Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 711 Crazy
"Yes, this child is said to be the flesh and blood of the first emperor. After being taken over by Concubine Yun as the prince, he dared to call himself the emperor. If he stayed in my court, I would be in a dilemma. Do you want to kill him or keep him? Since now Xi Rong took the initiative to take this person as a hostage, so why don't I complete Xi Rong and save my military expenses for Da Zhou!" Chu Xiu said to Zhou Ji in a very cryptic manner.

"Your Majesty, since you are going to be a hostage, why not kill two birds with one stone and send that redundant Queen Dowager along with you?" Zhou Ji rolled his eyes and reminded Chuxiu cunningly.

"The Queen Mother? I have already welcomed her back, but now she is going back on her promise, and suddenly taking her as a hostage before giving it to Xirong, wouldn't it make the people of the world laugh at her?" Chu Xiu gave Zhou Ji a disdainful look.

"Your Majesty, why don't you just adopt Bao En to the Empress Dowager Ping, and use this as an excuse to let the Empress Dowager Ping take care of the young Bao En?" Zhou Ji proposed another conspiracy with a sly smile.

"Zhou Ji, shut up, I don't want to cause turmoil in the court, and we are not allowed to attack the Empress Dowager Ping again, do you understand?" Chu Xiu glared at Zhou Ji angrily, and reminded him coldly.

"Prime Minister, it seems that the emperor's trust in the prime minister is not to the point of obedience. If the crown prince succeeds in the future, I am afraid that we will not have the good fruit of our old ministers. From my point of view, it is better to support King Jin early, so that we can be rich in the future. Forever!" In the prime minister's mansion, after the court, Zhou Ji was drinking alone, suddenly the general Fang Yun begged to see him, and seeing Zhou Ji's distressed look, he immediately leaned into Zhou Ji's ear and said vigorously.

"Lord Fang, do you think King Jin can really inherit the throne?" Zhou Ji was a little uncertain.

"Prime Minister, think about it, the emperor trusts Cheng Rong and Qutu, Antong, Mingchao and others. If we want to win against Qutu in the future, we must find a new backer, and King Jin is the best master. !” Fang Yun persuaded Zhou Ji patiently.

Compassionate Peace Palace, hearing that Baoen was about to be sent to Xirong as a hostage by Chuxiu, Bao Si was heartbroken immediately, and went to ask Axi personally about the situation.

"My lord, Axi doesn't know how the emperor made the decree, but no one has told about it yet." After hearing Baosi's confession, Axi was very surprised.

"Axi, why have you become more and more isolated from the world since you had a career? Even I know about this legend, but you are still in the dark?" Bao Si couldn't help but frowned.

"The emperor is here!" At this time, following the yell of the chief eunuch, Chuxiu, already wearing the square scarf of the emperor, walked in like a tiger.

"I didn't expect the Empress Dowager and Zitong to be here, I'm so rude." Seeing that Bao Si was also in the Kunning Palace, Chu Xiu couldn't help but humble a lot.

"Your Majesty, I want to ask you something. Is it because you plan to send the late Emperor's flesh and blood, Baoen, to Xirong as a hostage?" Bao Si's words were a little fierce, and her emotions were very agitated.

"Well, Empress Dowager, even if this is the case, what's wrong with it? After all, isn't it a drop in the bucket to exchange an emperor's younger brother for Shuilongguan until peace in the Central Plains?" Chuxiu said to Baosi with a forced smile.

"Your majesty, Bao En is just a child, how can he be a hostage alone, the emperor treats his younger brother like this, people in the world will definitely complain!" Bao Si tried her best to persuade Chu Xiudao.

"Queen Dowager, what you said is also reasonable, but although Baoen is young, isn't it great that another concubine from the previous dynasty can accompany her?" Chu Xiu couldn't help suggesting.

"Which concubine will the emperor accompany? You won't let me go too?" Bao Si stared at Chu Xiu with puzzled eyes.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. The Empress Dowager finally returned to Luan, how could she fall into Xirong again? How can the Emperor convince the public?" Ah Xi suddenly became anxious.

"Prime Minister, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor are arguing about Baoen, should we proceed to the next step?" The people sent by Tuosheng to monitor immediately flew to the Prime Minister's Mansion and reported the situation to Zhou Ji.

"That's great, General Fang Yun. Taking advantage of the conflict between the emperor and the queen mother, let's quickly dispatch agents to Shuilongguan to spread rumors and instigate Jutu to return to Beijing to fight against the emperor. By the way, this rumor should be said to be about the emperor and Xirong. Negotiations, secretly betraying the Empress Dowager Ping to Xirong, such a digging will inevitably burn with anger, maybe he will bring troops back to Beijing to make trouble, then there will be a good show!" Zhou Ji suddenly laughed slyly.

At Shuilongguan, Quedu was discussing with the Chinese army and Ming Chao, Cheng Rong, Antong and others about withdrawing troops. At this time, the deputy general An Xiaotong rushed into the camp angrily and reported to Quedu: "Marshal, it's really reversed. That old Zhou Ji My son is spreading rumors everywhere in the capital, insulting the marshal, and slandering the marshal's personality, and even giving advice to the emperor to use the Queen Mother Ping as a hostage and send it to Xirong to end the war between the two sides, which is really intolerable!"

"Zhou Ji is so cowardly. The Empress Dowager Ping is the mother of the world. He dared to instigate the emperor to attack the empress dowager. He even took advantage of the fact that the marshal was not in the capital to provoke and slander the marshal. I think he is trying to rebel. Marshal, why don't you lead me?" All the generals will return to the side of Emperor Qing in the capital, and punish Zhou Ji and other traitors!" An Tong was suddenly filled with righteous indignation, pumping his fists and shouting.

"Quitu, Zhou Ji really has a different heart. Look, this is the letter he wrote to the king from the capital. It actually encourages the king to be the emperor and betray Zhou!" He took out Zhou Ji's autographed letter and handed it to Qutu.

"King Jin, from this point of view, Zhou Ji really wants to establish a new king, but we must not lead our troops back to King Jingqin, because the Xirong Iron Cavalry is still eyeing us. If our army provokes internal strife, Xirong will definitely If we take advantage of the fire to rob, then we will be eternal sinners!" Qu Tu immediately objected.

"Marshal, what should we do?" An Tong, Ming Chao and others asked one after another.

"In this way, in the name of returning to Beijing to receive rewards, this commander and Lord Cheng Rong are the first to meet the emperor, and then King Jin deliberately led troops to rebel at Shuilongguan. Zhou Ji must have thought that he had succeeded, and then we tricked Zhou Ji into the camp and caught the turtle in the urn. !” Jutu thought of a plan.

"Ju Tu, your plan is very detailed, but if we want to return to Beijing, we have to prevent Zhou Ji and the others from jumping over the wall, so we must return to Beijing completely calmly, so that we can hide Zhou Ji!" Cheng Rong couldn't help shaking his head. With the lupine, it is said again and again.

Half a month later, Que Tu and Cheng Rong rushed back to Luoyang and entered the Shuilong Shuren Hall to report their victory to Chuxiu. When Chuxiu heard that Quetu had used tens of thousands of tiger and cardinal troops to defeat Xirong Boli, he was overjoyed and issued an order to commend the soldiers. Zhou Ji and Fang Seeing the smug faces of Qu Tu and Cheng Rong, but seeing no shadow of King Jin, Yun Gyu felt very puzzled.

"Prime Minister, we sent people to Shuilongguan to spread rumors. Qutu was supposed to bring troops back to Beijing to force the palace, but now he and Cheng Rong returned to Beijing for some reason. What kind of medicine are they selling in the gourd?" Fang Yun felt digging. It was very strange, so I hurriedly asked Zhou Jidao.

"Could it be that Qu Tu and Cheng Rong came here specially to persuade the emperor not to use the Queen Mother Ping as a hostage? Don't worry, let's send people to follow Qu Tu and Cheng Rong well. If they do anything weird, arrest them immediately!" Zhou Ji has a plan in his mind. He stroked his beard and smiled.

In Kunning Palace, the great eunuch Tu Sheng who was hiding outside could faintly hear a fierce dispute going on in the palace. Don't worry, send someone to notify Zhou Ji.

"What? Que Tu really had a conflict with the emperor because of the Empress Dowager Ping? What a blessing, Fang Yun, our letter to King Jin should have arrived by now. The reason why King Jin didn't go back to Beijing with Qu Tu and Cheng Rong is because It must be ready to stand on our own feet, as long as we execute Dutu and Cheng Rong, and then welcome King Jin’s army back to the capital, then we will be the great heroes of King Jin’s ascension to the throne!" Zhou Ji was overjoyed when he received the secret report from Tuosheng Crazy, immediately find Fang Yun to plan the rebellion together.

At this time, the sky had gradually dimmed, and Que Tu and Cheng Rong had just left the Kunning Palace when they were tied up and taken down by the swarming Huben Army. Escorted into prison.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Ju Tu, Cheng Rong, Ming Chao, An Tong, and other party members planned to rebel and secretly supported the King of Jin as emperor, so I was very worried and came here to inform." At midnight, the Prime Minister Zhou Ji trembled. Kowtowed to Chuxiu, and reported to Chuxiu the plot of Cheng Rong and the excavation.

"Zhou Aiqing, Ju Tu and Cheng Rong have been secretly arrested by my decree. You said that King Jin also participated in the rebellion? What should we do?" Chu Xiu looked shocked.

"Your Majesty, please be at ease. The King of Jin is actually loyal to the Emperor. I can inform the King of Jin to bring troops back to the capital to destroy Cheng Rong and the forces of Dutu!" Zhou Ji looked loyal.

"It's rare for the prime minister to be so loyal. Well, I'll order you to deliver the decree to the King of Jin." Chuxiu couldn't help but said happily.

Zhou Ji was overjoyed when he got the imperial decree of the first cultivation, and he took his subordinates and set off for Shuilongguan.

(End of this chapter)