At this time, the situation in Lin'an, the capital of the Song Dynasty, was changing. It had not been a month since Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, and the voice of peace talks began again. But this time it was no better than before, because Liu Chan directly disappeared and everyone was there, but he forced Qin Hui not to cut off the Northern Expedition army.
From then on, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty realized that the emperor was really serious this time.
Jingyang Palace
Concubine Wu looked at the kneeling palace maid and asked with confusion: "Your Majesty still refuses to see me?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty said that there have been many affairs in the imperial court recently, so I will not come to Jingyang Palace for the time being."
"Affairs? Your Majesty has not been absent from court for many days in a row. Where did the affairs come from? It's obviously the reason for not seeing me. What did I do wrong?"
The palace maid lowered her head and did not dare to reply. No one in the palace knew that since His Majesty supported the Northern Expedition, many concubines in the harem have been ignored. On the contrary, the beautiful ladies who have just entered the palace are very popular.
"Oh, what do you mean, your majesty? Is it because I don't want your majesty to go to the Northern Expedition, or am I opposed to the northern expedition? Which palace is accompanying your majesty now?"
The palace maid said cautiously: "Back to the empress, she is Ning Cai who was just sealed."
In order to enrich his harem, Liu Chan gave several titles to the beautiful women overnight. However, except for these beautiful women, he had never touched any of the concubines in his harem.
"Okay." Concubine Wu sneered and said with a smile: "The new generation is really better than the old one. Your Majesty doesn't like me, an old concubine who has grown old."
When the palace maid heard this, she didn't dare to reply. She knelt on the ground and trembled.
Although Liu Chan didn't think so, he was really afraid that the concubines in the harem would see something. After all, memory reception was not perfect, and many concubines could not recognize who was who. It would be bad if what he did was discovered.
But the Wu family has her own affairs. Ever since she heard that Liu Chan supported the Northern Expedition, Concubine Wu has always wanted to tell Liu Chan something. However, she has never been summoned. As the head of the harem, when has she ever experienced such a thing?
gas.
"In that case, I will see your Majesty another day." But Liu Chan is the emperor after all, so what can Concubine Wu do no matter how helpless she is.
However, no one at this time expected that Wu's news would create huge waves and almost involve the Kingdom of Jin in the whirlpool of destruction.
What are we, Liu Chan, doing?
At this time, Ning Cairen was lying in his arms, her face was red, and she said softly to Liu Chan: "Your Majesty, I have recently learned a dance, I wonder when can I dance to your Majesty?"
Liu Chan pinched her face and said with a smile: "My beloved concubine has not always been with me in Cining Palace recently. When did she learn to dance?"
"Concubine, this dance is naturally different?"
"Oh, what's the difference?"
Ning Cairen whispered in Liu Chan's ear, and Liu Chan's eyes suddenly lit up. He smiled and said: "In that case, I will come here tomorrow night to enjoy it. When I fall, my beloved concubine must let me take a good look.
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"Your Majesty." Ning Cairen said shyly. Seeing Liu Chan's happy expression, Ning Cairen said angrily: "Your Majesty, do you know that you are ignoring the affairs of the court and spending all day here with me? People outside are arranging that I am a disaster for the country."
Woolen cloth."
"My beloved concubine is suffering. Isn't this just to avoid the discussion in the court?"
"Your Majesty is the king of a country, why do you do this?"
Liu Chan put his hand around Ning Cairen's waist and said nonchalantly, "If the ministers in the court are not discussing the Northern Expedition, I don't understand. There is a war on the front line, why are we still discussing peace talks?"
.And they are still waiting for my opinion, but the Northern Expedition has not yet yielded results, how can I make a decision."
"But I heard that the Jin Kingdom wants to use the northern city in exchange. If this is the case, why should we fight?"
Liu Chan couldn't help but laugh sarcastically: "Look, you have a bit of a woman's point of view. War is not a game. If you don't have any real skills, and if you don't bleed, who will look down on you? If you don't fight the Jin Kingdom, how will you let them know?
I, the Song Dynasty, are also capable of taking back the city."
"Your Majesty, does this battle have to be fought?" Ning Cairen asked quietly. This was beyond the reach of a member of her harem, but the people behind her repeatedly ordered her to understand Liu Chan's intentions.
"Of course we have to fight."
"But what if the Kingdom of Jin is willing to return the Queen Mother?"
Liu Chan's hands froze, his face became a little gloomy, and he looked at her quietly. It wasn't until Ning Cai was a little hairy that Liu Chan suddenly smiled and said: "Where did you get this news, my dear concubine? How can you even contact me?"
I don’t even know.”
"My concubine heard about it from the people in the harem. What's wrong with Your Majesty?"
Liu Chan smiled and touched Ning Cairen's face, but did not answer her question: "I will naturally handle the affairs in the court. If there are any problems, ministers will write to them. The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. If my beloved concubine no longer
You dare to interfere in the affairs of the court." As he spoke, Liu Chan's tone suddenly turned cold, he grabbed Ning Cairen's neck and said with a smile: "I promise, no matter who is behind you, you will not be able to see the sun tomorrow.
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Then Liu Chan loosened his hand and touched Ning Cairen's face again: "It's just a joke. I'm making a joke for my concubine. Don't mind, my concubine. You are so beautiful, how could I let you go? I love you the most."
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"Ahem, cough, cough." Ning Cairen coughed for a long time, and then he remembered that there were often rumors in the palace that His Majesty is moody and angry, and the city is deep. He immediately said hurriedly: "I don't dare."
Maybe Liu Chan didn't realize that although his soul traveled through time, his dealings would inevitably be influenced by his original body Zhao Gou. For example, what Ning Cairen said today, although he was very angry, he would never act like this. For sure.
She would be more generous and tell her people in the harem not to discuss things in the court, instead of just saying kind words and thinking about where to bury Ning Cai like just now.
Why are you angry? This involves the issue of imperial power.
When the Queen Mother returns to the country, Liu Chan will definitely be restricted and some of his power will definitely have to be divided. If it is Zhao Gou, there will naturally be no problem. They are both royal families and mother and son. Zhao Gou will be very willing to hand over part of his power to the Queen Mother.
, to prove his throne. But Liu Chan couldn't do it. He didn't know much about Zhao Gou's memory, so it was easy for him to reveal his flaws, and Liu Chan simply couldn't accept the situation of the harem intervening in politics.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu, why did he raise troops before he took office? Was it because there was not enough food and grass? Or was it because there were not enough soldiers? To put it bluntly, wasn't it because of the interference from the Queen Mother?
The Han Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, and the power of the Queen Mother was not ordinary. At that time, it was difficult for the emperor to go against the opinions of his mother and grandmother. The most important thing is that although the Queen Mother Dou did not support the crusade against the Xiongnu, her ability and vision to govern were still
Yes. Moreover, Emperor Wu was indeed too impetuous at that time. It would be good for the Queen Mother to calm him down and temper his temper.
But looking at the current Song Dynasty royal family, Liu Chan no longer has any hope. The captured emperor and the captured queen mother are already like this, but they still have the nerve to return to the country. Liu Chan feels that he can stabilize the situation of the Northern Expedition now.
It's not easy anymore. Don't try any more tricks. He really has no ability. If another Queen Mother comes to support the peace talks and the power of the peace faction increases sharply, then it will be useless for anyone to come to the Northern Expedition.
After Liu Chan left Ning Cairen's palace, he returned directly to the study and ordered everyone to leave. After a while, a man in black emerged from the corner of the study and clasped his fists at Liu Chan: "Greetings to your Majesty.
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"Has the matter you were asked to investigate settled?"
The man in black took out a few letters from his arms and presented them to Liu Chan: "All the clues found so far are here. He is very smart and did not leave too much evidence."
Liu Chan remained silent, opened the letters, read them, and put them back on the table: "This alone can't explain anything."
The man in black was also silent. Liu Chan rubbed his temples and said, "Hey, it's really annoying. There is no clean person. What's going on with Han Shizhong?"
"Han Shizhong led his army to surround Huaiyang. It seems that he is preparing to encircle the point for reinforcements and draw as many Jin troops as possible."
"Where's Yue Fei?"
"We don't know yet. There is no news from the north, and the shadow guards sent to the north have also lost contact. For some reason, the news from the north has been cut off."
This is the credit of Yue Fei. He made great efforts for the Northern Expedition. Originally, according to the planned plan, the regular army was broken into pieces and went to various places to block the news. However, there were too many rebels, and they were familiar with the situation.
Due to the terrain, Yue Fei gave them this task.
Jin Wushu is now the one who is suffering the most. The Jin soldiers to the west are trapped by Han Shizhong and cannot leave. Accurate news from Shunchang cannot be transmitted to Bianliang. Even if Bianliang sends troops, it cannot get in touch with Jin Wushu to form cooperation.
What's even worse is that if Yue Fei also surrounds the area for reinforcements and lures Bianliang's golden soldiers to surround and kill them, then the entire north will be ruined.