What Xu Yunchu said made the queen mother and queen speechless for a moment.
They have seen the emperor's sufferings these years clearly and clearly. They can be regarded as the closest people to the emperor. One is the emperor's mother and the other is the emperor's wife. He was isolated outside. In order to gain a foothold in the palace and live a stable life, what they always relied on and cared about most was their natal family, and they placed the emperor on the opposite side.
When the emperor was young, the empress dowager restricted him everywhere. After the emperor got married and took charge, the empress dowager and the Xu family became more and more restrictive. The empress was jealous, relied on her natal family, and did whatever she wanted in the harem, causing the emperor's heirs to wither.
For so many years, in order to support the Southern Qi Dynasty, the emperor has worked hard and exhausted his heart and soul. How difficult is this chair to sit on, although others don't understand? But they understand very well.
But I understand it, but one of them is a queen mother, the other is a queen, a woman living in the harem, trapped in a high wall, they want to live a safe and secure life, so they dare not break their wings and completely rely on Your Majesty, in their creed, they always felt that their natal family was their real support. In particular, the queen has no heirs and can inherit the country of the Southern Qi Dynasty.
The old and the new are replaced, and the country will always be replaced by others, but they are different from their natal family.
The queen mother was terrified for a while, then slowly sat down, regained her composure, and said to Xu Yunchu, "Yunchu, where did you get the news? Are you sure?"
Xu Yunchu didn't hide anything, and said, "Miss Su mentioned something in the letter sent by Feiying Chuanshu with me today, so that I will be prepared so as not to panic at that time. Especially grandma and aunt you two live in this palace, Although she is the daughter-in-law of the Tian family, she is still a member of the Xu family."
The queen mother heard the words, "Su Fengnuan? Isn't she far away in the western region? How did you get the news?"
Xu Yunchu shook his head and said, "Miss Su is smart, maybe she has expected something."
The queen mother thought that Su Fengnuan was indeed different from ordinary women. According to the few shocking things she did, she couldn't do it without the ability. If she sent a letter to Xu Yunchu, it would be true in all likelihood. After all, the two of them had a life-threatening friendship, otherwise, she would not have warned Xu Yunchu in advance for such a big matter, causing twists and turns.
She fell silent for a moment.
The queen couldn't believe it for a long while, then suddenly sat back on the chair, and started to cry in a daze.
Seeing the queen crying, Xu Yunchu glanced at her and said nothing.
The queen mother felt upset when she heard the queen's crying, and reprimanded, "Why are you crying? What's the use of crying?"
The queen was still afraid of the queen mother, so she immediately wiped away her tears and looked at the queen mother, "Queen mother, what should I do?"
The queen mother said in a deep voice, "If he wants to leave the palace, who can do anything? Just treat him as dead."
The queen burst into tears again when she heard the words.
The queen mother said, "Don't cry, isn't the person still missing now? Why are you crying?"
The queen looked at Xu Yunchu, "But Yunchu said that he... Empress, Yunchu, you should think of a way, what will we do if we leave the emperor?"
The Queen Mother looked at Xu Yunchu upon hearing this, remembering that he said earlier that if they knew the news, they must listen to his arrangement. Immediately said, "Yunchu, what are your thoughts and plans? Tell us about it."
Xu Yunchu said to the two, "What I mean is, Miss Su has already checked the emperor's pulse, and the emperor's time is numbered. Let him go! Imagine that the emperor's heart is kind, he has been in power for many years, and he cherishes the Southern Qi. , will definitely not leave without arrangement. It must have been planned and prepared. So, once there is any news, the aunt and aunt can do whatever they want."
The Empress Dowager looked at Xu Yunchu and said, "Before he left Beijing, he took the eldest prince back from Lingyun Temple and let the eldest prince supervise the country. Is this his arrangement? If you don't seal the crown prince, just hand over the country to the eldest prince." Prince?"
The queen cried, "In those years, I have been targeting concubine Yue Gui and the crown prince. Although I failed, I caused them a lot of trouble. If the emperor just leaves like this, the eldest prince takes over the throne, and I don't know what to do with that chair." What about me."
Xu Yunchu said in a deep voice, "With me here, no one can touch you. Don't worry, Auntie and Auntie. As long as the Xu family and I don't fail, nothing will happen to you. Staying in the palace safely is the key to your success." Good. As long as you don't cause trouble yourself, you won't cause trouble."
The queen cried, "If the eldest prince ascends the throne, will he be as benevolent as the emperor? If he doesn't deal with the Xu family, will he treat the queen mother and me kindly? Not necessarily. The eldest prince hides very deeply. It’s amazing to be able to go back to Beijing to supervise the country. I’m really scared.”
"Yun Chu is right. Our Xu family has been standing in the capital for so many years. It has been turbulent for many generations, and we are still safe and sound. What are you afraid of? As long as the Xu family is here, we will be fine. Son." The Empress Dowager said, "For so many years, the emperor has sat on this chair, and his heart is full of sorrow, and he has nowhere to complain about his hard work. He has indeed been wronged. Now his time is running out, and he wants to leave the rest of the day to himself, so he Let him go. Better to leave alive than to die in front of us."
The queen stopped crying upon hearing this.
When Xu Yunchu saw that the queen mother was really the queen mother, she had spent her whole life in the court, and she had thought more calmly than the queen. He nodded and said, "Once the news of the emperor's disappearance is reported to the capital, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty will inevitably be in chaos. The eldest prince supervises the country. To appease all the officials and send people to look for the emperor, there will be no time to pay attention to the harem. So, aunt and aunt just wash their faces with tears every day, don't stand out and cause trouble, no matter what the chaos outside, you will be safe Son."
The queen mother nodded, and the queen nodded too.
Xu Yunchu continued, "Last year, after the war with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there was no time to take care of the internal affairs and people's livelihood. At the beginning of this year, the memorials of disasters from all over the world were sent to the palace one after another, filling the emperor's imperial study. Apart from the capital, people from all over the world are now Our lives are very difficult. If the news of the emperor's disappearance spreads, and the eldest prince does not appease in time or improperly, the Southern Qi may really be in chaos, people's grievances will arise, and riots everywhere. After all, the capital may be the most stable place in the future. It is the center of a safe place."
The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this, and said, "Didn't you think that the internal affairs of the Southern Qi Dynasty have reached such a dire situation?"
The queen's face turned pale, "If the world is in chaos, what will happen?"
Xu Yunchu said, "Your Majesty has long been unable to concentrate on rectification, so he simply let go. Just like the Ye family in the south of the Yangtze River, behind the malpractices are the ambitions of so many people and their efforts to fuel the flames. It’s letting things go until now, as the saying goes, put them to death and then live. We in the Southern Qi Dynasty have also reached this point, either death or life.”
The queen mother said, "Yunchu, speaking of it this way, if you are in chaos in the court, you will have to work harder in the future."
Xu Yunchu said, "Grandmother and aunt, don't be afraid. The purpose of my visit today is to prepare you mentally in advance. If something really happens, don't panic, just do whatever you want." After finishing speaking, he said, "Nowadays everyone in the world knows that I, Ye Shizi and Miss Su are close friends. The two of them are now in the western region. There are millions of troops in the western region, and they are in the hands of Mr. Su and Mr. Su. Afterwards, it has now come back to life, with 200,000 soldiers stationed at the foot of the capital. Therefore, the chaos in this world is only temporary. Once the chaos is severe and the Southern Qi is in danger, Ye Shizi and Miss Su are still there. Will not sit idly by."
When the queen mother and empress heard the words, they immediately became more at ease.
They all knew that when the Northern Zhou Dynasty invaded Yanbei, Xu Yunchu led 50,000 Imperial Forest Army to Yanbei to reinforce Su Fengnuan. Both the Yanbei Su family and Su Fengnuan valued Xu Yunchu very much. , Su Fengnuan and Xu Yunchu have gone through a life-and-death friendship. Now, because of this relationship, the relationship between the Xu family and the General Su's Mansion, Rong'an Prince's Mansion, Wang Dashi's Mansion, Yanbei Su's family, and Jiangnan Ye's family is really close. Not to mention being tied together, they can also help each other in times of crisis.
Especially in this world, where military power is as great as the sky.
Seeing that Xu Yunchu had almost finished speaking, the two of them had a sense of meaning, and they both calmed down. The queen stopped crying. He stood up and said to the two, "It's getting late, aunt and aunt should rest earlier!"
The Queen Mother nodded, and shouted to the outside, "Eunuch Yan, send Uncle Xiaoguo out of the palace."
Eunuch Yan answered from outside, and carrying the lantern, he sent Xu Yunchu out of Ci'an Palace.
After the emperor left the palace and went to Lingyun Temple, the eldest prince supervised the country and dealt with the mountain of memorials in the imperial study every day. In the past, he always felt that the emperor was sitting on this chair, from the time he was young to being in charge of the government, he was restrained everywhere, and he was very weak and cowardly. But now that he came to supervise the country, facing a mountain of memorials, every one of the memorials was opened, and nothing good happened. Only then did he deeply understand that the emperor is not easy.
For so many years, apart from the Northern Zhou wolf's ambition to raise troops to trample on the Southern Qi, there was no major disturbance in the Southern Qi, and the emperor's doctrine of the mean can be regarded as remarkable.
A close aide reported, "Eldest Prince, Uncle Xiaoguo sat in Ci'an Palace for half an hour, and now he came out. As for what he said, his subordinates couldn't find out. The Empress Dowager dismissed everyone, leaving only the Empress."
The eldest prince put down his imperial pen, and told his cronies, "It's cold tonight, go and invite Uncle Xiao Guo over to have a cup of hot tea before leaving the palace."
The confidant answered yes and went immediately.