inspire-indiana Chapter 17: The Empress's Plan, Empress Dowager Xiao's Surprise
Chapter 17: The Empress's Plan, Empress Dowager Xiao's Surprise
Chapter 17: The Empress's Plan, Empress Dowager Xiao's Surprise
On the throne.
When the empress heard the word "Northern Territory", she also frowned and her eyes darkened slightly.
After some consideration.
Then he nodded: "Yes."
If we could use this incident to find out whether the person in the North has any intention of rebellion.
Not bad.
If so, we can take precautions in advance.
If not, then I can recall him directly to the court to deter the villains.
To stabilize the Dawu Dynasty.
"Your Majesty is wise."
Xiao Yanwen was not surprised to see the empress nod.
After bowing and saying a word of praise, he returned to his seat, looking at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose.
Just like the person who gave advice before.
It's not like him in general.
"Your Majesty."
Seeing Xiao Yanwen retreat, the empress looked at the other civil and military officials with cold eyes: "Do you have any opinions?"
"I will obey your majesty's orders."
The ministers came to their senses upon hearing this and hurriedly spoke respectfully.
"Then let us pass on the order."
"Have the King of Zhenbei dispatch an elite force to guard Xingqing Prefecture immediately after receiving the imperial edict."
After the empress finished speaking, she glanced at Xiao Yanwen inconspicuously.
He frowned and murmured, "What is this old man planning?"
She didn't believe it.
Xiao Yanwen would advise him to transfer troops from the one in the northern border for no reason.
But this was exactly what she wanted.
It can not only guard against the King of Wu and deter him from acting rashly, but also test the loyalty of the King of Zhenbei.
Kill two birds with one stone, why not?
perhaps.
It's not just killing two birds with one stone. After all, if the King of Zhenbei is willing to transfer an elite force.
Go to Xingqing Prefecture to guard it.
In the eyes of others, would they feel that they have the support of King Zhenbei?
From this perspective, it achieves three goals at one stroke.
Think of this.
The empress pursed her red lips and her eyes curved slightly, obviously in a good mood.
But she was in a good mood.
It only lasted for a moment, and then disappeared instantly when I thought about the current fiscal deficit.
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at the same time.
Harem.
Fengluan Palace.
The bedroom of the current empress dowager, Empress Xiao.
Inside the hall, Empress Dowager Xiao was wearing a red phoenix robe, with a jade phoenix hairpin inserted diagonally in her Japanese-style bun. She had a tall figure and an oval face. Her face was plain, yet she carried the majesty of a mother of the country.
His eyes were so fierce that one dared not look directly at them.
Although she is the Queen Mother.
But she looks to be no more than 20 years old, with skin as white as cream and a fragrance as fragrant as orchid.
"Your Majesty."
"At the court meeting today, the Minister of Revenue Liu Zhi was arrested by the Imperial Guards and has now been thrown into the Imperial Prison."
"Everyone in the Ministry of Revenue's mansion was thrown into the Heavenly Prison."
Empress Dowager Xiao stood in the front hall, listening to the report of a purple-dressed woman in front of her, her eyebrows slightly frowned: "Continue."
The purple-clothed woman said, "Afterwards, the empress listened to Prime Minister Xiao's advice and ordered the King of Zhenbei to dispatch an elite force to guard Xingqing Prefecture that day."
When Empress Dowager Xiao heard this, her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.
There was a long silence.
Only then did he raise his eyes slightly, with a hint of deep meaning in his eyes, and looked far away towards the northern border.
The woman in purple did not speak for a long time when she saw the empress dowager.
He wiped his neck and asked, "Queen Mother, do you want it?"
"No need."
Without waiting for the woman to finish.
Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head and said slowly, "The Imperial Prison is not that easy to break into."
"Just a dying man."
"It makes no difference whether you die earlier or later."
The purple-clothed woman worriedly asked, "But if we don't kill him, will we be exposed?" "Do you think we haven't been exposed?"
Empress Dowager Xiao said calmly, "These days, Jinyiwei have been coming in batches, almost turning my bedroom upside down."
This statement came out.
The purple-clothed woman's expression changed slightly. They had actually been exposed?
Is it
Was it the Black Ice Platform under the command of the Northern Territory who revealed the news to the Empress?
Otherwise, how could the empress have any doubts about the empress dowager?
"Has the eldest prince done anything recently?" Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at the woman but did not explain. The man from the northern border would not take the initiative to help the empress.
Instead, he asked him about the eldest prince.
"Go back to the Queen Mother."
Upon hearing this, the woman said respectfully, "The eldest prince has recently been trying to win over the ministers in the court. Among them, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple have secretly pledged their support. The attitudes of the other ministers are still ambiguous."
"not bad."
Empress Dowager Xiao was quite satisfied with this.
But just after he finished praising her, he changed the subject: "When does he plan to take action?"
"Still hesitating."
Empress Dowager Xiao frowned and said, "Let the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards take the initiative to join him and give him some confidence. Then let him come to the harem to see me."
"Yes."
The purple-robed woman responded respectfully.
A hint of confusion flashed across those smart eyes as he said, "Queen Dowager, I don't understand why we should support the eldest prince given our current strength?"
"Wu Yuxi can be crowned emperor."
"Why can't the Queen Mother?"
The purple-clothed woman's words showed no respect at all for Empress Dowager Xiao's eldest son, the eldest prince Wu Qianyun, and even contained a hint of disdain and sarcasm.
In this regard.
Empress Dowager Xiao did not care, but fell silent again when asked by the woman.
His gaze once again turned far towards the north.
"Purple."
Similarly, Empress Dowager Xiao did not explain.
Instead, he looked at the woman and ordered, "Go there in person and ask the one in the North what his attitude is. Remember not to be rude. I will let someone else handle the matters concerning the eldest prince."
"I obey my orders."
Zi Yi was a little surprised when he heard this.
But he didn't ask any more questions and just took the order respectfully.
"Go." Empress Dowager Xiao nodded slightly, signaling Zi Yi to set off immediately.
"Yes."
Zi Yi bowed and retreated.
After walking out of the Fengluan Palace, she leaped forward and the slender figure disappeared.
Watching Zi Yi leave, Empress Dowager Xiao frowned.
There was a hint of solemnity in her beautiful eyes, and she whispered in a low voice: "Jiang Xuan, I just hope you won't stand on the opposite side of me, otherwise..."
'Shuh! '
Just as Empress Dowager Xiao's murmurs fell.
A figure covered in a black robe suddenly appeared in the hall.
He said in a hoarse voice, "Queen Mother, I found out."
"who is it?"
When Empress Dowager Xiao heard this, her eyes turned slightly cold.
"Shaoqing of the Dali Temple."
Following the visitor's report, Empress Dowager Xiao's pupils shrank and her red lips slightly opened, obviously a little surprised: "It turned out to be him?"
"Want to kill?"
The black-robed man's voice was still hoarse.
As he spoke, an extremely cold murderous intent suddenly filled the entire Fengluan Palace.
"Do not."
Queen Mother Xiao's expression changed slightly.
She really didn't expect that he was the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, a third-rank official in the court.
He turned out to be one of the sixteen captains of the Black Ice Platform.
"Now that you have found out, let your people come back."
"Pei Kan is a man that cannot be touched"
Empress Dowager Xiao took a deep breath and said, "If he dies, all our years of planning will be in vain."
The one in the North who protects his own people.
But it is not the right time to completely fall out with that person. It is enough for her to know who the commander of the Black Ice Platform in Chang'an is.
(End of this chapter)