The room was filled with cigarette smoke, and the Empress Dowager of Great Chu said majestically: "Kneel." ”

The young man immediately knelt down as he was told.

The Queen Mother took two steps forward, stretched out her arm, her fingertips were only two or three inches away from the old clothes on the shelf, and they were within reach, but it seemed to have hit an invisible obstacle, and stopped there, "This is Taizu's clothes." The Queen Mother's tone was slightly slower, with a hint of obsession, "People are dead, ghosts are still there, after the emperor ascends to heaven, he will become an immortal and become a god, and he will take care of future generations all the time, and after you ascend to heaven, you will also be among the gods, and I ...... And I'm just a lowly servant in heaven. ”

"The Queen Mother is the world, and even in the heavens, she will be listed as a god alongside the emperors of the past dynasties." The young man replied cautiously.

"You don't understand, the Queen Mother can be abolished, as long as ...... As long as the emperor said a word...... the majesty on the face of the Queen Mother disappeared, replaced by panic, her eyes turned to the sword on the crown rack, suddenly shuddered, slowly retreated, lowered her arms, knelt on another futon, and prayed in a low voice for a while.

The Queen Mother turned her head to look at the young man, "When you go to heaven, will you stand on the side of the Queen Mother?" ”

"Of course."

The Queen Mother had a look of joy and pity on her face, "I knew that I could rely on you, everything I did...... It's all for you, your father...... No, don't talk about him, you just have to remember that after ascending to heaven, you have to defend me, you are the emperor, you will become a god, no one can refute what you say, even if it is other emperors, even if it is your father, you can't refute it. ”

"Of course." The young man kneeling next to him tried to speak as little as possible.

The Queen Mother stood up, her expression became majestic again, "Soon you will be in power, have you mastered the art of the emperor?" ”

"The Queen Mother still needs a lot of teachings."

"Well, come with me, don't disturb Taizu."

The young man got up and followed the Queen Mother out of the dressing room.

There were two women standing in the courtyard outside, and the Queen Mother stared at them for a while, her face showed a little anger, but she was helpless, "Emperor Huan got his wish, his women are all here, can he still say that I am jealous and hateful?" ”

"The Queen Mother is demure and quiet, a model for women in the world, even if Emperor Huan is reborn, she can't say a single 'no'." Concubine Cui smiled.

"Demon energy, you have demon energy in you." The Queen Mother pointed to the two women, "Just stand here, don't walk around, let Taizu hate the demonic spirit." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother." Both replied respectfully at the same time.

The Queen Mother led the young man into the side hall, which was a small room that was usually used for visitors to rest, and now became a temporary classroom.

The young man looked at the two women, and reluctantly followed the Queen Mother into the side hall.

Wang Meiren whispered: "Why do you bother to say that? She's a little confused, but she can hear your sarcasm. ”

Concubine Cui smiled slightly, "So what?" Didn't she take me into the palace just to ask for peace of mind in front of the first emperor? She already knew that I was such a character, so why should I pretend? ”

Concubine Cui put away her smile, "The Queen Mother's heart has been broken, even if people are crazy, they still have a bad stomach, and they actually let me stand with you, she is deliberate, she is smart, not only to deceive people, but also to deceive ghosts." ”

Wang Meiren was born in Yahuan and didn't take Concubine Cui's words to heart, "Don't forget, we just want to use the Queen Mother to deceive people and ghosts." ”

Concubine Cui stared at Wang Meiren, and suddenly smiled like a flower, "My sister is right, Da Chu Jiangshan is in the hands of this crazy woman, we have to ensure that we can smoothly pass over to the real Great Chu Emperor." ”

The door of the side hall opened, and the young man hurriedly walked out, looked left and right, came to Concubine Cui and Wang Meiren, and said in a low voice: "Do you know that everything I do now is a capital crime to be exterminated by raiding my family?" ”

Wang Meiren didn't squeak, and Concubine Cui smiled: "Shangguan Sheng, the Queen Mother is your aunt, catering to her and treating her is a filial piety for your younger generation, how can you say that it is a capital crime?" ”

"I'm pretending to be Emperor Si!" Shangguan Sheng was annoyed, and his voice became sharp, but he didn't dare to raise it, for fear of being heard by the Queen Mother.

Wang Meidao: "No, you didn't pretend to be Emperor Si, you were dressed as a palace guard from head to toe, you didn't call yourself 'I', you haven't touched the treasure seal, how can you be considered a pretend?" You're just...... Like the clothes in that room, the Queen Mother felt Taizu in the clothes, and saw Emperor Si in you, this is not called impersonation......"

"You are another pair of clothes, Shangguan Sheng, and in the end you will have the credit and treatment of clothes." Concubine Cui hurriedly said.

Concubine Cui's words always carried a bit of sarcasm, and Shangguan Sheng's face was slightly gloomy, "I am carrying my life to cooperate with you." ”

"No matter which of our sons ascends the throne in the future, they will remember the merits of the Shangguan family, no matter what, we all belong to the family of Emperor Huan, we are our own family, one is prosperous and one is lost, and the champion Hou is not." Cui Taifei said.

Of course, Shangguan Sheng understood this truth, and after complaining a few words, he still had to continue to act as a "crown of clothes", and turned around and returned to the side hall.

Concubine Cui looked at Shangguan Sheng's back, "The wisdom of the Shangguan family has grown in the Queen Mother alone?" ”

Wang Meiren remained silent, the so-called too much must be lost, she was unwilling to ridicule anyone senselessly.

But in front of Concubine Cui, Yan Shao was also a mistake, and she showed a look of disdain, "It's my son's turn." ”

In the side hall, the Queen Mother sat upright and asked solemnly, "Have you reprimanded those two sluts?" ”

"Yes, Queen Mother, I reprimanded you fiercely." Shangguan Sheng said smoothly.

"Well, remember, this is also the art of the emperor, when you promote a person, you must suppress him, make him confused, make him grateful to Dade, and let him understand his status, but you can't make him proud, the pride of the courtiers will corrode the emperor's power."

"Remembered." Shangguan Sheng said, but he was wondering in his heart, how crazy the Queen Mother was, she was a few years older than Emperor Si, and her appearance was not very similar, and it was unbelievable that she would be regarded as her own son by the Queen Mother.

In the eyes of the Queen Mother, none of these obvious flaws existed, and she continued: "The emperor must learn to divide into categories, and never regard his courtiers as the same group, the power of the emperor can be created out of nothing: you treat people of different factions as the same group, and these people, even if they have a deep hatred for each other, sooner or later they will become allies, as you 'see', and on the contrary, as long as you insist on treating the same group of people as different factions, they will fall apart sooner or later." ”

Shangguan Sheng nodded.

When the queen mother said that she was on the head, there was only Emperor Si in her eyes, "Xungui is the same kind of person, but for the emperor, there are relatives and distances, this is a classification; The army is the same kind of people, so it should be divided into the southern army, the northern army, the border army, and the Su Guard army......"

The Queen Mother stopped suddenly, as if remembering a particularly important matter, and after a moment's pause, she suddenly asked in an extremely stern tone, "How is the expansion of the Su Guards?" ”

On this sentence, Shangguan Sheng knelt down, cold sweat flowed, the previous Su Wei Zhonglang will be his uncle Shangguan Xu, who went to the frontier with the general Han Xing, and never returned, not long after, Shangguan Sheng succeeded to this position, and only did one thing for half a year, eliminating redundant personnel and enriching elite soldiers.

Shangguan Sheng did a good job, but the Queen Mother suddenly asked, which made him suddenly remember his true identity, thinking that the Queen Mother had come to her senses, it was a disaster, even if he was the Queen Mother's nephew, he would not escape death.

The Queen Mother smiled, "My son doesn't need to be afraid, I have arranged it properly, at least one year, at most three years, the new Su Guard Army can be formed, not only to guard the palace, but also to protect the entire capital, the southern and northern armies will not be able to return to the frontier for a while and a half, even if the Huns are eliminated, there are riots in various places, let them clear it county by county." Then I will reward the generals of the Northern and Southern armies, so that they will all be great officials, stationed in different places, competing with each other, and watching out for each other. At that time, the Shinjuku Guards will be able to win without a fight and keep the Great Chu River safe for at least thirty years. ”

"Yes." Shangguan Sheng replied in a trembling voice, not daring to say that the southern army had returned to the border outside Gyeonggi, and the northern army was returning to the south.

"There are also ministers, ministers are the most troublesome, the threat of the army is on the surface, you just need to be careful, don't concentrate the military power too much in the hands of someone or a certain department, it can always be solved, but what the minister is good at is beating around the bush and overcoming rigidity with softness, and when they are classified, it can't be too simple. They are too clever and cunning, and sometimes they deliberately divide into several factions and pretend to compete in front of the emperor, but in the end, they always benefit both sides, and only the emperor loses. ”

The Queen Mother fell into deep thought, and Shangguan Sheng knelt on the ground and did not dare to squeak.

"The pride of the courtiers is a threat to the emperor, but the pride of the ministers is deep-rooted, so the best way to deal with the ministers is to use their pride on each other, so that they look down on each other from the bottom of their hearts: the officials look down on the officials, the officials of the scientific examination look down on the officials who attack the shadows, the elders of the three dynasties look down on the important ministers of the dynasty, the civil officials look down on the generals, and the old people look down on the young people...... What else? ”

Shangguan Sheng was speechless, and Wang Meiren's voice came from outside the door: "The old fairy is here." ”

The queen smiled, "Please." Then he said to Shangguan Sheng: "You are still young, not suitable for seeing immortals, retreat first, and I will continue to teach you the art of the emperor tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother." Shangguan Sheng got up, exited the side hall, and wanted to run away, but he didn't have the courage, he forced himself to be calm, his eyes deliberately avoided Concubine Cui and Wang Meiren, and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard, and joined a team of guard soldiers outside, feeling a little calm.

The white-haired old fairy stood outside the courtyard gate, and Shangguan Sheng saluted respectfully and said in a low voice, "The old fairy can go in." ”

The old fairy smiled and nodded, stepped into the courtyard, and bowed his hand to Concubine Cui and Wang Meiren.

"Did the old fairy see him?" Wang Meiren couldn't hide the excitement in her heart.

Chun Yu Xiao said: "Tired Hou entered the Gyeonggi border safely. ”

Wang Meiren breathed a sigh of relief.

Concubine Cui smiled: "This time everyone is together, the competition for the position can begin, right?" Old fairy, are you sure to convince the Queen Mother? She didn't even admit it to the saint today, and thought it was ...... Emperor Si is on the throne. ”

Chun Yu Xiao pointed to the sky, "What mortals can't do, the gods in the sky can." ”

"You are an immortal, an immortal descending to earth." Cui Taifei said.

Chun Yu smiled and stepped into the side hall.

Concubine Cui said coldly to Wang Meiren: "Can your son deal with this kind of person? Great Chu needs a true emperor, not a puppet. ”

Wang Meiren was silent, thinking that her son was not far from her, and she was full of excitement. (To be continued.) )