"Although this courtyard is small but also delicate and chic, the furnishings in the house are simple and full of books, I don't know who lived in the past, may I ask my aunt who is the former owner of this courtyard?" Lou Yuyu looked around, saw that this room was elegant and chic, and couldn't help but wonder who the previous owner was.

"The old slave has only been in charge of this hospital in the past two years, and I don't know," the old palace woman replied truthfully.

"It doesn't matter who he is, it's all old things and don't mention them, it's strange and cold in this house, dare to ask my aunt if there is a charcoal fire?" Zhu Ming's face froze, and he hurriedly put aside the topic.

Lou Yuyu and Mo Chenghuan glanced at each other, knowing the hidden secret, otherwise they would not have made Zhu Ming so nervous, and it was not good to continue to ask in front of Zhu Ming, so they had to be silenced.

"The old slave's charcoal fire has thick smoke and is not good for entertaining the masters, so I can only go to the main courtyard next door to borrow some, and my father-in-law still needs to send someone to run for it. "The old palace lady has lived in a cold courtyard for a long time, and it is rare to see a holy lord, so she is naturally more active than usual.

After coming and going, after another stick of incense, a charcoal basin was born in the house, and incense was also lit to go to the taste, and the attendants were busy making tea again, and only Dong Tianji, Mo Chenghuan, Lou Yuyu and Lu Wanjuan were left in the house.

Dongtianji wanted to talk to Mo Chenghuan and Lou Yuyu, but Lu Wanjuan was also present.

Mo Chenghuan understood what Dongtianji meant, and explained: "Don't worry about Juan'er, Juan'er is very smart. ”

Lu Wanjuan heard the meaning that she needed to avoid, bowed, and walked to the outhouse to sit upright.

"Can a wonderful person stroke the qin?" Dong Tianji hesitated a little, but still believed Lu Wanjuan.

"I know a little bit about it," Lu Wanjuan got up and replied.

"There is a cabinet behind the wonderful person, there is a box at the bottom, there is a piano in the box, today everyone is chatting, if there is no sound of silk and bamboo, it is inevitably monotonous, "Dongtian believes in Lu Wanjuan, but does not believe in the people outside the house, this matter is complicated, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net, I want to take this opportunity to listen to the truth and reality, add a piano sound, just disturb the audio-visual."

When Mo Chenghuan and Lou Yuyu heard this, their hearts sank, this courtyard really has an extraordinary significance to Dongtianji, otherwise how could Dongtianji know about the items here.

Lu Wanjuan obediently took out the piano: "What song do you want to listen to?"

"Can a wonderful person know the Nine Shades?" Dongtianji thought for a while.

Lu Wanjuan bowed.

"Let's take "Nine Shades". ”

As soon as the voice of Dongtianji fell, the melodious and melodious "Nine Shadows" sounded, and the indoor instantly ushered in the spring breeze in March, as if people could see that the clear sky after the drizzle, the breeze blowing, and the catkins were flying all over the sky.

The song is played in the warm spring, but for some reason it makes people sad.

"Do you know "Nine Shades"?" Dongtianji asked Mo Chenghuan.

"No, this kind of tune is not for me. ”

"Emotional, but full of sorrow, it's really not suitable for you," Dongtianji laughed jokingly, it was Mo Chenghuan who played, but it was himself who was slandering, knowing that Mo Chenghuan loved the pride of "Out of the Customs", and he also asked knowingly.

"What do you want to say about deliberately bringing us into this courtyard?" Lou Yuyu could see that Dongtianji insisted on entering this courtyard with ulterior motives.

"I originally asked you to discuss something that had nothing to do with this house, but I just happened to run into it, so I took the opportunity to come in and remember for a while," that's why he said it was providential.

"There are a lot of people here, and it is inevitable that there will be entry and exit, I'm afraid it's not appropriate," Mo Chenghuan was a little worried.

"I asked Zhu Ming to stay outside, don't worry," Dongtianji had already arranged.

"Then what do you want to say?" Lou Yuyu believed in Dong Tianji's arrangement, but was anxious to know what Dong Tianji wanted to say to them.

"I want to ......" Dongtianji paused, turned back and looked at the two solemnly and said, "I want to force Xue Shijing to rebel." ”

"What!!" both of them were incredulous at Dong Tianji's answer.

"I know that as long as you are willing, you will definitely be able to do it," as long as Xue Shijing was in one day, he seemed to be tied hand and foot, and he was afraid all day long.

"We don't know much about Xue Shijing now, we don't know his bottom line at all, and blind temptation will only make Xue Shijing aware of it, "If you know the roots, then it is not difficult to calculate the other party, but now they don't know anything except Xue Shijing's eyeliner in the palace, and how to force Xue Shijing is not clear, and it will only be them who will suffer if they act rashly."

"Xue Shijing has no real power in his hands, most of the heritage left by Xue Chengyi at the beginning were also civil servants, and he had no military power, how could he dare to make a mistake, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, and he can't rush it," Mo Chenghuan couldn't guess what happened that stimulated Dongtianji and made him come up with such an almost crazy idea.

"I have full confidence in my hands to prove that there is an army in his hands," he is not a reckless person, and he will not want to deal with this treacherous and cunning Xue Shijing out of thin air.

"Who is it?" Mo Chenghuan really couldn't imagine which army Xue Shijing could make to submit to him, her father already had most of the military power in Canglei, and the rest was almost all divided between Sima Kun and Xue Shizhang, how could there be Xue Shijing's share.

"Do you know the commander of the forbidden army?" Dongtianji's tone slowed.

"Wang Jiuzhong," although the two are not familiar with each other, they have met a few times.

"Do you know who his mother is?"

"I didn't know," in fact, Mo Chenghuan heard her father talk about it by chance, but her father didn't seem to want her to know about it, and when she walked into the room, her father stopped talking.

"Cheng Huan, do you have an impression of the prince's forced palace back then?"

"There are some," the prince took advantage of the emperor's critical illness to unite the army stationed in Yancheng, which was closest to Yanjing at that time, at that time, when the princes were in turmoil, the army stationed in Yancheng was the northern army that had made great achievements for Canglei, and the commander of the northern army at that time was Huang Gui, who had just quelled the rebellion of King Ning of Ganzhou, and the vanguard corps of the northern army was preparing to return to Beijing to resume his life and camp outside Yancheng City.

The crown prince took advantage of the emperor's recuperation in Wulong Mountain, persuaded Huang Gui to lead the 50,000 northern vanguard army, surrounded Wulong Mountain, and wanted to force the emperor to abdicate, and then her father solved the matter, and then the matter was not completely resolved The emperor died, so he had to hastily behead several soldiers and the families of the soldiers.

However, it was precisely because of this incident that the prince lost all the supporters at hand, which led to the fact that the queen and the prince left Dongtianji and fled to Banzhou.

"Who was the leader of the generals who forced the palace at that time?"

"Huang Gui, the commander of the Northern Army," no one will forget him, when he promised the prince to force the palace, the whole country was shocked, General Huang was upright, loyal to the emperor, it was impossible to participate in the struggle between these parties, no one could have imagined that this General Huang would eventually help the prince force the emperor to abdicate.

"Then do you know that General Huang's wife and fifteen-year-old son are not dead?" Dong Tianji guided Mo Chenghuan step by step.

"How is it possible, at that time, all the family members of the main attacking generals were arrested and beheaded at the execution ground outside the city, and no one was left behind at that time!"

"The execution ground was beheaded, so the world thought that General Huang was dead, but everyone didn't know that before the execution, Xue Chengyi had dropped their mother and son, and after Mrs. Huang left Yanjing, she went incognito and remarried an ordinary wealthy businessman, and her son joined the army at the age of sixteen, made great achievements, and became the current commander of Wang!"

"Impossible!" such a shocking thing Mo Chenghuan had never heard of, how could she be convinced.

In fact, according to what he said, it is not impossible, Xue Chengyi may have wanted to treat this Wang Jiuzhong as a chess piece, so Xue Chengyi supported him to his current position, which makes sense, it is beneficial to Wang Jiuzhong's hatred of the emperor's father, so he is not worried that he is unwilling to do something to the emperor, and Wang Jiuzhong has become Xue Chengyi's invincible weapon. Lou Yuyu thought that the reason why Xue Chengyi saved Wang Jiuzhong's mother and son back then was to make Wang Jiuzhong a sharp weapon to force the palace.

"That's right, before Xue Chengyi died, he entrusted all the chess pieces in his hand to Xue Shijing, who inherited his will, and this Wang Jiuzhong mother and son are naturally among them," Dong Tianji took over Lou Yuyu's speculation and came to a conclusion.

"Then it will be even more dangerous for Xue Shijing to rebel, once Wang Jiuzhong orders the siege of Jinbi City, even if there are thousands of troops outside the city, it will be too late!"

"You know Wang Jiuzhong's life experience, but you don't know the secret of General Huang's promise to help the prince force the palace. The corners of Dongtianji's mouth pulled out a smile with unknown meaning, ready to talk about the second intention.

"Knock knock knock. ”

"Holy Lord, the tea has been boiled," was Zhu Ming's voice.

"Come in!" Dongtian walked quickly to Lu Wanjuan's side and sat down.

Zhu Ming opened the door and brought in refreshments from Jin Su and a little eunuch beside Dong Tianji.

"Hey, this little eunuch seems to have never seen it before," Mo Chenghuan noticed the little eunuch who was following Jin Su.

"The new one in my palace, the little eunuch who used to serve tea suddenly died for some reason, and Zhu Ming found me a new one, although he was not as smart as before, and he was able to do things well. Dong Tianji put the snack in his mouth and said vaguely while eating.

Mo Chenghuan and Lou Yuyu looked at each other and smiled, understanding what was going on with the tea eunuch who suddenly died.

"Juan'er, you take a sip of tea," Dongtian looked at Lu Wanjuan stupidly, and personally brought the tea to Lu Wanjuan's mouth.

Lu Wanjuan didn't show any surprise at all, and drank tea with a smile.

"Okay, you two go out, disturb the masters to chat," refreshments were also delivered, and Zhu Ming pinched the time to drive Jin Su and the two out.

As soon as the door closed, Lu Wanjuan knelt in front of Dongtianji with a "plop", lowered her voice and said, "Thank you for your grace." ”

Dongtian was stunned for a moment, and then reacted with a satisfied smile: "Chenghuan, I like the little girl you picked." ”

"The person I chose is very smart!" Mo Cheng proudly accepted Dongtianji's praise.

"Emperor Xie praised," Lu Wanjuan smiled brightly, her voice was soft and soft, and she couldn't help but be happy when she heard it.

"Cheng Huan, you come to play. Dongtianji stroked the piano and said.

Mo Chenghuan walked to the piano: "What do you want to hear?"

"I haven't heard you play the piano for a long time, and I miss it very much," when I first met Mo Chenghuan at that time, Mo Chenghuan practiced this song.

Mo Chenghuan didn't say much, and played "Feng Yang" under the seat.

"Where did we talk about it just now?" Dongtian Ji simply stopped avoiding Lu Wanjuan, and said the plan in front of Lu Wanjuan.

"General Huang's hidden situation of forcing the palace," Lou Yuyu prompted.

"Yes, the hidden situation, when the prince was looking for General Huang to help, he was loyal to Huang Deadlock, so he ordered someone to secretly accept General Huang's wife and son, after General Huang reacted, it was too late for his staff officers to take people back to the house, his wife and children were already in the hands of the prince, Mrs. Huang and General Huang shared hardships, and when General Huang was downtrodden several times, he was still by his side, and General Huang was deeply affectionate, and he was forced to agree to the prince's conditions in desperation," Dong Tianji couldn't help but sigh heavily for Huang Gui when he heard this.

"But is there a follow-up?" This intention, although regrettable, cannot be used as a favorable shield in the hand to resist the 70,000 forbidden army.

"Of course there is, in fact, there is another thing that many people don't know," Dong Tianji glanced at the complacent Lou Yuyu, and continued: "After the failure of the prince's forced palace, when the emperor was dying, he left an edict for General Huang and other involuntary obedience to the prince's command, and the content of the edict clearly stated that the generals who involuntarily participated in the forced palace were exempted from the death penalty and issued to atone for their crimes, but later this edict was known to Xue Chengyi, and Xue Chengyi sent someone to destroy it. ”

Lou Yuyu opened his mouth and was about to ask the result, but Dong Tianji took the lead in snatching the right to speak: "In the end, the internal supervisor around the former emperor desperately guarded the edict and ran out of the Wulong Mountain Palace, and was rescued by the protector of the king after hiding for a long time. ”

As soon as he heard that the protector had received this crucial edict, Mo Chenghuan couldn't control his emotions for a while, and stopped the sound of the piano.

"Why did you stop?" Dongtian was extremely sternly incriminated.

"You guys are talking and laughing there, just I'm playing the piano alone to please you, it's boring!" Mo Chenghuan's face was sad, but he cooperated with Dongtianji's blame and resentment.

"I really spoiled you, what's wrong with you playing alone, isn't Juan'er playing it to you alone! How can Juan'er not feel bored!" Dongtianji frowned slightly, and he didn't mean to blame, but he was actually more worried.

"The emperor is not arguing with his sister, maybe my sister is tired, and the concubine should come to play the piano," Lu Wanjuan followed Dongtianji's words and said a few good words for Mo Chenghuan.

"Then there is Lao Juan'er," although Mo Cheng Huansheng was happy, his face was full of gloom, and his heart was heavy and abnormal.

Lu Wanjuan returned to her seat and said to the three of them silently: "Respect General Huang." Another song was played, singing the old man's "Biluo".

"Since my father has received the edict, why don't you announce it to save those soldiers who shouldn't have died?" Mo Chenghuan's voice was faint and infinitely stunned.

"I also said that the inner prison was rescued by the king of the protector for a long time, do you remember the situation at that time? The rebellious generals were dragged to the execution table outside the city and beheaded without trial, and when the king received this edict, General Huang and others had already fallen to the ground," Dongtianji lamented.

"That should also be announced!" Mo Chenghuan couldn't bear the fact that the generals and their families, with more than 100 lives, were killed in vain.

"It is only a pardon for capital crimes, not an acquittal, and such an edict is not of much use if it is published after a person's death. Lou Yuyu thought that if he was the protector of the king at that time, he would make the same choice.

"That's right, I admit that our methods are indeed despicable, and the edict has lost its effect, so we must use its last value to maximize its benefits, and at that time, Xue Chengyi was friendly with Liang Zhao, the commander of the forbidden army at that time, if we announced the edict and angered Xue Chengyi, he could take the forbidden army and drag the young me off the throne, so that the king of Canglei would not be surnamed Dong, but surnamed Xue," Those generals have not returned, so they should use other methods to comfort these deceased, and for Dongtianji, the best consolation is to let the wicked eat the evil fruits they have planted.

Mo Chenghuan sighed and complained: "I understand, I can understand, but I can't accept it for a while." ”

"Then how do you want to use this edict now?" According to Lou Yuyu, now is the best time to use this edict.

"I'm ready to ......"

After Lu Wanjuan's song "Biluo", she played another song "Wind Flowers and Snow Moon", and just after the last song, the three of Dongtianji had already ended their conversation.

Lou Yuyu opened the door to check the situation outside, and said with satisfaction and helplessness: "The emperor's heavy snow seems to be unable to stop for a while, your majesty, if you want to have a snowball fight, you should take it away and discuss it another day." ”

"It seems that this can only be the case, I am a little hungry, Juan'er, do you have any delicious food in your yard?"

"The delicious food is in my sister's courtyard, and there are only a few jars of peach blossom brewed in the concubine's courtyard at the beginning of spring this year, all of which I stole from my sister, and the concubine opened a jar a few days ago and tasted a few cups, it was very delicious!" Lu Wanjuan looked another well-behaved in the face of outsiders.

"Cheng Huan, look at you, the manpower in the courtyard has to be added more, otherwise the delicious food and delicious food will be smoothed by this little girl," Dong Tianji's bright voice didn't seem to have swept away today's good interest because he couldn't play in the snow.

"Juan'er lives in my courtyard, so naturally she comes and goes freely in my courtyard, if she has a heart, it is useless for the concubine to add ten more people," Mo Chenghuan talked and laughed with Dongtianji casually.

At the end, Mo Chenghuan also stepped forward and explained in Dongtianji's ear: "You haven't been to Liuyan Palace recently. ”

Lou Yuyu, who was sharp-eared, also stepped forward and said: "This is not good, now he has to listen to my arrangement, Mei Xinyuan's matter is in a hurry to be solved, let alone half a month." ”

"Did you hear that, in half a month, I will solve the matter of Mei Xinyuan first, and there will be more time in the future of Liuyan Palace," Dong Tianji was grateful to Lou Yuyu in his heart.

Mo Chenghuan turned around and glanced at Lou Yuyu resentfully, but Lou Yuyu pretended not to see it.