When dawn came, Chencheng had returned to its former tranquility, but the number of soldiers patrolling the streets had increased a lot, and after the tripartite negotiations, Xiao Yu and Zhong Roulan reached an agreement to release Lu Chongzong, who was under house arrest by Xiahou Ming, and allowed some of Lu Chongzong's soldiers and horses to enter the city to jointly maintain law and order with Xiahou Ming's subordinates.

It's just that the atmosphere in the inner city is a little awkward, Zhong Rou Ning refused to live with the Zhong family, and strongly asked Zhong Roulan and Xiao Yu to withdraw from the army, when Cang Shuliang entered the hall and had a long talk with Zhong Rou Ning, and then Cang Shuliang brought out the three conditions put forward by Zhong Rou Ning, first, Zhong Roulan and Xiao Yu's army retreated to camp outside the inner city gate; Second, all important officials involved in the turmoil must publicly declare their allegiance to the emperor within three days, and punish those who are in turmoil; Third, the four prefectures withdrew from the southern border within 10 days, and blocked the three passes of Shaonan, Dingnan, Yongding and Yinqing Road, and the governors of the four prefectures were not allowed to enter the customs without an edict.

Under the auspices of Geng Xuan, Xiao Yu and others conducted a day-long negotiation, and finally adjusted and supplemented the conditions proposed by Zhong Rouning, first, the four governments jointly formed a joint army of 40,000 people, which were stationed in the four gates of Chencheng to defend the imperial city, and the commander of the combined army was appointed by the imperial court; Second, the four governments are respected by the imperial court, but the imperial court is not allowed to interfere in all actions of the four governments; The third is that the emperor must clearly declare that no one should be held accountable for the turmoil in Chencheng.

"Delusional! Let them come in and kill our mother and son!" See what future generations have to say! Zhong Rouning threw everyone's conditions at the feet of Cang Shuliang.

Cang Shuliang said unhurriedly: "Niangniang dissipates her anger, there is a sentence that is not worth talking about." ”

Zhong Rouning knew that Cang Shuliang was here to solve things, so she suppressed her temper and said, "Taifu, please speak." ”

"When the emperor was alive, the control of the three mansions was basically nothing, and the three mansions have always maintained their respectful status to Chencheng, because of their loyalty to the emperor, Niangniang feels that they can be loyal to His Majesty now, and Niangniang's origin is a controversy that cannot be avoided."

"Taifu, they are also bullying people with these conditions, if this palace agrees, Your Majesty and I will become their caged birds." Zhong Rou Ning was angry.

"Niangniang, the conditions can be discussed, and now the relationship between the four mansions is also an attitude of mutual vigilance, Niangniang can break it individually!" Cang Shuliang persuaded.

"Taifu means to make them suspicious of each other?" Zhong Rouning obviously understood the wrong way.

Cang Shu said with a cool smile: "Niangniang, you don't have to worry about how to deal with them, they are not harmonious, the old man means that Niangniang wants to find out the psychology of each of them." ”

Zhong Rouning was a little confused, she thought she knew a lot about these people, but from Cang Shuliang's attitude, it didn't seem to be like that.

Cang Shuliang saw that Zhong Rouning hesitated, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "In terms of strength and prestige, His Royal Highness King Wu is now the strongest and has received the most support, but this alliance of King Wu is tied together with interests, how close can the alliance of interests be?" ”

"Then, according to Taifu's opinion, I have to rely on the strength of other people to compromise with Xiao Yu now?" Zhong Rouning seemed to understand the joints.

"Niangniang is really smart," Cang Shuliang first appreciated, and then continued: "The King of Dongyang and the Lord of Chenyang are both relatives of Niangniang, as long as Niangniang maintains family affection, they will not make much action if they are bound by righteousness." ”

"Hehe, what about my father and sister in front of interests? Taifu thought clearly. Zhong Rouning's resentment towards Xiao Yu is not so deep.

"As for the King of Jincheng County, his mind is not above the court, his attitude is the clearest, Niangniang might as well ease his attitude towards him, whether he is in King Wu or the county lord, he doesn't dare to go too far."

Zhong Rou Ning looked at Cang Shuliang suspiciously, and Cang Shuliang's eyes directly looked at him without the slightest intention of dodging, but Meng Yan was his son-in-law, so it was a bit partial.

"I know what Niangniang is worried about, Duke Yu is the most trusted by the emperor, Duke Yu was not involved in last night's turmoil at all, Duke Yu is the person Niangniang can trust the most, what do you think?" Cang Shuliang could see that Zhong Rouning was skeptical of her evaluation of Meng Yan.

Cang Shuliang's words have been said very clearly, now it depends on how Zhong Rouning chooses, the book collar did not speak again, and Zhong Rouning needs to be given time at this time.

Zhong Rouning is very helpless now, she knows that Cang Shuliang's words are actually her current situation, her relatives are unreliable, and she has no one around her to rely on, it is too difficult, she urgently needs a team that can serve her, the United Army can be said, but she must be loyal to herself.

Thinking of this, he mustered up the courage to say: "Taifu, the four prefectures and Jiachen City are also called Wujing, the united army composed of the four prefectures is not allowed to appoint any officers and soldiers, all generals and officials are responsible for the imperial court, and the four prefectures can make their own decisions, but they must be notified to the imperial court, and all the instructions of the imperial court must not be rejected in any form, this is my bottom line and Your Majesty's bottom line!" ”

Cang Shuliang saw that Zhong Rouning had eased up and went out to discuss with everyone, although Xiao Yu and the others were somewhat reluctant, but after all, last night's incident was already a chicken feather, after everyone reached an agreement, Cang Shuliang came in with new terms, a total of five major items, seventeen articles, Zhong Rouning read it and adjusted it slightly, and finally formed a final draft.

On the third day after the turmoil, in front of the spirit of Emperor Daxing, the Empress Dowager Zhong Rou of the Chen Dynasty cleared her throat and said with a cold face: "In order to better implement the strategy of the Emperor's Northern Expedition, the palace and the seven auxiliary ministers have discussed and decided, and the document is here, please take a look." ”

After that, Zhong Rouning waved his hand and asked the attendant eunuch to distribute the documents that had been copied overnight to the hundred officials, and after a while, he only heard a commotion from the hundred officials, Xiao Yu frowned and coughed heavily, and then bowed to Zhong Rou and said: "Your Majesty and the safety of the Queen Mother are the most important, and the ministers are willing to allocate 20,000 people to protect Chenjing." ”

Xiao Yu's statement made the originally chaotic atmosphere quieter, Xiao Yu has made a statement, and others will naturally follow, the original four prefectures have 10,000 people each, but now it has doubled, which can be regarded as giving enough face, plus the 70,000 people who originally Gongwei Chenjing, Zhong Rouning directly controls 150,000 people in his hands, which can be regarded as a guarantee.

Just when everything was decided, someone suddenly came to report, "Your Majesty, the princess of Jincheng County's car was attacked in Yuqing Town, and the princess is gone!" ”

When Meng Yan heard this, he immediately spat blood in his mouth, staggered, if it wasn't for Xiao Yu holding him upright, he would have fallen straight down, and Cang Shuliang next door was directly unconscious, everyone was shocked, and he called the imperial doctor and pinched people.

Meng Yan was already in the side hall when he opened his eyes with great effort, and he grabbed Xiao Yu's arm with all his strength and asked, "Big brother, Haoyue, Haoyue, she..." Meng Yan's tone was a little crying.

Although the brotherhood between Xiao Yu and him has faded a lot, it is difficult for Cangshu Haoyue to accept the killing of Cang Shu Haoyue for a while, seeing Meng Yan like this, he couldn't bear it, and hurriedly comforted: "Second brother, you hold on!" I'm going to get to the bottom of it! ”

Meng Yan struggled to stand up and said weakly, "Where is Haoyue?" I'm going to see her. ”

"Duke Yu has already sent someone to escort Haoyue back, and now it is parked in your house, Lord Taifu has not woken up yet, do you want to go and see?" Xiao Yu said uneasily, he was really worried at this moment, and it had nothing to do with politics.

Meng Yan gradually came to his senses and asked, "Big brother, where is Shu'er?" ”

"Eleven Lang was seriously injured and took Shu'er and a maid to be rescued by Duke Yu's people, but the maid was very vigilant and no one was allowed to approach." Xiao Yu said what he knew in as much detail as possible.

As soon as the attack on Cangshu Haoyue came out, the spy organization of the entire Chen Dynasty was fully operational, but the news was messy and no more useful information was obtained.

"Big brother, you know that there have always been not many people in my house,"

Before Meng Yan could speak, Xiao Yu interrupted: "Don't worry, Ying'er has already brought someone to your house, and there will definitely be no miscellaneous things to disturb you, you will take care of it." ”

"Please, big brother, I really don't have any chores, I bother you to send someone to take me to see Haoyue, and let someone send the child over." Meng Yan's heart was cramping, and he took off a piece of jade pendant from his belt and handed it to Xiao Yu, "Give this jade pendant to that girl, she will go with you." ”

After finishing speaking, he got up to leave, but suddenly he felt dizzy and almost fell down again, but fortunately, Xiao Yu was by his side, and it happened that An Cang came in to support Meng Yan.

Meng Yan and An Cang walked behind, An Cang looked at the distance between the person leading the way in front of him and himself, and whispered: "Your Highness, Mingjian Division and Lord Qingfeng have sent news that Madame's personal maid Ping'er is a traitor, they are under the command of Luantai, but Ping'er is a person who listens to Taoxuan in the East China Sea. ”

"Ping'er? Luantai? East China Sea? Meng Yan muttered about these three places, constantly recalling the things in his mind, stringing the messy clues into a line, and after a while, Meng Yan roughly understood the attack on Cangshu Haoyue.

Meng Yan's face gradually became gloomy, and he grabbed An Cang and whispered: "Immediately inform Qing Shuai of the matter here, please Qing Shuai activate the White Clothes Temple, I must get to the bottom of it, and I can't let go of any of it." ”

"Including the Lord of Chenyang?" An Cang asked cautiously, after all, the identity of the county lord of Chenyang is too special.

Meng Yan looked at An Cang strangely, and said: "Even if the Queen Mother is involved, I will be checked, inform Ye Shuai, and give me eighty miles to Xizhou, and those who dare to stop will be killed!" ”

An Cang was scared, he had been with Meng Yan for a long time, and he had never seen Meng Yan give such a merciless order, he knew that Meng Yan and his wife had a good relationship, and it seemed that this time Andong Mansion was going to suffer.

After An Cang and Meng Yan returned to the house, several attendants hurriedly came up to bring a soft couch, and An Cang quietly went out to send a message to the spy when the house was chaotic.

Meng Yan was indeed powerless, and directly half-leaned into the inner courtyard, and the first person who caught his eye was Zhong Roulan with a sad face, and the anger in Meng Yan's heart immediately ignited, and he said loudly: "Someone!" Send the lord of Chenyang! ”

Zhong Roulan heard Meng Yan's voice and turned to see Meng Yan who was out of shape, and wanted to explain something, but Meng Yan didn't give her a chance at all, and directly asked people to carry her away.