Rebirth of the Mistress of a Noble Family

Chapter 341 Conspiracy to frame
The poorer and weaker a dynasty is, the more turmoil it will have.

This year, it was easy to survive the severe winter, and just after the beginning of spring, there was a mob uprising in the northwest.The rebel army rose up and captured three cities in succession.

Emperor Ming appointed Li Ling as the commander-in-chief, and Zhao Jin, king of Jin, as the deputy commander-in-chief, and led an army of to quell the rebellion.

King Jin is Emperor Ming's beloved son. Emperor Ming would entrust him with many important matters in the court, but he has never made any military achievements. This time, Emperor Ming asked Li Ling to bring King Jin with him to fight against the Northwest rebellion. Reputation, the idea of ​​paving the way for King Jin to inherit the Datong.

After the Emperor Ming's decree was issued, there would inevitably be another storm in the front and rear palaces. The Emperor Ming's heart was clearly revealed, and the princelings were naturally panicked.

Empress Cao, who heard the news, didn't care about any taboos. As an empress, she lived in the harem, so she naturally didn't want to meet foreign ministers in private, so she had to invite her natal sister-in-law, Xia Shi, into the palace to discuss.

Empress Cao's elder brother is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and her nephew is the minister of military affairs. The Cao family can be said to occupy both civil and military affairs.

When Empress Cao saw Mrs. Xia, she withdrew the people in the palace, leaving only her confidant female officials by her side, and said to Mrs. Xia straight to the point: "It seems that the Holy Majesty has made up his mind to depose Bi'er and make King Jin his The crown prince is here, my brother has a way to deal with it."

As the wife of the chief minister of the cabinet, Xia is naturally not someone who is waiting for nothing. Seeing Empress Cao's anxious expression, she replied: "My lady, please be safe for the time being. The Holy Majesty's move is just to let King Jin follow the Li family's son to earn money." Military exploits, but even if the son of the Li family is an ever-victorious general, it’s hard to guarantee that he won’t lose a battle, right?”

King Jin's reputation in the court is getting better and better. If there is more military merit, even if the princelings obstruct him, I am afraid that Emperor Ming will use the reason that King Jin is superior and the crown prince is incompetent. Yes, but if Li Ling was defeated this time, Emperor Ming's wishful thinking would be in vain.

After hearing this, Empress Cao felt at ease, and asked, "What do you plan to do, brother?"

Xia stepped forward and quietly replied: "The soldiers have to wear clothes and eat when they fight. If the soldiers can't fill their stomachs one by one, how can they have the strength to fight the enemy, so what if the Li family's son is brave? Where? There is a reason why a bare-bones commander can win a battle."

The Xia family smiled slightly, and continued: "Brother Ning is in charge of the military department's errands, and the front-line food and payment supplies must not be handled by the military department. What the master means is that when the time comes, it is enough to do something about the military salary."

Empress Cao is a meticulous person. After hearing this, she thought about it for a while and replied in a low voice: "If you directly tamper with the military pay, it will eventually become a problem. If the Holy Majesty traces it, it will show his feet."

Her phoenix eyes moved slightly, and whispered to Xia Shi: "If you want to do tricks, you have to do it halfway, and you must clean up the relationship."

Xia Shi replied: "Don't worry, my lord, the master has thought carefully, and the plan is to leak the news during the escort, and then let those mobs come and rob him."

After hearing this, Empress Cao nodded slightly, her phoenix eyes moved slightly, and thought about it: "If you can take advantage of this disastrous defeat of the Li family's eldest son, wipe out the entire army, and take advantage of this opportunity to kill King Jin in one fell swoop, then the most It couldn't be better."

Xia family took the opportunity to say: "Master also thought about doing this, but still felt that it was too risky. If one of them is not serious, wouldn't it be a total loss? Besides, the son of the Li family is the flesh and blood of the eldest princess. If there is something wrong with Li Ling , I'm afraid the princess won't be able to fool her around."

Empress Cao heard the words and replied: "Although this plan is dangerous, the chances of winning are great. What can be done if the eldest princess and the emperor find out after the incident? King Jin is dead, and King Qi is stupid. I don't believe that they are still there Is it possible to give up the throne to outsiders? Besides, let’s keep it secret, so as not to leave anyone alive, but just want to investigate, what can they find out?”

Xia Shi still felt that this move was too risky, she sighed slightly and said: "It would be great if we can get the support of the eldest princess, why waste our efforts."

After hearing the words, Empress Cao echoed, "Why did I never want to bring the eldest princess over here? It's just that all these years, I tried to please her in every possible way, but it was all in vain. I originally wanted to get rid of her daughter-in-law first. Hold it tight, and then slowly think about it, but I didn't realize that His Majesty is so impatient."

She sighed deeply, and said sadly: "It can be seen that he has made up his mind to ignore Bi'er."

After saying that, Empress Cao looked at Xia Shi, and said helplessly: "This matter is very important, you go back and tell my brother my thoughts, and we will make a decision."

Mrs. Xia nodded and agreed to Empress Cao's order, and then said: "Mrs. Shen's side, I think it is a good breakthrough. While Li Ling is going to the northwest, the empress might as well find a way to hold her. We also have a lot of advice." The back road is not."

Empress Cao replied to Xia Shi: "This palace will arrange it."

Empress Cao is plotting painstakingly here, and Concubine Meng Gui is naturally not idle.

When she got the news that Emperor Ming really asked her son to take command of Li Ling to pacify the Northwest, she dressed up and came to Qinzheng Hall.

Emperor Ming was in charge of the government, and when he saw his concubine coming, he quickly put down the busy work in his hands, and said with concern: "Aren't you feeling uncomfortable? Why don't you come out to rest in the dormitory?"

Concubine Meng Gui stepped forward, put down the food box she was carrying in her hand, took out the carefully prepared food one by one and put them on Emperor Ming's desk, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty only cares about your ministers and concubines, but you don't know how to take care of your own body. My concubine has specially made you a few meals to nourish your body, you should eat them while they are still hot."

Emperor Ming glanced at Aifei who was still bright-eyed and white-toothed, smiled and pulled her over and said, "Let's use it together."

Concubine Meng Gui has always been favored by Emperor Ming, she did not refuse when she heard the words, so she sat beside Emperor Ming and ate meals with him.

Concubine Meng brought the good soup to Emperor Ming, and said, "Is Your Majesty really planning to let Jin'er follow the son of the Li family to go west?"

Emperor Ming smiled and said: "The imperial decree has been issued, how can it be false?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pinched Concubine Meng's cheek, teasing her and said: "What? Concubine Ai is not willing to let our son go into battle?"

Concubine Meng smiled at Emperor Ming: "You have a lot of things to do every day, Jin'er should share your worries, how can I not be unwilling."

Emperor Ming laughed, and replied: "Jin'er has always been filial and sensible, I know it well, don't worry, Bo Yue is witty, brave, and very good at using troops. He will definitely return triumphantly when he goes to the northwest to calm the chaos. Our Jin'er has already There are a lot of credits, and this time I returned with Bo Yue in triumph, and I have more military merits, and I can also stop the mouths of those ministers who oppose me."

(End of this chapter)