At this time, the situation in Lin'an, Kyoto, of the Song Dynasty was changing, and it was less than a month since Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, and the sound of peace talks began again. But this time it was not the same as before, because Liu Chan directly disappeared everyone, but he forced Qin Hui to never cut off the grain and grass of the Northern Expedition army. Since then, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have realized that the emperor is really serious this time.

Jingyang Palace

Concubine Wu looked at the kneeling palace maid and asked with a puzzled expression, "Your Majesty still refuses to see me?" ”

"Qi Yu Niangniang, Your Majesty said that there have been many affairs between the DPRK and China recently, so I won't come to Jingyang Palace for the time being."

"Matters? Your Majesty has not been in court for many days, where did you come from! It's clearly the reason why I don't see me, what did I do wrong. ”

The palace maid bowed her head and didn't dare to reply, who in the palace didn't know that since His Majesty supported the Northern Expedition, many concubines in the harem have been neglected, but the show girls who have just entered the palace are very popular.

"Heh, what does Your Majesty mean, is it because I don't want Your Majesty to go on the Northern Expedition, or am I against the Northern Expedition! Which palace is accompanying His Majesty now? ”

The palace maid said cautiously: "Hui Niangniang, she is a Ning Cai who has just been sealed. ”

In order to enrich his harem, Liu Chan gave several titles to the show girl overnight. However, except for these show girls, none of his harem concubines have ever touched it.

"Okay." Wu Guifei sneered and said with a smile: "It's really a generation of newcomers who are better than old people, Your Majesty doesn't look down on me, an old and yellow concubine." ”

When the palace maid heard this, she dared to reply, knelt on the ground and trembled.

Although Liu Chan didn't think so, he was really afraid that the concubines in the harem would see something. After all, the memory acceptance is imperfect, and many concubines can't recognize who is who. If something is discovered, it's not good.

But the Wu family has its own affairs, since hearing that Liu Chan supported the Northern Expedition, Wu Guifei has always wanted to tell Liu Chan about something. However, he was never summoned. As the lord of the first house of the harem, when did she suffer this kind of anger.

"In that case, then I will see Your Majesty another day." But Liu Chan is the emperor after all, what can Wu Guifei do if she is helpless.

However, at this time, no one thought that the news of the Wu clan would actually roll up a monstrous wave, almost involving the Jin Kingdom in the whirlpool of destruction.

What are we Liu Chan doing?

At this time, Ning Cairen was lying in his arms, his face was delicately red, and he said softly to Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, the concubine has recently learned a dance, I don't know when I will be able to dance it to Your Majesty?" ”

Liu Chan pinched her face and said with a smile: "Concubine Ai hasn't been accompanying me in Cining Palace recently, when did she learn to dance?" ”

"Naturally, this dance of the concubine is different?"

"Oh, what's the difference?"

Ning Cairen whispered in Liu Chan's ear, and Liu Chan's eyes suddenly lit up. Hehe smiled and said, "In that case, then tomorrow night, I will come here to enjoy it." When the time comes, Concubine Ai must let me take a good look. ”

"Your Majesty." Ning Cairen shyly. Seeing Liu Chan's joyful expression, Ning Cairen said angrily: "Your Majesty, do you know that now you ignore the affairs of the court, and you are here with the concubines all day long, and the people outside are arranging the concubines to be a disaster for the country." ”

"Concubine Ai is suffering, isn't this also to avoid the discussion in the court."

"Your Majesty is the king of a country, why is it so?"

Liu Chan put his hand around Ning Cairen's waist, and said indifferently, "It's not that those ministers in the court are discussing the Northern Expedition now, I don't understand, the front line is at war, why do you still want to discuss peace talks." And they are all waiting for my opinion, but the Northern Expedition has not yet come to fruition, how can I make a decision. ”

"But the concubine heard that the Jin country wants to exchange the northern city, so why should we fight?"

Liu Chan couldn't help laughing shamefully: "Look, you have some women's opinions, war is not a family, you don't have any real skills, and you don't shed blood, who will look down on you." If you don't fight with the Jin Kingdom, how can you let them know that my Song Dynasty is also capable of recovering the city. ”

"Your Majesty, is this battle necessary?" Ning Cairen asked quietly, this was beyond the reach of a person from her harem, but the people behind her repeatedly ordered her to find out Liu Chan's intentions.

"Naturally, you have to fight."

"But what if Jin Guoken returns the Queen Mother?"

Liu Chan's hand stiffened, his face became a little gloomy, and he looked at her quietly. It wasn't until Ning Cairen who saw it was a little hairy that Liu Chan suddenly smiled and said, "Where did you get the news from Concubine Ai, why don't you even know about me." ”

"It's also the concubine who heard about it from the harem, what's wrong with Your Majesty?"

Liu Chan smiled and stroked Ning Cairen's face, but did not answer her question: "This matter in the court is naturally handled by me, and if there is any problem, there will also be ministers who will write to it." The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, if the concubine dares to interfere in the affairs of the court. Saying that, Liu Chan's tone suddenly became cold, and he grabbed Ning Cairen's neck, and said with a smile: "I promise, no matter who is behind you, you won't see the sun tomorrow." ”

Then Liu Chan's hand loosened, and he stroked Ning Cairen's face again: "It's just a joke, I'm joking with Concubine Ai, Concubine Ai don't mind." You are so beautiful, how can I give you up, I love you the most. ”

"Ahem, ahem." Ning Cairen coughed for a long time, and then remembered that there were often rumors in the palace that His Majesty was moody today, and the city was deep. Immediately hurriedly said: "The concubine doesn't dare." ”

Maybe Liu Chan didn't realize that although he was a soul crosser, he would inevitably be affected by the original Zhao Gou in terms of handling things. For example, what Ning Cairen said today, although he was very angry, he would never act like this. will definitely be generous and tell her that the people in the harem should not talk about the affairs of the court, instead of saying kind words like just now, and thinking about where Ning Cairen is buried in his heart.

Why be angry? This brings us to the question of imperial power.

When the Queen Mother returns to the country, Liu Chan will definitely be restrained, and he will definitely have to take away a part of his power. If it was Zhao Gou, there would naturally be no problem. They are all royal families, and they are mother and son, and Zhao Gou will be very willing to hand over part of the power to the queen mother in order to prove his throne. But Liu Chan can't do it, he doesn't know much about Zhao Gou's memory, it's easy to show his feet, and Liu Chan can't accept the situation of the harem interfering in politics at all.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty crusaded against the Xiongnu, why did he raise troops without taking office, because there was not enough food and grass? Or is it a shortage of soldiers? To put it bluntly, isn't it interference from the Queen Mother!

The Han ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, and the power of the queen mother was not ordinary, and it was difficult for the emperor to disobey the opinions of the queen mother and grandmother at that time. The most important thing is that although the Empress Dowager Dou at that time did not support the crusade against the Xiongnu, she still had the ability and vision to govern. And Emperor Wu was indeed too impetuous at that time, and it was good to have the queen mother to press and sharpen his temperament.

can look at the current royal family of the Song Dynasty, Liu Chan no longer has any hope. The captured emperor and the captured queen mother are already like this, and they still have the face to return to the country. Liu Chan felt that it was not easy for him to stabilize the situation of the Northern Expedition now, don't do anything about it, he really has no ability. If another queen mother supports the peace talks, and the power of the Lord and faction skyrockets, then it will be useless for anyone to come to the Northern Expedition.

After Liu Chan left Ning Cairen's palace, he returned directly to the study and ordered everyone to retreat. After a while, a man in black came out of the corner of the study and clenched his fist at Liu Chan: "Meet Your Majesty." ”

"Have you settled the matter that you have checked?"

I saw that the man in black took out a few letters from his arms and presented them to Liu Chan: "All the clues found so far are here, he is very shrewd and has not left too much evidence." ”

Liu Chan was silent, directly opened the letters, looked at them, and put them back on the table: "This alone can't explain anything." ”

The man in black was also silent, and Liu Chan rubbed his temples: "Hey, it's so annoying, there is no clean person." What happened to Han Shizhong? ”

"Han Shizhong's army led the army to surround Huaiyang, and it seems that he is preparing to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and pull as many Jin troops as possible over."

"What about Yue Fei?"

"I don't know yet, the north can't be spread now, and the shadow guards sent to the north have lost contact. For some reason, the news in the north was cut off. ”

This is Yue Fei's credit, for the day of the Northern Expedition, he has made great efforts. Originally, according to the predetermined plan, the regular army was divided into pieces and the news was blocked in various places. However, the number of rebel troops was too large, and he was familiar with the terrain, so Yue Fei gave them this task.

Jin Wushu is now the most uncomfortable one, the Jin soldiers in the west are trapped by Han Shizhong and cannot leave, and the accurate news of Shunchang cannot reach Bianliang. Even if Bianliang sent troops, he would not be able to get in touch with the Golden Vulture to form a cooperation. What's worse is that if Yue Fei also surrounds the point and sends reinforcements and lures the Jin soldiers of Bianliang over to surround and kill, then the entire north will be abolished.