Rebirth of marriage

The news that Xiliang occupied Shacheng and slaughtered all the women and children in the city shocked the whole court. What shocked them even more was that the emperor actually allowed King Xiao to go on an expedition.

He was also asked to severely damage Xiliang and recapture Shacheng before he could return to Beijing.

In the morning of the second day, Yushi Lin was the first to object, and was punished by the emperor to kneel in the Jinluan Hall.

Cao Shoufu, who had previously strongly opposed King Xiao's march to Yuyou Pass, supported King Xiao's expedition this time.

The ministers were puzzled.

The news of Concubine Yun's death had spread out of the palace yesterday, and most people vaguely knew the reason. Looking at the emperor's old face, they also knew that it would be difficult for him to have an heir.

As your Majesty's only prince, Prince Xiao goes on an expedition, which is tantamount to your Majesty's own expedition. How does this make him, if he has any good intentions, and the emperor grows old, who will hand over the country of Daxia?

To the fetus in Princess Xiao’s belly?

But I heard it was a girl.

External troubles have arisen. If civil strife continues, how can everyone live a peaceful life? Just thinking about this, many people knelt behind Lin Yushi and begged the emperor to take back his life.

However, the emperor was determined and immediately announced his withdrawal from the court, leaving all the ministers to kneel.

Because the emperor knew very well that there was no better choice except King Xiao. The maximum number of troops that could be transferred to Shacheng was 20, but Xiliang had 30, and they occupied a dominant position in this war.

As King Xiao said, Zhen Guo Gong and An Le Gong and other veteran generals are all old. If they are evenly matched, they may be able to win, but it is difficult to defeat many with less!

Daxia has been relatively stable for more than ten years. He was busy taking back the imperial power from the Cao family and neglected to train military generals. Many young generals have never really been on the battlefield. If they go, the chance of winning is even slimmer.

All he could count on was Xiao Wang.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Gu Xiao was indeed better than many people, and he didn't want to become a subjugated king in the history books.

As for whether Gu Xiao would die in battle, he did not want to think deeply about this issue.

Gu Xiao's fate has always been tough, and he should not die so easily. If he does not go out to fight now, Xiliang will directly attack the capital and the country will be destroyed. He, the Xiao King, will not be able to do anything.

It would be better to let Xiao Wang come in from the beginning.

Since he stopped taking the elixir yesterday, he has either been in a trance state, or is furious and wants to destroy the world, and his heart is also very depressed.

Even last night, he was depressed and wanted to find a palace concubine to vent to, but was unable to do anything, which made him even more depressed.

His health was far worse than Wang Zhi said.

Damn Caiwei, damn the Cao family, he swept the pile of memorials on the imperial desk to the ground, and the servants knelt down carefully.

He was so angry that he couldn't breathe smoothly and said angrily, "Zhao Debao, are you blind? Why don't you serve me tea..."

After shouting, he looked at the new face kneeling in front of him and was stunned.

Zhao Debao was sent to the miscellaneous room by him last night and became the lowest servant. How could he still serve in the imperial study room.

Obviously, he had completely forgotten what happened last night.

He remembered Wang Zhi's words. At first he would be forgetful and unable to control his temper, and then his internal organs would harden and he would die.

No, he didn't want to die, he hadn't lived enough yet, Wang was incompetent, it was because of his poor medical skills, otherwise how could he not be able to get rid of Dr. Lin's sterilization pill for more than ten years.

He shouted into the air, "Go and find some truly capable doctors and Taoist priests."

"Yes." The secret guard took the order and left.

On the other side, Cao Zhicheng returned to the mansion from court and called Cao Laoer to the study.

"Second brother, the chess pieces in your palace can be used."

Cao Laoer's expression froze. He had never told his eldest brother how he knew about secretly placing people in the palace.

Cao Zhicheng said in a deep voice, "Second brother, I don't blame you for being selfish, and I understand your selfishness, but now is a critical time for Cao Mansion. Only with our brothers working together can we truly stand high.

The eldest brother now has no children, the fourth brother has lost his wife, and the third brother has left us. Everything in the Cao Mansion will belong to your second brother in the future. "

This temptation was a bit big, Cao Laoer swallowed his saliva, "What do you want to do, brother?"

"You have seen the emperor's condition, and you are more aware of the harmful effects of Caiwei's pills. He urgently needs a healthy body now. Let your people send him the method that the fourth child asked about earlier."

"That method is too cruel, I'm afraid he won't be able to use it." Cao Laoer hesitated, with the matter of picking up Wei in front of him, would the emperor still trust others?

If he didn't believe it and killed his people in turn, wouldn't he have lost a chess piece in vain?

Cao Zhicheng had a clear view of his thoughts and said firmly, "No one is not afraid of death, especially as he is a high-ranking emperor. He has experienced what it is like to be in good health, and he cannot accept his current physical condition.

Second brother, please open up your horizons. How is our Cao family worse than his Gu family?How many years can eldest brother live?All the glory in the future will belong to your second wife. "

"Eldest brother wants to be the emperor himself?" Cao Laoer was shocked, "Isn't that rebellion?"

He is ambitious, but he does not have the courage to rebel. The eldest brother is crazy.

Cao Zhicheng looked at Cao Laoer, "To overthrow an emperor who is incompetent and brutally harms the people is not called treason, but doing justice for heaven."

"Yes, but we don't have military power, how can we accomplish anything?" Cao Laoer asked worriedly, "Especially now that Xiliang is attacking Daxia, will my elder brother's action increase Xiliang's arrogance?

If we ask them to call the capital, it will be a success..."

He is also a captive emperor.

"Brother has his own plan, but the premise is to let your people lead the emperor to do evil and do things that are not tolerated by the people of the world. This is the first step." Cao Zhicheng was already a little impatient, why didn't he like to use Dude, that's why.

He is indecisive in everything he does and is greedy.

But now he had to use it. The Cao family had a problem with him because of the third child, and he couldn't trust them. It happened that the second child had someone available in the palace.

Seeing that Cao Laoer was still hesitant, he said a few more words, "Only if the emperor is unkind, the promotion of my Cao family will be what the people want.

As for Xiliang, isn't there King Xiao? He will resist Xiliang. When he defeats Xiliang, the eldest brother will have his own way to prevent him from returning to the capital. "

Even if he can't drive Xiliang out of Daxia, the worst he can do is to cede one or two cities. When he succeeds in his great cause, he can train strong men to take back those lost territories.

He patted Cao Lao Er on the shoulder and looked at him intently, "Lao Er, don't ask too much, just think about it, if King Xiao comes to power, will the Cao family still have a way to survive?

Just think about whether your son will sit in the position of the ninth-five-year-old.

If you want to, just follow Big Brother's orders. If you don't want to, just pretend that Big Brother didn't say anything. Big Brother doesn't have to do it with you. "

Cao Laoer's biggest ambition was to see his son take over the position of chief minister in his lifetime. In this way, he would be the old man of the Cao family.

But if his son becomes the emperor, he will be the supreme emperor. Even if the eldest brother succeeds but is in poor health and dies early, does it mean that he can sit in that position for a few years?

The impact was too great. Seeing Cao Zhicheng's confident face, he nodded heavily, "Listen to big brother."

Immediately, he seemed to understand something and asked, "My eldest brother previously objected to King Xiao going to guard Yuyouguan, was that because he was planning this matter?

Duke Ying is one of ours, and he has taken over the 10 men at Yuyouguan. In addition to those he brought over, the total is 15, which means we already have 15 troops in our hands.

But, I heard that the Di Rong army is fierce, if Duke Ying is defeated..."

Thinking of this, he became worried again, "Brother, is this really a good time to make things happen? Can Daxia handle attacks from both sides at the same time?"

Cao Zhicheng is not sure whether the Daxia army can defeat Xiliang and Di Rong at the same time, but he is certain that Gu Xiao, Zhen Guogong and the Liaodong Prince will protect Daxia to the death, so this is not something he needs to worry about. .

What he wanted to think about was how to take advantage of the chaos to sit in that position and manipulate Xie Jiu to his advantage.

What else does he have to worry about now? His son is gone. Once the old emperor dies and Gu Xiao becomes the new emperor, he will die.

If King Xiao and the others lose in the end and the country of Daxia is destroyed, they will be nothing more than slaves of the subjugated country.

But these truths could not be told to Cao Laoer, so he said firmly, "Don't worry, you and I will never end up in vain."