After sending Yun Meng away, Yin Yuan couldn't take a break, and continued to think about the affairs of the court and the army, always feeling that there seemed to be something strange there, but he couldn't figure it out, anyway, before leaving Beijing, he had to report the truth of Du Shuo's case to the Queen Mother, thinking about the dawn on the horizon, and the night passed like this. Yin Yuan sighed, stood up and stretched his waist, looking at the rising sun that was about to erupt from the sky, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. Tomorrow is the battle, and there is still a lot to attend to today.

So Yin Yuan hurriedly freshened up, and sent his cronies to the Ministry of Officials and the Five Soldiers Yamen with the transfer documents and his own handwritten letter to negotiate the dispatch of Pei Xing and Yang Tong. As soon as he arrived at the gate of Chongde Palace, Yin Yuan was about to invite the deacon's attendants to enter the palace, when he saw a team of royal forest troops coming from the side of the palace wall, directly blocking Yin Yuan. Yin Yuan was taken aback and asked, "Why are you blocking the way of this official?" ”

The general of this team of Imperial Forest Army clasped his fist at Yin Yuan and said, "General Yin is ordered to enter the palace?" ”

Yin Yuan replied: "This official has not been edicted, what's the matter?" ”

The general asked again: "Since there is no Zhao, what is the matter with the general entering the Chongde Palace?" ”

When Yin Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but bump into the fire, and his face sank and he shouted: "Presumptuous, who are you?" Does this official need to inform you when he enters the palace to meet the Queen Mother? Quickly flash to the side, and the official will not delve into it with you. ”

The general smiled slightly, and then clenched his fists and said: "General Yin is not strange, the last general is the new pro-army commander of the left commander Huan Ye, under the order of the auxiliary minister and the general of Zhengxi, in order to ensure the safety of the harem, from now on, all officials entering the palace for pilgrimage, regardless of the official rank, need to be strictly questioned, in order to prevent thieves from taking advantage of the situation and endangering the royal family." The last general is also the duty, and I ask for the general's forgiveness. ”

Yin Yuan thought to himself: "I don't know what kind of fame this Huan Yuan is doing?" Even in the harem, he dared to step in. Isn't this person in front of him the son of Huan Yuan who was mentioned to me by my virtuous brother? Didn't he serve in the Expedition to the Western General's Bureau, but now he has become the commander of the forbidden army. Huan Yuan, Huan Yuan, do you really want to go further and further? ”

Yin Yuan paused and said, "Since Commander Huan is also acting on orders, how can this official be blamed." This official was ordered to lead the Northern Expedition, and he was about to leave tomorrow, and he wanted to ask the Queen Mother for his resignation before leaving. ”

Huan Ye looked at Yin Yuan and said: "It's really a coincidence that the general came, the Queen Mother occasionally felt cold yesterday, and the phoenix body was not safe, and the Son of Heaven passed down the edict, if there is nothing important, you should not disturb the Queen Mother's recuperation." If the general has nothing important, please go back. ”

Of course, Yin Yuan didn't believe it, his eyes looked at the deacon of Chongde Palace next to him, and asked, "Father-in-law, is it too consequence that the true phoenix body is out of harmony?" The waiter looked at Yin Yuandao, turned his head to look at Huan Ye again, lowered his head and didn't make a sound, but shivered from time to time.

Yin Yuan knew that there was fraud at a glance, so he said: "Since the Queen Mother is sick, Weichen wants to enter the palace to ask An to visit." Please also ask Commander Huan to let him go. Saying that, Yin Yuan was about to walk towards the gate of Chongde Palace.

Huan Ye stepped forward and stretched out his hand to Yin Yuan to stop him, and said: "The general doesn't believe in the last general, can't he even believe in the Son of Heaven?" Do you want to resist the decree? ”

Yin Yuan was taken aback, and thought to himself, "How should this be?" I can't say that there is a secret decree to be presented to the Queen Mother, if so, Huan Yuan will know immediately, and the Queen Mother will definitely be implicated. Why does this Huan Ye in front of me seem to be waiting for me, could it be that the news that I am coming to Chongde Palace has leaked? ”

It was really as Yin Yuan expected, seeing that Yin Yuan didn't answer, Huan Ye continued to ask: "Why does the general insist on seeing the Queen Mother, could it be that there is something extremely important to report to the Queen Mother?" If there is, can the last general present it on his behalf, so as not to delay the general's business. ”

Yin Yuan was shocked in his heart, but he pretended to be calm and said, and said with a smile: "General Huan, don't misunderstand, where does this official have anything important to report, it's just to resign to the Queen Mother." Since the queen mother's phoenix body violated the harmony, the minister did not bother and retired. Then he turned around and left.

Behind him, Huan Ye said loudly: "The last general sends the general, may General Yin win the banner and succeed." ”

Back in the palace courtyard, Yin Yuan was full of suspicions, "It is clear that Huan Ye is waiting for himself today, how did Huan Yuan find out about such a confidential matter?" And the only people who did this were Brother Yun Mengxian and I knew, although Qing Yao was also present, but he was asleep at the time, and no one else should know, what did go wrong? "The time is too tight, and Yin Yuan can't think of it for a while. However, the officials and the five soldiers and the yamen changed the previous style of procrastination, and they quickly approved the transfer of Pei Xing and Yang Tong.

Some things can only be put aside for the time being out of desperation. On the second day, according to the plan, Yin Yuan went to the school field to order troops, left the Jiankang soldiers to send Shouchun, and on the way to the vanguard Yang Tong, the Yangzhou soldiers and horses led by the Chinese army division Pei Xing, and the soldiers and horses of other states converged, so 150,000 soldiers and horses went to the battlefield.

At this time, Yun Meng was staying alone in the house, seemingly calm on the surface, but he had mixed feelings in his heart. Yin Yuan will lead the army to the expedition today, and Yun Meng should see off his eldest brother, but now he is trapped here, and he doesn't know how the teacher measured it? It turned out that Yun Meng said goodbye to Yin Yuan and returned to the Zhengxi General's Mansion that day, because Weng conveyed a message from the head of the family, the message was only one sentence, ordering Yun Meng "not to go out and reflect behind closed doors." "Yun Meng obeyed the master's orders, he could only stay in the room, and there was a special guard outside the door, but the daily meals were sent into the room by the subordinates, and the strange thing was that since Yun Meng was placed under house arrest, he had never seen Qing Yao's figure.

At the same time, in the imperial study of the palace, the Son of Heaven asked a handsome man, "Nanlang, Yin Haoyuan is a teacher today, right?" ”

The handsome man replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it is today, calculate the time, Yin Yuan's men and horses should have left the city at this time." ”

The Son of Heaven sighed lightly and said: "Although Yin Yuan has tried his best to prevent me from succeeding to the throne, this person is a rare loyal and virtuous minister in the Great Jin Dynasty today!" Only such loyal people can be relied upon. ”

Nan Lang patted the sleeve of his robe a few times, and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the great plan for the future can only be realized by relying on Yin Yuan's loyal ministers and good generals. I only hope that Yin Yuan will win as soon as possible, and by the way, if he has mastered the military power, he will have the strength to compete with Huan Yuan, and then enter the king of Jingqin, His Majesty can raise his eyebrows and puff up, and he no longer has to endure humiliation. It's just that Your Majesty should send someone to contact Yin Yuan as soon as possible, so that His Majesty's heart can be passed on to him? ”

The Son of Heaven nodded and then said: "Everyone in the world thinks that I am just a puppet emperor who only knows how to have fun, but they don't know that I have been scheming for so many years, and I have never dared to forget my father's last wish, just to one day be able to get rid of the control of others and be a good emperor who is admired by all the people." ”

As soon as the Son of Heaven finished speaking, he heard a burst of sneers outside the door of the imperial study, and then the door of the imperial study was pushed open suddenly, and the two people in the room were startled, but they saw that there was a person standing in front of the door with a sword hanging from his waist, it was Huan Yuan.

Huan Yuan smiled at the corner of his mouth, slowly raised his legs and walked into the imperial study, and did not do the courtesy of the monarch and minister, but just looked at the Son of Heaven, and said for a long time: "Your Majesty is really extraordinary, but the minister is wrong." ”

The Son of Heaven was extremely nervous at this time, and said softly: "Huan Qing, why did you say it, why can't I understand it?" ”

Huan Yuan snorted, forced a few steps forward, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, what are you panicking, don't you want to be a good emperor in a dignified manner, don't you want to be admired by all the people?" Don't you want to raise your eyebrows? Why is it in chaos now, the body is like a sieve chaff, what kind of system is this! Then he looked up and laughed.

Nan Lang on the side couldn't stand it, and stood sideways in front of the Son of Heaven, who was already shaking, and scolded Huan Yuan angrily: "Thief, the Son of Heaven is above, you are rude, do you want to assassinate the king and kill him." ”

He shouted to the outside of the imperial study: "The samurai from the left and right are coming to escort quickly!" But there was no movement.

Huan Yuan sneered, pointed at Nan Lang and said, "Slave, who do you think you are, just a doll, what qualifications do you have to teach this official a lesson?" If it weren't for you bewitching Your Majesty all day long, **** Gongfu, and ruining your family, how could Your Majesty's heart change so much. This official will behead you, a slave who has misled the country and the people, and see who will dare to whisper in His Majesty's ear in the future. With that, Huan Yuan greeted the door, and immediately walked in two gold-armored warriors, and dragged Nanlang out.

The Son of Heaven on the side was in a hurry, trembling, and hurriedly bowed to Huan Yuan, and said: "The general is angry, the general is angry, Nan Lang's words are wrong, and he offended the general Huwei, all blame me for not being strict in discipline on weekdays, and I will definitely be responsible for correcting it in the future." Please also ask the general to spare Nanlang's life. ”

Huan Yuan turned his back and didn't snort. The Son of Heaven had no choice but to turn to Huan Yuan again, and said softly again: "Father-in-law, it's all me, no, no, it's all Sima Ji's fault, please spare Nanlang, and in the future, the son-in-law will listen to you in everything." As he spoke, he was about to take off his robe and kneel down for Huan Yuan, and let Huan Yuan hold it.

Huan Yuan said coldly to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, but now he is a minion. If you want the courtiers to see it, you still think that Huan is disrespectful! How can this make Huan good? It's just that Your Majesty, what did you say in the end, Huan didn't hear it clearly, and asked Your Majesty to say it again loudly. ”

The Son of Heaven wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, raised his voice and said word by word: "In the future, everything will be decided by General Huan." ”

Huan Yuan laughed and waved his hand outward, and the samurai brought Nan Lang back again, kneeling at the bottom of the steps, Huan Yuan looked at Nan Lang and said, "If Your Majesty hadn't interceded for you today, this official would not have spared you." Now you are exempt from capital crimes, but you are not exempt from living crimes. Then he ordered left and right: "And put this person in prison, and then release him after he is convicted." Then the samurai took Nanlang down.

On the other hand, where did the Son of Heaven dare to say anything more, he could only bow his head and remain silent. Huan Yuan looked back at the Son of Heaven and said to the palace attendants: "Your Majesty is frightened, don't help Your Majesty back to the harem to rest." The chamberlain didn't dare to disobey, and hurriedly helped the Son of Heaven back to the palace.

Huan Yuan looked at the back of the Son of Heaven, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart, it seemed that he had to make a decision immediately and get rid of his heart disease as soon as possible.

After a total of one night, early on the second morning, Huan Yuan summoned several old and important ministers of the court and the central government, and knelt outside the gate of Chongde Palace to ask to see the queen mother. The Queen Mother is indeed a little uncomfortable these days, weak, dizzy, and feeling very stuffy in the chest, these are actually all caused by heart disease, and now the court is above the court, nominally the Queen Mother listens to the government, and the two ministers are auxiliary, but in fact it is Huan Yuan who has the final say, the Queen Mother and the King of the Huiji King Sima Yu have become decorations, and the Son of Heaven has become a puppet. Originally, the old ministers of the clan of Sima Wang Ling were all the henchmen of the Queen Mother, but now who dares to confront Huan Yuan openly, who is not afraid of Huan Yuan's iron-blooded wrists, and who is terrified when they don't hear the word "Beifu". The Huanyuan city is unfathomable, unpredictable, give him an official and a knight, and he will refrain in every possible way, what do you want, obviously you are already above tens of thousands of people, but you are famous, this person is too difficult to deal with.

The queen mother was bored, and the palace attendants came to report, saying that Huan Yuan was the leader of a group of old ministers who asked to see outside the palace. The Queen Mother thought to herself, "I don't know what will happen to Huan Yuan today?" It's not because of yesterday's incident in the imperial study, but it is said that it is just a servant who offended the Son of Heaven, and he shouldn't make a big fuss. The queen mother asked the palace maid to sit down with her support, and ordered Xuan Huanyuan and others to enter the palace to meet her.

Huan Yuan led the ministers into the Chongde Palace, met the Queen Mother, and gave the first gift of the monarch and ministers, the Queen Mother let everyone be flat, and wanted to give Huan Yuan a seat, but Huan Yuan did not accept it, but stood in the hall with a serious expression. The Queen Mother asked with a puzzled expression: "Why is Huan Qing like this?" ”

Huan Yuan bowed and said: "The Empress Dowager, the minister is worried about the future of the Great Jin Dynasty, and he can't sleep at night. Today's ministers led all the virtuous and loyal ministers, risking death to admonish. Please also ask the Queen Mother to be clear. Then he took the lead and knelt on the ground, and the ministers behind him also knelt and kowtowed.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother hurriedly got up, stretched out her arms, and said: "What happened to Huanqing, please get up and speak, please get up and talk too, please get up, get up quickly." ”

Huan Yuan couldn't afford it, kowtowed, and said: "The ministers want to impeach a person today, this person is disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust, and violates human ethics, and causes chaos. ”

The Queen Mother was surprised and asked, "Who is this who is such a despicable person?" Why is it involved with Jiangshan Society? ”

Huan Yuan raised his head and replied loudly: "Back to the Queen Mother, this person is not someone else, it is today." ”