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Li Beichen played with the chess pieces in his hands, and a cold smile appeared on his lips that was too light to be noticed.

It is not difficult to kill the King of Wei, or even the two prime ministers. The key is to reduce casualties as much as possible and stabilize the capital.

When he first ascended the throne, killing both prime ministers without any reason would inevitably cause shock in the officialdom and unrest in people's hearts, so there must be a reasonable reason.But the more important thing is that he doesn't want to kill them yet. The two ministers who care about life are still useful to him.

The top priority requires them to take the lead in resolving the plight of Jiangnan and Northeast China.Only old guys like them, who have been immersed in the officialdom for many years and have a complicated network of contacts, know how to control the corrupt officials and old fritters below them to do serious work when they get to the place.Others can't control it, and even if they try to do it reluctantly, it will cost several times more.

"The son's plan is today. Mother, don't worry too much. I have transferred Prime Minister Meng and Prime Minister Chen to prevent them from joining forces. Prime Minister Meng has left Beijing with his people today and rushed to Jiangnan. Prime Minister Chen will lead a team to Shaanxi the next day to deal with the drought and famine."

He did not tell the whole truth to the Queen Mother.

Things are accomplished through secrets and failed through omissions.He won't tell anyone his true plan until the very last moment.

The Queen Mother looked solemn: "Since there is conclusive evidence, let's put an end to it today and don't delay."

Li Beichen sighed: "My son has his own arrangements, mother, don't worry. Although I changed the city gate guard in the court today, there are many enemy people stationed in the Imperial Guard. The city gate will fall sooner or later, no matter who comes in." Whichever side it is, there will probably be a bloody storm."

The Queen Mother asked again: "Aren't you afraid that Meng Xiang will pretend to leave the city and then come back halfway?

Li Beichen said calmly: "I have secretly detained Prime Minister Meng's eldest son Meng Qing and youngest son Meng Ran as a containment. If he insists on dying, it will be his death, and we cannot keep him."

"Meng Xiang was in charge of the military during the reign of the late emperor and was good at leading troops in battles. He fought with the late emperor and made many military exploits. He was very prestigious in the army and had many contacts with the generals. If he takes advantage of this opportunity, he can secretly conduct military operations around the capital. Raising troops will ruin the situation. Don't take it lightly."

Li Beichen: "What the Queen Mother said is absolutely true. If Prime Minister Meng wants to rebel at this time, I'm afraid it will be the most difficult thing."

"Does Liu Liu know about this?" The Queen Mother asked worriedly, "Are you ordering him to set off to join the feudal clan the day after tomorrow to get rid of him? At this time, you should work together as brothers and be powerful. What's more, if Liu Liu him If you act alone, you might be ambushed by those dogs on the road."

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but slap the table again, and the slap hurt.

After protecting King Wei for so many years, I never thought I would raise a white-eyed wolf.Could it be that he knew what happened back then?
The Queen Mother closed her eyelids and said quietly, "Why don't you just announce that King Wei has entered the palace and give him poisonous wine to end the problem?"

She doesn't care whether the means she uses are justified or not.To succeed as a king or lose as a bandit, what you want is the final result.

Li Beichen pinched his fingers and remained silent without speaking.

The Queen Mother was afraid that Li Beichen would miss his childhood love and be soft-hearted and miss the opportunity:
"Emperor, it's time to cut it off. Now that it's confirmed that it's the third child, we should take the first step to avoid a long night with many dreams. Why don't we order the third child and the sixth child to come to Cining Palace for dinner tonight in the name of a farewell party for the sixth child. Disasters are frequent in various places, and Aijia has heard that there are signs of popular rebellion in many places. It is best to cut through the mess quickly, as the country cannot withstand the trouble."

Li Beichen had also considered the Queen Mother's plan in advance.

He said in a deep voice, "This is something I have to discuss with my mother. If things go wrong at that time, my mother will leave through the secret passage first. Only then can I and my sixth brother have peace of mind."

"Okay. Then you should be careful when the time comes." The Queen Mother thought again that Princess Wei was the third daughter of the Jiang family. "If King Wei rebels, what will the emperor do with Princess Wei?"

Li Beichen held the chess piece in his hand. He had also considered this issue in the past two days. When the time comes, it will definitely be a life-or-death battle between him and King Wei.If Princess Wei insists on helping King Wei, who will Jiang Yuebai help?
He avoided talking about Princess Wei's treatment and replied firmly: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, Rui Bin will only be loyal to me."

The Queen Mother sneered and tapped the chessboard, "They are sisters. Don't take it lightly."

Li Beichen pondered for a moment and then said, "Why don't you let Rui Bin stay with the queen and protect the queen these days?"

The Queen Mother's heart was stagnant, and the image of Jiang Yuebai slashing at the enemy like crazy appeared in her mind, and she was covered in blood in the end. She felt a little short of breath without realizing it.

She lowered her eyes, dropped a black stone on the chessboard, and said faintly, "Let her stay with you to protect your safety." She was so angry that she almost caused a disaster, but luckily she was still thinking about Jiang. The promise was to spare her a small life.

Then he held the chess pieces and said meaningfully: "Since dangers are everywhere, the emperor should exercise restraint and stay vigilant. Don't indulge."

Li Beichen turned around, picked up the teacup and drank tea, hiding his embarrassment.

The Queen Mother glared at Li Beichen rather displeasedly and reprimanded, "What happened to you yesterday? I don't know where the news leaked from, and it spread like wildfire. How is it appropriate? Eunuch Liu has already dealt with those lax minions." Is there any record in the note? If there is a record, it will all become historical data in the future, so where is the face?"

Li Beichen was ashamed and his ears instantly turned red. He didn't swallow a mouthful of tea and almost choked. He quickly put down the tea cup. After his coughing subsided, he responded: "Mother, calm down. My son understands."

The Queen Mother rubbed her brows and felt a headache, "Okay, please step back. The Ai family is exhausted."

She bit the tip of her tongue hard, feeling the salty taste in her mouth, trying to stay awake.

I regretted that I had left King Wei behind.

Outside Cining Palace, Jiang Yuebai was sitting in a sedan chair, racing against time to learn Go with the AI ​​system.

A whole morning of useless meetings wasted so much of her precious time reviewing for exams.

It turned out that Li Beichen had arranged for Marquis Xu Fuhai to intercept Jiang Yuebai and let Jiang Jinxiu go back alone in a sedan.

After Li Beichen entered the carriage, he held Jiang Yuebai in his arms.I just heard the report from the young eunuch sent by Eunuch Liu, and I was worried about him.

She was afraid that the Queen Mother would come to deal with Jiang Yuebai again because of the ridiculous incident yesterday afternoon.After all, she couldn't blame her for this, she just couldn't wait.

He had seen the cruel methods his mother had used.He was afraid that those cruel methods would be used on Jiang Yuebai, so he rushed over without stopping.

Li Beichen told Jiang Yuebai what he had just said to the Queen Mother in Cining Palace, and asked her: "Jiaojiao, what will you do at that time?"

Jiang Yuebai frowned, "Concubine, let me think about it."

While she was deep in thought, she didn't notice that Li Beichen had been staring at her coldly, like a sword, carrying determination and hope.

Although Jiang Yuebai had an intuition before that it was probably the King of Wei who was rebellious, after all, this was too common in ancient Chinese history.

After all, the emperor is the supreme king and has supreme power. It is difficult for a prince not to miss this position.The prince hangs his head on his belt, letting others decide his life and death, and it doesn't feel good to rely on the other person's kindness.

In history, there are countless emperors who killed their brothers after they became full-fledged.

It is not surprising that King Wei would do this.

If the emperor faced the King of Wei, he would definitely side with the emperor.

But thinking of his sister Jiang Jinshi, Jiang Yuebai found it hard to accept that the sisters were fighting each other like this.

She thought of the many happy times the three sisters had when they were young, and her eyes became red unknowingly.