After saying goodbye to Xue Shilang, Shang Chengcheng continued to be accompanied by the eleventh father-in-law to Hanyuan Palace.

When he passed through Chaoyang Gate and entered the inner imperial city, he met Dong Quan, the provincial servant under the door. Shang Cheng was not familiar with the deputy minister who adhered to the northbound policy, and he basically had no contact with these radicals who Guo Biao called "just talking on paper", so the two of them just hugged each other and bowed peacefully, and with a slight nod, the two of them passed by one by one.

All this was seen by the eleventh father-in-law. After entering Chaoyang Gate and walking out of the road for a while, he said with a light smile: "Yan Du, there is a sentence that I shouldn't have said, I looked at Dong Shizhong's expression was not salty, is he ...... Have some preconceptions about you? ”

Shang Cheng was silently remembering the etiquette of His Majesty's resignation, and as soon as he was interrupted by the eleventh father-in-law, he immediately said without thinking: "How is it possible." He couldn't help but glance strangely at the chamberlain who was walking beside him with a slight bow. When I met twice, the eleventh father-in-law was very respectful to him, but he didn't get close to him at all, and he didn't have a superfluous word, why did he suddenly talk about this? Just the eleventh father-in-law also looked at him with a sneak look, and as soon as the eyes of the two people met slightly, the eyes of the eleventh father-in-law turned back to stare at the blue stone under his feet. Shang Cheng thought about it, then added with a smile: "Maybe my father-in-law is wrong." ”

The eleventh father-in-law still had that respectful and cautious smile on his face, and said softly: "I heard that the lower official is very dissatisfied with the grassland strategy you proposed......

Shang Cheng was even more surprised. At the beginning of the meeting, the Prime Minister's public office repeatedly emphasized that Yan Shanwei's grassland plan should not be leaked to the outside world, not to mention the ministers of the ministries and institutes who did not attend the meeting, that is, Chen Pu, a general of the Pillar State and a temporary servant of the Ministry of War, except for hearing of such a top-secret meeting, he didn't know the theme and content of the meeting at all. And the words of the eleventh father-in-law obviously had a sense of provocation...... He stopped suddenly, stared at the eleventh father-in-law with complicated eyes, and asked with a sinking face, "Who did you listen to this grassland strategy?" ”

The eleventh father-in-law still looks cautious and respectful. He didn't answer Shang Cheng's question either, and continued: "...... Your strategy is neither in line with Zhang Pu's old minister's wishes, nor is it against Dong Quan's appetite, so Yan Du is not afraid of being remembered by both of them? ”

Shang Cheng's brows furrowed suddenly. The eleventh father-in-law is telling the truth that there is no longer true. Yan Shanwei's plan is not only contrary to Zhang Pu's proposals, but also does not fully conform to Dong Quan's ideal of "sweeping away Liuhe with Tianwei", so at present, the Northern Advance faction does not regard him as its own, and the Southern Advance faction also regards him as a potential opponent, but the two sides are fighting fiercely in the court, and no one can spare their hands to deal with him. Of course, it may also be that they all have the idea of fighting him for the past. If a general like him clearly expresses his support, needless to say, his voice can be three points louder during the court meeting...... But the question is, how does a chamberlain know about these things?

He pursed his lips, narrowed his eyes and stared at the eleventh father-in-law who was slumped down and bowed his head for a long time, and then asked softly, "How do you know the grassland strategy?" One by one, huh? You say......"

The eleventh father-in-law became more humble and respectful. But he still didn't speak.

"Don't want to say?" A sneer appeared on Shang Cheng's face, but his voice became more and more gentle. "It's too late."

The smile on the face of the eleventh father-in-law gradually froze. He secretly glanced at the salute sword on Yan Shan's waist and swallowed nervously. He didn't believe that the blind man dared to do anything wrong in the imperial city, so he decided not to say it. He didn't dare to say it. The Holy Monarch explained that he asked him to ask Shang Cheng these words, and he had to write down Shang Cheng's answer and the emphatic expression when he spoke, and never omit anything......

He lowered his head, and he couldn't see Shang Cheng's expression, but he could guess from the swing of the sleeves of the crimson robe in front of him that the blind man was raising his arm to lift the blindfold. His heart couldn't help but roll through a panic, and in an instant his scalp was stinging as if he had been stung by a wasp, and a gust of wind blew, and he felt a cold chill on his back! How dare this blind man be?

This is the left royal road of the inner imperial city, there are few officials who go in and out of the business, and there are not many attendants who should come and go, only the guards of the forbidden palace with bright clothes and armor stand across the road at intervals of 100 steps with their chests and swords. Although there are few people, who doesn't know the chief eunuch of the Inner Bookstore, the eleventh father-in-law, who saw him standing in the middle of the road with his waist bowed and looking trembling, he couldn't help but stop and look at the rarity, and some of the good deeds still stayed in the distance Chao Shangcheng pointed and whispered, asking each other how big this face-faced Sipin general was.

Shang Cheng didn't take off the blindfold, but just pressed the throbbing blood vessels with the corners of his fingers and calmed down. Another possibility occurred to him. In his impression, the eleventh father-in-law was an extremely cautious person, if he didn't deliberately inquire, if there was no one to instruct him, how could he say these inexplicable words? What good can he do by saying this! Besides, who else could make the emperor's attendants say such a thing, except for the big man who was about to see him? With such a speculation, the person who instructed the eleventh father-in-law also came to light......

Even though he was already eighty percent sure that the words of the Eleventh Father-in-law were related to Emperor Dongyuan, he still asked, "Do you want to say it, or can't you say it?" Or, don't dare to say? "This must be asked! The correlation is too great, and if the slightest negligence leads to deviations and omissions, he simply cannot afford to bear the heavy responsibility of failure......

The eleventh father-in-law's waist bowed even deeper.

"The Holy One told you to say that, right?"

The eleventh father-in-law did not dare to answer. But under the pressure of Shang Cheng's fierce gaze, he couldn't help but nod his head slightly.

Sure enough, it's Emperor Dongyuan!

Shang Cheng sighed helplessly. This is probably the same as the reason that Emperor Dongyuan said before he saw him and didn't see him, it was the so-called imperial power trick to see him one by one, it was a conspiracy; If you don't see him, it's also a conspiracy; Even what this eunuch said was still a conspiracy! He really couldn't evaluate these people who were emperors. Could it be that when a person becomes an emperor, in order to maintain his majesty and mystery, in order to control the ministers, he has to make an originally simple thing so complicated? Isn't it just a meeting between the superiors and subordinates, Emperor Dongyuan wants to know something, and he can ask him directly, whether it is the affairs of Yanshan or the dispute between the north and the south of the imperial court, he will definitely know everything. He also wished that the emperor would consult him on his views on the southern and northern expeditions! In this way, he can find an opportunity to persuade the emperor to also support the grassland plan, and it is best to let the imperial court re-establish Yanshan Xingyuan, and then send a highly respected general to command the continuous battle against the left flank of the Tuqi Dynasty. In this way, the situation in the north, which is planned to take five to ten years to be roughly established, may be able to achieve initial results in seven or eight years.

Maybe it won't even take seven or eight years! In such an age of difficult transportation and scarce means of communication, it sometimes only takes a little external force for an ancient and vast empire like Turts, which has long accumulated internal contradictions, to erupt in one fell swoop, and then the behemoth collapses like a castle built on the sand......

"Your Excellency,"

The male duck of the eleventh father-in-law interrupted his thoughts very inopportunely: "...... The prince is greeting you. ”