Chapter 326, The Palace Banquet
Yelu Hanyu frowned and said, "I don't know how she did it?" It stands to reason that this is almost impossible, if it was easy, Ye Hugo would have done it a long time ago, can you wait for her? ”
Yang Peng nodded and said, "This matter has nothing to do with our business, what we have to think about now is how to save people!" Naren nodded hurriedly, and Yelu Hanyu didn't say anything. Yang Peng pondered: "Judging from the information we have obtained so far, Brother Ye and Wang Jun should have completely broken up. The two were already at odds over how to deal with the princess, but now they are on the same page because of the struggle for supreme power, and they can no longer reconcile. There's nothing to doubt about that, and I think we can make the most of it. ”
Everyone didn't know what was going on, but Yelu Hanyu thought of something.
Yang Peng pondered: "Brother Ye Hugo needs to go in and out of the palace often, and Wang Jun will often go out of the palace to go to her villa outside the palace, we have many opportunities." ”
Night fell, the palace hall was brightly lit, the palace nobles of the Liao State and foreign envoys all gathered in the hall, toasting the new emperor on the throne, wishing the empress dowager good life and health, and the sound of congratulations echoed in the hall for a while; Wang Jungao sat on the top to accept everyone's congratulations, and sat next to the Queen Mother, while the emperor of Liao, who was still in infancy, lay in the arms of the Queen Mother. Wang Jun raised his voice and said, "You don't have to be polite! "Empress Dowager Xie!" Then they all sat down.
Wang Jun smiled and said: "Today, the new emperor is on the throne, the whole world celebrates, you must have fun!" Then he stretched out his slender hand and picked up a jade cup in front of him, the white jade reflected the snow skin very moving, Wang Jun said: "This cup of wine, I will do it first on behalf of Your Majesty!" Immediately, I saw her holding the cup in both hands and tilting her head to dry, and two blush flowers floated on her delicate face, which was really beautiful, and many princes and ministers saw their hearts pounding. The princes, ministers, and foreign envoys stood up with their glasses in their hands, bowed to the king, and then drank their glasses of wine, and then sat down one after another.
Wang Jun put down the wine glass, clapped his hands, snapped two soft sounds, and then the music came, the silk and bamboo were melodious, and then I saw dozens of graceful and delicate dancers wearing traditional costumes of the Khitan tribe flying into the hall like colorful butterflies, dancing. Everyone enjoyed the dance, and acquaintances laughed and talked with each other from time to time, while Wang Jun gossiped with several important ministers sitting near him, and looked very harmonious.
At this moment, a eunuch's voice suddenly came from the gate: "The generalissimo has arrived!" ......" Everyone in the main hall immediately stopped talking, and looked towards the gate, only to see Yehu Hugo, dressed in military uniform, striding up to the hall. Everyone else wore gorgeous brocade robes and dresses to the banquet, and Brother Hue's military dress looked very eye-catching at the moment, and Wang Jun couldn't help frowning.
Yehu walked to the middle of the hall and shouted, "Don't dance, don't sing!" The music stopped abruptly, and the dancers stopped dancing, looking at each other at a loss. The princes and nobles present all looked sideways, some frowned, some showed schadenfreude, and the prince was very indignant, glaring at Ye Hugo and shouting: "Generalissimo, what are you doing? ”
Brother Ye Hugh ignored Wang Jun, turned around and bowed to the baby in the arms of the Queen Mother, and then said loudly: "Now that I am worried about domestic and foreign troubles in Daliao, is it the time to sing and dance and enjoy yourself? The new emperor ascended the throne, if he did not make great efforts, how could he calm the hearts of the subjects of the world? These words were so righteous that many ministers, including Ya Yu Hucheng, couldn't stop nodding. Ye Hu Cheng said: "Ye Hu Huge is right! Nowadays, the situation in our Great Liao Kingdom is far from good, and we really shouldn't sing and dance for fun! ”
When Wang Jun saw that Ye Hu Cheng also said this, it was not easy to reprimand Ye Hu Huge, and said warmly to Ye Hu Cheng: "King of the Southern Courtyard, the reason why the mourning family held this banquet is because this is the tradition of all dynasties, in order to harmonize the relationship between the new monarch and the princes and ministers, how can it be said that it is singing and dancing?" Ye Yu Hucheng felt that what Wang Jun said was right, and nodded: "The Empress Dowager's intentions are naturally good!" But this banquet is also too extravagant! Wang Jun only said yes, but in his heart, the boss was unhappy, and he felt that Ye Hu Cheng really didn't know what to do, and he refuted his face in public. As the saying goes, women are narrow-minded, and there is nothing wrong with this, and because of this small matter, Wang Jun hated Yeyu Tiger City.
Seeing that Yehu Hucheng was standing on his side and talking, he couldn't help but become more imposing, and said loudly: "I think the banquet will end here!" If you want to drink, when Xinjun becomes an adult, let's drink enough happily! His words further stimulated Wang Jun, because these words made it clear that he did not recognize Wang Jun's regent status, and Wang Jun said with a gloomy face: "The new king succeeded to the throne and held a banquet to entertain all the princes and ministers, this matter has been done since ancient times!" Although the generalissimo has a noble status, you can't just withdraw from it, can't you think you are the emperor? In your eyes, where do you put Your Majesty? Yehu Hugo and Wang Jun competed against each other, full of gunpowder, all the princes and ministers kept silent, for fear that one would accidentally provoke the fire, and the foreign envoys were basically gloating, but one person had a sad face, that person was the envoy sent by the Western Xia Kingdom, Princess Li Qingxia, she traveled a long distance to come to Zhongjing of the Liao State, that is, she wanted to form an alliance with the Liao State and conspire to deal with Yan Yun, but the situation of the Liao State made her extremely worried. The queen mother, who was holding the emperor, was very scared in the face of the situation in front of her, and she didn't know what to do.
At this moment, Yehu Hucheng shouted at Yehu Huge: "Yehu Huge, how can you kid be so presumptuous? The Empress Dowager was regent, it can be said that she represents the first emperor, how dare you speak to her like this, and you still don't kneel! ”
Ye Hugo protested: "She is a Goryeo, how can she be the regent of our Great Liao Kingdom!" How can we, the Khitans, be subservient to the Koreans? This is ridiculous! As soon as these words came out, they immediately caused a buzz in the main hall, and Wang Jun clearly saw that many ministers were moved by the words of Yehu Hugo, and their faces seemed to show dissatisfaction. couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and said to Brother Ye Hugh with a cold face: "Although I was born in Goryeo, I have been a Khitan since I served Emperor Taizong!" Glancing at everyone, "Don't you think that Emperor Taizong's concubine is a Khitan?" The princes and ministers were stunned, thinking that she was right, how could Emperor Taizong's concubine not regard her as a Khitan?
Brother Ye Hugh snorted coldly, stared at Wang Jun and said: "The Han people have a good saying, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different!" I will never believe you! Glancing at the princes and ministers, "You are willing to be ruled by a foreign race, my Yehu Brother is an incomparably noble Khitan, but I am not willing to bow this noble head!" With that, he strode away.
The princes and ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to do; Wang Jun was so angry that his face turned blue and trembled, and he couldn't help but have the idea of getting rid of Brother Ye Hugh.
Prime Minister Han Derang said: "The generalissimo is just too sad about the death of the first emperor, and I ask the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and Your Majesty not to be surprised, just read his past merits, forgive me!" ”
The Queen Mother is a woman without opinions, I don't know what to do, looking at Wang Jun, Wang Jun's face instantly returned to normal, and smiled: "The generalissimo is heartbroken for the death of the first emperor, and some gaffes are also human nature, I won't blame him!" Han Derang bowed and said: "The Empress Dowager is wise! ”
Wang Jun raised his voice and said: "The singing and dancing continue, and everyone continues to drink." Then the music began to play again, the dancers danced again, and the princes and ministers began to drink again, but in the eyes of Wang Jun, there was no such joyful atmosphere as before, it seemed that everyone was pregnant with a ghost, and it seemed that everyone was secretly laughing and despising her, and Wang Jun was furious, and he wanted to catch Ye Hugh and break his body to pieces. Although she thought so fiercely in her heart, her face was not silent at all.
A lavish banquet with their own hearts and minds finally came to an end, and many people were relieved. When Wang Jun returned to the palace, he suddenly exploded in emotion, threw a precious vase to the ground, and fell into thousands of pieces with a bang, and all the palace eunuchs were startled, and they were all silent, and they didn't dare to come out.
Wang Jun stared ahead, his face full of anger, and muttered, "Brother Ye Hugh, I will definitely let you die a bad death!" Calmed down, began to plan the way to deal with Yehu Huge, thought for a while, and then went to the way to deal with Yehu Hucheng, she also had fire in her heart for Yehu Hucheng, she felt that Yehu Hucheng also looked down on herself, and would not obey her orders, so she was also the object that needed to be eradicated. ……
The next morning, all the princes and ministers bowed to the baby who was placed on the dragon chair, and everyone felt very ridiculous in their hearts, but they did not dare to neglect in the slightest; After the dragon chair, a bead curtain was raised, and behind the bead curtain sat a graceful figure, which was the Empress Dowager Wang Jun who was ordered to listen to the government.
After the princes and ministers saluted, they stood on both sides according to their ranks, the first on the right was Prime Minister Han Derang, followed by Ye Yu Jinglun, and below were the ministers of various ministries and civil officials above the fourth rank in Beijing; The first on the left is Ye Hu Cheng, followed by the generalissimo Ye Hu Huge, and below is the military generals above the fourth rank in Beijing, Ye Hu Hugo's cronies Han Chang and Xiao Zhanle are among them.
Wang Jun's cronies and old eunuchs walked to the jade steps with a holy decree, opened it, and read it aloud, most of the content is nonsense, the most important thing is that all the ministers' positions remain unchanged, and they are all knights, Ye Hu Cheng was promoted to the king of the country, responsible for the country's military affairs, this is actually a disguised deprivation of Ye Hugo's power, Ye Hu Hugo heard this, his expression was very angry, but he was helpless, if Wang Jun appointed another person to take over military affairs, no matter who it was, he would come out and resolutely oppose it, but for Ye Hu Hucheng, He could not and did not dare to object. The holy decree also said that the reward for Yehu Hugo, promoted to the king of Longxiang, senate the military aircraft, this senate military aircraft four words are wonderful, dispensable, ambiguous.
The doctor bandaged the wound and bowed down. Xiao Zhanle finally couldn't help but shout: "King, that woman dares to assassinate the King, we must not just leave it at that!" We're going to storm the palace and kill that!! The generals echoed one after another, and the crowd was excited, only Han Chang frowned and did not make a sound. Brother Ye Hugh said coldly: "I didn't want to fight with her, but it's unbearable, since she used such means to deal with me, I have nothing to take care of!" ”
When Han Chang heard this, he felt very strange in his heart: 'Why did the generalissimo say this? Could it be that the Generalissimo could not see the strangeness of this assassination? Those black-clothed masked killers are extremely powerful, and hundreds of their own guards are all elite on the battlefield, but more than half of them were killed and injured in an instant, the strength of those killers is unheard of, but how can the Empress Dowager have such a strong force? With those Koreans who can only play tricks? That's a joke! I'm afraid that these mysterious killers are not sent by the Empress Dowager, and the generalissimo has always been shrewd, how can he not see it? Oh, I see, the generalissimo wants to use this excuse to attack the Empress Dowager! ’
I only heard Ye Hugo say to himself: "Han Chang, you immediately go to our military camp outside the city, assemble the three armies, and prepare for battle!" Han Chang promised and ran down. Brother Ye Hugo said to Xiao Zhanle again: "Gather the guards in the palace immediately, listen to my orders, and be ready to do it at any time!" Xiao Zhanle responded excitedly and ran down. It must be explained here that according to the rules of the Liao State, the army of any general and prince cannot enter Zhongjing City, and can only bring their own guards into the city, and the size of the guards is generally only a few thousand people.
He stood up, walked behind the desk, sat down, took a pen and wrote a letter, sealed it, and wrote on the envelope: 'Xiao Sa Li's drink general personally opened eight big characters, handed the letter to a close officer, and ordered him to rush to the city defense general's mansion and hand it over to Xiao Sa Li's drink.
On the other side, the Empress Dowager Wang Jun, under the protection of hundreds of palace guards, took the phoenix chariot to the Generalissimo's Mansion to prepare to visit Ye Yu Huge. Just as he was halfway to the road, the cronies and palace maids who had been sent to the Generalissimo's Mansion to comfort Ye Yu Xiuge rushed over in a hurry, and reported: "Niangniang, it's not good, the Generalissimo he, he sent people to transfer troops outside the city, and gathered the guards in the mansion, ready to be bad for Niangniang!" ”
Wang Jun was taken aback when he heard this, and before he could think about it, he hurriedly ordered to return to the palace. As soon as he returned to the palace, Wang Jun immediately recruited the palace guard general, Li Chonglong, this person is actually a Khitan with Goryeo blood, and was only promoted to the position of the palace guard general by Wang Jun yesterday, and is one of Wang Jun's henchmen.
"The last general will meet the Empress Dowager!" Li Chonglong respectfully met Wang Jun. Wang Jun hurriedly said: "General Li doesn't have to be polite!" Li Chonglong thanked him, stood up, and stood respectfully below. Wang Jun hurriedly asked, "General Li, how many soldiers and horses are there in the palace guards?" "Hui Niangniang, there are a total of 5,000 guards in the palace, including 4,000 infantry troops and 1,000 horse troops!"
Wang Jun lowered his head and frowned, "There are only five thousand men and horses, I'm afraid they can't resist the thousands of battle-hardened strong soldiers of Brother Yehuo!" Immediately said to Li Chonglong: "General Li, now that the situation is urgent, Brother Ye Huge may want to rebel, you go down immediately, gather the palace guards and wait for it!" Li Chonglong was taken aback, answered, and ran down.
Wang Jun also instructed one of his cronies and palace maids: "You immediately go and order the city defense army, close the city gate and strictly prohibit anyone from entering or leaving, and order him to send troops to defend the palace in front of the palace!" Tell General Xiao Sali that if he can make a great contribution at this moment, I will promote him to be the king and take charge of the army again! He is one of the famous generals of the Liao State, and he has made great contributions to the Northern Song Dynasty, but then Xiao Sa Lijiu suffered successive defeats in the battle with the Yanyun Army, lost his division and lost his land, and finally escaped from Yanmen Pass with only twenty or thirty thousand remnants, originally according to the military law of the Liao State, Xiao Sa Liyu was to be beheaded, but the emperor of the Liao State at that time finally remembered that he had made great contributions to the country, exempted him from the capital crime, and was demoted to the garrison general of Zhongjing City to be responsible for the defense of Zhongjing City, the gap between the front and back is self-evident. However, in today's situation, Xiao Sali has undoubtedly become a hot key figure.
The maid of the palace took the order and left. Wang Junwu was not at ease, and said to a close confidant palace maid: "You immediately go out of the city, rush to our military camp, and order General Jin Tongtian to assemble the army and prepare for battle, especially beware of the army of Ye Hugo outside the city!" After speaking, he took off a piece of jade pendant from his waist and handed it to the palace maid. The palace maid stepped forward, respectfully accepted the jade pendant, and hurried out of the main hall.
Wang Jun thought carefully about whether he still had any flaws, and felt that everything that should have been done had been done, and he couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
At this moment, footsteps rang out. Wang Jun turned his head to look, only to see the young queen mother coming over with the emperor in her arms, her face full of worry and panic. stepped forward, bowed to Wang Jun Yingying, and then asked nervously: "Niangniang, I heard, I heard that Generalissimo Ye Hugo rebelled?" Wang Jun smiled slightly, his expression was indifferent, and he looked confident, "You don't have to worry, with me, no one can touch a single hair of your mother and son!" The Queen Mother couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved when she heard this, and said: "Everything depends on the Queen Mother!" Wang Jun nodded, "You go back and stay in peace, don't worry!" The Queen Mother answered, and then left with the emperor's son in her arms.
The smile on Wang Jun's face disappeared, and her brows furrowed again on her gorgeous face, although she said it easily to the Queen Mother just now, but in fact, she was not sure about the things in front of her at all, if she was very sure of Brother Ye Hugh, she would have used thunderous means to destroy Brother Ye Hugh a long time ago, and she would not have waited until now. The king thought, 'Jaylord has four or five thousand guards in the city, and I have five thousand palace guards, and he has eighty thousand troops outside the city, and I have one hundred thousand troops. Then she thought of Xiao Sali, what she was most worried about now was Xiao Sali's attitude, the current situation was like a balance in a state of balance, and Xiao Sali's drinking was a key weight, which side he fell to would make which side gain a huge advantage, the result was self-evident.
Xiao Sa Liyu met with Yehu Hugo and the king's envoy one after another, and couldn't help but be in a dilemma, he was in a dilemma about how to choose more beneficial. Now is undoubtedly a great time for him to rise again, but this is an uncertain choice, if he chooses the right one, he will regain his previous power and glory, but once he chooses the wrong one, the consequences will be unimaginable, and he will be crushed with the losing side.
Just when Xiao Sa was in a dilemma, his cronies, Da Buye, hurriedly rushed in and said urgently: "General, the king of the Southern Courtyard and the prime minister are here together!" Xiao Salian was taken aback, and hurriedly raised his head, only to see Ye Hu Cheng in military uniforms and Han Derang in civilian clothes coming together, and hurriedly got up to greet him: "I don't know if the king of the Southern Courtyard and the prime minister have arrived, and they are far away!" Ye Hu Cheng waved his hand, "Don't say these polite words!" I have come to you with the prime minister to order you to immediately order the four gates to be closed. Go ahead and give the order! ”
When Xiao Sali heard this, he said secretly: "It seems that the king of the Southern Courtyard and the prime minister are on the side of the empress dowager!" As soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly said: "The last general will give an order immediately!" Then he said to Da Buye: "Immediately order the four gates to close the city gates!" No one goes in and out! Xiao Da Buye answered and ran down.
Xiao Sali invited Yehu Hucheng and Han Derang to take a seat, and Yehu Hucheng said: "Now that the situation is urgent, we won't sit!" Han Derang said: "Xiao Sa is away from the general, the current situation is extremely critical, and it is related to the rise and fall of our Great Liao Kingdom!" We want you to keep the city and not take sides! Xiao Sa was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: 'Could it be that these two are not trying to help the Empress Dowager?' This thought only flashed through my heart, and I quickly bowed down to make a promise. Han Derang said: "I have discussed with the king of the Southern Courtyard, and after this situation calms down, the two of us will ensure that you stay behind on Tokyo Road, I hope you will not disappoint us!" "Thank you Prime Minister, thank you to the King of the Southern Courtyard, the last general will definitely be loyal to the country and live up to the trust!" Han Derang nodded, and said to Ye Yu Hucheng: "Let's go, we have to go to the other side to appease!" Yelu Hucheng nodded, then turned and walked outside, Han Derang following closely behind. Xiao Sali sent the two out of the gate before returning.
Xiao Sali returned to the hall with a thoughtful look on his face, his fingers tapping lightly on the desk unconsciously. At this time, Xiao Da Buye came back, hugged his fists and said, "General, I have already ordered to go down!" ”
Xiao Sali turned around and asked, "You say, what is the matter with the Empress Dowager and the Generalissimo?" Xiao Dabuye sneered: "What else can it be, it's nothing more than fighting for power and profit!" Xiao Sali frowned and nodded, "Then in your opinion, who will win this battle in the end?" ”
Xiao Dabuye thought about it and shook his head, "This subordinate can't see it!" Xiao Sali sat down, "If you say the same, we can only obey the king of the Southern Courtyard and the prime minister!" "Smiled, "The Han people have a saying, called 'sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight', we might as well 'sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight', when whoever has the upper hand, we will help whoever is not too late, so that we can be invincible!" Da Buye sighed: "The general is really far-sighted! ”
Ye Hu Cheng and Han Derang acted separately, Han Derang rushed to the palace to appease the Empress Dowager, while Ye Hu Cheng rushed to the Generalissimo's Mansion to appease Ye Hu Huge. I don't know if it was the pacification of Yelu Hucheng and Han Derang that played a role, or whether the prince Yehu Huge had other plans, until the evening, the situation was still calm, and there was an armed conflict. However, there are already rumors in the capital, making people panic and everyone is in danger, although Ye Hu Cheng and Han Derang found that someone seemed to be deliberately contributing to the trouble, but at this moment they did not dare to be distracted at all, and all their attention was on Wang Jun and Ye Hu Huge.
After all, what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown.