The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 157 The traitorous king seeks rebellion to usurp the great rule, and the young emperor surrenders the country ([-])

The bright sun shines on the land of Qu Yue, and also on the mansion of Vice King Li Huan.Today's weather is as clear as his mood. He is sitting in the study at the moment, holding a military newspaper in his hand, with a smile on his face, "Old Zhao Guangyi has really helped me a lot this time. The king happened to take advantage of the Song army's invasion to seize the throne, haha, God help me!"

When Li Huan was enjoying himself, a young servant knocked on the door, "Qiantui, His Majesty sent a message to summon you to the imperial study, saying that he wants to discuss with you something important."

Li Huan became more and more proud when he heard the words, "Ding Xuan, Ding Xuan, I have to wait a little longer for this matter. I didn't expect you to call me into the palace so soon. Could it be that you are tired of sitting just after taking the throne!" Thinking about it, he suddenly got up and walked out of the study.

At this moment in the imperial study room, the young Ding Xuan was full of sorrow, nestling in the arms of a graceful and luxurious woman.This woman is about thirty years old, wearing a luxurious long dress, exuding a sense of mature beauty.She gently stroked Ding Xuan's hair with her hands, her eyes were moist and she was about to cry.

Li Huan walked slowly into the imperial study, and bowed deeply to the two of them, "Li Huan, the last general, see Your Majesty and the Queen Mother! May I ask why the last general came here?"

Seeing that it was Li Huan, the woman slowly took her hand back and sat upright behind the desk, staring at Li Huan with a rather complicated expression.After a while, she sighed and said: "General Li, the late emperor often mentioned you to the Ai family in Japan, and praised you for being both civil and military. You are the loyalty of my country, Qu Yue. After the late emperor was killed, it was you, general, who wiped out Ruan Gong for your majesty. The rebellious party headed by them has preserved the splendid country of our Ding family. Now Song Guo took advantage of our civil strife and sent 15 troops. It really deceived His Majesty when he was young and despised me. Among them, the only one His Majesty can rely on is General Li, may I ask if the general has a way to retreat from the enemy?"

Ding Xuan also blinked her big eyes at this moment, looking at Li Huan expectantly, like a drowning man, looking at the only life-saving straw in front of him, "General Li, I just ascended the throne and I want to be a good emperor. I don't want to let Qu Yue is destroyed in my hands so quickly, you will definitely help me, right?"

The pair of orphans and widowed mothers in front of him did not arouse Li Huan's compassion. He kept sneering in his heart, but his face was full of righteousness, "Thanks to your majesty and the empress dowager's trust. , would rather be smashed to pieces and shrouded in horse leather! It's just..."

Ding Xuan heard the words as if she had grasped the life-saving straw, and hurriedly asked, "Just what?"

Li Huan said helplessly: "It's just that since your Majesty ascended the throne, all state affairs have been handed over to the last general. Since he has not yet established his might, all the officials will inevitably bully your majesty when he is young and have a heart of disobedience. If the last general is in the court, there will naturally be no one Dare to be disrespectful to His Majesty, but if the last general leads troops to resist the Song State, there will be chaos in the court. In times of internal and external difficulties, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not only lose the country, but also lose his life!"

Ding Xuan only saw a little hope, but was extinguished by Li Huan's words in an instant, and almost cried bitterly, "General Li, I am only six years old this year, and I don't want to die! As long as you can save the lives of me and my mother, what do you say?" I promise you, even if you let me take off my robe and give way, I will never say anything."

Li Huan glanced at the Empress Dowager Yang Yun'e out of the corner of his eye, seeing that her eyes were also teary, he couldn't stop nodding, and the sneer in his heart grew worse.But he quickly said: "Your Majesty, the last general received the great kindness of the late emperor, and he was promoted from a humble grassroots man to ten generals. His Majesty trusted the last general even more, and appointed me as deputy king, in charge of all affairs of Qu Yue. The last general only You can only repay the grace of heaven if you are so heartbroken, how dare you seek to usurp the throne? If your majesty has the heart to abdicate again, he will eventually be willing to die!"

Ding Xuan was a little flustered by his few words, and kept shaking her head, "General Li, I didn't say you were going to rebel, let alone kill you. If you die, who can I and my mother rely on?" ? I can’t speak when I was young, General Li, please don’t blame me!”

Yang Yun'e looked at Ding Xuan distressedly, then turned to Li Huan and said, "General Li, the Ai family knows that you are a loyal minister and is unwilling to ruin your reputation. But this is the only way to go. If you don't accept my son Zen position, I am afraid that not only our mother and son will inevitably die, but Qu Yue will also die because of us. Now, only by asking General Li to see for the sake of the late emperor and bear the stigma of usurping the throne, can we save our mother and son and Qu Yue thousands of people."

Li Huan shook his head and said: "The Empress Dowager must have misunderstood something. The last general just wanted to make His Majesty take precautions just in case. Now Duke Ding Ruan Geng, famous generals Ding Dian and Fan Yu are all Now that the head has been conferred, no one in the court will dare to make trouble again."

Ding Xuan wanted to persuade him again, but Yang Yun'e said: "Your Majesty, since General Li cherishes his reputation and refuses to accept the Zen throne, we are not willing to force others to do so. According to Ai's family, it is not too late to discuss this matter in a few days. "

Li Huan gave a deep salute and said: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your consideration for the last general. The last general will go back to the government to plan a strategy to retreat from the enemy. The last general will live up to the expectations of your majesty and the queen mother, and wipe out the Song army in one fell swoop, so that old Zhao Guangyi will never dare to invade me again." Qu Yue!" As he spoke, he slowly exited the imperial study, and gently closed the door.

Seeing Li Huan gone, Ding Xuan sighed and said: "Queen, Li Huan is really a loyal minister! He refuses to accept the child's offer to abdicate, unlike those rebellious officials and thieves who try their best to seek power and usurp the throne. But queen mother, if he insists If you don’t become emperor, I’m really afraid that one day our mother and son will be murdered by traitors!”

The expression on Yang Yun'e's face at this time was much more complicated than Ding Xuan's. She looked at the innocent Ding Xuan, and said sadly: "My lord, Li Huan is insidious and cunning, and he speaks honey and swords, do you really think he is a loyal minister?" ? If your father and brother hadn’t left too suddenly, and you were too young and ignorant to control the overall situation, the Ai family would never hand over the lives of our mother and son, as well as Qu Yue’s thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, to Li Huan, a traitor!”

Ding Xuan looked at her mother in surprise, and said puzzledly: "Mother, only those who covet the child's throne can be called traitors, but he would not let the child give the throne to him, how could such a person be a traitor?" ? If even he is a traitor, are there loyal ministers around the child?"

Yang Yun'e said: "Imperial son, you are still young and don't understand power and strategy. If your imperial brother is still here, you will risk your life for your mother and also eradicate traitors for the country. Unfortunately, as things are now, your mother can only let him control it for you. Ding family, there is no way to protect you, to save your father's only bloodline..."

Ding Xuan blinked her big eyes and looked at her mother in puzzlement. She didn't know whether her mother's words were right or wrong, she couldn't tell whether Li Huan was loyal or treacherous, and she didn't understand the deep meaning of her mother's words.But he knew that in the near future, everything would be completely different from the present. He would no longer be the emperor, and his mother would no longer be the empress dowager. He is already very content.

After a long time, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the imperial study, and someone knocked on the door.

Ding Xuan heard someone knocking on the door, and subconsciously shivered, "Who is outside? What do you want from me?"

A shrill voice answered from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Miscellaneous is an errand in the inner class courtyard. I am here to ask Your Majesty what you would like to have for lunch today?"

Ding Xuan heard the words and said casually: "I want to eat sour fish soup."

"Yes!" The little eunuch answered outside the door, and turned around to inform the imperial chef.But Yang Yun'e pushed open the door and said to the little eunuch: "Wait a minute, it's still early, don't rush to prepare lunch, you go and invite General Fan Jubei to Ai's family first."

Seeing Yang Yun'e, the little eunuch quickly saluted and said, "The Zajia didn't know that the Empress Dowager was here, please forgive me! Please wait a moment, the Zajia will invite General Fan into the palace!"

Yang Yun'e nodded, and after closing the door, walked to Ding Xuan and sat down.Ding Xuan was staring at his mother in confusion, and asked, "Queen, why did you invite General Fan here? Are you inviting him to have dinner with me? But... but the child only passed on a bowl of sour fish." soup……"

"Oh, silly boy..." Yang Yun'e smiled wryly and shook her head, "My mother heard that Fan Jubei and Li Huan have a very close relationship, and your father was worried that Li Huan's wings would become a threat to his throne, so he never dared Reuse this person. But now we want to give Li Huan the seat of Zen for self-protection, we must fall on this person."

"Oh." Ding Xuan nodded half-understood, staring at the door with big eyes, as if waiting for Fan Jubei to come to discuss important matters, more like waiting for the bowl of freshly cooked, sour and delicious sour fish soup .

Ding Xuan waited for a long time, but the sour fish soup did not arrive, but the little eunuch who just went to deliver the decree came, followed by a burly man.Usually, if the emperor summons him in the imperial study, even the ministers with the highest official residence will be terrified.But the big man in front of him walked in front of Ding Xuan, but he just bowed slightly and asked, "Your Majesty, what are you looking for?"

"Mother's queen..." Seeing that this person behaved quite viciously, Ding Xuan hurriedly turned her head in fright and looked nervously at her mother.Yang Yun'e was much calmer than when Cai Li Huan was there, she pointed to the chair beside her and said with a smile, "General Fan, please sit down."

Fan Jubei was startled at first, looked at Yang Yun'e suspiciously, saw that she sincerely invited her, and then sat down respectfully, "Queen Dowager, the last general is a small official, I don't know why you and your majesty are looking for the last general here thing?"

Yang Yun'e waved at the little eunuch, signaling him to back down, and then said: "General Fan, Aijia heard that you have some old friends with Deputy Wang Lihuan, I wonder if this is serious?"

Fan Jubei frowned, and thought, "Li Huan has recently ruled out dissidents and controlled the court, and has treated Ding's mother and son as puppets. Could it be that the queen mother deliberately cut off his party members one by one, and then called me into the palace? If so , why there is no ambush inside and outside the Imperial Study Room, and why the Empress Dowager is so polite to me, it is really strange!"

Seeing that he was a little nervous, Yang Yun'e hurriedly said: "General Fan, don't panic, the Ai family invited you here to discuss something. You must have heard about the Song army's suppression of the border, and I, Qu Yue, can fight against the Song army." However, if he leads the army to go out, there will be treacherous ministers in the court who will deceive His Majesty when he is young and take the opportunity to create chaos. Once that time comes, there will be chaotic parties inside and strong enemies outside. I am afraid that the lives of our mother and son are also in danger! Therefore, after careful consideration, our mother and son decided to give Jiang Shangong to General Li, but he refused to accept it no matter what. , This is the decree to call you into the palace. I don't know if General Fan can persuade General Li to take the lives of our mother and son and thousands of Li people in Quyue into consideration. The emperor's abdication."

(End of this chapter)