Mingmen Family

Chapter 229
The heart that Ye Chongming had been hanging on finally fell back to the original place, and he immediately cooked the beef and chopped the sheep, and rewarded the whole group.

Ye Yaming was not in the mood to eat, so he dragged Ye Chongming into his study and asked, "What about the capital?"

As for the safety of the Ye family, she didn't have to ask.She looked at all the people who came to greet her just now, and everyone was very neat.Ye Hongsheng, who was not at home, Yin Shi also explained that he was in the tea garden.Because I didn't know they were coming back today, I didn't go down the mountain.

Ye Chongming said: "Not to mention that Lin'an City didn't hear the news, but there are not many insiders in the capital. Shopkeeper Huang said that he still kept his heart on his back and couldn't sleep well, so he heard something faintly. , It seemed that there were officers and soldiers chasing something that night, but after a while, they couldn't hear it."

Seeing that he didn't go on, Ye Yaming knew what the upper-level rulers were doing, and it wasn't something low-level people like them could know, so he didn't ask any more questions.

She planned to meet Qi Ji later and ask about the situation.

Qi Zhipei is an official of the imperial court, and he knew in advance that there would be changes.He should know about the changes in the capital.

This time I went to Minzhou, spent half a year with Qi Ji day and night, and faced hardships together, their relationship was no different from that of brothers and sisters.

After resting for two days, Ye Yaming sent someone to send a letter to Qi Ji, asking him to come to the teahouse to talk about things.

Qi Ji arrived as promised, and said: "If you want to invite me, I plan to come over and tell you about the situation in the capital."

Ye Yaming quickly poured him a cup of tea, put it in front of him, and urged, "Hurry up and talk."

Ye Chongming also stared closely at Qi Ji.

Qi Ji took a sip of tea with the teacup, and there was a thunderstorm: "The emperor has deposed the empress."

"Ah?" Ye Chongming was taken aback.

Ye Yaming was not surprised.Not only the crown prince, but also the emperor was dissatisfied with Duke Wei's mansion.

And if you want to build the Duke of Wei, the final result is to abolish the empress.If the queen is not abolished, but kills the queen and her father, it is very possible that one day the queen will poison the emperor to avenge her father, and let her son ascend to the throne.The emperor was stupid to leave such a trouble.

Qi Ji continued: "The court is divided into two factions headed by the prince and the fourth prince. I think you know it. On the border issue, the prince advocates a normal tea-horse trade with Dajin; the party of the four princes said that in recent years Private tea is rampant, and the tea-horse exchange market must be closed to investigate private tea. The two factions are arguing endlessly in the court for this."

Ye Chongming knew about the closure of the border tea-horse trade market, which more or less affected the tea merchants in Lin'an.

He nodded.

Qi Ji lowered his voice and said: "The prince has been investigating the relationship between the Fourth Prince and Da Jin for the past two years."

"Ah?" Ye Chongming was taken aback, and his voice was lowered, "Could it be that he is a traitor? Why?"

The fourth prince's biological mother is the daughter of Duke Wei, and he also knows it.They little common people, if they want to divorce the wife that the Ming media is marrying, they have to have a reason, otherwise neither the government nor the people will support and recognize it, let alone the mother of a country.

Reminiscent of what Qi Ji said, it must be the fourth prince who communicated with foreign countries and angered the emperor, so that the emperor deposed the empress, and the punishment for the fourth prince was even more severe.

Qi Ji gave Ye Chongming a thumbs up, and said: "He knows that the emperor is very dependent on his mother and the Duke of Wei on the surface, but he has been guarding against them all the time. The emperor will not abolish the prince, but make him the prince."

"So the Duke of Wei's mansion contacted Battelle over at Dajin."

Speaking of this, he explained: "Battelle is the half-brother of King Dajin, who has always wanted to seize power."

Seeing Ye Chongming and Ye Yaming nodding, he continued: "Duke Wei wanted to support Battelle in seizing power, and then asked Battelle to use the reason that Dajin closed the tea-horse trade market as an excuse to raise troops. They used this as a threat to force the emperor to abolish the prince and make the fourth prince the prince."

Ye Yaming couldn't help frowning: "Why do I feel that this is exactly the same as when the emperor married his successor?"

Qi Ji slapped the table: "You are right."

Ye Chongming was taken aback by this guy.

Ye Yaming glared at him: "Speak well."

Qi Ji smiled apologetically at Ye Chongming, and said: "In recent years, Xuanwuhou, that is, Zimo's father married a daughter of the Shi family. He fought fiercely and rose all the way. He has become an important figure in Duke Wei's camp. He took advantage of this For convenience, I sent some people to the Duke of Wei's mansion, and gained the trust of the Duke of Wei. That person inquired into the secret place where the Duke of Wei sent the letters, and confirmed those letters."

"The time is right. The crown prince caused some accidents to attract the attention of the successor and the Duke of Wei. The emperor's people sneaked into the mansion of the Duke of Wei and got the letters that Battelle wrote to the Duke of Wei over the years. Kun won, Wei Guogong was arrested, then deposed, and the fourth prince was also imprisoned."

With just a few words, Ye Chongming heard the thrilling feeling at that time.

He murmured: "No wonder shopkeeper Huang heard the movement that night."

Qi Ji nodded: "Duke Wei is powerful after all. If the emperor wanted to destroy him, he couldn't resist. At that time, he wanted to lead his troops to attack the palace, kill the king and let the fourth prince take over, and he was beheaded on the spot by the imperial guards."

He looked at Ye Yaming: "The emperor has abolished the empress, and Marquis Xuanwu immediately announced his divorce."

Ye Chongming was overjoyed when he heard that, and said to Ye Yaming: "In this way, we don't have to be afraid anymore."

You must know that during this period of time, they were very worried, for fear of attracting the black hand of Lu Guanyi's stepmother.If Lu Guanyi doesn't get rid of his stepmother within the promised two years, Ye Chongming is really worried about marrying his granddaughter to him.

A little Meng Chengwei is scary when he goes crazy; let alone a Duke of Wei.Thinking about Shi's unscrupulous dealing with a stepson like Lu Guanyi, completely disregarding her status, one can imagine her madness and publicity.

"But there are still evils left in Duke Wei's mansion," Qi Ji said with a serious face, "and Shi Shi's son, Zimo's half-brother is still there. If he knows about your marriage, maybe he will target you To vent your anger. So I think it's best to keep your marriage a secret."

Both Ye Chongming and Ye Yaming nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, we won't say anything." Ye Chongming promised.

Qi Ji nodded, picked up the teacup and drank a cup, obviously the topic has come to an end.

Ye Yaming hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is Lu Guanyi okay at the border?"

Although she is engaged to Lu Guanyi, she doesn't remember him in her heart.However, the two of them are now a fiancée, if she doesn't ask about Lu Guanyi's situation, she will look very cold.Even if she is not a fiancée, as a collaborator or friend, she should also greet her.

(End of this chapter)