Traveling through time and encountering war, I took the whole village to escape famine

Chapter 239 I Just Don’t Want the Position of Crown Prince

Yun Duo was a little surprised to hear that her uncle, whom she had never met, was the commander of Yanqi Pass, so she asked: "Didn't my grandmother say that my uncle had been looking for my mother for so many years? How did he become the commander of Yanqi Pass? And why are there only 30,000 of the 100,000 Zhenbei Army left now?"

"Your uncle has been sending people to look for your mother for several years without interruption. They found that there was no result after searching for several years. Later, your grandfather and uncle got the news that your mother was brought to Beijing by the secret agents of Beiji and then disappeared. Because of the distance between the north and the south, your uncle was afraid that he could not take care of her, so he wanted to resign and concentrate on the search. The emperor did not approve his resignation letter, and later learned the details and planned to transfer him to the northern border, so that he would not delay the search for your mother and would not lose a general.

The commander of the Zhenbei Army at that time was Yu Chuandao.

The 100,000-strong Zhenbei Army was led by your grandfather, and many of them were his subordinates.

The Yu family is afraid that if your uncle is transferred to the Zhenbei Army, it will damage their prestige in the army.

I made a suggestion to the emperor, and the emperor arranged for your uncle to be the commander of Yanqi Pass, which is closest to Beijing. The year your uncle took office was half a year after I arrived in Yunjia Village.

My mistress got the news that your uncle had been looking for your mother. Because there was no news in Yunjia Village, he didn't know that your uncle was the commander of the Yanqi Pass. It was only after my grandmother recognized Aunt Yun that I knew that Li Jinhuai was your uncle.

At that time, there were only 20,000 troops out of the 100,000 troops in Yanqi Pass. Five years ago, Yu Chuanchuan signed a border peace agreement with the eldest prince of Beizhi on the surface, and both sides' armies withdrew 30,000 troops each to show their sincerity.

The Yu family originally planned to deploy 30,000 troops in the three prefectures of East, Central and North as border troops. The emperor did not agree to directly incorporate the 30,000 troops of the Zhenbei Army who retreated into Yanqi Pass, which also caused the Yu family's plan to fail.

The remaining 70,000 Zhenbei troops were attacked again and again by the Beizhi army. The Zhenbei troops were defeated step by step and now only 30,000 are left.

These 30,000 are basically your grandfather's old subordinates.

I suspect that the 40,000 people who were reported dead in the battle might have been secretly hidden away by the Yu family and the Beizhi in collusion with each other.

However, Tianying Ge is still investigating and has not found any evidence yet."

Yun Duo frowned tightly, thinking about Cheng Yuheng's words in her mind. After thinking for a while, she continued to ask: "The bargaining chip they are trading is Northeast Province?"

Cheng Yuheng continued, "I guess it's true that Beizhi wants to get the Northeast Province to recuperate. It's also possible that they have reached some kind of consensus in secret, not just to push the Second Prince to the throne. After all, the Crown Prince back then is already considered a dead man, and the Emperor currently has only one son, the Second Prince. As long as I don't show up, it's only a matter of time before the Second Prince takes the throne."

"You mean, the Yu family is not just supporting the Second Prince?"

Cheng Yuheng nodded and said nothing more. His purpose was self-evident.

Yun Duo understood the real purpose of the Yu family, so she changed the subject: "Dongzhou Mansion should have closed the city gates since they knew that the second prince was about to arrive in Yanqi City. How did your people get Dongzhou Mansion to open the city gates?" Yun Duo asked the question that was puzzled in her heart.

"The governor of Dongzhou is old and doesn't want to cause trouble. He was instigated by the co-governor to worry that refugees would flood into Yanqi Pass and disturb the second prince and be blamed, so he closed the city gates."

Our people have dealt with the Tongzhi of Dongzhou. They have let the prefect of Dongzhou retire and return home. After all, he has done nothing wrong.

Yun Duo nodded and understood what had happened.

"Yuheng, I still feel something is wrong! You forged the imperial seal, which is a serious crime of treason. You are the orthodox one, how can you bear such a crime because of half of the Northeast Province? I hope you can take back everything that belongs to you legitimately, instead of bearing the infamy. Let's think of other ways." Her voice was full of worry and anxiety, and her eyes revealed her deep concern for him.

Cheng Yuheng smiled and ruffled Yun Duo's hair. "Silly, do you really think I forged the imperial seal?"

Yun Duo looked at the sly smile in Cheng Yuheng's eyes and suddenly realized that she had been fooled. She put down her chopsticks and pretended to be angry, "Okay! Cheng Yuheng, you actually teased me, do you know how worried I am about you!"

Although Cheng Yuheng could see that she was pretending to be angry, he still picked up a piece of meat and put it next to her mouth and coaxed her softly, "Don't be angry, it's all my fault. Come and eat this meat. You are so thin. If you don't eat more meat, you will grow up." After saying that, he glanced at her chest.

Yun Duo's face turned red like an apple when she was stared at. It was unclear whether she was embarrassed or angry.

She was a lieutenant colonel, and was recognized by the Flame Team for her fair skin, long legs, and perfect figure. She looked thin when she was dressed, but had muscular body when she was undressed. Who would have thought that she would be a bean sprout who had not yet fully developed after traveling through ancient times?

"Cheng Yuheng, I'm going to ignore you, old man."

Humph! Since he dares to despise her for being young, then she will despise him for being old.

Cheng Yuheng looked at Yun Duo's coquettish expression and found it cuter the more he looked at it. He couldn't help but chuckle. He put down his chopsticks and hugged her to sit on his lap. "I was wrong. Can the Crown Princess forgive me?"

When she heard him call her the Crown Princess, she was not too surprised. She put aside her temper and asked, "Are you ready to resume your status as Crown Prince?"

Cheng Yuheng hugged her tightly, smelled the faint fragrance on her body, looked at her pretty face and said: "Well, as long as I stop this transaction, my identity can no longer be concealed.

The document I exchanged was not stamped with the imperial seal but the crown prince's imperial seal. Although everyone believed that the crown prince was dead, the emperor did not deprive him of his title, nor did he appoint another crown prince, so I am still the crown prince when I return to the court now."

"Will the emperor say you are faking your own death and deceiving the emperor? Will it implicate grandparents?"

"I haven't admitted that I'm dead, so how can I be deceiving you?"

"Why do I feel like your tone is like that of a child acting like a spoiled child to his parents?"

Cheng Yuheng gradually calmed down, and he realized that his tone just now was like that of a child vying for favor. That tone, so many years have passed, and he hasn't experienced such emotional fluctuations for a long time.

Perhaps influenced by the warm and harmonious atmosphere of the Yun family, he unconsciously let down his guard and showed his truest side from the bottom of his heart.

This feeling made him feel strange yet familiar.

He was stunned for a moment, then he gently scratched Yun Duo's little nose with his finger and said with a smile, "It's all because of you. I feel like I've become childish."

She pinched his waist and said, "If you still think I'm small, I will..."

He smiled and held her hand, calmed down and continued: "Grandpa and grandma knew about it but didn't report it. With grandpa's prestige in the court, the emperor would not punish that person even for the sake of his title of benevolent monarch."

"Then you must be more careful in your actions from now on."

"Okay, Duoer, wait until I resolve the issues in the North, and then we'll get married, okay?"

"Now that you have regained your identity, can you decide on your marriage?"

"We will execute him first and ask for his consent later. We have evidence of the Yu family's treason and collusion with the enemy. I have evidence of his beloved concubine and son. When the time comes, he will have no choice but to agree."

"You want to dethrone the emperor?"

"He is now just an empty shell who is addicted to elixirs. If it weren't for the old ministers left by my royal grandfather and the loyal ministers trained by my father-in-law, he would have been sidelined by the Yu family long ago."

"Your grandfather has been away from the court for ten years. Will his colleagues, students, and subordinates still buy into his reputation?" She thought, after all, people are forgotten when they leave. It has been ten years since he left the court. It is unknown how many people will still remember his friendship.

“Although my grandfather is not in the court, the Minister of Rites Han Jinyu is his eldest disciple. He was brought up by my grandfather and my mistress, and he is as close to my mother as a brother.

Prime Minister Yao Baoqi and my grandfather had a life-long friendship.

It can even be said that half of the officials in the court were my grandfather's men.

Otherwise, do you think that I, who was only twelve years old at the time, could have lived in seclusion in Yunjia Village without any trace and built up such a powerful force?"

Yun Duo said exaggeratedly: "Wow! I didn't expect that my amiable grandmaster actually has such great power."

Although Cheng Yuheng didn't know what energy was, he felt that the word "energy" was very appropriate to describe his grandfather.

"Okay, are you relieved now? Even though I've been away for twelve years, I just don't want the position of crown prince."

Cheng Yuheng was afraid that Yun Duo would worry, so he explained his current actions to her in detail.

"Let's go! I'll take you to meet up with Grandpa, Uncle Yun and the others. They should be almost out of the city gate by now. You and Grandpa go first. Don't worry about me, there will be no danger. You and the others wait for me in front. I'll ride back after I finish my business in the evening. Just leave Zhuifeng outside the city gate for me."

"Yuheng, since you have decided to keep our partner north of Zhongzhou Prefecture, do we still need to move south?"