This sudden letter was like a fuse.
The original excitement of those who had defended the country, successfully unified the Central Plains, and fought a beautiful battle, who couldn’t wait to return to Emperor Yuan to claim their merits, was all extinguished.
A bucket of cold water was poured down, completely returning all the joy to its original form.
In the bleak autumn wind, Zong Luo forced himself to calm down.
Firstly, this secret letter was stamped with the private seal of Imperial Censor Xue.
Imperial Censor Xue was a confidant of Emperor Yuan. He could send him messages in such a situation in his previous life, and naturally, he could do the same in this life. The accuracy of the message was self-evident.
But this life was different from the last one after all. The old general of the Marquis Dingbei Mansion didn’t know Zong Yuanwu’s thoughts and thought that his grandson, who was indifferent to power, finally wanted to let go and fight for the throne, so he readily gave up his power.
In other words, Zong Yuanwu now had absolute say in the Fifth Prince’s Mansion. Last time, Zong Chengsi conspired with them to rebel, and after showing enough sincerity, Zong Yuanwu refused the menkes and there were some complaints. Of course, after seeing the miserable state of the Fourth Prince later, no one dared to say anything.
So this time, when Emperor Yuan suddenly fell ill, the Fifth Prince did not participate, which was within reason.
Furthermore, it was the carrier pigeon that delivered the message, bloodstained, just like in the previous life.
From the Imperial City to here, it would take at least half a month to deliver a message. The carrier pigeon had traveled a long distance, and there were even signs of injury. This could only mean that things may have reached an urgent point.
But how did the Sixth Prince rebel? He didn’t have military power on the surface, but he must have nurtured private soldiers. Those private soldiers also need time to reach the Imperial City. What is the situation in the Imperial City now?
One question after another came up.
Zong Luo couldn’t figure it out. Clearly, in his previous life, Emperor Yuan didn’t fall ill until the end of the year, and at worst, he had to wait until winter. Now it’s only late autumn, and it’s three months ahead of schedule. How could this be?
Of course, thinking back and forth, one thing was certain.
He must rush back to the Imperial City.
The sky was already dusk. If he set off immediately, he would have to travel at night.
Not to mention that the night road was not easy to walk, all the way over mountains and ridges, one wouldn’t be able to see their fingers in front of them, even if one whipped a fast horse, it would take ten days to rush back to the Imperial City.
Zong Luo was upset in his heart.
There were too many variables in these ten days, and he only hoped that the situation in the Imperial City could be temporarily stabilized.
After making up his mind, the next step was to prepare to order Mu Yuanlong to pack his luggage, summon Xuan Cavalry, and rush back after eating.
“This minister obeys!”
Mu Yuanlong knelt down to take the order, his expression serious, and went to take the order.
Looking at Mu Yuanlong’s back, Zong Luo was restless.
The moment he saw this secret letter, he thought he was not in the military camp of the Wei Country battle, but in the desolate frontier land of his previous life, where the cold wind was bleak, the snow was continuous, and the sky and frozen soil were always lead gray.
This was a sense of absurdity of history repeating itself.
It was like this in the last life, a sudden letter broke all the dust-sealed silence.
Even the two letters were similar enough.
One was–His Majesty suddenly fell ill, the Fifth and Sixth Princes rebelled, return quickly.
The other was–His Majesty suddenly fell ill, the Sixth Prince rebelled, return quickly.
Zong Luo was on the border at that time, stationed for two full years, and all the accumulation in his heart was resentment towards Emperor Yuan. But when the secret letter from the Imperial City came, he didn’t think about it, he was anxious, and immediately set off.
Now that time had passed, knowing the tradition of the Zong family, he had long since resolved his grievances with his father.
Even if he minded that he was not a prince before, it was still one-sided pain after all, and it would not have much impact on the feelings of admiration.
Not to mention that the tiger talisman of Xuan Cavalry was now in Zong Luo’s hands, even if he didn’t have the tiger talisman in his previous life, these brothers knew that they needed to suppress the rebellion when they went to the Imperial City. They used to point their swords at the enemy, but now they have to point at their own people. They still followed him without hesitation, and finally encountered an ambush by accident and fell in the wilderness.
The whole army was wiped out.
“Hahaha, our Great Yuan soldiers are really brave!”
“With His Highness the Crown Prince in charge, and the King of Beining and Prime Minister Pei, this final battle is really exciting!”
Outside the military tent, the soldiers lit a bonfire, drank and talked, and the laughter was noisy in the night sky. A little further away, the Imperial City of Wei Country had been completely guarded by heavy soldiers of Great Yuan, and a cart of jewels and jade were transported out of the extravagant palace and headed to the Imperial City of Great Yuan.
Separated by a tent, Zong Luo stood stiffly, like a wooden carving.
From then on, just wait for the letter of surrender and the jade seal of Wei Country to be sent to the Imperial City of Great Yuan, Emperor Yuan officially issuing the edict, changing the reign title, establishing the first year of a reign, and unifying the world. The history books of later generations would also completely remember this scene.
The Crown Prince in white slowly picked up Zhanlu around him.
He stood there, closed his eyes tiredly.
In the final analysis, it was this sudden illness that came too suddenly and caught people off guard.
When he left, Emperor Yuan just told him to go, no matter what happened, there was the emperor to cover him, saying that Zhanlu represented the emperor’s presence, and he wanted to witness him taking down Wei Country.
Before leaving, Zong Luo actually had a premonition that Emperor Yuan should want to catch the turtle in an urn, lure the snake out of the hole, and remove all unstable factors before his ascension in advance.
But the secret letter was sent by Imperial Censor Xue, obviously this matter happened suddenly, it was not pre-arranged.
Otherwise, with the character of Emperor Yuan, he should arrange everything properly, and it was impossible to have extraneous branches. (TL: metaphor for the emergence of new problems in addition to the original problems.)
Everything was like a mystery, pointing directly to the Imperial City.
Only when he really got there, Zong Luo could understand what happened.
As a deputy general, Mu Yuanlong was naturally fast.
Soon, he came back to report. “Your Highness, Xuan Cavalry is ready to go, waiting for orders at any time.”
“Good.” Zong Luo said briefly. “Let’s go.”
Mu Yuanlong was stunned. “Yes!”
