This day is the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and the next day is the first day of the Lunar New Year.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the first day of the new year is the beginning of the new year, and Vientiane is renewed, so the Son of Heaven also has to rejoice with the people, so on the evening of the first day of the new year, the emperor will wave to the people on the tower of the imperial city, and if the mood is good, he will even walk down the city tower and go to the middle of the people.

This is the day of the year when the Son of Heaven is closest to the people.

In the same way, this is also the best opportunity of the year to assassinate the emperor.

More than 30 years ago, under the leadership of Emperor Wu, the Great Jin Dynasty conquered the east and the west, and finally unified the world and wiped out the remaining four countries.

To destroy the country is to kill people, and if you kill people, you will have grudges, so the enemies of the Ji family are all over the world, I don't know how many people want to take the "dragon head" of the Ji family's son of heaven to vent their anger, when the first emperor was in the dynasty, there were more than ten assassinations a year on average, so that the Ji family dealt with this kind of thing very strongly, as long as the assassin was caught, he was cut in half, and even sat down, so after arriving in the Chengde Dynasty, there were a lot fewer assassinations, and in recent years, the remnants of various countries have stopped a lot, and no one has entered Beijing to die.

However, after all, there are people who are not afraid of death.

Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, who was guarding in southern Xinjiang, got the news that someone in southern Xinjiang was going to enter Beijing to assassinate the Son of Heaven on the first day of the new year!

Before Banjiazi, Li Shen's father Li Zhijie led the troops into Shu, and broke through Jinguan City in one fell swoop, almost killing the men in the Nanshu royal family, and most of the women were brought back to the capital.

After knowing that Nanshu intended to assassinate the Son of Heaven, Pingnanhou, who was sitting in southern Xinjiang, immediately wrote a letter and sent it back to Pingnanhou's mansion, asking his son to notify Yulinjun in advance to be on guard.

Originally, this kind of thing was to be sent to the emperor urgently for 800 miles, but Li Shen had a little selfishness, he wanted to count this credit on his son, with this credit, his son would be more mixed in the army in the future.

Therefore, Li Shen's letter reached Li Chun's hands.

Originally, this was a big bargain, because as long as Li Chun personally went to the palace to report the news at this moment, after all the assassins were arrested tomorrow, he would be able to pick up a piece of credit for nothing, and at that time, eighty percent of his grounding would also be removed by Emperor Chengde.

But Li Chun started to think crookedly.

The method is very simple, as long as he goes to report the news later, and waits until those Nanshu assassins do it, he will "hurry over" with the generals of the Pingnan Hou Mansion to escort him, and the people of the Pingnan Hou Mansion will have every reason to participate in this roundup!

You must know that most of the generals of the Pingnan Hou Mansion are veterans who have come down from the battlefield, and their driving targets are something that they are familiar with, as long as they can drive these assassins to Li Xin's courtyard, or even near Li Xin's courtyard, when the time comes, Li Chun will personally participate in the round-up, arrest Li Xin and those Nanshu assassins together, and then sue in front of the Chengde Emperor, saying that Li Xin is a fellow party of Nanshu assassins, then this Li Xin will die!

Coincidentally, Li Xin's hometown of Yongzhou is in the south.

At that time, whether it is the Seventh Prince or Li Xin's identity as the illegitimate son of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, he will not be able to protect him, and no one will be able to carry the anger of the Son of Heaven against the wind, even if there is, Li Xin, a small person, is not worth it.

Logically speaking, there was no problem with this plan, as long as Li Chun could successfully drive those assassins to the vicinity of Li Xin's courtyard, and then arrest Li Xin and those assassins together, this matter would be seamless, and even if that Li Xin had a hundred mouths, it would be impossible to distinguish this matter clearly.

And there is no risk in this matter, after Li Chun got the news, he hurriedly took his family to "escort", there is no problem in theory, maybe he can be praised, the only flaw is that the son of Chengde may encounter danger without knowing it, but the Yulinwei in the capital are the elite of the elite, there should be no problem.

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In the evening of the next day, the Chengde Emperor appeared on the upper floor of the Imperial City, rejoicing with the people, and the four princes all stood behind the Chengde Emperor, bending slightly.

The eldest prince and the third prince stood in the front, the fourth prince and the seventh prince stood behind, and the fourth prince, who was relatively shorter, was wearing a black and red robe, with his hands in his sleeves, and whispered to the seventh prince with a smile: "I haven't seen the seventh for some days, what has the seventh been busy with recently?" ”

The seventh prince Ji Wen was half a head taller than the fourth prince Ji Huan, he lowered his head slightly, and said with a polite smile: "Back to the fourth brother, as the New Year approaches, many places in the capital have to be repaired. ”

The fourth prince said with a smile: "The work of the Ministry of Industry is the most difficult to do, and it is also the most annoying, it is rare that you are so attentive to the seventh child, and you are in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and it is much easier for the father and emperor." ”

Wei Wang Ji Wen lowered his head, and his voice was flat: "This is all within the scope of being a son." ”

The conversation between the two of them seemed polite, but in fact, they had been talking for a long time, and there was no substance at all, and the brotherhood was extremely pale in front of the imperial power.

In fact, some of the relationship between the four princes was still good before the princes took up the domain, but after the four princes who stayed in the capital were decided, the four brothers became more and more angry.

Having said this, the four princes didn't bother to speak, they just stood in front of their father and queen in a proper manner, and no longer exchanged heads.

On the other side, Emperor Chengde, who was standing next to the wall of the imperial city, was wearing a purple civilian clothes, and the old man was full of red faces, waving to the people under the city tower.

After a while, the Chengde Emperor seemed to feel that he was not satisfied, and said to the great eunuch Chen Ju standing beside him: "Today is the first day of the new year, it is a good day for the renewal of Vientiane, I want to go down to the city tower and have fun with the people." ”

The reason why he said this to Chen Ju was not to ask the great eunuch, but to instruct Chen Ju to make due arrangements and protect his safety.

Chen Ju nodded, bowed and said, "Later, the old slave will go down to make arrangements." ”

The Son of Heaven Chengde nodded, turned back to his four sons and said indifferently: "Wait a minute, you will also go down with me and change into civilian clothes." ”

The four princes all bowed their heads respectfully.

"The retainers obeyed."

About half an hour later, Chen Ju, the great eunuch who had changed into clothes, bowed down and stood in front of the Son of Chengde, and his voice was respectful: "Your Majesty, the people of Yulinwei have been arranged, please go downstairs." ”

The Son of Chengde nodded, and walked down the city tower with his hands in his hands.

The four princes, dressed in civilian clothes, followed their father step by step and walked down the tower.

At this time, several Shu people hidden in the crowd were waiting for an opportunity.

Li Chun, the little marquis in a tough suit, led dozens of generals to guard at the gate of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, and he was also waiting for chaos in Yongle Fang.

The first day of the Lunar New Year in the eighteenth year of Chengde is destined not to be peaceful.