At the beginning of 972 AD, Zhao Kuangyin of the Song State achieved a certain sense of unification, since the destruction of the Southern Han Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty has been in the middle of a three-sided attack, Li Yu in order to protect himself, chose the strategy of surrender and secret preparation. The Jiang family finally recognized the situation and returned to the previous state of serious training and preparation for war, and Li Yu and I changed our original plan and decided to put the country first.

In February, Li Yu issued an order to recall Huang Yuan, the younger brother of the Huang family of Yuan Guifei, and he was responsible for the deployment of all troops in the palace and served as the commander of the guards. In addition, he ordered the crown prince Zhongyu to be the commander and his division Xiao Qin, leading the Jiang family father and son to be mainly responsible for the deployment of troops in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

According to the timeline, the Song Kingdom sent troops in 964, and I still have two years to go, plus now all the troops and generals of the Tang Kingdom are rearranged by me, which is very different from the previous life, and I hope to change something.

Fortunately, Li Yu is now much more mature than before, no longer drinking and having fun every day, and putting all his focus on national affairs. In this life, our military is much higher than in previous lives, and we will definitely not be slaughtered by others again.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has something I want to discuss with you." I looked at Li Yu, who was playing with joy on the side, and said.

"The queen can just say something straight."

I called Akika in and hugged Joy out.

"After a while, the concubine wants to send Xile out of the palace to raise her."

"Why?" Hearing this, Li Yu suppressed the smile on his face for a while. "I have granted your request to revoke the title of Princess of Joy, do you really not want our daughter to be rich and prosperous for the rest of her life?"

"It is precisely because I hope that our daughter can live a safe life, the emperor has thought about it, now that the court is turbulent, if we end up like the Southern Han Dynasty, we fail to defend our country, joy as a princess, do you know what awaits him? At worst, he will be imprisoned for life, a slave or a servant, or his life will be guaranteed. I was excited to say what I thought.

It's 972 now, and there are still two years before the official attack of the Song Kingdom, and I have to prepare in advance, even if there is only a slight probability, I can't let Joy follow me to live that life of captivity.

"I know you're worried, but maybe it's not as bad as we thought." Li Yu stood up and took me into his arms. "Our joy is still so young, she is only a little more than a year old, can you bear to let her not see her father and queen mother every day?"

"But ......"

"No, I promise you, if we really can't keep this country in the end, then I will definitely send someone to send Xile out of the palace in advance. Now, let her stay in the palace and spend some more time with us, okay? ”

"Well, when the time comes, I want to give my joy to Sandalwood to raise, she has grown up with me since she was a child, and she is a trustworthy person."

"Okay, I depend on you, and you have to believe that I will work hard to protect you both."

"Concubine Xie Emperor......"

The days are still going by day by day, there are many things in the previous dynasty, and Li Yu has gradually less time to come to the harem.

First of all, Jiang Zhizhi relied on his concubine position and the status of his mother's family, and wantonly bullied Yimei people in the West Garden of Jiaofang Palace, Yimei was not popular, and died headlong at the gate of Jiang Zhizhi's palace, and then Yu Promise of Shang Wan'er's side hall, suddenly poisoned and died on the same day, Yu promised that the maid next to him insisted that the osmanthus cake sent by Shang Wan'er's palace was poisonous......

The harem died two little masters in a row on the same day, which had never happened in the past, although Yimei and Yu promised not to be favored, but Li Yu, who knew the news, was still furious and asked me and Concubine Yuan to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Jiang knew that it was nothing more than pampering and arrogance, and everyone in the Jiaofang Hall could testify that Yimei had committed suicide, and if you want to blame, you can only blame Yimei for being cowardly. But it is a fact that Jiang knows that he disturbed the harem, according to the laws of the harem, Jiang Zhizhi was demoted to Xiao Concubine and confined to the Jiaofang Palace for half a year.

After this incident, I took a fresh look at the current situation of the harem. It was decreed that all the little lords in the palace can re-choose the main mother, and they can move out after reporting to Concubine Yuan, hoping to put an end to the bullying of the low position by the high position, and also take the opportunity to settle the grievances of the harem For this reason, Yuan Guifei has always been worried that it will cause partisan disputes in the harem.

"As long as I'm here, there will be no chance for others in the harem to turn the sky upside down." I held Concubine Yuan's hand and whispered.

"Yes, with the queen mother, the concubine will be relieved."

In this way, what Jiang knew was temporarily over.

But Shang Wan'er still has no clue about the poisoning, I have secretly interrogated her and Yu Yu's personal maid separately, the result is that both sides insist on their own words, Shang Wan'er's maid insisted that her master was not poisoned, and Yu promised that her master also insisted that her master died because of Shang Wan'er's poisoning, and the matter once entered a deadlock.

"Otherwise, report to Dali Temple for review, after all, it is not an ordinary palace maid who has died." The lady proposed.

"It's not proper, this is a matter of the harem, it is precisely because it is not an ordinary palace maid who has died, that it should be solved privately in our harem, otherwise it will damage the reputation of the queen mother." Concubine Yuan raised objections.

"I also agree with Concubine Yuan's statement, this matter should be settled by the harem itself." Xiao Cairen Qingnu seconded.

"I also agree with Concubine Yuan's statement, but where should we start?" Xue Guiren Qiushui said.

"At present, the most important thing is Yu Yu's personal maid, we need to know whether she has made false testimony." I spoke slowly. "In this way, I will go to see Concubine Wan alone, and you can privately inquire about the relationship between Yu Yu and her maid."

"Yes."

When I arrived at the Splendid Pavilion, Shang Wan'er was painting, and there was no trace of panic in her gestures.

"See the Queen." Seeing me coming, Shang Wan'er stopped writing and got up to salute me.

Looking at Shang Wan'er in front of me, I really want to suddenly know why Li Yu treats her so well, there is a beautiful woman today, and the country is captivated.

"Get up."

"Yes."

After I sat down, I sent all my attendants out.

"Do you know why this palace is here today?"

Yu agreed.

"Now that you know, there are only you and me left in this palace, can Concubine Wan tell me the truth, does Yu promise's death have anything to do with you?"

"It has nothing to do with concubines." When Shang Wan'er said this, she stared at my eyes and said it, and her expression did not dodge.

"Okay, this palace chooses to believe you, but this matter still needs evidence, otherwise it will not be able to get away with it." Actually, from the very beginning, I believed that Shang Wan'er did not do this, she has been favored since she entered the palace, and she has a high temperament, so she doesn't care about this method of poisoning and killing people at all, so there must be something hidden behind this matter.

"Concubine Xie Queen Mother."

"The osmanthus cake that Yu promised to eat that day was given by you?"

"It was given by the concubine, Yu promised to be friendly with the concubine since he entered the palace, and in the past, I would send anything delicious to her house, if I wanted to be poisoned, why wait until now, and be so blatant." When Shang Wan'er said this, her eyes were obviously red. "Besides, the concubine has always treated her as her own sister."

I've heard of this, Shang Wan'er has never been friendly with everyone in the harem, but she promised Yu unusually.

"Then do you know what Yu promised's relationship with her maid?"

"It's good outside, but it's not good in private, I remember Yu promised to tell me that the maid seems to be her father's illegitimate daughter, and she was originally going to be sent to the palace together to take care of each other, but who knows that the two of them don't deal with each other."

"So, is it possible......" I looked at Shang Wan'er and slowly said my question.

"What do you mean?" Sure enough, it was the daughter of the Shang family, although I didn't say it explicitly, but I saw the affirmation in her eyes, and she understood what I meant.

"Yes."

That night, I secretly met Yu promised the maid......