Mr. Lu's usually pale face flushed for a while, but after he took a deep breath, his face returned to white.
"To be honest with Mr. Yang, Lu also had the world in mind back then. However, he was killed by a traitor and his family was ruined. Later, he took refuge in His Highness. He originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to take revenge, but he did not expect that His Highness had no ambition to fight for supremacy. Gradually,
, I just gave up..."
At this point, Mr. Lu looked far away and his voice became louder: "Now that I have this opportunity, Lu can not only show off his talents, but also avenge a sea of blood. How can we not be full of expectations?"
"Then Mr. Lu, don't you see the danger in this?"
Mr. Lu raised his hand towards Yang Xuan: "To borrow from Mr. Yang's words, the greater the return, the greater the risk. If you want to achieve something big, how can you not take risks?"
"Forget it, let's give it a try, and the bicycle will turn into a motorcycle. If I, Yang Xuan, want to show my ambition, I also need to be strong."
Yang Xuan was so arrogant in the last sentence, but the next sentence changed to: "I just don't know what the emperor's next move will be."
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The emperor rested for three days. During these three days, the emperor not only did not summon anyone, nor did he go out. On the contrary, the guards around him kept leaving Hong Kong and did not know what they were doing.
During this period of time, His Royal Highness King Qiong has been staying in the palace, and Yang Xuan and Lu Yu have not been able to see him, causing the two of them to murmur constantly.
After half a month, the garrison at the port reported that a warship was approaching the port.
Yang Xuan was stunned immediately, and the first thought that flashed through his mind was that the news that the emperor was here was leaked.
After thinking about it again, I felt something was wrong. If the news really leaked, I'm afraid those princes and princes would have started fighting.
The emperor only thought about fishing, so he was not afraid that what he caught was a piranha.
Yang Xuan rushed to the port while thinking wildly.
Parked far away on the sea were three large ships that were twenty or thirty feet long, with the Nine-star Dragon Flag flying high on them.
The trebuchets on the port were ready to go. A general stationed at the port reported to Yang Xuan that these ships were forced to stop at sea, otherwise the ships would have already docked.
Yang Xuan gave the general flag a thumbs up: "Brother, you are so courageous. Have you seen the hanging ripples under the dragon flag?"
The general flag scratched his head: "You are talking about the spikes under the dragon flag. What are they for?"
Yang Xuan slapped his forehead: "The strings represent status. The more strings there are, the more noble the status. These nine strings represent the emperor, and you actually attacked the emperor's ship."
When the commander-in-chief heard this, he sat down on the ground and murmured: "This... I don't know this either."
Yang Xuan helped him up: "Don't panic, don't panic, the emperor may not be on that boat yet."
After a while, a small boat was swung down from the big ship and slowly slid over.
There were only two people on the boat, one of whom was responsible for rowing, and the other just stood on the bow. It wasn't until he got closer that Yang Xuan could see clearly that this was not Master Lin, the prefect of Yuezhou.
Is it possible that the prince has ascended the throne and sent people to capture the emperor?
That's not right. If that's the case, then the three big ships can just come over and kill them, instead of letting Magistrate Lin come over and die alone.
Soon, the boat docked, and Magistrate Lin raised his hands, holding a bright yellow scroll, probably an imperial edict.
Yang Xuan smacked his lips, what the heck, are you trying to punish someone, or are you trying to do something else?
At this moment, he even felt that the prince had already ascended the throne and issuing the imperial edict would probably not do any good.
Magistrate Lin was stopped by soldiers. Yang Xuan stepped forward. Before he could speak, Lord Lin spoke first.
"I have come to greet you with orders, Yang Xin, do you dare to stop me?"
This sentence made Yang Xuan confused. Yingjia? Whose driving is Yingjia?
Apart from the emperor, who else can bear the word "welcome"?
But this guy belongs to the prince, and he's here to greet him?
Yang Xuan's mind was confused, but he quickly came to his senses: "Whose order do you have to come to greet him?"
"Of course you are here to greet me according to my order."
A voice came from behind Yang Xuan, and he quickly looked back, only to see the Emperor and His Highness Prince Qiong slowly walking towards him, surrounded by a group of guards.
At this time, Mr. Lin had already shouted: "My lord, Lin Zhiyue, the governor of Yuezhou, is here to see your majesty."
Yang Xuan could only salute quickly: "Your Majesty, what is going on?"
The emperor glanced at him: "I went on a patrol incognito, and now I'm going back to the palace. Are you willing to go back with me?"
Yang Xuan was stunned. What kind of scene was this? He was clearly escaping, but in the blink of an eye he was on patrol incognito?
His Royal Highness King Qiong, who was standing behind the emperor, was making crazy hooks towards Yang Xuan. Looking behind him, Mr. Lu and his eldest brother Yang Xuan were also there.
What's the matter, not only is the emperor returning to the palace, the prince is also returning to the palace?
Yang Xuan cupped his hands and said, "I am willing to serve your Majesty until my death."
"Hahahaha." The emperor looked up to the sky and smiled, stepping forward.
Yang Xuan murmured loudly from behind, "Can't you tell me something earlier? He just left at the drop of a hat, so I didn't arrange anything."
The trebuchets on the port removed their counterweights and signaled for the ships to dock.
Then the group of people got on the boat.
The Jinwu guards who had followed the emperor earlier also boarded the ship, and three large ships set sail, accompanied by more than a dozen merchant ships to escort them.
On the ship, His Royal Highness King Qiong informed him of what happened during this period.
It turned out that the emperor had already spread his whereabouts before going to Qiongzhou. His original intention was to go fishing, but there was basically no big movement from those big fish.
Since he couldn't catch any fish, the emperor simply drove back to the palace.
Of course, these big fish still have some movement, but this movement is not enough to break their muscles and bones, and the emperor cannot take the opportunity to eradicate them.
In the end, Yang Xuan concluded that the big fish was too smart and wandered around the bait, but just didn't take the bait. The emperor couldn't stay out for too long and had no choice but to go back to the palace.
After chatting with His Highness Prince Qiong for a while, the Emperor summoned Yang Xuan again.
The emperor didn't say much. The main idea was that the third prince is going back to be the prince, and you have to assist him well. However, there are many factions in the court, so you have to start from the grassroots level so that the prince can control the court after he ascends the throne in the future.
There are beatings, there are promises, in short it is just the way to draw a cake.
What else could Yang Xuan do? He could only swallow this piece of cake with tears.
Long story short, after more than two years, Yang Xuan returned to Yingtian Mansion again, and next he saw the emperor's thunderous methods.
The former prince was deposed because of his disobedience and was imprisoned in the forbidden palace.
Because King Ning recruited private soldiers, he was stripped of his royal title and replaced by his eldest son.
The King of Yan was reprimanded by an edict for evading tax money, evading his salary, and other crimes. He was ordered to pay tax money and was fined for three years.
Because Ji Guogong was not strict in running the army, he canceled the hereditary inheritance and replaced it with ordinary hereditary inheritance. That is to say, the position of the Duke of Ji will be demoted one level after passing down one generation.
However, Ji Guogong's lax military management was due to the fact that the fourth prince mobilized troops without authorization, so the fourth prince was also removed from his military post and closed his door to reflect on his mistakes.
There were also the second prince and the fifth and sixth princes, each of them found a reason to reprimand and thought about their faults behind closed doors.
The emperor's set of combos caught everyone off guard, and the former prince was even treated as a chicken to be killed for the monkeys.