emperor cold concubine

Chapter 367
"Nan Yun, this girl is asking you."

After hanging his eyes and struggling for a long while, Nan Yun said in a low voice: "It's not even two months..."

"What?" Su Mo raised an eyebrow.

Nan Yun took a deep breath, lowered his eyes a little lower: "This subordinate is saying... the last master left Cang Yue for less than two months."

"Oh, how many days away?"

"It's just 56 days today, four days away."

Su Mo smiled lightly: "So you want to say, the separation time is still short, and you haven't missed it yet?"

"..." Nan Yun lowered his head and remained silent.

Bi Yue looked at Su Mo, then turned her head to look at Nan Yun, who had a tangled expression, raised her brows, and said with a smile: "Master Mo, don't make fun of the two of them. Nan Feng Nan Yun has been serving his master since he was a child. It’s okay to tell a harmless joke, but they don’t dare to say something like what Master Mo asked.”

Nanfeng silently offered a cup of fragrant tea, and after Su Mo took it, he stood aside with his hands down, without making a sound.

Su Mo glanced at him, and asked Biyue lightly, "King Ren of the Western Regions, which prince is he loyal to?"

"Why doesn't Master Mo think that he wants to be emperor?" Bi Yue asked without answering with a smile.

Su Mo glanced at him lightly, "Do you think I'm a fool, or you yourself? If he wants to be the emperor, who else can he go back and report to? When he gets the first-hand information, he naturally has to guard against other opponents." , let’s move the army into Nai calmly first.”

"Master Mo's words are wrong." Bi Yue said, "If he really wants to be emperor, why doesn't he have any soldiers and horses to use?"

Su Mo snorted softly: "In front of the wolves of the royal family in the Western Regions, a person who has no soldiers and horses in his hand but wants to succeed to the throne must be out of his mind. There is no need to think about the end, only death."

"Well, what Master Mo said is indeed reasonable." Biyue sighed, "He didn't pledge allegiance to any prince, but the empress."

"Empress?" Su Mo raised an eyebrow, "Empress has no son?"

"Master Mo guessed right." After Biyue finished speaking, she turned around and walked outside the door, called her servants to order to fetch some snacks, then turned around again, walked to a chair beside her, and poured herself a cup of tea , took a sip and tried to see that the temperature was just right, and then drank it with his head raised.

"The subordinates have been busy investigating the details of the Queen of the Western Regions and King Ren these two days, but they were so busy that they couldn't even take a good sip of tea." Saying this, he poured another cup.

Su Mo glanced at him lazily, then turned to Nanfeng Nanyun and said: "You two are tired from the journey, go out and go left, turn around a corridor, and see which rooms are vacant, go and tidy up by yourself Rest, take care of yourself before going to see your master."

The two answered "Yes" and then stepped back.

"Cang Hao will probably be free until the evening, you might as well rest for a while, there is nothing for you to do here anyway."

Are you free until evening?

Nanfeng and Nanyun were puzzled, even if the master was busy, they still had to be by his side to serve them, and they would only be free at night...to see them?

Don't say that these two people don't understand about Xie Changting's matter, even Bi Yue still knows about it, Su Mo didn't bother to explain, and just said flatly: "Just do it."

"Yes." The two bowed and bowed before leaving.

Bi Yue looked at Su Mo hesitantly, thinking that something was wrong with Cang Hao's body again, she couldn't help showing worry: "Master Mo..."

"It's not what you think." Su Mo smiled faintly, "It's related to Changting, the two of them need to communicate well."

Communicate well... Biyue was a little dazed, and subconsciously thought that Xie Changting had offended their heavenly master again, and was severely punished by the master.

Otherwise, when did the master need to communicate with whom?

The matter of Xie Changting cannot be explained clearly in a few words, and it is between him and Cang Hao, and Su Mo did not intend to let everyone know.

"It took two days to investigate in person, what unexpected results did you find out?"

"It's not particularly unexpected." Bi Yue said, "The emperor of the Western Regions is now seriously ill, and the power of the government is controlled by the left and right ministers. Unfortunately, these two people have never been in harmony. The left minister supports the eldest prince, King Qin, and the right minister is the queen. A cousin of the mother's family, who supported the queen, and the seven sons of the emperor had their own ideas and tried their best, and now the court was in trouble. King Ren had no soldiers and horses, so he could only rely on the prince without a prince backed by her queen..."

"You have said so much, but you haven't told me, what is the purpose of the queen and the king?" Su Mo interrupted his long speech, "Even if there is support from the right, the folk customs of the Western Regions are very different from those of other countries. She is not a vegetarian either. It is absolutely impossible for a woman in the harem to be in charge of the country. If this is the case, why does the right minister support the queen? How can King Ren feel that he will be safe by relying on the queen? How can those princes allow a woman Involved in it?"

"This is the truth that my subordinates have found out in the past two days." Biyue was silent for a while, "Master Mo can see from the small place of Hucheng in the past few days that the national strength and economy of the Western Regions are not as good as other countries. Not weak, this is not normal for a royal family and people who only know how to fight for power and profit all the year round."

Su Mo knew that most of the ancients were contemptuous of businessmen, and some emperors even issued an edict to emphasize agriculture and despise business.Under the status of a businessman, some people would rather study hard for ten years and study hard to become a scholar than become a businessman to make money.

But after being here for a few months, I found that Cang Hao has always attached great importance to economic development. The Jiyue Villa managed by Yue Xiao is the only one among the nine countries. It is ignored that some emperors still have those deep-rooted pedantic and stupid ideas in their minds.

As for the Western Regions, it is obviously not normal to have an economic and national strength foundation that is not inferior to other countries despite years of civil strife and underestimation of commercial development.

Biyue sighed softly, "Cangyue's economy is prosperous, and it ranks first among the nine countries, not only because of Jiyue Villa, but also because of the Qing family and the Han family in Cangzhou in northern Hunan who also developed horses. They are the only two families of rich merchants who survived under the connivance of Jiyue Villa, and their economic strength is not weak."

"The Han family is the natal family of Concubine Han, who has been married. They once constrained the Queen by providing food and grass for the Cangzhou army. Later, Concubine Han and King An were executed successively. The Qing Family and the Empress of the Western Regions are willing to provide all financial support on two conditions, one is that King Feng dies on the battlefield, and the other is the life of the new Emperor Cang Yue."

Hearing Bi Yue's words, Su Mo's expression was complicated, and he was silent for a long while, before slowly saying: "They...are not out of their minds? Why do you think that a harem woman who doesn't even have a son in the Western Regions can have a son?" The ability to arrange for King Feng to die in battle and to kill the new Emperor Cang Yue? It's too whimsical."

"That's right." Bi Yue also wanted to sigh, "But this subordinate hasn't finished talking yet."

Su Mo looked at him expressionlessly, and said lightly: "What role does the Qing family in northern Hunan play in it?"

"They reached a cooperative relationship with the Queen of the Western Regions a year ago, and they also have dark chess in the Cangyue Imperial Capital. They used to help King An deal with King Feng, but since their master entered the Imperial Capital, they have calmed down and lived in seclusion. , don't ask about worldly affairs."

"What benefits does the Queen of the Western Regions offer to the Qing family?"

"Qianguo Racecourse." Speaking of this, Biyue's expression was a little weird, "They thought that with the strength of the Western Regions, it would be easy to get Qianguo, and the racecourse would be owned by the Qing family at that time, and the Qing family would have to help the queen at the critical moment .”

Qianguo Racecourse... What a big appetite!
Su Mo sneered: "Do they think that there is no owner of the Qianguo racecourse, so they can get what they want?"

Bi Yue also sneered: "Probably so."

Su Mo pondered for a moment, and felt something was wrong. Even if the Qing family and the Han family secretly supported the queen, the queen would not be able to win among the emperor's many sons, right?After all, the Western Regions have always advocated the use of force to solve all problems.

"If Master Mo still doesn't understand, then the subordinates will tell Master Mo one more fact. Whether it is the Western Regions or any other country, as long as there are years of civil strife, the treasury will be empty. She controls all the military salaries and food and grass expenditures of the princes, and even the most basic salary of each prince's mansion is also in her hands."

In this way, the lifeline of the entire royal family was captured. Su Mo raised her eyebrows: "Looking at this queen, she is not a simple woman."

But even so, so what?Could it be that she wanted to emulate Wu Zetian and become the first female emperor in the history of the Western Regions in which a queen seized power and proclaimed herself emperor?

However, she probably doesn't even know who Wu Zetian is?
"If she had been a simple woman, the civil strife in the royal family would not have dragged on until now." Biyue held the tea, thought for a while and said: "It is true that King Ren does not have soldiers and horses in his hands, but the admiral of the Nine Gates holds There are 15 forbidden troops in the Imperial City. As long as the queen is determined, even if she cannot fully control the 15 troops, it is not difficult to use them for the time being. However, since she has not been able to stop the army of the Fourteenth Highness, she will not be so easy Take this only army to take risks."

Having said so much, Su Mo obviously hasn't figured out what the purpose of the empress and King Ren is - if it is for the throne, the empress has no children, and the throne is a matter of no thought.

Even though she is in control of the economic power, she is a woman, if she really wants to be the supreme position, the princes of the royal family are afraid that they can tear her to pieces with their own hands.

That being the case, what is the significance of the information about King Ni and the Empress that has been investigated?
Biyue saw her thoughts and smiled: "The most important point is the truth that my subordinates spent the most effort to find out—her identity."

(End of this chapter)