After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 67 Gossip
Hai Jiao didn't know who the imperial court would send to host the peace talks, but he had heard some gossip from Ganzhou.

Sun Ge Lao tried his best to fight for this position. He seemed to think that as long as he made contributions in the peace talks, his reputation in the court would be further improved. Even the border troops would bow their heads in front of him. The scandal of his nephew Sun Yonglu was even more serious. No one will mention it.It will be much easier for him to win over the generals in the army.

After Hai Jiao said this, he couldn't help but spat: "This man is really thick-skinned. He easily gave up the land of two states with just a touch of his words, and he actually had the nerve to think that he could negotiate for peace. Neutral meritorious service? What kind of legislation? Send two more states to the Hu people? That is indeed a meritorious service for the Hu people!"

Haitang echoed her brother's words, and then asked more closely: "Then will Mr. Sun Ge come? He is the cabinet minister, and he has the emperor's favor. If he wants to come, how can others stop him?"

"This..." Hai Jiao paused, "The Zhou family probably doesn't want him to come. The Zhenguo Government is trying to find a way to stop this. Even if they really want to negotiate with the Hu people, it should be Marshal Zhou who takes the initiative. , which has enough deterrent effect on foreigners.”

However, this kind of thing is not something that the Zhou family can do if they want.The emperor had idled Marshal Zhou, the Duke of Zhenguo, for many years. He would rather appoint his younger nephew than let him leave Chang'an City. How could he appoint him as the chief officer of the peace talks?The Zhou family probably knows this, and they are currently trying their best to get Zhou Dalang, the commander of the Shaanxi Xingdu Commandery Department, to participate. If the imperial court values ​​the power of civil servants more, the Zhou family also has good friends with civil servants.Scholars from the northwest can still distinguish the importance of the relationship between the Chu people and the Hu people.The Zhou family has remained standing for decades, of course, not just because there was a queen mother in their family.

Hai Jiao whispered to his sister: "At this time in my last life, the emperor still had great trust in Mr. Sun Ge. Even if he did not send Mr. Sun Ge in the end, he might still send someone he liked. People from their faction People don’t take our people in the northwest seriously. For the sake of the so-called overall situation, they can give up Gua and Shazhou. God knows what they will give up this time? We Suzhou has worked hard to protect Suzhou. The Tuwei people can easily be sold out by turning around, and they still feel that they have made a great contribution!"

Haitang couldn't help but feel a headache after hearing this.But this kind of thing is really not something that a few little people from the border town can change.Could the emperor really be so confused?

Probably everyone in Northwest China was also worried that the emperor would be confused at this time. Except for the Zhou family, everyone was doing their best and moving around, trying to find high-ranking officials in Beijing who could speak for Northwest.Hai Jiao has heard some rumors, but he is not sure. He only knows that even Hai Xiya is writing to Chang'an now - he has served in both Chang'an and Ganzhou for many years, and he still has some connections there.It's just that Haijiao didn't know what was written in the letter.Those letters were only sent to the yamen, and they were all handled by Xie Wenzai, so a junior like him would never even take a look at them.

Hai Jiao sighed, and Haitang said: "We still have the third prince of the Hu people in our hands. If Wang Shuruo of the Hu people still wants to save his son, he shouldn't make too many demands, right? As long as they don't speak, can they come from the court? Can high-ranking officials voluntarily give up the territory of Dachu? Aren't they afraid of being infamy when they go back?"

Hai Jiao thought for a while: "Then it depends on who is coming from the barbarian side. If it is Uncle Wang's people who are coming, they will naturally not dare to open their mouths. But if it is the Little Khan King and the Khan King who are coming, The people of the Queen Mother... I'm afraid they wish that the peace talks between the two countries would break down and the third prince would die in our Dachu, right?"

Haitang blinked: "Is there any news from the Hu people recently? What new changes have occurred in the fight between the Queen Mother of Khan and Uncle Wang?"

Haijiao has actually heard some news about this.This year, caravans have returned to Dachu from the Western Regions via Hu State. A Chang'an caravan that returned in late autumn rested in Suzhou City for two days. There were people from the Zhou family among them. They sent a message to General Zhou on Wednesday. The general heard more news from his parents and brothers.

The battle between the Queen Mother of the Khan and Uncle Wang has reached a fever pitch.When the former first gained power, he was very proud and wanted to beat up the fallen dog.The latter was hit by the double blow of his son being captured and his power and property being robbed. He was a little confused at first, but after all, he was old and cunning, so he calmed down soon.

He took advantage of the fact that the Queen Mother of Khan robbed his property and military command in the name of the younger Khan, instigating other princes and ministers, making them feel a sense of crisis, and felt that he might become the next target of robbery by the Queen Mother of Khan.It was also the Queen Mother of Khan who got carried away and went too far, which aroused the vigilance of many barbarian princes.She seems to have the upper hand, but in fact there are cracks in the alliance behind her.

However, this does not mean that Uncle Wang has begun to gain the upper hand.Because there was something wrong with his rear area.After the third prince was captured by the Dachu border troops, his concubine lost her support. How could the third prince not take the opportunity to take revenge?If she hadn't thought that the third prince might return home safely and the third prince didn't want to fall out with her husband, she might have killed this bitch who dared to compete with her.Just taking away the concubine's jewelry and fine clothes, driving her out of the big tent, and ordering her to do menial work every day is already a very light revenge.

But the third prince and concubine thought she was kind enough, but the other person involved didn't think so.

This concubine has been enjoying herself for many years, how can she endure hardships?But no one protected her, her husband and her father were captured together, and the servants in charge of her family could not help her, so she could only turn her attention to other more powerful people.

She asked someone to send a letter to Uncle Wang, the biological father of the third prince, claiming that she was pregnant.

When this happened, it was not summer yet. The concubine was born thin and claimed that she was three months pregnant, which sounded quite credible.I don’t know what method she used. Anyway, when Uncle Wang sent a doctor to diagnose, they didn’t find out that she was faking it.

But the confidant maid she brought from her parents' family knew very well that she was not pregnant at all.

The maids were extremely anxious.If Uncle Wang finds out that his son's concubine is lying, he will throw her and everyone around her to the dogs!They were anxious to contact the hostess’s natal family.Her father, the owner of the racecourse, is not here, but he still has a few confidants guarding the racecourse.

They tried to find someone to deliver the letter in the barbarian king's capital, and "happened" to find an "unknowing" passing caravan. There were people in the caravan who were good at forging documents, and they cleverly peeked at the contents of the letter on the way. He restored the letter to its original state and sent it to the racecourse.

Over at the racecourse, a steward who was loyal to the owner of the racecourse actually came to the royal capital to help.When they met the maid, the people from the caravan were in the next room, as if they just happened to meet...

In short, the people in the Chang'an caravan knew the concubine's secret and were thinking about how to take advantage of it. Something went wrong with the concubine.

Uncle Wang attaches great importance to the "child" in his son's concubine's womb.At that time, the peace talks had not yet been finalized, and Uncle Wang did not know whether he could save his son.If the third prince cannot come back, the flesh and blood in the concubine's belly may very well be his only grandchild.This is Uncle Wang's hope. How can he take the risk and leave the mother of the child to the care of his daughter-in-law who hates her?For this reason, he did not hesitate to have disputes with his daughter-in-law and in-laws, but also wanted to keep the child.

The concubine thought she had a backer, so she went to show off her power in front of her mistress.But the people around her were scared to death, fearing that the third prince and concubine would be so angry that they would kill someone.Now that their own people from the racecourse are here, they should hurry up and escape with their little master!
So, when Uncle Wang was arguing with his in-laws, the concubine was escorted by the people around her and escaped quietly. But halfway, people from the Queen Mother of Khan appeared and blocked their way...

(End of this chapter)