In the heavy palace, there is a high-walled compound, in terms of magnificence, even in the palace city, there are few people who can compare with it, called the Lizheng Palace.

This hall is not the place where the emperor deals with government affairs, but the residence of the empress.

The emperor handles government affairs in the Chongwen Palace, and the daily living and concubines sleep in the Ganlu Palace. Regarding the affairs of the harem, the emperor generally does not ask about the specific situation, and it is taken care of by the queen of the Lizheng Palace.

The so-called lord of the six palaces is naturally not a lie, the master has his own authority of the master, and life and death are all from the queen. Because of this, in the eyes of the eunuchs, palace ladies, and concubines in the palace city, the majesty of the palace is not much more than that of the Ganlu Palace.

In the entire palace, and even in the entire Great Qi, in addition to the prince of the East Palace, only the queen is qualified to call herself "this palace".

Song Zhi has been on the throne for many years, although he has already had a prince and princess, but he is diligent in political affairs on weekdays, not very enjoyable, and none of the concubines in the harem have been particularly favored by him.

Since there is no favored crown of the six palaces, relying on the existence of the emperor to support the wind and act as a demon, there is naturally no power among the concubines, and they can compete with the queen.

The sun was setting, it was dusk, and the Lizheng Hall cast a large shadow, which made it more and more majestic. A six-rank eunuch walked up the stairs quickly, in a hurry, and was clearly stated outside the Lizheng Palace, and was soon allowed to enter.

Turning the wide hall and passing through several heavy curtains, the young eunuch with his head bowed bowed and knelt down in front of a golden sun.

His eyes could only see the sunset spilling in through the window, and he didn't dare to move his gaze upwards to look directly at the owner of the Lizheng Palace, even if it was the other party's shoes, his eyes didn't dare to touch.

"Empress Yu, Your Majesty is still discussing with the ministers in the Chongwen Palace. Zhenguo Gong just came out, saying that he had received the holy order to go to Yanmen Pass to lead the army, and Zhenguo Gong asked his servants to tell the queen that the matter was urgent and he would leave Yanping tomorrow. ”

The eunuch spoke respectfully, and although his voice trembled slightly, he could speak clearly.

The queen did not respond, and the needle drop in the palace was heard for a while.

Whether it was the eunuch lying on the ground or the palace maids serving on both sides, they all lowered their heads and did not dare to breathe.

The queen certainly has the majesty of the queen, and as the person next to the queen, she is naturally a little close to the queen, and she is usually not so restrained. But the queen in front of her is named Zhao Qiyue.

At the beginning of her entry into the palace, there was a concubine who gave birth to a prince, seeing that she was petite and small, looking like a girl, she thought it was easy to bully, relying on her own foundation in the harem, not only in front of her, yin and yang, not very respectful, but also bribed the eunuch in charge, and placed eyeliner in the palace.

Unexpectedly, this queen, who looked harmless to humans and animals, and was more like a delicate princess than a queen, used thunderous means to purge the discipline of the six palaces in just a few days.

Not only did she accurately pull out the eyeliner that the other party had inserted, and mercilessly killed her in public, but even the eunuch who had real power and was recognized by the emperor was also disabled by her according to the palace rules and thrown out of the palace.

Even the concubine who gave birth to the prince could not escape her punishment, and was sent to the cold palace in the name of ignoring the order of respect and inferiority and causing trouble in the harem.

To this day, everyone still remembers that the concubine, who has cultivated well, broke free from and injured the eunuchs of the Lizheng Palace who bound her in despair and madness, and was cut off by the giant axe in the hands of the queen in the lightning and flint, and the scene of blood spattering several feet.

The palace personally injured people, this scene should not have appeared, but the people who had seen the giant axe and the broken arm in a pool of blood had no time to think about this problem, and the only thing they remembered was the fear in their hearts at that time.

"Pothos, go and get two bottles of 'Bihai Chaosheng' and 'Wan Sijia', and send them to the Zhenguo Mansion. Half a sound, the queen's characteristic majestic voice sounded.

"Slave and maid obey!" The palace maid on the side immediately leaned over to receive the order.

In the whole world, the most powerful and the richest person is the emperor, as the empress, Zhao Qiyue is not much worse, and the resources in her hands at this time are not the same as when she was in Zhenguogong.

It is naturally inappropriate to use the resources of the palace to strengthen the Zhao family, but there is nothing wrong with rewarding personal property.

"Bihai Chaosheng" is an elixir, used for cultivators in the Yuan Shen Realm, the biggest effect is to save lives, and it also has the effect of assisting cultivation;

In times of war, it is self-evident to whom these things were given.

After saying this, Zhao Qiyue stood up, stretched out her arms, and motioned to the palace maid to change her into light clothes. The henchmen and palace maids who serve left and right, don't need Zhao Qiyue's words, and they also understand her intentions.

They knew that the queen was going to cook herself again.

If the emperor was dealing with political affairs until the evening, the empress would often prepare meals for the emperor.

Because of this, the emperor who is diligent in government affairs, although he rarely summons concubines to sleep, is quite a bit pure-hearted and has few desires, but he will send three forks to the Lizheng Palace to go around.

......

From the moment the B-word battalion returned to the Yanmen Army, the Yanmen Army was already preparing to go out. Grain, ordnance, medicinal materials and other supporting materials needed to be deployed, and countless scouts were scattered like fishing nets to open the way for the army.

Although the Dadan Department has promised to supply military rations, it is impossible to send them to Yanmen Pass, and the Yanmen army still needs to carry some grain and grass by itself, so that the marching route needs to be exquisite.

The day after Zhao Ning returned to Yanmen Pass, Zhao Xuanji arrived, accompanied by a large number of cultivators he brought from Yanping City, including both the real power masters of the Dadu Governor's Mansion and the Zhao powerhouses of the Zhenguo Mansion.

Among them, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly an old man who is not much different in age from Zhao Xuanji, that is a Wang Jijing!

As we all know, although Zhao Xuanji was in the middle stage of the Wang Ji Realm, before last year, the Zhao family was a Wang Ji Realm cultivator.

Among the people of the Zhao clan, among the people of Zhao Xuanji's generation, in addition to his extraordinary qualifications, it is not nothing, but they are always one line away from Wang Jijing, because they are already old, it is difficult for them to have a chance to break through in this life.

Among the middle generation, Zhao Beiwang and Zhao Xun have the best talent, and the latter is still excessive.

But now Zhao Xun can only turn around in the middle of the Yuan Shen Realm, although Zhao Beiwang has long been in the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, but there is still a lot of heat to achieve the Wang Ji Realm.

In the cognition of the Yanping City family, Zhao Beiwang has no hope in the middle of the Wang Extreme Realm in this life, and the middle generation is not particularly outstanding, which is quite a decline.

If it weren't for Zhao Qiyue and Zhao Ning coming up one after another, showing amazing cultivation talents, the name of the first general of the Zhao clan would have changed hands in a few years.

Zhao Ning followed Zhao Beiwang and his wife, and met Zhao Xuanji and others in the Shuai Mansion. Sensing that Zhao Zhenzhong beside Zhao Xuanji was already in the early stage of Wang Ji's realm, Zhao Beiwang, Zhao Xun and others were all overjoyed and hurriedly congratulated.

Zhao Zhenzhong laughed heartily, quite proud.

In fact, at his age, the cultivation resources are meaningless, the auxiliary pills are almost ineffective, and whether he can break through the bottleneck and enter a new world depends on whether he has the inspiration of the blessed soul, and whether he can have an epiphany.

Originally, the old man had no hope of achieving Wang Jijing, but fortunately, last year, the eldest brother improved the "Qingyun Jue" with July and Xiao Ningzi, and the old man studied for many days and communicated with the eldest brother many times, so he grasped the essentials. ”

Zhao Zhenzhong stroked his beard and smiled, and after saying that, after nodding appreciatively at Zhao Ning, he set his eyes on Zhao Beiwang, half a lesson and half reproach:

"The old man is old, he can still break through the bottleneck, you are young, why haven't you reached the Wang Ji realm yet?"

Zhao Beiwang's old face suddenly turned red, and he was embarrassed, speechless,

Wang Rouhua on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and defended Zhao Beiwang: "Third uncle, it's not his fault, as the chief general of the Yanmen Army, he is entangled in the army on weekdays, and there is not much time to cultivate himself, and there is also a slower progress."

However, the concubine believes that it will not be long before he can cross that threshold, and he will not disappoint everyone. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Beiwang with confidence, as if Zhao Beiwang would be able to change from the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm to the Wang Ji Realm tonight.

Zhao Beiwang, who was originally a little embarrassed, came into contact with Wang Rouhua's eyes, his heart warmed, and there was no sense of crampedness, and there was a lot of emotion and fighting spirit in his heart.

When Zhao Ning saw this scene, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

In fact, he knew very well that most of the military affairs of the Yanmen Army were handled by Wang Rouhua, and Zhao Beiwang had no reason to be short of time at all, and the slow progress of cultivation was indeed a poor talent.

The family didn't say much to each other, the preparations for the Yanmen army were almost completed, since Zhao Xuanji was here, then the final discussion on the layout of the march, it was time to order the Yanmen army to go out.

Before Zhao Xuanji came, Zhao Beiwang, Wang Rouhua and others had already drawn up a plan to go on the expedition, and now they came to the sand table to report to Zhao Xuanji.

"The Tianyuan Department and the Khitan Department intend to destroy the Dadan Department, and they will inevitably go all out to fight a quick battle and avoid Daqi causing them too much trouble.

"After the attack and killing of the Xiaoye Tribe, the Tianyuan Royal Court can be sure that we will participate in the war, so in order to ensure the smooth operation of their attack on the Dadan Tribe, they will definitely send a strong army south to stop us halfway.

"In the steppe army, the cultivators are not as strong as us, the soldiers are not as brave as us, the swords are not as sharp as us, the armor is not as strong as ours, and the bows and arrows are not as strong as ours......

"Therefore, the armies of the Tianyuan and Khitan divisions have only one choice if they want to stop our Yanmen army and fight for the time to destroy the Dadan Division. ”

Zhao Beiwang talked eloquently, and pointed the long pole in his hand to two relatively complex areas on the sand table, "With the help of geographical advantages!"

"The Tianyuan and Khitan divisions prepared for war early, and the soldiers and horses were mobilized before us, so they moved faster than us.

"Combined with the speed of their soldiers and horses, the terrain at the southern end of the Dadan Division, and the route we can choose to go north, they are most likely to deploy heavy troops in Fengming Mountain and Hongye Yuan to build a defensive line!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Beiwang withdrew his long pole and said to Zhao Xuanji with a solemn face: "If we want to bypass Fengming Mountain, we can only go west, which is the Gobi Desert area, which is not conducive to marching and is prone to accidents.

"If we choose to bypass the Red Leaf Plain, we can only go east, so we will inevitably go deep into the Khitan hinterland, and we will need to go around in a big circle, not to mention, it will also give them the opportunity to give full play to their local combat advantages.

"Except for Fengming Mountain and Hongye Plain, other routes are not suitable for the rapid march of hundreds of thousands of troops. Therefore, we believe that the Yanmen army's strategy is very simple: to break through the interception of the Tianyuan and Khitan armies head-on!"