Chapter 273: Establishing Prestige (Additional update for α)
Imperial Palace Study Room.
The chief manager, Su An, ran up to Li Ye holding a letter and stopped in front of him.
"Your Majesty, this is a letter sent by King Jingjian!"
Li Ye, who was trying to review the memorial, was startled. He quickly put down the ink pen in his hand and took the letter to check whether the lacquer on it was intact.
When he saw that the paint was intact, Li Ye took out the letter paper and started reading it.
After a while, Li Ye clutched the letter and stood up straight away: "Pass an order to summon all civil and military officials to gather at the north gate of the outer city."
"Now? But all the officials have already dispersed and returned home!"
Li Ye stared at Su An quietly for a while: "Then call us urgently!"
Sensing Li Ye's slightly different gaze than before, Su An couldn't help but break out into a thin sweat, nodded hurriedly and ran out of the hall.
"We obey the order and we will go right now."
Looking at Su An's leaving figure, Li Ye picked up the letter and read it a few more times. He hesitated for a moment and finally put away the letter and hurried towards Yi'an Palace.
Because of a letter from Young Master Liu and a decree from Li Ye, the peaceful capital became noisy again.
As the eunuchs came in and out of the mansions of dignitaries one by one, the fast horses left the mansion one after another.
Urgent summons, maybe some big turmoil is about to happen in the capital, this is the unanimous thought of the officials.
In the Yun family, in Liu Ying's boudoir, Lingbi was struggling to put on a piece of armor that didn't fit Liu Ying.
"Lingbi, are you going to torture me to death?"
Looking at Liu Ying's twisted pretty face, Lingbi felt aggrieved and pointed at Liu Ying's plump chest.
"It's too big, it's stuck!"
Liu Yingying's lips twitched twice: "Can you blame me? What can I do because I was born? I don't know where my little enemy provoked Liu Zhi'an, an unscrupulous guy, and he had to let my aunt go to Northern Xinjiang with him. On the way
Instead, be defensive and toss him."
"How can I, a kind-hearted beauty like me, do something to my little enemy?"
Lingbi looked at Liu Ying strangely and gently scratched his forehead.
"Miss, you look obviously very excited!"
"Um... Isn't it because I'm so excited to see the rotten wood in my house? Oh, don't talk about these useless things, try to find a way to put this broken armor on me quickly. I'm late.
I don’t know how many miles our little enemy has traveled!”
Lingbi muttered with a tangled face for a while, then his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Why don't you use a corset?"
"What should I do if I'm kidnapped?"
Lingbi raised his hand and patted Liu Ying's chest, shrinking his neck when he saw Liu Ying's stiff face.
"No, that's not the case. The elasticity is pretty good. There shouldn't be any big problems except that it's difficult to wear my uncle's armor this way. After all, it's not an armor specially made for you, miss."
Liu Ying's pretty face was troubled for a long time, she sighed faintly, and stretched out her arms towards the Lingbi with a generous look.
"Tie it up, tie it up, no matter how small it is, it's still better than Xiao Xixi. I'll give it my best."
"I was ordered to torment my little enemy. I don't get the chance once in ten years. It's just two ounces of meat. I'll just pretend that I haven't grown up. Let's do it!"
After half a stick of incense, Liu Ying's always exquisite makeup was changed to no makeup, with two beards hanging on the corners of her delicate lips, and she walked out of the boudoir with a delicate body.
"Lingbi, you go to Yunzhou first and wait for me. I will take a detour to find you when I arrive in Yingzhou!"
Looking at Liu Ying getting on her horse and riding away, Lingbi sighed and shook his head.
With such a father and such an aunt, young master, you didn’t even open your eyes when you were reincarnated.
I hope the eldest lady can control the portion. There is so much in this thing that it can really make people sleep and eat uneasily.
Young Master Liu, who was leading the soldiers from the outside of the city to the north gate, couldn't help but shudder, and subconsciously looked up at the scorching sun in the sky.
It was early in the morning, so I felt a little chilly on my back.
"Commander, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, keep on going!"
"Got the order!"
Within a few sticks of incense, groups of soldiers and horses began to gather in the wilderness outside the moat at the north gate of the capital.
Every five thousand or so people spontaneously formed a square formation and stopped outside the city to gaze at the city wall at the north gate of the capital.
After each phalanx formation was completed, a general would circle around the phalanx, waving his command flag, and shouting something.
Until the sun was high in the sky, 300,000 cavalrymen gathered outside the city gate and gazed at the city walls of the capital.
Liu Mingzhi swung his cloak, got off his horse, took out his telescope and looked over the city wall for a few times. When he saw the officials starting to appear in groups on the city wall, he put down the telescope in his hand.
Song Qing rode his horse and stopped next to Young Master Liu. After dismounting, he looked at the 300,000 cavalry behind him that were full of murderous aura, and then looked at the vague figures of officials on the city wall. He murmured slightly and seemed to understand.
What.
Looking at Mr. Liu who was motionless beside the horse, Song Qing stopped on one side.
"The commander-in-chief intends to establish authority for His Majesty and intimidate the younger generation!"
Young Master Liu smiled slightly.
"He who knows me is my elder brother."
"The rumors about the second prince are spreading. Whether it is true or false, I am worried that something will happen again in the capital after we go to Beijing. In that case, we may not have a second chance to help Chi."
"In that case, why don't I kill this evil wind now and make it invisible."
"It also makes those officials who are interested in the second prince's matter completely give up."
"I just want to tell them that I support His Majesty's throne. If you want to have the idea of changing the dynasty, you should first ask me if I agree, and then ask the 300,000 brothers behind you if I agree."
"Your Majesty is too young and lacks experience in court. Among these old foxes, how can you do it without some support?"
"When something happened to Yue'er, the late Emperor became Yue'er's strongest support in my absence."
"Now is the time for me to repay my kindness. The late Emperor has achieved great success, and it is time for me to become His Majesty's strongest support."
"You know me. If I respect anyone who comes to me, I will give them a foot in return."
"Ruizhong, the late emperor is like this... Your Majesty is waiting to go up the city wall!"
Liu Mingzhi subconsciously looked towards the city wall, smiled softly at the faint figure under the canopy, and suddenly raised the flag in his hand and waved it.
After a moment, the 300,000 troops all dismounted and knelt down towards the city wall.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
"We swear to defend our country to the death, to be loyal to His Majesty, and to return if called upon!"
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
"We swear to defend our country to the death, to be loyal to His Majesty, and to return if called upon!"
The waves of loud shouts shook the flags on the city wall and flew into the air.
Li Ye stared blankly at the endless army formation outside the city, and came back to his senses when Nangong Mengfengmu's excited clapping movements.
Subconsciously he glanced at Nangong Meng, who had excited eyes, and saw the emperor's grandmother nodding slightly towards him. Only then did Li Ye react.
"You officers and men have worked hard guarding the border and have escaped without courtesy."
Seeing this, Su An hurriedly called to the young eunuchs around him and loudly repeated Li Ye's original words to the city.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live long live!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live long live!"
The officials stared dumbfoundedly at the 300,000 troops shouting outside the city, then looked at Li Ye's excited face, and finally set their sights on Young Master Liu who was standing in front of the army's formation and holding the command flag.
They still don't understand that this is King Bingjian's little thought of warning him and others not to do anything they shouldn't!
Liu Mingzhi stared at the city wall, handed the flag to Song Qing on one side, and respectfully saluted Li Ye on the city wall.
"Your Majesty, Liu Mingzhi, bids farewell."
He didn't know if Li Ye could hear him, but he believed that Li Ye could see his actions.
Taking the flag in Song Qing's hand, Liu Mingzhi got on his horse, glanced at the city wall, waved his whip and galloped towards the north.
Upon seeing this, the 300,000-strong army got on their horses without saying a word, turned their horses' heads, and followed behind Young Master Liu in an orderly manner and rushed away.
It left behind smoke and dust that covered the sky and the sun, as well as the stunned people on the city wall.
At this moment, they saw with their own eyes how strict the military discipline of the troops under Master Liu's command was.
It was no accident that we were able to break through the capital defended by hundreds of thousands of rebels in four days!
Among the cavalry that were rushing along the official road with no end in sight, a scout led a general on horseback with a crossbow and slowly approached Mr. Liu.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, an unidentified soldier was found on the fork leading to Hengzhou ahead!"
"Hush!"
"Ask where you came from... aunt..." When he saw the identity of the person coming, Mr. Liu was so shocked that he almost couldn't speak!
Liu Yingyu gently rubbed the fake beard at the corner of her mouth with her fingers, looking at the astonished Young Master Liu with a playful look.
"I will finally meet the Generalissimo!"
Young Master Liu waved his hand to the scout with an embarrassed look on his face: "This is my old friend. I am ordering the three armies to continue on their way!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Day cradled the horse's belly and approached Liu Ying who was riding the horse. He leaned over and grabbed Liu Ying's reins and walked away.
Looking at the army that was charging non-stop on the official road, Young Master Liu looked at Liu Ying in armor tangledly.
"No, aunt, what are you doing here? Why are you wearing armor?"
"Sister is going to Yunzhou, but the mountain is high and the road is far away. Sister is afraid of meeting bad people, so she wants to go with you!"
"Are you kidding me? I'm going to fight, not to play house. How about you come with me? Don't make trouble and let the Yun family's guards escort you to Yunzhou."
"No, no, sister just wants to go with you."
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Ying who was acting coquettishly towards him, and slapped her forehead again and again.
"Auntie, are you planning to kill me?"
Liu Ying raised her hand and patted Young Master Liu on the shoulder, looking at Young Master Liu shyly with her charming eyes.
"Nonsense, my sister is not that addicted! If you play until you die, it won't be exciting... Then you won't pay for it with your life!"
At Young Master Liu's trembling reaction, Liu Ying covered her mouth and smiled faintly.
"My half-dead sister is quite satisfied!"
"Ahem...cough cough cough...Liu Ying, you've gone too far."