After the court, the prince went to a house in the north of the palace complex. The north wind is blowing here in winter, and the sun is scarce. It is really a "cold" palace. Fortunately, it is now spring, the wind is warm and the sun is warm, so we should be able to live there.
Concubine Jing Jia's courtyard is small, but it is fairly tidy, and the palace people waiting in front of the gate look energetic. Prince, this is the second time here. Concubine Jing was in a bad mood when she came to say hello for the first time, so she let him go after a few words. The prince knew that he should actually come every day, but when he thought of coming to see his mother, he felt fear in his heart. Jia took the blame for him, and the contempt she looked at him in the emperor's study was deeply rooted in his heart. The crown prince believed that if he really had a brother, his mother would give her up without hesitation.
This sense of guilt and inferiority made the prince feel exhausted. Today, because of the hope that his mother can be restored, he mustered up the courage to meet Jia Shi again.
When he entered the door, the prince said with a sullen face to the palace people who were saluting him: "You all better serve carefully! Otherwise..." He didn't say anything further, and those who are capable of doing it don't need to threaten with words.
All the palace people hurriedly said in unison: "Slaves and maidservants dare not."
"Is anyone here to inquire about my mother and concubine in the past few days?" The prince deliberately pointed out the connection between Jia Shi and himself, showing Jia Shi's extraordinary status, in case these snobs look down on Jia Shi.
A court lady said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Fourth Princess comes every day, but she always cries, which makes Concubine Jing very tired."
The prince was annoyed at the thought of his sister who could only cry and lose his temper, so he hummed and entered the door of Jia's bedroom.
It was not evening yet, but Jia Shi was half lying on the bed. The prince felt that his mother's face after removing makeup powder was extraordinarily yellow, even black. He was shocked to realize that his mother had really aged, and she no longer had the beauty of youth.
The prince said in a low voice: "The child greets the mother."
Jia's head was hurting, and his stomach was also aching. He half-opened his eyes and said weakly, "The emperor is here, what's the matter?"
The prince tried his best to say in a happy tone: "Mother, recently there have been a lot of discussions in the court against the emperor's abolition, and the emperor seems to have the intention of easing it up. The silkworm kissing ceremony is approaching, if mother can say a few good words to the emperor... "
Jia Shi frowned, and the vertical line between his eyebrows was like a black line. She closed her eyes and said nothing.
The prince waited for a while, and then said: "Mother, a country cannot be without a mother. Looking at the harem, who has the talent and means of a mother? Mother..."
Jia Shi shook his head slightly, and said with a sigh of relief: "I don't think about these now."
The prince looked at Jia Shi in disbelief: "Mother, you don't want to reset?"
Jia Shi said impatiently: "I just want to sleep well now, no headache, no stomach pain. I really don't have the energy to do anything else."
The crown prince looked at Jia's face with protruding cheekbones, and asked worriedly: "If mother is not feeling well, didn't you ask the imperial doctor?"
Jia snorted: "They couldn't see anything when I was the queen, and they can't see anything now."
The prince was angry: "How dare they treat mother slowly? I'll go and talk to them!"
Jia Shi sighed and said, "It's not necessarily a group of quack doctors! Every time I talk about it, it's just a few words, what evil comes from dampness, stagnation blocks the spleen and stomach, dampness blocks the middle burnt, it's all empty talk, what medicine to prescribe It's useless!"
The prince asked: "My child, can I find some doctors from outside the palace..."
Jia interrupted: "Who to look for? Who is reliable? After so many years, how many people want me to die, wouldn't it be most convenient to buy a doctor?"
The crown prince hesitated, Jiashi opened his eyes again, and said weakly: "I have done everything I can for you..."
The prince knelt down all of a sudden: "Mother, the child is not filial!"
Jia Shi didn't open her eyes again: "You take good care of your younger sister and find her a good family..."
The prince hurriedly said: "I've sent people out to ask for the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan."
Jia's brows frowned even deeper, and he closed his eyes and said, "Ping Yuanhou, he is not a good friend. You don't want to see him idle in the capital, marry a merchant girl, and don't care about anything. He was fifteen years old. At that time, he led more than ten people to attack the enemy's camp at night, beheaded six enemy generals, and burned the other's food and grass. That is a cruel and ruthless master, and he has more heart than Zhenbeihou. You beat his house It’s better to find a generous and ordinary family.”
The prince didn't like what he did, and his mother always disapproved, and said in a low voice, "But my sister likes it."
Jia Shi said impatiently: "What does your sister know? She only looks at the superficial things. I can't protect you now. You find her a kind husband, and you can treat her better in the future. After all, she is a broken man." He has a good look, and has a quick temper."
The prince also stubbornly said: "That Mr. Zhang won the prize of a scholar, he is considered a scholar, and he is also very famous in the capital..."
Jia Shi was enduring a headache and stomachache to teach the crown prince earnestly, but the crown prince didn't listen. She became angry for a moment, opened her eyes and cursed angrily: "Idiot! You can't understand it no matter how many times you say it! There is such a father, that son Could it be a good stubble?! Marquis Ping Yuan personally killed more people than you have ever known in your life. He found himself a stunning and rich wife. Do you think he will let his son marry a disfigured princess? He You have to salute every day I see you?! How long will your sister live in that mansion? Can you go and see it every day? Go! Look for it in the civil servants, preferably in my brother's house, at least, they see it for my sake Come on, how can I treat your sister kindly!"
The prince hurriedly responded: "Okay, mother, I'll look for it right away." But he disagreed very much in his heart - in that case, his sister's marriage would be of no use to him. Besides, now that the rumors are out, I heard that Mr. Zhang is hiding out of sight. If it changes again, wouldn't it be cheaper for that Zhang Yunming? Anyway, Mrs. Jia was lying here, probably not in the mood to inquire about his own actions, so the prince's decision would remain unchanged for the time being.
Jia Shi lost his temper, closed his eyes again, and hummed: "I'm tired, you can go back."
Only then did the prince realize that he hadn't persuaded Jia to speak kindly to the emperor, so he hurriedly asked again: "Mother, you really can't speak to the emperor..."
Jia said wearily: "I'm really too lazy to move. I don't want to go to kiss the silkworms or worship the ancestors. You arrange for the servants to make the food soft and rotten. Let me rest more and don't be disturbed at ordinary times." Me." She wasn't lying, these days, her growing headaches sapped all her energy, and stomach pains made daily meals more of a pain than an enjoyment. Every minute of the day felt long in pain, and she couldn't even speak, let alone get up and walk. All she wants now is a good night's sleep and a full day without colic.
The prince promised again firmly, he knew what his mother meant to ask him to find someone to protect her, and not let anyone come over to harm her. She really didn't want to move anymore, it seemed that Jia Shi was really sick.
The crown prince bid farewell to Jia Shi, and hurriedly asked the four on-duty imperial doctors to his meeting room, and asked them about Jia Shi's illness.
The imperial physicians all said in unison: Jia Shi is suffering from deficiency and cold in the middle jiao, and the symptoms are pale complexion, persistent stomach pain, fondness for warmth and massage, and lack of appetite for food.
The prince heard that the symptoms were right, so he said something to make them pay attention and not delay Jia's illness. The imperial doctors agreed one by one and withdrew.
The imperial doctors didn't dare to say anything in the palace, and they talked in a low voice when they returned to the imperial hospital, but none of them said what they all knew in their hearts: Jia Shi was poisoned.
It was a chronic poison, eroding her internal organs bit by bit. Even if the poison is stopped now, no matter how many detoxification drugs the imperial doctors use, they will not be able to restore her internal organs. She is just dying slowly, as many as three years, as little as a year and a half.
The imperial doctors have diagnosed this kind of poisoning phenomenon in other concubines before, but it is more acute and the symptoms are more intense, not as subtle as Jia's, so they haven't figured out what the disease is for a long time, but wait When they were diagnosed, the damage to the viscera had already been done. It seemed that this time, it was Jia's retribution.
These few people have cooperated for many years and have a tacit understanding. If Jia Shi died of illness, it should be a natural ending of old age, illness and death. Especially now that she is no longer a queen, "qi stagnation center", "liver qi stagnation" and so on, there are as many words as there are. How many people in this world died of depression, and it is really normal for them to live shortly after being abolished.
But if it is pointed out that Jia Shi is poisoned, first of all, none of them can survive—poisoned? how long it has been? It's been at least one to two years, why did you just find out now? accomplice! The Jia family is the abolished empress, and his son is still the prince! Well, don't talk about your own life, just look at the bloody murder in Zhenbeihou's mansion that people said was either the prince or the queen, and you know that the lives of the young and old in your family can't be saved! Not to mention how many people in the palace will die if they are investigated. Therefore, these imperial doctors were forced by Jia Shi in the past not to diagnose poisoning for others, but now they have not diagnosed poisoning for Jia Shi. Among the medicines prescribed, only the usual medicines for detoxification and nourishing yin were prescribed, and no precious and effective detoxification medicines were used, for fear that people with discerning eyes would see it. A few people only hoped that Mrs. Jia would die soon, that people would be buried in peace, and that this matter could be over as soon as possible.
The emperor flipped through the memorial in the study, he knew that the crown prince had gone to see Jia Shi in the cold palace, so he sent someone to inquire about the result.
He did intend to ease the situation. The queen had been in charge of the harem for so many years, and was suddenly sent to the cold palace. Many things in the harem were a little chaotic. Let’s not talk about the Silkworm Prosperity Ceremony, there will be no one left. The two concubines who were brought up to take charge of the affairs of the harem have never given birth to princes, so they cannot hold back the other concubines in terms of status. There are always some concubines who are seeing him these days. From time to time, he hummed and said sour words, and looked at him but couldn't hear it. According to Eunuch Sun, during these days, there are many people who throw things in the palace, gamble, leave the palace secretly, and take bribes. As the emperor, is he going to take care of these trivial matters
Although he was angry at Jia Shi's rudeness and presumptuousness that day, as a king, he would consider issues from the perspective of employing people. He doesn't stick to the constraints of those moral principles, and he doesn't even completely let his own likes and dislikes decide the choice of people. He can tolerate the descendants of the old town Beihou whom he hates to attack the nobles and continue to guard the northern border, and he can also tolerate the cruel Jia family giving him a stable harem. What's more, Jia Shi has been together since he was the prince, and has a deep relationship with him. They can be said to be a kind of people-can use any means to achieve their goals.
Many things at the beginning - the death of the emperor's brother who would have been established as the prince, and the father passed away quickly after the death of the emperor's brother. The queen who raised her father, became the empress dowager and soon went to accompany the late emperor... Some people say that the Fengshui of the palace is not good, the emperor does not live long, and too many people die... The real reason is probably only Jia and his wife. I know. Jia Shi helped a lot at that time, otherwise her child would not have been established as the crown prince. He didn't get rid of Jia Shi, because Jia Shi cooperated very well with him, many things that were inconvenient for him to do, Jia Shi would go out for him. And Jia Shi wanted his son to be the crown prince, so naturally he would never disclose anything, so as not to lose his trust.
The emperor felt that he was very kind to Jia. Originally, the emperor felt that he was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and he didn't want to establish any heir at all. The establishment of the crown prince was due to his commitment to the Jia family. Since ancient times, the crown prince has been established as the eldest son, and the other princes, he never thought of becoming the crown prince at all. Even if the extremely intelligent second prince survived, the emperor would not let him have any desire to compete for the reserve. He deeply felt that Jia Shi was a woman's view, so he knew how to mess around.
The emperor believed that personal talent, generosity and the like were not important indicators of being an emperor. Otherwise, the emperor would not take the words of those people in the past saying that his brother was "learned", "good-natured" and "can be established as a prince", and even take action to prevent it from becoming a reality. In the previous dynasty, there were emperors who ignored government affairs for fifteen years, and others who lived in dissolute and mediocre lives. What do so many ministers eat? The accumulation of government affairs in the past dynasties has ensured that most things can follow the old rules, why should the emperor personally? The emperor believes that the most important ability of being an emperor is to achieve his own goals by using various people and balancing all forces. But the facts proved that if he succeeded, he should be more suitable to be emperor than his brother.
Once he is in power, he must ensure that his power will not be provoked, not even his own son! This seat is his own, and anyone who dares to think about it in his lifetime will really be impatient. The most ideal situation is that the crown prince should be established just before his death.
From this we can see how much he thinks highly of her when he made Jia's son the crown prince! He didn't care that the prince didn't show much so-called talent for governing the country, what he cared about was whether the prince was absolutely obedient to him. I hope that being relegated to the cold palace this time can make Jia and the prince sober, understand how much she owes him, understand who is the one who can make decisions, and don't always think about playing tricks behind his back.
The emperor thought to himself, if Jia Shi begged him to forgive him this time and said a lot of good things, it would be possible for him to take advantage of the opposition of the ministers to go downhill and take back the life of the abolished. Even if he was thinking about his old love, let her go this time. Thinking about coming here, Jia should be grateful to herself, stop making herself angry, and work harder to manage the harem for herself. I have already brought in a few young women. If I become pregnant with the prince again, I will say hello to her. If something happens, I will really abolish her! …
Just as the emperor was thinking, the eunuch who had gone to inquire came back and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is going to persuade Mrs. Jia to come and say something nice to Your Majesty..."
The emperor was very satisfied with the prince's foresight, and said in a long voice, "What does Jia say?" He must be dressing up right away and coming to see him, right
The eunuch said in a low voice: "Mr. Jia refused, saying that she was not feeling well, and she just wanted to have a good sleep, and she didn't want to do anything."
The emperor immediately became angry and frowned, and the eunuch hurriedly finished what he had to say: "Mr. Jia also asked the prince to find a generous family for the fourth princess. The prince said that the wind had been released, and he appointed the fourth princess as Marquis of Pingyuan." The eldest son... "
"Nonsense!" The emperor scolded: "Who does he think he is?! Only I can decide this matter! What is he? Do you think his mother is still the queen?!" The emperor didn't know that when the prince made this decision, the queen still reign. The prince only wanted to use the fourth princess to punish Zhang Yunming, he didn't think much about whether the emperor would agree. He thought that as long as he comforted his sister, the queen would naturally agree to her request in front of the queen in the future, so the matter would be settled? After all, the marriage of the four princesses is decided by the queen.
The eunuch hurriedly said: "Mr. Jia can't say it well either. It is not a good match to say that Marquis Pingyuan killed someone."
The emperor waved his hand to make the eunuch retreat, and then said to Eunuch Sun who came over to pour tea for him, "He is too impatient, and he wants to trip up others before he can win over a few people."
Eunuch Sun whispered cautiously: "Maybe it's because Pingyuanhou's family is very rich."
The emperor sneered: "Don't speak for him! That fourth princess, who will be your enemy! He wants to give her to Marquis Pingyuan, isn't it because that Mr. Zhang and the third child went together during the winter hunt?"
Eunuch Sun was sweating: "Your majesty is wise, the prince is still young..."
The emperor was angry about Jia's matter, so he patted the desk and said: "That woman taught me badly! I always think that only I am the smartest and can play tricks on others. She is blind! She doesn't even look at who she is with. Playing tricks? I’m still afraid of her putting on airs?! Who is she? Does the queen insist on her…” The emperor coughed
While beating the emperor's back, Eunuch Sun said, "Your Majesty, calm down, maybe Concubine Jia Jing is really sick."
The emperor calmed down and said angrily: "She will get sick? I don't know her yet? Over the years, her greed has been burning her vigorously like coals. When she was sealed that year, she continued She didn't sleep for five days and nights, but she was still full of energy. She had only given birth to the fourth princess for a few days, and she got up to make arrangements for the full moon. What could be wrong now? She didn't even become the queen she wanted most?! It's just an excuse to embarrass me , go and invite her in person, dreaming! Did she think she was a girl in her teens? Need to be coaxed? Tomorrow I will issue an abolition of the Empress Dowager, don’t worry about those ministers talking nonsense... "
Eunuch Sun had a feeling: the emperor became moody, lost his usual calmness, and acted a little impulsive and irritable. He secretly looked at the side of the emperor's face, and saw that the emperor's complexion seemed to be dark, unlike the past, with a well-maintained luster. Sun Gongzi's heart tightened, and he decided to check the emperor's meals.
Sure enough, the next day, the emperor formally issued an edict to abolish the queen, this time not only saying that Jia's sex is extravagant but not thrifty, but also said that she has a serious disease and is already unwell. Now, all the ministers can no longer say anything, a serious disease is a disease that can't be said, which is enough for an ordinary family, let alone a royal family. The emperor even said such a poisonous excuse, which shows that it is inevitable to abolish the empress. Soon, the Ministry of Rites issued an imperial edict, and the Empress Jia was officially abolished.
During this time, the Zhenbeihou Mansion was busy. One was busy with Shen Jian's wedding on the first day of June;
Shen Wei's grasping the week is the easiest, much more ordinary than Shen Qiang's grasping the week. Shen Wei is a normal one-year-old child, soft and light. As soon as he was carried to the bed, he sat there and immediately picked up a pen. This nephew, whom he often bullied, went to choose some weapons, but Mrs. Yang held him down and prevented him from going to bed. Shen Qiang could only drool all over the edge of the bed, screaming "ah" until the roof was covered with dust. Shen Wei was not disturbed by Shen Qiang, so he picked up another book, opened it, and buried his face between the pages. Amidst everyone's laughter, the old lady took the book away, and Shen Wei picked up another piece of ink. , Putting it in his mouth, Liu Shi on the side hurriedly stopped him. It seems that Shen Wei was afraid that the expression was not obvious enough, so he struggled to get an inkstone. Shen Jian smiled and said to Yang Shi: "Mother, are you happy this time? He must want to learn literature."
Yang's eyes were wet again: Shen Wei is the eldest grandson of the eldest house, the direct heir of Zhenbei Hou in the future, how can he learn literature? Liu Shi who was standing leaning on the bed also sighed sadly.
When Shen Wei finished catching Zhou and was picked up by Yang Shi, Shen Qiang finally broke free and quickly climbed onto the bed on all fours. In the blink of an eye, he picked out the wooden guns and the like from between the things on the bed. In order to save money, he held it in his arms and ran out screaming. Shen Wei also struggled with the direction in which Shen Qiang ran out, so Yang had no choice but to put him down, and he staggered after Shen Qiang.
Looking at the backs of the two children, Yang sighed in a low voice, "Why don't you change these two?"
The old lady now sees it: a group of children don't know what they are tossing about, and learning literature and martial arts may not be settled now. She said to Yang Shi: "Don't complain in advance, let's see later, in this world, who knows what it will be like in the future?"
Yang felt that the old lady was a little strange now, she stopped arguing with herself, but she spoke in a magical way, is this the way people are when they are old
At the end of March, Mrs. Liu was in labor.
Although the Hou Mansion had taken Wen Po into the mansion long ago, having a baby is a big deal after all. As soon as the Liu family mobilized it, the Yang family sent people to invite Shi Helin and Duan Zeng.
Fortunately, Liu's second child was not difficult at all, and it only took three hours in total. When Shi Helin and Duan Zeng arrived at the Hou Mansion, they just drank a cup of tea, ate some snacks, and wentssip for a while, when Wen Po over there said that the child has come out, and he is another young master!
Hearing this, the old lady wished she could give away her belongings: "Wenpo, two guan for one person, Shi Helin and Duan Zeng, although they only called the lower pulse, they prescribed a simple prescription for nourishing qi, each with three guan!" The boy who runs errands, the maid who is present, the kitchen who cooks the meals...all with extra rewards! The whole house...
Yang had no choice but to stop: "Mother, it's better not to be like this..." Big hand.
The old lady said in a low voice: "You don't understand, Liu's blood may be able to flush out resentment." Not long ago, so many people died in Hulala. Send those people to the knife.
If you really want to protect them, you should keep them in the Hou Mansion. If you really want to save their family members, you should take them into the mansion immediately. How can you say so grandly that you can do it the next day
At that time, the old lady agreed to Shen Jian's plan to kill a child because the other party actually attacked a child, but later she really regretted it: that was more than a hundred lives. She asked Yang to pay for the funeral of those people, and even invited monks to chant scriptures to save the dead.
Shen Jian, Shen Zhuo and Shen Xiang all felt that the old lady was too soft-hearted, and privately said that the old lady was troublesome. The old lady knew that these children were just teenagers, full of vigor, ignorant of mercy, and would not listen to persuasion, so she could only chatter with Shen Wen sometimes, "Being kind is always harmless" and "Do good things if they can be done." , never thought that she was chanting sutras to the instigator.
Now that Mrs. Liu gave birth to a son, the old lady wanted to reward everyone in the whole family, and dilute the tragedy of that incident with a festive atmosphere.
Mrs. Yang understood what the old lady meant, since she rewarded everyone heavily, she couldn't treat her children badly, so she simply made new clothes! Anyway, the spring is just right, and a few unlined shirts are not time-consuming, which makes everyone happy.
So Zhenbeihou's mansion was like a New Year's Eve, all the sons and daughters of the family were well-dressed, and the servants in the whole mansion were elated because they won the bonus, and they were too happy to keep their mouths open when dealing with people.
For a period of time after the decree was issued, the prince stayed in the study every day when he went to court.
Every day, the fourth princess would go to him crying, but every time, the prince would not see her because of his busy schedule.
In fact, the prince was not busy with any affairs, but was looking for a temporary relief from the warm-up activities with the woman. As soon as he entered the study, no matter whether the sun was setting or not, he immediately called for someone to wait on him. Except for the crown princess, all the women in the harem got the rain, and sometimes several people even embraced the crown prince at the same time. Therefore, although for the staff waiting outside, the crown prince is out of business, for the harem, this is a golden day for the crown prince to work diligently.
When the prince finally calmed down and summoned his staff and confidantes into the palace, his eyes were dark, as if he had aged five years.
Everyone didn't dare to look directly at the Prince's face. After talking about some important government news, the Prince asked: "How is the Zhenbeihou's Mansion recently?" The same, paying attention to the movements of the people he hates.
One person said: "The Marquis of Zhenbei added a new grandson. Mrs. Gu rewarded the whole mansion that day, and Mrs. Yang made new clothes for the princes and ladies. The mansion was lively for several days. Moreover, the Marquis of Zhenbei's mansion has already been settled." On April 4th, I went out for a spring outing in the city, and invited the third prince, the fourth prince Pingyuan Hou Ye Zhongshu, and two other children... "
They were indeed celebrating! The prince trembled with hatred. As soon as my mother was abolished, the Zhenbei Hou Mansion celebrated with the family, and invited friends for a spring outing with great fanfare, which is too deceiving!
The prince gritted his teeth and said, "The third and fourth princes are all going on a spring outing?"
An aide whispered, "Exactly."
Seeing that the prince's face was not looking good, an aide comforted him: "The fourth prince is going to guard the mausoleum in the future. Since Concubine Jiang passed away, he has not renewed his employment with Mr. It seems that he knows his duty. This time, he is probably going to join in the fun... "
The prince waved his hands and said: "Which one of them didn't stop studying when their mother died, and act lazy? If they dare to work hard, they have ulterior motives! If the mother does not do anything, the father will not tolerate them. But don't let them You lied! Who did the fourth prince help to talk to at the winter hunt? What was the third prince’s intention when he clung to Zhenbeihou? It was not the father, but the palace! They wanted to partner up, over there Pretend to have nothing to do with the world, and deceive the emperor, this is against me!" The prince was a little out of breath, and the people next to him rushed forward to pour tea for the prince.
The prince drank tea, and after a long silence, he asked, "How did you plan what you said last time?"
Although they didn't say it clearly, everyone knew that it was about getting rid of Zhenbeihou and Shen Jiajun with the help of foreign barbarians. A person said in a very low voice: "At present, the civil strife in Beirong has not yet subsided, and the strongest among them is Tugu Khan. He is nearly forty years old, just at the time of his strength, he is bloodthirsty and has killed his own The two brothers are now competing for the throne with their elder brother and two other younger brothers. Although his elder brother is larger, he is far less powerful than him, and Tugu will win in all likelihood."
The prince frowned: "They haven't sorted out their own affairs, how can they help me?"
An aide said: "We can bring a letter to Tugu Khan, saying that His Highness supports him, and ask him to send people to the court to conclude an alliance. Let him tell the emperor that if he ascends to the throne, he will be harmonious and friendly with our court. Invasion. The emperor doesn't like military affairs, so he must be happy, and he will agree to his request."
The prince still frowned: "Why do you want to form an alliance? Don't you want to use their hands to get rid of the Shen family's army?"
The staff said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the art of war is false, but the reality is false. If we don't establish an alliance first, how can we have an excuse to reduce the military salary of the Shen family army, force Zhen Beihou to reduce his troops and generals, and weaken his own strength? "
The prince finally opened his brows slightly, nodded and said: "However, if we establish an alliance, how can we let them enter the army in the future?"
The staff said in a low voice: "That Tugu is the most untrustworthy. He also formed an alliance with a few brothers at the beginning, not to offend each other, but after he gained strength, he cut them off one by one without mercy. The acquaintance was only due to internal uncertainty, once the northern border is unified, this covenant is just a piece of waste paper to him."
Another person said: "If he sends people here, we will show them the wealth and prosperity of our court. The barbarians are the most ignorant. Seeing this splendor, how can we not be tempted? It will definitely be the first place after we secure the throne." Time to attack."
One person said: "At that time, we tried our best to tell the details of the Shen family's army and sent people to the front line to respond to them. How can we prevent Zhenbei Hou from being completely defeated?"
Another one went on to say: "Once the Shen family's army is defeated, we will produce evidence that the Marquis of Zhenbei is in touch with the enemy, and if we implicate the third prince, we will naturally kill two birds with one stone."
The prince nodded slowly, gnashing his teeth a little bit.
One person whispered: "The soldiers of the Northern Rong are strong. If the Shen family's army can't stop them, they take advantage of the victory and move south. The inland is weak and there is little resistance. If they reach the capital, what should they do?"
Everyone in the room was silent for a moment.
There has been no major war in this dynasty for more than a hundred years. None of these people have personally experienced wars, and they have never even participated in those small battles on the border. They have never seen the cruelty and unpredictability of war. In addition, the Shen family's army is very strong, and there have been heroic deeds from generation to generation, making people feel that they are simply invincible. What the staff members were more worried about was that Bei Rong could not deal a fatal blow to the Shen family's army. The status of Zhen Bei Hou could not be shaken. As for the possibility of Beirong winning completely, everyone felt very slim.
One person said: "The Shen family's army has always been brave, but after years of battles by the Bei Rong, there may not be many soldiers and horses. Naturally, both of them will suffer losses. Even if the Bei Rong wins, there will be few remaining soldiers. .”
The crown prince nodded again: "The top priority is to get rid of the Shen family army. Others are trivial matters."
After hearing this, everyone knew it was wrong, "Others", did it include Jiangshan? How can it be a trivial matter? But no one dared to say anything. The prince's expression was sinister, his cheeks were sunken, and he looked like he was about to go into a rage at any time. No one dared to step forward to touch this bad luck.
After discussing for a while, everyone decided on the general idea of the letter to Beirong Tugu Khan, and arranged for an envoy, and the prince's face seemed to soften a little.
At the same time, there was a heated debate in the harem over who could preside over the ceremony of pro-silkworm instead of the queen. The concubines regarded who would lead the ceremony as a harbinger of who would be the next empress. Everyone is showing off, and everyone recommends themselves to the emperor or slanders her. The emperor was very bored, and finally instructed all the concubines to pick mulberries together, regardless of their priority, which is considered fair, and all kinds of disputes were quelled.