Imperial Garden, inside the octagonal pavilion.

The emperor was drinking tea, and Concubine Li Guifei fed the emperor fruits while chatting about interesting things.

A fruit was stuffed in his mouth, and a father-in-law over there walked over quickly and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has greeted the envoys of Beiliang." ”

Li Guifei smiled, "Who is here to celebrate her birthday?"

"Northern Liang National Division. ”

Ahem!

The emperor coughed directly, and the fruit in his mouth fell to the ground, obviously this news shocked him a lot.

Concubine Li was also surprised, and forgot to help the emperor send tea on her back, so she only said, "How could it be that the National Master of Beiliang came to congratulate him in person, are you sure there is no mistake?"

The little father-in-law didn't know who the Beiliang National Master was, anyway, the person who passed the message had a serious face, and he didn't change a word of what he heard, he said, "That's what the guard who said the word." ”

Such a big matter, the guards didn't figure it out, and they would never dare to tell it, did Bei Liang take the wrong medicine, and actually sent Bei Liang Guoshi to congratulate him on his birthday.

Because the status of the Beiliang National Teacher in Beiliang is very important, it is because he personally came to Da Zhou to celebrate his birthday, and he must not be slow to wait, and the emperor asked Li Guifei to arrange a dust banquet.

Li Guifei said, "Your Majesty, the day after tomorrow is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and there is no reason to hold a feast before the Queen Mother's birthday." ”

The emperor has a big head and recruits the prince into the palace to discuss matters.

The news that the Northern Liang National Division came to the Great Zhou not only reached the ears of the emperor, but even Minglan was surprised, in the previous life, the Northern Liang National Division did not come to the Great Zhou, this time, why did he come?

When the news came, the monk of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military capital was confused, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in the Beiliang gourd, but there was a saying that there was nothing to do and he would not go to the Three Treasures Palace, not to mention that Beiliang still came from thousands of miles away.

Chu Li led people to greet the envoys of Beiliang, and escorted them all the way to the palace to settle down.

The prince and General Wu came back from Chongzhou, the prince returned to the East Palace, the two generals were General Wang's right-hand men, followed General Wang from birth to death for many years, he was poisoned, because he was afraid of colliding with the Queen Mother, so the body was not transported back to Beijing.

General Wu and General Liu went to General Wang's mansion to confess.

As soon as they entered the door, the two of them knelt down for Mrs. Wang, and when they saw this scene, Mrs. Wang's body shook, if it weren't for the maid's support, she would have fallen.

She is an old woman, how to take up the two generals and kneel, only her subordinates reported the funeral, and the old lady Wang burst into tears, "I, my son, he...... What's wrong?"

The mother of the child is worried, since General Wang joined the army, Mrs. Wang has not been worried for a day, and she is proud of him.

General Wu choked up and said, "General, he ...... went. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the maid shouting, "Old lady, old lady, pass on the imperial doctor!"

Not only Mrs. Wang, but also Mrs. Wang, she was also soft, supported by the maid, and muttered, "No, impossible, the general will not die!"

As she spoke, she yelled, "Who killed the general?!Isn't it the bandits?!"

General Liu shook his head, "The general was poisoned, and the person who poisoned him has not been identified." ”

Climb to the position of the general step by step, how many times have you survived the slaughter of the enemy, but you have been poisoned to death, which is the greatest humiliation for the soldiers.

General, you should spill blood on the battlefield, throw your head and spill blood, and die standing up!

Mrs. Wang burst into tears, crying and couldn't help herself.

There was chaos in General Wang's mansion.

Master Zhao rushed over, he knew that General Wang was dead, but the Zhao family didn't know anything about how he died and what happened.

General Wang was cultivated by them, and the military power was also snatched from the Jiang family, which was not easy to come by, and now the Zhao family has no rear position, and Li Guifei and the third prince are in full swing, and the Zhao family must be prepared with both hands.

At the beginning, Li Guifei was afraid that the crown prince would ascend the throne and destroy the Duke of Protectorate, but now the Zhao family is not afraid of Li Guifei.

They were talking in the main hall of the royal family.

These two people were General Wang's henchmen, and the prince knew their loyalty, and knew that he couldn't buy them, so he didn't even mention a word, so as not to startle the snake.

General Wu said, "Not long ago, I found out that the Jiang family was in contact with the old subordinates before, could it be that the Jiang family sent someone to poison them?"

Master Zhao's brows were tightened, the Zhao family had always felt that the Jiang family was a scourge, and it would be bad sooner or later if they were kept, but the Queen Mother thought of the love of Princess Jin, leaving the Jiang family a way to live, and sending it away, and the Zhao family was not allowed to kill the killer.

Mrs. Zhao guessed that the Queen Mother was guarding against the Zhao family and leaving the Jiang family as a way back.

Once the dictatorship of the Zhao family's relatives is in the future, Yongguo Gong is old and young, and the juniors are not successful, they can still support the Jiang family and the Zhao family to compete.

The Queen Mother is a little selfish, Mrs. Zhao guessed, but she can't break it, otherwise it will really become the Zhao family's selfishness.

But to kill General Wang, Master Zhao felt that the Jiang family did not have this ability, and he said, "If the Jiang family had the ability to kill General Wang, it would not have fallen to the point of being robbed of military power." ”

"If it's not the Jiang family, then who else can kill General Wang?" General Liu wondered.

The army was full of people they trusted, and General Wang was poisoned in front of them, except for the prince in the tent at that time, they were all General Wang's henchmen.

It can't be killed by the prince, right?

The prince can rely on the Zhao family to gain a firm foothold and break one of the Zhao family's arms, which is the self-destruction of the Great Wall.

The deputy general standing on the side suddenly spoke up and said, "I saw Jing Ningbo in the Chongzhou Iron Mine. ”

Hearing this, Master Zhao stood up suddenly, "What did you say?!"

Master Zhao's fierce reaction startled the deputy general, and he said, "I just left Wang Shizi to bring people to greet the envoys of Beiliang, I rode by and saw a person, extremely familiar, I saw it in the iron mine, and then inquired, saying that it was Jing Ningbo, Xu I admitted my mistake." ”

The lieutenant general didn't dare to say too sure, but he just felt like it, and his expression was exactly the same.

Master Zhao's body was cold and poured out, "I see!"

They have never understood why the emperor suddenly targeted Chongzhou and insisted on changing the fief of the Jin Wangfu from Chongzhou to Hongzhou, but the emperor took a detour and wanted to give the Jin Wangfu a step-heir, which was in the heart of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother readily agreed, so they were caught off guard by the emperor.

Now think about it carefully, isn't the emperor's targeting of Chongzhou exactly after returning from Jingningbo's suppression of bandits? !

He had been missing for a while when he was suppressing bandits, and he must have gone to the Chongzhou Iron Mine at that time!

It turned out that the emperor had long known that there was an iron mine in Chongzhou!

Did the emperor already know that the Zhao family and the Queen Mother had joined forces to raise soldiers and horses privately in Chongzhou? !

Privately digging iron ore, casting weapons, and raising soldiers and horses, this is a capital crime of rebellion, no wonder these days, the emperor is targeting the Zhao family and the queen mother everywhere......

The more Master Zhao thought about it, the cooler his back became, and a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared in his palms, he looked at General Wu and General Liu and said, "Who asked you to go back to Beijing?!"