The news that Emperor Yan Ping wanted to go to the shrine to worship soon spread throughout the government and the public. Everyone was opposed to the completion of the shrine, but Emperor Yan Ping insisted on going his own way. Now after it was built, people were still required to go to worship. Everyone felt that they were insulted. .
When Lu Wen'an saw this, he took the lead in refusing to accept the order on the grounds that he was ill. After hearing the news, Emperor Yan Ping just snorted coldly and did not convict him, but he had already made up his mind to abolish the prime minister. After Lu Tong's death, Emperor Yan Ping clearly noticed that something was wrong with Lu Wen'an's state, and knew that Lu Wen'an probably knew the truth of the matter, but so what? Even if he knew that Emperor Yan Ping was the enemy who killed his son, didn't Lu Wen'an dare not make any real mistakes other than using these unscrupulous methods?
Emperor Yan Ping and Lu Wen'an grew up together, so he always looked down on Lu Wen'an. If it wasn't for the purpose of winning over the power of the Lu family, Emperor Yan Ping would never give his position to such a person.
Prime Minister Lu, the leader of the officials, refused to accept the order, and other people's minds became active. Finally, a minister wrote a letter and wanted to refuse the job on the grounds of old age and illness. Emperor Yan Ping was not so generous.
Emperor Yan Ping issued an order to deprive the minister of his position. At the same time, as a warning, he beat the minister to death with a hundred sticks. Seeing this, the others did not dare to shirk the emperor's duties like Lu Wen'an did.
Only Li Junpishi decisively rejected the matter at the cusp of this storm. It’s not like he doesn’t know about the shrine. Why go to the shrine to worship heaven? That's self-inflicted. Emperor Yan Ping regarded him as a close friend and would naturally not punish him for such a thing.
Emperor Yan Ping was not surprised that Yang Zhuming declined the matter because he had to take care of his wife and son. Li Hao's health has always been poor. When she was pregnant, Emperor Yan Ping sent Yang Zhuming out in order to check and balance Li Jun. Li Hao's delivery was very dangerous, but he survived by luck. Now that Yang Zhuming has returned to Beijing and been deprived of military power, he is naturally more powerful. The reason is to stay in the house to take care of my wife and not come out.
Three days later, under the high pressure of Emperor Yan Ping, the officials followed Emperor Yan Ping's chariot and set off towards the altar.
The journey went smoothly without any obstacles. Emperor Yan Ping breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, they did not dare to mess around.
Emperor Yan Ping had a very hard time climbing up the forty-nine-foot-high altar. He had to sit down and rest on almost every floor before he could continue going up. However, in the eyes of others, it seemed that Emperor Yan Ping deliberately allowed all officials to see the World Map of the Pagoda on every floor in order to humiliate the King of Jin and the officers and soldiers of the Huben Army. This move naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the people, but it was only because of Yan Ping's Emperor Ping's Qiangang was arbitrary and he did not dare to speak out.
The half-hour ceremony to worship the heavens took two hours to complete due to Emperor Yan Ping's lack of physical strength.
Emperor Yan Ping worshiped the heaven and the earth on the top of the altar, and formally issued an imperial edict ordering the national preceptor Yu Qiuzi to meditate here for a hundred days to eliminate disasters. Everyone was too lazy to sing praises except to praise the sage.
After the ceremony, Emperor Yan Ping boarded the carriage back to the palace with satisfaction.
Halfway through the journey, many men in black, covered with black scarves, suddenly rushed out of the diagonal stab. They held knives and charged at Emperor Yan Ping's motorcade.
At this time, due to road reasons, the imperial troops guarding Emperor Yan Ping could not arrive at the same time, which gave the enemy an opportunity. But even so, Emperor Yan Ping was still protected by Gao Shihe and Chen Lang, and the manpower was sufficient.
Under the impact of the assassins, the royal horse pulling the cart kicked its hooves a little restlessly. The men in black were very strong in martial arts and seemed to be no weaker than the Forbidden Army soldiers. There was a bit of a tug-of-war between the two sides. There were reinforcements from the Forbidden Army coming to join them in a steady stream, but the men in black seemed a little lacking in stamina. However, these people were not in a hurry to get close to Emperor Yan Ping, which was a bit unconventional.
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So Gao Shihe told Emperor Yan Ping about this strange phenomenon. Emperor Yan Ping poked his head out with some hesitation and found that it was indeed somewhat interesting, which was very strange.
The man in black seemed to be aware of Emperor Yan Ping's suspicious gaze, so he shot towards Emperor Yan Ping with a fierce look. Emperor Yan Ping was startled, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, his vision went dark, and he fell backwards.
Everyone was a little surprised to see Emperor Yan Ping fall off the carriage, but no one reacted immediately. Gao Shihe sensed something was wrong and walked around the carriage to help Emperor Yan Ping.
However, the imperial horse had been frightened for a long time. When Emperor Yan Ping did this, his hoofs were dangling in the air, he pulled up the carriage and ran away. The heavy carriage wheels rolled over Emperor Yan Ping's waist, causing him to cry out in pain and pass out completely.
When the man in black saw this, he was stunned for a moment and then quickly gave the order to retreat. After the man in black retreated, everyone discovered that there was no body of the man in black left at the scene.
Emperor Yan Ping was rescued and returned to Weiyang Palace. After diagnosis, the imperial doctor prescribed some medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Cheng Xueqi falsely conveyed the imperial edict and shut out the queen and others who came to visit. .
The queen didn't say much. It seemed that she had already received the news, but she just arrived late. After all, they were in the palace. The queen got the news at about the same time as Cheng Xueqi. How could she come so late? How could he be stopped by Cheng Xueqi's act of pretending to pass on the imperial edict? It’s just that I don’t want to.
In Weiyang Palace, Cheng Xueqi looked deeply at Emperor Yan Ping who was lying on the hospital bed unaware of his personnel. She drove everyone out, saying that she wanted to change Emperor Yan Ping's medicine, but in the blink of an eye, Emperor Yan Ping asked him to The medicine she drank was thrown away, and the plaster that the imperial doctor ordered to apply to Emperor Yan Ping's waist for blood stasis was thrown to the ground.
This injury won't kill him, it's just that he can't move so freely, and that's exactly what she wants. A crippled emperor is easier to control.
Although Emperor Yan Ping had been promising Cheng Xueqi that he would make the twelfth prince Li Hao the crown prince, he was very slow in taking action. Cheng Xueqi also knew that Li Jun’s power was in the Huben Army. As long as the Huben Army was still there, Yan Emperor Ping didn't dare to be casualMove Li Jun, at least on the surface. Emperor Yan Ping also thought of many ways to deal with Li Jun and eliminate his influence in the Huben Army, but to no avail. Emperor Yan Ping could wait, but Cheng Xueqi didn't want to wait anymore. Serving this old man with a forced smile every day had already made her impatient.
Emperor Yan Ping falling off the carriage was something they did not expect, but it was not a bad thing. Cheng Xueqi began to figure out how to take advantage of this incident.
Late at night, Emperor Yan Ping woke up from his drowsiness. He could naturally feel the pain in his waist and called out: "Where is the imperial doctor?"
Cheng Xueqi reassured: "The imperial doctor is here. Your Majesty has just taken medicine, so you should get some rest."
"I have a pain in my back and can't sleep. Let the doctor come in."