The first thing Xiong Yi did after entering Beijing was to launch an accusation against Shenhou, and this, before Xiong Yi entered Beijing, Shenhou didn't even know about it, Xiong Yi wantonly developed wars against small countries in the south, plundered other wealth, and even took those princes who were beyond the reach of the Zhou Dynasty under his command, and the strength of his power in a blink of an eye was not to be underestimated. The alliance of Shen and Chu was making trouble in the south, and the sergeant doctor had already heard about it, but no one thought that the situation would develop like this, and the Marquis of Chu paid tribute to the king of Zhou on all the land obtained by the development war, and asked Ji Gongyan to divide it for the second time, and the Marquis of Chu pleaded guilty to Ji Gongyan, bluntly saying that he was bewitched by Shenhou and did something wrong for a while, and now it is too late to regret it, so he has to make up for his death.

Ji Gongyan was furious in the court, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the matter of Shenhou, his face was dark and his voice was tight, this serious atmosphere made all the princes present sweat for themselves, and no one dared to say much. Ji Gongyan leaned in front of the table, his slender eyes were slightly closed, and his lips were pursed into a pale lip line, "Although Chu Hou was bewitched by Shenhou, he was able to tell the widow all about this matter, and he also made a great contribution, and now that the merits and demerits are offset, the widow will no longer pursue it!" ”

"King Xie!" Xiong Yi stepped forward and said, these words made the scholars and doctors present constantly slander in their hearts, and they always felt that this matter was very strange, Chu Hou's repeated behavior was confusing, Ji Gongyan's forgiveness so easily was simply not like his style, no one dared to say this, the silence in the court was outrageous, Ji Gongyan cleared his throat, coughed twice and then sat up straight, as soon as he sat up straight, the people in the audience inexplicably shrank their necks and subconsciously retreated, Ji Gongyan's eyes opened, Looking around at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, "Shen Hou has been without me for a long time, these years and years have not come to my pickaxe capital to pay homage, the widow originally only thought that Shen Hou was Shen Hou's father, Yi Jiu's grandfather, this matter turned a blind eye, now Yi Jiu is in the south is ready to move, Shen Hou is even more to help the abuse, killing more than once, the people are not living, if the widow connived at it again, I am sorry for the Great Zhou Jiangshan, sorry for my Great Zhou subjects!" After he finished speaking, he slapped his hand heavily on the table, making a loud "bang".

There was still silence and silence in front of the hall.

"You say, 'What should a widow do?' Ji Gongyan stared at the many courtiers in the audience and asked, everyone was watching their noses and noses, and their noses were watching without saying a word, that day Ji Gongyan was going to attack Shen Guo, how many princes came forward to defend Shenhou, and now the ironclad evidence is like a mountain, and it is almost a sure thing that Yijiu rebelled, and no one dared to speak anymore, for fear that Ji Gongyan would turn over the old accounts and settle them with everyone one by one.

"No one is talking?" Ji Gongyan asked, "If no one speaks, start with the two Shangqing and speak in turn, and the widow wants to hear what you all think!" When he said the last word, his voice was so loud that everyone present gasped, looking at each other with anxious faces, all counting on who would stand up and save themselves. I don't know how long it has been, Father Yu Shi stepped forward, straightened his sleeves, and said to Ji Gongyan with both hands, "Weichen has some words, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

"Say!" Ji Gong Yu shouted.

On that day, the prince Yijiu joined forces with Yingde to usurp the throne, and the king was merciful and could not bear to attack the prince, so he returned him to the Shen Kingdom, which laid a disaster. Prince Yijiu didn't understand the father-son relationship between Gu Nian and the king, and he didn't know how to be grateful to the king. The king had no choice but to abolish the prince and set up the prince, Yijiu rebelled because of this, if the king did not attack Shen again, I am afraid that Shenhou and the prince will think that the king is afraid of the two of them, and continue to connive I am afraid that it will be detrimental to my Da Zhou! "Father Yu Shi pleaded his feelings to Ji Gongyan, his words were sincere, every sentence was reasonable, and the people present were speechless, and no one knew how to refute?

"Not bad!" Ji Gongyan nodded slightly, his brows furrowed deeply, and his face was dark, "What do you think should be done?" ”

"Hmm......" Father Yu Shi pondered for a long time, as if he couldn't catch what he said, and turned to look at Lu Zhang on the side, Lu Zhang raised his hand and coughed twice, stood up and said loudly, "If the king connived at such a blind eye behind him, I am afraid that in the future, the princes will take Shenhou as the standard, wantonly attack the small countries around them, wantonly form alliances, and make enemies with the king, then I am afraid that the Great Zhou Jiangshan will be in danger!" ”

"So what should the widow do?" Ji Gongyan asked impatiently, in fact, everyone knew that Ji Gongyan's purpose was to get these courtiers to speak out about the attack on Shen Guo, but none of the courtiers were willing to take this responsibility. Chu Hou Xiong Yi thought for a moment, he had done everything to this point, at this time, if he was afraid to offend Ji Gongyan again, he was afraid that his previous efforts would be wasted, but he would be the enemy of the entire princes and the Zhou Dynasty, he immediately stepped forward and said, "King Qiyu, according to Weichen's humble opinion, the king should lead his troops to attack the Shen Kingdom, in the name of King Zheng!" ”

"Good!" Ji Gongyan shouted, "The widow sent troops, but someone can help?" ”

"The minister is willing to help the king!" Chuhou Xiong Yi immediately bowed down, and before his words fell, Qi Bo naturally stepped forward and said loyally to King Zhou, "The ministers are willing to help the king!" Followed by Zheng Boyou standing at the forefront and bowing to Ji Gongyan and saying, "The ministers are willing to help the king!" ”

The princes stood up from this silent queue one by one to show Ji Gongyan that this is not out of sincere loyalty, this matter is a few joys, a few sorrows, Chu Hou, Qi Bo and Zheng Boyou have always been pro-Zhou Wang faction, but the rest of the people said this is a little unwilling, reluctant, and Shen has always been good friends Wei and Song said very reluctantly, "The ministers are willing to help the king!" ”

There are also some princes who are afraid of the wave of unsettled in their own country, and they don't want to send troops to participate in this matter at all, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all expressing their positions, if they don't say a word, it seems very inappropriate, just like Qin Bo won and Jin Boji feuded, one is worried about the battle of the dog Rong and the uncontrollable Baili Cheng, and the other is worried that he heard the rumors of some Cheng Shi plotting to usurp the throne, and the two of them were pale with a miserable paleness, and they also said hard, "The ministers are willing to help the king!" ”

"Good!" Ji Gongyan nodded, clapping very slowly, with a very relieved expression on his face, "In this case, after the dynasty is dispersed, you will each return to China to reorganize your troops, and then set off south to attack the Shen Kingdom!" ”

"Wechen has something to say!" Father Yu suddenly stood up, looked at Ji Gongyan and said.

"Oh?" Ji Gongyan squinted at Father Yu Shi and asked, "What else does Yu Shangqing have to say?" ”

"If the princes are asked to return to their respective countries and then reorganize their troops to fight again, I am afraid that if everyone arrives at the Shen State on different dates, the vanguard will definitely suffer heavy losses, and the one who arrives later will pick up a bargain! What's more, the relationship between the princes and the Marquis of Shen is delicate, after letting you go back to your fiefdom, will they still organize their troops to attack Shen Guo again, I am afraid that it may not be, if they report to Shen Guo again, ask Shen Guo to prepare reinforcements in advance, and put us in ambush, I am afraid that this matter may not be as the king wishes! ”

"That's right......" Ji Gongyu nodded slightly, "According to Shangqing's words, how should this matter be good?" ”

"According to my humble opinion, the king might as well order the city gate to be closed, prohibiting anyone from entering and leaving the pickaxe capital, and after the end of the sacrifice ceremony, go to Lishan Mountain, and take the beacon fire as a letter, and the generals in the princes and courts will naturally know that there is a change in the pickaxe capital when they see the beacon fire, and the soldiers and horses will march to the pickaxe capital, and I will set off to kill Shen Guo by surprise, isn't it just right?" Before going to the court today, Bao Xi heard that the Marquis of Chu would arrive in the capital today, and guessed that there must be a lot of waves in the court today, Bao Xi called Yu Shi's father to the East Palace in advance, predicting that Ji Gongyan would definitely lead his troops to attack Shen, if so, he asked him to propose that Ji Gongyan light the beacon fire and gather the army at the foot of Li Mountain.

Father Yu Shi thought about it in his heart, and the whole person gasped at that time, carefully speculating on Bao Xi's expression, but in his heart, it was not a wise choice to measure and be an enemy of Bao Xi, this woman's wrist is strong, and there are few people in the entire harem who can match it, trapping the princes in the pickaxe capital, and lighting the beacon fire, the generals of the countries will come, and they will have to come! This is to coerce the princes to order the world...... In fact, Ji Gongyan already knew the whole thing, but the proposal to use the beacon fire to order the world could not be said from the mouth of this emperor, but could only be proposed by Yu Shifu, that is, after the end of this war, all the princes were released from house arrest, and if you want to criticize it, you can only criticize Yu Shifu who put forward this unbearable opinion today.

Sure enough, before Yu Shi's father's words fell, the princes cast resentful eyes on him.

Father Yu Shi coughed twice, swallowed his saliva, and his current position was also very awkward, either stand up and offend the entire princes, or retreat to offend Ji Gongyan alone, although the difference between one person and the world, but for him personally, there is no difference. Fortunately, Father Yu Shi has long been accustomed to the strange eyes of others, and Ji Gongyan's joy made the princes really pinch a cold sweat for their uncertain future.

The early dynasty dispersed in such an atmosphere, the princes had gloomy faces, and retreated from the front hall without saying a word, very heavyly, Wei Bo bowed his head and walked away, just wanting to leave this nightmarish Great Zhou Palace quickly, but what he didn't expect was that before he got out of this palace, someone stood in front of him, "Wei Bo? ”

"You are?" Wei Bo raised his head and looked at the little girl in front of him, looking very angry, and he couldn't think of it for a while.

The person who came was Rong Qian, she looked at Wei Bo and didn't introduce herself, she only said, "Please!" ”

"Aftermath?" Wei Bo took a deep breath, looked at Rong Qian and asked, and plucked his ears with his hands from time to time, almost thinking that he had misheard the words in Rong Qian's mouth, he boasted that he had never had anything to do with Bao Xi, and he should have offended the queen indirectly in Mrs. Wei's several tricks with Bao Xi, today Bao Xi suddenly had an invitation, I am afraid that it is more auspicious, Wei Bo subconsciously wiped the sweat on his forehead, and asked Rong Qian respectfully, "I don't know what is the matter with the Queen of Praise?" ”

"Didn't you know when you went?" Rong Qian raised her chin and said to Wei Bo, turned around and walked in front of him, leading Wei Bo, who had always been low-key, towards the backyard of the East Palace. These days of the sacrifice ceremony, Ji Gongyan dismissed his entire harem, in addition to a few people in the hands of Bao Xi, there is no one to help, so I have to ask Shen Hou and Mrs. Wei to help, the two are now sending people under the fence, Bao Xi has to open her mouth, Mrs. Wei came and went in the East Palace for two days, and she had other thoughts in her heart, after all, she spent the second half of her life in the cold palace She had some thoughts in her heart, and she was unwilling to immediately harem in the hope that after Bao Xi came back, Ji Gongyan could take back her life, No matter how bad she is in the harem, she is also a lady, if she goes out, she is afraid that she has no status at all in her mother's house, but if she does not return to her mother's house, Mrs. Wei also found that she has no place to go when she looks at the world.

In the past two days, Bao Xi asked her to help prepare for the big and small affairs of the sacrifice to the sky, Mrs. Wei's heart began to think about using Bao Xi to persuade Ji Gongyan to restore her identity as a wife, Bao Xi did not veto this matter but did not agree to Mrs. Wei very clearly, Mrs. Wei's heart was not sure, so she decided to betray Shen in exchange for her future glory, even if others did not know about the matter of Shen Hou that day, Mrs. Wei was clear in her heart, who knew that she would tell this story, in exchange for just an understatement," This palace will not care about Empress Shen, her days are not a few days, how to live with her! ”

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Wei's heart sank, and she looked at Bao Xi a little wooden.

"The Marquis of Chu sent an envoy back to accuse the Marquis of Shen of what he had done in the south, which made the king furious and ready to raise troops to attack the Shen State! Now that the princes have gathered in the capital of Ho, it is time to use the power of the princes to attack the land of Shenguo, what do you think is the need for this palace to deal with a dying person? Bao Xi said this sentence contemptuously, word by word, in a low tone, thinking of the past, looking at this Mrs. Wei's eyes were a little sneering.

Mrs. Wei looked at Bao Xi, and a spirit was stirred all over her body, "Does the king want to kill Yijiu?" ”

"Why not? If the son is not filial first, why should the father be kind? Bao Xi asked coldly, stood up and walked towards his room, saying as he walked, "I just advise Mrs. Wei to take care of her own affairs, the more you know, the more dangerous it is!" Her last sentence seemed to have something to say, so Mrs. Wei shivered, feeling a trace of despair about her situation, if she continued to stay in the palace, she was afraid that she would not even be able to save her chance, but she had also missed the best time to escape, the only thing she could count on at the moment was that Shenhou got the news in advance, so she took the initiative and took the lead in attacking the pickaxe capital, once the pickaxe capital was in chaos, it was a great opportunity for her to escape from here, thinking of this, Mrs. Wei immediately walked towards the cold palace of Shenhou.

Looking at her back, Bao Xi instructed Rong Qian, "Find someone to follow her." ”

"Yes," Rong Qian responded, not worried about others doing this, she hurriedly followed behind Mrs. Wei, and followed her all the way back to the cold palace, Mrs. Wei was full of anxiety and didn't find herself being followed by others, after entering the cold palace and seeing Shenhou, she immediately dispersed all the people in this room, and whispered in Shenhou's ear to explain what Bao Xi had just said, after saying this, Shenhou's whole face changed, and she couldn't say a word for a while, so she could only look at her in front of her. My mind went blank.

"Shen Hou?" Mrs. Wei poked Shenhou.

"Huh?" Empress Shen suddenly came back to her senses, "Is this true?" ”

"I'm afraid it's serious," Mrs. Wei nodded, "How could the Marquis of Chu really break with the king, I'm afraid that he acted in a play just to make Shenhou be fooled, and the king is going to pave the way for Bofu and not hesitate to eradicate his own son!" If you sit back and wait for death any longer, I believe it doesn't matter if you die, but do you want to watch His Royal Highness the Prince so young go west with you? ”

"What now?" Shen Hou asked nervously.

"The queen said that the king will put all the princes under house arrest in the pickaxe capital and wait for the princes' soldiers to gather in the pickaxe capital and then send troops south, if you send someone to send a letter out, remind Shenhou of the place, change the passive to the active, do not wait for the princes' reinforcements to arrive, Shenhou will kill the city under the pickaxe capital, isn't it just around the corner to break the city, who is the world at that time, isn't it you and Shenhou have the final say?"

"But the king ......," Empress Shen shook her head.

"When did the king take care of our life and death, and you still cared about the king?" Mrs. Wei said sharply.

"If the king wants to start a war with Shen Guo, I'm afraid that he will be extra wary of me, and I have no way to go out to deliver the letter!" Empress Shen was afraid of wolves and tigers, and she spoke with a weak tone, and now she is dying, this kind of grinding and chirping temperament makes Mrs. Wei feel very bored, but she is like a grasshopper tied to a rope with Empress Shen, only if Empress Shen lives she can live, so she said categorically, "Empress Shen doesn't have to hesitate, I'll send a letter to this matter!" Write this down quickly, and I will go out of the city with the letter and send it to the people at the post station, and tell them to hurry up and report to the country, and the king will prepare for the sacrifice, and it will be too late! ”

"It's okay, I'll trouble you about this!" Empress Shen said tremblingly, stood up and walked towards the table, Rong Qian didn't continue to look at it when she saw this, she could guess what else these two women could come up with, after going back to the East Palace, Rong Qian told Bao Xi about the matter, Bao Qian bowed slightly, and after Ji Gongyan came back, she relayed the matter to Ji Gongyan. Ji Gongyan clenched his fists and took a deep breath, "What a Mrs. Wei, I'm really not afraid of turning this harem upside down!" The widow has already called attention to the various palace gates, and as long as Mrs. Wei leaves the palace, she will be pressed into the dungeon for interrogation. ”

As expected, Mrs. Wei hurriedly walked towards the palace with Empress Shen's letter early the next morning, and was stopped by the guards when she walked outside the west gate, "The king has an order, and no one can leave the palace!" ”

"I'm Mrs. Wei!" Mrs. Wei said with a dissatisfied face, "After complimenting, I was asked to go to the matter of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, if there is something important that is delayed by a few of you, can you take this responsibility?" ”

"Oh?" Bao Xi stood behind Mrs. Wei, "Don't you remember when this palace told you to leave the palace to buy things?" ”

"Praise ...... Aftermath? Mrs. Wei frowned slightly, looked at the prepared Baoxi, and instantly figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing in her mind, "You...... Are you tempting me? ”

"It's not a temptation!" Bao Xi shook her head, waved her hand and ordered the guards on both sides, "Take it to the dungeon, and the palace will interrogate it personally!" ”

"Yes!" The guards responded and pressed Mrs. Wei down.

Bao Xi turned to Rong Qian behind her, "Go and wait outside the king's front hall, and when you retreat this morning, you will ask Wei Bo to come to the dungeon for a walk!" ”

"Yes!" Rong Qian responded, turned around and walked in the direction of the front hall, at this moment the early dynasty had already dispersed, Rong Qian walked in front, Wei Bo followed behind, the more he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong, "This girl, this is not the way to the East Palace!" He pointed to the increasingly desolate landscape around him, and felt a sense of foreboding.

"When did I say that Empress Bao would see you in the East Palace?" Rong Qian asked with a smile.

"Isn't it the East Palace?" Weber's brow furrowed.

"Dungeon!" Rong Qian turned around and didn't say anything more, no matter how Wei Bo asked, he stopped talking, Wei Bo was up and down in his heart, and he didn't know what Bao Xi was going to do when he asked him to meet him in the dungeon? He felt that he was going to die in the dungeon, and his voice trembled unconsciously, "Wechen boasted that he had never offended Empress Bao, why did Empress Cheng put Wechen to death?" ”

"When did I say I wanted your life?" Rong Qian finally turned around and asked in a somewhat funny tone.

"That's?" Weber asked.

"Didn't you know when you came?" Rong Qian said that she increased her steps, walked faster and faster, walked towards the dungeon, walked to the end of the dungeon, knocked on the door, and there was a "enter" from inside, Rong Qian pushed the door open and walked into the room, "Praise, Wei Bo is here!" ”

Bao Xi pulled the sleeves of her hands to her elbows, crossed her legs, supported one hand on her legs, looked at Mrs. Wei who was tied to the gallows, and asked without squinting, "Uncle Wei?" ”

"Wechen is here!" Wei Bo's legs were weak when he saw this scene, and the whole person knelt in front of Bao Xi with a "poof", "I don't know where the little girl offended the Bao Hou, the little girl is ignorant, and I still hope for the Hou Haihan!" ”

"Ignorance?" Bao Xi sneered, "She is very smart, if she is ignorant, there will be no smart people in this world!" She said and threw the white cloth in her hand in front of Wei Bo, Wei Bo trembled and picked up the cloth, the word on it made him tremble, how secret the attack on Shen Guo was, he had already seen it in the front hall in the morning, Ji Gongyan did not hesitate to put the princes under house arrest in the pickaxe capital, that is, this battle was only allowed to win and not lose, Mrs. Wei actually did such a taboo thing, helping Empress Shen to spread the news that Ji Gongyu was going to attack Shen Guo outside the palace, which made Wei Bo's mind blank for a while, I can't even say a word of intercession.

"What else is there to say about Weber?" Bao Xi asked.

"This ...... It's just a misunderstanding, right? Weber cautiously probed.

"Mrs. Wei has already recruited!" Bao Xi said, "She went out to send a letter to Empress Shen, but the palace forgot, Wei and Shen have always been enemies, and now that the king is going to attack Shen, your Wei will naturally stand on the side of Shen?" ”

"Weichen doesn't dare!" Wei Bo hurriedly said.

"Don't you dare to have this heart?" Bao Xi stood up, looked at Wei Bo with fierce eyes and said, "You are really bold, do you want to tell the king about this matter and ask him to adjudicate, do you dare or not, he naturally has a decision!" Now the princes have a lot of dissatisfaction with the king in their hearts, and they can just make an example of it! When she said this, the words almost came out of her teeth.