540 On the eve of the expedition
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The two turned around and saw a rather familiar person approaching. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The man was wearing the eunuch uniform in the palace, but he had a crown and a crown, and his status was not low.
Lang Ziyan's eyes fell on the man's face, and he said to Qin Xiao: "The prince's people are here, you should leave the palace first." ”
"But ......"
"Nothing, don't forget what you're going to do."
Qin Xiao looked at the figure that was getting closer and closer, he knew that person, it seemed that his name was Zhao Youcheng, he was the most powerful eunuch in the palace except for Chen Yuan, and similarly, he was also a close minister of the crown prince Huo Jingli. As soon as he and Lang Ziyan came out of the imperial study, he came over, and he didn't have to think about it to know what the prince had in mind.
Now, although Emperor Zhengde was forced by the Southern Zhou Dynasty to issue an order and deliver the talisman, before the army went south, everything was variable, so he must not contact the prince's people at this time, so as not to provoke the suspicion of Emperor Zhengde and cause trouble.
Lang Ziyan also knew this conspicuously, and said directly: "Let's go." ”
Qin Xiao hesitated for a moment, and could only speak: "Then you take care of yourself, if something is wrong, remember to withdraw in time." ”
After the two finished speaking, Zhao Youcheng had already come to the front, and he said with a smile on his old face: "The old slave has seen Prime Minister Feng and King Fanjun. ”
Lang Ziyan nodded at Zhao Youcheng, but Qin Xiao just glanced at him with a cold face, and then said goodbye to Lang Ziyan and turned his head and left.
That's the kind of disdain for Zhao Youcheng.
Zhao Youcheng's face turned dark, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed when he watched Qin Xiao walk away. He is also one of the leaders of the eunuchs in the palace, even if Chen Yuan, who is next to His Majesty, sees him and has to give some face, but Qin Xiao actually despises him like this, he suddenly can't help but say angrily to Lang Ziyan: "Prime Minister Feng, this King of Fan Jun is relying on His Majesty's favor, and he is becoming more and more arrogant!" ”
When Lang Ziyan heard this, he said: "Gonggong Zhao has thought about it a lot, King Fan Jun was originally His Majesty's confidant, and he was a general in the army supported by His Majesty. If he gets too close to the people in the palace, His Majesty will definitely not be able to tolerate him, let alone that you are a person close to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now that His Majesty's eyeliner is everywhere in the palace, it is normal for him to do this to you. ”
After Zhao Youcheng heard Lang Ziyan's words, he suppressed his anger.
"Father-in-law Zhao came to find his true appearance at this hour, but what's the matter?"
Zhao Youcheng hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince learned that His Majesty summoned Xiangye tonight and wanted to meet Xiangye. ”
Lang Ziyan glanced at Zhao Youcheng.
Of course, he knew why Huo Jingli wanted to see him, it was nothing more than to know what Emperor Zhengde had said and what arrangements he had made in the imperial study just now.
Since the split of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the capable prince under the knee of Emperor Zhengde has died, crippled, and the only thing left is Huo Jingli, who is still passable. At that time, in order to appease the people's hearts and stabilize the court situation, Emperor Zhengde set up Huo Jingli as the crown prince, and on the surface, he claimed to the outside world that he would abdicate and make way for Xian after the prince could govern himself, but in fact, he had been holding on to the power and was unwilling to relax a little.
All matters in the court must be personally handled by Emperor Zhengde, and all decisions must also be personally taken care of by Emperor Zhengde.
The crown prince is just a false name in the court, he has no real power in his hands, and Emperor Zhengde's attitude towards Huo Jingli is very cold, all of which makes His Royal Highness the prince not have the slightest sense of security.
Therefore, Huo Jingli desperately seized every opportunity to seize power, tried his best to contact the ministers of the DPRK and China, and even cultivated a private army in private, and he must know everything about every decision made by Emperor Zhengde, because he was afraid, afraid that one day when he woke up, he would suddenly lose the position of the crown prince that he had obtained by luck, and he was even more afraid that Emperor Zhengde would let his head fall to the ground.
"Xiangye?" Zhao Youcheng saw that Lang Ziyan was silent, and couldn't help but urge.
Lang Ziyan nodded: "Got it." ”
Seeing this, Zhao Youcheng also knew that there were many people in the palace, so it was inconvenient to say more, and when he saw someone behind him looking towards him, he quickly straightened up and raised his voice and said with a smile: "Now that the sky is dark, and there is a wind and snow outside, the prime minister is precious and cannot make mistakes." There is still some distance from the palace gate, so it is better to let the little one take the lamp for you to give Xiangye a ride. ”
"Then thank you Gonggong Zhao."
One of them was respectful, the other was casual, and they walked towards the outside of the palace with lanterns in the snowy night.
During the night, the snow suddenly became heavier again, and the white snow covered the entire palace. Chen Yuan, who had just served Emperor Zhengde to sleep, stood in front of the palace gate, listening to the little eunuch beside him talk about Zhao Youcheng's sending the prime minister out of the palace just now, with an inexplicable expression.
The little eunuch retreated directly after reporting, but Chen Yuan looked up at the heavy snow falling in the sky, remembering the holy decree of Emperor Zhengde that happened in the imperial study before, and couldn't help but sigh.
Zhou Guo, it's over.
……
The Northern Zhou suddenly transferred troops, and Qin Xiao sent 100,000 troops from the border between Zhou and Beirong to Yuezhou, and assisted the army in quelling the rebellion of the Southern Zhou Dynasty in the eyes of some people, but in others, they knew it clearly.
A month later, the Southern Chu Palace.
The charcoal fire is booming, and the windows in the entire Shangyang Palace have been replaced with floating yarn from the South Sea, which can not only block the cold spring that suddenly comes again in early spring, but also will not feel stuffy, and the thin silky color can clearly see the plum blossoms outside the window even through a window.
Although the people in the court were full of fear of the new emperor's methods, they could not stop the people who were looking forward to stability from singing praises to the new emperor.
After the rebellion, the imperial court opened a warehouse to release grain, and the Ning family firm went around to provide relief to the people, so that those people who originally thought they would be hungry after the war survived this winter safely. Therefore, except for those who have thoughts, the whole Nanchu has a lively and lively New Year, and even those who were originally worried in the palace were also dizzy by the large amount of money rewarded by the new emperor and the king side by side, and they are full of hope for the future of the new emperor after he ascends the throne.
There was a rare change in the palace, and Rong Jing also took back all the power of the court in his hands during this time.
Later, after getting used to Rong Jing's methods, the remaining courtiers found that although the new emperor acted recklessly and was a little moody, as long as he didn't touch his scales and didn't provoke his bottom line, he wouldn't really kill them all.
And after more than three months, everyone in the court and China also knows that the new emperor's reverse scale and bottom line have only one scale, and that is - Xue Rou.
The Southern Chu Dynasty was the first ever king with a foreign surname.
But no one who wants to target Xue Rou has a good end, from the elders to the courtiers, and they have never shown mercy. And as long as you don't touch her, don't touch her taboos, the new emperor is even a better speaker than the Chu Emperor in some ways.
He is not stubborn and self-serving, he does not listen to and believe partially, he will not dispose of others at will because of suspicion, and now as long as there are people with real talents and hard work, almost all of them can get their due position.
Of course, Xindi is still capricious.
Like now.
"Your Majesty, what a big deal is the royal conquest, how can you just say that you will go?" Fang Meng frowned, only feeling that Rong Jing was simply child's play.
Not long after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he did not leave any heirs, in case the two dynasties were forced into a desperate situation to fight back, something happened to the new emperor, and there were no heirs to inherit it, and Southern Chu would be completely chaotic, not to mention that Rong Jing actually wanted to take Xue Rou with him.
Rong Jing is gone, Xue Rou can still find a way to stare at Chaogang, but Xue Rou is also gone, who will control this court? When the time comes, don't drive in person, and mess up the rear first, it will be more than worth the loss.
Rong Jing leaned lazily on the armrest and did not speak, but Hua Yunxiao disagreed: "Lord Fang, I think it's just right to go on the expedition at this time." At present, the Northern and Southern Zhou Dynasty has experienced several months of hard fighting, the troops have been consumed by three or four tenths, and the soldiers are sleepy and lacking, and our people have infiltrated into the territory of the Zhou State, cutting off the rear of the Southern Zhou, as long as they can send troops to the Zhou State by surprise, they will definitely be able to take the Southern Zhou as quickly as possible, and the Northern Zhou will not be worried at that time. ”
"That's a nice thing to say." Fang Meng glared: "It is true that the Northern and Southern Zhou have been fighting for so long, but haven't you heard that the mourning soldiers will win?" In the final analysis, the Northern and Southern Zhou are one, and when there is no outsider to intervene, they are indeed inextricably fought, and they can't wait to put each other to death, but once we send troops, in case the Southern and Northern Zhou abandon their previous suspicions and join forces to fight, then you can guarantee that you will be able to defeat the Zhou Dynasty? Besides, even if you really want to send troops, you don't need Your Majesty to go in person, and now Your Majesty has no heirs, in case Your Majesty has a good one, what should you do in this court? ”
Fang Meng glared at Hua Yunxiao and said angrily, and even forgot that Rong Jing was still on the spot for a while.
Xue Rou looked at Rong Jing's dark face, and coughed lightly twice with a little laughter, reminding Mr. Fang that His Majesty, who "has no son to inherit the throne", was still here.
Fang Meng heard the coughing sound, turned his head and met Rong Jing's black face, he quickly came back to his senses, coughed twice and turned his head and said: "Of course, Your Majesty's martial arts are strong and unmatched, but the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, if one accidentally hurts Your Majesty, wouldn't it make the subjects sad?" ”
Rong Jing listened to Fang Meng's praise of not typing the draft, raised his chin and snorted from his nostrils: "Are you sure they are sad and not celebrated?" ”
Fang Meng's face was a little embarrassed.
Xue Rou laughed out loud next to her, she stood up with a smile, poured a cup of tea for Rong Jing and brought it to him to dissipate his anger, and then said to Fang Meng: "Actually, you don't have to worry so much, the affairs of the court and the central government are almost dealt with now, the blood that should be changed has been changed, and the tumors that should be removed have been pulled out. As for going to the Zhou Kingdom, there will be no chaos with the king of Lijun. ”
"But girl, why do you have to go with you? If you stay in the center, you can at least stabilize the rear ......"
Before Fang Meng finished speaking, Rong Jing snorted and said directly: "I have already made such a good situation for you, if you leave me and Rourou, you will not be able to stabilize the situation, then what do you want you to do?" ”
Fang Meng's words choked.
Xue Rou stretched out her hand and patted Rong Jing's arm, and said to Fang Meng: "I believe in Lord Fang's ability, and with the assistance of Duke Yu Guo, Your Majesty and I can go out with peace of mind, and I have to go this time, even if Your Majesty doesn't go, I will go, Lord Fang understands?" ”
Fang Meng looked at Xue Rou, and suddenly remembered that before Xue Rou entered the capital of the Zhou Kingdom, he had already begun to plot the royal family of the Zhou Kingdom, and later after entering the capital, he was even more calculating, working hard to plan, and tearing the prosperous Zhou Dynasty apart.
Although Xue Rou didn't tell her in person what kind of hatred she had with the Zhou royal family, just looking at how much hatred she had between them just by making Emperor Zhengde almost cut off his children and grandchildren, making his reputation ruined by the royal family, and now there is a tendency to destroy the Zhou country, he can guess how big the hatred between them is.
After planning for so long, once there is a chance to fulfill her wish, how can Xue Rou give up this opportunity?
Fang Meng still wanted to persuade again, so he was beaten back by Xue Rou lightly, but he was still unwilling to say: "But over there in Beirong, can they watch us send troops to swallow the Zhou State?" ”
"Of course not, but Mr. Fang, have you forgotten the things I asked you to pass on in the first place?" Xue Rou said with a smile.
Fang Meng was stunned, and suddenly remembered the things that were arranged a few days ago, when Xue Rou asked him to do those things, it was for the traitor who didn't know the details, but after a few months, the traitor has not been found, and he thought that the original arrangements were all useless, but now that he heard the meaning of Xue Rou's words, those arrangements made at the beginning were actually of other use?
Xue Rou didn't have any intention of explaining, she just smiled and said, "Mr. Fang, don't worry, since Your Majesty and I dare to go on the expedition, we naturally have made all plans." ”
Fang Meng saw that Xue Rou said yes, and there was no room for maneuver, he knew that there was no possibility of canceling the matter of the new emperor's personal conquest, and as soon as he thought that Xue Rou and Rong Jing were leaving, he could immediately see the chaotic scene in the court after they left, he was just a second-grade master, and he couldn't even touch the edge of the first-grade, the emperor actually handed over to him the matter of stabilizing the situation and stabilizing the rear, and Mr. Fang, who had always been resourceful and victorious, was about to cry.
Wen Jixuan looked at Fang Meng, who was retreating with a black face, and frowned, "I want to go with you." ”
"Of course."
Rong Jing nodded, not to mention that the sword on the battlefield has no eyes, although Xue Rou's injuries have healed, the infatuation Gu in the two of them is really buried in their hearts. Although there has been no change during this time, it is always good to let Wen Jixuan follow, not to mention that after the poison in his body collided with the Gu worms, he strangely stabilized, and he has not been poisoned again for so long, but the ghost knows when it will be poisoned again.
In case of poison, only Wen Jixuan can stabilize him in this world.
Xue Rou obviously thought of Rong Jing together, and said: "I have to trouble Brother Wen to prepare more medicinal materials, I don't know when I will be able to come back, if there is any case, it will all depend on Brother Wen." ”
Wen Jixuan nodded and left directly, he did not go back to the Tai Hospital, but left the palace directly. (To be continued.) )