Meanwhile, in the capital city, there was the Yutai Temple.
It was in the midst of chaos and war.
Chu Yunji launched a surprise attack with 50,000 elite troops while the emperor was still asleep.
In a panic, the emperor shouted, "Where is Commander Cai? Quickly, get Commander Cai to protect me!"
Commander Cai, the commander of the Imperial Guards, was currently indulging in a blissful state, unable to get up. The person he was holding in his arms was none other than Yang Ying, whom Chu Yunji had sent over.
Of course, Commander Cai did not know her true identity. He only knew that she was Yang Ji, whom he had found while on patrol. She was separated from her family and he brought her back because he thought she was very beautiful.
In just three days, he was so infatuated with her that he couldn't get out of bed; after half a month, he had no idea where he was.
They float and drift, only in the sky.
"It's terrible, Commander Cai! The Prince of Jiangning is attacking! His Majesty has ordered you to protect him!"
"What! Isn't the Prince of Jiangning dead?" Hearing the shouts outside the door and the faint sounds of fighting, Commander Cai wanted to go out and see what was going on, but for some reason, he felt dizzy and weak, and fell down with a thud.
"Commander Cai, Commander Cai, what's wrong?" His subordinates rushed in without waiting for an answer and helped him up.
Commander Cai staggered a couple of times, looking at the beauty on the bed, who was trembling with fear and clutching the blanket, looking completely innocent. "Be a good girl and wait here for me to come back." He could still fight three hundred rounds.
Who knew that after he went out and mounted the horse, he felt dizzy again and fell straight off the horse with a cry of "Ah!"
What's the point of fighting? A wisp of a soul has gone to report to the underworld.
The 100,000 Imperial Guards suddenly lost their leader, and the deputy commander went to Yuzhou to suppress bandits for half a month without any news. Meanwhile, the Prince of Jiangning attacked again, and the surrounding area was in complete chaos.
Because they were unable to save the emperor in time, within two hours, Chu Yunji, along with General Fu, killed the Crown Prince and the Imperial Concubine, took control of the emperor, forced him to write an edict of self-reproach, and appointed Chu Yunji as the Crown Prince, since the emperor had no sons.
The emperor's finger trembled as he pointed at Chu Yunji, "So, you... you actually faked your death to deceive me?"
Chu Yunji said, "I have several doubles, don't you know that, Your Majesty?"
The emperor's eyes widened in fury. "You are so treacherous! I will kill you!"
But before he could even react, Chu Yunji stabbed him in the leg with a sword. "Guards, the Emperor is ill and needs to rest from today onwards. He is not to see any ministers or concubines. The Crown Prince will oversee the country."
The emperor was filled with hatred and his face turned pale. "You might as well just kill me with your sword."
"No rush." Chu Yunji slowly wiped the blood off the sword. "After a few days, when you die from your illness and I, the Crown Prince, ascend the throne, it won't be too late for you to die."
That would better silence public opinion.
One more thing...
In just one night, Chu Yunji took over the military command of 100,000 Imperial Guards from Yang Ying, firmly controlling the entire Zhongnan Mountain. The next morning, the ministers at court, unable to see the emperor, probably knew what had happened, but with the Imperial Guards in his hands, they had no other recourse.
Imprisoned in the main hall of the Jade Terrace Temple, the emperor was filled with resentment and at his wits' end. His eunuch, Liu, whispered, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that family..."
The emperor's gaze sharpened. "You mean the family that came to the temple to see me when the flood came?"
“That’s right, weren’t they hidden by the Emperor? They know where the child is.”
The emperor's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes shone brightly. "Yes, I almost forgot! My sons aren't all dead. I still have a sliver of hope. But... but how can I get out of here!"
Eunuch Liu said, "Perhaps I have a solution."
Half an hour later, someone came to report to Chu Yunji, "Your Highness, the Emperor has vomited blood, and Eunuch Liu has requested that the imperial physician be summoned."
Chu Yunji smiled, a dark and ambiguous light flashing in his eyes, "Please invite him."
At the same time, Chu Yunji also received a report from his subordinates that a Commandant Liu, who was originally Song Zhijing's subordinate, wanted to see him.
"Liu Duwei?" Chu Yunji pondered for a moment. "The ones Song Zhijing secretly hid?"
"Yes, Your Highness. They escaped from Qinghua Mountain and, with two thousand men, had nowhere to go, so they came to seek refuge with Your Highness."
Chu Yunji thought for a moment, then said, "Let him in. Also, send spies to General Mountain and other places to gather information."
"Yes, Your Highness."
This side, General Mountain.
The dragon raises its head on the second day of the second lunar month.
The sounds of soldiers training and reading mingled together, dispelling much of the chill in the air.
Today, the sky was unusually bright and there were signs of warming up. Lin Dazhu led his farming team to sow a new batch of spinach seeds and more than 100 kilograms of potatoes in the plastic greenhouse. Miss Li said she would try to see if they could be planted.
Meanwhile, the first round of harvesting for the ten acres of oyster mushrooms planted in the greenhouse a few days ago has begun today.
More than 10,000 jin were harvested in total!
They could harvest every few days, which made everyone extremely happy. You see, they now have 80,000 people, and without soldiers, they need at least 40,000 jin of grain every day. Everyone suggested planting more.
Lin Dazhu and Old Man Zhou found a sheltered slope and thought it would be a good place to build a plastic greenhouse. Li Ruo and Liao Fusheng went to check it out and found that it would be no problem to build more than 20 mu (approximately 3.3 hectares) of greenhouse there.
The logistics department immediately dispatched two hundred people over there.
Just as everyone was getting ready to set up the shed, someone suddenly exclaimed, "Look, what's that in the water?"
Upon closer inspection, it was astonishing; wild boars, bison, wolves, and even tigers appeared in the book.
The water flow in the water below the leeward slope is relatively slow, like a fishpond, and the animals that are washed by the water don't leave.
Everyone hurry up and fish them out; many of them had just died and were still warm.
They were all utterly baffled as to why there were so many wild beasts.
Liao Fusheng glanced at it and said, "It's possible that they were startled and hurriedly fled into the water."
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