Although Uncle Shen was politely refused, he would not return to his home because of this, and the question of alliance with Qizhou or Chuzhou was related to the long-term interests of whether the dynasty could unify the world, and he must persuade the empress dowager to support his proposition.

"Please tell the Queen Mother that the matter is very important, I will not affect her rest, and I will end it soon."

The old eunuch had no choice but to go back to report, and after a while, the old eunuch came out again and bowed and saluted: "Xiangguo, the Queen Mother announced that you will go to the bullfighting hall to meet you!" ”

Uncle Shen Guo was in good spirits, as long as the Queen Mother was willing to see him, he had the opportunity to persuade the Queen Mother to support his plan, but Uncle Shen Guo couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart, the Queen Mother saw him in the Bullfighting Palace, which was the place where the Huaqing Palace held a small court meeting, very formal, and seeing him there meant that this was the opinion of the monarch and the minister, not the view of the brothers and sisters.

Uncle Shen followed the old eunuch to the bullfighting hall, waited outside the hall for a while, and only heard a eunuch preach loudly: "The queen mother has a will, Xuan Xiangguo Shen Qin will meet you!" ”

Uncle Shen sorted out his clothes and walked into the hall quickly, on the jade steps, the Queen Mother Shen was dressed in court clothes, sitting in a precarious position, and had been waiting for him for a long time.

Uncle Shen hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Minister Shen Qin sees the Queen Mother, and wishes the Queen Mother a thousand years old!" ”

"Xiangguo is exempt from courtesy, give a seat!"

Two palace maids moved a chair, "Thank you Empress Dowager!" Uncle Shen got up and sat down.

Empress Dowager Shen smiled slightly: "Xiangguo is so obsessed with seeing the mourning family, but what is the important thing?" ”

Uncle Shen Guo had already thought about it, so he said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the minister wants to discuss with the Queen Mother the strategy of destroying the puppet emperor." ”

"What is Sangkook's good strategy?" Empress Dowager Shen still said plainly.

"The minister's strategy is very simple, unite Chuzhou, fight the puppet emperor, Yongzhou's army will attack Yuzhou, and Chuzhou's army will attack Jingzhou, so that Jingzhou's northern aid can be cut off, and Yongzhou's Xiliang thorn can be removed, our army won a big victory in Jinzhou, Huangfu Heng's troops have been insufficient, with Yongzhou's 500,000 army, west out of Tongguan, north to Jinzhou, Luojing's army will be defeated, and the emperor Fu Hengzhi can be waited, and the joint Qizhou, the minister thinks that it is to lure the wolf into the room, and Yongzhou can destroy Yuzhou with his own strength, there is really no need to eat with the king of Qi."

"Xiangguo, what if King Qi and Huangfu Heng are united? According to the mourning family, Luo Qiyu, the wife and brother of the king of Qi, should have been condemned to death, but he escaped because of Huang Fuheng's intercession, which shows that Huang Fuheng and the king of Qi still have a relationship, if we form an alliance with the king of Chu, and Huang Fuheng and the king of Qi form an alliance, we attack Yuzhou, and the king of Qi takes the opportunity to invade Jinzhou from Youzhou, what should we do? ”

"Queen Mother, at that time, you can ask the 200,000 troops of Xiliang to enter Jinzhou to resist Qi through the pass, so that their two armies can kill each other, and then our backstab can also disappear, isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"

Empress Dowager Shen changed color, whether the Xiliang Army went to Guannei Road or entered Jinzhou, it was all her controlled territory, let her make sacrifices?

"Sangkook, don't you think your suggestion is ridiculous?"

"Queen Mother, this is a good strategy, it is by no means ridiculous....."

"Enough!"

Before he could finish speaking, Empress Dowager Shen interrupted him, she took out a thin pigeon letter, and said coldly to Uncle Shen: "Do you know why the mourning family is willing to meet you again?" Because the mourning family has just received a piece of information, the empress dowager has announced to the world that Huangfu Wujin is the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, and Huangfu Heng of Luojing has also made a decree to recognize Huangfu Wujin as the grandson of Emperor Jin'an, Xiangguo, do you think it is necessary for us to discuss the union of Chuzhou again? ”

．．．．．．． The official confirmation of the identity of Huangfu Wujin by the Empress Dowager and Emperor Dongning not only caused a sensation in the world, but also triggered a fierce debate within the Yongjing leadership about the alliance, Shen Ji's support for the Empress Dowager Shen, and the hostility of the young emperor Huangfu Tian to Huangfu Wujin, which ultimately made Shen's uncle's plan to form an alliance with Chuzhou fail.

The high-level leaders of Yongzhou set a plan for Bai Mingkai to form an alliance with Qizhou and attack Yuzhou, and the Empress Dowager Shen immediately sent Gao Heng, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, as the minister of the Qincha, and rushed to Qizhou to discuss the detailed plan of the joint attack on Yuzhou with the Emperor Fu of Qi.

When night fell, in the Bai Shangshu Mansion of Xuanrenfang, Bai Mingkai, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, he was thinking about a major event, and at the same time gambling on a life choice of his own.

Today he participated in the military conference attended by seven important ministers, as well as the queen mother and the emperor, the meeting not only set the national policy of forming an alliance with Qizhou, but also discussed the specific time for the two sides to send troops, in mid-August, this is the time set by Shenji, Yongzhou will mobilize 400,000 troops to attack Luojing, but also hope that the king of Qi will send troops from the east to cooperate, and the two sides will attack Yuzhou together.

At this time, Bai Mingkai thought of his daughter Bai Miao'er, Bai Miao'er still lived in Liangwang's Mansion, and was sympathetic and loved by the Empress Dowager, which brought great relief to Bai Mingkai, and one thing that made him even happier was that Su Xun might re-accept Bai Miao'er as the daughter-in-law of the Su family, and Su Han, the princess of Liang, would be the matchmaker, Su Xun's eldest grandson Su Yu married Bai Miao'er, Su Yu's wife died in childbirth three years ago, and she never remarried.

If that's the case, he will have to reconsider his position, Bai Mingkai sighed softly, and finally made a decision, he immediately sat down and wrote a letter, calling his butler.

"You go to Pingkangfang, find Yu Yongqing, the second steward of Chufeng Tea House, and give him this letter, remember, it must be handed over to him personally."

The housekeeper nodded, took the letter and left, Bai Mingkai sighed for a while, he did this by himself, he was indeed guilty of the trust of the Queen Mother, and his heart was full of a sense of guilt.

．．．．．．． The housekeeper of Baifu is surnamed Wang, he used to be Bai Mingkai's scholar, he has been with him for 30 years, and he has always been his confidant, he took this letter, took a carriage to Pingkangfang, found the famous Chufeng Tea House, walked to the door, he saw a man who looked like a nurse patrolling back and forth at the door of the tea house, so he stepped forward and smiled: "Excuse me, I want to find the second steward of your village, is he there?" ”

The man glanced at him, "Do you know the full name of the second steward?" ”

"It seems to be called Yu Yongqing, right?"

The man nodded, "You wait, I'll report it!" ”

Yu Yongqing has been in Yongjing for more than a month, has gradually established a complete set of intelligence system, he brought more than 20 subordinates are very effective, active in all corners of Yongjing, they collect all kinds of intelligence every day, send it to Jiangning Mansion through pigeon letters.

But Yu Yongqing after all, they have not been here for a long time, and it is difficult to break into the Yongjing officialdom and get more confidential information, in the past two days, one of his subordinates met a brother-in-law of the generalissimo Shen Ji through wine and meat, this person is called Jiang Qing, his sister is Shen Ji's tenth concubine, quite favored by Shen Ji, and this Jiang Qing is addicted to gambling, Yu Yongqing is thinking about how to use his weakness to control him in his own hands.

"Head, there's someone out there looking for you!"

A report from his subordinates came from the door, "Someone who came knows your real name, and you are a middle-aged man who looks like a housekeeper." ”

Yu Yongqing's heart moved, there are not many people in Yongjing who know his real name, except for the big shopkeeper of the tea house and his subordinates, the other person is Bai Mingkai, could it be Bai Mingkai's housekeeper?

He immediately instructed his subordinates: "Take him to the guest room of the tea house and wait for me!" ”

Yu Yongqing also got up and went downstairs, he walked to the guest room in the tea house to talk about big business, and saw this middle-aged man sitting there drinking tea, so he smiled and said: "Let this distinguished guest wait for a long time, in the next Yu Yongqing, may I ask what Mr. is..."

Steward Wang was very cautious, he didn't know Yu Yongqing, and he wouldn't easily hand over the master's letter to this person, he also asked with a smile: "Your Excellency said that you are Yu Yongqing, but what evidence is there?" ”

Yu Yongqing smiled, walked over to him and sat down, took out a silver medal from his waist, and gently put it on the table, "Sir, please look!" ”

There are three words on the silver medal: 'Yu Yongqing!' Steward Wang believed it, and it was too late to come again, so he took out the letter in his arms and handed it to Yu Yongqing, "This is a letter from my lord to you, he is the secretary of the criminal department, you should know him." ”

"Yes, the first thing I saw in Yongjing was to see Bai Shangshu."

"Okay, you take the letter, and I'll take my leave!"

Steward Wang got up and arched his hand, then said goodbye and left, Yu Yongqing took the letter and walked back to his room on the fifth floor, he carefully opened the letter, read it, and was secretly surprised in his heart, Yongjing will officially form an alliance with the King of Qi, and agreed to attack Yuzhou in mid-August, this is definitely an extremely important piece of information, Yu Yongqing thought about it, there are still nearly two months of time, it is more abundant, he can't send this letter back in the way of pigeon letters, he must send Bai Mingkai's original letter back to Chuzhou.

Yu Yongqing called a capable subordinate and handed the letter to him: "You should send this letter back to Chuzhou immediately and hand it over to His Highness, the matter is very important, and you must not be careless or delayed on the road." ”

"Please rest assured, general, within seven days, I will definitely deliver the letter to His Highness."

Yu Yongqing sat down slowly, thinking secretly: "If there is a big war in August, he must also strengthen the acquisition of military intelligence here." ’

......... "Born!" Raw! ”

With a loud 'Wow! Wow! A loud cry sounded, and the two midwives in the delivery room shouted happily, "Congratulations to the princess, it's a son!" ”

On the delivery bed, Su Han, who was sweating profusely and her face was pale, showed a smile of relief, God finally favored her and let her get a son.

She commanded in a very weak voice: "Please tell the lord the good news, and also inform the empress dowager!" ”

"Congratulations, master, the princess gave birth to a son, and the mother and son are safe!"

The sound of the annunciation echoed in the palace, and the deafening sound of firecrackers outside the palace rang out..... On June 20, on the day that Huangfu Wujin received Bai Mingkai's handwritten letter, his wife Su Han finally gave birth to a five-pound son, and the mother and son were safe.

The birth of the child also made Su Xun, who had been tense, breathe a long sigh of relief, Su Han gave birth to a son, which means that Wujin's eldest son was born.

For Huangfu Wujin, the birth of his second son certainly made him overjoyed, but this happy event only gave him a day of rest, and Bai Mingkai's letter forced him to put more energy into the upcoming war.

(To be continued)