Don't ask where people go

Chapter 18
The news that Li Shengxuan appointed a woman as the head coach to quell the chaos in the northern border quickly spread throughout the capital, and naturally reached the ears of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.

At this moment in Yuzhang Palace, the two sat together with their brows furrowed.Kneeling in front of them is the Empress Dowager's own son, Li Shengxuan's nephew, Yucheng King Li Qiyou.

"Grandmother and queen mother have never allowed Qiyou to stand up, but now the emperor has appointed a woman as the head coach, what's the face of my Dajing?" Li Qiyou knelt down and looked up at the two people on the chief seat, with an expression on his face. Unspeakable indignation, "What's more, this woman's surname is Fang."

The empress dowager glanced at the hidden guards below, "You have checked, what is the relationship between this woman and the Fang family?"

Seeing this, the hidden guard hurriedly stepped forward, "I checked, there is indeed a third lady named Fang Zilan in the Fang family. But this third lady has been recuperating in the boudoir since she fell into the water a few months ago, and has never appeared. In front of people."

The Empress Dowager frowned even tighter, "Have you seen the third lady of the Fang family?"

The hidden guard didn't dare to neglect, and nodded his head, "I have seen it with my own eyes, she is a scrawny and sick child, completely different from the Fang girl appointed by the emperor."

"That is to say, this Fang Zilan has nothing to do with the Fang family?" The person who spoke this time was the Queen Mother, and her expression was not much better than that of the Queen Mother.

Hearing her question, the hidden guard still nodded hurriedly, "I have checked it carefully, and it doesn't matter. This girl Fang followed His Highness in the northern border before, and even heard that she wanted to save His Highness. He also killed General Shangguan Yun."

"Kill Shangguan Yun?" The Empress Dowager repeated, and couldn't help but sneer, "This little girl is quite capable, but how can the person who killed Shangguan Yun survive in the north?"

"Grandmother!" Li Qiyou couldn't help shouting.Now that the chaos in the northern border is a national disaster, my grandmother and queen mother still have the mind to engage in these power struggles.Even if this Fang Zilan could kill Shangguan Yun, at most she was good at fighting. It was a joke to say that she led troops to fight as a woman.

Seeing her son's expression was displeased, the queen mother hurriedly said a few words of relief, "You child, your grandmother and I are thinking of you. The battlefield is so dangerous. If something goes wrong when you go, what will you do to the queen mother and grandmother?" Is good?"

Li Qiyou replied without thinking, "The emperor has fought in the battlefield since he was a child, why can't I?"

"Shut up! What is your status? How can you compare with that bastard from Xiahou's family!" The queen mother had a look of hatred, but Li Qiyou didn't care. Be careful."

"That's all!" The Empress Dowager at the side waved her hand, signaling that the Empress Dowager should stop arguing with Li Qiyou, "If you want to go, the Ai family will go ask the emperor for a position today, and let you go together."

"Mother!" Seeing the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager suddenly let go, with a dissatisfied expression on her face, she wanted to say something but was stopped by the Empress Dowager's eyes, "But you must pay attention to safety, and put yourself first in everything. If that girl surnamed Fang If it’s not right, you can replace it.”

"Thank you grandma!" Li Qiyou kowtowed and got up to leave.

Seeing Li Qiyou leave, the queen mother said, "What are you doing, queen mother? How can you agree to Qiyou in such a dangerous place like the battlefield?"

The Empress Dowager said quietly: "You just heard that Fang Zilan killed Shangguan Yun. The northern border is the territory of the Shangguan family. What good fruit can she have if she goes there? Since Li Shengxuan sent her there, it means that she must be capable. Yes, we pray for her to do things and just sit back and enjoy the benefits, isn't it good?"

"What does the queen mother mean?" The queen mother stared at the empress dowager in front of her in a daze, seeing her smile unfathomably, "It's just a woman, do you think Li Shengxuan can give her an official title?"

"What the queen mother said is true." The queen mother nodded, feeling relieved, "Then we are now?"

"Of course I'm going to ask for a job for Qiyou." The Empress Dowager stood up as she said, "Let's go, let's go to the Imperial Study Room, and it's time to meet our new emperor."

At this time, Li Shengxuan was frowning at the stack of memorials in front of him in the imperial study.Although he had announced to the world at the time of his appointment that Fang Zilan was recommended by Xiahou's family and borrowed the name of Xiahou's family, he still couldn't stop the rumors.

The woman's body, Fang's surname, and the commander-in-chief of the three armies are all shocking to the world.

Li Shengxuan was thinking about how to deal with it more properly, when he heard Xia Houzhang say that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager asked to see each other.at this time?He shook his head helplessly, probably because Fang Zilan was in charge.

Ever since the news of his appointment of Fang Zilan to the expedition spread, there have been many memorials from the censors in the court, and now that the people in the harem want to intervene again, it really doesn't give him a chance to breathe.

"If the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are also here to oppose me, please go back." Li Shengxuan looked at the person in front of him coldly, but unexpectedly the person in front of him suddenly laughed, "Look at what the emperor said, Aijia How could you object to the emperor. The Ai family just came to ask for the post of supervisor of the army for that child of Qiyou, and let him go out with him."

"Let King Yucheng accompany you to the expedition? You two are willing to do so." Li Shengxuan glanced at the person in front of him, with a half-smile on his face that made the Queen Mother feel a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but interjected: "Of course I don't want to, but the country is in trouble now. , who can stay out of it?"

"It's rare for the Empress Dowager to have this awareness, but why did I agree to you?" Li Shengxuan was still unmoved, and the Empress Dowager smiled even wider, "Because of the conditions of Aijia, the Emperor cannot refuse."

Li Shengxuan didn't figure out the real intention of the Empress Dowager, so he could only do it step by step, "The Empress Dowager might as well speak up if she has something to say."

"Fang Zilan is in command, and Yushitai exploded, and there is no one in the court who does not object." The empress dowager paused for a while, and then said with confidence: "But if the emperor agrees to let Qiyou supervise the army, Aijia will Personally accompany the emperor to suppress the objections of all the officials, and guarantee that the emperor will not hear any objection because of Fang Zilan in the future."

"The empress dowager has such a good idea, it seems that I really can't refuse." Li Shengxuan agreed, and turned to Xia Houzhang to draft the decree.

The empress dowager and the empress dowager got what they wanted, and they didn't stay long.

After confirming that the person had left, Xia Houzhang couldn't help but express what was in his mind, "The Empress Dowager said that she was accompanying His Majesty to suppress the opposition of all the officials, and I'm afraid she will secretly provoke trouble behind her."

"No." Li Shengxuan shook his head and said: "The Empress Dowager has always been arrogant. Although she is used to fighting for power and profit and spoiling her children and grandchildren, but now that the safety of the capital is involved, she will not start another incident. If she really wants to do something, she will wait until the Jinren After the defeat, I can just take advantage of this turmoil and figure out the pawns she has hidden in the court."

Xia Houzhang had lingering fears in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty is really sure?"

A smile escaped from the corner of Li Shengxuan's lips, and a look of regret flashed across his eyes, "After so many years, I know more or less the Empress Dowager. No matter how the fight is in the open or in the dark, she knows better than anyone in her heart. If it is damaged, her glory and power are nothing but a mirror image, fleeting at the touch of a finger."

Xia Houzhang was still worried, and asked many words: "What about King Yucheng? Your Majesty agreed to let King Yucheng supervise the army. Who knows what he is worried about?"

"I agree only if I don't know." Li Shengxuan's expression became serious, "Whether it's Fang Zilan or Li Qiyou, I can't believe it. But if I have to choose one, I'll choose Fang Zilan."

"Is it because she mentioned Patriarch Xiahou's name?" Xia Houzhang asked cautiously, but Li Shengxuan didn't answer.

For a long time, when Xia Houzhang thought that Li Shengxuan would not answer him, he heard Li Shengxuan's voice, "Xiahou Yunzhao, she is no longer the head of the Xiahou family."

"Even if Xiahou Yunzhao is not the head of the Xiahou family, she is irreplaceable to His Majesty, isn't she?"

Hearing the voice, Li Shengxuan and Xia Houzhang looked at the door at the same time, and saw a blue figure standing at the door of the imperial study room, with an ambiguous smile on the corner of his lips, those eyes were as clear as water, it was Zhuge Yu .

"Second Master Zhuge, I don't remember when I summoned you." Li Shengxuan's expression was heavy, while Zhuge Yu walked in and bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty did not summon you, but the Patriarch gave me this."

Zhuge Yu took out a token with both hands, Li Shengxuan reached out to take the token, and said coldly: "The tokens of the nine princes have been given to you, as expected you are the future head of the Zhuge family."

"That day when I went to Prince Xiang's Mansion to announce the decree, Your Majesty would have noticed it a long time ago, didn't you?" Zhuge Yu still curled his lips, but Li Shengxuan's expression did not change at all. He returned the token to Zhuge Yu with a calm face, "Even if In this way, if you hide at the door and eavesdrop, I will not forgive you lightly."

"Zhuge Yu accepted the punishment, but I just ask Your Majesty to clarify the confusion." Zhuge Yu said with a smile, "Why did you appoint Fang Zilan as the commander-in-chief and ask her to quell the chaos in the northern border?"

"Fang Zilan's skill is extraordinary, that alone is enough." Li Shengxuan replied indifferently, but Zhuge Yu shook his head, "Being extraordinary in skill and leading troops in battle are two different things. Your Majesty will not be unaware of it after many years of fighting on the battlefield."

Li Shengxuan looked a little cold, "You are not joking, I have already made an order."

"Since Your Majesty refuses to say it, why don't I speak for His Majesty." Zhuge Yu looked at the emperor in front of him firmly, and took a deep breath, "Xiahou Yunzhao has relieved His Majesty of being the Patriarch for many years, and His Majesty feels indebted. Fang Zilan is now The appearance of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers is exactly the same as that of Xiahou Yunzhao back then, so Your Majesty is shaken, right?"

"Zhuge Yu, you are indeed extremely intelligent, but the heart of an emperor is far from as simple as you imagine." Li Shengxuan looked at the person in front of him calmly, "To me, Xiahou Yunzhao or Fang Zilan are just pawns. .If it can be used by me, it must be held in my hands. But if it cannot be used, the chess piece will naturally end up being discarded."

　Can Fang Zilan go out smoothly?Will Yucheng Wang Li Qiyou accompany him to make trouble secretly?What is Zhuge Yu's purpose in entering the palace?

　　If you want to know what is going on, listen to the next breakdown.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)