Chapter 53: Far Away
Ling'er looked at the Empress Dowager, her wrinkled face was not sad or happy. It can even be said that without the slightest expression, Ling'er did not speak again but quietly retreated to the side.
She didn't know that the Empress Dowager's heart was dripping blood. A man who has followed him for forty years actually betrayed himself when he was about to die. At this moment, the Empress Dowager really feels that she is old. In the past, she could firmly control the surrounding qiē in her hands.
But today, she felt more and more that she was beyond her strength. She has even lost control of the people and things around her. This is what she is most anxious about, for more than 30 years. He watched his husband ascend to the throne, his son ascended to the throne, and his grandson ascended to the throne.
But her husband and son have left her one after another. Without losing a loved one, her level was raised by one level. From the queen to the queen mother, to the current queen mother. This is probably the saddest promotion in the world.
Finally, in her grandson's life, her promotion showed signs of coming to an end, but only a few signs. The people around him have begun to generate centrifugal force, and even people like Aunt Ying are thinking of a way out. How many people around me can trust, and who can they trust in the rest of the years?
At the same time, an even more terrible thought hit the heart of the Empress Dowager, if the people around her were credible, would she be able to mix up with Dou Yifang and die a natural death. The little emperor borrowed the Yun family's hand to get rid of Dou Rong was the beginning, and his hand had already reached out to the forbidden army. He is cutting off his own wings, if the people of the Dou family are driven out of the forbidden army. So......
Counterattack. It is necessary to fight back. Show it to the little emperor, and show it to the ministers of the court. It is also for those who watch over themselves in the shadows, and if they want to live, they must fight back. Otherwise, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to see the winter, and I will die silently and inexplicably in this deep palace where I have lived all my life.
But how to fight back, and how to fight back. Who is it targeted? The Yun family or the emperor? The Empress Dowager is thinking hard about the best plan, which may be the last and most powerful counterattack in her life. Behind this crazy pounce, there is eternal silence. Therefore, this time it is important to make sure that you hit the target.
The Canghu of the Yun family Zhuangzi was also thinking bitterly, and 20,000 military horses were detained. Although he killed Dou Rong, he breathed a sigh of relief. But after all, the horse was detained by Liu Che. Even if all the people of the Dou family are killed. It doesn't matter to the emperor, and even the emperor will be happy for a long time.
The pigeon that passed the book was released yesterday, but it will take some time to wait for the news. What should I do during this time, no matter what, with the Yun family's strength in Chang'an, I can't recapture these military horses.
"Get out of the way. I know the tiger is inside. Get out of the way......" Aunt Ying's scolding came from the gate of the courtyard. The shrew-like Aunt Ying was stopped outside the courtyard by the guards. But everyone knows who she is. No one dared to embarrass her, but they just stood in front of her and didn't let her break into the yard.
"Canghu, you come out to the old lady, this time you kid will make the old lady miserable." Yinggu's voice is an octave higher, even compared to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The courtyard gate is divided to the left and right. Le Niang appeared at the door. "Aunt Ying is here, please come in! Our tiger master is waiting for you in the study. Le Niang said and made a gesture of please.
"Master Tiger, I think it's called Master Turtle. Get out of the way......" Aunt Ying glared at the two guards fiercely, and stepped into the courtyard first. But her entourage was about to follow in, but was stopped again by the guards. "What are you going to do with you? Wait outside! ”
"Aunt Ying, please come here. Your subordinates don't have to come in, the slaves will wait for Aunt Haoying. Le Niang made another gesture of please, and didn't ask about the actions of the two guards.
"You just wait outside, you don't have to come in." Aunt Ying also knew that this courtyard of Canghu was the important land of the Yun family. If it weren't for himself, someone else would have been shot as a hedgehog long ago. It's already very face-saving to let yourself in, so don't expect your entourage to go in too.
After walking through the two courtyards, Aunt Ying was taken into Canghu's study.
The scorching August sun seemed to pour all the heat on the land of Guanzhong, and the hot weather and the disturbed mood made Aunt Ying's temper unusually violent.
"Canghu, you give the old lady an explanation. The Empress Dowager has eaten my heart now, and the old lady is so scared that she almost pees her pants in the morning. Now the Empress Dowager has already suspected me, hurry up and find a way, otherwise the old lady will pull you to finish playing. Although there was an ice basin in the tiger's study, there were large pieces of ice in it. But the cool breath couldn't extinguish Aunt Ying's anger at all.
"Aunt Ying, don't panic, she is still so calm when she encounters things at this age. Since the Empress Dowager suspects you, she simply doesn't do anything. I will send you to Jimo to go to sea now, and you also know that once you are targeted by the Queen Mother. Which one is not dead is unusually ugly. ”
Canghu sighed slowly and comforted Aunt Ying.
"The lamp grass ash you eat is a light fart, if the old lady is not for you, she will be suspected by the Queen Mother? Now that she is going to Jimo to go to sea, the savings of the old lady's life are all in Chang'an City. How can you let the old lady let go. ”
Aunt Ying sat down on the chair, and her anger seemed to have subsided a little. She also knew that blindly getting angry at this time didn't help things in the slightest, but she just couldn't help it.
"I can send someone to help you transport those goods out slowly. You can't go back to Chang'an, leave two intimate people, and send the rest of those people back to Chang'an. It seems that this Chang'an City is not going to be peaceful. Canghu sighed heavily.
"No, I still have to go back to Chang'an City. There are some things I have to explain, or your men won't find them. Cheaply let others go. "Aunt Ying is also a little helpless, she can take advantage of the matter of sending Dou Rong to drag on for a day or two. After calmly arranging his henchmen to help him transport his goods, he can escape to Jimo and then recuperate and enjoy the fruits of corruption for many years.
"It's too dangerous for you to go back to Chang'an now, maybe the Empress Dowager has already made up her mind to arrest you."
"Forget it, you send someone to pick me up at this time tomorrow. I'll put on makeup and wait in the secret mansion you arranged, and I'll leave the rest to you. Years of friendship, I guess you won't look at me unlucky. ”
"Your affairs have been instructed by the Hou Ye, and the people of the mansion have been prepared for you over there. You can stay when you arrive at Dawang City, and you can use everything you need. Why ......"
"Forget it, I'll go. As for my goods, I have to ask the Yun family for help. Aunt Ying finally made up her mind to take advantage of the fact that the Queen Mother had not yet attacked herself. Hurry up and escape from Chang'an, the land of right and wrong.
Seeing Aunt Ying leave in a hurry, Canghu sighed. "Arrange manpower to pick up Aunt Ying tomorrow. When the person received it, he sent Jimo directly to the sea, and the Hou Ye instructed not to be sorry for the old friend. Besides, she still has a lot of resources in Chang'an, especially in Changle Palace, her roots are very deep, and we still need them. ”
"No, the slave will arrange it." Le Niang also walked out after receiving the order.
Aunt Ying took a carriage back to the mansion in Chang'an City, which was on the most prosperous Vermilion Bird Street in Chang'an. Its scale is comparable to that of a leisurely marquis' residence. For a house of this size, she still has two more in Chang'an. No wonder she wants to come back to deal with the property herself, which is usually easy to be greedy. But now that I have to deal with it, I really don't know where to sort it out.
"Call the king's steward to the old lady, uh...... And Steward Zhang! As soon as Aunt Ying entered the door, she instructed her subordinates.
On a hot day and arrogance, Aunt Ying was sweating. The clothes behind him were already soaked with sweat, and the maids hurriedly waited for them to go back to the inner room to change their clothes.
But as soon as she stepped into the inner door, Aunt Ying was stunned for a moment. Ling'er sat on the bed with the face of a dead man. There were two maids in strong suits standing beside him, both of whom looked like they were going to die.
"Yikes! Who are you, how can you ...... in the eldest lady's room" The little maid was startled, and when she reacted, she jumped to her feet and scolded.
"Go out first, and don't come in unless you are commanded." Aunt Ying's face turned gray in an instant, she knew that she didn't have the ability to escape from Ling'er's hands. (To be continued......)