Chapter 39: Inquiry
Faced with the sudden question of the Empress Dowager Dong, Cai Wenji suddenly knew where she was, but she still reacted immediately, looked at the Empress Dowager Dong, smiled and said: In the end, grandmother is still powerful, and she can't hide anything from her grandmother's sharp eyes. After speaking, Cai Wenji looked at the Empress Dowager Dong and said very shyly: It is His Royal Highness the Prince.
After speaking, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Cai Wenji waited, looked at the Empress Dowager Dong, and then looked at the palace maids and eunuchs standing around. What kind of person is Empress Dowager Dong, as soon as she looks at Cai Wenji's eyes, she knows what Cai Wenji means, Empress Dowager Dong turned her head quietly, looked at Her Royal Highness's palace maid and said: You all go down, I want to say something close to Wen Ji.
As soon as the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting around heard the words of the Empress Dowager Dong, they all saluted and retired.
Empress Dowager Dong watched the palace maids around her retreat, then looked at Cai Wenji and said: Can this be said?
Cai Wenji watched Empress Dowager Dong drive out all the people at hand, so she quickly got up and sat down beside Empress Dowager Dong, picked up one of Empress Dowager Dong's arms and gently massaged it, while saying: Grandmother, the matter is really important, I'm afraid that the news will leak out. Empress Dowager Dong looked at Cai Wenji's expression, and knew that it was indeed a big deal, so she looked at Cai Wenji and said: Tell me, what is the matter?
Cai Wenji looked around cautiously, and then looked at the Empress Dowager Dong and said: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wrote that the queen's behavior has been abnormal recently, and asked me to enter the palace to inquire about the news, and specially told me to tell my grandmother that grandmother must have a way.
As soon as Empress Dowager Dong heard Cai Wenji's words, she was full of smiles, looked at Cai Wenji and said with a smile: Even if this stinky boy still knows something, I have already paid attention to this matter, and now there should be a result.
As soon as Cai Wenji heard what Empress Dowager Dong's grandmother said, her face was full of surprise, and she thanked Empress Dowager Dong vigorously when she looked at her. Empress Dowager Dong waved her hand and called out the door: Is there anyone, ask Xiao Zhou to come.
The people outside the door heard the voice of the Empress Dowager Dong and answered softly, followed by the sound of footsteps.
Empress Dowager Dong and Cai Wenji didn't wait for a long time, and a female voice sounded in the hall: Queen Mother, Xiao Zhou asks to see.
"Enter", although Empress Dowager Dong gave an order, the door of the main hall was pushed open from the outside, and then an ordinary woman dressed in ordinary clothes walked in. After the visitor saw the Empress Dowager Dong, he immediately knelt down and asked the Empress Dowager Dong's forces.
Empress Dowager Dong looked at the person who came, just nodded, then looked at the person who came and asked: How did you check the people around Queen He?
Xiao Zhou, who came, looked at Empress Dowager Dong and replied respectfully: Back to the Empress Dowager, it has been almost checked, the person who appeared next to Empress He is called Jia Xu, who is from Jizhou, as for whether it was sent by the Yellow Turban Army, it is still uncertain.
Empress Dowager Dong nodded when she heard this, but did not speak, and waved her hand directly, and let the person who came retreat.
Empress Dowager Dong waited for the door of the main hall to close again, and then looked at Cai Wenji and said: This person, nine times out of ten, was sent by the Yellow Turban Army, I didn't expect that the current queen is actually colluding with the rebellious ministers and thieves, what is this? You tell Xie'er about this matter, and leave this matter to him.
Cai Wenji nodded very obediently and agreed. Then the two of them also lost the interest in talking, and the Empress Dowager Dong was worried about the current situation, even the queen of the dynasty could collude with the thieves, what would happen to the family in the world. And Cai Wenji just got the news she wanted, so she went back directly and wrote to Liu Xie.
Reluctantly waited until the evening, and after dinner, Cai Wenji said goodbye to the Empress Dowager Dong, and after the Empress Dowager Dong politely stayed, she asked Cai Wenji to go back.
Cai Wenji, who returned to Cai's mansion, wrote down everything she had seen and heard today in the letter, as a basis for Liu Xie's judgment.
After writing the letter, Cai Wenji, thinking about Queen He, also felt worried, and sat in a daze all the time.
At this time, Liu Xie, who had just received the letter from Luoyang Feigeon, looked at the letter in his hand, where he stood silent for a long time, Guo Jia behind him looked at Liu Xie, stepped forward and asked softly: Your Highness, is something wrong?
When Liu Xie heard Guo Jia's words, he didn't speak, but just gave the letter in his hand to Guo Jia.
Guo Jia was curious, took the letter handed over by Liu Xie and looked at it directly, looking at the content of the letter, Guo Jia stepped forward, where Liu Xie stood side by side, looked at Liu Xie and said softly: Your Majesty is still not very at ease with His Royal Highness in my heart.
Liu Xie didn't turn his head to look at Guo Jia, just looked ahead and said: Yes, otherwise he wouldn't have issued a six-month deadline. Now, Fengxiao, we have to think carefully about how to pacify the yellow scarf within half a year.
Guo Jia looked at Liu Xie, who had a sad face, and said comfortingly: Your Highness, in fact, it is not a big problem to calm the yellow scarf within half a year, but if this is the case, what should we do that we originally planned? We originally planned to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army and weaken the local clans, and if we pacify the Yellow Turbans within half a year, the local clans will still be powerful and powerful in the local area, and dominate one side.
After listening to Guo Jia's words, Liu Xie finally turned around, looked at Guo Jia, and said in a deep voice: The original plan can only be modified, and when the holy decree is issued, we have no choice. It's still just a flying pigeon, and the official decree is estimated to be on the way, and when the time comes, we will march directly. The first problem now is to annihilate the Yellow Turban Army, which is April, which means that we must annihilate the Yellow Turban Army in October, otherwise we will be charged with disrespecting the order. None of us knows what we will face at that time. Therefore, we have to think more about how we can annihilate the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible. We originally planned to solve the problem together, but now it seems that we can only wait for an opportunity in the future.
Guo Jia listened to Liu Xie's words, so he could only nod and agree.
Liu Xie turned around, looked at the guards around him, and directly ordered: Order Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army in their place as soon as possible, and then send troops to clear the surrounding Yellow Turban Army. Order: Ask where Ma Teng's troops have arrived, and let them reach Youzhou as soon as possible to deal with the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou.
The guards behind Liu Xie agreed and hurried down to give the order.
Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia and said, "Let's go, we also need to solve the enemy in front of us as soon as possible."
At this time, Huangfu Song, who was far away in Yingchuan, was sitting in the middle of the big tent of the Chinese army, looked at Xun You, Xu Zhen, and Lu Bu who were sitting in the big tent and said: Everyone, I have eaten the meal, and the wine has been drunk, General Lu Bu has been here for several days, and the troops are already familiar with it, we should consider the matter of marching, only after we defeated Chen Qun, the first few days were also a lot of things, and now it has finally stopped, we should consider the matter of entering the army.