostly wealthy people who do this.
The shopkeeper of Qingyun Tower thought, since my place is not big, why not just outsource it?
As soon as the signboard was put up, sure enough, business started pouring in.
The cost of booking Qingyun House is not high, privacy is guaranteed, and most importantly, face is gained.
As a result, business is getting better and better.
This can also be regarded as differentiated competition.
King Wei went to Qingyun Tower, which meant that he had booked the place today.
When we arrived at Qingyun Tower, the shopkeeper came out to greet us.
"I've met the king!"
Qingyun Tower's business is good, but the real nobles are mostly in private places, such as other businesses, such as their own restaurants... Who would be rare to come to your place.
But King Wei came.
This is a living advertisement!
The shopkeeper's face glowed with joy.
Chief Ding went up and said, "After the food and wine are served, tell your waiter to go back!"
"Yes yes yes."
The shopkeeper said happily: "Your Majesty, please don't be polite. Just treat me as if you were at home. Treat me as you like. By the way, it is my honor for you to come here. I know that your Majesty doesn't care about this little money..."
"Then, no need."
King Wei walked up the stairs.
Winter winter winter!
Do you really want to save this money? Shopkeeper: "..."
But then I thought about it and felt that the benefits of King Wei coming to Qingyun Tower were beyond the money, so my mood improved.
Food and wine are all ready-made.
King Wei drank cup after cup of wine.
Chief Ding stood by the side with a sad face.
"The King of Yue is ruthless and vicious. His Majesty is also ruthless, but the king is alone. It would be good if Deputy Ambassador Yang is also in Chang'an. I have carefully considered his methods, and they are ruthless and profound. I am afraid that the King of Yue will not be able to please him.
"
King Wei took a sip of his drink and said, "He can help me only if he is in Northern Xinjiang. The Northern Xinjiang Army is the most powerful force in the Tang Dynasty. He is in charge of Northern Xinjiang. Even if Aye wants to touch me, he has to think carefully."
Although he was unwilling to admit it, King Wei finally knew that part of the reason why he could live freely in Chang'an was due to Yang Xuan's intimidation.
"Yes! Yang Xuan has fallen out with His Majesty now. If Your Majesty takes action against the King, and he pulls the flag to side with the Qing King, Your Majesty may have no choice but to kill the King of Yue to appease him.
Hey! Your Majesty, this is actually a good idea!"
"Do you think the Northern Xinjiang army moved at will?" King Wei shook his head and flicked the wine glass with his finger. The wine inside was stirred up, and then fell down without leaking a drop.
"Northern Xinjiang faces Northern Liao directly. Once the Northern Xinjiang army moves south, He Lianchun will not hesitate to go out with all his strength to sweep away Northern Xinjiang. Once Northern Xinjiang is lost, the Tang Dynasty will be in danger."
Ding Chang raised his head with a ruthless look in his eyes, "If the king cannot ascend the throne, then what will the Tang Dynasty do?"
He originally served in Concubine Shu's palace, and King Wei was carried around the palace by him when he was a child. After King Wei left the palace, Concubine Shu was worried that he didn't know how to take care of her, so she asked Ding Chang to follow him out of the palace and take charge of the palace.
.
King Wei remained silent.
"The king seemed to be cruel since he was a child, but in fact he was the most soft-hearted. That winter, a bird was frozen and fell outside the palace door. The king picked it up and hid it in his arms to keep warm. Later, the bird died, and the king spent several days
I have never had a smiling face.”
"But this is seizing the heir! Those people are not birds, they are a group of birdmen. Those birdmen are ruthless! If a person is not ruthless, he will not stand firm. Your Majesty, please don't be soft-hearted. If you find an opportunity, you can kill as many as you want.
several……"
The veins on King Wei's temples jumped a few times.
Ding Chang was still nagging, "The princess needs to be carefully guarded. Those birdmen want to kill the princess and the child. In this way, the king is alone again and has no heirs. Naturally, he cannot seize the legitimate son...
Your Majesty, the old slave has said so much, are you tired of your Majesty?"
King Wei clenched his right hand into a fist and shook his head, "I'm not bothered."
Ding Chang smiled kindly and said, "Your Majesty has been kind-hearted since he was a child."
King Wei's eyelids twitched.
Then, he said: "You only see the crisis, but not the opportunity."
Ding Chang was stunned, "Is there still a chance?"
King Wei drank a glass of wine, and Chief Ding went over to pour the wine. King Wei picked up the jug first and filled the wine glass, "I have been blacksmithing, and I was only arguing with my second brother, Yang Songcheng and others.
In the eyes of many people, this king is a dog kept in captivity by Aye, a mangy dog released to control Lao Er, Yang Songcheng and others.
Therefore, most of the people who come to seek refuge with me are those who have no future and want to ring the bell with me to see if I can help them get promoted..."
King Wei took a sip of wine and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"I have always wanted to make a splash and raise a flag, but my mother-in-law wouldn't allow it. She thought it was too high-profile.
Then, I have endured it until today.
Aye's suppression meant that Ci Guoguo told outsiders that this king was a dog he kept in captivity to bite people for him.
I have been holding back, not because I don’t dare to take action, but because I want my mother to see that this is not because I want to make a move, but because they are forcing me to make a move!”
Ding Chang smiled bitterly, "But the Yang family is so powerful! Even His Majesty is afraid of him. The king alone..."
"Who said that I am the only one?" King Wei smiled, with a rare moment of sunshine, "Everyone says that the Yang family is powerful, but they don't know how many people the Yang family has offended in these years in order to fight for power.
Those people are alone, but if I stand up and say that I will fight the Yang family until death, what do you think will happen to those people?"
Ding Chang's body was shaken, "What the king said before outside the imperial city..."
——As long as you live, this king must die!
This is a declaration of war!
In this life, I and the Yang family will fight to the death!
"Those people are in need of a leader, a leader who can compete with the Yang family.
What would they think of a prince fighting against the Yang family until death?
Push this prince up! Let him enter the East Palace and become the emperor...
Later, this emperor will continue to suppress the Yang family, and even destroy the Yang family."
King Wei spoke a lot in one breath and took a sip of wine to moisten his throat.
"Even if they are not optimistic that I can counterattack and take over the East Palace, they are still willing to gather around me.
Without him, these people have been targeting the Yang family, but because they are missing a leader, they appear in a mess and cannot form a joint force.
And I am their favorite leader. So, what I said today..."
He pointed outside, "It's time for those people to come."
Knock knock knock!
There was a guard knocking on the door outside.
Chief Ding went to open the door and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter?"
The guard said: "There are officials outside asking to see the king!"
Ding Chang turned around, his eyes full of ecstasy and shock.
His little master is so smart, and the city is so deep!
He ran a few steps in a hurry, then stopped and walked slowly, even taking a few breaths.
If the stove has been cold for many years, you should be cautious when lighting it for the first time.
He arrived below.
An official standing in the lobby saw him coming and asked, "Is the king here?"
Ding Chang nodded, "Follow me."
"Wait a minute!"
Another official came in from outside, wearing a sixth-grade official uniform. He smiled and asked, "Where is the king? I'm asking for an audience."
Ding Chang felt happy in his heart, "Yes."
"Is the king here?" Another official came.
Ding Chang was already numb.
When he led more than ten officials upstairs and outside the room, King Wei was sitting by the window, holding a wine glass in his left hand and pressing his right hand casually on the window sill, looking out the window leisurely.