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Chapter 100: Back to Power

Daliang, since the night of King Yu's wedding, Emperor Liang has not been to court for half a month on the grounds that the dragon's body is not safe, leaving only an oral order - all the matters in the court are left to King Yu to decide. When King Yu comes, he has become the actual helmsman of Daliang. At the beginning, King Yu always meets Emperor Liang but gets the same reply every time: let go! King Yu has no choice but to let go! The most urgent thing in front of him is the entry of the late prince into the tomb. Emperor Liang has started to build his own tomb since he ascended the throne, but the crown prince did not. After obtaining Emperor Liang's promise, he called all the craftsmen of the imperial tombs to build the tombs next to the tombs day and night, and the bodies of the crown prince and the crown prince's concubine were temporarily placed in the ice coffin.

Afterwards, with the help of King Xiang, King Yu stabilized the court and concentrated his efforts to deal with the Tang Dynasty's kinship envoy. However, no matter how hard King Yu tried to explain, the Tang Dynasty insisted that Princess Yan Li died at the hands of King Yu. Faced with the aggressive momentum of the Tang Dynasty's kinship envoy, King Yu naturally could not rashly make the princess' fake identity public, but rejected the Tang Dynasty's kinship envoy's request to transport the princess' body back to the country. The ministers of the Liang Dynasty wrote letters to expel the Tang Dynasty's kinship envoy, and some ministers even advised to execute the Tang Dynasty's kinship envoy to punish their despicable behavior.

Faced with the fierce words of the government and the unyielding insults of the Tang Dynasty, King Yu decisively sent all the envoys from Tang Dynasty back to Tang Dynasty, and sent envoys to Tang Dynasty at the same time. In just half a month, King Yu was already quite exhausted and looked exhausted.

"Eat more. This is the best way to stew black chicken with Codonopsis. It is the best way to replenish the energy!" Du Xianfei put a full bowl of chicken soup and handed it to King Yu, saying with some distress: "Now you have also experienced the difficulty of being a king of a country. Your Majesty has persisted for so many years, and only you know the hardships in it. You, if you have time, go to the palace and I will make delicious food for you."

"Thank you, Mother" King Yu drank all the chicken soup in one sip. "Is my father's health better?"

"These days, Your Majesty has also been to Qingzhi Palace several times, but most of the time I am in Qiluoyuan. The imperial physician who went to take his pulse every day brought news yesterday to see the pulse pattern, and it should be nothing serious."

"The father has always been with Yingpin." King Yu murmured to himself. Concubine Du Xian looked at his son and said with a gentle voice: "The sister of Yingpin was sent to the palace by King Xiang when His Majesty's birthday. She has been quite favored since she entered the palace. Your Majesty loves to stay in Qiluo Garden the most."

"Mother, since the father is in good health, can you..."

"Is it possible? Let your father go to court again?"

"After all, I am just a tutor. I have been on the frontier for a long time. I am confident about military affairs, but I am really unable to do so in this government."

"How many years have your father been in power? Who can handle it with ease? If Your Majesty wants to go to court again, will you still need to go this trip?"

King Yu suddenly realized and said to himself, "Did the father do it on purpose?" Concubine Du held King Yu's hand and said solemnly: "Yun Qi, for many years, you have been away from the court for too long. Since you have this opportunity, you can be familiar with the government and don't miss it!"

At this moment, King Yu saw a different feeling from the past in Concubine Du Xian's eyes. It was not the dullness of the past, nor the desire for power like Concubine Jingjia, but it seemed like it was sandwiched between the two and unknown.

Over the years, Emperor Liang has enjoyed the rare leisure since ascending the throne. He spent most of his time in Qiluoyuan, threw the court affairs to King Yu, and he ended up in a purity. It was strange that Emperor Liang felt indescribable every time he came to Yingshuren, and felt relieved. He had not experienced this comfortable feeling for a long time.

"Your Majesty, do you feel comfortable?" Yingshuren was kneading the soles of Emperor Liang's feet, sometimes gentle and sometimes forcefully. In the middle of stretching and relaxing, Emperor Liang felt the breeze coming on the top of the mountain, and was like bathing in a hot spring to warm the limbs and bones. The numb pleasure spread from the soles of Emperor Liang along the meridians throughout his body. Emperor Liang fell into a dream in a daze.

In my dream, Emperor Liang was in the Wanhua Hall of Zhongling Palace. Flowers and trees were planted all around the hall, but it was a hint of coolness in the summer. This is Wen Jin's bedroom! She loves to plant and play with flowers and trees the most. The fragrance in the Wanhua Hall was full of fragrance and pink butterflies, which was a natural scenery. Emperor Liang was admiring himself, but heard someone sobbing behind him. He carefully identified that the woman kneeling on the ground was Wen Jin.

"Wen Jin!" Emperor Liang ran to her side and hugged the woman, but saw the black hair, eyebrows, and makeup that was exactly Wen Jin, who had been away from him for ten years. "Wen Jin, it's really you! I miss you so much!"

"Your Majesty!" Wen Jin cried even more when he saw his husband. "I miss Your Majesty very much. Whenever I miss Your Majesty, I will plant a flower and tree in this hall. Your Majesty, the flowers and trees around me are my longing for Your Majesty!"

Emperor Liang hugged Wen Jin in his arms even tighter, and said with heartache: "If you miss me, go back to my side!"

"Your Majesty, I can no longer serve you and accompany you. I poured all my love for you on Yun Yi, hoping that Yun Yi can accompany you on your Majesty!"

Hearing the name of the prince, Emperor Liang felt the guilt in his heart immediately emerged from a corner, and Wen Jin was still saying, "But Your Majesty... Why doesn't Your Majesty protect Yun Yi? He is our child. He is my only support in this world. Your Majesty! I feel so heartbroken!"

As he said that, Wen Jin broke free from Emperor Liang's arms and ran out of the palace, crying while running. The crying sound was desolate and sad, and the back was lonely and helpless. Emperor Liang watched Wen Jin disappear from his sight, but he could not move and could do nothing.

"Wen Jin! I don't love Yun Yi. I made him the crown prince. Even if I know that he is not qualified and weak and has no master, I am still trying my best to support him!" Emperor Liang roared in the direction where his back disappeared, "But, do you know what he did to harm the world on his back! I didn't want Yun Yi to die!" Emperor Liang roared hysterically and explained, but the gentle woman never looked back.

"Wen Jin!" He shouted, Emperor Liang woke up from his dream, and the sweat beads spreading on his forehead had not yet slid down. He widened his eyes and saw Ying Shuren's nervous face, "Your Majesty, are you having a nightmare?" Ying Shuren asked with concern, and immediately turned around and brought a bowl of Shenshen soup from the table to feed Emperor Liang, but was gently pushed away by Emperor Liang. Ying Shuren put down the soup with tactfulness and asked softly: "Did Your Majesty dream of Empress Wen Jin?"

"Wen Jin is blaming me, blaming me for not being able to protect our son. Alas, but she doesn't understand my difficulties either!"

"I understand the discomfort and regret of any father in this world when he loses his son. Queen Wen Jin will definitely understand His Majesty in the Heavenly Spirit."

"So what if you don't understand? The prince is gone after all. It's his own fault. I have given him a chance many times!"

As soon as he spoke, Emperor Liang seemed to realize that he had said too much, and stopped talking in time and changed the topic and said, "I am the most comfortable and comfortable here. It's been ten months since I was in the middle of the day, and I should be on the court again."

"It is my honor to be able to serve Your Majesty. Let me change your clothes for Your Majesty." Ying Shuren lowered her eyebrows and looked smooth. Her infinite tenderness always aroused the love and compassion in Emperor Liang's heart. He couldn't help but reach out and touched his face, which was as gentle as a soft and smooth as a water egg. He stood up with satisfaction and let the woman go back and forth.

After sitting on the dragon throne of the Liang Dynasty again, Emperor Liang felt that he had always controlled the power of this country in his hands, and at the same time he planned to listen to his ministers' views on the rule of King Yu for six months.

"Your Majesty" Cai Quan said first, "Your Highness, King Yu, explained several times to the envoys of Tang. Although he did not fully approve the envoys' misunderstandings about our dynasty, his Highness still sent him back to the country safely. Your Highness preserved the dignity of Daliang, but Tang still refused to give in and wanted to return the princess's body, and even held troops on the border!"

Hearing the possible war, Cao Zijing, Secretary of War, immediately stepped forward and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty stationed troops on the border of Hanzhou. General Dan Tai is here in Jinchang City. No abnormal movement has been detected yet!"

"King Yu, tell me!" After hearing the advice of the two, Emperor Liang did not agree, and turned to ask King Yu.

"Reporting to my father, because my father was sad about my elder brother's departure that day, I had never reported carefully about Princess Xia Tang. Today, Rong Erchen will explain the visits that have been coming these days. The former Khan of the Tang Dynasty did have a daughter, but this princess has not appeared in front of the world for several years. Qi Diaoyan Li used martial arts with Erchen on the night of the wedding. At first, Erchen thought she was an assassin, but she did not expect that she committed suicide by taking poison. The East Palace caught fire when she took poison, so Erchen thought that the princess' identity was fake."

After King Yu's analysis came out, everyone present made small moves involuntarily, some raised their eyebrows; some glanced at their colleagues beside them; some peeked at their reactions. Emperor Liang was indeed surprised. "You mean that the identity of this princess is fake. The reason why she married into my Daliang Palace was not to assassinate you, but to let herself die in the palace?"

"My son really thinks so!" King Yu answered simply, and King Ling made a comment and said, "Fourth brother, this marriage is the father's decision. Can you say that this is to say that the father can't even tell the truth of the princess?"

Cai Yan stood up and supported: "How can the princess' identity be faked? Besides, the name of the princess of Tang has been heard for a long time, so how can one be fabricated out of thin air? If the princess is fake, the King of Tang Khan himself will be dull!" He said with great words, but after Cai Quan flew with a sharp look, Cai Yan had to shut up and retreat obediently.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still thinks that the words of Your Highness of the King of Yu are credible. Your Highness of the King of Yu have been through the battle formation for a long time and are steady in their work. He will never catch any signs of being caught. When Princess Tang entered Liang, he was greeted by Prince Xiang himself. It is said that the princess looked healthy at that time and had no sign of illness at all."

Cai Quan led the topic to King Xiang, who calmly took over, "That day, I was ordered to go to welcome the princess, as Cai Xiang said."

"In this way, it is indeed very likely that the princess has a strange intention. According to the old minister, since Princess Tang is prepared and knows that she is not as good as His Highness Yu, it is still very likely to commit suicide. Over the past few days, Dali Temple has begun to investigate." Cai Quan followed King Xiang's words and introduced Lin Kun into the game.

Lin Kun took the list and said politely, "Report to Your Majesty, I have checked the princess's body. When I was alive, I felt that there was something strange, but no trace of the poison was found."

"Oh? Is Lord Lin questioning my fourth brother's words? There are so many poisons in the world, it's not surprising that Dali Temple cannot be found!" King Ling mocked him.

Lin Kun had no choice but to continue saying: "If you really take poison, you should be able to find a container for poisoning on the spot."

King Yu obviously could not watch. "Indeed, Princess Ye took out a porcelain bottle, but after she took the poison, she crushed the porcelain bottle. The wind that the seventh brother poured open the Hechuan Palace Gate blew away the powder."

"Fourth Brother, you are blaming me!" King Ling was innocent and angry. "I was happy for my fourth brother that night. I stayed in the palace after drinking too much. When I heard that the East Palace was on fire, I was worried that the fourth brother would go to Hechuan Palace to notify me!"

"Okay, King Yu has no intention of blaming you!" Emperor Liang said to stop him. "You are the only one who is there on the night of the wedding. Now no matter how you explain it, Tang will insist that it was my Daliang who killed the princess. It is meaningless to entangle the reason for this. For the sake of the present, the plan is to deal with Tang's plan of Chen first."

"Father, since this matter is caused by my son, I am willing to lead troops to protect my Liang Dynasty for all my land!" King Yu clearly expressed his willingness to defend his country, and this move was greatly appreciated by Emperor Liang.

"If the war really starts, I, Daliang, will naturally not be afraid! However, I cannot let the people in the world think that I, Daliang, are unreasonable. Cai Xiang, see who will send as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty again to let the people in the world know our dynasty's intention to temporarily stop the military?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the old minister believes that Jiang Weizhen, the first in Beijing test last year, was extremely literary, meticulous and eloquent, and could be a good place for this trip!"

"After Cai Xiang said this, I remembered that Jiang Weizhen is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue?"

Emperor Liang asked, and Xue Jian, the Minister of Revenue, came out to answer: "Report to Your Majesty, Jiang Weizhen is now the head of the Ministry of Revenue."

"Mr. Xue thinks this person is worthy of this important task?"

Of course, Xue Jian understood the consequences of rebelling against Cai Quan, and also read his recognition of this person from Emperor Liang's words. As an old man in the officialdom, Xue Jian must follow the trend. "I think Jiang Weizhen is competent."
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