Abandoned

Xiao Jiuzheng smiled disapprovingly, but didn't say anything.

"You said, will the old emperor let Dugu's family clean up Wu Wangfu?" Chia Ya asked Xiao Jiuzheng, if this is the case, it would be best, then they can clean up Wu Wangfu early.In fact, Chia Ya does not have such a big obsession to win the world or not, but the obsession for revenge is very deep.

"The ideal state should be like this. Let the Dugu family take care of the Wu Palace first, and then let the Huguo Gongfu deal with the Dugu family, and the court will enjoy the benefits of the fisherman. The imperial court, otherwise it is all in vain. Although the Duke Huguo is loyal to the imperial court, the three of us are related by marriage, and the old emperor is not completely at ease, so the old emperor dare not act rashly, unless he wants to take a gamble." Xiao Jiuzheng replied road.

"Could it be that the old emperor just sits and waits to die?" Chia Ya asked again.

"Before the birthday banquet, the imperial court should not take much action. After the birthday banquet, there should be some countermeasures. I only hope that the old emperor will die soon. Once the old emperor dies, the imperial court will be in chaos. The better it is for the Dugu family." Xiao Jiuzheng analyzed.

Chia Ya remembers the last life, the old emperor passed away one month after his birthday two years later, the chaos seems to be two years earlier, so whether the old emperor died two years earlier, Chia Ya is not sure.

"Since the envoy has returned to Beijing, now we must hurry up to train soldiers. I will go back to the army with my father to train tomorrow morning. I should prepare for the worst in advance. I am not afraid of ten thousand, just in case." Qian Ya said to Xiao Jiuzheng.

"It's the best thing for soldiers to be ready for battle at any time. However, Chia Ya is going to the army again, and I don't know when she will come back next time. I will miss Chia Ya." Xiao Jiuzheng said with some reluctance.

Since Xiao Jiuzheng called Qian Ya and Dugu Jin back to the mansion last time, Qian Ya has stayed in the mansion for 20 days. Speaking of which, this is the longest time they have spent together in the past year and a half.

"When everything is over, we can always be together." Chia Ya said, she also wanted to end quickly.Xiao Jiuzheng gradually grew from a slim girl to a magnificent woman, looking at Xiao Jiuzheng's elegance, she was a little surprised. It turned out that she had lived a new life for almost five years.

"Well, it will end soon." Xiao Jiuzheng nodded and said, she was fed up with the days of getting together less and more, and she felt that every separation was a kind of suffering.

That night, the two had another night of tenderness. On the night before their separation, the two were always extremely enthusiastic, wishing to rub each other into the marrow of their bones.

After the birthday banquet started, the old emperor was not at all happy. Only nine of the fifteen vassal kings came, and there were six more, all of which could not be shirked by various excuses. Among them was his half-brother Wei Wei. Wang, no one from Dugu's family came to Beijing to congratulate him, and the Wu Palace with conclusive evidence of treasonous intentions made the old emperor feel like a thorn in his back.On the night after the birthday banquet, the old emperor knew that the current situation had already exceeded his expectations. Vomit blood.

"How long can my body last?" The old emperor asked the imperial doctor in a weak tone. He wished he could live for another ten years, then he must be able to calm down the current chaos that is about to rage, but now, he obviously feels I'm overwhelmed.

"All the organs of the emperor's body have decayed. It's not optimistic. I'm afraid it's..." The imperial doctor replied tremblingly. .

"Go on." The old emperor didn't make things difficult for the imperial doctor. In fact, the old emperor knew well about his own body, and he also knew that he was exhausted and couldn't last long.

"Father." Li Yanwan knelt outside the bed, looked at her father with a sad face, and shouted softly. In the past two years, after the emperor's health was not good, she was the one who served the emperor personally. His physical condition is a very important secret in the palace, but those forces that are about to make a move have already guessed most of it.

"Pass on the prince." At the beginning of this year, the old emperor had already established the king of Jin as the prince. At this moment, the old emperor regretted making the king of Jin a prince. Although the king of Jin is benevolent, the current situation requires a strong king. It was too late for Yi Chu.When many forces are beginning to surge and become restless, the most urgent task is to stabilize the court situation, and a legal and orthodox prince is especially important.The old emperor knew that once the imperial court died, it would be the most turbulent time in the court. Whether the throne could be handed over to the prince smoothly was very important, so he made an important decision to pass on the throne to the prince while he was still alive. to the prince.

Before the emperor died, he was going to pass the throne to the crown prince. The news came out from the palace, which made all the ambitious princes feel bad.However

The most powerful King Yan felt that this was an opportunity to bring down the prince. He bribed the people around the emperor, killed the emperor, and then blamed the prince. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the emperor to want to pass on the throne to the prince before his death. In the end, the prince's house arrest of the emperor was revealed, so he did not do anything, and killed the emperor.

At this time, several ambitious princes had a tacit agreement with King Yan's rhetoric on this matter, and forced the prince to death. As long as the most righteous death, everyone has a chance to become the heir to the throne, but no one accepts anyone.The king of Yan is the most powerful and wants to be the emperor, but at this time, the other princes unite together and bite the king of Yan back, believing that the king of Yan killed the emperor and framed the prince, several princes united against the king of Yan again, and the court was in chaos It became a pot of porridge.

When the news reached Dugu's family, it was already half a month later.

"Even the sky will help us." Xiao Jiuzheng said happily, the old emperor is still getting old, and the people around him probably saw that the old emperor was dying, so they began to surrender to the young and vigorous princes.The old emperor passed away early, Xiao Jiuzheng was a little surprised, but not at all, but in any case, for the Dugu family, this provided the best opportunity for the Dugu family.

Chia Ya has long been unable to use the events of the previous life to judge the future trend. In this life, the old emperor died a few days earlier. Thinking that the court has become a mess, Chia Ya has a sense of excitement and anticipation that is eager to try. started?

"Qian Ya should immediately lead troops to the fiefdom of King Ning, and take over King Ning safely." Xiao Jiuzheng asked Qian Ya to take over King Ning, but Xiao Jiuzheng would not let go of this matter.They must hold a chess piece with the blood of the royal family in their hands in order to become famous.The reason why King Ning was chosen was because King Ning had no ambition to fight for the throne, nor did he have the power to fight for the throne. He was born of a maidservant, had no influence from the mother clan, and was not valued by the emperor. He left the capital and returned to the fiefdom.It also happened that his fief was not too far from Dugu's fief.

"No problem, I will take five thousand elite soldiers to King Ning's fief." Qian Ya said.

Because of his mother's humble status, King Ning grew up watching the faces of other royal families even though he was a prince. After sealing the land and becoming a vassal, he only lived a happy life for two or three years. Now he sees countless elite soldiers besieging Prince Ning's mansion. , I was so frightened and stupid, I felt like a catastrophe.

Qian Ya came to the fiefdom of King Ning, and acted both hard and soft, and invited the timid King Ning back to the fiefdom of the Dugu family.

Under the banner of King Ning, the Dugu family began to recruit soldiers and horses, but they have been standing still.

The imperial court was still the king of Wei who became the emperor, but because of his improper position, it was difficult to convince the public. Some of the princes in the capital were killed by him, and some fled back to the feudal land and started to raise troops. The forces also began to occupy their own territory and become kings, fighting for territory and fighting each other, and the world began to be chaotic.

At this time, the drought in the world worsened, and it was the autumn harvest time. The people's poor harvest was plundered by various forces. The people had nothing to eat, so they could only become refugees and began to wander around.

The Nine Cities of Dugu's family is probably the most stable Nine Cities. It has been absorbing refugees, but has not yet started to raise troops.