A year has passed, and Zhou Yu is still a year and a half after thinking about the days of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang sprung up under the secret guidance of Zhou Yu during this year, Zhang Shiping relied on Zhou Yu's relationship in Jizhou, Qingzhou, Sili, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou have opened chain branches, the scale of business is not the beginning of the sugar gourd, has developed into a restaurant, rice shop, cloth village; Su Shuang went to Liangzhou and Youzhou to sell horses; Not only that, Zhou Yu arranged for Zhou An and Su Shuang to find a secret place in Mangdang Mountain, a hundred miles outside Luoyang City, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and set up a camp, and Zhou Yu personally recruited 200 young adults to train here, responsible for protecting the safety of the caravan. Originally, Shi A was a good hand at training guards, but when he thought of his thoughts of being sent by Wang Yue, Zhou Yu didn't dare to use it with confidence.

"Gong Jin, I want to go out of the palace to hunt today, can you go with me?" The eldest prince Liu Wei grabbed Zhou Yu and said quietly.

"Your Highness - does the Emperor know about this? Weichen did not dare to take His Highness out of the city without authorization, and His Highness had to send palace guards to ensure safety when he went out of the city to hunt. "How dare Zhou Yu take the eldest prince Liu Wei out of the palace with a fever, once there is a problem, he will not escape the blame, who will let him be the prince's companion?

"I will go and ask my father to send more troops and horses, and this time I will bring the general's son He Ren and the second prince Liu Xie, as well as the prince's guards to hunt. My father will definitely agree. Liu Xie was a little unhappy when he heard Zhou Yu speak, how did he find that Zhou Yu did not have the vitality of a young man, and he was old-fashioned like an old master.

After Liu Bian's soft grinding and hard bubbles, Liu Hong finally agreed to his request, but he was not allowed to take his younger brother Liu Xie to go, and the news that the eldest prince went out of the palace to hunt was learned by the sons and young masters of various provinces, including the young ladies to be married, and they all handed posts to the eldest prince Liu Biao asking to go together. Originally, the eldest prince Liu Wei was bored in the palace before he thought of going out to hunt, and when he saw so many people stammering himself, he was very happy and agreed with a stroke of his pen.

"Xie'er, what's wrong with you? Why are you upset to watch? Liu Xie heard that his father did not allow him to go out with his brother, and he was in a very bad mood, so he went to his mother Wang Meiren to complain, although Wang Meiren was very favored by Liu Hong, but her mother's family was not as powerful as Queen He, she gave birth to the second prince Liu Xie, and Queen He was regarded as a thorn in the flesh, and they made it difficult for their mother and son on weekdays. Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and Liu Hong is also very helpless, so he can only try not to let Liu Xie be wronged, in comparison, he likes this little son more.

"My brother will go out of the city to hunt tomorrow, and my father won't let his sons go with him! The princes and grandsons in the city have all gone together, is my mother and concubine also disgusted with me? "Liu Xie is two years younger than the eldest prince Liu Wei, from birth to the present, except for Liu Hong's occasional rewards, that is, the eunuchs in the palace are looking down on their mother and son.

"Xie'er, you are only nine years old this year, you are too young, you need to ride a horse and shoot arrows when you go out hunting, and your father is thinking about your safety." Wang Meiren coaxed Liu Wei and slapped him at the same time, and Liu Xie was already snoring after a short while.

Wang Meiren quietly put down Liu Xie, tidied up her clothes and got out of the place where she lived, and came to a secluded small lake.

A figure swayed in the grove by the lake, and a slight "cough-" came out. Wang Meiren looked left and right and walked over, she handed a handkerchief to the other party, and said; "Tomorrow, the prince will go out of the city to hunt."

"Understood—this is arranged!" A shrill voice said.

"This palace doesn't want to see the eldest prince return to the palace alive tomorrow!" Wang Guifei said softly.

"Don't worry, this is exactly what we want, the palace best you can persuade Zhang Rang to help you, take advantage of the hostile relationship between the general He Jin and Zhang Rang to make some trouble, with the help of these eunuchs, your son can guarantee to become the prince." I'll go first, I'll get in touch if I have something—"

Wang Meiren came out and deliberately walked around, and only returned to her residence when she saw that no one was paying attention to her, and then arranged for the palace maid to invite the great eunuch Zhang Rang to come and visit.

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"Father-in-law Zhang, have you made any plans for your future? For example, after Your Majesty's dragon controls Bintian? Today's prince is the son of Empress He and the nephew of the general He Jin, and you and the general have been competing for power. Do you think the queen and the general will leave you to continue to serve the new emperor? ”

Zhang Rang was respected as his father by Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, and the ten permanent servants all looked at him as the horse's head, which can be described as a monstrous power. But when he heard Wang Meiren say these words, he always felt that his heart was cold. Zhang Rang pretended to be calm and said: "Wang Meiren, the slave maid has served His Majesty for many years, please be cautious!" Your Majesty will be able to live a long life if you are healthy. His Majesty takes the elixir every day, and his body is getting better day by day! ”

"Gonggong Zhang will avoid the important when he arrives, and this palace also hopes that His Majesty will live a long life! In fact, what is the physical condition of His Majesty? Everyone tacitly agreed. Since Gonggong Zhang doesn't think about himself, then he didn't say it. Wang Meiren secretly scolded this old fox in her heart, she said it so bluntly and it didn't match, if this road didn't work, she could only contact the rest of the Ten Standing Attendants, she didn't believe that the Ten Standing Servants who were greedy for money would be monolithic.

"So Wang Niangniang, what do you want the slave to do? Open the skylight and speak brightly, what good is the slave to help you? "Zhang Rang has already been a little moved by Wang Meiren's words, people must have near-term worries if they have no foresight, he knows that Liu Hong's body will not last for a few years, and the future throne must be produced between the prince Liu Xie and Liu Wei. If there is no accident with the eldest prince Liu Bian, the queen controls the harem inside, and the general He Jin controls the military power, and the civil forces in the court must also support Liu Wei with Liu Xie as the orthodox; Once Liu Wei becomes emperor, then his good life will come to an end, and others may not embarrass themselves, and the great general He Jin and the Chinese official forces of the dynasty must start with themselves first. Without the support of the emperor, the head of the eunuch, including the ten permanent servants under him, is a fart, and can only be reduced to a lamb to be slaughtered. Considering that the eldest prince Liu Bian's ascension to the throne will do more harm than good to himself, and help the second prince Liu Xie ascend to the throne, then they will be the heroes of the support, and they can continue to enjoy their glory and wealth, thinking that it is not necessarily a bad thing to form an alliance with Wang Meiren here.

"This palace wants to let my father-in-law help my son-in-law Liu Wei to compete for the throne, and now His Majesty listens to his father-in-law! As long as the father-in-law explains to His Majesty the interests and disadvantages of the dictatorship of his relatives at the right time. Your Majesty will definitely have some doubts and shakes in his heart, and no one wants the ancestors and ancestors to change their surnames! As long as Xie'er is a treasure, his father-in-law is the biggest hero. "Wang Meiren is also a person with a delicate heart, and when she saw Zhang Rang loosening, she immediately gave him ideas to reach an alliance.

"Alright! This matter is very important, and the slave and maid have limited power and need to rely on the strength of others. Wang Niangniang don't be impatient, the slave will definitely give you a satisfactory answer. The slave and maid will retire first! Zhang Rang hurriedly retreated, returned to his residence and asked the little yellow door under his hand to go out and call back the other attendants on duty, and secretly discuss matters concerning their lives.

A group of dark shadows appeared in the middle of the night in the royal hunting ground outside the city, and tomorrow was destined to be an unusual day.