Biography of Qingwu

Chapter 77 Cracks
Zhao Huaining looked at the empress dowager, who was still majestic even though she was dressed in plain clothes and without makeup, the sincerity and respect she had shown her from the front had completely disappeared at this moment. Queen Mother, even if it is not your own birth, even if I am a bastard, you can still treat me as a son. Now it seems that I am thinking too much. Queen Mother, South Korea has already taken Jicheng, I am really doubtful now, you give Is the content of the family letter sent by South Korea really asking them to hold back the Jicheng army? Now that South Korea has captured Jicheng, and the Jicheng army has retreated without a fight, you need to give me an explanation."

Even though she has heard about this matter, the Empress Dowager has always been skeptical. At this moment, Zhao Huaining personally said that the news should be true, "Presumptuous, I am your aunt! How dare you doubt me!"

Zhao Huaining was not afraid at all, looked at her and said: "Don't think that if you have the handle on me, you can manipulate me, and suppress me with the identity of the mother-in-law and empress dowager everywhere. Don't forget, we are grasshoppers on the same thread. People can be alone, empress dowager, this is the last time I warn you, don't disagree, otherwise, we will die together, anyway, I am tired of this unloved king!"

The empress dowager was so choked that she could not speak, tears quickly pooled in her eyes, but stubbornly refused to slip, watching Zhao Huaining turn around and leave resolutely, the bright yellow dragon robe disappeared around the corner, the empress dowager fell to the ground, powerlessly paralyzed Sitting on the ground, the grand lady hurried over and closed the door of the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Her emotions burst instantly, "Qing'er, believe it or not, Aijia really has no dissatisfaction, the letter I handed to South Korea's family was indeed asking South Korea to send troops to feign an attack, and it never swallowed Jicheng's heart! Although I didn't treat Zhao Huaining as my son, and wanted to manipulate him, I never thought of harming him!"

Qing'er couldn't help her, so she had to kneel on the ground to give her comfort, and said softly: "Your Majesty is angry, and when the truth comes out, he will definitely come to apologize to you!"

"What am I? What am I to South Korea? A pawn? When they captured Jicheng, they never thought of how I would be treated in the imperial city of Zhao without a backing! In vain I have always regarded myself as the eldest princess of South Korea, thinking of my mother country in everything, but they don't care about my life!" The empress dowager's tears were like broken beads, forming a piece on her plain white clothes.

Qing'er tentatively said: "Queen Mother, there is no way to relieve your distress, why don't you send another letter and ask carefully."

The Empress Dowager said blindly, "Yes, I want to ask you a question!"

She got up tremblingly, wiped away her tears casually, walked to the desk, Qing'er accompanied her to grind ink for her, the Empress Dowager picked up a pen, and wrote two pages profusely, densely packed with questioning words.

Qing'er waited for the ink to dry, put it in an envelope and took it out, leaving the empress dowager alone in the hall.

Qing'er took the letter and went to find Su Quan who was in charge of correspondence.

Su Quan was lying down on the teacher's chair humming a song bored.

"Su Quan, hand this letter out."

Su Quan heard Qing'er's voice excited, and immediately jumped up from the grand teacher's chair, "Then, do you need to change this letter?"

Qing'er looked outside the door vigilantly, and found that no one was paying attention, so she said with confidence: "There is no need to change this letter, Zhao Huaining has already noticed, and the recent correspondence will definitely be checked by others. Now is not the last time to turn them against each other. Good timing. Just get the letter out of the imperial city, but it doesn't have to go to South Korea."

"Don't worry, girl, I'll just destroy this letter when I leave the imperial city!" Su Quan smiled.

Qing'er nodded and quietly backed out.

And at the Weiling Mausoleum on the edge of the imperial city, on the Qi'an Mountain, King Andu sat blankly in front of the tomb of the former emperor, with a gloomy expression, and poured two glasses of wine from time to time, one for himself and one for the deceased emperor.

Zhao Huaijin has lost a lot of weight recently, sitting in front of the mausoleum, and said to the dead emperor: "It is the son who is useless, there is no way to protect you and the concubine mother, the son is so scared, I am afraid that the concubine and the child will come to Japan." They were also in trouble, and I found someone to send them out of the imperial city a few days ago, father, is the son very cowardly? Doesn't have the courage to confront Zhao Huaining head-on?"

Zhao Huaijin felt sour and powerless in his heart, and sat on the ground slumped, completely ignoring the dirt on the ground, which would stain his white robe.

After coming to Weiling for many days and staying away from the court, he was able to soberly look at all the things that happened in the imperial city in the past few months.

"My son is in Weiling. While watching the movement in the court hall, he is also worried that other countries on the border will invade our country of Zhao, and his mother and concubine are now in the hands of Zhao Huaining. My son is really exhausted physically and mentally."

"Father, you are waiting. When Zhao Huaining was kicked off the horse, I will kill him myself." Andu Wang Zhao Huaijin said to himself, with gloomy eyes, drained one glass of wine, and spilled the other on the ground.

Yun Li came over from the side, and said with joy, "I have news from Concubine Yuan!"

Zhao Huaijin breathed a sigh of relief, her melancholy expression was instantly dispelled by joy, she grabbed Yun Li and asked, "Where is it?"

"In Qingyun Temple, our people turned into food delivery boys and went in to see that the empress was locked inside and guarded tightly."

Zhao Huaijin asked anxiously: "How is she? Is she in good health?"

"He just took a quick look and couldn't see anything."

As long as the mother is alive and well, Zhao Huaijin is overjoyed, her hands trembling slightly: "It's good that it's alive, it's good that it's alive."

Yun Li helped Zhao Huaijin up, and said worriedly: "We still have to rescue the mother as soon as possible, and things will change later. Today, the news of the Jicheng army's retreating without a fight came from the court, and Zhao Huaining raised an eyebrow against General Yuan." Killing heart, it was Mr. Cao who threw his hat and dismissed from office to arouse the anger of the crowd, so he managed to keep General Yuan."

Zhao Huaijin calmed down, and said: "You are right, you are right. South Korea occupied Jicheng, and Yingdu is not doing well. Di Rong surrendered and rebelled to Daliang. He must have a plan. If this battle continues, I'm afraid Zhao Guo is in great trouble, is there any news from Pei Xiangguo?"

Yun Li took out the letter from his bosom, handed it to Zhao Huaijin, and said: "This is a letter from Pei Xiangguo, saying that he has obtained evidence of Zhao Huaining's murder of Xu Shuyi, and he is collecting other evidence, and has sent Huo Xin to bring 5 yuan. People came to Weiling to join you."

"Okay, 5 troops is enough to protect ourselves." Zhao Huaijin heard the good news for the first time in the past few days, and his brows were relaxed, and he asked again: "What happened to the [-] guards in the imperial city?"

Yun Li paused for a moment before replying: "Deputy Commander Meng replied that Commander Ji is the only one in the city guard army now, and all major and minor matters must go through Commander Ji. It's on Zhao Huaining's side."

Zhao Huaijin nodded, and said helplessly: "It seems that we can't drive Zhao Huaining off the horse with our own strength alone."

A breeze blew by, and Zhao Huaijin stood on the Qi'an Mountain of Weiling, beside the tomb of the first emperor, looked up, and could see the outline of the imperial city in the distance, the wind blew his hair, and his robe Trumpet.

Yun Li said from the side: "The wind is blowing, my lord, let's go down the mountain."

Zhao Huaijin said pointedly: "Yes, the wind is blowing."

Zhao Guo, the situation has risen.

(End of this chapter)