Cousin Chitose Chitose

"General Zhuang, the man surnamed Ding was very tight-lipped and refused to recruit. However, his adjutant recruited, saying that he did not do his best when resisting the Beiliang people, which led to the robbing of food and grass. The adjutant tried his best to dissuade him." The one surnamed Ding, but that one surnamed Ding insists on going his own way..."

When General Zhuang heard this, he slammed the long knife in his hand on the table. His strength was so great that the table was cut in half by him.

"Did his adjutant say why he did this?" His eyes were red and full of killing intent.

"His adjutant only said that before he left Beijing, he was summoned by Empress Dowager Liu, and the content of their conversation is unknown."

When General Zhuang heard this, he frowned: "This person surnamed Ding, could it be that he belongs to Empress Dowager Liu?"

"On the surface, General Ding neither belongs to the Imperial Party nor the Queen's Party. However, his subordinates found out that General Ding's main family only gave birth to a daughter, and the outer room gave birth to a daughter for General Ding." A pair of twin sons. Those twins are under the control of Empress Dowager Liu's people."

Although General Zhuang is a military commander on the border, he also has some contacts in the imperial capital. Although he can't do anything, it's not a problem to find out some news for him.Otherwise, staying away from the center of power and ignoring the direction of the imperial capital will definitely cause serious problems.

"So it seems that Empress Dowager Liu really did it? But why did Empress Dowager Liu do this!"

Although General Zhuang didn't like Queen Mother Liu, it was hard to believe that Queen Mother Liu would be so disregarding the overall situation and kill Beiliang people when they invaded the border.Even if Empress Dowager Liu wants to kill the donkey, she should wait until they win the battle, right?

At this moment, a strong man came in with two more people.

The strong man threw the ordinary-looking soldier in his hand in front of General Zhuang: "General, these two dishonesty secretly received the news from outside, and I happened to catch them! This is intercepted." letter."

After speaking, he handed the letter to General Zhuang.

General Zhuang frowned and opened the letter. There was no information about the writer on the letter, only two words: Lian, kill.

If someone else came, they would definitely not understand what it meant, but General Zhuang understood it all at once.He also understood that most of the people who colluded with the Beiliang people were Empress Dowager Liu.

Empress Dowager Liu must have known that Crown Prince Kang Yu's eldest son was in his army, so she wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone!

Besides Empress Dowager Liu, who else wants to get rid of Jiang Lian and hurry up?

Those things that I couldn't understand before can be explained now, but General Zhuang just feels his teeth are cold.

In order to eradicate dissidents, Empress Dowager Liu did not hesitate to collude with foreigners to harm her own people. She is really short-sighted, and she is in vain as the Queen Mother of a country!

"General, I don't know what was written in that letter, but do you have any information about the person behind the scenes?" When the big man thought of the brothers who died on the battlefield, he gritted his teeth, wishing to smash all those traitors into pieces. !

Although they won this war, they fought extremely hard and paid a heavy price because the insider - the ghost - leaked their information to the people of Beiliang.If there were no ghosts, many brothers who died in battle would not have died!

"There's nothing written on it, but I already know who the culprit is. I just wish there was no evidence to identify her."

"Who is it?" The strong man's eyes began to turn red.

General Zhuang glanced at the indignant strong man, and sighed: "Don't ask, I won't tell you, it's for your own good. That person has high authority, and if we don't have enough evidence, we won't be able to bring her down at all."

In fact, even if there is enough evidence, it may not necessarily be useful.

As long as Empress Dowager Liu controls the emperor, seizes the power in the court, and allows her to commit a heinous crime, they will have nothing to do with her.

In the past, General Zhuang was never willing to get involved in the right and wrong of seizing power.He always felt that as long as he guarded the border land well, he would be worthy of the emperor and the court.But now, he couldn't help wondering, if someone like Empress Dowager Liu held the power alone, would he really be able to keep guarding the border in peace?

I'm afraid that in the future, if Empress Dowager Liu finds any excuse, he will be sent to prison!

General Zhuang is not afraid of death, but he doesn't want to die by himself. Death is worthless!

At this moment, General Zhuang Shao came in.

Seeing this, General Zhuang said to the strong man, "You can bring these two out."

Hearing the words, the strong man knew that General Zhuang probably wanted to have a chat with Young General Zhuang alone, so he agreed.

Before leaving, he asked General Zhuang for instructions: "I don't know if there are any spies sent by other people in our barracks! Look, do you want me to investigate more carefully?"

"No, those people are panicking. However, you have to continue to pay attention in private. If there is anyone who is dishonest, turn it over and send it over immediately!"

"Yes!"

After the strong man left, General Zhuang said to the surrounding soldiers: "You also go out and guard the door, and no one is allowed to come in."

When only General Zhuang and Young General Zhuang were left in the room, General Zhuang took the intercepted letter and said, "You should come and see this too."

Young General Zhuang was a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er at first, but when he saw the writing on it, his eyes immediately burst into murderous intent: "Father, it must be the people of the Empress Dowager who found out that A Lian is with us, so they want to come here. Murder him! As I said earlier, the queen mother is not a good thing, you must guard against her!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he got a slap on the head: "What A Lian? No big or small, that's your Highness! Even if he doesn't recognize his ancestors now, you still need to respect him!"

"I know, I know, I'm afraid that I'm used to being called Your Highness, and I'm usually called a leak! A Lian didn't care about it, but Dad, you care about it."

General Zhuang wanted to fight again, but Young General Zhuang hurriedly said: "Father, since the Queen Mother has already taken action against A Lian, are you still going to be beaten passively? This time the Northern Liang Army's siege may be done by her!"

General Zhuang heard the implication of General Zhuang Shao's words.

Unlike General Zhuang, Young General Zhuang has always been somewhat "disobedient".He identified Jiang Lian as the brother of life and death, so he would spontaneously consider issues from Jiang Lian's point of view.

Jiang Lian is the eldest son of the late Crown Prince Kang Yu, and he is the most qualified to inherit the throne.In this regard, even the current Holy Master can't compare with him.

After all, the current emperor is the youngest son of the late emperor.If it weren't for the other heirs of the first emperor who died and were abolished, it would not be the turn of the current emperor to sit on the throne.

If Jiang Lian wants to take back everything that belongs to him, no matter what General Zhuang thinks, Young General Zhuang will absolutely support him.

General Zhuang's attitude was very clear from the very beginning, and General Zhuang naturally could not fail to understand the meaning of his son's words.

But this time, he didn't blindly reprimand his son.Empress Dowager Liu's behavior is ultimately chilling, so it is extremely rare for this veteran who is loyal to Da Qi to have a thought that should not be there.

General Zhuang's lips twitched for a while, and said, "...she is the Queen Mother after all."

Young General Zhuang naturally saw the vacillation in General Zhuang's attitude, so he continued to persuade: "We are working for this country, for the emperor, not for a woman who becomes crazy once she gains power! We are not afraid of death, But, are you willing to sacrifice your life for such a woman, father?"

"If the emperor is fine, even if I am dissatisfied with the empress dowager, I will not say this. After all, the emperor is still a sensible person. But the emperor's life and death are uncertain now, and the one who holds the power is the empress dowager Liu, who has power-desire- Xun-xin's woman!" Young General Zhuang looked at his father seriously: "Father, the emperor suddenly fell ill, who benefited from it, is there really nothing tricky in it?"

After hearing this, General Zhuang struggled even more.

He respected Empress Dowager Liu earlier because she was the biological mother of the current emperor, but if Empress Dowager Liu had the heart to persecute the emperor, he would absolutely not tolerate it!

"After all, the emperor is the foundation of Empress Dowager Liu's power. Empress Dowager Liu should not do anything that hurts the dragon's body..."

"That's not likely." General Zhuang said with a sneer, "I heard that Empress Dowager Liu has always wanted to imitate Lu Wu... There is Empress Wu who kills her son, why can't Empress Dowager Liu do similar things?"

"When the emperor had no heirs, the Empress Dowager Liu certainly did not dare to lay hands on the emperor easily, but now, Concubine Li Xian already has the emperor's son in her belly. As long as the empress dowager Liu guarantees that the child can be born and raised safely, she can continue to take charge. Great power. Wouldn't it be easier to control a baby than to control an increasingly powerful emperor?"

"When the emperor fell ill in Beiliang, Empress Dowager Liu didn't think about how to fight against the enemy, nor how to seek medical advice for the emperor, fasting and praying for blessings, but hurriedly wanted the ministers to support the concubine in Li Xianfei's belly. The unborn fetus is the crown prince! Can't you see the ambition of Empress Dowager Liu?"

General Zhuang closed his eyes: "I want to think about it, you go out first."

"Yes, father, you really should think about it carefully, after all, this is a major matter that concerns so many people's lives..."

Having said that, Young General Zhuang knew that as long as the Emperor Jingzhong was still alive, General Zhuang would not make up his mind easily.

It's not that he wants to curse the emperor, but he really doesn't like the little emperor.When the little emperor was born, his body was not strong. He took good care of it, and even got sick several times a year. Now there is a queen dowager with ulterior motives by his side... How could his body withstand such torture?

After General Zhuang Shao left, General Zhuang took out the imperial decree sent to him by the cronies of the late emperor before his death.

It was only after he received this imperial decree that he found Jiang Lian and protected him from growing up.

Now, looking at this imperial decree that has been around for some years, he feels very complicated.

"First Emperor, tell me what I should do..."

At the same time, Jiang Lian received another batch of medicinal materials and food sent by Jiang Yuanwan, as well as an amulet.

Holding the amulet, Jiang Lian looked at the strange but familiar handwriting on it, her eyes warmed slightly: "The word sister is written with more vigor."

Seeing that he didn't just focus on practicing like before, Zhuang Tan looked a little more human, so he smiled and said, "Your sister sent you something again? Although you haven't seen each other for so many years, the friendship is not bad." Minus."

"That's natural. Now, I'm just such a family member. How can I have a relationship with her?" Jiang Lian closed his eyes, recalling the appearance of his younger sister chasing after him when he was young, calling his brother left and his brother right, and his eyes were slightly moist.

After so many years, the little one who chased after him and acted like a baby, has grown up too?It's a pity that now, he can't remember what she looks like.Time is really a terrible thing, enough to make people who were originally intimate become unfamiliar.

"Your sister is kind and righteous, so you don't give in too much." Zhuang Tan showed a smile on his face.

If not, it is impossible for him and Jiang Lian to become good brothers.

It is precisely because he has regarded Jiang Lian as a good brother that he doesn't want to see Jiang Lian end up in a bad end after being deprived of everything he should have.

The current emperor is open-minded, he has always known that the Jiang Lian brothers and sisters are still alive, and he can tolerate them.But if there is something wrong with the emperor's body this time, if another person becomes the emperor, can that emperor still have that measure?If the new emperor can't make his own decisions and is just a puppet of Empress Dowager Liu, the fate of Jiang Lian's brothers and sisters is naturally not to be mentioned.

At that time, although General Zhuang said that he took care of Jiang Lian according to the order of the first emperor, how could he not be suspected by the superiors?

Although General Zhuang still regarded himself as an imperial party, Zhuang Tan understood that from the moment General Zhuang brought Jiang Lian back, the fate of their Zhuang family had been tied with Jiang Lian, and both were prosperous and all were lost.

In Zhuang Qin's view, it is the most stupid way to entrust his fate on the kindness of others, so he is eager to know Jiang Lian's thoughts.

If Jiang Lian wants to fight for the position of supreme under heaven, Zhuang Tan will spare no effort to plan for him!

"You should have heard about what happened in Beijing recently, what do you think?"

In the past, whenever Zhuang Qin asked Jiang Lian what his plans were, Jiang Lian always replied that he would wait and see what happened.However, this time, Zhuang Qin must get a clear answer.

Jiang Lian glanced at him and said, "Get ready."

If the emperor is safe and sound, that's all.If the emperor ever made a mistake, for him, for his sister, for Zhuang Tan and those who have been by his side all the time, he must fight for that seat!

……

In the capital, Princess Rong An went to the palace to visit the imperial concubine, but the Empress Dowager Liu did not refuse.

These days, because Empress Dowager Liu suppressed the clan ministers and court officials and prevented them from visiting the emperor, they have already caused great dissatisfaction.If even Princess Rong An's request to visit her daughter was rejected, the outside world would probably have to guess what she did to these people in the palace.

Everything in the palace seemed to be as usual, but when Princess Rong An came in and out, she keenly sensed something was wrong.

However, when Princess Rong An arrived at the place where her daughter was, she couldn't care less about it.

There was a strong smell of medicine in the palace. She held her daughter who had been pampered for more than ten years in her hands, and she was lying on the hospital bed with a pale complexion.

Falling a fetus can hurt your health!How dare the people in the palace neglect her daughter like this!

"Where are the imperial physicians! Are all the imperial physicians in the palace dead? Why is there no imperial physician to recuperate you!"

The imperial concubine was obviously very excited when she saw Princess Rong An.Then, as soon as she opened her mouth, she coughed so hard that she couldn't stop.

Eldest Princess Rong An hurried forward to hold her daughter in her arms, her heart ached so much, she was about to comfort her softly, but she saw her daughter winking at her, and looked at the old mother beside her.

Princess Rong'an immediately noticed that the old nanny was a bit unfamiliar, and she didn't seem to be from the daughter's palace.

She made up her mind and said: "This palace and the imperial concubine have some personal things to say, you all go down."

The old mother said: "Eldest princess, the imperial concubine is not feeling well now, and there is no shortage of servants around her, so you can let the servants stay. Look at the imperial concubine, she is hanging with ginseng now." As for fate, if we all retreat, no one will serve the imperial concubine with ginseng at the critical moment..."

Princess Rong An didn't expect that a nun would dare to speak to her like this, and dare to curse her own daughter!

"Presumptuous! Who gave you the guts to curse the imperial concubine? Come, someone, drag this low-servant down to the palace and stick-death!"

However, no one around obeyed her orders at all.

"Okay, now I, the Eldest Princess, can't control you!" Eldest Princess Rong An laughed back angrily.

A little court lady who had been serving the imperial concubine before said tremblingly: "Princess Eldest, this old nanny...is specially sent by the empress dowager to 'take care' of the imperial concubine."

"So they were sent by the empress dowager, no wonder they are so arrogant! I'm afraid that the eldest princess of this palace and the imperial concubine are not as noble as the cats and dogs around the empress dowager!"

Even if the old lady didn't pay attention to Princess Rong An's mother and daughter, hearing this, she also felt that she couldn't hold back her face.

"The eldest princess wants to talk to the imperial concubine alone, so this old slave can't stop me. The old slave just kindly reminds me that I have nothing to say about being misunderstood by the eldest princess." After saying this, the old nun just left.

The rest of the maids and eunuchs saw that even the old mother couldn't stand it anymore, so naturally they wouldn't stay in front of Princess Rong An to dislike her.

Finally, there were only mother and daughter left in the palace. Princess Rong An hugged the imperial concubine in her arms, feeling extremely distressed.The imperial concubine lay in the arms of Eldest Princess Rong An, and finally vented her grievances for the past few days.

The mother and daughter cried for a while, and Princess Rong An said: "If I had known this, I would not have let you enter the palace. However, it is too late to say anything now. Now that you have become a royal concubine, the road ahead No matter how hard it is, no matter how difficult it is, you have to go on.”

The imperial concubine wiped away her tears, her voice was still a little hoarse: "Mother... just said. I just... cried a lot, and I already... feel much better."

The imperial concubine was talking about the family life with Princess Rong'an, while writing in the palm of Princess Rong'an.

I don't know what she wrote, but Princess Rong An's expression suddenly turned cold, and there was some hatred in her eyes.

Her voice was as usual, and she babbled a lot with the imperial concubine, all to comfort the imperial concubine.

The person guarding the gate of the palace didn't hear anything unusual, so he gradually relaxed.

In the end, Princess Rong An tucked the quilt for the imperial concubine: "Don't think about anything, so you can rest. When I come to see you next time, I will bring you some medicinal herbs." Speaking of this, she He became angry again: "Who made it impossible for this palace to afford supplements!"

The eavesdropper couldn't help being a little embarrassed when he heard this.

If it wasn't for the empress dowager deliberately treating the imperial concubine harshly, why would it be so?

After Eldest Princess Rong An left the palace, the imperial concubine looked at the servants who surrounded her again with a slightly cold expression.

If she had just told her mother something that should not be known by outsiders, I am afraid that her mother would not be able to walk out of the gate of the palace today?

This palace has really turned into a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.

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