Chapter 269: The Great Commander of the Forbidden Army
"What are you doing here?" Fortunately, Chunlai quickly opened the tea bowl from the side, so as to avoid the queen being burned by the tea.
The queen pressed her lips uneasily, calmed down, and then turned her head and asked, "Are you here to be a lobbyist for King Mizhen again?"
"Niangniang really thinks that you can still pick up this matter clearly?" Gongsun Xi asked without answering, "The Meng clan has always thought that this trap was set up for King Gaomi, but now it is Niangniang's second uncle Wu Anbo who has stepped into the trap, not to mention the deep brotherhood between Lingzun Zhenghou and Wu Anbo, just say that Wu Anbo's importance to the Meng family, and his death, will definitely cause Wu Anbo's heirs to be filial piety...... Zheng Hou and Cheng Yangbo, will they let you go?!"
Empress Meng sneered and said, "You won't be here now, I won't think much about it!, but since you are here, is this because I am afraid that I will not think of the good things you have done?"
Gongsun Xi outside the back window was slightly stunned, and before he could understand what she meant, he had already heard the queen say in a deep voice, "Sixth brother explained to me, when the father and son of King Gaomi arrived, they would first restrain me so that I could go back and explain to the Meng family! As a result, King Gaomi didn't do anything to me except remind everyone of my existence before leaving! Now you come and ask me how to explain to the Meng family? Isn't this the result you want, so that I have no way out and have to do what you say?!"
She took a deep breath and sneered, "Now you're satisfied?"
"......" Gongsun Xi's heart turned, and he said secretly, "Could it be that the old eunuch did it?"
The old eunuch he met in the remote palace before was the palace he entered when he was the first emperor, and his status is not prominent so far, but he knows the huge palace well. Speaking of which, this person was originally the person left by the first emperor to King Gaomi, and I don't know what method Huan Guanlan used to envelop him, but now he has become the most important part of Rong Sleeping Crane in the palace.
Gongsun Xi can stay in the palace for these days, and this person is indispensable.
But after all, they don't see each other much, and they are the people inherited by Rong Sleeping Crane, Gongsun Xi doesn't know much about the other party, and his preferences and temperament are a little out of place, and he can't bear this person's actions.
At this time, seeing that Queen Meng suspected that she had cheated her, she thought of the old eunuch jokingly asking if he was interested in the queen, and if so, he could help...... Could it be that because of this, the old eunuch made this stumbling block for the queen?
Gongsun Xi thought for a while, and slowly spoke: "Niangniang, now is not the time to talk about this. The Meng family has many heirs, and Zheng Hou and the others are not people who will treat all their children with a bowl of water. Even Meng Jiaqian, who has won the favor of the Meng family, has stayed at home since returning to northern Xinjiang, and it is like house arrest! Not to mention you, Niangniang?"
"Do you admit it when you say that?" Empress Meng took a sip of tea, calmed down, and asked in a low voice, "You...... Why on earth are you doing this? I remember you said before that I, the so-called queen, can't do anything, even if I deliberately oppose Mi Zhen, it won't have much impact?"
She sounded like she was angry a moment ago, but somehow, it seemed to dissipate now, and the last question had a more melancholy meaning in it.
While the queen was waiting for Gongsun Xi's answer, in the corner near the palace gate, King Gaomi was confronting the commander of the forbidden army.
Shizi Rong Qingchu, as well as a group of palace people and forbidden troops, all retreated far away, and they didn't even dare to look up.
After a while, the commander of the forbidden army was the first to speak, he was a short-haired man in his forties, his appearance was not ugly or handsome, he was the type who was thrown into the pile of people and forgotten in a blink of an eye, only a pair of eyes were shining, far beyond ordinary people.
He said lightly: "Lord Wang, this is impossible. The rules of the forbidden army have not changed since the founding of the country! It is no longer appropriate to let your father and son kill Wu Anbo, and now you want us to go to Lin Yuan and force the Empress Dowager and His Majesty to deal with the Meng family...... Unless you ascend the throne with a jade seal in your hand right now, it will never be possible!"
"Are you confused?!" King Gaomi's face turned pale, and he scolded in a low voice, "You don't know Wu Anbo's status in the Meng clan?! He died in the palace, and the crime is still to filthy palace! Although people are the hands of the lonely prince, without the acquiescence of your forbidden army, how can all this happen?! Now that this situation is in place, if you don't strike first, if he wins the Meng clan in the future, what can you be the result of being the commander of the forbidden army!?"
The commander of the forbidden army said indifferently: "Wu Anbo and His Majesty's concubines are arrested, no matter what the inside story is, for the sake of royal majesty, he must die !!"
"However, my Tao family has been loyal and good for generations, but it is not something that can be controlled by the prince's carefulness!"
He didn't want to say much to King Gaomi, so he hugged his fists, "The prince is so self-conscious, and he will leave at the end!"
"The forbidden army only knows loyalty to the king, and only to the one on the throne. King Gaomi looked at him, his eyes were like torches, and he whispered word for word, "So, don't you even care about confusing blood?!"
The commander of the forbidden army frowned, lowered his arm, and said, "Your Majesty, please be careful! Your Majesty is your half-brother, and your words are not only disrespectful to Your Majesty, but where is the reputation of the previous emperor?"
King Gaomi sneered and said: "The great commander has always been very insightful to the court, how can he not know that Lone's words are not referring to today, but to the person who practices Zuo after going today?!
"The youngest son of King Guangling and Concubine Meng has long since died. The commander of the forbidden army said lightly, "As for the Meng family's calculations, for the last general, it is the same as the prince's calculations, and they are all things that the last general is not interested in and does not want to be interested in!"
"Then what about the next situation?" King Gaomi's face was gloomy, "What kind of temper Zheng Hou and Cheng Yangbo have, don't you know? They will definitely not swallow this breath! Especially Mizhen is rising in the Western Frontier, and the Meng clan has been hit like this by this eyebone, if there is no swift retaliation, the family's prestige will inevitably plummet, and in the end, it will only be cheaper Mizhen...... Will they be willing?!"
He raised his hand and dotted inside and outside the palace wall, "The Meng family is from a humble background, ambitious, and does not know how to be compassionate, let alone cherish the heart of Li Shu Sheji! If you leave at this moment, overnight, inside and outside Chang'an, in the imperial city, there will be a river of blood, it may not be impossible! As the head of the forbidden army, the great commander is blessed by the royal family and enjoys the worship of the people...... Do you have to bear it?!"
The commander of the forbidden army looked at him expressionlessly, and then said for a moment: "The prince doesn't have to bother persuading the last general, the last general is just a rough man, he doesn't know a lot and doesn't want to understand, in short, everything is subject to the holy order!"
"Holy Order!! King Gaomi raised his voice slightly in a hurry, and reprimanded, "What kind of person is it today, you have served Danqi for many years, how can you not count at all?! The Shu sisters he favored, who had already put the Meng clan's Chongxin Marquis and Yongning Bo into the forbidden army, had the intention of plotting military power!"
"Two days ago, the Shu sisters agreed to marry their niece Shu Caozhu and Chongxin Hou, and they will get married soon!"
"Now that there is such a fork in the palace, Empress Meng is certainly the first to bear the brunt, as the commander of the forbidden army, how can you not have the responsibility of defending the palace city ineffectively?!"
"A fool can think that the Shu sisters will never let go of this opportunity to attack you, just like General Zuo Weiwei, who was degraded and punished in the first place...... They were able to let Meng Guiyu, who agreed to be useless, replace Ouyang Arc behind Jiangmen, can't they let you follow in Ouyang Arc's footsteps at this time?!"
King Gaomi sneered, "Your Tao family has been loyal to the monarch for generations, the family is big and small, and almost all of your brothers, grandchildren, and nephews are in the forbidden army!"
"If Meng Guiyu replaces you with the support of the Shu sisters, what do you say he will do in the first thing?!"
Of course, it is a snar, and the Tao family is completely eradicated!
Otherwise, even if Meng Guiyu has the title of the commander of the forbidden army, how can he command his subordinates?
When the commander of the forbidden army heard this, his pupils suddenly contracted, and the arms that naturally hung down on his sides also moved slightly.
Seeing this, King Gaomi continued to persuade: "The purpose of His Majesty Emperor Taizu's rules for the forbidden army was nothing more than to defend the royal family, to be precise, to ensure the inheritance of the Rong bloodline, and the dignity of the Son of Heaven from being provoked and violated!"
"However, there is no way now, for the sake of just two cheap maids, ignoring the bloodline, and burying huge hidden dangers for the world of Da Mu! You didn't make up your mind at this time, but you still stupidly listened to him for everything, not to mention that the Son of Heaven who only had the Shu sisters in his eyes, would he care about your sacrifice and loyalty, just say that you did this, how could you be worthy of the intention of His Majesty Emperor Taizu when he set up the forbidden army?!"
"......" The commander of the forbidden army did not speak, his face changed sharply, and after a while, he said in a deep voice, "Even if my Tao family returns to their hometown, they will definitely not do anything to change the throne!"
When King Gaomi heard this, he sneered: "Zhishi returns to his hometown, what you think is really beautiful! You ask yourself, with the Shu sisters, even the little prince from the Xiaowen family, an ignorant and innocent child in swaddling clothes, will not let go, let alone you?
"After all, it has been more than 20 years since General Zhou Da's family was killed, but there are still examples that the court will never forget, isn't it?!"
"......................................................" The commander of the forbidden army was silent for a longer time this time, and Fang said slowly, "Go and talk to Your Majesty at this time, the two Shu Niangniang will certainly take the opportunity to fall into the ground, if it is according to the prince's wishes, will the prince rest assured that a shaken Tao family will continue to be in charge of the forbidden army?!"
Seeing his hesitation, King Gaomi secretly rejoiced, but he spoke more and more cautiously: "If Lone promises you, I'm afraid you may not believe it!
The generals in his hands are mainly Zhao Shi, and now they are all following Zhao Shi to take refuge in Rong Sleeping Crane.
If you want to say that the right-hand men around you, Qi Jianxun, the secretary of the military department, although he has not fought much on the battlefield, but he has studied the art of war intensively, and he can be regarded as a soldier, and the Qi family is prosperous, although there are no particularly amazing children, and there is no shortage of shrewd and capable talents, but they have the ability to replace the Tao family.
However, King Gaomi sneered, "The Qi family is the son's Yue family, and the prince is gentle and elegant, and he has respect for the Yue family! If he is with the Qi family's military power, after he is lonely in the future, will the world be surnamed Rong or surnamed Qi? At that time, even if the Qi family does not usurp the throne, it will definitely become a stumbling block to the prince and affect the son's actions everywhere! How can the lonely army endure it?
The commander of the forbidden army clenched his fists uneasily, took a deep breath, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you going to do?!"