Wu Meiniang whispered softly: "... If this goes on, I feel a little ashamed of my husband. It is rare to meet someone he likes, and as the Queen of Good Deeds, it is impossible to marry into the mansion and make trouble, so why not be beautiful as an adult? Besides, Speaking of which, it’s so hard for your husband to be on his way to the west, living in the wind and snow with swords and swords flashing. If something happens to Queen Seon Deok, how sad will it be when your husband comes back to Beijing? We women can’t just care about it. For your own preferences, you should also think more about your own man."
It's not that she isn't "jealous", it's a woman's nature to be "jealous", and no matter how much she suppresses it and hides it, there will always be some. However, she has always been generous, and as long as it does not affect her status in the house and Fang Jun's eyes, she will not do such cruel things.
Princess Gaoyang is a noble lady, she is the royal wife no matter what, she cannot be shaken. Xiao Shuer is a virtuous and gentle woman, a lady from a well-known family, and her personality is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. However, she has kept her duties since she entered the house and never interfered with the specific affairs inside and outside the house. She is well-behaved and sensible.
The two of them had no essential conflict with her, so they were naturally happy to talk to each other and the family was at peace.
As for Queen Seondeok, or her own sister Wu Shunniang, they are just a taste of men who are lustful and lustful. They can neither marry back to the palace nor compete with her, so why do they do those evil things to make people angry and eventually lead to Lang Lang? Are you disloyal to yourself?
Princess Gaoyang has always been grand, perhaps because she was born into a noble family and felt that the woman next to her, even if she was beautiful, gentle and charming, could not threaten her status, so she never cared about Fang Jun's affairs in the family, even though Fang Jun was there The conduct in this regard is exemplary and there is absolutely nothing to criticize about it.
But when facing Queen Seondeok, looking at her elegant and luxurious temperament, her graceful and charming demeanor, coupled with her status as the Queen of Silla, she felt a little dissatisfied.
However, after listening to Wu Meiniang's words at this moment, she felt convinced. She nodded and changed the topic: "I was distracted and forgot about the real thing."
Wu Meiniang asked curiously: "What's the serious matter?"
Princess Gao Yang smiled and said: "Of course I put on my armor and a waist knife, and accompany me here to control the army! Why, is it possible that I want to change your clothes personally, Mrs. Wu?"
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Her Royal Highness the Princess is dressed in armor and sitting in the middle hall with a heroic appearance. Although it is a bit playful, in the eyes of the soldiers and servants in the mansion, it undoubtedly adds reassurance. She becomes more and more determined to protect the mansion from the rebels and thieves. Vigorous.
*****
Li Chengqian was in charge of Xingqing Palace, and news from inside and outside the city was pouring in. Ma Zhou summarized and selected it in detail and reported it to him.
After receiving the news that Chang Sun Chong had been arrested and Hou Mo and Chen Qian would be placed under house arrest, Li Chengqian let out a long sigh.
He stood up and walked to the side of the wall. He put his hands behind his hands and looked at the map of Chang'an City on the wall. There was information on it that Ma Zhou had annotated based on information from various places. There are small black flags affixed to the south, west and north of the city along the Weishui River.
Ma Zhou said: "Each Guanlong family has gathered many private soldiers, slaves, dead soldiers, and even many soldiers who broke away from the army and joined them. The total number is no less than 30,000, scattered in various places outside the city. Each family has outstanding soldiers. The descendants of the clan are in charge. In addition, a large number of people were also found in the mansions of the Guanlong clan in various places in the city. They had obviously planned to spend a lot of time sneaking into the city. Everyone inside and outside the city was ready, waiting for the order. Come on, launch a mutiny immediately."
On the map, the enemy and ourselves are clearly visible, and the situation in Guanzhong is clear at a glance.
Although there are already several small black flags around Chang'an, the Guanlong forces represented by them have gathered and moved towards Chang'an, but since the "Baiqisi" broke into the Zhao Guogong Mansion, these small black flags have stopped, and two have even started. Slowly retreating, apparently retreating after receiving news from Chang'an City.
Everything needs a leader, who can point out the direction decisively and decisively, so that he can risk his life and live towards death. At present, the Guanlong clan is leaderless, and the families are still suspicious of each other. They are no longer as close as they were when the Wei Dynasty entered the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was abandoned to establish the Sui Dynasty, or even the Sui Dynasty was destroyed and the Tang Dynasty was established.
Cohesion can make everyone work together to seize power, but power in turn corrodes cohesion. When a person has nothing, he is the most impassioned and considers death as home. He is able to dedicate everything he has to his comrades, putting justice first and benefit later, and it is no problem to abandon the small self to fulfill the greater self.
However, the greater the interests, the greater the differences. This is the human heart.
Without Chang Sun Chong to connect with him, and without Hou Mo and Chen Qian to raise his arms, the powerful Guanlong Clan would be just a bunch of scattered sand, coveting interests but fearing each other, lest they charge forward only to be stabbed in the back by their companions. After fighting so hard that the ground was covered with blood, I finally made the wedding dress...
"Ma Fuyin thinks, can Guan Long's plan go ahead this time?"
Li Chengqian relaxed and took a sip of tea from the teacup beside him, then asked with a smile.
The news of the father's death was tightly sealed, and no one dared to reveal it at this time, not even the Guanlong clan, otherwise the mutiny they planned would not be a "military remonstrance", but a rebellion. As long as the current crisis can be overcome, by the time Li Ji leads hundreds of thousands of Eastern Expedition troops back to Guanzhong, the overall situation will be decided.
Ma Zhou stood with his hands tied, frowned and looked at the map on the wall, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness seems to have ignored Duke Zhao?"
Not just Li Chengqian? Even Li Jing, Xiao Yu and others all unanimously excluded Changsun Wuji from danger...
Li Chengqian put down his tea cup, walked behind the desk and sat down, and said calmly: "It's not that I ignored Duke Zhao, but that Liaodong is thousands of miles away from Guanzhong. It's also the severe winter at this time, and the road is dangerous. No matter how easy it is to travel by car, I won't be able to return in less than two months." Arrive at Chang'an. Duke Guo of Zhao is already old and has been pampered in these years. How can he withstand such a long journey of thousands of miles? If he is in a hurry, his body will not be able to bear it. "
I'm on my way step by step, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back until after the new year. If you rush hard, how can your old bones withstand the torment? Most likely, he was still dying when he returned to Chang'an. How could he still have the energy to take charge of the overall situation...
Ma Zhou still couldn't let go, and reminded: "Although the navy is in the hands of Su Dingfang, the Changsun family has a lot of cooperation with the Jiangnan nobles, whether it is maritime trade or trade between the north and the south. There are many ships in the caravan. If there is a sea The ship braved the severe north wind and cold to go out to sea to meet the needs, which will definitely shorten the journey time and provide a good rest."
Nowadays, heavy snow has blocked the mountains in Liaodong, and the road to the north of Yanshan is blocked. To return to Guanzhong, we can only go south from Youying Erzhou and follow the low seaside passage through Yuguan into Hebei, and then go west. This section of the road happens to turn a large bay around the Bohai Sea, and the journey is nearly a thousand miles. If you board a ship from the mouth of a large river in Gaimucheng or Mogouying and directly arrive at Lulong south of Yuguan, it will not only shorten the trip, but also save more than ten days.
Not to mention the ice sealing the sea, the navy could break through the sea ice and transport the baggage ordnance to Pingrang City. How could Changsun Wuji be unable to board the sea ship?
The power of the Changsun family is enough to accomplish this.
Ma Zhou added: "Moreover, I have heard that in the Lingnan area, there are Shanyue people who are good at raising flying pigeons and can drive them to deliver letters as far as a thousand miles away."
If Changsun Wuji arrived in Lulong by sea ship, there would have been people from Changsun's family in Lulong who would have brought this kind of homing pigeon to take over, and they would quickly deliver Changsun Wuji's orders to Chang'an in this way, even if he had not yet returned to Chang'an. Guanzhong, but can also secretly preside over the overall situation.
Li Chengqian was horrified: "Is there such a way to send messages?"
Flying pigeons can fly thousands of miles to deliver messages? It is simply unbelievable, how can a mere bird know the way home across thousands of miles?
Ma Zhou solemnly said: "It's absolutely true!"
It is said that this method of flying pigeons to send messages is only used by Shanyue people in the deep mountains of Lingnan. The local mountains are crisscrossed and the roads are difficult to travel. If someone goes out once and something happens on the way, it is difficult to get home in time. At this time, you only need to carry a cage of pigeons and write the message on the Tie it to the pigeon's leg and release the pigeon. The pigeon is a natural lover and has the talent of knowing the way, so it flies home and transmits the message back.
Although Changsun Wuji may not be aware of this method of transmitting messages, but everything is just in case... What if Changsun Wuji happens to know it? In the current precarious situation, we cannot bear the slightest risk.
Li Chengqian was immediately frightened and said: "I am sending an order to the troops in the city. They must not take it lightly!"
However, before he could give the order, a servant came running in from outside and said in panic: "Your Highness, something bad has happened. The soldiers of the Hou Mochen family have entered the city from the city gate!"
"What?!"
Li Chengqian stood up suddenly and exclaimed in disbelief. As expected, Ma Zhou was right. If no one secretly organized and dispatched troops, how could the Guanlong clan react so quickly and even enter the city brazenly? And the only person with such prestige and ability right now is Changsun Wuji.
Just now, I was secretly rejoicing, thinking that Chang Sun Chong had been arrested, Hou Mo and Chen Qian would be placed under house arrest, the Guanlong clan was leaderless, and the crisis was close to being eliminated, but unexpectedly, in just a moment, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Mutiny was inevitable.
