Gao Shangshu understood and asked quickly: "Meng Gong suddenly came to Beijing, but what is the important matter?"

Meng Gong smiled: "I can't tell you everything until the eldest princess comes over."

Emperor Nan Xiao's face could not help but darken.

About two-quarters of an hour later, the chamberlain helped the eldest princess, who was wearing court attire, into the Tai Chi Hall.

When the courtiers saw that the eldest princess had a sick look on her face and looked very weak, she was completely different from when they saw her yesterday, and they couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts.

It seems that Dr. Liu's suspicion that the eldest princess took pills was not groundless.

Jiang Fuguang walked into the palace, took out his arm supported by the chamberlain, straightened his clothes, and went forward to pay homage to His Majesty.

After the ceremony, she turned to Duke Meng, bowed her hands and said, "I have met Duke Meng."

Meng Gong stroked his beard and smiled, and accepted her bow: "I haven't seen her for many years. She has grown into a big girl, and now she has become the mainstay of the court."

Jiang Fuguang curled his lips: "You are still as healthy as before."

"Old man!" Meng Gong sighed with emotion. His cloudy eyes reflected her emaciated figure, haggard color, and withered face. "On the other hand, you, so young, have such a ruined body, yet even I, an old man, can't stand it." Not as good as that.”

Jiang Fuguang avoided the important and ignored the important: "It's the twelfth lunar month of winter and it's freezing outside. Why did you, the old man, come to Beijing?"

"As entrusted by the late emperor," Meng Gong slowly stood up, "the late emperor sent a thousand feathered forest guards to escort my old man to Beijing. This old man is really frightened!"

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar in the government and the public.

Emperor Nan Xiao's face turned blue.

Meng Gong took out a token from his sleeve, took Jiang Fuguang's hand, and put it in her hand: "Put away the token that commands the Yulin Guards. This is what the late emperor left for you. You have specifically told me that I will definitely I shall hand it over into your hands.”

Jiang Fuguang lowered his head and looked at the bronze token in his hand. One side was engraved with Long Congyun and the other side was engraved with Tiger Congfeng, which represented the call for wind and rain.

The father knew very well that a piece of imperial edict was not enough for Jiang Lingrong to treat her as the eldest princess favorably, so he arranged for Meng Gong to come to the capital and even used Meng Gong's hands to hand over a thousand feathers of Lin Wei into her hands. Lin Wei will also be her source of confidence.

Meng Gong took out the bright yellow edict from the long box held by the chamberlain: "This is the edict left by the late emperor. Seeing this edict is like seeing the late emperor."

As expected, he kept a secret secret. Emperor Nan Xiao resisted the anger in his heart, stood up from the dragon chair, quickly walked down the steps, and knelt in front of the hall.

Duke Meng read out the edict: "...the greatest regret of my life is that I was unable to pacify South Vietnam. This time, the South Vietnam invaded in a large scale and with great ferocity. They regarded our Southern Dynasty as if it were a treasure in their pockets and were extremely rebellious. Therefore, the imperial court was ordered not to retire for five years. If this is defeated, the Qi family's army will guard Lingnan to prevent the remnants of the Nanyue Kingdom from resurrecting, and the new emperor will not be able to order him to return to the capital without any reason."

"If this battle is defeated, the Qi family will be loyal and loyal for generations and will be the backbone of the Southern Dynasty. The descendants of the Jiang family should treat their loyal ministers and good generals favorably. If the descendants of the Qi family are guilty, their punishment will not be increased. If they are guilty of treason, they will be sentenced to death in prison. , are not allowed to be executed in the city cao, and are not allowed to sit on other branches of the Qi family..."

Emperor Nan Xiao's handsome face was already distorted.

Five years of not having sex gave the Qi family five years of recuperation after the war. The court was not allowed to embarrass the Qi family army with any excuse or any reason. After the Qi family army regained its strength, it would be impossible to reduce power.

That's fine.

What's even more hateful is that the imperial edict favoring Qi's descendants eliminated the possibility that future emperors would use the name of rebellion to completely eliminate the Qi family.

After the death of the late emperor, his edict was to be collected in the Imperial Ancestral Temple as a warning to the ancestors. If future generations do not want to bear the name of being unfilial and forgetting their ancestors, they cannot violate it.

And His Majesty also guarded against his move and asked Duke Meng to go to Beijing to announce the edict, which eliminated the possibility of him destroying the edict.

However, Meng Gong was highly respected, and the edict was read out through him, which was no less than a summons to the world.It's really a no-brainer.

Everyone in the court didn't know what to think, and everyone was shocked beyond measure.

Whenever there is a war, the court officials are not allowed to impeach any military generals who participated in the war. If someone takes the risk of serious misconduct, he will be imprisoned first in the name of fine work and investigated later.

But without Qi Qi for five years, the late emperor was obviously preparing for the new emperor to suppress Qi's army. After the war, Qi's army was greatly weakened and weakened.

The edict was read to no end.

Emperor Nan Xiao was filled with anger and slowly raised his hands. Duke Meng closed the imperial edict and placed it in Emperor Nan Xiao's hands.

Emperor Nan Xiao held the edict high and held both ends of it tightly: "I sincerely abide by the imperial edict of the late emperor."

Meng Gong turned to look at Jiang Fuguang: "You mentioned in your letter earlier that there is a thousand-year-old dendrobium planted in the house. It is very strange. I must go to the house to take a look when I come back."

Jiang Fuguang had a smile in his eyes: "We will sweep the couch to welcome you."

The two of them went back and forth and decided to leave the palace. Emperor Nan Xiao looked at them expressionlessly, without even a chance to stop them.

At this moment, the chamberlain hurriedly entered the palace again and reported: "Your Majesty, Taoist Priest Yu Hengzi has entered the palace. He was entrusted by Taoist Cardinal Zi to treat the eldest princess. He has now entered the Meridian Gate."

The courtiers looked at each other, and they all had no brains.

Yu Hengzi is a Taoist immortal, which is rare. Who would have thought that the eldest princess' illness would alarm even the "half-immortal" cardinal.

As we all know, Cardinal is good at stargazing and divination. Every time he appears in this world, he foretells changes related to the country.

Even Meng Gong was a little surprised, and he suddenly thought that the prophecy he heard by chance four years ago was a tacit secret among the top dignitaries of the Northern Dynasty. It was originally made by the semi-immortal cardinal of Wanjun Mountain. Zi's ​​mouth.

People of great virtue often have an extraordinary sense of the cause and effect of worldly affairs. After Proton came to Beijing, he suddenly realized that this general trend was due to the Northern Dynasties, and the root cause of the disaster was the Qiang people in the north.

Jiang Fuguang's eyes trembled and his throat felt itchy. He had to press his mouth with a handkerchief and let out bursts of suppressed and painful coughs.

Emperor Nan Xiao's face twitched, and his majestic expression could no longer be maintained.

It wasn't until Yu Hengzi entered the palace that he stepped down the steps and stepped forward to greet him: "Taoist Priest Xianyun Yehe, why did you suddenly enter the palace?"

Yu Hengzi bowed and said, "A few days ago, my uncle, Cardinal, watched the stars at midnight and found that the light of the Ziwei star was dim, which was a sign of the decline of the country's fortune. After several calculations, he calculated that the eldest princess's life star was damaged, so he asked me to come to Beijing. , to treat the eldest princess’ illness.”

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers couldn't help but be stunned.

Wen Yiqian said hurriedly: "Why did the Taoist Master say this? Could it be that the eldest princess's destiny is also related to the national destiny of the Southern Dynasty? Please Taoist Master clarify our doubts."

The courtiers quickly agreed.

Yu Hengzi said nonsense seriously: "The eldest princess's auspiciousness is closely related to the fate of the country in the Southern Dynasties. Her fate affects the rise and fall of the country and must not be damaged."

The auspiciousness of the eldest princess coming from heaven has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Thinking of the eldest princess’s achievements since entering the court, and considering the disastrous consequences if something happens to the eldest princess, the courtiers are convinced of this. .

When Zuo Zongtang regained Xinjiang, Empress Dowager Cixi issued an order not to impeach Zuo for ten years. After Song Taizu Huangpao took over, he treated his old boss Chai family very favorably. He left an edict to explain to future generations that if the Chai family's descendants are guilty, they will not be punished. If they are guilty of treason, they will be sentenced to death in prison, and they will not be allowed to be executed in the city cao, nor will they be allowed to sit on other branches of the Chai family...

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