This night, the two of them naturally didn't have the heart to do something else, Qu Ning was lying quietly in Tang Shaoshuai's arms, counting his heartbeat before falling asleep near dawn.

As soon as it was dawn, she had already woken up naturally, and after a few seconds of sobering up on the bed, she slowly sat up and moved to the dresser to wash and dress.

Tang Shaoshuai opened the door and called the maids and ladies to clean up and dress up for her, and finally very calmly, under the onlookers with different looks in the room, he picked up the snail Dai on the dressing table, and gently drew a crescent moon-like eyebrow for her.

The people at the door have changed a batch, but they are still joining forces to block the door, Tang Shaoshuai stepped forward and was about to speak, but Qu Ning gently pressed his hand on his chest, he immediately understood, and after a little concession, Qu Ning stepped forward and said: "The young marshal and I are not going out, but we want to go to the official residence in the front yard to ask to see the marshal, is it okay?" ”

Listening to her words, a slight gap immediately appeared in the originally unyielding front.

The young lady wanted to see her father-in-law, and this request should have been granted to them immediately.

But when the marshal sent them over to guard the door yesterday, he made it clear that they couldn't let the people inside go out and talk nonsense, otherwise they would be punished for delaying the military plane. Although the person in it seemed to be extraordinarily cooperative yesterday, neither noisy nor scolding, it was almost completely different from what they imagined, but who knows if she will have the support of the young marshal today, and suddenly run out like crazy? When the time comes, it will not be easy to catch it halfway through.

The leader paused for a moment, then saluted them and said solemnly: "The young marshal and the young lady will wait later, and the subordinates will send someone to ask if the marshal is in the official residence." ”

Qu Ning nodded and smiled disappreciatively: "Okay." ”

The man immediately sent a small soldier to the front yard to send a message to inquire, while he watched the young marshal and the young lady just stand arm in hand in front of a pot of flowers that had just been transported from the greenhouse to enjoy the flowers, the young lady also smiled and twisted a flower close to sniff gently, and the delicate and tender face could not see the expression of pain and struggle or even exhaustion and anxiety.

And the young marshal, who is as cold as a blade on weekdays, looks a little gentler when he is held by her, and the scene of blending and whispering with her at this time is as beautiful as an ink painting.

Such a beautiful picture made the man look at it for a long time, and the original mind of surveillance gradually faded, but was replaced by a pure appreciation.

It didn't take long for the little soldier sent to summon the message to run back, panting: "The marshal asks the young marshal and the young lady to come over." ”

The man immediately bowed slightly: "Two, please come with the humble position." ”

Said to be an escort, in fact, it was taken to the front yard like a superintendent, and at this time it was surrounded by three circles inside and three circles outside, and there were everywhere the official residences where orderly soldiers on duty and men in military uniforms came and went, and the people surrounding them dispersed, signaling them to go in and find Tang Dashuai by themselves.

Tang Dashuai's office is on the highest third floor, the first floor is his office space, and you can see it as soon as you go up the stairs.

The two of them went upstairs, and sure enough, Tang Dashuai was sitting in front of the desk looking at something, as if he didn't notice them entering the door, and continued to spend a few minutes reading the things in his hand and signing them here, and then raised his head and glanced at the two of them, and a very kind smile appeared on his face: "Coming?" Come on, come on, sit," beckoned them to find a place to sit down, he yawned lazily and glanced at Tang Shaoshuai, "Sincerely, you kid doesn't know the hard work of being a father, for his father to approve documents last night until now, he is so busy that he can't even find the time to close his eyes, and you don't say to help, alas, ......" said and shook his head and sighed.

first complained about a lot of things, and then said that Tang Shaoshuai refused to help, Qu Ning didn't know, obviously complaining about his son's disobedience, in fact, he was blaming her for stirring up the gap between their father and son.

Tang Shaoshuai pursed his lips and didn't answer this sentence, he just stood there without saying a word, but his face became more and more ugly, Qu Ning knew that he had been bored since yesterday, and he was afraid that he would have trouble with his father at this time, so he hurriedly said: "Father, you are wrong." It was already midnight when he came back yesterday, and he only stopped for a moment, closed his eyes slightly and saw that the sky was dawning, and he himself barely closed his eyes. But no matter how busy you are, yesterday we also talked about your father's hard work," these four words, she said particularly meaningful, "I just told me that he thought that he couldn't let your father work too hard, so let's just ask if you can help." ”

Even if she knew that her words were just a lie, she stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling person, her words were very soft, and she borrowed her son's name, Tang Dashuai snorted and didn't have a seizure, so he raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand around his chest: "That daughter-in-law, you should tell me, what kind of ugly person did you discuss?" ”

Qu Ning was not in a hurry: "After all, I and Jinzhi are juniors, and I am afraid that some things are not well thought out, so I have to ask my father what you mean." If I say something wrong, don't be surprised, father. ”

She paused, raised her head and said loudly: "My imperial brother is a person who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, he was subject to the Queen Mother when he was young, he was subject to Yangyi when he was growing up, and he was subject to the Congress after the restructuring when he was young, and he retreated step by step, roundabout and tactful, and because of this, in the eyes of many people, he felt that he was an extremely manipulative person. ”

Tang Dashuai was afraid that he would think the same way, so he set up the cannon on Jingshan yesterday, only saying that at twelve o'clock today, if the emperor refused to leave the palace, he would bombard the palace, and he would rather shed a river of blood at that time.

If the emperor is really willing to abdicate before twelve o'clock, it would be fine, and everyone would be spared a military disaster, but if the emperor still refused to leave the palace to abdicate at twelve o'clock, and when it came to that time, it would be difficult to ride a tiger, and he would change from the emperor to Tang Dashuai.

If you really bombard the palace and bomb the palace to the ground, it will not only kill the royal family, but the dignity of the emperor, the authority of the royal family, and even the status of the emperor's position in people's hearts.

And Qu Ning is very sure that this is a consequence that Tang Dashuai does not want to bear. This is also the pillar of her negotiation with him today.

But although she understood this in her heart, she felt that the sweaty grip in her palms was full of cold sweat, and only the side that was led by Tang Shaoshuai was slightly better-because the Tang Dashuai she was facing today was full of aura, although her face was still smiling on weekdays, but there was already a very thick sense of threat on her body.

The kind of coercion that has been in power for more than ten years is even worse than that of an emperor who stays at home in the palace all year round.

Qu Ning looked at him and looked at him calmly, but in fact, more and more cold sweats showed that she was still a little uneasy in her heart.

"It's not appropriate to manipulate this word," Tang Dashuai picked out the word, "but I hope that Your Majesty is a person who is good at judging the situation." He glanced at Qu Ning, "In front of Yangyi, I can still weigh the weight, but now that the form has reached this stage, has it become a hard bone?" ”

Qu Ning sighed and said, "If you want to know the importance of knowing the importance and advancing and retreating, I don't think the imperial brother is a stupid person." But his more than ten years of compromises are all for the throne. And this is his bottom line, no matter how much he retreats, no matter how he compromises, he has never changed this, so I said that the imperial brother is a person who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, "So now what Tang Dashuai wants to touch the emperor's bottom line will lead to such a fierce backlash, she is only afraid that in the end, it will inevitably flow into a river of blood."

Tang Dashuai listened to her sentence by sentence, and was noncommittal: "So, what do you mean, daughter-in-law, that I shouldn't persecute Your Majesty?" But now that we've come this far, there's no way back. If we hadn't signed the 21 Articles with Japan at the beginning, then everything is easy to say now, everyone is still in-laws, and it is easy to discuss everything behind closed doors. But now that we've come to this point, no one can go back. Even if I were willing, it would be impossible for the 40,000,000 people in China to agree. ”

Qu Ning pursed her lips, nodded and said with some difficulty: "I understand." "It is easy to stir up the anger of the people, but it is not so simple to quell it.

And Article 21, no matter what you say, even if the royal family really falls into the calculations of others, as long as the traitorous treaty is signed, this is a fact that cannot be denied, and you can only try your best to make up for it, but it can no longer be erased. So she didn't think about helping the royal family continue to keep the throne, what she is thinking about now is how to ensure a smooth transition when the political system is changed, and how to ensure that after the transition of the political system, there will be no more restoration of the imperial system, and there will be no more capriciousness in thought and behavior.

Abdication must have the value of abdication, and the revolution must have the effect it remembers to have. Otherwise, sacrifices, conflicts, and bloodshed will all be in vain.

"I'm not here today to negotiate terms with you, I want to find a way for both parties that is acceptable to everyone, marry my husband, since I am already the daughter-in-law of the Tang family, then I naturally think about the Tang family and your father."

The four words of the daughter-in-law of the Tang family made Tang Dashuai's pupils shrink.

The reason why the young marshal was allowed to marry her was because he wanted to paralyze the royal family and relax their vigilance, so that it was easy to find a way to start. The second is also to be able to calm the hearts of some old and young people in the future, after all, he is such a son, and he came back from studying abroad to receive new ideas, he is worried that once he dies in the future, this rebel son will do nothing at that time, but will make the good situation into a mess.

But now, she deliberately mentioned that she was already the daughter-in-law of the Tang family, and reminded him of another thing: he is not only a minister, the emperor is also the brother-in-law of the young marshal. Throughout the ages, which courtier who killed the king with his own hands ended up with a good end? If you don't have blood, you still choose to fight without blood.

Tang Dashuai thought about it, and finally nodded reluctantly, and changed his face to a kind look: "What do you have to say about that daughter-in-law?" ”

"I want to enter the palace and persuade the imperial brother." Qu Ning said slowly, his eyes fell tightly on Tang Dashuai's face, "As for the conditions on the imperial brother's side, I'm afraid that I will have to wait until I come back from the palace before I can talk to you." She thought for a while and added, "Actually, when I think about it, the imperial brother is actually a reasonable person, I will go to find out, everyone is a family, and it is easy to discuss behind closed doors." ”

"That's the case," Tang Dashuai pondered for a moment and nodded: "Then you can go to the palace with your daughter-in-law and protect your daughter-in-law, you know?" ”

Always listening to their back and forth verbal exchanges, Tang Shaoshuai, who was just silent from beginning to end, slowly replied "Okay" at this time.