It's no wonder that Empress Dowager Gao is so angry, she listened to Nie Yuansheng's suggestion before, and wanted to marry Princess Tongchang to Nanqi to be a concubine, just to send away the concubine Bo and Princess Tongchang, whom she hated deeply, without damaging her reputation for virtue and generosity, in order to make this matter more high-sounding, she even sent a messenger to Nanqi to contact Empress Qiu, and asked Empress Qiu to say that Emperor Chengping of Southern Qi would propose marriage - in this way, Empress Dowager Gao married the young and beautiful Princess Tongchang to Emperor Chengping, who was not a few years younger than herself, It can be said that it is for the sake of the Great Liang, and the identity of Emperor Chengping is not an insult to Princess Tongchang, it is precisely that the Empress Dowager Gao not only relieved the hatred in her heart back then, but also did not fall into the reputation of treating the emperor's favorite concubine and daughter.

I don't want to be the queen of autumn but in the letterhead tactfully but resolutely rejected this request, and even said that she would send the concubine herself, and did not worry about the empress dowager Gao, the empress dowager Gao felt that she was rejected and had no face, and the other was worried that she sent an envoy to discuss with the queen of autumn, although she deliberately did not use the letter in person, but the envoy was a person from her own Ganquan Palace......

Nie Yuansheng was reprimanded by her for such a slashing face, but he was not flustered, thought about it, and said: "The minister knows what the Queen Mother is worried about, but the minister now knows why Queen Qiu wants to reject the Queen Mother's proposal...... The Queen Mother and rest assured, not to mention that Queen Qiu does not have a letter from the Queen Mother in her hands, what can a single messenger prove? And the reason why Queen Qiu refused was precisely because she was afraid, how could she dare to slander the Queen Mother's reputation? ”

Empress Dowager Gao frowned and said, "Why did she refuse?" ”

"Queen Qiu thought that the Queen Mother had sent an envoy over, mentioning that she wanted Princess Tongchang to be the concubine of Emperor Chengping, but there was no letter from the Queen Mother, no evidence of tokens, and only one Queen Mother's henchmen talked about it in the past, how could she rest assured?" Nie Yuansheng said with a calm face, "If you don't worry, you naturally can't help but think about it - the Queen Mother sent an envoy last year, although it is a long way to go back and forth, but the envoy has only returned so far, I am afraid that Queen Qiu is hesitating, all because of the uncertainty of speculation......"

Seeing that he had been covered by clouds and mountains for a long time, Empress Dowager Gao became impatient: "You have to make it clear." ”

"The minister obeys the decree." Nie Yuansheng smiled indifferently and arched his hand, "This is because Empress Qiu is worried that what the Empress Dowager sent and said was a plan of my Great Liang, in order to justifiably send troops to Southern Qi!" After all, although Emperor Chengping and Empress Dowager Feng of Southern Qi are biased towards the son of Feng Guifei and Feng Guifei, Queen Qiu is the father of Emperor Chengping, and her mother's family is not an ordinary family in Southern Qi ...... In this way, although Queen Qiu is still perfunctory to the Feng family, she has already regarded the world of Southern Qi as the industry of her mother and son, compared to a Feng concubine, it is always me who is more threatening in Beiliang! ”

Empress Dowager Gao was dumbfounded when she heard this, and couldn't help but say, "It's really nonsense! The mourning family only said that Tongchang would be sent as a concubine, so how did Queen Qiu think that my Daliang would attack Southern Qi? ”

Nie Yuansheng coughed lightly and reminded: "Actually, this is all a coincidence, when the minister made a statement to the Queen Mother last year, the Duke of Wuying County did not return the 300,000 battalion state army...... But counting the envoy sent by the Queen Mother to arrive in the capital of Southern Qi and see Empress Qiu, it should be the time when the Duke of Wuying County arrives in Yedu and meets His Majesty and returns the army! After the envoy conveyed the queen mother's meaning to the autumn queen, the autumn queen always had to leave a messenger, and also carefully considered it, if at this time she received the news of the return of the military power of the prince of Wuying County...... This...... What's more, this time the military power of Wuying County was returned suddenly, don't say that Nanqi, even my Liang Chaozhong was also taken aback!

"Nanqi is naturally even more surprised, they naturally won't believe that the Duke of Wuying County has suddenly returned the military power - and even the clansmen have been brought to Yedu!" Nie Yuansheng saw that Empress Dowager Gao frowned tightly, so he explained again, "Since it is not suddenly, it is that it has been prepared for a long time, maybe the military power has already begun to be transferred to the imperial court, otherwise why would the Duke of Wuying even take his clansmen away?" Nanqi naturally thought that this was premeditated! ”

Empress Dowager Gao finally understood, and muttered: "So Empress Qiu of Southern Qi thinks that the Yingzhou army has already been returned to me in the Northern Liang Dynasty, so in my Daliang, there are no soldiers and horses occupied by the private family, all of which are owned by the Son of Heaven, and it is very likely that she will take advantage of the new return of the Yingzhou army to attack Southern Qi in one go?" ”

Nie Yuansheng nodded: "What the Queen Mother said is very true!" ”

"But that's not right either!" Empress Dowager Gao has never known much about political affairs, but the people who always followed the first emperor from the time of the Jiqu King to fight for the crown prince immediately wondered, "It has been several months since Willeber went to Yingzhou to rectify the Yingzhou army, and it is said that it has not been very smooth, and this news is not a secret in my Daliang...... In that case, how could it be possible to attack Southern Qi? Not to mention the baggage and the like......"

"If it is heavy, the minister has heard that there is a lot of baggage in the Yingzhou army, and as for the commander of the Yingzhou army, it is not smooth, I am afraid that Queen Qiu thinks that this is the fake news that this is deliberately spread by my Great Liang, and it is used to confuse Nanqi." Nie Yuansheng sighed and said, "This is a misunderstanding!" ”

Empress Dowager Gao didn't speak for a long time, and paused for a long time before saying, "The mourning family knows." ”

He asked again, "What about Tongchang's marriage now......

"Why not the Queen Mother." Just a princess of Tongchang, Nie Yuansheng has all the means to deal with it, and said with a smile at the moment, "The Queen Mother will be sick from now on, Your Majesty is filial, and you must come over to serve the decoction in person, and then persuade Your Majesty to pray for the Queen Mother, Your Majesty is still like this, how can King Anping, King Guangling, Princess Chang and King Gaoyang lag behind?" So how can Princess Tongchang dodge? ”

Empress Dowager Gao frowned and said, "Pray for blessings? ”

The Queen Mother also prayed for blessings, and the Queen Mother made people publicize that Princess Tongchang intended to go out of the palace to pray for the Queen Mother, and when the rumors were boiling, the Queen Mother passed the princess to the Heyi Palace and dissuaded her in public...... At that time, can Princess Tongchang say that she does not have such filial piety? Nie Yuansheng said disappreciatively, "The Queen Mother is always her mother-in-law!" ”

"This method ......" Empress Dowager Gao was still dissatisfied, "If the mourning family is not sick for a long time, naturally rumors will not spread, if the illness is short, if the eldest son of the emperor continues to be raised in the Heyi Palace, I am afraid that some people will be suspicious!" ”

Nie Yuansheng knew that the Empress Dowager Gao, who attached great importance to her virtuous reputation, would definitely have this question, and said with a smile at the moment: "If it was in the past, the minister would naturally not give the Empress Dowager this idea, but now, the niece of the Empress Dowager's relatives is You'e Ying, although You'e Ying is young, but the minister thinks that the emperor's eldest son also has a special person to serve him, so why not live in You'e Ying for a few days?" ”

Empress Dowager Gao thought about it again and again, and finally felt that Concubine Bo and Princess Tongchang were really an eyesore, and the Bo family and the Cui family were too deceitful last year, so she nodded: "The mourning family has its own disposal, you go!" ”

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Nie Yuansheng returned to the Xuanshu Palace, asked Ji Shen clearly, and went straight to the outside, but he heard a burst of crisp laughter, the sound was like a silver bell, and the sound was abnormal, the little chamberlain went in to pray, and after a while, he came out and summoned Nie Yuansheng in, and saw Ji Shen sitting on the top with his clothes scattered, and the maid Lin Yinzhuo was half-kneeling in front of his knees.

On the couch, leaning on Ji Shen's back was the world's woman Yun's, her dress was half-covered, her face was red, as if she was a little overwhelmed, and when she heard Ji Shen drink the elixir and call Nie Yuansheng to be exempt, she hurriedly whispered and covered her shoulders.

Nie Yuansheng sat down without squinting, and a silent palace man came up to pour him a cup of tea, and he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye, but it was Gong Chuyi, who had lived in the Dongnuan Pavilion for a long time in the past, and the childishness between his eyebrows had not been removed, and he was still beautiful, but he showed a little lifelessness, and he was extremely indifferent and indifferent to Ji Shen's pampering of the concubine next to him in front of him-he was really more generous than before......

Ji Shen saw Yun Zhanyue panicking and hating herself, and smiled and told them to retreat to the inner room, so she asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The Queen Mother just summoned the minister, and after the minister returned to the Queen Mother, she had some ideas." Nie Yuansheng said calmly, and first told him about the calculation of Princess Tongchang.

Ji Shen was very disapproving: "The queen mother is too obsessed with the reputation of virtue, in fact, according to me, she is just a concubine and a concubine of the first emperor, and the Bo family and the Cui family are also royal courtiers, what kind of thing?" At the beginning, the Bo family and the Cui family opposed you as the master, and I saw that you were reluctant, so I didn't say anything, otherwise, since ancient times, when a woman marries, from her father to her brother, what is it your turn for outsiders to intervene? Not to mention the princess! ”

said, "For the sake of these two people, I even have to go to Nanqi, since the queen mother is so disgusted with them, I have done my filial piety for the queen mother." ”

"What is Your Majesty going to do?" Nie Yuansheng asked.

Ji Shen snorted: "Let's just say that I dreamed of the first emperor and was very lonely, and I missed the Bo family very much, so I asked the Bo family to go down to accompany the first emperor!" As for the Bo family, well, the queen mother hates them, and I don't want to give them too much cheapness, so I can just give them a holy decree to praise them, and if the queen mother is not happy, I will find an excuse to cure their sins! Tongchang ...... According to what you said, ask her to go out of the palace to pray for the first emperor, if the Bo family and the Cui family still have something to say, they can just use them to stop the princess from doing filial piety and cure their crimes! ”

Nie Yuansheng coughed and said, "Your Majesty's method is good, but I'm afraid that the Queen Mother is worried that the Queen Mother is worried that the Queen Mother has mistreated Concubine Bo and Princess Tongchang!" ”

"The holy decree comes from me, what is the matter after the mother?" Ji Shen said.

"I'm afraid that the public will think that the holy decree was instructed by the Queen Mother." Nie Yuansheng said, "The Queen Mother's heart is knotted here, what can I do?" ”

Ji Shen was really troubled by Empress Dowager Gao's fear that she would be said to be unvirtuous, so he said: "Then you can only follow what you say?" ”

"Actually, whether it's Concubine Bo or Princess Tongchang, it's just a trivial matter." Nie Yuansheng muttered, "The minister came here for the reason why he thought of it when he replied to the Queen Mother's words...... It's because the Duke of Wuying suddenly brought his clansmen to Yedu! ”

Ji Shen said: "Didn't you say ...... before?"

"Queen Qiu thought that Da Liang had the intention of going south this time, so she didn't dare to accept Princess Tongchang as a concubine, for fear that Da Liang would give birth to right and wrong with Princess Tongchang...... Although he refused to marry, Nanqi must not slack off, and must be cautious and vigilant to guard against my big beam! Nie Yuansheng cut off his words and reminded implicitly, "Originally, it didn't go well for Willebor in Yingzhou, but now, ...... Your Majesty should also be the prince of Jiaen Wuying! ”

Ji Shen narrowed his eyes - he remembered that Nie Yuansheng had reminded Su Ping of his bad intentions several times in the past, and he pondered for a moment, and suddenly suddenly became enlightened, and blurted out: "He suddenly brought his clan to Ye ......"

Nie Yuansheng coughed, his eyes swept to the inner room, Ji Shen was alert, and immediately ordered Gong Chuyi: "First year, tell them to go back first." ”

After a while, the Yun Shinu and the Imperial Maiden Lin, who were neatly dressed, but their faces were flushed, walked out, and they did not forget to glance at Ji Shen, who did not forget the resentment, and then glared at Nie Yuansheng with hatred, and retreated.

Nie Yuansheng said solemnly: "After the pacification of Yan County before, the minister asked himself if he had not shown anything in front of the Duke of Wuying County, not to mention that the minister was just a scholar in the sixth grade, even if he was a close minister of His Majesty, then the Duke of Wuying County could put the minister in his eyes?" ”

He first mentioned that he was a lowly official, but he was a close minister of Ji Shen, Su Ping looked down on himself, undoubtedly looked down on Ji Shen, Ji Shen frowned unconsciously, and listened to Nie Yuansheng continue, "It's that the minister doesn't respect the Duke of Wuying enough, I'm afraid that the Duke of Wuying County will not think that the minister has the ability to make the Su family suffer the wrath of His Majesty...... Then the Duke of Wuying County sent an edict to Ye to meet His Majesty, but he arrived late and brought all the clansmen here! The minister calculated the time it would take for the people he was carrying to set off to clean up, and it was only after knowing about the matter of Yan County that he started to do it! ”

Ji Shen's brows furrowed even tighter, and Nie Yuansheng said slowly: "The Hao clan and the Zhan clan of Yan County have been destroyed, whether they have private contacts with the Wuying County Public, and now that the Wuying County Duke is in Ye Capital, there is no need to look far, it's just ...... Queen Qiu suddenly thought about this, and the minister thought that the reason why the Duke of Wuying suddenly returned the military power was that she also had this intention! ”

"Huh?"

"If the minister is not bad, within a few days, Wei Libo will have an urgent message from Yingzhou, and the Nanqi will ...... moved," Nie Yuansheng said, "Originally, the Yingzhou army has not yet completely subjugated the imperial court, Your Majesty, please think, at this time, can the Wuying County Gongyan be appeased?" Is there any danger? ”

He shook his head and said, "The Duke of Wuying seems to have brought his clan to vote and return the military power, which is the great trust of His Majesty in the imperial court, but he has left behind every step of the way, but in fact, he does not believe in His Majesty at all, the reason why he came to vote is nothing more than because of the situation, if he does not return the soldiers and horses, the court will definitely not tolerate him!" ”

Ji Shen's satisfaction with Su Ping's intellectual interest completely disappeared at this moment, and he only felt that Su Ping and his people were treacherous and hateful, and frowned: "Zikai, do you have any plans to deal with this old thing?" ”