Chapter Ninety-Three: The Spy
Seeing that no one cared about him anymore, Liu Luming didn't feel embarrassed, and waited until the last person left, then he planned to drive the horse away.
At that moment, he noticed a man standing on the side of the street in front of him, still holding a celebratory windmill in his hand.
Liu Luming was stunned directly after seeing the other party's appearance clearly, and then his eyes became moist, he turned over and dismounted and walked to the man, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Dad!"
The only person left at this scene was not someone else, it was Liu Luming's father, Liu Jianbai, a scholar of the first grade of the dynasty.
"Dad, you've been standing here all morning?" Liu Luming hugged the old man and asked.
Liu Jianbai nodded with a smile, his eyes were full of kindness and relief, although he doted on the child, he rarely took the initiative to perform, but at this moment he put his hand on Liu Luming's shoulder, and said with a smile: "My son has a chance!" With that, he handed over the windmill in his hand.
Liu Luming took the windmill, and tears were already flowing down his face.
But on the other side, Wang Quanquan went all the way back to the palace, and fell directly on the bed without freshening up, and slept all afternoon, and when he woke up, the sky was already full of stars.
"Someone!"
"Your Highness, are you sleeping comfortably?"
Wang Quanquan, who was still a little sleepy, was startled after seeing the other party's appearance clearly, not for anything else, just because the other party had a face exactly like him.
Wang Quanquan, who was frightened to sober, raised his foot and kicked: "Damn, are you going to scare Lao Tzu to death?" ”
Only then did the person who was kicked react, and quickly took off the skin on his face, and under the mask was Koharuko.
Koharuko explained while rubbing her buttocks, "The little one was so excited to learn that you were back, and I forgot about this stubble." ”
Wang Quanquan waved his hand to show that he didn't care, and then looked at Xiao Chunzi with a suspicious gaze, and only after a long time did he say leisurely: "I'm working hard outside, but you've gained a lot of weight." ”
Koharuko scratched her head embarrassedly: "It's all thanks to you." ”
Wang Quanquan stared at the other party for a moment and then looked away, he didn't care about this, after all, these days when he was away, thanks to Koharuko's pretense, it didn't cause unnecessary suspicion.
As for showing his true face in Kaipingwei, he didn't care, after all, with Wang Zhide's heavy scheming, sooner or later he would know that Kaipingwei's affairs were related to him.
But then again, what were the letters that the old emperor asked him to pick up?
"Your Royal Highness, the Emperor Taishang ordered someone to come in the afternoon, saying that he would let you enter the palace when you woke up." At this time, Koharuko reminded on the side.
"Oh, then help me get ready, I'll go over when I'm done showering and changing."
I really want to come here, it just so happens that the king has something to ask the old emperor.
An hour later, the king finally freshened up and put on his new clothes.
This bath can be said to be the most comfortable one he has ever taken, although the trip to the northwest has only been more than ten days, but that ghost place is not to mention taking a bath, it is good to have a drink.
Coupled with the drought and windy sand in the northwest, Wang Quanquan felt that he was dry, so this time he was reluctant to come out of the bath tub after soaking in the puffy bag.
By the time he came out, the bath water had become a yellow soup mixed with a lot of sediment.
The refreshed Wang Quanquan pushed the door out, and happened to meet a maid ring in the house, who was stunned at first when she saw him, and then walked away with a red face and a bowed head.
Wang Quanquan was a little puzzled, thinking that he was too handsome and chic after taking a bath, so he didn't take it seriously, but he gradually found that the girls he met along the way were all like this.
For this reason, Wang Quanquan also deliberately checked his dress several times, and after confirming that he was indeed neatly dressed and not bare, he set his eyes on Koharuko on the side.
Originally, it was just a subconscious move, but I found that the other party's gaze was a little dodgy at the moment.
Wang Quanquan first narrowed his eyes, showed a smile at Xiao Haruko, and then pressed the other party against the wall on the side with lightning speed, and he didn't know when there was an extra dagger in his hand, and the sword was pointed directly at the opponent's vital position.
"What did you do while I was not at home, believe it or not, Lao Tzu made you a real eunuch?"
The defenseless Xiao Chunzi's face turned green, and he quickly shook his head and explained: "Your Highness, even if you kill me, I won't dare to mess around, it's all Yang Guifei..."
"What does this have to do with the concubine?"
The sword of the king's authority has always maintained its original distance.
"The concubine Niangniang probably wants to arrange a marriage for you again, and she may think that you are not open, so she secretly buys the housekeeper and asks him to arrange a maid to warm the bed in your room every day, do you know how hard it takes for the little one to hold it?"
Xiao Chunzi's tone was full of grievances when she said this, and there was a little regret in the grievances.
"Really didn't touch any of them?" Wang Quanhu said suspiciously.
"Of course not! The villain is for His Royal Highness, but the internal injuries are about to come out! ”
"That's good."
Wang Quanquan let go of Xiao Chunzi, although his tone was calm, his heart was full of loss: Why didn't Lao Tzu encounter such a good thing?
After the farce was over, Wang Quanquan got into the carriage, and Koharuko shook the reins and drove towards the palace.
After entering the palace, he still stopped the carriage in front of the Yangxin Palace, and the king got off the carriage, and after tidying up his clothes, he raised his legs and stepped on the stone steps.
Although Wang Quanquan was dressed in a brocade shirt at this time, he saw a sword hanging from his waist that did not match this shirt, and Emperor Sheng'en greeted him in advance, so he could enter the palace with the sword.
When he arrived at the door, the king still kicked in the door directly, and the old emperor who was writing in the hall couldn't help but tremble.
The king who just entered the door was also stunned, because in addition to the Holy Grace Emperor here, there was also the second prince Wang Zhide.
"Alright, just do as I say."
The Holy Emperor handed over the written document to Wang Zhide and commanded.
The latter nodded and took the paperwork, turned and left, without glancing at the king's authority the whole time.
The king's authority is not an upside-down master, and he didn't pay attention to the other party, and went straight to the old emperor.
Today's old emperor is over fifty years old, his temples are white, and there are many more wrinkles on his face than in previous years.
Wang Quanquan still sat down with a golden sword, poured himself a cup of tea first, tasted it and said, "It tastes good, but it's worse than the one from the concubine." ”
The old emperor's face at this moment completely lost the majesty he had just now in front of Wang Zhide, and said with a smile: "That's true, the best tea in the palace is at your mother's concubine, but she didn't give it to me, and I had to go over and drink it in person." ”
Wang Quanquan is not a child, and he still knows Yang Guifei's thoughts, so he explained: "The mother concubine said that if her tea is not brewed by special means, the taste will be halved. ”
The old emperor still smiled, and said: "Your mother and son are really the same, you don't have big scheming, but you are a little smart." ”
"Isn't that bad?" Wang Quanquan looked at the old emperor with a smile, as if he had already seen through what the other party was thinking.
"Good."
In front of this somewhat clever son, the Holy Emperor did not need to hide anything.
It was night, in the hall of nourishing the heart, there was a table in the hall, and in the middle of the table was a charcoal stove, and the copper pot on the charcoal stove was steaming at this time, and the table was full of all kinds of fresh meat and vegetables.
The father and son in the house were sitting around the charcoal stove at this time, waiting for the soup in the pot to boil completely.
Wang Quanquan took the lead in picking up a piece of fresh mutton and putting it in the pot, turning it back and forth a few times and quickly clipping it out.
"Alright, the water is hot, and you can eat the meat."
Wang Quanquan said as he eagerly stuffed the mutton into his mouth.
Seeing this, the old emperor on the opposite side also picked up a few pieces of vegetables and put them in the pot, and asked, "Is the northwest trip going well?" ”
"Woo, it's going well, it's not thanks to the sword given by my father!"
Wang Quanquan replied while eating mutton, and did not forget to pat his ass.
"You are modest, I heard that you defeated the first warrior of Northern Turf?"
"Where is the father, it's not thanks to your sword spectrum, the power of your swordsmanship can be described as earth-shattering, I just made a move, and the first bullshit warrior on the other side knelt on the ground and begged for mercy!"
He was not surprised that the Holy Grace knew these details, so he did not hide it, and simply slapped the sycophants to the end. The thought in the heart of the king's authority is, if I don't wear any sycophants, I just won't admit my strength, what can you do with me?
The old emperor could naturally hear that the not very clever sycophant of the king's authority was to avoid the important and light, and he would not break it.
"Father, if you ask any more, the tofu in the pot will become tofu dregs."
When the old emperor heard this, he remembered that there were still vegetables boiling in the pot, so he hurriedly and carefully took it out.
"Father, I have a question, what are you going to do with Yan Shaohai?" Wang Quanquan's expression became rare and serious.
The old emperor glanced at him, "You want to intercede for him?" ”
When Wang Quanquan heard this, he immediately smiled all over his face: "Father is wise! ”
"Heh, as soon as you kid pouts his ass, I know what shit you're going to shit."
"Uh..."
The king's authority was stunned for a while, and it took a while to clear his mind.
"Father, let's eat, don't talk about eating so much. I think that although Yan Shaohai has had it this time, he also has merit, although the merit and demerits cannot be offset, it is better to be cautious in punishing him. ”
This time, Emperor Sheng'en began to eat without raising his head, he looked down on hot pot at first, but he didn't expect this thing to become more and more addictive the more he ate, just now he had poured a whole plate of mutton into the pot.
Wang Quanquan saw that the other party was eating happily, so he could only wait on the sidelines.
"If you want to intercede, Ming'er will go to your imperial brother, after all, he is the emperor now, and I don't count if I say it."
The old emperor spread his hands, and the implication was obvious, so that your kid refused to be the emperor at the beginning, and now he is asking for someone, isn't it?
Wang Quanquan was crying and sad when he heard this, he really didn't want to contact the eldest prince, he obviously gave up the throne to him, but there was always some indescribable guilt in his heart.
And Wang Zhixian is too old-fashioned and upright, even with a hint of pedantic, he can imagine that if he intercedes, he will definitely be told a big truth, this person is really not close.
Intimate? A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through Wang Quanquan's mind, and then he said to himself, "It doesn't seem impossible. ”
The old emperor on the side squinted at him, secretly thinking that this kid must have thought of some bad tricks again, and he didn't bother to take care of him, so he continued to pick up the mutton by himself.
Wang Quanquan, who had figured it out, changed his smile back and said, "Father, it's okay if you don't want to help, but you have to tell me, what is written on the letter you asked Wang Zhide to take away that day?" ”
When the old emperor heard this, he stopped the chopsticks in his hand, paused slightly, sighed and said, "There are fine works in Beijing!" ”
There has been such a thing as a spy since ancient times, and the art of war is cloudy: knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, and the importance of intelligence in war is self-evident.
It is precisely because intelligence is so important that no country dares to say that it has no enemy spies in its land, and even the dynasty itself has successively planted a lot of hidden stakes in neighboring countries.
Among them, the most famous is the Secret Guard Twelve, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, except for a few who are stationed in Beijing to secretly protect the emperor, and the rest of them are all arranged to be in the hostile countries of Eastern Han and Northern Turkistan.
But an ordinary spy would definitely not let the emperor personally interrogate, so the king asked tentatively: "Does the father mean that there is a spy in the court?" ”
Hearing this, the old emperor nodded and said, "It's not the court, but the palace." ”
"In the palace?"
Wang Quanquan thought quickly, since he could make the emperor go out in person, naturally it would not be a little minion, most likely the prince or the mother.
Without waiting for the king to continue to think, the emperor took the lead in saying the answer: "It's the queen mother!" ”
"Oh...... Yes? ”
Wang Quanquan's mind didn't turn around for a moment.
The Queen Mother, that is, the former queen, is the mother of the current emperor Wang Zhixian.
One person is below ten thousand people, in case one day the Holy Grace Emperor burps, she can even save one person, can she be guilty of betraying the country?
"Father, is there any misunderstanding?"
The kingship is still hard to believe, after all, this matter is too unbelievable, to put it simply, it is, I betrayed myself.
No one would believe that.
"At first I didn't believe it, but when the letter was on the table, I had to believe it again."
"What's on the letter?"
"The disposition of the dynasty's forces."
Hearing the answer, Wang Quan couldn't help but be silent, leaking military aircraft is a first-class capital crime, why did the Queen Mother do this?
Yang Guifei has talked a lot about the palace and the court with the royal authority before, including the queen mother at that time.
The queen's father was a general in the court, and this general was the first group of people who followed Emperor Taizu Wang Mu, accompanied Taizu to fight in the south and north for many years, and even sacrificed his life to save him several times, and the two also formed a deep friendship.
The general had no children and only one daughter, and at a banquet, Wang Mu, who had not yet become the emperor, joked with him after drinking, saying that he wanted to marry him, but he didn't think that the other party took this joke seriously, and repaired a book on the spot and sent it home, so that the daughter in the boudoir to be written went to the capital.
It was supposed to be a happy event, but the general could not wait for his daughter's arrival and died in the final decisive battle.
Faced with the woman who came all the way, Taizu Wang Mu was very ashamed in his heart, so he married her to his second son of the same age according to the agreement.
After the two got married, the husband and wife were harmonious, and they gave birth to a son the next year, and it was also in this year that Hou Dachang, the general of Zhennan, rebelled.
Wang Mu's second son, who is now Emperor Sheng'en, tearfully left his wife and infant child, especially his infant child, and led his troops to the battlefield.
Before leaving, Taizu Wang Mu promised him that when he returned successfully, he would be the current crown prince.
By the time he returned, it would be three years later.
After his return, he aspired to become the crown prince, and after several years of fratricidal warfare, he finally sat on the throne.
Because of the guilt he felt for neglecting his wife over the years, even though there were several concubines in the harem who were more noble than her, he still chose to make this woman the queen.
It's just that with the passage of time, the relationship between the two at this time is no longer as pure as it was at the beginning.
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