He was crowned king and returned to Beijing.
Wang Changling, Gao Yi, Lu Xin and Zhu Caicai looked at each other in bewilderment at the handwritten letter from the prince that had just been delivered by the eunuchs in the palace that morning!
The content is just one: the commander of Youzhou, Anguo Hou Yue Lingxi, and his wife Liu were ordered to come to the capital immediately. He was granted the title of "King of Youzhou" for his merits, and Liu was given the title of Lady Anguo!
This is it! A title of king! In the three hundred years of Taiyue's rule, only a dozen or so people have been crowned kings for their meritorious service! And Yue Lingxi, who just turned eighteen this year, is the youngest to be crowned king!
These central giants in Youzhou’s political arena all feel proud!
But Yue Lingxi felt something was wrong! He was only thirteen years old! How could he be crowned king for his merits?
The issue of his age has long been no secret in the eyes of those who are interested. Just look at Gao Yi and Zhu Caicai, who knows the truth but is actually confused!
It's impossible that Crown Prince Yue Chengqiu, far away in the capital, hadn't heard anything about this! If one were to rashly enter this dangerous place, one would be in great danger!
"You are all pillars of Youzhou. Some of these things involve so many things that Lingxi didn't want to let you know too early. But this letter from the Crown Prince today is truly strange!"
"My official age should be thirteen now. I left Beijing at the age of eight, so it's been less than five years now! But in reality, as everyone knows, I'm already eighteen!"
Yue Lingxi looked at Liu Buqi beside her with some trepidation. She had never asked about these things over the years, and she had never told them!
Liu Buqi held Yue Lingxi's hand very naturally, just like when he walked out of Wang Changling's house with great trepidation!
Everyone had long been accustomed to Mrs. Liu's casualness and was no longer used to these intimate gestures.
"The Lu family has a secret medicine that can cure self-injury. If taken regularly, it can temporarily slow down the process, even causing the collarbone to break, making a person look much younger than their actual age! However, the pain is extremely severe, and one can only stay in bed!"
"I was originally the son of Yue Fan, the second son of the Marquis of Anguo. When I was ten years old, my mother sent me back to the Marquis of Anguo's residence. I used tendon-breaking medicine to break my collarbone and pretended to be a five-year-old child. I was then adopted by the old Marquis as the illegitimate son of Yue Chen, the eldest son of the Marquis of Anguo!"
Gao Yi, who was standing by, pondered for a moment after hearing the name Yue Fan, then asked uncertainly, "Is your father General Yue Fan, the commander of the late emperor's imperial guards?"
Wang Changling smiled bitterly. "General Gao, remember correctly. Our late master was none other than Yue Fan, the commander of the imperial guards during the late emperor's campaign against Yehe! Because of my injuries, our late master entrusted me to the then-commander-in-chief of Youzhou! I wasn't able to join our late master on the Yehe battlefield!"
Gao Yi said with emotion, "Back then, I was the general commander of the Great Wall garrison! I didn't participate in the Battle of Yehe. I only know that the empire advanced triumphantly, but then suddenly retreated. The battle was extremely strange and confusing!"
"General Yue Fan, with only a handful of men, escorted the late emperor all the way to the Great Wall. It was I who welcomed him into the city, so we could say we met once before!"
"Later, the late emperor suddenly passed away shortly after returning to the capital, and I never heard from General Yue again. Only a single eyewitness to that battle ever returned to the empire, and the entire 200,000-man army perished in the Black Water!"
Wang Changling was also puzzled. "Back then, after my master returned to the capital with the late emperor, there was no news from him. Five years later, my master and his wife came to Yanjing to look for me once. At that time, his wife was already pregnant!"
"Not long after they left, news came from the capital that something big had happened!"
Gao Yi thought about it for a moment and suddenly said, "But what about the much-publicized incident of the King of Qi and his entire family being murdered?"
"Yes, that's what happened! After that, the former Crown Prince Yue Beiqiu began to suppress the royal family and even murdered the generals who returned from the Battle of Yehe! It seemed like he was trying to hide something!"
"Then, more than a decade later, my wife came to me with the master's tablet, saying that the master had passed away many years ago! The young master might come to Yanjing in the future, and she hoped that I could give him shelter!"
Wang Changling and Gao Yi's stories made the expressions of everyone present more solemn!
Yue Lingxi's father Yue Fan must be involved in many secrets of the royal family and even the Battle of Yehe!
What happened back then was confusing. Yue Beiqiu suddenly killed the royal family and the survivors of the Yehe War. It was hard to say whether it was not to cover up something!
As the person involved, Yue Fan naturally bore the brunt of the consequences! And Yue Lingxi, as Yue Fan's son, was exiled because he concealed his age!
There's no guarantee that this won't arouse the suspicion of Crown Prince Yue Chengqiu! This trip to the capital might just be a Hongmen Banquet!
On the contrary, Liu Buqi expressed his confidence that the trip to Beijing would be safe and sound. The reason was very simple!
Yue Chengqiu is not Yue Beiqiu!
He would never dare to rashly attack Yue Lingxi, especially when the imperial court was in a standoff with Guannei Hou!
Once Yue Lingxi, who has a very high reputation among the people, is touched, Yue Wuji's "cleansing the court" will have the most powerful evidence!
Not to mention the reaction of the Youzhou military. Once they surrender to Guannei Hou, the world may very likely change hands!
Therefore, Yue Lingxi can rest assured on this trip!
As for the age issue, that itself wasn't a problem. Yue Chengqiu wasn't much older than Yue Lingxi! How could he have a deep understanding of what happened back then?
Even if he really knew all the secrets, he had to have evidence to prove that Yue Lingxi was the real culprit!
After all, Yue Lingxi himself can't clearly explain what kind of secrets are involved!
What's more, being crowned a king is a big event that needs to be recorded in the royal books, and going to the capital to receive the title is a routine operation!
Unless Yue Lingxi responds to Guannei Hou immediately, or declares Youzhou independent! Otherwise, marching to the capital is inevitable!
Seeing Liu Buqi was so sure, Yue Lingxi didn't say anything more and made some arrangements for the personnel who would stay in Youzhou after they left the capital.
The two men made some preparations, and three days later, they returned to the capital with the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict.
The young soldier leads a group of generals to serve as personal guards. Because of his outstanding performance during the Lu family trip, this guy has now become a general and can be regarded as a warrior!
Bai Jinjing and Zhang Xiruo serve as personal attendants to Liu Buqi and Yue Lingxi respectively.
The group headed south along the route the two had taken that year, and Liu Buqi felt filled with emotion!
I came here as a nobody, caged in prison! I return, renowned and guarded by armor! I wonder if this counts as a glorious homecoming?
Returning home! My heart was touched for no apparent reason. All the things in my past life disappeared. I had no father or mother, no worries! But in this life, I still had a nominal mother's family!
Although my brother and sister-in-law are heartless, the voices and smiles of my kind parents are vivid in the memories buried deep in my mind!
Counting the days, it should be almost my parents’ memorial day, so I might as well go and pay my respects!
It can also be considered as showing filial piety to the owner of this body!
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After half a month's journey, they were only half a day's journey away from Taiyue City. As the sky grew darker, the eunuchs in the palace had already returned to report!
The place where we set up camp should be not far from the hometown in my memory!
After saying something to Yue Lingxi, he rejected his suggestion to send troops to accompany him. He simply returned to Liujia Village where he was "born" with Bai Jinjing, escorted by Xiao Junzi and another acquaintance, Xiao Dengzi!
I feel more timid when I am close to home!
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