As the autumn harvest approached, the situation in the south changed again.

The private troops of the major families gathered and cooperated with the northern army to begin a large-scale counteroffensive against the princes and kings.

The war is raging!

Every day, news is transmitted to the capital, whether true or false.

Yesterday it was said that the imperial court was defeated, and now it is said that the princes and kings have been defeated.

When Ming'er arrived, it was another general.

It is said that the vast land to the south has been pierced, and this year's harvest is not guaranteed.

The grain rotted in the ground, and no one collected it.

By the time winter comes, many people will go hungry and die of starvation.

The capital is not very peaceful!

Concubine Jia's maiden family fought with the Tao family.

The two families, from the folk fight to the shopping mall, from the shopping mall to the court, from the court to the harem......

The capital is turbulent.

The Jia family and the Tao family have turned the capital upside down, and people's hearts are unstable.

Emperor Yongtai had an ambiguous attitude.

Today, he suppresses the Tao family.

Ming'er, he suppressed the Jia family again.

He will stand up for Queen Tao and Concubine Jia Shu.

A queen and a lady concubine have become two mountains in the harem.

Since Empress Tao was canonized as the queen, she has suffered such grievances.

After fighting more than a dozen back and forth, they met in the Imperial Garden once, and they didn't agree with each other, and Queen Tao directly slapped Concubine Jia Shu.

Jia Shufei was stunned on the spot.

She didn't dare to fight back.

In any case, the other party is a queen and is higher than her in status.

If she fights back, what is reasonable will turn into unreasonable.

So, she cried aloud and ran away with her cheeks covered.

When she cried, everyone in the harem knew about it, and everyone changed color.

The news that Concubine Jia Shu was slapped by Queen Tao quickly spread from the harem to the court and to the nobles of the major families.

The Jia family was indignant and wanted to stand up for Concubine Jia.

Even the six princes were complaining in private.

The Tao family was naturally excited and inexplicable, shouting, "Well done!" ”

Jia Shufei, that slut, should have been beaten a long time ago.

Do you really think that after being favored by the emperor for a few days, you can turn the sky upside down?

Empress Tao has been favored by the emperor for more than ten years, and Concubine Jia Shu compares her.

Compared with beauty and age, Concubine Jia Shu was defeated.

The Tao family actually couldn't figure it out, how could the emperor favor Concubine Jia Shu, who was one year older than Empress Tao?

Is it because Concubine Jia Shu gave birth to a son?

However, the harem concubines who gave birth to sons are not the only ones in the harem.

Thinking about it, it must be because of Jia Shufei's family background.

The Jia family is a medium-sized family, and both father and brother are officials in the court. The children of the family, who are educated, are cleaner than the Tao family.

The biggest advantage is that the Jia family does not have the blood of the princes and kings of the world on their hands.

The Tao family, since he killed the princes and kings of the world for the emperor, he will never be able to wash it from now on, and it will be completely black.

The two families, fighting back and forth in the court, have affected the war in the south.

Only then did Emperor Yongtai make a move to suppress them, so that they could each settle down.

Fighting is raging in the south......

It's just that the news can't reach the capital on time.

No one can say what the victory or defeat will be.

It's still lively in front of you, and it's enjoyable to watch.

The six princes asked for training in the Northern Army, and Emperor Yongtai nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the three princes and the six princes are all in the Northern Army, and I am afraid that they will fight.

Only the second prince, Xiao Chengwen, stayed out of the matter.

He is a sick man, does not go to court, does not participate in politics, and does not discuss politics.

He is just an idle prince who eats Juelu, doing nothing every day, either taking medicine or preparing to take medicine.

No one paid attention to him.

He also doesn't want to get attention from outsiders.

It's just that seeing that the day of debt collection has arrived, Yan Yunge has no news at all.

She didn't want to pay her bills.

Father-in-law Fei said cruelly, "If Yan Yunge is a debtor, the old slave will take someone to level her villa." ”

Xiao Chengwen was noncommittal.

Yan Yunqi walked in from the outside, dissatisfied with Father-in-law Fei, she said, "It is impossible for my fourth sister to repay the debt. It's the autumn harvest season, and it's estimated that everyone in the villa will be busy. Even if you have to pay the bill, you have to wait for another month and a half to wait for the autumn harvest to be completed. ”

Grandpa Fei wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xiao Chengwen.

Xiao Chengwen said: "His Royal Highness believes that Miss Yan Si will not repay her debts. Even if she dared to rely on His Royal Highness's accounts, she wouldn't dare to rely on Shaofu's accounts. There was no movement on the Shaofu side, and His Highness was not in a hurry. ”

Yan Yunqi sat down, "I don't know how His Highness and the fourth sister talked about the cooperation at the beginning, I only know that the fourth sister will give His Royal Highness a sum of food this year." I wonder if Your Highness has a warehouse to store these grains? ”

"What do you think of Madame?"

Yan Yunqi said bluntly: "There is a grain shop in my dowry, if His Royal Highness can trust me, you can put the grain in my grain shop and sell it." I wonder what His Highness thinks? ”

Xiao Chengwen laughed, "Madame has a heart!" His Royal Highness is willing to put the grain in the lady's grain shop to sell, and how to operate it will be discussed with the manager of the grain store. ”

Yan Yunqi solemnly thanked her, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust." ”

"We are husband and wife, and our wife does not have to see each other. There is one thing I am curious about, how much grain does Madame's grain shop take in a year? ”

"I haven't paid attention to the specific number, it should be less than a thousand quintals."

Oh!

With less than 1,000 quintals of goods, it can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized grain store.

For those large grain stores, the annual volume of goods is at least thousands of quintals, tens of thousands of quintals.

Xiao Chengwen pinched his chin, he asked for food, of course, not for money.

He was there to support people.

Raise a group of people who can be used by him.

Yan Yunge's food will solve a big problem for him.

But he didn't need to talk to Yan Yunqi about these things.

Father-in-law Fei was a little anxious, and when Yan Yunqi left, he asked, "Your Highness really wants to put the grain in Madame's grain shop and sell it?" ”

Xiao Chengwen smiled softly, "Give her two or three hundred loads of food, and it will be regarded as the whole of my husband and wife relationship with her." ”

Father-in-law Fei breathed a sigh of relief, it was only two or three hundred loads of grain, which was not much, and it could bear it.

However, His Royal Highness is really generous to Madame.

At this time, someone from Weiyang Palace came and summoned Xiao Chengwen into the palace.

Xiao Chengwen was obviously a little surprised, and laughed again in a blink of an eye, "It's really rare that the Queen Mother would summon Her Royal Highness into the palace." ”

Grandpa Fei asked, "Does Your Highness want to enter the palace?" Do you want the old slave to send the palace people away? ”

"Not necessarily! It is rare for the queen mother to summon Her Royal Highness, and Her Highness naturally wants to give face. Waiting for His Highness to change his clothes! ”

"No!"

……

Xiao Chengwen dressed up and set off for the palace.

When he entered the palace, he found that the guards in the palace were clear and strict, and there were obviously some unfamiliar faces.

This is to prevent turmoil in the capital.

He quietly observed his surroundings and slowly came to Weiyang Palace.

He is a sick seedling, and it is understandable that he walks slowly.

When they arrived at Weiyang Palace, the mother and son did not show affection when they met, and their expressions were faint to each other.

"Greetings to the Queen Mother!"

Empress Tao raised her hand and motioned for him to sit down and speak.

Xiao Chengwen sat on the ground, took matters into his own hands, and poured himself a cup of tea.

He wasn't polite at all.

Queen Tao knelt on the Luohan couch, dressed plainly, with delicate makeup on her face, but she couldn't hide the tiredness in her eyes.

She spoke: "Your father is getting more and more ruthless. Many officials in the Tao family were dismissed or transferred. The Jia family took advantage of the fire to rob, and other civil and military generals fell into the well, all wanting to put the Tao family to death and the palace to death. You say, what should Hongu do? ”

Xiao Chengwen took a sip of tea, this year's new tea tastes excellent.

Because of the war in the south and the difficulty of transportation, the price of tea rose fiercely.

Many people say they can't afford to drink tea this year.

Of course, there is no problem in the palace that you can't afford to drink tea.

He held the teacup and said in a light tone, "The queen mother already has an idea in her heart, so why ask my opinion." ”

"The idea in Bengong's heart is not yet mature. So I'd like to ask you what you think. Empress Tao was blunt.

Xiao Chengwen smiled, put down the teacup, and said softly: "There are only two ways, either obey or resist." I wonder if the queen mother wants to obey or resist? ”

Empress Tao straightened up and asked, "How about obedience?" How about revolt? ”

Xiao Chengwen said bluntly: "If you choose to be obedient, you might as well cut off your arms and destroy your future, and the Tao family will leave the capital and return to their ancestral hometown." The father should let go of the Tao family for the sake of the old love. If you resist, the first thing is military power. However, the father must be on guard against this, and the Tao family can only be taken by surprise to have any hope of success. Unless ......"

"Unless what?" Empress Tao asked nervously.

Xiao Chengwen said solemnly: "Unless there is the right time and place to help." ”

Empress Tao was thoughtful.

The so-called favorable time and place is nothing more than a major event in the Gyeonggi area, and the capital was attacked from the outside.

Is this possible?

With the cooperation of the private soldiers of the family's troops, the northern army was like a bamboo, killing the army of the princes and kings.

Seeing that this rebellion of princes and kings that shook the world is about to come to an end, and the world will return to peace.

At this time, I think there will be no one who will not open their eyes and choose to rebel.

Empress Tao said: "When the war in the south is over, your father will have enough prestige. ”

At that time, the authority of Emperor Yongtai will be greatly increased.

Xiao Chengwen said: "The war is over, and my father's plan is half completed. After that, it was to take back the fiefdom as planned. ”

"Do you think that the princes and kings of the world will obediently hand over their fiefs?"

"The princes and kings are defeated under their father's emperor, and they are unwilling to hand over their fiefs. Unless, there are princes and kings who dare to contact the generals and openly raise the banner to rebel. ”

Queen Tao gritted her teeth, "The princes and kings of the world are just a group of rabble. With a large number of soldiers and a large amount of food, they could not defeat the sparsely numbered Northern Army and the Southern Army. ”

Xiao Chengwen smiled, "The Northern Army and the Southern Army are both drills every two days, and they are recognized as strong armies in the world. Although the number is small, everyone is one against five. The army of the princes and kings, who only practiced for three or five days in January, was naturally not the opponent of the northern army and the southern army. ”

Empress Tao sighed and asked solemnly: "If one day, the Tao family is destroyed and the life of this palace is not guaranteed, what will you do?" ”

She wanted to ask, will the second prince avenge her?

However, Xiao Chengwen's answer was destined to disappoint her.

He said: "Erchen will live well!" ”