That day and night, Song Hong tossed and turned, and could not fall asleep.

He originally wanted to talk to his son to avoid repeating the mistakes of Emperor Shenzong Song Shao and the deposed emperor Song Gan. Who knew that although his son did not understand his painstaking efforts, he never really understood his son.

From Song Hong's perspective, the reforms of Shenzong at that time were beneficial to the state. Whether they were born specifically to deal with large-scale invasions of the barbarians, although they seemed short-sighted but the most practical Baojia method or the abolition of the military class law, they were all mainly practical.

However, as soon as the Emperor Shenzong died, Song Gan succeeded to the throne and immediately abolished the new law.

The result is that the practice of changing orders every day has left officials and the public at a loss and created unnecessary chaos.

The sudden death of Shenzong is full of rumors for the people. Of course, it is limited to rumors, and no one dares to talk nonsense.

Given the events that happened between the father and son of Shenzong, Song Hong felt that it was necessary to communicate with the prince to a certain extent, but this communication made him realize that perhaps for his son, the country and the world were not as humiliated as the humiliation he suffered when he was rejected by Ning Jiang back then.

The humiliation, which had been accumulated in his son's heart, had long turned into a dark side. For Song Hong, the idea of ​​promoting the outside world that Baotong was given to Ning Jiang was just to offset the sudden rumors, and in fact he had never thought about it like this. However, it was such rumors that aroused the past that the prince did not want to remember, and furthermore, caused the hostility in his heart.

"Your Majesty!" beside him, the queen asked in a low voice, "It's raining heavily outside, but it has disturbed Your Majesty, making Your Majesty unable to fall asleep."

"It's a little bit." The emperor looked at Zaohai, "Baotong... is a good child. Because of the old lady's love for her, we left her in Haojing, but in fact we didn't care much about her. No matter what, it's always our daughter, tomorrow morning... go and see her."

"Have your Majesty decided to marry Baotong to Ningjiang?"

"Look at it again...Look at it again!"

That night, the rain was storm, hitting the gorgeous eaves of the palace. The beast of the swallowing of the ridge made of yellow colored glass was lonely in the rain. The autumn was deep, the night was cold, and the night was insomnia. On the second day, the rain stopped, and more wind and rain poured into Lin'an.

"Tell me what's going on? Tell me?" Qianli's urgent memorial fell down from the steps and fell in front of Lu Yuhao who was lying under the steps.

"Your Majesty, this is a humble minister who is not strict in governing his family. Please give up the crime to stabilize the morale of the army!" Lu Yuhao replied in panic, his head lowered even lower, "But Your Majesty, what is going on in Jinli County is still not clear..."

"What does not mean to not understand? Do you think I don't know what your family does in Xizhou? I have been leaving it alone, hoping that you will restrain me by yourself. But you, look at the good things you have done and the good things you have done for me!" The emperor pointed at the steps, his fingers trembling.

The cause of the incident may not be considered a big deal. The merchant ship of the Lu family in Xizhou was placed in the inspection office in Jinli County by the Sanfa Office. A newly appointed police officer seized. The police officer took sailors to inspect and found military funds resold to the north and the trafficked population on the ship.

Such things were originally big or small. Which of the high-ranking officials in the court had a big family and a big business? Even the honest and honest official would be able to break the law by relying on his reputation and knowing the law, and they would be together and could not be ignored.

To be honest, if the emperor wants an official to fall, such a thing will be all evidence of guilt when it comes to the table, otherwise it will be nothing.

If an official has reached a certain level of high position, without any pain, respect, cherishes his wings, and has no place to criticize him, I am afraid that even the emperor will be wondering what this person wants to do?

No matter how ungrateful the police officer is, since the things have been found, the people under the Lv clan will throw them out to take the blame. There will always be people who are newborn calfs who are not afraid of tigers. Anyway, things have already happened, and the emperor will look at it, at least he knows that the minister has not yet reached the point of controlling the government and the country. Even if someone is unwilling to forgive him, as long as the emperor wants to use this person, he will eventually be a big deal to be busy with government affairs and poor family management.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yuhao, the nephew of Lu Anguo, was used to being arrogant and domineering in the past, and rushed to the inspection center to beat people. As a result, the young man named Li Mao was aroused by blood and stabbed Lu Anguo in the chest with one knife, causing a life. At this moment, the Lu clan naturally refused to give up. Not only did he ask Li Mao to pay his life, but he also stolen goods on Li Mao, suing him for frame-up and intentional murder.

However, the people of the Lu clan had a lot of calculations, but they didn't. Li Mao also had a backstage... He was actually a personal disciple of Wu Chong, the leader of Wu Liuxian Sect.

However, Wu Chong and Zhang Juchi, the real person in law enforcement in Longhu Mountain, led the entire navy together. They were nominally controlled by the court and were affiliated with the Nanjian Xuanwei Office. In fact, they formed their own army like the Red Turban Army, Duanjia Army, etc. Most of the generals in the army were warriors from Taoist sects. Today, Taoist sects are far more influenced by the concept of "success in the world" in the "Nine Yin True Sutra" than others.

The matter immediately stabbed the hornet's nest. The generals of the navy rushed directly to the prison in Jinli County to save people. The Lu clan found that something was wrong and habitually continued to pour sewage. The matter became more and more troublesome. The navy's generals rushed into the Lu family in anger and found a large amount of evidence that the Lu family reselled supplies to the barbarian army. The local prefectures wanted to suppress the matter, but instead added fuel to the fire. In the large-scale chaos, a situation that caused the entire situation to be completely irreversible... An angry soldier killed the prefect who rushed to resolve the dispute while losing control, but was considered to be the prefect who colluded with the Lu family!

The navy army, who had no way out, directly occupied the entire Jinli County City and controlled the upper reaches of Qianchao River. The local soldiers in Xizhou were all in panic and did not dare to act rashly. The local local officials didn't know what to do. Eight hundred miles rushed to the court and submitted the court. Wu Chong and Zhang Juchi, on the one hand, apologized to the court, but on the other hand, all the evidence of the Lu clan that had been verified, secretly colluded with the enemy, reselled military funds, trafficked people, etc., and there were all kinds of evidence.

"Look at the good things you did, look at the good things you did!" Song Hong was furious, and all the memorials in his hand were thrown down in anger that could not be curbed.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty, I am not strict in governing my family, and I am neglecting to discipline me, I deserve to die!" Lu Yuhao kowtowed hard at the steps, "I am really unaware of these things my relatives do. I am busy with affairs in the court. Those bastards in the clan actually rely on their name to commit crimes in the local area and commit such serious crimes. I am always incompetent in discipline, I admit my guilt, and I am impounding... But Your Majesty, since ancient times, the soldiers holding the name of the Qing dynasty are not the Qing dynasty, but..."

Song Hong suddenly pointed at the minister of the emperor, his fingers trembled and could not speak for a long time.

Half an hour later, all the civil and military officials who had already learned the news quickly gathered together to discuss countermeasures. On the other hand, Emperor Song Hong summoned Fairy Ciyue from Cixinzhai, Fairy Ciyue and Lu Yuhao from the side hall where no one paid attention to them, and the emperor's face was gloomy...

***

With a bang, the fireworks rushed to a high place and burst out, emitting colorful brilliance.

Princess Baotong smiled bitterly at the moment when she was two sisters who ran to her place to set off fireworks during the day.

Despite this, there is still some warmth flowing slowly in her heart, making her mood somewhat better.

It rained all night last night, and flowers fell in the garden. Today's sky is cloudless, but there is no sunshine in the water that has not yet dissipated. The sky has a gray feeling, with autumn lingering and wetness seeping into every corner. The palace maids in the distance turned their heads and looked at the fireworks blooming high.

In the afternoon, my father came here.

Since ascending the throne, the father, who had no time to spend with her, would come to see her at this time. Baotong was a little surprised at this moment. Maybe he heard something from the palace maid or eunuch, and the father comforted her a few words.

"Your emperor did too much yesterday, don't keep it in your heart. He had a knot in his heart. At that time, you were still in Haojing Imperial City, and you might not know something." The father and daughter walked together in the garden. The emperor held his hands and slowly told some of the things that happened.

Baotong opened her eyes wide in surprise. It was not until this time that she realized that the emperor's brother had fallen in love with Ning Jiang's sister, but was rejected by Ning Jiang.

In fact, when the emperor said yesterday, "I looked down on the prince at the beginning and now I want to marry my sister." She was already a little confused.

Now that I think about it, the entire palace, except for her, is probably everyone who knows about the emperor's proposal. But after all, she is a princess, and no one will mention this matter in front of her.

"Actually, this matter is not just that your prince has this knot in his heart. Even Ning Jiang may not have really let go... I was also a little wrong with this. At that time, your prince wanted to marry Ning Jiang's sister as his wife and came to mention it to his father. But at that time, Ning Jiang was just a commoner. Your prince was a prince, and the two sides could not be a good match at all, so I naturally refused. As a result, your brother went to propose marriage on his own and promised to marry as a concubine first, and he would definitely correct Ning Jiang's sister in the future. Although Ning Jiang was a commoner at that time, he was arrogant, how could he let his sister be a concubine for others?"

The emperor sighed: "Now, your emperor's brother is the crown prince, and the crown prince's concubine has already married. Ningjiang is a talented man and has made contributions to the country. I originally wanted him to enter the court, help me and help China with my humble heart. I think Ningjiang has not lacked this ambition, but your emperor's mind is indeed a little narrower. After I have been a hundred years, he will sooner or later inherit my country. Even though Ningjiang is willing to enter the court as a prime minister, he was previously valued by the Shenzong. After Emperor Shenzong passed away, he was immediately questioned by the new emperor. Is your brother a different Song Qian... How could he have no scruples?"

I never expected that there was such an inside story, and Baotong's eyes widened even wider.

The emperor continued, "Actually, the last time, I sent Gan Qing to propose marriage to Ningjiang. I wanted to marry the Red Butterfly to Ningjiang, hoping to resolve this knot, but unfortunately I failed to accomplish anything. This time, Ningjiang came to Lin'an, and I am afraid that he would serve the court. However, before others arrived in Lin'an, there were rumors that I wanted to harm him. This rumor spread very quickly, and it was clearly a deliberate spread by those who were interested. I am determined to recover lost land and settle the Central Plains in the north. With Ningjiang's talent, if he could help me like helping the former Emperor Shenzong, why worry about the world? Why worry about the country?"

He said helplessly: "But although this is a good thing, not everyone is happy to see it. The spread of this rumors is clearly the intentional dissemination of the Manhu's actions of sneaking into the Central Plains, provoking discord. There are also some scumbags in the world who have been secretly bought by the barbarian army. They took the opportunity to cause trouble. What they are afraid of is that I value Ningjiang and the king and ministers. Although Ningjiang has entered Lin'an, he will always see me in the future. I am afraid that he will be more or less affected by rumors."

Baotong whispered: "The father's intentions should be known by the talent of Prince Ning..."

The emperor shook his head: "How can things be so simple? Ningjiang has no contact with me in the past, so how can he know my character? It is normal to have concerns in his heart, not to mention that there is a holiday with your elder brother. I am determined to be kind to him, hoping to explain to him this way my love for him. But I didn't expect that the matter had not yet been completed, but it caused a knot in your elder brother's heart. Besides, I never asked you what you mean after all, and I don't know whether you really want to marry Ningjiang."

The girl lowered her head and felt a little embarrassed: "Daughter, daughter...the daughter all listened to the father." Before she knew it, her face turned red.

The emperor nodded, but said, "It's just that although I have this intention, it's not easy to make Ning Jiang believe me. I want you to meet him. First, I can tell him this to know that I want to use him more and dispel his concern for becoming a prime minister. Second, after you meet each other, if you fall in love with each other, I'd better give a marriage in front of all officials. Ning Jiang's concerns are mainly about the knot of your brother. After you get married with him, he will be my son-in-law. I will never harm my son-in-law, right? In this way, he can also help me and save the nation from China..."
Chapter completed!