Although the new emperor's plan is in secret, some clues it inadvertently revealed still make people realize something, all kinds of rumors began to spread in the Chang'an neighborhood, after exaggeration and rendering, and finally formed many ridiculous results, such as the emperor voluntarily went to the Western Regions to establish a new kingdom, leaving the Tang Dynasty to the prince, and for example, the families are secretly connecting in tandem, preparing to restore the family government, etc., these absurd rumors can only spread among ordinary fools and stupid women, and the people in the court scoff at this, However, this misdirected rumor concealed the truth, and at the same time made the participants of the Xindi project more cautious and cautious, and in the following days, the rumors were dissipated.

It has been a month since the emperor left Chang'an, and the new emperor party got the news that the emperor's brigade has passed the Yang Pass and is continuing to march to the north court, and the magnates involved in the new emperor's plan have reached forty-four, and then drag it back, the news may really leak, several core backbones discussed overnight, and Xiang Guohan, who was most loyal to Zhang Huan, set off to Huazhou yesterday to inspect the wheat harvest, and he was not in Chang'an for a few days, it was the best time, and they agreed that the conditions were ripe.

At noon, after the prince Li Qi dealt with a few court affairs, he hurriedly walked to the harem, his father had repeatedly instructed him when he left, asking him to greet his mother every three days, although today is not the day to say hello, but because Li Qi is going to inspect the wheat harvest early tomorrow morning, so he came to visit the queen mother in advance. Li Qi was guided by a eunuch to the queen mother's bedroom, a palace maid went in to report, Li Qi stood at the door and quietly waited for the queen mother's summons, but his heart was very nervous, he was still thinking about what Pei You said to him in the morning. Although Pei You said it very implicitly, Li Qi still understood what he meant, and actually hoped that he could ascend the throne in advance, although he did not say the specific time, Li Qi suddenly thought of the rumors he heard recently, is the rumor true? Li Qi is only 16 years old this year. In the face of a sudden encounter with a major decision in life, he was a little confused.

At this time, a palace maid came out and saluted him and said, "Your Highness, the queen mother ordered you to go in." ”

Li Qi interrupted his thoughts and walked quickly into the queen mother's bedroom.

in the room. Pei Ying is concentrating on embroidering a splendid picture of mountains and rivers, the life of the harem is generally boring, in wartime everyone will sew shoes and socks for the soldiers, life is also fulfilling, but in peacetime it is dull, either reading and writing poetry, or embroidering brocade, everyone is looking for their own hobbies, Pei Ying's hobbies are calligraphy and embroidery. Calligraphy is inherited from his grandfather and father's hobby, while embroidery is a hobby that he slowly cultivated after marrying Zhang Huan.

Hearing the footsteps behind her, Pei Ying put down the needle and thread and turned around with a smile. Seeing her heroic son striding towards her, she was extremely relieved that her son had been able to handle national affairs independently.

"The child sees the queen mother!" Li Qi bowed deeply to her mother.

"Why is the emperor here today, doesn't it mean that the genius is here?" Pei Ying took a few plates of snacks and put them in front of her son, and asked with a loving smile.

"After returning to the mother, the child will go to the field early tomorrow morning to inspect, and may not have time to visit the queen, so the child came in advance, disturbed the queen, and asked the queen mother to forgive the sin!"

Pei Ying shook her head and smiled, "You stupid boy." You are willing to come and visit your mother. It's too late for my mother to be happy, how can I blame you! Come. Sit down. ”

Li Qi sat in front of her mother. He remembered what Pei You said again. Maybe Mother knows a little bit. But he didn't want to bother his mother with it. I couldn't help but hesitate.

The subtle changes in his son can't hide from Pei Yingdi's eyes. She could see the melancholy in her son's eyes. Then he asked with concern, "Qi'er." What happened? ”

"Nothing! It's just the second grandfather. Children can handle it themselves. A hint of panic flashed in Li Qidi's eyes...... Pei Ying saw the panic in her son's eyes. Her heart suddenly became vigilant. The second grandfather is Pei You. The husband is not in Chang'an. The Pei family should not take the opportunity to use Qi'er to achieve any goals. She immediately said to the palace maid next to her, "You all stand down." ”

Wait for a few palace maids to step down. Pei Ying immediately asked seriously: "You tell your mother the truth." What is Pei You looking for you to do? ”

"This morning, the second grandfather came to the East Palace

Li Qi has been afraid of his mother since he was a child, although he was very reluctant, he still told his mother everything Pei You said to him, and finally said: "The child has heard some rumors recently, and he is very worried. ”

Speaking of this, Li Qi suddenly closed his mouth, he found that his mother's face had changed greatly, and the eyes were not angry, but a deep fear, a look that he had never seen in sixteen years, and he was a little nervous in his heart, could it be that Pei You was going to rebel?

At this moment, Pei Ying was already stunned, in order to keep the land, the Pei family wanted to abolish the emperor and support the crown prince as the new emperor, she couldn't believe that this was true, she looked blankly at the outside of the hall, a sense of fear that had never been felt in more than ten years permeated every inch of her body, how could the Pei family be so stupid, this would not only push the Pei family into a situation of infallibility, but also make herself and her son their burial companions, Pei Ying really knew her husband too well, he started from scratch, and finally ascended to the Ninety-Five, I don't know how many struggles and killings it took to get here, even Cui Yuan and his father were not his opponents, the second uncle would actually plan to overthrow him, Pei Ying suddenly had a feeling of wanting to cry, second uncle, how can you be so stupid!

She stood up all of a sudden and said to her son: "Mother is going to Pei's house, you immediately order someone to summon Han Xiangguo back, this matter must be discussed with Han Xiangguo, you must not listen to Pei You's words, do you remember?" ”

Li Qi nodded, "The kid remembers." ”

Pei Ying didn't have time to clean up, she immediately ordered to prepare Feng Jia, so she hurriedly walked out of the door, and when she walked to the door, she told her son again uneasily, "You must remember that except for listening to Han Xiangguo's words, no one else can listen to them, otherwise our mother and son will die and have no place to be buried." ”

"Please rest assured that the child really remembers." palace, and the reception party must also go through a long preparation beforehand. It's like the concubine in the dream of Red Mansions, but this is just a normal regulation, when an emergency occurs, the harem can also be temporarily out of the palace, and Pei Ying's situation today is like this, just after the afternoon. Three hundred palace guards escorted the queen out of Daming Palace, but they were stopped by the Yulin Army when they left the Yintai Gate.

"The general has an order, and no one can go out of Daming Palace."

The captain who was guarding Feng was furious, and he shouted, "Bastard! This is the queen's phoenix, do you dare to stop it? ”

Dozens of soldiers guarding the gate trembled with fear. hurriedly begged: "This is a strict order from the general, we dare not disobey." ”

At this time, Pei Ying pulled the curtain and said to the soldiers: "I don't embarrass you, go and call your general on duty, and the palace will tell him." ”

After a while, Qin Yu hurried over, and he knelt down on one knee and said, "The minister knocked to see the queen." ”

Pei Ying's face sank and said, "General Qin, the emperor once made a decree. When the harem concubines have an emergency, they can leave the palace first and report it, and the palace has something important to leave today, why don't you allow me to go out? Can the queen's will not be counted? ”

Qin Yu was very embarrassed. Yesterday, the general Li Su specially issued a military order, no one is allowed to enter and leave the harem at will, although he also felt confused, but the general's order they did not dare to disobey, so they strictly guarded the gates, although the military order was strict, but Pei Ying was not ordinary, not only because she was the queen of the Tang Dynasty, under one person, above ten thousand. More importantly, she enjoys high prestige in the army. Especially this group of veterans who followed Zhang Huan to fight the world, everyone has great respect for her.

Qin Yu hesitated for a long time. Others can stop it, but the queen can't. This is His Majesty's will, he suddenly gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Let go!" ”

The cavalry escorted Luan to rush out of the Zuoyintai Gate and drove towards Anyefang.

Anye Fang is where Pei You's mansion is, since Pei You served as the head of the Pei family, the Pei family's clan mansion in Beijing has been transferred from the original Pei Jun Mansion to Pei You's mansion, and every monthly clan meeting is held here, at this moment, Pei You is discussing some important matters in the plan with Li Qiao, tomorrow is the time for them to launch the new emperor's plan, although the time is a little rushed, but Han Houri is about to return to Chang'an, and they can no longer arrange it calmly.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the butler almost crawled to report, "Master, someone from the palace has reported that the queen mother is about to arrive at the mansion." ”

"Ahh Pei Youhuo stood up, he immediately reacted, this must be Li Qi who told Pei Ying that this hairy boy had repeatedly told him! Pei You was quite timid about Pei Ying's resoluteness and decisiveness, but Pei You quickly stabilized his mind, he had to act tomorrow, no matter how tough Pei Ying was, it would be useless, fortunately, he said vaguely, as long as he denied it later, he hurriedly stopped Li Qiao, who was about to stand up, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's continue to arrange things, just let her wait a while." ”

He immediately ordered someone to call Pei Xi, a member of the Ministry of Labor, and instructed him: "You go to greet the queen mother on behalf of your father, ask her to go to the back house to rest first, and tell her that her father has gone out, and I will come back to see her later." ”

Pei Xi agreed, and hurriedly went, and Pei You ordered someone to ask his wife to go out to greet him, so he closed the door of the study and continued to discuss tomorrow's plan with Li Qiao.

Soon, Pei Ying Difeng drove slowly to the front of Pei You's mansion, she gently opened the curtain a little, and saw an unusually gorgeous carriage parked in front of the steps, and there were dozens of guards next to it, it seemed that Pei You had guests.

At this time, Pei Xi hurriedly greeted him, "Minister Pei Xi greets the queen!" ”

Pei Ying looked at Pei Xi and asked silently, "Second Uncle is in the mansion?" ”

"Father went to Xingshan Temple early in the morning, I have sent someone to find it, please go to the inner house to rest for a while."

"Really?" Pei Ying glanced at the carriage, sneered secretly, and said, "Then I'll wait for the second uncle for a while, please tell him, I am visiting today as the daughter of the Pei family, and I have a few words I want to ask him." ”

At this time, Pei You's wife and daughter-in-law also came out to greet her, Pei Ying got out of the carriage and went to the inner house with the Qian family, she first went to the ancestral hall of the Pei family to worship her father's spiritual seat, and then chatted with the Qian family in the inner house for a while, about a quarter of an hour later. Pei You hurried to the inner house and apologized to Pei Ying, "I don't know that Niangniang is here today, let Niangniang wait, please forgive me!" ”

Pei Ying waved her hand slightly, and said in an unusually light tone: "Second uncle doesn't have to blame himself. Blame me for not coming here today, and besides, I also worshiped my father's spiritual seat by the way, and I didn't wait much time. ”

After a pause, Pei Ying said again: "I still have a few words I want to ask the second uncle today." I hope the second uncle won't be perfunctory. ”

The smile on Pei You's face also disappeared, he straightened up and asked solemnly, "Niangniang is here for the Pei family's land?" ”

Pei Ying snorted lightly and said, "I have already said that I will not ask about the Pei family's land, I just want to ask, what does the second uncle mean by what he said to Qi'er in the morning?" ”

"Morning talk?" Pei You's face was confused, he shook his head puzzled, "I don't understand what Niangniang is referring to, I talked a lot to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the morning." There are so many that I can't even remember myself. ”

"Then let me remind you, you want Qi'er to take his father's place in the emperor's place." Pei Ying's tone suddenly became stern, "Second uncle, don't tell me, you didn't say this!" ”

The Qian clan next to him was also frightened. Even if she was a shallow woman, she understood the meaning of Pei Ying's words, and she was so shocked that she shouted, "Master, you didn't say this!" ”

"What do women say, you go to the back room for me." Pei You glared at his wife viciously, and Qian Shi entered the house trembling in fright.

Pei Ying saw that the second uncle's face had changed greatly, so she said coldly: "So, the second uncle admitted it?" ”

Pei You sighed and said, "That's right." I admit I said that. But this is just an angry sentence, and my original intention was to get His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make an order. Exempt the Pei family's land expropriation, Ying'er, you don't know. Our Pei family is about to be ruined on this land real-name system, you look at the second uncle's hair, and he is already so anxious about this matter. ”

Pei Ying didn't speak, and after half a sound, she whispered: "On the eve of Your Majesty's departure, I asked him if he could guide our Pei family to a way out, and he said that our Pei family can invest money to set up a big factory, and we can also build a sea ship to go to Dashi to do big business." ”

Before she finished speaking, Pei You waved his hand to interrupt, and he said disdainfully: "Actually let our Pei family be businessmen, Ying'er, do you think this is possible?" ”

"But the second uncle shouldn't say anything about letting Qi'er replace his father, the second uncle has been a local official for decades, so he won't even understand this!"

Pei You laughed, "What power does I, Pei You, have to make His Majesty step down?" It's just a whining, why should Ying'er take it seriously? ”

"Okay, I hope this is just a joke from the second uncle, and I will let Qi'er forget about it when I go back." Saying that, Pei Ying stood up and said as she walked out: "I'm out of the palace temporarily, it's not good to stay outside for a long time, I'll go back." ”

Pei You's heart fell slightly, and hurriedly sent Pei Ying out of the gate, Pei Ying got on the phoenix car, but found that the carriage just now was gone, she didn't say anything, only ordered to go back to the palace, and the carriage left Pei's mansion.

In the carriage, Pei Ying's face was cloudy, although Pei You said it lightly, Pei Ying was not confused by his jokes, she knew that the second uncle had always been known for being cautious and conservative, and he would never say a joke to replace the emperor in front of the prince, in desperation, he would take risks and make extreme behaviors, Pei Ying believed that Pei You did have the heart to support the crown prince, and they were already in action, her husband was not in Chang'an, it was their best time.

Out of Anye Fang, Pei Ying suddenly opened the curtain and asked Captain Zhige, who was guarding outside the window, "Captain Zhao, whose carriage was just now, did you see who got into the carriage?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, it's Li Qiao, the Qing of Zongzheng Temple, I saw him get into the carriage with my own eyes, and his actions are very secretive."

Li Qiao. Pei Ying was slightly stunned, could it be that he also participated in the action against her husband? She suddenly remembered the abnormality when she went out of the palace gate, and at this time, a thought suddenly appeared in Pei Ying's heart, isn't Li Su, the general of the Zuo Yulin Army, the son of Li Qiao? Her face turned pale in an instant, and she completely figured it out, Pei You and they had already controlled the Yulin Army, and the Yulin Army strictly controlled the palace gate, indicating that they were most likely to launch a coup d'état in the past two days.

Pei Ying's body began to tremble slightly, this would make their father and son kill each other, and Qi'er would die, no! can't let them succeed, and can't ruin Datang for the benefit of the Pei family.

Pei Ying forced herself to calm down, she didn't bring a pen and paper, so she tore off a piece of white silk from her inner skirt, spread it on the couch, and pulled off the golden hairpin on her head, stabbing her fingers fiercely, blood gushed out on her white index finger, Pei Ying suddenly hesitated, she knew that in this way, the Pei family might really perish, but if she didn't write, the love between their father and son, her husband's hard work in the past eight years, and the prosperity and tranquility of the people of the Tang Dynasty would all go to the water, and only by stopping their adventures in time could their sins be minimized.

The blood on his fingers coagulated a little, Pei Ying squeezed out the blood again, and wrote down five words with trembling hands: The Yulin army will be chaotic.

When the blood book was a little dry, she was about to hand it over to the guards, but as soon as she thought about it, if the city gate was also controlled, the guards might not be able to get out, and she had to think of a safer way, Pei Ying pondered for a while, and handed the blood book to her most personal maid, and told her: "You quickly go to the Chongbao Pavilion in the East City to find Jing Niang, and order her to set off to Xianyang immediately, give this book to General He Lou, and tell her that the matter is very important, and you must not be careless." ”

The maid agreed, immediately got off the phoenix car, rode a horse, and under the protection of the two guards, galloped towards Dongshi, Pei Ying watched their backs disappear, and an irrepressible sadness suddenly poured into her heart, and the family, the family, and the family seemed to have three sharp daggers inserted into her heart at the same time, and unconsciously, her eyes were blurred by tears.

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