The Regent makes me unstoppable [Transmigration Book]

After Lin Zhenyue returned to Beijing, he filed a petition to resign as General Dingbei claiming to be ill. Shen Ying received the memorial and went to Evergreen Garden to discuss with the Queen Mother, pretending to be obedient.

"Queen Mother, the Lin family's willingness to hand over their military power is considered loyal to me. Lin Zhenyue has fought for Da Ying for many years and has made great achievements. Therefore, I want to make Lin Zhenyue the Gu'an Bo to show the greatness of heaven and appease the other generals in the army. What do you think? ?”

Shen Ying asked Empress Dowager Liu's intentions modestly. Empress Dowager Liu closed her eyes and sat on the soft pillow, enjoying the service of Princess Changping helping her pinch her shoulders.

Since Empress Dowager Liu cut off the military power of the Lin family, she has been able to sleep much more peacefully at night, and the emperor has been keeping herself safe recently and has not disobeyed her. She is omnipotent, so the whole person looks energetic and radiant.

The meticulously painted makeup and proper maintenance make Empress Dowager Liu look like she is only in her early thirties. If she puts on brightly colored clothes and stands with Princess Changping, I don’t know, I think they are sisters.

Empress Dowager Liu's eyes were closed, and she looked as if she was about to fall asleep, but in fact, she never stopped thinking in her heart. The emperor wanted to reward the Lin family with a title. If the eldest princess of Changping marries in the future, the son born will also be of higher birth.

So Empress Dowager Liu nodded lazily, "Your Majesty is benevolent, so please do as you wish."

Shen Ying continued: "There is another thing. I know that the Empress Dowager is worried about Changping's marriage, so I sent an order in advance to ask Qin Tianjian to combine the birthdays of Changping and Lin Che. It's an auspicious day for the zodiac, why not set their wedding on that day?"

Empress Dowager Liu counted the days in her mind, and there were only five months left until the sixteenth day of the first lunar month of the coming year. The time was neither too long nor too short, and besides, the princess had to prepare well for her wedding, so she nodded in agreement.

Shen Ying smiled and said: "There is also the queen mother, Lin Che is only a fifth-rank general now, and this status Princess Shang may have wronged Changping, so I want to promote him to be a fourth-rank general of the Yulin Army. You How do you feel?"

Empress Dowager Liu thought for a while, she had already lifted Lin Zhenyue's military power, and the Lin family would inevitably feel resentment towards her, so it was appropriate to offer more rewards to the Lin family to appease her, so she opened her eyes and smiled at Shen Ying, praising her. : "Your Majesty has thoughtful considerations, so let's do everything according to His Majesty's wishes."

Shen Ying stood up, bowed and said goodbye: "Then I won't disturb the Queen Mother to rest, and my son will leave."

Before leaving, Shen Ying took advantage of Empress Dowager Liu not paying attention, and quickly blinked at Princess Changping. Princess Changping received the signal from Shen Ying's eyes, and nodded slightly understandingly. After Shen Ying left, Princess Changping walked up to Empress Dowager Liu, knelt down and blessed Empress Dowager Liu, and said, "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for planning for Changping. Changping will treat you as filial as one's own mother and concubine in the future, to repay the empress dowager for your great kindness."

A hypocritical smile appeared on Empress Dowager Liu's face, and she bent down to help Princess Changping herself, "Good boy, get up quickly, we are all one family, what kind of favor is there, you are so respectful and filial, and I feel sorry for your family. You are my own daughter."

The eldest princess of Changping smiled gratefully, then lowered her head and took out the military talisman for dispatching the Lin family army from her sleeve, "It's just that the Queen Mother, this brand is placed here in Changping, and Changping always feels that it is a bit inappropriate. It's a big deal, if you lose this sign and delay the military plane or something, wouldn't it be a big crime, so please ask the Queen Mother to take back the military amulet?"

When Empress Dowager Liu saw the soldier talisman, her eyes lit up. Princess Changping was willing to take the initiative to hand over the soldier talisman. Of course she couldn't ask for it, so she stretched out her hand to pick it up without thinking, but when her hand was about to touch the soldier talisman, she hesitated again. , will she act too impatient like this?

So he put his hand back hypocritically, and said with a smile: "This is the betrothal gift from the Lin family. You are not married yet, so how can the Ai family take your betrothal gift? It's okay. You can take this soldier talisman. Don't be too aggressive." Be nervous, even if something happens, there will be Aijia to back you up."

Princess Changping moved the military talisman to Queen Mother Liu, as if she insisted on handing over the military talisman, "Empress Dowager, since you regard Changping as your own daughter, you shouldn't be so different from Changping. A daughter's dowry is originally for her parents. , so this soldier talisman should be handed over to you."

Empress Dowager Liu saw the sincere look on Princess Changping's face, she didn't look like she was acting, she couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, but she still shook her head and refused to accept it, pretending to be a loving mother and filial son, until Princess Changping knelt down anxiously , begged her repeatedly to take back the soldier talisman, and Empress Dowager Liu pretended to be reluctant to take the soldier talisman.

"You child," Empress Dowager Liu held the military talisman tightly in her hand, and looked at Princess Changping with a smile on her face and said angrily, "You are too cautious in your usual actions. Well, the Ai family will keep it for you, so that you don't have to deal with it all over the place." I am trembling all day long, I can't even sleep well, if I lose weight because of this, the Ai family will feel sorry for me."

Princess Changping smiled and said, "Changping, I would like to thank the Empress Dowager for showing mercy."

After receiving the military talisman from the Lin Family Army, Empress Dowager Liu had another important matter on her mind, and her trust in Changping Princess, who took the initiative to hand over the military talisman, also increased day by day. Since then, Princess Changping has become the most popular person around Queen Liu. She often walks in front of Empress Dowager Liu, not to mention, even sometimes Guo Jiuchen meets Empress Dowager Liu, unless they are talking about some confidential matters, Empress Dowager Liu will not deliberately avoid Princess Changping.

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Time passed by, and the hot summer passed quickly. The emperor and queen mother planned to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the palace, and then began to prepare for returning to Beijing.

But just after the emperor set the date for the holy car to return to Luan, Ling Qingheng buried the eyeliner in the residence of Feng Taifei's elder brother, Feng Baoji, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, and suddenly reported to Ling Qingheng that Feng Baoji was found to be raised in his village in the suburbs of Beijing. Killed a large number of dead men, I don't know what to do.

At the same time, Gu Minrang, who had been watching the movement of Duke Liang's mansion, also reported that a sedan chair stopped at the back door of Duke Liang's mansion late one night, and then a man covered from head to toe in a cloak got off the sedan chair. When someone entered Liang Guogong's mansion, he saw that the person's body was like a woman. The spies kept guarding until it was almost dawn, and the woman came out of Liang Guogong's mansion. They followed all the way and watched the sedan chair enter through the side gate of the palace. palace.

In addition, the Jinyiwei spies who were staring at Du's mansion also found some clues. Although Du Qianren has been shutting himself out since returning to Beijing, refusing to see guests, it seems that he is staying at home honestly, but in fact, the housekeeper of the Du family Every day, I would take advantage of the opportunity to go shopping in the government to go to a fixed tea house to secretly meet with a person, and that person is Wu Zejing, the chief assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the household department!

Gu Min keenly sensed that these people were secretly colluding together to plan some major event secretly. The emperor was about to return to the palace, and they finally couldn't hold back and wanted to make a move.

Gu Min suppressed the information detected by Jin Yiwei and did not report it to Guo Jiuchen, but conveyed it to Ling Qingheng as before, and asked Ling Qingheng to go to the palace to report to the emperor.

He was almost sure that Ling Qingheng was a descendant of the Shu family, so he was trustworthy, and because he had to pretend to be loyal to Guo Jiuchen on the surface, sometimes it was not appropriate to help the emperor himself, so as not to arouse Guo Jiuchen's suspicion.

He was in the open and Ling Qingheng was in the dark. It was undoubtedly the best choice for Ling Qingheng to remind the emperor.

Although last time because of the incident in the Huae Tower, after Ling Qingheng saw Shen Ying's scheming, he felt a little jealous of the scheming emperor, but this time the incident may be related to Guozuo, and there is no one who can support him Before the Mingjun appeared, he would still choose to help Shen Ying stabilize the throne.

Who made the descendants of the Xu family believe in the current Holy Majesty?

After Ling Qingheng collected the information, he went to the palace non-stop and told Shen Ying all the information.

After listening to Shen Ying, even though he realized that the situation in the capital had become turbulent during the time he was not in the capital, he was not too surprised.

As early as he knew that Concubine Feng Qi Wang's mother and son were pretending to be crazy and selling fools to deceive Empress Dowager Liu, he had a hunch that the mother and son would never willingly succumb to Empress Dowager Liu's despotic power, and if they wanted to get out of Empress Dowager Liu's hands, they had to survive until Liu The queen mother returned to the west on a crane, otherwise she would have to do big things.

And Du Qianren's wish to make a comeback was already in his expectation.

Du Qianren voluntarily resigned from his post as the chief assistant of the cabinet because his son Du Chengmei committed fraud in the imperial examination, which is equivalent to resigning because he committed a crime and was dismissed from office. implicated.

In fact, at the beginning, Shen Ying also intended to give Du Qianren a favor, and did not wipe out all the forces of the Du Party in the court, otherwise, letting Guo Jiuchen rule alone would be a great disadvantage to him in regaining power.

It's just that Wu Zejing, the Minister of the Household Department who was once despised by him as a "grass on the wall", made him look at him with admiration.

Wu Zejing was promoted by Du Qianren to sit in the position of Cifu. He originally thought that after Du Qianren fell from power, Wu Zejing really took refuge in Guo Jiuchen because of the wind. Now that he thinks about it, he is young after all, and there are no old foxes who have been up and down for decades. can play.

Now that it is known that Wu Zejing and Du Qianren have secret contacts, that is to say, Wu Zejing is actually loyal to Du Qianren, who has the kindness to know him, and Du Qianren should have instructed him to take refuge in Guo Jiuchen on the surface, because only in this way can the first assistant The position continues to be in the hands of the Du Party.

Shen Ying sneered secretly in her heart, he just said, Du Qianren worked hard all his life, and finally took the position of chief assistant, how could he be willing to let others like this, it turned out that he pretended to resign, but actually hid his strength and bide his time.

After Du Chengmei's lesson, Du Qianren should have noticed that if he continues to rely on the Queen Mother, he will always be just a dog by the Queen Mother's side. Once he has no use value, he can be discarded at will.

Therefore, if you want to truly become a master, you must hold the supreme power of Da Yingchao in your own hands.

And supporting a new monarch to succeed to the throne can remove all the obstacles that prevent him from ascending to the peak of power, such as Queen Mother Liu, Guo Jiuchen, and of course him, the puppet emperor supported by Queen Mother Liu.

As for the new monarch, there is no one more suitable than King Qi. Concubine Feng and King Qi are a pair of orphans and widowed mothers, and their natal family has little power. As long as they support King Qi to ascend the throne, Du Qianren can follow the example of Duke Huan of Qi and King Wei Wu in the future. The like, take the emperor to order the princes!

So Du Qianren, Concubine Feng, and Liang Guogong's family who were killed because they wanted to marry the eldest princess, they hit it off with almost the same purpose, and while the emperor and the queen mother were not in Beijing, they joined hands and prepared to rebel .

Shen Ying realized that she might be facing an unprecedented crisis, and fortunately, she noticed it in advance. People like Du Qianren and Feng Taifei can't make a big deal for the time being. If the Empress Dowager Liu, who has a large army in her hand, comes forward, this crisis can be easily resolved. .

But what Shen Ying thought was that sometimes a crisis can be turned into an opportunity if it is well utilized, so he didn't tell the Empress Dowager Liu the information, but hurriedly called a few of his trustworthy officials into the palace to discuss the big plan.

In Chengxin Zhai, all the servants in the palace were screened out, except for the emperor, only Gu'an Bolin Zhenyue, Yulin Army Zhonglang Lin Che, Imperial Academy editor Xie Yu, and Ling Qingheng were present.

However, Gu Min was not present because Guo Jiuchen temporarily dispatched him to Beijing for business.

After Shen Ying asked Ling Qingheng to share the collected intelligence information with others, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, "What is the best strategy for the Du party and King Qi to join forces to commit chaos?"

Lin Zhenyue thought for a while and said, "Since the Holy Majesty has known about these people's ambitions in advance, why not report it to the Queen Mother and ask the Queen Mother to send troops to suppress it?"

Shen Ying took a sip of tea, "Report to the Queen Mother? Does Gu Anbo think that this is the simplest way to counter the rebellion? If I want the Queen Mother to take action, why do I still need you to come here?"

Lin Che said bluntly: "Your Majesty, even if you want us to suppress the rebellion, you must have soldiers in your hands, but my father's military power has been taken away by the Empress Dowager Liu. There are no soldiers available, and even a clever woman can't cook without rice." ah."

Shen Ying smiled calmly. After all, Xie Yu had stayed by Shen Ying's side the longest and knew Shen Ying's temper best, so he boldly asked, "Your Majesty, have you thought of a way to deal with it?"

Shen Ying put down the teacup, and asked leisurely: "Tell me, who is the common enemy of Du Qianren and Feng Taifei?"

Xie Yu thought for a moment and said, "Of course it's the emperor and the empress dowager."

Shen Ying raised her hand and raised her index finger and shook them, "Wrong. In their eyes, I am just a puppet of the Queen Mother, so their biggest enemy is the Queen Mother. It's just a pond fish."

The others looked at each other in dismay, not understanding what the emperor meant.

"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins." Shen Ying made a fishing gesture with an empty hand, and asked with a smile, "What do you think, instead of being an emperor, I am a fisherman?"

Xie Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please stop playing charades with us. The Sacred Heart is unpredictable. I can't guess the Emperor's intentions. Can I admit defeat?"

Shen Ying leaned back on the chair, folded her hands, and sat as firmly as Mount Tai, "My strategy is to let Du Qianren and the Queen Mother fight first, and I will watch the fire from the other side, and wait until they both lose, and then I will reap the benefits of the fisherman. What do you think? How about it?"

Lin Zhenyue said: "But your majesty, how can you ensure that the two parties will lose both? I am sorry to say something that is not pleasant. If the two parties fight, if the Du party wins, the emperor will lose his throne and his life will be at stake. If Empress Dowager Liu wins, the Empress Dowager's power will be even more powerful, and the day when the Emperor will be in charge will be even more distant."

"Gu'anbo is right," Shen Ying said with a hint of slyness in her eyes, "but have you ever thought that since no matter who wins the two parties, they will be very detrimental to me, if I am no longer on the throne, Can they still threaten me?"

Lin Zhenyue was puzzled and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me for being ignorant, I still don't quite understand what the Emperor means."

Shen Ying smiled lightly, "Gu'anbo has led troops for many years, how come he has been idle for a few days, and even forgot the simple method of using troops such as avoiding the enemy's edge and drawing salary from the bottom of the pot? If the emperor is gone, then the queen mother has no The candidate for a new monarch who can succeed to the throne will definitely be in chaos, and Du Dang can justifiably support the only King Qi who has the right to succeed to the throne in Beijing. At that time, the power of the Du Party will be completely in my hands, and when the Queen Mother returns to Beijing, the general situation is set, what can she do to me?"

After hearing this, Lin Zhenyue smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the plan is a good plan, but it's still a question just now, where did this soldier come from? If it was in the past, I might still be able to help the emperor, but now... the whole family of the minister is only more than a hundred How can you help the emperor break into the capital?"

"Soldiers, I will have them when I need them. I am entrusted by the heavens, maybe there will be some divine soldiers to help me?" Shen Ying waved her sleeves indifferently, "The most important thing now is that I have Figure out a good way to 'disappear' yourself so they can bite each other."

Shen Ying lowered her head and rolled her eyes, almost forgetting that there was Du Qianren's eyeliner buried beside him. Since Wu Zejing, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, did not betray Du Qianren, then maybe the eyeliner beside him has been helping Du Qianren keep an eye on him. .

Then this matter will be easy to handle.

Shen Ying looked at Lin Zhenyue, "Gu'an Bo, there should be some personal and secret guards in your house, right?"

Lin Zhenyue said yes, Shen Ying nodded, and pondered: "Jinyiwei and Yulin Army, I am worried that they will startle the snake, and they are not convenient to use, so this time I have to borrow your Lin family's soldiers to secretly protect my safety."

Lin Zhenyue immediately expressed his opinion: "As long as the emperor needs it, there is no one in the Lin family who would not dare to do their best!"

Shen Ying smiled happily: "With Gu Anbo's words, I feel at ease. I have something to say to you alone when you stay later." After speaking, she paused, looked at Xie Yu, and jokingly said , "You are a scholar, you can't carry it on your shoulders, and at a time like this, I really don't have much use for you."

Xie Yu knew that the emperor was joking with him, so he half-truthfully said: "I'm ashamed, but if the emperor intends to punish the rebels, I can help write a letter or something."

Shen Ying waved her hand: "Forget it, forget it, you can go back to Beijing first, your grandfather and father are both in the capital, you can remind them to take precautions when you go back. If the party seeks rebellion, there will inevitably be riots in Beijing, can you imagine To protect yourself is to help me, and in addition, if there are loyal ministers who would rather die than surrender for the sake of integrity, you will secretly help me to remind them to cherish their own lives, and when I return to Beijing, there are still many things I can use them for."

Xie Yuchao bowed deeply to Shen Ying, "I would like to abide by the imperial edict! Presumably the emperor made a decision before moving, so I will return to Beijing first and wait for the emperor's sage to return to Luan!"

Shen Ying looked at Ling Qingheng again, smiled slightly and said, "You should go back to Beijing together."

Ling Qingheng frowned and said worriedly: "The emperor should need more guards by his side at this time. What can the grass people do when they return to Beijing?"

Shen Ying took a deep breath and let it out again, jokingly said: "You are good at martial arts, and it is convenient for you to enter and exit the palace. I went out to fight in the wild to develop, and I counted on you to help steal the house. Don't worry, there will be places where you can be used, and you can rest assured to wait for me when you return to Beijing." That's the news."

Ling Qingheng was at a loss when he heard this, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd, but the emperor refused to reveal the whole plan, and he couldn't ask questions, so he could only agree: "The grass people obey the order."

Finally, Shen Ying took a deep look at Lin Che, "Lin Che, I know you may still be blaming me for decreing a marriage between you and Princess Changping."

Lin Zhenyue hurriedly explained to his son: "The emperor is clearly aware, Lin Che will never dare to have such intentions!"

Shen Ying said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, even if there is, I won't blame him. Lin Che, you will continue to be your general of the Habayashi Army in this palace. You just need to remember one thing for me. Princess Changping is my own sister, and I will trust her no matter what. Well, everyone else go out, I have something to explain to Gu'anbo alone."

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Ling Qingheng obeyed the emperor's order and had no choice but to go back to the capital first. Not long after he returned to the capital, Gu Min just finished his official business and returned to Beijing for business. He was stopped by Ling Qingheng as soon as he walked out of the Fusi yamen in Beizhen.

Ling Qingheng dragged Gu Min into a deserted alley, Gu Min brushed off Ling Qingheng's hand on his arm, stepped back to the side, kept a distance from Ling Qingheng, and said coldly and indifferently: "What are you doing? ? If you have something to say, don't talk about it."

"Heh, if it wasn't urgent, how much do you think I want to touch you?" Ling Qingheng rolled his eyes up in disdain, "To make a long story short, the emperor already knew what happened in Beijing, and discussed with several courtiers how to deal with it." policy."

Gu Min frowned, his expression became serious, and he asked concerned: "What is the emperor's plan?"

Ling Qingheng spread his hands and confessed: "I'm not very clear."

Gu Min: "?"

Ling Qingheng frowned, and carefully recalled what Shen Ying said, "What did the emperor say... he wants to go out to fight in the jungle? To develop? Anyway, I don't understand it very well, but I guess he just wants to play the golden cicada to escape the shell, looking for opportunities Missing, out of the control of the queen mother, and then sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?"

After hearing what Ling Qingheng said, Gu Min half understood, "What are you talking about?"

Ling Qingheng smiled, folded his arms around his chest and shook his head, "Don't think that I didn't express what I meant, but that what the emperor told us is so unclear. Our emperor is very suspicious, and he only speaks half of what he talks to. , the other half is hidden in his heart, who knows what he thinks."

Gu Min was unmoved, and asked indifferently: "Since you don't know the emperor's plan, why are you looking for me?"

Ling Qingheng refrained from joking, lowered his voice and said slowly: "I'm looking for you to remind you that if the emperor really intends to get rid of the golden cicada's shell, then it's your chance."

Gu Min frowned and looked at him: "What chance is it for me?"

Ling Qingheng's eyes were full of chills, "Testing whether this is a chance for us to follow and loyal to the Mingjun, Mr. Xu, I think you don't want the disaster of Xu and Shu's family to repeat itself, do you?"