"The current situation is changing faster than we expected. We must be prepared to capture Kongji in one fell swoop."
Gan Xin slowly lit a pipe of cigarettes, and the firelight reflected his sinister eyes, huddled up like an owl, ready to pounce on prey at any time.
Shen Wanjin nodded slightly, agreeing with Gan Xin's statement.
Xixia Palace.
A man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe quickly walked into Queen Lu's palace. The maids and eunuchs in the palace bowed and said: "Your Highness."
This person is none other than Shi Haoran.
During the battle at Zhenguo Temple, Shi Haoran was shot through the chin and was later sent back to the palace to recuperate. He has now recovered.
Shi Haoran shaved off all the beard on his face, making him look even more handsome.
Because his chin was pierced by an arrow, the imperial doctor shaved off the beard on his chin to facilitate treatment.
Shi Haoran felt that shaving off the beard on his chin was too ugly, so he simply shaved off all the beard on his face.
Shi Haoran ignored these maids and eunuchs and walked straight into a pavilion where Queen Lu was enjoying the shade.
Queen Lu was wearing light clothes, and there were several porcelain basins next to her. In the porcelain basins were ice cubes carved into the shape of phoenixes. The palace maid fanned the ice to cool down Queen Lu.
"My son, I pay homage to my mother."
Shi Haoran bowed deeply to Queen Lu.
Seeing Shi Haoran coming over, Queen Lu felt a little better and said, "Wang, please sit down."
Shi Haoran sat down next to Queen Lu and immediately said: "Queen Mother, I want to lead troops to Yangcheng to rescue the siege."
The news that Shi Le was besieged in Yangcheng reached Xingqing City. Shi Haoran was very anxious and immediately went to the palace to discuss with Queen Lu.
Queen Lu shook her head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, Long Chengen led 200,000 troops to besiege you. Your father can't do anything, so what will happen if you go?"
"Besides, there are chaos in the country now, and we have no troops left."
Queen Lu is very aware of how chaotic Xixia is now.
Since the incident of Qiuzitang of Zhaoti Temple was exposed, the people in the royal city hated the imperial court and Zhaoti Temple, and both Shi Le and Shi Fu were reviled.
When the news of Shi Le's siege reached Xingqing City, many people rejoiced in his misfortune.
Under such circumstances, it would be unrealistic to mobilize troops to reinforce Shi Le.
Shi Haoran said: "I know the situation is not good, and I have countermeasures."
Queen Lu immediately asked: "Do you have a countermeasure? What countermeasure?"
In such a troublesome situation, Shi Haoran actually had a countermeasure. Queen Lu wanted to know.
Shi Haoran said: "Push this matter to Zhaoti Temple and say that all this was done by Kongji and that my father had no idea at all."
"In this way, we can stabilize the hearts of the people in the royal city and appease the surrounding people."
Pour the dirty water on Kong Ji, clean up Shi Le first, and save the face of the court. This is the way to abandon the car and protect the commander.
Queen Lu nodded slightly and said, "Wang Er's idea is good, but will they believe it?"
Shi Le and Kong Ji colluded to rape and humiliate the wives and daughters of the countrymen, and this matter has been spread.
It's a bit difficult to make others believe that this matter has nothing to do with Shi Le and is entirely Kong Ji's doing.
The people are not fools. It is impossible for the people to believe whatever Shi Haoran says.
Shi Haoran said: "Mother, I plan to publicly behead the monks of Zhaoti Temple, leaving no one alive!"
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Queen Lu was shocked. She didn't expect Shi Haoran to be so vicious and wanted to behead all the monks in Zhaoti Temple!
What happened at Qiuzitang was indeed done by Zhaoti Temple, and those monks did commit heinous crimes.
However, this matter was raised by Shi Le, and Zhaoti Temple was acting on orders.
Moreover, for so many years, Zhaoti Temple, as the national temple of Xixia, worked as a cow and horse for Xixia and paid a heavy price.
Now, in order to clear up the relationship, Shi Haoran wants to kill the donkey and drive out Zhaoti Temple. It is really vicious.
"Your Majesty, the queen mother cannot decide this matter, she must report it to your father for final decision."
Queen Lu did not dare to nod and make the decision because the influence of Zhaoti Temple was too great.
Moreover, Shi Le is still relying on Kongji to resist Long Chen.
If Shi Haoran takes action from behind and destroys Kongji's lair, if Monk Kongji rebels and takes refuge with Long Chen, it will be over.
The most important thing is that there are almost 100,000 monk soldiers in Yangcheng's army.
If they knew that Shi Haoran destroyed Zhaoti Temple, they would probably trigger a mutiny.
This incident would affect the whole body, so Queen Lu was very cautious.
Shi Haoran said: "Mother, Zhaoti Temple used to be a national temple, and there are many masters in the temple, who are the pillars of my Daxia."
"Now that Zhenguo Temple has been occupied, Deshan was killed in battle, and there is only one master left in Zhaoti Temple."
"The monks in Zhaoti Temple are of no use anymore. Keeping them will only make the people hate them."
"In this case, it's better to kill him with the anger of the common people!"
Queen Lu never dared to agree. She shook her head and said: "This matter is of great importance and the queen mother cannot make the decision."
Seeing that Queen Lu wouldn't let go, Shi Haoran knew that there was no point in talking here, so he stood up and left.
Queen Lu looked at Shi Haoran's leaving figure and had a hunch that Shi Haoran might have his own way.
"Bring me pen and ink!"
Queen Lu planned to write a letter to report to Shi Le, but when the palace maid brought the pen and ink, Queen Lu was in trouble again.
Yangcheng was besieged and the letter could not be delivered at all.
“What can we do?”
Queen Lu was worried.
Shi Haoran came out of the palace and went to the palace of the second prince Shi Yuncheng.
When the servant at the door saw Shi Haoran coming, he immediately reported to the second prince Shi Yuncheng.
Walking into the courtyard, Shi Yuncheng greeted him.
"Brother!"
Shi Yuncheng walked out in a hurry, and Shi Haoran whispered: "It's said inside."
The two entered the study and closed the door. Shi Yuncheng asked, "What did the queen say?"
It was Shi Yuncheng who had the idea to kill the monks of Zhaoti Temple to anger the people. However, Shi Yuncheng was not the son of Queen Lu, so Shi Haoran reported it to the Queen.
Shi Haoran sat down, shook his head and sighed: "The Queen Mother said this matter is of great importance and she can't make the decision."
Shi Yuncheng slapped the table and said: "At some point now, if we don't stabilize the people's hearts, we will be criticized by thousands of people and we will not be able to recruit troops to fight."
"The whole thing was caused by Zhaoti Temple, but the people are targeting us. If we don't kill the bald donkey of Zhaoti Temple now, how long will it take?"
"My father is besieged in Yangcheng, and the country is in danger of losing eggs. What a shame, my mother!"
Shi Yuncheng and Shi Haoran used to be rivals, and Shi Yuncheng also wanted the throne. The relationship between the two was not very good before.
But at the critical moment, the two brothers understood the importance and put aside the fight for the time being.
"Brother, you are the heir apparent, and your father is not here, so you have to make a decision!"
"The military morale within Yangcheng is in turmoil. Without foreign aid, my father will be in danger!"
Shi Yuncheng spoke very anxiously, and Shi Haoran kept clenching his fists.
Finally, Shi Haoran slapped the table and said: "If you don't kill Bald Donkey, kill whoever you want to kill! Find Zhou Hao, the commander of the Forbidden Army!"
Shi Yuncheng immediately sent someone to ask Zhou Hao, the commander of the Imperial Army.
