Early in the morning, Uncle Shen Guo got urgent information that Liu Hanzhang of Youzhou surrendered to Huangfu Wujin, although this result was expected by Uncle Shen, but when it really arrived, it still made Uncle Shen feel an inexplicable palpitation.

Today is the rest of the dynasty, these days Uncle Shen Guo because of continuous overwork, and a little sick, he wants to steal a little free, today a little rest, but the emergency information in Youzhou, so that he can no longer rest, he wants to go to see the young emperor immediately.

Uncle Shen Guo changed into court clothes, walked quickly to the carriage in the courtyard, and just walked to the carriage, he saw a little butler running in in a panic, his face sank, and he said unhappily: "What's going on, so panicked?" ”

"Master, someone from Shuzhou is here, saying that there is important news to report."

Uncle Shen Guo only felt a headache, the matter in Youzhou has not been dealt with yet, and Shuzhou has come with intelligence again, could it be that Huangfu Wujin has attacked Shuzhou again? It's unlikely to think about it, maybe it's something else.

"Where are the people? Let him come to me. ”

After a while, a man who reported the news walked in and bowed down, "The lowly position is Wang Ping, the county lieutenant of Zigui County, Badong County, and the lowly post has come to report to Xiangguo, many people have come from Jiangning Mansion, all of whom are members of the Shen family, as well as Shen Yuan, the assassin of Guangling County, and Shen Qiwu, the young Yin of Jiangning Mansion, this is Shen Shaoyin's letter to Xiangguo." ”

As he spoke, the county lieutenant took out a letter and presented it to Uncle Shen Guo, who was stunned for a long time, and slowly took the letter, only to see that the cover was written 'Father personally opened', which was his son's handwriting, he felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and quickly opened the letter and hurriedly read it.

Uncle Shen never dreamed that Huangfu Wujin would send his son Shen Qiwu and all the children of the Shen family in Jiangning Mansion to Shuzhou, men and women, old people and children, a total of seventy or eighty people, including his three uncles and two aunts and uncles, and even Shen Yuan, the assassin of Guangling, was also sent back.

The Shen family is a big family, except for a small part in Yongjing, all the others are in the old house of Jiangning Mansion, after Huangfu Wujin launched a mutiny in Jiangning Mansion, the whole Shen Mansion was detained by Huangfu Wujin, this has always been a matter of Uncle Shen Guo's heart, but I didn't expect that they were all released, which made Uncle Shen Guo's heart happy and confused, why did Huangfu Wujin do this?

But now Uncle Shen Guo didn't want to think more for the time being, the key was the safety of his family, so he hurriedly asked, "Where are they now?" ”

"They set off ten days ago, when they had just arrived in Zigui County, and now it is estimated that they should also be on their way to Yongjing, because Shen Shaoyin and Shen Tingshi both insisted on returning to Yongjing immediately."

Uncle Shen Guo's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly instructed the housekeeper, "Take this county lieutenant Wang to rest, and reward him with five hundred taels of silver." ”

"Thank you for the reward!"

County Lieutenant Wang was overjoyed, gave a deep salute, and followed the housekeeper down.

The release of his family only brought a moment of comfort to Uncle Shen, but the emperor's northward march was like a boulder weighing heavily on his heart, and he boarded the carriage and headed towards the palace.

The carriage was escorted by a hundred guards, speeding on the street to the palace, and in the carriage, Uncle Shen Guo seemed to be in a very heavy mood, and the scene he didn't want to see finally happened, and the emperor Wujin marched to the Central Plains.

Originally, according to his strategy, it was best to form a situation of confrontation between the north and the south of the two emperors, so that Huangfu Wujin ascended the throne in the south, and Huangfu Tian was proclaimed emperor in the north.

In this way, it is necessary to form an alliance with Huangfu Wujin, and he can even cede Shuzhou to Huangfu Wujin and let the Xiliang army go south, but now, Huangfu Wujin crossed the Huai River and marched to Qizhou, and his plan was completely frustrated.

Uncle Shen was extremely annoyed by Empress Dowager Shen's strategy of trying to ally with the King of Qi, what is the King of Qi, he could not threaten the throne of Yongjing at all, the real threat is Huangfu Wujin, he is the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, the son of Prince Tianfeng, and with the support of the Empress Dowager, he competes for the name of the world.

It can be seen from the exodus of Luojing officials and the fact that most of the officials went south to Chuzhou and Jingzhou, and many people still regard the Jin'an Emperor as orthodox in their hearts.

Uncle Shen sighed secretly, these Luojing officials would rather flee to Chuzhou than come to Yongzhou, which also shows a serious fact, that is, they no longer recognize the orthodoxy of Yongjing, and Uncle Shen Guo also heard the dissatisfaction of some officials, Yongjing is already the Shen dynasty, and is no longer the Daning dynasty.

Although Uncle Shen Guo didn't want this kind of thing to happen, he also had to admit that there was a reason for this dissatisfaction, Yongjing's military, political, and imperial power were all controlled by the Shen family, especially Shen Ji was canonized as the king of Qin, and the voice of this dissatisfaction was even more boiling, and it was impossible to hide it.

But in addition to being worried, Uncle Shen was also helpless, the combination of Empress Dowager Shen and Shen Ji had far surpassed him, and what annoyed him even more was that Li Lingfeng, the head of Lingwu who had an army of 80,000, ignored how he tried to win him over, but Empress Dowager Shen only promised to crown him the king of Lingwu County, and he took refuge in Empress Dowager Shen, making Empress Dowager Shen stronger.

If she is allowed to swell her power in this way, Uncle Shen even doubts that his sister will follow Wu Zetian's example and ascend to the throne.

When the carriage arrived in front of the Danfeng Gate, he got out of the carriage, walked directly into the palace gate, and headed towards the North Pole Palace, now he only has to open a way out from the young emperor, after all, this young emperor is a person with a little brain.

Huangfu Tian has also stopped attending classes in the past few days, and the changes caused by Huangfu Wujin's attack on Qizhou also made him feel worried.

Although Huangfu Tian did not have the power to decide the strategic layout, he supported the queen mother this time, the reason was that the threat of King Qi was far less than that of Huangfu Wujin, since he heard that Huangfu Wujin was the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, he hated Huangfu Wujin extremely much in his heart, and this hatred was also a kind of fear.

At this time, Huangfu Tian was discussing the current situation with his two henchmen, Zhou Qilun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Xu Yun, the current teacher, Zhou Qilun turned out to be the prince of Chu, and after Huangfu Tian ascended the throne as the young emperor, he was named the secretary of the Ministry of Rites by Empress Shen, and Xu Yun, a scholar of Hanlin University, was the teacher assigned to Huangfu Tian by the former emperor Fu Xuande, and taught Huangfu Tian for five years.

These two people are the most trusted people in Huangfu Tian, and at this critical moment, he can only consult with these two people.

"Two masters, Huangfu Wujin has taken Qizhou, I am indeed very worried about his future development momentum, to be honest, I am not worried about the King of Qi, only worried about him, the Empress Dowager is in his hands, if the Empress Dowager recognizes him as orthodox, the situation will be very unfavorable for me, what should I do now?"

Zhou Qilun and Xu Yun glanced at each other, in fact, the two of them had a tacit understanding in advance, Xu Yun said slowly: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about why a large number of Luojing officials fled to the south instead of fleeing to Guanzhong?" ”

"I also said just now that he is the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, and the Empress Dowager is in Chuzhou, which will make many people think that he is orthodox, I think about it, it should be a reason."

Xu Yun shook his head, "Not exactly. ”

He took out two oranges with the same appearance from the jade plate on the table, put them in front of Huangfu Tian, and asked: "Your Majesty, these two oranges are like you and Huangfu Wujin, even if he is the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, but you are the concubine of the first emperor, the first emperor is also orthodox, he has the support of the Empress Dowager, but you also have the support of the Empress Dowager, now he is only King Liang, and His Majesty has ascended the throne as the emperor, His Majesty's advantage is greater than him, but now why do Luojing officials choose him instead of Your Majesty?" What happened to these two oranges differently? ”

Huangfu Tian was silent, waiting for the master to solve his doubts, Xu Yun picked up the ink on the table and splashed it on one of the oranges, suddenly one orange became dark and ugly, while the other orange was still bright and attractive, he pointed to the orange that splashed ink and said: "The reason is here, now Your Majesty is no longer the orange just now, and has become like this, just ask, who still wants to choose it?" ”

Huangfu Tian was very smart, he already understood what the teacher meant, and he said in a low voice: "This ink is the Shen family." ”

Xu Yun said without hesitation: "Yes! Your Majesty is absolutely right. ”

At this time, Zhou Qilun next to him also sighed in a low voice: "Your Majesty may not know in the deep palace, the minister is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and deals with courtiers every day, most of the high-ranking officials have a city government, and they won't say anything, but the middle and lower-level officials are talking about it, and they are dissatisfied with the Shen family's control of the government and military power, especially the Queen Mother's canonization of Shen Ji as the King of Qin, which caused public anger, everyone said, this is the reappearance of the Lu clan in the early Han Dynasty, Shen Ji is Lu Lu, and the courtiers of Yongjing are still like this, not to mention the people of the world, the minister of Luojing naturally chooses Huangfu Wujin. ”

Huangfu Tian was silent, for a long time, he sighed lowly, "Last month, I went to visit the queen mother and had dinner with her. ”

Zhou Qilun and Xu Yun were taken aback at the same time, "Your Majesty, is there really such a thing?" ”

"The queen mother is just joking, maybe she can't take it seriously." Huangfu Tian's voice was very low, he didn't have any confidence at all, he remembered that his mother asked himself with a serious face, where was the slightest joke.

Pope Xu Yun Fu Tian has been studying for five years, getting along day and night, and knows him very well, looking at him like this, I'm afraid it's not as simple as joking, Xu Yun said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you must have a clear attitude, not ambiguous, not ambiguous, otherwise, it will give the Shen family a fluke, Your Majesty, Weichen asked you, are you willing?" Are you willing to change your surname to Shen for the sake of this throne? ”

Huangfu Tian's eyes showed a look of determination, and he said angrily: "I am the descendant of Emperor Daning, and I am the dignified emperor's concubine. ”

Zhou Qilun nodded, "As long as Your Majesty is determined, the minister is willing to serve the ancestor of the Zhou family, Zhou Bo, rejuvenate the royal family, punish the Shen family, and serve His Majesty to the death!" ”

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Shen has an urgent matter to see!" ”

Huangfu Tian looked at the two masters, and Xu Yun said in a deep voice: "You can listen to his words, but you can't trust them." ”

Zhou Qilun also sneered, "The struggle for power within the Shen family cannot be equated with the struggle for power in the country. ”

(To be continued)