Empress Chu

Chu Tang pressed her heart again. That night she sat in the rooms of those old ladies and gentlemen, more terrified than those who were woken up.

Although these are also the houses she often visits, but they are all playing with the girls, except for seeing them once at the queen's banquet, they have not been in contact with each other at other times.

She knew that it was not she but Chu Zhao who was sitting in front of these old masters and ladies at that moment.

Although Chu Zhaoren was not around, he was still able to stand in front of these aristocratic families.

You can also ask for their help.

Chu Tang took a deep breath and let it out, comforting his parents: "Don't talk too much now, just hide safely."

After placing father and mother in the room, and letting the servants look after him, Chu Tang came out to call Xiaotu.

The little rabbit squatted on the top of the wall and looked into the distance, and jumped down when he heard the words.

"Did you send her a message that we have gone into hiding?" Chu Tang asked in a low voice, "Did she write again? Is there any new news?"

Xiaotu said: "We sent it out when we left the city." Then he said, "There is no news from Sister Xiaoman, but there are other news."

Chu Tang asked, "What?"

The little rabbit said excitedly: "The fight started, the prince of Zhongshan beheaded the three officials of the court."

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At the same time, Xie Yanfang also received the news when she was playing chess with Mrs. Zhou.

When Du Qi whispered and stood away, Xie Yanfang immediately told Mrs. Zhou.

"This is called Tuqiongjian." Old Master Zhou said, dropping a pawn.

Xie Yanfang shook her head: "His intentions have long been known to everyone, and now this is, General."

Drop the pieces as you speak.

The old man Zhou was busy looking at the chessboard, with an annoyed expression on his face: "You boy is no match for me in Go, but you have a hidden skill in chess."

Xie Yanfang said with a smile: "Actually, I'm good at Go. If I try my best, I can beat you, old man, but now, I have my heart attached and I don't dare to take any more risks. I can do my best now because I want my sister to stay. The next one, witnessing the tragic death of his own parents, ignorantly transformed from a naughty child to a child of the Great Xia Emperor overnight, and grew up steadily, hard to invade by evil spirits."

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand in a salute.

"The father and son of King Zhongshan once dropped the knife on Xiao Yu's neck. Chu Lan is a witness. Please help Your Majesty to reveal the truth to the world."

Mrs. Zhou looked at him and got up to return the salute.

"Thank you for the beating." He said, "I, like you, firmly believe that His Majesty will survive a catastrophe, that evil spirits are hard to invade, and that the world has already seen clearly the wolfish ambitions of King Zhongshan and his son."

Without waiting for Xie Yanfang to speak again, he took a step forward and slapped the chessboard hard.

"As for the thief Chu Lan, if he catches King Zhongshan and his son, he will die."

Therefore, before the father and son of King Zhongshan were caught, Chu Lan, the thief, would not be handed over. Xie Yanfang looked at Mrs. Zhou, and the footsteps outside the flower hall were chaotic, and groups of black armored guards gathered.

The leading soldier said: "I have searched everything, nothing."

Xie Yanfang said to Mrs. Zhou: "It's really offending, then let's look for other places in your house."

The old man Zhou smiled kindly: "Thank you, sir, for taking care of yourself."

Chapter 83 Her way

The vicious Bingwei and the gentle and polite Third Young Master Xie left, and the frightened members of the Zhou family rushed in.

"Master, what happened?" Someone was at a loss.

"My lord, that letter shouldn't be accepted. Deng Yi and Xie Yanfang's hands and eyes are all over the place. They must have discovered it. Are they trying to say that we are conspiring with the King of Zhongshan?" Some people didn't understand.

"How did I hear that people from the empress's family were going to be arrested? Why is it that Chu Ling just died and is about to abolish the empress?" Someone had a sharp ear and a new guess.

There was a lot of noise, the old man Zhou waved his hands: "Shut up, everyone."

But as a parent, I know that if you don't say anything, you can't make your family feel at ease. After all these years, even when the third prince was making trouble, no soldiers rushed into Zhou's house.

The dynasty collapsed.

"The king of Zhongshan's troops approached the capital, and just at that moment, the son of the king of Zhongshan, in the name of meddling in the military, commanding indiscriminately, and damaging the morale of the army, beheaded and killed three ministers who announced the decree, and then he wanted to come to the capital to see the emperor in person to plead guilty - this is of course an excuse "The old man Zhou said, "But this excuse is high-sounding, and the people are already panicked, and they all believe it. The court is very troublesome now."

That's true, the family members nodded. In fact, if the situation comes, they can believe it.

Such words cannot be said.

"So? What's the matter with the queen?" Everyone asked anxiously.

Old Master Zhou said: "Empress Chu's uncle, Chu Lan, once conspired with King Zhongshan's son, so the court asked him to come forward to testify against King Zhongshan's father and son for treason."

They could all see the rebellious intentions of King Zhongshan's father and son, but Chu Lan's involvement still shocked everyone, and they also instantly guessed the truth of what happened that night - what the late emperor said, the daughter of the Chu family rescued the little Highness, it turned out that it was from It was rescued from the hands of my uncle and King Zhongshan.

"It's no wonder Chu Zhao became queen, and Chu Lan and his wife never showed up."

"It was said to be recuperating, but it turned out that he was locked up."

"I've already guessed that there is something wrong with Chu's eccentricity."

"Then what's going on now?"

"Chu Lan's family ran away?"

Old Mrs. Zhou nodded: "Yes, Chu Lan's family has run away, so the court's search didn't just come to our house, all the houses in the city were searched."

The family breathed a sigh of relief, then it wasn't targeting their Zhou family.

Fortunately, the family of the Chu family is simple, and Chu Lan and his wife have never seen anyone and have no contact with each other. Empress Chu Zhao is sitting in the deep palace, and now she has gone to the border county.

"Tell the kids in the house to stay away from her."

"It's mainly A Jiang, A Jiang played with Chu Tang the day before yesterday."

The old lady Zhou stopped impatiently: "Don't talk about the past, what to do afterwards Zhuge Liang, didn't you also wander around and make friends before the accident with the third prince Zhao?"

Stop drinking at this time, and the family members feel at ease, and they all responded yes.

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with our family." Everyone said, quit and left.

It has a lot to do with their family - the old man Zhou sat in the flower hall silently looking at the chessboard.

Whether it is the prince of Zhongshan, the little emperor, or the Xie clan, do they really need the help of the Zhou clan?Without him, the Zhou family, they are still omnipotent, that's not called helping each other, it's called icing on the cake.

For the Zhou family, icing on the cake can only be exchanged for icing on the cake. Of course, if there is no icing on the cake, no one can do anything to them.

The old chess way has been going for too long, and suddenly a new way emerged——

I don't know what new tricks I can come up with.

Old Master Zhou raised his hand to change Xie Yanfang's two moves, and replaced it with his own victory, showing a satisfied smile.

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When Xie Yanfang returned to her own place in the imperial city, she saw Deng Yi sitting inside, watering the Clivia on the table with great interest.

This was Deng Yi's first time here.

"Lord Xie is indeed elegant." Deng Yi said, looking around the hall, "The Imperial City Hall is also at home."

Xie Yanfang smiled, and didn't answer his words, she just said: "Is the Grand Tutor waiting for news? I'm sorry, but I haven't found it so far. Although Empress Chu has not been empress for a long time, she is deeply trusted by the people."

Unexpectedly, he stood in front of those aristocratic families, and even with the emperor's grace, he failed to persuade these people to let go.

He has the reputation and the power of his family that he has acquired for so many years by keeping a low profile, so what does the girl rely on?Queen's position and frontier military power?Or is it the bloody spirit to go forward bravely?

He suddenly seemed to see his 13-year-old self standing in front of the prince holding a bow.

"Empress Chu has power in her hands. Not only can the family help and protect her family thousands of miles away, but she can also dispatch troops and generals outside." Deng Yi said, "I'm here to tell you that the empress has transferred away from the river east. The soldiers and horses of the two counties of the party."

Xie Yanfang turned her head to look at the map hanging on the wall: "She is going to besiege Zhongshan County?" He knew that the girl would not sit idly by, and would definitely take action, and smiled, "This is besieging Wei and saving Zhao."

Deng Yi said: "Empress Chu just lost her father, she probably thought that father and son are deeply affectionate in this world."

Did she think that the eldest son had already arrived in the capital, and would give up and go back when he heard that his father was under siege?How childish.

Xie Yanfang smiled and said: "As a queen, when she hears that the king of Zhongshan is plotting rebellion, she must be punished. Don't worry, Taifu, we can still win without two troops."

Deng Yi glanced at him, why would he worry about this.

"Master Xie should not worry." He said with a half-smile, "You are worried that accusing Chu Lan will affect Empress Chu's reputation. Empress Chu has already prepared for it, so she can solve it by herself without your help."

Xie Yanfang didn't seem to understand his sarcasm, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, so please send an imperial edict announcing the past between Chu Lan and King Zhongshan, and let the world know that King Zhongshan conspired against him. The prestige is even greater."

Deng Yi was silent.

In short, Xie Yanfang wanted to set off a great momentum in this battle.

The crusade and questioning papers with hundreds of titles are not as good as a queen's uncle colluding with King Zhongshan to cause an uproar in the world.

The sinners are prominent, and the meritorious ones are prominent.

He Xie's Yanfang is even more impressive.

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"Eunuch Qi, what is this?" Xiao Yu in the harem asked with a surprised expression as he looked at the edict sent.

The Yuxi is in the hands of the Taifu, and the imperial edict is in the hands of the Taifu. After it is written, it will be read by Xiao Yu.

Chu Zhao also told Xiao Yu that even if he didn't understand it, he had to read it, even if he memorized it, he would understand it when he grew up.

So Xiao Yu would read it carefully every time. This time, he not only understood it, but was also shocked.

"Why, why do you say that, the Chu family is guilty?"

He grabbed the edict and was about to throw it down.

"How could Sister Chu be guilty?"

Eunuch Qi hurriedly pressed down: "Your Majesty must." He also knew the news, and hurriedly explained, "It's not that Sister Chu is guilty, it has nothing to do with Sister Chu, but her uncle Chu Lan, Your Majesty, have you forgotten? At that time Her uncle wanted to kill us, so sister Chu took us away from the Chu family, so Chu Lan is indeed guilty."

Of course Xiao Yu didn't forget that although he was young, he was no longer a child who didn't know anything after sitting in the court for these few months.

"Chu Lan is Sister Chu's uncle. If he is guilty, Sister Chu will definitely be implicated. If it really doesn't matter, why didn't you say Chu Lan's crime in the first place?"

It is not easy to coax a child who has become an emperor. Eunuch Qi had no choice but to knelt down and grabbed Xiao Yu's sleeve, and said, "Your Majesty, the king of Zhongshan is coming to fight, and the court has to fight. We must let the people of the world know the crimes committed by King Zhongshan and his son, so we can attack them together."

Xiao Yu grabbed the edict and held it up, the child's brows were raised: "I don't care."

"Ah Yu—" Xie Yanfang came striding from outside.

Xiao Yu handed over the harem ban to him, so he can come in and out as he pleases, and it's not surprising that there was no notification.

Seeing him walking in, Xiao Yu lowered his brows, hid the hostility in his eyes, and said aggrievedly, "Because Sister Chu is not here, and Sister Chu's father is not here, you just bully her like this."

Xie Yanfang half knelt down in front of him, and said, "No one wants to bully her. If Sister Chu was here, she would do the same."

"Ayu, you believe in Chu Zhao. She can lead you out from the siege, accompany you to ascend the throne, and personally lead troops to attack the border county. When her father is gone, she can take over the mantle—that's right, A good news was intercepted, that is, not long ago, your sister Chu personally led troops to attack the main force of Xiliang King's army, and made them retreat another hundred miles."

A smile appeared in Xiao Yu's eyes: "Really?"

Xie Yanfang nodded: "I have asked them to look for the good news, and it will be delivered soon." He looked into the child's eyes, "And, not only that, when he heard the king of Zhongshan encircling the capital, Chu Zhao had already brought The soldiers came back and besieged Zhongshan County at this moment, Ah Yu, do you know what this is called?"

Xiao Yu shouted excitedly: "Besiege Wei and save Zhao, I've read this!"

Xie Yanfang said: "So don't worry, Sister Chu is not afraid of any dangers and troubles, she protects the country and the people, no matter how old her uncle's crimes are, she will not be implicated——Ayu, trust me."

Xiao Yu looked at him and nodded, "I believe in you." Putting the raised edict into Xie Yanfang's hand.

Eunuch Qi got up silently from the side. It turns out that to win someone's trust, you don't need to prove how trustworthy you are, as long as you let this person see that you trust the person he trusts the most.

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Qi Leyun was put into a carriage by her mother.

"Mother, even if Chu Lan is guilty, it's not Chu Zhao." She struggled and said, raising the curtain of the car, she saw soldiers standing outside the gate of Chu's house.

Master Qi was joking with an official, the official waved to him, and the soldiers let Qi's family's chariots and horses go.

There were still soldiers rushing past on the street, searching houses along the street, and people gathered on the street to point and point.

"—The queen's house is going to be raided?"

"Chu Ling ransacked the house right after his death?"