[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 129 [English]

Chapter 124 The final outcome

The sky was dim and bright, and Yu Xiao was a scholar after all. He was mentally exhausted, so Shen Zechuan asked Chen Yang to take Yu Xiao to rest first. The remaining matters could be discussed another day.Yu Xiao didn’t force himself anymore, left Cen Yu’s letter to Shen Zechuan, and left.

Xiao Chiye went to take a bath, and Shen Zechuan read Cen Yu’s letter by candlelight.The morning light in the courtyard filtered in, and Shen Zechuan saw the border area. After waiting for a while, Xiao Chiye did not come back.He put the letter down, opened the bamboo curtain, and walked inside along the narrow corridor. He walked around the screen and saw that Xiao Chiye was asleep in the pool.

Xiao Chiye felt a little tired. He was just thinking about something at first. Unexpectedly, this thought made him want to fall asleep. A sudden cold on his cheeks made him wake up.

Shen Zechuan took a sip of water, touched Xiao Chiye again, and said, “It’s cool after soaking. Go back to sleep.”

Xiao Chiye stood up and heard water droplets splashing.He bowed his head and buried himself in Shen Zechuan’s arms, rubbing him until half of his body was covered with water, and said in a muffled voice: “Hold me.”

Shen Zechuan raised his hand and pinched the back of Xiao Chiye’s neck and said, “Isn’t this making things difficult for me?”

Xiao Chiye said: “Then I will hug you.”

Shen Zechuan kicked off his shoes, stretched out his arms to hang on Xiao Chiye’s neck, which was still dripping with water, and said lazily, “Come on.”

Xiao Chiye raised his head and pressed his forehead against Shen Zechuan, hugged him and said, “I’ve seen the Beiyuan Hunting Ground. It’s okay. I’ll clean it up and make it a camp. Even the towers will be built new, all with money.”

There are no lights here, so the light is ambiguous.

Shen Zechuan and Xiao Chiye were close to each other and said: “To the west of Beiyuan Hunting Ground is Dan City. If we want to meet with the Eighth Camp in the future, we cannot save this place.”

“There’s no rush.” Xiao Chiye used some strength to pick up Shen Zechuan and take him into the house.

Shen Zechuan knew that Xiao Chiye did not intend to use his money. The expenses of the imperial army could not always be borne by Cizhou. Xiao Chiye was about to return to Libei. If he was short of money, he would be short of confidence. He was probably thinking about this himself.

“Cen Yu specifically asked Yu Xiao to bring you another letter. He must have something to ask for.” Xiao Chiye got on the bed. Without taking off his robe, he leaned against the pillow, half hugged Shen Zechuan, put his chin on the top of Shen Zechuan’s hair, and said, “What’s the matter?”

Shen Zechuan had already finished reading the letter. He folded the letter with his pillow on Xiao Chiye and said, “Cen Yu hopes that you can serve as a bridge between Qudu and Libei to give everyone another chance.”

Xiao Chiye half-closed his eyes and said, “You are asking for help now, so you are willing to lower your status. If the relationship between the cabinet and the Queen Mother is harmonious in the future, Libei will have to add another person, either me or Xun’er.”

His grandson Xiao Xun is now six years old. Xiao Chiye has not seen him yet, but this does not hinder his love for his nephew. There is no discussion about this matter at all.

Shen Zechuan lowered his voice: “Cen Yu also knows that this matter is difficult to achieve, so he hopes that I can go south to Qidong to persuade Qi Zhuyin to stop the marriage between flowers and relatives.”

“Cen Yu has been staying in Qudu all year round and doesn’t know the details of Qidong. The commander-in-chief doesn’t care about the marriage.” Xiao Chiye said, “This is Qi Shiyu who wants to marry Hua Xiangyi, not she Qi Zhuyin. Qi Shiyu is an old cunning man. Seeing that the wind is going wrong, he doesn’t want Qidong to follow in the footsteps of Libei, so he wants to marry Qudu. Cen Yu heWhat can we give Qi Shiyu?Once Hai Liangyi dies and the empress ascends the throne, all the previous promises become useless pieces of paper, and they have no leverage to impress Qi Shiyu…”

Xiao Chiye’s voice became lower and lower.

Shen Zechuan counted several times silently, turned over and looked at he, and he was indeed asleep.Shen Zechuan opened the letter again, his eyes lingered on the word “Bian County” for a moment, and then closed it again.

Xiao Chiye had a good sleep because of this.

* * *

Xue Xiuzhuo did not fall asleep.

He rested in the study for several days in a row. The matter of the princess could convince the students, but he could not convince the wily courtiers.Kong Qiu felt that Xue Xiuzhuo’s use of the wind to attack the cabinet was not the behavior of a gentleman. He had already made several excuses to protest against the Queen Mother’s acquiescence, but they all fell silent and received no response.

He is very scheming and has no small plans.

Kong Qiu thought he had made a mistake, so he threw these eight words in front of Xue Xiuzhuo and refused to talk to Xue Xiuzhuo any more.

Regardless of whether the princess can ascend the throne or not, the court officials headed by Kong Qiu did not gain any benefits from this game.They fought with Han Cheng and lost their backbone. Seeing that Han Cheng gave in, Xue Xiuzhuo came out halfway, and what he sent was not a prince, but a princess. It was like trying to draw water from a bamboo basket.

Cen Yu did not admit defeat, and Yan Guan’s criticism was far more intense than Xue Xiuzhuo imagined.He thinks that the Great Zhou Dynasty has reached the point of letting the princess ascend the throne. Isn’t it implying that the country is about to end and the world has come to an end? That’s why there is such a thing where yin and yang are reversed and black and white are not distinguished?

Back then, Qi Zhuyin had been criticized many times just for being a commander-in-chief. Now, the Ministry of Rites has been picking at the details of the imperial daughter’s coronation ceremony, and there are many places that cannot be referenced at all.The scolding in the court did not stop, and there were dozens of memorials to impeach Xue Xiuzhuo.

“Are they all women? 1” Pan Lin has now made his mark in the Ministry of Household Affairs. As a descendant of Pan Xiangjie’s old family, he has the most intense reaction in the court. “After hundreds of years in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there has been no mention of a female crown prince! The law of heaven is the way of heaven. Although the descendants of King Yan have passed away, there are still descendants. Even if the royal bloodline is difficult to find, the power of the emperor can be temporarily left to the queen mother. We will look for it again!”

Xue Xiuzhuo stood alone in the center of the two factions of court officials with clear distinctions between Jingwei and Jingwei. He said steadily: “The common people of King Yan will all have the surname he from now on. Is it necessary for the Li family to be changed to he? It is indeed natural for the queen mother to exercise the power of the emperor. Since the harem can rule, then why can’t the female crown prince?”

“You are confusing right and wrong!” Cen Yu turned sideways and looked at Xue Xiuzhuo and said, “The Queen Mother is in power to act on behalf of the emperor, not to replace the emperor’s power. As long as the crown prince ascends the throne, the harem will naturally return its authority! But when the princess ascends the throne, if there is an heir in the future, can she also return her authority?!”

Han Cheng’s face was livid, knowing in his heart that he had also been cheated by Xue Xiuzhuo.The empress dowager and other old factions from aristocratic families are dissatisfied because Xue Xiuzhuo’s current attitude is not to bow down and obey orders, but to hold the princess firmly in his hands. This means that after the princess ascends the throne, he will have the influence to influence the government. This is a kind of betrayal for the old faction.

Han Cheng saw that the Queen Mother was sitting behind the bead curtain and was still silent, so he said: “Besides, the Queen Mother has been living in the boudoir for a long time, how can she take on the important task of presiding over national affairs? In my opinion, after the coronation ceremony, the Queen Mother should still be in charge.”

After hearing this, Kong Qiu wanted to quit. This game was like a mess, and neither party was satisfied at the moment.They are dissatisfied when the princess ascends the throne, and they are not dissatisfied when the Queen Mother takes charge, but what else can they do?Students from Bacheng Municipal Government are dissatisfied!

Kong Qiu wanted to beg God to bring another prince down as soon as possible!More than ten years ago, they were blinded by lard and did not allow Emperor Guangcheng to have more children. If there were still emperors, why would they have reached this point?

Xue Xiuzhuo raised his arm, pointed to the old stone outside the palace, and said: “The six words that our ancestors once made clear were ‘the harem must not interfere with politics’, not ‘the princess cannot rule’! Today, the princes are so blaming me, so I dare to ask, what should I do now according to the princes’ opinions? Should I depose the princess and establish the surname “he”, or should the throne be left vacant and the queen mother be in charge!”

There was a buzz all over the place, but no one came out to give a definite explanation.The same was true when Li Jianheng was established. Every step they took seemed to be pushed to the end of the cliff, with no choice.

If Xue Xiuzhuo had come forward a few days earlier and said that he still had a princess, then both the Queen Mother and the cabinet would have had countermeasures and would have been willing to treat him gently. However, he just suppressed the Achilles’ heel of each party and wanted to take the initiative in his own hands.Now that he has the imperial daughter in his hands and the public opinion of the world as his support, who dares to touch him at this juncture?

Kong Qiu retreated. He knew that such a stalemate was not good for the Zhou Dynasty or for them. He said: “I think what the commander said is true, that is, the princess has been in the boudoir for a long time. Even if she ascends the throne, she still needs to prepare imperial classics to teach and teach. During this period, the queen mother will still be in charge and assisted by the cabinet.”

They have to stand firm in the final position, which is to turn themselves into the boundary of whether the empress can participate in politics independently.Kong Qiu’s meaning is very clear. Only if the cabinet thinks that the empress is worthy, she can do it. Otherwise, she will always be a student sitting on the throne.This is also a threat to the Queen Mother, that is, if the Queen Mother dares to support the Han family like Hua and Pan did during the Yongyi period, then they will immediately put the empress in charge and force the Queen Mother back to the harem.

The Queen Mother sat silently in the bead curtain. After a long while, she said: “The Ai family has been in fear day and night to assume the power of the emperor on behalf of the emperor. Now that there is a candidate for the crown prince, it is not appropriate for the Ai family to continue to act as the emperor. After the enthronement ceremony, the Ai family will retreat to the Buddhist hall and never appear again.”

She wanted to retreat in order to advance, so everyone present could only kneel down, shouting: “The Queen Mother is the mistress of the world, and you must not belittle yourself.

Xue Xiuzhuo knelt among them, his back was soaked.But he kowtowed and did not refute Kong Qiu.

* * *

Xiao Chiye had a restful sleep, but the news that came to him was that Bian Jun had rebelled.He had just finished breakfast and was feeding Meng cross-legged under the eaves. When he heard the news, he and Meng turned back and looked at Shen Zechuan.

Yu Xiaozai knelt down and sat aside, and when he saw this, he quickly said: “I was also shocked when I heard about it.General Lu is a talented goalkeeper, how could he rebel?Kong Shangshu immediately asked the Ministry of War to check the military affairs of the border counties. The Jinyiwei interrogated and supervised the eunuchs. It took nearly a month to find out that the military rations originally allocated to the border counties were moldy.”

Xiao Chiye was still stunned, he stood up suddenly, blocked the light in the room, and said, “What the hell?At that time, it was only said that Qidong’s military rations had been halved, but they were not allowed to shoddy goods.”

At that time, the war in Libei was urgent, but Bianjun also had to fight with Biansha. No matter how anxious Xiao Chiye was, he would not let anyone feed Lu Guangbai.He sent Chenyang and Gujin to supervise the situation, just because he was worried that someone would tamper with the military rations again, but he didn’t expect that someone would do anything to the border commander.

“No wonder the commander hasn’t come to fight me for so long,” Xiao Chiye raised his arms and looked solemn, “She has lost Lu Guangbai, and Qudu will not dare to let her go north to confront us again. She must be allowed to block the gap in the border county, but Lu Guangbai…”

That’s Lu Guangbai!

Xiao Chi’s ambition sank and he said: “The 20,000 soldiers and horses in the border county are all infantry. Lu Guangbai has nowhere to go and can only lead his troops deep into the desert.The desert is also the territory of the border cavalry, so he loses the advantage of ambushes in the border counties. He must change his usual fighting style. Why doesn’t he go to Suotian Pass?”

Both Suotian Pass and Tianfei Que are fine. Suotian Pass belongs to the Feng Family Army. These two places are considered Zuo Qianqiu’s old troops.Zuo Qianqiu is now a general in Libei, and Lu Guangbai’s sister Lu Yizhi is also Xiao Jiming’s wife. If he goes to these two places, no one will treat him badly.

But why did he decide to go east?

There are only twelve border areas in the desert.

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1: Original sentence “All the officials in the court are women” – Hai Rui