Biography of Qingwu

Chapter 12 The Emperor Taishang passed away, King Anjing sent his troops to the north

In the middle of the night, Zhao Huairou was awakened by a hasty knock on the door, he shook his sleepy head angrily, and opened the door.The person who came was his bodyguard, and the bodyguard said: "My lord, there are people from the palace, and they say that there is something urgent to tell my lord."

Zhao Huairou was very puzzled, someone from the palace?He has been guarding the border for two years, and he has never been called back even during family reunion days like the Mid-Autumn Festival. At this time, someone who came here was afraid that something serious happened, so he said, "Go and bring him here."

The guards took the order to bring the people, wait a little longer, and brought up two men in military uniforms. According to the uniforms, they should be the second-rank guards in the palace.

Yaxin took off the helmet and let her beautiful long hair fall. King Anjing was amazed, secretly thought that it was a woman, and looked at her appearance, she looked familiar, after thinking about it carefully, he said: "You are the concubine Yuan's side. Ya Xin?"

Yaxin knelt down, tears flowed uncontrollably, trekking thousands of miles, suffering so much all the way, traveling day and night, non-stop, now finally lived up to the concubine Yuan's entrustment, came in front of King Anjing, Yaxin was deeply held back a few times Then he said: "Yes, the servant girl is Yaxin who is beside the concubine Yuan, and the servant girl escaped through untold hardships!"

Anjing King Zhao Huairou was even more puzzled, "How do you say that?"

Ya Xin wiped her tears, knelt on the ground and replied: "Prince An Ning forced the palace to kill his father, killing all quarters, and now he is enthroned as emperor! Your Majesty took advantage of King An Ning's unpreparedness to write a blood edict and pass it on to you, order You immediately ordered the princes to send troops to attack King An Ning with the imperial edict! The servants escaped from the palace with the blood edict, and now, now, I finally see the prince!"

Zhao Huairou's heart skipped a beat, Yaxin took out the blood edict from her bosom, and presented it to Zhao Huairou, Zhao Huairou took it hesitantly, the blood on Bai Juan had already turned black, it was indeed the same as what Yaxin said .

Ya Xin said again: "Your Majesty! Please gather your troops immediately to attack Ni Wang. It's too early. Maybe Your Majesty still has a chance!"

Zhao Huairou's thoughts kept spinning. He thought that he would guard this border for the rest of his life. He thought that his father would never remember that he was a son. Unexpectedly, an imperial edict would come down from the sky and pass on located him! : "Father, is he alright?"

Ya Xin replied: "Your Majesty was poisoned by King An Ning, and there is no news of a great funeral in the palace, presumably not yet...Your Majesty, please send troops as soon as possible, save Your Majesty and Concubine Yuan!"

Zhao Huairou secretly thought in his heart, if he sent troops to save his father at this moment, then after his father was rescued, with his preference for King Andu, whether he would make another king Andu as emperor at that time, then wouldn't he be making wedding dresses for others in vain? ?Do you want to drag on?Do you want to wait until your father dies to be safe before sending your troops northward?However, the imperial edict clearly stated that the biography was located in Zhao Huairou, King of Anning. How could the emperor make jokes, and the emperor should also be afraid that the world would criticize him, so he would not dare to order a new king.Zhao Huairou kept guessing and weighing gains and losses.

At this time, Chen Qingwu, who had been silent from the beginning, said: "My lord, it is not too late. Now I should immediately ask for help from General Wang at Hangu Pass. From Hangu Pass to the north, I will gather soldiers and horses from all over the country. We can still reach the imperial city within a few days, otherwise, if it continues, An Ning Wang Jiangshan will sit still and subdue all the officials, and it will take a lot of effort to do it again."

When this person opened his mouth, it was actually a woman's voice, Zhao Huairou thought she was also a maid in the palace, after a closer look, he found that she hadn't seen it before, "You are?"

Chen Qingwu clasped his fists at him, and said: "This is the eldest daughter of Chen Ge, the lord of Cui City, Chen Qingwu. A few days ago, she came home from Taiyi Gate on Yuanshan Mountain. On the way, she met Miss Yaxin, so she came here with Miss Yaxin. gone."

Zhao Huairou suddenly realized, no wonder she had never seen it before, and said, "Oh, that's how it is."

It turned out that there was still an official woman by my side, so I couldn't procrastinate any longer, and hurriedly shouted: "Come on!"

The guards rushed in, and Zhao Huairou ordered: "Pass on the king's order, clear the troops and order the generals, and all the soldiers and horses in the generals must be assembled!"

The guards were ordered to retreat, Chen Qingwu quickly asked: "Is the lord planning to lead the troops to leave immediately?"

Zhao Huairou thought to himself, was she the one who urged him to gather the troops just now, why did he come here to ask, so he said: "Yes. The life of the emperor is at stake. The world has fallen into the hands of the king, so there is no delay. You just urged me to be so tight, what's the matter, is there any problem?"

Chen Qingwu bowed to Zhao Huaining and said, "Don't you, my lord, be on guard against Di Rong? Yingdu is the border between Zhao and Di Rong. The purpose of your lord's troops to guard the frontier is to deter Di Rong. Otherwise, we will attack him here." King Ni, the backyard is on fire, and if we don't care about the future at that time, wouldn't Di Rong be allowed to reap the benefits of the fisherman?"

Zhao Huairou patted his head. He must have woken up in the middle of the night and lost energy, so he didn't think of this: "I am careless, thank you for your reminder. Then according to your opinion, what should we do now."

Chen Qingwu thought for a while, and said: "On the way here, we met soldiers who came to order the prince to return to the palace, and outside the city of Jinling, we saw soldiers posting documents to arrest Yaxin. Presumably, King Ni already knew about Miss Yaxin. Fleeing with the imperial edict, so I think that the troops in Yingdu should not move, first to guard against Di Rong's invasion, and second, to confuse the king of Ni, thinking that the prince is still in Yingdu. Let's divide the troops into two groups, and I will return to Cuicheng to lead the army 1, my lord, you quietly go to Hangu Pass to seek help from General Wang. Let’s go north together and meet up in Binzhou. To be safe, we can draw [-] troops from Yingdu to follow.”

Hearing this, Zhao Huairou was even more surprised. This girl is cautious, and she is three points smarter than some military masters, so she praised: "Miss Chen is a teacher of Taiyi sect. If she is strong in martial arts, this king can expect it, but she is thoughtful." Such meticulousness surprised me, just now the girl said that she was going to Cuicheng to lead the army, does the girl still have the ability to lead the army?"

Chen Qingwu raised his eyebrows and said: "I went to the battlefield when I was 14 years old. I followed my father in the three battles with Di Rong. He was the forward commander at the time, so he still had some prestige among the city's defenders. When I go home, I will fight with you." My father explained the cause and effect, and my father will definitely let the guard army fully assist the prince, but there are not many people in the guard army, only more than 2, the prince still has to ask for help from other generals and princes as soon as possible."

Zhao Huairou nodded, arranged for an attendant to pretend to be him and lived in his room, and asked his confidant to lead 1 people to Hangu Pass the next day. Chen Qingwu immediately returned to Cuicheng to lead the army, while he and Yaxin quietly took advantage of the night Out of the city, go to Hangu pass.

On the other side, in the imperial city, the princess Xu's coffin was buried for three days. The incident just happened, and the palace staff hurried to the palace to inform Zhao Huaining that the emperor's condition had worsened. Zhao Huaining hurriedly bid farewell and came to send a book to express his condolences when he was dying. Jiang Huanian hurried back to the palace.

Jiang Huanian and the maid said softly: "Your Majesty is really suffering. His wife has just been buried and his father is dying. How sad he must be."

Zhao Huaining went back to the palace under the bright sun in the afternoon. When he arrived in the bedroom, his father had decayed like a rotten old wood. Andu King Zhao Huaijin was kneeling in front of the bed, and the imperial physician was accompanying him. Seeing Zhao Huaining coming, the imperial physician hurriedly said: "See Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor is probably dying. His breathing is slow, his mind is blurred, and his minister is powerless. Your Majesty, you should order all the concubines to come here earlier, so that you can see the Supreme Emperor for the last time."

King Andu was lying beside the bed, tears had already wetted the brocade beside the bed, his father's face was pale, he could only breathe out but not breathe in, and the instigator of all this was Zhao Huaining behind him!His Majesty the current Emperor!But for the sake of his mother and concubine, he had to swallow this hatred.

He needs to wait, bide his time.

Zhao Huaining nodded, "Wang An, send someone to invite all the concubines, so there is no need for Concubine Yuan to come. Concubine Yuan is getting seriously ill and it is difficult to move."

Wang An took the order to retreat, Zhao Huaining thought about it and said again. : "Send someone to invite officials of the third rank and above in the court to come here to see the father off for the last time!"

Wang An paused, and immediately understood what Zhao Huaining meant. He wanted these things for the ministers to see his father die with their own eyes, so as to dispel some doubts in the ministers' hearts.

However, Yuan Wei'an is bound to make a fuss to see Concubine Yuan.

In the evening, the death bell in the palace rang thirteen times, and Zhao Ganling passed away. Everyone in the palace wept bitterly all night. The next day, Zhao Huaining ordered people to spread the news of the death of the Supreme Emperor to all places, and he succeeded him as emperor.

A real emperor.

(End of this chapter)