Chapter 586
Cui Che's appearance did not arouse Dou's surprise.

In fact, when Mrs. Tianzhu invited her into the palace under the pretext of negotiating the date of marriage, Mrs. Dou had already guessed, otherwise she would not have taken a shower and changed clothes, and came to Lanyue Tower with the fragrance of flowers all over her body.

And the majestic Emperor Yan, who did not hesitate to put down his noble status and pretended to be an eunuch, just for a private meeting with himself, moved Dou Shizai, and couldn't help laughing.

"The way Your Majesty is dressed now does not look like the gentleman he was three years ago."

Mrs. Dou had something to say. Three years ago, Li Yuan died at the foot of Zhangye City. Cui Che had sanctimoniously expressed his feelings to Mrs. Dou in private, and at the same time claimed that he would never be rude to her.

However, as time passed, he finally took possession of the woman he had admired when he was a boy.

Cui Che approached step by step, stood in front of Dou Shi, raised her chin, and said jokingly:
"Since the clothes are not suitable, why not ask Madam to undress me."

Dou's heart beat faster when she heard that, but she still stretched out her hand and circled around Cui Che's waist
After a pitched battle, the clouds disappeared and the rain fell.

Mrs. Tianzhu and Mrs. Dou, one on the left and one on the right, slumped on Cui Che's sides, with exhaustion and satisfaction on their faces.

Dou leaned on Cui Che's right arm and reminded softly:
"The slave family cannot enter the palace frequently, otherwise people will definitely be suspicious."

Cui Che deeply agrees with this.

The two tasted the marrow and tasted it, and enjoyed it, but they were not dazzled by desire.

After all, this is an ugly thing that cannot see the light.

Cui Che pondered for a while, then said:
"I have rebuilt the Yaoguang Temple in Luoyang before. You and Mrs. Tianzhu can go here to burn incense and worship the Buddha. There are two abbots in the temple, Huaguang (Chen Yueyi) and Huasheng (Yuan Leshang), who will arrange a Zen room for you. Outsiders are disturbing."

On the other side, Mrs. Gu Shi from Tianzhu said doubtfully:
"The two of us went to Yaoguang Temple, how should Your Majesty get out of the palace?"

Cui Che didn't take it seriously and said:
"My beloved concubine travels around, calling her slaves and maidservants, and crowding around her. Even if there is an extra eunuch in the crowd, no one will be suspicious."

After all, no one would have thought that Emperor Dayan would pretend to be an eunuch in order to have a private meeting with someone.

At the same time, because of Pei Xiu's relationship, Cui Che had never grown a beard, which made it easier for him to disguise himself.

However, Dou Shi narrowly said:
"The servants think that if His Majesty puts on makeup and pretends to be a palace servant, it will be more deceptive."

When Mrs. Tianzhu heard this, her eyes lit up, and she also booed.

Cui Che didn't resent this. After all, he was already a eunuch and he didn't care about being a crossdresser.

Under the coaxing of the two of them, he half pushed and half agreed, and let them try on makeup for him.

After putting on makeup, Cui Che looked at himself in the mirror and smiled:

"If I were a daughter, I would be the most beautiful woman in the country."

Mrs. Dou and Mrs. Tianzhu were convinced of this. Cui Che had been a famous and handsome boy when he was young, otherwise Yang Lihua would not have remarried for him.

Madam Tianzhu praised:
"Your Majesty has a gentle appearance and a strong heart. As a man, he is an indomitable hero. As a woman, her appearance is also the best in the world."

Mr. Dou said regretfully:

"It's a pity that our clothes don't fit His Majesty."

Mrs. Tianzhu hurried to find a measuring ruler and said:

"The concubine tailors a dress for His Majesty."

From then on, Mrs. Tianzhu always went to Yaoguang Temple once a month, and she was accompanied by Dou, a devout Buddhist, and a certain women's clothing boss.

The three of them are in the pure place of Buddhism, and they do things that are not known to outsiders.The absurd life lasted until the midwinter season, and the land tax and silver were collected one after another, and they were about to be shipped to Luoyang.

And Cui Che is also making final preparations for the southern expedition after next spring plowing.

On November 611th in the third year of Kaiping (AD [-]), Xue Shou, a member of Zhongshushe, suggested to Cui Che that he planned to build plank roads and secretly plot Chencang. The eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty were all attracted to Yanzhou.

The real grain and grass were stolen and transported secretly to Luzhou at night.

Cui Che was overjoyed and ordered Xue Shou to personally take charge of the matter and allocate enough manpower for him.

In the eyes of Yang Guang, this move is undoubtedly the best proof that Cui Che is about to invade Huainan. The Yanzhou warehouse is located in the upper reaches of Surabaya, and grain and grass can be directly sent to Xuzhou through water transportation.

At the same time, the Taishang Shuling of Huaihe Road Daxingtai, Wu Wang Cui Yanqing, with the assistance of Liu Fang and Li Jing, played military games wantonly, and the two Huaihe Rivers were restless, as if a war was about to break out.

Due to the dense water network in Jingxiang, it was difficult to perform the long-distance raids that the Zhangqian Xiaojie Army, the Yinan Qidanzhi, and the Boling cavalry were good at, so Cui Che sent them to Xuzhou.

After [-] Jingqi arrived in Xuzhou one after another, Yang Guang was under pressure and had to continue to send more troops to Huainan to resist the Yan army going south.

At the beginning of December, Cui Che summoned Cui Yanqing, king of Wu, to report to the imperial court. From the eyes of the world, this must be Cui Che's last order before he sent troops to Cui Yanqing.

When the envoy arrived in Xuzhou, Cui Yanqing did not dare to delay, and handed over all the military affairs of Xuzhou to Liu Fang and Li Jing, while he rushed to the court and returned to Luoyang before New Year's Eve.

After Cui Che had a secret conversation with Cui Yanqing, he ignored the objections of his officials in the East Palace and appointed Wu King Cui Yanqing as the general marshal of the army.

So far, not to mention the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty, even the civil servants and generals of Dayan have no doubts about the fact that Cui Che is about to seize Huainan.

In the fourth year of Kaiping (612 A.D.), the first day of the first month, the first day of the first month.

After the court meeting, Cui Che took Prince Cui Qiji, King Cui Yanqing of Wu, King Cui Youzhi of Wei, King Cui Youming of Anle County and others to the Ancestral Temple to worship their ancestors and pray for blessings.

The next day, Cui Che held another farewell banquet in the palace, and wrote a poem on the wine to Cui Yanqing, King of Wu. The poem said:
"Wanli car books are all mixed up, how can there be no other borders in the south of the Yangtze River?"

'With millions of troops on the West Lake, they immediately mounted the first peak of Mount Wu. '

All the ministers praised him one after another, and Cui Che expressed his ambition with his poems, and made no secret of his ambition to unify the world.

After the banquet, Cui Yanqing hurried to Xuzhou, and the poems Cui Che wrote at the banquet were quickly spread and sung.

After the poem spread to the south, it caused an uproar.

Yang Guang, emperor of the Sui Dynasty, looked at the seven-character quatrains and remained silent.

He recalled that when he was young, he asked Cui Che for poems for Yang Lihua.

The news of Yang Lihua's death had already spread to Jiangnan. Yang Guang didn't feel too sad, he just regretted it.

I regret why I had to match Cui Che with Yang Lihua in the first place.

He regretted why he hadn't seen through Cui Che's wolf ambition long ago, and actually sought skin from a tiger.

Of course, there was good news for Yang Guang. According to reports from insiders who participated in the farewell banquet, Cui Qiji, the crown prince of the Yan Dynasty, had a dark face throughout.

Obviously he held a grudge against Cui Yanqing for showing off, but he was just holding back.

Yang Guang sneered and said:
"You still want to raise a million troops to the West Lake? Cui Zicheng, I'm afraid that sooner or later you will have a day when father and son will attack each other."

 I came back at noon

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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