Hua Yan is the son of a family, and her parents are old servants who rarely continue to be honest and obedient after the death of Meng Guiyu's brothers and sisters, so she got the opportunity to serve Meng Guiyu close when she was a child, and even the study can come and go at will.

Originally, Meng Guiyu had a good temper and was generous, this errand was very easy, and occasionally she could laugh and laugh with the young and handsome master, Hua Yan was not without fantasies at this age, that is, after Meng Guiyu got married, she could be taken into the house and made a concubine.

Even if Meng Guiyu realized her meaning later, he euphemistically said that he didn't have so much thought, but just wanted to keep his future wife alone, so that he could accumulate virtue for his two sisters, so that they could also be treated well by their husbands. Hua Yan knew that her status was low, and she didn't dare to have any more delusions, but she had a shy and admiring mind for Meng Guiyu.

It's just that since Meng Guihuan was carried into the Guangling Palace, Meng Guiyu can still maintain his usual humility and courtesy in front of people, but when he returns to this mansion, his temper is becoming more and more irritable, and he rarely even said anything serious to his subordinates before, and recently he even had the act of killing the old servant with a cane in anger.

Therefore, even if Hua Yan is considered to have a very high status among the servants, she can't help but tremble at this moment.

Fortunately, Meng Guihan, the uncle of Yongning, was also there on this day, Meng Guiyu seemed to be discussing with this brother, and he didn't pay attention to Hua Yan at all, and when she finished serving tea, he waved his hand to let her retreat.

When Hua Yan saluted and retired, she had the courage to sneak a glance at her master.

The side face is familiar with the fair-skinned handsome, but the yin owl between the eyebrows is unfamiliar as if it is another person.

She didn't have much resentment towards Meng Guiyu like this, she only felt unspeakably distressed: how difficult it was for Meng Guiyu to bring up three younger siblings after the death of his parents, and how much he attached importance to these three younger siblings, probably except for himself, only Hua Yan knew about the servants who watched the four brothers and sisters grow up little by little.

"Fortunately, Princess Guangling is no longer here, if Miss Eleven gives birth to an heir one day, maybe she can be a princess?" the naïve maid thought so, "At that time, maybe the marquis won't be so unhappy, right?"

She thought that Meng Guiyu was dissatisfied with Meng Guihuan's fate because Meng Guihuan was a side concubine, even if the royal side concubine was different from an ordinary concubine, it was not the main room in the end. Therefore, if Meng Guihuan is corrected, Hua Yan thinks that her master can feel better in her heart.

However, on this day, Meng Guiyu called Meng Guihan to him, but did not mention Meng Guihuan, but talked about the situation in Western Xinjiang: "Mizhen won a complete victory, if Meng Jiaqian hadn't relied on the bravery of the Northern Xinjiang Army, promised to marry his sister, and won over the generals of the Western Xinjiang Army, at this moment, I am afraid that the corpse capital is on the way back to Chang'an." ”

Meng Guihan said: "The king of Mizhen County is already talented, and we have to give him a message, so it's strange if he doesn't have the upper hand." It's just that we can't continue to mix this matter, and if they find out, it will definitely be intolerable. ”

Although the Shu sisters are temporarily on their side because of Rong Sleeping Crane, what the sisters really want to support is Rong Sleeping Crane, not them!

And Zheng Guogong has a weak affection for the Meng family's four rooms, if they knew that they secretly betrayed the Meng family to Rong Sleeping Crane, the Meng family's layout in the western Xinjiang was stillborn, and the three thousand northern Xinjiang elite cavalry were even more defeated, and they would definitely not be like now, suppressing and exploiting at the same time, but quickly sending them down to see Meng Bao and his wife!

Although Meng Guiyu and Meng Guihan have accumulated some power by virtue of their titles, they are far from being able to confront Zheng Guogong a few times.

They couldn't stand the thunderous wrath of the three uncles.

Not to mention that there is a Empress Dowager Meng, she will definitely stand on Zheng Guogong's side, instead of taking care of their nephews and nieces.

"Mi Zhen doesn't need us to ventilate now. Regarding Meng Guihan's suggestion, Meng Guiyu bowed his head slightly, and said coldly, "The most important thing for us now is to take advantage of the fact that Mizhen is not in Chang'an, and it is only now in Western Xinjiang, and it is too late to clean up the Meng family, so we have no time to take care of Chang'an, and hurry up to accumulate military power." ”

Speaking of this question, he pondered and asked his younger brother, "Two days ago, after Zhaoyi's advance, you were allowed to serve in the forbidden army, what do you think?"

"Because it was Zhaoyi Niangniang who opened her mouth herself, naturally no one on the forbidden army dared to stop it. Meng Guihan hesitated, but still said truthfully, "But the matter of winning them over is not going well." ”

Meng Guiyu was not surprised by this result: "The forbidden army is not stupid, our current strength, whether it is higher than King Gaomi or Uncle them, is too far behind, and even Mizhen is much stronger than us......! Naturally, they won't get close to us at this time. ”

Meng Guihan hesitated for a moment and said, "Sixth brother, our foundation is too shallow, if we rely purely on ourselves, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make any progress in a short period of time." You see, I'm not married yet......"

"Don't make up your mind about your family affairs, just find a virtuous girl who can be suppressed by our family!" was interrupted by Meng Guiyu before he finished speaking, but Meng Guiyu didn't do this because he didn't want to use his brother's marriage as a bargaining chip, but, "We now have a mustard relationship with the Meng family, and we don't want to borrow the banner of the Meng family." If you rashly marry someone who is too rich, it will be easy to be turned against the customer! After all, do you think that Zhaoyi will give our brother the position he wants, and there will be few people who are red-eyed?"

"Not to mention the intimacy of husband and wife, if you get a restless and dependent door, peek into what we are doing in private, and go back to tell your father and brother, what will happen to you and my brother?"

Seeing that his younger brother was silent, he paused and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I'll figure it out." ”

Meng Guihan only thought he was comforting himself, and promised on his face, but he didn't think so.

However, that night, Meng Guiyu quietly appeared in the dormitory of Wangchun Palace, and Empress Meng, who was about to settle down, was not very happy to put on her coat and saw him through the tent: "Sixth brother, although you and I are brother and sister, but in the end, we are old, and there is a difference between men and women!

"Fourteenth sister, you don't know how closely the guards outside are staring at you. Meng Guiyu didn't want to rush into his cousin's inner room, and he couldn't help it, "This dormitory is where you live, and they don't dare to approach it without permission." You and I want to hide from each other, where are you not here?"

Empress Meng pinched her forehead with a headache and said, "You are in such a hurry, but what is the matter? Could it be that there is any important news from the Western Xinjiang? Or is there something wrong with the war in the Northern Xinjiang?"

"Northern Xinjiang is still like that, and Western Xinjiang is also similar to what we expected before, Mi Zhen has the upper hand, and Meng Jiaqian and others are dying. Meng Guiyu said unhurriedly, "If there is no accident, the Meng clan is defeated in the Western Xinjiang this time, and Meng Jiaqian should be thankful that he can choose his life and come back." ”

The queen said, "How is Kang Zhao?"

"The princess is all right. Meng Guiyu said, "It is said that as soon as he arrived in Yizhou City, he sent his henchmen out to help the victims of the heavy rain before, and he often had relationships with the female relatives of Yizhou City, which is a bit of a wind and water." ”

"Kang Zhao is not a delicate person, and the pressure on Mizhen over there is greater than we thought, and she has to learn to be a virtuous helper. The queen sighed, "None of the royal daughters-in-law are easy to do." ”

Meng Guiyu had no intention of accompanying her to sigh about this, and said to herself: "During this time, although I took advantage of the gap in Mizhen's absence and had Zhaoyi's permission, whether it was me or the seventh brother, it was not smooth to win over the forbidden army. ”

"......" Empress Meng frowned suddenly, and thought for a while before asking, "Then you come to me now, but you have an idea?"

Meng Guiyu nodded and said calmly: "We need Ershu's help!"

Empress Meng was silent for a moment when she heard this, and then said: "Many people up and down this Da Mu Dynasty hope that they can speak for themselves, but you should understand that Er Shu has no good impression of us, and is even full of hostility towards me, because they think that I have snatched the throne that should belong to them! The most important thing is that Er Shu has already regarded Mizhen as a quasi-heir at this time, and they are willing to help you and Seventh Brother, in the final analysis, it is for Mizhen's consideration!"

"Even if you don't have Mizhen, you and Seventh Brother are not clan bloodlines after all, how can you get into their eyes?"

The queen reminded, "As for people like Ershu, unless they are regarded as their support for the rest of their lives like Mi Zhen, who can take advantage of them without giving benefits over the years?

"If we don't get Ershu's help directly, we won't have any hope. Meng Guiyu bowed his head, saying that he understood what the queen said, but, "On financial resources, manpower, time, and qualifications...... Now there are several factions of people with ambitions, who can we compare with? It is rare for Mizhen to leave Chang'an, if you miss this opportunity, what are you and I talking about to earn a chess game and be the master of our own house?!"

Seeing that Empress Meng's eyebrows were tightly locked, he said again, "Besides, we don't need to tear our faces with Mizhen now, at least in front of Ershu, we can dress ourselves up as Mizhen's assistant." In fact, Zhaoyi is willing to speak for me and my seventh brother, isn't it just expecting us to make trouble for the Meng family, first, to vent their anger for them, and second, to buy time for Mizhen?"

The queen sighed: "Since you have thought about it, I will not stop you." After all, I, the queen, live in seclusion in the palace all day long, and I can't do anything. If even you are restrained, then there is really no hope for our future. It's just that you think about it before you do it, the seventh brother and the eleventh sister are all counting on you, I still have some use for the Meng clan anyway, no matter how big the wrong thing is done at this time, they can't help but tolerate it. ”

Meng Guiyu said: "I'll take care of it." ”

He said, "I want to see you alone, and only you can do this." ”

"You know they hate me a lot. Empress Meng said, "So I can only do my best...... You'd better think of a way not to ask them to take the opportunity to join me in a crime like filth. ”

The two deliberated on the issue, and the queen finally decided to take a risk.

At this time, Meng Guiyu probably mentioned Meng Boheng to the queen out of the idea of repaying the favor: "At this age, although the eighth brother is injured, it is time to do something." ”

"What can he do?" Obviously, the queen did not have a very good impression of her only brother, and when she heard this, she showed a look of annoyance, and said, "It is a good thing for me that he is not going to run around at this time, otherwise who knows how many sins he will do?"

"Your only half-brother. Meng Guiyu didn't know if it was because he had a very good relationship with his younger brothers and sisters in the same mother, so he persuaded her when he heard the words, "He has a future, you don't say anything about it on your face, but in the future, the Meng family won't need you, if I don't succeed here, you have a brother who can talk, and there is always some hope." ”

Empress Meng said with interest: "I have never been very good with him, and if he gets into a position where he can speak, he may not be willing to speak for me." ”

However, Meng Guiyu repeatedly persuaded that the queen and the other brothers had nothing to do, and later promised to mention Meng Boheng to Mrs. Xiang when she entered the palace.

After saying this, it was not too early, the queen sent Meng Guiyu away, and she concentrated on how to introduce Meng Guiyu to Ershu, as for Meng Boheng's matter, because she knew this brother too well, she was not a person to count on at all, but she turned her head and threw it away.