"Really? What are you going to do with them? The emperor looked at Cui Mao suspiciously.

But what if he didn't believe Cui Mao? The only thing he can trust now is this Chief Cui, Pi Guo's current military power is divided into three, although the military talisman is in his hands, the troops he can mobilize are also limited, part of it was divided by the damn Cui Yan, and part of it was absorbed by Wei Lin.

The emperor wrenched his fingers and counted Wei Lin's current strength, after Liu Han and the two took refuge in him, his army rose by more than 100,000 people, and now he won the battle, after occupying the Nantong City of the Kingdom of Qiu, counting the prisoners who were recruited, and the people who joined the army one after another, Wei Lin's strength of 150,000 is more than 150,000, and will continue to expand, and he will become the biggest obstacle to the emperor's power.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry so much, even the joy you have to show is, Wei Lin won the battle for Pi Guo, as the emperor, he wants to be rewarded, no matter what grievances you have with Wei Lin, the emperor doesn't have to worry, didn't Ji Lao tell Wei Lin about what happened thirty years ago? Why should the emperor be afraid of them. Cui Mao said.

"But they all support the prince, and they will force the palace." The emperor was afraid of forcing the palace at the thought of it.

Once he also teamed up with Cui Yan to force the palace, he still remembers the fate of his father and the emperor deeply, a once majestic monarch died tragically under the knife of a courtier without the ability to resist, and he didn't dare to think about the end.

"Your Majesty, don't be afraid, is it so easy to force the palace? The guards and chamberlains of the palace are all in our hands, and no matter what the strength of the guards is, it will not be easy for him to fight him. Cui Mao saw that the emperor was so afraid of the word forcing the palace, so he had to comfort him softly, "Besides, with Ji Lao here, he will not allow Wei Lin to make trouble, after all, Ji Lao has been loyal to the old generation, how can he let Wei Lin do such a rebellious thing as forcing the palace?" But ......"

"But what?" The emperor saw that Mr. Cui paused, and asked hurriedly.

Cui Mao said: "But they will put pressure on the emperor and force the emperor to abdicate." ”

"Humph!" The emperor snorted coldly: "As long as they don't enter the palace and threaten my life, I will not abdicate under any pressure." ”

Cui Mao smiled slightly, "What the emperor said is that as long as they don't force you to abdicate violently, we will not compromise." ”

"Chief Cui, but I'm still afraid that their army will overwhelm the realm and force me into the palace." The emperor was afraid.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this, not to mention that we have troops in our hands and can compete with them, even if we don't, His Royal Highness King Ling has been promoted to orthodoxy and established as the crown prince, how can they have reason to launch a mutiny and kill the king? Don't be afraid, Your Majesty, you won't have to worry about your life. Cui Mao stroked the emperor's back to calm him down, "Now the top priority is that we need to use Wei Lin's forces to get rid of Cui Yancai, he is a person who is bent on the emperor's life." ”

"Yes, although Wei Lin has a strong army, he is still the general of the southern border who I personally sealed, my subordinates, but Cui Yan's house is not, he has now gathered so many old troops, and the strength is no less than Wei Lin, if he hits the capital, the guards in the capital will not be able to resist at all, I want to get rid of Cui Yan first, and then say, what Chief Cui said is right, we should let them eat dogs, no matter which side loses, it is a good thing with me, I listen to you, what should I do?" The emperor was persuaded by Cui Mao, and immediately figured out the priorities of the matter.

"The emperor went to issue an order to reward General Wei who won the battle, and then persuaded the prince to give an order to Wei Lin to lead the troops to exterminate Cui Yan, the thief." Although Cui Mao's tone was calm, it was not difficult to hear that he was gritting his teeth.

"Then do you say that Wei Lin's can defeat Cui Yan and annihilate them in one fell swoop?" The emperor asked.

"Wei Lin is a general with hundreds of generals, Cui Yan is just a person who plays with power, although there are many fierce generals under him, but Wei Lin can even defeat General Daewoo, the fierce general of the Kingdom of Qiu, how can Cui Di and his soldiers be the opponents of General Wei?" Cui Mao sneered.

Chief Cui is bent on Cui Yan's death, which the emperor knows very well, but he always feels that Cui Mao and him are not of the same mind, otherwise how can he call Wei Lin General Wei?

"You...... You won't betray me and join the prince's camp, will you? The emperor stared at Cui Mao and said his suspicions.

Cui Mao saw that he was speechless, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the old slave will never betray you in this life, in this world, only the emperor has given me dignity and helped me take revenge, the emperor's kindness, the old slave swore to repay it with his life." The emperor doesn't have to mind the old slave's words, the old slave only slightly appreciates Wei Lin, and the old slave is loyal to the emperor. ”

"Hmm." The emperor nodded, and had to admit: "Wei Lin is indeed a rare general, if it weren't for the fact that I killed his father more than thirty years ago, and I am afraid that he will take revenge, such a general I would also be reused." ”

"yes." Cui Mao said: "So we have to get rid of Cui Yan as soon as possible, as long as Cui Yan dies, we will ...... again."

Before Cui Mao finished speaking, the emperor suddenly said excitedly: "Let's get rid of Old Man Ji again, so that there is no right death, and no one will know what happened thirty years ago." ”

"Hahaha...... It's no wonder that Mr. Cui is so sure, it turns out that he has already thought of a plan, okay! I will now issue an order to reward General Wei for his outstanding military achievements. "The emperor swept away the haze and was in a good mood.

The reason why he likes Cui Mao is because Cui Mao is calm and plans everything, and he always feels like a spring breeze, unlike other waiting minions, who will only tremble and grovel, which is useless.

Ji Lao saw the good news of the messenger on the way back to Beijing, he was excited to hurry up this way, and finally rushed back to the capital, as soon as he entered Beijing, Ji Lao instructed the two people below, so that they must send Miss Yan to the Lin Mansion safely, and he drove back to the house in a hurry, and drove back to the house for several days, and he had to bathe and change his clothes to see the prince.

Presumably, the prince must be overjoyed to get this news.

When Ji Lao changed into his official uniform and entered the palace to meet the prince, Mr. Cui said that the prince was discussing important matters with the emperor in the Yanyang Palace, and asked Ji Lao to wait for a while.

"Ji Lao went to the southern border, and his spirit became more and more sparkling." Cui Mao accosted. Bookbag netting

Ji Lao didn't dislike this Chief Cui Manager, and he was in a very good mood, so he also talked to Chief Cui while he was waiting, "Yes, when you hear the good news from the south, can you not be happy?" ”

"General Wei is brave and proficient in the method of arranging troops, and it is reasonable to win the battle, but the old slave saw that Ji Lao was full of spring breeze, probably because the two generals Ji Han and Ji Yin were faintly happy that they had been sure to recover the northern border, right?" Mr. Cui Guanzhi's face said.

Ji Lao was inconvenient to reveal the trip to the south with Manager Cui, so he only said perfunctorily: "Manager Cui said that General Wei is fine and the method of arranging troops, I will take Ji Han and Ji Yin to the south together, presumably Manager Cui already knows my intentions." ”

Manager Cui smiled and nodded, "Ji Lao talked to me that day, how could the old slave not know Ji Lao's good intentions, but the old slave has been worried, in this short period of time, can the two generals Ji Han and Ji Yin really learn the method of arranging troops and using it in the northern border?" However, looking at Ji Lao's expression today, it should be General Wei who came up with a strange plan for the two generals, and Ji Lao will be so sure. ”

"Really?" Ji Lao touched his face, he was so happy, so happy that he forgot to hide his joy, this Cui Mao is good at observing words and feelings, although he is reasonable, but after all, he is the emperor's person, and he still can't show too much in front of him in the future.

Ji Lao changed the topic, "In these days when I am away, can the emperor and the prince be okay?" ”

Seeing that Ji Lao was reluctant to talk to him about the affairs of the southern border, Chief Cui smiled and said: "Just like before Ji Lao left, the emperor does not ask about the government affairs, and all major affairs in the court are handled by His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Ji Lao was silent and said, "The matter of commending General Wei was proposed by Chief Cui to the emperor, right?" On behalf of General Wei, I thanked General Cui. ”

Mr. Cui waved his hand, "Old Ji is polite, General Wei has made such a great contribution, and the old slave has not done anything, but the emperor is happy, saying that it has been a long time since such good news has come out from our Pi country." ”

Ji Lao smiled clearly, in fact, he didn't dislike Mr. Cui's overtures on both sides, the emperor and the crown prince are father and son after all, and it is also a good thing for them to have Mr. Cui show favor and persuade the emperor.

Ji Lao was just about to pay tribute to Chief Cui, the emperor and the prince came out of the Yanyang Palace, and when the emperor saw Ji Lao, he asked with a smile: "Ji Zhongling has returned from the south?" Great work. ”

"Emperor Xie cares." Veteran Ji gave a thank you to the emperor, "The minister is just the duty of the minister, not hard." ”

The corners of the emperor's mouth hooked coldly, the responsibility of his subordinates, he was embarrassed to say it, is the responsibility of his subordinates to be the same as the current emperor?

If it weren't for Mr. Cui's plan to get rid of him, the emperor really didn't want to pretend to be kind to this old man.

"Well, I have already discussed with the crown prince about General Wei's commendation, and I am already a little tired, Chief Cui, wait for me to return to the palace to rest."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mr. Cui stepped forward to support the emperor.

Ji Lao saluted: "Congratulations to the emperor." ”

When the emperor walked away, the prince jumped on Ji Lao like a child, "Uncle Ji, General Wei fought Nantong City in the Kingdom of Yu, it's really good." ”

Seeing that the prince was still playing with him as he had done at the beginning, Ji Lao said helplessly and dotingly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are now the prince, you can't jump on the old minister like before, and call the old minister Uncle Ji." ”

The prince was really happy, got down from Ji Lao, grabbed his head embarrassedly and said, "Uncle Ji, I'm really happy." ”

"I know that you are happy, Lao Chen has more happy things to say to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Really?"

In the distance, the emperor saw that the crown prince was so close to that old man Ji, and he snorted coldly again and again, "I really hope that Wei Lin will kill Cui Yan soon, and I can get rid of this old man Ji, so that the prince can be abolished and regained power." ”

"The emperor is not in a hurry, he has to eat one bite at a time, and he has to do things one by one." Manager Cui knew that the emperor could not tolerate the crown prince and Ji Lao, so he could only solve the emperor's worries after the matter was completed, otherwise the emperor would not be at peace day and night.

The emperor snorted: "I will put up with them for a while." ”

Cui Mao was just about to say something, when a small eunuch came running, and Cui Mao had to ask him first: "Is there anything abnormal?" ”

The little eunuch said: "There is nothing abnormal, but when Ji Lao returned to the city, he asked two domestic slaves to send a little girl back to a private house, and when he saw the little girl's clothes, it didn't look like Ji Lao was kind enough to pick them up on the road." ”

"A little girl?" Cui Mao said a little pensively.