"The concubine begs His Majesty to allow the concubine to go to Lingnan." Zhang Wenyi knelt down and pleaded with Li Zhi.

Li Zhi frowned and asked, "Why is the queen so interested in the barren land of Lingnan?" ”

Zhang Wenyi replied: "Lingnan is by no means a barren land, but the western region of the sea. The concubine's behavior is to open a sea passage for the Tang Dynasty, so that His Majesty does not need to rely on the gentry from all over the world. ”

Li Zhi asked, "Then what does the queen need?" ”

Zhang Wenyi thought for a while and said, "The concubine needs five thousand elite soldiers. ”

Li Zhi asked in surprise: "Why do you want five thousand elite soldiers?" ”

Zhang Wenyi replied: "The concubine needs the power of the Changle Jingluo Mansion. ”

Zhang Wenyi's words greatly surprised Li Zhi, and he said: "Isn't Jay Jie the queen's person?" ”

Zhang Wenyi glanced at Li Zhi and said hatefully: "The concubine is your wife, you and I are both prosperous and lossy, you and the emperor are on guard against me, I really don't know what to watch out for!" If you weren't always so distressed, what's wrong with me raising my children at home. Even if the concubine has any bad intentions, is it useful to win over a provoking Jie! ”

Li Zhi was ashamed of Zhang Wenyi's words, and defended: "I didn't doubt you, but I didn't understand it." ”

Zhang Wenyi didn't want to dwell too much on this matter, she said: "It's just that Your Majesty wants to assign a general who can fight well to the concubines, and it's best not to be too famous." ”

Li Zhi hesitated at first, and then immediately understood Zhang Wenyi's intentions, and he said: "Although such a general is not easy to find, he can still find it." It's true that the queen is easy to control, but why doesn't the queen lead the troops herself? It is said that the method of training soldiers originated from the queen. ”

Zhang Wenyi was so crying and laughing by him that he said angrily: "The so-called method of training soldiers by the concubine is just picking up people's teeth and wisdom, I am a woman, and what I am good at is only sewing clothes and cooking to give birth to children." Knowing that the training is already very good, you expect everyone to be Princess Pingyang Zhao. ”

Speaking of which, Li Zhi almost knew all of Zhang Wenyi's intentions, and he said with a smile: "This is also true, it is my greed." But when it comes to having children, Xin'er and Ruyi are so old, it's time for the queen to give me a few more treasures. ”

Zhang Wenyi saw that he was smiling ill-intentionedly, and was already secretly wary. Seeing Li Zhi forced over, he turned around and wanted to escape.

How could Li Zhi let her escape, although Zhang Wenyi also exercised a lot, but Li Zhi has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and the martial arts that he stepped down immediately are not good, but it is enough to chase Zhang Wenyi.

The space in the house was small, and the two children slept next door, and Zhang Wenyi didn't dare to make a noise to wake up the children. was caught by Li Zhi in three or two clicks, Zhang Wenyi was hugged tightly by him, and people were already sour and couldn't resist.

Early the next morning, Zhang Wenyi suddenly remembered something, when Li Zhi got up, Zhang Wenyi helped Li Zhi tidy up his clothes, and said, "I wonder if Your Majesty plans to establish Xin'er as the prince?" ”

Li Zhi was strange and said, "This is nature. Xin'er is the eldest of the queen's concubines, so she is naturally the first choice for the prince. ”

Zhang Wenyi said: "Since Your Majesty has this plan, the concubine implores Your Majesty to agree to let Xin'er follow the concubine to the south. ”

Li Zhi was slightly unhappy and said: "Xin'er is the future prince of a country, how can he be in danger at will? ”

Zhang Wenyi knelt down and explained, "As the saying goes: see a lot, only if you see a lot, you can only know a lot, if you stay in the palace, how can you know the magnificent rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty?" Although Xin'er is young, this route travels thousands of miles from north to south, which is extremely rare. The concubine went to Lingnan this time to fight with the local gentry, and she had to beware of causing trouble, which was even more helpful for Xin'er to govern in the future. ”

Li Zhi was shocked when he heard this: "Why is it so difficult?" ”

Zhang Wenyi said with a smile: "Otherwise, the concubine wants five thousand elite soldiers to do nothing, if there are no five thousand elite soldiers, the sword and sword shadow are naturally extremely dangerous, but with these five thousand elite soldiers, they will not be afraid of all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods." ”

Li Zhi thought about it for a while and finally sighed: "The queen is thoughtful, and I agree." ”

After half a year of careful preparation, Zhang Wenyi took two children and 5,000 elite soldiers to set off south to Lingnan. After another half a year's journey, Zhang Wenyi led these people to finally arrive in Fuzhou, the seat of Changle Jingluofu.

Ja Jie led dozens of civil and military people from Changle Jingluo Mansion to welcome thirty miles.

Zhang Wenyi excused himself from the fatigue of the journey and pushed away the reception banquet of Jay Jie and Fuzhou Haoshen. Ja Jie naturally gave up the Changle Jingluo Mansion for the queen to live in.

After arranging the accommodation of the queen and the 5,000 forbidden troops, Ja Jie returned to his mansion in Fuzhou. returned to the backyard to find Chen Juan, and Ja Jie said: "The queen actually pushed a certain family to set up a reception banquet with all the gentry, which is unusual, but I don't know what the queen thinks." ”

Chen Juan was stunned and asked: "Today, Niangniang only arrived in Fuzhou, so it stands to reason that she will settle down first, and then set up a banquet three days later." They have just arrived today, are they too eager to feast the queen? ”

Jay Jie laughed dryly twice, and said: "A certain family is also out of helplessness, these wealthy families secretly want to feast the queen today, if they lag behind, wouldn't it seem that a certain family is incompetent?" ”

Chen Juan sighed and said, "General, you are confused by the situation in Lingnan. You only see that the sky is high here, the emperor is far away, and there are benefits of sea trade, so you want to dominate one side. But I didn't expect that these gentry were unwilling to surrender to you, so that they are deadlocked to this day. You all have a banquet to invite the queen today, just hoping that the queen can take your side. I don't know if the sentence of concubine is correct? ”

Ja Jie snorted and said, "How can a certain family have such intentions, Mrs. is too worried." ”

Chen Juan smiled and said, "Husband, I didn't worry too much. As a strategic envoy of Changle, you have 3,000 elite soldiers under your command. It can be said that he has the advantage, but why can't he help the eight surnames of Lingnan for a long time? ! It's just that you think about him, and you're afraid that these soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will not use their lives when the time comes, so they can't match them in terms of strength. That's why you, like the eight surnames, will persecute the queen today. ”

was told by Chen Juan, and provoked Jie to say angrily: "So what? A certain family is soaring, don't you enjoy happiness? ”

Listening to Ja Jie's words, Chen Juan sneered and said, "Husband, you are too wishful thinking." Since the queen took 5,000 elite soldiers to Lingnan, do you really not know the meaning of this or whether you really don't know it? ”

Ja Jie was hit by Chen Juan's words, and couldn't help but be discouraged, and said: "I am your husband, if I make a mistake, I am afraid that you will also be affected." This is not the time to discuss who is right and who is wrong, but to save lives. Madame used to be the maid of the queen's mother, if the lady is willing to go to the queen's place to say a few words for her husband, it will be better to pass this hurdle for the husband. ”

Chen Juan sighed and said, "Husband, you and I are husband and wife, and if you are not a concubine, you will not be much better." But the queen has clearly guarded against you making trouble, just if the concubine goes to the queen to say something for you, do you think the queen will believe the concubine's words? ”

Jay Jie snorted coldly and said, "What do you think?" ”

Chen Juan smiled helplessly: "Husband, you are just blinded by the so-called hegemony, although the concubine doesn't know who instigated her husband to be so obsessed with hegemony, but how can you dominate Lingnan?" Niangniang only brought 5,000 people to you, you can't move, if it's a court general, how do you deal with yourself? ”

Ja Jie couldn't imagine that Chen Juan would be able to say such a thing, so he couldn't help but bow his head and think seriously at the moment.

In the palace of the envoy, Zhang Wenyi sat in the hall. looked at the second brother Wen Zhonglian who was kneeling in front of him, and said bitterly: "Little sister doesn't know who instigated you to do such a secession rebellion. Could it be that Lingnan is really far away from the emperor of the sky, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty can tolerate it? ”

Wen Zhonglian snorted and said, "What if you can't tolerate it?" If Jiu'er can convince Your Majesty, we will naturally be able to hold Lingnan in our hands. ”

Seeing that he was so obsessed, Zhang Wenyi shook her head and said, "Second brother, it's not as simple as occupying a house in a family. Xiaomei remembers that someone said that the Tang Dynasty is fertile and there is no inch that is superfluous, you are rebelling by doing this, even if Your Majesty doesn't mind, don't the civil and military officials in the court mind? Your Majesty doesn't know that the maritime trade is hugely profitable, and those gate valve families in the Central Plains don't know either? If you really don't have other scruples, why don't you dare to turn your face with these local gentry so far? ”

Wen Zhonglian said angrily: "The Li family treats you like that, why are you not angry at all, why are you so despicable!" ”

Zhang Wenyi sneered: "How much do you know about how the Li family treats me?" If someone instigates Xiaomei to beat you, scold you or even kill you, do you want to seek revenge from Xiaomei or find the person behind the instigation? Such a simple thing, do you want my little sister to tell you? I see that you are nothing, you are blinded by a little utilitarianism, do you do this can glorify your ancestors or can you be famous for eternity? ”

Wen Zhonglian frowned and said, "What did you say?!" ”

Zhang Wenyi sneered: "His Majesty the First Emperor has such beautiful women in the harem, why bother to fall in love with a daughter-in-law like me." If you really want to be lustful for beauty, what kind of girl do you think you want to be attractive to you? ”

Wen Zhonglian was silent for a moment, but he was still not convinced. It's just that there are some things he really can't say, after all, some emperors have broken sleeves and peaches, and where can normal people understand, he can't say these words in front of Jiu'er no matter what.

However, my sister's words also make sense, if you want to retaliate, you will naturally retaliate against the person who instigated it behind the scenes, but in Wen Zhonglian's opinion, the Li family's father and son are unforgivable.

Seeing that Wen Zhong was silent, Zhang Wenyi slowed down and said, "Second brother, some people have ill intentions that are far beyond what you and I can imagine. From Xiaomei's point of view, once you seek to stand on your own, how can your Majesty or the ministers of the DPRK and China allow it? Now that the chaos in the Western Regions seems to have an opportunity, the main force of the army fighting in the Western Regions is the countries of the Western Regions rather than the Tang Army. You dare to make a move, but you are afraid that you will immediately invite death, what will happen to your little sister in the palace? I'm afraid that the little sister will not die in the hands of outsiders, but in the hands of the second brother. ”

Wen Zhonglian glanced at Zhang Wenyi in surprise, and then lowered his head in contemplation.