bastard returns

Empress Dowager Xia stood up from the phoenix chair, took two steps back and forth, frowned and said: "There are still doubts about this matter, the Ai family can't fully believe it, but you are right to send someone to watch him."

"If the queen mother doesn't say anything, the servant will give orders." The old eunuch bowed and snorted again, "This man really doesn't know how to flatter him. The queen mother appreciates him so much, but he can still do such a thing of revenge. If this is true, it would not be a pity to execute him Ling Chi."

"There is still no conclusion on this matter, let alone even if it is true." The Empress Dowager Xia half-closed her eyes, and said lightly: "Even if it is true, since he is an undercover agent placed by Da Zhou, it is understandable to do so, but he is so He devoted himself to being a dog at the feet of Aijia, even in the early stage of development, he revealed the formation of troops at the Great Periphery Pass. If he was said to be an undercover agent, the undercover agent had done too much duty, and Aijia should be careful. , Could this be a divorce plan arranged by someone with a heart."

"How can this matter be false? Even this old slave can tell that the handwriting on this note is exactly the same as that of Sikong Xu, and it was written by the same person. The Empress Dowager must be very careful, it's nothing more than a fake. If it's true..." The eunuch trembled, "If it's true, that person has spread so many rumors before."

"So what if it is passed on, with his identity, it is impossible to come into contact with confidential things." The Empress Dowager Xia sneered, "The Ai family has never really trusted him, and some innocuous news, even if he spreads it, it is impossible It’s useless, well, you should go to work quickly, and tell General Li on the way for Ai’s family, and then report to Ai’s family when you find these pigeons that are sending messages outside.”

The old eunuch immediately took orders, and soon another team of palace men approached, took away the dead body of the pigeon on the table, quickly cleaned up the blood, and then retreated.

Only the Empress Dowager Xia was still sitting on the phoenix chair, staring at the note in her hand in a daze.

Sikong Xu looked at the three eunuchs standing in front of him with a gloomy face, his brows twitched, as if extremely annoyed.

"Young Master Sikong, I just said that the Empress Dowager is taking a nap, how long are you going to stay here again?" The leading old eunuch looked at him with his nostrils upturned, his face full of sarcasm.

Sikong Xu suppressed his voice and said: "Elder-in-law, don't lie to me. Even if a villain has not served the Empress Dowager as long as Eunuch, the Empress Dowager still knows when she eats and lives. Now is not the time for the Empress Dowager to take a nap. Your excuse is really far-fetched. some."

The old eunuch sneered, "Why, do you think it's my father-in-law who stopped you on purpose? It's really ridiculous. My father-in-law has been by the queen mother's side for more than ten years and is loyal. But anyone who the queen mother wants to see, my father-in-law will never stop you. Since father-in-law stopped you, it means that the queen mother doesn't want to see you, so could it be that you want to force your way in because you don't know how to flatter you?"

"How can a villain have such intentions." Sikong Xu thinks highly of himself, and what he looks down on the most is eunuchs, but now he wants to flatter an eunuch, which really makes him feel uncomfortable, but he can't do it otherwise.

Ever since the last time he joined forces with Wan Ming to use Su Che as a bait and used Su Che as a bait to take advantage of the queen of Jincheng County, the Empress Dowager Xia sensed a trace of the wind, and immediately sent Wan Ming out, expelling his family from the capital, not to mention that she was also imprisoned. After a long time of contemplating the order behind closed doors, the ban was finally lifted, but the Empress Dowager Xia did not summon him for some unknown reason. As time passed, Sikong Xu became panicked.

Almost all of his current status came from the Empress Dowager Xia. If he fell out of favor for no reason, wouldn't that mean that he would have to go back to the days of being a fugitive?

Fortunately, although the Empress Dowager Xia never summoned him, she did not order him to be kicked out of the palace, so Sikong Xu carefully inquired about the reason from the palace people, and he actually found out some secrets. During this period of time, rumors that Sikong Xu was a spy of the Great Zhou gradually spread around the Queen Mother for some reason.

Sikong Xu guessed that this must be Ning Yuan's fault almost immediately. He knew his background was there. The Empress Dowager Xia had some doubts about him, but in his past efforts to please him, he even did not hesitate to bring out the news of the refined iron ore. With his hard work, this kind of doubt should have been dispelled by dressing up, but why in such a short period of time, the Empress Dowager Xia suddenly became suspicious of him again, and she didn't even let him get close.

Although they were curious about what kind of means Ning Yuan used to sow dissension, but now is not the time for revenge. The top priority is that he wants to meet the Queen Mother and express his feelings to the Queen Mother. Since he is loyal, the Queen Mother must not Listen to the villain's words and alienate him.

But the old eunuch in front of him is the confidant of the Empress Dowager Xia, with him in the way, he couldn't even see the Empress Dowager, let alone plead.

The old eunuch looked at Sikong Xu's anxious appearance, although his old face was serious, he was already laughing non-stop.Ever since Sikong Xu appeared, Empress Xia's favoritism towards him had already made the old eunuch jealous and dissatisfied, but he didn't have the guts to trip up Sikong Xu, no matter how jealous and angry he was, he could only endure it. A carrier pigeon accidentally knocked down by General Li outside revealed the news that Sikong Xu might be a spy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which made the queen mother secretly suspicious. For an hour, the old eunuch didn't know what was said between the two, but since King Jincheng left, the queen mother's attitude towards Sikong Xu was completely different, even when the other party asked for the door, she let herself block it .

Sikong Xu's expression was cloudy and uncertain, he knew that there was no way for him to be so exhausted, he must not lose the protection of the Empress Dowager Xia, otherwise, before he left Yanjing City, those guys who were jealous of him in the past and the Queen Mother's favor would not be able to hold back Shot him.

After a while, he pursed his lips, as if he had made some decision, and suddenly knelt down on his knees, and stopped moving forward, but called out loudly to the entrance of the Empress Dowager's Hall: "As long as the empress is willing to see the villain, the empress will The villain will definitely tell me where the things I have been getting all the time, and I hope that the empress will be considerate and see the villain!"

After shouting a word, the hall door was still quiet, and there was no reaction at all.

Sikong Xu didn't give up, he shouted several times in a row, until almost half a stick of incense passed, the palace door opened from the inside with a creak, and a maid came out.

Sikong Xu looked happy, but he didn't speak, just knelt obediently.

The old eunuch obviously recognized the palace lady, although his face was a bit ugly, he still smiled and said: "Aunt Sun, what orders does the Empress Dowager have?"

"Your Majesty said, declare this person to enter the palace to have an audience." The maid also simply said, after dealing with the old eunuch, she directly yelled at Sikong Xu: "What are you still kneeling on, why don't you come with me!"

As the maidservant of this court lady, she can actually yell at Sikong Xu, but after finally being able to enter the palace, no matter how much dissatisfaction there is in Sikong Xu's heart, he can only endure it, and at the same time, he thinks that he is still a gamble. By the way, the Empress Dowager Xia obviously still cared a lot about the refined iron ore, but in this way, her last life-saving talisman at the bottom of the box was gone.

Forget it, even if the rabbit dies, it will be a matter of the future, Sikong Xu is also a decisive person, and immediately followed the maid into the palace gate without hesitation.

This scene was seen by a little eunuch in the distance, the little eunuch didn't dare to neglect, turned around quietly, and headed towards Emperor Xia's bedroom.

Not long after, a secret letter was carried by Xue Lihong, soaring into the sky from near Emperor Xia's bedroom, and flew straight to the outside of the palace wall.

Even though the Empress Dowager Xia has a lot of eyeliner inside and outside the palace walls, Xue Lihong is not an ordinary carrier pigeon. Not only does she fly extremely high, but she also flies around places with few people very psychically, and she flew the secret letter on her body very smoothly. Delivered to Ning Yuan.

"Although our divorce plan is a bit old-fashioned, it is really effective. In order to win back the trust of Empress Dowager Xia, Sikong Xu seems to be ready to reveal the exact location of the refined iron ore." Ning Yuan and Sikong Xuan sat facing each other, holding Holding the secret letter, his eyes glistened, "It just so happened that the news from Da Zhou's side has also come back, and the time card score is not bad. It goes so smoothly, and this plan is very likely to succeed."

"It's also thanks to my father's trust in me, and his willingness to let General Zhao cooperate with our plan. Before, I thought that not only would my father not agree to such an important matter, but he might even scold me for being too childish." Sikong Xuan showed a relieved expression.

"Your Majesty is a Mingjun. Since there is a way to make Daxia retreat without spending a single soldier, even if you have to take some risks, it is a very cost-effective thing. What's more, even if you accidentally fail this time, it will be better to fight Yanzhou back again." Now, Zuo is just wasting some time." Ning Yuan laughed and said: "What's more, if we can succeed this time, we can still sell the great favor to Emperor Xia, which will only benefit the two dynasties."

Sikong Xuan nodded, "It should not be too late, I will send a message to the steward in the post, saying that the emperor has sent a letter to the Empress Dowager Xia's request, and the Empress Dowager Xia has already learned about the essence from Sikong Xu. The specific location of the iron mine will definitely arrange for us to enter the palace immediately."

"I just hope that this trick of inviting you into the urn will really work." Ning Yuan touched his chin.

Sikong Xuan obviously underestimated the impatience of the Empress Dowager Xia, as soon as he heard the reply from Da Zhou, he issued an imperial decree that night, announcing that all of them would enter the pilgrimage in three days.

Three days later, in the spacious and solemn court hall, under the watchful eyes of all the civil and military officials around, even though the Empress Dowager Xia was sitting behind the screen, she said to Sikong Xuan in a very pleasant manner, "So, Emperor Zhou Your Majesty really agreed to cede Yanzhou to me?"

"Father really meant that." Sikong Xuan said with a low eyebrow, "Yanzhou is just a tasteless place in my dynasty, with no property, and the rampant horse bandits are rampant. Every year, it takes a lot of money to suppress the horse bandits. As for the military salary, since there is one Yanzhou, it can be exchanged for the peace of the two dynasties, and the emperor has nothing against it, but I hope that the queen mother will do what she said, and the two dynasties will cease military service, so as to avoid the common people from being subjected to war again."

"His Majesty Emperor Zhou is so sympathetic to the people, the Ai family will naturally keep their promise." The eyes of the Empress Dowager Xia could not restrain the joy overflowing.