si-mexico Chapter 116: Stop the emperor and file a complaint!
Chapter 116: Stop the emperor and file a complaint!
"Shen Changgong, I'm talking to you!"
Yan Fuyao glared at Shen Changgong, pretending to be dignified but also shy.
That little guy with a complicated expression hooked Shen Changgong into a black carp.
"What's wrong, Your Majesty? Is there something wrong?"
Shen Changgong looked at her innocently, with a charming smile on his handsome and inhuman face, and his clear eyes were full of innocence and kindness.
Don't hit a smiling person. Looking at this pretty face, the empress's anger subsided a lot.
"You're getting bolder and bolder now. You dare to flirt with me in broad daylight?"
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? It's not night yet. I'm bolder at night."
"you……"
Yan Fuyao snorted coldly and said,
"From now on, you will sleep in your palace. You are not allowed to enter the palace without an imperial decree."
"Really? That would be great."
This is really great. From now on, I can sleep with my sister-in-law every day and don’t have to report to the palace every now and then.
Yan Fuyao seemed to be aware of this problem and squinted his eyes and said,
"You want to keep a woman outside? You feel free, right? Humph, wishful thinking. From now on, you must go to the palace to sleep every night. You can't go anywhere else. You can't sleep with anyone except Wan'er."
Wan'er's aggressive demeanor immediately turned into that of a wronged kitten.
"Oh? Really? Then I'm bolder at night."
Looking at Shen Changgong's smug smile, the empress suddenly realized that she really seemed to have no way to do anything to him.
Damn it, I’ve raised a tiger to cause trouble!
Just when Shen Changgong was teasing the empress, a heart-wrenching roar suddenly came from the front.
"Your Majesty! I want to file a complaint! I want to file a complaint, Your Majesty!"
"who!"
"How dare you disturb His Majesty! Capture him!"
The guards' roars were heard outside.
The three people in the dragon chariot frowned together. Shen Changgong stood up, walked over, and lifted the curtain. He saw a ragged young man kneeling in front of the sixth-grade horse, being pressed to the ground by the guards.
"Let him go!"
Shen Changgong gave the order.
"As you command, my Lord!"
The young man stood up and looked at Shen Changgong.
Although he had never met Shen Changgong, he had heard that there was only one king left in the capital, and that he had come out of His Majesty's dragon chariot. That must be His Majesty's husband, Prince Lanling.
"Your Majesty! I pay my respects to Prince Lanling!"
"Who are you? Since you claim to be a subject, you should know the rules. Why are you disturbing His Majesty?"
Shen Changgong asked with a cold face.
The young man, kneeling on the ground, said loudly,
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I really have no other choice. I'm afraid I'll be killed before I even reach the palace gate.
I am Yan Gaohui, the fourth son of Prince Rui. Ever since Your Majesty issued the Enfeoffment Order, Prince Rui has been pretending to obey the order but secretly disobeying it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been wantonly suppressing us, his illegitimate brothers.
My wife and children were all killed by him.
I argued with King Rui, but not only did he not obey your majesty's orders, he also beat me severely. I still managed to escape at the risk of my life under the protection of a group of retainers. When I arrived in the capital, I was the only one left alive.
I have been hiding for several days, fearing that I would be discovered by King Rui's spies, so I had to wait for this opportunity to stop him and file a complaint.
Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"So that's how it is. Now mount your horse and go to the palace to tell the king and His Majesty the details."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yan Gaohui thanked him profusely, got on the guard's horse, and walked towards the palace together.
Shen Changgong returned to the carriage and told the empress about this matter.
The empress also regained her composure and no longer cared about being flirted with by her husband. She said seriously,
"When the Enfeoffment Order was issued, most princes pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed. However, this was the first time someone went to the capital to stop the emperor and file a complaint.
In addition, so many people have seen it, so we need to make an example of it. This King Rui must be destroyed.
However, the Southern King is currently leading his troops to attack the northern vassal kings, so only the Rui King and the Ning King are left in the south.
Who should we send to fight against them?"
The empress thought about the generals she had appointed, wondering who could take on this important task.
"Cough cough!"
Suddenly, the empress heard a man's dry cough.
She turned her head to look at Shen Changgong, and met his resentful gaze.
It seems to be saying, have you forgotten me?
Yan Fuyao smiled and said,
"Yes, how could I have forgotten about you, a great military expert? Perhaps I was blinded by my own mistakes. You are the commander-in-chief of the Central Army, and you should be the one leading the troops into battle.
This King Rui, let's just flatten him."
"Okay, I'll first listen to what the fourth son of King Rui has to say, understand the situation, and then decide how many people to bring.
Do you want to take down Prince Ning as well?"
"Prince Ning is not easy to defeat. He is stationed at Yaoguan Pass, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It would be too time-consuming and laborious to defeat him, and it would consume the national strength of Great Yan.
It would be better to wait until the world is settled and he is the only one left. Then we can order him to hand over his military power or cause internal disintegration. Attacking his own pass by force is really unreasonable."
After thinking for a while, Shen Changgong said,
"I'm afraid he'll be under too much pressure and might choose to defect to the enemy or rebel."
Hearing this, the Empress's eyes fixed and she said,
"That's true. There is such a possibility. After all, after seeing other princes die, he wouldn't be so naive as to think that he can save his life by handing over military power.
It doesn't matter if he defected to the enemy, but if Yaoguan was also given to Kun, then the gates of our Great Yan would be wide open, and the Kun army could come in and out as they pleased."
"Well, let's first understand the situation in detail."
The group returned to the palace and came to the imperial study, and Yan Gaohui followed them in.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live Your Majesty!"
Yan Gaohui knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
"Get up, my dear, you have suffered so much on this journey. Wan'er will give you a seat."
Gongsun Wan'er took a chair and placed it behind Yan Gaohui.
The other party thanked me profusely and sat down.
Then, he began to talk incessantly.
"Your Majesty, I have suffered so much. After you issued the Enfeoffment Order, we, the illegitimate sons, have been eagerly awaiting the implementation of the new policies by the King of Rui.
But we waited and waited but nothing came of it.
My third brother is impatient and can't sit still. One time during a family meeting, he brought up this matter.
Unexpectedly, my father became furious and beat my third brother to death.
Since then, my eldest brother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, has regarded us as thorns in his side and has tried every means to kill us.
Of the eight of us brothers, only two or three are left.
Except for me who escaped, the sixth and seventh brothers are still unknown whether they are alive or dead, and the rest are all dead.
My wife and children were also killed by the prince.
I went to my father to argue. I didn't mention the Enfeoffment Order. I just wanted justice for my wife and children. But instead of speaking up for me, my father beat me. The Crown Prince wanted to kill me. I had a hard time escaping."