Zhang Huan hurried back to Xuanyi Fang, he galloped to the door of Pei's mansion, turned over and dismounted, but saw Pei Ying galloping out of the door, and complained when he saw him: "Where have you been?" The fifth brother said to take you to dinner, but he couldn't find you later. ”

"Pei Mingyuan went to the school by himself, where did he care about me, I later went to Yongjiafang to see Li Laodao and them."

Zhang Huan shook her hand gently, only to feel that her hand was cold, knowing that she had been waiting for her to return, she was a little moved in her heart, so she laughed in a low voice: "What? Do you miss me after only half a day? ”

"Stinky beauty, who misses you!" Pei Ying's ruddy little mouth pursed slightly: "Today, the eldest grandson came here, and they helped you find out some information about Miss Cui, do you want to ask about Miss Cui's situation, or do you want to ask about Miss Cui's situation?" ”

"How is she now?"

"She, who is she? I don't understand. Pei Yingmei's eyes rolled, and she smiled with a hint of slyness in her eyes: "Oh, I know, you want to ask Miss Changsun, hmm!" She was athletic, and her face was redder than before

"Forget it, I won't ask you." Zhang Huan said angrily: "Where is the eunuch from the palace?" I'll go to the palace first, and I'll settle accounts with you when I come back. ”

Pei Ying chuckled, stepped forward to hold Zhang Huanjiao and said, "How can there be any people in the palace, I pretended to pass on the will of the Queen Mother to coax you back." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a few horses galloping on the street, rushing to the front, and the first eunuch jumped on the horse and proclaimed: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" Zhang Huan, the governor of Liangzhou, received the order. ”

Pei Ying and Zhang Huan looked at each other in surprise, and laughed at the same time, the eunuch was laughed inexplicably, his face sank and he shouted: "Zhang Huan takes the order!" ”

Zhang Huan pulled Pei Ying and motioned her to avoid it first, Pei Ying immediately walked into the door, leaned behind the door, and secretly looked over here.

"The Queen Mother has a decree, and Zhang Huan, the governor of Xuanliang Prefecture, entered the Linde Hall to take countermeasures and move forward immediately. Chin this! ”

"Minister Zhang Huan obeys the order!" Zhang Huan stood up, arched his hand to the eunuch and said, "I'll go and change my clothes, and ask my father-in-law to wait for a while." ”

After that, he took out a heavy gold leaf and quietly stuffed it to the eunuch, "What a faux pasto just now." Ask your father-in-law to take it and drink a glass of water and wine to suppress the shock. ”

When the gold was started, the eunuch felt that his hand sank suddenly, and he couldn't help but feel excited, the monarch's power was falling, the expenses of the palace were also very tight, the eunuchs had a meager income, and no one was willing to bribe them. Each of them was in a very difficult situation, and today he had to pay a legendary bribe, but it was the first time in his life that this eunuch had suffered.

I was nervous and excited. The eunuch hurriedly said, "You go!" I'll be waiting for you here, don't rush, you can change slowly. ”

Zhang Huan walked into the mansion, Pei Ying pulled him to the inner courtyard, Pei Jun prepared a set of separate courtyards for them, although Zhang Huan and Pei Ying were not married, but the Pei family was unanimous. said that the two had already married under the auspices of Yan Zhenqing, but it coincided with the national mourning, and it was not good to celebrate the wedding. Pei Ying helped Zhang Huan take off his coat. took a set of fine soft armor from the box, put underwear on him, and while fastening the belt for him, he advised: "Cui Xiaofu is Cui Yuan's sister after all, and now you have taken refuge in your father." For the sake of the Cui family, it is difficult to ensure that she will not do anything extreme. Although it is unlikely, Li Chuanyun is not there, so you should be careful. ”

Zhang Huan saw the little wife in front of him chattering. His heart couldn't help but be full of warmth, he saw a few strands of black hair on her cheeks, so he lovingly plucked those strands of hair behind her ears, Pei Ying tied the robes one by one, and then pursed her lips and smiled: "If you see Cui Ning and say hello to her for me, just say that I very much hope to be sisters with her." ”

Zhang Huan was surprised, and was about to ask again, but was pushed out of the house by Pei Ying with a smile, "Go quickly!" The Queen Mother is still waiting for your allegiance! ”

Zhang Huan, accompanied by a few personal soldiers, galloped towards Daming Palace with the eunuch Xuanzhi, Pei Ying looked at his back and disappeared, only then sighed softly, leaned against the door weakly, and remembered the words of the eldest grandson Yiyi in his mind, Cui Ning has been living in the palace these days, and it is rare to see her.

I wonder if he'll come back tonight? Pei Ying muttered to herself, her eyes full of melancholy.

The Daming Palace has been replaced by another new dragon army to garrison, about 2,000 people, Zhonglang will be Guo Ju, the son of Guo Ziyi, this is the result of a compromise between Cui Yuan and Pei Jun.

The new emperor is young, and the owner of the Daming Palace is actually the Queen Mother Cui Xiaofu, she reviewed the folds on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the will that should have been issued by the emperor was changed to the Queen Mother's will, before the emperor was a minor, Cui Xiaofu was actually the supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Cui Xiaofu is the same as the Li family, there is no real power, the real power is in the hands of Cui and Pei, when she first ascended the position of the queen mother, she had fantasies, thinking that Zhang Liangdi had a lot of power, and she was the daughter of the Cui family, and Cui Yuan should be reused.

But the truth is not what she thought, Cui Yuan not only refused to divide power, but intensified her power, even her original plan to build a study in Zichen Hall was rejected by him without hesitation, he only had one sentence, the queen mother's duty should be to cultivate the new emperor, just manage the inner palace, not too much in politics.

However, Pei Jun persuaded him a few times, and Cui Yuan reluctantly agreed to let Cui Xiaofu understand some political affairs, so some insignificant twists and turns were sent to the inner palace one after another, most of them were the inheritance of royal titles, and the wind and rain in a certain place were ripe, but even this kind of twists and turns that had no practical significance were all copies of the Chinese scholars, and the original copies had already been issued after being approved by the two prime ministers.

Cui Xiaofu has been silent, this form of queen mother is definitely not what she wants.

At this moment, the nominal supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty was sitting in the side hall of the Lin De Hall to review a book about the seventh day of the first lunar month and the New Year's Dynasty.

The fold is on the prison in the palace, and seven pages are written, when to beat the drum, when to go to the court, what clothes she needs to wear, what crown to wear, what seat she sits, what seat the emperor sits, who is the first to speak, who is the last to speak, all the fine rhythm folds are clearly written, at the end of the fold, Cui Yuan also approved a line of postscript, the queen mother's duty is to listen to the court, and the state affairs have their own ministers to discuss and dispose of. This is actually a warning to her not to take the opportunity to exercise power.

Syllable! With a bang, Cui Xiaofu slapped the pen in her hand hatefully, where is this the Queen Mother, this is clearly a puppet wearing the Queen Mother's robe.

She stood up and walked to the window in a depressed mood, outside with withered flowers and trees, her eyes were full of gloom, covered with snow, and after looking at it for a while, her depression calmed down a little.

At this time, her eyes fell on a bronze mirror next to the imperial case, the bronze mirror was shining, in the bronze mirror was a woman full of mature charm, her face did not leave too many traces of time, her skin was as white and elastic as a girl's clotted fat, her body was slender but plump, and her temperament was graceful and luxurious.

Cui Xiaofu sighed softly, she is only in her thirties, is it possible to be the powerless queen mother for eighteen years? She suddenly hated Cui Yuan, he was her half-brother, but he was so ruthless and didn't give her a chance.

However, hatred is hatred, she still admires Cui Yuan's methods, it is his ruthlessness that makes the court and China not have any discussion about the Cui family will replace the Li family, which is a very sensitive topic in today's decline of the Li royal family.

At the same time, Cui Yuan also saw her expanding power**, and this power** is by no means the unity of the two forces in the Cui family, on the contrary, if she gains power, it will weaken the position of the Cui family to a certain extent, so he firmly controls the power of the DPRK and China in his hands and does not give her the slightest chance.

Now Cui Xiaofu's biggest headache is that there is no important minister in the court who supports her, there were still a few Conglong faction in the past, and after the death of the Li family, almost all the ministers in the court are either Cui Party or Pei Party, and the barriers are clear.

In the past, the queen mother relied on her father and brother and other relatives to govern, but her Cui Xiaofu's relatives were Cui Yuan, Cui Xiaofu sighed helplessly, she couldn't help but lift the pen and wrote two names on the plain paper in front of her: Duan Xiushi and Zhang Huan.

These are the two powerful figures who have risen in the recent Longyou Change, Duan Xiushi is a veteran of the Four Dynasties, the leader of the iron-clad royalists, and the only legacy left by the Li family.

Not long after the death of the Li department, a letter of allegiance was sent to the Daming Palace from the north bank of the cold Yellow River, the first and last to express firm allegiance to the Queen Mother, but unfortunately his situation was also not good, first his generals led the army to surrender Pei Jun, and then the food was in a desperate situation, and it was easy to take advantage of the events in Longyou to occupy Lingwu County, but it was rare to breathe.

This is his only supporter, and he must take advantage of this New Year's Dynasty to give him the title of Shuofang Jiedu envoy, so that he can settle down in Lingwu, but he is helpless and helpless in the court, who can help her realize this wish?

Cui Xiaofu's pen couldn't help but draw a heavy stroke under Zhang Huan's name, this newly rising prince of the Tang Dynasty was his former collaborator, and he relied on him to ascend to the position of the queen mother as he wished.

It's a pity that he refused to stay in Beijing, and finally married Pei Jun's daughter, which disappointed Cui Xiaofu for a while, but Li Chuanyun persuaded her that Zhang Huan's ambition did not lie in one of the princes, and he would sooner or later turn against Cui and Pei.

In terms of sweeping away the family government, their goals are the same, as for the distribution of power after Zhang Huan ascended the throne, it is still a very distant thing, the important thing is that in front of him, he is the only person who can help him.

She got a secret report from the eunuch in charge of purchasing goods outside early in the morning, Zhang Huan had entered Beijing early this morning, and Cui Xiaofu's pen slowly wrote the third name on the plain paper: Cui Ning.

An elusive smile gradually appeared in her eyes.