When Wu Yingying led the army to return to Jinling at night, the snow outside the city had just melted, and the banks of the Yangtze River were muddy.

There was already a fast horse to transmit the news of this victory back to Changde Palace, Cai Yu was so happy that he danced with joy at first glance, not to mention that he could still annihilate Wu Yue's army under the pressure of such a large army, even in the heyday of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wu Yueguo was also defeated and won less, not to mention the battle to kill the king of money. If it weren't for the fact that there were still 50,000 elite Song troops outside the city, Cai Yu would almost immediately order Wu Yingying and Yu Yan to lead the army to attack Yuhang, and pull out Wu Yueguo's henchmen in one fell swoop. Hearing that Wu Yingying had returned to the city, Cai Yu could order the edict of the inner temple to order Wu Yingying to enter the palace immediately to meet him, and he wanted to listen to Wu Yingying personally tell him about the battle.

After Wu Yingying finished speaking for a long time, Cai Yu didn't say a word, and imagined the scene of the Tang army urging the enemy army to break through the grass like a storm, "In the autumn when the country is in danger of survival, it is a great luck to have brave generals like Wu Qing, General Xin and General Yu. He looked at Wu Yingying and Xin Gu, the commander of the Left Army of the Divine Guard who was ordered to go to the temple to face the king, and as he spoke, he actually stepped down from the throne and bowed down to thank Wu Yingying and Xin Gu.

Wu Yingying didn't expect Cai Yu, as the king of a country, to be so courteous to his courtiers, so he hurriedly stood up and said: "It is the duty of the ministers to eat the king's fortune and be loyal to the king." Xin Gu also stood up, Cai Yu took the hands of the two of them, his eyes were warm, and he smiled: "The wind knows the grass, the Bandang knows the Chengchen, and the Tang Dynasty Zhongxing will fall on you and my monarchs." Wu Yingying and Xin Gu hurriedly bowed and said yes.

Wu Qiao, the political envoy of Zuo Guang, who was accompanying him, also said: "Wu Yue Qian Jiao gave the head, and solved the great trouble of our court, and the army of the Song State will inevitably be independent." Recently, the Song army has greatly reduced its activities outside the city due to the cold weather and the lack of food and grass, and the old minister thought that once the news of the enemy's annihilation on the east road spread, the Song army would definitely lose heart, and the retreat was just around the corner. ”

Cai Yu was in a very good mood, and laughed and said: "The soldiers of the Song army are pressing the border, and this year's opening of the branch has also been delayed." Now that my dynasty has won a great victory, I will re-open the two subjects of Ming Jing and Jinshi in May, and select materials for the country, how about Wu Xiang and Xu Xiangyi?"

In Wu Qiao's dedication to the battlefield, Xu Xian's single-minded pursuit of peace, it was indispensable for the two of them to open a branch and take a scholar, so they leaned over and said yes together.

Cai Yu saw that the two old ministers had no objection to his proposal, and he was in a good mood, and suddenly remembered that he had just mentioned it, and said with a smile: "Lone still has a family matter to inform the two elders, the scholar lady Shi Huang is outstanding in literature, has a delicate character, and wants to be named a protector to assist Empress Zhou in taking charge of the harem, the two elders have no objections, right?"

This matter is indeed as Cai Yu said, it is an emperor's family matter, Cai Yu was in a good mood for a while before he came out to ask for the opinions of the two old ministers, and it was not as important as canonizing the queen, and the two prime ministers naturally claimed to congratulate him.

But Wu Yingying's ears were like a thunderbolt from the blue, and Guy Huang Wen's promotion to Baoyi was regarded as an official concubine, not only was there no hope of leaving the palace, but it was very likely that she would be favored by Cai Yu.

Wu Yingying immediately knelt down and said, "This matter must not be done!"

When he said this, Cai Yu, Xu Xian, and Wu Qiao looked at him in surprise, and they didn't know why he would oppose this matter.

Wu Yingying's mind was chaotic, and he said loudly: "At present, the army of the Song Kingdom has not retreated, but Your Majesty is obsessed with women and has set up concubines, which is afraid of chilling the hearts of the soldiers." ”

Cai Yu looked at him and said strangely: "Lone is not a folk beauty pageant, the Huang family is a female history in the palace, how can it be called an addiction to women, and how can it chill the hearts of soldiers?"

Wu Yingying was dumbfounded, but Prime Minister Xu Xian scolded loudly: "Wu Yingying, how can you put your beak in this harem matter? Do you think you can fly and dominate when you make great contributions to the country?"

Seeing that Wu Yingying clenched his fists and was still about to argue, Zuo Guangzheng envoy Wu Qiao hurriedly pressed his arm and said: "Your Majesty, presumably General Wu has just come down from the battlefield, his mind is undecided, and he has been speechless, and the old minister begs His Majesty to allow him to go back to rest immediately." ”

Cai Yu looked at Wu Yingying, who was full of anger, only to feel that this person suddenly became unreasonable, and waved Wu Qiao to take him down.

Seeing Wu Qiao and Wu Yingying walking away, Xu Xian suddenly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The old minister is bold, impeached the Shenwei Du Yuhou, and led the Jinling beacon fire to make Wu Yingying have a heart of disobedience!"

Cai Yu looked at him even more surprised, and said with a smile: "Elder Xu Ge, General Wu is indeed a little reckless, but as Wu Xiang said, it is just that he has no words, and it is too much to say that he has a heart of disobedience." ”

Xu Xian still knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Not only that, the old minister has solid evidence, and this son does have the heart of disobedience." First, the salary of the Shenwei New Army is much higher than that of the imperial court, so the Shenwei soldiers are only obeyed by Lord Wu's orders, and they don't know that there is His Majesty. Second, Your Majesty can know that General Xin, who beheaded the king of Qian, broke away without authorization after being assigned to the camp in Chizhou, and led hundreds of soldiers to join Wu Hero. Third, Wu Yingying's words are not a time, the old minister has heard people's words, this son said, in the future, there will be a kind of Xiangning, and the way, the world's soldiers and horses are strong. ”

Cai Yu listened to Xu Xian's report, his face became more and more pale, and he said in a low voice: "Treating Wu Hero alone is not thin, with the newly attached person in Jiangbei, he has been to the Divine Guard Duyu Marquis for a year, which is unprecedented, how can he be lonely?"

Xu Xian raised his head, looked at Cai Yu's eyes, and said in a low voice: "Martial artists are all unruly people, and the Zhou family treats Zhao Kuangyin more generously than His Majesty treats Wu Yingying, what happened?" Cai Yu lowered his head and fell into deep thought, muttering, "No." Wu Qingzhong is brave and willing, and he will not fail me. ”

Xu Xian saw that he still couldn't believe that Wu Yingying would rebel, and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to defend people. That Wu Hero is in charge of the Divine Guard, and he also leads the Jinling Beacon Envoy Yamen, the power is too great, once it turns into elbows and armpits, it is impossible to resist, and he should try to divide it. ”

Cai Yu raised his head and asked expressionlessly, "What should I do?"

Xu Xian looked around, only the attendants Xu Yuanli and Diao Yan were on the side, and said in a deep voice: "The old minister heard that Wu Yingying's right-hand man, one of them is Xin Gu, the commander of the left army, and the other is Xiao Jiu, the commander of the right army, who has been guarding Changzhou for seven days. ”

"Oh?" Cai Yu looked at Xu Xian thoughtfully, in the brightly lit study, Xu Xian's face looked cloudy and uncertain in the flickering of the lamps and candles, and said: "Xin Gu and Xiao Jiu have made great contributions this time, you might as well order Xiao Jiu to lead the Changzhou regiment training envoy, lead the Shenwei right army to Changzhou, Xin Gujia lead the Runzhou regiment training envoy, and lead the Shenwei left army to run in Runzhou." Wu Yingying worshiped the Zhu State and crowned the envoy of the Wuchang Army. In this way, it not only rewarded the heroes, but also kept Wu Yingying's henchmen and troops away from Jinling, which can get the best of both worlds. ”

Cai Yu listened attentively to Xu Xian's suggestion and asked, "If the Divine Guard Army is transferred, won't the Jinling City Defense be empty?"

Xu Xian nodded and patiently explained: "Your Majesty thought that this section is very crucial, and the old minister has also thought about it carefully. After the expansion of the Tiande army, there are 30,000 soldiers who can fight, and this time there are 20,000 foot soldiers from the Tiande army who hunted Changzhou in Wuyue Wanghui, which shows that its combat power is also considerable, and it can be crowned as the commander of the Shenwu capital Yu Marquis and Tiande Du Hu Ze is the Xuanzhou Jiedu envoy, so that he is fully responsible for the defense of Jinling. At the same time, since Heiyun has already returned to help, you might as well add Yu Yan as the envoy of Chengde Festival, and order him to lead the Heiyun Long Sword into Jinling to deter the armies. ”

Cai Yu listened to him very organized, so he nodded, and Xu Xian continued: "In this way, then the three armies of Tiande, Heiyun, and Lingbo, including the Divine Guard, are foreign aid, and the partial-born Wu Hero also bears the responsibility and power of the Jinling Beacon Envoy, and must stay in Jinling, waiting for the hostage, so as to ensure that his subordinates come when they are summoned for something, and leave when they have nothing to reward." "There was a lot of smugness in the words.

Cai Yu hesitated: "I think Wu Qing has always been a person, do you really need to guard against him like this?"

Xu Xian affirmed: "The dynasty has added an official to him, if this son is really innocent, what else can he say." Moreover, Bai Lotian Shiyun: After Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time. Who knows if Wu Yingying is really loyal to Sheji, if His Majesty feels that he does not have the heart to spy on the artifact of the temple in the future, he might as well return his military power. ”

Seeing that Xu Xian had moved out all the artifacts of the temple, Cai Yu had no choice but to nod helplessly and said: "In this way, it depends on Xu Xiang, but the soldiers who go out this time need to be rewarded, and the hearts of the soldiers must not be cold." ”

Xu Xian nodded and said that he was retiring.

Cai Yu sat alone in the study and pondered for a long time, suddenly felt thirsty, and shouted softly: "Tea." But no one answered beside him, he looked up and saw that there was no one waiting for him left and right, just in case he remembered that today Zhou Hou called Wenfang's daughter Shi Huang Wen to his side to Xiao Yi's concubine, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, Zhou's sister is similar, beautiful and jealous, he has never been allowed to get close to other women in the palace, I don't know why he took the initiative to add the Huang family this time, or not, even if Baoyi is sealed, she is still in charge of the study, but the foreign minister Jin has to pay attention to avoidance.

When Cai Yu was thinking about it, Zhou Hou looked at Huang Wen kneeling in front of him with wide eyes, and said in surprise: "Sister, do you know how many sisters in the harem want to be promoted to concubine, but I only want to be with you, you don't want to?"

Huang Wen looked up, saw that there was no one left and right, and choked up: "Thank you for the queen's appreciation, but I also have my heart, I just hope to be able to go out to reunite with him in the future, and ask the queen to be gracious." "She committed such a dangerous and rebellious thing, just hoping that Zhou Hou would be able to change her mind.

Zhou Hou stared at her red and swollen eyes, and sighed: "Who is this person?" Seeing Huang Wen biting her lips and only crying, she said, "I didn't expect you to die." It is a pity that I have reported this matter to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty has decreed that there is no room for change. ”

Seeing Huang Wen's despair and collapse to the ground, she felt sympathy in her heart, but she could only say ruthlessly: "It's all my daughter's family, and I have also had the feeling of belonging to my heart." It's just a sister, since you are a concubine, and that person is a monarch and a minister, whether he is a young general or a talented man, he has nothing to do with you in this life. ”