In the past month, the yamen in the capital have made frequent moves, and the internal guards and Qianniuwei have begun to settle in the forbidden palace, taking turns day and night, and even Yulinwei has also participated in the garrison of the city gate, and has temporarily deployed Yulinwei to cooperate with the Imperial City Soldiers and Horses Division to change defenses.

The errands of the twelve soldiers and horses in the outer city of the capital have all been replaced by the soldiers and horses of the imperial city, and the three guards, including Yu Linwei, have all taken action, and all signs show that the Son of Heaven, who has been on the throne for ten years, is trying every means to gather power, with the aim of holding everything in the capital in a short period of time.

At the same time, this sign also indicates that the body of the Son of Heaven is ...... There is no room for optimism.

Ye Guogong was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "I met His Majesty in the warm pavilion of Weiyang Palace, and there was a curtain in the middle when we met, so I couldn't see what His Majesty looked like now, but I could hear some of it by listening to the voice, and Your Majesty has reached an extremely dangerous point now." ”

Ye Ming took a deep breath.

"It's not just that he can't speak, but even some words, His Majesty has no way to say them completely, and he wants Gonggong Xiao to convey them on his behalf......"

Lee's confidence was a little gloomy.

He hasn't made many friends over the years, and if you count it carefully, it's only three and a half.

Mu Ying counts as one, and Zhao Jia counts as one.

The rest, Ye Sheng, Ye Mao and the Son of Heaven, can only be regarded as half a friend.

He and Old Man Ye are also teachers and friends, and Ye Mao could have become friends, but in the end he became his elder, as for the Son of Heaven......

In the eighteenth year of Chengde, His Royal Highness King Wei could indeed be regarded as Li Xin's friend, but later, the two gradually drifted apart, and in the end they could only be regarded as half.

Now, half of his friends are about to die, and he will still feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.

General Ye frowned and sighed: "Your Majesty is only in his early thirties this year, and when my brother is at this age, he is still on the way to abandon literature and join the military, and he has not even joined the army. ”

Ye Sheng became famous at the age of forty, returned to the capital and was knighted Chen Guogong, Ye Ming was only twenty years old at that time, obsessed with the book of sages, determined to take the Jinshi exam, and become a court minister, but the second and third children of the Ye family who were good martial arts were killed when they followed Ye Sheng to fight, and the fourth Ye Lan was just born at that time, and the Ye family urgently needed a pillar, Ye Ming had to put down the sage book and began to learn how to become a military general.

He read military books, practiced battle formations, and practiced martial arts hard for more than ten years, and only came from the capital when he was in his thirties, ran to the Zhenbei Army and became an ordinary general, and then became the general of the Zhenbei Army step by step.

Li Xin has heard this sentence a lot these days, and he doesn't feel anything anymore, he looked up at Ye Ming and lowered his head slightly.

"Senior brother, the Ye family really doesn't have the idea of seizing the prince?"

"Concubine De in the palace is the daughter of the senior brother."

"It's not a matter of contention."

General Ye said in a deep voice: "When the fourth brother wrote to me last month, he mentioned this matter, and at that time, the elder brother said that he would never participate in the seizure of the heir. ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, he continued: "Ye Mao is already in the north, although he is not a general, but he has received the facts of the general, Concubine De Niangniang is Ye Mao's sister, if the Ye family participates in the succession, there is a queen mother surnamed Ye in the palace, there is a general surnamed Ye in the frontier, and even the little emperor has half of the Ye family's bloodline. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Ming said in a deep voice: "Although today's son is not as good as the first emperor's statement, but he is not a dumb king, the son born to Concubine De is only six years old this year, and he does not have any ability to govern, once he takes the throne, the power will fall into the hands of the Ye family." ”

"Therefore, this time I can't fight for the Ye family, and I can't fight for it."

Speaking of this, Ye Ming looked at Li Xin and said slowly: "The crown prince is the prince who was determined in the first year of Taikang, no matter what you say, you should inherit the throne, and Chang'an, you are the prince's teacher, and you should also help the prince's heir." ”

As he spoke, General Ye, who was already gray-haired, sighed: "I just ask Chang'an for you to help take care of it, and try to make Concubine De feel better." ”

Since Ye Ming's daughter Ye Xuan married into the palace and became a concubine, the father and daughter have not met much, Ye Ming is calm and light on the surface, but as long as he is a father, no one will not miss his children.

Li Xin smiled and said: "Senior brother is too worried, Concubine De has the Ye family as her mother, and there is a brother Ye Mao who is about to become a general, no matter how the situation in the palace changes, no one will dare to bully her." ”

General Ye shook his head slightly.

"For my brother... I'm afraid I won't live for a few years, the fourth child can still show the Ye family a home, but the fourth child has also set up another Hou Mansion, and in the future, the Ye family can only be pressed on Ye Mao's shoulders alone, and it is still unknown whether he can do well. ”

General Ye shook his head helplessly.

"When the time comes, you will have to help take care of Chang'an."

Li Xin frowned.

"Senior brother, you have only passed the sixtieth year this year, where can you mention a dead word, how can you live as long as Master Ye is ......?"

"Your own body, your own know."

Ye Guogong sighed and said in a deep voice: "I have always been in poor health, when I was a child, the doctor said that I was a middle-aged lifespan, and later thanks to joining the army and practicing martial arts, I barely lived to this age." ”

Speaking of this, General Ye smiled with relief.

"In the past two years, I have been in Ningling's hometown for my brother, firstly, to keep a wake for my parents, and secondly, to recuperate my body, and I have seen a lot."

"My mother died of illness many years ago, and my father's temper was too great, and he mostly had to have something to do with life when he went underground, and I had to go down as a son to stop him."

Li Xin looked at Ye Ming's already ravine-ravine face, and also sighed.

"Senior brother, don't think about it so much, just for Ye Mao, you have to live a few more years, at least until he really becomes a general, before he can bear the burden of the Ye family."

Ye Ming was a bookish general, he was not wearing armor at this time, he looked like an old scholar, and his voice was calm.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, not mortals like us can grasp it, just leave it to fate."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Xin, and his voice became serious.

"My brother is already old, life and death are common things, but Chang'an is you, you have to be careful in everything."

"My brother practiced martial arts in his early years, and he also knows some medical science."

Speaking of this, Ye Ming paused, and then continued.

"If Brother Wei is not mistaken, the sky has fallen apart, just in the past few days."

Lee's confidence sank.

The collapse of the sky is naturally the death of the Son of Heaven, and the crack of the ground means that the capital is about to change greatly.

General Ye patted Li Xin on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "You are the prince's teacher, if the prince ascends the throne, you will be the emperor of the new dynasty, and there are some things that you should do." ”

Li Xin was silent for a while, and then smiled reluctantly.

"The prince has the name of the prince, and two of the three guards are controlled by the prince's mother's family, Hou Jingde of the left battalion of the forbidden army outside the city cannot rebel, and I am in charge of the right battalion of the forbidden army, and the inside and outside of the capital are stable, even if the sky collapses...... and the earth cannot be cracked. ”

Ye Ming nodded.

"It's at noon, let's have a meal together."

He got up and patted Li Xin on the shoulder.

"There are still many things to ask you about the southwest."