The Stratagem of the Concubine of the Cold King

Chapter 163
"Mo Yu, show this drawing to Mo Yan, and ask him to make five such wooden barrels according to the drawing." After Xi Wanqing finished writing, he ordered Mo Yu to take the drawing to Xuanyuan Pavilion.

After Mo Yu took the pattern, he glanced at it: "Miss, what's the use of making these wooden barrels?"

Xi Wanqing twitched his lips and smiled slightly: "Let's put the silver taels from Xuanyuan Pavilion in the lower layer of this wooden barrel, and the upper layer of the wooden barrel is used to hold the swill. The swill of Hanyang City is usually transported out of the city for disposal. The guards in the city will definitely not check the stinky swill carefully, so we can send the silver in Xuanyuan Pavilion to Beiji without anyone noticing."

"Miss, you are so smart." Mo Yu suddenly realized, and had to admit that this method is indeed foolproof.

Mo Yu took the blueprint and used lightness kung fu to leave Ziyuexuan, and went all the way to Xuanyuan Pavilion quickly. After she handed the blueprint to Mo Yan, she explained the things in it in detail, and then got up and went back to Ziyuexuan.

It only took two days for Mo Yan to have five big slop buckets made and informed Xi Wanqing of the news.

At night, Mo Yan was standing in Xi Wanqing's room in black. Xi Wanqing was very satisfied with Mo Yan's swift and vigorous work: "Mo Yan has done a good job, and tomorrow we will move all the silver from Xuanyuan Pavilion out of the city. .”

"Yes, miss, but it's up to your arrangement." Mo Yan replied respectfully.

"Well, then you go back first." Xi Wanqing saw that it was getting late and everything that should be arranged had been properly arranged, so she told Mo Yan to leave.

Mo Yan flew out of Ziyue Xuan according to his words, and a black shadow quickly disappeared.

On the second day, at the East City Gate——

"What's in the barrel?" The guards guarding the city gate stopped a few men who were pushing their carts out of the city.

These few men were all disguised by people from Xuanyuan Pavilion. They were all dressed in coarse cloth and wore straw hats on their heads, their appearance was no different from that of ordinary people.

Mo Yan also pretended to be a swill collector. Among these men, one of them was Mo Yan, because Xi Wanqing wanted to transport the silver to Beiji to help Yin Luohan restore the country, and this matter was of great importance , so he ordered Mo Yan to go out in person.

Mo Yan pushed the swill cart and walked in the front. He bent slightly and said to the guards in a flattering tone, "Brother guards, the younger ones are for collecting swill. These wooden barrels are full of swill."

The guard glanced at Mo Yan without cutting his head, and then walked around those wooden barrels: "Come here, open these wooden barrels and check."

"Yes." The guard gave the first order, and two rankless guards came up, and the two guards quickly opened the first wooden barrel.

As soon as the wooden barrel was opened, a foul smell of swill came to the nostrils. The pungent and unpleasant smell of swill made all the guards guarding the city gate frown.

After the first swill bucket was lifted, the second, third, and fourth... were all lifted by the two guards, and without exception, the five wooden buckets were filled with ugly things. Incomparable swill.

The head guard resisted the smell, and checked the five wooden barrels with difficulty: "Okay, you can leave the city."

"Thank you, brother guard, thank you very much." Mo Yan bowed his waist to thank the head of the guard, and after covering the barrel again, they pushed the cart and quickly left the city gate.

After Mo Yan and the Xuanyuan Pavilion brothers left the city, they quickly pushed the wooden barrel for a few miles. After the surroundings were safe, they poured out the swill in the barrel, changed carriages and rushed all the way to the north.

In the palace of Nanheng Kingdom, in the Queen Mother's Anning Palace.

Emperor Xuande went to the Anning Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager after finishing the official affairs of the court. Emperor Xuande accompanied the Empress Dowager to chat for some time in the Anning Palace, and the maids served some cakes and fragrant tea.

Emperor Xuande and the Queen Mother sat on the main seat of the Anning Palace, and Xi Zhuqin stood beside the Queen Mother. She waited on the Queen Mother very carefully.

As the saying goes, knowing a child is better than a mother. From the moment Emperor Xuande stepped into the Peace Palace, the Queen Mother saw that Emperor Xuande had some thoughts.

"Your Majesty, although the harem is not allowed to engage in politics, the Ai family saw that you are frowning deeply today, could it be that something embarrassing has happened to you?" The Empress Dowager asked with great concern as her eyes fell on Emperor Xuande.

Emperor Xuande sighed slightly before saying: "I will send Yin Luohan to the north to calm the troubled times, but the capital is short of suitable guards. If there is chaos in the capital at this time, I will be the enemy."

After listening to Emperor Xuande's words, the queen mother also began to feel a little worried. Hanyang City is the seat of Nanheng's imperial power, so how can there be no strong generals to guard it.

Xi Zhuqin secretly observed the expressions of Emperor Xuande and the Empress Dowager, seeing that they were in trouble, she spoke cautiously at the right time.

"Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, An Ning thinks of a suitable person."

The Queen Mother has always doted on Xi Zhuqin, she looked at Xi Zhuqin happily and said, "Oh, what good advice does An Ning have?"

Although the Empress Dowager allowed Ruo Xizhuqin to speak, but Emperor Xuande hadn't opened his mouth yet, Xi Zhuqin still looked at Emperor Xuande cautiously, with a hesitant expression on his face and he dared not speak.

"Tell me, if you can't say it well, I forgive you for not being guilty." Emperor Xuande saw that Xi Zhuqin was afraid, so he gave her a calming potion.

With these words from Emperor Xuande, Xi Zhuqin no longer has any fears in her heart. It is a good thing for her that Yin Luohan was sent to Beiji to quell the chaos. She can just suggest that the emperor transfer Xiyuntian Replying to Yangcheng, maybe Xiyuntian can replace Yinluo Hanwei as the Great General. Xiyuntian is her own brother. As long as Xiyuntian inherits the title of Marquis of Anguo and controls the forbidden army of Hanyang City, Her Princess Anning can do it safely.

"Your Majesty, An Ning's elder brother Xi Yuntian has been serving in the army, and he still has some ability..." Xi Zhuqin cautiously finished speaking halfway and stopped talking.

Xi Zhuqin is indeed very smart, she knows that when talking with a smart person like the Son of Heaven, there are some things that need to be said.

"Xi Yuntian." Emperor Xuande repeated Xi Yuntian's name. He had heard that An Guohou had such a son, and he was indeed capable.

After pondering for a while, Emperor Xuande said lightly: "If Xiyuntian is indeed capable, I will definitely not bury talents."

"An Ning thanked the emperor for his brother's kindness." Xi Zhuqin knew that since Emperor Xuande said this, Xi Yuntian had the hope of being transferred back to Hanyang City.

After Emperor Xuande drove away from the Anning Palace, after a few days of thinking, he really issued an imperial edict to transfer Xiyuntian back to Hanyang City to serve.

The eunuch who delivered the decree rode a fast horse and rushed to the barracks where Xiyuntian was stationed without stopping.

"Please come face to face, Mr. Gong." The eunuch who delivered the decree carried out the imperial decree, and as soon as he jumped off his horse, he was respectfully invited to see Xi Yuntian by the little soldiers of the barracks.

(End of this chapter)