Chapter 425 The twelfth lunar month in the first year of Jianye
On the same night, in the previous courtyard, someone was also talking about something.
One person said: "Your Majesty ordered people to spread the news that someone of ours has betrayed you before he returns to Beijing. What do you want to do?"
Brother Wucheng said: "This is just to scare the snake, and to scare us to do something. Things in this world are more and more wrong if we do them. If we don't do them, it will be better."
"The more we are at this time, the more we should be calm and do nothing, so as not to leave any way for His Majesty to spy on us."
Another person said: "Brother Wu Cheng is right. At such a critical moment, it is best not to do anything, so everyone should not do anything and just do the same as usual."
"Brother Wucheng, you are our only high-ranking official and the person who passed down the imperial seal. His Majesty will definitely doubt you and suspect that you are protecting us."
"But precisely because you are the person who passed down the imperial seal and are a high-ranking official, even if His Majesty is suspicious of you, he will not arrest you easily if there is no conclusive evidence. Demoting you to a local place or sending you back to your hometown for retirement is just a delay.
Today, with your Majesty's temperament, if you want to do something, you have to get it done, and you will definitely not do this. So at this time, Brother Wu Cheng, as long as you don't expose any flaws, you will be as stable as Mount Tai."
Brother Wu Cheng nodded and said: "Brother Guan Ling, I understand."
Brother Guan Ling gave some more instructions. After he finished what he originally planned to give, one person asked: "Brother Guan Ling, the imperial court found the imperial seal in the river. Could this matter have anything to do with us?" They also suspected that it was.
The hole was dug for Yunxi by their own people.
Brother Guan Ling shook his head and said: "This matter was indeed not arranged by me, nor was it our people's own initiative in the river disaster area. It was indeed an accident."
Another person said: "What should we do? If the jade seal is really passed down to the country, and your majesty puts down the Qi Yan rebellion at this time, then your majesty's reputation will be even higher, and no one will be able to shake it from now on."
For the rebellion that had just been put down, the imperial court officially named it the Luxie Rebellion, without mentioning the matter of King Yan; but those of them who knew the inside story privately called it the Qi-Yan Rebellion.
Brother Guan Ling thought for a moment and said, "Are you saying that His Majesty has discovered the Jade Seal of the Kingdom a long time ago, but failed to reveal it, and only asked Chu Zhi to take it out after the rebellion was suppressed?"
"This doesn't make sense. If we had taken out the Imperial Seal early, it would have been easier to put down the rebellion."
The man sneered and said, "That's not necessarily the case. During the rebellion, there was no correspondence between the two parties, and during the Song Dynasty, there was a forgery of the national jade seal. It will not be more shocking than the flying ball that your majesty took out."
"On the contrary, it is more useful to stabilize the throne and enhance prestige after quelling the rebellion."
Everyone thought about it and felt that 3's words were very reasonable. One person said: "In this case, how should we deal with this matter?"
Brother Wu Cheng said: "If it can be proven that the jade seal passed down to the country is fake, then of course it would be best; but since your majesty has released this thing, it is difficult to tell whether it is real or fake, so let's not say anything about it and wait and see what happens.
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Later he sneered and said: "Your Majesty recited a poem and said that we are 'demon mist', so we must be the real demon mist so that your majesty cannot distinguish it clearly and keep pestering him."
Brother Guan Ling asked: "Who does Sun Dasheng refer to in this poem? What allusion is used?"
Brother Wu Cheng hurriedly explained to him.
At this time, Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West" had not yet been published. Although there were many storybooks on various Journey to the West themes, there was no such title as Sun Dasheng. Only those who have read "Journey to the West" can guess that Yunxi used the allusion here.
After listening to his explanation, Brother Guan Ling smiled and said, "Your Majesty actually thinks so highly of us and regards us as invisible and extremely difficult to capture the demonic mist. It's a real honor."
"However," Brother Guan Ling immediately became gloomy again and said, "In this case, we must really be the demon mist in order to live up to His Majesty's 'approval'."
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Yunxi returned to the capital on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, performed a series of rituals and then returned to the palace.
Yunhe walked into the palace, thought about it for a moment and then decided to go to Kunning Palace.
Xiyao was already ready to welcome Yunxi back. After hearing the eunuch's message that His Majesty had come here, she immediately gave instructions in a calm voice. However, Xiyi noticed that Xiyao had heard that Yunxi had come here.
Breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiyao ordered people to take Wenyuan out of the palace and welcome Yunxi with her.
After Yunxi walked into the main entrance of Kunning Palace, he noticed Xiyao holding Wenyuan in her arms and waiting for him. When he saw him entering the palace, he immediately knelt down and said, "I have met your Majesty." The maid and eunuch of Kunning Palace
They also knelt down one after another.
Yunxi smiled bitterly, walked up to him, took Wenyuan from Xiyao's arms, and said, "Why do you have to make such a big fuss?" Of course, he was not referring to the reception of so many maids and eunuchs.
Xiyao just said: "Your Majesty has returned victoriously from the expedition and has also recovered a jade seal that has not been found in the six dynasties for more than 400 years. I should congratulate you."
Yunxi had no choice but to stop talking about the matter and took Xiyao's hand into Kunning Palace.
Yunxi asked about some things in the palace, and found out that there was nothing in the palace, so he took a rest.
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Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di and others accompanied Yunxi back to Beijing. Since Yunxi returned to the palace, they also returned to their palaces.
After bidding farewell to Zhu Di, Zhu Gaoxu came to the door of his mansion, looked at the Prince Yan's Mansion in front of him with excitement, and murmured to himself: "I can finally live in Prince Yan's Mansion, and not as my father's son."
Here, but live here as the owner of this place.”
The guards around him also understood Zhu Gaoxu's excitement and waited quietly on the side without saying a word. Only Zhang Wuji, who was still young and a disciple of the Wudang layman, said: "Your Majesty, why do you live here today? Here.
It has been uninhabited for many years, and I am afraid that the caretaker is too lazy to clean it, so I might as well go back to Gaoyang County Prince's Mansion to live there."
The other guards looked at Zhang Wuji as if they were idiots, but Zhu Gaoxu himself turned around and said with a smile: "It's okay, the houses here have been carefully cleaned, you don't have to worry about not having a place to live."
Zhang Wuji scratched his head and chuckled, because Zhu Gaoxu had seen through his thoughts.
Zhu Gaoxu likes a simple person like Zhang Wuji very much. Although he has many thoughts, he hopes that the guards around him are people like Zhang Wuji. In addition, Zhang Wuji's great achievements in the Northern Expedition almost saved his life, so Zhu Gaoxu did not
He didn't mean to be angry, he just smiled and led Zhang Wuji into the palace.
The other guards looked at each other, sighed at Zhu Gaoxu's favor for Zhang Wuji, and followed him into Prince Yan's Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu's Prince Yan's Mansion.
