Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 438

The emperor chuckled, and said calmly, "Something happened in Xiliang, and the crown prince is summoning a few officials to deal with it."

"Xiliang?" The Queen Mother frowned, her expression turned gloomy for a moment: "Why doesn't Aijia know?"

The emperor laughed: "The queen mother has been unwell since the beginning of winter, and my son can't bear to disturb your peace with these troubles, so I will directly hand it over to the prince!"

Zhao Xiwei listened, and there was a slight wave in his heart.

The war in Xiliang was unfavorable, and the empress dowager's first concern was not winning or losing, but whether she knew it or not.

This illustrates two very important things.

First, the prince has gradually infiltrated his forces into the army.

Second, the military power in the hands of the Empress Dowager is actually not as secure as it appears on the surface.

Therefore, the news from Xiliang was able to bypass the queen mother and directly reach the emperor or prince.

It's just that a person who loves power like the Queen Mother can accept this fact for a while?

It must be impossible...

If not, it will inevitably lead to her strong counterattack.

For some reason, sitting in this warm spring-like hall, listening to the magnificent music, Zhao Xiwei suddenly felt uneasy.

"Did you lose again?" The queen mother sat up straight, her eyes were as cold as will-o'-the-wisps, and said coldly: "You fight every year, you lose every year, why should we continue in a stalemate? Sending so much food and money every year , are stuffed into a bottomless pit, in my opinion, it is better to withdraw the troops!"

"Queen mother calm down...cough cough cough cough..." The emperor just started to cough again and again, as if he was in a hurry but couldn't speak a complete sentence.

His cough came too suddenly, and the servants were far away, so there was no time to be close to serve him.

But Concubine Shu seemed to have expected it a long time ago, holding the handkerchief in both hands, she approached the emperor's mouth.

"Cough, cough, cough..." The emperor coughed desperately, coughing up cold sweat all over his forehead, all the veins burst out, and hot tears poured out of his eyes unstoppably.

Looking weak and pitiful, like an old man suffering from old illnesses, everyone was sweating tightly.

Zhao Xiwei knew that the emperor was not in good health, and also knew that the emperor often fell ill.

But this was the first time for such a situation, and for a moment, he straightened his back in fright, and looked at the emperor without blinking.

Although Li Xuanye has formed her own power, and although the emperor basically does not deal with government affairs, she knows that the emperor is to a country like the sea needle is to the sea.

His existence, more often than not, is a symbol, a belief, a symbol.

It doesn't matter how powerful they are, but they must sit on that dragon chair properly.

Because only with that person sitting in that position, the officials in the court will know who they are serving, and the people in the world will feel at ease.

Therefore, the overlapping and replacement of imperial power is the most important and dangerous thing.

If the emperor suddenly falls, the first person who is not safe is the prince...

Different from everyone's expressions of worry and panic, the Empress Dowager's face was full of indifference, looking at the coughing and panting emperor like watching a play, and said word by word: "Then Zhao Zijing is also a mediocre person, if he really can't handle it, he will be demoted." For his job, tell him to go to Tazhong to farm the fields!"

Concubine Shu was helping the emperor wipe his face, her fingers stiffened when she heard this, but she still didn't say anything.

Zhao Zijing, the third master of the Zhao family, has been fighting in Xiliang.

If the Queen Mother proposes to withdraw troops and demote generals at this time, if it is not aimed at the Zhao family, no one will really believe it.

And the withdrawal of troops will not be a simple matter.

A major event in the military and the country will affect the whole body. Who can guarantee that their own family will not be affected?

In an instant, everyone at the banquet turned pale.

Of course, some people are sad and some are happy.

Just like Pei Cairen sitting at the table to the left of Concubine Xian.

She walked out of the seat, came to the throne of the emperor and the empress dowager, bowed her knees, and said: "I am willing to share my worries for your majesty and the empress dowager!"

As soon as she said this, the emperor stopped coughing: "Oh?"

The Empress Dowager's face became even more ugly: "You are a deep palace woman, what can you understand?"

The corners of Pei Cairen's mouth twitched, and it was with great difficulty that he suppressed the disdainful expression, and said: "Although I live in a deep palace, I dare not forget to worry about the country. Xiliang has disturbed our country for many years. If we withdraw now, It is bound to cause the thieves to take advantage of the victory to pursue..."

The Pei family is a martial artist, and several generations started with military exploits.

Therefore, all the women in the family have been influenced by their ears and eyes since childhood, and they have some opinions on military affairs.

In a few words, Pei Cairen finished analyzing the forces of the enemy and us, and pointed out several reasons why he could not retreat.

The emperor gradually showed admiration when he heard it, and his eyes softened a little when he looked at her.

"...the Empress Dowager wanted to retreat and demote the general for a reason. Since Zhao Zijing couldn't win the battle, why let him stick to Xiliang? It's a small thing to waste the treasury's money, but it's a big thing to damage the great Wei's national fortune! "

"Pei Cairen's words make sense!" The Queen Mother listened, and the cloud turned into sunshine, "Continue to talk, what good idea do you have?"

With the Queen Mother's words, Pei Cairen felt reassured, and cheerfully said: "Since there is a dilemma, the current plan is to choose a compromise."

The emperor was taken aback: "What kind of compromise?"

Pei Cairen laughed and said, "Your Majesty forgot, are the concubine's father and elder brother your good generals?"

As soon as the words fell, the whole hall was shocked.

Especially the Empress Dowager, her expression became meaningful.

This Pei Cairen is not so stupid.

Also, if you are really that stupid, how can you manage the Sixth Palace for so many years?
Or, borrowing her hand is also a good choice...

The emperor's eyes dimmed, and he didn't know what he was thinking. After a long silence, he called out: "Arong..."

Arong is her nickname.

Those two words of lightness caused a storm in Pei Cairen's heart.

He still misses her...

He used her, calculated her, kicked her away afterwards, let her kneel in the rain, sent her to the cold palace, and watched her suffer... But in the end, he relented and let her see her son She moved out of the cold palace...

She actually had nothing to complain about.

He doesn't dote on her, but he doesn't dote on others either.She knows better than anyone else that Concubine Shu's favor is just an illusion.

So she has nothing to be jealous of, she was never jealous of whom he summoned to spend the night, and she was never jealous of whom he rewarded with jewels.

Anyway, he gave her two things that no other concubine had - power and heirs.

As she thought about it, the ice in her heart began to melt, tears flickered in her eyes, she stretched out her palm to the emperor, and murmured: "Your Majesty..."

The emperor seemed to be infected by this emotion, his expression became soft and tender, and he said in a low voice: "Arong...zhen..."

Pei Cairen stared at the emperor in front of him, expecting him to say what he wanted to hear.

However, the corners of the emperor's lips moved, and the rest of the words hadn't had time to be said.

"Niangniang, Niangniang..."

A court lady stumbled into the hall and fell to her knees on the ground with a "plop".

Pei Cairen, whose good deed was interrupted, suddenly sharpened his eyes, and shouted angrily: "What's going on in such a panic! How decent it is!"

"Damn it, servant girl!" The maid was trembling all over, and could only repeat one sentence, "Servant servant didn't see anything, servant servant didn't know anything!"

"What's going on?" The Queen Mother slapped the table, "Come here!"

"Yes!" The servants on both sides ordered, grabbed the maid's shoulder, and dragged her towards the door.

"Your servant is guilty!" the maid suddenly yelled, "My servant bumped into His Highness the Crown Prince and Miss Pei..."

(End of this chapter)