The first day of the ninth year of Taichang (540).

Luoyang is full of lights, saying goodbye to the old and replacing the new, and the Son of Heaven Yuan Shanjian feasted the ministers in the Mingguang Palace, but the only thing missing was the powerful minister Gao Cheng.

Regarding Xiao Gaowang's caution, Yuan Shanjian was almost desperate, and he didn't think about starting now, but Gao's father and son were in different places, and Gao Huan had an army of 200,000 in Jinyang, and Gao Cheng was still so vigilant.

Gao Huan's physical condition can't be hidden, and when it's really time to get rid of the national thief, how can he expect Gao Cheng to give him a chance.

As soon as he thought of this, Yuan Shanjian once again complained in his heart that Yuan Ziyou had taken the path of future generations, leaving future generations with no way out.

Back in the dormitory, Yuan Shanjian told his worries to his henchman Liu Siyi.

Liu Siyi thought for a moment when he heard this, and then said:

"Gao Cheng doesn't want to set foot in the palace, why don't Your Majesty go out of the palace to punish the thief."

Yuan Shan was disappointed when he heard this, and he went out of the palace to punish the thief lightly.

Now that it has been ten years since Erzhu Zhao bloodbathed the palace city, many small yellow gates have not experienced that horror, so it has also allowed Yuan Shanjian to gather a lot of people.

But you can't kill the palace city when Gao Cheng's henchman Wang Shiliang is in charge of the forbidden army and is in charge of the palace ban.

Liu Siyi saw Yuan Shanjian's expression, knowing that he had misunderstood what he meant, and immediately explained:

"What the slave and maid refer to is that the tunnel is dug from the palace, leading directly to the Bohai Palace, and after Gao Huan's death, His Majesty will go out of the tunnel with strange soldiers to kill Gao Cheng and his brothers, and the Wei family can be prosperous."

Yuan Shan's spirit was lifted when he heard this, and the reason why Yuan Ziyou was defeated was that after the death of Er Zhurong, the Er Zhu clan was able to launch the leader of Er Zhu Zhao.

The Gao family is different, all the sons of the Gao family are in Luoyang, once Gao Huan dies in Jinyang, and Gao Cheng and others are punished in Luoyang, only Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaoyu are not enough to take on big things, and outsiders cannot serve the public.

Although all the places are Gao henchmen, their identity and prestige are not enough to take charge, and in the face of a plate of scattered sand, a pardon edict may really be successful.

It's just that Yuan Shanjian and Liu Siyi didn't think of a problem, with the distance between the palace city and the Bohai Palace, this is not destined to be a small project, and the excavated soil is afraid that it can build a small mound, how can it hide people's eyes and ears.

Gao Cheng didn't know anything about the conspiracy of the two of them, and the puppet Son of Heaven was also the Son of Heaven, even if the palace was full of Gao's eyes and ears, it was still somewhat private, such as the dormitory.

Even if you know, you won't take it to heart, and the mantis arm is just a car.

In the past six months, he = Gao Cheng often receives secret letters from Aunt Yuwen, which always records some irrelevant news, and the last part is full of thoughts about him, and the whole article is full of affection.

Aunt Yuwen is not without hard work, she often takes the opportunity to visit her two sons Qiu Bin and Qiu Chong, and passes on news to the Eastern Wei spies lurking in Qiu Mansion, but as a woman, even if she is Yuwentai's own sister, she cannot access important information.

It was the first time that Gao Cheng hated this evil old society so much, why couldn't he let women stand up!

"Stand up?"

At night, Yuan Yuyi wondered.

"That's right! Stand up! ”

Gao Cheng, who withdrew from it, was resolute.

Yuan Yuyi's smooth feet stepped on the ground

Western Wei, Chang'an.

In the night, the Anding Mansion is noisy and brightly lit.

Anding the county prince, the Western Wei Dynasty minister Yuwentai opened a family banquet, and all the relatives were in the house.

Yuwentai was the king, and after supporting the Yuan Bao Torch to ascend the throne, he was awarded the title of King of Anding.

However, due to his implementation of the Zhou rites in Guanzhong, he invited himself to be demoted to the prince of Anding County, after all, there was no king in the Zhou ceremony.

This is also the biggest difference between the reform of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Gao Cheng did not have much interest in the so-called Zhou rites, and when his father Gao Huan supported Yuan Shanjian to ascend the throne, he even used the Xianbei old rites.

Yu Wentai sat on the main seat, and his wife Yao sat with him.

Because Yuan Xiu entered the customs alone, no female dependents could marry Yuwentai, so Yao was named his wife after giving birth to his eldest son Yuwenyu.

Yuwentai looked around the audience and looked at the juniors, and the smile on his face was even stronger.

For example, Yuwen Measure, Yu Wenshen and other nephews will not be mentioned.

is only a close relative, the eldest sister's son Helan Xiang is smart and brave, and the second sister's sons Wei Chi Hui and Wei Chi Gang are also brave generals in the army.

Especially Wei Chi Yuan, who has been smart since he was a child, Yunwen Yunwu, and his talent is even higher than Yuwen Hu.

The reason why he is not as favored as Yuwen Hu is nothing more than his surname Wei Chi, not Yuwen.

But it was only compared with Yuwen Hu that he got the upper hand, Wei Chi lost his father at the age of 7, and was raised by his mother since he was a child, so he went on a blind date with his uncle.

When he was an adult, Yuwentai made him the governor of the tent and the marquis of the west.

After Yuwentai defeated Gao Huan, the 24-year-old Wei Chi Hui is already a general who leads the army and is deeply trusted.

During the family banquet, everyone laughed and laughed, but Qiu Yuan looked at Qiu Bin and Qiu Chong to be happy with his mother, and his eyebrows were full of sorrow.

Aunt Yuwen has been in the customs for more than half a year, and he has asked his wife and brother to intercede on his behalf several times, but Aunt Yuwen has never been willing to get back together.

Yuwentai can't do anything about this little sister, as long as she talks about making peace with Qiu Yuan, Yuwen's sister-in-law always wipes her tears and tells her about the grievances she suffered in Jinyang, and the three widowed sisters-in-law also look at her sister-in-law, so Yuwentai no longer asks about it.

Like Gao Cheng, he works all day long, and his housework is managed by his nephew Yuwenhu, so how can he have the energy to be a lobbyist for Qiu Yuan.

Qiu Yuan was drinking alone, he really didn't know what his wife's plans were, and he didn't get along, and he couldn't leave.

In the past, when I went back to visit my son, I went to look for her by myself, but I avoided her.

Aunt Yuwen also has her own difficulties, and with Gao Cheng in her heart, she naturally can't tolerate Qiu Yuan.

Maintaining this marriage in name only is just hearing that Gao Cheng is a good wife.

Some time ago, someone in the palace inquired about the heart, it turned out that Yuan Baoju saw that Qiu Yuan wanted the husband and wife to be discordant, and tried to promote them to reconcile, and he included Yuwen sister-in-law in the palace.

It's not that she covets Yuwen's sister-in-law's appearance, to be honest, she is far inferior to Yuan Yuyi and others, but she can't stand that this is Yuwentai's sister.

Yuan Shan, the emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, saw that he was still ambitious and tried to cheer up.

Yuan Bao Ju, the emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty, witnessed Yuan Xiu being forcibly poured poisoned wine by Yuwentai's henchmen, and he was already frightened.

Feeling insecure, he naturally hit his mind on Aunt Yuwen, hoping to add a talisman to himself.

Aunt Yuwen is only a stranger to Qiu Yuan, and she is even more disdainful of Yuan Bao Torch because of what happened to her wife, Queen Yifu.

Queen Yifu is a gentle and delicate character, and she has been married to Yuan Baoju for fifteen years, and she is very in love.

But in order to envelop Rouran and marry him, he was persuaded by Yuwentai bitterly, so he abolished the queen as a nun and set up the daughter of Anapu as the queen.

And because of the jealousy of the daughter of Anapu, she finally gave her death.

Although the ingots torch had no choice, Yuwen's sister-in-law still couldn't look down on this puppet who couldn't protect her beloved.

When Yuwentai asked about this, Yuwen's sister-in-law said bluntly:

"My brother is a powerful minister, there will be a day when I win the country, if my sister marries into the palace, how will she deal with herself in the future? The queen is jealous, if the Son of Heaven kills me, what will my brother do? ”

Only then did Yuwentai extinguish the idea of marrying the ingot torch.

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