Seven days later, the news of the emperor's death finally failed to stop, spread all over the world, and at the same time came the news of the disappearance of the protector of the country and the Manchu Dynasty, there was no one in the court, and the military power of the Beijing division was quickly controlled by Concubine Xiang, that is, the legendary demon concubine, and the day after the news of the emperor's death came out, under the recommendation of a group of confidants and courtiers, his son ascended the throne, and Concubine Xiang was behind the scenes, actually controlling the power of the court.

However, Xiangfei's rule was not recognized, and various rumors spread quickly, including Xiangfei's background as a prostitute. Chaos, and even the most deadly, according to legend, the new Son of Heaven is not the royal orthodoxy, but the product of Concubine Xiang's secret alliance with a certain minister in the court.

Subsequently, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who had just been wronged Zhaoxue, went to the palace barefoot on the same day, and violently accused the demon concubine of the ten major crimes, and was dragged out of the palace gate by the angry demon concubine, and died of a blow.

However, the governors of various places refused to continue to obey the orders of the imperial court on this ground, and although they were still nominally subordinate to the imperial court, in fact, the rudiments of the division of the princes had already appeared.

"Bang~"

In the palace, in the Ning Xiang Palace, Ning Xiang slapped his angry palm on the table, and the solid table turned into a pile of fragments under the strength, Ning Xiang's face was as cold as cold, and the cold light in her seductive eyes was dazzling, which silenced a group of newly promoted civil and military ministers standing in the palace at this moment.

"The Queen Mother, people's words are terrifying, and the ministers think that the messages in the market should be stopped as soon as possible, otherwise, if the rumors continue, I am afraid that Your Majesty's throne will not be guaranteed!" A Wenchen walked out with a hard head.

"Okay, Master Chen, then this matter will be handled by you, and it must be in the shortest possible time. These inexplicable messages are suppressed by this palace. Ning Xiang said with a cold face, she knew it very well in her heart. The truth of those so-called rumors even knows who is behind the scenes. But she can't say that she can be sure that among these newly promoted officials, there must be internal ghosts planted by Zhuo Ao, and if it weren't for the leakage of the news, it would not have ended up in today's field.

"General Pei." After calming down, Ning Xiang looked at the first general in her right hand and said in a deep voice.

"The end will be." The general stepped forward and said respectfully.

"Other states and counties can't do more for the time being. However, the area of Xingyang and Mengjin must be in our hands, and we order you to lead an army of 50,000 to take these two cities as soon as possible, and at the same time strengthen the defenses of all sides. Ning Xiang said in a deep voice.

"Yes, the minister will do it." Nodding, General Pei got up and left.

"Stand down." Waving his hand, Ning Xiang said a little tiredly.

"The ministers are leaving." A group of ministers bowed down and retired, in the huge palace. Deserted again.

Ning Xiang quietly leaned on the edge of the bed, and her mind kept echoing the figure of the year, and after a long time, Ning Xiang opened her eyes. With a thick greed in his eyes, he muttered, "One day, I want you to kneel in front of this palace." Eternal surrender under the skirt of this palace! ”

……

"Means...... It's dark enough. "Jiang Ning, Zhuo Ao's mansion. Looking at the information in his hand, Fu Tianqiu will die. Zhuo Ao is not surprised, not much contact can conclude that this old man is a direct minister, and direct ministers usually do not have any good results, what really surprised Zhuo Ao is the decisiveness and ruthlessness of Ning Xiang's actions, the Fu family is full of beheading, only two daughters were secretly sent out by Fu Tianqiu who had a premonition of the advent of the crisis, and now they are nowhere to be found, this decisiveness and ruthlessness, even many men who think they are heroes are ashamed.

"In the half month since the new emperor ascended the throne, the world has entered a new round of reshuffle." Xiao Zhao snuggled up to Zhuo Ao's side and said with a smile: "The forces of all parties do not respect the orders of the imperial court, and the imperial court continues to use strategies to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, so that the princes attack and annex each other, and kill each other, this queen mother is quite clever." ”

"Is it smart?" Zhuo Ao shook his head disappreciatively and said: "If you have experienced the court career like her, these methods will not be unfamiliar, to put it simply, in fact, it is to borrow a knife to kill people again and again, but it's a pity......"

"What is the pity, husband?" Xiao Zhao looked at Zhuo Ao suspiciously.

"Fighting for the world, it's not a palace fight, the palace battle is an intrigue between a group of women, borrowing a knife to kill, killing is killing, but fighting for the world, although this trick is good, but it accelerates the merger of the princes, it seems that the princes are constantly decreasing, but in fact, the strength of the princes is in the annexation and killing again and again, constantly getting stronger, and in the end, the weak are eliminated, the strong are stronger, and at that time, it is the time for the country to die." Zhuo Ao laughed.

"If it were a husband, what would he do?" Xiao Zhao looked at Zhuo Ao with a smile.

"Serve the Son of Heaven to order the princes!" Zhuo Ao said with a smile: "Whoever is disobedient will fight whom, find the weak first, at least in this period, the imperial court occupies the righteousness, and the other princes do not dare to take the initiative to attack the imperial court in the face of the world's disapproval, just take this opportunity to expand their territory little by little, and at the same time, strengthen their own strength." ”

"Isn't she a disciple of her husband? Didn't her husband teach her this? Xiao Zhao looked at Zhuo Ao and smiled.

"I didn't have any intention of taking in the apprentice, and I just gave her a chance in the first place." Zhuo Ao shook his head.

"Is it really good for the husband to take advantage of a weak woman like this?" Because she is also a woman, Xiao Zhao has some sympathy for this woman who was used by Zhuo Ao.

"She's different from you, this is a very ambitious woman, look at the things that happened after she came to power, this kind of person, even if she knows that she is being used, if she does it all over again, she will still make such a choice." Thinking of the Qinglou woman named Xiaocui at the beginning, Zhuo Ao smiled disapprehantly.

"Newspaper~"

A long voice approached quickly from a distance, and a general of the house rushed over, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fist at Zhuo Ao and said: "Lord, the imperial court has issued an edict, saying that we have deceived the monarch, raised private troops, changed the court law without authorization, and intended to rebel, and have ordered Yangzhou, Chaozhou, Dengzhou, and Huizhou to send 100,000 troops to attack in four ways. ”

"I know, I ordered Xu Da to command his troops to resist the enemy, and ordered Zhao Yun to lead 20,000 sailors to the west, take advantage of the emptiness of the four states, attack their hinterland, and cut off their way back!" Zhuo Ao said unhurriedly, about after the chaos in the world, which step the court will take next, he has already speculated with Xu Da and Zhuge Wolong, and prepared a corresponding plan, and now the enemy army is attacking, it is just one of the plans, Zhuo Ao also took this opportunity to expand his chassis in one fell swoop, and at the same time can get this hearty victory, and the prestige of the court will be further weakened.

"Yes." The family will say yes and leave quickly.

Zhuo Ao stood up, looked at the sky, and an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Take a good look at the family, this war will not be so simple." ”

Although it is not clear who the real chosen human emperor is, but this kind of thing, in the eyes of those high-ranking immortals and Buddhas, I am afraid that it has long been a certainty, and he is obviously a variable in the eyes of these immortals and Buddhas, so he doesn't believe that these people will really be honest and really don't interfere at all.

"Don't worry, husband."

……

Outside Jiangning, Ning Caichen took the Fu sisters to a river, washed their faces with river water, made themselves a little drowsy, turned their heads, and looked at Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi sisters who were depressed, Ning Caichen sighed, at this time, I don't know how to comfort the two sisters.

At the beginning, although Fu Tianqiu was charged with the help of Zhuo Ao in the Jiangning Governor's Mansion, the relationship between the two was not harmonious and friendly, and Ning Caichen couldn't figure out the reason, and finally Fu Tianqiu left angrily and returned to Beijing with his two daughters. ”

What kind of disaster, Zhuge Wolong didn't say, but Ning Caichen had to worry about this woman who had almost the same appearance as Nie Xiaoqian, and after some inner struggle, she finally said goodbye to Zhuo Ao and quietly went to Beijing.

It's just two days late, but the situation has reached the point of no return, Fu Tianqiu, including the Ma family, who has an in-law relationship with the Fu family, was beheaded all over the house, fortunately, Fu Qingfeng came out and brought out her sister, which is a great luck in misfortune.

"Qingfeng girl, after crossing this river, even if it is in Jiangning, even if it is the army of the imperial court, it may not dare to come in and arrest people." Looking at Fu Qingfeng, who was puzzled, Ning Caichen couldn't bear it and persuaded softly.

"Thank you Ning Gongzi, Qingfeng is fine." Shaking his head, Fu Qingfeng forced a smile.

After opening his mouth, Ning Caichen didn't know how to continue to answer, and finally sighed helplessly, wiped the river water on his face, and prepared to stand up.

"Young people sigh at a young age, it's not good, it's not good." A slightly old voice suddenly sounded, making the nervous Fu Qingfeng and the two sisters stand up, and look vigilantly at the few extra figures by the river.

"Are you ......" Ning Caichen stretched out his hand to stop Fu Qingfeng, who wanted to make a move, looked at the old man in front of him, and hesitated: "Lord Luo, the prefect of Yangzhou?" ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect that at this time, there would still be people who remember me as an old man." The old man's face turned slightly pale, and he sat down against the big stone by the river, and at this moment Ning Caichen found that a bright sword blade protruded from the old man's chest, and blood continued to drip down the bright blade.

"Lord Luo, what are you ......" Ning Caichen wondered, the dignified prefect of a state, in this era of division of princes, can be regarded as a prince of a town, how could he end up so embarrassed?

"Win or lose, that's all." Lord Luo shook his head casually, looked in the direction of Jiang Ning, and said with a somewhat confused gaze: "Although Luo Shouxin has been an official all his life, he is not honest and honest, but he is also worthy of this heart, but this time, he was blinded by interests, and he ended up like this, and he deserved a catastrophe." ”

Ning Caichen and Fu Qingfeng subconsciously glanced at each other, and there were some bad conjectures in their hearts. (To be continued.) )