When the news spread in various places, causing Ruo Youruowu to be interested in all parties, Li Minglou escorted the young emperor and others to finally approach the capital city.
The capital will organize a grand reception, and the team will stop here to rest.
The team was larger than when it left Songzhou. Many people returning to Beijing followed, and some officials passing by the state capital joined the team to escort them.
Regardless of whether they were dependent people or helping officers and generals, Li Minglou did not drive them away and allowed them to join the team.
Li Minglou even prepared a cart and pulled a pot, and gave porridge along the way. It was a tough winter, and he could only survive with a mouthful of porridge. The homeless and beggars who heard the news along the way came in droves. When he heard that he was the emperor, Long Jia refused to leave.
Follow from afar.
This made many officials dissatisfied. Firstly, it slowed down the trip. Secondly, it cost money and food. Most importantly, it was unsafe and unsightly...
Look at that long and endless line of beggars.
But their opinions were refuted by Li Minglou.
"There is no one who can keep His Majesty safe and have the power of the Emperor better than them." She said, letting them take a good look at the team following them, "Those are not beggars, they are His Majesty's people and His Majesty's glory!
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And to do this, with just a bowl of porridge and a mouthful of rice, people along the way and in the capital can see how popular this strange young emperor from Linzhou is.
The officials were silent. If you have the troops and courage, you have the final say.
That is to say, now that Ankang Mountain is dead and the rebels have dispersed, the journey along the way is not so dangerous... Otherwise, the most important thing is to return to the capital as quickly and safely as possible. Who cares if the momentum is huge!
The team spread out an endless camp on the ground, and soldiers and horses lined up to divide the camp into different parts. Each different part was a temporary town, with soldiers and horses, and officials patrolling and managing it in an orderly manner.
This time the camp was busier than usual, and the court camp was also crowded with officials. Officials from the capital came to see the emperor and report and discuss many matters concerning entering the capital.
Most of the people who came here were officials from the old days. Meeting old friends and acquaintances made them burst into tears. When they saw the coffin of Emperor Cui Zheng and the third prince, they even fainted from tears on the spot...The next step was to pay homage to the Queen Mother and the Young Emperor, etc., all this excitement
Li Minglou did not participate.
She had soldiers and horses in her hands, so she would do what the soldiers and horses should do, and the internal affairs of the court... She chose the prime minister and left it to him to do it. The civil servants in the province were wary of her and would cause trouble.
She was not idle either, receiving the latest news in her camp.
The news is not good news.
Xiang Yun ran away.
"So many people are watching." Yuanji was furious, "Why did you let him run away?"
Zhonghou lowered his head and knelt on the ground: "I am guilty and I am incompetent."
"Get up." Li Ming said, looking through the letter in his hand, "We are not gods. We cannot have everything go as planned. It does not mean that you are incompetent. I can only say that Xiang Yun is capable."
Xiang Yun was not a mediocre person to begin with. Not only did he successfully escape from the capital, he also left her a letter.
Li Minglou looked at the letter in his hand and smiled. He did not say that he had escaped, but that he had gone to avenge the emperor.
When he heard that the emperor had been attacked and died, he vomited blood with grief and anger, and vowed to kill Ande Zhong.
So he returned to Longyou with his troops and horses to intercept Ande Zhong's escape to the Western Regions.
"Not only did he run away, he told us where he went."
Li Minglou threw the letter down. As the emperor's valiant general and the governor of Longyou, Xiang Yun ran confidently, and there was no reason to do anything to him... at least not yet.
"Just run away," she said. "If he runs away, it means there is nothing he can do to us, so there is nothing to be afraid of."
Maybe Xiang Qiubeard was waiting for him to run out of the capital.
"What's the other bad news?" she asked.
Another bad news came not from the capital, but from outside.
"Our Chu army in Jiangnan Province was expelled." A soldier said, "They were originally assisting in garrisoning in the southern territory of Jiangnan Province, but they were suddenly expelled on the grounds that they had disturbed the people. Jiangnan Province used troops and horses during the confrontation.
The locust was injured, and Zhou Shi withdrew his troops in time to avoid further casualties."
Yuanji's face became even more angry: "Is Jiangnan Road crazy?"
"Miss Minghua doesn't know anything about this," Xin Bing said, "Zhou Shi took his people back to Jiangling Mansion first, and Miss Minghua went to question him, but there is no result yet."
Li Minglou said: "There will be no consequences, so don't worry about it. This kind of thing will happen more and more in the future."
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"What does it mean that this kind of thing is happening more and more?" Yuan Ji asked, "My lady is a marquis, a regent and oversees the country. She has more power. Everyone should be more respectful. Why did Jiangnan Dao expel us?"
Li Minglou said: "It is precisely because I am a Marquis and serve as regent and overseer of the country that everyone is like this."
She stood up and took a few steps.
"Uncle Yuanji, although we have kept His Majesty's death a secret, as long as we hear about it, we will guess that it is related to us."
"Now I am holding the emperor hostage to order the princes."
"First, he cannot convince the public, and second, he is a wicked person."
She stopped and looked back at Yuanji.
"The rebellion in Ankang Mountain plunged everyone into chaos, but they also raised troops and strengthened their strength. Now that Ankang Mountain is dead, there is a villain like me..."
She reached out and pressed herself.
"... Let everyone see that the power of soldiers and horses can regent and supervise the country, and one person is less than ten thousand people."
"Uncle Yuanji, who doesn't want to do this? Who is willing to listen to me?"
Yuanji looked at her: "Miss, you don't want to."
Yes, she didn't want to, but she did it in the end, and others saw what she did. They didn't care what she thought, and she couldn't control what they thought.
Li Minglou was silent for a moment and said: "Anyway, the world will be shaken from now on, and the defenders will be distracted."
Yuan Ji was silent for a moment, thinking about it, if it were them who were watching, they would not obey the order.
So what to do? So far...
"There is no turning back now." Li Minglou said, "Give me another choice, I will still do this."
In short, retreating would mean death, and advancing would mean death. She would still choose to advance.
Yuan Ji said: "Whatever the young lady wants to do, we will do it."
Li Minglou looked at him and smiled: "We are together."
If she dies, the people around her will also die, and all the things they have done will be in vain.
"Ask Jiang Liang to write a letter to Minghua." Li Minglou put aside the past and future and looked at the present, "Tell her to be careful, the situation will become more and more tense. Although she is not leading the Chu army, she has soldiers and horses from Jiannan Road.
He is also an outsider to Jiangnan Province."
Yuanji asked: "Will Zhou Shi and the others be transferred back?"
If there is a real conflict and a fight...
Li Minglou smiled: "Am I afraid if there is a real conflict? If they dare to take action, I will also dare to take action! Let Zhou Shi stay in Jiangling Mansion and assist Minghua."
Yuanji understood and responded yes.
Li Minglou thought for a while and asked, "Is there a reply from Wu Ya'er?"
She was the first to send him the news, almost a month ago.
Yuan Ji said: "Except for the message that Xinbing brought back, there is nothing else."
I know three words of the oral message.
What do you know? Do you know that she was appointed a marquis and overseer of the country? Do you know that she killed the prime minister and the prince by regicide?
Li Minglou was silent for a moment.
Seeing that she was silent, Yuan Ji said: "Miss, the scouts reported that the Crow Army has not mobilized to Taiyuan Mansion or the capital, and is still pursuing Shi Chao."
Li Minglou smiled: "Of course he is still chasing Shi Chao. There is no doubt about it. Uncle Yuanji, you don't have to think too much."
Will he turn around and deal with her?
That's not necessarily the case. If everyone kills the king and punishes the guilty minister, the world will benefit greatly... Wu Ya'er was originally a hero who supported the late emperor's ascension to the throne, and Yuan Ji was silent.
Li Minglou walked to the door, lifted the curtain, and the night faded outside, and the morning light began to appear. Another day had arrived.
The morning light shone on her body, causing sparks to rise.
Li Minglou stood in the flames.
"Let's set off and enter the capital," she said, "tell the world that the emperor has passed away and the fifth prince has ascended the throne."