Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 634: Prince Enters the Capital
April 10th.

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The deep sound of bells resounded throughout the majestic imperial city and the streets and markets. The first bright, warm rays of spring sunshine in the early morning shone on the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the imperial city.

The warm sunshine seemed to bring new life to Tianchuan. With the arrival of Geng Songfu and others, the court operated in an orderly manner, making the huge state machine of the Song Dynasty run steadily and the city was peaceful and harmonious.

Civil and military officials dressed in court robes and marched neatly across the imperial road under the palace gate.

The people in the city are also very lively. In recent days, more and more horse-drawn carriages and caravans from other places have entered the capital.

The emperor chariots six, the princes chariots five, the ministers chariots four, the scholars chariots three, the literati chariots two, and the common people chariots one.

As common people serving the emperor, we knew from the specifications of the convoys that the princes had entered the capital.

Thinking of the imperial decree issued earlier, summoning princes and officials from all over the world to come to Beijing, the people began to discuss it.

This kind of grand event of princes and officials from all over the world coming to Beijing could only be seen when a new emperor ascended the throne. Later, when Xu Guozhong was in power, he also issued an edict to the world to summon the princes to come to Beijing, but all the princes in the world refused to obey.

Unexpectedly, now these vassal kings have actually succumbed to the tyranny of Wei Wang Chen Mo.

This also deepened the people's awe of the King of Wei.

Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a messenger from the Imperial Household Department stretched his neck and shouted loudly: "Announce the Prince of Anping, Chu Ji, the Prince of Jishan, Chu You, and the Prince of Le, Chu Shi. Come to the audience!"

"Xuan Anping Wang Chu Ji, Jishan Wang Chu You, and Le Wang Chu Shi. Come to the emperor for an audience!" After the eunuch who relayed the message finished speaking, the eunuch standing under the imperial road immediately took over and repeated it, and under the narration of several eunuchs.

Soon, Chu Ji, Chu You, Chu Shi and others, wearing dragon robes, walked anxiously through the imperial road under the palace gate and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Minister Chu Ji"

"Chu You."

"Chu Shi."

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"Greetings, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty."

The princes bowed and saluted with a very humble attitude.

The old royalist ministers in the court looked at these princes with resentment and complexity in their eyes.

If these people had not had ulterior motives, how could His Majesty have fallen to this point, being manipulated and controlled by these "powerful ministers".

These people thought they could fish in troubled waters and regarded the world as lambs from which they wanted to cut a piece of meat, but they never imagined that they have now become lambs on the sticky board to be slaughtered.

"My dear ministers, please stand up." Emperor Yong'an looked at his uncles and elders with a complicated look in his eyes.

Emperor Yong'an was very clear about the meaning behind summoning the princes of the world to Beijing.

It's basically the fate of being imprisoned.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The princes who had never seen Chen Mo raised their heads, glanced at Emperor and Empress Yong'an, then shifted their gaze to the only two young men sitting in the court, and they knew that the young man was the King of Wei.

To enjoy the treatment of an emperor, neither Xu Guozhong nor Lu Sheng were qualified at that time.

Chen Mo nodded slightly at them.

The result was just as Emperor Yong'an had expected. After Chu Ji and others finished their ceremony, Prime Minister Geng Songfu stepped forward and said a lot of roundabout words before getting to the point, saying that for the sake of world peace, the military power in the hands of the princes should be stripped away.

Of course, Geng Songfu’s words were certainly not so direct, but anyone with a discerning eye could hear that he wanted to withdraw the military power from the princes and have it deployed by the imperial court.

"I second the motion." After Geng Songfu finished speaking, Zuo Lianglun, Yue Ruyan, Xiao Jing and others stepped forward to second the motion.

Emperor Yong'an glanced at the sitting Chen Mo, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he began to think about struggling, so he asked Chu Ji and the others for their opinions.

The meaning was very clear, which was to let Chu Ji and others withstand the pressure so that Emperor Yong'an could refute Geng Songfu's proposal.

However, Chu Ji's Yan army had long been taken away by Chen Mo. Chu Ji was now a lonely man. Since he responded to the imperial edict and went to the capital, it meant that he had accepted his fate and chose to submit to Chen Mo. How could he dare to withstand this wave of pressure? He immediately stated that he was old and his ability could not keep up, and he should abdicate and let others take over.

You know, Chu Ji is the third most powerful vassal king after King Huai and King Chong, and he has already admitted his weakness. Chu You, Chu Shi and others immediately said something similar to Chu Ji, short of saying that they were just trash.

Although Emperor Yong'an did not have much hope in his heart, his heart sank to the bottom when he heard that these uncles did not even dare to fight for it. The Chu family really had no hope at all.

Emperor Yong'an said in a bad mood: "Approved."

Geng Songfu was not surprised at this result at all.

The so-called slap in the face and give a "sweet date".

After stripping these princes of their military power, Geng Songfu's next step was to submit a memorial to reward the princes with some property and beauties.

However, if it were just like that, it would actually be quite good, but Geng Songfu’s sweet dates were not sweet at all.

In the next step, Geng Songfu proposed to exchange the "fiefdoms" of these princes and let them move to the county towns of Huaizhou, Fengzhou, Linzhou and other places to live.

Although they are called "fiefdoms", Chu Ji and his people have no jurisdiction over these places at all. They just moved there and became idle rich men.

These places are the territories that Chen Mo controls the most. If Chu Ji and the others move here, their every word and action will be known to Chen Mo, which is almost like being imprisoned.

But even so, vassal kings such as Chu Ji accepted it.

In fact, they had already made this preparation when they went to Beijing. For this purpose, they brought all their family members with them, and after meeting the emperor, they just moved there directly.

Emperor Yong'an said no more and granted all approval.

At this time, Chu Shi asked to take his mother out of the palace.

His mother was the concubine of the previous emperor.

Of course, this was because Chen Mo had asked someone to inform Chu Shi and the others in advance.

"In consideration of your filial piety, I grant your approval." Emperor Yong'an said with a smile.

After dealing with the affairs of the vassal kings, the next step was to deal with the officials who came to Beijing.

Unlike the princes, the methods used to deal with these officials were not so gentle.

Dismissal from office and demotion is the lightest punishment, while serious ones include execution.

Of course, some people get promoted.

This is just to let the people of the world know that the court is clear about rewards and punishments.

After the meeting.

Hanyuan Hall.

Even though the situation is very clear, not everyone is aware of the current situation.

"The Supervisory Guards reported that Yang Xian, Marquis of Hongdu Pavilion, Nangong Jin, Marquis of Chaoping Pavilion, Chu Yan, Prince of Zhongshan, Chu Zhao, Prince of Nanhai County, and others have all reported illness and only sent messengers." Xia Zhining said.

After Chen Mo came to power, he naturally conferred the title of marquis on Yang Xian and Nangong Jin.

After listening, Chen Mo frowned. He could imagine that Yang Xian would not cooperate so easily, but what was Nangong Jin doing?

"What a coincidence, so many people are reporting sick." Liu Ji sneered.

"At least these people will find an excuse and send someone here, which shows that they obey the prince in their hearts, but do not want to give up everything they have. After all, he is sick, and the court cannot force him to do anything. If they can send this person here, they are openly challenging the court and the prince." Xia Zhining said.

Under Chen Mo's sword-like brows, his eyes were like condensed dew as he looked at Xia Zhining and asked, "What's wrong?" "Look for yourself." Xia Zhining handed the letter to Chen Mo.

After reading it, Chen Mo's brows furrowed.

Wu Yanqing came forward curiously, and after a moment, his face darkened.

Facing everyone's gaze, Chen Mo said, "Nanping County Wang Chufeng killed the angel sent by the court."

"what?!"

When these words were spoken, all the ministers in Hanyuan Palace were stunned.

Even Yue Ruyan couldn't help but say, "How dare he?"

King of Nanping County. From the two words "King of Nanping County", we can know that Chu Feng is the vassal king of Nanping County.

After all, there are many royal descendants, but there are only a handful of princes whose fiefdoms are in a state.

Most of them were princes of counties, while some unpopular princes would be granted the title of county princes. The county was his fiefdom.

So judging from the fiefdom alone, having a thousand soldiers under the command of the King of Nanping County was already a lot.

With such limited strength, how could he dare not respond to the imperial edict and even kill the angel sent by the court?
This is not just ignorance and fearlessness, this is probably just crazy.

As for the reason that Chu Feng had some hidden card in his hand, none of the ministers thought so.

After all, with Chen Mo's current power, if he really has such a big trump card, it is impossible for Chu Feng to still be unknown.

"Chu Feng, Chu Feng." The Fifth Fusheng repeated it several times, and then said, "I remember it?"

"What?" Chen Mo asked.

“If I remember correctly, when the Prince of Huai announced his support for the king, the Prince of Nanping County also raised an army. When the Tianshi bandits were rampant, the Prince of Nanping County also publicly stated that he and the Tianshi bandits were irreconcilable.

Later, when Lu Sheng deposed and enthroned the emperor, the Prince of Nanping County also openly wanted to rebel against Lu Sheng, but no one took him seriously at the time. "The Fifth Fusheng said.

At that time, King Chong, King Huai, Lu Sheng, and Chen Mo were in great force, and below them were Yang Xian, King Anping, Xiliang, and the Qiang tribe. Compared with these people, Chu Feng was just a small character, and not many people would care about his words and deeds.

Maybe Lu Sheng noticed Chu Feng at that time, but for the weak Chu Feng, Lu Sheng may have felt that there was no need to mobilize a large army to fight him.

After listening to Diwu Fusheng's words, Chen Mo understood something and immediately said with a smile: "It seems that the King of Nanping County wants to be a direct minister of the Song Dynasty."

From the words of Diwu Fusheng, it can be seen that Chu Feng is protecting the royal family and standing on the side of the royal family. He will deal with anyone who is detrimental to the royal family.

Be it Xu Guozhong, Lu Sheng, or the current Chen Mo, none of them has the surname Chu.

In a word, Chu Feng is maintaining the Chu world.

After hearing Chen Mo's words, all the ministers laughed a few times, treating Chu Feng as a clown.

Zhao Liang even asked for permission to lead troops to fight him.

"Where is Nanping County?" Chen Mo asked.

"In Yizhou, close to Liangzhou." Xia Zhining said.

Liangzhou, also known as Xiliang.

"Xiliang." Chen Mo murmured, and then ordered: "Xiao Jing, Zhao Liang."

"I am here." Xiao Jing and Zhao Liang said in unison.

"I order Xiao Jing to be the chief general and Zhao Liang to be the deputy general. They will lead 5,000 soldiers to Yizhou to attack the traitor Chu Feng." Chen Mo paid enough attention to Chu Feng, and then turned his eyes to Chen Ming and said, "Immediately draft an indictment against the traitor Chu Feng. I want to let the people of the world see the consequences of opposing me."

"promise"

Xiao Jing, Zhao Liang, and Chen Ming responded in turn.

……

Return to Prince Wei's Palace.

Chen Mo saw soldiers coming in and out of the mansion, each holding a basket of flowers in his hand.

Chen Mo stopped someone and asked what he was doing.

After learning that this was what Nalan Yiren needed, Chen Mo remembered that in order to make elixirs to delay aging and beautify the skin, he would need flowers, and April was the time when flowers were in full bloom.

Chen Mo walked towards Nalan Yiren's yard.

As soon as I arrived in the yard, I saw baskets of flowers all over the yard. Nalan Yiren's unique smoky voice came from the room: "Just put the flowers you picked in the yard."

"Your Highness..." The soldiers in the yard saluted hurriedly when they saw Chen Mo.

Chen Mo waved his hand and asked them to continue with their own business.

The door of the wing room was not closed, so Chen Mo walked straight in.

As soon as his right foot stepped over the threshold, Chen Mo heard a slight hissing sound. When Chen Mo turned his head to look, Nalan Yiren's voice rang out: "Be careful..."

Chen Mo dodged quickly, only to see a poisonous snake swooping down from the beam and passing by him.

"I'm fine." Chen Mo said as he looked at the venomous snake that stood up after landing and was in an attacking posture.

"I'm asking you to be careful not to hurt my snake."

Nalan Yiren, who was playing with flowers, rolled her eyes at Chen Mo, then said to the venomous snake that was propped up on the ground, "Go back quickly, you can't bite him."

The poisonous snake was very smart and seemed to understand what Nalan Yiren said. After circling around Chen Mo, it crawled back to the beam along the pillar.

Chen Mo: "..."

It turns out he was just being too sentimental.

"Please sit down. Why are you here?" Nalan Yiren went back to her own business.

"Come and see how your medicine is going."

Chen Mo raised his head and looked towards the beams, only to see that there were not just one poisonous snake coiled on the beams, but more than a dozen, all staring at him. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably be frightened to death.

The ground was littered with bottles, jars, and bamboo cages of all sizes, and Chen Mo had to walk around them to avoid stepping on them.

"It's almost done. It will be finished this month." Nalan Yiren raised her head and asked, "How are the affairs of the court being handled?"

She is still waiting for revenge.

"The prince has already entered the capital, and the affairs of the court have almost come to an end. I will go back to Linzhou to deal with the imperial examination. After I come back, if nothing unexpected happens, I can go to the Western Regions with you."

After Chen Mo sat down, he looked at the mask on Nalan Yiren's face and joked, "Why do you wear this mask every day? Is the other half of your face ugly and you can't show it to others?

Don't worry, we are so familiar with each other, I won't laugh at you, just let me see."

"You wish." Nalan Yiren looked up at Chen Mo, and when she saw that Chen Mo stopped talking, she lowered her head and said to herself, "This mask can only be taken off by my husband when we get married, and he can see my whole face."

"Forget it. Staying with so many poisonous creatures all day long, I'll feel scared even if I'm not afraid of being bitten." Chen Mo said with a smile.

Nalanyi laughed angrily, as if he had a crush on him, and said, "If you have nothing else to do, leave quickly and don't disturb me while I'm working."

(End of this chapter)