Ten years ago, Dongyue, Jianye City, inside the palace.

The Queen Mother has been ill for nearly a month, and everyone in the hospital has tried various methods, but her condition is still not improving.

Since the founding of Dongyue, there have been four generations of emperors, but Dongyue really swept away all the princes in the territory and settled down, it was in the last generation of Emperor Hui. During the reign of Emperor Hui, he was eloquent and strategic, swept away the forces of the princes of all parties, and made the daughter of the Jiangdong clan as the queen, that is, the queen mother. After Emperor Hui returned to heaven, Wang's relatives firmly grasped the lifeblood of Dongyue, and now Emperor Wen has succeeded to the throne for several years, and the real power is still in the hands of the Queen Mother. Although the Queen Mother is Emperor Wen's biological mother, the palace is intrigued for power, and the family affection is as thin as paper. Emperor Wen was also quite dissatisfied with his biological mother. At present, the empress dowager is seriously ill, and Emperor Wen is looking for a good doctor to diagnose and treat her on the one hand, and on the other hand, he secretly woos the courtiers who oppose the Wang clan in the court, and is ready to cut off the power of the Wang clan in various ministries and the army at any time.

The queen mother has been ill for a long time, the patriarch of the Wang family Wang Zhixuan is quite worried, he is the queen mother's own uncle, over the years, the Wang family has infiltrated the power in the East Vietnamese ministries and the army, has long caused the dissatisfaction of many ministers in the court, and even Emperor Wen is extremely worried about it, what worries him is that many officials and generals of the Wang family in the various ministries and armies are not controlled by him, but directly obey the orders of the queen mother, and now once the queen mother dies, then the entire Wang family is bound to be suppressed and weakened, once it loses power, Then there will be more opponents, and he is not sure if he can control the situation.

A few days later, the Queen Mother's condition became more serious and she was bedridden, and the palace immediately ordered that all outsiders were forbidden to enter the Queen Mother's bedroom, so as not to disturb the Queen Mother's recuperation. In this way, the Queen Mother was almost cut off from the outside world. Outside the palace, whether it was the Wang family or some of the Queen Mother's cronies and officials, they were a little at a loss for a while, and tried every possible way to inquire about the Queen Mother's every move in the palace, but they found nothing. Wang Zhishu thought about it for a long time, rather than sit and wait for death, it was better to make plans early, after the night, Wang's courtyard, taking advantage of the night, several staff members quickly left the compound and rushed to various places in the city.

Emperor Wen has just passed the weak crown this year, he has some contradictions in his heart, after all, he is his mother, but the Queen Mother and the Wang family have great influence in the court and the army, although he has been pro-government, but the power is still firmly grasped by the Queen Mother, many new policies have been implemented on the surface, but once the interests of the family gate valve are affected in the real implementation process, there are constantly people who obstruct it, and the implementation is very unsmooth. Among the four assistants of the cabinet, except for Mo Puzhi, the other three are all yin and yang.

Mo Puzhi has gone through three generations of Dongyue emperors, and has now passed the age of the sixtieth year, he is a disciple of the poor family, fortunately the emperor is heavy, and finally became one of the four assistants of the cabinet, he is particularly aware of the hardships of the career of the children of the poor family, so he widely accepts the students of the poor family, and there is a faint sense of confrontation with the door valve family. It is precisely because of this that Emperor Wen wants to weaken the gate valve, so he must use Mo Puzhi's cold force. When Emperor Wen was the crown prince, Mo Puzhi was the prince for a period of time, so the relationship between the two was also quite deep.

Late at night, the two of them were in the imperial study, constantly discussing the countermeasures to deal with the Wang family, and the personal eunuch Zou Gonggong had changed the lamps and candles three times, but the two still did not decide on a countermeasure. Now the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion in Jianye City is led by the cronies of the Wang family, and the military department has a staff office soldier, about 1,000 people, and the leader is Dong Yun, the head of the army, Dong Yun was born in a declining family in Dongyue, and is an upright person, after joining the army, relying on years of military achievements to accumulate into the military department, and the relationship with the Hanmen family is also harmonious, Mo Puzhi believes that Dong Yun will stand on the side of Emperor Wen. But relying on these nearly 1,000 people alone is not enough, and the two largest military forces in the city are the city defense army and the forbidden army.

Cao Ji, the commander of the city defense army, was originally a general in a border town, and he was good at guarding, but he was suddenly transferred back to Jianye half a year ago and took charge of the city defense army. And Cao Ji's wife Wang Shumi is Wang Zhisu**, Mo Puzhi was extremely opposed to Cao Ji as the commander of the city defense army at that time, but the queen mother and the other three cabinet ministers strongly recommended it, and finally Emperor Wen had no choice but to compromise.

Yang Wuxu, the commander of the forbidden army, is old-fashioned, he is loyal to the royal family, he has been diligent and diligent for many years, Emperor Wen and the Queen Mother have great trust in him, it is precisely because of this trust that Emperor Wen and Mo Puzhi are not fully sure that they can win him over, but at the moment, it seems that he controls the palace and blocks the Queen Mother's bedroom, and there is no omission for a while.

Mo Puzhi and Emperor Wen were worried that if the Wang clan launched a mutiny and the forbidden army was neutral, then the city defense army and the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion would be enough to make Jianye City change its banner immediately.

Emperor Wen had a splitting headache, he couldn't imagine that he was the king of a country, he was in the capital, but he had no real power to control the overall situation, and even there were very few people who were really credible. ”

Emperor Wen looked up at him, his expression flickered slightly, and Mo Puzhi glared at the chief eunuch with an angry face. The atmosphere was silent for a while, and after a long time, Emperor Wen ordered Gonggong Zou to invite the Qintian Prison to enter the palace. Gonggong Zou is nearly middle-aged, very sleek, and deeply trusted, he smiled slightly and turned around and walked out of the imperial study. Mo Puzhi wanted to say something, but as soon as Emperor Wen waved his hand, the two of them waited for someone to come in the imperial study.

Dongyue Qintian Prison Supervisor Li Xuanzi and Mo Puzhi are of the same age, he has been obsessed with metaphysics all his life, never participated in the battle between the DPRK and China, and was summoned into the palace late at night, he did not dare to slack off, and hurried over. Seeing Emperor Wen and Master Mo in the imperial study, they looked serious and hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects. Emperor Wen's attitude softened a little, and he said slowly: "I invited Li Jianzheng to come over late at night, because I wanted to bother Jianzheng to deduce a game for the Queen Mother." ”

When Li Xuanzi heard this, a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, Qin Tianjian was responsible for observing the celestial phenomena and determining the number of calendars, and there were very few things in the palace, he was a little at a loss, he wanted to speak, but he didn't know how to speak. Emperor Wen saw that his expression was a little flustered, and spoke again: "The matter of tonight's deduction is only known in this room, you can rest assured that the deduction will be made." ”

Li Xuanzi saw that Emperor Wen was quite resolute, he had no choice but to take out the compass, start with the Qimen of the Shi family, set the nine bureaus of yin and yang, and laid out the nine palaces, nine stars, eight gates, eight gods, value symbols, and value envoys, and asked Emperor Wen very cautiously: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, the birthday of the Queen Mother?" ”

Emperor Wen's eyes opened slightly, his whole face was gloomy, and he said the birthday of the Queen Mother in an extremely cold tone.

Li Xuanzi silently wrote it down, but his heart was uneasy, at this time it was difficult to ride a tiger, and he understood that he had fallen into this battle, no matter what the outcome was, he only hoped to get out of the way. He struggled to keep his compass, squinting at a section, his thumb pinching the remaining four knuckles, sweat getting denser and denser on his forehead as he deduced step by step.

Emperor Wen and Mo Puzhi stared at Li Xuanzi closely, while Gonggong Zou was on the side, closing his eyes, and the entire imperial study room was extremely quiet.

After a long time, Li Xuanzi suddenly knelt down, looking flustered, and didn't say a word. Seeing this, Emperor Wen knew that something must be wrong, and he said slowly: "But it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Li Xuanzi's back was soaked with sweat, and when he heard Emperor Wen speak, he could only reply stubbornly: "Nine Star Tianrui fell into the Eight Dead Gates, and the gods also fell into the same palace, which is a big murderer." ”

"Tell me simply." Emperor Wen didn't know the art of Qimen, so Li Xuanzi said it in layman's terms. But Mo Puzhi on the side knew a little about metaphysics, and when he heard these words, his expression moved slightly.

Li Xuanzi could only reply again: "The Queen Mother's illness is quite dangerous, I'm afraid it will be sad to survive this catastrophe." ”

After hearing this, Emperor Wen was silent for a while, and then said, "You go back first, don't spread the word about tonight." ”

After Li Xuanzi kowtowed, he immediately got up, turned around and left, he was in a trance, and hurriedly ran all the way back to his residence.

In the imperial study, Emperor Wen asked Mo Puzhi to retreat first, the storm was coming, and he needed to use the most secret force to protect his throne.

Mo Puzhi returned to Mo Mansion, it was almost dawn, he repeatedly calculated in his heart the army that could be mobilized, the Wang family was also set to be arranged in the dark, the Nine Gate Admiral's Mansion, the city defense army is difficult to penetrate, and a thousand soldiers of the General Staff Office cannot play a decisive role, in the end, it depends on Yang Wuxu's attitude, if there is the full support of the forbidden army, then the situation is still four or six open, and now we have to find a way to persuade Yang Wuxu.

Just when Mo Pu had a headache, he saw a handsome young man coming back from outside in a hurry, and when he saw it, he was a little angry, and he stopped the person in a rather stern tone: "Don't speak, you go out to mess around until dawn again." Mo Bu didn't defend himself, and said with a wicked smile: "Grandpa, didn't you just come back." ”

"I'm in the palace to discuss matters, how can I be like you, stubborn and unteachable." Mo Puzhi was really angry.

Seeing his grandfather like this, Mo Bu could only say nothing, and quickly ran away and went back to his room.

Looking at his grandson's back, Mo Puzhi sighed with some emotion, if one day he was defeated by the Wang clan or even died, then how would he, the only grandson, settle down in Dongyue.

Mo Buyu was not as his grandfather said, he messed around all night, although he was young, but in the family of the four assistants of the cabinet, he was exposed to all kinds of officialdom too early, and he had already participated in this coming storm.

The hidden force in the hands of Emperor Wen has existed since the year he ascended the throne, and this is an organization that is truly loyal to himself, called Long Yuan. Long Yuan is in charge of Zou Gonggong, and every year he will allocate a part of the silver taels from the Internal Affairs Office to train the dead, and at the same time absorb people from the rivers and lakes to join. After it gradually takes shape, young talents will be selected from some official families to hold important positions. In this way, it not only formed its own forces, but also contained some important ministers of the DPRK and China. Most of the young talents in the official eunuch family are ambitious and arrogant, they are not willing to blindly rely on the family, and want to prove their talents through their own efforts, Emperor Wen is to grasp this mentality, cultivate only loyal to their own people, Long Yuan has been lurking in the dark for a long time, and is eager to try at this time.

Mo Buyu joined Long Yuan four years ago, he was quite trusted by Emperor Wen, and now he is the leader of the Long Yuan Wind Group. Last night, Li Xuanzi was followed by Wang's secret agents all the way from entering the palace to returning to the house, and he was ordered to protect the prison and return to the house, so he secretly solved those secret agents, and did not return home until dawn.