Concubine's true colors

Chapter 418 Empress Xue's Layout
Compared to the palace, between Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianrui, they can speak clearly to each other and live in harmony in the same room.

Empress Xue, who lives far away in Fengxiang Palace, has trouble sleeping and eating because of the calm in Prince Rui's mansion.

Although it was already the time when the night was dark and quiet, Empress Xue, who almost controlled the entire inner courtyard of the palace, immediately brought her only son, Zhou Xiantai, to see her.

And as soon as they met, she became so angry with him that she even dropped two or three teacups.

And seeing Zhou Xiantai's face splashed with tea soup, he didn't even dare to hide for a while.

In the eyes of Empress Xue, not only did she not feel that this son was obedient to her, but she immediately hated iron and said:

"Look at your unpromising appearance, no wonder you will fall into the hands of your brothers again and again. Fortunately, you are still the first prince, the son of my empress Xue. In my opinion, you are indeed better than Prince Rui, Wu. Zhou Xianyu is even more difficult to beat. I really don't know what kind of virtue Concubine Liang has cultivated in her previous life to have such two capable sons. Fortunately, this palace only has the position of queen, but this biological son does not live up to expectations. What is she really doing? There's no use in planning."

Hearing Queen Xue's words, Zhou Xiantai, who was kneeling on the cold marble floor with his head tightly lowered, couldn't help clenched his hands into fists instantly, and his eyes showed pain and unwillingness.

Zhou Xiantai's motivation for working hard since he was a child was to make his mother, Empress Xue, be proud of him and recognize his ability.

But no matter how well he does, what he always waits for is never-ending warnings and reminders, and he will be scolded and reprimanded if he is a little careless.

This kind of mental torture is also the root cause of the devastated Zhou Xiantai's vicious personality, his lack of affection for his family, and even his usurping the throne and rebellion.

And seeing Zhou Xiantai being reprimanded at this time, Bai Liu, who was also kneeling on one side, was announced into the palace by Xue Hou at the same time as the other party, she knew it very well.

Now that she is married to Zhou Xiantai, she can live well only if this husband is good.

What's more, Zhou Xiantai has already agreed to her, as long as the Duke's Mansion can assist him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, then she will be the queen in the future.

Because he knew that only with the support of Empress Xue, the mother and son would work together to secure Zhou Xiantai's throne, so Bai Liu immediately kowtowed to smooth things over and said:
"Mother, please calm down. Bai Liu knows that the matter of discussing conditions with Yeying and arranging an ambush for Yuwang this time is indeed arranged by the prince. Although the prince is at fault for asking Yuwang to come back alive, the queen mother can only blame it." Yeying people are stupid. The prince was only in charge of discussing the conditions at that time, but he didn't come to the scene in person. So I asked the queen mother to take the phoenix body as the most important thing, and she must not get angry and hurt her body."

A pair of stern eyes glanced at Bai Liu, Xue Houdang snorted, and then said quietly:
"Ye Yingguo failed to kill Zhou Xianyu, and Xiantai's failure to handle this matter may be justifiable. But Concubine Bai, isn't your Duke of Hua's mansion always known as the No. [-] nobleman in the Great Zhou Dynasty? You were How did you assure me that as long as you force the palace here, your Bai family can guarantee that most of the nobles will respond. But now, the nobles everywhere, including the government, have not given Zhou Xianyu, who has been hidden and driven back to the capital, to the queen. Get caught in one step, you talk about this kind of allegiance, what's the use of my Xue family coming."

Seeing that Empress Xue turned her anger on herself again, Bai Liu felt extremely uneasy when facing the mother of a country, so he immediately defended:
"Nurse Empress, this Prince Yu is good at fighting. If he intends to go into hiding, I'm afraid not many people will be able to find him in this big week. Now Xianyu has returned this week, but the Beijing military camp has also returned. There are only 1 to [-] soldiers and horses. Because of the meritorious service in rescuing the ancestor emperor, my Huaguo government can stockpile [-] private soldiers. In addition to other befriended nobles, my Bai family can mobilize [-] private soldiers for my mother at any time. At your disposal."

After all, the Bai family is also one of the four major families, and it is not surprising that they can gather more than ten thousand troops.

The most fundamental reason why Xue Houshi was so angry was because he was afraid of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing military camp.

Now seeing that the Bai family can send 2 troops, considering the thousands of forbidden troops in the imperial palace, plus the thousands of soldiers and horses in the city defense battalion controlled by the prime minister's mansion, there can be about [-] troops.

With the soldier Xue in his hands, the heart is much more at ease, so after seeing her pondering for a while, he asked again:

"Bai Fangfei, how long will it take for all the troops from your Duke's mansion to be mobilized to the capital? The Xiao family army will arrive in the capital in about four months. If we want to succeed, we can only start before then."

Although most of the Xue family's army is going to guard the frontier, but all of the Xiao family are born military commanders.

Therefore, even if the opponent only brings back tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Empress Xue's heart is like a mirror, and it is foolish to want to defeat the opponent.

Therefore, originally thinking that Zhou Xianyu died in battle, he wanted to force Ming Emperor to take the initiative to pass on the plan to be located in Zhou Xiantai. Because the situation has changed now, Empress Xue also had to give up this plan.

After all, the Beijing army camp without Zhou Xianyu is like a pan of loose sand, but now that the King of War of the Great Zhou came back, Empress Xue knew that the way of intimidating Emperor Ming would no longer work.

And if the Xiao family's army came back, it is estimated that the first ones to be cleaned up must be the Xue family of Xiangfu.

So the current plan is for her to act first and directly reverse it.As long as the palace is forced to ascend the throne first, after all the dust settles, even if the Xiao family army returns, the courtiers will definitely not dare to do anything to Zhou Xiantai who has become the emperor.

And Zhou Xiantai, who was still kneeling on the ground, would never disobey Queen Xue's wishes.

But hearing that the queen mother was already ready to force the palace to rebel, he immediately said cautiously:

"My mother, it's still very inappropriate for my mother to usurp the throne in a hurry. After all, counting the 2 black armored guards in my hands, we seem to have an advantage in numbers. But the private soldiers of the Duke's Mansion and the Forbidden Army are not there. Experience in large-scale battles. However, the more than [-] soldiers in the Beijing Army Battalion are brave and good at fighting, and with the command and dispatch of Xianyu, we may not be sure of victory if we want to win."

A gloomy and scheming look was fleeting in Empress Xue's eyes, and then she heard her chuckle a few times in a low voice, and then she said quite comfortably:

"Emperor, there is no need to worry. The tens of thousands of troops in our hands are just precautions. If the Queen Mother succeeds in her plan, then Zhou Xianyu may not send troops at all when we are forcing the palace."

He heard that the seventh younger brother whom he was most afraid of might not send troops to fight against him during the palace change.

Immediately, Zhou Xiantai really couldn't wait to know what kind of strategy his mother, who had always been respected and feared by him, had come up with.

Looking at Zhou Xiantai's surprised eyes, after Xue Hou raised the corner of his mouth slightly, he said with a hint of planning in his voice:

"Your seventh younger brother loves Xiao Jinxuan wholeheartedly, but now this concubine daughter is married to Prince Rui. That day the brothers almost turned against each other under the gate of the city, and even killed themselves. Two months after the wedding, the prince is I want to bring my concubine into the palace to visit the empress again. At that time, the empress mother will hold a big banquet, invite Zhou Xianyu, and ask him to see for himself how the newlyweds are married."

Playing with the Fengming ring in her hand, the cold light in Xue Hou's eyes became more and more intense, and she said more freely:

"When the time comes, I will be at the banquet, provoking Zhou Xianyu with words. Make him think that Xiao Jinxuan will marry Zhou Xianrui, all of which are arranged by your father and King Yongchang. At that time, he will marry Zhou Xianrui. Love gave birth to hatred, and created a estrangement with the royal family, maybe when we forced the palace, he would not only ignore it, but also feel extremely happy, avenging his hatred of taking his wife."

Zhou Xiantai almost killed Zhou Xianrui under Yuque's door, and caused Xiao Jinxuan to vomit blood and fall to the ground, Zhou Xiantai naturally knew about it afterward.

Originally, it was because the two brothers had always been of the same mind, that Zhou Xiantai was suppressed into a very passive state under the pressure of one article and one weapon.

But now I can see that Empress Xue's idea is to separate the two of them. Although I dare not say that it is sure, if Zhou Xianyu really refuses to send troops.

If they were not helping Zhou Xianrui, Zhou Xiantai knew in his heart that they had already won this round.

Seeing her plan, Zhou Xiantai already understood, and Empress Xue, who had calmed down a lot, asked the other party and Bai Liu to get up, and then she still did not forget to say:

"The men in Zhou Xianyu's hands, regardless of whether he will send troops when we force the palace, the [-] army under your control, the emperor, is also capable of fighting. But there is one thing I still want to tell you. Ji Lingfeng is a rare talent. Now we At the time of employing someone, but he was trapped by lovesickness Gu, and he didn't dare to act rashly at all. Try to get Xiao Jinyu out alive for me, and controlling him will not only serve Ji Lingfeng for you, but may also be used to check and balance the Xiao family in the future. After all This young lady is the treasure of Mrs. Xiao's heart."

Zhou Xiantai has always relied heavily on Ji Lingfeng, but Prince Rui's Mansion is not that easy to break into, so although he is anxious, he can't think of a better way for a while.

Seeing that he had finished what he had to say, Empress Xue couldn't help waving her hand, indicating that Zhou Xiantai could leave.

After the son left, Xue Houshi's eyes, which were still slightly squinted as if in sleepiness, immediately opened with a gleam of light.

She motioned for Zuo Wen, who was standing beside her, to take a few steps forward, and then she said in a cryptic voice:
"Why did Zhou Xianyu come back this time? There is a secret letter from Yeying. It's really useless. Even though he has become the king of Yeying now, he still didn't help at such a critical time." to this palace."

After serving by Xue Hou's side for decades, Zuo Wen basically knew everything about the other party.

Therefore, seeing that Empress Xue said these words with complaints, Zuo Wen quickly waved her hands, and said nervously:
"Empress, although this is in our own bedroom, you must not mention that person. Otherwise, once people know about the past of your empress, it will be extremely disadvantageous to you."

After taking a few deep breaths, Empress Xue suddenly let out a long sigh, and then she said as if talking to herself:

"Perhaps I should have trusted him back then and left Dazhou with him. If so, maybe the life I am living now is not living in calculations every day, nor is it guarding such an empty house. The palace waited until death. But now it’s a passing day to say these things, Zuo Wen helps Ben and go to rest, I’m a little tired.”

On weekdays, there are many phoenixes, and the domineering Empress Xue has disappeared.All that was left was the lonely back of the other party who walked quietly into the inner hall against the candlelight.

(End of this chapter)