Zidai Xing

Chapter 7 Make Up

It is no wonder that the Empress Dowager Gao was so angry. Previously, she listened to Nie Yuansheng's suggestion to marry Princess Tongchang to Nanqi as a concubine, in order to dissuade her deeply disgusting Princess Bo and Princess Tongchang without damaging her virtuous and generous reputation. In order to make this matter more prestigious, she even sent an envoy He went to the Empress Qiu in Southern Qi and asked the Empress Qiu to ask Emperor Chengping of Nanqi to propose marriage - in this way, the Empress Dowager Gao married the young and beautiful Princess Tongchang to Emperor Chengping, who was not a few years younger than herself, which could be said to be for the beam, and the identity of Emperor Chengping was not an insult to Princess Tongchang. It was called Empress Dowager Gao. He solved the hatred of the past and did not treat the reputation of the emperor's favorite concubine and daughter.

Unexpectedly, Empress Qiu euphemistically and resolutely rejected this request in the letter, and even said that she would send the imperial concubine herself and did not worry about the Empress Dowager Gao. On the one hand, the Empress Dowager Gao felt that she had no face to be rejected, and on the other hand, she was worried that she would send a messenger to discuss with Empress Qiu. Although she deliberately did not use a handwritten letter at the beginning, the messenger was If the people of Ganquan Palace spread this matter and can't do anything to her, I'm afraid they will talk about themselves again...

Nie Yuansheng was scolded by her, but she did not panic. He thought about it and said, "I know what the empress dowager is worried about, but I now know why Empress Qiu's proposal... The empress dowager can rest assured, not to mention that there is no letter from the empress dowager in her hand. A messenger alone can prove anything. ? And the reason why Queen Qiu refused was because she was afraid. How could she dare to slander the reputation of the Empress Dowager?

Empress Dowager Gao frowned and said, "Why did she refuse?"

"Queen Qiu thought that the Empress Dowager sent a messenger and mentioned that she wanted to take Princess Tongchang as the imperial concubine of Chengping, but there was no letter from the empress dowager and no evidence of tokens. How could she rest assured that only the empress dowager's confidant was empty?" Nie Yuansheng said calmly, "Don't worry, naturally, you can't help thinking more - the Empress Dowager sent the messenger last year. Although it is a long way back, the messenger has only returned so far. I'm afraid that Empress Qiu is hesitating, all because it is difficult to guess..."

Seeing that he had been talking for such a long time, the Empress Dowager Gao was impatient: "You should make it clear."

"I obey the order." Nie Yuansheng smiled indifferently and arched his hand, "This is because Empress Qiu is worried that what the empress dowager sent messengers and said is my plan, in order to send troops to Southern Qi in a just way!" After all, although Emperor Chengping and Empress Dowager Feng of the Southern Qi are partial to the sons of the noble concubine and the noble concubine Feng, Empress Qiu is the favorite of the father of Emperor Chengping, and her mother's family is not an ordinary family in the Southern Qi Dynasty. The prince has been in the throne for a long time and has a stable position. The Feng family's intention to seize the crown prince may not be able to do this... In this way, although Empress Qiu is still perfunctory Feng family, but has also After seeing the world of Southern Qi as my mother and son's industry, compared with a noble concubine, I, Beiliang, always have a greater threat!"

The Empress Dowager Gao was stunned and couldn't help saying, "What a nonsense! The mourning family only said that Tongchang would be sent as a concubine, so why did Queen Qiu think that my Daliang would attack Nanqi?

Nie Yuansheng coughed gently and reminded him, "Actually, this is all coincidentally. When I spoke to the Empress Dowager last year, the Duke of Wuying County had not yet returned 300,000 battalions of state troops... However, when the empress dowager sent the empress dowager arrived at the capital of Southern Qi and saw Empress Qiu, it should be Duke Wuying County who arrived at Yedu and met His Majesty and returned the army. Ji! After the messenger conveyed the meaning of the Empress Dowager to Empress Qiu, Empress Qiu always left a messenger and carefully considered it. If she received the news of the return of military power by the Duke of Wuying County at this time... What's more, the sudden return of military power of Wuying County this time, not to mention that Nanqi, even my Liang Dynasty was surprised. !

"Nanqi is naturally more surprised. Naturally, they will not believe that the Duke of Wuying suddenly returned military power - and even the clan was brought to Yedu!" Seeing that the Empress Dowager Gao frowned tightly, Nie Yuansheng explained, "Since it is not sudden, it has been prepared for a long time. Maybe the military power has already begun to be handed over to the court. Otherwise, why would the Duke of Wuying take away even the people?" Nanqi naturally thought that this had been premeditated!"

The Empress Dowager Gao finally understood and muttered, "So Empress Qiu of Southern Qi believes that the Yingzhou army has already been returned to me to the Northern Liang Dynasty, so in the territory of Daliang, there are no private troops and horses occupied by private families, all of which are owned by the emperor. It is likely that the Yingzhou army will take advantage of the new return of the Yingzhou army to attack Nanqi?"

Nie Yuansheng nodded: "What the Empress Dowager said!"

"But that's not right!" The Empress Dowager Gao never knew much about political affairs, but the people who always followed the late emperor when they competed for the crown prince of Jiqu, immediately wondered, "Weiliebo has been going to Yingzhou to rectify the Yingzhou army for several months. It is said that it has not been very smooth. This news is not a secret in my beam... In this case, how can it be attacked? Nanqi? What's more, there are heavy and so on..."

"If you have a lot of words, I have heard that there are a lot of things in the Yingzhou army. As for Wei Liebo's commander of the Yingzhou army, it is not going well. I'm afraid that Queen Qiu thinks that this is the false news deliberately sent by Da Liang, which is used to confuse Nanqi." Nie Yuansheng sighed and said, "This is a misunderstanding!"

The Empress Dowager Gao didn't say anything for a long time and paused for a long time before saying, "I know."

He asked again, "Now Tongchang's marriage..."

"Why not the Empress Dowager?" Nie Yuansheng, a princess of Tongchang, had everything he could do to deal with it. Now he smiled and said, "From now on, the empress dowager is ill. If your majesty is filial, she must come to serve the soup and medicine in person. I advise your majesty to pray for the empress dowager. Your majesty is still like this. How can the king of Anping, the king of Guangling, the eldest princess and the king of Gaoyang fall behind? So how can Princess Tongchang avoid it?"

Empress Dowager Gao frowned and said, "Pray for blessings?"

"Princess Tongchang also prayed for blessings. The Empress Dowager made people publicize that Princess Tongchang intended to go out of the palace to pray for the Empress Dowager. When the rumors were boiling, the Empress Dowager sent the princess to the Heyi Hall to dissuade her in public... At that time, can Princess Tongchang say that she did not have such filial piety?" Nie Yuansheng said disapprovingly, "The Empress Dowager is always her mother!"

"This method..." The Empress Dowager Gao is still not satisfied. "If the mourning family's illness is not long, naturally the rumors will not spread. If the illness is short, I'm afraid that the eldest son of the emperor will continue to be raised in the Heyi Hall!"

Nie Yuansheng knew that the high empress dowager who valued virtue and reputation would definitely have this question. He smiled and said, "In the past, I would not have given this idea to the empress dowager, but now, the empress dowager's niece is Guiyou Eying. Although You Eying is young, I think that there are special people around the emperor's eldest son, in You'e Why don't you stay in England for a few days?

Empress Dowager Gao thought about it again and felt that Princess Bo and Princess Tongchang were really annoying. In addition, last year, the Bo family and the Cui family also bullied people too much, so she nodded: "The mourning family has its own disposal. Go ahead!"

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Nie Yuansheng returned to the Xuanshi Hall and asked Ji Shen was in the Dongnuan Pavilion, so he went straight to the outside, but he heard bursts of crisp laughter. The sound was like a silver bell, which was extremely pleasant to the ear. The little servant went in and reported. Soon after, he came out and called Nie Yuansheng in, he saw Ji Shen sitting in his loose clothes. On the top, Lin Yinzhuo, the royal daughter, knelt on the front half of her knee. The laughter just now was thought to be her. At this moment, Lin Yinzhuo was holding an amber-colored agar and handed it to Ji's deep lips, but his eyes were more charming than wine.

The woman leaning against Ji Shen's back on the couch was Yunshi. Her gauze was half covered and her face was red, as if she was a little invincible. Hearing Ji Shen drinking the milk and asking Nie Yuansheng to be polite, she quickly whispered and covered her shoulders.

Nie Yuansheng sat down without squinting. A silent palace man came up to serve him a cup of tea. At the corners of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of Gong Chuyi, who had lived in the Dongnuan Pavilion for a period of time. His eyebrows were still childish and still beautiful, but he showed a little deadness and spoiled Ji Shen in front of him. He is extremely indifferent and plain - it's really more generous than before...

Ji Shen saw that Yun Zanyue was panicked and scolded herself. She smiled and told them to retreat to the inner room, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

"The empress dowager summoned the minister. After I reported to the empress dowager, I had some ideas." Nie Yuansheng said peacefully and first told about the calculation of Princess Tongchang.

Ji Shen was very disapproving: "The mother's reputation is too rigid and virtuous. In fact, according to me, she is just a concubine and a common daughter of the former emperor. The Bo family and the Cui family are also royal ministers. What is it? At the beginning, the Bo family and the Cui family opposed your Shangzhu, and I saw that you were reluctant, so I didn't say anything. Otherwise, since ancient times, when a woman got married, from father to brother, it was outsiders's turn to interrupt? Not to mention the princess!"

said, "For such two people, I have to go to Nanqi. Since my mother is so disgusted with them, I have done this filial piety for my mother."

"What is Your Majesty going to do?" Nie Yuansheng asked.

Ji Shen snorted: "Just say that I dreamed that the late emperor was very lonely. I missed Bo very much and asked Bo to go down to accompany the late emperor! As for the Bo family, well, my mother hates them, and I don't want to give them too much advantage. I casually issued an imperial edict to praise them. If my mother is still unhappy, I will find an excuse to cure their sins! Tongchang... Just as you said, ask her to go out of the palace to pray for the ancestors. If the Bo family and the Cui family have something to say, they can just stop the princess from filial piety!"

Nie Yuansheng coughed and said, "Your Majesty, this method is good, but I'm afraid that the Empress Dowager is worried that the Empress Dowager treated Princess Bo and Princess Tongchang badly!"

"The imperial edict comes from me, what's the matter after my mother?" Ji Shendao.

"I'm afraid the people will think that the imperial edict is the edict of the Empress Dowager." Nie Yuansheng said, "The Empress Dowager's heart is knotted here. What can she do?"

Ji Shen had a headache for the Empress Dowager Gao's fear of being told that she was not virtuous, so she said, "So you can only follow what you say?"

"In fact, whether it's Princess Bo or Princess Tongchang, it's just a trivial matter." Nie Yuansheng pondered, "I came here for what I thought of when I just returned to the Empress Dowager's words... It was because the Duke of Wuying suddenly brought the people to Yedu!"

Ji Shen said, "You didn't say..."

"Empress Qiu thought that Daliang had the intention to go south this time, so she did not dare to accept Princess Tongchang as a concubine, for fear that Daliang would make trouble with Princess Tongchang... Although she refused to marry, Nanqi will certainly not slack off and must be cautious to prevent us!" Nie Yuansheng cut off his words and implicitly reminded him, "Originally, Wei Liebo was not going well in Yingzhou, but now... Your Majesty is still the Duke of Wuying!"

Ji Shen narrowed his eyes - he remembered that Nie Yuansheng had reminded Su Ping several times in the past. After pondered for a moment, he suddenly became cheerful and blurted out, "He suddenly brought his people to Ye..."

Nie Yuansheng coughed and glanced at the inner room. Ji Shen was alert and immediately told Gong Chuyi: "First year of junior high school, let them go back first."

After a long time, the dress was neat, but the Yunshi woman and Lin Yu's daughter came out and did not forget the resentful Chao Ji deep glance. Then she stared at Nie Yuansheng and retreated.

Nie Yuansheng said solemnly, "After the pacified of Yan County before, I asked myself what had been revealed in front of the Duke of Wuying County. What's more, I was not a scholar of the six-grades in the district. Even if he was your majesty's close minister, how could the Duke of Wuying County pay attention to the minister?"

He first mentioned his inferiority, but he was a close minister of Ji Shen. Su Ping looked down on him and undoubtedly looked down on Ji Shen. Ji Shen unconsciously frowned and listened to Nie Yuansheng continue, "Even if I don't respect the Duke of Wuying, I'm afraid that Duke Wuying won't think that the minister has the ability to anger His Majesty Su... and then Wuying The county magistrate was ordered to enter Ye and met his majesty, but he arrived late and brought all the people! I calculated the time needed for the people he carried to clean up, and it was just after knowing about Yan County!"

Ji Shen frowned more tightly, and Nie Yuansheng slowly said, "The Hao and Zhan clans in Yan County have been destroyed. Whether they have private dealings with the Duke of Wuying County? Now there is no need to go far away from the Duke of Wuying County to Yedu, but... Empress Qiu suddenly thought about this and I'm afraid that the Duke of Wuying County suddenly returned his military power. "

"Hmm?"

"As expected, within a few days, Wei Liebo will have an urgent matter from Yingzhou, and Yan Nanqi changed..." Nie Yuansheng said, "Originally, the Yingzhou army has not fully surrendered to the court. Your Majesty, please think, at this time, how can Wuying County not be appeased? How can it be dangerous?"

He shook his head and said, "The Duke of Wuying seems to have brought his people to vote and returned the military power. He is his great trust in His Majesty's court, but he has left behind step by step. In fact, he doesn't believe it at all. The reason why he came to vote is nothing more than because of the situation. If he no longer surrenders the soldiers and horses, the court will definitely tolerate him!"

Ji Shen's satisfaction with Su Ping's knowledge completely disappeared at this moment. He only felt that Su Ping was treacherous and hateful. He frowned and said, "Zi Kai, do you plan to deal with this old man?"