Chapter 240: The Father-in-Law Acts as a Back-Up, Asking for Sins and Substituting Merits, the Dragon Returns to the Sea, and the Prince Leads the Army Into Battle

After learning the truth, Lu Mingyuan looked surprisingly calm.

"The deal has been reached. If that's the case, then why does Empress Da Ming send troops to attack Dayan?"

This is a very strange question.

Lu Mingyuan could only think of one explanation.

One person broke the contract, causing the transaction between the two to be suspended, and a situation of discord emerged.

Judging from the current situation, it is more likely that the father broke the agreement on his own initiative, leading to the revenge of Empress Da Ming.

If this is the case, why does the empress insist on entering the Demonic Kingdom by herself?

Could it be that she also knew that she was very important to her father, so she wanted to keep him firmly in his hands?

one way or another.

Emperor Yong'an and Empress Da Ming must have a dispute.

What you have to do is how to survive through the cracks.

Qi Xingyan's illusory figure began to become gloomy, and it was obvious that there was not much time left: "I am dead, it is not a bad thing. From now on, the Holy Lord will no longer be wary of His Highness. Next, Your Highness only needs to find a way to make the truth known to the world, and all rumors If you don’t attack, you will destroy yourself.”

"Although the power of the current Holy Lord is meager, he is the king of a country at least. The fate of the country in Dayan is as majestic as the sea. Under the protection of the three religions and many forces, it cannot be underestimated. It is not wise to fight head-on. The only way is to kill one's heart."

"As a saint, I should die for the common people and the country. Now, Your Highness does not need to grieve too much for me. The top priority should be to leave the capital. The Holy Lord in the capital has eyes and ears everywhere. Only the back-up forces outside the capital can bring the whole thing to an end. A game of chess, a real game of chess.”

"If you are unsure about something, you can ask your heart."

After saying these words, the reflection disappeared.

"Mr. Qi, you won't die."

Lu Mingyuan held the hosta tightly and murmured.

As long as there is a ray of soul, you can be resurrected.

Princess Ning almost died when Long Yu blew herself up. If the Soldier Saint hadn't had a back-up plan, she would have been completely destroyed.

Since the father-in-law has backup plans outside the capital, is there any way to leave the capital?

Lu Mingyuan has no clue yet.

He exhaled and planned to walk out of the hall to take a look.

As soon as he walked out, he met Su Youhuai walking towards him. It was obvious that he had finished his lecture and was walking towards him with a serious expression.

"Your Highness, everyone in the capital is talking about the death of the Eighth Prince. Some even accuse His Highness of having killed the Eighth Prince. Some academies have already raised doubts about this."

Lu Mingyuan wrote lightly: "Those who are clean will be clean themselves. There is nothing to be afraid of."

Su Youhuai cupped his hands and said: "The Mingdeng Division is investigating this matter thoroughly. Although this matter is a slander, it has still caused a lot of impact and has played a role in confusing the public. If others do not know the truth, it will only intensify the people's suspicion of the East Palace." , my subordinates guessed."

Halfway through, Su Youhuai showed hesitation.

"If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." Lu Mingyuan said calmly.

"My subordinates speculate that it was probably His Majesty who did it on purpose."

"oh?"

Lu Mingyuan didn't expect that Su Youhuai could actually see this level.

Soon he was relieved. After all, the other party was a scholar who studied under Mr. Shui Jing and once held an official position in the Confucian Temple.

Lu Mingyuan first showed his ignorance and asked, "Su Youhuai, do you know what is the crime of framing someone and speculating on the holy will?"

"It's a capital crime."

Su Youhuai lowered his head and said: "But I believe that the current situation is not good for His Highness. If no changes are made, the entire imperial court's right to speak will return to the hands of the Holy One."

After hearing what he wanted to hear, Lu Mingyuan smiled slightly and said, "Then what do you think can be done to break the situation now?"

Su Youhuai raised his head in surprise and said cautiously: "The power of the Holy Emperor is too great. If we stay in the capital, we have little chance of winning. The monks of the three academies, the forbidden army of the capital, and the imperial court all obey the orders of the imperial court, whether they are worshiped by the major sects or the immortals of the three religions. The power of the family is probably dominated by the imperial edict."

"What if we leave the capital?" Lu Mingyuan asked again.

"Leaving the capital may be a good idea." Even Su Youhuai did not expect that His Highness the Crown Prince had already thought of leaving the capital one step ahead of him.

"If you want to go to Beijing, what can you do?"

With a ready-made think tank, Lu Mingyuan also asked directly.

Su Youhuai's mind turned quickly, his eyes thought for a moment, and he really came up with an idea: "If you want to leave the capital now, I'm afraid this is the only reason."

"What reason?"

Su Youhuai said eloquently: "On the grounds of compensation, he went to Tianxuan Continent to collect the body of Mr. Qi. According to the knowledge of his subordinates, after Qi Xingyan's death, the war was intensified and the coffin had not been brought into the capital for a long time. In addition, the DPRK Central Committee There are no generals, and the Holy Emperor is too weak to lead the expedition himself. The court has been looking for someone to lead the army. "

"But I think that in the entire Great Yan at the moment, the person most qualified to lead the army is His Highness."

Lu Mingyuan nodded slightly when he heard his analysis. It made some sense.

As Qi Xingyan's son-in-law, how could he sit back and watch his father-in-law's body wander outside?

Due to both emotion and reason, he must go to Tianxuanzhou to pay his last respects to Mr. Qi.

Lu Mingyuan paused for a moment, his eyes seemed to be recalling, and he said firmly: "I want to go, I have to go."

Su Youhuai maintained a positive attitude towards this and nodded lightly.

"Your Highness, you might as well give it a try."

"Use the method of asking for guilt and substituting merit for merit, and leave the capital. The so-called asking for guilt for merit is that His Highness can take advantage of the public opinion in the imperial capital to take the blame for the criticism, and take the initiative to ask for a job to supervise Tianxuan on behalf of the Holy Spirit. On the one hand, it shows that he has not done a good job as a brother. His duty is to let the rumors of fratricide damage the prestige of the royal family. On the other hand, it is difficult for the Holy One to refuse for multiple reasons at the cost of his life.

Lu Mingyuan frowned and said: "In the eyes of the emperor, I am not a person who is proficient in military affairs. How can the minister of the DPRK let such a person who is not familiar with military affairs lead troops to guard the border?"

Su Youhuai smiled and said: "Isn't this just playing into the hands of the Holy Master?"

Lu Mingyuan quickly thought of the key and nodded suddenly: "That's right. If I were too proficient in military affairs, my father would not hand over the military power to me. Now my father naturally hopes that my reputation will be as bad as possible. If this war is big, Returning in defeat will completely cause the East Palace to lose its power."

Over and over again, Lu Mingyuan seemed to have grasped Emperor Yong'an's motives.

Disbanding the cabinet made the court full of negative controversies about itself.

He made a big deal of it, asked the Ming Deng Division to investigate him, did not directly respond to the rumors about the murder of his brother and brother, and just sat back and watched the public opinion ferment, all in order to suppress himself.

It was so that he could be more easily manipulated by his old man.

What a vicious mind.

Originally, he could secure the position of prince by relying on his reputation as a national advocate, but now he is facing being ostracized by the court.

Su Youhuai woke up and said, "Whether you can leave the capital depends on your highness's acting skills."

Lu Mingyuan chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I'm a professional in acting."

A few days later.

Royal Garden.

In the octagonal pavilion beside the smokey willows of the pond, a man in dragon robe listened to the report of the eunuch beside him, with a look of interest on his eyebrows:

"Are you saying that after the prince learned the news of Qi Xingyan's death, he was so sad that he didn't eat for three days and three nights, and the entire East Palace was dressed in silk?"

"Yes."

Eunuch Yan nodded.

"And the prince also wrote to the court, stating that he must go to the front line to pay his last respects to this one of the few sages in Dayan, and to transport Qi Xingyan's coffin back."

"It also mentioned the sudden death of King Chongwen, indicating that he was the victim, but he was also guilty. He failed to guide Lu Yunqing on the right path, which was not the way to be a brother, and thus caused this catastrophe."

"The prince hopes that he can take the blame, calm public opinion for the court, and lead the army to conquer Tianxuan."

After hearing this, Emperor Yong'an pondered for a moment and asked, "Mr. Yan, tell me, is the prince blinded by anger, or did he do it on purpose?"

"It should be that he was blinded by anger." Eunuch Yan thought.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are very affectionate, and they respect their father-in-law extremely much. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are close friends. The retreat is over, so it is understandable that they want revenge."

Eunuch Yan said seriously: "Your Majesty, do you really want the prince to leave the capital?"

"I think it's absolutely forbidden. If he is asked to collect Qi Xingyan's body, wouldn't it just fulfill his reputation of loyalty and filial piety?"

Emperor Yong'an chuckled and said: "I think on the contrary, this is a good opportunity to control the prince."

"The Sixth Son has never had military power, has no knowledge of military affairs, and has no knowledge of soldiers. If he is allowed to take charge of the army, firstly, he can stabilize the morale of the frontline soldiers without worrying about the risk of mutiny in the army. Secondly, if he is in a state of anger, If you go to the border and fail to bring back the coffin, you will be despised and despised by everyone in the world."

"At that time, when I absorb the luck of the three religions, I will be much more comfortable. There will be no resistance. A weak Donggong Palace is what I want to see."

Eunuch Yan thought about it again and realized that this was really the case.

Anyway, Lu Mingyuan didn't know how to fight. As long as he did some tricks in secret, he could cause some accidents in the army.

As long as Qi Xingyan's coffin was messed up by Lu Mingyuan.

Those scholars and students like Qi Xingyan who are famous all over the world will definitely be the first to refuse and will come out to angrily criticize the prince.

The prestige Lu Mingyuan had just accumulated in Dayan would no longer exist.

Emperor Yong'an looked extremely confident and said: "What kind of waves can the current prince make?"

"Is it possible that the Infernal Affairs Party and a few masters of the Twelve Realms can compete with me? Any one of my masters can destroy the entire East Palace."

Eunuch Yan admired him and said: "The Holy One is wise and has everything under control."

"It's just the imperial court. I'm afraid there will be controversy."

Emperor Yong'an said nonchalantly: "This controversy is nothing. Since the cabinet reorganization, it has been my opinion. The suggestions of hundreds of officials do not need to be counted."

Yong'an sixty-eight years, late autumn.

The East Palace issued a letter of guilt for Lu Yunqing's death, requesting him to take the blame and help Qi Shengxian transport the coffin back to Beijing.

The Holy Emperor happily agreed and praised the prince's actions. In order to appease the border soldiers, he sent the prince to personally lead the army and serve as the guardian of Tianxuanzhou. There was also Wu'an Hou Dai Zui who had made meritorious service and served as deputy commander and military governor.

The day of the march.

The streets are deserted.

The people all knew about this, and many people came to see him off.

On top of a tower, an ordinary man dressed in a python suit looked at the swarming army below and sighed inexplicably:

"What a big battle."

An old voice sounded in my mind: "It's a pity that Qi Xingyan died. This man had a strong sense of the overall situation. I even hoped to recruit him into the Infernal Affairs Party. However, despite the burden of all kinds of reality, I still can't shake his literary courage."

This was the first time for Lu Yunhuang to hear his husband praise someone like this. He wondered:

"Sir, is Qi Xingyan very powerful?"

The old voice replied: "If the Confucian Temple had not squeezed out the lineage of ceremonial saints, he would have had a seat at the head of the four major palaces in the Confucian Temple."

Lu Yunhuang nodded thoughtfully and continued to ask: "Sir, do you think highly of Lu Mingyuan during this trip?"

The old voice laughed and said: "I wasn't optimistic at first, but he is a genius who came out of the Great Thousand Canglan Map. I respect this. Everyone who can step out of this map has the opportunity to join the Fourteenth Realm. "

"So powerful, does that disciple still have a chance?"

The source of the voice fell silent moments later.

"Don't worry, it will be your turn soon."

The entrance to the imperial city.

The army was in neat order, the Sheng flag was in full bloom, and Lu Mingyuan put on the black and gold armor for the first time. He looked mighty and extremely handsome, and his fair face was like a gem.

In the memory, it is still a bit hazy.

On the surface, it is true that he has never been on the battlefield.

But in the memory of the first life, I have galloped on the battlefield more than once. This time holding the reins, I felt a sense of joy and excitement in my heart.

It's a long-lost feeling.

Everyone from the East Palace Mansion came to see him off.

The destination of this trip was Tianxuan Border Pass. It would definitely be more dangerous to face Empress Da Ming and Sheng Ming's demon army. Lu Mingyuan did not let Ziyun Hongwan and the others go there.

Qi Muxue and Huo Hongling also stayed in the capital.

If Lu Mingyuan takes them all away, it will give his father a false impression.

Do you want to run away with your family and never come back?

To prevent this idea from arising.

Lu Mingyuan could only place them in the East Palace.

In addition, Yun Qinghe is the same.

Her cultivation level was relatively high among the girls present. He hoped that Yun Qinghe could stay on behalf of the Tianshi Mansion to protect their safety. At the same time, he also got rid of Sui Yuqing.

Therefore, none of his maids will go.

Only Qingying will follow him all the way north.

"I've only been back for a few days and have to travel far again. Isn't it too hard for Your Highness?"

Qi Muxue's eyes were shining and her tone was quite distressed.

Lu Mingyuan looked at Qi Muxue's concerned expression and smiled: "Don't worry, I will bring back my father-in-law's coffin."

"Well, I'll wait for you to come back."

Qi Muxue nodded gently and spoke softly.

After saying some words before leaving.

Lu Mingyuan waved to them and quickly disappeared from sight.

During this trip, Su Youhuai's words of advice could not help but come to Lu Mingyuan's mind.

"Shen Yuanxi comes from a Confucian military strategist and is proficient in military strategy. He will go to the border with His Highness. Don't worry too much. Your Highness only needs to sit in the rear."

Lu Mingyuan couldn't help but sigh, and said with sharp eyes: "If we just sit in the rear, how can we get the support of the three religions? If we can't get in touch with the forces of the three religions when we leave the capital this time, we can only fail."

While thinking.

"Your Highness, there is someone blocking the road ahead, saying they are looking for you." A forbidden soldier said with his fists in hand.

Lu Mingyuan looked in the direction pointed by the soldier and found a familiar face.

Yun Qinghe appeared in the center of the marching army.

Lu Mingyuan was obviously stunned for a moment, turned over and dismounted, and asked, "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Yun Qinghe finally pondered for a while, as if he had been thinking about it for a long time, but still didn't come out.

She slowly moved forward and handed a sword-shaped jade pendant to Lu Mingyuan:

"this is for you."

Lu Mingyuan's eyes were glazed over, he was stunned on the spot, and he said doubtfully: "I remember, this thing was your amulet when you were a child."

"If you give me this amulet, won't you miss your master?"

Yun Qinghe pursed the moist red lips and smiled faintly, looking extremely cold and pure.

"Won't."

"Because from now on, Your Highness will be my concern."

Leaving Beijing does not count as a dungeon, it will end soon