Luoyang.

After the death of the old emperor Yuan Hong, Zongzheng Temple immediately joined forces with the Imperial Heaven Supervisor to formulate a series of regulations, and thought it would be most appropriate to bury His Majesty's dragon body in three days.

Although the will before Yuan Hong's death stated that the throne was to be passed to the third prince Yuan Ke, Yuan Ke did not choose to ascend the throne at this time, but insisted on waiting until His Majesty's funeral ended.

Yuan Ke issued an order to mourn the country in the name of the crown prince, and Luoyang was covered with mourning, and the whole country mourned.

At the same time as the emperor's funeral was held, Luoyang, where the storm was about to come, now there were many strange faces, and there were still a constant stream of people rushing towards Luoyang.

The residence of the eldest prince Yuan Zhen has been in constant contact recently, and it almost seems that he is breaking through the threshold.

Most of those people looked worried and filled with confidence.

Four troops guarding the imperial city were stationed in four directions outside the capital Luoyang, with a number of about 20,000. However, the troops drawn by Zhao Kezhong from the north came from these four troops, so the current total number of the four troops was around 50,000. In addition, with the city defense force and the imperial guards of the palace, the total number of troops in Luoyang exceeded 70,000.

Due to the sudden death of the old emperor and the lack of the right to allocate troops from other places, going to the four armies around Luoyang became everyone's primary target.

As long as the military power is in hand, any text on paper will become nonsense.

The permanent troops in the capital were controlled by the Taiwei Yuanshuang on the surface, but in comparison, Yuanshuang had no real power, so many times the subordinates said that Yuanshuang's orders were verbally yes and did not take them seriously.

The two major troops stationed in the east and west of the city have always been commanded by General Yu Wen Tai, the two troops in the south and north of the city are the commanders of General Li Yan, but everyone in the court knows that Li Yan and the royal family are almost wearing pairs of pants, so these two armies can be regarded as being commanded by Emperor Yuanhong himself.

Sun Bugui, the commander of the Five Thousand City Defense Forces, was also the emperor's confidant, but he was very close to the eldest prince Yuan Zhen.

The palace guards, which were nearly 15,000, were even more emperor guards, and they only followed the orders of the emperor or crown prince.

The remaining imperial troops were either stationed on the north and south borders or were affiliated with various vassal kings.

Because of Yuan Hong's measures to reduce the vassals during his reign, the private troops of the vassal kings who were not stationed on the border could not exceed 5,000. The Wei Dynasty now has a total of six vassal kings, so the total number of private troops does not exceed 30,000, which will not pose hidden dangers to the stability of the empire.

From this we can see that the rights of the Yuwen family are obvious to all in the court.

It is not that no one has reminded the Emperor Yuwen family's power meeting to endanger the stability of the empire, but Yuwen Tai's status and power were accumulated through his real military achievements, which is understandable.

Yuwen Tai's ability to lead troops to fight is obvious to all, and his military merits are very prestigious, so even if Yuan Hong was alive and wanted to deal with Yuwen Tai, he had no idea how to start and could only be wary.

Now that Yuan Hong died, Yuwen Tai and Li Yang are increasingly inclined to become the "target of public criticism", and as long as they win the overall situation of either side, they can decide.

But Yuwen Tai and Li Qi refused to see anyone since the emperor passed away, as if they were determined not to get involved in the chaos.

The situation is still in secret, but it seems that it has favored the eldest prince Yuan Ke a little more.

After returning from Kangzhu City, anyone who is not too stupid can realize that the third prince Yuan Ke, who has always been acting low-key, is not as simple as it seems. Therefore, the twelfth prince Yuan Wei, the eighth prince Yuan Qi and the ninth prince Yuan Ding, who smelled the smell, all intend to form an alliance with Yuan Ke to deal with Yuan Zhen together.

Because they knew that if the boss ascended the throne with his vengeful personality, they would not survive.

The old emperor's will before his death had already indicated that the third brother passed on the throne was famous for their actions.

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In the future, the third brother ascended the throne and they might be able to gain the power of following the dragon. No matter how you look at it, it is much better than waiting to die.

In recent days, the court has been filled with strange clouds and a sensational atmosphere.

While waiting for the old emperor's burial, the other was planning the specific matters of the new emperor's ascension to the throne.

The new emperor? Who is the new emperor? It is intriguing.

Since returning to Luoyang from Kangzhu City, Ruan Shuiyan has lost the intention of going out. She had never liked to stay at home for a long time before, and suddenly changed her mind at first, but she was a little surprised by the Ruan family.

After learning about the incident from Qin Han and others, Ruan Yi thought that his daughter was frightened by the Shen Kuan, so he instructed the servants to try to make Ruan Shuiyan happy in a variety of ways, and if any successful person is rewarded with one thousand taels of silver.

The heavy reward naturally made the servants of the Ruan family excited, but a long time passed, and Ruan Shuiyan still only wanted to stay with Zhipei and did not want to see anyone else.

Now that the old emperor has passed away, Luoyang City is in tension. After a while, Ruan Yi has no intention of keeping staring at his daughter, so he only asked Zhipei to accompany Ruan Shuiyan.

Ruan Shuiyan, who had not left the mansion for a long time, was now strolling with Zhipei in the back garden of her home.

It is already late autumn, the plants and trees are withering and the water is deserted. In fact, there is nothing worth seeing. Ruan Shuiyan is just trying to relax and relax.

To outsiders, Ruan Shuiyan seemed to have depression. But in Zhipei's view, the lady was not only healthy, but also much more stable than before.

"Pei'er, what fun items have appeared in Nanmingfang recently?" Ruan Shuiyan asked while walking.

Zhipei smiled and said, "Miss, I have been with you every day and haven't been out. How do you know this?"

After hearing Zhipei’s reminder, Ruan Shuiyan remembered that she hadn’t left the house for a long time.

During this period, Xu Xiujing came here several times to accompany her to go out for a walk and relax, but she refused them all.

Ruan Shuiyan said slowly: "Pei'er, how long have we been back from Kangzhu City?"

Ruan Shuiyan and Zhipei walked to the garden pavilion and sat down, letting the autumn wind blow her hair gently.

Zhipei, who was standing aside, heard this and said, "Miss, it's been more than two months."

Ruan Shuiyan looked at the withered lotus leaves in the pond and felt a little sad for no reason.

Zhipei felt that his lady was a little strange today, so he asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Ruan Shuiyan said: "It's nothing, I just think time passes so quickly. Pei'er, let's go out for a walk in the afternoon."

"Miss, have you forgotten the master's explanation? The city has been in chaos recently, and the master has asked you to stay at home with peace of mind. Miss, if you have anything you want to eat and play, tell me, and I will tell them to buy it for you."

Ruan Shuiyan thought for a moment and looked at Zhipei and smiled: "Pei'er, please help me go to Men'er Street to buy some snacks."

Zhipei looked at Ruan Shuiyan in surprise and said, "Miss, do you really want to eat the food that the servants eat?"

Although Luoyang is a capital city, there is also a gap between the rich and the poor.

The poorer people are getting poorer and their status is still low.

In Luoyang, where big shots are crowded with big names, they are naturally not welcome, so the people above specially set up a zone, where most poor families live in that area.

Although the people on Men'er Street are all poor families, there have been examples of changing classes by studying hard before entering the court as an official. However, most of the later people were reluctant to mention the unbearable experience on Men'er Street.

Once a person who is used to suffering becomes powerful, most people around him will be happy for him. As for the return of the countryside, they never beg for him.

There are many people in Men'er Street, so there are more shops and clothes.

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There are all food, housing and transportation.

Those who are rushing to Luoyang and are not well-off are mostly willing to stay in Men'er Street. First, the price is cheap, and the place also brings together all kinds of people from all walks of life and all kinds of people, which is also a distribution center for news.

The Ruan family is a top-notch family in Luoyang. Ruan Shuiyan can buy several shops on Mener Street when she eats, so Zhipei was surprised.

After Zhipei said that, Ruan Shuiyan smiled shyly and said, "When I was in Kangzhu City, I ate a lot of roadside snacks with Chen Kuan. I think the taste is very good, no worse than the ones made by the nanny."

Seeing that the lady was ready to move, Zhipei couldn't disturb her interest, so he had to say, "Miss, you want to keep it a secret for me. If Butler Zhao knew that I bought you those pickled foods, he would definitely scold me to death."

Ruan Shuiyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Pei'er, I won't tell you if you don't say, butler Zhao and the others won't know."

Thinking of eating the delicacies that he had been thinking about in the afternoon, Ruan Shuiyan felt that the bleak autumn scenery became much more colorful.

In fact, Zhipei always felt that the changes in his lady were related to the swordsman named Chen Kuang. Although he had not kidnapped the lady for a long time, it seemed to have had a great impact on the lady.

Even though the wind and clouds in Luoyang City were surging, Yu Wenyuan, who was hiding in the general's mansion, seemed to have no feelings at all.

Now the most thing he does every day is reading, but in fact it is just a tool to pass the time, so boring.

A few days ago, Xu Ci, who had been staying in the Weiyang Pavilion in Kangzhu City, was urgently transferred back to Luoyang.

When Xu Ci came back, he brought back a message about Chen Kuang to Yuwen Yuan. Chen Kuang has now left the Great Wei and went to Nanliang, and it was Chen Kuang who was personally notified by Song Wan.

Among his peers, Chen Kuan is one of the few people who are admired by Yu Wenyuan.

Yu Wenyuan also knew the reason why Chen Kuang left, because there were many such people besides Chen Kuang. However, most of them did not have the good luck of Chen Kuang, and there was no reason for the Jiantiansi and Diwang to kill people.

Yu Wenyuan was naturally paying attention to the matter in the court, but his father seemed to be not concerned at all.

Yuwenyuan also inquired about this from his uncle Yuwen Lie, but his uncle didn't know.

He had no right to inquire about the military allocation, but according to his understanding of his father, he was so calm that he was either really ready to stand by or had already prepared everything.

In Yu Wenyuan's view, the latter is more likely.

Behind Yuan Zhen were two great families led by Prime Minister Cui Hao. Cui Hao, who was the leader of the civil servants, was never a good-for-nothing person. The fact that he was able to lead the compilation of national history proved his skills.

So Yu Wenyuan thought there was only one explanation, that is, the arrangements of the four armies commanded by his father and General Li Yan and the Palace Guard were already made.

Whether it is the will or the most powerful Yuan Zhen, who is inclined to be the most powerful, will be announced in three days.

As the incident continued to ferment, the news of the emperor's death had spread to the entire Wei Dynasty.

Except for the four vassal kings who needed to guard the border, the other two rushed back to Luoyang one after another under the banner of going to Beijing to have funerals.

The two vassal kings were more or less related to Yuan Zhen, because they were both reasonable and had the greatest power and status of all princes.

But what they never expected was that the emperor's last decree would pass the throne to the third prince Yuan Ke, which inevitably made the two vassal kings start to murmur in their hearts. If they follow the agreement to help Yuan Zhen, then a rebellious hat would probably be taken off.

Moreover, according to the news they have received recently, it seems that the unfamous Yuanke is behind the Fanyang Lu family, but there seems to be some shadows of Louwailou.

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