The carriage swayed towards the city gate, and Cui Yi rubbed her hands to keep warm, while peeking at her face from time to time.

Zhiying couldn't help laughing: "Look at what, say whatever you want." ”

Cui Yi asked: "What safflower did you say before, what did you mean by not having it in the first place?" ”

Zhiying smiled helplessly: "I knew that you definitely wanted to ask this." Exhaled a breath of white air and shivered, Cui Yi hugged her tighter again: "I'll be out of the city soon, go out and take a hot bath, drink a bowl of ginger soup, cover it and sleep for a while, and get up tomorrow." ”

"Ginger soup?" Zhiying was slightly stunned, and then suddenly realized, "So that's the case!" ”

Cui Yi looked at her inexplicably: "What?" ”

Holding Ying pursed her lips and said: "You don't mention the ginger soup I can't remember, after I was taken to Yanshou Palace by the Queen Mother's people, I only wore a single layer of clothes, and my feet were bare, when the palace maid took me to change clothes, there was a royal doctor who came to give me a pulse, I thought that the Queen Mother was afraid that I was infected with a cold, and I gave her a sick breath, but in fact, it was not, the Queen Mother probably wanted to know if I had goods in my stomach." ”

Cui Yi was stunned, and immediately reacted: "The Queen Mother thinks you are pregnant?" ”

Zhiying nodded: "This is really a three-year-old dead mother, it's too long to talk about, I'll explain it to you later." The imperial doctor didn't know for what purpose, and returned to the Queen Mother that I was pregnant, so the Queen Mother took care of me in every way, and the emperor came to mention people, but she didn't let me go, and said that she would accept me as a righteous daughter. ”

The corners of Cui Yi's mouth twitched, and he squeezed out a sentence for a long time: "The women of the Rong family are all selfish and ruthless, and they are suddenly so good to you, there must be a conspiracy." ”

Zhiying laughed: "Why do you say that?" The emperor called me to go to talk about this. Cui Yi replied stupidly: "When my mother was alive, I warned me to be careful of the queen mother, saying that the women of the Rong family can do anything to kill their father and husband, and they will not show mercy to me, the son of a former queen." ”

"The concubine's words are right, when the emperor first told me about this, I also accused him of not talking about his mother like this, but when he gave me red flowers, I suddenly understood what the queen mother wanted to do," Zhiying said this, paused deliberately, raised his head, and looked at Cui Yi, "The queen mother wants to kill the king." ”

Cui Yi was so shocked that he almost screamed, but fortunately Zhiying covered his mouth: "Shhhhhh Cui Yi's eyes were full of disbelief, she pushed her hand away, tried her best to lower her voice and said, "This is impossible!" The emperor is her only son, how can she sit on the throne of the queen mother after killing the emperor? You must be mistaken. ”

Zhiying shook her head slowly: "I didn't expect this at first, just because like you, I felt that this was impossible, but Lord Wang, do you think the Rong family is satisfied when he becomes the queen mother?" ”

Cui Yi narrowed his eyes when he heard this, was silent for a while, and asked in surprise: "Does she still want to be the empress?" ”

Zhiying smiled: "That's not it, if I say this, you will understand." Suppose I agree to be her daughter-in-law, the next thing she has to do is to kill the emperor and you, I don't know what she plans to do, but I believe that with her mind and courage, she can definitely do it, maybe she only needs to make up a coup d'état that will hurt both sides. At that time, the seven sons of the first emperor, from the eldest son to the fourth, all the talented ones died, the fifth and sixth children had been expelled from the capital, and the whereabouts of the seventh were unknown, who was the person who was qualified to inherit the throne at this time? ”

Cui Yi immediately replied: "The imperial brother has a son, although he was born in the side room, but he is the rightful heir. ”

"Yes, but it's not just him, in addition to the emperor's son, the living five princes and six princes are all qualified, not only the two of them, but even the third and fourth princes who have died, their sons are also descendants of dragon blood, as long as someone is willing, they can be emperors."

Cui Yi's mouth opened, his expression frozen, obviously understood. Zhiying sighed and said: "So the queen mother's plan is to make you and my son emperors, why not the emperor's son?" The reason is very simple, the relationship between the mother's family is not clear, that concubine will not be willing to be the queen mother's pawn, and I am different, as long as you die, the eldest grandson's family is dead, if I want to survive, I can only rely on her, even if I want to resist, I don't have any power in my hands, maybe I don't wait for the new emperor to be weaned, I will also die in Huangquan, and then she will be the highest status person in this palace, who dares to say no to him? ”

Cui Yi gasped, as if he had heard a huge joke: "She...... In order to monopolize power, she can even kill her own son? ”

Zhi Yinghui lowered his eyes and said: "I think most of it is because the emperor is unkind, so the queen mother is also unjust, every point of the emperor's ruthlessness comes from the queen mother's personal inheritance, their mother and son are an alliance on the surface, and they may have wanted to kill each other a long time ago." ”

Cui Yi thought about it, but still felt that it was not right, and his head was entangled for a long time, and he stumbled and asked: "However, if he wants to be the empress dowager, shouldn't the most suitable person be the empress's child?" is not only justified, but also has her bloodline, and the queen is in the palace, isn't it easier to kill the queen than to kill you? ”

Zhiying blinked at him: "But the queen can't give birth to a child." ”

Cui Yi: "......"

Zhiying was about to continue to explain, when the carriage stopped for a moment, and the shouts of the soldiers guarding the city came from outside: "What people! Where are you going to go so late? ”

The two of them were immediately silenced, Zhai Rang jumped out of the car and arched his hand to the people who came to interrogate: "A few military masters have worked hard, and the little ones are also running away for others, and something happened to General Dai's aunt's family, it seems to be a big deal, and he has to rush back overnight, isn't this just to trouble a few military masters?" It's convenient for the military master, this is a little meaning, the vigil is hard, drink some wine to warm up. ”

The soldiers defending the city had already received General Dai's order, knowing that his daughter and son-in-law were going out of the city tonight, and received Zhai Rang's silver, so they shouted and opened the city gate, and Zhiying, who was sitting in the carriage, broke his shoulders, relaxed, and nodded at Cui Yi - General Dai is really reliable.

The corners of Cui Yi's mouth hooked, and he was a little complacent, and the carriage that had just gone not far was suddenly stopped again: "Wait a minute!" ”

The three people in the car sighed in their hearts, and they all wondered where this was Cheng Biting Jin.

A person hurriedly walked down from the city wall, Zhai Rang's face turned white all of a sudden, his lips moved a few times, and he said with difficulty: "Guo, Lord Guo......"

Cui Yi was confused, what kind of guy is this Lord Guo who came out of nowhere, how could he be at the gate of the city so late, General Dai has explained how old he is, and he dares to stop it?

Zhiying was also puzzled, she crossed all the known people with the surname Guo in her head, and she didn't find any one who met the requirements, and this person could still appear out of thin air.

This Lord Guo is the middle-aged fat man next to Cui Jie, he doesn't believe what the eldest grandson Tai said, "Cui Yi turned back halfway", Princess Wu is trapped in the palace, and King Wu will inevitably risk entering the city to rescue, so he strengthened the city defense at the same time, he also worked tirelessly to patrol back and forth between several city gates, and it was too peaceful for a few days, but he did not relax at all, and firmly believed that his guess would not be wrong.

Zhai Rang recognized him, and when he was sweating and couldn't speak, the man surnamed Guo walked down the city gate with a smile and greeted him: "Zhai Gongzi, where are you going so late?" ”

"I, I...... Grass Folk ...... Somewhat, a little urgent......" Zhai Rang stumbled and couldn't say a complete sentence, and Cui Yi and Zhiying, who were sitting in the carriage, both pinched a cold sweat, for fear that he would betray them again if the direction of the grass on the wall changed.

The man surnamed Guo let out an "oh", which was meaningful, and circled the carriage with his hands behind his back, and his eyes did not leave the carriage for a moment. In the car, Cui Yi hugged Zhiying with one hand, and touched the hidden weapon in his arms with the other, and was noticed by Zhiying, holding it down and making a lip shape - you can't kill him! Kill him and we won't be able to get out.

Zhai let beads of sweat appear on the door of his head, and the man surnamed Guo said, "Who is sitting in this car?" ”

Zhiying's heart was about to jump out of his throat, Zhai Rang was obviously hesitating to confess, this scholar was really timid and unassertive, although he couldn't blame him, but he was anxious!

"I said who stopped the carriage, it turned out to be Lord Guo."

At this critical moment, the rescue arrived.

General Dai was dressed in armor, his red cloak was flying behind him, and he strode forward with a group of people, and asked in a rough voice: "Lord Guo wants to search the car?" ”

The man surnamed Guo smiled and arched his hand: "I don't dare, but I happened to see a car going out of the city in the middle of the night, and I felt strange, so I stopped and saw that it was Brother Zhai, so I chatted a few more words." ”

General Dai snorted and let out a nasal voice of dissatisfaction, pointing to the carriageway: "The old man's daughter and son-in-law are sitting in the carriage, something happened to the in-laws' family, and they need to rush back overnight, what, can't they?" ”

The man surnamed Guo smiled again: "Yes, of course you can, but now is an extraordinary period, Guo was ordered by the emperor to strictly check the people who enter and exit, and asked General Dai to make it convenient, let the people inside come out to take a look at the subordinates, as long as it is not the person the emperor wants to arrest, you can go out of the city at any time." ”

General Dai was immediately furious: "Guo Ziyan! What do you mean by that? Do you mean that the old man harbored the court and deceived the king? ”

The holding profit in the car was suddenly shocked - Guo Ziyan! It turned out to be him! No wonder I can't think of it when I hollow out my head, it turns out that he is not dead!

Guo Mao, the word Ziyan, the strategist in the tent of the fifth prince Cui Hong, because he disliked Cui Hong's ambition, he intended to defect to Cui Yi, but he was killed by Cui Jie first, and in his previous life, it was a year and a half ago, no wonder she couldn't think of it.

Zhiying still remembers that Guo Mao's death caused quite a stir in the court, and Cui Jie was very troubled for a while.

Guo Maoqi is a very sleek person, and with the help of Cui Hong's pedal, he has a relationship with officials of all sizes in the DPRK and China, and he is an eight-sided and exquisite character, and he is flattered everywhere. It's a pity that his master is a mud who can't support the wall, except for eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and finally he was driven out of the capital like a lost dog.

And Guo Mao would have chosen such a master at the beginning, Zhiying thought that it was mostly because of Cui Hong's maternal uncle's special family background - to Cui Hong's mother, she was already the fourth woman in the family to marry into the royal family, such a natural advantage made Guo Mao misjudge the situation, and felt that Cui Hong, who had the support of his relatives, should be able to frustrate the heroes to ascend to the throne, although he later found out that he was wrong, he did not immediately defect to another family, but used Cui Hong's advantages to earn all the connections that should be earned before leaving.

This is a person who has the heart to join his own camp, but he doesn't want to become an enemy by mistake, Guo Mao only showed excellent communication skills in the past, and it is not clear how much talent he has to hold the profit, but from the experience of this life, after Shan Jian lost his trust in Cui Jie, all the subsequent layouts should be from the hands of this person, and he invited you into the urn twice, all of which showed Guo Mao's confidence in using tactics, this is definitely a tricky enemy!

"Don't dare, I'm just acting on orders, and there are always times when a courtier can't help himself, General Dai must be able to understand." Guo Mao's tone was quite polite and gentle, but his attitude was very resolute, and the two sides were at a stalemate at the city gate.

General Dai didn't have a problem with him for a while, so he could only puff up his eyes and stare at him.

Zhai Rang sometimes clenched the reins in his hand and sometimes loosened them, hesitating.

At this moment, a person ran in the distance, shouting: "Lord Guo! A carriage was stopped in front of Dinghua Gate, a man and a woman on the car were secretive, and their deeds were sneaky, please go over and take a look! ”