The Fate of the Red Chamber

King Beijing personally sent the carriage away from the imperial mausoleum, and in the carriage were Daiyu, Mohan and Qingning.There is a dense poplar grove in the southern suburbs of the capital, and a few unremarkable carriages are parked in hidden places in the poplar grove.Bai Hui, Xue Yan, Qing Ning and several guards dressed as travelers waited anxiously, and they all gathered together soon.

Except for these few people around Daiyu, the rest were sent away in batches.The people had no time to talk, and quickly urged Ma to go south.In fact, before and after them, there has been an army of hundreds of people secretly protecting them, otherwise how dare they be so careless.

Along the way, there are all ragged people, old people, children, young and middle-aged people, in short, none of them have decent clothes to wear. In such a cold day, many of them only wear single clothes or jackets, which cannot escape the cold at all.They were all pale and emaciated from hunger, especially the children, who were crying, and Daiyu was extremely sad to see them.

"Brother, are there so many refugees that we are the fault of us?" Daiyu felt that these people were burdened by her, and she was still well-clothed, but they didn't have enough to eat and clothing, and they might die at any time. I blame myself.

"Fool, what does the drought in the north have to do with you? Could it be that if you obediently become a queen, there will be no drought?" Mo Han chuckled lightly and scratched Daiyu's nose, this girl is soft-hearted.

Daiyu didn't think so, these refugees might have nothing to do with her, but the people on the battlefield, swords have no eyes, at that time it was all her fault, if that happened, she would die.

"Even if they have nothing to do with me, how can I bear to see those innocent victims of the war when I go to the south?" Tears dripped down Mo Han's chest.

Mo Han patted her lightly, quite helplessly, so he had no choice but to persuade: "Actually, the two sides didn't fight much. The imperial army was too scared to go up after fighting once or twice. We just want to force the Queen Mother to mess up. When the time comes It is enough to take the capital with the cooperation of the inside and the outside. Jiangnan, Sichuan and Northwest are to divert the Queen Mother's attention, transfer away from the defenders of the capital, and entangle the enemy.

Besides, these refugees are all fake? "The last sentence, Mo Han quietly whispered in Daiyu's ear clearly.

Daiyu couldn't believe it, her eyes widened, and she looked carefully at the people outside. They were indeed poor, and she pouted and complained: "Brother, don't comfort me. They are clearly desperate, how can it be fake? ?”

"You, you have a small temper. Even my brother dared to shake his face. They are all hired. Isn't there a severe drought in the north? These people are originally from dry land. The family can't survive. I spent a lot of money per person. Ten taels of silver were hired to cause panic in the capital, but they cannot be considered real refugees. The Queen Mother is so bad, so we can scare her. Before the event, each of them received five taels of silver, and there were still five taels of silver afterwards, which happened to be used for emergency treatment. "Mo Han originally wanted to give Daiyu a chestnut, but unfortunately he couldn't bear it, so he called it a light pinch.

Daiyu was so shocked that her eyeballs almost fell out, is there such a business?I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of refugees, so how much money would it cost, Daiyu felt a little distressed, so let's think of it as relief for the victims.

"Where did you get so much money?"

Mo Han smiled wickedly, as if he had gained a lot of benefits, he patted his chest proudly and said, "It's all thanks to your brother, my ingenuity, my natural wisdom, and of course the generosity of the empress dowager. Drought, didn't the queen mother ask the Ministry of Households to allocate 500 million taels of silver to relieve the disaster? The queen mother's nephew was responsible for this matter. Zheng Jun is a greedy and lustful person. The white money just flowed through his hands like this?

He only transported 100 million to the drought-stricken area, and the remaining 400 million went into his pocket, and naturally King Zhongshun also had a share.That kid hid the silver in a hidden place, but unfortunately there are only stones in those boxes now, so I worked hard to help him distribute the silver, and then find some work for the victims, isn't it good? "

"You? Brother, you are so bold. But I'm glad to think about it. The Queen Mother suffered a lot. Not only did she not get any benefit from spending money, but she also caused a lot of trouble. If you want to blame her, you can blame her nepotism, hmph." Yu Xiao's mouth was round and round, obviously taking advantage of it and acting like a good boy.

"Not to mention the queen mother is very ambitious, she spends money lavishly. The emperor has been on the throne for several years, and the treasury has become increasingly empty. Soon, he will not even be able to pay for the army. Tell me, who else is willing to work hard for her?" Mo Han has always been a well-planned person, and he will not act rashly unless he finds out all these things clearly.

Before Daiyu had time to be happy, she remembered that Mr. Cha was in charge of the household department, and she couldn't help worrying about him: "Master Zha is in charge of the household department. The treasury is empty. The queen mother will not blame him, will she?"

"What are you afraid of? Mr. Zha is not corrupt and has made the right call. The queen mother is angry and has nothing to do. You know, in order to win over those dukes' mansions, the queen mother allowed them to embezzle the silver taels of the household department, resulting in nearly 500 million taels in the household department. Who can be blamed for this emptiness? Mr. Zha, what is wrong with obeying the orders of his superiors? The fault is also those of the mansions of princes." Mo Han spoke confidently, but the smile on his face couldn't be restrained.

"Oh, brother, what you mean is that Mr. Zha deliberately let them spend the money from the treasury. Although this will empty the treasury, it will still be a big problem for the new emperor to succeed to the throne in the future. What will King Liu do then?" Dai Yu quickly understood what her brother meant. The Queen Mother didn't know that she was being plotted against, but an empty treasury is never a good thing.

"Why, are you worried about Liu Xuan?" Mo Han's tone was a bit gloomy as his thick black eyebrows were almost squeezed together.

Sitting on Mo Han's lap, Daiyu looked like a twisted bone sugar, pouted her mouth and said she didn't agree.

Mo Han pecked her on the lips, then smiled, and said domineeringly: "Except for your brother and me, you can't care about any other man, you know, or see how I fix you?"

"No, no. Tell me quickly, brother."

"It's not easy. Which of these idle Duke's mansions has no problem, especially the most abominable thing is helping the Queen Mother. How can the new emperor spare them? Since they have emptied the treasury, they will naturally make up for it. After copying it down, the national treasury probably won't be able to hold it." Mo Han took it for granted, this is a good idea that the fourth master thought of back then, it is simple and effective.Woo, my four four.

Daiyu nodded again and again when she heard this, and threw herself to the ground in admiration.I really underestimated my brother. It turns out that my brother has such a talent for black belly.

They didn't dare to rush along the way, and inquired about the aspirations of the people by the way.The common people are not interested in who will be the emperor, but the current empress dowager who murdered the first emperor, the prince, and the royal family is always unfaithful, filial, benevolent, and unrighteous, so it's good to step down.I don't know if the role of propaganda is more obvious, or if the common people already have doubts in their hearts, everyone tends to believe that the current emperor's throne is not obtained by normal means.

Although I occasionally met people who interrogated me a few times, they all put on airs, and it was not difficult to let them go after paying a little money.They also deliberately avoided where King Zhongshun's army went, so the journey was quite smooth.

However, the capital is not so peaceful.

None of the three armies of the imperial court to quell the chaos had any good news.In fact, it is not all due to the poor quality of the army. A large part of the reason is that the food and grass are not timely, which leads to the hard work of the front army, but the lack of logistical supplies.Soldiers' lives are in danger at any time, and they still don't have enough food and clothing. Whoever is in the mood to fight is just dragging.

The refugees surrounded the capital, apparently not planning to go back to their hometown for the New Year, and the dignitaries in the capital became shrinking turtles, reluctant to leave the capital easily.

The rumors about the Empress Dowager usurping the throne became more and more intense, and the details of the details were as if she had seen it with her own eyes. The Empress Dowager was worried all day long, and her temper became extremely bad.Many people are rumoring that in order to consolidate the throne, King Liu has been killed by the Queen Mother. The so-called confinement is simply a cover, otherwise why no one has seen King Liu?

In order to quell the rumors and appease the courtiers, the queen mother decided to release Liu Xuan temporarily, but she kept strict surveillance, not believing that he could escape her grasp.The king of Nan'an was a cowardly and cowardly person, and he would not participate in the affairs of the Lin family, so letting him go would have no effect.It's Lin Mohan's difficulty.

King Nan'an stared at Mo Han carefully. This guy always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Liu Xuan had discovered that King Nan'an had been thinking deeply about Mo Han these few days, so he knew that he had seen his flaws. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to drag King Nan'an into the water as well.King Nan'an was a bit timid, he was always afraid of the queen mother, but he was not a foolish person, he had his own plans in his mind, it would be better to trap his heart than to let him tell the truth.

The guards outside were lying in disorder, the candlelight was dim, Liu Xuan quietly walked into King Nan'an's room, and gently patted the sleeping King Nan'an.

King Nan'an woke up dimly, very startled, Liu Xuan came to him at this time must have something important to say, he lowered his voice and asked: "Prince Liu?"

"How does the Empress Dowager treat you?" Time was running out, and Liu Xuan didn't intend to beat around the bush with him, so he asked this question right from the start.

The king of Nan'an stared wide-eyed in fright, and looked at Liu Xuan incredulously, this kind of words cannot be said casually, he panicked, lowered his eyes, and replied in a deep voice: "The Queen Mother is naturally very sympathetic to me. "Yeah, I sympathize with him when he is old, so I took his military power and became a free king.

"Where is the little prince? Where are the future descendants of the Southern Prince's Mansion?" Liu Xuan pressed on every step of the way.

It's not that the king of Nan'an doesn't understand, the queen mother is just offering him up now, it's because of his past achievements, once he dies, the Nan'an palace may not even be able to keep the empty airs, and if he is not careful, he will end up like a prince and a prince .But he was already timid, and he had no power in his hands, so what else could he do other than be obedient, and learn how others failed in rebellion.

Seeing his eyes flashing slightly, Liu Xuan's face collapsed, knowing that he was moved, he couldn't help but add a handful of firewood: "If people don't offend me, I won't offend them. The Queen Mother wants my life, so don't blame me for being rude, no The reason for waiting to die. I think you should see that Mo Han is wrong."

The words made King Nan'an's mouth wide open, he didn't expect Liu Xuan to be open and honest with him, telling him such a confidential matter clearly regarded him as his own faction.He still knows Liu Xuan's personality quite well, he is upright, wise and cold, he can't do things that he regrets afterwards, it seems safer to follow him than follow the Queen Mother.It's just that the queen mother has never been a simple person. If she misses, she will lose the entire Nan'an Palace.

"This Mohan is not that Mohan. As long as you keep this secret, I can protect the safety of the Nan'an king's family." Liu Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly, left this sentence lightly, and went out. He believed that the Nan'an king would understand how to do it.

Indeed, the king of Nan'an secretly made up his mind, Lord Liu never broke his promise, the big deal is to bet this time, if the Queen Mother finds out that he will die and refuse to admit it.

In the Compassionate Ning Palace, there was a strong smell of medicine, mixed with the aroma of narcissus, so warm that one would feel sleepy.

"Auntie, just let Mo Han go. If you continue to lock him up, you won't reveal Lin Daiyu's whereabouts. How about we let him go, and he will definitely contact Lin Daiyu. Wouldn't it be better for us to catch all of them? Big deal Don't let him go out of Beijing, I'll watch him for you from time to time, and as time goes by, he will be less guarded against me, maybe he can find out some useful news. How about you, Auntie. "

During this period of time, Tang Jin would go to the queen mother almost once in a few days, but it was good that the queen mother didn't give her a hard training in her anger, how could she do what she wanted.Every time she was ordered to drive her away, but Tang Jin was not afraid of heaven and earth, she just ran into a wall with the queen mother the other day, and today she came again, serving the queen mother first and taking medicine, then gossips up.

The queen mother rinsed her mouth, took a sip of rose dew, her complexion did not change, and she looked at Tang Jin sideways for a long time and asked: "Then what's so good about Lin Mohan? You are my niece, the princess of Zhongshun Palace, who dares to underestimate you?" I miss you, but you are stubborn. Tell me, when Lin Mohan had a good look at you, why didn’t you understand? You thought he was easy to handle, and Aijia told you, you were wrong, Lin Mohan was a Cunning and insidious fox, with your tricks, he is not enough to play with, Aijia advises you to give up as soon as possible."

"Auntie, I know that you are doing it for my own good. But I just fell in love with him. I have confidence. I don't believe that he will always be indifferent to me. Besides, there are rebellions everywhere now. He is a available person and he is familiar with Jiangnan. , it is better to send him to Jiangnan to assist the father." After all, Tang Jin is a boudoir girl, so it is simple to think.

The Queen Mother was so angry that she coughed violently for a while, and nodded her forehead angrily: "You, you, you are sure that he will help us, if he helps the group of rebels, do you know that he will lure wolves into the house. That's all, you go back, the Ai family will let Lin Mohan go, but he can only stay in the Lin mansion and is not allowed to go anywhere. If you dare to violate the Ai family's will, don't blame the Ai family for not loving family, go."

In fact, the queen mother was moved by what Tang Jin said before. Once Lin Mohan was free, it was impossible for him not to act. As long as he moved, things would be much easier.But the queen mother will not agree to Tang Jin easily, Yilin Mohan's scheming cannot fail to guess what the queen mother is up to, so she delays for so long, the longer Lin Mohan becomes less vigilant, especially thanks to Tang Jin for pleading for him.

I don't know what will happen when the Queen Mother learns that the person who is currently locked up in Yicheng Palace is not Lin Mohan?

Within a few days, King Liu, King Lin, and King Han were all released and returned home. Among them, Mo Han was still confined in the Lin Mansion, and the other two were relatively free.