(Ask for subscription, ask for a monthly pass, 10 monthly tickets plus a more chapter) In fact, the military report sent back by Yu Chengen from Jingzhou ten days ago was really not out of selfish intentions, and he wanted to take the opportunity to expand his own strength.

The violent death of the eldest princess of Changning not only ruined the imperial court's attempt to reconcile with Tibet, but also created a good opportunity for Tibet to send troops to invade. As soon as Lange changed his previous idea of reconciliation with Middle Earth, he sent envoys from all sides to contact a number of foreign vassal states to form a siege on the south, north, and west of Longyou and Hexi under his jurisdiction.

Among them, what particularly worried Yu Chengen was that according to the report of the scouts who infiltrated the territory of Tubo, the 100,000 "Scorpion Army" under the command of the Tubo general Nasimo had all been transferred to the north to assemble, and there was a great tendency to wipe out Longyou and Hexi in one fell swoop. With the current strength of more than 30,000 troops of the "Divine Crane Army," trying to resist the attack of the 100,000 "Scorpion Army" living in Tubo, which is known as the victorious army, is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg and bringing about its own destruction.

In desperation, after repeated consultations with his right-hand men Xiang Zhifei and Wang Huaizhen to no avail, Yu Chengen sent the emperor in Chang'an City an urgent military report that now seems to be more than worth the loss for him.

Soon after the military report was issued, the series of reactions made by the imperial court made Yu Chengen feel like crying and regretting: none of the soldiers and food he asked for were sent to him quickly, but with this batch of soldiers and grain came twenty or thirty Zhu Zi's officials who ordered the frontier, that is, even Jingzhou, where he supervised the military envoy Yamen, the emperor also sent a famous "model of a hundred officials", and it is said that Tang Kuan, an officialdom veteran who was also the life-saving benefactor of King Mu, served as the assassin, which can be seen, The imperial court's precautions against him Yu Chengen are self-evident;

This is not counting, within a few days, the emperor took advantage of the civil strife in the base camp of the rebels in Mozhou, and the danger was not all killed by the rebels, to rebuild the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and appointed the emperor's eldest son, Muwang Li Qi, as the marshal, with the old rival Jing Yuncong as the deputy marshal and the head of the marshal's mansion, and virtually completely deprived himself of the power in the hands of the former emperor's canonized Jiuluguan military envoy;

Immediately afterwards, before he woke up from the bad news that followed, a plan to transfer him to lead the Chinese army of the Shenhe Army to Shaanzhou to garrison arrived in Jingzhou again. This time, Yu Chengen completely understood: all the retribution that happened to Jing Yuncong two years ago seems to have fallen on his head now, even if he is just a eunuch, but once he has a heavy army, he will inevitably attract the emperor's high vigilance and endless suspicion, not to mention that he had such a close connection with the Zhang family before.

After Yu Chengen knelt down in the main hall of the Yamen of the prison army to receive the holy decree, he held his head alone and thought hard for two or three hours, and finally came up with a way to step on two boats, but to protect himself, and no longer seek to defend the territory and protect the territory for the country: he decided to follow the dispatch of the new generalissimo Muwang, and set off to return to Chang'an on the same day; At the same time, before leaving, he issued a military order in the name of the superintendent of the Shenhe Army: the left army of the Shenhe Army led by Luo Yuanqi was ordered to move to Shanzhou as a vanguard force to guard against the invasion of Tibet. Empress Zhang's own brother, Furong and other remnants of the Zhang family, the last and only finger of Zhang Liang, is not in Tubo now, since the court is unkind to him, don't blame him Yu Chengen for doing something sorry for the court. At that time, once the Tubo people crossed the Xingsuchuan Pass and launched an attack, it was really uncertain which court Luo Yuanqi, the left army general Luo Yuanqi sent by Furong to his army, would lead the army to become the vanguard of the imperial court? No matter who wins or loses, won't you be invincible?

Therefore, after Yu Chengen explained to the general of the Shenhe Army who moved to Shaanzhou with him, he returned to Chang'an alone without waiting for the brigade to set off from Jingzhou: he wanted to see the emperor as soon as possible, do his best to eliminate his suspicions about himself, and try to persuade the emperor to change his original intention and let himself stay in the Chang'an court.

Who knew that as soon as he returned to Chang'an, the emperor gave Yu Chengen a closed door, and Wang Bao'er, the new privy envoy who came to Danfeng Gate to deliver the decree to him, only said simply: "The emperor dictated, Yu Chengen does not have to enter the palace to see me, but he can act according to the orders of the marshal's palace." ”

Yu Chengen, who was faced with a gray nose, refused to stop there, and without seeing the emperor himself, it was also an effective way to convey his thoughts to the emperor through the people around the emperor. Li Jinzhong's death gave Yu Chengen a big warning: you can't just rely on your own strength to seek the emperor's favor, you must learn to find internal help around the emperor who can really help you, otherwise even if you are crowned king, won't you end up in a different place?

The harem is, of course, the first place that Yu Chengen thought of seeking internal help. According to Yu Chengen's eyeliner arranged in the palace, he reported to him that among the two most honorable concubines in the harem, Wanrong is undoubtedly the one who is favored by the emperor, but when it comes to the word trust, Jing Xuan is far above Wanrong. As a result, Yu Chengen decided to set the goal of seeking internal assistance first on Jing Xuan, rather than Wanrong.

Of course, Yu Chengen would not be so confused that he couldn't remember that he and the Jing family had a grudge against the grave. The reason why he still dares to make up his mind about Jing Xuan is because Jing Yuncong and Jing Xuan will never know the truth of the matter by being a sergeant who was secretly ordered by him more than two years ago, even his two most powerful henchmen: Xiang Zhifei and Wang Huaizhen do not know the bottom of this matter, as long as he himself does not say it, Jing Yuncong and Jing Xuan will never understand the truth of the matter.

Yu Chengen, who was standing outside the gate of the Treasure Elephant Palace, heard the reply of the noble concubine Niangniang inviting him to the palace to meet, and a trace of pride passed through his heart: the rare "Heavenly Silkworm Clothes" that he inadvertently obtained many years ago seemed to have played a role in Jing Xuan. He happily followed Zhu Shuang into the palace gate and walked into the main hall, but at a glance he saw Li Qizheng, the king of harmony, sitting beside Jing Xuan, looking at him with cold eyes, and couldn't help but secretly scream that something was wrong.

It is said that Yu Chengen was born in the East Palace, and was the companion of the former emperor who died soon when he was the crown prince, even if he was not very close to the emperor's grandson Li Qi, he was not so strange and wary of each other. Now speaking of which, he Yu Chengen can be regarded as a subordinate of the stunned boy in front of him, who is really a so-called person under the eaves, and has to bow his head. (To be continued.) )