Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 682 The Conspiracy of the Temple

A burst of loud crying babies came from the apse. Empress Xiao's biological father, Xiao Chengtian, and several members of the Yelu family's royal family crowded to the entrance of the apse, watching helplessly. The palace maid ordered: "Quickly go and ask, is the queen's baby a boy or a girl?"

The deep part of the palace was busy, but not flustered, tense and orderly. Empress Xiao was lying on the special bed sweating profusely, and nine stable women and more than ten female doctors were hurriedly doing various tasks. After the aftermath, the three ancient shamans of the Khitan nationality were still jumping and jumping like crazy in front of the screen, sweating profusely to the sound of the drum drums, almost out of breath from exhaustion, but they dared not stop.Pots of hot water, pieces of clean cotton cloth, gauze, several pairs of scissors made of sterling silver, and clear stewed ginseng chicken soup and Polygonum multiflorum chicken soup to replenish vitality... In addition, there are a large group of court ladies holding various things , running around, not knowing what to do, feeling a little flustered.

Empress Xiao had exhausted her last ounce of strength, her beautiful face was pale and exhausted, and her mind was in a trance, which even the empress could not avoid.

The loud and powerful crying of the child was also heard by Empress Xiao. Two maids who were close to her body carefully helped Empress Xiao halfway up, and handed a bowl of ginseng soup to her mouth. Empress Xiao drank it in one gulp, trembling impatiently He asked in a low voice, "I...my son...is it a boy...or a girl?"

A confidant of Empress Xiao quickly said with a smile on her face, "Your Majesty is overjoyed. Your Majesty gave birth to a son of a dragon, a son of a dragon!"

The female officer, at the end, was already weeping with joy.

The maid on Empress Xiao's left hand said, "Your Majesty, Longzi is very healthy, white and fat..."

Empress Xiao burst into tears of joy in an instant, and said, "Hurry up, hurry up... hug me and let me have a look."

No one dared to disobey Empress Xiao's orders, even if she had just given birth to a child, no one dared to disobey the extremely weak Empress Xiao.Therefore, before the blood on the child was completely washed off, he was wrapped in a clean cloth and presented in front of Empress Xiao. Empress Xiao looked at the little baby's body with her own eyes, and was convinced that what she saw was indeed a son. Only then did she heave a long sigh of relief, the terrifying pressure that had been pressing on her for the past ten months instantly disappeared and dissipated.

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After a while, the little man who had been tidied up was sent to Empress Xiao's couch again. Empress Xiao turned her head and looked at the little guy who had fallen into a sweet dream, with a pink face and a chubby face. Fat double chin, sleeping soundly with eyes closed, his two little hands shake up slightly from time to time, as if trying to hug something, and then slowly fall back to the side of the head, holding the head with both hands, sleeping innocently so cute.

Empress Xiao's lips bloomed a gentle and sweet smile with maternal brilliance, looking at the small fist, which opened and closed at times, and the small fingers looked thin, as if transparent. Empress Xiao and the new mother Like all newborn mothers, they didn’t dare to touch it, fearing that it would be damaged if they touched it. After a long time, Empress Xiao tentatively stretched out under the respectful guidance and explanation of an old woman next to her. A finger, lightly tapped the palm of the little baby, and the little baby immediately instinctively clung to her finger tightly, and never let go.Empress Xiao did not dare to move, for fear of hurting her precious son.

"Little enemy, today you are torturing your dead mother..."

Empress Xiao murmured, she leaned over and gently pressed her son's cheek that was smoother than a freshly peeled egg and softer than fresh tofu, a sweet, warm and satisfying feeling instantly filled her whole body .

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Jingzhao Mansion, a certain mansion.

Yu Feng, the great elder of the temple, had regrets on his face, and said to Wang Zhutong, the fourth elder of the temple in front of him: "It's a pity, I didn't expect that someone like Ma Wentao would be so loyal to Ye Chen so easily, and he would do his best to help him subdue the people of the five states." Otherwise, the conflict between the people of the five states and the Dangxiang army will be even bigger this time. At that time, we will light up the fire again. As long as the city of the five states is completely chaotic, Gao Huaide will never let go of the opportunity and will definitely treat the five states. State troops."

Wang Zhutong sighed and said: "Yes! It's a pity, but this is the beginning. After the first time, we can have the second time. I will find some party members and even Tubo people to join Ye Chen. Burned, killed and looted eight prefecture cities under his rule, deepened the hatred between the two ethnic groups and the Han ethnic group, and then secretly spread some rumors."

Yufeng shook his head and said, "This is just a trivial trick. Although it can cause some trouble for Ye Chen, it can't seriously hurt Ye Chen. What's more, if we have a second time, the spies of the Huaxia Weifu will definitely be vigilant and think about it." It's hard enough to cause confusion."

Speaking of this, Yufeng paused for a while, and said: "I have sent someone to find out that Ye Chen's reliance on controlling the Dangxiang Bashi is the Tuoba clan and the Li clan, the two masters of the Dangxiang clan. Obviously, Ye Chen used Gu Zong controlled the patriarchs of Tuoba clan and Li clan, Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun. I have arranged for the black crow to assassinate these two people. As long as they die, Ye Chen's biggest party member will not listen to Ye Chen's words. "

Wang Zhutong nodded and said, "The Great Elder is wise."

Yufeng sighed noncommittally, and said: "Four elders, you will go to the Western Regions in person tomorrow. The countries and tribes in the Western Regions have taken advantage of us over the years. If you want to destroy everything about Ye Chen, you can only borrow them now." power."

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Xiazhou, Chamber of Commerce.

Ye Chen's civil servants and generals gathered together to discuss one thing - the people of Longzhou, Lingzhou, Yanzhou, Dingzhou, Shengzhou, Yinzhou, and Xiazhou suddenly met with Dangxiang stationed in the city on the same day. The cavalry clashed and even caused bloodshed.This incident has had a profound impact on the current situation under Ye Chen's rule, and even directly exposed the biggest problem Ye Chen is currently facing - the lack of a large army, to be precise, the lack of a Han army.

Although there are 100 Dangxiang cavalry, as long as Ye Chen is willing, he can order Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun to forcibly recruit all the capable soldiers of the Dangxiang Ba Clan. There is no problem in gathering [-] cavalry.But this is party people after all.As Ma Wentao said, for more than [-] years, as long as the party members did not have enough to eat and did not wear warm clothes, they became accustomed to becoming robbers. The common people have deep hatred.Ye Chen captured Lingzhou and other five state cities with Dangxiang cavalry, and let Li Guangshun and Tuoba Gelu forcibly restrain the army. He has done his best not to harm the people, but Dangxiang people can't change their shit, even if Tuoba Gelu Ba Gelu and Li Guangshun mercilessly killed nearly [-] disobedient subordinates, but occasionally party members would rob and rape women from good families.

"My lord, the lower officials are incompetent. I didn't expect the people in the five states to be so hostile to the party members. The bet between the lower officials and the prince is considered to be lost by the lower officials. It's just that the party's cavalry must leave as soon as possible, otherwise the conflict like yesterday's may intensify." Strong." Ma Wentao said with an ugly face.

Han Xizai also followed up and said, "Your Majesty, the dereliction of duty caused troubles in Yinzhou and Xiazhou."

Ye Chen's expression was calm, and he said gently to Ma Wentao and Han Xizai: "Han Xianggong and Mr. Ma, please be safe and don't be impatient!"

After speaking, Ye Chen turned his head to Hu Sanguang and said, "How's the origin of the troublemaker?"

Hu Sanguang stood up and said: "My lords, my lords, according to the secret investigation of the intelligence department's spies, the conflict between the people of the seven prefectures and the Dangxiang cavalry was caused by the church secretly arranging people to cause trouble deliberately, posing as the party members to burn, kill and loot the people of the five prefectures." , and sent people to spread rumors and exaggerated the facts, making rumors spread everywhere, which made the people of the five states more and more hostile to the party garrison, and arranged people to confuse some people. So far, 11 people have been arrested and 15 people have been killed. Looking back The lower officials hand over the evidence and the criminals to Mr. Han and Mr. Ma, so that they can clarify the facts to the people and calm them down."

When Ma Wentao heard that someone was causing trouble on purpose, he couldn't help being extremely angry, and said through gritted teeth: "It turns out that there are Xiaoxiao people who are secretly causing trouble."

Han Xizai obviously knew about this, but he didn't know what he thought of, and his face was a little ugly.

Ye Chen turned his head and said to Yang Jiye: "Yang Taiwei, how is the rectification of the [-] surrendered troops in Wuzhou City?"

Yang Jiye said: "My lord, according to my lord's order more than a month ago, the old man led Zeng Shangfei, Zhan Xiongwu, Yang Yanping, Han Hu, and Zhang Dawei to break up, reorganize, and reorganize the [-] surrendered troops. Two thousand Huaxia Guards, as squad leaders, deputy capital leaders, capital leaders, deputy commanders, and commanders, were integrated into the surrendered army, and they trained intensively for more than a month. In addition, the prince raised the general's salary by one With so much success, the [-] Han army has already taken shape, and is firmly in our hands, and their morale is extremely good. At this time, it is already competent for them to garrison the eight states."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, and said, "Very good. Although our Han army is still a little smaller, it is barely enough."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen paused for a moment, and said: "The king ordered that the Dangxiang army and the [-] Han army will start to change defenses within tomorrow. Zeng Shangfei led [-] Han troops to garrison Yinzhou, Zhan Xiongwu, Han Hu, and Zhang Dawei. And Yang Jiaerlang Yang Yanguang and Sanlang Yang Yanqing each led [-] Han troops to garrison Lingzhou, Longzhou, Yanzhou, Dingzhou, and Shengzhou. In addition, Yang Yanping led the remaining [-] Han troops to Lanzhou to general Wang Chao In exchange for the [-] black cavalry led by Hei Yue, [-] black cavalry were stationed in Xiazhou. Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun’s confidants led [-] cavalry back to the Hengshan grassland to guard the rear of Hengshan. Tuoba Gelu personally led Thirty thousand cavalry blocked the loops of the six military villages, and another [-] cavalry were sent to Sancha Valley to seize and garrison the gold mine. In addition, Li Guangshun led [-] cavalry to garrison the military camp outside Xiazhou City and sit in the center. All transfers and changes of defense were made by Mrs. Yang Wei presided over the specific presidency, except that the change of defense in Lanzhou can be postponed for three days, and all other troops must be completed within two days."

(End of this chapter)