I just like the Prime Minister

Li Chengzuo followed the Queen Mother's words and turned to look at Qin Chuzhi.

Panic and a bad complexion should be normal reactions, but Qin Chuzhi unexpectedly appeared extremely calm. At this time, being called by the queen mother, he actually showed a proper daze.

Jiang Xizhu stood aside coldly, just waiting to see how Qin Chuzhi reversed this fait accompli conspiracy.

Qin Chuzhi bypassed the Marquis of Pingcheng who was already speechless, and stepped forward: "Queen Mother, the ministers of the Marquis of Pingcheng's family did not know in advance that this is the secret of the house of the Marquis. The minister and the Empress Dowager are relatives. Strongly recommend a woman of unknown origin and suspicious life experience as the current mother of the country?"

The Empress Dowager looked at him coldly: "Then you are following Pingchenghou into the palace now, bluntly saying that Fengchenghou rebelled, and the noble concubine is an accomplice, and you are all bewitched by others?"

Qin Chuzhi smiled calmly: "Yes."

The queen mother was choked by his righteous attitude, and she didn't speak for a while.

"Nonsense!" the queen mother said angrily, "the guilt imposed on the noble concubine is all lies! The emperor has already stated that the death of this girl was the work of the Marquis of Pingcheng! The noble concubine is not responsible, and you are still swearing that you are turning black and white! "

There was a look of leisure on Qin Chuzhi's face that was completely irrelevant to the empress dowager's panic, and he cupped his hands and said, "It's true or not that the Marquis of Pingcheng framed the noble concubine. I have nothing to say, but no matter who is behind it, the Jiangnan rebels It’s already happened, it’s a foregone conclusion.”

As if to prove his words, some palace people from outside the palace hurried into the palace and entered the palace gate. Seeing the mess in the room, they couldn't help but stare blankly. He was very happy, but before he could speak, he glanced at Prince Rui's gaze, and immediately saw His Majesty the Emperor in strange clothes, he was completely stunned, obviously he did not expect Li Chengzuo to be here, the two looked around, For a moment, he didn't know how to speak.

This is the person next to Prince Rui, Prince Rui recognized it at a glance.This person would not be so disrespectful and flustered normally, Prince Rui frowned and glared at him: "What's the matter! Just say it!"

The visitor came back to his senses after being reprimanded: "See the emperor, see the queen mother, see the prince... the urgent report from the Ministry of War, General Pei encountered a rebel army composed of refugees in the Central Plains, and now he has arrived outside Chaoge City , General Pei Shao ordered the gate of Chaoge City to be closed, and is asking for help from the capital!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's complexions were uncontrollably clouded, and the eggplants beaten by Shuang were not as exciting as their complexions.

Song Yingluo looked at Li Chengzuo's face very carefully when she heard the words, and knew that it was not wrong for her to send nine orders to order Pei Wenyuan to return to Beijing, but she was really unexpected when she encountered the rebels in Chaoge so unexpectedly. .

Chao Ge was only three days away from Ye City, yet he was on the only way back to Beijing, no wonder Pei Wenyuan was supposed to return to the court but has not returned yet, it turned out to be blocked by this place.

Song Yingluo's emotions were complicated, but she was still a little bit frightened - if she hadn't ordered Pei Wenyuan to return to the capital, would the rebels whose origins were unknown would have marched straight into the capital?

She looked at Qin Chuzhi and realized belatedly that even though he had caused such a big storm in Beijing, he didn't leave any way out.

The queen mother was taken aback, and lost her voice: "What?!"

Qin Chuzhi heard the words and said loudly: "This statement is enough to prove that what I said is true."

Prince Rui didn't have time to care about what Qin Chuzhi said, he frowned when he heard the battle report: "Who is the leader of the rebel army? How many troops are there?"

The man hesitated for a moment, looked at Li Chengzuo's face, and said bravely: "The commander is ominous, the word on the banner is 'Song', and the number of people...five times that of General Pei Shao."

As soon as these words came out, the queen mother almost fainted.

It is just another manifestation of "rare things are more expensive" that the battles that win more with less can be remembered in history. The usual situation is that fighting basically depends on gang fights. Whoever has more has enough advantages.Five times the number of opponents, this kind of battle is basically crushing, no wonder Pei Wenyuan asked for help while closing the city.

But the question is, Jizhou soldiers and horses have been transferred. At this time, where to ask for reinforcements?

Jiang Xizhu's face was a little pale when he was shocked by the news - even he did not expect that Qin Chuzhi would actually dare to drag the rebel army composed of refugees from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital.On the way back to Beijing with Li Chengzuo and Luo Wanchuan, he had heard enough and seen enough about the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River. There was no hunger in the prosperous age.

Jiang Xizhu looked at Qin Chuzhi with a frown... If the capital was besieged, wouldn't he be afraid that Li Chengzuo would press him to sacrifice the flag in a fit of anger, and all would die?

Unless...he has something else to do.

Jiang Xizhu looked around, and suddenly found that something was wrong with the people in the palace.

He and Li Chengzuo made a small fugitive all the way, and were sent to the capital by a shortcut from the south of the Yangtze River, just to provide evidence for Wang Shichong's generous statement that turned black and white.

However, the night before the incident, Li Chengzuo and Luo Wanchuan teamed up to overthrow the guards. One pretended to be an "imperial envoy" and monitored the other two unlucky guards who pretended to be "Luo Wanchuan" and "imperial envoys". Went out of the place of detention to discuss with others, but was accidentally discovered by Jiang Xizhu, who knew the place of detention very well.

Dilapidated and dim woodshed, a pile of hay at the door has not been moved for many years, a single courtyard, a dilapidated wooden door with a lock hanging impressively.

When Li Chengzuo went up to check the lock, Jiang Xizhu was a little bit dumbfounded. He couldn't see His Majesty wasting his time, calling the emperor to climb over the wall with familiarity—one time and two times. Yeluzhen's backyard.

His Majesty the Emperor was originally wondering where it was, but it was not until Jiang Xizhu pointed to the night light with his surname in the house that he realized it.

On that night lamp, there was a "Qin" character impressively, reflecting the dense candlelight inside, standing silently in the summer night of the capital.

Li Chengzuo refused to leave when he saw the word Qin, and wanted to visit the Duke's mansion at night, but by chance, he broke through Qin Chuzhi's pointing at the Marquis of Fengcheng. The Song family pulled into the conspiracy together, so they simply took advantage of it, arranged identities for themselves and Jiang Xizhu separately, and planned to let Qin Chuzhi come out with the oriole behind.

Up to now, the conspiracy has been solved smoothly, but there is one problem, even Jiang Xizhu ignored it when he first entered the game-this chaos in the palace, if the old fox Lin Lifu heard the news, let alone rescue him, it would be someone else who didn't come to make the situation worse Jiang Xizhu didn't find it strange that he was not there, but at this moment, the person who should enter the palace as an escort and the most logical candidate should have been the powerful Marquis of Fengcheng.

However, where did Marquis Fengcheng go?

Jiang Xizhu's gaze bypassed Song Yingluo, who looked somewhat embarrassed, and looked at Qin Chuzhi, as if he had finally discovered the reason for his composure. Lee Seung-joo.

Jiang Xizhu's observations entered Li Chengzuo's eyes without any ground. When he moved, Li Chengzuo also realized the problem-Marquis Fengcheng was in the hands of Qin Chu!

To guarantee or not to guarantee?

This question flashed across Li Chengzuo's mind for an instant.

Although Li Chengzuo has been clamoring that he is the emperor, he can kill whoever he wants, but he has always known that being an emperor does not follow one's inclinations. If you take something, you will naturally lose something.

At this time, if you give up Marquis Fengcheng and take Qin Chuzhi, it is not impossible to defend Chaoge City.

The advantages and disadvantages of this are very obvious.

There is no more Qin Chuzhi who makes troubles in the court, and the world that returns to the war will one day be clear. In the history of a hundred years later, it will be recorded that Fengcheng Hou Songzhen sacrificed his life to take a generation of loyalty, and his glory and scenery will be a model for all generations.

However, if Fengchenghou was abandoned at this time, even if Song Yingluo could understand it intellectually, she would not be able to accept it emotionally. Li Chengzuo would lose a right-hand man invisibly... As for Jiang Xizhu... Li Chengzuo didn't dare to think what Jiang Xizhu would think .The road leading to the Dragon Seat was stained with blood. He had just found a confidant who had been suppressed for many years. Today he abandoned Marquis Fengcheng. Will it be someone's turn tomorrow?

Li Chengzuo silently clenched the long sword in his hand. He once thought that he would conscientiously fool the emperor of this world by turning a blind eye, find a chance to escape, and spend the rest of his life alone with another person. Of course, it would be even better if he could hide himself in the rivers and lakes as he had imagined.

The good luck envied by the world has always been his shackles. Under the imperial power, the bones are covered with white bones, and the romantic young man with red makeup uses flesh and blood as the loess to purify the water, paving a road to the sky. Only those who have walked know it. , how lonely it is.

The Li family was not a good generation from the root. For the sake of imperial power, the late emperor could do everything possible to keep his sons and kill his mother. As for the chaos that has plagued the world today.

If Li Chengzuo were to be elected, he would rather those courtiers who had sincerely sacrificed their lives for him live safely to the end of their lives, rather than just end up with a history of loyalty in vain. What is the use of honor after death?The bones are cold, and the hearts of the living are also cold.

After all, he is different from the late emperor.

"It's been hard for the Duke to enter the palace to rescue him." Li Chengzuo's praise was not at all smiling. "The rebellious ministers and thieves have been punished, but the capital is still in danger, and there are no treacherous parties. Don't refuse to use the Duke's place."

Song Yingluo was stunned when she heard the words, she frowned and said, "Your Majesty!"

"Back off!" Li Chengzuo said coldly, "The imperial concubine has been wronged, and I will definitely give you an explanation."

Hearing the words, Qin Chuzhi showed a very uncomfortable smile, but he didn't leave because he was let go, but bowed his hands: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Marquis of Pingcheng framed the concubine was not planned by himself, but Bewitched by others, I didn't investigate for a while, and almost made a big mistake and wronged the noble concubine. The minister was enlightened just now, and suddenly felt that today's events are vaguely similar to the old events a few years ago...Does the Queen Mother still remember, the old concubine Lin? Is it?"

The Empress Dowager's complexion suddenly became embarrassing after these words.

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