On the way back, Zhou Xingyun was thinking that he should tell Isabel about the process of today's meeting with the Empress Dowager.
%kaNshuge.la Sister Xuannu is so witty, she might be able to help him with suggestions.
"Isn't it the living room?" Wei Suyao frowned. Zhou Xingyun said a second ago that he would have a meeting in the living room, why did it suddenly become a side room?
"I'm very tired and want to lie down and talk." Zhou Xingyun answered willfully. Anyway, he was really exhausted today and didn't want to use his brain to think about the problem. The purpose of gathering friends tonight is nothing more than to explain the current situation and let wise people stand. Come out to analyze and think, and help him solve problems.
The girls didn't know what happened today. Seeing that Zhou Xingyun was lifeless, they just let him have his way. Anyway, they were used to sleeping in rows on the floor in his wing.
Xu Luose took Zhou Xingyun to take a bath, and Ning Xiangyi finally escaped from the clutches of the clutches and slipped back to her room to rest. The beauty planned to stay in her room and not join in the fun in Zhou Xingyun's wing, lest he take the opportunity to be frivolous with her again...
But coming back to it, when she was hugged by Zhou Xingyun, Ning Xiangyi clearly felt that her heartbeat was very fast, and she had a strange emotion, as if she was about to be melted by the other person, which made her unable to exert all her strength.
The flowers bloomed and had to be folded, but a beautiful woman is a beautiful woman after all. The ripe ones were picked by others. Zhou Xingyun one after another, deliberately Meng Lang's frivolous Ning Xiangyi, made the beautiful woman physically unable to resist him and wanted to have sex with him. land……
Ning Xiangyi probably didn't expect that Zhou Xingyun's careless passing out in her arms today would cause her to be haunted by distracting thoughts all night long. Her mind would be filled with phantoms of little perverts doing evil to her, and she would not be able to sleep until dawn.
Back to the subject, a group of beauties gathered in Zhou Xingyun's wing. Wei Suyao and other girls who didn't know the situation asked Rao Yue how come Zhou Xingyun suddenly went to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager this afternoon when he was clearly going to the Sixteenth Emperor's Palace.
Rao Yue responded to the girls' questions indifferently. It wasn't until Zhou Xingyun entered the room after taking a bath and his eyes were drowsy as he fell asleep that everyone stopped discussing and turned their attention to Zhou Xingyun.
"Master Zhou is so radiant. He must have good news, so he can't wait to summon us to the wing to discuss matters."
When Zhou Xingyun returned to the room after taking a shower, Isabel sat with her legs folded on the bedside of the wing, leaning on the bedside wood with one hand to support her fragrant cheek, smiling at Zhou Xingyun in a gentle and elegant manner.
Isabel was a little confused at first. She didn't know why Zhou Xingyun called her to the wing so late at night. However, from Xu Zhiqian and other girls' words, she got an idea, that is, today Zhou Xingyun went to meet the sixteenth son of the emperor. , a small accident occurred, and the Empress Dowager summoned her to the palace to face the saint.
Isabel could basically conclude that if Zhou Xingyun dared to call her to listen, it would definitely not be bad news. Wei Suyao and the other girls were very worried, worried that Zhou Xingyun would get into trouble when he met the Queen Mother, so they summoned them to announce bad news. To be honest... …Girls are so worried.
Isabel's simple reasoning is that when a person encounters a big bad thing, he will definitely not publicize it everywhere, let alone involve an outsider like her.
On the contrary, when a person encounters a great good thing, he can't help but show it around and call his friends around him to report the good news.
Zhou Xingyun took a leisurely bath after returning home, which could only mean that he was praised in the palace and was eager to announce the good news to the beautiful lady in the palace. Isabel was very curious about what kind of good news made Zhou Xingyun want to be with her. Show off in front of you.
"I'm telling you, something big is going to happen." Zhou Xingyun gave it a try, walked to the table, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Senior Brother Xingyun, please don't be so secretive. If you have something to say, please speak it up." Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhou Xingyun's proud expression and, like Isabel, guessed that he had good news to report.
However, Zhou Xingyun's tired state of mind when he first arrived home was not fake. It only meant that the good news contained very serious problems that needed to be solved.
"Okay, I'll tell you about today's situation. You should all listen carefully. After I came out of the Sixteenth Emperor's Mansion in the afternoon..." Zhou Xingyun didn't brag, and so on, and so on, and he and the emperor were
The Queen Mother told the girls completely about the meeting, including his analysis. The Queen Mother hoped that he would stand up and reshuffle the court, so that the two camps that were about to come to an end would collapse and evolve into a separation of powers.
, a situation of mutual trade-offs.
If we only speculate from the perspective of stabilizing the situation, what the Empress Dowager did is beyond reproach, but... no one can guarantee whether the Empress Dowager had ulterior motives.
After an hour of detailed explanation, Zhou Xingyun told the girls 99% of the details of his meeting with the Empress Dowager today, except for the marriage granted by the eldest princess, which he never mentioned, so as not to demoralize the girls.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. If this comes true, Lord Zhou can be said to be less than one person and more than ten thousand people. No one in the government and the public can match him." Isabel didn't know Han Feng, so she didn't need to care about the situation of His Highness the Crown Prince.
After hearing Zhou Xingyun's announcement, she was deeply horrified and immediately congratulated him.
If Zhou Xingyun is not lying, the private agreement he reached with the Empress Dowager today is really a breakthrough. Of course, the prerequisite is that the Empress Dowager will fulfill the agreement. After all, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. If the Empress Dowager breaks the contract, Zhou Xingyun will not do anything
without.
However, based on Zhou Xingyun's inference, Isabel believed that the Empress Dowager would not breach the contract, and only by dividing the court into three parts could the Empress Dowager's regime be re-stabilized. Otherwise... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascended the throne, and the Sixteenth Son of the Emperor rebelled, and both camps would eventually have to fight.
Decide the outcome.
It can be said that once either the Minister of War or the Minister of Households falls, it will have a seismic impact on the current situation.
In the past, Shangshu of Hubu belonged to the faction of the Sixteenth Son of the Emperor, while Shangshu of the Ministry of War belonged to the faction of His Royal Highness. The two camps barely maintained a balance. Although there were more people supporting the Sixteenth Son of the Emperor, Xuanyuan Tianhen held the Royal Guards of the Imperial City, making them
Can't act rashly.
Therefore, if the Xuanyuan family really falls, the Sixteenth Son of the Emperor will have the upper hand and can rise up and cause rebellion at any time. On the other hand, once Jin Zhenghan loses power, the Sixteenth Son of the Emperor will lose a lot of support, and Taifu Xu and others can take advantage of the situation.
Then, he asked the Empress Dowager to hold a coronation ceremony and quickly allow the Crown Prince to succeed to the throne.
To sum up, the Empress Dowager's proposal is great news for Zhou Xingyun. At least for now, there is no better development trend than this. But for Han Feng, it is a different story...
Because if Zhou Xingyun's script is followed, when he seizes the position of Minister of Household Affairs and vindicates Xuanyuan Tianhen, His Highness the Crown Prince will be virtually invincible.
At that time, Zhou Xingyun only needs to find out the background of the Sixteenth Prince, find out the military forces he has deployed in the capital, massacre the rebels in one night, and pull out all the troops deployed by the Sixteenth Prince, so that he can support His Highness as the Crown Prince without any worries.
As for now, Zhou Xingyun can't be so reckless, because he doesn't know the Empress Dowager's intentions. If he acts according to the original plan, the Empress Dowager suddenly disrupts the situation, and the situation will be out of control.
At the very least, Zhou Xingyun needs to figure out the Empress Dowager's intentions, and even find out clearly the Empress Dowager's military power and her deployment of troops in the capital.
After listening to Zhou Xingyun's statement, Xu Zhiqian finally understood why he was exhausted mentally and physically when he returned home. Originally, the two camps were wrestling with each other, but a key third party suddenly appeared, forcing him to re-examine the situation.
What is even more troublesome is that Zhou Xingyun is at the center of the undercurrent whirlpool. He must exert great control over the field, otherwise he will offend all three parties and he will be the first to die...
Although Zhou Xingyun had already guessed that things would not be as simple as he had imagined, but when the Empress Dowager really stood up, he could only go with the flow...
"The baby is feeling miserable." Zhou Xingyun said, his mouth was dry, he picked up the teapot and started drinking, then he burped, turned around and ran into Mo Nianxi's arms for comfort.
"How about... let's go to the Golden Basin Washing Ceremony in Zhanjiazhuang." Wei Suyao suddenly changed the topic, as if to tell Zhou Xingyun that we can ignore the affairs of the court, return to the field, resign and go into seclusion, and walk around in two places.
Jianghu.
Although Wei Suyao doesn't know much about officialdom, what Zhou Xingyun just said is that even outsiders should understand that the situation is serious.
The greater the profit, the greater the risk. Zhou Xingyun may be promoted and make a fortune, becoming a minister with more power than one person and more than ten thousand people, but... if he makes a slight mistake and commits rebellion, he will not be protected, and everyone in his family will be executed.
"Suyao, I also want to resign. The problem is that now that I leave, the court will collapse instantly. In addition to the Crown Prince who will say goodbye to me with tears in his eyes, the Queen Mother and the Sixteenth Prince will do everything possible to threaten me to stay! If I don't
Be obedient, the Empress Dowager sent masters from Baize Tiangong to kidnap you and hold me hostage. What do you think I should do? By the way! You must be careful when going out in the future! Don’t get caught by them! Otherwise, I will throw a wrench into my trap, and my good days will come to an end."
Zhou Xingyun realized a very serious problem. The Empress Dowager and the Sixteenth Prince could send people to arrest Xuanyuan Fengxue and hold the Minister of War hostage. Why couldn't they arrest the beautiful woman in her house and coerce him?
"Who dares to catch me! I will let him die without a burial place!" Little sister Wushuang suddenly opened the window and poked her head in from outside the house to speak.
At the same time, Xiao Yun, the head of Shuixian Pavilion, who was crowding outside the window with Yu Wushuang and eavesdropping, couldn't help but put her head into the window and shouted: "Just plain! Just plain! Whoever dares to kidnap me, I will chop her into pieces."
Hey, leader! Uh-huh..."
Because the two were young, Xu Zhiqian did not call them to Zhou Xingyun's room to discuss matters. However, the two cuties saw Wei Suyao and the others gathered in Zhou Xingyun's wing in a hurry, so they couldn't help but come over to eavesdrop.
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"Don't worry, we will take good care of ourselves. If we travel more together in the future, everything will be fine." Mu Hanxing opened his arms and put his arms around Zheng Chengxue, saying that they always traveled together and that even if they encountered enemies, they would always have someone to take care of them.
After saying that, Mu Hanxing turned to Qili'an: "Qili'an, are you right?"
"Qili'an will not cause trouble to Mr. Zhou." Qili'an looked at Mu Hanxing gratefully. In this way, Mu Hanxing has pulled her into the team. From now on, the three of them will act together and there will be no problems.
In addition, there are many experts in Zhou Xingyun's official residence, and Xu Zhiqian and others don't have to worry about being kidnapped as long as they stay at home.