As Emperor Qinglong expected at the beginning, the matter of Sima Yu and Han Zuo was already known all over the city in the morning. So for a while, everyone talked about this topic after dinner.

It was a matter of royal face, and the next day, naturally, there were honest ministers who wrote to talk about it. For a while, the fold flew into the hands of Emperor Qinglong like snowflakes.

Emperor Qinglong was so annoyed that in the end he simply threw all these folds aside and didn't look at them.

But there was a letter he picked out and read it carefully.

This excerpt was written by Han Zuo. The reason why Sima Yu denied it that day was only because he was afraid that Emperor Qinglong and Empress Cui would be angry, and then blamed Yunyun, and then at the end he begged Emperor Qinglong to marry Sima Yu to him, and he promised that he would be good to her for the rest of his life, and would not let her suffer a little grievance or something.

Emperor Qinglong put the fold aside, and then fell into deep thought.

As he said to Empress Dowager Li that night, he didn't really love Empress Cui's children, but he just did it for the Boling Cui family. It's just that he doesn't love him anymore, but Sima Yu is also his daughter, and after watching her grow from a little baby to a big girl over the years, there will still be a little worry in my heart.

It's just that she is too angry, and she actually did such a thing to lose royal face.

Regarding the matter between her and Han Zuo, Emperor Qinglong actually chose to lean towards the statement that she was interested in Han Zuo. After all, so much evidence points to this, and he has no reason not to believe it. It's just that if you are interested in him, you can come and say to him, the father, that if you do such a thing secretly, you will lose all the face of the royal family, what should happen to this matter now?

After Emperor Qinglong sighed heavily, he lifted the Zhu pen and approved Han Zuo's excerpt.

So the next morning, Emperor Qinglong talked about the deep relationship between Bactria and Lunan over the years, and then felt that the king of Lunan had been loyal to Bactria over the years, so he married Sima Yu, the princess of Anyang, to Han Zuo, the prince of Lunan, hoping that the relationship between the two countries would be closer from now on.

As soon as he said this, the ministers in the palace knelt down one after another, and the mountain exhaled His Majesty. And Han Zuo was already so overjoyed that he almost had a fart on the spot.

It's just that as soon as the news of the previous dynasty reached the harem, Queen Cui immediately cried.

Sima Yu is her first child, who has grown up like a pearl in her palm since she was a child, and she is really afraid of falling in her hands, and she is afraid of melting in her mouth. Originally, she planned to wait for Sima Yu to get older and choose a suitable child of a family in the capital, so that even after marriage, their mother and daughter could still see each other from time to time. But now, if Sima Yu marries far away to the country of Lunan, thousands of miles away, the mountains and rivers are far away, and the mother and daughter want to see each other, they have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and Ma Yue.

Thinking of this, Queen Cui couldn't help but lie on the pillow and cry mournfully, no matter how much the surrounding grandmothers and palace ladies persuaded her, it was useless.

After making a fuss like this for a while, the inner prison outside announced loudly, saying that Uncle Cui Guo asked to see him.

Uncle Cui Guo's single name is a Hao character, and he is now one of the three princes, Situ, who is the eldest brother of Queen Cui's mother, and is the patriarch of the Cui clan in Boling.

Empress Cui raised her hand and wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief, and said in a choked voice.

It's just that no matter how much she wipes it, the tears in her eyes still keep rolling out.

So when Cui Hao walked in slowly, what he saw was Queen Cui's red and swollen eyes and tears on her face.

He only rushed over after the court dispersed, so he naturally knew why his sister was crying.

It's just that Cui Hao is different from Queen Cui, he feels that he is a person who does big things, and people who do big things should know how to give and take, so he feels that in Sima Yu's matter, Queen Cui really can't be sad to this point.

So after he sat down, instead of comforting Queen Cui, the first sentence was directly to the point: "Ah Yu's incident, you have to blame others, she did it herself." As far as the current shape shì is concerned, her marriage to Han Zuo is already the best result. ”

Empress Cui was immediately stabbed in the heart by his words, and the wound was dripping and blood-red.

The tears that she had managed to stop immediately rolled down again.

"Big brother, I didn't expect you to comfort me, why did you stab me in the chest when you opened your mouth? You also know that I am such a daughter as Ayu. Now that she is going to marry to the country of Liunan, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, when will our mother and daughter have to wait until they want to meet again? And I also heard that Lu Nan is the poorest, Ah Yu has been pampered since she was a child, how can she get used to it? “

At this, she began to cry mournfully.

Cui Hao was very impatient, so he said rudely: "In the end, it is a woman's family, with long hair and short knowledge." Emperor Qinglong's will has already been made, what's the use of you crying to death here? Ah Yu still wants to marry in the southern country of Liunan. ”

When Queen Cui heard this, she cried even more fiercely for a while.

"I also know that although I have been sitting in the position of the queen over the years, His Majesty has been kind to me, and in the eyes of outsiders, he seems to be very fond of me, but I also know that in his heart, I am not as good as the dead Empress Li in his heart. After all, they have grown up together since childhood, where can I compare? How could he have ever taken a sentence and a half to heart when I said it? It's just that no matter what, after all, the husband and wife have been in love for more than ten years, and seeing that Ah Yu is his own daughter, he really shouldn't marry Ah Yu to the country of Liunan. Isn't this just digging out my heart alive? How can I give up? “

After saying that, he continued to cry, which can be called a howling cry.

Cui Hao became a little impatient.

"Look at you, you have been a queen for so many years, but you are still so useless. Let me tell you, Ah Yu's matter, if you talk about it seriously, you can only blame her for doing things by herself, but she can't complain about Emperor Qinglong. Emperor Qinglong did this in order to minimize the impact of her and Han Zuo's matter. Otherwise, what do you think Emperor Qinglong would do if he didn't do this? Let Ah Yu continue to stay in the capital, even if he lives in a simple place, it will still inevitably become the laughing stock of the world. is the entire Sima royal family, which will also become the laughing stock of the world. Only when she is far away from the capital, or even away from the entire Great Xia, as time goes by, everyone will slowly forget about it. “

Queen Cui didn't know in her heart that what Cui Hao said was right? It's just that the mother and daughter are connected, and she can't accept the fact that Sima Yu is going to marry far away, maybe the mother and daughter will never see each other again in this life.

Seeing this, Cui Hao had no choice but to persuade: "Actually, if you want to see Ah Yu in the future, or even want her to return to the capital, it is not a difficult thing." ”

When Empress Cui heard this, she immediately raised her head and asked, "What does the eldest brother mean by this?" ”

Cui Hao glanced at the hall, Queen Cui understood, and immediately opened her mouth to retreat everyone in the hall.

Cui Hao then spoke: "If Ah Yu can sit in the position of the prince, and Emperor Qinglong will go to the west of the river, and he will sit in the position of the emperor again, Ah Yu is the sister of his mother's compatriots, and then he will casually open his mouth, measuring that he is just a small vassal country, and he will not obediently send Ah Yu back?" When the time comes, if you let Ah Yu live in the capital for a long time, or even in the palace for a long time, who would dare to say nothing in the world? And by that time, Ah Yu and Han Zuo's public case today has long been forgotten by the world, and then you can pick a suitable child of a family for Ah Yu and directly join the royal family, wouldn't it be good? ”

The blueprint built by Cui Hao is so beautiful that Queen Cui couldn't stop being moved immediately.

And originally, their Boling Cui clan had long had the idea of letting Sima Yu replace Sima Yuan in the position of prince, but now because of Sima Yu's imminent marriage, Queen Cui couldn't wait to advance this plan for a while.

As for the relationship between her and Emperor Qinglong, the royal husband and wife, the original affection was not more than Erer. And Emperor Qinglong's health has always been bad, and in recent years, it has deteriorated, who knows when he will kick his legs to see the first emperor? Instead of letting Sima Yuan take the position at that time, their mother and son will live by looking at people's faces, it is better to let go of their hands now.

So Empress Cui immediately stopped crying and began to ask: "Big brother, how are you preparing for the two things you said last time?" ”

Cui Hao took two sips of the tea sent by Gong E, moistened his throat, and then said, "I have already prepared these two things." On the side of Fufeng County, there are many deep mountains and old forests, bandits are infested, and the imperial court has sent troops to suppress it many times, but it still cannot be eradicated. Coincidentally, the Taishou in charge of Fufeng County is a member of my Boling Cui clan, so I asked him to secretly recruit troops and horses, and built a site in the deep mountains and old forests, specially used to train these soldiers and horses, and only said that this was just a bandit's nest. As for food and clothing, I asked Cui Taishou to send a batch of food and clothing in the name of encircling and suppressing bandits in the name of encircling and suppressing bandits. Far from blaming, the court will reward him. “

Empress Cui pondered for a moment before asking: "The soldiers and horses are all in the deep mountains and old forests, if there is something in the capital, but can you rush to help?" ”

Cui Hao replied: "Although Fufeng County is two or three days away from the capital, if it is an emergency march, it can still come in the morning and evening. You don't need to worry about that. ”

Empress Cui nodded, and asked again, "Where does the military spending come from?" Although my Boling Cui clan is a family member, I have to bear the daily expenses of so many soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it's a little tight, right? ”

"Naturally, it's tight. Our Boling Cui clan is no better than the Taiyuan Wang clan, the industry is all over the world, and it is so rich," Speaking of the Taiyuan Wang clan, Cui Hao began to bite the back molars, and his tone was rarely sour, "I think his Taiyuan Wang clan was originally no more than Erer, and has been pressed under our Boling Cui clan, I don't want this generation to have a Wang Jun, and he actually made the Taiyuan Wang clan become the head of the five surname clans." ”

Empress Cui sighed: "Wang Jun is indeed a character. But fortunately, he has no intention of officialdom, and he has no official position, just the dean of the Royal Academy, otherwise it will only be more troublesome. ”

Cui Hao snorted lightly: "Although others are not in the court, how many officials in the court admire his reputation and are vying for friendship with him?" And do you think that there will be no one in the Taiyuan Wang clan as an official? Not to mention, isn't the county prince of Luochuan County from the Taiyuan Wang family? Moreover, this person was personally appointed by Emperor Qinglong as the county governor of Luochuan County, which is very disadvantageous to us. ”

"Luochuan-gun?" Empress Cui thought for a while, then was taken aback, and asked, "Big brother, I remember that last time you said that the matter of military financing should be made from Luochuan County, why, now I listen to what you mean, it is actually not possible?" ”

"Not really. It's just a little juncheng, and I can't deal with him? Cui Hao's words were quite disdainful, "Don't worry, I have sent a letter to Cui Ying, as the Taishou of Luochuan County, is it possible that he can't rectify a county?" We'll just wait for the good news. ”

Empress Cui nodded, and after being silent for a moment, she still said: "I always feel a little unsteady in my heart about seizing the prince. Although Empress Dowager Li has ignored the government for many years, her majesty is still there, and she is bound to have some influence in the court. And although the Li clan of Longxi behind her has declined compared to previous years, the hundred-legged insects are dead but not stiff, and they may not have no chips in their hands. You must know that now Sima Yuan is all the hope of their Longxi Li clan, and when the time comes, the Longxi Li clan will definitely use the strength of the whole clan to confront us. ”

"Longxi Li Clan?" Cui Hao snorted disdainfully, "What other characters are there in the Li clan in Longxi now?" Thanks to Emperor Qinglong's suspicion, a few years ago, he tried his best to reduce the Li family in Longxi, and the Empress Dowager Li retreated to the harem in anger and ignored the government. And all the people of the Li family in the court are degraded, deposed, deposed, and then old, dead, and so far, there is only one Li Yun and some climate, and the others do not need to be mentioned. With them, what can they do to compete with our Bolingcui clan? You need to know that the clansmen of my Boling Cui clan are now all over the officialdom, and they can be found everywhere. “

But Empress Cui still felt worried: "You also said that His Majesty is suspicious, and the Li family in Longxi is still his grandfather's family, and he can still be ruthless to attack him, that's for us."

She didn't say any more at this point, but Cui Hao already understood what she meant.

"You can rest assured of that. There is one of our people in the imperial pharmacy, and he revealed to me a few days ago that Emperor Qinglong has always had a disease, and it has been getting worse in the past two years. Not to mention, we just need to quietly increase the amount of a few flavors of medicine in the medicine he drinks every day, so that after a while, even if he is not terminally ill, he can be silent, and God will kill him unconsciously. “

Empress Cui was taken aback and stood up.

She got up too quickly, and her wide sleeves swept to the teacup on the desk, only to hear a crisp sound, and the teacup fell to the water-mill blue brick floor and shattered, and the tea flowed all over the ground.

"You, you're killing kings." Her face turned pale, and her voice changed, "If this is discovered, it will punish the Nine Clans." ”

Cui Hao still sat in the chair and did not move, his face was even more normal, and there was no change in the slightest.

"Do you think that if Sima Yuan succeeds in sitting on the emperor's throne, what will happen to you and Ah Yu? What will happen to our Bolingcui clan? At that time, the first thing he will have to deal with is you and Ah Yu, and then our Bolingcui clan. Rather than being a knife and I being a fish, it is better to start now. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Empress Cui and asked, "What, or is it that you and Emperor Qinglong have been husband and wife for so many years, and you can't let go of it in your heart, and you feel sorry for him when the matter comes?" Think about Ah Yu, if Sima Yuan becomes the emperor, then Ah Yu will definitely have to stay in the southern country of Lunan for the rest of his life, and your mother and daughter may not be able to see each other again in this life. And Ah Yu, think about it, how can the son of a former empress become an emperor, how can he tolerate the son born to the current empress to live in the world? Girl, it's all here, do you think you still have room to back down? ”

In the process of Cui Hao saying this, Queen Cui kept biting her lower lip tightly with her upper teeth, almost biting her lower lip with blood.

At last, her face suddenly became resolute, and she nodded heavily.

"There is no turning back when you open the bow, for the sake of Ah Yu and Ah Yu, I obey the eldest brother."

The implication is to agree with Cui Hao's plan to kill the king.

Cui Hao nodded with satisfaction when he heard this: "It's best if you think so." You and Ah Yu have a cold relationship with our Boling Cui clan, even if we pour out the strength of the whole clan, we will inevitably push Ah Yu to the position of emperor. ”

With Cui Hao's assurance, Queen Cui finally relaxed a little.

People's hearts are separated from their bellies, even if they are brothers and sisters, the interests are current, and the first consideration will definitely only be themselves. What's more, strictly speaking now, Sima Yu is always surnamed Sima, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not become the second Qinglong Emperor in the future, and the Boling Cui clan will not follow the Li clan in Longxi, so it is impossible for Cui Hao not to be wary of their mother and son.

But now that they have the same interests after all, they don't have to think about these long-term things for the time being.

After the big event, the brother and sister continued to gossip about some homely things.

Cui Hao asked about the current situation of Sima Yu and Sima Yu.

Sima Yu is now seven years old, and he is not yet old enough to enter the Royal Academy, so he has a special master to teach. Sima Yu had been grounded by Emperor Qinglong because of the incident with Han Zuo, and she couldn't leave her palace lightly. It is estimated that Emperor Qinglong will not lift her ban until she marries Liunanguo.

Speaking of this, Empress Cui cried again.

Emperor Qinglong has indeed favored her over the years, and in the eyes of outsiders, she is indeed very fond of her, but only she knows best. So she poured all her efforts into Sima Yu and Sima Yu, but now she doesn't want Sima Yu to marry thousands of miles away, how can she, a mother, not be sad?

Cui Hao comforted her, saying that it would not take more than a year to let their mother and daughter meet again, so Queen Cui stopped her tears and asked Cui Hu how she was doing.

Cui Hu is Cui Hao's youngest son.

When it comes to Cui Hu, Cui Hao feels proud and troubled.

Proud of his son's outstanding martial arts since he was a child, a few days ago he successfully challenged the martial arts master, that is, even the general of the chariot cavalry, who has always rarely praised people, sincerely praised this son's great talent, and his achievements in the future will be no less than mine. And the annoying thing is that Cui Hu is stubborn, and he doesn't buy what he thinks even if he is an old man.

"This bastard," Cui Hao was so angry that the two whiskers on his lips were about to fly, "Now it is actually very close to Sima Xuan Ningkang and them, and they are practicing Keju in the academy every day, saying that they are preparing for the upcoming Keju competition." I told him several times, even if your academy won the first place in this Keju competition, what would it do? Can that trophy be used as food, can it be used as silver? But he stalked his neck and argued with me about the honor of the college. The sense of honor of the fart, according to me, it is better to graduate quickly, and then I will stuff him into the army to experience a few years, so that I can get a general to do it in the future. ”

"I know about this Keju competition," Empress Cui nodded, "Triennial, it's still a rule set when Brother Qing Yuan was in power. It's time to count the days. At that time, the Kyushu Keju team in the world will enter Beijing, which can be regarded as a grand event. ”

Cui Hao didn't have any leisure and elegance to think about any grand event, he squinted his eyes, but remembered another thing.

"I remember," he leaned forward and said to Empress Cui, "in Jingzhou, one of these nine prefectures, there is a Jiangxia County below, and the princess of this Jiangxia County was originally from a branch of my Boling Cui clan. ”

"Why did the eldest brother suddenly mention this person?"

"Speaking of this Jiangxia County King, it is actually a hereditary title, and it is now the third generation. The first Jiangxia county king was born in the army, but he had few military achievements, but he kicked a good kick, and the reigning Qingyuan Emperor was a person who was very good at Keju, and this first generation of Jiangxia county king was actually awarded the title of county king because of Keju. “

Cui Hao's expression was full of disdain when he talked about this.

In his eyes, Keju was nothing more than a pastime for the inferior, because it was really despised that he was given a knighthood.

"I don't think much of this Jiangxia County King. When he came to ask to marry a woman from my Boling Cui clan, I didn't want to pay attention to him, but later I was persuaded by your second brother, so I casually married a concubine from a side branch to him. ”

Empress Cui still didn't quite understand why Cui Hao suddenly mentioned this Jiangxia County King.

Fortunately, Cui Hao continued: "When the Keju teams from various colleges in Kyushu enter Beijing, there will inevitably be this Jiangxia Keju team. As far as I know, this Jiangxia Junwang served as the dean of Jiangxia Academy, and he will definitely enter Beijing at that time. You and I are now employing people, and this Jiangxia County King is still our in-law after all, and you and I can take action to win one or two at that time. ”

It's just that Cui Hao was quite disdainful in his words, and he seemed to feel that winning over this Jiangxia county king had reduced his status as a high-ranking family.