99. Concubine Mei is driving

The Jinling Incident was a real turning point in Emperor Wu's dynasty. Since then, Emperor Wu has gradually taken power, and Concubine Mei has really entered the eyes of the courtiers. Because of the prestige accumulated by this incident, it has laid a firm foundation for getting involved in government politics in the future.

-- "The Biography of the Twenty-Four Sages and Concubine Mei"

"Emperor Taishang has worked hard for decades, opening a precedent for thousands of years, and the Emperor is a symbol of the legal system, and his status is unshakable. The Emperor is here, the imperial system is stable, if something happens to the Emperor-"

If something happens to the emperor, a young prince will not be able to survive at all. Wei Qian understood this because of this, so he asked Wang Zheng to deal with the five princes. At this moment, whether it is Concubine Wu or Queen Wang, they are all people in the same boat. Situ Yu is fine, everyone can be safe. In Situ Yun's absence, these concubines and their mothers will suffer. "Furthermore......" Master Mei said: "If something unspeakable really happens to Your Majesty, the only way to do this is to ask the Emperor Taishang to restore the throne to ensure the peace of the country." ”

"Presumptuous!" Wu Guifei was suddenly furious: "You dare to curse Jinshang? ”

"Sister." Wei Qian stopped Wu Guifei and whispered to Senior Scholar Mei: "Your Majesty will not have an accident, several of them are ministers of the humerus, please bother to find the traces of Your Majesty." As for the matter of the imperial lineage, only the emperor can decide. As long as the five princes are not in chaos, the imperial inheritance has its own prince of the East Palace. ”

It seems that the two concubines don't like it, and the three of them don't want to go into this topic. And this matter can't be told to them, and the future can be clear to the Queen Mother.

The top priority now is to make sure that the palace is safe and quiet, and not to let these women cause trouble. After pondering, Scholar Mei stood quietly aside.

"The palace on the Emperor's side can still try to stabilize, but His Majesty's side, and even the palace need to send additional troops. This palace has not been in Jiangnan for a long time, and I don't know about the personnel transfer here, what do you think? ”

"This ......" the three of them shook their heads: "The transfer of troops requires His Majesty's Tiger Fu, and now His Majesty's disappearance should also be ordered by the Emperor or the Empress Dowager." The ministers did not dare to speak falsely. ”

Wei Qian rubbed her head, knowing that the three of them were strictly following the way of being ministers, so she simply ordered someone to take out the map: "What is the distribution of troops in Jiangnan now?" Who are the other princes? Is it safe for us to travel to the palace? ”

The three of them looked at each other, this concubine was really not easy to fool.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu rolled up his sleeves and clicked a few times on the map: "According to the latest personnel transfer, the main force of the Jiangnan battalion is in Changzhou, five hundred miles away. Moreover, the dragons and snakes in the Jiangnan camp are mixed, so they should not be trusted. ”

"The Zhen family?"

"Not bad."

"What about the vicinity of Jinling?"

"There are three forces near Jinling." The royal tour of the south must be guarded by a large army. In addition to the tens of thousands of people on the side of the palace, Situ Yun also arranged his own army of cronies.

"Not far from the mouth of the Yangtze River, a general stationed in the Jiangnan battalion. He had five thousand soldiers there. ”

"Huizhou on the other side is guarded by 10,000 people led by General Liu."

"There is also General Li Teng guarding Jinling, this old general is the emperor's person."

"Compared with the Jiangnan camp, General Liu and General Li's people are closer. Moreover, they are all emperor's people. ”

Wei Qian couldn't help nodding and silently passed the news to the avatar.

Wei Qian's incarnation established the island lord's mansion on Midway, and now he is ordering someone to invite Liu Shilian to the mansion. The former crown prince was rescued by Xuanyun to Midway. He lectures to the children on the island every day, and sometimes he goes to the owner's mansion to give lectures to the owner of the island, explaining the exploits and policies of the emperors of the past generations.

It's just that the owner of the island has been separated by a curtain from beginning to end, and he can't see his true face.

On this day, I was invited to the house. I thought I was going to continue the lecture, but the mysterious island owner showed him a map.

"This is the current map of Jinling's military distribution. If the Holy Lord disappears here in Jinling today, how should the palace deal with it? ”

Wei Qian informed him of Jinling's information, and Liu Shilian was puzzled and silent.

"Why don't you speak, sir?"

"The island owner has great powers, and the contemptible people have known it for a long time. But where did this map come from, and is His Majesty missing? "Although Liu Shilian doesn't like His Majesty today, he will not speak stupidly, so as not to make Shenzhou suffer.

"The master of this island is a cultivator, but he just watched the number of Shenzhou Qi and found that the master of the Dragon Court had an accident in Jinling, and he wanted to ask you how to save it out of curiosity. This can be regarded as an actual exercise. ”

"Drills? Rehearsal what? With all due respect, the owner of the island invited the old man to give lectures, as well as the various constructions on the island, no matter how you look at it, it is not as simple as a so-called paradise! Raising troops and building ships, what is the purpose of the island owner! ”

"The old master thinks too much, and the owner of this island has no intention of starting a war against Shenzhou. This amount of strength is not enough to fight against Shenzhou. ”

"That's Nanyang?" Liu Shilian shook his head: "There is a lot of chaos in Nanyang, which is the best situation for our dynasty in China." A unified island nation in the South Seas will only expand around and intrude on our coast. Although the old man fell into the outer oceanic island, as a descendant of Yan and Huang, he will definitely not do anything dangerous to my dynasty! ”

How much style does Liu Shilian have, Wei Qian pondered and carefully worded: "I heard that there is still a continent in the south of the South Seas. My purpose is to be there, to see the New World. ”

"See?" Liu Shilian smiled mockingly, turned around and was about to leave.

"If you want to be good at it, you must know it first. If you don't even know about the situation on that continent, how can you talk about future arrangements? Now I say that I want to occupy and rule that continent, isn't it a fool's dream? ”

Liu Shilian stopped: "From the facilities on the island, it can be seen that the owner of the island is ambitious, and he is by no means a person who is willing to live on an island. In this way, the island owner wants to establish his own kingdom on the continent south of the South Seas. ”

"What? Ridiculous? ”

Liu Shilian shook his head: "It is rumored that Xu Fudong will go, and three thousand men and women will be born in Dongying." There is always a beginning to everything. This is not the work of one generation, but the revitalization of the kingdom can be carried on from generation to generation. "Moreover, if this island owner intends to go to the ocean, he can reduce one enemy of Shenzhou.

Initially open and honest, Liu Shilian sat down again, looked at the map, and explained: "According to the information provided by the island owner, the current situation in Jinling is not too bad. As long as you can stabilize the emperor, the five princes, and ask the queen mother to mobilize Liu Baohe and this army to guard the palace, there should be no trouble. ”

Wei Qian shared the information and couldn't help nodding. This is also what she thinks, after all, Jia Daishan has been teaching for many years, and his vision is not bad.

"If I am in charge of the palace, I will order someone to capture the five princes to deter the Zhen family. On the other side, stabilize the emperor, do you think it's good? ”

Wei Qian said his plan, and Liu Shilian shook his head: "It's okay to take the Zhen family, but the emperor can't be underestimated." This Emperor has a heavy army in his hands and will definitely not tolerate being left out. If the emperor disappears, he will take control of the palace as soon as possible. If he is cut and killed, I am afraid that the emperor's life will not be guaranteed. ”

Wei Qian was taken aback: "This can't be!" Could it be that the Emperor Taishang would still attack the emperor? ”

"Since there is a prince of the East Palace, the Emperor Taishang can completely set up the East Palace after returning to the palace, so as to regain power. Of course, the premise is that he can live until the crown prince reaches adulthood. Otherwise, he died early, and the new emperor was young, which was not a blessing for the community. Liu Shilian complained a lot about what the Emperor did at the beginning, and there was a sense of schadenfreude in his words.

Wei Qian condensed her eyebrows and pondered: Yes, if the Emperor Taishang controls the palace and finds Situ Yun as soon as possible, instead of bringing it back directly but destroying it, what can I do? Wei Qian didn't dare to hope for the love of the heavenly family. And if Situ Yun was captured and kidnapped by the Tongyuan Sect and had to negotiate with the imperial court, then it would be even worse.

Wei Qian's previous life history was not bad, and the changes in the Ming Dynasty's civil fort were very clear. When the emperor is kidnapped and there are other heirs in this dynasty, I am afraid that a new emperor will be directly canonized.

"Moreover, whether the fifth prince can control it or not remains to be said. In case the Zhen family wants to rise up to save people and storm the palace, it will not be good. ”

Wei Qian listened to Liu Shilian's explanation, and slowly had a spectrum in her heart.

At this time, someone in the palace queen mother arrived again.

Wang Zheng strode in: "Qi Qi Concubine Ning, the fifth prince has been invited to the side hall to rest." ”

"Just him?"

"The fifth prince is unwell, and the people around him are inconvenient to disturb, and the minister has ordered someone to ask the guards and eunuchs to ensure that he is clean."

The meaning of Wang Zheng's words, Wei Qian's five people could hear it, and this was already the meaning of house arrest and surveillance. Everyone's expressions were relieved, and Wei Qian smiled: "With the fifth prince in hand, the next thing will be easy to do." ”

"yes." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu smiled: "There is no such prince to cause chaos around the emperor, as long as you find your majesty, this misfortune will be solved." ”

Because of Liu Shilian's suggestion, Wei Qian was a little more careful. is going to invite Concubine Zhen Gui to come over to discuss, and use her son as a threat.

But suddenly a palace maid came to report: "Niangniang, it's not good, it's not good!" Someone in the palace suddenly spread the news, and many concubines learned that something had happened to His Majesty, and the Queen Mother fainted, and they went to the Emperor Taishang. ”

Wei Qian's face changed: "How is it possible!" Didn't you block the news? ”

"The palace people in our north can be trusted, but the palace maids and eunuchs on this side of the Jinling Palace are not obedient."

"People from Jinling?" Wei Qian's eyes narrowed, and it was clear: Is it the shadow son of the Tongyuan Sect?

"Then kill them all." Wei Qian coldly ordered: "No one in the palace except this golden palace is allowed to mention the disappearance of His Majesty. If there is a mention of direct house arrest, those who intend to resist will be killed on the spot. ”

The phoenix's eyes were exposed, and the people of the Ministry of Rites and the others felt a chill in their hearts.

I saw that the woman said to the concubine next to her: "Sister, you are in charge of the internal affairs of the palace, please give an order." I will use the Queen Mother's Golden Seal again. ”

This lady is sharp, if the queen mother is safe in the future, what she does today alone can kill her. Wang Zheng thought silently, but he appreciated this lady's temper. Resolute and resolute, if it weren't for this lady to come forward, I'm afraid he would have the heart to drive the emperor back to the palace to set up another East Palace.

"The three adults, please go outside and stabilize the situation. It is inconvenient for me to wait for the people in the harem to show up, and when the queen mother wakes up, I will summon all the virtuous people into the palace. ”

asked the Ministry of Rites Shangshu and others to leave, Wang Zheng also wanted to retire, but was stopped by Wei Qian.

"Wait, you accompany the palace to the Emperor Taishang."

Taking Wang Zheng to the residence of the Emperor Taishang, Wei Qian asked: "You were by your side when the accident happened, do you know who did it?" ”

"Those people shouted that Qingtian was dead and Huang Tian should stand, presumably it was the Tongyuan Demon Sect dedicated to Emperor Huangtian."

"Tongyuan Demon Sect?" Wei Qian pretended to be surprised, and her heart was more confident.

After getting the news from Wang Zheng, she can play freely in front of the Emperor.

The residence of the Emperor Taishang was surrounded by many concubines and concubines.

Except for Wu Guifei, Wei Qian, and Ni Yan, the five concubines are all on the side of the emperor.

Bai Su was terrified, and wanted to go to the Queen Mother's side, but when she heard that the Queen Mother was in a coma, she decided to take refuge in the Emperor. You must know that the Emperor Taishang still has military power in hand, and the strict garrison here is the most important in the palace. As long as the emperor intervenes, the situation can be restored.

"Your Majesty, now that the emperor is missing, if those thieves break into the palace, what will it be?" A concubine cried and cried, ignoring the kindness of Situ Yun's mother and son to her a few days ago.

"Yes, Your Majesty, when are we going back to the palace?" At this time, who can still care about playing, it is the best policy to take the ship of the Emperor Taishang to leave Jinling and return to the palace.

Bai Su and other Situ Yun's concubines looked panicked, and they all said that they would replace Situ Yun to fulfill their filial piety to the emperor. Situ Yun left, and they had no one to rely on in the harem.

Emperor Taishang frowned, and the news from the hunting ground made him feel worried. In addition to worrying about his son, he is also concerned about his own safety and even the safety of the entire country.

"I have already ordered someone to find out the news, if something really happens...... Emperor Taishang has a plan in his heart, and he will immediately drive back to the palace, at least to go to a safe place and find a way to save Situ Yun.

"Concubine Ning has arrived." Passing the word at the door, the Emperor Taishang's expression moved, and he saw Wei Qian coming in a hurry.

"Concubine Ning, you also want to go back to the palace with me?" Two days ago, Jia Daishan dreamed, the Emperor Aiwu and Wuxia had a gentle attitude towards Wei Qian, even if Wei Qian didn't mention it, he was ready to take Wei Qian and the Queen Mother away.

Wei Qian came in and immediately knelt in front of the Emperor: "The concubine is late to save the car, please forgive your sins." As soon as she knelt, Wang Zheng and Hongchun hurriedly knelt down.

"Help?"

"His Majesty has a thorough plan, and he uses his example to lure the Tongyuan Demon Sect to appear, which is what it should mean. However, the matter was kept confidential and was not discussed with His Majesty the Emperor in advance. The concubine was supposed to find the first time to come and move to Jinling. But the Queen Mother suffered from heat stroke, and she was one step late in her panic. In the place of alarm, the concubine pleaded guilty to the emperor on behalf of His Majesty. As she spoke, the white-clothed concubine kowtowed to the Emperor.

Wang Zheng was dumbfounded, is it okay to say that? But I have to admit that this mother's acting skills are really good.

The rain brought pear blossoms, with an apologetic and respectful face, although he kowtowed and apologized, he did not see flattery, but he was more arrogant. It's like a lonely plum in the middle of winter, facing the wind and snow.