Chapter 36 The Phantom of the Deep Palace
Lou Quji was as dumb as a wooden chicken. He used to be a dragon of a marquis, and knew that the marquis and officials were all over the world, but he never expected that the Neihou Guan's control over Pingcheng would be so powerful.
The maid he served was raised in the mansion since he was a child. He never doubted the other party's loyalty. He even thought that she would sacrifice herself to save the Lord in danger. Who would have thought that she would become the eyeliner of the Neihou Officer?
Compared with the outer marquis who was overwhelmed by the secret palace, the movement power of the Neihou was simply terrifying!
"What should I do? Are you waiting for death?"
"To deal with Gao Teng, assassination is the worst strategy. His wealth is nothing more than the Lord's favor. As long as you try to make the Lord hate him, just a mere eunuch slave, kill him, you only need a glass of poisonous wine..."
Gao Teng wanted his younger brother Princess Shang, it was no secret in Pingcheng aristocratic circle. Just Gao Yuan was the useless person. Even if the princess was blind, she looked down on him. Resisting marriage was almost a foregone conclusion. She would inevitably become a powerful force with Gao Teng, so Lou Quji did not hide his murderous intent at all. However, he did not expect that the princess would also have murderous intent.
Lou Quji was like a drowning man grabbed the last straw, took a deep breath, and said, "Princess, what should I do? You tell me, I'll do it!"
Yuan Mulan poured wine for him and said with a smile: "Are you afraid of death?"
Lou Quji picked up the wine glass, drank it all, and said, "What are you afraid of death?"
"Okay, you're like this..."
After seeing off Lou Quji, Yuan Mulan avoided the eyes and ears of the Neihou official while the night was dark and left the mansion to visit Kang Jing overnight. Taoist Songshan lives in Taipingguan, the eastern suburbs, and was not surprised by Yuan Mulan's sudden visit. He put a game of chess in front of him, picked up a white piece, quietly pondered, and smiled: "The princess is here for Gao Teng?"
"No, I'm here to kill Gao Teng!"
Kang Jing slowly fell down Bai Zi, and the originally entangled black and white sides immediately showed their fierce confrontation, like an evil dragon or a fierce tiger, holding their heads up, saying: "The internal commander has a high position and a powerful position. Jian is in the heart of the emperor. The princess cannot be killed, nor can she kill it!"
"If I choose a place and ask Gao Teng to meet in private on the grounds of marriage, the Tianshi hid in it and suddenly took action, Gao Teng would definitely die." Yuan Mulan tentatively said half-true and half-false.
Kang Jing picked up the black piece again, still staring at the chessboard, and said, "The princess is joking. I am old. How could I kill the dynasty's orders in the throne of the dynasty in the heavy guard of the Neihou official? I am not a grandmaster after all..." As he said that, heizi fell towards the chessboard.
"Before I returned north, my master commented on the Heavenly Master and the Great Monk. I wonder if the Heavenly Master is interested in listening?"
"oh?"
Kang Jing's hand of playing chess was still moving in the air, and he paused and made another move. It was obvious that his heart was in chaos, and the black figure fell to death, and his momentum was greatly declining.
"Please give me advice!"
He sighed, waved his hand to mess up the chess game, straightened his body, and looked at Yuan Mulan.
"Master said that spiritual wisdom and cultivation are mixed, and there is no hope for this life. The cultivation of the Heavenly Master is far superior to spiritual wisdom. Only when the opportunity comes, the realm of the Great Master will be at your fingertips. The Master also said that the Heavenly Master's Taoism is mysterious and the study of the Heavenly Man should let me walk with the Heavenly Master more and make good relationships, and that opportunity may be hidden in it. With this kind of good relationship, if I have difficulties in the future, I believe that the Heavenly Master will not stop watching..."
Yuan Guang was in Luoyang, but the deterrent power of the Grand Master did not change due to the distance. Kang Jing was silent for a moment and said, "Assassination of Gao Teng is the worst strategy to burn both jade and stone. For such a fool, it is worth it."
Of course, Yuan Mulan would not have the same IQ as Lou Quji. She assassinated the Insider Order. No matter how big the crime was, Lou could not bear it. She could not bear it as a princess. In order to kill Gao Teng, she ended up losing her life. As Kang Jing said, it was not a question of whether it was possible, but a question of whether it was worth it.
"The princess is a smart person. She will not act so recklessly. If I want to help her, I hope the princess will treat each other sincerely and do not test it with words..."
Yuan Mulan smiled and said, "I do have other plans, but it involves too much. If the Tianshi does not want to fall too deep, it is better not to know."
Kang Jing frowned slightly and said, "Princess means, you are the light, I am in the dark?"
"Not bad!" Yuan Mulan had her arrogance on the battlefield of killing the battlefield, and said, "This is my private matter. There is no need for the Heavenly Master to come out to fight in person. Just rush to the side, stare at the dead spirit, and then quietly push it when it is important. Mulan is very grateful!"
"Okay!" Kang Jing was a person who did big things. He made a quick decision and said, "Princess, please give me instructions!"
"Tomorrow, the court will discuss that I want Tianshi and Cui Taichang to change their positions and support the Lord in person!"
"Um?"
The Mahayana religion raged to Jizhou and defeated many generals of the Wei army in succession. Yuan Yu was furious and wanted to personally fight against the thieves. Lingzhi expressed his support, and then the prince supervised the country, which was very beneficial to them. Cui Boyu and Kang Jing firmly opposed it. Personal expeditions were exhausted and damaged, which would aggravate the current difficult situation of Wei State and would never be feasible.
The court was divided into two factions, and there were constant quarrels during this period. As the Mahayana Buddhism grew stronger, even Jeju and Xiangzhou began to respond to monks, with a faint overflow of power. If it was not calm, it would probably become a major concern.
Yuan Yu was a headache for the two factions and was always unsure of his mind. He asked Lingzhi to divine the divination. Lingzhi said that the emperor responded with martial arts and would definitely defeat this battle. However, Kang Jing also divined the divination, and the hexagram was completely opposite. It was said that Taibai was in the west, and the movement of troops would hurt the master, and the emperor would never fight in person.
Now Yuan Mulan suddenly asked Kang Jing and Cui Boyu to support Yuan Yu's personal expedition. Kang Jing said, "I heard that the princess made a letter to General Yuan in the palace today. The emperor should not leave Pingcheng. He would also recommend the princess as the commander to command troops to fight against the thieves..."
There are no secrets in the palace.
She had just met the emperor today, and even the content of Yuanguang's memorial had been circulated into Kang Jing's ears.
Yuan Mulan said: "This time and another time. Today, I am already deeply aware of the Lord's intentions. The matter of personal expedition cannot be shaken. Instead of entangling in this and delaying the military opportunity, it is better to support the Lord's personal expedition, quicken the knives and slap the thieves as soon as possible."
Kang Jing thought for a while and said, "I said before that the astrological sign hurt the master. Now I cannot change my words, but I will no longer try my best to dissuade the master."
"Where is Cui Taichang?"
"I am responsible for persuading Cui Taichang and asking him to support the personal expedition. The result of tomorrow's court discussion should be as the princess wishes!"
"After the matter is settled, I ask the Lord to issue an official edict to enfeoff the Heavenly Master!"
"Thank you for your accomplishment!"
Yuan Mulan's figure disappeared into the night, Kang Jing stood at the highest point of the Star Gazing Tower, and an unpredictable smile overflowed from the corner of her lips.
The chess pieces of all living beings are in his game!
On the second day, the court held a meeting, Yuan Yu took out Yuan Guang's memorial for the first time and passed it on to the ministers, asking them to discuss it. Several old ministers thought they had found a support and passionately asked the emperor to obey the general's golden and jade-like words, but no one expected that Cui Boyu suddenly rebelled and expressed his support for the expedition.
The adults were very dissatisfied with Cui Boyu and called him a shameless villain.
Cui Boyu did not make a statement to defend himself.
Yuan Yu actually made up his mind when he saw Yuan Guang's memorial. He was more than just overjoyed. When the court severely rebuked the old ministers, he removed their official positions on the grounds of being old and foolish, misleading the country and misleading the ruler, and ordered them to go home to think about their mistakes.
He also directly appointed Cui Boyu as the Minister of Shangshu Youpushe, whose grade seemed to have not changed, but actually severely hit Xi, one of the eight major surnames in charge of Shangshu Province.
Because the Shangshu Province has been the sphere of influence of the Xi family for many years, and it cannot be poured in. However, by the majesty of the emperor who demoted the old ministers, the Shangshu Zuo Pushe Xi Jin was frightened and did not dare to object.
He didn't speak, and the ministers of his sect dared not object, so Cui Boyu successfully entered the Shangshu Province and became one of the prime ministers who controlled the center of the empire's power.
There was no objection inside and outside the court, so Yuanyu planned to lead an army of 50,000 out of Pingcheng and go to Jizhou to quell the rebellion four days later, on February 26th.
Lou Quji secretly met with strange people from the Northern Dynasty and the world, and used a lot of money to let them wait and do whatever they wanted. His unusual actions completely attracted the attention of the Neihou Officer. On the one hand, the Emperor Bird strengthened the protection of Gao Teng, and on the other hand, he mobilized people to focus on monitoring Lou Quji's every move.
Yuan Mulan was still as usual. After a day or two, she went to the palace to meet the queen Feng Qing. She was lowly, and she was flattering and offered many pearls, jade and gold jewelry. The relationship between the two made rapid progress, and they were as kind as mother and daughter as a biological mother. It was heard in Yuanyu. Not only did she feel very comforted, but she felt that her daughter had finally grown up. It seemed that Lingzhi said that the princess' marriage was beneficial to the royal family, which was not a false statement.
But Yuan Mulan neither refused or made a promise to the marriage, so she was forced to make an effort. She just said that she wanted to meet Gao Yuan first and see if it suited her feelings before deciding whether it was to marry or not.
Feng Qing thought about it, this is the same thing. Xianbei women are not as particular as Han people. Meeting Ruyi’s husband before marriage means that she really wants to get married. When she turned around and talked to Gao Teng, Gao Teng was confused about his younger brother, so he immediately agreed and sent his confidant to Wudu Town to ask Gao Yuan to return to Beijing immediately.
This is because Gao Teng is proud of his favor and dares to do such a thing. As a general from the border town, he has no imperial edict to return to Beijing. If others are killed, it will be a death sentence.
Finally on the 26th, a grand oath ceremony was held to worship the heaven and earth and the ancestral temple. Yuanyu led a large army to leave Pingcheng in a mighty manner.
That night, Yuan Mulan brought four maids and four eunuchs to the palace to accompany Feng Qing, saying that the emperor was personally expeditioning, but she was worried about the empress living alone in the deep palace and could not sleep all night, so she came to be filial to her knees.
Feng Qing had no choice but to agree.
After three days inseparable, Feng Qing was in a daze from time to time, as if he suddenly remembered something, and his emotions became a little anxious. When basking in the sun in the garden in the afternoon, he pretended to ask Yuan Mulan casually: "What's wrong in the princess's mansion? Do you need to go back and deal with it? Although I miss your father, I can trust the bravery of the soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty, and it's fine..."
Yuan Mulan saw that the temperature was almost the same and took advantage of the situation and said, "Before I returned to Beijing, I ordered people to transport the eight treasures of jadeite from Luoyang to Xiliang. It is said that it is a peerless treasure hidden by Yao's family in the inner warehouse. It is time to calculate the time, so I will take it to present it to my mother..."
Feng Qing was moved when he heard that there was such a treasure, but hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't hurry, I know that you have been cooking military service for many years and have a lot of business. It's not too late to return to the palace tomorrow."
Yuan Mulan said: "Okay, I will come to the palace to accompany my mother tomorrow. By the way, my mother, my eight servants whom I serve will stay in the palace for the time being, and it will be inconvenient to take them back and forth in the palace and go to the palace..."
Chapter completed!