It's very strange that Shen Lingxi was in the palace of the Xuanwu Kingdom, and he had a very happy conversation with Emperor Tuoba Tian.

The main thing is that Shen Lingxi found that the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom was also a guy who had been hollowed out, in order to be able to enjoy life to the maximum, this emperor didn't seem to care about whether the territory of the Xuanwu Kingdom was expanding at all.

If you think about it, you can understand that no matter how powerful the Xuanwu Kingdom is, no matter how vast the territory is, as an emperor who has been stripped of power, Tuoba Tian can only control his own palace, and when he leaves the palace, it is not his emperor's sphere of influence.

So Tuoba Tian thought that since it was useless for himself as an emperor to expand his territory, and his power would not increase in the slightest, what was the use of expanding his territory.

Besides, you, the general Tuoba Jun of Pingbei, want to expand the territory and consolidate his power, and he also wants him, the emperor, to take money from his own treasury to help raise the army.

And the actual control of the army can't be taken back, this is like a meat bun beating a dog and never going back, the money in the treasury is the money that the emperor can use, and he uses his own money to support other people's soldiers, which makes the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom Tuoba Tian very dissatisfied.

Of course, in the face of many ministers of the Xuanwu Kingdom, Emperor Tuoba Tian did not dare to complain like this, after all, he is nominally the emperor of the entire Xuanwu Kingdom, of course, he must be comprehensive, otherwise if a certain minister feels that he is incompetent as an emperor, then maybe this empty emperor will not be appropriate.

So when Shen Lingxi returned to Jianye, Emperor Tuoba Tian immediately asked people to call Shen Lingxi into the palace.

The main reason is that Emperor Tuoba Tian felt that the fourteen or fifteen-year-old Pingbei General Yizi should be easier to deal with, and the facts have proved this.

Shen Lingxi, a kid who seemed to be out of the countryside, didn't know the sinister nature of the court, and so easily agreed to lobby the Pingbei general Tuoba Jun to withdraw from the army.

When the Emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom was smuggling to be complacent, Shen Lingxi had already roughly figured out the ins and outs.

"It seems that this emperor has been basically emptied by these courtiers, and he can't even make his own decisions about wanting to withdraw from the army. It seems that this is really a good opportunity, what if I help this emperor of Xuanwu to regain his military power? What if I help this emperor get rid of these powerful ministers? What if I become the powerful minister of this Xuanwu Kingdom myself!"

Shen Lingxi thought about various possibilities in his heart, of course, if he could get rid of what prime minister, what queen's henchmen, and take back the military power of Pingbei General Tuoba Jun, if these could be realized!

Shen Lingxi felt that if he really came to this point, he could become the powerful minister of the Xuanwu Kingdom, which would undoubtedly be of great benefit to the Feng Kingdom.

In this way, the Feng Kingdom no longer has to worry about the threat of the Xuanwu Kingdom, but it is really not so easy to seize the power of the Xuanwu Kingdom.

Shen Lingxi thought all the way out of the palace, and when he came out of the palace, Tuoba Hao, the housekeeper of the Pingbei General's Mansion, greeted him.

Speaking of this big housekeeper of the Pingbei General Mansion in Jianye City, Shen Lingxi learned from the other guards that this Tuoba Hao was actually a distant cousin of Tuoba Jun, the general of Pingbei University.

Of course, in fact, although the surname Tuoba is the national surname of the Xuanwu Kingdom, the founding monarch of the Xuanwu Kingdom and his brothers at that time were too capable of giving birth, so there was a side branch that was already a side branch of the royal family although it was a national surname.

This Tuoba Haokong has the surname of Tuoba, but of course his status in the General's Mansion cannot be compared with Shen Lingxi.

"Tuoba Butler, why did you come to pick me up in person, in fact, you can ask a few guards to pick me up outside this palace. ”

Tuoba Hao had a flattering smile on his face, and hurriedly helped Shen Lingxi into the carriage.

"Young master, aren't I worried about the young master? You must know that the emperor and our Pingbei General's Mansion have always been well water and not river water, and this sudden call of the young master into the palace really makes the humble position a little relieved!"

Shen Lingxi beckoned and let the housekeeper get into the carriage together, Shen Lingxi planned to learn more about the situation of this emperor Tuoba Tian, after all, knowing oneself and knowing oneself is the only way to arrange things in the future.

Of course, it is impossible for Shen Lingxi to tell this housekeeper what he wants to do, of course Shen Lingxi knows that this Tuoba Hao is the person of Tuoba Jun, the general of Pingbei.

"Today I went to the palace to see the emperor, but this emperor felt strange to me, and his speech was also yin and yang. There is also the queen, who looks high, and sometimes the emperor says a few words, and the queen still looks very disdainful. What the hell is going on here?"

Shen Lingxi asked the doubts in his heart, of course, he didn't expect this housekeeper to know any palace secrets, he just wanted to know some well-known information.

The housekeeper Tuoba Hao got into the carriage and sat in the carriage with Shen Lingxi.

The guards outside and the groom who drove the carriage drove the carriage to the Pingbei General's Mansion.

"The young master has just come to Jianye, and he doesn't know much about the situation inside our Xuanwu Kingdom. Last night, I just told the young master that among the ministers, we are the opponent of the General Mansion of Pingbei. In fact, for this emperor, the young master doesn't have to pay special attention, because this emperor is actually just an ornament. In fact, many years ago, when the current emperor ascended the throne, it was an ornament. Therefore, he neglected to tell the young master about the emperor. ”

Shen Lingxi was very curious about what the butler said that the emperor was a decoration when he ascended the throne many years ago, so he hurriedly asked: "What the hell is going on here, why is His Majesty the Emperor a decoration?"

The housekeeper Tuoba Hao shook his head and said: "I don't know the specific situation, that is, I know that the current emperor is supported by the prime minister, and the prime minister Li Cheng was just a small businessman back then, but the first emperor died suddenly, and he did not leave any edict, and the candidate for the crown prince was not decided at that time." However, the first emperor only had two sons, and both sons were hostages in foreign countries at that time, so the minister at that time announced that whichever son returned to China first would be able to become the new emperor. ”

Hearing this, Shen Lingxi felt a little familiar, but it was the time to listen to the story and concentrate, so he didn't interrupt the housekeeper, but continued to listen.

At that time, Li Chengcheng took the current emperor Tuoba Tian to return to Jianye City first, so it was natural to let Tuoba Tian become the new emperor. And I heard that another prince was assassinated by a group of people in the middle of the road before he stepped into the territory of our Xuanwu Kingdom, so the current emperor Tuoba Tian's ascension to the throne was unusually smooth. ”

The housekeeper Tuoba Hao sighed a little when he said this, sighed and continued: "Later, Li Cheng was named prime minister by the current emperor because of his skill in following the dragon, which is really a status above ten thousand people under one person. Later, after Li Cheng gained power, he began to massacre a large number of the emperor's ministers. He has been killing until the court is empty before he is willing to give up, and it is strange to say that now this emperor has been letting Prime Minister Li Cheng's behavior go. Until Li Cheng arranged his own people for important positions in the court, Emperor Tuoba Tian became a puppet emperor from then on. ”

The housekeeper Tuoba Hao sighed as he spoke, feeling that the decline of the Xuanwu Kingdom Tuoba royal family was really unworthy, but now Prime Minister Li Cheng has been in power for many years, so Tuoba Hao can only sigh.

Shen Lingxi listened to this story and felt that the current emperor Tuoba was innocently a big straw bag, but maybe it was because of this character that Li Cheng was selected as the puppet emperor.

"The housekeeper doesn't need to be so sad, this prime minister Li Cheng is in power, but he is always a foreign surname, sooner or later, Your Majesty will definitely be able to regain power. ”

Shen Lingxi felt that the housekeeper Tuoba Hao was a little lonely, so he followed his meaning and said it, but he didn't expect it to be exchanged for a strange roll of eyes from the housekeeper Tuoba Hao.

Seeing that the housekeeper Tuoba Hao's eyes were wrong, Shen Lingxi hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

The housekeeper Tuoba Hao looked at Shen Lingxi with strange eyes, and replied for a long time: "Didn't the general explain it to the young master?"

Shen Lingxi was even more puzzled at this time, so he asked, "What did my father-in-law tell me?"

The housekeeper Tuoba Hao obviously regretted talking about this issue, but when he saw Shen Lingxi's posture of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, he continued to talk hard.

"In fact, our Pingbei general is also surnamed Tuoba, this actually doesn't need to be hidden from the young master, as for the current emperor, Tuoba Tian is a cowardly and incompetent guy, and the Xuanwu Kingdom will die sooner or later in his hands. That's why I just said that I don't need to pay attention to this emperor, anyway, this emperor has no way to take our Pingbei General's Mansion. The only thing we really have to pay attention to is this Prime Minister Li Cheng, as for the queen's henchmen, in fact, we only need to pay attention to it, in fact, we can use the queen's relatives to deal with Prime Minister Li Cheng's faction. At least that's how the general arranged, so the young master just needs to act according to the general's arrangement. ”

After listening to the housekeeper's heart-to-heart words, Shen Lingxi finally understood the meaning of what Tuoba Jun said before letting him return to Jianye this time.

It turned out that in this capital city, the general of Pingbei Tuoba Jun had already arranged everything, and the ultimate goal was likely to seize the throne of Xuanwu State.

Of course, before seizing the throne, the most important thing to deal with is Prime Minister Li Cheng.

In Shen Lingxi's view, although Prime Minister Li Cheng controls all the important civil officials in the court, civil officials are civil officials after all, and only military power is the key factor that determines the future throne, at least Shen Lingxi thinks so.

"Well, the butler told me this, and I knew it. It turns out that our Pingbei General's Mansion already has the strength to win the throne, and I still don't know about this. So just now in the palace, I also promised the emperor Tuoba Tian to lobby my father-in-law to withdraw from the army. ”

Shen Lingxi knew that this emperor Tuoba Tian was a puppet with no real power, so the idea of wanting to support this emperor Tuoba Tian to get real power faded, after all, it was really difficult to defeat Prime Minister Li Cheng and General Tuoba Jun of Peking University alone.

It is better to choose to let the general of Pingbei, Tuoba Jun, come back with his troops and directly seize the throne of Xuanwu State, so that Xuanwu State can be in chaos for a while, which can also play a role in weakening the national strength of Xuanwu State.

In short, Shen Lingxi is now afraid that there will be no chaos in the Xuanwu Kingdom, as long as Prime Minister Li Cheng and the general of Peking University Tuoba Jun fight to the death, presumably the Xuanwu Kingdom will definitely be greatly injured, so it will be even more difficult to threaten the Feng Kingdom.

Butler Tuoba Hao heard that Shen Lingxi had promised to persuade Pingbei General Tuoba Jun to withdraw from the army, and his heart tightened, but he soon showed a smile.

"It seems that this emperor Tuoba is really brainless, since he wants us to withdraw from the Pingbei General's Mansion, then we might as well follow his wishes, but maybe Prime Minister Li Cheng will not be able to hide it. ”

Shen Lingxi listened to the housekeeper's words, thought for a while, and finally understood the meaning of the housekeeper's words.

"You are saying that we will plan and let our father-in-law lead the army back to Jianye, so that we will definitely be able to catch Prime Minister Li Cheng off guard. In this way, the throne is in the pocket of the father-in-law. ”

Shen Lingxi tried to ask the housekeeper, and the housekeeper Tuoba Hao nodded with satisfaction.

"I didn't expect the general to have a headache all the time, and the young master solved it as soon as he came back. Now our Pingbei General's Mansion has a reason to transfer troops back to Jianye, so that the throne will be closer. It's just that we still have to pay attention to Prime Minister Li Cheng's movements. ”

Shen Lingxi still agrees with the idea of Pingbei General Tuoba Jun using this excuse to withdraw the army and transfer the army back to Jianye, anyway, Shen Lingxi wants the internal strife in Xuanwu Country to continue, and now it seems that this opportunity has really been made out by himself.

The butler Tuoba Hao thought that he should quickly tell the news to the general of Pingbei Tuoba Jun, Shen Lingxi had no opinion on the housekeeper's idea, so a team went to inform Tuoba Jun to transfer the soldiers back to Jianye's cronies and set off.

Shen Lingxi has been purified since she met Emperor Tuoba Tian that day, no one has come to see her again, and nothing else has happened, as if everything has returned to calm, only Shen Lingxi knows that soon there will be new changes in Jianye City and the entire Xuanwu Kingdom.

If Tuoba Jun, the general of Pingbei, can smoothly lead the army attacking Fengguo back to Jianye, then it will not be long before the emperor Tuoba Tian abdicates.

However, Shen Lingxi doesn't know much about the uncertain factor of Prime Minister Li Cheng, so he can't talk about any specific countermeasures yet.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Li Cheng already knew about the conversation between Emperor Tuoba Tian and Shen Lingxi, and Prime Minister Li Cheng could only say that he was very helpless about this idiot-like confused emperor.

However, according to Shen Lingxi's reaction after leaving the palace at that time, Prime Minister Li Cheng was still a little vigilant.

Prime Minister Li Cheng controls the entire imperial palace and Jianye City, although he has no actual military power over the border army, there are still many ways to contain the border army, such as grain and grass, and the military sound and the families of some low-ranking officers in these armies.

These are all Prime Minister Li Cheng's bargaining chips against the Pingbei General Tuoba Jun, so for so many years, Prime Minister Li Cheng and the Pingbei General Tuoba Jun have been able to reach a balance of power in the Xuanwu Kingdom.