This day is the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the next day is the first day of the Lunar New Year.

According to the rules of the court, the first day of the New Year will be the day of the year, and everything will be renewed, so the emperor must also enjoy the people. Therefore, on the evening of the first day of the New Year, the emperor will wave to the people on the city tower of the imperial city. If he is in a good mood, he will even walk down the city tower and walk among the people.

This is the closest day for the emperor to get to the people in the year.

By the same token, this is also the best chance to assassinate the emperor in one year.

Before the Jin Dynasty, half a hundred years ago, it was just a country that was not big or small. More than 30 years ago, under the leadership of Emperor Wu, he fought against the east and west, and finally unified the world and destroyed the other four countries.

If a country is destroyed, it will kill people, and if it kills people, it will make enemies. Therefore, the Ji family is full of enemies. I don’t know how many people want to take the "head" of the emperor of the Ji family to vent their anger. During the early emperor's dynasty, there were more than ten assassins every year, so the Ji family handled such matters very strongly. As long as the assassin was caught, they would be cut in half, and even held them in a row. Therefore, after the Chengde Dynasty, there were fewer assassins. In recent years, the remnants of various countries have been silenced a lot, and no one has entered Beijing to die again.

But, after all, there are people who are not afraid of death.

Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan who was guarding southern Xinjiang, received news that someone in southern Xinjiang would go to Beijing to assassinate the emperor on the first day of the Lunar New Year!

Southern Xinjiang was not called Southern Xinjiang before half a year ago, but it was called Southern Shu Kingdom. Before half a year ago, Li Shen's father Li Zhijie led his troops into Shu and captured Jinguan City in one fell swoop, killing almost all the men in the Southern Shu royal family, and most of the women were brought back to the capital. Coincidentally, the royal family in Southern Shu was also named Li. Because Nan Shu was located in the southwest, this incident was called "East Li Po Xi Li".

After knowing that Nan Shu was trying to assassinate the emperor, the Marquis of Pingnan, who was in charge of southern Xinjiang, immediately wrote a letter and sent it back to the Marquis of Pingnan, asking his son to notify the Yulin Army in advance for alert.

Originally, this kind of thing would have to be sent to the emperor in a hurry, but Li Shen had a little selfishness. He wanted to count this credit on his son. With this credit, his son would be easier to survive in the army in the future.

Therefore, Li Shen's letter came to Li Chun's hands.

Originally, this was a huge advantage, because as long as Li Chun went to the palace to report the news at this moment, and after all the assassins were arrested tomorrow, he would be able to get a piece of credit for free, and at that time his confinement would probably be exempted by Emperor Chengde.

But Li Chun had a bad idea.

The solution is very simple. As long as he goes to report the news later, and wait until the Nanshu assassins take action, he will report the news. At that time, he will "hurried" with the generals of the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion to protect the enemy. The people from the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion will have full reasons to participate in the roundup!

You should know that most of the family generals and troops of the Marquis of Pingnan were veterans from the battlefield. Their targets were familiar with driving them. As long as they could drive these assassins to Li Xin's yard, or even near Li Xin's yard, Li Chun personally participated in the roundup and captured Li Xin and the South Shu assassins, and then filed a lawsuit in front of Emperor Chengde, saying that Li Xin was a member of the South Shu assassins, and then Li Xin would be dead!

Coincidentally, Li Xin’s hometown of Yongzhou is in the south.

At that time, no matter whether it is the Seventh Prince or Li Xin, the illegitimate son of the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion, he will not be able to protect him. No one can resist the emperor's anger against the wind. Even if there is one, Li Xin is not worth it.

Logically speaking, there is no problem with this plan. As long as Li Chun can successfully drive the assassins to Li Xin's yard and arrest Li Xin and the assassins, the matter is perfect. No matter how Li Xin has a hundred mouths, it is impossible to clearly distinguish the matter.

Moreover, there is no risk in this matter. After Li Chun received the news, he hurriedly took his generals to "protect the car". There was no problem in theory and might be praised. The only flaw is that Emperor Chengde may encounter danger without knowing it. However, the Yulin Guards in the capital are all elite among the elites, so there should be no problems.

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The next evening, Emperor Chengde appeared on the imperial city tower and enjoyed the people. The four princes stood behind Emperor Chengde and bent slightly.

The eldest prince and the third prince stood a little further forward, and the fourth prince and the seventh prince stood behind. The relatively shorter fourth prince was wearing a black and red robe, with hands in his sleeves, and smiled at the seventh prince and said in a low voice: "I haven't seen Lao Qi some days. What has Lao Qi been busy with recently?"

The seventh prince Ji Wen was half a head taller than the fourth prince Ji Huan. He lowered his head slightly and smiled politely: "Back to the fourth brother, as the end of the year approaches, many places in the capital need to be repaired. During this period, the Ministry of Works has been busy with these things. The Ministry of Works is busy with heavy things, so he can't get rid of himself, so he didn't show up outside."

The fourth prince said with a smile: "The work in the Ministry of Works is the most difficult and annoying. It is rare that Lao Qi is so concerned. If Lao Qi is in charge of the Ministry of Works, it will be much easier for the father to go on."

King Jiwen of Wei lowered his head and his voice was plain: "This is all for his son."

The conversation between the two of them seemed to be polite, but in fact, after talking for a long time, there was no substantial content at all. The brotherly relationship seemed extremely pale in front of the imperial power.

In fact, the four princes had some good relationships before the princes became vassals, but after deciding on four princes who stayed in the capital, the four brothers became more and more resentful.

Having said that, the fourth prince was too lazy to talk, but just stood in front of his father and queen in a regular manner, no longer whispering to each other.

On the other side, Emperor Chengde, who was standing next to the wall of the imperial city, was wearing a purple casual dress. The old man's face was blushing and waved to the people downstairs.

After a while, the Emperor Chengde seemed to feel unsatisfied and said to the eunuch standing beside him: "Today's first day of the New Year is a great day for everything to be renewed. I want to go down the city tower and have fun with the people."

The reason why he said this to Chen Ju was not to ask the eunuch for instructions, but to instruct Chen Ju to make the proper arrangements and protect his safety.

Chen Ju nodded and bowed, "Master, let's go and arrange it now."

Emperor Chengde nodded, turned around and said calmly to his four sons: "Wait a minute, you will go down with me and change into casual clothes."

All four princes bowed respectfully.

"Sons obey the order."

About half an hour later, Chen Ju, a big eunuch who had changed into clothes, bowed and stood in front of Emperor Chengde, and his voice was respectful: "Your Majesty, the people from the Yulin Guard have been arranged, please go downstairs."

Emperor Chengde nodded and walked down the city tower with his hands behind his back.

Four princes in casual clothes followed behind their father and walked down the city tower.

At this time, a few Shu people hiding among the crowd were waiting for an opportunity to move.

Li Chun, a young marquis dressed in exquisite clothes, guarded the gate of Pingnan Marquis' Mansion with dozens of family generals, and he was also waiting for chaos in Yonglefang.
Chapter completed!