In the East Palace, Queen Jiang actually did not rest, she was still sitting in the main hall drinking tea, her expression was a little dull, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Suddenly, the candlelight shook vigorously, the door of the temple was opened, and Hu Yu walked in beautifully.

The queen glanced at her and said lightly, "Solved?"

Hu Yumei smiled and said: "Back to the mother, Yang Ronghua knows that he is guilty, and he has been persuaded by his concubine and is willing to break it off on his own." ”

"Persuasion?" the queen suddenly became interested, and said, "What do you say?"

Hu Yumei said: "She knew that she couldn't escape death, she had already lost her spirit, and the slave maid said a little, she agreed, and tomorrow morning, the news of her death should come from the palace." ”

When the queen heard this, she was a little sad and sighed, "She is also a poor person." ”

Hu Yumei pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Chonghua Niangniang is a little pitiful. ”

The queen said, "But who is not?"

Hu Yumei was stunned when she heard this: "Could it be that you are also a poor person, the queen?"

The queen looked at her earnestly and said, "Aren't you?"

Hu Yumei was shocked and couldn't say anything to refute.

Early the next morning, King Shang got up and got the news of Yang Chonghua's death from Jiao Fang. Thinking of the clever smile of the former beauty, the beautiful eyes are looking forward to it, and there is some inexplicable sourness in my heart. Suddenly, he felt that he was no longer tired of her, even if it was a big crime like burning the forbidden palace and murdering the concubine, it seemed to be nothing.

He looked at Jiao Fang and said in a deep voice: "The burning of Shufang Palace was done by Yang Chonghua's maid, Yang Chonghua committed suicide with guilt and buried him. As for her maid, give her poisoned wine, let her die a comfortable death, and send her down to serve her. ”

Jiao Fang received the will, praised the obedience, and then withdrew.

Huang Xue only found out about this result in the afternoon, and it was told to her by the king of Shang himself, but she did not resentment the king of Shang's tolerance, but felt that she seemed to have reacquainted with this high-ranking man.

Shufang Palace burned down, Huang Xue had no place to live, Jiao conveniently arranged him to Shuyuan Palace, compared to Shufang Palace, although it was slightly inferior, but it was also different.

The days that followed were quiet for her, during which she began to learn a new skill, horseback riding.

There are special horse supervisors in the palace, all of whom are good horses, and Huang Xue goes to study every day, but she feels that it is not difficult to ride a horse.

It was not until the beginning of March that something happened that worried the king of Shang, Yin Rui came back, and brought back the news that he could not sleep well.

A piece of good news, a piece of bad news, a piece of uncertain news. The good news is that Li Jing, the chief soldier of Chentangguan, is still loyal to the imperial court and has not colluded with Dongbohou. The bad news is that Dong Bohou has raised 400,000 soldiers, and they are well-trained and well-equipped. The uncertain news is that Yuan Futong of Beihai County may have been secretly funded by Dongbohou.

According to the ancestral system of the imperial court, among the four major princes, the Eastern Princes raised 200,000 soldiers, the Western Princes raised 150,000 soldiers, the Northern Princes raised 100,000 soldiers, the Southern Princes raised 100,000 soldiers, and the imperial court raised 800,000 soldiers. Of course, it is normal for the actual figure to be two or three percent higher. But now, the number of 400,000 is too much beyond the limit that the imperial court can tolerate.

At present, of the 800,000 troops of the imperial court, 200,000 were in Beihai, led by Taishi Wen Zhong, who attacked the 150,000 rebels of Yuan Futong, the prince of the 72nd Road, and only 600,000 were guarding the court. And the Eastern Bohou has raised 400,000 soldiers, plus the 100,000 of the Southern Bohou who is friendly with him, the number has reached 500,000. Judging from the numbers, the imperial court no longer has much advantage.

When the king of Shang received this news, he immediately summoned his close ministers to discuss. After deliberation among the ministers, they finally came to the conclusion that the imperial court must take immediate action to eradicate the Eastern Bohou.

In the end, everyone unanimously agreed to the strategy proposed by Yaxiang Jizi, and adopted the strategy of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, in the name of the 30th birthday of the king of Shang, summoned the four major princes to come to the court to celebrate his birthday, and then put the Eastern Bohou and the Southern Bohou under house arrest, so that the princes of the Second Route did not dare to rashly raise troops. During this period, you can send a fine work to Donglu to divide the army of Dongbohou, and slowly draw it, and finally achieve the effect of surrendering the army without a fight.

After discussion, the king of Shang immediately issued an order to summon the four princes to arrive at the court before June to congratulate the king of Shang on his birthday.

Half a month later, the four princes all received the will of the king of Shang.

Xibohou Mansion, Xibohou Jichang summoned the eldest son Ji Kao and the second son Ji Fa.

Xibohou said: "Kao'er, Fa'er, I received a holy decree for my father, and I want to go to Beijing to celebrate the king's birthday." Kao'er, you need to protect the territory, care for the people, and don't waste government affairs. Fa'er, you also have to assist your brother well. ”

Ji Kaoqi said: "Father, if it is a birthday, you can come back in three or five months at most, why do you need to explain so specially?"

Xibohou sighed: "My father has already made a divination for himself, and I am afraid that this song may not be able to come back easily, and it may take several years." ”

Ji Kao exclaimed: "Why did it take so long?

Xi Bohou said: "The danger is not enough, but it will affect the fish in the pond." ”

Ji Kao said: "Then my father has figured it out, how many years will it take?"

Xibohou said: "Looking at the hexagram, it may be seven years, but there are still some inexplicable variables in this hexagram, and it may not take so long." In short, you don't need to worry about your father, just do what your father says. ”

Seeing that their father was reluctant to elaborate, the two brothers looked at each other helplessly and said respectfully, "Yes." ”

In the Dongbohou Mansion, Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu is also discussing this matter with his son Jiang Wenhuan.

Dong Bohou said: "This time I went to Beijing to celebrate my birthday, for some reason, I always felt a little uneasy for my father. ”

Jiang Wenhuan frowned and said: "In previous years, I just sent someone to send some gifts, but this year, for some reason, I asked my father to go in person, and the child also felt that something was wrong." Could it be that the king of Shang has already noticed the salt tax and wants to blame his father?"

Dong Bohou thought for a while and said: "It shouldn't be yet, since Zigan worshiped the prime minister, he sent someone to investigate in Chaoge for his father, and what has changed is only the farmland tax, and the officials of the salt department have not been replaced, and the private salt in the house is still unimpeded, presumably he has not yet freed up his hands to rectify the salt affairs." ”

Jiang Wenhuan echoed when he heard this: "In this way, it should be that the child is too worried." By the way, the child corresponded with Shang Rong a few days ago, and he didn't have an accident. If the salt tax was discovered, he would probably be the first to be killed by the king of Shang. ”

Dong Bohou said: "That's fine. However, after all, the prime minister has been replaced by Zigan, this person is very shrewd, and the matter of salt tax may be found out at any time, so it is better to be cautious. ”

Jiang Wenhuan said: "If my father is really uneasy, it is better not to go." The child went to contact Uncle Eshi of Nanbohou and Uncle Yuan of Beihai County, and directly marched westward, but now he may not be afraid of the king of Shang, and his father will not take many risks. ”

Dong Bohou shook his head and said: "The murder weapon of the soldiers, it is the best policy to raise troops to attack the merchants, and raising these many soldiers is just in case." Moreover, although Bei Bohou is mediocre and useless, Xi Bohou's attitude is unclear, and if it really fights, the outcome is still unknown. ”

After a pause, Dong Bohou said again: "Wen Huan, how are the assassins in the palace training?"

Jiang Wenhuan said: "In the past seven years, only five of the hundred assassins are alive, which should be worth it." ”

Dong Bohou said: "Can you find a way to send them into the palace?"

Jiang Wenhuan shook his head and said: "It's difficult, these five people have a murderous aura, they are martial artists at a glance, and it is difficult to pass the inspection of recruiting attendants, unless my sister helps." ”

Dong Bohou pondered for a while and said, "Let Zitong intervene at this time, I'm afraid she may not be willing, but it is not beautiful." It is better to wait until the Shang prince is killed and Yin Jiao inherits the throne, and then inform Zitong and let her arrange Yin Jiao's Zen throne. ”

Jiang Wenhuan nodded and said, "The child understands." ”

The two didn't know that at this time, the queen Jiang Zitong in their mouths was very unsatisfactory.

Under Hu Yumei's constant urging, her hatred for Su Daji is getting heavier and heavier. But four months have passed, and she has never had a chance to attack Su Daji. This feeling of helplessness also made her emotionally unstable.

It stands to reason that she is the queen of the dynasty, and Su Daji is just a mere nine concubines, in the past, she had a hundred ways to make Su Daji die without a place to be buried.

But now is different from the past, aside from the favor of the king of Shang, now she has become a psychopath that may attack at any time in the eyes of others.

As for the methods behind the scenes, such as poisoning, hehe, what Su Daji eats is all dishes made by herself, and what she drinks is made by herself, and the things made by the imperial chef in the palace are not looked down on at all, if you want to poison others, unless you open your mouth and pour it hard. With this ability, why did she need to poison?

Not only is Queen Jiang becoming more and more irritable, but Hu Yumei is also becoming more and more impatient.

It's been almost a year since she entered the palace, but the task has never progressed, as long as Su Da is there, she can only hide in the palace, and she doesn't know what year and month she can get close to King Shang. finally charmed the queen, but she was helpless against Su Daji. If it goes on like this, does it have to survive Su Daji to carry out the plan?

I knew that I wouldn't enter the palace, Su Daji was only seventeen years old, and it was more difficult to survive her than to survive the fifty-year-old Jiang Huanchu. In case he accidentally survived until the prince of Shang died of natural causes, would Nuwa Niangniang's revenge be avenged, or was it not avenged?

As a result, the anxiety in her heart became more and more serious.