wait for another year

The court will not stagnate because of the entanglement between King Su and his wife.

Ever since Xuanyuan Xin knew about her birth mother, she had a grudge against Empress Dowager Deng, even though she went to sleep every now and then, she lost her original intimacy.However, the Empress Dowager Deng didn't realize it at this time, because the Empress was weak, she even asked the Empress Dowager to send another daughter of the Deng family to the palace, and the idea of ​​the Deng family having three generations of empresses in succession made the new emperor even more afraid .

"Extremely stupid." Xuanyuan Hui looked at the Di Bao and smiled ironically.

Zhao Xu glanced at him, "There's some not-so-bad news."

"Oh?"

"The Empress Dowager may not survive this winter." Zhao Xu looked at the yellow leaves flying in the courtyard.

Xuanyuan Hui laughed loudly, "How can it be called good or bad news? In my opinion, I have to be exempted from taxes in Suzhou for three years to relieve my ecstasy."

The Empress Dowager was not the late Emperor's biological mother, nor was she even remotely related to Xuanyuan Hui. She was even more suspicious of the late Emperor's death.For her, Xuanyuan Hui always wanted to get rid of it quickly, and it was normal to have such a reaction at this moment.

Zhao Xu still looked at Xuanyuan Hui silently until he calmed down.

"Why don't you laugh?"

Xuanyuan Hui showed a bit of melancholy, "I can't let her die by my hands."

After that, he laughed at himself, "Speaking of it, there are so many people who forced Father to death, so it's possible that I can kill them all myself?"

The stupid Dezong, the ambitious Deng family, the powerful eunuchs who work for tigers, the officials who pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the weak and incompetent heirs, all of them can make people sleepless at night.

That bowl of poisonous wine may be a belated relief for Huaizong.

The autumn wind blows, white clouds fly far away, the vegetation shakes down, and the geese return south sadly.

Xuanyuan Hui only felt chills, but after that day, he didn't dare to show any intimacy to Zhao Xu easily.

Could it be that the two who were once intimate are going to drift away like this and become separated from now on?

Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Hui grasped Zhao Xu's hand, pretending to be relaxed, "No matter how powerful she is, she is just an old woman struggling to survive, what else can she cause? It's just that Cui Jinghu can come in handy."

Zhao Xu looked down at the clasped hands, but didn't push them away, as if he was greedy for the warmth in his palms, "That's right, the first emperor didn't succeed that time, Deng Dang must still want to take advantage of the empress dowager's funeral ceremony to kill the prince." Call back to the capital. Since Cui Jinghu has formed an alliance with you and me, he should make some efforts this time."

"Exactly." Seeing that he hadn't thrown himself away, Xuanyuan Hui couldn't help being a little excited.

He knew in his heart that up to now, the two of them could treat it as nothing happened, and the kiss that day was just a romantic dream without a trace.

So far, whitewashing is peaceful.

In the first year of Zhengqing, one year after the death of Emperor Huaizong, the Empress Dowager Deng passed away. Because she served Dezong and later ruled for three generations of emperors, the whole country held filial piety. Xuanyuan Xin went to Zigong to offer wine and serve onyx Funeral, extremely mournful.

Far away in the northwest, Su Wang, who was once known for his pure filial piety, was much calmer this time. Although he also observed fasting and filial piety, he never showed any sign of mourning.

Empress Dowager Deng originally wanted to call King Su to the capital, but after a long talk with Princess Xiaohui, she also dismissed this idea, and only relegated King Su from the prince to the successor king on the grounds that he was not pure and filial.

Handing over the prince's treasure book and court clothes rather indifferently, Xuanyuan Hui said coldly to Shouning next to him: "They can't seal what I want."

Only one month after the death of the Empress Dowager, Xuanyuanxin blatantly launched an attack and removed Liu Yu from the post of secretary, and replaced it with Lu Yuan's father.Liu Yu was born in the Hedong Liu family, and he is one of the few Hedong gentry in the Deng party of the humble family. His dismissal is like a slap in the face to the Deng party.

Deng Yan complained of illness for three consecutive days and Deng Xiang also excused himself to take care of his father, but he was nowhere to be seen for a few days.

Deng's party followed suit. The new emperor relied on Deng's party to succeed to the throne, and the government had either actively offered favors or passively accepted many Deng's parties. As a result, only [-]% of the court meeting in October was reached.

The emperor was so angry that he simply dismissed most of them, and hastily pulled out many replacements from Taixue and various states and counties.

This trick was also used by the ancestors of the previous generation when he was holding back the two parties, but at that time the ancestor was the prince of the East Palace, and he ordered his subordinates to search for talented people early in the morning, so there is no need to worry about it being unusable even if it is a temporary appointment.And the ones selected by Xuanyuan Xin this time were either not deeply involved in the world and all relied on the recommendation of the seniors of the Taixue, or they had no talent and no virtue all the way to get promoted by bluffing their beards. These people made the already complicated court affairs even more messy.

In the evening Xuanyuan Hui came back from the army, saw that Zhao Xu did not wait for him, and had dinner on his own, he was not angry, so he moved a bed and sat on one side with a smile, and continued to eat the food on Zhao Xu's table.

Zhao Xu touched the bottom of the bowl, "It's getting cold, I'll let the small kitchen do it again."

Xuanyuan Hui shook his head, "It's okay, you said that Cui Jinghu's move can be regarded as advancing by retreating?"

"Advance by retreat?" Zhao Xu raised the corners of his lips, "I don't think so. This must not be Cui Jinghu's handwriting, and I don't know if it was the idea of ​​a dog-headed military adviser in the Deng Party."

Seeing that Xuanyuan Hui was a little confused, Zhao Xu took the bamboo chopsticks and said in a persuasive manner, "You and I form an alliance with Cui Jinghu because we are now enemies with Xuanyuan Xin, are you right?"

"Yes."

"Although Xuanyuanxin is in dire straits right now, Deng Dang is not unscathed. If it was Cui Jinghu, he would never come up with such an idea." Zhao Xu arranged the bamboo chopsticks into a triangle, "Our current three parties, In terms of power, Deng Dang is the biggest; in terms of reputation, Xuanyuan Xin is the first..."

Xuanyuan Hui immediately said: "When it comes to the virtuousness and wisdom of the mistress, we have to count our Su Palace."

Without waiting for Zhao Xu to reprimand, Xuanyuan Hui said, "I understand what you mean, the current triangle is already on the verge of collapse, and it is waiting for one party to break it, and then they will be annexed, and finally the male and female will be determined."

He broke off one of the bamboo chopsticks with one hand, and put them together next to the one in his left hand, "Xuanyuan Xin has neither courage nor strategy, so he must be the first to be defeated, and what remains of him must be taken over by someone else. At present, Cui Jinghu's plan is to use our power to destroy Xuanyuan Xin, and then take advantage of the favorable location to swallow his remaining party to strengthen his own power, and finally turn around to deal with us."

Zhao Xu silently took back the two intact bamboo chopsticks and continued to eat, leaving Xuanyuan Hui staring at the broken bamboo chopsticks in a daze.

After eating a mouthful of roasted lamb, he picked up another chopstick, and seeing Xuanyuan Hui still looking at him eagerly, Zhao Xu smiled and said, "My lord is wise."

Xuanyuan Hui wrinkled his nose, stood up recklessly, took the meat away, chewed it and swallowed it.

Zhao Xu laughed angrily, "Are you a dog?"

As he spoke, he still handed him his bamboo chopsticks, and the two chatted and spent a good night together.