When dawn arrived, Chencheng had returned to its former peace, but the number of soldiers patrolling the streets had increased a lot. After the tripartite negotiations, Xiao Yu and Zhong Roulan reached an agreement to release Lu Chongzong, who was under house arrest by Xia Houming, and allow some of Lu Chongzong's troops to be released.

Ma Jincheng and Xia Houming's troops jointly maintained public security.

However, the atmosphere in the inner city was a bit awkward. Zhong Rouning refused to live with the Zhong family, and strongly demanded that Zhong Roulan and Xiao Yu withdraw from the army. During the stalemate, Cang Shuliang entered the palace and had a long talk with Zhong Rouning.

After that, Cang Shuliang brought out the three conditions proposed by Zhong Rouning. First, Zhong Roulan and Xiao Yu's armies retreated to station outside the inner city gate; second, all important ministers involved in the turmoil must come within three days.

Publicly declare allegiance to the emperor and punish those who cause trouble; thirdly, the four prefectures must withdraw from the southern border within ten days and blockade the three passes of Shaonan, Dingnan, Yongding and Yinqing Road. The governors of the four prefectures are not allowed to enter the pass without an edict.

Under the auspices of Geng Xin, Xiao Yu and others held a day-long discussion, and finally made adjustments and supplements to the conditions proposed by Zhong Rouning. First, the four prefectures jointly formed a joint army of 40,000 people, stationed in Chencheng.

The four gates guard the imperial city, and the commander of the coalition forces is appointed by the imperial court; secondly, the four palaces respect the imperial court, but the imperial court is not allowed to interfere in all the actions of the four palaces; thirdly, the emperor must declare clearly that no one will be held accountable for the turmoil in Chencheng.

"Fantasy! Let them come in and kill our mother and son! Let's see what future generations will say!" Zhong Rouning threw everyone's conditions at Cang Shuliang's feet.

Cang Shuliang said calmly: "Mom, please calm down. I have a sentence that is not worth saying."

Zhong Rouning knew that Cang Shuliang was trying to solve the problem, so she suppressed her temper and said, "Master, please speak."

"When the late emperor was still alive, his control over the three mansions was basically in vain. The three mansions have always maintained a respected position towards Chencheng because of their loyalty to the late emperor. The empress feels how loyal they can be to your majesty now, and the empress's

Controversy is unavoidable due to one’s origin.”

"Tai Tuo, their conditions are also bullying. If I agree, Your Majesty and I will become their caged birds." Zhong Rouning was furious.

"Your Majesty, if the conditions are met, it can be negotiated. Nowadays, the relationship between the four houses is also wary of each other. Your Majesty, you can defeat each other!" Cang Shuliang advised.

"What do you mean, Tutor, to make them suspicious of each other?" Zhong Rouning obviously understood the wrong way.

Cang Shu smiled coldly and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about how to deal with them. They are not harmonious to begin with. What I mean is that your Majesty must find out the psychology of each of them."

Zhong Rouning was a little confused. She thought she knew these people fairly well, but from Cang Shuliang's attitude, it seemed that was not the case.

Cang Shuliang saw that Zhong Rouning was hesitant, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "In terms of strength and prestige, His Highness King Wu is now the strongest and has the most support, but this alliance of King Wu is tied together by interests.

Just imagine how close the alliance of interests can be?”

"Then according to Grand Tutor's opinion, I now have to rely on the strength of other people to compromise with Xiao Yu?" Zhong Rouning seemed to understand the connection.

"Your Majesty is really smart," Cang Shuliang first praised, and then continued: "Prince Dongyang and Princess Chenyang are both relatives of your Majesty. As long as your Majesty maintains their family ties, they will not do much if they are bound by righteousness."

"Haha, what about my father and sister in the face of interests? The Tutor thought clearly." Zhong Rouning's resentment towards Xiao Yu was not that deep.

"As for Prince Jincheng, his thoughts are not on the court, and his attitude is the clearest. The empress might as well soften her attitude towards him. With him as the king of Wu, and as the princess, no one dares to go too far.

"

Zhong Rouning looked at Cang Shuliang in confusion, and Cang Shuliang's eyes met directly with no intention of dodge. It was just that Meng Yan was his son-in-law, so saying this was somewhat partial.

"I know what the empress is worried about. Mr. Yu is the most trusted person of the late emperor. He was not involved in last night's turmoil at all. Mr. Yu is the person the empress can trust the most. What do you think?" Cang Shuliang could tell that Zhong Rouning was there.

I have doubts about my own evaluation of Meng Yan.

Cang Shuliang's words have been made very clear. Now it depends on Zhong Rouning's choice. The book collector did not say anything to urge her. At this time, Zhong Rouning needs to be given time.

Zhong Rouning is helpless now. She knows that what Cang Shuliang said is actually her current situation. Her relatives are unreliable and there is no one around her to rely on. It is too difficult. She urgently needs a team that can serve her, a team from the United Army.

You can have an opinion, but you must be loyal to yourself.

Thinking of this, he mustered up the courage to say: "Taifu, the four prefectures plus Chen City are also called the Five Capitals. The joint army composed of the four prefectures is not allowed to assign any officers and soldiers. All generals and officials are responsible for the imperial court. The four prefectures can make their own decisions, but they must

Inform the court that all orders from the court must not be rejected in any form. This is my bottom line and your Majesty’s bottom line!"

Seeing that Zhong Rouning had relaxed, Cang Shuliang went out to discuss with everyone. Although Xiao Yu and others were somewhat reluctant, after all, what happened last night was a mess. After everyone reached an agreement, Cang Shuliang took the new

The terms came in. There were five major items and seventeen articles in total. After Zhong Rouning read it, he made slight adjustments and finally formed the final draft.

On the third day after the turmoil, the officials were summoned in front of Emperor Daxing. Empress Dowager Zhong Rou of Chen Dynasty cleared her throat and said with a cold face: "In order to better implement the strategy of the former emperor's Northern Expedition, I have discussed with the seven ministers.

It has been decided, the document is here, please take a look at it."

After that, Zhong Rouning waved his hand and asked the accompanying eunuch to send the document extracted overnight to all officials. After a while, he heard a commotion from the officials. Xiao Yu frowned and coughed heavily, and then turned to Zhong Rouning.

He bowed and said, "The safety of Your Majesty and the Queen Mother is of paramount importance. I would like to allocate 20,000 people to defend Chenjing."

Xiao Yu's statement made the originally chaotic atmosphere quieter. Xiao Yu had already expressed his statement, and naturally the others would follow suit. The originally planned number of 10,000 people from each of the four prefectures has now been doubled, which is enough to give face.

, plus the 70,000 people who originally guarded Chenjing, Zhong Rouning directly controls 150,000 people, which can be regarded as a guarantee.

Just when everything was confirmed, someone suddenly came to report, "Your Majesty, the car of the princess of Jincheng County was attacked in Yuqing Town, and the princess passed away!"

When Meng Yan heard this, he immediately vomited blood and staggered. If Xiao Yu hadn't supported him, he would have fallen straight down. Cang Shuliang next door fell into a coma immediately. Everyone was shocked and called the imperial doctor again.

It's about pinching people.

When Meng Yan opened his eyes with great effort, he was already in the side hall. He held Xiao Yu's arm with all his strength and asked: "Brother, Haoyue, Haoyue..." Meng Yan's tone contained a hint of

Crying tone.

Although the brotherhood between Xiao Yu and him has faded a lot, it was difficult for him to accept the murder of Cang Shu Haoyue. Seeing Meng Yan like this, he couldn't bear it and quickly comforted him: "Second brother, you are very good.

Stay! I will definitely pursue this matter to the end!"

Meng Yan struggled to stand up and said weakly: "Where is Haoyue? I want to see her."

"Yu Gong has already sent someone to escort Haoyue back. Now it's parked at your house. Master Taifu hasn't woken up yet. Do you want to go and have a look?" Xiao Yu said uneasily. At this moment, he was really worried.

, has nothing to do with politics.

Meng Yan gradually regained consciousness and asked: "Brother, where is Shu'er?"

"Eleventh Lang was seriously injured and was rescued by Yu Gong's people along with Shu'er and a maid. However, the maid was very vigilant and refused to let anyone get close." Xiao Yu told what he knew in as much detail as possible.

After the attack on Cang Shu Haoyue came out, the entire Chen Dynasty espionage organization was put into operation, but the news was so confusing that no more useful information was obtained.

"Brother, you know there are not many people in my house."

Before Meng Yan could say anything, Xiao Yu interrupted: "Don't worry, Ying'er has already taken people to your house. There will definitely be no trouble for you. You should take good care of her."

"Please, brother, I really don't have the time to do anything else. Could you please send someone to take me to see the bright moon and send the child over." Meng Yan's heart ached so much that he took off a jade pendant from his belt and handed it to Xiao Yu, "

Give this jade pendant to that girl, and she will follow you."

After saying that, he stood up to leave. Suddenly he felt dizzy and almost fell down again. Fortunately, Xiao Yu was by his side, and An Can came in to help Meng Yan.

Meng Yan and An Can walked behind. An Can looked at the distance between the person leading the way and himself, and whispered: "Your Highness, Ming Jiansi and Lord Qingfeng have received news that Madam's personal maid Ping'er is a traitor, and they are under the influence of the traitor."

Luantai is the commander, but Ping'er is from Donghai Tingtaoxuan."

"Ping'er? Luantai? Donghai?" Meng Yan muttered these three places, recalling the events in his mind and stringing the messy clues together. After a while, Meng Yan roughly understood Cang Shu Haoyue.

The attack has passed.

Meng Yan's face gradually became gloomy. He grabbed An Can and whispered: "Immediately inform Qing Shuai about what happened here and ask Qing Shuai to activate the Baiyi Temple. I must get to the bottom of it and not let anyone go."

.”

"Including Princess Chenyang?" An Can asked carefully. After all, Princess Chenyang's identity is too special.

Meng Yan looked at An Can strangely and said: "Even if the Queen Mother is involved, I will investigate it. Inform Ye Shuai and push me eighty miles to Xizhou. Anyone who dares to stop me will be killed without mercy!"

An Can was scared. He had been with Meng Yan for a long time. He had never seen Meng Yan give such ruthless orders. He knew that Meng Yan and his wife had a good relationship. It seemed that this time Anton

The government is going to be in trouble.

After An Can and Meng Yan returned to the house, several servants quickly came up and brought a soft couch. An Can took advantage of the chaos in the house and quietly walked out to deliver a message to the secret spy.

Meng Yan was indeed powerless, and he leaned directly on the soft body and entered the inner courtyard. The first person who caught his eye was Zhong Roulan with a sad face. The anger in Meng Yan's heart immediately ignited, and he said loudly: "Come on.

Man! Send it to Princess Chenyang!"

Zhong Roulan heard Meng Yan's voice and turned around to see Meng Yan who had lost her appearance. She wanted to explain something, but Meng Yan didn't give her a chance and had people carry her away directly.
Chapter completed!