Power in the World: After Eternal Age

When Yi Hun heard this, his face turned ashen.He knew how powerful Empress Dowager Feng was, and if it was true that Empress Dowager Feng started to attack him secretly, something bad might happen.

Yi Hun's face was pale and said: "Didn't the queen mother retreat to the harem and ignore political affairs? How could she deal with me? This is impossible. The queen mother has always trusted me. Although the little emperor is in charge, she is still in front of civil and military officials. Under the decree, let me assist the emperor and take charge of the court. Lord Murong, are you suspicious? Maybe the five emperor uncles, Tuoba Tan, Tuoba Zitui, Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Tianci, and Tuoba Xiaoxincheng, are really serving the emperor. The purpose is to go back to Beijing to sacrifice according to the usual practice, since they only go back to Beijing once a year, the Empress Dowager summoned them to reminisce about the old days?"

Murong Baiyao said: "Prime Minister, if the matter is as you guessed, it will be a great blessing to the Prime Minister. Looking back now, this matter is quite suspicious. Perhaps the Empress Dowager didn't trust the Prime Minister at the beginning, just because the Prime Minister held the military power , I dare not act rashly, so I ordered the little emperor to be in charge, and retreated to the deep palace by himself to deceive the prime minister?"

Yi Hun broke out in a cold sweat, but he didn't want to believe that all this was true, but Murong Baiyao's words also aroused the doubts that already existed in his heart.Yi Hun said slowly: "Lord Murong, do you mean that the little emperor intentionally uses the excuse of being in mourning to prevent me from killing the minister, and that is also the empress dowager's intention?"

Murong Baiyao said: "Of course! Now it seems that this possibility is the greatest. The queen mother's plan is to buy the hearts of all the officials so that they will not be used by the prime minister! The fact that Xiu was in charge, causing the prime minister to separate from Jia Xiu, is probably also the Empress Dowager's scheme."

Yihun was terrified, and Murong Baiyao said: "The prime minister can send people quickly to find out where the five emperor uncles of Tuoba Tan, Tuoba Zitui, Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Tianci, and Tuoba Xiaoxincheng are! If it is the Queen Mother Calling him to reminisce about the past, he must be in Beijing at this moment, so what we said just now is not a concern, the queen mother is not dealing with the prime minister, the prime minister can feel at ease!"

Yi Hun followed his words and was anxious to make people inquire.Not long after, the confidant reported that after the five uncles Tuoba Tan, Tuoba Zitui, Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Tianci, and Tuoba Xiaoxincheng came out of the Empress Dowager's palace, they left the capital and returned to the fief at Xingye without staying for a moment.

Yi Hun was startled and said: "Lord Murong, what should I do? If the Queen Mother takes action, I will be in danger! If I act first now, how about raising troops to surround the Forbidden Palace?"

Murong Baiyao said: "Prime Minister, don't panic, this matter is very important, you must not act hastily, let the officials think about it."

Yi Hun could only watch Murong Baiyao close his eyes and meditate, waiting for him to give him an idea.After a long time, Murong Baiyao said: "Prime Minister, I think that the Empress Dowager is suspected of dealing with the Prime Minister. However, the Prime Minister has not made sufficient preparations at this time. If there is an incident, I am afraid that it will fail in a hurry! According to the view of the official, If the Empress Dowager wants to kill the prime minister, she will order the five emperor uncles to go back to rectify the army and deal with the prime minister."

"It's mid-winter, and there is no supply of food and grass, so the officials believe that even if the five uncles of Tuoba Tan, Tuoba Zitui, Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Tianci, and Tuoba Xiaoxincheng want to join forces to deal with the prime minister, it will take time. To prepare, it will be after next spring at the earliest. The prime minister might as well send someone to enter the fief of the five emperor uncles now to find out what happened. If the five emperor uncles mobilize their troops and horses, the prime minister can order them to enter Beijing and kill them to avoid future troubles .”

Yi Hun followed his words and ordered his confidantes to go to the fiefdoms of five emperor uncles, Tuoba Tan, Tuoba Zitui, Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Tianci, and Tuoba Xiaoxincheng.

Just after Yi Hun sent people to the fief of the five emperor uncles, Murong Baiyao felt uneasy all day long.He had already decided in his heart that this must be the plot of Empress Dowager Feng who wanted to kill Yi Hun.Murong Baiyao was extremely conflicted. Although he was greedy for money, he was loyal to the Tuoba royal family.His plan for Yi Hun is just half-truth to deceive Yi Hun, hoping to get benefits from it.

Now he believes that it was the Queen Mother who decided to take action to get rid of Yi Hun, and Murong Baiyao was terrified.After the vicissitudes of the three dynasties, Murong Baiyao was completely convinced by Empress Dowager Feng's excellent vision and clever means.In his heart, if the queen mother makes a move, Yihun is a martial artist, and he will definitely not be the queen mother's opponent.Now I am colluding with Yihun, if Yihun loses, I will be implicated.

Murong Baiyao made up his mind to keep a distance from Yi Hun and leave a way out for the future.Therefore, Murong Baiyao claimed that he could not recover from the illness, so he no longer offered a plan for Yi Hun.

Yihun sent the confidantes of the emperor's uncles to seal the city back to report to Yihun, saying that Tuoba Tan, Tuoba Zitui, Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Tianci, and Tuoba Xiaoxincheng five people, after Xingye returned to the fiefdom, they immediately began to mobilize their troops. There are quite signs of an expedition.Seeing this, Yi Hun's confidants who announced the false edict, according to Murong Baiyao's proposal, said that Emperor Xianwen had an order for the emperor's uncles to go to Beijing to discuss matters, but the five emperor's uncles refused with various reasons.

The emperor had a decree, but the ministers did not obey it. This is a crime of extermination.There may be other reasons for a minister's refusal to obey the edict, but the five emperor's uncles have the same attitude and ignore the emperor's edict. This is by no means accidental, and there must be a lot of articles in it.

Yi Hun immediately understood the advantages and disadvantages of this. The five emperor uncles, Tuoba Tan, Tuoba Zitui, Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Tianci, and Tuoba Xiaoxincheng dared to openly resist the order, and they must have followed the Queen Mother's secret order.Then, all of Murong Baiyao's conjectures were confirmed: Empress Dowager Feng was manipulating behind the scenes, secretly using schemes to kill Yi Hun.

Yi Hun was frightened and couldn't hold back any longer. He decided to attack the emperor and queen mother in advance.Yihun sent people to summon Murong Baiyao for a discussion, but Murong Baiyao pretended to be sick in front of the envoy, lying on the sickbed, pretending to be speechless.

Yi Hun had no choice but to kill.He issued a military order to make all the troops in his hands guard against the army of five emperor uncles, Tuoba Tan, Tuoba Zitui, Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Tianci, and Tuoba Xiaoxincheng.Yi Hun thought to himself, as long as the five uncles don't join forces and split up to meet them, there should be no big problem.

After the outside affairs were arranged, Yi Hun focused his attention on the court.With hundreds of officials in the imperial court, there are only a few slaves in the family. Even if you are a prince, there are only a dozen relatives in the mansion.As long as he masters the Suwei Yulin Army, there will be no communication between the court and China to stop him.Even if Li Yi, the general guard who guarded the Empress Dowager's bedroom, tried his best to protect the lord, with dozens of guards under him, he couldn't last for an hour.

Thinking of this, Yi Hun felt determined.The guards and imperial forest army in charge of inside and outside the Forbidden Palace have to listen to the orders of the Shangshu in the palace.In order to win over the guards, the emperor even punished Tuobapi, the minister in the palace, in public, so that Tuobapi held a grudge and was willing to be used by Yihun.

Yi Hun summoned Tuobapi, the Minister in the hall, to enter the mansion, and said to Tuobapi, "Master Shangshu, how does my Prime Minister treat you?"

Tuoba Pi bowed and said: "The prime minister has the kindness of knowing you, and the subordinate is willing to repay the prime minister willingly! If the prime minister is useful to the subordinate, the prime minister will give orders, Tuoba Pi will go through fire and water, and will not hesitate !"