"But if you want to take the initiative to provoke a war, the mourning family will naturally not be able to protect you, whether it is for Yizhou or Jingzhou, I hope you can understand that the current situation is not something you can decide, the most important thing is to train the troops first, store food, in case I have an incident in the palace, you can take me."

Empress Dowager He's words were quite metaphorical, as if she was testing his loyalty.

Cheng Liu suddenly felt a little funny, now the initiative in the palace is still in the hands of Shi Chang Shi and He Jin, these two forces are in the hands of Empress Dowager He in the final analysis, but not only did she not reconcile at this time, but she wanted to avoid it for the time being, and put herself under house arrest.

Isn't it just to kick the main contradictions and trigger points to Cheng Liu like a ball?

He didn't know about others, but now Empress Dowager He's approach is really a bit unrighteous.

But just like she said, now Cheng Liu's most wanted territory and soldiers and horses, Empress Dowager He can help him get it with his eyes closed, if he doesn't even understand this, then Cheng Liu doesn't seem to have anything to say.

"Cheng Mou understands, but, Chundie and Qiuhong, where are they now?"

After asking all the questions that should be said and what should be asked, Cheng Liu was most worried about these two people.

Empress Dowager He said softly: "Do you think that I arranged the assassination a few days ago? ”

Cheng Liu was speechless for a while, he did think so, but in front of others, it was impossible to find out directly, right?

"Haha, in fact, if you can think like that, it means that you are still smart. But the mourning family wants to explain that this matter was indeed not done by the mourning family, and those assassins really committed assassination. ”

Cheng Liu frowned, although he had thought about it before, there were always loopholes in this matter, and his logical thinking couldn't be turned around at all.

Empress Dowager He then explained: "It was the palace maid who assassinated that day, and what made the mourning family feel strange was that if it was a eunuch and eunuch, these people would have said it in the past, but if it was a palace maid, I am afraid that it would not only be the life of the mourning family, but also the two dead men of yours." ”

"Of course, although they won, they all suffered some injuries, and I broke everyone up just to let them recuperate with peace of mind."

Cheng Liu didn't know what to say for a while, it was too hypocritical to say thanks, and if he didn't say anything, it seemed that he was too high.

"The Queen Mother is doing this, aren't she afraid that those assassins will come back?"

In this case, Cheng Liu can only change the topic.

Empress Dowager He shook her head: "The comeback is unknown, but the mourning family knows that none of the people around him can be trusted." After gradually gathering power, the Empress Dowager Dong may not be able to sit still, Huang Cheng died last night, and the Empress Dowager Dong also died. ”

This news really made Cheng Liu unexpected, and it was like a stone falling in his heart, stirring up a thousand waves.

"This ...... Is there any correlation between the two? ”

Empress Dowager He said with a smile: "There must be a connection, those assassins were all sent by Empress Dowager Dong, although it is said that you are to blame, but your two assassins fought bravely to kill the enemy at that time, if it weren't for them, although the mourning family would not necessarily die at the hands of the assassins, it would not be easy." ”

"You sent someone to deliver a letter to the general, someone in the palace knew about it, Wu Fu was originally his person, so he did it directly last night, you must be surprised, why can't you even wait for this little time?"

"If you continue to wait, I'm afraid there will be more and more disputes over this matter, and in the end, the power that the mourning family has managed to control will be divided into half of her, and your life and death, the mourning family will naturally not be able to take care of it."

I see.

But it sounds like it's for Cheng Liu, but in fact, it also has its own careful thoughts.

It's just that for Cheng Liu, all this doesn't seem to be important, the important thing is that after the death of the Empress Dowager Dong, her worries were suddenly reduced by half.

"What about those henchmen?"

"It's cleared, so Huang Cheng's death has a certain relationship with the mourning family, you don't need to continue to investigate, it's just a dead person, it's insignificant."

Cheng Liu just hummed lightly and didn't answer.

Although all this was expected, when I knew the truth, I was still a little shocked.

Empress Dowager He is getting more and more different from what he thinks, she is approaching the Empress Dowager He in history, she has no wrists, she is not dominant enough, but during the time that Cheng Liu left, the courage she showed has exceeded Cheng Liu's expectations.

Although it was all what Cheng Liu hoped to see, he was always uneasy in his heart.

"The young emperor is not in Jiaofang Palace, it was the mourning family who sent someone to send him out, and now there can only be one person in high power, otherwise there will only be more and more voices from the government and the opposition, and it is not safe for both of us, if you want to see him, you have to wait until the Empress Dowager Dong has passed."

Cheng Liu nodded, it didn't matter.

Now if he gets too close to the young emperor, the people of the Empress Dowager Dong's former henchmen will definitely focus all these contradictions on Cheng Liu, and he doesn't want to ask for hardship.

"I want to meet Spring Butterfly and Autumn Red."

Empress Dowager He nodded: "The mourning family can send someone to take you there." If you are not at ease, you can also take it away, stay in the palace and always hang by a thread, a few days ago, you will not die, but you can't say for sure in the future. ”

Cheng Liu raised his head slightly, and suddenly smiled: "Their lives are not comparable to ordinary people, I compare them to dead soldiers, but I never thought that they would die because of me, let alone die for others." ”

Empress Dowager He didn't answer his question directly, but just called the palace maid and asked Cheng Liu to meet Chundie and Qiuhong.

The place where they live is in an extremely remote courtyard in the palace, and there are only three or three palace maids outside, who seem to be ordinary people, only responsible for daily living and care.

These should all be Empress Dowager He's people, even if they didn't say it explicitly, they must be able to guess, but it was just to make Cheng Liu feel at ease.

After entering the house, I saw that although Chundie and Qiuhong were not seriously injured, they each had a sword on their bodies, and they had been recuperating for a while, and they could only walk on the ground, but they couldn't stand for a long time.

After seeing Cheng Liu, the two hurriedly got up and saluted, but they were both pressed down by Cheng Liu.

In order to facilitate the care, the two lived in the same room, after all, it was in the palace, and they didn't trust anyone except for the two sisters.

This is also Cheng Liu's instructions before leaving last time.

"Next time, if you encounter this situation again, you will run away with the Queen Mother."

Cheng Liu looked at the bloodless faces of the two, and suddenly felt extremely heartbroken.

Chundie said softly: "That's not good, as soon as the Queen Mother leaves, won't the palace be about to change?" ”

Qiu Hong also said: "Please rest assured, I was just careless before, and if there is an assassin next time, we also know how to deal with it." ”

The assassins in the palace are no better than the ones outside, they are ruthless in their work, and they are also dead, the two of them can escape from death, on the one hand, it is a big fate, and on the other hand, it is enough to show that the martial arts of the two have improved a lot, which is the only gratifying point for Cheng Liu.