It was mid-afternoon, the autumn wind was bleak, and outside the prison, the sound of wind and rain could be heard, thick and non-stop, pattering, pattering on the banana leaves.
In the prison, on the dark wall, a cluster of flames from a kerosene lamp was flickering, reflecting an old and depressed face.
Xu Lu closed his eyes slightly, held his knees with both hands, and seemed to fall into a long silence.
Jia Heng looked at Xu Lu and suddenly said: "Xu Zongxian, a remnant of the old era, there is no ship to carry you in the new era."
Hearing this, Xu Lu, like Huang Zhongda Lu, was clearly shocked, but at this moment, he seemed to understand the vicissitudes of history and the weight of history in Jia Heng's words.
As the saying goes, each generation has its own grand narrative.
Li Zan and Xu Lu, who grew up in the Longzhi and Chongping years, were educated in loyalty and patriotism. Their biggest enemies were the Jurchens in Liaodong and the Han Dynasty in Zhongxing.
And with the completion of these two political tasks, the two of them are destined to be buried with this era.
And then, in the not-too-distant future, there will be ships of the Han Dynasty, as dense as flying fish, moving like shuttles, sailing on the magnificent sea.
Just like a few years ago, Jia Heng reported to Emperor Chongping that in the future, China would use sea trade tariffs to support its subjects, thus avoiding the "cycle of chaos".
After Jia Heng finished speaking, he looked at the Jinyi Palace Guards on the side and said: "Prepare wine and food to serve Mr. Xu for dinner."
After he had finished speaking, there was nothing else to argue with Xu Lu, and then the imperial edict was issued, sending Li and Xu on the road together.
Of course, in the past few days, Jin Yi Tiqi also wanted to arrest Li Xu's accomplices.
Jia Heng then left the prison where Xu Lu was imprisoned without saying much, and walked along the dim corridors on both sides towards the outer office of Jinyi Mansion.
At this moment, a tall and tall Jinyi palace guard came closer and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Liu Zhenfu said that Yan Ye's daughter Yan Yiliu wants to see the King of Wei."
When Jia Heng heard this, his eyes were surprised for a moment, and he had a vague guess in his heart, and said warmly: "I met Yan Ye first, where is Yan Ye now?"
The face of the person who was in charge of the punishment was a little more respectful, and he said: "Your Majesty, please come with me."
Jia Heng nodded, and without saying much else, he followed the prisoner who was holding hundreds of families to the prison on the side.
Jinyi Mansion, in the imperial prison—
Yan Ye was now disheveled, clenching his fists, and secretly hating the young man in the python suit.
At this moment, Yan Ye heard the chaotic footsteps outside, turned around with a dark, rough face, and stared.
But as the lights flickered and flickered, the young man in python clothes came closer under the stars and the moon of several imperial guards.
Yan Ye's sword-shaped eyebrows, as old as pine trees, were raised, his eyes were blazing, and he said, "Jia Heng, what are you doing here?"
Jia Heng said coldly: "Yan Ye, come here to see you off for the last time."
Yan Ye was persuaded by Li Zan to oppose him again. He actually had some speculations before.
However, for such a recurring villain, he only regarded it as a joke.
At this point, Nan'an County Prince Yan Ye and his family were completely buried with the Han Dynasty.
Under Yan Ye's thick eyebrows, his tiger eyes shot out with ferocious light at this moment, saying: "Jia Heng, son, you will not die well!"
Jia Heng sneered and said, "Even if that day comes, you Yan Ye won't be able to see it anymore."
After saying that, he ordered the guards in Jinyi on the side, saying: "Come here, palm your mouth!"
The Jinyi Palace Guard took a few steps quickly, then rounded his arms, slapped Yan Ye hard on the mouth, and opened his bow left and right, crackling.
"Pa..."
Following a hard slap, Yan Ye's cheeks suddenly became swollen, and drops of blood oozed from the corners of his mouth.
Jia Heng immediately turned around and left the imperial prison without saying anything else.
After leaving the imperial prison and entering the government hall, Liu Jixian greeted the general and said in a low voice: "My lord, Yan Ye's daughter Yan Yiliu wants to see your lord."
Jia Heng asked: "Where is Yan Yiliu now?"
Liu Jixian cupped his hands and said, "Report to the prince at the former Nan'an County Prince's Mansion."
Jia Heng nodded, and immediately, without saying anything else, he left the Jinyi Mansion official office. The general and commander of the Jinyi Mansion behind him immediately held an umbrella, walked a few steps quickly, and followed him with an umbrella.
Former Nan'an County Prince's Mansion, Rear Residence——
Yan Yiliu was wearing a green and dark blue satin dress, with her lush hair combed into a bun. She was standing under the eaves of the corridor, looking at the rain-like curtains on the eaves, clearly in a daze.
Her father is in jail, and now the entire mansion is surrounded by the vicious Tiqi gang from Jinyi Mansion. Her Yan family is about to be ruined.
But, even if we see King Wei, what can we do?
Yan Yiliu was thinking in his mind, and his beautiful eyes as moist as water were in a trance. At this moment, a sense of loss could not help but surge up in his mind.
No, I heard that King Wei was a womanizer. After she saw him later, she was willing to offer herself a pillow to save her father.
At this moment, a maid ran over from the green and red painted railings and said: "Girl, King Wei is here."
Yan Yiliu's heart was shaken, and his eyebrows with a bit of heroic spirit first shone like stars, and then he became gloomy.
What can she do to make King Wei open his eyes?
On this side of the room, Jia Heng walked around a screen hung with wisteria leaves and vines, along the vermilion-painted railings, to the back house, and looked at Yan Yiliu, who was leaning against the door and looking at him.
"Yan Yiliu, do you want to see me?" Jia Heng looked at the beauty with a somewhat heroic look in her eyebrows, and said in a low voice with a little surprise in his heart.
Yan Yiliu came forward, bowed and said, "Yiliu has met King Wei."
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Let's talk about it in the room."
While talking, Jia Heng ignored Yan Yiliu, crossed the threshold, entered the wing hall, and sat down next to a round table.
Immediately, Jia Heng raised his eyebrows and said with deep eyes, "Yi Liu, if you are interceding for Yan Ye, then don't open your mouth."
But at this moment, Yan Yiliu suddenly knelt down towards Jia Heng, a look of seriousness appeared on his jade face as white as snow, and said: "I have seen King Wei."
Jia Heng: "..."
What kind of plot is this going on? Are you selling your body to bury your father?
Yan Yiliu said loudly: "King Wei, my father was confused for a moment. He offended King Wei before. Please forgive King Wei and spare my father's life, regardless of the villain's fault."
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Yi Liu, it was not your father who offended me, but your father who colluded with Li Zan and Xu Lu to commit treacherous and unethical acts and bring disaster to the country. Even if I could tolerate him, even if the country's laws were brilliant, I would not be able to tolerate him."
It’s hard to tolerate him!”
Yan Yiliu raised his hair like a waterfall and said: "King Wei, my father is very old."
With that said, Yan Yiliu kowtowed to Jia Heng.
Jia Heng's eyes were deep under his sharp eyebrows. He stared at the maid aside and said warmly: "Hurry and help your young lady get up."
But the maid was stunned in place and did not go out to help Yan Yiliu.
Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "Yan Yiliu and Yan Ye have committed many crimes and committed serious treason. They are heinous crimes that are difficult to forgive. Even if you plead for mercy, it will not help."
After saying that, he got up and left.
At this moment, Yan Yiliu stood up, stopped in front of Jia Heng, raised his eyes to look at the young man in python suit, and said in a deep voice: "King Wei, please spare my father like this, even though Liu is as good as a pu willow,
I only wish to serve King Wei, serve tea and water, and make beds and quilts."
Jia Heng turned his head, stared at Yan Yiliu, and said: "This king does not need your service. Yan Ye is a man who is evil and will be severely punished by national laws."
With that said, he threw away Yan Yiliu's arm, and without saying much else, surrounded by Jinyi Palace guards, he headed outside.
Yan Yiliu looked at the young man in the python suit. His jade face paused for a moment, and he felt anxious and called out: "King Wei, King Wei."
But the young man in the python suit didn't even look back. Under the umbrella of the guards in Jinyi Palace, he walked out of the Nan'an County Prince's Palace along the long and winding corridor.
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Jia Heng left the former Nan'an County Prince's residence. After thinking about it, he planned to go back to Jinyang Princess's residence first.
After all, there was something "discourteous" with Empress Dowager Feng before. In the past two days, Jin Yang was asked to take the child to the harem and meet Empress Dowager Feng in Changle Palace.
Jinyang Princess Mansion, residence——
in the backyard
The eldest princess of Jinyang was dressed in a plain white dress and was holding a book in her hand. Sitting on a soft couch not far away was Jia Heng's eldest son Jia Jie.
Jia Jie was holding a copy of The Analects of Confucius in his hand, shaking his head and murmuring: "It's not easy to learn and practice from time to time."
Lianxue and other female officials were serving fragrant tea not far away.
At this moment, a voice was heard from outside, saying softly: "Your Highness, the eldest princess, King Wei is here."
The eldest princess of Jinyang put down the book in her hand and looked around, when she saw the young man in python suit walking around a screen and quickly entering the hall.
When Jia Heng raised his eyes, he looked at the beauty with watery eyes and whispered: "Jinyang, what are you doing right now?"
"I'm back." Princess Jinyang said softly and put down the book in her hand.
Jia Heng nodded and looked at Jia Jie aside, meeting that soft and handsome face.
"Daddy~" Jia Jie called, and his childish face seemed to be filled with a prosperous smile.
Jia Heng nodded, walked closer, picked a pear wood chair, and sat down.
The eldest princess of Jinyang, with her beautiful eyebrows sculpted, had a hint of concern in her beautiful eyes, and said, "How is the situation in the palace?"
Jia Heng took the teacup handed over by Lianxue, took a sip, and said, "Earlier, I took Chen Luo to Changle Palace."
Hearing this, the eldest princess of Jinyang asked: "What did the queen say?"
Jia Heng said softly: "The Queen Mother has agreed. In these two days, Yi's decrees and imperial edicts can be promulgated one after another. At the same time, together with the edicts to punish Li Zan, Xu Lu and other traitorous officials for rebelling against the party, they can also be spread to all provinces and governments in the world.
county seat."
"In less than half a month, two succession edicts were issued. People in the world really don't know how to discuss them." The eldest princess of Jinyang sighed quietly, with a look of sadness on her flawless white jade face.
Jia Heng said: "There is nothing we can do, but everyone in the world should know that the imperial edict issued by the previous cabinet is actually a false edict and cannot be relied upon."
Under the slender eyebrows of Liu Ye, the eldest princess of Jinyang, her beautiful eyes were soft and shining, and she turned to ask the master: "What did the emperor's sister-in-law say?"
"What does she have to say? It's not too late to be happy." Jia Heng raised his eyebrows and his cold, sparkling eyes flickered.
Tian Niuer asked him to find her before, but now he still has a lot of things to do and can only wait until next time.
Jia Heng suppressed the strange thoughts in his heart and said: "The enthronement ceremony will be held in a few days."
Princess Jinyang nodded and said, "It would be better if we could decide earlier."
The eldest princess of Jinyang thought for a while and asked: "Li Zan, how should we deal with it?"
Jia Heng said coldly: "In a few days, the imperial edict will be issued, detailing his crimes, informing the world, and clarifying the canonical punishment."
Hearing this, the eldest princess of Jinyang, Yu Youyou, sighed and said: "After all, he is a famous minister, why is he like this?"
Jia Heng took the tea cup on the small table, took a sip, and said with emotion: "Zhilan is in power, so we have to hoe."
In the beginning, it was also thanks to Li Zan's recommendation that he was able to command the army in Beijing. It would be a lie to say that he did not have any old feelings.
However, the two men have different political views, and they are destined to decide whether they are superior or not, as well as life and death.
Moreover, giving Li Zan and Xu Lu a death also fulfilled their loyalty.
The eldest princess of Jinyang, with her willow eyebrows as curved as a crescent moon and her beautiful eyes as bright as water, asked, "You have no rivals in the court now, right?"
"That's not necessarily the case." Jia Heng's eyes were deep under his sword-shaped eyebrows and he said loudly: "The Han Dynasty has been a country for hundreds of years, and its blessings have spread all over the sea. Those who are loyal to the Han Dynasty are like crucian carp crossing the river, forgetting their own lives, and succeeding in succession. "
This is a century-long brainwashing propaganda, the foundation of a dynasty.
The eldest princess of Jinyang sighed quietly and said: "I don't know how much bloodshed there will be."
As Jia Heng's close bedfellow, how could the eldest princess of Jinyang not know the ambitions of the person in front of her?
However, her surname is Chen after all.
Jia Heng felt the beauty's low mood at this moment, so he couldn't continue the topic. Instead, he held Jia Jie's soft little hand and said: "But if there is no boy there, then Jie'er and Jia Heng will be together." Choose over there."
In any case, he really didn't care about Emperor Chongping, so he could only let the successor be regarded as half of the Chen family.
Princess Jinyang nodded, her phoenix eyes tranced for a moment, and said: "That's fine."
Jia Heng turned to look at Jia Jie and said, "Jie'er is getting older. It's time for him to study hard and learn some literary, military, military and state governance skills."
He is where he is today thanks to the power of Jin Yang. In fact, if he had not agreed to the White Lotus Virgin, he would have wanted Jie'er to be established as the East Palace.
The eldest princess of Jinyang responded softly, turned to look at Jia Jie, and said: "You seem to be not young anymore, so you can't pamper her too much."
If we really want to inherit the throne in the future and want to subdue those brothers, we really cannot do without strategy.
Jia Heng pinched his son's pink cheeks and said, "Where is Xianning?"
"She, Chanyue and Yan'er should be in the back house at the moment." Princess Jinyang's face paused slightly and she whispered.
Jia Heng nodded and said: "I went to see Xianning. By the way, in the past two days, you went to the palace with Jie'er in your arms and went to Changle Palace to see the queen mother. She was alone in the palace and didn't even talk to anyone. No one is there."
The eldest princess of Jinyang said softly "Hmm", and her eyes flickered, and she understood what Jia Heng meant.
While Jia Heng was talking, he didn't linger in the house much and headed towards the hall of the back house.
In the hall of the back house, it was evening, and the dusk rain was falling on the stone steps. You could see that the rain had washed away the stone steps, which were obviously spotless.
Princess Xianning was sitting on a soft couch covered with a mattress, holding the infant baby in her arms, none other than Jia Zhu.
Not far away, Li Chanyue and Song Yan were also teasing their infant babies, with a face full of stars and a moon-like face, and a face as white as snow, with exuberant smiles on their faces.
Li Chanyue's voice, as clear as the tinkling of a mountain spring, contained a hint of tenderness and joy as she whispered: "Cousin, your features and eyes look so much like yours."
Princess Xianning's eyebrows were as green as a spring mountain, and she said warmly: "I look more like Mr."
After saying that, he looked at Li Chanyue and Song Yan and joked: "When you two have children in the future, you will look more like husbands."
When Li Chanyue heard this, two beautiful blushes suddenly appeared on her fair and flawless face, and she whispered: "I would like to, but I don't feel confident in my stomach."
Song Yan was sitting beside her, with a look of loss on her face as well.
Princess Xianning smiled and said: "Didn't Mr. last time give it to... you two? I think the good news will come soon."
Song Yan's voice seemed to have a hint of anger as she said, "What are you talking about, sister?"
Li Chanyue also glanced at Princess Xianning and said, "My cousin has a child now and wants to find a companion for her."
Duke Xianning smiled softly and didn't say much else.
But at this moment, I saw a maid coming from outside and said charmingly: "Your Highness, King Wei is here."
While he was talking, he saw the tall and heroic young man in python suit coming from a distance, with a broad smile on his face and said: "Xianning, Chanyue, Yan'er, you are all here."
Under the slender eyebrows of Princess Xianning, her clear eyes flashed attentively, her eyes flickered, and she whispered: "Why are you here, sir?"
Jia Heng said: "Xianning, come here and see how you are doing."
Princess Xianning turned to look at the python suit on Jia Heng, her white teeth seemed to be biting her pink lips, and said, "Sir, did you just enter the palace?"
Jia Heng nodded, walked closer, hugged the infant baby, and said, "How are you doing these days?"
Princess Xianning said softly: "It's very good. He eats well and sleeps well. He doesn't miss his father."
Jia Heng smiled and said, "This child is still young. He feeds himself every day. How could he miss his father?"
Princess Xianning's beautiful eyes were soft and soft under her emerald willow eyebrows, and she said softly: "Sir, what did the mother and concubine say?"
Jia Heng teased his son and said, "What else can I say? But now I am comforted."
Princess Xianning's beautiful eyes were slightly moist under her green feathers, and she said: "My mother-in-law didn't have much ambition in the first place. She even asked my brother to study hard and not to participate in these battles for the throne. I think she won Li Zan before. and the instigation and instigation of Xu Lu and others."
Jia Heng said: "As time goes by, the loss will fade away."
When Princess Xianning heard this, she sighed quietly.
