Chapter 278: Opportunity
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When King Gaomi was falling into the five-fold clouds, in Shanglin Yuan, Meng Guiyu was taking his younger brother Meng Guihan, Gongsun Shu and others to visit Emperor Xuanjing and the second concubine of the Shu family.
"Thank you for your hard work tonight. Emperor Xuanjing's face was a little discouraged, but the demeanor of the Son of Heaven still existed, and he spoke unhurriedly, and he didn't seem to have much panic, and praised everyone one by one, maybe he promised to chase Tao Yao and other soldiers who died in battle, and give them generous gifts to their families, after saying this, he showed obvious fatigue, and Concubine Shu saw this, and coughed dryly: "Your Majesty is tired, you must be working hard, it is better to disperse first!"
That's it?!
Others don't say it, you don't even ask the Queen Mother?
We're all ready to answer!
When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other a little, and retreated outside, before Li Zhenbang opened his mouth and discussed with Meng Guiyu: "Master Hou, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother in the Imperial City of Chang'an?"
ββ¦β¦ On the Queen Mother's side, we have already sent someone to see it, the rebels' main attack is Hehuan Palace, although there is also an intrusion in Lingbo Palace, it is not very serious. Meng Guiyu said softly, "At this moment, there is no news from there, and it is estimated that eighty percent of it is fine." β
As for the queen, Meng Guiyu smiled bitterly, "A moment ago, the general also heard the advice of Tanma, the traitor Rong Jing is now retreating to Chang'an, and the four gates have been closed. Although the queen is the main room of His Majesty and my cousin, she ...... We have such a few soldiers and horses in our hands at this time, and we are going to take the lead in defending the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty, aren't we?"
Li Zhenbang and the others actually didn't really care about Empress Dowager Meng and Empress Meng that much, but Emperor Xuanjing left these two behind, but they couldn't mention it, sighed when they heard it, and discussed the matter of asking for help for a while, so they each went to count the remnants, check the damage in Shanglin Yuan, and start to prevent the comeback of King Gaomi.
At this time, Meng Guihan asked Meng Guiyu if he wanted to go to Lingbo Palace to see the Queen Mother, but someone from the palace chased him out of the Hehuan Palace behind him, and said that he was summoned by Zhaoyi.
"Seventh brother, you go to visit your aunt, Brother Gongsun, you go to the water master to take care of it. Meng Guiyu pulled Gongsun Shu to a place a few steps away from the inner servant, and said in a low voice, "Such a big event happened tonight, presumably the brothers are very worried, and ask Brother Gongsun to help appease Ze. β
Gongsun Shu took a deep look at him, didn't say anything, and took Shao Yan and the others away with a fist.
Seeing this situation, Meng Guihan did not go to Lingbo Palace immediately, but asked Meng Guiyu with some concern: "Sixth brother, he seems to be a little suspicious that you deliberately broke him away?"
"Such a ready-made opportunity to ask for military power, even if he doubts, I can't let him go. Meng Guiyu said calmly, "Besides, even if it was because of the rumors that Mi Zhen killed his father-in-law before, he, as a righteous brother, has a little gap with Mi Zhen, and he is a brother who has been together for more than ten years! He has no actual name to come up, how can the Shu sisters trust him? Even if I take him to Zhaoyi, it will be for nothing! So it is better to let him go away, and it will be more convenient for me to talk to Zhaoyi when I go back." β
"Sixth brother, the Grand Commander voted for King Gaomi, and his seat is vacant...... Meng Guihan's eyes lit up when he heard this, "The Shu sisters are the most familiar with us in the forbidden army, right?" and you and Na Shu Zhu just agreed on a marriage, how can you be regarded as the Shu sisters' own people." β
Meng Guiyu said: "I think so too, but the two sisters are not easy to serve, so they can only say that they should do their best......" His face sank, "However, even if I get this position, I still can't take it lightly! Not to mention that King Gaomi and the commander of the forbidden army are now in control of Chang'an City, let's just say that the eleventh sister is still in the palace of the king of Guangling!"
When it comes to his sister, Meng Guihan is also a spirit, wiped his cold sweat, and said: "There are too many things this night, I almost forgot, the tenth sister is okay, her husband's family is in Gyeonggi, presumably King Gaomi is also burning his eyebrows at this time, and he has no time to go to her family for trouble." However, the eleventh sister ...... Not to mention her relationship with us, let's just say that King Guangling betrayed King Gaomi back then, I'm afraid that King Gaomi will do it at this time?"
Meng Guiyu let out a sigh, and said with a solemn face: "It's useless to think about these things now, you go to see your aunt, you should understand what to do!"
In the end, he was thinking about the sister who was brought up with one hand, and after taking a step, he couldn't help but turn around and say, "King Gaomi's success fell short, all because of our brothers, at least on the surface, our brothers rescued in time, and he is not sure that he will attack and take Hehuan Palace again in a short period of time! So unless it is absolutely necessary, we should rather keep the eleventh sister to negotiate with us than directly attack the eleventh sister! As long as he is willing to talk, there is always room for things to turn around!"
Meng Guihan nodded uneasily: "Sixth brother, go and see Zhaoyi, don't let Zhaoyi wait!"
He is a little confused now, if Meng Guiyu attaches the most importance to his younger brothers and sisters, he undoubtedly attaches the most importance to Meng Guiyu.
This eldest brother has already paid too much for them, and even now he is paying, in Meng Guihan's opinion, he and Meng Guixin and Meng Guihuan should not be a drag on him anymore.
"If I fall into the hands of the sixth brother's enemy, I would rather die than become the enemy's hostage to the sixth brother. Such a thought subconsciously floated up, Meng Guihan walked towards Lingbo Palace, and couldn't help but think, "But the eleventh sister is a female ...... in the end?"
A gust of night wind blew, brushing through Meng Guihan's robe and armor stained with sweat, dust and blood, making him shiver slightly.
As if his mind was a little clearer, he suddenly became annoyed and secretly blamed himself: "What am I thinking?!
He shook his head, forced himself to calm down, and strode towards the Limbo Palace.
At this moment, Meng Guiyu was following the palace people from the crooked corridor into a small side hall.
Under the faint morning light, it can be seen that this side hall is delicate and meticulous, and there are painstaking carvings and decorations by skilled craftsmen everywhere, but a piece of it is burned in the southeast corner, which makes people secretly feel that the heavens are ruined.
"Chongxin, are you here?" Shu Zhaoyi was waiting alone in the palace, she should have accompanied Shu Guifei to send Emperor Xuanjing into the apse for placement, and immediately came over, still dressed in the main hall before, the lotus-colored pinched gold embroidered honeysuckle pattern wide-sleeved silk dress was loosely tied, looming, with a pomegranate red background embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water on her chest, and a tulip skirt with a dark embroidered snowflake brocade pattern was tied underneath.
The makeup on the face is faded, not as delicate as the usual when the preparation is complete, as if the frost flower branches, after the rain, the residual red, somewhat beautiful twilight feeling.
Zhaoyi's voice is also full of exhaustion, although she has accompanied Emperor Xuanjing all these years, and it is common for her to have fun all night, but those are all relaxed and freehand enjoyment, which is like this night in the past, full of thrilling?
So much so that she wasn't even in the mood to go around in circles with Meng Guiyu at this time, and said bluntly, "I really didn't expect King Gaomi to be so frustrated that he would openly seize the palace by force! It's just that he couldn't kill him, and it's a problem after all. β
Meng Guiyu hurriedly explained: "Niangniang, because of the suddenness of the incident, the minister and the seventh brother came in a hurry, and I don't know how many rebels there are in the dark night, let alone what kind of backhand, I am worried about rashly pursuing, such as General Tao Yao, who died on the battlefield and is a small matter, if your majesty and the two mothers have a mistake because of this, it will be difficult for the ministers to die and atone for their sins!"
Shu Zhaoyi grimaced, bowed slightly, and said, "Your brother's loyalty, this palace and sister, and Your Majesty, all see it in your eyes!"
She groaned for a while, and then said, "Your Majesty has been settled at this time, and my sister has a headache, so I will tell you by one person in this palace: After serving Your Majesty and falling asleep, this palace discussed with my sister for a while, and felt that even the commander of the forbidden army could betray it, although this forbidden army was passed down from generation to generation by the heroes of Emperor Taizu, and it was really unreliable to defend the royal family and be appointed by the Son of Heaven!"
Meng Guiyu's heart was pounding, and he listened to Shu Zhaoyi continue, "So next, this palace and my sister plan to persuade His Majesty to purge the forbidden army......"
"Mother, don't!" he immediately interrupted, "Although the Great Commander has rebelled, now is the time to employ people. It's not the fault of King Gaomi's ambush, if we doubt each other at this time, wouldn't it be a mess of ourselves? This is something that King Gaomi can't ask for!"
Shu Zhaoyi said: "How can our sisters not understand this truth? What this palace means is to let Your Majesty bring you to escort you today to replace the original commander to preside over the forbidden army! After all, King Gaomi suddenly betrayed, who is credible and who is suspicious of the great forbidden army, and where is it clear for a while? After all, the person you came to rescue tonight is tested and reliable! As for the specific personnel, this palace is in a mess, and I haven't paid much attention to it except for your brothers, so you draw up a list, and we'll show it to Your Majesty when we go back!"
"Before the ministers arrived, before General Tao Yao died in the main hall, he would not take half a step back until he died, and he should be the first to make the first contribution!" Meng Guiyu didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and he didn't need to bring it up himself, so Shu Zhaoyi decided to do it, he settled down and said tentatively, "The second is General Li Zhenbang Li, if it weren't for General Li's clever response, after General Tao Yao's sacrifice, the morale of the forbidden army on our side will drop greatly, and it ......may not be able to hold out until the ministers arrive;
"This palace is very sleepy at this time. Before he finished speaking, Shu Zhaoyi had already tilted his head, covered his mouth and yawned, and said tiredly, "You go back and write a fold by yourself, what is Li Zhenbang, what is the source, you inquire and list it for the palace." Also, King Gaomi is now retreating to Chang'an, so will he call again later?!"
Meng Guiyu shook his head and said: "One drum and then three times exhausted, King Gaomi failed to conquer Hehuan Palace last night, and now he retreats to Chang'an City, the first thing is to suppress the people in the city who disobey him......" Speaking of this, he exuded a gloomy look, "The family members of the minister and the seventh brother are still in the city, but I hope they are safe and sound!"
"Your uncles are really a waste!" Shu Zhaoyi was reminded and couldn't help frowning, "Didn't you always claim to share the court with King Gaomi before?
Spit out, Zhaoyi condensed and said, "Forget it, don't talk about this...... The family you are talking about is Concubine Meng, right? She is just a woman, and the status of King Gaomi is there, so she must be embarrassed to make things difficult for her. β
With a word of comfort, Zhaoyi continued, "In this way, you go and tell the people outside, as long as you protect Your Majesty and the sisters of the palace, you don't have to talk about your future future!"
I don't know if I thought of Huan Guanlan's fate, worried that the people below would not trust such a promise, although Shu Zhaoyi swore a promise, she was still not very relieved, and called the palace people, took Meng Guiyu to the treasury behind, took out a box of gold ingots, and asked the henchmen to accompany Meng Guiyu to reward the soldiers who used their lives last night.
After this measure to buy people's hearts was completed, although Zhaoyi was still full of worries, in the end she was only tired, dragging her heavy steps, and went back to the dormitory to settle down.
And although Meng Guiyu's eyes were already bloodshot, he had no intention of sleeping, hurried to the Chunbo Lake Water Division, and called Meng Guihan, Gongsun Shu and others to discuss the matter: "What happened last night is really weird!"