The ministers scattered the dynasty, although the ministers of Xie Xiang and Cui Xiang were heartbroken and Jiangbei was lost, fortunately, the current situation was not out of control, but they all left with solemn expressions, and they were not in the mood to talk one by one, Xie Xun and Chen Qing went to Zhongyu Pavilion hand in hand.

The ministers of Prince Wang Dun and his party are a little at a loss, today Fei Wan was exchanged for one by Cui Yan, and he was driven out of the Zichen Palace by His Majesty before he had time to play, everyone was leaderless, and some of the original performances were also disrupted, which can be said to be unexpected.

The two errands that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu received today were not easy to do, and it was not pleasing to both sides, so Wen Yanbo was definitely not in a good mood today, and walked out with a frown, seeing Lu Shiyuan and them, it was not easy to offend, nodded and quickly fled.

Lu Shiyuan signaled to the other people not to discuss in the palace, and to discuss strategies after they returned.

…

Zhong Yuge, on His Majesty's desk, there are two letters from Wang Dun on the "Respectfully Ask for the Prince's Consultation" and "Respectfully Ask the Southern Army to Attack Shushu".

Emperor Jing said to Xie Xun and Chen Qing: "Take a look. ”

Xie Xun had expected it a long time ago, and handed it to Chen Qing after quickly rolling his eyes, Chen Qing didn't know it in advance, and it was shocking to see.

"Your Majesty, what is Wang Dun doing here? Coercing the court, coercing the king? ”

Emperor Jing sneered: "Coercing the court and coercing the king, isn't this what he has done in the past ten years!" Did he really think I wouldn't dare to kill him? ”

Xie Xun stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the three bottom lines that the minister said last night, the first Wu Guogong family will be arrested first and then protected, and it is still in the minister's plan, let the prince of Wu Guogong enter Beijing, Your Majesty can protect it first, and the Jingbei Army is now divided into two parts, and there are still 80,000 people under Zuo Shuai, once these 80,000 people know that Wu Guogong died in battle, I am afraid that the morale will be greatly affected, Your Majesty, we have to plan early!" ”

Emperor Jing fell into deep thought: "Do you really want to give up Shu?" ”

Chen Qing said: "Your Majesty, Wu Guogong is the soul of the Jingbei Army, if the news of Wu Guogong's death in battle reaches the army, it will definitely affect morale, and now Wang Dun said that he wants to send troops, in fact, he has Chen Bingjian Nanguan, with ill intentions, Your Majesty must not be guarded against." ”

Xie Xun persuaded: "Your Majesty, it is better to give an order to let Zuo Shuai withdraw his troops, he can only postpone the attack on Shu, as long as Zuo Shuai retreats and moves to Dingzhou, Wang Dun will never dare to act rashly." ”

Chen Qing also echoed: "Your Majesty, what Xie Xiang said, the Jingbei Army disperses first and then protects the policy, and the minister agrees that moving the Jingbei Army to Dingzhou can prevent Wang Dun, but it is necessary to find a person who calms the army's heart to command." ”

Emperor Jing nodded: "I think the same way, and I have already made arrangements for the selection of people, I will personally write a secret edict to Zuo Zongming, he will not bear me, Chen Qing, you arrange for someone to send it to Zuo Zongming by hand." ”

Chen Qing knelt down and said, "The minister's order!" ”

Emperor Jing said again: "Xie Xun, so your two strategies can be realized, but it is only the thing I am most worried about, how to solve it?" ”

Xie Xun stepped forward: "Your Majesty, the safety of the eldest princess and King Fu, the minister has a plan, but he needs His Majesty's cooperation." ”

Emperor Jing nodded, and Xie Xun stepped forward and whispered.

…

The prince walked quickly to the Fengyi Hall under the guidance of Xu Changling, just now Lu Shen passed the decree, His Majesty lifted his own ban, and also lifted the ban of the Fengyi Palace, the prince didn't know what was going on, so he rushed into the palace to ask the queen, the prince entered the queen's bedroom, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow down

"The son asked the queen mother St. Ann, has the queen mother been St. Ann these days?"

The queen raised her hand to let the prince get up: "Cong'er get up, have you gone to your father's side to say goodbye first?" ”

The prince replied: "The queen mother, I haven't gone yet, and the son thinks about the strangeness of his father's forbidden solution, and thinks about coming to the queen mother to ask first." ”

The queen said angrily: "Confused, now you pretend not to know anything, this matter will naturally be planned for you, you go to your father to ask for peace, although your father has lifted your ban, but from today on, you are still honestly studying in the East Palace?" ”

Although the prince was puzzled, he still replied: "My son understands, and my son will go." ”

The prince hurriedly got up and went to Zhong Yu Pavilion.

When I went to Zhong Yu Pavilion to ask for a meeting: "Son-in-law Xiao Sicong, please ask my father Emperor Sheng'an, Sheng'an and Saint's Peace?" ”

After a while, Lu Shen came out of it and said to the prince: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty said that today's affairs are heavy and tired, so I won't see Your Highness, let Your Highness go back to the East Palace, and from now on, Your Highness will resume listening to lectures in the court and study, but the matter of asking about politics will be suspended." ”

The prince knelt down in the Zhongyu Pavilion and saluted: "The sons thank the emperor for their forgiveness, and the sons and daughters retire!" ”

At this time, a voice came from inside: "Prince, remember your identity, you are my courtier first, then my son, and then the prince of Liangguo, no king and no father, don't do it!" Otherwise, don't blame your father for being ruthless, I hope you know for yourself! ”

The crown prince bowed his head and replied tremblingly: "Son, remember the teachings of the emperor!" ”

Back in Fengyi Palace, the prince remembered what his father said to him, and he was a little distracted.

"Cong'er! Your uncle wrote to you to discuss your relatives, Cong'er, Cong'er! ”

The Empress reminded the crown prince loudly.

"Queen Mother!"

Prince Xiao Sicong hurriedly replied

"Did you hear what the Queen Mother told you just now? This is a major event about your future succession, and your mother has been pressing it after the crown, just to wait for a suitable time. ”

The queen said with concern.

"Mother, what did you say?" The prince was a little confused

When the queen heard this, she was angry: "Cong'er, your uncle wrote to your father and the emperor to give you a proposal and decide on the crown princess!" ”

The prince immediately asked with concern: "Queen Mother, who has decided on this matter?" The child's heart is in the heart of the mother, who knows. ”

The queen said patiently: "Cong'er, your uncle naturally hopes to fulfill your wishes, and the queen mother also has this thought, but your father will never agree, he has ordered the Ministry of Rites to draw up a candidate, and he should report to your father in the next few days." ”

The prince was a little worried: "Mother, you know that the child has loved Yan'er for a long time, and now that my uncle has written to my father, I still hope that my mother will help me make peace." ”

The queen said seriously: "If on weekdays, your mother will not disobey your father's wishes, but in today's situation, you can only bind your uncle in order to keep your crown prince, then the most reliable means is marriage, Yan'er must become your crown princess." ”

The prince was delighted: "Thank you, mother! ”

Queen: "Wu Guogong's defeat, don't take a stand, at this time, you should be low-key, do your studies honestly, there will naturally be someone behind you to use for you, and the queen mother will plan for you." ”

The prince nodded: "It's the mother, but there is one thing, the son doesn't know whether to say it or not." ”

Queen: "What's the matter?" ”

Prince: "The second brother has been encircling courtiers recently!" The son feared that he would let his father get the hang of it. ”

The queen smiled and said: "Cong'er, what you are worried about is not this matter, at this time, the queen mother has already heard about it, your second brother will be on time, and when lunch is held tomorrow, the queen mother will remind him to pay attention to his words and deeds." ”

The prince nodded: "It's the mother." ”

Coming out of the Fengyi Palace, the prince sat on the prince and carried him out of the palace, and just met Princess Yonghui on the royal road, and Princess Yonghui ordered someone to stop driving and take the initiative to salute.

"The courtiers have seen His Royal Highness the Prince!"

The prince hurriedly smiled and said, "Yonghui, you don't have to be like this, just call your eldest brother." ”

Yonghui bowed his head and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, I don't dare to forget the etiquette of respect and humility, the courtier sister is going to ask the ancestor for peace, and it is a step now." ”

The prince's face was a little unhappy, Yonghui ordered someone to walk from the side, and at the moment when he was about to pass by, the prince said: "Yonghui, you must also know about the affairs of Wu Guogong's family, fortunately, the marriage has not been completed, otherwise it will affect my sister, so the eldest brother is unbearable, I hope that my sister will focus on the overall situation and not affect herself." ”

Yonghui sneered slightly and didn't look back: "Thank you Brother Prince for your concern." ”

After Yonghui drove away, the prince glanced back and said to himself coldly: "I want to exchange my marriage for the help of the seventh child, but unfortunately the sky will not fulfill your wish." ”

"Let's drive back to the East Palace!"

…

Jingren Palace, the Queen Mother has an elegantly arranged study, the most hung in the study is the calligraphy of the book saint He Youjun, because the Queen Mother is from Lujiang He, is the young sister of the Liang State Right Army General Min Hou He Kaizhi, and He Youjun specializes in calligraphy is different, the Queen Mother defeated Danqing master painting Saint Wu Dao as a teacher, as far as the true biography, if not a woman, I am afraid that there will be a great name and the world.

At this moment, the Queen Mother is meticulously depicting a long axis, on the picture scroll, a group of geese flying over the mountains and rivers, the snow on the distant mountains in the north, the grass on the bank of the south of the Yangtze River has grown and the warbler flies, an old lady is on crutches, and the roadside pavilion looks up at the sky, the picture has a faint sadness.

Fan Changling came over and reported softly: "Niangniang, the princess is waiting outside the palace, saying that she has come to greet you." ”

The Queen Mother did not stop the brush in her hand, and was still meticulously depicting those wild geese that returned to the south

"Let Yonghui's girl come in, she came with something on her mind, and if she doesn't talk to the mourning family, I'm afraid she won't sleep well."

Fan Changling nodded: "Niangniang, my slave will go and pick up the princess in." ”

The Queen Mother asked again: "How is Xiao Qi these days?" ”

Fan Changling replied: "Master Ye has been teaching in the Seventh Highness Hall for the past few days, and Commander He has to follow him every step of the way. ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "I thought it would be good to spend a few months, but now it's really unsafe, you go back and invite Master Ye to come over, and say that the mourning family has something to say to him." ”

Fan Changling nodded: "No!" ”

After a while, Fan Changling led the princess in and retreated.

The princess stepped forward and saluted: "The granddaughter asked the ancestor An, I don't know if the ancestor is Sheng'an?" ”

The Queen Mother put down the pen in her hand, looked up, and said, "Girl, grandmother knows that you should come over and ask, did you hear the news?" ”

The princess nodded: "Yes, the grandson is inevitably worried, come and ask the ancestor for an idea!" ”

The Queen Mother walked out of the desk, Yonghui hurriedly stepped forward to help, the old Queen Mother asked the palace maids to clean their hands with a basin of water, and told them to go out and wait, then pulled Yonghui to the side and sat down, and stroked Yonghui's hand with some heartache.

"Girl, now it seems that your marriage is difficult!" The Queen Mother told the truth.

Yonghui naturally understood, and shook her head: "Grandmother, what my grandson is worried about is not this, but how to keep Brother Yi and Wu Guogong's family. ”

The Queen Mother patted the girl's hand: "Girl, you are a loving person, and you are also an extremely smart person, if your father really wants to dispose of the Wu family, he will be convicted today." ”

Yonghui's eyes suddenly lit up: "Grandmother's meaning Hui'er understands." ”

The Queen Mother nodded appreciatively: "Girl, how good it would be if you were a man, so you go back and wait patiently, grandmother will let Mr. Ye come over to give you advice, and there will be a good result in this matter, but girl, I am afraid that your marriage in the future will have more tribulations." ”

The Queen Mother slowly looked at her painting, and Yonghui also seemed to have some understanding.