Chapter 66
In October, the first snow had already fallen in the north.
The temperature at night was much colder than during the day.
The night-duty soldiers of the Guiyan Kingdom stood outside the camp shivering non-stop, and occasionally drank a couple of sips of wine from the jug on their waists to warm up their bodies.
The soldiers also kept complaining to their companions on duty.
"Why is the weather getting colder again?"
"We're pretty good here. If we come out two months later, it will definitely be colder."
"Do you still have wine? Give me teo sips."
"I also only have two sips left, you can drink it, the guard will be changing soon, you can go and drink some by yourself."
"Hey, you said that it's bitterly cold, those people from the Daxia Kingdom must be more afraid of the cold than us, so they won't come at night."
After a while, the two soldiers changed guard with others.
The night was getting deeper and deeper, and even the owner of the main tent had already blown out the candles and went to sleep.
The camp of the Guiyan Kingdom became more and more quiet. Many soldiers had already fallen asleep, and those in the night watch were yawning again and again, and many people fell asleep while standing up.
Night was the most relaxing time.
When the soldiers of the Guiyan Kingdom felt that they could sleep soundly, some black shadows entered the camp from behind without a sound, and broke the necks of the soldiers of the Guiyan Kingdom who were guarding in the outside. Unknowingly, there were fewer and fewer people outside, and a group of dark shadows gradually approached the main tent.
Everyone marched forward in unison and made a little noise, and dealt with the Guiyan soldiers one after another.
Until the camp was burnt down.
Li Mingjin told Wei Linmu who was enjoying the harvest next to him: "Don't zealously continue to fight, after setting the fire, retreat immediately!"
Their purpose tonight was to burn the grain and herbs of the Guiyan Kingdom. Since they came to Daxia to grab grain, then let them have no food to eat first.
It was not just the camp here, but also the other two camps. They had burnt their food and herbs together, and they didn't even have a bit of supplies, so they would have no strength to fight.
After finding the place where the food and herbs were placed, Li Mingjin immediately ordered people to light the fire, and after it was finished, everyone was ordered to retreat, and he emphasized again that no one was allowed to zealously continue to fight.
When there was chaos in the Guiyan Kingdom's camp, they ran very quickly, and the first prince of Guiyan Kingdom was still putting on his clothes: "What's going on?"
"Answer to the first prince, the camp was caught on fire!"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! "
"Come and fetch water! The food and herbs have been burned, everyone, come and fetch water!"
There were fires everywhere, not only the food and herbs were burned, but also the tents were almost burned.
The first prince sent people to chase after Daxia's soldiers, but Li Mingjin and others had already made arrangements and withdrew quickly. By the time the people from the Guiyan Kingdom reacted, they had already dispersed and ran away without a trace.
Half a quarter of an hour later, everyone met at the agreed place, and no one was missing.
For the first time, Wei Linmu felt that doing this kind of thing with Li Mingjin was more exciting than directly confronting the enemy, so he really had to admire Lǐ Mingjin's brain.
Two days ago, first they deliberately pretended to be trapped in the enemy camp, dug out the people who wanted to frame them in the barracks. After those people were designed with the same method, they let the remaining few people go back and report their situation to confuse the people in Gucheng. Of course, doing something like this might make the people in Gucheng worry.
Originally Wei Linmu didn't really like the third prince who was airborne, he thought that these princes were without learning or skills, poor in martial arts, and not smart enough. However, after a period of time with Li Mingjin, he found that his character and thinking were very similar to him. At first he didn't accept his control, but after they were on the battlefield, he liked every starting point and every idea of Li Mingjin very much. So he followed him, and everyday was very exciting, and he gradually liked this way of getting along with each other. Especially this sneaking method was very exciting.
[不学无术 bù xué wú shù: without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent]
But as long as you could let these Guiyan Kingdom people eat their domestic animals and hold back, it would be great!
Li Mingjin said to the crowd: "Let's take a break first, join the main force tomorrow, and then defeat them one by one according to the plan."
Everyone shouted in unison: "Yes!"
Li Mingjin was acting according to their private plan, while Luo Shuyu still had to deal with Governor Zhu.
After some people disturbed the Third Prince's Mansion two days ago, Wei Linyuan also sent troops to protect him, and now the entire Third Prince's Mansion was tightly protected. Of course, Governor Zhu thought that his plan hadn't been exposed, and continued to give condolences to Luo Shuyu on a daily basis in a hypocritical manner.
Now it was the right time to give Wei Linyuan time to investigate Governor Zhu. After the evidence was sufficient, he could be directly arrested as soon as Li Mingjin returned.
But right now they had to determine which side Governor Zhu was from.
Luo Shuyu hid in the study today to read books and paint to calm himself down.
He was still worried about Li Mingjin, wondering if he would be frozen and injured on the battlefield, and whether there would be a doctor by his side.
This was what he worried about everyday.
However, Anjiu soon got a letter from Wei Linyuan: "Master, General Wei asked me to give it to you."
Luo Shuyu quickly opened the letter, and raised his eyebrows after reading it.
Very good!
Li Mingjin was fine. They had burned the enemy's food and herbs two days ago, and in the past two days, they joined forces with Langcheng's army to defeat the Guiyan Kingdom's army in one fell swoop.
The strategy was very mature, the first prince of Guiyan Kingdom was indeed used to old general Wei's routine, but Li Mingjin hit him by surprise.
Of course, he also understood that this kind of trick could only be used once, and the experienced Guiyan Kingdom wouldn't fall into the same trick a second time.
Luo Shuyu could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Li Mingjin was still alive and well. This achievement was real and no one could pretend to claim it.
As long as he was alive.
Next, he only had to wait for Li Mingjin to return.
He received the news here, but Governor Zhu knew nothing. Li Mingjin and Wei Linyuan teamed up and they devised another plan.
They would treat Governor Zhu with his own trick, so Wei Linyuan sent people to spread the news that Li Mingjin had died on the battlefield.
A day later, they deliberately asked people to drag Li Mingjin's "corpse" into the city.
Luo Shuyu cooperated with the plan, and he immediately "fainted" after "learning" the news, and never left the mansion.
After Governor Zhu learned that Li Mingjin was "dead", he was overjoyed.
Since Li Mingjin died, he sent the news to the people above him.
However, as soon as the news was delivered, Governor Zhu was caught by Wei Linyuan on the spot, and he was directly tied up.
Luo Shuyu listened to An Jiu's report about how Wei Linyuan caught Governor Zhu's handle, and then wiped and washed off all the face powder that he deliberately smeared on his face without exception.
With the warm handkerchief covering his face, he finally didn't have to pretend anymore, and felt much more relaxed.
Suddenly, a pair of hands held his waist, Luo Shuyu was startled, he turned his head suddenly, and Li Mingjin, who had a stubbled face, asked him: "Yu'er, do you miss me?"
Luo Shuyu was taken aback, Li Mingjin came back!
After being dazed, Luo Shuyu changed his expression, and threw the handkerchief in his hand on Li Mingjin's face: "Where did you come from, someone, throw this person out!"
Li Mingjin quickly hugged him tightly: "Don't be angry with me, I will never dare to hide something from you next time."
Luo Shuyu didn't struggle, and let him hold him, his eyes turned red, and the tears he had endured for a long time still fell when he saw Li Mingjin came back safely.
Li Mingjin threw away the handkerchief that was thrown on his face, and put his arms around Luo Shuyu: "Don't cry."
The more he said not to cry, the faster Luo Shuyu's tears fell. He didn't want to repeat the same mistakes in this life, and he obviously felt that he could become stronger, but when he heard that Li Mingjin's whereabouts were unknown, and his life and death were unknown, he really felt that he was not strong, and was very fragile.
Li Mingjin pulled him to sit on a chair, and said, "I have heard what they said, you are the first to find out about the one track path of those people, and about Governor Zhu."
[统一口径tǒng yī kǒu jìng: lit. one-track path; fig. to adopt a unified approach to discussing an issue]
Luo Shuyu leaned on his shoulder and hummed softly: "Then you didn't communicate with me in advance. If I didn't find out early, you would have suffered a lot. I don't know how they would slander you. Wei Linmu still went out with you, if something happened to him, Wei Linyuan might have resentment towards you, I won't care about it. "
Li Mingjin said: "It's because I didn't think carefully, so I won't do it next time."
Luo Shuyu: "Do you still want to have a next time?"
Li Mingjin hurriedly said: "No, no, definitely not again. "
Luo Shuyu stared at him without speaking.
Li Mingjin leaned his face closer: "Touch me, haven't I come back safely? And I will go and beat up the villain who bullies you tomorrow!"
Luo Shuyu was amused by what he said, he stroked his beard, which had never grown so long before, and then sniffed his clothes: "Your Highness, hurry to take a bath, you smell so bad."
Li Mingjin hugged him again: "I'll go take a bath if you don't cry."
"I was made to cry by you." Luo Shuyu made fun of him, and pushed Li Mingjin, "Go quickly."
The servants had prepared hot water in advance, Li Mingjin shaved and took a bath.
After washing, the whole person felt much more comfortable.
There was charcoal fire burning in the room, Luo Shuyu wiped Li Mingjin's freshly washed hair, and Li Mingjin told Luo Shuyu about his experiences in the past few days.
Li Mingjin: "The plan this time was agreed upon before the departure. We have two plans, since the people around Governor Zhu heard one of the two, so we implemented the other."
Luo Shuyu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and the serious Li Mingjin was very attractive, he wondered, "But how could the other party cooperate with you?"
Li Mingjin: "If they are really from the Guiyan Kingdom, of course they won't cooperate with us."
Luo Shuyu: "Then how did you make the plan succeed?"
Li Mingjin: "We borrowed troops from Langcheng in advance, and asked them to pretend to be Guiyan soldiers, and play a show with us. When I said that we were about to lose the battle, some people who were afraid of death would naturally run away. So I let those five people come back on purpose, and the others were tied up and thrown in our camp under special guard."
Luo Shuyu: "I see, you let those five people come back and spread the news of your defeat, and your life and death were unknown. Those who wanted to make small moves would jump out, and they would find a way to hold the control of Gucheng in their hands. "
Li Mingjin: " My wife's analysis is very accurate. They really thought so, and they did it. We couldn't find another way to let Governor Zhu show his tail directly. This time is the best and most direct way. We took a risk and attacked the enemy camp by the way, burned their food and herbs. After they couldn't hold on, we beat them until their parents didn't them anymore, and they went straight back to their grassland. "
Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness must be very brave at that time."
Li Mingjin suddenly acted like a spoiled child: "When we waited for them to fall asleep in the snow, we were about to freeze to death, but we still relied on spirits to make it through. Going to war is really hard. I think in those days the Taizu must have suffered more hardships than this when they fought to conquer the country. "
The author has something to say: The Third prince: Wife, today you are a just-adult monarch, and I'm a powerful regent. I'm going to force the palace, so you threaten me with suicide, but I'm an ambitious regent, I can't let you die, so I decide to sleep on the dragon bed with Your Majesty.
Luo Shuyu: ...
Chapter 67
Luo Shuyu patted Li Mingjin's head: "I think it's even more difficult for Your Highness."
Li Mingjin: "How do you say that?"
Luo Shuyu said: "It's easy to conquer the country, but it's difficult to defend it."
Li Mingjin: "You are always so reasonable. Yu'er, look, we have took a bath, shaved my beard, and finally came back, should we take a rest first?"
Luo Shuyu also roughly understood his hard work these past few days, so he thoughtfully brushed his hair back, and went to bed with him.
However, Li Mingjin was restless!
Luo Shuyu was speechless for a while: "Don't you want to rest? Are you not tired?"
Li Mingjin: "Doing this kind of thing is to rest, how can you be tired?"
Luo Shuyu: "You liar..."
Li Mingjin: "Yu'er, concentrate on it, I've been holding back for many days."
Luo Shuyu: "..."
Tonight was probably a different sleepless night.
The news of Li Mingjin's return hadn't yet been sent back to the capital. What Emperor Tiansheng got was the news that Li Mingjin was trapped in the enemy camp. There had been several stalemates in the court, and many officials had begun to participate. Saying that Li Mingjin was not good at leading the soldiers, he insisted on going his own way, disregarding the safety of soldiers. As if snowflake was aimed at him, Emperor Tiansheng smashed the account book into the courtiers.
At the same time, because of the evidence and list brought back by the fourth prince, as well as the corruption accounts of various officials, the good luck of the Lin family began to decline.
Emperor Tiansheng was so angry with the officials every day that his head was filled with smoke.
He was more anxious than anyone else in the capital about Li Mingjin's life or death. However, he had to wait for the spies in the front line to send back the news. There was nothing he could do. He could only chat with the old General Wei who started raising flowers and birds after the court every day.
The sons failed to live up to expectations, what could he do.
The Lin family's affairs became more and more troublesome. Emperor Tiansheng also noticed that although the Lin family was controlled by him, they seemed too calm. Even Concubine Lin, who often came to him crying because of the Lin family's affairs, was too quiet recently.
He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.
When the news came that Li Mingjin used tricks to beat the enemy back to Guiyan Kingdom, Emperor Tiansheng was listening to the fourth prince's report about the Lin family's corruption. He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Li Mingjin was still alive.
He had just finished listening the fourth prince's report, and before he let go of his breath, he saw the door of the imperial study room being pushed open by the first prince in armor.
The first prince stared at him and the fourth prince, he said: "I would like to ask father and fourth brother to stay here for now."
The palace changed.
No one expected that the First Prince would blatantly put Emperor Tiansheng under house arrest in the imperial study room under the clear sky and broad daylight.
Emperor Tiansheng also had experienced fighting for the throne in his early years, and he was quite calm when he saw the first prince who suddenly wore his armor and appeared in his study room. He was surprised for a while and then stopped making any more expressions.
He knew very well that the behavior of the First Prince and Concubine Lin had been very abnormal recently because of the Lin family's affairs. It turned out that they were really planning to let him abdicate and give up the throne , and it was so fast.
The fourth prince drew out the folding fan at his waist and quickly stood beside Emperor Tiansheng, with an indignant expression on his face he said: "Brother, you dressed like this, and you didn't report when you came in. What are you doing?"
The first prince laughed and said: " What am I trying to do, can't you see it? You traitor, I have treated you well all these years in vain. "
Then he looked at Emperor Tiansheng behind the fourth prince, "Father, what do you think?"
Emperor Tiansheng was calm and patted the fourth prince's shoulder lightly: "It's nothing, the eldest child, don't tell me that's what I think now."
The first prince: "That's right, father, you have been in power for so many years, and now you can't keep up physically. You don't go to court twice for three days, I think you should let us, your sons to help you share the important affairs of the world."
The fourth prince said angrily: "Brother! You are doing this kind of thing to kill father's heart!"
Emperor Tiansheng sat down and picked up the teacup on the table. He took a sip and found that it was not tea. He almost forgot that this was the milk tea prepared by his personal eunuch before. This was the way of drinking tea that Li Mingjin passed on from the north, the highland barley milk tea from the grassland.
Thinking of the third son who had just won the battle in the north, and comparing it with the eldest son in front of him, his heart felt blocked.
The first prince was his first son. When he was only the crown prince, he had some hopes for this son, and he had been training him as his future successor. Up to now, he still attached great importance to this eldest son, and he always paved the way for him. But he didn't expect that he really betrayed him as a father, just because of the position he sat in.
He drank the milk tea with sugar, looking at the eldest son in front of him, his mouth felt a little bitter.
Emperor Tiansheng sighed from the bottom of his heart, and said earnestly: "The eldest child, do you think the seat I'm sitting in is very comfortable? Is it because you can control the life and death of the people in the world or do you think you can do whatever you want?"
The first prince knelt down on one knee and then got up, he said: "Father, I'm very grateful for your love for the son all these years, but you also know that my mother concubine and the empress don't deal with each other, nor do the crown prince and I. If father is gone in the future, the crown prince will definitely kill me. Father, I have no choice but to do so, or do you really not care about your son's life or death."
Emperor Tiansheng said: "You can discuss it with me, I'm your father! Do you think I will do nothing and watch the crown prince does something to you?"
The first prince asked Emperor Tiansheng: "What about my mother concubine? Will she live in the cold palace for the rest of her life? After the empress becomes the empress dowager, is there still a place for her?"
The fourth prince found the time to show his own sense of existence: "Eldest brother, why do you go this far? It's not too late to stop now!"
The first prince suddenly laughed: "How can it not too late? It's already too late. Do you really think that after you brought back the evidence, there is still room for me to stand up? Fourth brother, you are also the culprit who forced me to commit crimes today. If you didn't insist on investigating the case in Dong'an County thoroughly, would I have confronted my father today? "
Emperor Tiansheng Said: "I'm going to deal with the Lin family. The fourth child is right, he acts impartially. Don't you know about the greedy things of the Lin family? Eldest child, listen carefully, you are from our Li family, not a puppet of the Lin family. Do you know what you are doing now? If you stop now, I will give you a chance. "
The first prince shook his head: "Father, this is a decision made by the son after careful consideration. I don't regret it, whether it succeeds or not, I will accept it. The son just wants to live, and I don't want to live in fear everyday."
Emperor Tiansheng: "Do you think I can live comfortably every day after inheriting the position of the late emperor? Have you ever seen that I can go out of the palace at will? I have to use a silver needle to test the poison everyday before eating a meal, ten years like a day, do you like this kind of life?"
The first prince: "Father, I haven't done it before, how would I know? If it's done, at least I won't have to die."
Emperor Tiansheng heard the sound of shouting and killing outside was getting louder and louder. There were eunuchs and maids' scream everywhere, and the guards at the door were mechanically fighting with the people who came in from outside.
The Lin family had already placed people in the palace in recent days. Otherwise, it was impossible for the first prince entered the palace without anyone noticed.
Now the Lin family not only needed to control the entire capital city, but also the entire imperial palace. The imperial palace was the first step. As for the common people outside the capital, whoever became the emperor was actually not that important to them. As long as the world was peaceful, they could live a good life. They would support whoever became the emperor.
Both Emperor Tiansheng and the fourth prince knew that the money embezzled by the Lin family was used to raise private soldiers, but they didn't expect the Lin family raised so many soldiers. It could be seen that this had been planned for a long time. The first prince was still a pawn of the Lin family, and he was still complacent about it.
Emperor Tiansheng hated iron for not becoming steel, he said: "I have taught you for so many years, but it turns out I taught you nothing."
The eldest prince: "Father said he doesn't like to live a miserable life like ten years like a day. Why don't you write an edict to pass on the throne to your son?, and you will be Taishang Huang, so that you can enjoy living in ease and comfort, care for yourself for your alloted life span, take care of your grandchildrens, isn't that very good? and the son can also solve a big problem for you."
[太上皇 Tài shàng huáng: Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master]
[颐养天年yí yǎng tiān nián: to care for oneself for one's allotted life span (idiom); to retire]
Emperor Tiansheng chuckled: "You really can't wait, even if I give you the throne, can you deal with the people in the court and the Lin family? Will you not be treated as a puppet by the Lin family? Do you have your own right to speak? Do you think I don't know what your mother concubine has done these years?"
The first prince: "You didn't make mother concubine the Empress, if not, why did she bother to speak for the Lin family?" He was not stupid, all this was to keep him and the Lin family.
Emperor Tiansheng: "Everyone has ever acted against their will and without the freedom to act independently."
The first prince: "Father, you are someone without the freedom to act independently. You don't need to say more, and let the son take care of you in the future."
Emperor Tiansheng took another sip of the milk tea, and at this time he actually felt that the cold milk tea was a bit sweet. He didn't know how the third child was doing in the north, and this son really had no selfishness at all.
The fourth prince stood beside Emperor Tiansheng. He was listening the sound of fighting outside and also listening to their conversation, and he had a different idea in his heart. However, he didn't have the slightest fear in his heart now, so he stood quietly beside Emperor Tiansheng, and he could protect Emperor Tiansheng from the harm when necessary.
The eldest brother wanted to be the emperor, but whether he could succeed was still a question.
He was not the only one who was planning, except for the third brother who couldn't come back from the north, beside him, the crown prince was also watching the first prince's movements. When he was in Dong'an, he discovered that the Lin family was secretly raising private soldiers. If it wasn't because of this matter, he wouldn't go back to the capital quietly.
Sure enough, not long after he and Shen Mingyun came back, before the matters related to the Lin family were dealt with, they couldn't wait to force the palace.
[逼宫 bī gōng: to force the palace means to force the king or emperor to abdicate]
There was fighting inside the palace, and the officials outside the palace were also controlled. All civil and military officials were imprisoned in the side hall of the palace when they were in court, and no one could get out. As for their homes, they were also watched by soldiers from the Lin family.
Now no one dared to resist.
Emperor Tiansheng couldn't even take a step in the palace, let alone how to contact the people below.
At this time, all the officials in the side hall were extremely anxious, some scolded the sky, some scolded the ground, and some scolded the first prince.
The ones who scolded the most fiercely were those who used to quarrel with the civil officials in the palace over trivial matters. As for the military officials, they couldn't wait to go out and fight with the soldiers outside. It was a pity that they couldn't bring weapons in when they went to the court, so there was no room for resistance.
The blood flowed like a river for a day, and the capital became quiet after being in chaos.
At the time of Youshi, the officials who had been scolding for a day were already hungry and weak, and the side hall was filled with an unpleasant smell of urine, and the stench was suffocating.
[酉时 yǒu shí 5-7 pm]
Those with a bit of strength leaned together to keep warm and preserve their strength, and they no longer had the energy to scold others.
Emperor Tiansheng and the fourth prince were okay, the first prince didn't intend to embarrass them, so he ordered the maids and eunuchs to prepare a brazier and food for them.
However, the first prince spent a day with them in the palace, but Emperor Tiansheng still didn't write an edict for the first prince.
The outside gradually quieted down, and the first prince's grandfather and uncle, who was stained with other people's blood because they were going to force the palace today, swaggered into the imperial study.
They saw Emperor Tiansheng, whose face had improved after eating, and the Fourth Prince, who was a little tired. Of course, the latter was not important to them.
Lin Hongguang, the first prince's grandfather, said casually: "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty."
Emperor Tiansheng said, " Lin Aiqing, what is your crime?"
[爱 卿 ài qīnɡ: the title of the emperor to his ministers in ancient times]
Lin Hongguang: "Your Majesty, do you still ask the question even if you know it? I hope you will write down the imperial edict, and Ze'er will take charge of the world's major affairs for you."
Emperor Tiansheng: "What if I don't write it?"
Lin Hongguang: "Then I can only wrong your Majesty to become Taishang huang."
After all, Emperor Tiansheng still hadn't reached the point of being useless, so he wouldn't compromise so quickly.
When the capital was in chaos, Li Mingjin in Gucheng was interrogating Governor Zhu.
Governor Zhu looked at the torch and laughed towards the south: "It's done."
Li Mingjin asked him: "What's done?"
Governor Zhu: "The Third Highness, of course the matter of His Royal Highness the first prince is done, oh no, now maybe he is not the first prince anymore, and I'll have to call him Your Majesty in the future."
Li Mingjin: "So sure?"
Governor Zhu: "Naturally."
Li Mingjin shook his head, suddenly he didn't want to interrogate him. Everything had been clarified, it seemed that his eldest brother was playing tricks behind the scenes, so there was no need to ask more questions. Governor Zhu should be locked up first, and let's see what changes had taken place in the capital recently.
Whether or not the First Prince would succeed still remained uncertain.
The crown prince's grandfather and the fourth younger brother were not vegetarians. Besides, the old General Wei was still in the capital, so it was impossible to let the Lin family continue to make trouble.
Li Mingjin returned to the mansion with some doubts, and Luo Shuyu set up the meal when he saw him came back.
Luo Shuyu asked him: "Why did Your Highness come back so late tonight?"
After washing his hands, Li Mingjin said, "I just went to interrogate Governor Zhu."
Luo Shuyu: "What did he confess?"
During the meal, they didn't need anyone to serve them, and they sent all their servants to eat.
Li Mingjin said: "He kept holding back before, but he said it today, do you know why?"
Luo Shuyu picked up the chopsticks: "Is it related to the capital?"
Li Mingjin told him: "Smart, it really has something to do with the capital. Today, the capital is in chaos. He said that the eldest brother forced the palace today. It's estimated that father and the Lin family will fight a vicious battle."
Luo Shuyu: "Is Your Highness worried about Father?"
Li Mingjin: "If I say I'm not worried, do you believe it or not?"
Luo Shuyu: "I believe, there are father's people in Gucheng, so it's impossible for him to be unaware of the actions of the Lin family. For so many years, he has been defending against the Yan family (the Empress' natal family), and the second is the Lin family. He has been paying close attention to these two families, and he must be the first to know if these two families make any movements, so Your Highness doesn't need to worry at all. "You could even eat and sleep with peace of mind.
Li Mingjin: "Not only that, in the capital, there is still the Yan family staring at the Lin family, and our fourth younger brother who didn't show his face much before, this time he went to the south, I thought he might return without success, but I didn't expect his ability to be greater than I imagined, I really can't underestimate this person. "
Luo Shuyu also didn't expect that the first prince's forcing the palace would happen earlier in this life, much earlier than he expected.
According to the plot in the book, of course the first prince wouldn't succeed.
However, the plot in the book was different from the present one. In the previous life, the fourth prince appeared in time to resolve the dispute, but this time who would help Emperor Tiansheng to overcome this difficulty?
68 Retching
The old general Wei who rushed in with Shen Mingyun looked at Emperor Tiansheng: "Your Majesty, I'm late, please forgive me."
At this time, Emperor Tiansheng also noticed Shen Mingyun, and he remembered that the fourth child wanted to marry this person before. The ger looked really energetic, and he brought someone to rescue him, which gave him a bit of good impression.
However, for now, let's deal with the eldest child first.
Emperor Tiansheng looked at Lin Hongguang: "Lin Hongguang, do you know what it means the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, and now the oriole is behind."
[螳螂捕蝉 táng láng bǔ chán: the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger]
Lin Hongguang was very surprised, but his face didn't change. On the contrary the first prince's hands and legs began to weaken. At first he was confident, but now he had no confidence at all, so he could only ask Lin Hongguang for help: "Grandfather..."
Lin Hongguang knew him very well, so he put down the sword in his hand: "The first prince, we have lost."
The first prince seemed didn't understand: "Why, we obviously did it perfectly!"
Lin Hongguang shook his head: "No, we may have fallen into His Majesty's trap long ago, otherwise General Wei wouldn't have appeared here. General Wei, without His Majesty, I'm afraid you wouldn't have come out so easily.
The Old General Wei smiled and said: "Indeed."
Just like that, one moment the First Prince was still embracing the joy of being an emperor, but the next moment, he had to worry about the future of the Lin family and him, whether to execute all of his relatives or to be exiled.
But the First Prince was unwilling, he didn't put down the sword in his hand, his heart was in a mess, and as soon as he was upset, he stabbed his sword in the direction of Emperor Tiansheng!
Standing the closest to Emperor Tiansheng, the fourth prince with sharp eyes, took a position to block the fatal sword for Emperor Tiansheng: "Father, be careful!"
The Old General Wei was still holding his sword, and he rushed up immediately and kicked the first prince to the ground, and then he snatched the bloody sword from his hand.
Shen Mingyun was also taken aback, he rushed to the fourth prince's side, and supported him: "Fourth prince, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?"
The fourth prince endured the pain and said, "It's nothing, it only scratched my arm."
Shen Mingyun knew a little about bandaging, and immediately started to stop the bleeding: "Call the imperial doctor quickly! I'll stop the bleeding for him first!"
Emperor Tiansheng was pushed by the fourth prince and almost fell down, and he supported himself by holding onto the table, but now when he saw the fourth prince whose arm was scratched, his heart ached.
He had lost a disobedient son, and he couldn't lose another obedient one: "Fourth child, bear with it for now, and find the imperial doctor to come and have a look!"
In this way, the matter of forcing the palace came to an end.
The fourth prince was injured trying to save Emperor Tiansheng, and Shen Mingyun also successfully showed his face in front of Emperor Tiansheng because of his meritorious deed in saving him.
The crown prince's family survived safely, but they didn't make any meritorious deed in this forcing palace. Emperor Tiansheng was disappointed with him. After fighting with the Lin family for so many years, he didn't even notice the slightest sign. On the contrary, the fourth prince had done a good job in escorting him this time. He could even give up his life for him, he was dedicated son.
On the one hand, Emperor Tiansheng fell ill and lay on the bed because of the first prince's matter, and on the other hand, because he discovered the military talent of the third child and the dedication of the fourth child. One side he was worried and the other side he was hepppy, it was heartache and also happiness.
All in all, the current Emperor Tiansheng felt very uncomfortable.
As for the fourth prince, he had always kept a low profile. Although Emperor Tiansheng felt uncomfortable, he still sent someone to take good care of him. For a while, the status of the fourth prince rose.
The turmoil because of forcing the palace soon subsided, and the officials should do their work, and each of them performed their duties.
The people in the First Prince's Mansion should be arrested. As for the Eldest Prince and Concubine Lin, they were waiting for Emperor Tiansheng to deal with them. For now, Concubine Lin was temporarily confined in her palace, and the First Prince was also confined in the First Prince's Mansion.
No matter how outrageous the pair of mother and son were, it was impossible for Emperor Tiansheng ordered them to be killed.
When Emperor Tiansheng recovered from his illness, the officials began to report the matter of the first prince's rebellion, and Emperor Tiansheng really wanted to lie back on the bed again.
However, he still took the time to care about the fourth prince and asked him if he wanted anything. The fourth prince couldn't let Emperor Tiansheng see his ambition. He wanted to maintain his image of being infatuated in front of Emperor Tiansheng, so he asked Emperor Tiansheng to promote Shen Mingyun became his wife.
On the day when the first prince rebelled against him, Shen Mingyun really shined in front of Emperor Tiansheng, but now, wasn't it just marrying a wife? If the fourth prince married a high-ranking official's daughter or ger, he didn't know whether the fourth prince would be controlled in the future, so it was better to let him marry Shen Mingyun, who had no father and no mother, and only had an uncle who was a minister who had no roots, and he was still worthy of the fourth prince.
After the first prince's rebellion, Emperor Tiansheng suddenly thought about this matter.
Before the matter of the first prince was settled, the fourth prince would marry Shen Mingyun as his main wife.
Gucheng, The Third Prince's Mansion.
There was a brazier and a heated kang in the room. Apart from the dryness of the room, it was really warm, and you wouldn't feel too cold even if you only wore unlined garment. Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin were sitting on the kang and playing chess like usual.
The two of them stopped playing fove in a row today and switched to play go, so they still had to use their brains.
[五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí: five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang]
[围棋 wéi qí: the game of Go]
When Luo Shuyu heard that Shen Mingyun was promoted as the main wife, he wasn't that surprised, but he didn't expect that Shen Mingyun would still become the fourth prince's imperial concubine after everything that had happened.
Luo Shuyu said: "Unexpectedly Shen Mingyun will be promoted to be the imperial concubine of the fourth prince because of the first prince's rebellion. Wouldn't the fourth prince respect him more in the future?"
Li Mingjin: "Naturally, they made a great contribution for rescuing father. The fourth brother blocked the sword for father, and father will definitely satisfy his request for the sake of blocking the sword for him. Moreover, my fourth brother understands people's hearts the mosta. At this time, he would rather establish his infatuated image than ask father for other rewards. "
Luo Shuyu suddenly smiled and said: "However this reward is already the best, now Shen Mingyun and the fourth prince are bound more tightly, which is a huge threat to us, but if we can use it well, it can help us."
Li Mingjin: "Oh? Yu'er think of something again?"
Luo Shuyu: "Well, Your Highness forget, no matter how the fourth prince will be favored by father in the future, he will not be able to surpass the East Palace (the crown prince's palace). After all, he is the one who is the rightful heir. So, can we just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?"
[坐山观虎斗 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu: sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted ]
Li Mingjin: "That's right, in the future those who originally supported the eldest brother may turn their attention to the fourth brother, and the fourth brother will definitely make good use of the crown prince's life experience issue. "
Luo Shuyu: "Indeed, the life experience of the crown prince is his handle, but does the fourth prince know about it?"
Li Mingjin shook his head: "He shouldn't know for the time being. Well, if he knows, since the crown prince didn't mention this matter when he was fighting with the first prince before, it means that he knows but still hasn't taken advantage of this matter for the time being. "
Luo Shuyu picked up the milk tea and took a sip: "Because of the Yan family?"
Li Mingjin said: "Yes, after this time, there is no possibility for the Lin family to come back, and the Yan family will definitely be the main one in the future. The capital may be quiet for a while, and things are not as simple as we imagined."
Luo Shuyu: "But the identity of the crown prince, could it be His Majesty not feel anxious?"
Li Mingjin: "No one can prove that the crown prince is not the biological son of the emperor."
Luo Shuyu: "This Prime Minister Yan is hiding the sky with one hand."
[一手遮天yī shǒu zhē tiānlit. to hide the sky with one hand (idiom) to hide the truth from the masses]
Li Mingjin: "Not necessarily, isn't there still The left prime minister?"
Luo Shuyu: "The left prime minister?" He basically didn't hear much about The left prime minister, but since he could hold the position of prime minister, he must not an ordinary person, "Who is he related to?"
Li Mingjin shook his head: The left prime minister has nothing to do with anyone, their family has been clean and honest officials for generations, they never take any sides, and only support those in power. "
Luo Shuyu: " If so, wouldn't he support the crown prince more?"
Li Mingjin said again: The one on the right supports the crown prince. If the Lin family didn't fight against the Yan family these years, the Yan family would have become even more arrogant. "
Luo Shuyu: "But how can the left prime minister fight against them? Father's health has indeed deteriorated in recent years."
Li Mingjin: "Before there was the Lin family, he could ignore the Yan family, but now, he doesn't want anyone to confuse the royal lineage, and he will definitely take care of this matter. The position of the crown prince is still unstable."
Luo Shuyu "Then his only choice now is the fourth prince who is now favored by the emperor."
Because of Li Mingjin's temper, the left prime minister probably had left him out.
Li Mingjin: "That's right."
When Luo Shuyu drinking milk tea again, he reminded, "Yu'er, don't drink so much tea at night, you won't be able to sleep later."
Luo Shuyu: "Then what should I drink?"
Li Mingjin:" Drink milk is fine, I'll have someone warm the milk for you, and then add some sugar."
Luo Shuyu: "Alright, let's drink together."
The two continued to play chess and chat.
The servant changed Luo Shuyu's tea to hot milk. Luo Shuyu took a sip and felt that it was a little fishy, so he pushed it to Li Mingjin: "What are we talking about?"
Li Mingjin had to drink it for him: "We are talking about the left prime minister, he may choose to support the fourth brother. "
Luo Shuyu: "Indeed, the fourth prince has been very eye-catching recently."
While they were sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.
If this was the case, then Shen Mingyun would definitely become brighter, and he would definitely stand opposite the crown prince in the future.
Li Mingjin told Luo Shuyu: "Now we are going to use the hand of the left prime minister..."
Luo Shuyu understood that the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun were indeed a threat to them. If the Yan family behind the crown prince didn't collapse, it would be very difficult for them to return to the capital, and they would have to go back sooner or later.
However, considering the seriousness of the situation and the fact that the Lin family fell so quickly, Luo Shuyu reminded Li Mingjin: "Your Highness, do you still remember the map I drew for you before?"
Li Mingjin said, "Remember, I put it away."
Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness can consider sending someone to find out the mine, we can't fall behind."
Since Shen Mingyun had become the fourth imperial concubine according to the rhythm in the book, they still had many things to do after this, so why not developed themselves well before everyone noticed them.
Li Mingjin suddenly held his hand, and said affectionately: "Yu'er, what will I do without you?"
Luo Shuyu gave him a firm look: "You won't be without me."
Then Li Mingjin asked someone to remove the chessboard. They were going to start the night life where 'you are in me and I'm in you'.
Luo Shuyu: "..." He was very moved!
Luo Shuyu was so tired after spending the whole night together that he slept until almost noon.
When he got up, he found that his throat was a little dry, and he retched a little when he rinsed his mouth.
Qingwang was anxious and immediately ran to find Dr. Lin, and then he was frightened by Li Mingjin who had just sent General Wei away.
Li Mingjin: "What are you running for?"
Qingwang replied: "Your Highness, I'm about to send someone to find Dr. Lin, the master retched and felt uncomfortable as soon as he got up."
When Li Mingjin heard this, he became anxious: "Retching and feeling uncomfortable? Dr. Lin is at Mr. Chen's side, go there and call for someone."
Thinking about it, Li Mingjin rushed into the room. If he had symptoms of retching, wouldn't this be a sign of pregnancy?
Was he going to be a father?
The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, I got a super strong treasure today!
Luo Shuyu: I don't listen.
The Third Prince: ...
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Luo Shuyu's throat was a bit uncomfortable. He was drinking porridge at the moment, and when he just took a second sip of it, he saw Li Mingjin rushing up, followed by Lin Yuan and Qingwang who was out of breath.
Luo Shuyu couldn't help laughing and said: "It's not a big problem, why are you so anxious?"
Li Mingjin wanted to hold his wrist, but when he saw that it was very inconvenient because his hand was still holding a spoon, so he walked over and sat down beside him: "You are sick, how can I not in a hurry? "
Luo Shuyu felt that there was nothing serious about him, so he said: "I just have a dry cough, it's not a big problem."
Luo Shuyu was not in a hurry, but Li Mingjin was in a hurry: "Why is it not a big problem, Doctor Lin, quick take a look at him."
Lin Yuan knew that Li Mingjin was in a hurry, he said, "Your Highness, don't worry, it's fine to wait for the third imperial concubine to finish his porridge first before taking a pulse."
Li Mingjin thought that there might be a little guy in Luo Shuyu's stomach, and he thought that the little guy should be fed, so he could only stand aside and look at Luo Shuyu.
Being stared at by them like this, Luo Shuyu felt uncomfortable all over: "Why don't you check my pulse first, and I'll drink the porridge when it's a bit colder."
Doctor Lin had the most right to speak, so he said, "Yes."
Li Mingjin immediately helped Luo Shuyu to sit on the small couch, Luo Shuyu said: "Your Highness, I'm not dizzy or weak, I can walk by myself." Being supported by him like this, it felt like he was dying of illness.
In Li Mingjin's impression, Luo Shuyu always paid great attention to his body, rarely got sick, and would go to the doctor for minor ailments and pains, so he wouldn't worry too much. But it was different now, as Lin Yuan mentioned that the poison in his body was gradually eliminated, and the impact on his reproductive capability was getting smaller and smaller, he felt that Luo Shuyu would be able to conceive a child soon, and the most important thing was that he had never retched 3ven when he fell I'll before.
This time, it must be different!
Li Mingjin: "Let the doctor take a look first."
Luo Shuyu: "Alright." He didn't understand why Li Mingjin was so anxious all of a sudden.
He was really not feeling well today, his throat was a little itchy.
Lin Yuan checked Luo Shuyu's pulse, while Li Mingjin was silent and didn't dare to make a sound. Those who knew him well knew that he had a good temper, but his appearance always gave others misperception.
Luo Shuyu saw how nervous he was, which made him tense up, he thought that he might have some incurable disease.
After Lin Yuan checked the pulse, he asked a few more questions and reached a conclusion.
Li Mingjin stared at him, his eyes were full of urgency, and his expression was tense, as if he was waiting for a big news.
Lin Yuan didn't dare to look at Li Mingjin, he just looked at Luo Shuyu, and said, "The third imperial concubine is fine. It's been cold recently, and his spleen and stomach are suffering from cold. I'll prescribe some medicine for you. Pay attention to stay warm these few days. Try to open the air vents in the room as small as possible."
Li Mingjin was taken aback: "No other symptoms?"
Lin Yuan shook his head: "No, Your Highness, don't worry, the third imperial concubine will be fine after drinking the medicine for two days."
Li Mingjin said again Repeatedly asked: "How about you examine him once again? He vomited."
Luo Shuyu finally heard the point of Li Mingjin's concern, so he gave Qingwang a wink to send Lin Yuan out.
After Dr. Lin left, there was only Li Mingjin, who was a little regretful, and Luo Shuyu, who completely saw through him were left.
The servant reheated the porridge and brought it in. This time there were two more vegetarian buns, which Luo Shuyu requested. When he saw Li Mingjin, he suddenly had appetite.
After Luo Shuyu finished his porridge, he asked Li Mingjin who was sitting opposite him: "What's wrong, Your Highness?"
Li Mingjin shook his head: "It's nothing, you should get well soon."
Luo Shuyu raised his finger and stroked across his eyebrow: "Look, it's all wrinkled into the creases of an old lady here, and Your Highness still said it's nothing."
Li Mingjin was stubborn: "It's really nothing, I'm just worried about you."
Luo Shuyu leaned forward and said softly: "I believe Your Highness is really worried about me, but this time you seem to be expecting something else?"
Li Mingjin: "..." His wife's eyes were too sharp.
Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness, let's let nature take its course. If it's time for us to have it then we have it, if it's not then we don't have it. Don't be too nervous. Take good care of your body now, I'm not in a hurry."
Originally Luo Shuyu didn't want to talk about this matter, but the inability to give birth due to physical reasons had caused pressure on Li Mingjin, and he must get rid of this worry and apprehensions.
Li Mingjin sighed: "You still comfort me, which ger doesn't want to have a child of his own with his husband after marriage."
Luo Shuyu affirmed his point of view: "Many gers think like this. Naturally, I also want to have children with Your Highness, but Your Highness, there is no need for you to put too much pressure on yourself. We will definitely have children, but there is no need to rush. Besides, I really don't worry about the fact that we don't have children, really, believe me. Your Highness, you have two tasks now, one is to maintain a healthy body, and the other is to look forward to our future. "
After Luo Shuyu spoke like this, if Li Mingjin still didn't understand, then he was really blind to Luo Shuyu's good intentions, and his thoughts were wrong.
The current situation was unclear, and there were still many uncertainties in the future. If their children came at this time, they really might not be able to take care of them. If they didn't have children, it was also a kind of protection for them, at least they wouldn't let their children come to this world to suffer.
Li Mingjin took a deep breath: "I know, I won't go into a bull's horn next time."
[钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān: to go into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs]
Luo Shuyu smiled and said: "Your Highness, this is human nature. Believe me, we will have our children." At least he now knew that when Li Mingjin said he didn't want a child before because of his health. In fact, combined with his attitude towards himself and his child in the previous life, how could he not want to have a child with him?
Li Mingjin kissed luo Shuyu's forehead: "You still comfort me, don't go out today, the wind will make your condition worse, just stay indoors."
Luo Shuyu coughed lightly: "I know."
It was true when he was sick, he must focus on his body. Only with a healthy body he could do more things.
During Luo Shuyu's illness, Li Mingjin didn't go out very much, he stayed with Luo Shuyu at their yard everyday, he watched him attentively and made sure that Luo Shuyu would take the medicine when the time came.
Luo Shuyu wanted to drive him out to drink with Lin Haiming, he felt that Li Mingjin was really annoying, the medicine was really hard to drink, okay?
Five days later, Lin Yuan came for a follow-up visit and announced that Luo Shuyu was cured. Li Mingjin stopped staring at Luo Shuyu and devoted himself to the construction of Gucheng again.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.
Winter in the north came quickly, and the mansion, like other officials' homes, stockpiled vegetables and fruits that should be used in winter early.
After the other side of the capital settled down, Li Mingjin wrote several letters to Emperor Tiansheng under Luo Shuyu's urging, to show that he cared about his old man's situation and told him not to work too hard. However, sometimes Li Mingjin really didn't know what to write. He and Emperor Tiansheng really didn't get along that well, Luo Shuyu was sick again, so he wrote a little perfunctorily, learning Luo Shuyu's habit of writing short messages.
On this day, Emperor Tiansheng was reviewing the memorial in his palace, and the old eunuch brought him a letter written by Li Mingjin with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, the Third Highness has sent a letter, do you want to read it now?"
Emperor Tiansheng was bored after sitting and reviewing the memorial all afternoon. When he heard the letter, he stretched his waist and said, "Bring it."
The thing that made him happy recently was receiving the letter from the third child. Although it was only written about the family's matters, chicken feather and garlic skin, Emperor Tiansheng really liked it. Compared with reading memorials and quarreling with the women in the harem, reading the third child's letters was much more interesting.
[鸡毛蒜皮 jī máo suàn pí: chicken feather, garlic skin (idiom); trivial matter; kitchen trash]
Li Mingjin's letter had become the most anticipated thing for Emperor Tiansheng recently, and it was also the only thing that could make him happy.
However, Emperor Tiansheng read today's letter again and again, but he still couldn't find any flowers.
Seeing that Emperor Tiansheng put down the letter after looking at it for a while, the old eunuch asked, "Your Majesty, why didn't you read it?"
Emperor Tiansheng spread out the letter with only a few lines, and asked doubtfully, "Didn't he miss a few pages, why is there only one sheet now?"
The old eunuch saw that the letter was really short.
Emperor Tiansheng couldn't help guessing: "Recently, the Guiyan Kingdom in the north hasn't committed any crimes again, so he doesn't need to fight. Could it be that he is quarreling with his wife?"
The old eunuch covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the Third Highness and the Third Imperial Concubine are in a good relationship. It may be a small fight between husband and wife."
Emperor Tiansheng put the letter on the table: "Tsk, his mood has affected me."
The old eunuch was also a smart person, so he picked out what Emperor Tiansheng wanted to hear and said, "Your Majesty, the Third Highness has your favor, and this is acting like a spoiled child to you."
Emperor Tiansheng looked at the letter and smiled: "That's right, he dares to display petty temper in front of me, grind the ink for me, I'm going to write a letter to tell him properly. "
The old eunuch immediately responded: "Yes, this old slave will grind the ink for Your Majesty."
Li Mingjin still didn't know that because of his first time laziness, could make Emperor Tiansheng feel sorry for him. Along with Emperor Tiansheng's letter, there were loads of winter clothes, melons and fruits, all of which were transported from the capital. The weather was cold, and all the food was well preserved.
In winter, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin also ate vegetables from the capital.
When Chen Rong heard that there was something delicious, he came over to eat and drink, and Dr. Lin also cheekily followed. Later Li Mingjin also brought the Wei family brothers and Lin Haiming over. When there were too many people, the food was easy to get cold, so they let the servants prepare the hot pot, and they could boil the meat and vegetables to eat.
Eating hot pot and drinking were really refreshing. Luo Shuyu accompanied Li Mingjin the whole time, and even had a few drinks with a few people.
After coming to the north, he didn't care so much about some details. Only by knowing the people around Li Mingjin, he could help him more.
There were people who wanted to draw Li Mingjin to the opposite side of the Wei family before, however they didn't play their cards according to the routine, and unexpectedly Li Mingjin and the Wei family brothers still got along well. With the support of the Wei family, Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu carried out their plan in the north. The Governor, as their biggest obstacle, had also been escorted back to the capital, and they were still waiting for what would happen next. After all, he was the henchman of the first prince, and he was taken out to express their loyalty to Emperor Tiansheng.
[按套路出牌的人: playing card according to the routine (idiom) behave in conventional manner or according to implicit social customs, and the next move can easily be guessed.]
It was just that Governor Zhu really didn't expect the first prince to lose so quickly, and it was too late to regret.
During the banquet, several people talked about the Guiyan Kingdom in the north.
They drove Guiyan Kingdom's army out so smoothly this year, not only because of Li Mingjin's appearance, but also because of the struggle within the Guiyan Kingdom, the uneven distribution between the tribes, the fight between the first prince and the second prince, and the emperor of Guiyan Kingdom who was also getting old.
This point was somewhat similar to the Daxia Kingdom. The body of the emperor was getting weaker day by day, the young and strong princes were starting to find a way out for their future, and people were always eager for power.
Drinking and eating meat was a great pleasure in the world.
Li Mingjin was very happy. After coming to the north, he made two more friends.
There were more and more people at the table, and it was
bustling with noise and excitement.
After eating and drinking, Li Mingjin was still drunk in the end, and several other people were helped to the guest room by the servants.
That night, Li Mingjin suddenly hugged Luo Shuyu. He stared at him blankly and then blinked two drops of tear: "Yu'er, it's great to have you, you have brought me so much luck."
Luo Shuyu said, "It's not that I'm lucky, it's Your Highness's personal charm."
Li Mingjin suddenly brought him to the bed: "I want to repay you with myself!"
Luo Shuyu, who was forcibly rewarded said: "..." He knew that his uprightness wouldn't last a moment!
Before they knew it, the New Year was ushered in.
On New Year's Eve, Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin received several carts of stones.
However, the goods this time had nothing to do with the capital. It was all sent back by Li Mingjin's dark guards.
In fact, the carts were not loaded with stones, but ores.
Yes, they found the mine that Luo Shuyu mentioned!
Li Mingjin told Luo Shuyu the good news.
Luo Shuyu hugged Li Mingjin tightly: "Your Highness, that's great. Your Highness remember to seal off the surrounding roads so that no one will find out."
Li Mingjin was also a little excited: "Then next..." They could mine and forge weapons.
Whether it was necessary or not was another matter, but the mine must be preserved.
So for them, this news was extremely important.
At the same time, they also received the news from the capital that Shen Mingyun had finally become the main wife of the fourth prince, and all the etiquette had been completed, so they had to lament Shen Mingyun's good luck.
But Luo Shuyu didn't mind this at all. Shen Mingyun was the protagonist of the novel, and he had a system, so he must have luck. But in this life, he was the one who got the mine, and Shen Mingyun had only just reached the position of imperial concubine, and the fourth prince had just shown his head in the court.
The crown prince was a tough one, and if the fourth prince wanted to fight him, he would undoubtedly need Shen Mingyun's help.
As far as the current situation was concerned, he didn't know who would laugh longer, the crown prince or the fourth prince.
Once the new year was over, it was spring again.
Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu continued to plant new crops according to the method of last year, because last year's results were good. After winter, the problem of people starving to death due to lack of food didn't appear in Gucheng, and the problems of houses being crushed and collapsed when it snowed were all resolved.
Before the new Governor arrived, Li Mingjin temporarily took over the affairs here, so there were more things he could do.
After the spring plowing, there was news came from the capital again, the fourth prince and the crown prince were facing each other. Emperor Tiansheng helped the fourth prince everywhere, and the left prime minister also helped the fourth prince on behalf of Emperor Tiansheng.
In May of the same year, Shen Mingyun presented a method to fill the private treasury to Emperor Tiansheng, and received a lot of rewards from him. But Shen Mingyun was obviously not very satisfied with the rewards, obviously he offered the method, so why Emperor Tiansheng didn't share it with him, if he had no money, how could he help the fourth prince win the top position.
So he fixed his eyes on the crown prince, and the system also cooperated with releasing the tasks related to fight with the crown prince. As for the third prince who was far in the north, he had no time to take care of him yet.
From then on, Shen Mingyun began to hold banquets. He had a lot of ideas and always made the guests experience something new.
The Crown Princess and Shen Mingyun couldn't deal with each other because of the chrysanthemum banquet the year before last, and until now they were at odds with each other. The Crown Princess was not good at playing like him, they had fought a few times, they didn't like each other, and they made troubles in front of the Empress several times, but Shen Mingyun was proud because he was protected by Emperor Tiansheng a few times.
At the beginning of June of the same year, the Crown Princess and Shen Mingyun were pregnant at the same time. This time, both the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince guarded them tightly.
In mid-June, Li Mingjin received a letter from Emperor Tiansheng, asking him why his imperial concubine hadn't pregnant yet. At the same time when the letter came, a doctor from the Imperial Hospital was also sent.
Li Mingjin held the letter and looked at Luo Shuyu who was poking a watermelon to eat: "Father asked us about childbirth again."
Luo Shuyu looked at Lin Yuan who was on the side, and Lin Yuan looked back at Li Mingjin: "Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with you."
Li Mingjin's eyes lit up, Luo Shuyu turned his head, don't look at me!
The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, you are a sick and weak military adviser today, and I'm a general who doesn't listen to you. In order to let me listen to your strategy, you will quietly come to the main camp to find me at night!
Luo Shuyu: The military adviser is yelled at by the general, he is frightened, suffered a cardiac arrest, and died.
The Third Prince: ...
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After more than half a year of hard work, Li Mingjin still couldn't make Luo Shuyu conceive a child.
Several times, as long as Luo Shuyu made a slight difference, Li Mingjin would be so nervous that Luo Shuyu didn't even want to talk to him anymore.
For example, Luo Shuyu ate a little too much and his stomach was a little indigestible, Li Mingjin asked Lin Yuan to come over to tqke his pulse; or when Luo Shuyu drank a lot of water and his stomach became a little bloate, Li Mingjin felt that Luo Shuyu was pregnant, so he immediately supported his waist to prevent him from moving around, and sent someone to call Lin Yuan. Another example, Luo Shuyu squatted on the ground for a while, and when he stood up he felt a little dizzy, and Li Mingjin felt that Luo Shuyu was pregnant again!
Once or twice was okay, but every time it was like this, Luo Shuyu felt tired, until one time he couldn't take it anymore because Li Mingjin annoyed him to death. In the end he didn't even want to say a word to Li Mingjin, and let him sleep on a small couch for three days. Li Mingjin felt that he was particularly wronged.
Unexpectedly his wife actually disliked him and drove him to sleep on a small couch because he was too keen on wanting to be a father!
Luo Shuyu just wanted to roll his eyes at him. After seeing the doctor for three times, those who knew the truth wouldn't say anything, but those who didn't know would think that he was as delicate as a fairy.
They agreed before to let nature take its course!
The imperial doctor from the imperial hospital who was sent by Emperor Tiansheng took Luo Shuyu's pulse every seven days. Li Mingjin really didn't dare to trouble Luo Shuyu anymore. This time, he really thanked his father for his foresight.
On the contrary, Luo Shuyu was a little depressed and felt that Emperor Tiansheng was really troublesome. In the previous life, Emperor Tiansheng didn't care about this matter at all. It was probably because Li Mingjin had obtained the special "father-son" affection of Emperor Tiansheng in this life, so he paid more attention to Li Mingjin. After the crown princess and Shen Mingyun lost their first child, they became pregnant again for the second time. So now Emperor Tiansheng began to worry about Li Mingjin, and gave them many medicinal materials.
Headache, no need to pay attention to them, it was not good, if he paid too much attention to them, it would trouble him more, big and small things must be handled properly.
Trouble was indeed a trouble, but pulse diagnosis every seven days was still a must.
Luo Shuyu saw that the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital was bored, so he suggested that he could communicate with Lin Yuan more, and in the end the imperial doctor was dragged by Lin Yuan to give free consultations in his clinic.
The imperial doctor went to Lin Yuan's pharmacy everyday to give free consultations to the poor people. He was very skilled in medicine and he received many local specialties from the common people. In the capital, he bowed his knees to the rich and powerful, but when he came to this place, his life suddenly became very valuable, his self-esteem was greatly satisfied, and he became friends with several agricultural officials who had been with Li Mingjin for few years.
After being taught by Luo Shuyu for a while, Li Mingjin began to restrain himself, and really let nature take its course. When he thought that his child would come naturally when it was the right time, he thought there was no need to be in a hurry, after all, his body was still in the process of recuperating.
Lin Yuan said that he could impregnate now, but it didn't mean that the poison in his body was removed completely, there still poison in his body that hadn't been completely removed. Lin Yuan said at the beginning, it would take three to five years to completely remove the poison. Now it was still less that two years, so there was no need to rush.
Li Mingjin still focused on other aspects.
He had arranged people to mine in the newly discovered mine. This matter was carried out in secret, and he began to smelt weapons. At the same time, he also secretly made more money. He took a dark line to contact people in the capital, and sold it to Emperor Tiansheng with the identity of someone from another country. Li Mingjin made a sum of money from it, which was used to recruit soldiers, buy horses, and raise private soldiers.
The best example was the support of the Yan family behind the crown prince. Everyone knew that the Yan family must have secretly raised private soldiers, but the Yan family had big power, so even if Emperor Tiansheng knew about it, he couldn't do anything. It didn't take long for Li Mingjin to start planning, because only now he had the money to raise private soldiers. This kind of raising and training soldiers costed a lot of money, it was a bottomless pit. Only now, because he found a mine, he dared to start.
With Luo Shuyu around, he had the motivation to fight. He also knew that if Emperor Tiansheng found out about this matter, their end definitely wouldn't be good. His reason was the same as that of the first prince, if he didn't fight, he could only wait for death, and the Yan family wouldn't let Li Mingjin's family live.
Training an elite army of your own in a short period of time, it wasn't easy.
It was winter and the weather was cold. Li Mingjin didn't go out today. In the afternoon, he ate dumplings made by Luo Shuyu himself. He hugged Luo Shuyu and sat in a room with several braziers, the kang was still warm. Luo Shuyu disliked him because he was hot like a stove, so he pushed him away and sat across the small table, and put out the chess board they played recently.
Luo Shuyu asked Li Mingjin if he could make hand cannons. He remembered that it was written in the book that the fourth prince and Shen Mingyun trained a hand cannons team when they were raising private soldiers, so they could sweep everything when dealing with the crown prince.
[火铳 Huochong: the Chinese name for hand cannons. The oldest confirmed metal huochong, also the first cannon, is a bronze hand cannon bearing an inscription dating it to 1298. By the time of the Ming Dynasty two types of huochong were in use.]
[所向披靡 suǒ xiàng pī mǐ: to sweep everything before one (idiom); to be invincible]
Li Mingjin was surprised at Luo Shuyu's understanding of hand cannon: "Hand cannon? Yu'er, as expected of someone who understands me the best, how do you know that I want to train a hand cannon team?"
Of course Luo Shuyu couldn't say because he had read the book: "Before I saw a picture in my father's study, and I also heard that the hand cannon is very powerful. If we have a hand cannon team, we can use it to defend against foreign enemies and reduce the casualties of soldiers in battle." He didn't expect Li Mingjin to think earlier than him.
Li Mingjin: "Father also wanted to make one before, but unfortunately the material was not good, so as long as the hand cannon was hot, it would easily explode and hurt people."
Luo Shuyu pointed at the table: "There is still such a thing, can it be improved?"
Li Mingjin mentioned the problems he encountered to Luo Shuyu: "There is no solution yet. Before we came here and I secretly asked three hand cannons from Father. I keep one and left the other two for the craftsmen to study."
Regarding the hand cannon, it was written in the book. Shen Mingyun exchanged some points for a ratio formula to make this hand cannon. It was a pity that the there was no the complete contents of this formula in the novel, but the main thing was written. Luo Shuyu needed to take up time to recall and sort it out.
If he hadn't thought about this matter today, he wouldn't have remembered that the hand cannon would encounter this problem, and he wouldn't have thought of a solution.
From Li Mingjin's point of view, Luo Shuyu had never been in contact with this aspect, and sometimes he felt that it was unnecessary to mention it, but luckily Luo Shuyu asked about it himself.
Now, Shen Mingyun had gained the favor of Emperor Tiansheng, and the fourth prince had many followers. The main reason was that the left prime minister who had never been in anyone team before suddenly started fighting with the right prime minister, the crown prince's team was too strong.
In fact, after all, Emperor Tiansheng was still unwilling to let the Yan family get the world. The crown prince's personality was not strong enough. The Yan family had taken deep roots in the capital, they had to be uprooted, and small scale problem was useless to fight them.
Emperor Tiansheng pinned his hopes on the first prince before, but it was a pity that Concubine Lin's family was short-sighted and only saw one thing but not the other, wasting his many years of planning in vain, but after he saw the forbearance and ability of the fourth child, he felt that there was still a hope to deal with the Yan family.
Today was the eighth day of the new year.
Li Mingjin felt that it wasn't interesting to be bored in the mansion, so he took Luo Shuyu out. They went shopping and saw the joyful smiles on the faces of the people, and they would also feel very happy. They had been here for more than a year, and their efforts were not in vain.
The carriage passed across the newly paved street, and it walked extremely smoothly without feeling bumpy at all.
A year ago, a mutual market was opened in a small town not far from Gucheng. Now, many people could make a lot of money through this mutual market. There were more and more merchants coming from the south, which increased the income of the local people in Gucheng. Relying on the mutual market, Gucheng's monthly tax was higher than the tax of the previous year.
Luo Shuyu also exchanged the useless things he had for some useful crops, and even opened some acres of land and let the old farmers to take good care of them, which should be useful in the future.
In the book, Shen Mingyun got a lot of useful things through opening the mutual market. He also planted some useful crops, however after Shen Mingyun planted them, he sold them at a high price and successfully made money to raise soldiers and horses for the fourth prince, but Luo Shuyu thought that finding the crops that could fill the stomachs of the common people and making them have a better life was the most important.
They took it from the common people and used it for the common people. People's livelihood was the foundation of the entire country, otherwise, a country with an empty treasury would change its emperor.
Luo Shuyu didn't hope that Li Mingjin would follow in the footsteps of Emperor Tiansheng and other predecessors in the future. They needed to have a little change, just a little was enough.
Li Mingjin took Luo Shuyu out of the city, it was cold outside, but Li Mingjin and Luo Shuyu were sitting in the carriage.
When they walked to the city gate, in the winter, they saw a mother sending a young man with a bag out of the city. There was a book boy behind him. Not far away was a group of merchants. Hearing their accent and looking at their clothes, they seemed came from the capital.
Luo Shuyu said to Li Mingjin: "This is a scholar, right? It looks like he is going to go and take an imperial examination."
Li Mingjin explained for him: "Chunwei is coming soon, and it's just right to go to the capital now, so they can get used to live in the capital for a month."
[春闱 chūn wéi: metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)]
Luo Shuyu really didn't pay attention to this matter: "They have to take the preliminary round of imperial examinations for three days in the exam room and live in a small room, and when they come out, they will pass out."
Li Mingjin also had the same idea: "Yeah, I always feel that this kind of preliminary round of imperial examinations is very torturous."
Luo Shuyu: "They suffer cold window for ten years, and it's really not easy for everyone. If there is a better way, probably there is no need for them to suffer this kind of torture."
[寒窗 hán chuānga: cold window (idiom), a cold window in winter, which is a metaphor for a difficult learning environment]
Li Mingjin: "We have to think about it carefully . I always feel that my ancestors have been using this method for generation to generation, but there is still no improvement."
Naturally, the college entrance examination mentioned by Shen Mingyun flashed through Luo Shuyu's mind. It was the method in his era to select talented people to enter different schools. If they did well in the exam, they would go to a school with qualified teacher to teach them, and if they didn't do well in the exam, they would go to a mediocre school.
Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness, I think we have this kind of method because the common people have no way to receive education. If everyone is literate and has a skill, there is no need to study hard for ten years just to get a champion. "
Li Mingjin nodded: "You are right, education in our country is a problem."
The whole family raised one person just to let him read books, go through the imperial examinations, and stand out among his peers. There were too few ways out, so people's thinking would become pedantic and rigid, and the country wouldn't make progress. They wanted to change this tradition that had been passed down for thousands of years. It was very difficult to change it, but it still needes to be changed.
However, these were the problems that they would focus on after they truly controlled the lifeline of the country. Now, there was still an important problem in front of Luo Shuyu.
It seemed something would happen in Chunwei?
Luo Shuyu suddenly remembered that his second brother would also participate in chunwei this year. In the previous life, there was a major incident in the year when he took the preliminary round of imperial examinations. At that time, Luo Renshou ran around because his second brother was framed for buying the answers, and he also came to ask him if he could help. Luo Shuyu didn't have a good relationship with Li Mingjin at that time. He disapproved of Luo Shuhan's cheating in buying answers, and he didn't intend to help him, so he refused to help.
But later, Shen Mingyun didn't know what he did to make Luo Shuhan get out of this scandal, and his final grades seemed to be pretty good, so he was sent out of the capital to be an official.
At that time, Shen Mingyun didn't take part in the imperial examination, but his name could be heard everywhere. He published a set of "Ten Years of Imperial Examination Papers", which was printed in large quantities, and many candidates bought it for review. It was very popular at that time.
More or less, it was the previous years' questions and the answers of the previous champions were printed and distributed together. The candidates paid a lot of money to buy this set of questions.
As for the leaking of the exam questions and someone even sold the answers, Luo Shuyu remembered that the crown prince was involved in this matter, but the crown prince was safe and sound under the care of the Right Prime Minister Yan.
Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness, do you know who is the chief examiner for this year's imperial examination?"
Li Mingjin was obviously not too concerned about the imperial examination: "It's either the Right Prime Minister or the Left Prime Minister. After all, it's always the two of them who must compete every year."
Luo Shuyu asked tentatively : "Your Highness, what will happen if something happens in the imperial examination this year?"
Li Mingjin wondered if his wife was going to use his magical power again, so he began to listen attentively: "What will happen to the imperial examination?"
Luo Shuyu: "Well, maybe someone will leak the questions, and someone will buy the answers."
Li Mingjin: "Actually, it may really happen."
Luo Shuyu: "Your Highness, you really believe that something will happen in this imperial examination?"
Li Mingjin chuckled, but his mind turned quickly: "There are many disadvantages of the imperial examination. If there is someone whose hands and eyes wants to go to the highest place, and if that person wants to enlist their own people in the court, the imperial examination is the best way. You are right, this year must be the best time, one is that because father becomes sick more and more this year, and the other is the appearance of the fourth prince. The Yan family may take this opportunity to insert their people. The Yan family will always be the Yan family, and the Li family will always be the Li family. "
Luo Shuyu: "What do you mean, the crown prince may not know about this?"
Li Mingjin: "It's also possible that the crown prince will also want to break away from the control of the Yan family."
Luo Shuyu: "This is really complicated. "
Li Mingjin: "I will let people investigate this matter. If it's used well, it can also weaken the spirit of the Crown Prince and the Yan family."
Luo Shuyu: "Will the credit be given to the fourth prince?"
Li Mingjin: "Yes."
It was also interesting to watch other people fight slowly.
Under the bright sunshine, the husband and wife smiled treacherously.
Going out today was still rewarding.
At the beginning of March of the same year, Chunwei began.
Immediately afterwards, the news from the capital city spread to Gucheng one after another.
Luo Shuyu and Li Mingjin didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and quietly added more firewood to the capital, and roasted the crown prince and the Yan family on the fire.
As expected, Luo Shuhan of the Luo family really bought the answer, but this time Shen Mingyun didn't help him, Luo Renshou was so angry that he aged ten years overnight.
Actually he wanted to find Luo Shuyu, but unfortunately Luo Shuyu was in the north. No matter how much the third prince made contributions, they were far away from the capital, let alone, it was impossible for them to help them.
Luo Shuhan was imprisoned, and there were more than 20 people were imprisoned at the same time as him. Emperor Tiansheng, who was furious, said that he would personally interrogate this group of daring candidates.
In the end, all the evidence that was found pointed to the crown prince, but the crown prince was also smart person, so he went directly to the Empress, asked her help to solve this matter. In the end, the Yan family pulled someone out to serve as forced labor. However, after this incident, the Yan family also had some complaints against the crown prince.
The crown prince was too ignorant.
At the end of March, the Crown Princess and Shen Mingyun who were pregnant at the same time, they were about to give birth.
Gucheng.
Luo Shuyu just had dinner, so he dragged Li Mingjin to eat some snacks. He felt a little bit stuffed, and Li Mingjin kept looking at his stomach.
"Yu'er, are you really not pregnant?"
Luo Shuyu sucked in his slightly protruding belly, and said affirmatively, "No." It's really just because I'm full.
Li Mingjin: "That must be because I didn't work hard enough."
When he could be a father?
The author has something to say: The Third Prince: Wife, today you are the prince's fulang, and I'm the prince who abuse you physically and mentally. I don't care about you, but you have always been with me! Today, you will say one more word to the concierge, I'm so overbearing, I'm very angry, and I immediately pull you into the room!
Luo Shuyu: After entering the room, the fulang accidentally drink the poisonous wine that you use to scare him, and he immediately bleed from the seven orifices and die because of the poison.
The Third Prince: ...