"Brother Yu, do you think this is really possible? Will it cause unrest that will eventually be uncontrollable? ”

"Your Majesty don't worry, until now, everything is under control."

Emperor Zhao Ce hid in the house of the eight-thousand-year-old Tang Su, at this time Tang Su had moved out of Huaqingfang, and came to the Guangdaofang of the former Ximen family, next to the palace, at this time the Guangdaofang was heavily guarded, and the three brigades of the Xuanjia Twelfth Division Han Ding troops, three thousand people were stationed here, it seems that he has completely opened up, and the veteran Zhang Yunlong is also at the eight-thousand-year-old home, including his family members are also here.

Before taking this action, Emperor Zhao Ce couldn't make up his mind for a long time, and he was still a little worried, whether Tang Su was reliable, in case this was a trick by the treacherous and cunning Tang Zhen, wouldn't he just jump into the fire pit? But Queen Tang Qi said that the fifth brother is trustworthy. Following Tang Qi's persuasion, Zhao Ce was also fed up with the oppression of the Queen Mother, and his brain was hot, so he really did a big thing and forced the Queen Mother.

"I don't want to kill my mother, I just want her to hand over the military power, and she will live in the palace in peace in the future."

The Emperor frowned.

Tang Su said: "The emperor is benevolent and righteous, so naturally he can't kill his mother." But without some thunderous means, how can the Queen Mother hand over power? ”

Zhao Ce sighed and said: "I don't understand what the queen mother thinks, she can't trust me, this time I want to prove to her that I can not only command the three armies, but also respect her as before." ”

Hearing this, Tang Su was silent.

Zhang Yunlong said: "That's all in the future, now we must cut off the contact between the Queen Mother and the outside world, Cao Bao has already contacted him, he gathered the Xuanjia Army in Sanli Pavilion, and when the punishment takes Tongguan, we will collectively force the palace and let the Queen Mother hand over power." The military power of Cao Dingguo, Cao Dingbang, and Xiao Han must be removed. ”

"I'm afraid not." Tang Su said: "Xiao Han is rootless, it is not difficult to move him, but there is already a tacit understanding between Cao Dingguo and Cao Sheng, and Cao Sheng will not let Cao Dingguo also hand over power." Now we are fighting for the emperor, only Mozhou soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers, as well as some Xuanjia soldiers. After this incident, I am afraid that a new situation will emerge in the Liang Dynasty, from the division of two families to the division of three. Cao Sheng would take his soldiers to Huainan and manage Huainan affairs with Cao Dingguo, and since then he has listened to the tune and not listened to the announcement, and became the overlord of one side. ”

"Will Cao Dingbang obediently hand over Jingzhou?" Zhao Ce said worriedly: "I don't want to move so many people at once, and I don't want Cao Sheng to run to Huainan to be his grass king, I just want to inherit the military power of the queen mother, they can support the queen mother, why can't they support me?" ”

Zhang Yunlong said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you still don't know much about the army. The factional struggle in the army is fiercer than the tiger. It's like this Han Ding, everyone thinks that he has already followed the Xuanjia Army, but when I give an order, I can still turn against the water, what does this mean? When we take over military power, the former generals must no longer be used. All must be cleaned and reappointed. ”

"So who do I appoint to preside over the big picture? General Zhang, would you like to? Zhao Ce looked at the old general pleadingly.

Zhang Yunlong shook his head regretfully, "The old minister is too old, he has been fighting for many years, leaving many injuries, and now that he is old, he has come to the door, I don't think I will live long, this old bone can't be tossed." Tang Yuan is young and promising, and he is also loyal to the emperor and can be reused. ”

Hearing the name Tang Yuan, Zhao Ce loved and hated, but Zhang Yunlong didn't know about the little things between the emperor and the empress.

The old general continued: "Let Tang Yuan take over Cao Dingbang's 80,000 Jingzhou soldiers, plus his own more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, it will be almost 100,000. With the support of this army, His Majesty the Emperor's waist will be hard. ”

Tang Su said: "On the side of the Xuanjia Army, Cao Sheng will take away some of the soldiers, Ju Wuming and Su Beiqin's troops will be wiped out, I already know the situation of Zhang Zhikui, Huang Ying, and Wan Lin's troops, they all told me that they are willing to support the emperor, they just need to stand still, and the rest of the part, in the case of the overall situation, I guess they will not ask for their own hardships." General Zhang's 100,000 troops were stationed in the capital, echoing Tang Yuan's 100,000 soldiers inside and out, and the military power was stable. ”

Listening to the persuasion of the two people, His Majesty the Emperor had some confidence, but as soon as this confidence came up, it began to sink again soon after, and he was a little restless. Tearing his face with his mother, and even meeting with a knife, this kind of thing is simply too entangled for Zhao Ce. His feelings for his mother are very complicated, and he loves and respects her in his heart, but also hates her for occupying military power. Coming to this point is also a helpless move.

- Qi Yan reads

Tang Qi sat firmly in the palace, and suddenly a group of eunuchs with knives rushed over to take down the queen.

Hu Lanhua blocked the door with a knife to prevent the eunuchs from entering, and a fierce battle was about to break out, Tang Qi scolded: "Bold minions! I'll see which of you dares to come in! ”

The queen was carrying a crossbow with a bow on her back and many quivers by her side, facing the door.

The queen stood proudly and said loudly: "Now that the situation is unclear, what do you minions dare to do to me?" If anyone dares to touch me, once the emperor succeeds in seizing power, you and your families will not be able to die well. I will give you a way to live now, and I will neither let you disobey the Queen Mother, nor will I offend me. You just stood at the door, staring at me, and I didn't plan to leave anyway. If someone dares to step over the threshold, it is considered to have stepped into the thunder pool. ”

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"Report to General Tang, 100,000 urgent, the queen's secret order." Feng Pegasus ran in in a panic.

Tang Yuan opened the letterhead and looked at it, and was shocked, and said: "Chen Bao, Tang Hu, you go and take Ma Butong down for me, if you dare to resist, you will be killed directly." ”

"Yes!"

Ma Butong was still playing with the concubine in the house, the door was suddenly kicked away, and a god-like soldier of the door, full of armor, rushed in with a double halberd in his hand, and the bloody halberd pointed at Ma Butong and said, "You get up for me." ”

"Tang Hu! What are you doing here? Do you want to be a scumbag? You are so rude, Tang Yuan, do you know? I'm going to sue you to the Queen Mother, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill your whole family!" ”

Tang Hu sneered, and with a halberd, Ma Butong's head instantly turned into a blood gourd.

The concubine rolled her eyes in fright and passed out.

At this time, Chen Bao had already knocked Cao Fu and Zhang Gan to the ground, and the other servants had already fallen in a pool of blood.

That Tang Hu, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, others couldn't get close to him at all, and rushed into Ma Butong's bedroom like a whirlwind, and then he took Ma Butong's head and threw it on the ground: "I see who else in you is not convinced?" Who else!! ”

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After killing Ma Butong, Tang Yuan asked Nalan Xin to gather all the soldiers and horses.

Nalan Xin asked, "Where is the general going?" ”

"The secret letter asked me to go to Jingzhou to prepare to take over the Flying Tiger Army, but I thought it was impossible, so I decided to go directly to Luoyang."

Nalan Xin took a look at the secret letter, "This is Tang Qi's secret order, and it also has the signatures of the emperor, Tang Su, and Zhang Yunlong." ”

"I suspect they've all fallen into the trap."