Heavy snow in Jinling, inside and outside the city, the eaves are white.

Inside the palace gate of Changchun Palace, Chun Thirteen Niang was wearing a dark green brocade cloak and looked out through the gap in the palace gate.

The snow was falling, Yang En was still standing in the square in front of the palace gate, his body was covered with snow, and his official robes must have been soaked with snow, at this time, the cold wind was blowing, if he didn't grit his teeth to hold on, Chun Thirteen Niang doubted whether Yang En would tremble.

The snow was still falling, and the boots that Yang En was wearing were also buried under the snow, but she didn't expect her to turn back after so long, and Yang En didn't even move his position when he stood in front of the palace gate.

Listening to the sound of "rustling" footsteps behind him, he turned his head and saw that it was Yao Xishui who walked over in the snow, and said with emotion: "The Marquis of Liyang has been standing in the snow for more than an hour, and the snow has wet his robe, and if he drags it out like this, I'm afraid his body won't be able to hold it - I think what he said has some truth, Grandpa Guo and His Majesty have lost some red eyes......"

"He's just playing a bitter trick," Yao Xishui looked at the situation outside the palace gate coldly, and snorted coldly, "If you don't attack Chaozhou at this time, your previous achievements will be wasted, and Chaochu and other places will be lost and lost, and the rebels will regain Chuzhou and Chaozhou, and when the time comes, with the benefit of the water division, it will directly threaten the imperial capital Jinling - is it true that as this madman said, you want Your Majesty to ask the Zhuzi to lead the Xuzhou Water Battalion East to come in to resist the rebel water division?" ”

Chun Thirteen Niang sighed lightly in her heart, the main force of the Great Chu Water Division collapsed in Hongzepu, Jinling shook, and the people in the city talked about it a lot, and they were also panicked, at this time, it was not that no one was worried that the Shouzhou rebels would collude with the Liang State, and even most people thought that Anning Palace had long been colluded with the Liang State, but at this time, it was still supported to recover Chaozhou first, which was really a very limited choice for the imperial court at this time.

At this time, if you don't capture Chaozhou, it is one thing to abandon all the previous achievements, but more importantly, Chaozhou and Chuzhou will be gained and lost, and the naval division of the Louchuan Army will re-enter the Yangtze River waterway.

In the past, Jinling had the elite naval divisions of the left and right Wuya Army, even if the initial combat effectiveness was not as good as the Lou Ship Army, but in general, it could still guarantee the Lingcheng and the broader deep hinterland in the south of the Yangtze River, and was not threatened by the warships of the Lou Ship Army.

At this time, the Great Chu Naval Division, suffered a near-devastating heavy blow, in a short period of time on the Yangtze River, there is no longer the strength of the rebel naval division, they gave up attacking Chaozhou at this time, do not block the passage of the Lou Boat Army warships into the Yangtze River, is it really as Liyang Hou Yang En admonished, please Qianyang Hou Han Qian led the Xuzhou Water Battalion eastward to help defend the Yangtze River waterway?

The lesser of two evils, compared to bowing to Xuzhou and moving eastward from the water camp in Xuzhou, the main force of the forbidden army on the north bank still has a great possibility of capturing Chaozhou before the Liang army crosses the Huai.

However, Chun Thirteen Niang also secretly admired Yang En's courage.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew that the Marquis of Qianyang had become His Majesty's heart disease, even Shen Yang did not insist on this matter, but Yang En scolded His Majesty in the court for not daring to mobilize the Xuzhou Water Camp to the east, and he was really afraid of the Marquis of Qianyang.

Chun Thirteen Niang felt that Yang En was not killed by His Majesty on the spot, and it was good luck, although Yang En was also disheartened after being deposed by Emperor Tianyou in the past, but Chun Thirteen Niang was not too deeply touched before.

"Don't pay attention to that madman, he can stand as long as he wants......" At this burning brow, Yao Xishui urged Chun Thirteen Niang to quickly close the palace door and follow her to the back.

At this moment, from the direction of the back class, there were two short baby cries suddenly.

Although it was far away, although no new hoofs and cries were heard after two sounds, it was in the silence of the heavy snow.

Chun Shi Niang heard these two short cries, was stunned for a while, looked at Yao Xishui, and asked, "Is the Queen Mother born?" ”

"Damn it!" Yao Xishui didn't expect that she had only been away for a while, and the class behind her had made such a mistake, and the sound of the baby's crying came here.

She can only hope that Yang En is farther away now, and she didn't listen to these two baby cries in her ears, but she can't control too much at the moment, so she wants to pull Chun Thirteen Niang away.

Yang En vaguely heard the two short baby cries, but he was in a trance, thinking that he had stood in the snow for too long, and his whole body was frozen and stiff, and he was hallucinating.

How could there be a baby's hoof crying in Changchun Palace, and I didn't see any concubine who took the prince out of the city to Changchun Palace to visit the Queen Mother today?

Yang En wanted to move his hands and feet, but he didn't want his feet to be numb and unconscious, his body would lose his balance, and he would fall headlong into the snow.

When Chun Thirteen Niang saw this scene, she sighed in her heart, and after all, she walked with Yao Xishui to the back of the class without looking back.

Hu Sui, who was waiting in the stable at the gate outside the palace, saw Yang En lying in the snow, and more than a dozen people ran over, picked Yang En up from the snow, and wrapped his body with a big coat to resist the cold.

Someone persuaded him distressedly:

"Shen Xiang didn't insist anymore, Master Hou, why are you doing this? Besides, His Majesty also agreed to allow General Li to take advantage of the situation as long as the Liang army was detected to assemble to cross the Huai River, and the situation was not as urgent as you imagined. ”

"You know the!" Yang En struggled to sit in the snow, and angrily scolded at Hu Cong beside him, "Do you really think that Ying and Xu only have 70,000 or 80,000 Liang troops, and after winter, they really didn't mobilize troops and horses from other places on a large scale?" Do you really think that the main force of the water division collapsed in Hongzepu, because Gao Chengyuan was arrogant, incompetent, and careless, did he not expect that the rebels would be trapped and defeated? This whole thing is a trap, Da Chu fought in Jingxiang, and he suffered the loss of Zhu Yushan's Tibetan soldiers, how can he not have a long memory! ”

"The situation changed in a hurry, and even if Liang Guo had the heart to do something, he couldn't catch up with the time. Besides, the staff department has sent a number of elite scouts to the north bank of the Huai River to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and if there is really any trap, you will definitely be able to see clues. He persuaded him.

"Who controls the Division?" Yang En reprimanded without regard to his manners, "The top and bottom of the Privy Council are all the people under that fool of Li Pu, that fool in order to escape the responsibility of his missteps and the destruction of the sailor, you really want to find any clues, will that fool tell the staff to tell Your Majesty truthfully?" Shen Yang was also confused this time - His Majesty is young and vigorous, and he doesn't know the truth of long-term consideration, the Queen Mother can endure in Cishou Palace for more than ten years, and she should know how powerful it is. You go and smash the palace gate for me, I have to see the Queen Mother today, I can't ......"

The left and right looked at each other, although Yang En made a big fuss about political affairs before, and in the end he was only driven out by His Majesty, and he was not severely punished, but it does not mean that they smashed the gate of Changchun Palace today, and they can continue to be safe and sound.

"Master Hou, don't mess around, the robes on your body are soaked in snow, and if you don't change into dry clothes, your body can't stand it!" The two leaders glanced at each other, and immediately wanted to stop Yang En's crazy words and scolding, and wanted to forcibly carry Yang En into the carriage and take him back to the city.

"You dog minions, the Great Chu River is going to be bad in your hands!" Yang En screamed in a hurry, spurted out a mouthful of blood, straightened his body back, and fainted.

Sui Hu didn't dare to delay, hugged Yang En, who was thin and didn't weigh much, and sat back in the carriage and galloped towards Donghua City.

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"How is the Marquis of Liyang?"

Seeing Qin Wen walk to the weeping flower hall and untie his cloak and shake off the snow, Shen Yang walked over and asked.

"I couldn't enter the mansion of the Marquis of Liyang, and Marquis Yang has a deep grudge against Xiangye,"

Qin Wen handed over the cloak to the servant, accompanied Shen Yang to the depths of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and said that he heard that Yang En rushed to visit after vomiting blood and fainting outside the gate of Changchun Palace, and he couldn't help but ask,

"The water division has suffered too badly, and now the forbidden army on the north bank has a chance to recover Chaozhou City before the Liang army goes south, but what if it can't be defeated? According to what Qin asked, Yang Hou's advice was more secure, why didn't Xiang Ye stand with Yang Hou Ye this time? ”

Shen Yang looked at the white snow accumulated on the courtyard walls on both sides, his thin face, and the wrinkles became deeper at this moment.

If Xuzhou and Huaidong had not colluded in advance, and if Xue Ruogu had gone to Lishui to take up his post and the old troops of Zuoguang's German army had gathered in the area along the Taihu Lake, and there was no sign of Xuzhou's covert operation, he would of course not hesitate to support Yang En at this time and advise His Majesty to send an edict to transfer the Xuzhou Water Camp to assist in the defense of the Yangtze River.

Now the problem is complicated.

Although he did not agree with Xue Ruogu to expose these things in order to avoid adding fuel to the fire, even if he didn't care about his deeds, he had to consider the issue of how easy it was to invite God and difficult to send God.

Shen Yang didn't mean to explain to Qin Wen, but frowned and looked at the gloomy sky in the north......

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The river waves slapped on the shore, and the sound was like a galloping horse.

Han Qian stood on a riverside stone cliff at the northern foot of Baohua Mountain, looking through the heavy snow and looking at the Yangtze River, the blue water was turbulent.

"Yang En failed to enter the gate of Changchun Palace after all, stood outside the palace gate for more than an hour, and finally vomited blood and fell to the ground, and he was carried into the carriage and left." Xi Ying walked over and said to Han Qian.

"Alas!" Han Qian learned that Yang En was expelled from the political hall by Yang Yuanpu, and he also knew in his heart that Yang En was destined to return in vain when he ran to Changchun Palace to see the Queen Mother today, but when he heard such a result, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

He has become a demon in the hearts of too many people, and the situation in Dachu at this time, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, has not reached the point of exhaustion, not to mention Yang Yuanpu, among the ministers of the court, who would be willing to bow to him and advocate the transfer of the state water camp to the east to assist the Yangtze River waterway?

Even Shen Yang, who has always been serious, did not support Yang En's persuasion to ask for reinforcements from Xuzhou this time, probably because there were many things that made him suspicious, right?

In order to avoid the direct threat of Jinling City from the rebel naval division, before the Liang army dispatched, forcibly captured Chaozhou and blocked the passage of the rebel naval division into the Yangtze River through Chaozhou and Chuzhou, or became the only choice for the government and the opposition, right?

If he had expected this, Han Qian would not have been in a hurry in reversing the case, but the manpower may be poor, and he never thought that the situation would change like this.

Li Pu had already crossed the river and rushed to Chaozhou at noon. Since there is no room for turning around here, it seems that I should cross the river to see Li Zhihe now. Guo Rong tidied up his clothes and said to Han Qian.

"That's right," Xi Ying took advantage of Guo Rong's failure to leave, and mentioned another thing to Han Qian, "Following Yang En's eyeliner outside the gate of Changchun Palace, I heard two baby cries behind Zuo Xiangting in Changchun Palace......

"Alas, it's not messy enough." Han Qian patted his forehead in pain and asked.

"Can you confirm now that the Queen Mother has secretly given birth in Changchun Palace?" Guo Rong heard Xi Ying mention this news, but his expression was shocked, and he asked.

Han Qian's previous plan was for Guo Rong to secretly go to Li Zhihe, and threaten Li Zhihe with the secret of Li Zhihe's life experience, forcing Li Zhihe to choose to cooperate with Xuzhou, but this matter was still full of great uncertainty at this time.

Now as the Duke of Changguo and the deputy envoy of the privy council, Li Pu personally rushed to meet Li Zhihe with Yang Yuanpu's edict, not that Li Zhihe had the intention to disobey his orders, so he could really disobey his orders.

First of all, Li Zhihe personally has a strong control over the Left Dragon Bird Army and the Left and Right Armed Guard Armies to the point where the grassroots military attaches and middle and high-level generals blindly obey orders.

In addition, Chaozhou is too close to Jinling, and boats and horses can cross the river, and they can walk back and forth once a day.

Once there is any disturbance in Chaozhou, Jinling will soon notice it, and there is no possibility that Li Zhihe will detain Li Pu and falsely pass on the holy decree.

The more secure plan that Han Qian and the others had discussed before was to persuade Li Zhihe to find an excuse to delay outside Chaozhou City without attacking the city, and to maintain sufficient vigilance and defensive posture on the northern front.

In this case, as long as the Xuzhou Water Camp passes through Dongting Lake and enters the Yangtze River waterway, the government and the opposition will be shaken, and Li Zhihe will give up attacking Chaozhou and withdraw to Shuzhou, which will become a matter of course.

Of course, in order to avoid Xuzhou becoming the target of public criticism, after the main force of the Beichen Forbidden Army withdrew into Shuzhou City, Han Qian had to coerce Li Zhihe to endorse the eastward advance of the Xuzhou Water Camp, and together he wrote a letter to advise Yang Yuanpu to depose Li Pu, the Duke of Changguo, and ask the blame for the defeat of the Shui Division, and even further divide the military power of the Forbidden Army on the north bank, so that Yang Yuanpu and the courtiers were helpless to take them!

This is the plan that Han Qian and the others are preparing to implement, and no one thought that the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er would give birth at this time.

Guo Rong has been plotting for half his life, of course, he knows that this matter is not trivial, and it is very likely to bring new subtle changes to the whole thing, so he subconsciously asked Xi Yi how sure he was of this news.

"Lu Qingxia has extremely strict control over Changchun Palace, and we have not succeeded in sending people to infiltrate it. However, Feng Yi noticed Han Jun's abnormality four or five months ago, and sent someone to investigate Han Jun's behavior for a period of time, and basically ruled out other possibilities. And the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er has occasionally summoned foreign ministers in the past few months, but it is said that when she summoned foreign ministers, she covered them up intentionally or unintentionally. And with Lu Qingxia's wrist, she wants to completely control Wang Chan'er into a puppet in her hands, although this method is risky, it is the most effective! Xi Ying said.

Guo Rong frowned and sank into thought.

Xi Ying didn't bother Guo Rong, and continued with Han Qian:

"Fortunately now, it is probably that after Han Jun realized that the situation was out of control, please transfer out the guard sequence of Changchun Palace three months ago, Lu Qingxia has not been able to control or threaten the Han family through this matter, the old lady, Han Daoming and others should still be kept in the dark - I guess Lu Qingxia should send this baby out of Changchun Palace soon, should we arrange a few more eyeliners to keep an eye on them and catch their roots?"

Han Qian shook his head and said, "They take this matter very seriously, we have limited manpower at our disposal in Jinling, and if we really want to arrange someone to keep an eye on this matter, it will not only be easy to expose flaws, but it may even make the situation too complicated......

"If Wang Chan'er has completely fallen under the control of Lu Qingxia and others, and is not afraid to summon foreign ministers or meet Yang Yuanpu after giving birth, then it seems that our plan can be adjusted somewhat?" Guo Rong looked at Han Qian and said uncertainly.

Han Qian knew what Guo Rong wanted to say.

It was easy to convince Li Zhihe that Liang Jun had a big plan, but even if Li Zhihe had long been wary of Liang Jun's plan, it was difficult to resist and disobey the order.

Their original plan also had big loopholes, far from being perfect, not to mention that the sequelae would be extremely serious.

They threatened Li Zhihe's secret with his life experience, so that Li Zhihe could choose to cooperate, but what about after the situation between Liang and Chu eased?

According to the previous plan, after the situation between Liang and Chu eased up, Xuzhou should divide the military power of the forbidden army on the north bank with Li Zhihe to prevent the imperial court from questioning the guilt, but the problem is that even if Li Zhihe is willing to coexist peacefully with Xuzhou, how can Lu Qingxia and Yao Xishui behind Li Zhihe be willing to hold such a big handle in the hands of others and be controlled by others forever?

The biggest possibility is that once Li Zhihe gains a firm foothold in Shu and Chaozhou, he will inevitably bite back at Xuzhou.

This is not something that Li Zhihe personally is willing to do, it is related to the net worth and lives of so many people around Li Zhihe, and it is not up to Li Zhihe whether he is willing or not.

Now if it can be confirmed that Wang Chan'er has given birth, it means two changes, that is, what Guo Rong just said: one is that Wang Chan'er has completely fallen under the control of Lu Qingxia, and will obey Lu Qingxia's orders, and the other is that Wang Chan'er no longer needs to avoid seeing foreign ministers and Yang Yuanpu as she did in the previous months.

At this time, as long as they can convince Li Zhihe that Wen Ruilin is a traitor of the Liang State, believe that the sailor's attack on Hongzepu is the plot of the Liang army, and that the Liang army has a bigger plan waiting behind, Li Zhihe should be able to obtain the edict of the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er to requisition the Xuzhou Water Camp to reinforce Jianghuai and order the forbidden army on the north bank to withdraw from Chaozhou through Lu Qingxia.

Although the Empress Dowager Wang Chan'er did not interfere much in the government after Yang Yuanpu ascended the throne, the "concubine called the system and discussed politics" that had been implemented since the Yueyang period was not officially abolished.

The effect of the Empress Dowager's edict on the law of Great Chu is equivalent to the holy decree.

When the time came, Xuzhou and Li Zhihe "obeyed" the edict of the Queen Mother, and Yang Yuanpu could not directly ask Xuzhou and Li Zhihe except to turn his face with his mother.

In this way, they don't have to take the risk of "admonishing the soldiers", and they don't have to worry about the sequelae of being difficult to control the situation in the future.

In fact, Han Qian and Feng Yi had long suspected that the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er was having an affair with Han Jun and was pregnant with Liujia, but because of this, because the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er had no way to confront Yang Yuanpu who was angry when she broke into Changchun Palace before giving birth, they did not consider the Empress Dowager's edict.

Now that's a different story......

Taking 10,000 steps back, Han Qian could even directly tell Li Zhihe and Lu Qingxia that Xuzhou already knew that the Queen Mother Wang Chan'er was having an affair with Han Jun.

This matter is white, it is a handle of Li Zhihe, Lu Qingxia and others, but it is also a handle that may cause the Han Jiayi clan, and there is no question of who wants to blackmail whom.

Even the threat to the Han family was more serious, after all, the baby was under the control of Lu Qingxia at this time.

Or maybe Lu Qingxia dragged Han Jun and not others into such troubled waters at the beginning, because he had a sinister calculation to balance the Han family and Xuzhou......