Although the descent ceremony of the eldest princess of Yongfu was very smooth and grand, Qiu Yulan was sullen after participating - Jiang Yashuang didn't know that she was touching the scene, for fear of encountering prosperity and decline, and said that she was worried that Chu Chunxiao might not be able to get married on time, so she went to the two families in person, and told her happily after coming back: "Chunxiao's wedding will not be delayed, Puyang Wangfu is already preparing for the wedding, but due to Xiao Su's illness, it will definitely not be too grand, but it will not lose Chunxiao's face!" ”

"Really?" Qiu Yulan breathed a sigh of relief, "When I sent someone to see it two days ago, I also said that the palace had no intention of doing happy events at all, how could it be done in just a few days?" ”

"Xiao Su's personal words." Jiang Yashuang sighed, "Originally, Concubine Chu and Xiao Mu planned to discuss with the third sister and postpone the day. However, two days ago, Xiao Su woke up, asked about Xiao Mu's marriage, patted the sickbed and asked him to get married quickly...... I think it's because he is not in good health, and he is eager to let his younger brother continue the bloodline of the Xiao family! ”

When he went to the door, he was also at a loss, if Xiao Su's body was really dying, he couldn't force Xiao Mu to marry a wife regardless of his brother's illness, right? That would not hurt my niece, but hurt her.

As a result, when he entered the door, he saw the busy lights of the palace, and when he asked, it was Xiao Su who solved this problem for him......

The husband and wife regretted the young and troubled prince, and the topic gradually moved back to the western frontier: "I don't know how Wangcheng is doing?" ”

At this moment, Wangcheng, thousands of miles away, is obviously a smoky wind in April, but it is cold when it blows through the yellow sand.

At the head of the city, which was covered with swords, guns, arrows and bloodstains, Qiu Jinglan was covered in armor and stood with his sword, squinting at the Xiban camp in the distance.

Looking closely, his left shoulder is slightly higher than his right shoulder, he was accidentally hit by an arrow when he was out of the city fighting the day before, and he was padded with medicine under his shoulder armor, so it was naturally a little higher.

Ou Qinglan originally advised him not to go to the city until he was injured, but Han Jishan had already bound himself into Beijing, and he naturally handed over the army to him before leaving, and it was impossible for him to hand over such a major matter of patrolling the city to others for his own little injury.

Thinking of his wife, Qiu Jinglan's eyes were slightly gloomy, this time the Zhenxi Army was miserable: the dependents outside Shazhou City basically failed to be collected; When the city of Shazhou was broken, a group of old and weak women and children were lost in the chaos...... Fortunately, Ou Qinglan is not an ordinary woman, although she is pregnant, she still turned over and followed the team, so that she could arrive in Wangcheng with him, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!

"But the child ......"

Although the doctor who had worked so hard to find out from the chaotic army said that he would do his best, Qiu Jinglan understood that Ou Qinglan's pregnancy might not be saved.

The Xihe Wangfu is in the same vein, and the heirs are not prosperous.

Even his blood uncle Qiu Mengmin had three sons, but the one who is currently alive is one of Qiu Yin.

Qiu Jinglan has no good impression of this uncle's family who has treated his mother and sister badly, and has never treated Qiu Yinzhi as a cousin. In the years when family affection can only be poured into Qiu Yulan, he finally has his own heirs, and his mood can be imagined!

At present, he is about to lose due to the defeat, even if he and Ou Qinglan's age and physical fitness, they don't have to worry about having no children in the future, as long as they think about it, their hearts are faintly painful!

"General!" A sudden voice behind him interrupted Qiu Jinglan's thoughts.

He turned around and saw Ren Ziyong, who was wearing a scribe's uniform, walking quickly towards him, and couldn't help but take a few steps: "But the confession came out?" ”

After the baggage was burned, he caught a group of spies - except for the people in the Jiang family's big house who were confused and tricked into the game, they threw out their identities and begged for mercy when they saw that the situation was not good, but those masterminds were all hard bones, from Shazhou to retreat to Wangcheng, it has been two or three months, and he came out as the most professional executioner in "Tianya", and he was stunned and only asked a few words!

This matter is very important, so it was handed over to Ren Ziyong to be responsible. Now Ren Ziyong came over without waiting for him to finish patrolling the city, and it is very likely that there is progress!

Thinking of this, Qiu Jinglan couldn't help but perk up!

But after Ren Ziyong arrived in front of him and finished saluting according to the rules of the army, he got up and shook his head: "Still nothing!" ”

"And the gentleman is coming to me?" Qiu Jinglan couldn't help but be very disappointed.

Ren Ziyong first ordered the nearby soldiers to retreat into the distance, and then said: "Zhenbeibo's secret envoy is here, bringing a message from Zhenbeibo, I can't call the shots, so I'm here to tell you!" ”

"Message?" Qiu Jinglan groaned, "So you can't put paper on paper?" What is it? ”

"Zhenbei Bo suspects that the burning of the Zhenxi Army's baggage this time is likely to be done by the remnants of the Gu family."

"Haven't they already recruited this? It's just that the Gu clan and most of the henchmen have been ambushed, and the only Gu dignitary who is known to be alive is Deng Yi - he has also been under the surveillance of Qiu Nie and Mei Xue, not only did he not have any dealings with the remnants of the Gu clan, but he simply took the initiative to avoid the old man...... The real culprit behind the burning of the baggage this time, but he never asked? ”

Qiu Jinglan groaned, "It's just clueless!" ”

"Zhen Beibo thinks that the person behind the scenes of the remnants of the Gu clan may be ...... Your Majesty! Ren Ziyong's calm words made Qiu Jinglan's face suddenly change color: "Although Qin Guogong has been sick for three or two years, Empress Dowager Jiang Tianqi, Jiang Tianqi, Jiang Tianqi, Jiang Tianqi, and Jiang Yashuang...... These people are such a waste?! ”

If the Jiang family never doubted the emperor because they were confident that they had always monitored the emperor well, and they also believed that the emperor was at ease to be a puppet - then Qiu Jinglan did not doubt the emperor because of their trust in the Jiang family.

After experiencing the dispute between the two queens to today's Jiang family, how to say it, they also have rich experience in coercing the Son of Heaven to order the world.

Not to mention the four highest-ranking people in the current palace: the queen mother, the emperor, the queen, and the concubine, among which the queen mother and the concubine are all surnamed Jiang, and the queen is still the niece of the Jiang family personally selected by the queen mother, and it is simply surrounded by impenetrable - this makes the emperor secretly do such a big thing, Qiu Jinglan almost wants to vomit blood!

"It's just Zhen Beibo's conjecture." Ren Ziyong's face is also very ugly, as the former helmsman of "Tianya", the guest of the Kuang family and his son, and the current military advisor of the Zhenxi Army...... He thought that even if he was not the first smart person in the world, he would definitely be within the first class in terms of IQ, but he was also confused by the Jiang family's control over the emperor, and made countless guesses about the burning of the baggage this time, and he never thought about the emperor who worked hard to brush up on his obedience and filial piety in front of the Empress Dowager Jiang!

Could it be that Lao Tzu is old? Or did you slack off after cleaning up the father and son of the Kuang clan and seeing that Qiu Jinglan had entered the right track of development?

It was easy for Ren Ziyong to suppress countless distracting thoughts, and said to Qiu Jinglan: "So Uncle Zhenbei plans to test it...... If it was the real one, it would be tricky. ”

Qiu Jinglan paced back and forth a few steps, and asked, "What kind of temptation?" ”

"No matter what that person does, his ultimate goal at the moment must be to seize power!" Ren Ziyong relayed the words of the secret envoy, "If you grasp this point and think about it, although his actions have been concealed from the Jiang family in Beijing, there are traces - if he wants to seize power and want to be pro-government, he will inevitably solve the Jiang family!" ”

"It's just that the Jiang family is now powerful, and he doesn't dare to deal with it directly, so he will take me, the in-law of the Jiang family, to open the knife?" A cold glint flashed in Qiu Jinglan's eyes, "What is Jiang Tianchi going to do?" Let me pretend that I can't hold the situation, and see if he will arrange for someone to come out and seize the military power? This is too risky, after all, we are not in a very good situation now. Although Han Jishan pointed out that I took over as the leader of the army in his place when he left, how much did the people below despise me because of my age...... I really gave others a chance, but I wasn't sure I could take it back! ”

Ren Ziyong said: "If Zhenbei Bo says so, then the first one we suspect should be him - what Zhenbei Bo means is that Jingzhong has not suspected that one until now, so it can be seen that he also knows that if he wants to seize power rashly now, it is just an egg hitting a stone!" I am afraid that he intends to pretend that he has nothing to do with himself in Beijing, and at the same time take advantage of the defeat of the Zhenxi Army to involve the situation in the northern Xinjiang and fundamentally shake the foundation of the Jiang family! ”

"So that one must want us to lose again? After all, although the northern Xinjiang has been affected by the baggage at the moment, the imperial court has already raised enough grain and grass for the autumn harvest and is on the way to send it, so there is no need to embezzle the northern part of the northern frontier...... With Jiang Tianchi's means, this level of influence is easy to smooth out! Only if we continue to be defeated, can we drag the Zhenbei Army into the water! Qiu Jinglan frowned, "It's just that if the city is lost, it can be said that Bing Xie is set to enter Xiangzhou!" Isn't that one crazy, and even dares to bet on the mausoleum of his ancestors?! ”

is not only the mausoleum of the ancestors, but most importantly, the mausoleum of the Chu family in Xiangzhou is considered to be an important reason or even the main reason for the founding of the Chu dynasty! To put it mildly, the normal Chu Emperor would rather be passive on the side of the Emperor's Mausoleum than be disturbed here!

"It's impossible to really lose Shazhou, and Qin Guogong alone can't explain it!" Ren Ziyong whispered a few words in his ear, Qiu Jinglan listened with his eyebrows, and bowed slightly: "Although it is a little difficult to do this, it is also a safe ......."

Speaking of this, his eyes froze, "It's just such a big thing, and the Jingli side is being hidden, which is very unusual!" It shows that either the Jiang family has been paralyzed and careless, or that one is far above everyone's estimates! Either way, it's not a good thing - it will take some time for me to go back after patrolling the city, and I asked my husband to bring a message to Ah Xing, asking her to quickly repair a book, and send it to Beijing with her henchmen to give it to her sister! ”

Who wants Ren Ziyong to look at him and ask, "Do you really want to tell Jingli?" Uncle Zhenbei's biological father, stepmother, parent-child, grandson...... All of them are in Beijing, and that one is still pretending to be well-behaved and obedient, why didn't Zhenbei Bo go to remind the Jiang family in Beijing, but instead sent a secret envoy to find us? ”

"......" Qiu Jinglan understood the meaning of his words, and was speechless for a long time before he said, "This is ...... It's too big! ”

"But it's also ready to fly!" Ren Ziyong said calmly, "If it is not a last resort, who would be willing to give someone a handle?" In the past, we didn't pay much attention to Zhenbeibo, but now it seems that this person is so deep that it can be said that it is unfathomable...... I think we might as well push the boat in this matter! ”

Knowing the reason for his hesitation, "The county lord is the daughter-in-law of Uncle Zhenbei, and the biological mother of Uncle Zhenbei's grandson and granddaughter. In the matter that Zhenbei Bo sent people to discuss this time, although he did not mention each other's relatives in the capital at all, how could he not try not to save it? After all, in Zhenbeibo's bloodline, only the concubine's family is by his side, and everyone else is in Beijing! ”

"......" Qiu Jinglan pondered, "I'll think about it again...... After all, it's too quick to agree, and it's not good for the price, isn't it? ”

Ren Ziyong breathed a sigh of relief: "Then simply drag it out for a few days, anyway, it will take a few days for the donated grain and grass to arrive!" ”