The reborn abandoned woman reigns

Chapter 192
"Idiot, you won't create momentum right now? Anyway, the second prince is not in the capital right now, and the fifth prince is nothing to be afraid of. This is the best time for you to plan something." Changsun Jingrong nodded Sima Xukong's forehead helplessly, and said, "Now you have to work hard to create a mighty and upright image. In front of the ministers, you have to change your past mistakes and have the willingness to dedicate yourself to the country. But you have to remember that you must know when enough is enough. If the empress dowager sees your Intention, but it’s not good. The best effect is that everyone can see your changes and efforts, and when the regent is selected, they can justifiably give you this seat.”

Sima Xukong's head got a little big when he heard it, he scratched his hair and said, "Jingrong, it's really troublesome, can't we live a little life of our own?"

Glancing at Sima Xukong, Changsun Jingrong shouted: "You can't save your life, how can you live your life? I'm letting you save your life, I'm not joking. You should think about it yourself, don't always be fooling around .I don't want to be with a precarious guy in the future, always worrying about keeping my own life."

The elder grandson Jingrong's words seemed to give Sima Xukong courage. He clenched his fists and said, "In order to give Jingrong a stable future, I am willing to do anything... Isn't it just to get a regent? It's a trivial matter, leave this matter to me, it will definitely surprise you..."

Seeing that Sima Xukong suddenly seemed to be beating chicken blood, Changsun Jingrong smiled helplessly, thinking to himself that this man really had a whim.Now I just hope that what he does is as wonderful as what he said.

One day, Sima Xukong was having breakfast in the palace. He was halfway through the meal when he saw Eunuch Sun, who was serving the Empress Dowager in the palace, rushing over in a panic, and saw that he was simply saluting. , and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, the empress dowager announces that you can enter the palace, the sooner the better..."

The eldest grandson Jingrong was also sitting at the table at the moment, and after looking at Sima Xukong, he asked, "Eunuch Sun, what happened in the palace that made you so flustered?"

"Hey, news came from the front line, saying that the Second Prince's army was surrounded by the Xu family's army, and it was in great danger, and the Second Prince's life was also in danger... The Empress Dowager has no idea, so I let you enter the palace immediately to discuss countermeasures ..."

After hearing this, Changsun Jingrong frowned slightly, and then said comfortingly: "We know, Eunuch Sun will be later again, and the prince will go change clothes first, and then go into the palace with you."

After finishing speaking, Changsun Jingrong dragged Sima Xukong back to the room, and hurriedly asked: "Do you think this is a bitter trick for the second prince to win sympathy?"

Sima Xukong asked Bao'er to change his clothes, and frowned and said: "It's hard to say now, I have to go to the palace to learn more about the situation before I can make a judgment. Jingrong, I may have to stay in the palace today, so you don't want to." When I go back home for dinner, I'll go to bed early."

Changsun Jingrong nodded, then watched Sima Xukong leave with concern.

Standing in the room, Changsun Jingrong always felt that he should do something, after thinking for a while, he got up and went to Xiao Runiang's place.

Gu Shiyong was also summoned into the palace, so Xiao Runiang was also quite worried. Seeing her eldest grandson Jingrong, she held her hand to express her uneasiness, constantly speculating whether she would send troops to fight again.

Seeing Xiao Runiang's uneasy expression, Changsun Jingrong comforted him and said, "You don't have to worry so much, even if the Empress Dowager wants to send troops, it will be General Zhenguo and others, and Gu Shiyong is the chief of the capital. The safety of the palace and the people of the capital."

With a heavy sigh, Xiao Runiang said: "Actually, before this, the empress dowager once said that she wanted to promote her husband to be a general. You are not in the capital, so you may not know that the empress dowager has recently promoted many people, some of them are I used to be old ministers, but more of them are unknown people. I’m just a woman hiding in a deep house, I don’t know what the Empress Dowager’s intention is, but I always feel that this matter is inappropriate, revealing a faint uneasiness.”

Xiao Runiang didn't know the truth, but Changsun Jingrong heard the truth.While thinking about it, she guessed that the Empress Dowager probably wanted to take the opportunity to cultivate her own power and be loyal to herself in the future.The current empress dowager represents the little prince, if she is allowed to control most of the power in the court, then the little prince can only become a puppet emperor in the future, and it may be very difficult to get rid of the empress dowager.

Patting Xiao Runiang's palm, Changsun Jingrong said: "Let the men worry about the affairs of the court, and you, as long as you can be your Mrs. Gu with peace of mind. Don't worry, even the emperor The Empress Dowager wants to promote Master Gu, so she can't let him go to the front with no combat experience. Now the situation is critical, unlike usual, the Empress Dowager will not risk Long Rui's future."

The words of Changsun Jingrong made Xiao Runiang feel relieved a little, and said: "It's really troublesome now, let's just talk about you and the Ninth Prince. You just experienced a narrow escape and returned to the capital. After two days of peace and stability, these terrible things happened again. Things. If I had known this, the Second Prince shouldn’t have faced Xu Zizheng that day. The Ninth Prince was brave and resourceful, and knew the battle situation like the back of his hand. If he directly subdued Xu Zizheng, there would be no such problems.”

Even a woman like Xiao Runiang who lives in seclusion understands the truth, but the Empress Dowager deliberately turned a blind eye to it, which shows how guarded she is against Sima Xukong.It's just that even if she tried her best, she probably never thought that the Second Prince would be so vulnerable.Whether it's true or not, the defeat of the Second Prince is a fact, which undoubtedly makes people question the decision-making ability of the Empress Dowager, which makes it unfavorable for her to start the army.

Even though he thought so in his heart, Changsun Jingrong said with a little reproach: "Don't say something ridiculous, how can we understand the arrangement of the Empress Dowager?"

With a bit of anger in her heart, Xiao Runiang said unwillingly: "Jingrong, there are no outsiders here. I know I shouldn't say some things, but I still can't help it. No one in the capital can't see that the Ninth Prince is the one. Not only did the Empress Dowager not give the Ninth Prince the reward he deserved, she even didn't mention it in front of the officials, she was clearly afraid that your prince would steal the limelight..."

With a clear smile, Changsun Jingrong took advantage of the situation and said: "There must be a misunderstanding here. You may not know that the Empress Dowager also wanted to reward the prince, but the fifth prince felt that the second prince was still on the front line Fighting the enemy bravely, it is inappropriate to reward the prince alone at this time, so this matter was suppressed. You see, the empress dowager still has the prince in her heart."

"People in the royal family always talk nicely. Now that the Second Prince is defeated, he still has to find someone to save him. How can we talk about rewards?" Xiao Runiang said angrily, "This is really ironic... We all donate for Jiu The lord is not worth it, the credit for getting it with all your hard work, just like this was replaced by someone..."

Changsun Jingrong frowned, and then asked without a trace: "Then as far as you know, who has such an idea?"

"Well, there are Mr. He from the Ministry of War, Mr. Sun from the Ministry of Officials, Mr. Zhang from the Ministry of Rites, etc. Oh, there are so many, I don't remember them all. My husband mentioned them all, and I just heard about them. .Besides these people, there must be many people who support the Ninth Prince, but we haven't seriously investigated it. If you want to investigate, I can ask adults to collect Xiaoxi."

"Ah, no need, I'm just curious." Changsun Jingrong said hastily, "Don't inquire about it, it seems like the prince wants to be greedy for merit."

Seeing Changsun Jingrong's taboo appearance, Xiao Runiang couldn't help sighing: "You guys are so good-tempered that you don't fight for anything, that's why people bully you. What belongs to you should be taken back. For those Those who dare to hit your mind must fight back fiercely, so that they can have a long memory."

Nodding in agreement, Changsun Jingrong said: "Yes, you can't just passively wait for others to frame you like this. You should do something yourself."

After hearing this, Xiao Ruiniang hurriedly asked: "Why, do you have any plans?"

"It's not really a plan," Changsun Jingrong said with a smile, "It's just that when someone plots against you, you know how to deal with it."

At the same time, in the palace, the Empress Dowager paced back and forth in the palace anxiously, with a worried expression on her face, she kept muttering: "How could this be, how could this be..."

The third prince couldn't stand it anymore, so he began to persuade: "The Empress Dowager, don't panic, we send people to support the second prince, and we will surely solve the urgent need."

"But the long distance can't quench the near thirst. When our people arrive, I'm afraid that the second prince will not be able to hold on..." The empress dowager said anxiously, "It was the Ai family who asked the second prince to exterminate Xu Zizheng. What danger, that Aijia is really to blame."

"The empress dowager doesn't have to blame herself. The situation on the battlefield is changing and unpredictable, and no one can predict it." Sima Xukong comforted him, "I have investigated the place where the second prince was trapped. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If our people get there as soon as possible, we can still help the Second Prince get out of trouble."

The fifth prince's expression was not very good all the time, and he couldn't help but angrily said after hearing this: "It's really easy for you to say, anyway, it's not you who was trapped..."

Frowning slightly, Sima Xukong said displeasedly: "What are you talking about, fifth brother? He is also my own brother. How could I refuse to save him?"

With a cold snort, the fifth prince said, "Okay, since you don't admit it, then I'll ask you. Since you know Xu Zizheng so well, when you saw the second brother that day, why didn't you explain it to him in detail? Clear? If you can help without selfishness, today's incident will not happen, and the second brother is still trapped in a daze."

"How do you know that I didn't explain to the second brother?" Sima Xukong changed his usual attitude of calming things down and said in a blunt tone, "I told the second brother everything I could explain, and I also left a letter. I have one here, and my second brother has one. If you don’t believe me, you can confront it. I understand your current mood. No one will feel comfortable if your second brother is in danger now, but please don’t frame others casually, like a mad dog... ..."

"Who do you call a mad dog..." The fifth prince looked at Sima Xukong with red eyes as if he had suddenly changed, and asked again loudly. "Obviously it was you, because the empress dowager called you back, and you felt resentful, and deliberately gave the second brother wrong information... Otherwise, with the second brother's ability, how could he be so vulnerable? What kind of thing is that Xu Zizheng? , can also tame the second brother? It's really ridiculous."

"The ridiculous person is actually you..." Sima Xukong accused mercilessly, "Second Brother's fief is full of mountains and waterways, and he is also good at walking on mountain and waterways when training soldiers, but Xu Zizheng's base camp is It's Pingyuan, so the second brother will suffer a disadvantage if he goes to challenge him. Besides, I heard that Xu Zizheng has developed many top-secret weapons with strong lethality. Win. You are trapped by the second prince now, and you are going to put these charges on me, don't you think I am easy to bully..."

Seeing that the two brothers were getting more and more quarreling, the third prince hurriedly stood up and persuaded: "Everyone is worried about the second prince, so it is inevitable to speak a little too aggressively. But don't forget, there is still the empress dowager here, what do you say?" The Empress Dowager is the one who will be the saddest if she speaks such hurtful words... Well, we are all brothers, we should unite with each other, and the top priority is to find a way to rescue the Second Prince, not to argue about who is right and who is wrong Come."

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager said as if she had just woken up: "Yes, you are all the talents of Long Rui, you can't have any quarrel with each other. Besides, the most urgent thing now is to rescue the second prince. No matter how important things are, they must be put aside first.”

What the Empress Dowager said made Sima Xukong feel that the old man just wanted to watch everyone fight, so he felt lively.And between the lines, she didn't excuse herself, she seemed to have listened to the fifth prince's words, and felt that she really had a hand and intentionally harmed the second prince.Tsk tsk, the Empress Dowager is really cunning. Under such circumstances, I still don't forget to hurt myself. If I can't tell the Empress Dowager all these things one by one in the future, I will really be ashamed of her intentions...

Just when Sima Xukong was secretly speculating, the fifth prince stood up and asked Yingying: "The empress dowager, please allow me to lead the army to rescue the second prince..."

"The Ai family understands your urgency, but after all, you are young and have little combat experience. Even the second prince has been taught by the Xu family, let alone you?" The Empress Dowager said with a distressed expression, "There is already a second prince The prince is involved, the Ai family doesn't want to see you taking risks in vain."

After the third prince heard this, he stepped forward and took a step forward, saying: "If the Empress Dowager trusts me, let me go."

"You are a literary general, how much do you know about those things on the battlefield?" The Empress Dowager also shook her head and said, "And you need to take charge of a lot of things in the court, and the capital cannot do without you."

"Then...let General Zhen Guo go."

"Did you forget that General Zhen Guo is going to set off tonight to exterminate the traitors in Miaojiang?" The more the Empress Dowager spoke, the more hopeless she became, as if she had rejected all retreats, and said sadly, " Why is it that the huge Long Rui doesn't have a reliable person at the critical moment?"

"This……"

After hearing what the Empress Dowager said, everyone fell silent, each with their own thoughts.

After talking about it, everyone has their reasons for being inappropriate, but Sima Xukong remained silent all the time, as if he stayed out of the matter.

But he didn't want to mention it, but it doesn't mean that someone has forgotten about it. The Empress Dowager just kept looking at him, and asked after a while: "Xu Kong, you know the Xu family best. Soldiers are going, what can we do to help the Second Prince solve the problem in front of us?"

Sima Xukong was very frustrated in his heart, thinking that if you really want me to destroy the Xu family, then don't recruit yourself back.Now that the person is back, he is the first to think of himself when there is a problem there. Could it be that his legs are so worthless and can be sent around at will?

But since no one broke through this relationship, and he didn't want to be such a fool, Sima Xukong frowned, as if he was thinking seriously, and said, "Then let Lin Zhengao come. He was Xu Shikang's old subordinate before. Now that he has surrendered to the imperial court, he knows Xu Shikang well, and I believe that his ability is enough, and he should be competent."

"After all, he just returned to the imperial court, and the Ai family is not at ease with him." The Empress Dowager seemed to glance at Sima Xukong intentionally or unintentionally, but lamented, "Hey, why is it so difficult to find a suitable candidate, isn't it? Insufficient qualifications means that the identity is not suitable, is it true that the Second Prince is really going to die for the country at a young age?"

The Fifth Prince seemed to have noticed the Empress Dowager's gaze, rolled his eyes around, and said: "Hey, since this matter is all because of you, then I will give you a chance to make up for your mistakes, and you will rescue the second brother." gone."

Sima Xukong seemed to be looking at a monster. He looked at the Fifth Prince, thinking that this is obviously an unpleasant thing to do, and he was unwilling to get involved in it even if he begged himself. Why did it sound like he was begging him Like?Where did he get his confidence? ?
Raising his eyebrows, Sima Xukong said: "Fifth Brother, what do you mean this happened because of me? The soldiers belong to the second brother's soldiers, and the weapons are also his weapons. He decides how to deploy the battle. I want to ask about this matter." What is the matter with me? Why did I become a sinner in your mouth? If you still talk like this, then I really can't help the second brother. "

"you……"

"Hey, they are all my own brothers, so why bother so much? Ninth brother, don't be like fifth brother. He must have lost his composure because he was worried about second brother." The third prince mediated from it, while Also observing the reactions of Sima Xukong and the Empress Dowager.

"Fifth prince, you should also pay attention to your rhetoric. The second prince is able to have today because of his lack of ability. How can he blame others for his own body? Don't let Aijia hear such remarks in the future... ..."

(End of this chapter)