"My brother came to see the emperor. I wonder what the matter is when the emperor summoned the minister?" After Prince An arrived at the imperial study, he knelt down and kowtowed in a hurry, and then asked.
"Fourth brother, get up quickly. There is no need to be so polite between you and me," the emperor stretched out his hand to help Prince An and said with a smile.
Prince An raised his head, looked at the emperor, with a complicated look in his eyes, and said, "Brother Emperor, what are you talking about with my brother?"
The emperor sighed and said in a deep voice: "Fourth, if I tell you that I want you to assist the Nine Emperors Uncle in ascending to the throne, will you be willing?"
"Uncle Nine Emperors?" Prince An was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, what do you mean by this? How come I don't understand?"
"Alas!" The emperor shook his head and said, "It's a long story. I'm just guessing, not confirming it. I thought you might know something."
After the emperor's words fell, Prince An lowered his head. After a while, he slowly said: "My brother does know something, but this matter is probably inappropriate. After all, the Nine Emperors Uncle and the Eighth Brother have always had a quarrel, and the two of them are not.
We have always been at odds with each other. Brother Emperor, if you suddenly ask me to do this, I'm afraid it will cause a war between the two countries."
"Emperor brother, I have no choice. If it weren't for that person's repeated pressure, I would never have made this decision anyway. You should know that I am determined to win the throne, but I don't want to go to war with South Vietnam, so
I am very hungry for talent, and I hope I can find someone to help me out of my predicament."
"I understand the emperor's difficulties, but this matter is really difficult, and I and the Nine Emperors Uncle were friends before, so..." Prince An looked embarrassed, obviously not agreeing with the emperor's decision.
"Fourth," the emperor stood up, walked to Prince An, patted his shoulder, and said, "I will not force you."
"Brother Royal."
"I know your concerns. I have already discussed this matter with the Supreme Emperor. He will fully support me in this matter, so I hope you can agree to it, fourth child." The emperor looked at Prince An seriously and said.
Prince An looked at the emperor. After hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Since the emperor has an order, I should abide by it."
Hearing this, the emperor smiled and nodded: "Fourth, I wish you could understand me. I'm very pleased!"
After the emperor finished speaking, he looked outside the door, his eyes becoming sharp.
After Gu Tingyu returned to the palace from the palace, he immediately sent people to find out the news.
Gu Tingyu's secret guards were very powerful. They collected information quickly. It only took one night to find out the information about the Liu family and sent the information back to the palace.
Although the Liu family has no ancestors, it is still a large family in the capital, especially Leng Shuang's mother clan, which is extremely powerful.
"Liu family?" Gu Tingyu sat on a chair, tapping his fingers on the table rhythmically, and murmured to himself.
"Go and invite Leng Shuang." Gu Tingyu ordered calmly.
Soon, Leng Shuang was invited over. She was wearing luxurious clothes, looking elegant and proud.
"I'm here to meet you, Your Majesty." Leng Shuang saluted.
Gu Tingyu sat on the chair, looked at Leng Shuang, and asked, "I wonder why you came here today?"
Leng Shuang said: "I am here to replace my father. I want the prince to go to Liuzhou."
"Liuzhou?" Gu Tingyu frowned and asked, "I wonder what happened in Liuzhou?"
"Your Majesty, there is a man named Mo Lingyun in Liuzhou City. He grew up with his childhood sweetheart, but his heart is always thinking about his fiancée. They have been engaged for a long time, but my daughter has always been obsessed with the prince.
You, my daughter, hope to marry into Prince Rui's palace and be your concubine." Mrs. Liu looked at Gu Tingyu and said.
"Oh? Concubine?" Gu Tingyu raised his eyebrows.
Leng Shuang said: "To be honest with the prince, Leng Shuang has been admiring the prince for a long time. If it hadn't been for this disaster, Leng Shuang would have married into Prince Rui's palace and become the prince's concubine."
"Really?" Gu Tingyu looked at Leng Shuang and said with a calm voice.
"Yes," Mrs. Liu nodded: "Your Majesty, just promise me, and I promise to treat you well."
The princess treats everyone equally and will never favor anyone."
Mrs. Liu's attitude is sincere and seems to be sincere.
"Since you said so, I promise you." Gu Tingyu said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will treat you well when things are done."
"Prince, don't worry, Leng Shuang will never let down the prince's high hopes for Leng Shuang. Leng Shuang will do his best to assist the prince in enthroning the throne."
"Yes." Gu Tingyu nodded, and then continued: "Please worry about Lao Jiu's affairs. Also, don't get too close to the prince. He is not worth your efforts now."
Gu Tingyu nodded, with a bit of a sneer in his heart. He had no connection with the prince at all.
"Your Majesty, you should pay more attention. The Emperor seems to have noticed that you and the Crown Prince are involved. He asked me to tell you not to act rashly, so as not to get into trouble. If the Emperor is in need, you must help him. Otherwise, don't
Blame me for being ruthless." Prince An said and left the imperial study room with a puff of sleeves.
Gu Tingyu looked at Prince An's back with a sneer on his lips.
"My lord, aren't you angry?" the personal guard asked, looking at his master.
"If you're not angry, why should you be angry?" Gu Tingyu asked.
"I don't understand," the personal guard said doubtfully, "The emperor asked you to kill the crown prince, and the matter of Mr. Su was also investigated by the emperor. Now the emperor actually wants you to help him deal with the Ninth Prince. Why doesn't he do it himself?
To solve it?"
Gu Tingyu snorted coldly: "He would like to go, but the old fox is now a clay Buddha crossing the river, and he cannot save himself."
"What does your Majesty mean by this?"
Gu Tingyu did not answer him, but changed the subject and said, "We have more urgent things to do now."
When the personal guards heard this, they did not dare to continue asking. They were just puzzled. What they have to do now is to recuperate! What could be more important than recuperating at this time!
"My lord, what do you mean by this?" the personal guard asked in confusion.
"We still have two months. During this period, we must control the troops in Northern Xinjiang as soon as possible so that we can compete with the emperor." Gu Tingyu said.
"Yes." The personal guard said respectfully.
Gu Tingyu sighed and said, "Get ready and leave for the Xishan Military Camp tomorrow."
"yes."
Early the next morning, Gu Tingyu led 500 elite soldiers to the Xishan Military Camp.
Gu Tingyu was very fast and arrived at the Xishan Military Camp three days later. When he first arrived at the Xishan Military Camp, he found that the Xishan Military Camp had changed hands.
"My subordinates see you, Your Majesty." The leading soldier saw Gu Tingyu and saluted quickly.
Gu Tingyu nodded slightly and asked, "Who do you belong to?"
The leading soldier hesitated and said, "This subordinate belongs to the prince."
Gu Tingyu sneered when he heard this and said, "The prince's people? What about the prince?"
"The prince is in seclusion and cannot come out for the time being." The leading soldier replied truthfully: "So only my subordinates and ten thousand soldiers surrendered to the prince."
"Oh, then who is your commander-in-chief?" Gu Tingyu asked.
"It's General Chen."
After hearing this, Gu Tingyu was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Okay, please step back first!"
After the leading soldier retreated, Gu Tingyu's face turned gloomy for a moment, then he picked up a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote a letter and handed it to the boy beside him, who hurriedly ran out.
"My lord, what are you writing about?" the personal guard at the side asked strangely.
"You don't have to worry about it," Gu Tingyu said and walked towards the tent.
"Are you stupid? How can you not carry out the prince's order?" The personal guard stopped the boy, then handed his baggage to the boy and said, "Go and give the prince's letter to General Li."
"Didn't the prince ask me to convey his message?" the boy asked.
"Our king
What I mean is that you hand over the prince's letter to General Li personally. As for how to deal with it, it is General Li's business. The prince does not care. You should go as soon as possible. If there is a delay, you will be responsible for it. I still have it now.
I have something to do, so I’ll leave first." said the personal guard.
"Okay, walk slowly."
After the boy left, the personal guard searched around again, finally found a few guards, made it clear to them, and then left on horseback.
The guards looked at each other, where should they go at this time?
At this time, Gu Tingyu, who was far away at the border, had already arrived at the border.
"Are you sure there is a secret room there?" Gu Tingyu asked with a frown.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The man lowered his head and said.
Gu Tingyu's eyes fell on the map. After looking at it carefully for a while, he reached out and pointed at the blank space and said, "This place does exist, but there is no food in that place."
"Yes, Your Majesty," the man replied.
"Then send someone to investigate."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Here, while Gu Tingyu was inquiring about the news, the personal guards around Gu Tingyu were looking around for the mysterious medicinal materials that Gu Tingyu said.
"Tell me, are there really medicinal materials hidden in this capital?" One guard suddenly lowered his voice and said to the other three guards.
The other three guards shook their heads when they heard this and said: "Probably not! Although this is the capital, it is a borderland after all. How can there be such a thing!"
"Then why does the prince ask us to search for medicinal materials?" Another guard said: "I always feel that there is something fishy about this matter, but since the prince has told us, we can only do it."
The other two guards heard this and nodded in agreement.
"Why didn't the prince just ask the general to find the medicinal materials? Wouldn't this save a lot of effort?" A guard said: "Just let the general do this kind of thing."
"Don't you know? It is said that the prince once saved the general's sister, so the general is willing to be loyal to the prince, and the general will definitely follow us on this expedition."