The prince is very fierce

After the court meeting dispersed, Song Ji quickly returned to the imperial study without saying a word along the way.

Guan Hongye and Cui Huailu followed behind, both knowing what Song Ji was thinking.

Xu Buling took control of the military power. Queen Ping had hundreds of thousands of troops at her disposal. Even if Xu Buling had no objections, what kind of things could be given to such a big tiger so that Xu Buling could honestly withdraw the military power and return to Xiliang to eat? sand?

If Xu Buling took the military power and stayed in Guanzhong until he could not leave, wouldn't Chang'an become the beautiful little girl between the Xu family and his son?

I certainly wouldn't dare to give him this military power, but there is absolutely no reason not to give it. Xu Buling has won many battles, and Guan Hongye has not made any achievements. We can't just say that Xu Buling may rebel and suppress him, right?

What lies before us is a dead end.

As long as Song Ji is suspicious of Xu Buling, he will not dare to give military power. But if he is not suspicious of Xu Buling, how can he still be called an emperor?

The three of them came to the Imperial Study Room, and Guan Hongzhuo was the first to speak:

"Your Majesty, this military power cannot be given to Xu Buling. If Xu Buling takes command, he will have at least 300,000 or 400,000 troops under his command after a rebellion is put down. At the current speed, the situation in Northern Xinjiang may not be able to be solved even after the rebellion is over. If there is a turning point, if the Guanzhong army cannot come back, Guanzhong will become an empty city..."

Cui Huailu thought for a while: "If Xu Buling's counter-rebellion is over and the northern border is not yet determined, is it possible to let him lead troops directly to the north?"

When Guan Hongzhuo heard this, his eyes lit up slightly, but he immediately shook his head:

"I just heard the battle report from the army. It seems that the Xiliang army has a big killer weapon that can destroy the city and shake the mountains. The three-foot-six-foot-long city wall of Xiangyang is like paper. If Xu Buling Ping's four queens lead the troops to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty again, If it is destroyed, wouldn’t that mean..."

I didn’t dare to say the next words, but the meaning was very clear.

Xu Buling led his troops to destroy the four kings first, then pacified the Northern Qi Dynasty, and directly unified the world. He finished all the things that Xu Lie had not done. With strong soldiers and horses, great achievements, and impressive achievements, who should be responsible for this world? The final say?

Song Ji said I had the final say, Xu Buling said who is the elder, what could Song Ji do?

What Xu Bu Ling wants to do to the Song family at that time will all depend on Xu Bu Ling's conscience; but those who are emperors are all lonely, and they have everything but cannot have a conscience. Even if Xu Bu Ling has a conscience, how many people will fight under his command? Can one hundred thousand people agree?

Although Song Ji wanted to destroy Northern Qi, he obviously didn't want the Xu family to help him achieve this achievement of becoming an emperor for eternity.

The two argued for a moment before Song Ji raised his hand and said softly:

"Xu Bu Ling conquered Xiangyang, and it is impossible not to give him military power. Go and ask clearly how Xiang Yang was conquered, especially the weapons Xu Bu Ling used to conquer the city. Let Guan Hongye take the imperial edict and ask clearly."

Guan Hongye nodded slightly, feeling that this was the most important point.

Xu Buling destroyed the city so quickly. It was obvious that he had obtained some magical weapon and regarded the city walls and passes as if they were nothing. If only the Xiliang army had it but the imperial court did not, it would be equivalent to hanging a sword over the imperial court's head. This is definitely the case. It needs to be checked out.

Guan Hongye and Cui Huailu also knew that talking was useless. After chatting for a few words, they turned and left the imperial study.

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After the two left, the imperial study became quiet, leaving only a little incense and the distant chirping of cicadas.

Song Ji's calm expression gradually became depressed at this time; like a strong man carrying a huge tower on his shoulders, holding on to prevent it from falling, but the tower was too high, its foundation was riddled with holes, and there were countless tombs on it. Disappeared hands were pushing and shaking, and even though he tried his best, the tower was still tilting and falling in the direction he didn't want to see.

After sitting alone in the imperial study room for an unknown amount of time, Song Jiqiang took a deep breath, suppressed the splitting headache in his head, stood up, walked to the portrait on the wall, and lit three sticks of incense as before.

Looking at the portrait of the woman on the wall, Song Ji wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start.

Emperors are all lonely people. Standing at the top of the world, all the emotions in the heart should not be known to the people below. Only by being ruthless, ruthless, friendless, carefree and not influenced by personal emotions can you do a good job. An emperor.

But the emperor is just a person who stands taller than ordinary people. When he is full of sorrow, why don't he want to find someone trustworthy to talk to; even if that person doesn't understand anything and can't make useful suggestions, as long as he If you say what's on your mind, the other person will listen, and you'll feel more comforted.

Song Ji stood in front of the portrait for a moment. Before he could collect his thoughts, the little eunuch suddenly appeared in the door, bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, Lao Yi is back."

Song Ji's eyelids twitched slightly, and the hands behind his back clenched a little tighter.

When Lao Yi comes back, he can only bring two pieces of news - either Cui Xiaowan is dead, or Cui Xiaowan is missing.

If he dies, it may make Song??'s melancholy aggravate, but that's all; if Cui Xiaowan disappears, it means the betrayal of the Cui family. At this precarious moment, it can only be said to be bad news.

Song Ji took a breath and turned back to the desk with a calm expression:

"Come in."

Lao Yi, who was waiting outside the imperial study room, entered the imperial study room with his head lowered after hearing the sound, his face was stiff, and he was a little afraid to step forward.

Song Ji's face was calm, but he felt cold in his heart. He tapped his fingers on the table and said calmly:

"Say it."

Lao Yi swallowed his saliva and hesitated for a long time before taking a step forward:

"Bizhi went to the Peach Blossom Sea in Youzhou. Queen Cui was no longer in the canyon. Looking at the surrounding environment, I'm afraid she has been gone for half a year... When I came out, I encountered a wave of intercepting assassins who tried to intercept and kill Bizhi, but He was killed by his humble position; after interrogating one of them, he learned that he was from the Cui family..."

Song Ji stopped tapping on the table, and his eyes were obviously a little darker, but compared with the anger in them, it was more about the helplessness when the building was about to collapse.

The five great families in Dayue, the marriage between the Xiao family and the Xu family, the good relationship between the Lu family and the Xu family, Song Ji can no longer trust; the remaining three "Cui Wang Li" families, the Li family and Song Ji's political views of "emphasis on culture and restraint on military affairs", They are never close or far; the only ones that can be trusted are the 'King Cui' family.

The Cui family and the Wang family are related by marriage, and Cui Xiaowan is the legitimate daughter born from the union of the two families.

Now that Cui Xiaowan has disappeared, the Cui family ambushed the secret guard who went to investigate. They must be trying to hide something.

No matter what they want to hide, it shows that the Cui family and Song Ji are not of the same mind.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it; when the drum breaks, thousands of people beat it.

Behind the five great clans are the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty. If the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty do not stand on the side of the emperor, then why should the emperor still be called the emperor? Is it possible to use secret guards from outside to rule the world?

"The people betrayed their relatives and separated... The late emperor was right. The families with outstanding achievements are all a bunch of white-eyed wolves. When they have meat, they nod and bow down. When there is no meat, they turn around and eat people..."

Song Ji sat in the imperial study room, looking at the Tai Chi Hall in the distance, and sighed softly.

Lao Yi lowered his head and looked tense. After so many years since Song Ji took the throne, this was the first time he heard Song Ji say such meaningless complaints, which showed how depressed the emperor's inner emotions had been.

But as a loyal servant, there are some things that must be reported.

After hesitating for a long time, Lao Yi took out the scroll from his waist, stepped forward and placed it on the royal table, saying in a deep voice:

"I found this painting in the hermitage of Queen Cui. On it... there is the whereabouts of Queen Cui..."

When Song Ji heard this, his eyes moved slightly, hoping that there was something hidden. After all, he knew Xiaowan's temperament, and she was aloof from the world. Apart from flowers and poems, she was not interested in anyone, including him, the emperor of the world.

Maybe Xiaowan just got tired of staying in the mountains and moved to another place to live, and the Cui family just found someone breaking in and sent people to intercept and kill them for fear of the news leaking...

Thinking of this, Song Ji raised his hand to pick up the scroll and unfolded it gently.

But as soon as the scroll was opened a little, the man's hair crown and the tip of his long hair appeared, and the entire imperial study became obviously depressed.

Click——

My fingers were too hard and they pricked the paper of the scroll.

The faint sound of breathing rose and fell in the imperial study room, and every breath made Lao Yi inside and the secret guard outside remain silent.

Sweat appeared on Lao Yi's forehead, but he didn't dare to raise his head to look at Song Ji's face.

Song Ji's expression remained calm, but there was a little bloodshotness in his deep eyes, and the scroll paper trembled slightly.

swish swish——

After a long time, the picture scroll slowly unfolded.

A picture of a man standing at the top of the Tai Chi Hall appeared before his eyes.

The scene is very familiar, because Song Ji is also a member of the people under Taiji Palace, so it is impossible not to recognize him.

"I would like to be a concubine for the son, and not be the concubine of the emperor..."

Song Ji's voice was low and he slowly read out the line of small characters at the bottom of the scroll.

After many years, I haven't seen this handwriting for a long time, but I can still vaguely recognize whose handwriting it is.

This line of writing is like the last straw, pressing on the shoulders of the powerful man who is carrying the whole world alone and can no longer take even half a step forward.

Lao Yi's body was tense and he had strong martial arts skills. He could hear Song Ji's disordered breathing and violent heartbeat. He spoke softly:

"Your Majesty, calm down, this matter...this matter will be arranged by my humble duty..."

Song Ji's face was sullen and he didn't make any expression. He closed the scroll and put it in his hand. After a long time, he said word by word:

"The Xu family will rebel. It's good that I don't have to worry about it anymore. I will pass a secret decree to Wang Chenghai, the governor of the Western Liaoning Protectorate. If there is a change in Guanzhong, there is no need to listen to the court's order. I will abandon Youzhou to protect the three kings in the east. I will send Wang Chenghai's family out of Chang'an overnight. , to save them from worries.”

Lao Yi trembled slightly and bowed even lower: "Your Majesty is preparing..."

"Go down and deliver the order. As long as Empress Cui is alive, Xu Buling can use it as evidence to expose the matter of Lock Dragon Gu and Song Yu. He can be killed, but he cannot be killed. My crime in the history books is just one more crime. 'Brothers kill each other and murder Zhongliang'."

"……,promise……"

After Lao Yi responded softly, he walked out quickly...