"How can it be so fast?!" Song Yixiao was taken aback when she heard this, and blurted out, "The Empress Dowager's 100 days haven't passed yet?!" What's more, Your Majesty is the grandson of the Empress Dowager, and this is a year of decline! ”

Nie Wuying said bitterly: "That's so, but since the previous dynasty, the Son of Heaven has been mourning by days and months - Duanhua was deeply favored by the first emperor, and offered to follow the example of the people and keep it for the first emperor for twenty-seven months, which is a special case." And although the worm slave is full of grief over the death of the Empress Dowager, he is more concerned about state affairs......"

In fact, Emperor Duanhua had been deposed from the throne before he was given death because of the crime of giving birth to an heir with Emperor Xianjia's concubine, which could not be cleared at all.

Now the correct name for him should be the deposed emperor Lu Hexiao.

However, everyone said that they were used to it, and they didn't bother to change their words, so they just removed the word "emperor".

"Is the state important?" Song Yi smiled and muttered, lowered his voice and asked, "Your Majesty, what kind of state affairs can you say, it involves the harem?" ”

Nie Wuying shook her head and said, "He didn't tell me in detail. ”

After a pause, he laughed at himself, "Well, as soon as I heard the news, I didn't want to hear him talk about it anymore...... By the way, the fourth sister-in-law suddenly entered the palace today, but is there something? ”

Song Yixiao is a little difficult now, originally according to the current feelings of the emperor and queen, it was just a matter of one sentence to let Nie Wuying mention the wish of the eldest princess of Yushan to Emperor Sutai.

But I didn't expect the harem to change, looking at Nie Wuying's sad appearance at the moment, I wanted her to help match other people's feelings, isn't it touching the scene?

was hesitating whether to prevaricate, Nie Wuying took the initiative to mention the matter: "I remember that two days ago it was the Fangchen of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Yushan, and Mrs. Boling Hou entered the palace to congratulate her, you came here today, does it have anything to do with this?" ”

Song Yixiao suddenly felt that she was going to be impressed, and said in surprise: "You know? ”

"Someone around me reminded me." Nie Wuying saw that she was surprised, and a little sadness was added between her eyebrows, and she sighed, "That day, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of Yushan held the arm of Mrs. Marquis Boling and wiped her tears on the palace road of Huiyi Palace-this matter was reported to me the next day, and I was still thinking about whether to inquire about what the eldest princess of Yushan had encountered, or who wronged her?" As a result, the people around me couldn't stand it, and I was too confused, and told me in private, I guess you or Mrs. Bolinghou will come to me in the next two days. ”

There was a clear loneliness in her tone, obviously unhappy that she couldn't fit into the rules of the palace.

But this kind of thing depends on talent, and Song Yixiao couldn't help her, so she could only divert the topic and say: "The people around you are clever, and you can also save some snacks - I'm really here for this!" The Queen Mother has been lacking for the past two days, Concubine Jiang's mother and daughter don't dare to disturb, you also know that Second Prince Su is still guarding his father's filial piety at the moment, except for the Queen Mother, only His Majesty will be able to mention marriage to him. ”

Nie Wuying said: "The fourth sister-in-law speaks, I naturally want to help, and I will send someone to tell the insect slave when I turn around." ”

Song Yi smiled and saw that she was very light when she said this, and she still called Emperor Sutai's name, and she was relieved: although the harem is about to add people, the feelings of the emperor and queen do not seem to have been greatly impacted.

She kind of wants to persuade Nie Wuying, is it to change the title of "insect slave"? You must know that now even the Empress Dowager Su doesn't call Emperor Su Tai like this, Nie Wuying has been calling like this, when the two have a good relationship, Emperor Su Tai may not care.

When the newcomer entered the palace, the emperor and queen were estranged, maybe someone instigated it, and Nie Wuying's move would be considered as not respectful enough for her husband?

But when I thought about it, I didn't know much about Emperor Sutai, maybe this young emperor just liked Nie Wuying's casual treatment? Then persuading Nie Wuying to be respectful to him is self-defeating.

So he didn't say anything, but only turned the topic back to the matter of the newcomer: "I'll ask your fourth brother when I go back, see what the hell is, the Queen Mother has not been in the moon, and now the first month has not come out, why do you want Your Majesty to accept people?" ”

comforted her again, "The most important thing in Your Majesty's heart is you after all, even if he is forced to accept a concubine, it will never be possible to cross you - the most important thing is that you have to take care of yourself, don't let someone go to the dark!" ”

Nie Wuying sighed excitedly: "I know all this, but after all, I feel ......."

She shook her head and didn't continue, but said, "Fourth sister-in-law, don't worry, I will take care of myself." ”

On this day, Song Yixiao comforted her for a long time, but Nie Wuying was always depressed.

In the end, seeing that Song Yixiao was about to retire, Xu was afraid that she would be worried, so Fang smiled slightly-it seemed that there was a bit of a forced smile.

Song Yixiao returned to the house because of this, and hurriedly ordered in front of Princess Chengyang, and before changing her dress, she rushed to the study to find her husband: "What happened to Chaozhong recently?" Why did Your Majesty suddenly want to accept people? ”

"Your Majesty has high ambitions, how can you not pay the price?" Jian Xubai obviously knew about this matter for a long time, and when he heard the words at this moment, he said calmly, "This time it is the daughter of the Shen and Liu families who entered the palace, and the young lady of the Shen family is still on the way from Xiliang, as for the Liu family, you know it, Liu Zizheng's sister, who has come to visit you before." ”

"Bei Niang?" Song Yixiao frowned, she didn't have a bad impression of Liu Beiniang - but compared to a sister-in-law like Nie Wuying who has been holding hands for two years, it is not as good as it after all.

What's more, although Liu Beiniang behaved in front of her, she was dignified and elegant, and she was the style that a lady should have. But I also know that Ran Qutang is not only a concubine, only she accompanied her brother Liu Jingcheng, who is the son of the sect, to explore the imperial capital, how can this Miss Liu family be a person who has no scheming city?

Even if there is a Sutai Dila bias, will Nie Wuying be her opponent?

Song Yixiao couldn't help but ask, "What does Your Majesty want to do?" ”

"Your Majesty has decided to crusade against Di Li." Jian said in vain, "Back then, Wuhuan was disrespectful to my Darui, and the mastermind behind the scenes was Di Li. ”

"Dili?" Song Yi smiled and raised her eyebrows, although she didn't care about military affairs, but because of her background, she still had basic common sense: in the north of Middle Earth, there have been external troubles called Beirong since ancient times, and the west is Qiudi.

The conquests of these two clans against the Middle-earth Dynasty can be traced back to a much longer era than the previous He.

When Qianyong had not yet turned from prosperity to decline, Emperor Changtai and Emperor Yongping, the father and son, had a grand northern expedition and a westward expedition, which dealt a great blow to these two clans.

But later, the Yong family was down, the country was in turmoil, and it was too late to quell the rebellion, let alone take into account the two ethnic groups - the remnants of the two ethnic groups merged into Di Li, and after gradually growing, they invaded the Central Plains, causing the Yong to move south and the West Yong to fall.

The remnants of the scholar clan and the royal family established Dongyong in the south, and Dongyong only lasted for thirty or forty years.

Mainly because the royal family and the scholars both believed that it was the incompetence and greed of the other party that caused the fall of the Central Plains, so the intrigue between the two sides was very intense. Those who did not participate in their intrigues, such as Shen Liu, who had lost their ancestral land, wholeheartedly recruited troops and horses to recover their homeland.

It was already stormy, and it was still so independent, and Dongyong naturally did not end well: this short-lived dynasty finally died in the south by bandits, which plunged the whole world into complete chaos.

After that, Shen Liu led the Northern Expedition, and Rui Taizu finally won - compared to the long-standing Di Li, Wuhuan was just a small tribe that took advantage of the heavy damage of Qiu Di and Beirong to Qianyong and had to flee the desert and take the opportunity to grow up.

When Rui Taizu was alive, although his military achievements were great, but because the world was injured for a long time, his vitality was greatly damaged, and under the persuasion of the left and right, he finally did not completely sweep away the neighbors outside the four realms, so as to recuperate and calm the damage caused by years of war and foreign invasion.

That will Wuhuan surrendered quickly, hugged his thighs in time, and had a particularly knowledgeable attitude, so even though he was only a small country and a widow, he was also preserved.

But Di Li is not the case - the reason why they can exist until now is because even when Rui Taizu's momentum was at its peak, it would cost him a great deal to kill them, and at that time, the world had reached the point of crumbling.

So ten years ago, Emperor Xianjia said that he wanted to crusade against Wuhuan, and after a little discussion in the court, he agreed.

Now Emperor Sutai wants to crusade against Di Li...... Song Yixiao couldn't help but be stunned, "Are the officials willing to agree?" Since Di Li dares to pry Wuhuan to test my Da Rui, not to mention that he is sure to fight with my Da Rui, at least he has the ability to protect himself, right? What's more, Ji Guogong has gone, Lai Guogong is old, the famous generals in the country are now in the middle of a long time, and the battle for the throne has only passed. ”

Because there were two husbands and wives in the study at this time, she didn't care about saying something taboo, "Before the first emperor crusaded against Wuhuan, first, the Wuhuan country was small and weak, and secondly, the first emperor was already a man of his word, and third, the Su family and other powerful ministers also intended to do something through this battle, so the court will quickly pass this proposal." Now that His Majesty has only been on the throne for a few days, how can he agree to such a big thing rashly? You don't stop it? ”

Jian Xubai rubbed the porcelain bowl on the desk with his white thumb, and said with a smile: "Why should I stop it?" ”

He narrowed his eyes, "Do you think this idea is His Majesty's own?" ”

Seeing his wife's eyes widen in surprise, he coughed dryly and said, "The new monarch ascended the throne, he is both young and powerful, this is something that everyone knows. But do you think, how much better am I than Xinjun? ”

Although Jian Xubai is a few years older than Emperor Sutai, from the perspective of the minister, he is simply too young!

On top of that, the roots of his rule are not deep.

After all, in his early years, he was always above everyone else as a relative, rather than a real force and strength.

Now that the outside world thinks that his two backers, the Empress Dowager and the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, have passed away one after another, and those who don't know will inevitably decline in their evaluation of him again.

And this decline is not a good thing for Jian Xubai's current situation.

Because the younger and shallow the foundation, the more you will inevitably need the compensation and assistance of fame - Gu Shao can come out at a young age, isn't it because he has a good reputation? !

The most terrible thing is that Jian Xubai's coming to power is stepping on the entire Qingzhou Su!

Don't look at Su Shaoge, who is now packing his luggage and preparing to leave, he will cooperate without crying or making trouble, once he finds an opportunity to fight back......

Under so much pressure, it is naturally impossible for Jian Xubai to be confused by his current status, so he naturally has to find ways to increase his power and status, and strive to be an evergreen tree in the court and a tumbler in officialdom!

"Do you want to pull the Shen family and the Liu family together to fight against the Su family?" Song Yixiao listened to her husband's reveal, pinched her eyebrows, and said, "These two families and Di Li belong to the sea of blood feud, and if they want to send troops to Di Li, no matter the geography or ancestral reasons, they will be the main force, so that they can revitalize the courtyard and suppress the current situation of the Su family's dominance of the six valves - it's just that although these two families have been silent for decades, they don't let the Su family at all, once they are given this opportunity, will they threaten you in the future?" ”

"Your Majesty has no intention of killing the Su family, so even if Shen Liu gets this opportunity, I won't be the only one who will keep them from becoming too strong." Jian Xubai said calmly, "No matter how profound Shen Liu is, Your Majesty, the Su family, and me are enough to see that they can't mess around." ”

What's more, Emperor Sutai is the most reliable in the current family, the most reliable is Jian Xubai - because he has the shallowest foundation - if Shen Liu is too strong, Emperor Sutai must try his best to give Jian Xubai a bias to dominate these two.

Song Yi smiled and thought for a while: "Are you sure to win?" ”

Emperor Sutai wanted prestige, Jian Xubai wanted power, and the Shen and Liu families wanted to revitalize the court, so Di Li became the target.

The problem is that if this war is lost, from Emperor Sutai to Jian Xubai to Shen Liu, there will be no good end.

And the entanglement between Di Li and the Middle-earth Dynasty has continued for several dynasties......

Rui Taizu failed to destroy them, Emperor Huizong didn't think about this problem at all, and the first emperor also had more than enough strength to make a Wuhuan angry - don't talk about Duanhua, can Sutai, who has just ascended the throne, complete this feat that has not been done by an emperor of Middle-earth for hundreds of years?

"Sure." To Song Yixiao's surprise, Jian Xubai heard the words, but he smiled firmly, and said meaningfully, "You know, after I was captured by Wuhuan back then, I always thought that it was impossible for me to return to Darui alive!" ”

He didn't know the undercurrent behind the war at that time, and according to the situation on the scene, it was speculated that even if Da Rui threw a mouse and didn't dare to use troops against Wuhuan for the sake of a few of their valuable captives, this stalemate could not continue forever - no matter how rich Da Rui was, it would be impossible to fight this war forever.

So when Da Rui gave up these captives, how could Wuhuan let them live?

Song Yi smiled thoughtfully: "So, what did you do?" ”