Guo Caiwei looked at her mother and brother helplessly, sighing in her heart. It was originally a great situation. Her brother ascended the throne and became emperor, her husband calmed down the civil strife and drove out foreign enemies, and the great Zhou Dynasty returned to peace and was about to regain its vitality. Everything will be good.
At that time, my brother and mother were plotting against my husband behind his back, so that today's situation is really heartbreaking and annoying.
After finally getting through it today, it was the time when all the hardships came to an end, but the stupid behavior of my mother and brother made me miserable.
This incident caused her status in the Lin family to plummet. Originally, her position in the Lin family became more and more stable. After her brother ascended the throne, even Lu Wu could not shake her position as the eldest wife. But now, her brother and mother want to murder her husband, and she
They suddenly felt like they were all alone in the Lin family. Although the girls didn't say anything on the surface, there was always something subtle flashing in their eyes. Some of them might think they were aware of it, after all, such things couldn't be explained clearly.
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Her husband should be someone who knows her well, and he should not think that she is complicit in it. But this incident will definitely affect her status in his heart. He may not say anything, but he will definitely keep a distance from her and slowly become alienated.
And this is what worries me the most.
Although my situation is embarrassing, it doesn't matter. After all, I have a clear conscience. Sooner or later, everyone will understand that I have not participated in it, and I have no intention of being unfaithful to my husband. But what I am most worried about at the moment is what this matter should be.
How will it end? My brother and mother want my husband's life. It is already a matter of life and death. Is it possible for my husband to forgive my mother and brother? If my husband dethrones my brother's throne, my brother will undoubtedly die. By then,
I am afraid that I will be the only one to end it. My husband may not do anything to me, but I am afraid that I will not be able to get through this.
Such consequences are unacceptable. Guo Caiwei cannot let the matter deteriorate to the point of getting out of hand. Although Guo Caiwei does not know how her husband will handle this matter, but based on Guo Caiwei's understanding of Lin Jue, things may not turn around.
My husband is not a ruthless person. In fact, he has given a lot of face to himself and to Guo Kun. Otherwise, the last time Guo Kun ambushed people and tried to attack him would have been enough to make the husband show no mercy to his brother.
Okay. After all, the husband doesn’t want the conflict to intensify.
No matter what Lin Jue's attitude is in the end, Guo Caiwei came to the conclusion after much thought that she must let her mother and brother correct their attitudes, apologize to Lin Jue for what happened, and make amends. This is the matter.
The prerequisite for a turnaround is that during this period, my mother and brother were on a hunger strike and scolding each other. The brother also created some kind of clothing order and had people secretly send it outside the palace, and even tried to fight back. These farces not only failed to save them,
On the contrary, it will make the matter more difficult, so before Lin Jue returns, Guo Caiwei must go to the palace to explain clearly to her mother and brother, so that they must wake up.
"Mom, I'm sorry for being disrespectful. Don't you really feel that what happened this time went too far? Have you reflected on this matter afterward?" Guo Caiwei said softly.
"It's too much? Who's too much? Us? Sister, what you said is really interesting. Your good husband put my mother and I under house arrest here. He was unfaithful, unfilial, treasonous, ungrateful, and yet you said it was us who went too far?" After learning that Lin Jue was about to go too far?
After returning, Guo Kun, who was restless and restless, was ignited like a firecracker by Guo Caiwei's words. He jumped up and shouted loudly.
Guo Caiwei frowned and said: "Brother, don't you know what you have done? You are jealous of my husband and want to harm him. Isn't this situation caused by you yourself?"
Guo Kun sneered and said: "I knew you were going to say these things, and you really are of the same mind as them. But have you ever thought about my situation? Your good husband holds great power and controls everything. And I, the emperor, am him
How could I not resist? Do I have to wait until he deposes me and become emperor before I regret it? I only regret not killing him cleanly that night. In a moment of womanly kindness, I ended up in this situation.
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Guo Caiwei sighed: "Brother, I am really disappointed in you. The good situation was ruined by your suspicion. How can my husband not be sorry for us along the way? He has saved us in danger several times and assisted us.
You have sat on the throne. What else are you dissatisfied with? You just want to say that he wants to be the emperor. If he wants to be the emperor, why should he help you? Don't you think about these things carefully? "
"Bah, he just uses me as a banner to call on the world. If he raises his own army, it will be a rebellion. If he borrows my name from Prince Liang's Mansion, he will be Qin Wang Jingnan, and his teacher will be famous. This is exactly his
Ghost thoughts. Lin Jue has a very deep mind. Others don’t know it, so how can I not know it?” Guo Kun shouted, waving his hands.
Guo Caiwei frowned and shook her head: "Brother, you are so obsessed. I really don't know who gave you this ecstasy to make you so obsessed. If my husband wants to borrow Guo's name, why does it have to be you? Green Dance
She is the daughter of the late emperor, and she is using the name of Green Dance to fight against the treacherous thieves who killed her father and brother to seize the throne. Isn't this the reason to raise an army?"
"Green Dance? She is a woman. We, the Great Zhou Dynasty, do not regard women as the main ones. Do you think it is the Tang Dynasty? The world is reversed, Yin and Yang are reversed. This is absolutely impossible in our Great Zhou Dynasty." Guo Kun said.
Guo Caiwei nodded and said: "Okay, even if Lu Wu is not qualified, what about the others? The Guo family has many royal bloodlines, so he can recommend others, why is it you? Can't the descendants of King Ankang do it? Can't the king of Longxi County do it? They
They are all of the Guo family's royal family. If you just choose a child from the royal family who is ignorant of the world and enthrone you as the emperor, wouldn't you be more at his mercy?"
"Others? How are they qualified? They are not the orthodox royal family." Guo
Kun shouted.
Guo Caiwei sneered: "Are you orthodox? Is your father the emperor? Guo Xu is more qualified than you. If we really talk about the orthodox lineage of the former emperor, all the lineages including the former emperor are branches, but Emperor Wu started from the Ming Dynasty.
It was obtained from the hands of Emperor De. The true legitimate heir of the founder of the country is in the lineage of King Ankang, which is the orthodox lineage of the founding ancestor. If the Ankang prince and grandson are established, he will belong to the orthodox lineage of the founding of the country, which will be more legitimate."
Guo Caiwei likes to read, and Lin Jue likes to study "A Brief History of the Dynasties". She has also read it, and knows about the succession of the throne since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The first Taizu Guo Wei established the Great Zhou Dynasty, and later passed down to the crown prince, who was the Ming De Emperor. But the Ming Dynasty
Emperor De was frail and sick, and died in the court just a few years after taking the throne. King Guo Xi of Yan was the thirteenth brother of Taizu, and was entrusted by Taizu to assist Emperor Mingde in governing the country. After the death of Emperor Mingde, King Yan succeeded in seizing the throne and became Emperor Wu.
In fact, the orthodoxy of the imperial heirs went from the line of Taizu to the line of Emperor Wu. And the current Prince Ankang is one of the bloodlines of the ancestor Taizu passed down by the line of Taizu. So when it comes to legitimacy, tracing back to the source, Prince Ankang
On the contrary, it is more orthodox.
Of course Guo Kun also knew this. He was irrefutable by the girl's words, and finally became angry and reprimanded: "I can see it. You came to the palace today not to find a solution for us, but to help your husband." He came to reprimand us. Sure enough, a disaster is approaching, and his mother and brother didn't care. In that case, what are you doing here? You think my mother and I are not dead yet, so you want to come and add insult to injury to us?"
Guo Caiwei felt extremely sad after hearing these harsh words. But she still patiently consoled her: "Brother, there is no need to say such things. If I don't think about my mother and brother, why would I come here today? You must be in the same situation I am in now." I know that if I enter the palace today, it will arouse suspicion and make people talk. But you are my closest relatives, how can I ignore you at this time? If it is to protect myself, I don't need to come."
The Queen Mother, who had been silent for a long time, said hurriedly: "Kun'er, your sister is right. We are a family, closely related by flesh and blood, how could she ignore our life and death? Your sister took the risk to come to the palace to give us something. Whoever came up with the idea, don’t say angry words. There is no need to mention what happened before. The matter is now at this point, and we three ladies have to come up with a solution."
Guo Kungu stared at Guo Caiwei and said, "Sister, since you are here to help us, make up your mind. Lin Jue is coming back, and he is probably going to kill my mother and me. What can you do to save us?"
Guo Caiwei shook her head and said: "I have no way to save you. Even if there is a way, I can't do it."
Guo Kun sneered and said to the Queen Mother: "Mom, you heard it, this is your good daughter, my good sister. She said she could save us but she refused to save us."
Shen Akui frowned and said to Guo Caiwei: "Weier, you are the only one who can save us now. If you don't save us, your royal brother and I will both die."
Guo Caiwei said softly: "Mom, haven't you understood the seriousness of this matter? Are you still unwilling to admit that you did something wrong? How can you plot against him behind his back? Now that things have happened, you should be brave enough to admit your mistakes. The daughter must mediate between them and ask him for permission to have a chance. At this time, she is still thinking about escaping, but how can she escape? Any improper move at this moment may cause death. For the current plan, the only way is to escape. Only by asking my brother to apologize to his husband can the matter be eased. If you continue to make mistakes, there is really no way to save it."
The Queen Mother was stunned and said coldly: "Apologise to him? What kind of idea is this?"
Guo Kun waved his hands and shouted: "Don't think about it! I am the emperor, and I want to apologize to him. Thank you for being able to say it."
Guo Caiwei said softly: "He who knows the current affairs is a hero. Brother, the world has changed, you know it in your heart. Don't be stubborn. Otherwise, I can't save your life. Don't say that my sister doesn't help you because she wants to protect herself." .If you die, it is easy for me to commit suicide, because I have no other choice. I am already living a lifeless life, and I am stuck between you and your husband. "
Guo Kun gritted his teeth and said: "In that case, why don't you just make up your mind? In this case, I have a way. After Lin Jue comes back, you find a way to poison his food and kill him. Once he dies, the tree will fall on the hozen. If I leave, everyone else will immediately come to serve me. You will not only save us, but also save the Great Zhou Sheji."
Guo Caiwei looked at Guo Kun blankly, not knowing what to say.
"Weier, this method... may not be good. Mom knows you can't do it. But... maybe this is also a way to save us. Mom doesn't want to force you to do this. It's better to have other methods." The Queen Mother smacked her lips. .
Guo Caiwei looked at the mother and son in confusion, feeling extremely disappointed.
"Mom, brother, you are so confused. It's okay that you have done something wrong yourself, but now you want your daughter to follow your mistakes. Do you want me to murder my husband? Not to mention that he is not at fault, everything is wrong. It's your fault. Even if he is at fault, he is still my husband and Zhan'er's father. How could I do this? Who do you think I am? It seems that I shouldn't have come to the palace this time. If I had known better, If you are so stubborn, it will be useless for me to come."
Shen Akui looked a little ashamed, smacking her lips and being speechless.
"To tell you the truth, my husband had a long conversation with me before he left for the war. He told me personally that for my sake he would be extremely kind to you. He said that unless you force him to have no way out, he will I won't be cruel to you. But if you persist in your stubbornness, you are heading for your own death. Mother, you should reflect on yourself. I know that all of this is your arrangement, including the matter of attracting local troops to Beijing for a fight. Everything today is Mom caused it by your own hands. You sent your brother into the fire pit with your own hands, and may even cost him his life. Mom, you don’t have to worry, husband and they will never do anything to you, but if
My brother is gone because of this. Mom, will you be able to feel at ease in the future? How will you explain it to your father? My daughter will try her best to ask for permission from her husband, but with your state of mind and attitude, I am afraid there is nothing she can do about it. The world is about to change, and it has really changed. , don’t you feel it? Don’t live with your ideas. Dazhou is no longer the Dazhou before, not Guo’s, nor my husband’s, but the Dazhou of the people of the world. All of us, You have to adapt to this change. Brother, sister, I would like to advise you, don’t think of yourself as an irreplaceable person. In fact, you are not that important. Are princes and generals quite worthy? There was Li Tang before and I don’t know whose surname it belongs to. The general trend Things have changed. You have made a big mistake again. If you don’t bow your head, no one can save you. So what if my mother and I die with you? Brother, you really don’t have the capital to do anything willful. That’s all. It’s time for Wei’er to leave. Mother, brother, please think carefully about what your daughter said.”
After speaking, Guo Caiwei knelt down and kowtowed to the Queen Mother, then stood up, turned and left. Guo Kun shouted at her back: "Sister, what are you doing? Are you really unwilling to help my brother?"
Guo Caiwei left quickly without looking back.
Guo Kun murmured curses in his mouth, grabbed a pot of wine on the table and wanted to drink it. Queen Mother Shen Akui said in a deep voice: "Don't drink it, Kun'er. Maybe... we really have to accept our fate. Maybe it's my mother." If you refuse to admit your fault for hurting you, go and admit it for you, kneel down in front of Lin Jue and beg him to spare you. Oh, I’m afraid I’ve really lost my mind.”
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On the official road in the north of Beijing, a soldier and horse were galloping towards the capital. It was the cavalry of the Luoyan Army. The Luoyan Army won a complete victory in this battle, with little loss of soldiers and horses. Less than 4,000 soldiers were killed and 8,000 were injured. After the defeat of the Jurchens, they withdrew from the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Lin Jue ordered Lin Hu, Lu Yi and other seven or eight generals to lead their troops to recover the three northern routes and station them temporarily. Later, they would recruit troops to garrison the borders. town.
As a result, the 110,000 army had to be divided into several armies. In addition to the three troops sent to the border town, Lin Jue could only lead 20,000 cavalry and two troops with Ma Bin, Ma Qingshan, Lu Yi and others.
Ten thousand infantrymen returned to the capital.
Although the generals in the army did not say anything on the surface about Marshal Lin letting go of more than 20,000 Jurchen cavalry, in fact everyone had some thoughts in their hearts. To put it bluntly, many people thought it was because of Lin
Marshal's treatment was unfair. The Jurchens committed numerous atrocities and owed numerous blood debts, but Marshal Lin chose to let go of more than 20,000 people in the end. His hands were stained with the blood of the Zhou people, and even the blood of Luoyan Army brothers.
Guys, this really makes it difficult for everyone to let go. To a certain extent, Marshal Lin was coerced by his wife because of his private behavior. This is not like Marshal Lin's style. Marshal Lin will
Aren't you afraid that others will criticize you if you do this?
Many people had thoughts in their hearts, but they refused to speak out of respect for Marshal Lin. It was impossible for Ma Bin, Liang Qi and others to complain about Lin Jue. Therefore, on the way to victory, everyone tried their best to avoid this topic and refused to
Talk about it.
Of course Lin Jue himself understood that this move would cause confusion and dissatisfaction among many people. But Lin Jue did not want to explain anything. Lin Jue actually had a very selfish secret in his heart, and he did not want to expose this secret.
However, on the night they arrived in Gyeonggi, when the army was stationed on the north bank of Baimadu that night, when Lin Jue and Ma Qingshan were walking on the shore that night, Lin Jue took the initiative to mention this matter.
"Brother Ma, do you also think it was selfish of me to let the Jurchens go this time? Will they be criticized by others? Are they saying that I let the tiger return to the mountain, or that I abandoned the public service for personal reasons?" Lin Jue stood on the shore and watched the moon rolling.
The water of the big river going east asked proactively.
Ma Qingshan was stunned and said with a smile: "Qingshan dare not say nonsense, but I think the commander must have the commander's difficulties and deep meaning in doing this."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "There is no deep meaning, but there is selfishness. I can make it clear to you. Others may not understand, but you do. I once told you what kind of person I want to turn my Da Zhou into.
Do you still remember the current political situation?"
Ma Qingshan said hurriedly: "Of course you remember, Marshal, you don't really want to do this, do you? It would be such an earth-shaking move. Marshal, you have to think carefully. Doing this may cause a big mess. Not necessarily
It is recognized by everyone.”
Lin Jue nodded and said: "It seems that Brother Ma has done some thinking and understands the difficulty of this matter. It actually lies in the human heart. But, do you think this is the best way out for me in the future? Otherwise, do you think this is the best way out for me in the future?"
, it is inevitable that we will repeat the same mistakes in the future. Power is too concentrated. If a person is regarded as a god and his power is not controlled, problems of this kind and that will arise. So major changes must be made."
Ma Qingshan nodded and said: "What the Marshal said is that after I heard what the Marshal said last time, I thought about it carefully and admired the Marshal's good intentions. Apart from the Marshal, I am afraid that no one in the world has
People think of this approach. But as the commander-in-chief said, the human heart is the hardest to change."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "So, I want to do this. Either if I succeed, I can open up a new situation. Or if I fail, I will die without a burial place. I think the latter possibility is not
When I was little, there was no way I could be stabbed to pieces on the street. So I had to leave a root for myself. In the future, if my entire Lin family was raided and beheaded, there would still be a bloodline in the north. I wouldn’t
They will be extinct. Hahaha. So I let them go. I wonder if you are satisfied with this explanation."
Ma Qingshan couldn't help but smile. He never expected that Lin Jue would have such an idea. It sounded a bit ridiculous and childish. But if what Lin Jue said was true, then what the commander actually meant was that he would return to
After that, the capital was about to carry out his big change that would astonish the world. He had already prepared for the worst outcome.
