In the court, the empress sat in the center of the main hall, looked at the group of ministers below, and said majestically:

"What do you think about this year's autumn hunting?"

As soon as these words came out, Lord Hu Qihu immediately stepped forward and said: "Back to Her Majesty the Empress, Weichen thinks that this year's autumn hunt can be held as in previous years, although this year's harvest in our country has tripled, but it should not be too extravagant and wasteful."

The empress nodded approvingly: "That's what I mean, everything is simple."

After all, the stability of the people's lives is the most important thing, and if they are too extravagant and wasteful, the people's labor taxes will increase, and then the stable situation she has established for a long time will collapse.

Hu Qi's proposal was in line with the empress's intentions, but the selection of the person in charge of this autumn hunt really made her difficult.

So, the empress continued, "Then who should be responsible for this matter?" Is there a suitable candidate for Hu Aiqing? ”

In response to the question asked by the empress, Hu Qi also thought about it for a long time, but apart from Chen Zhen, she really couldn't think of anyone else.

So, Hu Qi was embarrassed and said helplessly: "Back to Your Majesty, the annual autumn hunt is entrusted to General Chen Zhenchen, but General Chen is still confined in the mansion. Except for General Chen, Wei Chen really couldn't think of anyone else who could take on this matter. ”

After hearing Hu Qi's words, the empress frowned slightly, looking at the ministers below who were whispering, the empress said, "What about the others?" I want to hear your opinions. ”

When Hu Qi heard the empress ask the opinions of other ministers, she understood that the empress was not too satisfied with her opinions, so after getting the empress's tacit approval, she consciously retreated to the court.

Hearing the empress's question, at this time, Li Yu and Li Shangshu stood up, and she said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is very appropriate to leave this matter to Lord Gao in charge."

When the empress saw Li Shangshu standing up, she instantly raised her vigilance and asked suspiciously, "Li Aiqing, then tell me your opinion."

Li Yu replied in an orderly manner: "Master Gao is rigorous, thoughtful, and often goes in and out of various occasions, so Wei Chen believes that Lord Gao knows more about the autumn hunt than anyone else in the court, besides, Lord Gao and Commander Guo have always had dealings, and during the autumn hunt, they cooperate with each other, and they will definitely be able to protect the safety of everyone present during the autumn hunt."

As soon as Li Shangshu's words came out, the ministers of the court and the central government discussed it for a while.

Among the ministers, Lord Gao looked at Li Yu from time to time, and saw that she had just spoken righteously, not like she was joking, and Lord Gao was very puzzled.

She and Li Shangshu have always had political disagreements and-for-tat confrontations in the court, but now, how can Li Yu recommend herself?

What is Li Yu calculating?

The empress knew that the two forces in the court and China were surging, and Li Shangshu was huge, so in order to balance the power, she gave Gao Daren a lot of privileges, and the purpose was to restrain Li Shangshu.

Not only that, but she also named the son of Lord Gao as the queen, with the purpose of suppressing Li Yu.

The Empress now deeply regrets that it was she who caused this situation, and that she could not wish anyone else.

That year, her younger brother married the famous general Shao Xin, which made Shao Xin, who was already very popular, like a tiger, and the Shao family was powerful for a while.

And this quickly aroused the jealousy of people with a heart, and some people even wrote that Shao Xin held the military power, and the power was in his hands, threatening the imperial power, if Shao Xin rebelled one day, she would be like a lamb to the slaughter, and she had no power to fight back.

Since then, she has sensed that a force has faintly appeared above the court, a force hostile to General Shao.

The empress trusted Shao Xin very much at first, and since it was the person her brother had chosen, she certainly did not doubt General Shao's loyalty.

But since that day, her trust has been shaken.

That day, she went to Weifu for a private visit, and when she passed by a village, she overheard a conversation between two children, and as for the content of the conversation, she still remembers it vividly.

One of the children said: "General Shao is brave and mighty, and he is one enemy to a hundred on the battlefield, and I want to be a person like General Shao when I grow up." ”

"I'm going to be the best man in the world."

"The best guy? Who do you say is powerful, the empress or General Shao? ”

"Of course it's General Shao."

"If only General Shao were the empress."

“……”

When the empress heard this, she said fiercely in her heart: It turns out that the people treat her like this, and she is not as dignified as a general Shao, so what's the use of making her an empress?

After hearing this passage that day, she ended the private visit to Weifu, and after returning to the palace, she took the opportunity to send General Shao to the frontier.

Later, under the repeated admonitions of people with hearts, she finally wavered. She followed the advice of people with a heart and began to gradually weaken Shao Xin's military power, and she almost let Shao Xin go every time there was an emergency at the border, the purpose was to keep her away from the government.

Later, the power of the other faction gradually grew stronger, and slowly developed into an uncontrollable force, and Li Yu was a member of this hostile force in the first place.

In the end, Shao Xin died in the frontier, Shangshu Mansion covered the sky with one hand, in order to suppress Shangshu Mansion, the empress began to divide power and check and balance, in addition to Liu Chengxiang, Gao Daren also promoted a force that competed with Shangshu Mansion.

But today, Li Yu actually recommended Master Gao to be in charge of the autumn hunt, and the empress was very puzzled, what was going on?

What kind of medicine is sold in this Li Yu's gourd, she can't see clearly for a while, but now that the autumn hunting time is approaching, the urgent thing is to find the right person in charge of the autumn hunt first.

So, the empress began to look at Prime Minister Liu, and after seeing her mature look, she named her: "Prime Minister, what do you think?"

Prime Minister Liu pondered for a long time, and when he heard the empress's question, he immediately stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that Li Shangshu is reasonable."

The empress was shocked when she heard this, why did even Prime Minister Liu Cheng stand on Li Shangshu's side?

I only heard Master Gao continue: "It's just ......"

Hearing this, the empress slowly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, "The prime minister said that it doesn't hurt. ”

Prime Minister Liu continued: "It's just that Master Gao has never had the experience of doing such a big thing, so Wei Chen thinks that during the autumn hunt, General Chen's solitary confinement can be temporarily relieved and let him assist Lord Gao from the side. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the courtiers were silent instantly, and now who doesn't know that the empress is reluctant to mention General Chen's incident, and now Prime Minister Liu Cheng said that he would release General Chen, I am afraid that it will provoke Long Yan's anger.

At this moment, all the ministers were waiting for the empress's wrath.

The empress pondered, let General Chen out?

After a long time, the anger that everyone was waiting for did not come, but what was waiting for was the empress's words, "I am ready." ”

After Li Shangshu heard the empress's words, she smiled in her heart, and she knew that the empress still trusted General Chen.

That's the right bet on her!

Next, she wants to use the empress's trust to put General Chen in a place of no return.

General Chen, after so many years, the grievances between us should be well calculated.

Master Gao knew that she had to do it if she didn't do it this time, but she vaguely felt that Li Shangshu would not be so kind, and gave herself a chance to perform in front of the empress in vain.

So, her heart is now full of worry.

……

After the next court, a holy decree came to General Chen's mansion, although General Chen did not know what was going on, but she was sure that the empress did not come to convict her.

Because she knows the style of the county lord, she will definitely do what she promised. This is one of the reasons why the county palace has been rampant and domineering the entire capital for so many years, but it will not cause public anger.

Sure enough, after the eunuch read the holy decree, he did not condemn her for the incident between her and General Zheng.

However, to her surprise, the empress actually asked her to assist the tall man in hosting the autumn hunt.

Chen Zhen was shocked after receiving this holy decree, her solitary confinement was lifted, and she also got such a great opportunity to perform in front of the empress!

At this moment, General Chen's heart was full of emotion, this is the trust of Her Majesty the Empress, she General Chen has done her best for the country, and she can be treated like this by the Empress, even if she goes to the soup and fire.

General Chen knelt on the ground, knocked his head down, and thanked him loyally, "Long live Your Majesty the Empress, long live, long live." ”

Seeing General Chen like this, the eunuch thought to himself, General Chen is really a loyal minister, he handed over the holy decree to General Chen and helped Chen Zhen up.

General Chen took the decree and held it tightly in his hand.

After helping General Chen to get up, the eunuch respectfully said to General Chen: "Congratulations to General Chen, it's not too early, and the old slave will go back to the palace first."

After General Chen sent someone to see off the eunuch, he immediately returned to the study.

In the past few days of being confined in the mansion, General Chen locked himself in the study, because he couldn't go there, so he could only bury his head in the study to sort out the books.

One day, by chance, she found a few lines of large characters in a book, which she thought were very familiar, so she looked at them repeatedly, and suddenly she remembered that it was her wife's handwriting.

Since discovering that book, General Chen has almost developed the habit of reading the book every day, because seeing this handwriting is like seeing his wife.

Since the death of Chen Ziwei's father, General Chen has kept herself busy every day and never wants to stop, because she knows that whenever she stops, she will remember all the things in the past, and she will not be able to suppress the pain in her heart.

Over the years, General Chen has been thinking every day that if she returns to the beginning, she will not let go, even if she dies with him, she does not want to live alone in the world.

Now, she was even more shameless to face him.

Because their favorite daughter, Chen Ziluo, is dead.

She didn't know that when she saw him again a hundred years later, she wouldn't be able to get his forgiveness.

After these few days of careful consideration, General Chen's conviction became even stronger, and in her last few years, she must find out the truth.

She couldn't let her daughter die innocently like this, and she couldn't be sorry for her deceased wife.

General Chen opened the book on the table again, and after carefully reading the handwriting, he began to plan the autumn hunt.

However, what she didn't know was that Li Shangshu was waiting for her......