Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 385 Wang Jing
In January [-] AD, a cold wave swept south from the northern ice sheet, and the wind and snow covered the entire central region of the Far Eastern Dynasty. Amidst the jubilation.

"Auspicious snow heralds a good year, Your Majesty, great joy—"

The newsletter of the good news was sent into the imperial city like snowflakes. Facing the heavy snowfall, Long Yuan, who had been working day and night and getting worse, was haggard. Seeing the newsletter of the congratulations, for the first time in months, his face showed smile.

The entire Wangjing was shrouded in a piece of silver, and the heavy snow finally relieved the fearful officials, and they could finally live a good year in peace.

Since the rebellion of prisoners in the Imperial Mausoleum in [-], the Far Eastern Dynasty has been in trouble for the past few years. First, there was a severe drought that swept across the north, resulting in no crops in the northern provinces, followed by a long four-month long winter. , Countless livestock froze to death, and the direct consequence was tens of thousands of refugees.

The Far Eastern Dynasty has been going downhill over the years. Officials were corrupt, and the nobles wantonly annexed land. After the catastrophe, life became more difficult. The treasury was empty and there was no food for disaster relief, which led to uprisings in various provinces one after another, followed by continuous wars ...

The rebellions in various places have exhausted the twilight lion of the Far Eastern Dynasty. Facing the army of the Dynasty, the rebels were constantly wiped out, but a new banner of rebellion was erected again.

Due to the lack of food for the refugees and the inability of the dynasty to provide disaster relief, the dynasty seemed to be trapped in an endless loop. The rebels killed more and more, and the war made the dynasty poorer and poorer. The chaos of the dynasty made Emperor Yongyuan I am anxious, and my body is deteriorating. Now that a heavy snowfall is coming, it also heralds a good harvest for the coming year...

"Order, hold a banquet at Yuhua Terrace tonight, let the princes come."

Perhaps because of the auspicious snow, all the memorials on this day were congratulations. For the first time, those disturbing memorials for rebellion and disaster relief in various places did not appear on Long Yuan's desk, and it was rare for Long Yuan to relax. Thinking of I haven't had a meal with my family for a long time, so I ordered ********* Tian Zhen to prepare it.

Royal dinners are naturally different from ordinary people's homes. The ostentation is huge. When night falls, red lanterns have been hung around the entire Yuhuatai, dragon flags and ribbons are fluttering, and the silk and bamboo orchestras of the palace band are playing soothing and cheerful music. There is a special charm in the drifting wind and snow.

Although the princes are dignified, it is not easy to meet the emperor Longyuan. After getting the news of attending the dinner, they also dressed up to attend and waited at the Yuhuatai early.

This was a royal dinner with a harmonious atmosphere. The princes and concubines attended in all their costumes. The mellow wine, expensive street stalls, and chandeliers emitting soft light...all of them showed the luxury and dignity of the royal family.

"I respect my father and emperor for a cup, and I wish my father a long life." Although the crown prince Longhua is mediocre, but as the eldest son of the royal family and the future heir of the dynasty, he took the lead in raising the wine glass to Longyuan.

"I wish my father a long life!" The princes all raised their glasses and congratulated each other, their voices were loud and tidy, no matter if they were sincere or not, but on the surface they were all smiling. Raise the cup and have fun.

Although this was a dinner organized by Emperor Longyuan, Crown Prince Longhua also wanted to use the dinner to enhance his prestige, relying on his status as the eldest brother, to speak out from time to time to teach those ambitious princes a lesson.

"Third emperor brother, I heard that you have recently taken a fancy to Zuichunlou's top card? As the emperor brother, I have to say something to you. You have to take into account the face of our royal family when you do things on weekdays. If those brothel girls really enter my The Royal Gate, that will make the world laugh."

The Crown Prince Longhua deliberately exposed the shortcomings of the Third Prince Long Rui in front of the Emperor Long Yuan and so many princes, which made Long Rui very embarrassed, but because of the identity of the other party, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

Long Rui cursed secretly in his heart, but he seemed to know he was wrong: "Thank you for reminding me, brother, you must pay attention."

Long Rui was originally very favored in front of Emperor Long Yuan, but now after Crown Prince Long Hua's toss, his favorability in Long Yuan's mind was greatly reduced.

"Second brother, I heard that you bought a racecourse in the west of the city?" Crown Prince Longhua just made the third prince Long Rui lose his favor in front of Longyuan, and in a blink of an eye he took aim at the second prince Longyi, because Longyi is his throne Inherited strong competitor.

Long Yi smiled and replied: "Brother Huang has insight into people. Brother Huang has indeed bought a horse farm in the west of the city. He plans to practice bow and horse and serve his country in the future."

Long Yuan nodded in satisfaction when he heard the second prince's words: "It's rare that you have such a heart."

Crown Prince Longhua sneered in his heart, and continued to speak: "It is good to practice bowing and horses, but I heard that you still owe a large sum of gold coins to the owner of the racecourse, and the lawsuit has been brought to Wang Jing's mansion? You can get this matter If you don't have enough money, Brother Huang can lend you some."

The crown prince Longhua seemed to have good intentions, but at this moment, the second prince Longyi cursed in his heart.

"Yi'er, is this serious?" Long Yuan's face darkened and he became interested, and asked.

Although the second prince, Longyi, didn't want to admit it, he knew that his father's hands and eyes were open to the sky, and he could find out just by checking, so he could only bite the bullet and admit it.

Sure enough, Emperor Longyuan was dissatisfied immediately, and slammed the table: "As a royal heir, look at what you have done? You have lost all the face of my royal family!"

Seeing that Long Yuan was suddenly angry, the princes all knelt down on the ground, as if shabby.

"Go back and face the wall and think about it, don't go out these two years!" Long Yuan had no smile on his face at the moment, seeing the second prince Long Yi kneeling on the ground, his face was full of anger.

Two years of thinking behind closed doors almost cut off the way for the second prince Longyi to compete for the throne. If the news spread, the trees would fall and the monkeys would disperse immediately. The second prince Longyi's heart fell into the ice cave at this moment.

The second prince, Longyi, saw Crown Prince Longhua kneeling down with a calm face, and his heart was filled with hatred. His eyes flashed fiercely, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Father, my son is only owed thirty thousand gold coins to the owner of the racecourse, but Brother Huang, you have occupied more than ten manors outside the city, but did you give me a penny?"

"Second brother, I only mentioned this matter because I was afraid that you would go astray and lose the face of the royal family. It was not my intention that you were punished by the emperor. As for the manor you mentioned, I paid for it." What Yi said, Long Hua's heart was shocked at this moment, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to defend.

At this moment, Longyi can't care so much anymore. If Longhua is not dragged into the water, then he will miss the throne in this life.

"Brother Huang is so righteous. There are fifteen manors outside the city. Fifteen such good manors are worth millions, but you only paid ten thousand gold coins. If this is not robbery, what is it?"

Seeing the two princes of equal strength attacking each other, the princes all showed expressions of gloating. No matter what the result was, they no longer had any favorability in Emperor Longyuan's heart. It looks like ice cold.

"Don't spout blood—" Long Hua was in a mess at the moment, he didn't expect that Long Yi would dare to fight back, and hit his weak spot.

But the next moment Longyi's words completely drove him into the abyss.

"Father, brother not only robbed the farm, but also raised dead soldiers..." Long Yi had already torn face with Crown Prince Long Hua at this moment, and there was no room for reconciliation, so he revealed everything he knew.

"That's enough!" Emperor Long Yuan's taboo was keeping the dead. Hearing this, the gloomy Long Yuan couldn't bear the anger anymore, and slapped the table with a loud bang, causing the bowls and chopsticks to fly.

"Father, listen to my explanation..." Crown Prince Longhua's face was as white as paper at this moment, and beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead. He didn't expect that he wanted to beat his competitor, but he shot himself in the foot .

(End of this chapter)