Chapter 72: The Queen Mother's Means
"Do you really want to be the vanguard of this crusade?" After Duan Xuan's words finally came to an end, Zhang Ji asked.
Duan Xuan's gaze was stunned for a moment, but he still quickly said, "Do it!" β
"This vanguard is not only a test for Your Majesty, but also an opportunity for us to wait, if we can establish meritorious deeds in this battle, we will no longer want to hide in Tibet and not know where to go."
Zhang Ji said: "In fact, if you can abandon your hometown, where can you go to the world?" β
Duan Xuan squinted at Zhang Ji, "I can give it up, but can these Erlang give it up?" Liaodong will be comfortable, and if I go, I will definitely be treated as a guest by Gongsun Du. But how many of these Erlang are willing to follow us and trek through mountains and rivers to Liaodong to make a living? β
"I see, you better put away those unrealistic ideas, An An is divided into national merits, and it is our way back."
Zhang Ji's fist smashed on the table in front of him for a while, "It's better to wait and see, if what you just said is true, it's not too late to make plans!" β
In the tent, Zhang Xiu and the others looked a little complicated and undecided.
Later in the evening, Duan Xuan sent people into the city, planning to meet the famous Jia Xu as an old friend.
As a result, he was told that Jia Xu had rushed to the north with several retinues a month ago.
Duan Xuan had no choice but to go back.
He thought about it, and the only person who could give him a good idea in these things was probably Jia Xu, a fellow villager.
Coincidentally, Jia Xu had already left.
On this day, there are many people who suffer from insomnia because of this.
But for Liu Wei, today is an absolute happy day.
Although Guo Yan has not yet been ambushed, if Lu Bu is temporarily settled, Guo Yan's defeated army will have no possibility of making waves again.
The war in the west was established, and the imperial court firmly grasped the core area of the Central Plains, Sanfu, Hongnong, and Henan Yin, and Liu Wei's heart was also a lot more steady.
Here is the cornerstone of his restoration of the Han Dynasty.
Aunt Qiong lay on Liu Wei's body, poked her head out of the quilt, and licked the corners of her mouth.
"Your Majesty, you are exceptionally powerful today." Aunt Qiong's face was shy, and her eyes were full of charm.
Liu Wei lifted the quilt and slapped it lightly, "I am a dragon spirit and a tiger every day!" β
"Your Majesty, are you talking about the time every day?" Aunt Qiong laughed.
This girl who loves to laugh has a strong learning ability and a strong ability to draw inferences.
In these days, she is not only proficient in all kinds of movements, but also comes out of her mouth.
"How can this be time, of course it's times." Liu Wei laughed.
Soon, the picture under the curtain will not be suitable for the world.
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"Duan Xuan not only relented, but also restrained the soldiers and horses?"
In the Deyang Palace, after listening to Zhang Xiong's report, Liu Wei bowed his head slightly, and asked, "Can the generals in the Duan Xuan army figure it out?" β
Zhang Xiong said: "Back to Your Majesty, Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji joined forces, and there were many generals under their accounts, but most of them were not famous. There are only three people, one is Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu, and it is rumored that this person has the courage of ten thousand people. β
The second is the two brothers Zhang Chang and Zhang Meng. They are famous people in Liangzhou, and they are the sons of the late Dasi Nong Zhang Huan. β
"Zhang Huan and the late Taiwei Duan Xi (jiong), the late Huqiang Captain Huangfu Gui were respected as Liangzhou Sanming, and Huangfu Taiwei was the son and nephew of Huangfu Gui."
Liu Wei was about to be dizzy.
Zhang Chang and Zhang Meng He had never heard of it, but Zhang Xiu knew it.
The Gun King of the Northland!
"Duan Xuan's guy is not sincere, he joined forces with Zhang Ji, and he didn't mention it to me at all." Liu Wei snorted contemptuously, "Does he have ulterior motives, or does he want to swallow Zhang Ji's soldiers and horses?" β
If the imperial court didn't know about this, the reward would only be for Duan Xuan alone, and there would be no others.
Liu Wei didn't think that Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji would not be able to guess this.
Zhang Xiong clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, even if Duan Xuan has ulterior motives, they can't afford to make any waves." There is no need to send additional soldiers and horses at all, just the elite soldiers stationed outside the city by the Imperial Captain can destroy them in one fell swoop. β
Liu Wei thought about it, and suddenly chuckled, "Whoever thinks about it, it's all unrealistic." But why do I always think that these two little deflated calves are going to give me some conspiracy, maybe they want to play with the darkness under the lights, right? β
"The ministers will send more men to keep an eye on them!" Zhang Xiong didn't quite understand what it was dark under the lamp, and said in a muffled voice.
"Well, we should take strict precautions!" Liu Wei commanded.
"Yui!"
When he heard Zhang Xiu, Liu Wei had already given birth to the idea of reuse.
But in such a situation, it is impossible for him to give Zhang Xiu an official.
Compared with Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew have a lot of means and ambitions.
"Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu, is indeed a fierce general, but it seems that his heart is not determined, and he is in the morning." Liu Wei muttered, and suddenly remembered Zhang Ji's wife, who seemed to be called Mrs. Zou.
I heard that this is also a beautiful woman who is unbeatable.
The biggest loss Cao Cao has suffered in his life is probably on this beauty.
A son, a nephew, and a trusted general Dian Wei died.
The Battle of Chibi was not so bad!
After walking out of the Deyang Palace, Liu Wei decided to wait and see for the time being to see how muddy the water was.
After Qingming, the temperature rose, and the weather gradually began to become hot and dry.
Liu Wei also has an additional hobby.
If you have nothing to do, just wander around the palace and nourish your eyes.
Looking at those palace ladies who were gradually getting weaker, passing in front of them one by one, they were both visually and physically happy.
In the era when industry had not yet sprouted, women were simple and natural to shake.
Liu Wei doesn't have Liu Hong's unscrupulous hobby, he likes to wander around and take a look.
This is barely a little bit of spice for his life as an emperor, which he already feels a little boring.
When people are bored, they always have to learn to have some fun for themselves.
Find something that will delight your body and mind.
Tang Ji was surrounded by more than a dozen palace ladies behind him, and suddenly came from not far away.
"Your Majesty, how did you come here with a concubine today?" Tang Ji smiled and replied shyly to Liu Wei.
Liu Wei saw that he had already walked to the Changqiu Palace.
Along the way, he only cared about appreciating the ups and downs of Gong'e, and he didn't look at the road at all, just where he went.
But Liu Wei couldn't say that he came all the way here just to see Gong E.
"I have some leisure today, come and see the queen." Liu Wei said.
Tang Ji and Liu Wei walked side by side, and asked with a chuckle: "Your Majesty wants to see how the concubine takes care of this harem, right?" β
Liu Wei's gaze swept over a palace lady beside Tang Ji and said, "I do have this intention. In the forbidden province, there is a mixture of fish and dragons, and the queen must pay more attention to deal with anything. How is it? What's the trouble these days? β
With a mysterious smile on the corner of Tang Ji's mouth, he said: "The concubine body has not encountered any tricky things for the time being, and all the supervisors in the palace are also very cooperative, and they have not violated the yang and the yin, and deliberately made things difficult for the concubine." β
"It's good if you don't have it, if there is something that can't be solved, tell me in time, and I will be the queen!" Liu Wei said to Tang Ji dotingly.
It is in the context of such an era that everyone's mind is mature and early.
Otherwise, it would be hard for Liu Wei to believe what it was like to let a fifteen-year-old child manage such a large harem.
In his previous life, a girl who could be a family member of thousands at the age of fifteen must have been a genius.
"The concubine knows." Tang Ji said obediently.
No matter how mature she is, her age is there after all.
She now seems to have become accustomed to relying on Liu Wei.
Liu Wei couldn't help but glance at the palace lady beside Tang Ji again, and said, "Why have I never seen this palace lady beside the queen before?" β
Tang Ji smiled mysteriously, "The concubine is newly chosen, is it good-looking?" β
Liu Wei nodded, "She is indeed an outstanding beauty." β
Tang Ji doesn't know if she is simple-minded, or if she really loves beauty, and the palace e around her has been getting more and more beautiful recently.
And this one who makes Liu Wei feel that he is the best in this, and his every move is full of charm and grace.
Especially the thin dress on her body, which was obviously a little small.
It's also tight at the top and down at the bottom, and it's hard not to pay attention to it.
Didn't Tang Ji know that it was dangerous for such a woman to sway under the emperor's nose all day long?
Or did she do it on purpose?!
This woman seems to be a little overconfident in her status.
Tang Ji suddenly covered her lips with her hands and giggled.
Liu Wei's strange sideways gaze, Tang Ji's sudden laughter, made him a little inexplicable.
"Why is the queen laughing?" Liu Wei asked.
Tang Ji tiptoed lightly, leaned into Liu Wei's ear, and said softly: "Your Majesty's eyes are almost straight!" β
Liu Wei was unceremonious, and stretched out his hand.
"Ah......" Tang Ji was caught off guard by the attack, and was so frightened that she screamed, and her delicate face instantly turned crimson.
And Gong E, who was following her, looked at the emperor's suddenly stretched out big hand, and her eyes were straight.
As if it was contagious, their faces quietly turned red.
One by one, they hurriedly lowered their heads and stared at their feet.
"Your Majesty, you ...... It's too bad. Tang Ji bit her thin lip and gently squeezed Liu Wei.
Liu Wei smiled evilly, and deliberately said: "Pay attention to what you say next time, sometimes I don't have to be light or heavy." β
The flush on Tang Ji's face that had just faded instantly crawled all over her cheeks and spread to her neck.
Although the emperor didn't actually do anything, he just slapped her.
But at this moment, it still makes her involuntarily feel charming.
Especially what the emperor said, it always made her feel as if she had something else to say......
Since he came, Liu Wei couldn't just turn around and go back, he accompanied Tang Ji to wander around the garden that had just recovered in the spring, and it happened that Aunt Qiong came to visit Tang Ji, so they went to Changqiu Palace together.
It has only been more than a month since Tang Ji moved over, but he has taken care of this palace very quietly.
There is a bookish air everywhere.
"It's been a while since you've moved here, and I've only remembered that I seem to have never been here." Liu Wei said after sitting down.
Tang Ji obediently knelt beside Liu Wei and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is busy on weekdays, how can you have the leisure time to sit here with the concubine." The palace is vast, and the roads are actually quite long. β
Liu Wei glanced sideways slightly, this little girl's film seemed to be connotating him.
"When was this delivered?" Tang Ji suddenly pointed to the food box on the table and asked.
"Back to the princess, this is a soup sent by Wang Meiren before, saying that it is a soup for you to replenish your body." Yougong E stepped forward and replied.
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"That's what the maid who came said." That Gong'e said.
Aunt Qiong looked at the delicate food box, a little confused, "But I really don't remember...... No, I didn't send anyone to deliver it at all. β
"Then this ......" Tang Ji pointed to the food box, also a little confused.
The subject doesn't know here, so how did this soup come from?
Liu Wei, who was originally a good swimmer, suddenly turned over and sat up when he heard these words, and shouted: "Zhao Ye, take her to the Queen Mother's palace to recognize people." β
"Yui!"
"Your Majesty, do you mean that this soup was sent by the Queen Mother? Since it was sent by the Queen Mother, why not say it directly. Tang Ji asked a little puzzled.
At this time, Tang Ji's lack of social experience was completely exposed.
Liu Wei's face turned pale, pointed to the food box, and said, "Since it wasn't sent by Aunt Qiong, then this soup must have been sent by someone with ulterior motives." You have no grudges against anyone in the palace, so who can harm you in such a way? β
"Hurt me?!" Tang Ji exclaimed, and suddenly lost his face.
Liu Wei looked at this simple girl helplessly, "If it weren't for the sake of harming you, she could have sent it to you directly generously, instead of in such a sneaky way." β
Aunt Qiong stroked her chest and said with palpitations: "Fortunately, I have nothing to do today, and I happened to go to the queen to say hello." β
Otherwise, if Tang Ji took this soup, she would really jump into the Yellow River and not be able to wash it off.
"See what kind of soup it is?" Liu Wei shouted.
A Gong Lady next to her stepped forward cautiously, opened the food box and took a look at it, and said, "It's pigeon soup, Your Majesty!" β
Liu Wei looked at the food box in front of him with a cloudy face, and his head hurt badly all of a sudden.
He was struggling with whether to pour it directly or to test whether it was poisonous.
There is almost no need to doubt this soup, it must have been sent by the Empress Dowager He.
It is unlikely that his aunt will really be kind enough to give Tang Ji a soup to replenish his body.
"Take it down, let the Imperial Doctor order to test whether it is poisonous or not!" Liu Wei said with a forehead.
Tang Ji stepped forward to stop Liu Wei, "Your Majesty, this matter ...... Let's just assume it didn't happen. β
"Is life or face important?" Liu Wei said angrily, "Actually, even if it was really sent by the Queen Mother, it should be dead now, but just to test whether it is really poisonous." β
Liu Wei felt that if he was the Empress Dowager He, it would be impossible for him to keep the handle and wait for others to find out.
With Empress Dowager He's methods, he would not have made such a low-level mistake.
After all, after operating in the palace for so many years, there should be many confidants.
Although the big minions of the Ten Permanent Servants have been cut clean by him.
But there must be a lot of little minions, and it is easy to do this for her.
Tang Ji saw that the emperor's face was a little ugly, so he withdrew his hand stupidly, and did not persuade again, but just asked: "Your Majesty, if this soup is really poisonous, what are you going to do?" β
How to do it......
Liu Wei was also a little upset at the moment.
"Strict investigation! But don't expect to find out anything, it's very likely to be the result of no evidence. After all, it's just sending someone to deliver a soup, and if the person who delivers the soup dies, the matter will be fruitless. Liu Wei said.
Tang Ji had palpitations, but said with some relief: "...... It's still not good to find out, after all, it's the queen mother. β
Liu Wei really didn't know what to say.
In the face of Empress Dowager He, this matter is not easy for him to handle, he can't really kill his mother, right?
If this matter spreads, the princes of the world will have absolutely complete reasons to raise an army to rebel.
They are afraid that they will drive him from this throne as quickly as possible, and then appoint a new king.
In fact, he has done his best to Empress Dowager He now.
It's all in solitude.
There is no heavier punishment than this.
"You two, you are not allowed to eat food anywhere else in the future, no matter where it comes from." Liu Wei said with a straight face.
"Yui!"
Tang Ji and Aunt Qiong didn't dare to refute, so they had to respond softly.
Liu Wei now finally understands the distress of the emperor in those palace fighting dramas.
This incident is going to be troublesome, and it's really not an ordinary nerve-wracking.
And in this palace, in fact, there are only three women.
"You are not allowed to go to Changle Palace alone to say hello, in a word, but you are not allowed to touch anything that has anything to do with Changle Palace!" Liu Wei said distraughtly.
Only a thousand days to be a thief, and I have never heard of a thousand days to prevent thieves.
It is really difficult for the Queen Mother to be on guard, who is worried about conspiracies.
But what if you don't prevent it? It is impossible for Liu Wei to really add a knife and axe to Empress Dowager He.
Liu Wei didn't want to get things to this point, but the mother-son relationship between him and Empress Dowager He had really reached the point of incompatibility, and Empress Dowager He was still a woman who was resentful and did everything.
Poisoning is what she is best at.
Emperor Han Ling was such an unscrupulous person, who was either farming or on the way to cultivate all day long.
But the heirs have always been unprosperous, and in the end it all comes down to the matter of ghosts and gods, thinking that the palace is not good for the heirs.
In fact, what the facts are, Liu Wei has long been clear.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty's concubine was pregnant with one, and the Empress Dowager He killed one, which is the real reason.
That is, Liu Xie's fate was great, and he survived by luck.
Otherwise, the son of Emperor Han Ling would only have such a lone seedling as him.
In fact, according to this, he should not do this to Empress Dowager He.
For the sake of his son, Empress Dowager He really bore great sins.
But......
On the one hand, it is the fate of drinking poisoned wine.
On the one hand, she is extremely strong, and she just wants to hold the government and politics, and she likes to act mischiefly.
It seems that no matter how Liu Wei chooses, it is difficult to have both.
He wanted to give the former Liu Wei a face, but it was really difficult......
Now that he can keep Empress Dowager He in Changle Palace, it is really the greatest tolerance.
Zhao Ye came back, and said to Liu Wei with an unnatural face: "Your Majesty, I didn't find anyone......"
This answer, Liu Wei is really not surprised at all.
He had already thought of it.
"Dead?" Liu Wei asked.
"I haven't found the body either, but the guards outside the Changle Palace have indeed seen that Gong'e." Zhao Ye quietly lowered his head and wiped a cold sweat and said.
Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at Zhao Ye fixedly, "Why do you sweat so much on your head?" β
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......" Zhao Ye knelt down and wailed: "The slave really didn't disrespect the Queen Mother, and she didn't even speak with the slightest disrespect, but the Queen Mother ...... Don't say that slaves and maids are indecent......"
Liu Wei's head was one hundred and sixty years old in an instant.
As for it, not a single eunuch will be spared!