Although the text submitted to the Queen Mother for reading by Shi Niang is a secret report, which is different from the official recital, Hu Lai, who served as the Guangyang Order, should truthfully play the epidemic to the imperial court, and wait for his recital to be delivered, and officials in the three provinces except for the Queen Mother's Party such as Wang Huaizhun and others

Of course, I will also know the confession between the enemies of Dongying, as expected by the Queen Mother, during the palace discussion, a group of courtiers led by Wang Huaizhun strongly advocated the accountability of the Turks, but because Xie Raoping, Yuan Dezhi, etc. have been clearly instructed by the Queen Mother, no matter what is actually in favor of the heart, at this time will be strongly advocated for insufficient evidence and peace of mind, Wang Xiangguo originally did not have much advantage, but this time there were seven or eight more officials seconded - all of them secretly had a lot of dealings with the King of Shu.

The king of Shu can not participate in the palace discussion, but these officials can speak in a unified voice, which once again proves that the king of Shu can be aware of the current affairs of Jinshuo in time, although the matter of the epidemic poison between the enemies of Dongying has spread in Guangyang, but the people do not know that there are Turks in the back, in the eyes of the queen mother, the person who reported to the king of Shu can only be Mao Wei.

This time, although the palace discussion still has the advantage of Xie and Yuan Dang, but such an advantage is not as obvious as the queen mother prescribed, and it has not been able to achieve the effect that she is just being good, which makes the queen mother feel quite depressed, and when she returns to the Penglai Palace, she is not in the mood to go to Linglongtai "Wu Gong", and sulks on a brocade couch in the warm pavilion of the dormitory.

Seeing such a situation, Gao Yuxiang was worried that Gao Xiao and others were not serving well enough, so he personally stepped forward to pinch the shoulder bone for the Queen Mother, and carefully explained: "Wang Xiangguo, these officials, think that they can get justice for the Guangyang army and people by holding accountable Turks, but they don't want to think about it, at the moment Hengzhou is in chaos, although Pan Wei has suffered a defeat, Wuwei Hou has not been able to break through Yuguan for a while, although Youyan has been recovered, some of the people have been captured, and some have escaped. At this joint, with just a detailed confession, he asked the Turkic Khan how to end up if he made trouble with the five troops again. These officials say that they are dedicated to the people's society, but they have the selfish desire to fulfill their own reputation. ”

This complaint is in the heart of the Empress Dowager Wei, and sneered: "Isn't this exactly what he said, if the court has spare strength at this time, am I willing to swallow my anger, don't I want to seek justice for the soldiers and civilians who have been killed, these courtiers open their mouths and close their mouths to the people's livelihood, if they really start a war, who can lead the army to resist the enemy, who has the ability to solve the army's attrition, who dares to guarantee victory in the war!" ”

When Gao Yuxiang saw this, he knew that his words did not arouse the disgust of the Queen Mother, and he slandered again: "The courtiers don't know the difficulties of the Queen Mother, how can the King of Shu not know?" Knowingly, he wanted to take the opportunity to win over Wang Xiangguo and others. ”

The Queen Mother sneered more and more: "The Holy Lord is thirteen in the blink of an eye, although he is still weak, presumably the King of Shu can't wait to let the Son of Heaven pro-government, forcing me to hand over power and return to government, I am not in love with power, and I treat the Son of Heaven as an adult, and I should indeed return the government to him, but look at the Son of Heaven over the years, although he does not dare to slack off in his studies, how can he know everything about political affairs and people's feelings?" If you are in power immediately after the wedding, how can you have the authority to deter the ministers? At that time, he can only rely on the biological father of the King of Shu, won't he become one person under ten thousand people, where is the saint in this world, I am afraid that I will let the King of Shu control and command! Although the saint is his own child, he is actually the son of Emperor Dezong, if the king of Shu is allowed to seize power and usurp the government, what face will I have to see the ancestors and ancestors in the future, and what face will I go to see the first emperor. ”

"The Queen Mother has foreseen that the King of Shu will not be subordinate, so it is better to ......" Gao Yuxiang leaned down slightly, and the fierceness in his eyes swept away.

"It's not that simple." Empress Dowager Wei sighed: "The King of Shu is cautious, you internal guards have been staring at him for a long time, have you ever had any evidence of his crimes?" If he dies unexpectedly, his party members, not to mention the maintenance of orthodoxy, many old ministers and nobles will inevitably accuse me, and Zhu Ziyu in Hengzhou and Pan Bo in Yingzhou will not have the banner of rebellion? ”

said that he was sad from his heart: "This is all to blame for my hard life, if Yan'er has an heir, how could I let He Er choose this cheap, after all, it is not my flesh and blood, no matter how loving I am, he still has his heart for the king of Shu and his wife." ”

Gao Yuxiang also sighed, because he was worried that the queen mother's sorrow was too unfavorable to the jade body, so he no longer took the topic of Emperor Renzong, and comforted: "After all, the saint is weak and does not understand the queen mother's painstaking efforts. ”

"What's the use of her?" The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "If she can understand my difficulties, she shouldn't go into the palace to visit the saint from time to time, remind the Son of Heaven that her biological parents have someone else, the lotus pond, she is too obsessed with the king of Shu, how can she see clearly, the king of Shu has no true feelings for her at all, so many years, it is nothing more than taking advantage of it, I really regret not being at the beginning, too pampered in the lotus pond, and indulge her to do whatever she wants." ”

"How did the Queen Mother know that the King of Shu was greedy?"

"Yes, I don't know my heart if I know my face."

Having said that, Empress Dowager Wei didn't understand in her heart, if the King of Shu had no greed and ambition, how could he surrender to her as a concubine, if it wasn't for the King of Shu's advice, which caused Empress Cui to be in a hurry, Pei Xiang and others were worried about He Ye's young relatives' dictatorship, and won over Mao Wei, Yuan Dezhi and others for her, He Yan could not win the position at all, and she was completely incapable of killing the Pei Zheng clan and manipulating He Yan like a puppet.

Forming an alliance with the King of Shu through marriage was a necessary way that she did not choose at that time, just as He Yan died, in order to continue the dictatorship, she could only let He Er succeed to the throne.

This is not to raise a tiger for trouble, is not the time to cross the river and tear down the bridge, such as today's son is not an adult, the matter of the government has not yet been stimulated, there are many people in the world who do not accept her rule, if this time assassinates the king of Shu, I am afraid that someone will immediately ask her whether the queen mother wants to seek the dynasty and usurp the government, the urgent guild is not a bandit, reckless, can set off a disaster in Lingnan, the Empress Dowager Wei knows that if the orthodox system crusades together, the court led by her will inevitably be more precarious.

The Queen Mother sighed unfinished, but Gao Xiao quietly rubbed in, stretched out her head from behind the half-pulled gold wire curtain, and squeezed her eyebrows at Gao Yuxiang, Gao Yuxiang understood that his godson was an important matter, he carefully measured the look of the Queen Mother, and saw that the anger before had almost dissipated, and he expected that there was no trouble, so he smiled and scolded: "What do you do sneakily, if you have something to do, if you delay important matters, even if the Queen Mother is lenient and does not ask about the guilt, I will personally peel off your skin." ”

Gao Xiao stepped forward with a smile: "It's not that important, it's Concubine Yu and Yingyang Zhenren who entered the palace to ask for advice, and the slave and maid looked at the Queen Mother if she was still tired, so she simply refused, and she wanted to talk to the Queen Mother, and it would be the same another day." ”

The Queen Mother scolded with a smile: "You are clever enough, if you are witty, you are far worse than your Aya, Concubine Yu and Yingyang are in filial piety, if there is nothing important, you will never enter the palace, why don't you invite them to enter quickly, not outsiders, just bring them directly into the dormitory." ”

As soon as Gao Yuxiang heard this, he hurriedly dressed the queen mother, and secretly guessed in his heart: Concubine Yu didn't mention it, Yingyang Zhenren is not like those flattering people, and it has always been not much. If Xie Liuniang really caused trouble, then it really made people take advantage of it.

With such a thought in his heart, when Gao Xiao led the two Concubine Yu in, Gao Yuxiang wanted to measure it secretly, and sure enough, he saw that the two of them looked dignified, especially Yingyang Zhenren, faintly with a little resentment, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it made Gao Yuxiang's heart bloom even more-

"Queen Mother, I hope that the Queen Mother will allow Ji'er to reconcile with the Xie family!"