The suffering is over.
Xia Yu, he can finally go home.
Returning to the Prince Ning's Mansion that truly belongs to him, returning to the bedroom where he can lie down and sleep comfortably with a high pillow.
However, happiness does not always come after suffering.
He can't sleep well yet!
He and his Ning Wang Mansion were still in extreme danger. The lives and property of more than a hundred people in the mansion were still firmly in the hands of Empress Dowager Lu, who regarded him as her mortal enemy.
How could he sleep peacefully?
The moment Shen Yuyao supported Xia Yu and walked out of the pigpen step by step, the sunlight suddenly dazzled him so much that he could hardly open his eyes.
Xia Yu closed his eyes gently, and his eyelids felt the heat of the sun. Shen Yuyao put her hands in front of his eyes, trying to block some of the glare for him.
He held Shen Yuyao's hand with his backhand and gently put it down.
Xia Yu raised his head and faced the sunlight.
Although his eyes were still closed, his thoughts at this moment were clearer than ever.
He wants to protect Shen Yuyao and the children.
He must also protect his relatives and friends who are still following him!
Even if it means fighting!
Even if it means rebelling!
"Yuyao, let's go and take a look downstairs in the backyard." Although Xia Yu's voice was still a little weak, one could feel in his heart that his voice was full of determination at this moment.
He turned around and faced Shen Yuyao, his eyes still pointing at the ground beneath his feet.
Shen Yuyao also raised her head and looked at Xia Yu.
I saw his eyes gradually become firm from the slight hesitation in the pigpen. Although there was still a little redness in his eyes, he was unusually firm.
Shen Yuyao knew in her heart that Xia Yu had already made up his mind.
Destiny!
There is no escape.
There is no way around it.
......
For several consecutive nights, the Ning Wang Mansion was brightly lit both above and below ground.
The servants in the palace came and went, and even the masters were not idle. Almost everyone was extremely busy.
Just now, the Ning Palace received another imperial decree from the palace, requiring the Prince of Ning and two other princes to go to Beijing immediately to pay homage to the old emperor.
Xia Yu had only three sons in total, and the new emperor ordered his three sons to go to Kyoto to pay homage to the old emperor.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this meant they wanted three male members of Prince Ning's mansion as hostages.
The next step must be to find a reason to withdraw the feudal system!
At this time, beside the small stone table in the back garden of Prince Ning's Mansion.
Shen Yuyao and Xia Yu were playing chess. Both of them looked calm, as if they were in a state of ease.
Beside him were his three sons, Xia Linan, Xia Yongan and Xia Pingan, standing solemnly with their hands hanging down.
Yong'an and Ping'an looked a little anxious, while Lin'an, like his parents, had a calm expression.
"Your Highness..." Shen Yuyao glanced at her three sons beside her and softly called out to Xia Yu, who seemed to be pondering his next move. "Your Highness, please think carefully before making this move!"
Xia Yu nodded slightly but did not answer.
Originally, Shen Yuyao's chess skills were better than Xia Yu's. But today, Xia Yu had a bad start and was defeated by Shen Yuyao in almost an instant. He was on the verge of losing completely.
But he did not give up. Instead, when Shen Yuyao was sure of victory, he was still racking his brains for a countermeasure.
Seeing that he was lost in thought, Shen Yuyao did not disturb him, but just looked at her three sons beside her with a gentle gaze.
go?
Still not going?
The best outcome of this trip is that the three children will eventually be imprisoned in Kyoto, waiting for Empress Dowager Lu to completely get rid of Xia Yu and Shen Yuyao, and then she will slaughter them one by one with a sharp blade.
If you don't go, there is only one way.
The whole family is plotting rebellion!
Maybe there is a glimmer of hope.
She was waiting for Xia Yu's decision!
"Slow down, slow down. Be careful with this thing. Don't bump it." Monk Daoyan and a group of palace guards were carrying some gunpowder and bombs made by Xu Yunxuan from the secret passage underground in the backyard to the ground of the palace.
"Alas," Xu Yunxuan muttered to herself, "Xia Chongwen is just like the book describes him to be, restless and irritable. I thought I'd need at least another month or two to create more useful things, but who knew I'd have to use them so soon."
Daoyan's expression was solemn. He put his palms together and said, "Use war to stop war. Amitabha!"
Ma Sanbao squatted at Daoyan's feet and babbled, "The new emperor said in the court the day before yesterday that officials had reported that the subordinates of Prince Ning's mansion were committing crimes and intending to rebel."
"He immediately issued an order to arrest the officials under the Ning Palace who had been accused."
"At the same time, the new emperor ordered Zhang Rui and Xie Gui, the two generals guarding Yanjing City, to lead their troops to surround Prince Ning's mansion from that day forward."
"The new emperor not only wants to take away everyone who is even remotely useful in Prince Ning's mansion, but also forces the Crown Prince to take his two younger brothers and travel to Kyoto as hostages."
"But when I looked at the prince and princess, they didn't look anxious at all. They were even playing chess in the garden!"
Ma Sanbao could not hide his melancholy expression. He was busy picking up the scattered weapons on the ground and placing them in a wooden box.
All of these were made secretly by Shen Yuyao and everyone in Ning Wang's mansion, using knives and swords under the noses of the Jinyiwei, when Ning Wang was trapped in the pigsty.
Therefore, he was well aware of the value of these weapons.
Ma Sanbao just returned to Prince Ning's Mansion yesterday. The urgent military information he hurriedly brought back was that Prince Ning's Mansion would soon be surrounded by Zhang Rui and Xie Gui.
This news sounds depressing.
"The old monk is still wise." Xu Yunxuan laughed softly.
It turned out that after Xia Yu pretended to be crazy, Monk Daoyan asked Shen Yuyao to buy five hundred geese and raise them on a farm outside the palace.
At first, no one knew the old monk's intention.
I finally understood it today.
The food these five hundred geese eat is similar to that of horses, which is why Prince Ning's Mansion has the reputation of purchasing food and fodder on a large scale.
Not only that, the cries of five hundred geese were enough to cover up the sound of the old monk training his soldiers and forging weapons.
Even when Xia Yu was pretending to be crazy, the old monk had an underground passage built between the farm and the palace.
Now, this underground passage is used to transport all the personal soldiers, food, weapons, artillery, etc. outside the palace into the palace.
"Alas, Your Highness, there are only two choices before you. Either you die or are placed under house arrest like the other princes, or you have to risk your life and give it a try!" Xu Yunxuan also squatted down and helped Ma Sanbao clean up.
"Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing!" Daoyan stroked his beard and nodded.
"East wind?" Ma Sanbao was still a little confused. He raised his head and asked, "What is the east wind?"
As the three were talking, there was a sudden commotion outside the Ning Wang Mansion. Ma Sanbao opened the window and looked out, only to see smoke and dust rising outside the high walls of the mansion.
"Call your heir out!"
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