"My lord, then we have two things that we must do at the moment: first, to prevent the king from meeting with the queen before he can achieve that goal. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Second, raise a group of private soldiers. Liang Gongyuan said.

Raising private soldiers is something that outsiders must not know, so Liang Gongyuan deliberately lowered his voice and said.

Guo Mao nodded and said, "Well, I'll arrange it tomorrow." ”

He is a scholar of soldiers, and he is very good at recruiting, commanding, and transferring troops, and it is naturally not very difficult to raise a group of soldiers in private. But because of his identity, this matter must be carried out very secretly, otherwise it will be a big crime once it is revealed.

The next day, Guo Mao summoned Liang Gongyuan and several subordinates whom he trusted on weekdays to discuss secretly, and finally decided to recruit 5,000 soldiers privately and divide them into five battalions.

All five camps are located in the suburbs.

After everything was deployed, Liang Gongyuan went to recruit troops in person.

Although this matter has been implemented, Guo Mao's heart is still very uneasy, to be precise, even more uneasy than before.

He sent another secret letter to King Ling Zhao Teng.

The day after he sent the secret letter away, he received a letter from Ling Wang Zhao Teng.

He hurriedly closed the door and watched quietly.

In the letter, Wang Zhaoteng asked him to wait a little longer to see if Zhang Zhaoyi could conceive a child.

Well, that means that you have to stand still for the time being.

That night, when Liang Gongyuan came to report to him on the progress of the recruitment work, he told Liang Gongyuan the content of Ling Wang's letter.

"Now, he and we are pinning our main hopes on Zhang Zhaoyi." Guo Mao said.

"Is this safe? Zhang Zhaoyi is too young after all, and she is worried that she will not be able to control the situation well. Liang Gongyuan was not very relieved.

"Judging from the current situation, there is not much of a problem on her side. I also want to meet with her in private, but at the moment the people on the prince's side are watching very closely. ”

Liang Gongyuan nodded and said, "Yes", and approached Guo Mao and whispered, "I just heard a news in the next place." ”

"What's the news?" Guo Mao hurriedly asked, and couldn't help but get nervous.

"I heard that Zheng Cairen has been very close to Zhang Zhaoyi recently."

"She?" Guo Mao suddenly frowned.

Wasn't this Zheng Cairen very unhappy with Zhang Zhaoyi before? Why did you suddenly have a relationship with Zhang Zhaoyi again?

"There's something strange about this man's behavior." Guo Mao said.

"I think so too."

"I'll send a letter to Zhang Zhaoyi." Guo Mao stood up and said.

Liang Gongyuan did not object.

That night, the palace maid assigned by Guo Mao to deliver the letter to Zhang Zhaoyi got the letter from the small gate on the east side of the palace and walked briskly to Fanghua Palace.

As she crossed a stone bridge, two fathers-in-law followed her.

Although she wasn't sure if they were the ones who were following her, she hurried to speed up.

Just as she came to a corner, she suddenly felt a blow to the back of the head, and she fainted before she could react.

When she came to her senses, she found herself leaning against a large stone pillar, and the letter in her pocket was missing.

The palace maid was immediately shocked.

That letter was Guo Mao's thousand instructions to be handed over to Zhang Zhaoyi safely, but now it is gone, and the person who took it does not know.

What to do? Guo Mao will definitely blame her now. However, at this time, she couldn't go out of the palace to see Guo Mao. She was so anxious that tears began to fall.

The next day, the palace maid told Guo Mao what happened yesterday, and Guo Mao stood up abruptly when he heard it.

In this letter, Guo Mao reminded Zhang Zhaoyi to be wary of Zheng Cairen, and asked her to find a way to conceive the emperor's child as soon as possible.

Such a letter must never fall into the hands of others.

He was so anxious that he immediately approached Liang Gongyuan to discuss countermeasures.

"It's very likely that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did it." Liang Gongyuan said.

"But there's no movement from his side." Guo Mao said, pacing restlessly around the room.

"Maybe it's the calm before the storm."

"What are we going to do now?"

"Pretend nothing happened."

Guo Mao glanced at Liang Gongyuan and said, "What if he shows this letter to His Majesty?" ”

"Even if Your Majesty reads this letter, it will not have a big impact on you, after all, what you said in this letter is just a warning to a concubine how to be cautious in the harem and how to compete for favor, and it has nothing to do with politics. Your Majesty, even if you may blame you, is not to the point of sacrificing you. Liang Gongyuan said calmly.

Guo Mao thought about it and felt that what Liang Gongyuan said was also reasonable, so he sat down and said, "But after this incident, we will never be able to communicate with Zhang Zhaoyi in private, let alone meet." ”

"yes, I can only cut off all contact with her for the time being."

"But how do you let her know the danger of Zheng Cairen approaching her?" Guo Mao rubbed his forehead and said.

This is indeed a problem, and Liang Gongyuan didn't think of a better way for a while.

"Let's just do it first, judging from Zhang Zhaoyi's intelligence and her current favor, Zheng Cairen shouldn't be able to calculate her." Liang Gongyuan said with relief.

Guo Mao nodded helplessly.

Last night, Gonggong Ling quietly went to the East Palace to see the prince after it got dark.

"This is what the servant got from the palace maid's pocket." Gonggong Ling handed the letter to the crown prince.

The prince immediately took it apart and looked at it.

After reading it, the prince's originally calm expression fluctuated a little, and he motioned for Gonggong Ling to step down, and then sent someone to invite Miyazawa Zhe to come.

Tetsu Miyazawa, who was about to rest, immediately rushed to the East Palace.

"Zhang Zhaoyi really has a cooperative relationship with the Ministry of War." The crown prince Zhao Yuliang said, so he handed the letter to Miyazawa Tetsu.

"No wonder the harem was so unpeaceful after Zhang Zhaoyi entered the palace." Miyazawa Tetsu said, and said suspiciously: "What is the purpose of the military department Shangshu doing this?" He wants to be emperor? Or does he have an improper relationship with Zhang Zhaoyi? ”

The prince shook his head and said calmly: "I'm afraid it's neither." ”

Guo Mao has no possibility of becoming an emperor in any way, and as for the relationship between him and Zhang Zhaoyi, it may be a little improper.

It's just that why does he care so much about whether Zhang Zhaoyi is pregnant with the emperor's child? Does he want to push Zhang Zhaoyi to the position of queen? If Zhang Zhaoyi becomes the queen, what benefit will he have? As long as there is still a day in the world, even if he joins forces with Zhang Zhaoyi, it will be impossible for him to grasp the power of the country.

"Maybe there are people behind Guo Mao." The prince said thoughtfully.

"Who could it be?" Tetsu Miyazawa asked.

"I don't know yet, but I'll know someday." The prince said with a determined gaze.

"What does Your Highness plan to do with this letter?"

"Stay here in this palace for now, maybe it will be of great use in the future."

"Not to Your Majesty?" Tetsu Miyazawa asked again.

If this letter is handed over to the emperor, maybe the emperor will severely interrogate Guo Mao.

"If you want to hand it over, you have to wait for the most suitable time, so let's keep it for now."

"Good. By the way, His Royal Highness, Kong Wuli has already followed Dao Neng to Chonghua County to transform his fate, and he is now Dao Neng's apprentice. ”

"Well, let Dao Neng bring him to Beizhili after the New Year."

Beizhili is very close to the capital, and the prince will not need much manpower to arrest Kong Wuli at that time.

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Dear friends, the second watch is here. (To be continued.) )