Chapter 5: Lack of Schemes
"What's wrong?" Leaving the palace, Ren Hongchang, who had been led by Ye Zhao, hurriedly broke away from Ye Zhao, Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at Ren Hongchang in surprise.
"The end ...... The last general has a humble status and does not dare to climb high, thanks to the lord to help the last general refuse the queen mother. Ren Hongchang bowed and said, after the excitement, followed by calmness.
Ye Zhao has three women, in this era, as a prince with real power, the number of Ye Zhao's women can almost be said to be pitiful, not to mention those high-ranking officials who also hold heavy power, and even many county commander-level officials, the wives and concubines in the family add up to double digits.
This is also related to the environment of the times, from the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the present, the war has not stopped, a large number of men died in battle, and the status of women will naturally begin to decline.
Ye Zhao's three women, one is a maid who has served him since childhood, one is a princess, and the other is a junior sister, each of them has a deep emotional foundation with Ye Zhao, compared to her background, she can't compare to Liu Wei and Cai Yan, and compared to feelings, it seems that she can't compare to Xin'er, and Ye Zhao is obviously a person who attaches more importance to feelings, after sobering up, Ren Hongchang didn't dare to hope extravagantly.
Sometimes, once a woman is emotionally attracted to a man, she will degrade herself to the dust, not to mention that Ren Hongchang is already an old girl.
"That'...... Are you trying to break my word? Ye Zhao looked at Ren Hongchang and said with a smile.
"The last general will not dare!"
"This matter, there is the queen mother's witness, since Benhou has spoken, then you Ren Hongchang, in this life, is the woman of the Ye family, let's go, don't think too much, go and see the two ladies." After Ye Zhao finished speaking, he turned around and walked directly to the house.
Taking a concubine is different from marrying a wife, as long as the wife nods, there is no even need for a ceremony, but Ren Hongchang, as a general who has followed Ye Zhao for more than ten years, has also made meritorious contributions, and is also the main general of the Nefan camp, so it is naturally impossible to have no ceremony.
Liu Wei and Cai Yan are sure that Ye Zhao will feel uncomfortable when he wants to take a concubine, but they have not stopped him, Ren Hongchang's two daughters both recognize it, and even for Liu Wei, Ren Hongchang was a person who desperately escorted and protected Liu Hong, and he had followed Ye Zhao for more than ten years, and now she wants to be accepted by Ye Zhao, and she can't object.
The matter of taking a concubine began to spread in the officialdom of Shuzhong, after all, for the courtiers, even if Ye Zhao took a concubine, it was a happy event, and they each sent congratulatory gifts.
At the same time, under the leadership of Ma Nanxiang, the Niefan camp happily helped Ren Hongchang hold a wedding, and on the day Ye Zhao took a concubine, he let go of his courage and embarrassed Ye Zhao.
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Syllable~
In the palace, the joy coming from the courtyard next door had changed in Liu Wei's ears, and it seemed to be a mockery of him.
Originally, he was reluctant to marry Ren Hongchang, after all, this woman was nearly ten years older than herself, and she was still Ye Zhao's confidant.
But it is not the same thing to be yourself, Ye Zhao openly refuted He Hou's face, and directly made the woman who should have been his concubine his own woman, even if the matter was not negotiated, it also made Liu Wei feel a little green in his head, so that in anger, he smashed his favorite porcelain pot fiercely.
"Ye Zhao, it's too much to deceive people!?" Liu Wei gritted his teeth and roared, today the Nefan camp collectively passed the Taiwei Mansion, which also made the palace defense a lot empty.
"Why should my son be angry?" Empress Dowager He sighed faintly: "It's the palace that has lost its calculations, that Ren Hongchang has followed Ye Zhao for ten years, and he has had the opportunity to marry, and even be a wife, but he has always refused to ......"
"So what?" Liu Wei gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, Ye Zhao shouldn't bully me like this!" ”
"Argue!" He Hou frowned slightly, looked at Liu Wei and said, "When did you become so violent?" ”
He Hou suddenly realized that his son was almost exactly the same as Liu Hong when he was young, especially when he was angry!
"The Queen Mother! Erchen is unwilling! Liu Wei looked at the Empress Dowager He and said hoarsely.
He Hou shook his head, what if he was unwilling? Ye Zhao this time, in addition to really having feelings with that Ren Hongchang, he still has to knock Liu Wei, when did this originally harmonious relationship between monarchs and ministers become so bad?
"Your Highness!" Outside the door, an old man hurriedly came in and said with a happy face: "Your Highness, a great thing has been accomplished!" ”
"Ren An?" Seeing this person, He Hou looked displeased: "What are you doing here!?" ”
If it weren't for these people secretly provoking trouble, how could the relationship between Ye Zhao and Liu Wei get to where it is today?
"Back to the Queen Mother, Ye Zhao's limit is today! The old man came to report the good news! ”
"Oh?" Seeing the old man, Liu Wei frowned and said, "Why did Gong An say this? ”
"This official wants to know too!" A cold voice sounded, but a guard suddenly poured into the palace and surrounded Ren An.
"Why are you here?" Seeing the person coming, Ren An trembled and scolded: "Privately bring troops into the palace, you want to assassinate Your Majesty!?" ”
"Presumptuous!" Before Man Zhong could speak, He Hou on the side had already opened his mouth angrily: "Ren An, General Man is clearly here to arrest you, what does it have to do with my son?" ”
"Too ...... Dowager! Ren An turned around and looked at the Queen Mother incredulously.
"The ministers are full of favors, see Your Highness, see the Queen Mother!" Man Zhong lightly saluted Liu Wei and He Hou: "The minister was ordered to arrest the traitor, and I hope that King Hongnong will forgive me if I am disturbed." ”
"An Gong is a famous man in Shu and a minister of the humerus, when did he become a traitor?" Liu Wei looked at Man Pet and said sharply.
"That's going to ask them!" Man Pet clapped his hands, and several guards escorted a few bloody people covered in blood to Man Pet's side.
"There are people who want to take advantage of the day when the princess takes a concubine to plot against him and intend to assassinate him, does His Highness think that he can afford the crime of rebellion?" Man Zhong bowed to Liu Wei and said.
Time passed to three hours ago, when Ye Zhaona married Ren Hongchang, someone secretly mixed into the Taiwei Mansion with the family members brought by officials from all walks of life.
On the day of great joy, if it is an ordinary official or family, it must be the most lax place to take precautions, in the eyes of those who are concerned, Ye Zhao's concubine is so fanfare, it is the best time to assassinate Ye Zhao.
It's just that these assassins, who easily sneaked in through the main gate and were armed with sharp blades, were easily taken down by the guards of the Taiwei Mansion when they managed to enter the inner courtyard.
The guards of the Taiwei Mansion have always been loose on the outside and tight on the inside, not to mention, there are still a large number of soldiers of the Nefan Battalion here today, these girls have been trained in anti-reconnaissance and anti-infiltration, and these temporary assassin teams, even before they saw Ye Zhao, were all counted by King Luo, and under the torture of Man Favor, they obtained enough information and evidence, and they also had the matter of Man Favor leading troops into the palace.
Ren An trembled in his heart when he saw those assassins who were beaten and were no longer human, but he didn't show it, but said angrily: "What does this mean? ”
"The confessions of these people are all on your orders to assassinate the captain!" Man Pet looked at Ren An and said, "Please wait with me." ”
"Full of pets, you are like this, you are inevitably suspicious of being beaten into a trick." Liu Wei frowned and looked at those assassins who were not human, and said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness's words are wrong!" Man Zhong shook his head: "I heard that His Royal Highness has learned to judge cases with Taiwei, when he knows the interrogation and learning, these people were interrogated separately, with the harshest punishment, during which sixteen people could not hold on and died, and three people have gone crazy, and the few remaining people have reported the name of Ren An in extremely painful circumstances, in order to determine whether it is lacking, I will wait for this method to be repeatedly questioned three times before I can confirm that these people have bad intentions, and they are not tortured." ”
"You're teaching Ben how to do things?" Liu Wei said angrily.
"Don't dare, the minister is just stating the facts, please don't hinder the minister's official duties!" Man Zhong said to Liu Wei.
"Ridiculous ......" Liu Wei wanted to say something more, but was pulled by He Houyi's side.
"This palace and Wang Er really don't know about this matter, Wang Er just can't bear to end up like this, so he defended himself and lost his mind." He Hou looked at Man Chong and smiled: "The general's law enforcement is, don't take care of the palace and the prince." ”
"Empress Dowager Xie understands." With a wave of his hand, the soldiers took away the depressed Ren An, and Man Chong saluted the two of them: "Weichen still wants to interrogate the prisoner, so I will leave." ”
"General go slowly!" He Hou smiled and nodded.
"Bastard, deceive people too much!" Looking at the blink of an eye, another person went to the empty palace, Liu Wei was shocked to realize that no one guarded the palace today, so that the full favor went straight to the palace to arrest people so unimpeded, which was clearly deliberate.
"My son doesn't have to be angry, that Ren An has no plan, he would want to assassinate Ye Zhao, such a person like Wu, there is no need to be sad for him!" He Hou shook his head, a little speechless about Ren An's actions, not to mention that Ye Zhao's side was like a cloud, it was just a Nifan battalion, it was impossible for this gang to sneak in and assassinate Ye Zhao at this moment, let alone Ye Zhao's own guards.
"Queen Mother, does this mean that Ye Zhao has already started to do something to Ren An?" Liu Wei looked at He Hou and said: "Today is Ren An, tomorrow is Zhang Song, and then is it lonely!?" ”
"No!" He Hou shook his head, if it weren't for these things, Ye Zhao wouldn't even be able to turn his face with Liu Bian, he could only say that Liu Biao stretched out his hand to a place where it shouldn't have caused Ye Zhao's violent reaction, if Liu Biao had always been only interested in craftsmanship, it would not have been today's situation.
Seeing that Liu Wei didn't believe it, He Hou smiled bitterly: "Now it seems that my son is still of great use to Ye Zhao, otherwise he wouldn't just knock on the mountain and shock the tiger like this, and the previous Ren An may have been deliberately put in." ”
"The queen mother is ......" Liu Bian's heart moved, looking at the queen.
"I didn't say anything, what my son has to do now is not how to fight for power, but to keep quiet and wait for the times to change!" He Hou shook his head and said: "Sergeant Shu has been set aside by Ye Zhao, and he is powerless to fight against Ye Zhao at all, my son must not be with him, but he has been calculated by these people!" ”
Besides, the backbone of these Shu sergeants was crushed by Ye Zhao, how could they still have the ability to help Liu argue? Just looking at Ren An's scheme, I feel ridiculous, a dignified and famous person, he actually wants to seize power by assassination, even if the assassination is successful, will it be their turn to have the power in Shu?