The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 374

Chao Wenwu retreated from the main hall in twos and threes, looking at the surrounding palaces, among the precious carvings in the sky, there were all Longyou soldiers and horses in charge, the quiet and solemn palace became noisy and noisy.

Daliang's life has changed again.

I just don’t know how Zhu Youzhen, today’s son, will be treated by King Yong in the future. No one dares to guess whether King Yong will be the emperor in the future or support another one. Moody.

Wen Wu sighed and left the palace anxiously. When they walked through the long palace road, the King Yong they talked about walked through the side hall and was walking under a long corridor, surrounded by guards, eunuchs, and maids kneeling on both sides. , dare not raise your face.

"Do you know why today, I only picked Zhu Youzhen's bad governance of the country and blamed him for his crimes, instead of going north to attack Hebei?"

Brushing past the fence, Geng Qing raised his hand to get up the palace people who were kneeling on one side, looked at the peach blossoms swaying in the sun, and smiled at Fu Daozhao, Xie Yanzhang, Wang Yanzhang and others who followed him: "The thoughts of family and country are only left behind." You and I, if we speak out in the hall, it will be difficult to convince them, and they will feel that the solitary control is too lenient. Li Cunxu's resistance to Khitan is the best time to take back Hebei and even attack Taiyuan."

"It's not surprising that they have such thoughts, but if you have such thoughts, don't blame Gu for missing the old friendship."

Geng Qing's voice is flat, and everyone hears it as an irresistible will. He has been on the throne for 11 years, managed Chang'an and the Northwest, blitzed Shu, deterred, Huairou Tubo, Uighur, Dangxiang, whichever one is worthy of awe .

The military power in his hands is even greater, and his connections are complicated.

In the past ten years, it was not that there were no generals who resisted and rejected this King Yong, and even wanted to sneak attack Chang'an from the river. Unfortunately, his generals cut off his head that night. After becoming the new Jieduliu, within half a year, he became Jiedushi.

If you take advantage of it, you have to do things. If you are jealous and want to be fierce, unless you make sure that there is no such person as King Yong, otherwise the Jiedu Envoy in Hezhong will be a lesson from the past.

Only people like Yang Shihou, Wang Yanzhang, and Ge Congzhou know about these things. In the past ten years, this King Yong spent a lot of money to disperse various armies and train commanders and generals of various sizes and armies. Many of them were promoted from the soldiers of all battles through means. They can be said to be grateful to King Yong for his cultivation.

Xie Yanzhang was one of them. It was Geng Qing who said a lot of good things for him in front of Ge Congzhou, so he was appreciated and given more teachings as a basis, so that he has today's status.

So with a letter from Chang'an, Xie Yanzhang directly turned against Zhu Youzhen.

Dai Siyuan, who was disobedient, was beheaded by the generals around him, and Wang Yanzhang, who had been hiding for many years, directly took over the army.

Now there are 30 soldiers in the entire Liang Kingdom, and Geng Qing can account for half of them.

Wanting to be emperor is just a matter of his words.

"King Yong, where are we going? Zhu Youzhen's harem concubines are quite beautiful, especially Concubine Zhang De is the most outstanding." He Gui knows something about this King Yong's hobbies, anyway, he is not his own wife and concubine. When it is a favor.

Over there, Geng Qing smiled, turned around and continued to walk forward, raised his hand and just waved it, obviously not interested in these things.

"There are many wives and concubines in an orphan's house. Which one is not a beauty picked out from thousands of miles away? When I get old, I have a lot of children for the orphan. Without the beauty and figure of the past, the orphan goes to find the little girl, which is a little bit right. Can't stop them, what do the generals think?"

Out of the corridor, Geng Qing went down the stone steps with his hands behind his back, and with a quick step, he kicked a stone on the ground into the pond at will, startling the dragonfly perched on the lotus leaf and flying away.

"Actually, Gu is not that interested in beauty."

The corners of the mouths of the generals twitched slightly, and Jiuyu, who was following half a step away, even turned his face to the side, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he tried to regain his composure, then turned to talk, with a clear voice.

"Then where is King Yong going?"

"Go and see the former Empress Dowager, favors are always repaid."

"Report to King Yong, then you may have gone the wrong way, this is going to the back garden."

Geng Qing angrily looked back at the eunuch who was talking secretly, and beckoned to let the eunuch come over, raised his foot and kicked his ass, "Why don't you hurry up and lead the way!"

All the generals had weird expressions, they all pursed their lips tightly, and followed with a suppressed smile.

The sunlight streaked across the palace buildings, and in the light of the dome, at the Jianyuefang located in the northwest corner of the palace, the crooked door panels swayed lifelessly in the breeze.

There was a coughing sound in the room, and the young man who was boiling medicine outside hurriedly brought in the decoction that had been cooled before.

Pushing open the crooked door, she called out, "Mother's Queen."

In the dim light, on the simple wooden bed, the quilt moved, and the thin figure struggled to sit up. He Renjun's cheeks were thin, and his eye sockets were sunken. Only when he saw his son who came in with the bowl did he show some expression on his numb face.

"Where did you get the medicine?"

"The imperial doctor gave it quietly." Li Zhen blew on the decoction, missing a small spoon, took a spoonful and brought it to his mother's mouth, "They are all old people in the palace, and they still think about the court in their hearts."

"You shouldn't have it."

The woman still had bruises on her face, and her body was severely beaten before. After recuperating for a month, she could barely go to the ground, unable to do heavy work, and almost all the burdens of the family fell on the son who was once the emperor.

But some things, He Renjun still told Li Wei plainly, after all, he had told too little, like a blank sheet of paper.

"They sent them secretly and took too much risk. If these eyes in the palace see it and blow the wind to His Majesty, they will be harmed. Er, you are not the emperor anymore, so you can't want these. You have to learn to grow up. Sensible. Otherwise, mother will leave one day, and I won't worry about you."

Li Hao pursed his lips. Although he was in his 20s, he knew that there were too few things, and he was grounded here. What he saw and heard was limited, and he didn't have much experience at all.

Hearing what my mother said, she was still like a child, shaking the woman's hand, tears were about to fall.

"If the mother is not here, what's the point of the son living here alone, at worst, he will go with his mother."

He Renjun smiled wryly, and raised his hand to caress his son's face, "Silly boy, you still have a long way to go." When he said this, there was a sudden commotion outside.

A moment later, the eunuch who was in charge here quickly opened the door with a smile on his old face, and the gouache fell from his smiling face.The eunuch bowed his hands again, and congratulated him again. The mother and son looked puzzled.

This person made things difficult for them, not only swearing at each other, but sometimes beating people.

"Congratulations, congratulations, Your Majesty's Zhu Youzhen was imprisoned here by King Yong."

The faces of the mother and son suddenly showed surprise. His Majesty is locked up now?

Just as he was about to ask what was going on, he heard a voice outside: "King Yong is here!" The old eunuch at the door hastily exited the door, retreated to the door and knelt down to greet him.

"Hai'er, quickly help your mother up."

The woman hurriedly put her hand on her son's shoulders, but Li Tiao got up first and ran to the door. In front of her eyes, a group of armored soldiers cleared the way, lined up on the left and right, separating the surrounding area, and she saw several people wearing armor The general, guarding a familiar figure, was walking slowly.

Geng Qing looked at the simple houses around him, and saw the former emperor standing in front of the door. Now that his identity had been reversed, the latter was as dumb as a chicken when he was pulled by the kneeling old eunuch, and he shouted in a low voice: "Low your head, bow your head!" !"

Li Hao suddenly came back to his senses, quickly lowered his head, and the figure approaching was in front of him, Geng Qing nodded to him, and asked in a low voice: "Is your mother in the house?"

"Go back to King Yong, in...in the house."

After stammering a reply, the figure in front of him walked in from the side without saying anything else, which made Li Hao somewhat disappointed.

"Minister, He Renjun."

The room was dark, the woman tried her best to get out of bed to see her, her slightly trembling hand was held afterward, Geng Qing pushed her back on the bed, and waved her hands not to be refused.

"Sit back on the bed and talk."

As he said that, he pulled a stool and sat casually in front of the bed. The quilt had a pungent musty smell, which made him frown. He looked at the woman's bruised face, her unbelievably thin body, and in his memory, that year. The elegant and beautiful queen is simply a different person.

When the old friend met, Geng Qing felt a little uncomfortable seeing her in distress now.

"If I knew about your situation earlier, I should have come here. But it's not too late, and I can recover after recuperation."

The woman on the bed slightly turned her face away and thanked her, but she refused.

"You are the king of Yong now. I am no longer the queen of the past, so I am in line with my status as a concubine. King Yong, He Renjun thanked you for your kindness."

"It's impossible. Seeing you like this makes me sad." A smile appeared on Geng Qing's face, as if he had returned to the young man in Chang'an. If you don’t recover, you’ll be in a panic.”

On the opposite side, the woman opened her mouth slightly, she was so shocked that she didn't know how to continue.

(End of this chapter)