From eunuch to emperor

"The current situation is changing faster than we expected. We must be prepared to capture Kong Ji in one fell swoop."

Gan Xin lit a pipe slowly, the fire reflected the dark eyes, curled up like an owl, ready to pounce on the prey at any time.

Shen Wanjin nodded slightly, agreeing with Gan Xin's statement.

...

Western Xia Palace.

A man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe walked quickly into Queen Lu's palace, and the maids and eunuchs in the palace saluted one after another: "Your Highness."

This person is Shi Haoran.

During the battle at Zhenguo Temple, Shi Haoran was shot through his chin, and was sent back to the palace to recuperate. He has recovered now.

Shi Haoran shaved off all the beards on his face, making him look even more handsome.

Because the chin was shot through by an arrow, the imperial physician shaved off the beard of the chin for the convenience of treatment.

Shi Haoran felt that it was too ugly to just shave off the beard on his chin, so he simply shaved off all the beard on his face.

Shi Haoran ignored these court ladies 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 beside her. Inside the porcelain basins were ice cubes carved into phoenixes. The court lady fanned the ice to cool Queen Lu down.

"My son pays homage to his mother."

Shi Haoran bowed deeply to Queen Lu.

Seeing Shi Haoran approaching, Queen Lu felt a little better, and said, "Sit down, my lord."

Shi Haoran sat down beside Queen Lu, and immediately said: "Mother, my son wants to lead troops to Yangcheng to relieve the siege."

When news of Shi Le being besieged in Yangcheng reached Xingqing City, Shi Haoran was so anxious that he immediately went to the palace to discuss with Queen Lu.

Queen Lu shook her head slightly, and said: "My lord, Long Cheng'en leads 20 troops to besiege, your father and king can't do anything about it, so what if you go?"

"Besides, now that there are riots in the country, we have no soldiers to use."

Queen Lu is very clear about how chaotic Xixia is now.

Since the Zhaoti Temple’s Qiuzitang incident was exposed, the people in the royal city hated the imperial court and Zhaoti Temple, and Shi Le and Fuyi Buddha were all reviled.

When the news of Shile's siege reached Xingqing City, many people gloated over it.

Under such circumstances, it is too unrealistic to gather troops to reinforce Shi Le.

Shi Haoran said: "I know the situation is not good, I have countermeasures."

Queen Lu immediately asked, "Do you have a countermeasure? What countermeasure?"

In such a troublesome situation, Shi Haoran actually has a countermeasure, Queen Lu really wants to know.

Shi Haoran said: "Bring this matter to Zhaoti Temple, and say that all of this was done by Kong Ji, and my father didn't know about it at all."

"In this way, we can stabilize the hearts of the people in Wangcheng, and also appease the people around us."

To pour the black pot of dirty water on Kong Ji, wash Shi Le first, and save the court's face, this is the way to abandon the car and protect the handsome.

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 the news has already spread.

It's a bit difficult to convince others that this matter has nothing to do with Shi Le, and that it's all done by Kong Ji.

The common people are not fools, it is impossible for the common people to believe whatever Shi Haoran says.

Shi Haoran said: "Queen Mother, my son intends to publicly behead all the monks in Zhaoti Temple, leaving no one behind!"

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Queen Lu was taken aback, she didn't expect Shi Haoran to be so vicious that he wanted to behead all the monks in Zhaoti Temple!

The matter of Qiuzitang was indeed done by Zhaoti Temple, and those monks were indeed guilty of a heinous crime.

But 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, has paid a high price for Xixia.

Now, in order to clear the relationship, Shi Haoran wanted to kill the donkey and drive Zhaoti Temple to extinction, which is really vicious.

"My lord, this matter...the queen mother can't decide on this matter, so I have to report it to your father and king for a decision."

Queen Lu did not dare to nod her head, because the influence of Zhaoti Temple was too great.

Moreover, Shi Le was still relying on Kong Ji to resist Long Chen.

If Shi Haoran made a move from the rear and took away the empty lair, if monk Kong Ji rebelled and took refuge with Long Chen, it would be over.

Most importantly, there are almost [-] monk soldiers in Yangcheng's army.

If they knew that Shi Haoran had destroyed Zhaoti Temple, it would probably trigger a mutiny.

This incident affects the whole body, Queen Lu is very cautious.

But Shi Haoran said: "Queen, Zhaoti Temple used to be a national temple. There are many masters in the temple, and they are the pillars of my Great Xia."

"Now that Zhenguo Temple is occupied and Deshan is killed, there is only one master left in Zhaoti Temple."

"The monks in Zhaoti Temple are useless. Keeping them will only make the people hate them."

"Since this is the case, it is better to kill them to outrage the common people!"

Queen Lu still dared not 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 did not let go, Shi Haoran knew that it would be useless to say anything here, so he stood up and left.

Queen Lu looked at Shi Haoran's leaving back, and had a premonition in her heart that Shi Haoran might insist on going his own way.

"Bring a pen and ink!"

Queen Lu planned to write a letter to report to Shi Le, but when the maid brought the pen and ink, Queen Lu was in a dilemma again.

Yangcheng was under siege, and letters could not be delivered at all.

"How can this be good..."

Queen Lu was worried.

Shi Haoran came out of the palace and arrived at 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.

Entering the yard, Shi Yuncheng greeted him.

"Big brother!"

Shi Yuncheng hurried out, Shi Haoran said in a low voice: "It's said inside."

The two entered the study room and closed the door. Shi Yuncheng asked, "What did the queen mother say?"

It was Shi Yuncheng's idea to kill the monks at Zhaoti Temple to anger the common people, but Shi Yuncheng was not Queen Lu's son, so Shi Haoran reported it to the queen.

Shi Haoran sat down, shook his head and sighed: "The queen mother said that this matter has a lot to do with it, she can't make the decision."

Shi Yuncheng patted the table and said: "At what time now, if we don't stabilize the hearts of the people, we will be accused by thousands of people and we will not be able to recruit troops to fight at all."

"The things were caused by Zhaoti Temple, but the people are targeting us. If we don't kill the bald donkey of Zhaoti Temple now, when will we wait?"

"Father and king are besieged in Yangcheng, the country is in danger of dying, mother and queen are really... hey!"

Shi Yuncheng and Shi Haoran used to be rivals, and Shi Yuncheng also wanted to take the throne. The relationship between the two was not very good before.

But when the crisis came, the two brothers could distinguish between the serious and the serious, and put aside the fight for the time being.

"Brother, you are the son of the eldest son, your father is not here, you have to make up your mind!"

"The morale of the army in Yangcheng is in turmoil. If there is no foreign aid, father and king will be in danger!"

Shi Yuncheng spoke very anxiously, and Shi Haoran kept clenching his fists.

In the end, Shi Haoran slapped the table and said: "Duan will continue to suffer from the chaos. If you don't kill the bald donkey, you will kill whoever! Bring the commander of the imperial army, Zhou Hao!"

Shi Yuncheng immediately sent someone to invite Zhou Hao, the commander of the forbidden army.