The Queen Mother was in a hurry when she came back, and she was in a hurry when she left.
After all, she didn't dare to force Lu Lingxuan to question him, and she didn't even dare to say harsh words.
However, when she left, she looked at Gao Rui with particularly cold eyes.
Needless to say, the thought of revenge can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
Gao Wei watched his mother leave, but felt very happy in her heart.
In these years, his parents have not been very good to him. They only have eyes for his younger brother Gao Yan.
Especially Queen Mother Hu, who always disliked her eldest son very much. She almost never got close to him. Every time Gao Wei went to visit him, she was always driven away ruthlessly, as if he was some shameless trash.
.
Gao Wei did not have the horrific thought of killing his mother, but to make his mother speechless and leave in dejection was a rare victory for him.
At this moment, he looked at Gao Rui again, and his eyes became much brighter.
Sister really didn’t lie to me!
Gao Rui's eyes looking at Gao Wei now became a little complicated.
Not to mention anything else, Gao Wei's performance in the past few visits by Gao Rui has been impeccable. He is a wise king among wise kings. He agrees with everything he says, and this time he contradicts him for his own sake.
Queen Mother.
It's a pity that the credibility of Emperor Gao's family is too low.
Each generation of emperors caused great harm to those who believed in them.
His Majesty was young, and Gao Rui knew very well that these were taught by others. He just looked at Lu Lingxuan calmly, said goodbye to the emperor, and left here.
Lu Lingxuan hurriedly followed him.
"Prince Zhao."
Gao Rui stopped and turned back indifferently to look at Lu Lingxuan.
Lu Lingxuan's face was solemn, and she said seriously: "As a woman, I should not be involved in these important events. However, when I saw the Queen Mother just now, I was extremely angry. Your Majesty contradicted the Queen Mother for your sake. I only ask that the King can protect Your Majesty."
, don’t let him be implicated.”
Gao Rui squinted his eyes and looked at the distant hall again.
"Do you want to succeed the Queen Mother in charge of the harem?"
Lu Lingxuan was stunned, "How dare you."
"I had met His Majesty before he ascended the throne. He was still ignorant and ignorant of the world, and he was also afraid of me. How come now, he suddenly started to dote on me so much, and even dared to contradict the Queen Mother?"
"Isn't this what you taught?"
"It's me."
Lu Lingxuan's face was solemn, and she said: "As the mother of the emperor, the Queen Mother has never thought of teaching the emperor anything. She is afraid that others will get close to the emperor, and she does not allow King Pengcheng to send great scholars to teach. These things can only be taught to him by me.
, I have no ability and don’t know how to teach him, so I just told him that you are a loyal minister, I must respect you and listen to you.”
"I know that His Majesty is young and not particularly talented, but at least he is obedient."
Gao Rui turned around and was about to leave.
Lu Lingxuan immediately raised her voice, "Does the King really not care about Da Qi at all?!!"
Gao Rui stopped again.
Lu Lingxuan said loudly: "Even I, a woman, know that white disasters in the north turn into disasters, grass grows in wastelands, and dry rivers flow again."
"Even in the palace, people are talking about this matter, saying it is destiny."
"Prince Zhao is an important minister of the Qi Dynasty, doesn't he want to do something?!"
Gao Rui looked at her and frowned, "Is the palace also talking about it?"
"good."
"I don't know about the major events in the world, but I raised your majesty. He was not favored by his parents, and now he is forcibly appointed as emperor. I really don't want to see him suffer any humiliation and torture in the future. I know that the king is
Loyal minister of the country, I can help you accomplish great things."
Gao Rui nodded lightly, "I will protect Your Majesty."
He turned around to leave for the third time.
Lu Lingxuan quickly said: "Tan Xian!"
Gao Rui frowned, "What?"
"Daxing Holy Temple, Tanxian."
"The Queen Mother went here several times and had an affair with this monk."
Gao Rui's face became even more ugly. He was about to interrupt the other party when Lu Lingxuan said: "The Queen Mother secretly summoned Tan Xian into the palace and caused chaos in the Emperor's palace and on the Emperor's dragon bed. She called him the Emperor."
Gao Rui's face was as red as blood at this moment. He stepped forward and stared at Lu Lingxuan, "What did you say?"
Lu Lingxuan looked at him calmly, "I have never lied. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to Daxingsheng Temple to ask. The monks in the temple all call him the Supreme Emperor."
At this moment, Gao Rui could hardly suppress the anger in his heart.
His teeth were clashing together violently, and he couldn't speak.
What a shame!!!
He could allow the emperor to be ostracized, but he would never allow such behavior to humiliate the clan.
If this incident were to spread, he could not imagine how far the temple's shaky reputation would fall.
Looking at Gao Rui, whose face was red, Lu Lingxuan said again: "Your Majesty, although I am a womanly family, I also know the etiquette, justice and shame. The Queen Mother's behavior is really excessive."
"If we let them run wild, I'm afraid something big will happen."
"What's more, you and King Pengcheng punished many people, and they all went to join the Queen Mother's clan. This angered the Queen Mother, and I don't know if they will harm Your Majesty in the future."
"The Queen Mother has long had the idea of ​​making her youngest son the emperor."
"Your Majesty, please consider this matter seriously!"
Lu Lingxuan saluted him and turned to leave.
This time, Gao Rui froze on the spot, but Lu Lingxuan went back.
Back in the main hall, Lu Lingxuan couldn't help but smile as she looked at the emperor who was once again surrounded by maids.
The Queen Mother is a complete idiot.
And Gao Yun and Gao Rui cannot be powerful ministers at all.
Because they are all good people.
Unable to do some things necessary for a powerful minister.
Everything is unfolding in an orderly manner according to his own ideas. Next, more allies are needed to join.
Liu Mansion.
Liu Taozhi walked into the mansion with a tired face. With Liu Taozi's departure, the mansion was once again as desolate as before, and all the servants were driven away by Liu Taozhi.
He trusted no one except his own soldiers.
The soldier helped him take off his armor, and he walked into the inner room, closed the door, and sat on the bed.
After sitting like this for a long time, Mrs. Liu Zhang finally appeared beside Liu Taozhi.
Liu Taozhi rubbed his eyes and said helplessly, "I have been kept on guard for another day."
He took out a jade pendant from his arms and put it aside, "This is what he rewarded me with."
Mrs. Liu Zhang took the jade pendant and chuckled, "What a big reward, this is no ordinary gift."
Liu Taozhi frowned, his face full of confusion.
The new emperor's attitude toward him became increasingly weird and he was overly doting on him.
From time to time, the emperor would ask Liu Taozhi to stand guard for him, and he would stand there for a whole day. This was not abuse, but for the generals, it was a great favor.
They often rewarded him with things, and even mentioned that they would make him king.
Liu Taozhi really couldn't figure out what the other party was thinking.
Mrs. Liu Zhang held the jade pendant, but she knew it in her heart.
"Your Majesty is young, how do you know what Lu Lingxuan taught him about winning over his cronies?"
"I am also very suspicious. This woman is very strange. She is the one who mentioned the matter of making the king."
"My beloved, please don't underestimate this woman, Lu Lingxuan has huge plans."
Liu Taozhi didn't care too much. He shook his head and said, "She's just a woman."
"Besides, she only has one son by her side and has no power. Her Majesty is even more young and has no power. In the court, neither Queen Mother Hu, nor King Pengcheng, nor King Zhao can compare with her. She
What else can you plot?"
Lu Lingxuan was very close to the emperor, but she herself had no power at all. She only had one son who could move around, and that son was not that smart.
There is no one from my mother's family or husband's family.
There is not a single ally in the court, and there is not a single general outside.
If she dared to have any plans, it would be a bit fanciful.
Mrs. Liu Zhang did not answer Liu Taozhi's question, she frowned and thought deeply.
"This may be an opportunity for Taozi." "Opportunity??"
"Yes, it's a good opportunity."
"The places where Taozi occupies now are mostly remote and bitterly cold, and Taozi is thin and weak. How can he withstand such weather?"
"If it's Dingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou and other places, it's okay."
Hearing Liu Zhang's words, Liu Taozhi's eyes widened and he hesitated to speak. He really had a lot to say but didn't know where to start.
"I gave him all the elites of the Warrior Camp before, and now I want to give him several big states in Hebei?"
"How is that possible?"
"If even Ding and Ji start to return to that Zhuzi, King Pengcheng may not be able to sit still."
"What's the difference between this and occupying half of Daqi?"
Mrs. Liu Zhang looked at Liu Taozhi tenderly, "My dear, if Taozi attacks Yecheng now and wants to replace Daqi, what do you think are the chances of winning?"
Liu Taozhi stood up like a rebound. He shook his head, as if to get this terrible thought out of his mind, "I have been greatly favored by King Gao. Although I have no ability, I have never betrayed. I absolutely will not."
"My beloved, if you are not Taozi, you would be an outsider. If you are as powerful as Taozi at this moment, if you want to attack Yecheng, what are your chances of winning?"
Liu Taozhi finally calmed down slightly and sat down again.
"The King of Pingyuan is in Jinyang, and Hu Luguang will not help the temple, and he will never help him. King Pingyuan has elite soldiers and generals, so he has a 30% chance of winning."
"If you have hope, how about waiting for Dazhou?"
Liu Taozhi thought for a moment again, "Fifty percent?"
"I'm just a woman. I don't know about the war or the situation. With my superficial eyes, I can tell that Taozi now has a 50% chance of winning."
"Taozi's border troops are already strong. The newly trained Han army has fought with Yang Zhong many times before and has extraordinary combat power. Now Baoxian is training another army for him. What he lacked in the past was just food.
Now that food from outside is flowing into his command, auspiciousness has begun to appear in the north, and food and grass are gradually becoming abundant. In autumn, he will no longer be restricted by food and grass."
"At that time, if everyone is united, the food and grass are sufficient, the soldiers are strong, and the generals are brave, no matter how powerful Duan Shao is, no matter how strong the soldiers under his command are, can we still say that we can easily defeat Tao Zi?"
"King Pengcheng may not know that the Warrior Camp went to Tao Zi, but he doesn't dare to care about it."
"It's not just him, Gao Rui doesn't dare to care either."
"Because they no longer have the confidence to win Taozi, even Duan Shao."
"Of course King Pengcheng and King Zhao will not allow Taozi's power to expand again. If Taozi really has Hebei Province, it will no longer be a border force. The troops can reach Yecheng at any time and bypass Jinyang.
Fight. But not everyone thinks so."
"Just like Lu Lingxuan, she has big plans and is quite conceited. She doesn't have many allies at the moment. In order to support the emperor's pro-government, she will do things at any cost."
"This is how I will make you king."
"If you can give your husband the title of king, why can't you give Tao Zi a great state?"
"For her, it is important to gain power as soon as possible and start doing things. As for the impact of doing so, why does she care?"
Liu Taozhi frowned, "This is different. Giving me the title of king is just an extra prince, so it won't have any impact."
"But if she wants to give Liu Gong a large state, isn't she afraid that Liu Gong's army will invade the territory and take her as a prisoner?"
Mrs. Liu Zhang shook her head gently, "People like her are often very selfish. They only have the only things they care about in their hearts. They don't have enough means to achieve their goals. They don't care about the country or the harm. If the peach army comes to kill,
Maybe she can convince the emperor to surrender in exchange for a title, and she can still live a comfortable life."
"How do you know?"
Mrs. Liu Zhang smiled and did not answer the question.
Liu Taozhi sighed and rubbed his forehead.
"We are facing a formidable enemy, but the situation is still the same at home."
"Wei Xiaokuan's army of thieves has started to do things frequently in Yecheng again, but I can't stop them."
"Hey, the Western bandits will definitely attack in a big way this year. I don't know if we can resist it."
Zhou, Yubi City.
It was quiet inside the official office.
There were more than thirty warriors sitting in the front yard, all with their heads lowered.
Wei Xiaokuan walked back and forth in front of them with his hands behind his back.
He looked much older than before, and there were more and more grays in his hair. He just walked back and forth like this.
No one dared to speak or even raise their heads.
"Gone again. Gone again."
"Zhao Kuseng also lost contact?"
Wei Xiaokuan finally stopped and looked at the people in front of him with confusion on his face.
He has never suffered such a big loss in this field. The Qi State frontier that used to be transparent to him was now filled with the fog of war, and his vision was filled with darkness.
He tried to insert wards and light up the map.
In order to ensure the success of this year's war, he spent a lot of effort and set up a lantern lighting plan.
A lantern holder personally went to Shuozhou, and a huge organization of more than 800 people was at his disposal, vowing to light up all the frontiers and get to know Liu Taozi thoroughly.
The plan has been implemented for three months, but the results have been extremely limited.
A large number of people never returned, and many of them lost contact directly.
Wei Xiaokuan was confused for a moment. He didn't know what went wrong.
He looked at the people in front of him again, his brows furrowed.
Could it be that there is someone beside me??
Liu Taozi used my method to deal with me??
But the more than thirty people sitting in front of him at this moment are all old people who have followed Wei Xiaokuan for many, many years. They are all his loyal confidants. Wei Xiaokuan simply does not believe that any of these people will betray him.
But if it wasn’t a mole, why would this happen?
Not only Wei Xiaokuan, but also many of his close associates were feeling uneasy at the moment. They also felt that there was something wrong around them.
Wei Xiaokuan sighed, "How can such a big investment be in vain?"
"Mr. Wen, it's better for you to continue handling this matter, get in touch with the lantern holder as soon as possible, and ask everyone about the missing contact first!!"
"only!"
Wei Xiaokuan waved his hand and asked everyone to leave.
Just when he was dragging his tired body and preparing to go back to rest, another confidant hurriedly blocked his side. The man took out the document and whispered: "General, this is information from the Turks."
"What happened?"
"Ashenayan was very angry when Shetu died in battle. His advisers told him that the reason for such a fiasco was because the information we gave him was wrong."
"They thought we misspoke about the situation in Youzhou and made them look down on Gao Changgong, which led to this outcome. They want us to compensate."
Wei Xiaokuan was stunned, "Compensation?"
"Ha, are they crazy?"
"What's wrong with what we told you? Gao Changgong, the governor of Youzhou, is a young man. He doesn't have many troops. What's wrong with him?"
"Tens of thousands of people can't defeat Gao Changgong's hundreds of cavalry. He still wants to come to us to accuse us. Do you want me to explain? To compensate?"
The confidant said nothing.
In fact, a lot of the information they provided this time was completely incomparable with the past. In the past, they could even find out how many lieutenants they had, their past achievements, and their personalities. But now, the most they can know is who
Everyone knows the information about Gao Changgong's status as governor of Youzhou. Even a Turk can find out if he wants to.
Wei Xiaokuan showed some impatience for the first time.
"The situation is not good. Yandu doesn't dare to gather outside Youzhou anymore? What would Yongfeng do if the Turks didn't raid the formation?!"
"Liu Taozi Liu Taozi."
Wei Xiaokuan suddenly grabbed his confidant and said, "You should set off now and go to Chang'an immediately."
"Go and tell Duke Jin."
"I want to go back to Chang'an to discuss with him about sending troops. Please let me go back to Chang'an once!!"
The confidant looked at the nervous Wei Xiaokuan, and his whole body became solemn, "General, you will definitely live up to your mission."
He turned and left.
If he fails to complete this task, he will not come back alive.
Wei Xiaokuan stretched out his hand and wanted to stop him, but he couldn't make a sound.
He looked to the north in despair and confusion.
In another prison that was as solid as steel, there also lived a shackled 'little old man', watching helplessly as the situation faded away.
ps: He went to the Buddhist temple several times and communicated with the monk Tan Xian. He put money under the altar table and hung a treasure-decorated Hu bed on the wall of the altar room. This was the emperor of Wu Cheng's life. He placed a hundred monks in the inner hall and entrusted them with it.
After listening to the lecture, he slept with Tan Xian day and night. He took Xian as Zhaoxuan Tong. The monks pointed at the Queen Mother in the distance to get Tan Xian, and even called her the Supreme One. - "Book of Northern Qi"
Chapter completed!