Chapter 68 The Heart of the Emperor
Looking at the vast Han Dynasty, those in power with a little knowledge had begun to accumulate strength and make great progress to achieve the goal of quelling civil strife and external troubles. Some, those who foresaw the separatist situation of the princes began to dream of Duke Huan of Qi.
Gongsun Zan in western Liaoning, Tao Gongzu in Xuzhou, Dong Zhongying in western Liang, Liu Junlang in Yizhou...
It’s ridiculous that the civil and military cliques in the imperial capital still compete in every day, enjoying themselves playing the game of political infighting.
More than three months ago, the most shocking thing in the imperial capital was that Guo Jia fought bloody battles in the East Gate. After that, there was a small incident that made Luoyang scholars worried: Cai Yan, a talented woman named Cai Yan, disappeared.
Cai Yan, who had no news, has not yet been known, and many young men sighed with grief. There are many people who have been secretly mobilized to find the family forces. They just don’t know if they will send it back to the Cai Mansion after finding Cai Yan, or have other intentions, so they are the only ones who know it.
Two months ago, Cai Yan, who not only made Cai Yong and his wife worried for a long time, but also made the talented men of handsome men a little haggard, finally returned safely. After hearing the news, the talented men in Luoyang City ran around and told each other, and then went to Cai's mansion to visit.
However, Cai Yan, who was covered in frost, suffered from cold and was ill in bed. After seeing this, the doctor repeatedly congratulated Cai Yong.
The doctor who took the pulse said, "It makes the daughter happy" and asked Cai Yong to beat him out of the mansion with sticks.
The talented men who cared about Cai Yan found that the Cai family was rejecting guests at a close distance and were overwhelmed with love, so they had to ask the doctor who came to see Cai Yan first, what disease did Cai Yan get?
When rumors arise, there will be trouble.
The news that Cai Yan was pregnant with the Six Jia spread wildly. The talented men in Luoyang City felt like they were bolt from the blue, and their eyes were filled with sour tears, but they shook their heads and refused to believe it. So they had to ask around for information indirectly. The matter became more and more intense. Cai Yong's generation of great scholars and proud daughters made such rumors, and naturally their reputation was damaged. Even if friends from many years came to visit him, he would not see him.
Later, nearly a hundred scholars in Luoyang City gathered together at the entrance of Cai’s Mansion, saying that they were going to visit Cai Yong and asked for a lecture. Everyone was tacit about what they had in fact made.
The door of the Cai Mansion opened, and the beautiful Cai Yan finally appeared in everyone's sight again. Many scholars were excited to cry on the spot, but Cai Yan's next words made them even more excited to cry.
Cai Yan, who was once gentle and elegant, disappeared. This time, her eyes were calm and she looked up slightly, as if the scholars outside the mansion could not see them, and the delicate tone of the past disappeared, indifferent and calm, even more like contempt.
"You want to know if I am really pregnant. I tell you that I am indeed pregnant with Rokka. You must want to know who the father of the child is, and I tell you too, Guo Jia."
Cai Yan, who was as angry as a young orchid, seemed to have finished talking about a normal thing and turned back home.
There was a silence outside the mansion. After a while, the Luoyang scholars who finally broke out in silence seemed to have been humiliated and began to curse Cai Yan. They were shameless and slut...
The catharsis of these Luoyang scholars was just a trivial matter, but it caused a big storm in the court.
The ten regular attendants took the opportunity to attack the gentry, and demanded a thorough investigation of Guo Jia's gangsters in the court on the grounds that Cai Yan had an affair with the rebel Guo Jia.
If Guo Jia had any gangs in the court, the first one was the Xun family and then Jian Shuo, the ten regular attendants.
Why? Because the original edict to pardon Guo Jia was submitted by the Xun family, and Jian Shuo made it clear that it was correct and submitted to the emperor.
So we fought back and forth, fighting openly and secretly, and the three parties were involved in the fight.
When the Xun family was in trouble, the general could not sit idly by because Xun You was his aide and served as the Minister of the Yellow Sect.
The gentry could not allow eunuchs to take advantage of the situation and eliminate dissidents, so the Yuan family was headed to protect the Xun family's children headed by Xun Shuang.
The Ten Generals finally stopped the show. After all, it involved Jian Shuo and a prince association that they supported, and the prince association supported Xun Yu.
The invisible sword and sword shadows in the court ended, but she admitted that Cai Yan had an affair with Guo Jia and was pregnant, so she could not give up. So Cai Yong was dismissed and Cai Yan was sent to the heavenly prison. After being castrated, she was exiled to the northwest.
If it weren't for the matter that involved Guo Jia, and Guo Jia was now classified as a rebellion, otherwise Cai Yan would not have been implicated at all. At best, it would have been a disgrace to family traditions, despised by others, and oppressed by moral public opinion.
"Yan'er, why are you so stupid? Why do you say it out?"
In the dim and smelly prison, Cai's mother took out her family's savings for many years and opened up layers of relationships before she met her daughter Cai Yan.
Seeing Cai Yan's appearance and rude behavior, Cai's mother kept crying.
Cai Yan, who had been imprisoned by Guo Jia at the foot of Taihang Mountain, had only a few sips per meal at this time, seemed to have a sharp increase in appetite, but she had obviously choked several times and wanted to vomit, but she still forced her food into her mouth.
Compared to the past, Cai Yan finally stopped moving, leaned back, pressed her back against the cold wall, closed her eyes calmly, and raised the corners of her mouth, as if mocking and sarcastic, she said lightly: "Silly? Why can't I, Cai Yan, say a man who is willing to commit myself to?"
Cai's mother, who was wiped with tears, was stunned when she heard this. When she saw her daughter, she didn't repent, she sobbed: "Aren't you afraid of laughing at all in the world?"
Cai Yan seemed to hear a joke, laughing softly without answering her mother's question.
Burling? Guo Jia, will you let me be ridiculed by the world's openly? One day, one day, people in the world can laugh at me Cai Yan, but they must kneel in front of you and worship him. If you want to laugh, you can only be in your heart forever.
"Yan'er, what should I do now? You'll have to beg for half a month... The master refused to come forward and beg His Majesty for kindness. Is there no way?"
No matter what her daughter did wrong, Cai's mother would definitely not be able to see her daughter being castrated and exiled to the bitter and cold places in the northwest. However, Cai Yong's generation of great scholars, who did such a detrimental thing and had no face to plead with her face? The open and secret struggles in the court just came to an end, and no one would be willing to cause trouble again because of this.
Cai Yan, who leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and rested, whispered: "There is only one who can save me."
"Who?" Cai's mother seemed to grab a life-saving straw, with hopeful eyes showing.
"Guo Jia."
Cai's mother looked puzzled and asked hesitantly: "He, does he have a way? Will he come?"
He raised his head and opened his eyes, looking at the dark top of the prison, Cai Yan squinted his eyes and said lightly: "A man who has become a hegemon, he will not ignore the gains and losses of a city and a place, let alone a woman?"
Guo Jia, if you force yourself to break into Luoyang prison, then I, Cai Yan, have misread you.
Only after I die will your emperor's heart sprout completely.
With his hands gently stroked his lower abdomen, Cai Yan's eyes looked up at him rarely showed a touch of gentleness.
It’s a pity that if I had known I was pregnant, I would have waited for the child to be born before returning to Luoyang.
Guo Jia, your child and I must be better than our ancestors, and we must be...
Xun Yu, who has been cautious in his words and deeds in recent days, returned home after leaving Changle Palace.
As soon as he entered the mansion, his servant reported to him that someone had been visiting and claimed that he was an old friend in Yingchuan.
Xun Yu was puzzled. Guo Jia had become an imperial offensive in the court and it was absolutely impossible to enter Luoyang again. Who else could anyone besides Guo Jia, the old friends in Yingchuan?
When he walked into the study, he was stunned at first when he saw the visitor, and then smiled in surprise and said, "Yuan Zhi! Oh, I should have thought it was you."
Xu Shu bowed to Xun Yu. He and Xun Yu only met for several times, and they were not as good as Xi Zhicai. Guo Jia and Xun Yu had a deep friendship, but there was no doubt that they believed each other.
After the two of them took their seats, they served tea. Xun Yu asked straight to the point: "Where is the filial piety?"
Since Xu Shu is here, Guo Jia must have come too.
Xu Shu knew that he could not hide it from Wang Zuo's talent Xun Yu, so he nodded and smiled, "Fengxiao is at the foot of Beimang Mountain outside Luoyang City."
After hearing this, Xun Yu put away his smile and asked tentatively: "Is this trip for Miss Cai?"
Xu Shu did not hide it and said, "A few days ago, Fengxiao learned that Miss Cai was in a prison, so he rushed over. Here he came to save Miss Cai."
In response to this, Xun Yu sighed: "Yuanzhi, I heard that Miss Cai was in trouble and wanted to help her save her, but now no one in Luoyang City can save her."
Xu Shu curled his smile and said, "I think so too. Only three people can save Miss Cai, General He Jin, Grand Tutor Yuan Wei, and Central General Zhang Rang. The three are each a relative, aristocrat, and eunuch leaders. However, the three parties have become a subtle situation in the court. At this time, no one will fight again, especially helping Fengxiao, which is equivalent to causing trouble."
Everyone has a discerning eye for the current situation and situation, and can see it clearly, so Xun Yu is powerless, but he doesn't understand. With Guo Jia's talent, it is not difficult to see the current situation. If you want to save Cai Yan, there is only one last way: robbing prison.
But this method is like a moth flying into a fire and destroying itself.
If the Heavenly Prison is a good disaster, it will not be called the Heavenly Prison that is easy to enter but difficult to exit, and is surrounded by steep and dangerous places.
Guessing that Guo Jia might take the risk of gathering the prison, Xun Yu asked hurriedly: "How many people did Fengxiao bring?"
Xu Shu realized what Xun Yu was worried about and said, "This is my only two people, Fengxiao."
Unexpectedly, what he guessed in his heart was absent. Xun Yu couldn't figure out what Guo Jia had to do, so he asked: "What kind of tricks does Fengxiao have to save Miss Cai?"
Since it is not a prison of robbery, there is only one way to get ahead of wisdom.
Xu Shu said softly with a smile: "Fengxiao sent me here, I just want Wenruo to help him make an appointment with someone and go to Beimang Mountain to meet him."
"Who?"
Xun Yu couldn't guess who else could save Cai Yan in the current situation. After all, no one in the foreign relatives, eunuchs, and gentry would come forward to plead for Cai Yan.
"Prince Association."
When Xu Shu heard the answer, Xun Yu's face stagnated, then suddenly realized it and said happily: "Wang Xiao is indeed determined. At this moment, only the prince is outside the room but wants to intervene in it and muddle the clear water."
Chapter completed!