Has Your Majesty abdicated today?

Qi Chu was a little surprised, why did Dong Chen die in battle just two days after he was named General Mingwei?

In "My Emperor", Dong Chen is also a slightly important stepping stone on Xie Yu's road to becoming emperor. He is the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong. In the original book, he is the garrison of the capital and controls the defense of the capital.

Although the position of guarding the capital sounds like a fifth-rank official position, it is indeed an official position with real power, and the guarding of the capital is related to the safety of the emperor, and only those most trusted by the emperor can be held.

Apart from the Son of Heaven, how many dignitaries in the capital, if these people want to do something shady behind their backs, smuggle some shady things into the capital, these cannot escape the eyes of the guards, so many dignitaries spend a lot of money to bribe the guards... This position is really a money-making pot. Dong Chen has made a lot of money in just a few years as the capital's garrison.

At the beginning, it was Xie Fan who made Dong Chen the guard of the capital against all odds. Later, when he was determined to deal with the Dong family, he used the position of the guard of the capital as a bait, and used the Xie family to kill him. Therefore, Dong Chen's death also became the death of his relatives, the Dong family. The one who fought with the family headed by the Xie family.

When Dong Xie and Zhu's family suffered from both losses, Xie Yu Yuong benefited. He took the opportunity to let his confidant Zhao Wuji succeed Dong Chen as the defense of the capital and take charge of the defense of the capital. This also paved the way for him to fully control the capital in the future.

Although Dong Chen is a cannon fodder, he is also a useful cannon fodder... Shouldn't he just die in the Southern Dynasty inexplicably now? !Now that he has received the box lunch in advance, if Xie Yan wants to deal with the family in the future, what should he think of?

Qi Chu's head hurt from thinking about it, and when he came back to his senses, he felt that he was a bit of an eunuch, because the emperor didn't worry about eunuchs and that eunuch.

Look at Xie Fen, who was surprised to hear the bad news, but still calm and self-possessed, he said to his colleagues: "You go and call a group of ministers to the Qianyuan Hall for a court meeting." The voice was still slow and unhurried, as if he didn't care at all .

After Tongchen left, Xie Yu smiled at Qi Chu: "Your Majesty, it's too far to go to the cabinet from here, what will happen if I use your majesty's treasured land to hold a court?"

This little brother, you have already sent someone to report, how can I still refuse now?

The Empress Dowager really loved her nephew, Dong Chen, and she came here in a hurry before the senior scholars from the cabinet arrived.

When she heard the news, she was probably dating her boyfriend, and she brought Daoist Ling Xiao with her when she came in a hurry.

Seeing Xie Yu, the Queen Mother seemed to have found the backbone, and asked, "Grand Master, they said that Chen'er died in battle, what's going on?"

Xie Yu handed the eight-hundred-mile urgent battle report to the Queen Mother, and said, "Queen Mother, the specific situation is still unclear, and I just got this eight-hundred-mile urgent military report."

Empress Dowager Dong is a strange woman who is not interested in government affairs at all, and she is too busy grinding her nails when she is in court. She likes power only because power allows her to benefit her family and enjoy an incomparably noble life. Seeing this military newspaper, she only thought that her nephew died in battle, and she didn't care about the Southern Dynasty invasion mentioned in the military newspaper.

Xie Fan said: "The matter has come to this point, please express my condolences to the Empress Dowager, take care of the Phoenix's body, don't be too sad."

Although Daoist Ling Xiao is deeply favored by the Queen Mother, he has never been spoiled or domineering. He usually follows the Queen Mother, just like a handsome background board. It is very sad to see the Queen Mother. Today Unprecedented words of consolation: "The queen mother is mourning, it is important to take care of the body of the phoenix."

The Empress Dowager nodded to him with tears in her eyes. The father-in-law Xi Le who was on duty next to the Empress Dowager was very clever. Seeing this, he quickly helped the Empress Dowager to sit on the rosewood chair beside her.

Tu Xia made a cup of tea for the Empress Dowager, and Qi Chu hurriedly brought it to him, saying: "The Empress Dowager has a sip of tea to calm down the shock."

The queen mother took the tea, and suddenly frowned and retched, she put the teacup on the table, and said: "The Ai family just ate the mutton, and now I smell the dragon well, and it smells like fishy, ​​Tu Xia , to exchange Dahongpao for Aijia."

Tuxia took orders and left.

Qi Chu was a little surprised, the Queen Mother was overly sad, and even her taste changed. In the past, she only liked to drink green tea, especially the Dragon Well Tea before the rain, which was her favorite. Why did she suddenly change her temper and drink black tea now? ?

But he only thought about it for a moment, and didn't think deeply about it. Seeing that everyone's attention was on Dong Chen, Qi Chu couldn't help listening carefully.

Xie Yu said to the Empress Dowager: "This Xiaoqi is from Dongjiang, and he must know something about the great changes in Dongjiang." He turned and sat on another chair next to the Empress Dowager, and said to Xiaoqi, "You will The current situation in Dongjiang and General Dong Chen's martyrdom, if you know it, report it to the Queen Mother."

The queen mother and Xie Yu occupied the two largest chairs in the hall, Qi Chu looked around, and finally sat pitifully on the small huanghuali wood armchair by the grand master's hand.

Xie Yu looked down at Qi Chu who was obediently sitting next to him, as if he was afraid that he would be bored, he casually took a bunch of grapes from the table and gave it to Qi Chu.

While eating grapes, Qi Chu continued to listen to Xiaoqi.

Xiao Qi knelt down and kowtowed: "The young one is a postman in the army who specially delivers battle reports, and he doesn't know much about the battle in Dongjiang..."

Xie Yu lowered his eyes to drink tea, and said casually: "You are so brave, you dare to hide it from the Queen Mother, come here, drag it out..."

Xie Fen hadn't finished speaking, Xiaoqi kowtowed repeatedly with a mournful face, and kowtowed: "The queen mother spares my life, the queen mother spares my life..." He glanced at the grand master who couldn't distinguish between emotions and anger, bowed his head and said, "General Dong Chen, After repelling the Nanchao navy, they took advantage of the victory to pursue the Nanchao, but the Nanchao pretended to be defeated. When General Dong Chen went deep alone, he took the opportunity to counterattack. The general was hit by several arrows, and he took back the general's body in the chaos army, I'm afraid... Now that the Dongjiang army has no leader, the Southern Dynasty took the opportunity to invade our Dongjiang border, and the three counties of Dongjiang, Shouxian and Huainan are in a hurry!!!"

Because Dong Chen is the empress dowager's nephew, Xiao Qi's words were also very tactful, but even Qi Chu, who didn't know how to observe words and expressions, could hear his implication. Shooting to death with random arrows made the Southern Dynasty people take advantage of the situation to counterattack.

Even Qi Chu could understand the words, how could the Queen Mother not understand that originally Dong Chen died, but at any rate he died in battle, the Queen Mother could let him enjoy the glory after death, but now because of him, the Southern Dynasty invaded, if you want to It would be difficult to block Yoyo's mouth and give honor to his nephew.

The queen mother was a little confused for a while, so she couldn't help but go to see the grand master.

With firm eyes, Xie Yu slightly nodded at the Queen Mother.

Qi Chu: "..." People are more angry than people, and seeing him every day is either teasing or ridiculing. How can he be so gentle and reliable in front of the Queen Mother? Sure enough, high status and weight are different.

To die is a big pig's trotter who has nothing to do with Zhong Wuyan and nothing to do with Xia Yingchun!

Xie Yu said to the little flag: "The battle situation in Dongjiang is urgent, you should go back immediately to pass on the Queen Mother's order, asking Deputy General Zhao Wuji to temporarily take charge of military affairs on behalf of General Mingwei, if he can't fight back the Southern Dynasty people, the barbarians!!!"

Xiao Qi was startled by the sharp chill in his words, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Little one obeys!"

He stood up and was about to leave when he heard the grand master say again: "The battle in Dongjiang is urgent, you should go back to Dongjiang immediately after leaving the Qianyuan Hall to deliver the decree. If Gu finds out that you are involved with other people in the capital, you will understand the consequences yourself."

Xiao Qi bowed his head and said, "The little ones understand, but the little ones don't dare."

After Xiaoqi, who sent the letter, left, Xie Yan said to the servants in the hall: "No one is allowed to mention the matter just now outside the gate of this hall. If Gu hears a word, he will be killed!"

When the palace people heard the words, they knelt down on the ground and said, "The little ones don't dare!"

Xie Yu looked indifferent and said, "Let's all go out."

Qi Chu: "..." Does this include me?

While hesitating, Xie Fan handed him another jujube flower cake.He slightly left the buttocks of the chair and sat back steadily, eating cake silently beside Xie Chen.

When the palace people left, Daoist Ling Xiao also went out, and before leaving, he turned his head slightly and looked worriedly at the Empress Dowager, who gave him a reassuring look.

All this was seen by Xie Fan, but he turned his face away calmly, picked up the teacup on the table and handed it to Qi Chu, saying: "Why not just eat cakes, Your Majesty, let's drink some tea and moisturize."

Qi Chu picked up his teacup and took a big sip.

When the Empress Dowager turned her face, she happened to see Qi Chu drinking peony-chewing booze, and said with a frown, "Your Majesty is getting more and more unruly now, drinking tea and booze is too uneducated." She was very rude to her cheap son. Picking his nose and raising his eyes, and because the young masters have sued too much recently, it seems that he is full of mistakes.

Xie Fan had a pampering expression on his face, and said to the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty usually behaves well and respects, but this time in front of the elders, he naturally reveals his childish nature. This innocence is really rare."

Qi Chu: "..." Go to hell, and quietly mentioned his seniority while speaking, high, really high!

If Xie Yu knew what Qi Chu was thinking, he would have laughed out loud. He didn't like being an elder to others so much. The original intention of saying this was just to appease the Queen Mother and let the Queen Mother understand that they are not just monarchs and ministers, but they can still be friends. The ally I rely on paves the way for what I will say next.

The Empress Dowager said: "Now that Chen'er is dead and the three counties of Dongjiang are in danger, how can the deputy general take up the heavy responsibility? Why don't we send other people there."

Xie Yu sneered in his heart, how could he fail to understand what the Empress Dowager meant.The Empress Dowager offered to send someone to serve as the head coach, because she didn't want to let go of this bit of military power, and wanted to install other nephews in the army to replace Dong Chen.

He has already murdered the Dong family, so how could he allow his family to continue to grow.

A gleam of light flashed across Xie Yu's deep eyes, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye. He explained to the queen mother in a warm voice: "Queen mother, forgive me for speaking bluntly. There is no commander in the army to invade the border. Winning or losing is a common matter in military affairs, but if someone in the court blames General Mingwei for the crime of the invasion of the Southern Dynasty on General Mingwei, I am afraid that General Mingwei will bear the infamy after his death, so I let the deputy general replace General Mingwei To resist the enemy, we only hope that he can repel the Southern Dynasty when other people in the court get the news, if so...General Mingwei can also get the honor he deserves."

Xie Yu said it so bluntly that the Empress Dowager finally understood the meaning of his words. If she sent troops there now, it would be clear that the invasion of the Southern Dynasty was all because Dong Chen underestimated the enemy. He is not good in battle, and I'm afraid he won't even have a piece of honor after his death. It seems that he really can't send other coaches there right now...

It's just whether this deputy general Zhao Wuji is reliable, the queen mother said: "Grand Master, is this deputy general Zhao Wuji capable of repelling the Southern Dynasty? If he is incompetent, won't this matter still come to light?"

Xie Yu said: "When I was drinking with Dong Chen before, I met this general Zhao Wuji. Dong Chen once told me that Zhao Wuji had saved his life when he wiped out the water bandits, so he stayed by his side. I just heard The little flag said that this time General Dong Chen's body was snatched from the rebellious army with all his might. He was a brave and loyal man. Now that it has entered winter, the navy of the Southern Dynasty is not resistant to cold. I am afraid that this invasion will only be suppressed by us in the Northern Dynasty. Resist fiercely, and won't stay longer." Xie Yu said that he was thirsty, took another sip of tea and said, "Besides, the Queen Mother has issued an order just now, if Zhao Wuji's affairs are not good, the barbarians, for the sake of his wife and children, he will also Don’t dare to do things with your heart.”

Qi Chuan listened quietly for a long time before he realized that he and the Queen Mother had been beating around the bush for a long time in order to pave the way for General Zhao Wuji.

It sounds like Zhao Wuji has nothing to do with Xie Yu, but in fact Zhao Wuji's surname is not Zhao, his original surname is Sun, and he is the youngest brother of Xie Yu's biological mother.When he was eight years old, the Sun family was convicted of crimes committed by the first emperor, and all members of the family were killed. Zhao Wuji was exiled to the frontier because of his young age, and was later adopted by a family named Zhao in the frontier.When he grew up, he searched for his elder sister in the capital, only to find out that Xie Fan's mother died of dystocia, but although his elder sister was dead, he and his nephew recognized each other. The relationship between the two of them was disclosed to the public. After Xie Fan took power, this kind of concealment made it less conspicuous for Xie Fan to quickly promote him.

The Sun family is a family of military generals, Zhao Wuji was born with the gene of being brave and good at fighting, and he was honed in the frontier fortress for several years.

Now that Dong Chen is dead, the Empress Dowager wants to give him an incomparably honorable posthumous honor, while Xie Yu's confidant Zhao Wuji has successfully grasped the power of the Dongjiang Army.

But Qi Chu looked at the calm and indifferent Xie Fen, and couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. Is there Xie Fen's handwriting behind Dong Chen's death?

Xie Yu couldn't express his anger and joy, so naturally he couldn't see anything from his face.

Xu Shi is old and cannot see life and death. The Empress Dowager looked very sentimental today, and sighed with sadness on her face: "Chen'er is a filial child, why did he end up like this today..."

Xie Yu also said sadly: "General Mingwei is brave and good at fighting, and he made such achievements at a young age, but he didn't want to suffer a lot of fate, so he devoted himself to the country... I beseech the Queen Mother to make General Dong Chen the champion, and let his son inherit it." The title of honor can also be regarded as a comfort to the spirit of the deceased in heaven."

The Empress Dowager looked at Xie Fan movedly, the Grand Master is really a considerate and elegant gentleman, she said everything from her heart, the Empress Dowager nodded and said: "The Grand Master is right, General Dong Chen should be sealed Hou."

The grand master said again: "Today, the ministers will bring this matter up for discussion in the cabinet. Mr. Bo Yuan lost his favorite nephew, so I ask the Empress Dowager to comfort him so that he will not be too sad."

The queen mother was a little touched and said: "The grand master always does things so properly. He is really unparalleled in the country. With you in the court, the Ai family seems to have the backbone."

The Grand Master did not appear excited because of the queen mother's high evaluation, he smiled quietly and said: "The queen mother is too high, and it is the duty of a subject to be loyal to the country." He asked again, "It's just that the Dong family is the queen mother's family. General Chen is considered to be the princess's cousin, now that General Dong has passed away, should the princess's marriage be postponed?"

As soon as Xie Fan finished speaking, the Empress Dowager immediately said: "There is no need to delay, the sooner the better." Maybe because she felt that she was too emotional, the Empress Dowager took a sip of tea as a cover-up, and said, "General Dong Chen's death in battle is very heartbreaking for Aijia, It happened to be a rush with the princess' happy event."

Qi Chu: "..." I've heard of celebrating the living, but I haven't heard of celebrating the dead. The queen mother must be too anxious to marry the princess.

It is true that Rou Jia Di Ji is notorious in the court for playing too much with men, and it is not easy to find a successor, but there is no need to be so anxious.

Xie Yu didn't have any objection to what the Queen Mother said. Hearing the words, he smiled gently at the Queen Mother and said, "I understand what the Queen Mother means, and I will arrange the princess's wedding as soon as possible. Please rest assured, the Queen Mother."

The corners of his lips curled up, his eyelashes drooped slightly, covering up all the calculations in his eyes.

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