Chapter 70 - Confrontation in the court
What Bu Lian didn't expect was that this Yue Ji had already had doubts in his heart, and on the premise of knowing that Su Hui and this very important witness were present at that time, he still pretended not to know, and the tone he used was not just an ordinary questioning tone. Bu Lian sounded like this Yue Ji was still asking her in a slightly tentative tone if she knew about this matter. But she just remembered what Su Hui told her, completely forgetting that she was now above the court, and her reaction became more and more strange, which would inevitably arouse the suspicion of all the courtiers below, which was really not a wise move.
Bu Lian's mind began to spin around with various ways to deal with the situation in front of her, and she thought of another noteworthy thing. In Su Hui's letter, she said that when she arrived near the East City Gate, the two Huqing Army guards who were the first to be at the city gate had already noticed the unusual actions and expressions of the Qi envoys, and they had surrounded the two Qi envoys from both sides. This also shows that this Yue Ji must have known the fact that when the two Huqing Army guards were fascinated, Su Hui was also near the East City Gate.
Thinking of this, Bu Lian calmly responded: "What General Yue said, this palace has heard about it last night, but I don't know much about it, I don't know what General Yue knows, can you tell this palace?
Bu Lian, who got out of her thoughts, still wouldn't leave herself behind, and she used a calm and unhurried and stable attitude, talking and laughing as usual, directly fighting back at the general Yue Ji in front of her, who was obviously going to attack her. As a result, the attention of the courtiers who originally had their own hearts was suddenly attracted by Empress Bu Lian and Yue Ji, the general of the Feng War Society. They even began to lock their eyes on these two people standing on the golden steps of the throne.
Bu Lian took retreat as advance, and did not fall behind at all, she didn't even say Su Hui's name, and naturally returned the right to speak to the Yue Ji in front of her. Yue Ji couldn't help but secretly admire, although he didn't have much contact with this queen, he had to say that this queen was worthy of being a strange woman, and she was still able to maintain complete calmness in such an environment, she was really not an ordinary woman. However, since Yue Ji had already thrown out this topic, he naturally would not take it back easily.
Although he couldn't be completely sure that this matter was necessarily related to Empress Bulian, no matter what, Su Hui, the leader of the Xuanyi Women's Army, would not believe it anyway if she wanted to say that she had no connection with Empress Bulian. It's just that at this time, he doesn't have any real evidence in his hands, and he can't really accuse the queen of anything, he can only find the flaws in Bu Lian's tone through his side knocks.
"Empress Qiyu," Yue Ji arched his hand, his face looked respectful, but it was actually a little tentative. Weichen also knew that most of this matter had nothing to do with Niangniang, but after all, the two Huqing Army guards at the scene at that time said that before they were fascinated, the leading general of the Xuanyi Women's Army, General Su Hui, was also near the East City Gate at that time. Weichen originally wanted to ask General Su alone after the next court today, but today I don't know why, General Su has never been to the court......"
Speaking of this, the corners of Yue Ji's mouth inadvertently revealed a meaningful smile, and he looked at the queen Bu Lian in front of him with a keen eye, and wanted to judge whether this matter was related to Bu Lian by observing the expression on his face. Once there is a connection, this can also confirm his conjecture, and it is very likely that this queen Bu Lian has also had a different heart.
Bu Lian not only has a respected status in the feudal country, but even in the Feng Zhan Society founded by the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, her status is relatively high, mainly because she has followed the Holy Emperor for more than 20 years, and the relationship between the two has always been very close, and it can even be described as glue-like paint. In addition, the only son of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao at present, Zheng Yi was born by the eldest princess of Rongle. In the course of more than ten years, especially after the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao seized the orthodoxy of the feudal country and made his wife the queen, the status of the queen Bu Lian began to gradually improve.
In the Imperial Court of the Sealed Kingdom, the Sealed War Society is no longer a monopolistic state, and through many previous events, the prestige within the Sealed War Society has been hit many times. On the contrary, the forces that had once been sealed by the War Society occupied the advantage of the court, and the attitudes of the forces that were once loyal to the royal family began to become ambiguous. Through Su Hui, Bu Lian had previously asked the secret agents of the Xuanyi Women's Army to contact several old ministers of the former royal family, and they all expressed their willingness to support Princess Liuli Bu Yuehan to ascend to the throne.
However, not everyone in the Sealing War Society likes the Empress Bu Lian, the most obvious example of which is Yue Ji, the highest-ranking Feng Zhan Hui general in the court, who has always been dissatisfied with Bu Lian. After all, he was the first group of followers of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, and he followed the old ministers of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao all the way. Once in the Sealing War Meeting, Yue Ji was second to none in terms of talent and status. After the original followers of the Holy Emperor, that is, the governors of various places after Zheng Junchao ascended the throne, died or were captured because of many things, Yue Ji became the most critical confidant in the Sealing War Society.
Because of this, Yue Ji was very jealous of this very capable woman, this woman was able to subtly seize power within the Sealing War Society, and she was quite methodical in dealing with people, and it was difficult for ordinary people to guard against what Bu Lian did.
However, Bu Pi herself is not ambitious, on the one hand, her daughter, on the other hand, her husband who has been with her for many years. No matter who it is, it should still be a sage, if her daughter, that is, Princess Liuli Buyuehan, is not willing to be this king, she will not force it. The main reason why she is doing this now is because now the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, her husband has really taken on too much, even if she breaks off the relationship with the Dark Legion now, other forces will not buy it, and they have fallen behind in terms of morality and situation, if they don't recover their reputation in time, I am afraid that it will become more difficult for them to develop better in the future.
Every time she thought of this, Bu Lian's heart would always have a little uneasy emotion, and even emotions would make her have no intention of answering this Yue Ji's question now. Of course, her expression and movements did not change in any way, and she still said very indifferently: "General Su did not mention this matter to the palace, and it seems that it is still necessary to confirm the results before making a conclusion." Since spies have been mixed in the city at this time, the most important thing General Yue needs to do now should be to send Huqing Army guards to guard against the enemies that may appear in the city, General Yue, do you say yes?"
Yue Ji was still facing Bu Lian's lukewarm reply, and he did not show weakness, and immediately replied: "Weichen understands that as early as before the previous dynasty, Weichen had already sent Huqing Army guards to strictly implement patrols in the city, and at present, both the City Gate Army and the Xuanyi Women's Army have temporarily withdrawn from the patrol places in the city. It's just that Weichen feels that this matter needs to be confirmed with General Su Hui. ”
Yue Ji and Bu Lian continued to play in secret, which naturally attracted the attention of the civil and military ministers standing at the bottom of the steps, and their eyes were invariably locked on the queen Bu Lian, who was about to answer at this time, although among the civil and military officials in the current feudal court, except for some officials who were loyal to the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, most of the other officials were mainly wait-and-see.
Bu Lian smiled slightly, although her mood was a little complicated, but since Yue Ji had already proposed this sentence, she naturally would not let go easily. "In this case, I sent someone to recruit General Su, the merits of which were to be known, and when General Su came, he would know. I don't know, does General Yue have any objections?"
Yue Ji's eyes were slightly surprised, he didn't expect that Bu Lian was not worried at all, Su Hui didn't go to court today, he naturally suspected the object of suspicion on Queen Bu Lian. Looking at it now, it seems that there is no worry, Yue Ji can't help but be a little suspicious, is it really not related to Bu Lian Su Hui?
Even if he was worried, Yue Ji was talking too much now, which had already caused the surrounding civil and military officials to pay attention to them, and he couldn't refuse this compromise proposed by Bu Lian. Indeed, Su Hui, as the party concerned, did not go to court today, and it did look a little strange to others, but Bu Lian was not worried at all, which made Yue Ji a little confused.
Bu Lian immediately found a personal guard and asked her to go to Su Hui's mansion to find Su Hui to confront the court. After this sudden incident, the situation in the court of the feudal state became quite delicate, and the attention of the civil and military officials was directly focused on the two people, Bu Lian and Yue Ji.
Su Hui's mansion is not far from the Zhongcheng Palace, but she herself is not in her own mansion at this time, and her main business today is to understand from the two girls Feng Shanshan and Luo Yinying, who have mixed into the city, why the Qi State sent an envoy to come at this time, and she must have asked for support. Although Su Hui is young, she has rich negotiation experience, and she can see the details of the other party from the other party's eyes, tone and even subtle movements. Compared with the two young people in front of him who have no negotiation experience, Su Hui can be said to have the upper hand and advantage.
After entering Zhongcheng, the spy of the Xuanyi Women's Army returned to the outside of the city according to Su Hui's order, and it was not difficult to blend in with the people and leave the city when they left the city in the early morning. And the two most important envoys of the Qi State, Feng Shanshan and Luo Yinying, the two envoys of the Qi State who were also heavy responsibilities, were temporarily left in the inconspicuous residences in Zhongcheng.
The Xuanyi Women's Army had a very good reputation both inside and outside Zhongcheng, so there was no pressure to hide these two Qi envoys in their residences. At this time, hidden on the second floor of the house, the curtain was pulled to cover the outer wooden windows, covering the three girls sitting at the table, Su Hui, Feng Shanshan and Luo Yinying.