To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 535 Return

   In the blink of an eye, not only the city gate opened, but even the moat bridge was let down by the crazy and angry people.

  At the other end of the river, the army was solemn and quiet, ready to enter the city.

   Tao Shuo, who was standing on the city wall, shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent, so I have to go first!"

  Seeing that Tao Shuo was about to jump, Zhao Shangshu quickly hugged him.

  Tao Shuo angrily scolded: "Let go of me! You are willing to welcome the rebels into the city, and I can't stop them, but if you want me to become a surrender to the rebels and thieves, don't even think about it!"

   Zhao Shangshu said earnestly: "Master Tao, you still have rotten vegetable leaves hanging on your head. It's a bit shameless to die in the city like this."

   Tao Shuo froze, forgetting to struggle.

   At this time, the physical strength accumulated by Lao Shangshu eating two servings of roasted pig's head in a restaurant in a restaurant was reflected, and he dragged Tao Shuo down neatly.

   When Tao Shuo reacted and tried to jump the city wall again, he was already surrounded by all the officials.

   "Master Tao, you can't just die. If you let go, the emperor will have no one to share his worries..."

  In fact, most of the officials were thinking about what would they do if Mr. Tao, the head of the officials, jumped the city wall in front of thousands of people and the army?

   Don't dance, it seems that you are greedy for life and afraid of death.

  Let’s jump—look at those common people who throw away rotten vegetable leaves, even if they dance, they won’t get a good reputation.

  In short, Mr. Tao must not die.

  All the ministers who reacted unanimously cast admiring glances at Zhao Shangshu.

  Qian Shangshu, who has the best relationship with Zhao Shangshu, said in a low voice, "Old Zhao, your reaction is pretty quick."

   No wonder the old boy can win every time he grabs food.

   Zhao Shangshu had a reserved look on his face: "If you are an official in the same dynasty, how can you have no feelings."

  Ministers: "..."

  After such a delay, part of the army has already entered the city.

   Wei Han, who was walking in the front, was riding on a horse and turned around to look in the direction of the city gate.

  The ministers standing on the city wall didn't know what to do for a while.

  Zhao Shangshu sighed: "Go on, you have to face what you have to face, and you have to talk about what you have to talk about. We can't hang on the city wall like salted fish."

   All the ministers were right when they heard it, and silently lined up down the city wall.

   Zhao Shangshu was pushed out by the ministers to talk to Wei Han: "My lord is coming back soon..."

   Wei Han's expression was calm, and his tone was gentle: "I'm worried about the health of the emperor, so I'm back."

  Zhao Shangshu was taken aback.

   All the ministers were also stunned.

   What does King Kaiyang mean by this?

   "My lords, let's talk about it after I have greeted the emperor."

   All the ministers became more and more confused, and followed Wei Han and others to the direction of the imperial city full of apprehension.

  In front of the gate of Qianqing, where he usually goes to court, Zhou Shan stopped Wei Han with a mortal determination: "The emperor is resting, please don't disturb me!"

  King Kaiyang is a wolf with ambition, if he sees the emperor look like that, he will have no scruples.

  Actually, he also knows that doing so is tantamount to being a car with the arms of a praying man. I am afraid that he will not be able to delay it for a day, but there are some things that he knows he can't do, but he has to do it, just to be worthy of his conscience.

   "There is something, this king wants to ask Brother Huang for instructions."

   "What's the matter?" Zhou Shan looked at Wei Han warily.

   Wei Han looked at the young man next to Governor Luo.

  The officials thought that he was looking at Governor Luo, but when Luo Chen came out of the crowd, they only noticed this young man.

  The boy's eyebrows are still green, but he has a calmness and restraint that is rare at this age.

  He opened the box he carried with him, and took out the secret edict inside without haste.

  When the bright yellow secret edict was slowly revealed, the expressions of the officials changed drastically.

  Tao Shuo, the chief assistant and Minister of Rites, recognized the secret edict logo at a glance, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Taizu's edict?"

   All civil and military officials gasped.

  What happened, why did the son of Governor Luo have the imperial edict of Taizu in his hand?

  Wei Han said indifferently: "Lord Tao, you are the head of all officials, so please come and read this imperial edict of Taizu."

Tao Shuo stretched out his trembling hands to take the edict from Luo Chen, and managed to calm his mind to read it: "The edict says, I am enthroned as emperor by my brother-in-law, King Zhennan... If the descendants of the Wei family have no way, or blood If there is no successor, this edict will still be in the Qi family. It will be announced to the world, and the salty envoys will know."

  After the edict was read out, the hour hand could be heard in the hall.

  Wei Han left time for all the officials to digest, and said: "The world is in chaos now, and the emperor has no heirs, so this king wants to consult the emperor's intentions."

  Zhou Shan's eyes lit up, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Your lord is saying...the country has no heir..."

  Whether it is rebellion or forced palace, the change of master is a foregone conclusion. In this case, whether the emperor still resides in the Qi family because he has no heirs to follow the Taizu's edict, or because he was abducted because of cruelty and injustice, what is left in the history books is a completely different record.

  The former can be passed down as a good story over time, while the latter has become an unseemly tyrant of subjugation.

  Unable to change the result, it would not be in vain for him to serve the emperor if he could save some face for the emperor.

  Wei Han smiled: "That's right, having a country without a heir is not an option after all."

  Zhou Shan's tense body relaxed, and he lowered his eyes and said: "The prince will follow the slaves to see the emperor."

  The ministers watched Wei Han leave with Zhou Shan, and they already had the answer in their hearts: It seems that the news of the emperor's Zen throne will be spread soon.

  That's fine, having the Taizu's edict is justified, there is no need for blood to flow into rivers, and these people don't have to bear the infamy of lack of integrity.

  Thinking in this way, the officials looked at Governor Luo.

   Tao Shuo asked, "Governor, why is the Taizu's edict in the hands of your son?"

  Governor Luo took a deep look at Luo Chen, with a sad expression on his face: "That's a long story..."

  After listening to his speech, the officials were dumbfounded.

  The only son of Governor Luo turned out to be the orphan of Zhennan King, which is too bizarre and tortuous.

   "Then the current Zhennan King—" Some people have doubts.

  What if Governor Luo pretends to be in order to let his son sit on the dragon chair?

  Of course, there is nothing they can do if this is really the case. Under absolute control, it is not surprising that it is not surprising.

   "The child is in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, why don't you come and ask me." Luo Dadu said lightly.

   Soon the boy and the guards appeared in front of the officials.

   Facing all the civil and military officials, the young man timidly hid behind the guards, his eyes full of anxiety.

  When everyone saw this, they sighed in their hearts: Looking at this child's performance, it would be really worrying to sit in that seat...

  After hearing Tao Shuo's question, the guard said seriously: "He is indeed not the prince's orphan, but one of the substitutes who used to protect the little prince..."

   Now that everything is revealed, even if someone still has doubts, they can only think about it in their hearts.

   Soon the **** Zhou Shan wrote the pen, and the abdication edict sealed by the **** Qi Yan spread all over the world: Emperor Yong'an was still in the Qi family, and Qi Rui, the orphan of Zhennan King, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

  The succession of the throne was stable, and the people in the capital not only did not experience the suffering of turmoil, but they became more at ease: finally, they no longer have to worry about losing their loved ones at any time.

   As for the wars in various places, that is something that the imperial court should consider.

  The chaos of war must naturally be resolved.

  After Luo Chen, whose name was changed to Qi Rui, came to the throne, Governor Luo and Governor Lei were still responsible for defending the safety of the imperial city and the capital, while Wei Han embarked on the road to suppress the rebellion again.

  On the day of departure, the new emperor led all the civil and military officials to send Wei Han outside the city, but he declined: "There is no need to mobilize people like this. When the world is stable and I return, it will not be too late to get together again."

  Luo Chen cupped his hands to Wei Han: "I wish the prince a triumphant return."

   All civil and military officials bowed their hands together: "I wish the prince a triumphant return."

   Wei Han cupped his fists and strode out of the hall.

  The blue tiles and vermilion walls are still majestic, but in Wei Han's eyes, they are less oppressive than before, and more open.

   Walking out of the imperial city, Wei Han quickly walked up to the girl who was waiting under the weeping willow not far away.

   "Miss Luo." He looked at her with burning eyes, "I'm leaving, do you want to see me off?"

  The person he wants to send him to, the one person in front of him is enough.

  Luo Sheng smiled and nodded: "Okay."

   Bathed in the morning light, the two led the horses and walked towards the gate of the city side by side.

  The morning in June was bright and quiet, Wei Han looked at the girl's quiet profile, pursed his lips and said, "Miss Luo, you didn't see me off last time."

  Luo Sheng turned his head to meet those eyes, and saw a slight grievance in them.

  She was silent for a moment, then said softly: "I will."

   It's just that they didn't want to leave extravagant expectations for each other at that time, so they could only hide and watch him go away silently.

   In her heart, there is no regret.

   Fortunately, this time, I can finally send him off in a fair manner.

   Wei Han paused, and the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously: "Really?"

   "What are you doing to lie to you?" Luo Sheng wanted to appear calmer, but he couldn't really be calm when he thought that the person in front of him had left and didn't know when he would come back.

   "My lord is away on an expedition, please pay attention to safety." She warned softly.

"I will."

   The world was quiet for a while, and the two walked forward silently.

  The usually long street seems to be shortened all of a sudden, and the city gate is just ahead.

   Wei Han stared at her fixedly, and said softly: "Miss Luo, just send it here."

   "Then... I won't send the prince outside the city."

   There was a smile in Wei Han's eyes, and under the cover of the smile was reluctance: "Then wait for me to come back."

  Luo Sheng nodded slightly.

   Wei Han tightened his grip on the rein, and suddenly approached her, kissed her smooth forehead lightly, then got on his horse and galloped forward.

  (end of this chapter)