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There is still more than an hour before dawn, but Queen Xiao Meiniang has already woken up.

With her eyes closed, she leaned back on the heavy draped bed, and fell into boundless sorrow in the soft brocade quilt.

These days, only in the two hours when she sleeps extremely tired every day can she get a moment of relief. This past time is really a terrible memory that will never be erased for her.

Just after the New Year, her husband was removed from the position of commander of the Northern Expedition and confined to the palace because of the suspicion of the assassination of his grandson. Finally cleared, she breathed a sigh of relief and followed her husband to Bingzhou to take office. At that time, her husband asked her to stay, but she couldn't rest assured that her husband had just experienced a heavy blow at that time, and she wanted to accompany him more to comfort him. As soon as you leave the capital, you will not get liberation, but greater bad luck will come. Gaozu was killed, and her husband immediately fled from Hedong with her, disguised as a merchant along the way, and finally returned to Yangzhou in fear, and finally, her husband took back the military power, and her husband was proclaimed emperor with the support of the soldiers, and she was named queen. At that time, she really thought that as her husband said, the dust would quickly fall to the ground, and they would recapture the Jingshi, and then the Quartet would surrender. She believed in her husband, and even hid the grief and worry of her second son falling into the hands of Yang Xiu in Beijing.

She followed the army to the west, and after the New Year, she spent most of her time on the road. Rushed from the capital to Hedong and Zhou, fled from Hedong and Zhou to Yangzhou, and now "from Yangzhou to Guanzhong with the army." In just half a year, she has gone around in a big circle.

On the way to the march, she inevitably remembered the loving past with her husband.

Although the husband is the prince of the Great Sui. Although they have been married for more than ten years, they can rely on their gentleness, grace and beauty, as well as their cleverness and intelligence. For more than ten years, her husband's favor has been all in her. She bore two sons to her husband. It is also the husband's only two sons. Although the husband also accepted a few beautiful concubines later, it was more of a reward from the emperor and queen, and the husband's love was not transferred. She believed that her husband's love for her was sincere, and it was not because the emperor and queen hated men who were lustful and spoiled concubines that they were only good to her.

This affection made her cherish, and later she learned that before her husband married her, he had loved another woman and had a son with her. At that time. She was angry, she felt deceived, and she even thought about cursing to kill that vile bastard. But at that time, the husband assured himself that it was only an illegitimate child, and that his one would be inherited by their two sons in the future, and that there would not be a single cent of the illegitimate child.

When her husband Yangzhou was proclaimed emperor, her husband canonized the illegitimate son as the crown prince, and she was very sad. Her husband explained to her over and over again that it was just an expedient measure and so on, but she was really sad, and she didn't have the single-minded love for her husband that she used to have. She even felt that her husband didn't love her as much as she loved him, and she began to work hard for only one thing. That is to let his son get what belongs to him, a qiē.

Finally, the husband renamed their eldest son, Yang Zhao, as the crown prince. But it was only because the bastard rejected him. Seeing her husband's angry appearance, she was even a little faintly excited at that time. There was a sense of schadenfreude. It's just that it didn't take long for the rejoicing that revenge came. Her eldest son, Yang Zhao, who pinned all her hopes on. was actually killed by Yang Xiu, they killed Yang Zhao so cruelly, it is said that the spear stabbed him more than a dozen times, bleeding all over the ground, and finally cut off his head, passing on the head of the three armies. After hearing the news, she couldn't believe it, shocked, grieved, fainted sadly, and then cried heartbreakingly, and died.

The second son fell into the hands of Yang Xiu, and now the eldest son has been killed again, although she is still the queen, but what is the point of this, her two sons are gone. As a woman, although she is in her thirties, she still has a beautiful face and a healthy body, but she has no son. She was able to give birth, in addition to two sons, and two daughters. But can she have another son? The emperor's heirs have always been thin, and if they want to regenerate, they are afraid that it will be difficult, let alone give birth to a boy. Without her son, she would not have a qiē.

She even regretted helping her husband to compete for the favor of the emperor and empress over the years, to support her husband to win the heir, and even when Jinju heard that the emperor had died, she also resolutely supported her husband to immediately abandon his official position and flee Jinzhou and go south to Yangzhou. Regret, regret, incomparably regretful.

If they didn't leave at the beginning, then their son would still be in Yizhou now, and he wouldn't have his head cut off and carried around. Her husband will not be in a coma all the time, completely unable to serve the council, and his situation is worrying.

In Jiangling City, the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion is now a temporary palace, which is still magnificent, but it is far from worthy of an emperor and a queen.

After getting up, Xiao first went to the emperor's bedroom to visit her husband, who was now awake for only half of the day, and the rest of the time was asleep. The imperial doctors who accompanied the army said that the husband was frightened and angry, and he broke his heart, and after the New Year, he stopped running around on the road, and he used his mind excessively, and his body was weak, he suffered from the cold, and he was not accustomed to the water and soil, and he was affected by the bad news. When she passed, her husband was still asleep, and he had lost a lot of weight, and after sitting for a while, she came back. After eating a little porridge, the official day begins.

Xiao is a woman who loves beauty, and usually pays the most attention to all kinds of maintenance, which is why her two sons are married to wives, but she still has outstanding beauty and perfect body. She had to bathe every day, and she had to put fragrant flower petals in the water, as well as milk and pearl powder, which made her skin whiter and smoother. In addition, she has to drink two cups of milk every day in the morning and evening, not cow's milk, but fresh human milk.

The eldest son died, her husband was seriously ill, and she had no interest in dressing up. After a simple tidying up, she cheered up and started a new day of dealing with military affairs.

The current state of the husband has been strictly blocking the news, except for a few doctors of the husband and a few important ministers such as King Jing's father and son and Zhang Heng Duanda, no one knows about it, and no more than ten people know about it.

Even in addition to a few imperial doctors. Even important ministers such as King Jing and Zhang Heng were not entirely aware of the emperor's current situation. Empress Xiao only told them that the emperor was tired now and needed to recuperate, and he couldn't see many people. Outside matters are handled by them, and some important matters can be sent to the palace. After the emperor's instructions, they will be handed over to them to deal with according to the instructions.

But in fact, Yang Guang can't be a director at all now, and the so-called pieces that were sent in and handed over to the emperor for handling were actually sent to Xiao Shi in the end, and she handled them on her behalf. In the past, Xiao often helped her husband with official affairs, but more often than not, she was just a ghostwriter for her husband, and her husband said she wrote. Even because of this, she has also practiced a hand that can almost be used as a fake pseudo-husband's handwriting, not a serious observation. There was almost no difference.

However, Xiao Shi knew that this was not a long-term solution, King Jing and other important ministers had not seen the emperor for a long time, and they all began to speculate and doubt, and the soldiers in the army had not seen the emperor's shadow for a long time, and even now there were some rumors spreading in the army, if the emperor could no longer appear in public, I was afraid that the rumors would no longer be able to stop.

Today, King Jing's father and son, as well as Zhang Heng, Duan Da, Yu Wenshu, and Guo Yan, the six important ministers, entered the palace together to personally present important things to the emperor. Xiao couldn't stop it, so he had to come to entertain him in person.

Xun Wang Yang Hong. He is a cousin of Gaozu, who is intelligent by nature, has literary talent and martial arts, and has a good relationship with Gaozu. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he followed Gaozu many times to consult, and was promoted to the three divisions of Kaifu Yi because of his repeated meritorious service. When Gaozu was prime minister. Coupled with the opening of the mansion, the county of Yongkang was sealed. Later the Sui Dynasty was established. He was promoted to general and was enshrined as the Duke of Yongkang County. Soon he was named the king of Hejian, served as the general of the right guard, and was later promoted to the state of Zhu. In the third year of the emperor's reign, he led the army to attack the Turks as a marching marshal, and defeated the Turks as one of the eight counterattacks. Later, he served as the governor of Ningzhou and was promoted to Shangzhuguo, and his appearance as an official was excellent. A few years later, it was the history of Puzhou Thorn. Since then, he has been guarding this important passage in the east of the Kanto River, and whenever Yang Guang entered the court, he was ordered to replace Yang Guang to guard the place, so he was also very close to Yang Guang. There are four brothers from Gaozu, but it is better to have trust with Yang Hong, a cousin.

Yang Xiu usurped the throne and sent people to Jingzhou to reward Yang Hong to recruit him, but Yang Hong didn't pay attention to it at all. Yang Guang was proclaimed emperor in Yang Guang, Yang Hong immediately took the initiative to send someone to contact, and the above table was attached, Yang Guang was very happy and rewarded him. After Yang Lin betrayed him, Yang Guang immediately enshrined Yang Hong as the King of Jing, the Grand Governor of Jingzhou, the Right Servant of Shangshu, and the Taibao. And Yang Hong's son Yang Qing was named the king of Hejian and awarded the post of general of the left guard.

Yang Hong and his son are the landlords of Jingzhou, although there are not as many soldiers and horses as Yangzhou, but they are the head snakes.

The other four people, including Zhang Heng, were the emperor's most trusted people and confidants in the old mansion. They wanted to see the emperor, and it was impossible for Xiao to stop him.

As soon as Yang Hong and the other six people entered the conference hall, they couldn't help but be surprised when they saw Xiao Houwei sitting behind a bead curtain, and the main seat was vacant, and the emperor was not there, so they couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Please excuse yourself, you are all important ministers of the country, your majesty is a henchman, you don't have to be so polite." Xiao Meiniang smiled at the six people in front of her and said, "When I was in Yangzhou before, I often met, and there were no outsiders here. ”

When Yang Hong and the others heard this, they all got up and sat down. Xiao Meiniang instructed the palace maids standing on the left and right, "Serve tea to King Jing and several Your Excellencies." ”

The two palace maids brought six cups of tea with gilded copper plates, and the teacups were all made of celadon cups from the south of the Yangtze River, and the tequila from Yangzhou was brewed. With a wave of his hand, there were only two female officials left in the room, and the rest of the maids and eunuchs all retreated silently.

Yang Hong looked at the cup in front of him, pondered for a while, and asked, "Queen Mother, why does Your Majesty refuse to see your ministers?" ”

"It's not that His Majesty doesn't want to see you, but it's that His Majesty can't see you." Xiao Meiniang sighed and said, "Actually, I have been hiding it from you these days, Your Majesty is in poor health, the situation is not optimistic, most of the day is in a coma, and occasionally wakes up, and I don't have the energy to see people at all." ”

"Then the folds that have been sent to the palace these days and then reviewed again?" Zhang Heng asked.

Xiao Meiniang sighed again behind the curtain, "Actually, those are all written by the concubine in imitation of His Majesty's handwriting." ”

The six people outside were silent for a moment, no one thought that it would be such a situation, and the matter was already so strict.

"What do the doctors say?"

"It's not good, Your Majesty must recuperate."

As soon as Xiao Meiniang's words were finished, Duan Da couldn't wait to say, "But which one will deal with this important matter of the imperial court and military state?" Queen, the situation is not optimistic. That traitor Liang Gang was very difficult, and he scattered with tens of thousands of horses, gathering and scattering, and it was elusive and difficult to grasp. They attacked the prefectures and counties everywhere, plundered and burned grain and grass, and the morale of the army had a great impact. But it's too hard to surround them. We all want to ask the emperor for a plan. ”

"The soldiers will block, the water will flood, nothing more than that, leading the troops to fight, that is your forte, you can discuss this matter and make up your own mind." Shaw Road.

However, if you want to solve Liang Gang, you must scatter all the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling, lay out a net, and surround it on all sides. But this matter of mobilizing troops and horses must be agreed by His Majesty. We also went to a few requests for soldiers before, but they were all left in the middle and there was no reply. Guo Yan continued.

Of course, Xiao Shi knows those few twists and turns, although she reviews the folds on behalf of Yang Guang, she can also imitate the handwriting to confuse the truth, and the matter of adjusting the army, how dare she make a claim as a woman, naturally she can't get it back.

"Now that you know the situation of Your Majesty, you can't disturb Your Majesty. In my opinion, this matter is decided by a few of you after deliberation, and you decide whether to fight or defend. ”

Zhang Heng said, "We must make a decision as soon as possible, if we can't cut through the chaos quickly, then we will stop here, and the morale of the army will be lost for a long time, and there will be no way to advance or retreat." ”

"Then first deploy troops to encircle and suppress those Yizhou rebels, and then send troops to attack the fortified positions and take the Beijing Division." Guo Yan said.

"So decide?" Yang Hong asked.

"Let's just decide, but Jiangling also has to leave soldiers and horses to guard His Majesty and the Empress." Zhang Heng said.

Xiao Meiniang thought about it, King Xun of Jingzhou is the most familiar, it is better to stay with him, besides, he is a clan, and his own family is more credible at this time. At that moment, it was proposed that King Jing would stay behind, and in the end, everyone unanimously agreed that Yang Hong would stay behind, and Yuwen Shu would assist in guarding, one was responsible for the soldiers and horses, and the other was in charge of the imperial court. Then Guo Yan was the chief commander, Duan Da was the deputy marshal, and Zhang Heng was the marching chief, and the Yangzhou army was divided into three routes, trying to find a way to surround and kill Liang Gang, completely solve them, and then raise troops to the west into Guanzhong.

"Then it's decided, and the troops will be sent tomorrow." Guo Yan couldn't wait to say. (To be continued......) R1292