Chapter 245 Leading the troops to Lizhou
Yun Xiangye suddenly remembered that Yu Xihe's maternal grandfather's family was the Zhu Family Winery. She and Zhao Jing were real cousins.
And the girl from the Zhu Family Winery who helped the Princess Chu’s aunt deliver her baby, wasn’t she Yu Xihe’s mother?
Zhao Jing raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Your Highness, how could I not be of the Zhao family's bloodline?"
Zhao Yun said, "You are not. Your parents are from the Zhu family, who run a wine shop on Yongxing Street. It was your aunt who took advantage of the fact that Aunt Chu was giving birth and replaced Uncle Chu's biological son!"
Zhao Jing said in disbelief: "Impossible, Your Highness, this is absolutely impossible."
Yu Xihe now heard what Zhao Yun said clearly, and looked at Zhao Jing in extreme surprise, "You are my cousin? This... How is this possible?"
Zhao Jing also said: "Your Highness, I am the child of my parents, how could I not be the blood of the Zhao family, Your Highness..."
Zhao Yun looked at Imperial Master Fu and the Fu family members behind Zhao Jing and said, "Imperial Master Fu, Minister Fu, our father has treated your Fu family well, but you took advantage of my serious illness to rebel and seek revenge. You don't know that the Zhao Jing you support is not of Zhao's royal bloodline at all. He is just the son of a wine shop."
Master Fu had a head full of white hair. When he saw Zhao Yun come out safely, he knew that his situation was hopeless.
Imperial Master Fu knelt on the ground and said, "I will always remember your majesty's kindness and support, but I cannot watch the Gu family treat the crown prince as a puppet. Everything I do is out of loyalty to your majesty."
Zhao Yun said coldly, "At this point, you still want to quibble? His Majesty has ordered that Fu Zhao be stripped of his title as the Imperial Tutor and dismissed from his post. Considering his old age, he will be sent back to his hometown. The Minister of State Fu Mo is not good at educating his son and has committed treason. He will be thrown into prison. The three courts will meet to make a final decision. Fu Ming has many lives on his shoulders. This time he dared to commit treason again. He will be sentenced to death. The Fu family's property will be confiscated, and the male members of the Fu family will be dismissed from their positions in the court. Three generations will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations."
Fu Zhao collapsed to the ground. He was a man who studied in the countryside and rose from a country boy to an imperial tutor with great power.
Now he knows that he does not have many years left, and wants the Fu family to maintain its wealth. However, there is no one among his grandchildren who can keep the Fu family rich, so he takes the opportunity to take a risk, but in the end he still fails.
When Fu Ming was taken away by the guards, he shouted loudly: "Your Highness, in order to marry the maidservant beside you as the Crown Princess, you deliberately abolished my sister's position as the Crown Princess. How can we, the Fu family, accept this? As the crown prince, you were bewitched by a woman and caused the daughter of a loyal official to be broken off..."
Fu Ming's shouting was abruptly stopped when the guard covered his mouth.
At this moment, Xu Jie had already come to the court with Zhu Ting, the King of Chu and his wife.
When the King of Chu and Zhu Ting entered together, everyone in the court looked at their similar faces and had to believe that Zhao Jing was not the King of Chu's son.
When the King of Chu saw Zhao Jing kneeling, he slapped him hard in anger and said, "How dare you have my mother and I imprisoned and lead troops to force the palace!"
Zhao Jing was slapped and said, "Father, Father..."
Zhao Jing looked at Zhu Ting standing in the hall, and then looked at the King of Chu. His face was full of disbelief and surprise.
"Second cousin!" Yu Xihe walked up to Zhu Ting and said, "Second cousin, you also came to Chang'an. You also saw that the Crown Prince was drugged by the Crown Princess and came to your side to be a mute slave, right?"
Zhu Ting had already guessed that the mute slave who suddenly left was of an unusual identity. When he saw that the mute slave who had been following him for some time was actually wearing a four-clawed dragon robe and standing in front of the dragon throne, he was so scared that he knelt down repeatedly.
Yun Xiangye just thought Yu Xihe was ridiculous. At this time, was she still concerned about whether the Crown Princess had drugged the Crown Prince?
Your Majesty and the Queen don't care anymore.
Zhao Yun said to Zhu Ting, "Get up. When I first saw you in Yongxing City, I felt that you looked familiar. I never thought that you were actually my cousin. Over the years, you have been treated harshly and wronged in the Zhu family. I will seek justice for you."
Zhu Ting was grateful and stood up and bowed in response.
Zhu Ting was somewhat nervous when he saw all the civil and military officials in the hall. He then looked at Zhao Jing who was kneeling on the ground, dressed in gorgeous clothes and with fair skin and tender flesh. All the grievances he had suffered from the abuse and mistreatment at home over the years suddenly came to his mind.
Zhao Jing also looked at Zhu Ting and said hurriedly, "Father, he just happens to look like you. He is from Yongxing City. He must have been deliberately sent by Gu Yan to harm me! I am your child, father and mother. Mother..."
Zhao Jing really couldn't accept it. He was not the prince of Chu, but just the son of a winery.
How is this possible?
The Princess of Chu looked at Zhao Jing kneeling on the ground, her heart filled with grief.
But look at Zhu Ting standing next to him. He is the same age but has calluses on his hands.
His hands were very white, but this white color was obviously caused by years of soaking in wine lees. There were countless scars and calluses on his hands, and I don't know how much suffering he had endured.
The Princess of Chu had never been to the Zhu family winery, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he was treated harshly and ill-treated. It can be seen that Zhu Ting did not have a good life in the Zhu family.
Princess Chu said ruthlessly: "Zhao Jing, mother has warned you, but you are still stubborn and stubborn. You are no longer my son!"
"Mother!" Zhao Jing looked at the Princess of Chu with tears in his eyes, "Mother, you can't give up the child..."
Gu Yan said in a cold voice: "Your biological mother is in Jiangnan. Don't worry, you should be able to see your biological mother before you die. Your mother replaced the royal bloodline and tried to confuse the royal bloodline. This crime is not light. You and your biological mother may be able to die together."
Zhao Yun said, "Thank you, Shi'an."
"I am here."
Zhao Yun said: "Take your people to Yongxing City and investigate the matter of the Zhu family stealing the blood of the King of Chu."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhao Yun looked at Zhao Jing who was kneeling below and said, "Imprison Zhao Jing and other rebels in the Heavenly Prison. Once everything is investigated, he will be punished together with the serious crimes he committed."
The guards stepped forward and arrested all of Zhao Jing's gang members.
Zhao Yun added: "The Lijiang Jiedushi is plotting a rebellion and colluding with pirates, causing the people of Lizhou to suffer. I have conveyed your Majesty's oral order to appoint Gu Yan as the General of Pingnan and lead 70,000 soldiers to Lizhou to capture the rebels, rescue Xu Pei, and return peace and prosperity to the people of Lizhou."
Gu Yan stood up and bowed his hands to receive the order, saying, "I obey your order."
"Your Highness, Gu Yan has never had any military merits, nor has he ever fought in a war. It would be inappropriate to rashly let him go to war as a general, right?"
Uncle Xie stepped forward and bowed.
It was not that he wanted to go against Gu Yan, but His Highness's appointment of Gu Yan might cause discussion among other generals in the court.
Zhao Yun said: "Wei Jian is good at water and ship warfare. There are few generals with experience in sea warfare in this dynasty. The garrison commanders in Mingzhou and Cangzhou in Lingnan cannot be transferred. Now the court has nothing wrong with letting Gu Yan lead the troops. The army will set off for Lizhou in three days."
Gu Yan bowed and accepted the order: "Yes."
Yun Xiangye on the side looked at Gu Yan. Although she had been prepared, when the day finally came, she still couldn't hide her worry about separation.
Gu Yan said that all the generals in the court were looking forward to the opportunity to make great achievements, but how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince openly favor Gu Yan?
No other general would be willing to go to the battle of Lizhou. Wei Jian is good at naval battles. The sea is inherently dangerous, and it is difficult for generals from the Central Plains to go there and make achievements. Gu Yan's trip will definitely be full of dangers.
Gu Yan looked back at Yun Xiangye and held her hand tightly.
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