Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 768
In Luoyang, Shui Jian, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was glad that the prince was out of trouble at the beginning of the year, the government was stable, and the Queen Mother Ping was also safe for the time being. Because the rumors in the capital were very serious, and the arguments to slander the Queen Mother Ping were very rampant, so Shui Jian planned to reappoint Cheng Rong and Dig Du Tu, and Ming Chao and other important officials of the court as generals, took the opportunity to attack Yue and recover Jiangnan.

"Your Majesty, Ju Tu is a dragon in a well. If he is released from Luoyang, will he take the opportunity to rebel against the Emperor again?" Ma Wumen, with a cunning face, hurriedly leaned into Shui Jian's ear, and warned in a low voice.

"Ma Wumen, although Jugtu is capable of fighting and fighting hard, I have also seen his weakness. That is Baosi. As long as the Empress Dowager Ping Baosi is in my hands, I am afraid that Jugtu will dare to fight against me. Have two minds?" Shui Jian laughed wildly, stroked his beard.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Ping is sick because of the bloodletting incident last time, she won't bear grudges against the Emperor, will she?" Ma Wumen turned his eyes and said to Shui Jian.

"Ma Wumen, even if the Empress Dowager Ping hates me, what can she do? As long as I separate her from Jutu, are they going to collude and support King Rui again?" Shui Jian smiled reassuringly,

"Your Majesty, this King Rui, I think, is the Emperor's confidant's great trouble." Ma Wumen wanted to peddle another treacherous scheme, but Shui Jian resolutely stopped him.

Peony Palace heard that Shuijian would once again appoint Cheng Rong Jutu and Ming Chao's former ministers to conquer the Yue Kingdom. Concubine Min Gui couldn't help being very frightened, and immediately recruited Ma Wumen and Huagu Weihou to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, once Que Tu and Cheng Rong lead the army and make great achievements again, won't the Emperor fall to them again? Wouldn't your Majesty's attempt to abolish the queen and crown prince become a dream, so I think that it must never be done again?" Let Cheng Rong and Dug Tu make great achievements. On the contrary, we must use ingenious tactics to make Cheng Rong and Dig Tu be ridiculed and excluded by the public, and even try to create some false appearances, so that Cheng Rong and Dig Tu can form hatred with others. Then you can put all the blame on others!" Wei Hou cunningly taught Concubine Min Gui.

"Wei Hou is indeed worthy of being a senior in the clan, it is really reasonable, but how should we make Dug Tu and Cheng Rong encounter obstacles everywhere?" Concubine Min Gui was very interested in Wei Hou's suggestion.

"Young lady, the key point is that we find a way to pass on Cheng Rong and Jutu's rectification of the officialdom, and to the emperor's reform of the bureaucracy, so that the clans of the Manchu Dynasty will think that their salaries have been reduced because of Cheng Rong and Dietu. Instigated by Prime Minister Ming Chao to promote Wansui to carry out reforms. In this way, Cheng Rong and others have formed a big beam with the dignitaries of the dynasty. When the soldiers go out to fight, we will find some people to pretend to be civilians, and spread the scandal of Cheng Rong digging Mingchao everywhere, and make them as bad as possible, so that the dignitaries in the capital will reject these people very much, and we will incite the civilians He and the officials in the court insulted Cheng Rong and Ju Tu Mingchao, and impeached them one after another. At that time, the front-line generals like Cheng Rong and Ju Tu Ming Chao would not be able to lead soldiers and fight well. It’s hard to get home, let’s contact Yue King Xue Ju again, and launch a counterattack on the front line, Cheng Rong and Du Tu Ming Chao’s generation, isn’t it completely finished!” Wei Hou viciously set up a trick to frame Cheng Rong and Di Tu Ming Chao .

"The words of Marquis Wei really made me suddenly enlightened. Well, I am five months pregnant now. As long as I can give birth to a royal son, I hope to eradicate Empress Ma, Bao Si, and the prince in one fell swoop. When the time comes, this palace will become a master, and the Marquis of Wei will be the prince of the royal family, and we will share the wealth!" Concubine Min Gui immediately raised her eyebrows with joy, held Marquis Wei's hand, and praised him greatly.

On this day, the sun shone through the gloomy clouds in the early morning of winter, shining on the faces of Empress Dowager Ping Bao Si and Ju Tu.

"Ju Tu, drink up this glass of wine. General Nan Zheng is courageous, Xue Ju is greedy for money, lustful, unfaithful, and unrighteous. As long as you can work together with Lord Cheng Wangming and fight the enemy bravely, you will surely be able to maintain our Great Zhou. Thousands of years later, you will be our national hero in China!" Jue Tu was driving the bay red horse and had just turned his head, but he was relieved to appreciate the smile of Empress Dowager Baosi.

"Si'er, it's hard to buy a beautiful woman with a lot of money. I am not only for the country and the nation, but also for you. Don't worry, I will definitely take off Xue Ju's dog head and unify the whole country for the benefit of future generations!" Dug Chu revealed to Bao Si. A childish smile.

"Let's go!" With the roar of the scorpion, the mighty Zhou Huben army, under the command of Cheng Rong and Qutu, as well as Prime Minister Mingchao and Huben General An Tong, marched southward to attack Xue Ju. .

"Oh, what a disgrace, I never thought that King Zheng would have such a close relationship with the young Empress Dowager Ping! You are such a traitor for daring to mess up the harem!"

"What's even more frightening is that recently there have been rumors in Beijing of a prophecy from the Taishi Ling of the late emperor's era, that the concubine died in Zhou Dynasty. Could it be that Empress Dowager Ping really wanted to bring disaster to the country, just like Meixi in the Xia Dynasty and Daji in the Shang Dynasty? "Shuilong Shurendian, just went to the court today, and the officials waited for the emperor to watch the court. The civil and military officials immediately talked about each other, laughing at the rumors about excavation.

"Huh!" Shui Jian found out that the whole court was booing, coughed immediately, straightened his dragon robe, and sat on the dragon chair.

Suddenly, He Ben, the imperial historian, knelt down first, held up his wat to participate in the excavation, and presented the report to Shuijian. Cheng Rong, and Ming Chao, the situation almost got out of control.

"How did this happen? Why did half of the courtiers attack Judu Chengrong and the others? King Yu, tell me, what's going on?" Shui Jian, who was full of anger, just turned down and grabbed him. He took off the robe of Emperor Yu Wang and asked sharply.

"Your Majesty, there are also very secretive spies spreading rumors everywhere in Beijing. The purpose is to target several courtiers such as Cheng Rong and Ming Chao. Obviously, this is a trick carefully arranged by someone! Please don't believe it, Your Majesty." King Yu sincerely The ground reported.

"It's true, this Cheng Rong and Qutu are trying to reform the bureaucracy. Now that they have offended the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, it is very difficult for me to do so!" Shui Jian complained again and again.

On the front line of the Southern Expedition, Dingdu commanded an army of [-] to quickly attack the border of Yue State, and quickly recovered five cities, which were close to membership. But at this moment, Yue Wang Shuijian ordered Prime Minister Zhu Kai to lead the army to defend and build fortifications , which made the offensive of Kuangtu and Cheng Rong's army stagnate, and the two sides confronted each other.

"Marshal, something is wrong. This is a letter from Wang Hao." At this time, the messenger rushed into the tent and presented Jiang Caibing's letter to Jue Tu.

Chu Tu opened it and read it, and immediately frowned.

"Ku Tu, what happened at home that made you so worried?" Cheng Rong asked Qu Tu with great concern.

"Brother Cheng, the family has been attacked by rumors from wicked people, and the ministers of the court who don't know what's going on, actually openly joined forces to humiliate our Zheng family. The pampered and pampered family can't bear it anymore." Jue Tu sighed.

"We fought Xue Ju on the front line, but Concubine Min Gui and Weihou Ma Wumen Huagu and others took the opportunity to create troubles everywhere and spread rumors. It was obvious that they wanted to worsen our situation. Once the fire broke out in the rear, the army would not want to fight. Xue Ju It will definitely be a counterattack, and then it will be bad!" Cheng Rong frowned.

"Brother Cheng, what I'm most worried about right now is the safety of Empress Dowager Ping! I'm not in Beijing, will Concubine Min Gui collude with Xi Rong and murder Jianjia Palace again?" Die Tu suddenly burned all inside, very restless.

"Cu Tu, please be quiet first, since the emperor uses you, then he will definitely not use force against the queen mother." Cheng Rong hurriedly comforted Qu Tu for a while.

In the Hall of Shuilong Shuren, Shui Jian suddenly received a letter of peace talks from Zu Da, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom. He opened it very curiously and looked at it carefully. Dare to covet the empress dowager, it is really insane!"

Seeing that Shui Jianlong's face was furious, the officials were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, what are the conditions for the King of Yue to make His Majesty so angry?" Marquis Wei approached Shuijian tremblingly, and picked up the peace agreement book of Yue Kingdom.

"Shameless Xue Shi, he actually used the imperial court to escort the Empress Dowager Ping to become a member and marry him as a negotiation condition, expressing his attachment to the imperial court. It is really shameless." Shui Jian was stunned and cursed at Zu Da.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager Ping is still young, why can't she marry the King of Yue?" Zu Da couldn't help laughing, and continued to question Shui Jiandao.

"Come on, take down this shameless lunatic immediately and put him in prison!" Shui Jian pointed at Zu Da and cursed.

After retreating from the court, Shui Jian, who was still angry, saw Concubine Min with a look of anger. Concubine Min secretly guessed that the strategy was successful, and she was ecstatic in her heart. What's the big deal?"

"Isn't that the Empress Dowager Ping? I only thought that she and Jug Tu would have a hard-to-break bond, but I didn't expect that even the traitor Xue Ju would salivate over her. Da Zhou's embarrassment is completely lost!" Shui Jian With a face full of shame.

"Your Majesty, this Empress Dowager Ping was originally about the same age as the Emperor. You called her Empress Dowager only because Que Tu respected her. Besides, this kind of woman occupied the Jianjia Palace. The late Emperor's Empress Jiang and Concubine Jin lived in the Nine Springs. Come on, don't you feel ashamed?" Concubine Min Gui smiled slyly, and immediately provoked and attacked Shui Jian.

"If it wasn't for the fact that Qu Tu was fighting at the front line, I would have deposed the Queen Mother long ago!" Shui Jian said with a look of hostility.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to those gossips outside!" Baosi rode in a carriage from Jianjia Palace to Concubine Liu's Jingxin Pavilion. Along the way, there were sarcasm from the palace people everywhere. Mingyue beside Baosi felt distressed when she saw Baosi frowning With clenched teeth, he hurriedly comforted Bao Si with a soft voice.

"Mingyue, no one is talking, let's hurry." Bao Si smiled at Mingyue comfortably.

(End of this chapter)