The Queen Mother nodded slowly: "That's true, Bao'er is better, but Hao'er is a little domineering, and she never wants to suffer." You'll have to figure out a way to keep him from getting you in trouble. ”

What Du Wenhao wanted was the words of the Queen Mother, hugging her little waist, and still saying with a bitter face: "What can I do?" He's a prince, stepping on me is not the same as stepping on an ant! ”

The Queen Mother looked at him with disgust: "Look at what you said!" How can I be, and not me? ”

"Tao, I can't hide in your dormitory for the rest of my life, can I? No matter how afraid of death I am, I can't ruin your reputation! ”

The queen mother's face turned red again, and she glanced at him: "Then what do you say?" ”

"If you can't protect me every day, then you can only find someone to protect me. It would be nice if I had military power, such as the guards in front of the palace are all commanding envoys and so on, there are many people to do things, and in the future, the prince will step on me when he sees that I am not pleasing to my eyes, so I can ask them to help me stop me, so I can take the time to get out and come to you to complain. ”

The Empress Dowager couldn't help it, and laughed: "The guards are all in command to make this difficult, I asked Wei An to let you, and he was promoted to another official." ”

"Really?" Du Wenhao was surprised and delighted, took the queen mother into his arms, kissed her on the cheek, and made the queen mother so ashamed that her ears were red, and she broke free with coquettishness: "Don't be like this!" Sit down! ”

Du Wenhao smiled and took her hand: "Tao, you are so good to me!" ”

The Queen Mother blushed and broke free of his hand, subconsciously looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "You are also very good to me!" ”

Du Wenhao said: "Hehe, but I'm afraid that Wei An is unwilling to hand over power, and now he wants to use the palace guards to fight against the two princes and try to ensure that the six princes ascend the throne." ”

The Queen Mother nodded: "Yes, this matter is a bit tricky." Why don't you wait until this is done before he hands him over to you the Imperial Forest Army in front of the palace? ”

Du Wenhao said: "It's good, I'm afraid that he will lead the palace guards and the two princes to kill the generals, and both will be defeated, and then the palace guards will be sent to me, and there will be no more people." It's not interesting to be a bare-bones commander. ”

The queen mother's heart sank, this was what she was most worried about, and she said urgently: "Aren't you trying to find a way to prevent them from fighting?" ”

"Yes, we're doing it now. Taotao, I have already said that in order to solve this crisis, both sides must be allowed to surrender their military power, and if they have no soldiers in their hands, they will naturally not be able to fight, and only in this way can the issue of succession to the throne be calmly and peacefully resolved. That's when what you say really counts. ”

"You have a point, what to do, you have an idea, I will listen to you."

"Good!" Du Wenhao held her hand and said: "The current situation is like this, I used some means to make the two princes believe that I am helping them ascend the throne, and they trust me very much, so now as long as Wei An commands the guards in front of the palace and calls me out, the two princes will not use swords again, and then I will take the opportunity to take back the military power of the two princes, at that time, both sides will have no soldiers, and naturally they will not be able to fight." ”

The Empress Dowager hurriedly asked: "How do you take back the military power of the two emperors?" Don't hurt them! ”

"Don't worry!" Du Wenhao held her hand tightly, "I said it a long time ago, you can rest assured that I will do things, I have already thought of a way, in short, it will not hurt the two princes at all." ”

"Well, that's good. How to get Wei An to hand over power, do you have a way? ”

Du Wenhao said: "I thought of a way, you can listen to it." ”

He whispered in the Queen Mother's ear and told her the plan, and the Queen Mother nodded frequently and said that it was feasible, and the two discussed the specific details, and then decided to implement it.

Half an hour later, the Queen Mother's bedroom.

The guards in front of the palace commanded Wei An and brought the four deputy commanders to the queen mother's bedroom. As soon as the report is in, it will be summoned immediately.

When I entered the house, I saw a white veil hanging down, and sitting on the soft couch behind was the queen mother wearing a black dress and white silk around her waist. Wei An and the four deputy commanders made the forked hands clench their fists and bowed to salute: "The last general will see the Queen Mother." ”

"Well, excuse me, give a seat!"

Next to him, Gonggong Jiao waved his hand at several palace maids, and the palace maids hurriedly took five chairs and put them on one side, and lined them up. After thanking the five of them, they sat down with their bodies tilted.

The Empress Dowager said: "Lian Rier and others guarded the palace, it was very hard, and the mourning family boiled ginseng and bird's nest soup to comfort several generals. ”

After that, a row of palace maids came out of the back hall, all holding trays in their hands and putting bowls on them, and came to the five of them, knelt down on one knee, and lifted the tray above their heads.

Wei An and the other five people hurriedly got up and hugged their fists in thanks, picked up the bowl and took a sip, the soup smelled very fragrant, but it felt a little bitter in the mouth.

Wei An frowned slightly, then put the bowl back on the tray, and looked back to see that the four deputy commanders had already drunk a large bowl of soup. After all, this is a gift from the Queen Mother, which is a great kindness, how can there be any reason to hesitate not to drink. Wei An wanted to stop it, but it was difficult to refute the empress dowager, and in this hesitation, the four deputies had already drunk the soup and wiped their mouths.

The Queen Mother said: "Wei Aiqing, why don't you drink it?" ”

Wei An clenched his fists and said: "Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother, Weichen is taking a medicine these days, and I am worried that the conflict between the two medicinal effects will hurt my body." ”

"This is ginseng bird's nest soup, it won't conflict with other medicines, drink it quickly."

Wei An frowned, thought about it, then picked up the bowl, blocked it with his sleeve robe, and poured all the soup in the bowl into his sleeve. Then he wiped his mouth and hugged his fists and thanked him: "The queen mother, the vigilance in the palace is inseparable, and the minister retires!" ”

"Wait!" The Empress Dowager said, "Wei Aiqing, the mourning family still has something to ask you." ”

"Yes!"

"The mourning family intends to canonize the six emperors as emperors, what do you think?"

Wei An was surprised and delighted: "Is the Queen Mother's words true? ”

"The mourners are just asking for your opinion!"

Wei An hugged his fists and said: "The six princes inherit the throne, that is the orthodox way, 10,000 Weichen support, and they are willing to go to the soup for this, and the liver and brain are ruined!" ”

The Empress Dowager said: "However, the six emperors' grandsons are still young and can't govern themselves." ”

"This should naturally be done by the Queen Mother!"

The Empress Dowager paused for a moment and asked slowly, "Do you really advise the mourning family to listen to the government?" ”

"Yes, I swear to assist the Queen Mother."

"Are you willing to listen to the words of the mourners?"

Wei An said without thinking: "Weichen must abide by the decree of the Queen Mother!" ”

"Well, the mourning family now wants you to take the position of commander of the front guard of the palace and give it to Du Wenhao and Du Aiqing!"

As soon as he heard this, Wei An couldn't help but take two steps back, and subconsciously reached out to press the handle of the knife, but pressed it empty, only to remember that he had just entered the dormitory and had left a saber at the door. Hurriedly bowed down and said: "Wechen ......, Wechen doesn't know what the Queen Mother means?" ”

"You have heard the words of the mourning family clearly, the mourning family only asks you, are you willing to give up the position of commander to Du Aiqing?"

Wei An glanced left and right, but did not find anything abnormal, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The Empress Dowager's decree, the Weichen ......, and the Weichen should naturally follow it!" It's just that at present, the two princes have the intention of usurping the throne by force, and the situation is urgent, so I am afraid that the resignation will be taken advantage of by the two princes at this moment, so I implore the queen mother to take a moment's time, and wait until the six princes ascend the throne and the queen mother will hang the curtain. ”

The Empress Dowager said lightly: "So, are you unwilling to hand over power?" ”

Wei An saw sweat on his forehead, but he was also a resolute person, his mind was racing, and he decided to ensure that the six princes ascended the throne first, so he had no choice but to disobey first, and he clenched his fists and arched to the ground: "The order of the queen mother, Weichen should obey it carefully, but now the military situation is urgent, in order to ensure the safety of the six princes and the queen mother, Weichen does not dare to step down!" ”

The Queen Mother said: "You have so many reasons, you say it well, it's true, but you don't listen to the mourners." ”

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

"Why don't you dare? Hum! The ginseng bird's nest soup given by the mourning family just now, the four of them drank it, but you only took a small sip, and the rest was poured into the sleeves. ”

Wei An said in fear: "Wechen didn't dare to ......, Wechen was really worried that the efficacy of the medicine would conflict, so he lived up to the queen mother's wishes!" Wechen punishes crimes! ”

"Wei Aiqing don't have to be afraid, Imperial Doctor Du has already returned, if you have any illness, he will treat you properly, don't be afraid of any contradictory effects. - Come on, bring Wei Aiqing a bowl of ginseng and bird's nest soup! ”

A palace maid in the back hall agreed, and after a while, another palace maid came out, holding the tray with both hands, walked up to Wei An, knelt down on one knee, and raised the tray above her head with both hands.

The Queen Mother said, "Drink it!" ”

Wei An slowly stretched out his hand, picked up the bowl and smelled it, frowned again, slowly put the bowl back on the tray, hugged his fists and bowed to salute: "The Queen Mother, Weichen has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he will definitely assist the six princes to ascend the throne, so he can't drink this decoction, lest his body can't resist the problem now, and he misses a major event, and I ask the Queen Mother to forgive Weichen's crime of resisting the decree......"

As soon as he said this, he silently stretched out a finger from under the tray and poked it above his waist!

Wei An is a sword and horse kung fu, but the hand-to-hand short fight is a weakness, this finger has a tray to cover his vision, and he just hugged his fists and bowed down, he never thought that this palace maid would sneak attack him.

This finger is silent, but as fast as lightning, Rao is his heavy armor on his body, this finger is close to the body, penetrating through the gap between the armor, and suddenly the whole body is like being eaten, and he wants to fight back, but his whole body is weak.

The palace maid who lifted the tray made a successful move, and she was not slacking off, she stood up and pointed a few fingers in a row, all of which hit Wei An's vital points, and Wei An was wearing a suit of armor and collapsed to the ground.

The four deputy commanders screamed in surprise, and they were about to make a move, but under this move, they found that their hands and feet were completely weak, and then their eyes turned black, and the sky spun around, and they fell to the ground one after another, and they didn't know what to do.

A person flashed out behind the Queen Mother's curtain, and said with a smile: "It's done!" ”

Of course, this person is Du Wenhao. The palace maid who stretched out her hand to restrain Wei An was naturally Du Wenhao's third concubine Lin Qingdai pretending.

It turned out that in the past half an hour, Du Wenhao went back to Wuwei Hall, called Lin Qingdai, brought anesthetics, and returned to the palace. The Empress Dowager ordered Wei An and the four deputy commanders to summon them, put anesthetics in the ginseng bird's nest soup, and numb the four deputy commanders. Although Wei An had already found out that something was wrong with the decoction and insisted on not drinking it, he was still restrained by Lin Qingdai, who was disguised as a palace maid.

Wei An was lying on the ground, he didn't understand what was happening, but when he saw Du Wenhao, he suddenly understood, his whole body couldn't move, but his mouth could still speak, and he screamed: "The Queen Mother!" You can't give the throne to the two princes! Emperor orthodoxy must not be left behind! ”

Du Wenhao said: "Lord Wei, don't be impatient, the queen mother did not say that she would appoint two princes to inherit the throne, or rather, the queen mother has not decided who should decide the throne, but one thing you must be clear, who the throne is handed over, only the queen mother can decide in the world, you support the army and respect yourself, and want to use force to protect the six princes to ascend the throne, and the two princes also want to seize power by force, once the fight starts, no one will end well, this is the queen mother will never allow it to appear, so you have to use this strategy to withdraw your military power, For the time being, this official will be in charge! Hope you understand! ”

Wei An said: "Lord Du, you ......, you have taken away my military power, but you have not taken away the military power of the two princes, which is equivalent to giving up the throne to the two of them!" This ......"

"Don't worry about this adult, the mountain people have their own tricks! Offended! With that, he stretched out his hand and took off Wei An's armor, searched out the seal of the soldier leader from his arms, and put on the armor with the help of Lin Qingdai and all the palace maids. Wei An is taller than Du Wenhao, and Du Wenhao is a little big in this set of armor, but it is still powerful.

Gonggong Jiao commanded the thug palace maid to peel off the thinnest set of armor, helped Lin Qingdai put it on, and turned into a sassy general.

After seeing that the two of them were dressed neatly, the queen mother said to Wei An on the ground: "Wei Aiqing, the mourning family wants to temporarily imprison the five of you, and the mourning family has issued an order to transfer you to the military department." Wait until this matter is completely settled, and then release it and bring it down! ”

With a wave of Jiao Gonggong's hand, a few eunuchs from the thug team came up, shook the chains, said offended, locked Wei An and the others with iron chains, smashed the shackles and handcuffs, carried them to a soft chair and sat down, and carried them away.

Du Wenhao put on his armor and saluted the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, how is the last general's uniform?" ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "It's okay, it's just a little bigger, and I'll let Ming'er mourn the family and let someone customize it for you." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother!"

At this moment, two eunuchs hurriedly ran in from outside and reported: "Queen Mother, the generals and colonels of the guards in front of the palace have been sent to the large courtyard outside the front hall to wait." ”

The Queen Mother nodded sideways to Gonggong Jiao next to her.

Gonggong Jiao hurriedly entered the back, and after a while, he came out with a golden scroll of Yizhi that had already been written, and led the thug team out of the queen mother's dormitory with Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai. Du Wenhao and Lin Qingdai respectively hung the swords that Wei An and the others had left outside on their waists.

The soldiers who led the horses saw that they were not the original five adults, but became two military generals, and there were also a group of eunuchs and palace maids, but the first one recognized that it was the big red man Jiao Gonggong next to the Empress Dowager, who pouted his mouth with a shy stomach and held the golden scroll in his arms, so he knew that the situation had changed, how dare he say anything, let alone ask nonsense, and obediently helped Du Wenhao, Jiao Gonggong and Lin Qingdai to get on the horse, and led the horse all the way out, came out of the sleeping palace weeping flower gate, and came to the large courtyard outside the front hall gate.