Compared with the palace, Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianrui spoke clearly to each other and lived in harmony in the same room.

Empress Xue, who lived in Fengxiang Palace, was unable to sleep and eat because of the calm in King Rui's mansion.

Although it was already dark and quiet now, Empress Xue, who almost controlled the inner courtyard of the entire palace, immediately announced her only son Zhou Xiantai to see her.

And as soon as they met, she was so angry that she was angry with each other, and even the teacup fell two or three times.

And looking at Zhou Xiantai's tea soup splashed on his face, he didn't dare to hide.

In the eyes of Empress Xue, not only did she not feel that this son was submissive to her, but immediately hated iron and steel, and said:

"Look at your useless appearance, no wonder three times and twice will be planted in the hands of your brothers. It's a shame that you are still the prince of Yan, the son of my Empress Xue. In my opinion, you are indeed better than King Rui, and Wu is even more difficult to defeat Zhou Xianyu. I really don't know what great virtue Concubine Liang cultivated in her last life, and she actually got such two capable sons. It's a shame that this palace has the position of queen, but this biological son is not angry, and it is useless to plan it. ”

Hearing Xue Hou's words, Zhou Xiantai, who knelt on the cold marble floor and lowered his head tightly, couldn't help but clench his hands into fists in an instant, and his eyes showed even more pain and unwillingness.

Since he was a child, the motivation for Zhou Xiantai to work hard is to make Empress Xue, who is a mother, proud of him and recognize his ability.

But no matter how good he is, what he is waiting for is endless admonition and reminder, and he will be scolded and reprimanded if he is not careful.

This kind of mental torture is also the fundamental cause of the devastating Zhou Xiantai's ruthless personality, his more and more dismissive family affection, and even the usurpation of the throne and rebellion.

And this will see that Zhou Xiantai was reprimanded, and the other party was announced into the palace by Empress Xue at the same time, and Bai Liu, who was also kneeling on one side, knew very well in her heart.

Now that she is married to Zhou Xiantai, she can only live well if this husband is good.

What's more, Zhou Xiantai has also promised her, as long as the Guogong Mansion can assist him to ascend the throne and become the emperor, then the position of the queen in the future will be her Bailiu.

Because he knew that only with the support of Empress Xue, the mother and son would work together, and Zhou Xiantai's throne could be obtained, so Bai Liu immediately hurriedly kowtowed and said:

The queen mother was angry, and Bai Liu knew that this time she talked about the conditions with Yeying and arranged the ambush of the king, which was indeed handled by the prince. asked the king to come back alive, although the prince had a mistake, but the queen mother could only blame Yeying for being stupid. The prince was only responsible for talking about the conditions at that time, but he did not come to the scene in person. Therefore, please also ask the queen mother to focus on the phoenix body, and do not hurt her body by moving. ”

A pair of gloomy eyes glanced at Bai Liu, Xue Houdang snorted, and then said quietly:

"Yeyingguo failed to kill Zhou Xianyu, and it may indeed be understandable that Xiantai did not handle this matter. But Concubine Baifang, haven't you Huaguo Mansion always been known as the first nobleman of the Great Zhou. How did you promise the palace at that time, saying that as long as you force the palace here, your Bai family can ensure that most of the nobles will respond. But now the nobles and nobles in various places, including the government officials, have not taken the first step to arrest Zhou Xianyu, who was hidden and rushed back to Beijing, you talk about this kind of loyalty, what is the use of my Xue family coming. ”

Seeing that Empress Xue was angry at herself again, Bai Liu was also extremely uneasy in his heart when facing this mother of a country, so he immediately hurriedly defended:

"The queen's grandmother, this royal prince can be good at fighting, if he intends to hide, I'm afraid that if he wants to find his traces, few people in Da Zhou can do it. Now this week, Xianyu has returned, but there are only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Beijing military camp. Because of the meritorious service of saving the ancestor emperor, the Duke of Huaguo can hoard 5,000 private soldiers. In addition to other good friends, my Bai family can mobilize 10,000 private soldiers for Niangniang, and I am ready for your dispatch at any time. ”

After all, the Bai family is also one of the four major families, and it is not surprising that they can gather more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

And the most fundamental reason why Xue Hou Shicai was so angry was because he was afraid of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing military camp.

Now that the Bai family can send 10,000 troops, thinking of the thousands of forbidden troops in the palace, plus the thousands of soldiers and horses in the city defense battalion controlled by the Prime Minister's Mansion, there can be about 20,000 people.

This soldier Xue Hou's heart was also much more stable, so after seeing her muttering for a while, he asked again:

"Concubine Baifang, how long will it take for all the people of your Guogong Mansion to be mobilized into Beijing, in about four months, the Xiao family's army will arrive in Beijing, if we want to succeed, we can only do it before then."

Although most of the Xue family's army has to guard the frontier, all of the Xiao family members are born military commanders.

Therefore, even if the other party only brought back tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Xue Hou's heart was like a mirror, and it was a fool's dream to defeat the other party.

Therefore, I originally thought that Zhou Xianyu died in battle, and wanted to force Emperor Ming to take the initiative to pass on this plan to Zhou Xiantai, because now that the situation has changed, Empress Xue has to give up this plan.

After all, the Beijing military camp without Zhou Xianyu is like a plate of scattered sand, but now that the Great Zhou War King has returned, Empress Xue knows that the way of coercing Emperor Ming will no longer work.

And if you wait until the Xiao family army comes back, it is estimated that the first one to be cleaned up must be the Xue family of the Xiangfu.

So for today's plan, she started first and directly reversed. As long as the palace is forced to ascend the throne first, after the dust settles on the overall situation, the Xiao family army will come back, and as a courtier, he will definitely not dare to do anything to Zhou Xiantai, who has become the emperor.

And this will still be Zhou Xiantai, who is still kneeling on the ground, although he has never disobeyed Queen Xue's will.

But when he heard that the queen mother was ready to force the palace to rebel, he immediately couldn't help but say cautiously:

"The queen mother hastily ascended the throne and usurped the throne, and the child still felt that it was still very inappropriate. After all, counting the 20,000 black-armored guards in my hands, we seem to have an advantage in numbers. However, the private soldiers and forbidden troops of the government government did not have the experience of large-scale combat. However, the more than 20,000 soldiers in the Beijing military camp are brave and good at fighting, and with the command and dispatch of the Emperor, we may not be able to win nine times out of ten. ”

A hint of cold scheming came from Empress Xue's eyes for a moment, and then she heard her chuckle a few times in a low voice, and then said quite comfortably:

"The emperor doesn't need to worry, these tens of thousands of horses in our hands are just a precaution. If the queen mother's plan is successful, then it is very likely that Xianyu will not send troops at all when we force the palace this week. ”

I heard that the seventh brother who was the most feared by him might not send troops to fight him when the palace changed.

Immediately, Zhou Xiantai really couldn't wait to know what plan he, the queen mother who had always called him respectful and fearful, came up with.

Looking at Zhou Xiantai's surprised gaze, Empress Xue gently hooked the corners of her mouth, and said in her voice with a hint of planning:

"Your seventh brother loves Xiao Jinxuan wholeheartedly, but now this concubine is married to King Rui. On that day, the two brothers almost turned against each other under the city gate, and even killed someone. Two months after the wedding, the prince was going to bring the concubine into the palace to meet the emperor again. At that time, the queen mother will hold a big banquet, invite Zhou Xianyu to come, and ask him to see with his own eyes how people are newly married Yan'er. ”

Fiddling with the Fengming ring in his hand, the cold light in Empress Xue's eyes became more and more abundant, and his mouth said more cheerfully:

"When the time comes, Ben Hou will be at the banquet and make a few words to stimulate Zhou Xianyu. Let him think that Xiao Jinxuan will marry Zhou Xianrui, all of which are matched by your father and King Yongchang. At that time, he hated because of love, and there was an estrangement with the royal family, maybe when we forced the palace, he not only didn't care, but also felt very happy, and avenged his hatred of taking his wife. ”

Zhou Xian almost killed Zhou Xianrui under the Bird Gate, and caused Xiao Jinxuan to vomit blood and fall to the ground, Zhou Xiantai naturally knew it well afterwards.

Originally, it was because the two brothers had always worked together, so under the force one by one, Zhou Xiantai was suppressed extremely passively.

But now I can see that Empress Xue's idea is to separate the two, although I dare not say that it is nine out of ten, but if Zhou Xianyu really refuses to send troops.

is not helping Zhou Xianrui, then Zhou Xiantai knows in his heart that they have won this game.

Seeing his own plan, Zhou Xiantai had already understood it, and Xue Hou, who had lost a lot of anger, asked the other party and Bai Liu to get up, and then she still didn't forget to say:

"The men and horses in Zhou Xianyu's hands, no matter whether he will send troops or not when we force the palace, the 40,000 troops under your control also have the power to fight. But there is one thing I still have to tell you, Ji Lingfeng is a rare talent. Now that we are employing people, he is trapped by Acacia Gu and does not dare to act rashly. The idea is to get Xiao Jinyu out alive for me, and controlling the other party will not only allow Ji Lingfeng to work for you, but may also be used to balance the Xiao family in the future. After all, this young lady is the treasure of Old Madam Xiao's heart. ”

For Ji Lingfeng, Zhou Xiantai has always relied on it very much, but the Rui Mansion is not so easy to break into, so although he is in a hurry, he can't think of a better way for a while.

And seeing that he had finished saying what he should have said, Empress Xue couldn't help but wave his hand, signaling that Zhou Xiantai could leave.

As soon as this son left, Xue Houshicai's eyes were still slightly narrowed as if they were sleepy, and they immediately opened with a hint of essence.

Motioning to Zuo Wen, who was standing on the side, to take a few steps forward, and then she said in a vague voice:

"Why did Zhou Xianyu come back this time, there is a secret letter from Yeying's side. It's really useless, even if he has now become the monarch of Yeying Kingdom, but at such a critical time, he still hasn't helped the palace. ”

has been serving by Empress Xue's side for decades, and Zuo Wen basically knows all about the other party.

Therefore, seeing that Empress Xue actually said these words with a complaint, Zuo Wen hurriedly waved her hand and said quite nervously:

"Queen Mother, although this is in our own dormitory, you must not mention it. Otherwise, once people know about Niangniang's past, it will be extremely unfavorable to you after all. ”

After taking a few deep breaths, Empress Xue suddenly let out a long sigh, and then she said as if talking to herself:

"Maybe I should have believed him and left Da Zhou with him. If this is the case, maybe the life that Ben Hou is living now is not living in calculations every day, nor is it guarding such an empty palace and waiting until death. But now it's a thing of the past, Zuo Wen went to rest after helping the book, I was a little tired. ”

On weekdays, there are thousands of phoenixes, and the domineering Empress Xue has disappeared. All that was left was the lonely back of the other party who was reflected in the candle flame and quietly walked into the inner hall.