Seeing that Zeng's face was completely drained of color, Guo Gengping continued: "Looking at the past dynasties, if a foreign enemy invades, they will attack from the outside first, and then attack the inside. Emperors are the last to attack... And if there is a palace change, they will break from the inside first.
, then there will always be princes from all walks of life sending troops to aid Beijing to resolve the royal crisis. At that time, either the crisis will be removed and the emperor will still be the emperor. Or he will encounter a cruel prince and take advantage of the situation to unseat the emperor and proclaim himself emperor. But now we
The critical situation we encountered was not only the prince trapped in the prison, but also all the princes and their heirs..."
To put it bluntly, in the past, if one prince died, it was nothing. There were many princes who could ascend the throne.
But now, all the princes and grandsons who can ascend the throne are crowded into a small place like Hejing, and now, they are all crowded into the funeral palace.
Guo Gengping's voice became very low: "Those who are not in Hejing include King Jian'an, King Pingning, King Fengming, etc. Among the younger generation, there are Li Xun, Li Xiao, Li Le'an, Li Naige, Li Changbai..."
Mrs. Zeng listened to him talking one by one and murmured: "Li Xun, Li Xiao, Li Changbai...?"
Guo Gengping said: "Now that I think about it, Li Xiao's abilities are also among the best in the world."
Zeng closed her eyes and her lips turned white.
Li Xun led troops, and the Chongtiantai prayer ceremony that was announced for the 24th year was designed for Li Xun to send troops, and the result was the death knell of the entire Daqian.
But Li Xun led an army of 100,000 troops on an expedition, but did not achieve much success. He only fought a dozen or so local battles, with some defeats and victories, but no overwhelming situation.
Not long after, he became dissatisfied and became seriously ill. After persisting for several months, he could no longer hold on.
At that time, the emperor had moved the capital to Hejing. Li Xun went through many dangers and hardships before returning to Hehe to build the Prince's Mansion. Since then, there has been no news from him. It is said that he has been recuperating in the mansion.
And Li Xiao, who also came from the Jian'an Prince's Palace, is a militant man. He is delicate and fair in nature, but he is reckless and rough inside. Once he gets the upper hand, he will not care about anything.
Back in Yong'an, Zeng heard that he actually broke off the hand of Zhao Tang, who was from Zheng Guogong's family, in the street.
Everyone in the Twelve Houses of Zhengbei must be respected by the emperor, but Li Xiao actually dared to do so.
In addition to being reckless, he also has an ambition that cannot be hidden. However, after so many years, I have only seen him have ambitions, but I have not seen him achieve anything.
That Li Changbai is the grandson of Prince Pingning, but in Zeng's view, the only person in the entire Prince Pingning's palace who can take advantage of it is Prince Pingning's second daughter, Princess Shang'an Li Yishu.
Mrs. Zeng shook her head, she was just such a woman, but she was only taller than a short one.
Guo Gengping said in a low voice: "Mrs. Bi..."
"Why bother, why bother?" Mrs. Zeng looked at the ground in vain, "My husband is extremely loyal, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and he does not hesitate to sacrifice his body. Before the death of the late emperor, he asked my husband, Ouyang Anfeng, Xia Wenshan, and Weng Ying to protect the new emperor.
Lord. Now, the new monarch has become the old emperor. He is in jail, ridiculed by the crowd, abandoned by all the officials, and the country is in ruins. My husband and the four of them are all dead. No one can protect the prosperity of the country. I want to take advantage of those princes.
Noble relative."
Guo Gengping sighed: "Mrs. Zeng, at least, the empress is still the empress. From now on, she will be the supreme empress."
This is indeed a relief to Zeng, but this relief is not enough to relieve his worries in front of the wind and rain withered mountains and rivers of Li Qian.
Mu Yuhai stood up at the side and said in a very soft voice: "Uncle Guo, I have to go back first. I'm afraid that the supervisors and others will come to find me."
Guo Gengping nodded and asked: "Are you going back to the palace today? If so, is there a way to get to the East Palace?"
Mu Yuhai was in a dilemma: "I will definitely not be able to go back today, and I don't know if I will be able to enter the palace tomorrow. Even if I enter, I will not be able to go to the East Palace..."
"That's it, forget it." Guo Gengping said.
After Mu Yuhai left, Zeng remembered the purpose of coming here and looked at Guo Gengping: "Mr. Guo, what do you think of the letter sent back from outside the city? Is it true or false?"
Guo Gengping said solemnly: "It must be true. Then Ah Li is not an ordinary girl. How could she turn the world upside down without taking precautions?"
"If it is true, then I, Bi Jiajun..."
"If it is true, there is no need to be afraid of Bi Jiajun," Guo Gengping raised his hand and gently stroked his beard, "Bi Jiajun has two generals, Bi Ying and Bi Xiao, and Guan Ning's march is coming soon."
Mrs. Zeng sighed softly: "I hope everything goes smoothly and God bless me for my success."
Mu Yuhai left the backyard of Guo Mansion and came out when he heard a strange bird chirping in the air. He frowned slightly, but did not look up and left quickly.
When he reached an uninhabited corner not far away, he stopped and looked around.
The strange bird call no longer appeared.
Mu Yuhai's expression became more and more serious. Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder, which scared his heart to almost stop.
Mu Yuhai turned around. In the dark night, the other person was half a head shorter than him. He had a pair of cold and dark eyes, with three parts black and seven parts white. He looked straight at him: "Mu Yuhai, haven't seen you for a long time."
Mu Yuhai was so frightened that he almost peed his pants and stammered: "Quan, Quan Ye."
Quan Jiuwei looked him up and down and said, "Follow me."
It's late at night, and the streets are still full of busy figures.
A group of men pushed a cart filled with stones and passed by them. After everyone had finished, Quan Jiuwei led Mu Yuhai through several long passages and opened a courtyard gate without any light.
After going deep into the underground from the wine cellar, candlelight finally appeared in the field of vision.
There were at least ten men sitting in the small room, talking in a thin voice, and there was an unpleasant smell in the air.
Mu Yuhai stumbled around in the darkness for half a day, his forehead hurt from being hit. He rubbed his forehead and looked at them one by one. They were all unfamiliar faces.
Until I saw Chong Menhui.
Chong Menhui was sitting at the back, eating roast chicken. The smell was already unpleasant, but this roast chicken smelled even worse.
Quan Jiuwei suddenly appeared, and the men briefly stopped to look at him and Mu Yuhai, but then quickly looked away.
Chong Menhui raised his hand to wave them over.
Mu Yuhai took a closer look and saw that Chong Menhui was still wearing a pair of embroidered shoes on his feet, but this pair was very new, with clean embroidery and only a little bit of mud.
Chong Menhui tore it up with his bare hands. His hands were all greasy from the roasted chicken. His mouth was also full of grease. He chewed the chicken bones to pieces. Looking at the chicken thighs among the bones, he must have eaten several roasted chickens. Already.
Chong Menhui picked the gap between his teeth with his little finger and said, "What's the situation in the palace now?"
Upon hearing this, the men who were talking gradually stopped and looked towards Mu Yuhai.
Mu Yuhai whispered: "How much do you know, senior?"
Chong Menhui frowned and suddenly became angry: "Hey! I don't know the whole picture, so how do you know how much of the whole picture I know? Just tell me what you have to say, tell it all!"
