Through this incident, Tang Yuan finally chose to take sides.

He had a feeling that if Tang Zhen died, there might be a split in the Tang Gate Valve, and this split would completely disintegrate the Tang Gate Valve.

From Tang Xiao's arrangement of Qian Citron, Tang Yuan was sure that this seventh prince was not a person who had achieved great things, although he served as the pioneer of the expedition to Sangla at the age of twenty, the marshal of Jingzhou at the age of thirty, and the marshal of the expedition to Hanzhong at the age of thirty-one, but these three military experiences were not enough to show that he was a great man.

And the experience of being a marshal twice, all reflect his impatience and incompetence, when fighting Jingzhou, it is Min Yue of Dazhu State who really controls the overall situation, Min Yue did not exert force at first, but secretly observed Tang Xiao's performance, but Tang Xiao behaved very collapsed, so Min Yue only softly seized military power, when Min Yue obtained military power, the situation was immediately reversed, Zhang Zhikui led troops to surrender, and Dazhu Country was indispensable.

When attacking Hanzhong, Tang Xiao once again served as the commander, at the beginning he ordered Lin Chongyang to storm Fengyang City, the loss of 20,000 people could not be taken, he did not consider changing tactics, but let Zhang Pan replace Lin Chongyang to continue to fight Fengyang, as a result, the war was pushed to a narrow stalemate, and the two sides fought an extremely tragic war of attrition.

This was also one of the fuses that led to the later Recruit Governor Ma Bufang proposing to burn the grain fields in Hanzhong, and then Cao Sheng immediately seconded it, followed by Zhang Zhikui, although Zhang Yunlong did not express his position, but he acquiesced. Tang Xiao became the overturned marshal, and the actual person in power in the later period was actually Cao Sheng.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the experience of two handsomes and one pioneer is already remarkable, but Tang Yuan thinks that if the seventh prince wants to fight with the Empress Dowager Cao, there is still a big gap behind.

In addition, Tang Su, the fifth son of the Tang family, is actually a person who supports the emperor, he did not become a second emperor with imperial power as his father Tang Zhen imagined, according to the performance of the two sons, Tang Zhen has already made a compromise, he only wants to let Tang Xiao control the military power, so as to ensure Tang Su's 8,000-year-old status in the court, and hope that the twin stars will support each other, so that the Tang family gate valve will always occupy half of the Great Liang Dynasty. I didn't want to overthrow the imperial court, and the Tang family would be the emperor.

Tang Zhen's retreat has already shown his disappointment with his two sons.

At this time, if Tang Yuan was still holding the thigh of the Tang Clan's gate valve, it would not be very wise, it would be better to move closer to the queen, so that it would be possible to fight a bloody way. Before leaving Luoyang, Tang Qi asked Hu Lanhua to tell him that he would be transferred back to the capital soon, although Tang Yuan didn't understand Tang Qi's purpose at that time, it was not easy to transfer Tang Yuan away.

Now that he has got a pawn in Chang'an, he has offended Tang Xiao, maybe this is an opportunity to leave Chang'an, since he has obtained Tang Qi's secret letter, it means that the queen already knows about it, and the next step should be to take the troops back to Luoyang and wait for the new arrangement.

"Now that we are obviously breaking away from the Tang family and moving closer to the queen, I'm afraid this is a bit risky, right?" Nalan Xin frowned and said: "The queen mother hasn't torn her face with the Tang Clan's gate valve yet, that is to say, she and the emperor are not necessarily of the same heart, and let's tear our face first, it's too risky to do so." ”

Tang Yuan said: "The cowardly general can't do it, if everything is clear to everyone, let's do it again, do you think it's still interesting?" You don't have to worry, I've already seen through Tang Qi's thoughts. ”

"What can she think?" Nalan said: "She is still the righteous daughter sent by Tang Zhen." ”

"His father, Qi Dongyang, has long taken refuge in the Queen Mother." Tang Yuan said: "Does Tang Zhen know about this, I guess he knows, he already knows, why do you want to send Tang Qi in?" Because he couldn't stop it, the Queen Mother had already named Tang Qi to enter the palace, and at this time, Tang Zhen simply recognized Qi Qi as a righteous daughter, so that if Tang Qi was in power in the future, he would not be too ruthless to the Tang family. ”

"I don't think your inference is reasonable." Nalan said: "How old is the Queen Mother, how can she consider letting Tang Qi succeed her?" ”

"The Queen Mother is a woman, and she doesn't want to go the way of Wu Zetian." Tang Yuan said: "If she wants to, now is the perfect time to overthrow Zhao Ce." The woman Empress Dowager Cao is actually a lovely woman, who thinks about the Zhao family with all her heart, and never for selfish desires. ”

"But she still pulled her uncle and uncle in." Nalan Xin smiled wryly.

"Besides Min Yue and Cao Sheng, who else can she trust? The rice buckets of the Royal Zhao family? In addition to Zhao Guangda, how can there be a reliable person? Even Zhao Guangda is actually a duck on the shelf, but he has good personal charm and high prestige in the army, but he is not a person who can lead troops to fight after all. Tang Yuan said: "Zhao Guangli, Zhao Guangxu, these two people are not even half of his brother's, in fact, they are two gentlemen." However, there is no doubt about their loyalty to the Queen Mother. In fact, there are still a few reuses in the royal family, but the Queen Mother is not at ease, so she can only reuse her relatives. ”

Nalan Xin nodded: "It seems that you have thought deeply about this issue, if this is the case, then we will do it firmly." If the discussion continues, there will be no definite outcome until tomorrow, because no one can predict what the future holds. And I also feel that it is a great opportunity to get closer to the emperor at this time. If the Empress Dowager Cao does not have the confidence to abolish the emperor, then our proximity can be regarded as the right choice, but we can't be careless yet, at least we can't make the Empress Dowager feel that we are people who fully support the emperor and can even threaten the safety of the Empress Dowager. ”

"I've also thought about this issue, let's go to Mozhou." Tang Yuan said: "Xiao Han is the person who was dug up by the Queen Mother, and he is also the person he trusts. ”

"Why didn't you succeed Cao Dingguo as the general of Zhenjiang? I've heard that Cao Dingguo resigns every year, which is really strange. Nalan said.

"Now there is a woman next to the Queen Mother, everyone calls her Lu, Lu is Cen Shen's wife, it is said that she is very favored in front of the Queen Mother, even if Cao Dingguo resigns, that teacher is probably Cen Shen." Tang Yuan said.

"Do you think Cen Shen is reliable?"

"Courage without strategy, selfishness." Tang Yuan said: "The Queen Mother would rather use such a person than a ruling person." ”

"I don't think the Queen Mother may agree with you to go to Mozhou." Nalan channeled.

"Yes, I thought about it too." Tang Yuan was a little distressed: "If I can't go to Mozhou, I think I can only go to Jingzhou." ”。

"What's wrong with Jingzhou?" Nalan Xin smiled: "Actually, I have long wanted to go to Jingzhou to have a look, it is said that it is very good." ”

"Hehe, if you go to Jingzhou, you will definitely not be able to avoid the war with Shu Han and Southern Jin in the future."