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

Chapter 82 Surprise Results

Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai didn't take much effort to convince General Wednesday.

When they went home in the evening, they couldn't stop smiling.In addition to joy, there was also a bit of surprise in their expressions, but they didn't say much.

Afterwards, Hai Jiao pestered his second uncle Hai Chang'an for a long time to find out what was going on.

He quietly told his sister Haitang: "It turns out that the Zhou family has wanted to have a relationship with Mr. Tao Yuetao for a long time! It's just that they never found the opportunity. They will always take care of my cousin Xie, in fact, it is because they know that my cousin and his group of exiled officials , it was only after Mr. Tao quietly said hello that he was arranged to come to the northwest!"

The Queen Mother Zhou refused to pursue the title of Concubine Tao Hui, which made the Zhou family feel a little uneasy.It's just that the Queen Mother insists that brothers don't need much persuasion.But they were not dissatisfied with the Tao family, and even felt a bit ashamed.As side generals, it was difficult for them to interfere in the government affairs of the court, and because of the empress dowager's face, it was inconvenient for them to take the initiative to show kindness to the Tao family, but they would still do something in private to show kindness to the young head of the Tao family.

Xie Wenzai would greet Tao Yue and let himself and a group of friends be exiled to the northwest, mainly because he knew that his cousin Haixi Ya's wife's natal family was in Chang'an and she had many connections and could provide him with shelter.It is impossible for them all to stay in a big city like Chang'an, but as long as someone takes care of them, they can go to the border towns with relatively better conditions, and life will not be too difficult.

But Haixiya was just a low-level official at that time. Although the Yue family was capable, they had no intention of helping. It was the Zhou family who secretly did the trick, so Xie Wenzai and others were able to stay in the guardhouses around Chang'an and do not heavy tasks. work.When no one in the capital pays attention to them, the exiles, they can return to Chang'an to recuperate.

Hai Xiya thought that it was Xie Wenzai's contribution during the war that earned him the favor of the Zhou family. Unexpectedly, the Zhou family had been secretly caring for them from the very beginning.It's just that they were in a difficult situation, and Haixiya had a low-level official position, so the Zhou family didn't alert him and just sent the news to Tao Yue privately.

Tao Yueming didn't express much on his face, but when someone in the capital spoke ill of the Zhou family in front of the emperor, he would never join in the fun. Instead, he would advise the emperor: Be respectful to the queen mother. Even if you do it to outsiders, you can't let the world know it. The subjects felt that the emperor was an unfilial person; it was best to be more tolerant to the ministers who had made great achievements in supporting him, so that more ministers could be loyal to the emperor.Moreover, the side generals only need to focus on military affairs. Once they start to interfere in the affairs of the central government and make bad intentions, other generals will follow suit in the future. Can the royal family still have a peaceful life?
The emperor thought about it and listened to Tao Yue's words. No matter how dissatisfied he was in his heart, he still did his job on the surface of the Queen Mother Zhou and the Zhou family. The bad things were done by traitors and had nothing to do with him.

It can be seen from this that Tao Yue was well aware of his kindness to the Zhou family and was rewarded.

However, due to the empress dowager and the emperor, the relationship between the Zhou and Tao families only ended there.There was no apparent friendship between them. The two families met at social events. They were polite and polite to each other, but there was no further contact between them.Moreover, Tao Yue's official career has been mediocre for many years, and now he is only a junior Jiuqing.No matter how powerful the Holy Family is, he still doesn’t have much real power!Since Tao Yue could not help the Zhou family and his attitude was still cold, the Zhou family stopped actively contacting him.

Until now he has become the leader of the peace talks.

As soon as the list of officials for the peace talks came out, the Zhou family had an internal discussion and agreed that they needed to rekindle their "friendship" with Tao Yue, and that they must let the other party know how important this peace talk was, and the results of the peace talks were important. How much impact will it have on the military and civilians of the northwest and the people of the court?In any case, they cannot let Mr. Sun Ge's confidant among the peace talks officials control the outcome of the peace talks.Mr. Sun Ge advocated the policy of abandoning the border, which caused the northwest to lose control of Gua and Shazhou. The Zhou family had no way of trusting his people.

However, the Zhou family and the Tao family have only had a weak relationship for many years. How can they get closer to Tao Yue?It's not always easy to talk about the "friendship" we had many years ago, but Xie Wenzai and the three former exiles who were stranded in the northwest are very good messengers.

Even if Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai did not go to see General Zhou Zhou, General Zhou Zhou would have already received instructions from his father and brother and planned to persuade Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian to go see Tao Yue.Hai Xie and the two came to the door on their own initiative, and General Zhou was particularly surprised.

If Xie Wenzai and his party really get closer to Tao Yue this time, not only will the peace talks be tilted towards the Zhou family's wishes, but they will also gain an ally who is in front of the imperial family and is favored by the Holy One, that would be even better. !

As for getting Queen Mother Zhou to change her mind... General Wednesday himself didn't think it was a big problem.In the past 30 years, the Zhou family has been privately trying to persuade the Queen Mother Zhou, and the Queen Mother Zhou has long wanted to change her mind.It's just that in the early years, the emperor was dissatisfied with the queen mother. Most of the time, he just pretended to be filial and caring in front of others. In fact, he didn't have much true feelings at all, so the queen mother was also a little annoyed.She felt that she was not her biological child and she was not sincere. If she agreed to let the emperor respect his biological mother as the queen mother, wouldn't he become more and more unwilling to even do superficial things?So how much dignity does she have left in the palace?So Empress Dowager Zhou asked her family not to mention the matter again.

When Empress Wu and her son died tragically, Concubine Sun was not punished and was even expected to be granted the title of Queen. The Empress Dowager became even more dissatisfied with the emperor, so she simply closed the palace gates and concentrated on worshiping Buddha.The emperor rarely came to pay his respects, and she rarely saw outsiders. Even Chengenhou and his wife could not see her more than a few times a year.

However, the Queen Mother is getting older, and it is not a secret that the Zhou family has been suppressed by Mr. Sun Ge in recent years.The Queen Mother had long been interested in repairing the relationship with the emperor for the sake of the future of her natal family.After the sixth prince died in infancy, the emperor became seriously ill. The Queen Mother, despite the objections of Concubine Sun, forcibly took the emperor back to Cining Palace to care for him until he recovered.Afterwards, the relationship between the emperor and the queen mother improved greatly.

The Queen Mother also recommended her maids to become good concubines. The good concubine also gave birth to the eighth prince, so that the emperor no longer had to worry about the emptiness under his knees.There were good concubines, mother and son who talked about it. Although the Queen Mother still seldom saw outsiders and refused to accept the daily greetings from the concubines in the harem, her attitude towards the emperor was much kinder, and the number of times the Emperor went to visit the Queen Mother also increased. There were always a few visits in a month. Back.Even if no one arrives, the emperor will send someone to deliver filial gifts.The mother and son can barely be called harmonious.

General Wednesday frankly told Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai that Concubine Xian had actually spoken to the Empress Dowager long ago and advised her to take the initiative to bring up the issue of posthumous title. However, every time the Empress Dowager invited the emperor to talk and the atmosphere was good, Concubine Sun would always ask If something happened and the emperor was lured away, there would be rumors afterwards that the emperor condoned Concubine Sun's mischief, and the queen would be so angry that she would never want to speak again.

But if you think about it carefully, why would the Queen Mother find an opportunity to mention this matter again?Just say it when the emperor comes to say hello.If she is willing to nod, how can the emperor not be grateful for his aunt's kindness?Even if Xiaoxiao was behind the scenes to sow discord between mother and son, Concubine Xian was still there.

The Zhou family had already planned to write a letter to Chengenhou and his wife, asking them to go to the palace and persuade the Queen Mother.Don't worry about what concubine Sun Guifei caused, and tell the emperor that sentence first, so that the rest of the matter will be easier to handle.

Once the Queen Mother opened her mouth, it would be easier for the Zhou family to have a relationship with Tao Yuela.And with Xie Wenzai and the others pulling the strings, I believe Master Tao Yuetao will be willing to become friends of the Zhou family.

Haijiao is full of confidence in this.

He sighed to his sister: "I didn't expect that Concubine Xian had already thought about it. With her coming forward to persuade the Queen Mother, we have saved so much trouble!"

Haitang blinked: "Concubine Xian sounds like a nice person. It seems that the Queen Mother quite trusts her."

Hai Jiao paused and lowered his voice: "About Concubine Xian, there have been rumors that she was actually married before entering the palace..."

Haitang opened her eyes wide.

What? !

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