But in fact, most of the maids and eunuchs in the palace were old people who followed Zhao Zhen and Queen Cao.
These people may not necessarily die for Zhao Zhen, but their loyalty is somewhat guaranteed, and they cannot be easily bought.
If someone really surrendered out of the blue, Zeng Chaosheng probably wouldn't dare to use it.
As for his subordinates, Zeng Chaosheng was even less confident.
Thanks to Li Hao, there were many noble men and women in the Imperial Guard.
Although many of them have already surrendered to him, who can know what they are thinking in their hearts.
And even if they sincerely surrendered, the people among the nobles were complicated, and Zeng Chaosheng did not dare to leave this kind of secret to them.
Of course, Zeng Chaosheng had no intention of helping Zhao Zongquan, but Empress Cao allowed herself to pretend to be a defector and infiltrate their ranks.
Then I need to be more serious, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to deceive these people.
Then he said: "Now the official family is always on the sick bed and does not leave Funing Palace at all.
And the maids and eunuchs serving in the palace are all the confidants of the Queen. My people can't even enter the palace, so there is no chance. "
After hearing this, Zhao Ceying fell into deep thought for a while.
After all, the Duke of Wei was standing behind Zeng Chaosheng, and he was in charge of the palace's defense. No matter what the purpose was, he was not a chess piece that could be discarded at will now.
So how can we achieve our goal and keep Zeng Chaosheng out of it?
For a while, neither of them could think of any good solution, so they could only put the matter on hold for the time being.
Then Zeng Chaosheng quietly left, but he didn't realize that there was a pair of eyes watching closely behind him.
However, the man did not follow him and left. Instead, he continued to squat outside the door of the mansion, waiting to see that it was Zhao Ceying who had a secret meeting with Zeng Chaosheng.
The man left directly and went to Xiaotianshui Lane to report the news. Yang Wenyuan and Gu Tingye knew about it that night.
Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but said to Gu Tingye: "It seems that our queen still knows some art of war. Do you think Zhao Zongquan and his son will be fooled?"
Gu Tingye shook his head and said: "I think this matter is a bit suspenseful. Don't tell others, Grand Master Han Qi is very thoughtful. It's not easy to hide it from him.
But this matter has nothing to do with us. As long as the situation does not get out of control, we will just watch from the outside. I think this is also the explanation given to you by the Duke of Ling. "
Yang Wenyuan smiled when he heard this and did not refute. It was obvious that he was right.
But this is also right. Intervening in the replacement of imperial power will indeed bring great benefits if it succeeds, but the price of failure will also be very painful.
At the time of the palace change, these people were still new to officialdom, and they had the aura of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers.
Moreover, it happened so suddenly that many people joined in without even reacting.
But this time is different. The storm has been brewing until now, and everyone knows that a big storm is around the corner.
Except for those who originally planned to take sides, elders from other noble families came forward to teach their nephews not to get involved.
Of course, whether the nephew will be obedient depends on the situation. After all, there are many people who cheat on his father these days.
Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan were obviously not included in this list. Yang Wenyuan had to worry about the lives of everyone in the family.
As for Gu Tingye, although he didn't have a good feeling towards the people in Ningyuan Houfu, but this time there was no series of events in the later period, so he still had some feelings for him.
What's more, Gu Tingye now still needs to consider Minglan and his two children, so naturally he is even less willing to take risks on this matter.
But when talking about this, the two of them thought of Li Hao. After all, if he was in Bianjing, he could connect himself with Ouyang Xiu.
When civil and military forces are combined, many things will become easier to handle.
It will not be like now, because there is no fundamental trust with Ouyang Xiu, so they can't even exchange information, thus losing the help from the civil servants.
Thinking of this,
Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but say: "I wonder how Li Hao's errands are going, and whether he can get back to Bianjing in time."
Gu Tingye replied: "He still needs the permission of the Privy Council to return to Beijing, although Grand Prime Minister Ouyang will not stop him.
But it would take a lot of time just to pass the news between the two parties. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back so soon. Now I just hope that the official's body can last longer so that the court can have a stable period of time. "
But Gu Tingye didn't know yet that Li Hao was already on his way on horseback.
And the change of things was obviously not as good as Gu Tingye expected.
After the talk between Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi broke down that day, Han Qi went back and started preparing to operate on Ouyang Xiu.
It just so happened that Ouyang Xiu had a dark history of stealing his nephew. This matter was widely circulated in official circles and among the people at that time.
After all, it is a story about an uncle and his niece having sex, and the person involved is an important official in the court, so it naturally attracts special attention.
Such a thing naturally attracted Zhao Zhen's attention, and he specially ordered Wang Zhaoming and Su Anshi to investigate the matter thoroughly.
In the end, the two men did not find any evidence to prove that Ouyang Xiu had done such a violation of the rules.
But there is no evidence that he definitely didn’t do it. In addition, Ouyang Xiu originally wrote the first poem for this niece:
"The willow leaves in the south of the Yangtze River are not yet shaded. People can bear to break the silk because of its lightness, and the orioles pity the tender branches and can't help but keep them until spring comes. Between fourteen and five, I hold my pipa and look for it. I wince the money in the hall and walk down the hall, and I meet each other at any time. Take heed, not to mention now!”
The phrase "leave it for spring" has been interpreted by some thoughtful people as meaning that you should wait until the girl grows up before causing trouble! "
In the end, Ouyang Xiu was not able to cleanly remove himself from this piece of eucalyptus, so Ouyang Xiu's trip to eliminate the state started.
This time, Han Qi simply repeated his old trick and directly accused Ouyang Xiuguan of having an affair with his daughter-in-law, creating a wife-stealing wife in advance a few years later.
Yu Yanguan fired the cannon directly above the court in front of everyone, making the story come alive and making everyone in the court think wildly.
He also used this to say that Ouyang had not cultivated his personal morality and was not worthy of being in the court, and asked him to immediately stop pending trial.
However, Xue Zongru was not impeached this time, and naturally Mrs. Xue's cousin did not turn against Ouyang Xiu.
Without the important witness Xue Zongru, the credibility of this charge fabricated in advance was greatly reduced. At least it did not form a one-sided trend in the court.
There are still many ministers on Ouyang Xiu's side, including the heroine of this incident, Ouyang Xiu's father-in-law.
Li Ao, the father of Ouyang Fa's legitimate wife Li, the current Taizhong doctor and the magistrate of the Supreme Court, had the most intense words. After all, his own daughter was implicated in this matter.
This is ruining the reputation and life of his own daughter. How can Li Ao tolerate this?
So he angrily rebuked the official for talking nonsense and slandering important officials in the court.
The rhetoric was fierce, coupled with the fact that Li Ao had been prosperous as an official in recent years. Since taking charge of the Court of Judges, he has been responsible for the important tasks of examination, training and selection of middle and low-level Beijing officials.
This also gave Li Ao a domineering aura, and for a while he made the official speechless.
The colleagues standing next to Yan Guan didn't understand why he suddenly wanted to attack Zaifu, and naturally they wouldn't answer the call.
Only a few people who had passed the Qi beforehand stood behind him and started to help.
But obviously the effect was not great, and it seemed that this momentum was about to be severely suppressed by the opponent.
However, since Han Qi has already reported it, he will not let this matter end easily.
So soon, other officials began to speak out one after another, helping the spokesman to accuse Ouyang Xiu and confronting a group of officials who supported Ouyang Xiu.
Of course, the participants were basically civil servants, and all the military generals were hiding behind and watching the fun.
However, when the situation has developed to this point, even the most obtuse person will understand that this is not to say that Ouyang cultivates his personal morality but not his personal morality. This is clearly a party dispute.
Ouyang Xiu naturally understood this, and he also understood whose handiwork it was.
So he turned to look at Han Qi in front of him, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
Han Qi, on the other hand, had a nonchalant attitude and looked straight ahead, as if there was something interesting in front of him, so he didn't notice the arguments among the officials behind him at all.
Until the end of the dynasty, the debate still had no results, and Han Qi left silently as if nothing had happened.
As for Ouyang Xiu, the protagonist of the incident was also surrounded by a group of officials, wanting to discuss how to deal with this matter.
But what could Ouyang Xiu do, even though he knew he had never done such a thing.
But the common people wouldn't think so. After all, it has always been the case since ancient times that it is not too big a deal to watch the excitement.
This matter will soon become a topic of conversation among the people of Bianjing, just like the thieves' nephew back then.
When he thought of this, Ouyang Xiu lost his mood to deal with these officials and said goodbye to everyone.
After leaving the palace, you can see many people pointing at Ouyang Xiu's carriage along the way.
By the time Ouyang Xiu returned home, his family, including the eldest son Ouyang Fa, the heroine of this incident, Li, and Mrs. Xue were already waiting in the main hall.
At this time, Ouyang Fa first expressed his attitude: "Father, I know how you and the eldest lady are, and I will never do such a thing.
But why did such words suddenly appear outside and spread so quickly? Who was targeting the father? . "
Hearing his son's words, Ouyang Xiu was somewhat relieved. At least his family members were still reliable.
Sighing, Ouyang Xiu was about to answer when a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Of course someone has evil intentions and wants to suppress your father through such dirty things."
Everyone looked outside and saw Li Ao coming in from outside the courtyard.
It turned out that after Ouyang Xiu left, Li Ao also set up a carriage and followed directly, followed by several servants, looking embarrassed.
However, seeing that no one informed him, Ouyang Xiu could guess that the in-laws were probably in a hurry, so he barged in directly, and waved the servants to leave first.
After entering the main hall, Li Ao first said: "I was anxious just now and barged in without waiting for the call to be sent. Please forgive me."
Ouyang Xiu said: "What did my father-in-law say? And today I have to thank my father-in-law for speaking up to the court."
After hearing this, Li Ao replied: "This matter is based on nothing. How can I not know the moral character of my relatives? How can I allow those villains to talk nonsense."
Seeing that these two people were chatting with each other, Ouyang Fa and others were a little anxious, especially wanting to know who the person with evil intentions in Li Ao's mouth was.
So Ouyang asked aloud: "Father-in-law, I wonder who you just said wanted to harm my father?"
Hearing Ouyang Fa's words, Li Ao turned around and said, "Who else could it be, isn't that Mr. Han?
Ever since he made Grand Prime Minister Fu Bi Ding worried, I felt that this person had bad intentions, but I never expected that he could be so shameless. "
Ouyang Fa and the others couldn't believe it when they suddenly heard Han Qi's name.
After all, Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi had always had a good relationship in the past, and they even often invited him to come to the house to talk.
However, recalling that Han Qi has rarely been seen in recent times, Ouyang Fa couldn't help but believe it.
Mrs. Xue was not much surprised by this name, because Ouyang Xiu had told her all the things that happened in the process.
But it was somewhat unexpected that he would use this method.
But then Ouyang Xiu directly confirmed this: "Yeah, I didn't expect that he would come up with this idea. It was really deliberate."
After saying that, Ouyang Xiu let out a long sigh, seemingly ending the decades-old friendship.
Li Ao couldn't care less about regrets at this time and asked directly: "Since Han Qi has already taken action,
So next, how do you plan to clear your grievances? Have you thought about it? "
After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu shook his head and said, "At this point, even if I had thousands of mouths, I still wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.
People will only hear what they want to hear, and they will not care about the truth of the matter.
As for the officials, there is no need to say more, they all know it. "
Hearing this, Li Ao immediately said: "Are we just going to let that villain Han Qi make trouble? What if he really uses this to drive you out of Bianjing?"
Ouyang Xiu explained: "This situation will not happen, and Han Qi himself knows that he cannot do it.
Therefore, Han Qi's purpose was not here. What he really wanted was to take this opportunity to bring the officials back to the stage. "
Li Ao was not a stupid person. When he heard this, he immediately reacted and said:
"He wants the officials to finalize the matter of establishing a heir apparent. He wants to take this opportunity to force the officials out of Funing Hall. He is really cruel."
Ouyang Xiu said: "Yes, Han Qi understands that the officials are not willing to cause turmoil in the court, let alone let me leave the court at this time.
But the best way to quell this turmoil is for officials to personally come forward and put a final word on the matter.
And Han Qi could take advantage of this opportunity to bring up the matter of establishing a crown prince again and let the officials do it according to their own ideas.
This is a conspiracy. Even if you see it, there is no other good way to break it. "
Li Ao was also a little silent now, not knowing what to say.
As for Ouyang Fa and Mrs. Xue, they had already stepped aside because they knew that they should not get involved in this kind of thing.
After the negotiation failed, Li Ao left here and returned to his home.
On the way, Li Ao was also quite troubled and didn't know how to explain this matter to his family.
In the court hall that followed, no one mentioned any serious matters anymore. It was all about the debate about the wife-stealing incident.
This storm is slowly fermenting under the noses of hundreds of officials, and everyone is waiting for the day when it will completely explode.
And just as the storm intensified, Li Hao was still on his way on horseback.
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