Chapter 133
The prince was always worried about the situation in Yichun, so on his way to Yichun, the latest intelligence from Yichun was delivered to him in a timely manner, without stopping.
On the night after Lei Peng failed in his attempt to seize the Yichun military settlement, the news that the Yichun prefectural government's mansion was burned beyond recognition by a heavenly fire was also delivered to the prince as quickly as possible.
The prince was horrified by what he saw. After watching, he hurriedly asked outside, "Ahem, how long will it take to reach Yichun?"
"Your Highness, if nothing unexpected happens, we should arrive in Yichun the day after tomorrow."
The prince was truly toiling away. He rushed to Yichun as soon as he received the news, but his body couldn't handle the strain of riding a horse, so he could only ride for a short distance, then take a carriage for a short distance. His subordinates felt sorry for him as they watched. Currently, they were traveling 600 miles a day, and except for stops for overnight stays, they barely stopped.
"Speed up a bit, I can handle it!"
"But His Royal Highness—"
"The future of Yichun's situation depends on me..." The prince shook his head and sighed, "We'd better hurry up, or something might happen later."
The prince deeply regretted letting Lei Peng handle Ba Yuan's affairs; otherwise, this series of events wouldn't have happened. He should have realized long ago that these people were good at fighting small battles, but they were not capable of handling major tasks. He couldn't rely on them for major events.
Thinking of Lei Peng, the prince couldn't help but complain to his confidant Huaian, "That Yao was right to criticize him. Lei Peng is incompetent. Not only is he incompetent, he also has no self-awareness. He was greedy for merit, but he exposed my trump card in Yichun and ruined my plan. He is a disaster. I really wish he died in that heavenly fire. That would be better, so as to avoid any more trouble!"
"Leaving behind a legacy of disaster? Governor Lei has already caused such a big disaster, yet he still dares to act so recklessly?" Huai'an couldn't believe it.
Governor Lei tells you that he still dares.
"I hope I'm just worrying too much." The prince sighed. Ever since he received the news that the governor's mansion and Lei Peng's life savings were burned to ashes by the heavenly fire, he knew that Lei Peng was useless. Now he was worried that this useless person would be exploited by others.
"If the Crown Prince is truly worried, he can simply have the Inspector General eliminate him."
The prince shook his head. "We'll be in Yichun the day after tomorrow. Writing now won't mean it arrives much sooner than the birth." If what he worried about were to happen, it would probably be too late to stop it. He just hoped he was overthinking it.
The prince rested in the carriage for an afternoon before he felt better.
That night, they happened to be able to stay at the post station.
The prince took out the urgent documents he had received today to deal with, but as soon as he read the first one, he became furious and smashed the tea bowl!
Bang! Along with the sound of the tea bowl being smashed to pieces, there was also an angry roar, "Old Third, that bastard, actually dared to withhold military supplies from the North at this time!"
Then, there was a heart-wrenching cough, "cough cough cough - cough cough cough -"
"Your Highness, now that things have come to this, please don't be angry anymore." Huaian said anxiously while patting him on the back.
The prince's face turned red from coughing. He wanted not to be angry, but everyone was making him worry, and he coughed so hard that tears came out.
The prince was so angry that he could not stay any longer and ordered people to set off overnight to reach Yichun as soon as possible.
The prince insisted on doing so, and the guards and subordinates did not dare to say anything. They could only drive the carriage slowly with torches.
That night, amid the swaying carriage, the prince had a dream. In his dream, Daliang was plagued by internal and external troubles. However, because he had planned ahead, the situation in Yichun, in particular, remained under his control. Unlike in this life, it constantly slipped out of his grasp. In the dream, although Lin Jingzhou's death prevented him from achieving his goal, Wang Lang took over, and the outcome was relatively happy. Upon waking, the prince recalled the dream and was stunned. He felt sorry for Lin Jingzhou, who had truly died before achieving his goal in this life.
Ruyin Palace
On this day, the Ruyin Palace held a flower-viewing banquet. During the banquet, an incident occurred: a male and female guest dared to have an affair in the rockery. Unfortunately, they were caught by the female guest's husband, who had come to pick her up. The man stumbled away, clothes in hand, while the female guest's husband kicked the female guest aside and gave chase.
Of course everyone wanted to follow such a good show, so the Ruyin Palace was completely bustling with activity.
Because the male guest who was having an affair was the younger brother of Princess Ruyin, the servants did not dare to stop him. The female guest's husband was a minor military general, who chased the princess's younger brother around.
In the process of chasing each other, they unexpectedly arrived at the ancestral hall of the Prince of Ruyin's Mansion. The young general stopped the adulterer and gave him a beating. Of course, the adulterer would not give in to fighting back, so the two of them started fighting.
The guests who were faster in running came up one after another, surrounded the two of them and watched the fun, and some of them even started to cheer them on without any hesitation.
As the two men wrestled, they knocked over the table used for offerings in the ancestral hall, and a dragon robe fell out.
The scene was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
When the dragon robe was taken out in public in the hall, everyone was stunned.
The people from the Ruyin Palace quickly took control of the scene, but they were only able to do so with difficulty. The main reason was that there were too many guests present, and each of them was either wealthy or noble, so it was impossible to kill them all.
Not to mention, from the moment they saw the dragon robe, all the guests put aside their past grudges and huddled together for the sake of their own lives, guarding against the people from the Ruyin Palace.
At this point, no one cared about the adultery. Everyone had only one thought: the Prince of Ruyin was plotting a rebellion. He had even prepared the dragon robe. Could these people safely leave the Prince of Ruyin's mansion?
Afterwards, the guests were all invited to the Flower Hall. Their lives were safe, but they could not leave the palace. At first, the Ruyin Palace was only accessible to those who could enter but not leave.
In the meeting hall of the palace, the counselor Sima Xian was helpless with his own prince. He really didn't expect that his prince would do such a foolish thing as making a dragon robe and enshrining it in the ancestral hall.
King Ruyin smiled awkwardly, "Isn't today's event too coincidental?"
"It's a coincidence, but the affair is true. If you want to blame someone, it's your brother-in-law. But our rivals in the Northeast are also involved." Having said that, Sima Xian smiled helplessly.
"Yichun Military Village?"
"Um."
There's nothing you can do about it. They plot against others, and then others plot against them. It's a back-and-forth battle, and it all depends on who has the better plan.
"I just didn't expect that the Yichun military settlement, which has only been developed for a year, is actually capable of fighting back?" Prince Ruyin was quite surprised.
"Your Highness, you must not underestimate the opponent in the Northeast." Sima Xian reminded him that although the opponent was still young, he had ambition, territory, and ability. At the same time, he dared to be the first in the world and was not afraid of moral constraints. He was qualified to take the stage.
Sima Chen was actually quite surprised when he discovered that a small military settlement in Zhuolu had such ambitions. He initially thought he had misjudged them, but after finally confirming that the other party did have such intentions, from that moment on, Xing Changfeng went from being prey to a minor rival.
Prince Ruyin and Sima Chen were not averse to the appearance of a minor rival. The empire was in turmoil, so the more opponents on the stage, the better. Who would ultimately become the ruler of the world would depend on their own abilities.
And now, this little opponent has fought back against them a little bit, which is interesting.
"What should we do now?" asked King Ruyin.
His ambition could no longer be concealed. "What else can we do? We have to rebel even if we don't want to," Sima Xian said. "Well, let the prince be the first to beat the drum."
"Very good."
After the resolution was made, Sima Xian walked out of the meeting room to prepare for everything. Suddenly, he stopped, fanned himself, and smiled slightly towards the northeast. "My lord is ready to start a rebellion. Now it depends on whether you dare to follow suit, my friend?"
At the banquet at Prince Ruyin's mansion, so many people saw the dragon robe, and the government could not pretend to be ignorant. They could only send someone to ask Prince Ruyin what he meant and ask him to explain.
The explanation given by Prince Ruyin was that he knew nothing about the dragon robe. He didn't know who framed him with the dragon robe. He guessed it was the father and son of the Yang family. Then he changed the subject and said that since the Yang Dynasty could not tolerate him, he had no choice but to rebel.
As soon as the King of Ruyin rebelled, another king of a different surname, the King of Annan, also rebelled under the banner of purging the court of corrupt officials.
The news of the rebellion of the two kings of different surnames was rushed to the capital by the local officials at full speed. This news was like an earthquake, shaking the whole country.
Yichun
Meng Chao stared at Lei Ben, whose eyes were red, with his eyes wide open in disbelief. "Lei Ben, are you crazy? You're actually going to mobilize 30,000 troops to besiege the Yichun military settlement?"
"Seeing this thing is like seeing the prince. Do you dare to disobey?" Ray Ban asked them in a hoarse voice, holding the half tiger talisman he got from the supervisor in his hand.
"Did the Inspector General really give you this tiger talisman?"
"I actually dared to hold the tiger talisman. Then, I will bear all the consequences myself."
"Alright, since you insist on doing this, then so be it." They really couldn't disobey the king's orders. Meng Chao finally said, "Ray Pen, you'd better think clearly about what you are doing."
Ray-Ban: He certainly knew what he was doing!
After Yao Chunnuan's men set up the trap to detonate the dragon robe, they had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Ruyin Prince's mansion. Han Chaosheng quickly passed on the news that the Ruyin Prince had taken advantage of the situation to rebel.
Seeing that things were developing just as she expected, Yao Chunnuan couldn't help but stand up and say "good!" This was no small matter; it was a major event in the world, and she was lucky enough to be involved in it.
Now, the two kings of different surnames have raised their flags, and the eyes of the people of the world are focused on them. Countless talented people are looking around at the various forces in the world, wondering who will be the third person who dares to raise the flag in such a shameful way.
"Now, where is the general?" After they had held their all-night meeting that night, they had sent a pigeon to the general, asking him to hurry back. How could such a grand event be without him, the protagonist?
"I'm already on my way back. I'll be back in two days."
"Where are the Ray-Bans?"
"As you expected, we have already mobilized 30,000 troops with the tiger talisman."
"How are we preparing?"
"Everything is ready."
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