June of the 18th year of Baoqing.

The Saihan tribe on the Western Regions began to train soldiers and horses on the border, and invaded the border city of Liangzhou to disturb the people one after another, and often clashed with the defenders of Liangzhou.

The news reached the capital.

At the court meeting, the ministers exploded again.

The peace faction led by the Guogong Mansion and the Jin Wangfu said that the Saihan tribe was only a vassal state of the royal family in the Western Regions, and they dared to provoke Daliang on the border, but they were actually instructed by the old princess Mengge, so Saihan himself was not afraid, as long as he sent someone to the old princess to take the initiative to show his sincerity, Saihan would naturally retreat without a fight.

The four princes, Huangfu Zhuo and Chen Chengxiang, strongly advocated sending troops, explaining why they took the initiative to send people to sue for peace, knowing that Saihan was a waystone thrown by Mengge, and the best way to solve such a matter was to use force.

The majority remained silent.

Mu Yunting is one of them.

The two groups of people quarreled for a long time and there was no conclusion, no one persuaded anyone, and finally simply threw the ball to the prince who was sitting on the side, Huang Funuo still had a painting on hand that was not finished, he was sitting there, thinking about what kind of color to color, but before they met, these two groups of people quarreled back and forth, and felt very incredible, hit it, don't fight it, what is the quarrel?

But he didn't know whether to fight or not, and seeing that the ministers were waiting for him to make an idea, he got up and paced behind the screen, glanced at the figure behind the bead curtain, and whispered: "The Empress Dowager, what do you think?" ”

Hengzhu himself is just a puppet, how can a puppet express his opinions casually.

"Let them step down, and the matter will be discussed tomorrow." The Empress Dowager spoke, and as she spoke, she commanded the eunuch beside her, and the old eunuch retreated.

Mu Yunting followed the ministers out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and was just about to leave the palace gate, but saw the old eunuch Su Youquan beside the Empress Dowager coming over tremblingly, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Mu stays, the Empress Dowager is invited." ”

Mu Yunting saw that it was Su Youquan, so he hurriedly returned the salute and followed him into Renshou Palace.

"Hongyuan, what do you think of today's events? Is it the main battle or the peace? Nalan was leaning on the chaise longue and drinking tea slowly, and he didn't look up at him, just stared at the ups and downs of the tea leaves in the teacup.

The first military general of the dynasty has become a stuffy gourd now, and she is very puzzled.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, as far as the minister knows, Saihan was very dissatisfied with the Mengge royal family last year because of territorial issues, and often openly disobeyed the orders of the Mengge royal family, so this time Weichen thought that the Saihan tribe harassed my Daliang this time, which was really a one-of-a-kind move, and had nothing to do with the Mengge royal family, just let the Liangzhou defenders defend the border well." Mu Yunting replied with kindness.

"With the strength of the defenders of Liangzhou, can they beat those people in Saihan?" When the Empress Dowager heard him say the same, she was a little comforted in her heart.

"The Empress Dowager can rest assured, the terrain of Liangzhou is condescending, and she will defend and attack, and after a few days, I believe that Saihan will take the initiative to withdraw his troops because of insufficient supplies, and he will retreat in the future, and he will not harass Liangzhou again." Mu Yunting is naturally very familiar with the terrain along the border, and his head is an authentic analysis.

The Empress Dowager was completely relieved, and the smile on her face was even worse, and she asked, "Then why didn't you speak in the court just now?" ”

"Back to the Empress Dowager, Weichen feels that it has been difficult to prosper the country since ancient times, although this is a small Saihan invasion, but after all, it is a foreign invasion, when the courtiers express their opinions, it is also natural, besides, it is also necessary to take this opportunity to revitalize the morale of the ministers." Mu Yunting smiled faintly.

"The Guogong Mansion and the Jin Wangfu advocate peace, do you think they are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are wise to protect themselves?" The Empress Dowager asked suddenly.

"The Empress Dowager is tolerant, and Weichen feels that those who seek peace are not necessarily greedy for life and afraid of death, and those who are fighting are not necessarily not afraid of death, but from different angles." As soon as Mu Yunting looked up and saw that there seemed to be a figure shaking behind the screen in the corner of the room, he stopped talking and stopped talking.

The Empress Dowager glanced at him and smiled: "Don't blame Lord Mu, it must be Princess Nanxi who is greedy for fun in my Renshou Palace, but you and I came in one after another, so I hid behind the screen, and waited for me to call her out and let her meet Master Mu." ”

As he spoke, he gave Su Youquan a look.

Su Youquan understood, hurriedly walked to the screen, bowed and said, "Princess, please." ”

A veiled red figure jumped out in response, ran towards the Empress Dowager with a smile, broke into her arms, and said coquettishly: "The Empress Dowager knows that I am in the house, why do you pretend not to know, so I have been hiding for so long." ”

Princess Nanxi is the youngest daughter of Emperor Zhaowu, just thirteen years old this year, the biological mother Nalan is the grandniece of the Empress Dowager's mother's family, Nalan died in childbirth when she gave birth to Princess Nanxi, the Empress Dowager pity the little princess was born without a mother, so she was brought to Renshou Palace to raise, in the end, the child brought up by herself, the Empress Dowager has always been strict with her children and grandchildren, but she is very fond of Princess Nanxi, and regards her as the treasure of her heart.

"Nanxi must not be rude, and he will not look at who is here!" The Empress Dowager's eyes were full of pampering.

"Wechen has seen the princess." Mu Yunting hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Mu Yunting, I heard that you are the first knight of Daliang, do you dare to race a horse with me?" Huangfu Nanxi clasped his hands on his chest and squinted at him, the man in front of him was like jade, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a dignified expression, obviously a decent official uniform was worn on him, but he immediately had a bit of an elegant taste of dust, she felt that such a man was actually not suitable for being an official, but should walk the rivers and lakes with a sword and be a swordsman.

She loves swordsmen.

"Wechen doesn't dare." Mu Yunting saluted again.

"Nanxi, Hugh is talking nonsense, Lord Mu is entangled in official business, how can I have time to accompany you in horse racing, don't retire quickly." The Empress Dowager said angrily, looked at Mu Yunting, and said, "Don't blame Lord Mu, Princess Nanxi is spoiled by me." ”

"The Empress Dowager is talking about Nanxi's again." Huangfu Nanxi glanced at Mu Yunting, and his face turned slightly red, "Mu Yunting, when you are free one day, I will go to you to race horses, and when the time comes, don't hide out." ”

"Weichen is waiting for the princess." Mu Yunting had to reluctantly respond.

Coming out of the palace, Mu Yunting did not go back to the house, but rode to Chongshui, after arriving in Chongshui, he did not go to the palace, and went directly to the Tai Hospital to find Xu Zheng to understand Emperor Zhaowu's condition, Xu Zheng was very optimistic that he was very confident in curing Emperor Zhaowu's illness, but it just took time.

"How long?" Mu Yunting saw Xu Zheng's radiant appearance, and a glimmer of hope rose in his heart.

"Half a year at least, a year at most." Xu Zheng patted his chest and promised, "Master Mu rest assured, in addition to the fact that the emperor can't speak or write in his hands, his mind is still very sober, and with the careful care of Empress Dexian, he will definitely get better faster." ”

"Empress Dexian is here?" Mu Yunting was a little surprised.

"Exactly." Xu Zheng shrugged, "It's just that this queen is also a man of few words, and I haven't heard her speak until now!" ”

Five years ago, because one of Emperor Zhaowu's favorite concubines died unexpectedly, she was suspected of Empress Dexian, and the emperor turned against her, and Empress Dexian moved to a palace on the edge of the capital in a fit of anger to live, which was five years.

Emperor Zhaowu didn't even look at her.

Although the emperor and queen are like this, although the harem is also fighting openly and secretly, but there is no big turmoil, in fact, everyone knows that although Emperor Zhaowu has three thousand beauties in the harem, but his favorite woman is Empress Dexian, so in the past five years, even the most favored concubine in the harem does not dare to have the slightest thought about the queen's position.

Empress Dexian is the daughter of Lan Ruhai, the first genius of the Great Liang, once served as the teacher of Emperor Zhaowu, Emperor Zhaowu when he was still the prince, the two fell in love at first sight in the study, and got married, but it is a pity that Empress Dexian gave birth to a son in her early years and unfortunately died, and never gave birth again.

Because there is no concubine in the palace, the crown prince is the eldest son, and no one dares to make irresponsible remarks about this matter.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the palace, Mu Yunting saw the dignified and demure figure, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Wechen has seen the queen's mother." ”

When Empress Dexian saw him, a rare smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Lord Mu is finally here, this palace has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Seeing Mu Yunting's eyebrows raised slightly, Empress Dexian slowly opened her mouth again: "Lord Mu, now that the emperor is sick, it is inevitable that someone in the court will take the opportunity to make trouble, and I hope that the adults can stand firm, assist the prince wholeheartedly, help the emperor survive this catastrophe, and control the overall situation. ”

The implication is that the court does not need the Empress Dowager to control the government, let her stay where she is cool, although she is the queen, but she still has the Empress Dowager above her, and the Empress Dowager, in comparison, she is really soft-spoken.

"Niangniang, there is a prince in the court, and the queen mother and the ministers are assisted, and they will be able to control the government, and I hope the emperor and Niangniang can rest assured." Mu Yunting said in a deep voice.

"Lord Mu, although this palace has been away from the palace for five years, she is still the queen of the main palace, so this palace still knows everything about the affairs of the court." Empress Dexian led him and unhurriedly entered a pavilion in the garden, before she stopped, turned to him and smiled, "Master Mu, take a good look at who she is?" ”

A middle-aged woman in a palace dress walked in with a red lacquered tea tray.

It turned out to be Ah Qin from the comb pavilion.

Ah Qin saw Mu Yunting and calmly stepped forward to salute: "The slave maid has seen the son of the world in pearl diving." ”R1152