Whether it was Zhou Yan inviting Zhou Shuo to the mansion to have a drink with him, or some of the actions that Zhou Yu began to plan after hearing about it, they were actually under the control of Emperor Mingde.

He did become more and more angry with Concubine Xian's mother family because of the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, and also took advantage of this to send down the Feng family.

Now the impeachment of Concubine Shu's mother is being suppressed by Emperor Mingde.

He deliberately named the eldest prince Zhou Yan as the king of Duan, and let out the wind again, indicating that the next person to be disposed of was the Li family.

He wanted to see what the third prince Zhou Yu would do in such a situation?

Sure enough, as he expected, his third son couldn't hold it back.

In Emperor Mingde's opinion, it is normal for Zhou Yu to have such a move.

After all, when Yunlan was investigating the account book of the criminal department waiter earlier, he mentioned that he was Zhou Yan's person on the surface, but in fact he was inserted/used by Zhou Yu.

In his account book, there was a matter of the former prince.

It was precisely because this incident touched Emperor Mingde's rebellion that he chose Zhou Yu to perform the sacrificial rites on his behalf, thus fueling his ambitions.

Peng Hai stood beside Emperor Mingde, quietly waiting for his orders, he turned his head and asked with a smile, "Peng Hai, if you were the third child, when would you choose to do it?"

"Your Majesty, how dare the old slave talk about such a thing?" Straightening up slightly, Peng Hai's tone was respectful.

"It's okay, I asked you." Emperor Mingde waved his hand, then raised his hand upwards and raised his hand at him, signaling him to follow his thoughts.

"Old slave courage," Peng Hai agreed, and then spoke, "The old slave thinks that the day of the post-sealing ceremony is the best opportunity."

When Emperor Mingde ascended the throne, his princess was canonized as empress, but within a few years, the empress died.

Over the years, the throne has been vacant, and although Xie Ji is a noble concubine, she takes care of the affairs of the palace like a queen.

Now, she has been named the queen, even if it is a successor, the ceremony after the seal is still very grand.

Choosing to do it at this time is indeed a good choice.

First, due to Xie Xie's physical condition, there is still some time left for the post-sealing ceremony, and he has time to prepare, and he can change his mind at any time.

Second, in addition to the officials, the officials and their dependents will also enter the palace to worship, and this ceremony is cumbersome, so there will be many people busy with this matter.

Combined with the first one, Zhou Yu, who wants to do it, can take advantage of these opportunities to arrange his own people inside, and when the time comes, the inside and outside should be combined, and the winning rate will be greater.

As long as you try to restrain Emperor Mingde at that time, and then let people hold those officials and their relatives hostage, you are not afraid that the ministers in the court will not comply, let alone worry about what the clan relatives have to say.

"Yes, it was a good opportunity at that time, and I specially prepared it for their brother." Emperor Mingde nodded, and looked at Peng Hai with a smile, "You slave, you have followed me for so many years, it's not in vain."

"The old slave can have today because of His Majesty, and the slave is willing to smear His Majesty's liver and brain." Taking a few steps back, Peng Hai saluted Emperor Mingde with a solemn face.

"Get up, I know your true heart." Emperor Mingde beckoned him to get up, and his gaze looked at him and he didn't know where he fell, "In this harem, the only one I can believe in now is you."

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An Yang stayed by Xie Yangui's side, and according to what Yushu said, he told her some interesting things.

From when I was a child, I talked about being a little older, and I talked about all the things when Xie Yan was not in Kyoto.

However, her voice was hoarse, and she didn't see Xie Yangui wake up, which made her very worried.

Fortunately, Yushu assured her that Xie Yangui's body was fine, and the current situation would occur, mainly from her heart.

For now, I can only continue to talk to her, hoping that she will wake up sooner.

Xie Yangui's strange appearance was soon known to Ji Zheng and Shen Huai who were in the residence.

After discussing with Yu Shu and An Yang, the two decided to hide the matter first, after all, the situation is unknown, and maybe soon, Xie Yangui will be able to return to normal.

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The news of Shen Zhou's "violent death" spread from the border to all parts of Qiannan, and for a while, the Shen family everywhere was angry

Endlessly.

Of course, they refused to believe that Shen Zhou died of a sudden illness, and decided that Xie Yangui must be behind all this.

Before receiving the news of Shen Zhou's "violent death", Xie Yangui's military order was sent to each of them, asking them to order some soldiers and generals to go to the border pass to wait for orders.

At that time, Xie Yangui already had a premonition that there would be a big war.

However, none of the Shen family members who received the military order took action, and now that they have such news, they will disobey Xie Yangui's order.

Regarding this matter, Shen Huai, who was at the border gate, did not know.

But Shen Zhou's "violent death", he gave an explanation to the Shen family, and in his current capacity as the head of the Shen family, he ordered the Shen family members who were assistants in various parts of southern Qiannan to obey the dispatch of Xie Yangui, the general of Lingyu.

It's a pity that the current lord of Qiannan is Xie Yangui, and all kinds of things before have made the Shen family everywhere lose their jealousy of Shen Huai.

They even planned to make Shen Huaijing the new head of the family.

After learning about Shen Zhou, Shen Huaijing immediately understood what his brother meant.

He knew that Shen Zhou was by no means "violently killed", but that his brother was returning to Cheng with Xie Yan.

Shen Huaijing also knew that Shen Huaiyi sent him a letter, and at the same time, he also sent his confidants to investigate together.

Therefore, the things he helped the people in the family to cover up were all known to his brother.

His brother had become utterly disappointed in him.

The rest of the Shen family refused to lead troops to the border pass, and Shen Huaijing had to come forward to persuade those Shen family members.

But no matter what he said, no one listened to him, and his previous compromise made the Shen family think that he was a good one.

Even if he wants him to become the new head of the family, it is just because he is more obedient than Shen Huaiyi.

Under such circumstances, Shen Huaijing had to dispatch some soldiers under his command to rush towards the border pass.

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"Report!"

Ji Zheng was studying tactics with Shen Huaiyi's mansion, and suddenly a young general rushed from outside the house, "Two generals, the Rong Di people are here!"

"How many are coming?" Glancing at Shen Huaiyi, Ji Zheng asked.

"I don't know the exact number, but looking at that stance, it's even more menacing than ever, at least...... There must be at least 200,000 people!" There was a slight panic in the youngster's words.

It's no wonder that he is like this, the total number of soldiers in the entire Qiannan is only more than 100,000, but these soldiers and generals are not all in the border passes of Qiannan.

Fortunately, after Xie Yangui arrived, some soldiers who came to support him one after another, even so, compared with the more than 200,000 people in Rong Di, it was still not enough.

"Have you ever sent someone to inform General Ling Yu?" Shen Huai also asked.

Although Xie Yangui was still asleep, the news had not been leaked, so everyone thought that she was studying tactics at her residence, and she had not come out for the past few days.

The young general hurriedly responded, "Someone has already passed, I think General Xie has already gotten the news."