When Nangong Mo walked into the study of Yan Wangfu, the study was already full of people. Not only Nangong Mo was stunned when he saw everyone, but even the people in the study couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the woman who came in with a thick cloak. Qi brushed his eyes and looked at King Yan who was sitting on the main seat.

King Yan didn't seem to see everyone's expressions, and was leaning back in his chair with a fixed expression, not knowing what he was thinking. Nangong Mo glanced inside, and except for the generals who were now fighting at the border pass, and the people who were wiped out by King Yan a few days ago, all the henchmen under King Yan were present. Nangong Mo can be regarded as having been in charge of the Yan Wangfu for some time, and he has more or less dealt with these people. He nodded to everyone with a smile and stepped forward to salute, "I've seen my uncle." ”

King Yan raised his head, "Flawless is here, it's hard for you to go." Sit down and talk. ”

There was a vacant seat next to Xiao Qianchi in front, obviously prepared by Nangong Mo, Xiao Qianchi smiled at her and motioned for her to come and sit down. Nangong Mo thanked King Yan, walked to Xiao Qianchi and sat down. Although Nangong Mo didn't know what was going on, he knew that it was not a trivial matter looking at the solemn expressions of everyone present.

King Yan handed a secret letter in his hand to the attendants beside him, and said to Nangong Mo: "You can take a look first." ”

Nangong Mo took the letter and looked at it, and his heart sank. Xiao Qianye finally decided to make a move against the vassal king. In fact, there is nothing wrong with this cutting of the feudal domain for an emperor, as an emperor, who would want a vassal king to threaten the power in his hands? It doesn't matter who you change. But the problem is that it is impossible for them to consider the problem from Xiao Qianye's position now, and the Yanwang Mansion is now the domain that is about to be "cut". Even if it is only about Nangong Mo and Wei Junmo, the positions of Xiao Qianye can only be opposites.

King Yan and the people under the command of Yan Wangfu naturally can't accept this result, Yan Wang has been in Youzhou for more than 20 years, and the Wenchen military generals under his command are more loyal to Yan Wangfu than to the emperor. What's more, King Yan was cut, as King Yan's confidants and cronies, what good can they get?

But now, if Xiao Qianye wants to make a move on Yan Wangfu, the situation is not good for Yan Wangfu. The hundreds of thousands of troops in Yanwangfu are all entangled with the Northern Yuan people at the border pass, and there are not many people who can be adjusted for a while. However, Nangong Mo felt that it was unlikely that Xiao Qianye would cut King Yan first, after all, King Yan was now at war with the Northern Yuan, if Xiao Qianye set fire to the backyard and spread his reputation, not to mention, if he really let the Northern Yuan people take the opportunity to break into the pass, it would be a stench for 10,000 years. Thinking of this, Nangong Mo was not in a hurry.

King Yan looked at everyone condescendingly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has decreed the cutting of the domain, what do you think?" ”

Everyone was silent, saying that it would definitely not work to obey His Majesty's will, but who would dare to say the opposite? Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, because His Majesty wants to cut power and rebel? That's the rebel thief.

In the end, the Yan Wangfu is just a vassal king's mansion, and the quality of the military generals under the command of the prince Yan Wang of the town seems to be a little unbalanced. There are many generals, and each of them can fight well. Wenchen is a little inadequate. After all, the literati under King Yan are just some palace stewards, and the people's livelihood and government affairs are responsible for the political envoys of Youzhou and the yamen of various places. What do you want to do with a bunch of talented people in the vassal palace? If this is the case, King Yan will not have to wait for Xiao Qianye to succeed to the throne before he will be cleaned up by his father.

What does King Yan think now, Nangong Mo doesn't dare to guarantee it, but when the first emperor was still on the throne, King Yan definitely didn't think about anything that shouldn't be thought about. So now there is a shortage of strategists that can be used in the Yan Wangfu, and it is no wonder that the Yan King is now "eyebrows" with Master Nianyuan, who is outside the party.

King Yan also knew that this question was a bit embarrassing, but when he really saw a group of people speechless, he still couldn't help but feel unhappy in his heart. He snorted lightly and said, "Flawless, you say." ”

Feeling the enthusiastic gazes of everyone present, Nangong Mo touched his nose helplessly and said, "This uncle, I don't think there's a need to be too anxious. ”

"How?" King Yan asked.

Nangong Mo said: "Even if Your Majesty wants to cut the domain, it is impossible to take down all the vassal kings at one time, so there is naturally an order." ”

King Yan squinted, looked at Nangong Mo and said, "Do you think the emperor will not make a move on King Yan's Mansion now?" ”

"At least until the war with the Northern Yuan is over, His Majesty will not attack the Yan Wangfu in the open." As for what to do in secret, I didn't say that I wanted to cut the feudal domain before, and I did a lot, so what's the difference?

King Yan casually tapped on the armrest, and said for a long time: "What if you guessed wrong?" ”

Nangong Mo smiled lightly, "Even if I guess, even if I guess, presumably my uncle only has a way to deal with it, so why worry about being flawless?" ”

Hearing this, King Yan couldn't help but be stunned, "You will shirk it." ”

Nangong ink scum slag smiled silently, if there was no way to deal with it, how could King Yan dare to repeatedly try to provoke Xiao Qianye. This year, not only Xiao Qianye was openly and secretly testing the depth of his imperial uncles, but these vassal kings were not polite to Xiao Qianye. As a nephew, Xiao Qianye wants to control them, at least let them see that he has the ability to surrender, right? Otherwise, why would these arrogant imperial uncles put their own noble head under a nephew who was not as capable as themselves?

King Yan snorted lightly, but he didn't chase Nangong Mo again. Looking at the people present, he said lightly: "Let's all go down, what should you do, you must have a number in your hearts, so you don't need to say more about this king?" ”

"Yes, my lord. Subordinates and others retired. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly got up and said.

It wasn't until there were only three people left in the study that one of them came out of it. Dressed in white like snow, with a compassionate expression, handsome and elegant, who is Nianyuan? As soon as Nangong Mo entered the door, he heard that there were still people inside, and he was not surprised. It's just that Xiao Qianchi was stunned when he saw Nian Yuan.

"The lord of the county, the prince."

Nianyuan clasped his hands together and saluted the two.

The two hurriedly returned the salute, and King Yan waved his hand and said, "Master Nianyuan is not more polite, sit down and talk." Fang Cai's words, the master also heard it? ”

, the master also heard it? ”

Nian Yuan nodded and said to King Yan: "Lord Wang, the little monk also agrees with the county lord's opinion. His Majesty the Emperor is suspicious by nature, hesitant and cherishes feathers, and will never challenge the prince first. ”

King Yan frowned and asked, "Between the masters, who will the emperor do first?" ”

Nian Yuan lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "King Qi." ”

King Yan's face sank, and he only listened to Nian Yuan and continued: "His Royal Highness King Qi is fiefdom not far from His Royal Highness King Yan, and he is also His Royal Highness King Yan's brother. After taking down His Royal Highness the King of Qi, one can be used to warn the prince not to act rashly. Second, you can use this to test the attitude of the prince, and you can advance or retreat. If the prince acts rashly because of this, he can detain the prince for the crime of rebellion. And if the prince is tied up, it is naturally the best. ”

After listening to Nian Yuan's analysis, King Yan sneered, "What a Xiao Qianye, he is really a good grandson chosen by his father." ”

Nian Yuan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, His Royal Highness King Qi is only afraid that it is" King Qi's fief is closer to Jinling than Yan Wangfu, even if the spies planted in Jinling by Yan Wangfu receive the news and send it back to Yanwangfu as soon as possible, now I am afraid that it will be too late to save King Qi. What's more, there is no way to save this, and Xiao Qianye doesn't want to kill King Qi. Even if they had received the news earlier, they would have sent someone over to the city. ”

Before Nianyuan's words fell, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, "Lord Qiqi, Qingzhou is urgent!" ”

"Come in!" King Yan's hand on the armrest was clenched tightly, and a trace of murderous aura rose between his eyebrows.

The guard walked in quickly with a dusty person, but Nangong Mo was stunned when he saw the person coming, "Big brother? ”

The person who came was not an outsider, but Nangong Xu, the eldest son of the Nangong family who was assigned to the army. Nangong Xu was also stunned when he saw his sister, obviously he didn't expect to see his little sister in a place like the study of King Yan's Mansion.

King Yan said in a deep voice: "You are the eldest son of Nangong Huai, Nangong Xu?" ”

Nangong Xu came back to his senses, and he didn't care about Nangong Mo, and hurriedly took out a token and said: "His Royal Highness King Qiqi, the grass people are really Nangong Xu." King Yan squinted slightly, and motioned for Xiao Qianchi to send the token in Nangong Xu's hand. Xiao Qianchi stepped forward to take it and sent it to King Yan, who rubbed the token and said in a deep voice: "This is the command talisman that the sixth brother carries with him, let's say, why are you here?" ”

Nangong Xu froze and said in a deep voice: "Lord Qiqi, three days ago, Jinling sent someone to Qingzhou with a secret decree, and invited His Royal Highness the King of Qi and the princess and all the princes from the Qi Palace. This is a letter written by His Royal Highness King Qi to His Royal Highness King Yan. Nangong Xu took out a letter sealed with fire paint from his close-fitting clothes and submitted it. King Yan looked at his familiar self on the envelope, and he had already believed eighty percent.

"How could the sixth brother give you the letter?"

Nangong Xu said: "The grass people were assigned to Qingzhou, and His Royal Highness King Domengqi took care of them and recruited them to give lectures to the palace. His Royal Highness the King of Qi received the news first and knew that something was wrong, so he handed over the order and the secret letter to the grass people. Soon after the grass people left the palace, they saw the secret envoy of the imperial court entering the palace with the palace guards, and before long, His Royal Highness the King of Qi was sent back to Beijing. Because the news has not yet come out, the grass people have the order of His Royal Highness King Qi to open the way, so they rushed all the way to Youzhou without hindrance. ”

King Yan closed his eyes and was silent, obviously calming the anger in his heart. After a long time, he said: "I've worked hard for you, let's go down and rest first." ”

Nangong Xu breathed a sigh of relief, arched his hand towards King Yan and looked at Nangong Mo. Nangong Mo smiled faintly and nodded at him slightly.

When Nangong Xu left, King Yan got up suddenly and slammed the inkstone on the table in front of him to the ground, "Xiao, Qian, Ye!" ”

"The prince is angry." Nian Yuan said calmly.

King Yan took a deep breath and said, "It seems that it is not what Mr. expected, but what is the good plan of Mr. Sixth Brother?" ”

Nian Yuan shook his head and said, "It is absolutely impossible for the prince to forcibly save people now. It's not that Yan Wangfu is powerless, but incompetent. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Nian Yuan sighed and said: "Your Majesty will invite the King of Qi to Jinling, but he will never kill him." According to the speculation of the little monk, the biggest possibility is to order the fiefdom to settle the king of Qi, confiscate the military power, and cut the personal guards. It's just that I'm afraid that the fief won't be a good place, and His Royal Highness King Qi is afraid that he will have to suffer. ”

"Won't you have to worry about your life?" King Yan asked.

Nian Yuan shook his head, "As long as there is no real fish dead and the net is broken for a day, His Majesty the Emperor will never move His Royal Highness King Qi lightly." After all, if it makes other vassal kings feel sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, in the future, the emperor's plan will only be half the effort. ”

King Yan nodded, "That's good." The latter is, what does the master think? ”

Nianyuan said calmly: "Let's see who can survive whom." ”

Now, it is a game of courage and determination between the vassal king and the emperor. See who can't help but make a mistake first, or who dares to really make the first move. If Xiao Qianye couldn't help but raise the butcher's knife to the imperial uncles, in the end, it would naturally be Xiao Qianye full of infamy, and it would be natural for others to do whatever they wanted. Or which vassal king couldn't help but raise troops, Xiao Qianye took advantage of the situation to send troops to quell the chaos. Or all the vassal kings did not dare to act rashly, and in the end, Xiao Qianye successfully withdrew the domain.

King Yan pondered for a long time before he nodded and said, "This king understands, and this king also wants to see how much this nephew has grown in the past year." ”

Out of the study, the courtyard outside the study was bleak, the cold wind was coming, and looking at the rolling sky Wuyun Nangong Mo sighed softly.

"Mo'er." Not far away, Nangong Xu stood in the corridor and looked at Nangong Mo and said. Nangong Mo turned his head and greeted him with a smile, "Why didn't the eldest brother go to rest?" ”

Nangong Xu shook his head and said, "I'm not tired, I haven't seen you for nearly a year, you look good." ”

Nangong Mo was helpless, "I am managed by them every day and don't do anything, where can I look bad?" ”

Seeing Nangong Xu's puzzled face, Zhishu who followed Nangong Mo covered his lips and smiled: "The eldest prince doesn't know, the county lord is already almost four months pregnant. ”

"I see." Nangong Xu's face was also happy,"

It's a joy," said so, the right time to come. ”

Nangong Mo looked at Nangong Xu, he hadn't seen Nangong Xu for nearly a year, but he was a little less depressed than when he was in Jinling. Although his body is a little thin, his spirit is not bad. Obviously, in Qingzhou, it is indeed doing well.

"Big brother must not have a foothold in Youzhou City, why don't you go back to Qingmo Garden with me."

"This" Nangong Xu hesitated, although he sent a letter for King Qi, and he was Nangong Mo's eldest brother, but Nangong Xu knew in his heart that King Yan would definitely not believe him completely now. In this case, I am afraid that I will have to stay in the Yanwang Mansion for the time being, so that it is convenient to monitor.

Nangong Mo smiled: "Big brother don't worry, uncle won't have an opinion." ”

Nangong Xuwan smiled and said, "It seems that you are indeed much more comfortable in Youzhou than in Jinling." So there is Laumer. ”

Nangong Mo smiled faintly, and ordered Zhishu to go in and tell King Yan. Zhishu came out soon, and King Yan really didn't care about it, so he let Nangong Mo arrange it at will.

Nangong Mo took Nangong Xu to greet Princess Yan, and then turned around and left the Yan Palace, returning to Qingmo Garden.

Princess Changping had already received the news from her subordinates, so she took the lead in cleaning up the courtyard for Nangong Xu to live in.

"I've seen the eldest princess." Nangong Xu bowed respectfully to Princess Changping. Princess Changping nodded and said, "You are a flawless brother, so these false gifts will be waived." "Although Princess Changping is Nangong Mo's mother-in-law, she is said to be in-laws with the Nangong family, but she is not very familiar with Nangong Xu, the eldest son of the Nangong family. After all, it was only a few faces, and at that time, Nangong Xu was not qualified to make a special trip to talk to Princess Changping. Princess Changping does not have a good impression of Nangong Huai, and naturally there will be no more price for the two brothers of the Nangong family. After hearing about Nangong Xu's calculation of Nangong Huai, I was a little emotional. was surprised by Nangong Xu's ruthlessness, but couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for him. When I met a father like Nangong Huai, I have to say that the older Nangong Xu is far more pitiful than the young Nangong Hui and Nangong Mo. A young man who is only a teenager wants to endure and protect his younger brother in someone like the Duke of Chu's mansion, and he has to plan such a revenge strategy, Nangong Xu's heart doesn't know how much hatred he endured.

And in the end, Nangong Xu didn't implicate a pair of younger siblings at all, and sent Nangong Hui away in advance, and completely isolated Nangong Mo in these things, and he was infamous for rebelling against his father, and he carried it alone. Therefore, Princess Changping's impression of him this time was much better.

The guest of honor sat down, and Princess Changping asked about Nangong Xu's intention. Nangong Xu looked at Nangong Mo, Nangong Mo thought about it and said it truthfully. This kind of thing can't be hidden, and now the news hasn't reached Youzhou, but in a few days at most, Princess Changping won't want to know if she wants to.

briefly told Xiao Qianye about cutting the domain, and Princess Changping was also pale when she heard it.

"Where is the sixth brother?"

Nangong Mo said: "Mother, don't worry, Uncle Qi Wang's life will not be in danger." If Xiao Qianchi wants to take down all the vassal kings with a gentle strategy, it is impossible for him to attack Uncle Wang at this time. ”

Princess Changping breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good." But soon he became worried, "Will Jun'er be in danger with General Xie?" "Although Princess Changping is not good at political affairs, she still understands a little bit as a princess. At least, Xie Li is not from Yanwangfu, she knows. Thinking of his son who is still at the border, how can he not be worried?

Nangong Mo smiled and said: "Jun Mo's martial arts are strong, and the masters around him are like clouds, even if there is really any mutation, it is still too late to get out, and my mother doesn't have to worry." ”

Princess Changping sighed, "My father has always been worried about him, but now, my father's worries are about to come true." Flawless, these days, if you go out, you must be careful. Although there are expert guards around her, Qianye "Thinking of Xiao Qianye's nephew, Princess Changping secretly shook her head in her heart. Thinking about the death of the prince's brother and father, and then thinking about Xiao Qianye's actions against the king of Pingchuan and chasing them, Princess Changping has a very bad opinion of this nephew.

It's not that the emperor can't use these ruthless means, but if these unpopular means are taken as the right way, can such an emperor really succeed? The vassal kings did not accept Xiao Qianye, but there was no reason why he was used to doing it secretly, but he had no achievements on the surface.

Nangong Mo nodded lightly and smiled: "Mother rest assured, I know." ”

Princess Changping was relieved at this time, but she faintly had a little more sorrow between her eyebrows.