As soon as the sky was bright, people came and went in the outer courtyard of Guo's mansion, some squatted at the door with wicker soaked in a bucket all night and brushed their teeth while chewing, and some stood at the door and stretched their waists and yawned.

Dong Er was putting a leather armor on his body, when he suddenly saw his sister standing at the door, so he beckoned, "Come and help me tie the strap behind me...... Hey, why did my sister run out so early? ”

Dong Sanmei didn't answer, and silently stepped forward to help.

"I bought you something, and I'm trying to get it for you." Dong Er said suddenly, you turn around. The third sister looked unexpected, but turned her back obediently, and Dong Er turned something out of the pillow.

He walked back and reached out to cover the third sister's eyes.

The third sister's little face suddenly turned red. It was as if she heard a voice full of pity in her ear: Don't look at it, it's not suitable for the little lady to see.

He seems to have suddenly descended from the sky, and the third sister has never seen such a person since she was born. At first sight, his eyes were full of pity and love, irrelevant people, why should he be so good to himself? Even the biological father of the third sister did not treat her like this, before she left her hometown in Hedong, she thought that the world was originally like that, and she didn't know that there was another completely different world and another completely different person.

"Look! Ha ha. Dong Er's voice smiled, "Silver hairpin!" Real silver, brother can afford it now! ”

The third sister took it silently.

"What, upset?" Dong Er asked.

The third sister shook her head, and a smile appeared on her red face: "Second Brother Xie...... Second brother, if Ah Lang comes to you and says that he wants to accept me as a righteous sister, don't promise him. ”

Dong Er was stunned: "The lord wants to recognize you as a righteous sister?" Good thing! You stay in this courtyard all day and don't understand, I don't know what the people in the world in Tokyo are like to the lord when I go out with the lord! You are the righteous sister of the lord, and you will be everyone's lady in the future! ”

"I don't want to be his sister-in-law." The third sister stubbornly curled her mouth, "If the second brother agrees, I will ignore you in the future." ”

At this moment, Dong Er glanced outside the door and said, "It's time for the lord to go out, I'm going to prepare a horse, and I'll talk about it when I come back in the afternoon." ”

"Second brother, remember my words!" The third sister admonished.

……

Not long after, the sun is rising.

There was a mirror in the office in front of the hall, and there were two people sitting in the hall. The tall Shi Yanchao slapped a letter on several cases, looked back at the empty hall, and his eyes stayed on Yuan Yan: "Is the front division of the palace going to break up!" ”

Yuan Yan is fifty years old, the wind and frost on his face are very deep, and his complexion is black and yellow, but his figure is strong and tough. He pointed to the letter on the case and said, "Can the old man see it?" ”

"There's something you can't see, something you can't see." Shi Yanchao didn't have a good airway.

It was Mao Shi, and there was really an indescribable loneliness in such a scene in the lobby. The huge temple front division organization was originally presided over by many generals; But now there are only two generals left.

Zhao Kuangyin was commanded by Zhao Kuangyin, Shi Shouxin was commanded by the left wing of the Iron Cavalry, and Wang Xianqi was commanded by the right wing of the Iron Cavalry; Zhao Chao was beheaded by Shi Yanchao, who commanded the left wing of the Crane Army. In just two months, the senior generals of the front division of the palace lost four people.

And now, Yuan Yan looked at Zhang Yongde's letter and said: "Zhang Dianjian is sick." ”

"Break up, break up!" Shi Yanchao shouted.

Yuan Yan said disapprerovingly: "What is lacking is a high-ranking general, those who want to do it, and those who can do it, grab a lot of them, is Shi Deputy still afraid of no one?" In less than half a month, this place can be lively again...... It's interesting who will do the checks. ”

Shi Yanchao blurted out when he heard this: "Won't Guo Shao?" ”

Yuan Yan smiled and said nothing.

Shi Yanchao slapped the table and said: "Anyway, now that the front of the palace is like a bird, the bird matter is not idle, let's gamble, bet two hundred!" With a deadline of half a month, if Guo Shao does a spot check, I will lose you 200 times; Instead, you give it to me! ”

"No, no." Yuan Yan immediately refused, "I am Shi Dudu's subordinate, and my position is several levels behind, and when the time comes, I will take the money from you, and this money is very hot." ”

Shi Yanchao scolded with a smile: "Mother! You're not happy. said that Shi was so stingy that he lost 200 yuan, so he would hate you. ”

"Shi Vicedu must be very broad-minded, but if he loses money, he is not happy, human nature...... Even if I lost, I wasn't happy. Yuan Yan said.

Shi Yanchao said: "Come! Come! There's too much nonsense, I won your money, so I'm not afraid that you will hate me. ”

"Not coming." Yuan Yan shook his head and said, "Winning or losing is too obvious, it's not interesting." What Vice Shi said was that he was not satisfied with General Guo's inspection? ”

"He's a junior, only in his early twenties, why, do you take it?" Shi Yanchao glared at the round lantern and said.

Yuan Yan said: "I'm quite convinced, and there is no one to choose more...... Once a son of heaven and a courtier, why not support the first merit to do spot checks? ”

Shi Yanchao said: "It's unreasonable, it's just unconvinced!" Unless he defeats the Liao army and takes back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. ”

Yuan Yan said: "I have won in Zhuozhou for a while, but I didn't win the main force of the Liao army because the strength in General Guo's hands was too far apart...... Besides, talking about Youzhou, the first emperor couldn't do it, and Shi Vice Capital was too strong. ”

"I heard that Li Jixun, Li Chongjin and Li Yun are all going to rebel, if he can convince Li Yun, I will also obey him." Shi Yanchao said with a smile, "Li Yun, I have seen it, and I am not an easy person to deal with. Li Chongjin is not in vain, but unfortunately he does not have many elite soldiers in his hands. ”

Yuan Yan whispered: "The last general bowed to persuade Shi Vice Du to be cautious, who said that Li Yun would be opposed?" ”

At this moment, a eunuch was brought in. Yuan Yan saw that it was Yang Shiliang, so he got up and saluted; Shi Yanchao sat on the chair and asked with slanted eyes, "What is the matter?" ”

Yang Shiliang glanced at Shi Yanchao and said, "The Empress Dowager decrees that the former division of the palace and the generals of the guard division will be summoned to the Jinxiang Hall to discuss matters. ”

"It's just the two of us, let's go." Shi Yanchao pointed at Yuan Yandao.

Shi Yanchao simply beckoned Yuan Yan to go out together and went straight to Donghua Gate, because the front office of the palace was closest to Donghua Gate.

…… Behind the main hall of the Jinxiang Palace, Fu Jinzhan was waiting for the ministers and generals to arrive. She paced back and forth in front of a couch, and Cao Tai and the others next to her bowed down, seeing that her complexion was not very good, and she didn't dare to come out.

She had thought about many things a thousand times and had made a decision, but she was still a little scared when it came to the end. Today's approach is really to give the handle of the knife to one person completely. Fu Jinzhan said: In the face of supreme power, people in the world are willing to pay a qiē; The hearts of the people in the world are like this, and many loyal gentlemen are not so high in morality, but because the visible temptation is not weighty.

Fu Jinzhan said: Will he bear me? No, I believe in his former heart. But man can change, and how long can his loyalty last in the face of power?

She even foresaw the process of betrayal, once Guo Shao had enough prestige and strength to usurp the throne, he would get rid of the power pressed on his head. He doesn't need to please one person anymore, he doesn't need to be restrained by anyone else...... In the face of the power to do whatever she wants and get a qiē, the value of a woman is not worth mentioning at all, no matter what her identity is, she can't even be a mother (just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forcibly got power from the Queen Mother).

And Fu Jinzhan will lose power, and will also lose his reputation (the name becomes the former queen mother), and being refrigerated and kept in captivity is the best choice; Even the Fu family will support Guo Shao's approach, because there is a more suitable candidate for the interests of the Fu family: Fu Ermei...... Even Fu Six.

Of course, there is a worse ending, Guo Shao failed with her and was replaced by someone else.

Fu Jinzhan was not suspicious, but her previous experience made her understand a lot and become more rational...... When the river was broken, even her parents couldn't be relied on, and at that time, her father Fu Yanqing and mother Zhang had already decided to ignore her fate to save the reputation of the Fu family. As a result, Fu Jinzhan could only remarry Chai Rong with joy soon after losing her husband, and had to stay by Chai Rong's side for six or seven years, relying on her own suffering, rather than relying on anyone's protection.

…… Fu Jinzhan sighed in his heart, will his heart die with it? If Guo Shao betrayed her, she would really die completely, and even her soul would be destroyed...... She imagined that moment she would be discouraged in the center of despair and loneliness. It wasn't regret, it was a real cold silence.

"Queen Mother, the ministers have arrived." Cao Tai's voice said carefully.

Fu Jinzhan turned around, raised his head, and walked out without saying a word, a group of people in front led the way, and the palace maid behind followed with a fan. Cao Tai followed up and asked in a low voice, "Does the Queen Mother want the slave family to say what she said at the beginning?" ”

Fu Jinzhan nodded slightly.

When she reached the temple, she sat down on the curtain of the palace. I heard the people below kneeling down and saying loudly: "The ministers knock to see the Queen Mother." ”

"Flat." Fu Jinzhan calmed his breath and looked at Cao Tai slightly.

Cao Tai stepped forward to clear his throat and began to describe the process before the death of the first emperor. The Privy Council, the ministers of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministers of the Palace, and the Guards all commanded and made the generals above listen silently.

After a long time, Cao Tai bowed down and turned his head to look at it, and said, "The Queen Mother Yizhi." In front of the palace, Zhang Yongde was seriously ill at home, and he wrote to resign, the military position in front of the palace was vacant, and the government offices and battalions were in chaos...... Guo Shao, Li Chuyun, and Yang Biao had the first merit to escort and support them at a critical juncture, and they should be the humeral warriors relied on by the emperor (Zongxun); It is appropriate to give Guo Shao the palace to be inspected, it is appropriate to give Li Chuyun the commander in front of the palace, and it is appropriate to give Yang Biao the palace to wait. Preside over the rectification of the camps in front of the palace. ”

Fu Jinzhan listened and observed the people present one by one from the curtain, but no one spoke.

A new ruling center is being formed, and those who want to have a place in it are obviously easily excluded when they come out to speak out now. Fu Jinzhan stayed on Shi Yanchao again, and Shi Yanchao did not object.

Shi Yanchao can achieve his current position is not a completely unmeasured person, when the first emperor was in power, no matter how arrogant he was, but he never disobeyed the first emperor, but often made untimely sycophants.

At this moment, Wang Pu took the lead and said: "The queen mother is wise, and the ministers must obey Yi's decree." ”

Everyone bowed down again: "The Queen Mother is wise ......" The voice echoed in the spacious hall for a long time.