The phoenix of the daughter's rebirth is all over the world

Chapter 354 Trading Chips
The mother and the son each had their own concerns, and the silence spread between them. It was Xuan Ling who finally broke the silence. Xuan Ling looked at the queen and asked, "Mother, what should we do now? Now that the imperial father's secret decree has come to Chu Jiang, Xiao Que is on his way back to the capital. If his father really changes his mind after he returns to the capital..." The queen supported her forehead, closed her eyes and leaned there, wondering what she was thinking. Her emotions have calmed down—no matter how many years have passed, as long as the events of that year are involved, her emotions will be agitated involuntarily. "You are the prince, what are you afraid of?" The queen opened her eyes and said these words slowly.Xuan Ling looked at the queen suspiciously, "Although my son was named the crown prince, it was because the father was seriously ill and there was nothing he could do. Now the imperial doctor said that the father's condition is gradually getting better. If the father... Xie Yizhi left the country Afterwards, you will be in charge of the Imperial Forest Army in the palace?" The queen suddenly asked.Seeing the queen asking about his military power, Xuan Ling felt a sudden rush in his heart, and said, "Yes, the Imperial Forest Army in the palace is in charge of the son-in-law. But there is also the Imperial City Army stationed outside the capital. Before the father became seriously ill, he summoned the Marquis of Qingyuan to come in." Palace, hand over the imperial city army to Qingyuan Hou..." The queen heard Qingyuan Hou's name, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and said: "It's just Qingyuan Hou. He hasn't asked about the government for many years. Seeing that the overall situation in the capital has settled down, you are the crown prince, don't they listen to you?" "What does the empress mean..." Xuanling's eyes flashed a trace of ruthlessness, and he asked the empress.The queen got up and sat upright, looked at Xuan Ling and said: "Those who achieve great things need to be ruthless. During Xiao Que's return to the capital, you have controlled the military power and people's hearts in your own hands. If Xiao Que is on the way back to the capital, you will be old It's good to have a recurrence of injury and die, but if it doesn't work, we will be enthroned as emperor before him!" Xuan Ling was not a kind person at all, seeing the empress say such rebellious words lightly, even Xuan Ling's back Can't help but feel cold.He originally thought that the empress was not to be feared as a deep palace woman, but now it seems that the empress has completely overturned his cognition.The queen glanced at Xuan Ling lightly, and naturally knew what Xuan Ling was thinking, snorted coldly in her heart, looked at Xuan Ling and said: "Now that your uncle has died in Xiao Que's hands, the only thing I can rely on is you Yes. You are still young, and my mother has naturally heard and seen more things than you in the palace these years. You are the only thing my mother can rely on, and my mother will definitely do my best to help you." Suddenly from the queen's mouth Hearing such a shocking secret, Xuan Ling didn't react in his heart for a while.From what the queen said, it seemed that she still held many secrets in her hands.And these secrets are also bargaining chips used to trade with him.What a smart person Xuan Ling is, he has an exquisite mind, and he smiled immediately, and said seriously to the queen: "Don't worry, mother, I will definitely not sit idly by and ignore my uncle's hatred." People, although they are communicating with each other, but in their hearts, they reveal their calculations and precautions everywhere.This is the so-called kinship of the royal family... "Gong Ziyu has been entrenched in Juyongguan for nearly half a year now, confronting the Xie family's army. If we don't return to the capital, Gong Ziyu will lose patience." Xiao Que pointed Juyongguan on the map said with a sigh.Seeing what Xiao Que said, Xie Yizhi nodded, and said: "The two armies could not fight because of the snowstorm before, but if this stalemate continues, the emperor will definitely be angry and change his troops to Juyongguan." "This is one of them." Second, Mrs. Xinyu in the palace should be about to give birth..." Xiao Que's eyes fell on the outside of the cabin, and the moon on the sea tonight was covered with a strange light red. It is not a good thing for people, it is a sign that the storm is coming. "You mean..." Xie Yizhi glanced at Xiao Que, and he stopped talking for a while, Xiao Que didn't answer Xie Yizhi's words, and said: "If we don't go back to the capital, I'm afraid Gong Ziyu won't be able to hold back, and miss them The safety of mother and child..." Seeing what Xiao Que said, Xie Yizhi swallowed back what he was about to say with a strange expression.Liu Qingyan saw that Xiao Que and Xie Yizhi were discussing formation formation, he didn't understand these, so he remained silent and didn't say anything.Just mentioning Gong Ziyu, Liu Qingyan thought of something and asked: "I remember that you and Gong Ziyu had a good friendship back then, why did you agree to go with the emperor when he attacked the Yue Kingdom..." This battle was even more tragic than that of the Phoenix Kingdom. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were slaughtered at Juyongguan, and Gong Ziyu's life and death were unknown—this was everyone's evaluation of that battle.But few people know that in that battle Lin Zhenfeng was the commander and Xiao Que participated in that battle as the warlord.In that battle, Lin Zhenfeng sent Xiao Que away to supply food and grass, and he used poisonous tricks to drive a wedge between the monarch and his subjects, killing a generation of famous general Gong Ziyu and killing hundreds of thousands of soldiers.When Xiao Que came back, Xi Country had already won, and he was powerless to recover from the destroyed Huang Country.Therefore, he secretly rescued the survivors of the Yue Kingdom, gathered together with the surviving soldiers secretly, and learned that Gong Ziyu was rescued by Master Kuchan, so he specially invited Ruochenzi to heal Gong Ziyu's injuries.Among the four sons of Donglu back then, Xiao Que was the youngest, those three outstanding youths admired Xiao Que very much, and they did not hesitate to guide Xiao Que in some things.As a famous general of a generation, Gong Ziyu also guided Xiao Que a lot about combat and kung fu.The two had a good relationship, but because Xiao Que led troops to attack the Yue country that year, a rift between the two eventually arose.What puzzled Liu Qingyan was that when Emperor Zhao asked people to attack the Yue Kingdom, instead of dissuading Xiao Que, why did he go to the Yue Kingdom as a member of the army?When Liu Qingyan asked such a question, Xie Yizhi was also somewhat curious.He didn't know much about the battle of the Yue Kingdom that year, but in the desperate battle of Feishui with few enemies and many enemies, there were no good generals in the court at that time, Emperor Zhao set his sights on Xie's family.Back then, his elder brother had never gone to war. He was young and energetic, and he followed his elder brother to participate in that battle—in fact, he was determined to die.But at that time, Xiao Que was not yet in his prime, and he had never participated in any battle, so it was not that he didn't know the danger of that battle, but why would Xiao Que go to the front?Originally, the three of them were discussing business matters, but Xiao Que and Xie Yizhi suddenly started gossiping at the same time and looked at Xiao Que.Seeing the curious eyes of the two, Xiao Que frowned.These two people, which pot does not open and which pot to lift, those are the things he doesn't want to think about... The questions that Xiao Que doesn't want to answer, except for Fu Yunshu, no one can press them out, so those two pairs of curious Xiao Que's eyes were ignored in Xiao Que's indifference.After glancing at the two people indifferently, Xiao Que pointed to the map and said: "Juyongguan is under our control, but Nandi hasn't made any moves since the beginning of the new year. But this person is ambitious, how can he be so peaceful at this time, I will increase the hidden guards over there, it is always good to be more careful."

Seeing Xiao Que mentioning Nan Di, Liu Qingyan and Xie Yizhi looked at each other, fearing that Xiao Que would notice something unusual, they quickly looked away from each other.Because of a guilty conscience, he did not pursue Xiao Que further, but changed the subject and said: "There are Pei family around Nandi that you can't mess with, but it's in the capital. If the prediction is correct—the news of Lin Zhenfeng's death should have already passed. It has spread to the capital."

At the mention of the word capital, Xiao Que sneered, "If they moved fast enough, the news should have reached the capital last night."

"Once Lin Zhenfeng dies, the Empress will have nothing to rely on, and she will see you as a thorn in her side. The Empress is nothing to be afraid of without Lin Zhenfeng to rely on, but if she is in collusion with Xuan Ling..." When Xie Yizhi said this, his tone paused After a pause, he continued, "I'm afraid there will be many twists and turns on the way back to Beijing this time..."

Liu Qingyan smiled and said: "Whether Xiao Que can be stopped outside the capital this time is related to their success or failure. If Xiao Que cannot be stopped outside the city, there is no guarantee that they will not take the risk." Speaking of this , Liu Qingyan also frowned, and said: "It has been more than half a year since we left the capital, and now the Imperial Forest Army in the capital is in charge of Xuan Ling."

Hearing this, Xie Yizhi's face darkened a little. He was in charge of the Yulin Army before, and most of them were brothers who had followed him in several battles. After that, Xuan Ling took over in less than half a year, and he took over the entire Yulin Army. It was a mess: "It's only half a year. He replaced three of the five lieutenants who originally followed me. The newly promoted imperial forest army is all his people. He has some skills in his actions. Now it is estimated that the entire imperial forest army Take his orders."

Liu Qingyan knew Xie Yizhi's mood. After all, seeing her brother being excluded for no reason, she was naturally angry.It's just: "The emperor is very suspicious. There is a clear distinction between courtiers and generals. Apart from the Imperial Forest Army and the Imperial City Army, there is no garrisoned army in the capital. If even the Imperial City Army obeys Xuanling's orders, then the capital will be firmly ruled by Xuanling." Ling has it in his hands."

Xiao Que glanced at Xie Yi and said: "Now the Imperial City Army in the capital is in charge of the Marquis of Qingyuan. The Marquis of Qingyuan has a withdrawn personality. Although he has many disagreements with Emperor Zhao, he is loyal to the royal family and has not officially succeeded to the throne in Xuanling. Before, the Imperial City Army would never become a threat to us."

When Xie Yizhi heard the name of Marquis Qingyuan, the expression on his face was also very complicated.Qingyuanhou is Changle's father, he has admired Changle for many years, not to mention others, even his sister-in-law Princess Tingyu can see it, and once asked his brother in private if he wanted to go to the mansion to propose marriage.

But he rejected it, Princess Tingyu only regarded him as a romantic character, even though he liked Changle, he still refused to characterize Changle, because of this matter, his sister-in-law and elder brother even had a quarrel.For this, Xie Yizhi could only smile wryly, and didn't know how to explain it—it wasn't because he didn't want to characterize Changle, but because the Xie family—is doing that extremely dangerous thing.

The Marquis of Qingyuan had heard of his reputation when he was young, and there is no one who is more loyal to the royal family than him. This is the family motto of the Hou family, Xie Yizhi dare not gamble—— Wan If that matter fails, it will implicate Chang Le, and make Chang Le caught between him and her father.Therefore, he dare not go to the Marquis Mansion to propose marriage these years, and he doesn't want to give up Changle. Only his elder brother can understand the embarrassment.

Seeing Xie Yizhi's downcast face, Xiao Que knew that he was thinking about Changle. Xiao Que was silent for a while, and said: "As long as we arrive at the capital safely and before Xuan Ling takes control of the situation in the palace, we will not fight with you." The Marquis of Qingyuan has a direct confrontation."

If that secret had been revealed to Xuan Ling by the queen, the mother and son would never let him return to the capital.Even if he did such a rebellious thing—the empress would never take the risk of letting him see Emperor Zhao unharmed.

Therefore, along the way, Xuan Ling must have tried his best to send killers to chase him down, and he wanted to escape safely from the killers sent by Xuan Ling, and he had to catch up before Xuan Ling took control of the situation in the capital by surprise.

As the prince most valued by the emperor, Xuan Ling's power should not be underestimated. Now that Xiao Que was seriously injured and had to travel a long distance, he abandoned the ship and returned to the capital on land, which must be an ambush all the way.Xiao Que was injured again, this journey was not without difficulty...

(End of this chapter)