He always felt that Xuanyuan Mingzhao was hiding something from her, and it was something serious...

What did Xuanyuan Mingzhao hide from her? Why did he hide it from her?

Sikong Qingying resisted the urge to ask about the matter, but secretly began to pay attention to the situation around him.

She had a hunch that the truth would not be what she wanted to know...

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Ever since he accidentally discovered that someone was spying on them, Xuanyuan Mingzhao gave Xuanyuan Mingfeng a stern order to stop him from casually moving people away and touching Sikong Qingying like that.

That's really too dangerous.

Xuanyuan Mingzhao ordered Yuchi Weiran to investigate the matter thoroughly, but even the eagle eye could not find any trace of him.

Speaking of this, I have to say that Yuchi Weiran had done a good job in informing the third prince on the night when he forced the palace. His grandfather had already returned the power of the Yuchi family to him. Even Xuanyuan Mingzhao also acquiesced to this matter.

After all, Yuchi Weiran is no longer in Sikong Qingying's heart. To Xuanyuan Mingzhao, Yuchi Weiran is no match at all.

The biggest love rival should be the dead Yin Ziheng.

It's a pity that the dead man is the biggest, and he can't compete with the dead man.

Less than a month after Xuanyuan Mingzhao discovered that he was under surveillance, Xuanyuan Mingzhao received a letter from the newly appointed General Liu who was sent to the frontier.

The letter said that the soldiers on the border were unruly and almost no one listened to him. He was ostracized on the border and the ostracism was becoming more and more obvious.

Even though he had imperial edicts and military orders in hand, he could not suppress and mobilize those soldiers. The recent insults he received from those soldiers became even more obvious. Although he wanted to serve the capital, he was unable to control those soldiers. He asked to return to the capital.

Xuanyuan Mingzhao didn't know that General Liu also had difficulties. He was very excited when the emperor sent him to the frontier, and he also wanted to take the frontier soldiers under his command. However, the frontier soldiers were too stubborn and overbearing, and he was not capable of it.

It’s not enough, and I can’t eat a piece of cake as big as Frontier, so I can only give up now.

Xuanyuan Mingzhao also knew that the border areas that were hostile to the Shouyi Dynasty had always been guarded by the Yin family, and those generals had been the descendants of the Yin family for generations. Except for the people of the Yin family, not even the emperor

We must be able to mobilize them.

It was a deep friendship forged by their ancestors who had experienced life and death, blood and fire together for generations.

General Liu was not up to the task, so Xuanyuan Mingzhao had no choice but to transfer General Liu back, find a way to disperse the border soldiers to various cities, reintegrate them, and recruit new generals.

Unexpectedly, General Liu, who returned from the border, actually brought Xuanyuan Mingzhao unexpected news.

"You mean, before and after I ascended the throne, there was a war on the border?"

In less than a month, General Liu, who had transformed from the appearance of a white-faced scholar to a lean and haggard man, knelt before His Highness Jin Luan and said to Xuanyuan Mingzhao: "Yes, the general did not discover this until he arrived at the border."

"Please tell me carefully about this matter."

"Yes, the general was ordered by the emperor that day and rushed to the frontier to take up his post. When he arrived, he found that the soldiers on the border were lazy, unruly, and there were many wounded soldiers. He asked them what happened, but no one paid attention to the general. Later

The general went to the frontier town in civilian clothes and spent a lot of money to find out. It turned out that there was a big battle before the end. It was said that the battle lasted for a day and a night. In the end, they were defeated miserably. Many people even sent them medicine and food to express their condolences.

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Xuanyuan Mingzhao slowly frowned as he listened: "Who were they fighting with?"

"It is said that the troops of the Shouyi Dynasty raided our capital."

"Then who led the border soldiers to fight this battle... Also, why did no one report such a big matter to the court?"

The more Xuanyuan Mingzhao asked, the louder his voice became. Later, the questioning voice was filled with anger.

It goes without saying that the emperor is the emperor of a country, and everything in the capital belongs to him. As an emperor, the border generals concealed and failed to report such a major event as the war between the two countries. How big a deal is this?

If they were defeated, wouldn't it mean that the enemy troops had already invaded the capital without the emperor's knowledge? By then, it would be too late to take precautions.

Fortunately, they won, but even if they won, they still committed the crime of deceiving the emperor by concealing and not repaying.

The emperor would not tolerate such people who did not take him seriously.

In particular, those people have condensed into a powerful force.

According to General Liu, no one can suppress the border warriors now, and they so boldly concealed the war between the two countries, which shows that they do not take the Emperor of Jing seriously at all... In other words,

They may rebel anytime and anywhere.

No wonder Xuanyuan Mingzhao was angry, and his anger was so obvious.

General Liu, who was kneeling before His Highness, was startled, but he could be regarded as a general who had experienced ups and downs. After calming down, he replied: "I don't know who led them, but the soldiers on the frontier listen most to the three lieutenants."

If you think about it, it was the three lieutenants who led them to fight. Your Majesty... the border soldiers are as fierce as tigers. Although they are a solid line of defense for our capital, they are no longer bound by the imperial court and will not put you, Your Majesty.

In my eyes, if they have the intention... to rebel, they will really be a great disaster to our capital."

In the past, it was precisely because the Yin family held such a powerful force that the Emperor of Dajing was very courteous to the Yin family. Fortunately, the Yin family has been loyal for generations, so there was no big problem.

But now, with the death of Yin Ziheng, there is no one else in the Yin family who can take on important responsibilities. Without the generals to suppress them, the border areas have become more and more unbridled.

This is an urgent matter that needs to be resolved.

Now that the alliance between Dajing and the Huazhou Dynasty has been broken by the Huazhou Dynasty, and things like the frontier have happened inside, it is really a matter of internal and external troubles, all crowded together.

Xuanyuan Mingzhao must first solve the same problem.

On the surface, the Huazhou Dynasty has not broken the covenant. They also apologized in the most sincere manner to Xuanyuan Mingzhao's questioning letter, blaming all the faults on the playful behavior of Princess Zhong Lizhan of the Huazhou Dynasty, but they did not mention it at all.

The attitude towards dealing with Zhong Lizian's matter was obviously not sincere. Xuanyuan Mingzhao stated that if the Huazhou Dynasty did not deal with Zhong Lizian, Dajing would not give up.

Now, it is obvious that before breaking off with the Huazhou Dynasty, resolving internal problems is a top priority. If there is no unity within the capital, how will it resist the Huazhou Dynasty and other countries in the future?

However, Xuanyuan Mingzhao would not completely believe General Liu's words.

After he asked General Liu to retreat, he immediately asked Yuchi Weiran to send Eagle Eye to explore the border.

He was actually caught by border soldiers, and asked the Eagle Eyes man if he was sent by the Dog Emperor to spy on the military situation.

This is a big mistake.

Xuanyuan Mingzhao knew that the border area had really become a cancer within the capital.

Either divide or destroy.

Xuanyuan Mingzhao issued several edicts and sent border soldiers and lieutenants to Beijing to meet the saint, but the other party lied about being ill and refused to go to Beijing.

They were sent to other cities, but the edicts also fell into the sea and there was no news.

When things got to this point, they could no longer bear it, so Xuanyuan Mingzhao began to mobilize troops and generals to surround the border areas from all directions.

As soon as the deployment was completed, but before he could take action, the soldiers on the border rebelled.

Xuanyuan Mingzhao actually cherished the border soldiers. After all, they had guarded the capital for so many years, so he wanted to intimidate the soldiers from other cities before using a soft policy. However, he did not expect that the other party was even less patient than him.

He actually made a move first.

This action was extraordinary. This was the first time in the capital's hundreds of years, except for the early days of the Xuanyuan family's rule, that civil strife had occurred.

It originated from the frontier.

At this time, the patron saint of Dajing, Yin Ziheng, didn't come forward? For people who don't understand the truth, this is like a bolt from the blue.

The civil war began at the end of September in the first year of Jingshan.

At that time, Sikong Qingying's baby was nearly seven months old.

Civil war was not Xuanyuan Mingzhao's original intention, but since the other party rebelled, he could only resort to high-pressure policies and encirclement and suppression.

Soldiers in other places have been raising troops for thousands of days and using them for a short period of time. I am afraid that many soldiers' weapons have become blunt. However, most of the soldiers on the border have been baptized by blood and fire. They are all brave and good at fighting. Moreover, their generals are also very good at commanding.

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The only advantage here in Dajing is the large number of people.

Under this pressure, Xuanyuan Mingzhao even began to consider his personal expedition.

The only good thing about this civil war is that neither the royal family of Dajing nor the rebellious border soldiers had any intention of harming the people of Dajing.

The sole purpose of the border soldiers' rebellion seemed to be to overthrow the royal family.

For this reason, they also listed many reasons for overthrowing the Dajing royal family.

One of the reasons that shocked the people of Dajing was that the royal family of Dajing forced to kill General Yin, the patron saint of Dajing!!!

Not only that, after forcing General Yin to death, he even took General Yin’s younger brother’s wife by force!!!

Not to mention the crimes of the third prince's liaison with the Huazhou Dynasty and the Shoyi Dynasty, and Xuanyuan Mingzhao's parricide and brother's murder.

It simply shocked all the officials in Beijing and all the people who didn't know the truth, right?

When the civil and military officials of the Imperial Capital and brothers Xuanyuan Mingzhao heard these reasons, they almost fainted from anger.

This random fabrication is too awesome!

Even though the Dajing royal family did do a lot of inhumane things, and sometimes they did kill loyal people... For example, many years ago, after the late emperor came to the throne, the current queen mother forced to death the grandfather and family of brother Xuanyuan Mingzhao, the former political enemy of the family.

Their mother became the daughter of a sinner, which also affected their two brothers.

That was indeed an unjust case.

However, in the few short months since Xuanyuan Mingzhao came to power, he has never done anything to harm Zhongliang, forcing Yin Ziheng to death was even more unfounded. The matter of Sikong Qingying was also done out of necessity at that time. Even the third prince Xuanyuan Ming

Jing feared that he was also being used, but when it came to others' mouths, it became evidence of heinous crimes.

Their civil strife gave other countries a good opportunity to take advantage of their situation.
Chapter completed!