"To be honest, from the day I ascended the throne, I knew that sooner or later there would be a decisive battle between Sui Yang and the grassland, and I and Huyan Zhuozhuo had only one who could look at each other's heads and laugh to the end." Empress Dao.

Wang Xiaolai didn't speak, just quietly watched the empress speak.

The empress followed: "It's just that I didn't expect that Huyan Zhuozhuo's movements would be so fast, so fast that I didn't even have a chance to react, Xiao Laizi, to tell you the truth, the current Sui Yang has not yet reached the time for a decisive battle with the grassland." ”

Wang Xiaolai spread his hands and said, "But Huyan Zhuozhuo has already made a move." ”

The empress nodded: "So, I hope that you can speed up the process of gunpowder and hot air balloons, in a few months, Uncle Huang should still be fine, when the time comes, Lu Gong will also calm Yongliang and return, Sun Poyu will also solve Zhao Sui, and then add your gunpowder and hot air balloons, as well as Sui Yang has been recuperating for a few months, he has the strength and confidence to have a decisive battle with the grassland." ”

"A decisive battle to see who can have the last laugh." The empress said in an accentuated tone.

Wang Xiaolai was excited, and looked at the empress in surprise, to be honest, he didn't expect that the empress would have such a decision in her heart.

When she was stunned, she saw the empress shrug her shoulders and smiled: "Sui Yang is not like the grassland, with the second and third masters in the heavenly list, and there are no cavalrymen in the grassland who grew up on horseback and are skilled in bowing horses. However, there are countless loyal and brave people in Suiyang, and there are countless soldiers who are willing to sacrifice their lives and forget their lives for the Suiyang Dragon Banner, and there are also you. ”

Wang Xiaolai pointed to his nose in astonishment: "Me? ”

The empress smiled and nodded: "Yes, there is still you, to be precise, and you here." ”

The empress pointed to her head.

Wang Xiaolai didn't understand.

The empress explained: "The ideas in your head that far exceed the current era are not found in the grassland, and it is precisely because of you that I dare to fight on three fronts, because I know that as long as things drag on to the end, you are the one who saves Sui Yang and saves me." ”

Wang Xiaolai smiled helplessly: "Your Majesty, you really think highly of me." ”

The empress shook her head: "No, I just believe in you, I believe that you can help me, and have the last laugh." ”

Wang Xiaolai touched his nose in embarrassment: "His mother's pressure is suddenly so great." ”

Listening to Wang Xiaolai's foul mouth in her ears, the empress pouted speechlessly.

···

More than ten days have passed since the coup d'état in Daxingcheng, and on this morning, the empress got up, and was sitting at the head of the bed looking at the folds that had not been sorted out last night, when she heard a movement outside, and after shouting, Narcissus pushed the door in.

"Your Majesty, something has happened."

Narcissus walked through the door.

The empress was not surprised at all, and asked directly: "Is there something wrong with the emperor's uncle?" ”

Compared with the war on the third front, the empress is more worried about the side of the Eight Sages, because the pressure on the side of the Eight Sages is also the greatest.

But who knows, Narcissus shook his head honestly: "No, Your Majesty, it's not the Eight Sages King's side." ”

The empress was stunned: "Could it be Duke Lu?" Nurhari is so capable, he can defeat Lu Gong? ”

"It's not a stepfather."

Narcissus said so, and the empress sat up all of a sudden.

From this point of view, there is only Zhao Sui, but what can Zhao Sui do.

Narcissus knelt down and clenched his fists: "Back to Your Majesty, Sun Poyu was on the way to chase and kill Zhao Sui, but unfortunately he was ambushed in Yanziji, and the 50,000 troops were wiped out. ”

The empress was taken aback: "He Zhao Sui has so many troops, he can eat 50,000 troops." ”

Narcissus gritted her teeth and didn't know how to say to the empress.

It seemed that she could also see the worry in Narcissus's heart, and the empress snorted: "Say it quickly." ”

No, Narcissus had no choice but to explain.

"Your Majesty, even the kings of the Seventeenth Route, including the King of Han, the King of Yan, the King of Zhao, and the King of Chu, together with Zhao Sui, gathered more than 280,000 troops, and declared to the outside world that His Majesty was ruthless, slaughtered the clan, and wanted to kill Daxing City to seek justice from His Majesty."

When the words fell, Narcissus lowered his head deeply, not daring to speak.

On the contrary, the empress was stunned.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty? ”

Seeing that the empress didn't react, Narcissus shouted twice.

For a long time, the empress laughed: "Good! Good! Good! ”

Three times in a row, one word is heavier than one word, and one is higher than another.

At this time, no matter who it is, it is not difficult to see how angry the empress is in her heart.

"What a Zhao Sui, I thought you were just making waves in Daxing City, but I didn't expect that outside Daxing City, you can still turn over the river and the sea! It's me who underestimated you. ”

When Narcissus heard what the empress was saying, she couldn't do anything about it, so she asked the empress: "Your Majesty, what should I do now?" Even Zhao Sui, including Zhao Sui, the anti-king of the Eighteenth Road is huge, and we have to send someone to ask for it quickly. ”

The empress snorted: "What's the panic, the sky hasn't fallen again, go to Narcissus, and call Xiao Laizi to me." ”

Narcissus responded: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Wang Xiaolai returned to Echo Valley last night. ”

The empress was stunned; "Going back?"

Narcissus nodded: "Your Majesty, you personally asked him to go back." ”

Empress: "···"

With a pat on the head, the empress sighed: "I'm sleeping." ”

Narcissus said in her heart, Your Majesty, are you still in the mood to joke at this time?

"Since Xiao Laizi is not here, then call Lao Xiangguo and Fan Lin to the imperial study to make a decree."

Fan Lin is also one of the Qingzhou Party, but since the last time he fought with Wang Xiaolai on the street, this former Qingzhou Party boss can be regarded as a bitter change, and he is no longer mixed with Cheng Shanhe and Feng Jun, otherwise, ten Fan Lin will also die in this coup d'état, how can they re-enter the empress's sight.

Narcissus clenched his fists: "Obey." ”

After Narcissus turned to leave, the expression on the empress's face became gloomy, she looked in the direction of Yangzhou, and smiled: "Zhao Sui, you are really broken jars." ”

Originally, the pressure on the empress was already not small, and the empress could still pin her hopes on Wang Xiaolai's gunpowder and hot air balloon process, but now that Zhao Suilai made such a move, it was really not something that the empress could bear at present.

In other words, it is not something that Sui Yang can bear.

Eighteen anti-king, this is not a small number.

At that time, the first emperor, that is, when the empress's own brother was in power, wantonly divided the royal families and turned Suiyang into one vassal state after another.

Among these people, except for Zhao Sui, the rest of the people are quite well-behaved, so that the empress has never taken these people to heart.

But what the empress didn't expect was that on weekdays, these honest and conscientious people would ignore the situation in Sui Yang and work with Zhao Sui to go against the sky and do a traitorous act.

"Hehe, a bunch of idiots, since you turned your face first, don't blame me for being rude. Even if it is a big injury to Sui Yang's vitality, I will take this challenge. ”

After the empress finished speaking, she got up and went to the imperial study.

···

In the Echo Valley, Wang Xiaolai came back not for anything else, because Shu Jiuchai told him a few days ago that the first batch of tobacco had been shipped back, so let Wang Xiaolai hurry back and count it.

With red incense and a hammer, Wang Xiaolai sat on the carriage and left this Daxing City, which has been surging and changing since the beginning of Chinese New Year's Eve.

They set out at night, and by the time they returned to Echo Valley, it was already dawn.

I saw the mouth of the valley of the Echo Valley, and before I could go inside, I saw Shu Jiuchai riding on a horse, waiting at the gate of the city.

Shaking to see Wang Xiaolai's carriage, Shu Jiuchai's eyes lit up suddenly, and he got off the horse and ran, came to him, and shouted loudly to the master.

Wang Xiaolai opened the curtain and said with a smile: "Jiuchai, come, get in the car." ”

Shu Jiuchai was also polite, and when he heard the words, he stepped on the wheel and got into the carriage.

In the car, under the light of the lantern in the car, Wang Xiaolai looked at Shu Jiuchai and sighed: "These days, Jiuchai, you have been a lot darker and lost a lot of weight, it must be very the road." ”

Shu Jiuchai smiled shyly: "It's okay, except for the fact that there are fewer people in the six southern provinces, there are more people living in the wilderness along the way, and there is nothing bad about the rest." ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiaolai said helplessly: "Waterlogging often occurs in the six southern provinces, and it is reasonable that there are fewer people, but wait a few more days, and when Suiyang successfully controls the water, there will be more people." ”

"Well, by the way, master, this time, a total of 100,000 catties of tobacco were shipped back, and the mountain tribes also showed that they want to continue to cooperate, you see?" Shu Jiuchai said suddenly.