On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 586: Expressing one’s aspirations through poetry

Cui Che's appearance did not surprise Mr. Dou.

In fact, when Mrs. Tianzhu invited her to the palace on the pretext of discussing the wedding date, Mrs. Dou had already made some assumptions, otherwise she would not have bathed and changed clothes and come to Lanyue Tower with the fragrance of flowers all over her body.

However, the majestic Emperor Yan did not hesitate to put down his noble status and pretend to be a eunuch, just to have a private meeting with him, which made Dou family so moved that she couldn't help but laugh.

"The way Your Majesty is dressed now does not look like the gentleman he was three years ago."

Mrs. Dou had something to say. Three years ago, Li Yuan died at the gate of Zhangye City. Cui Che had sanctimoniously expressed his feelings to Mrs. Dou in private, and at the same time claimed that he would never be rude to her.

However, as time passed, he finally took possession of the woman he admired when he was a boy.

Cui Che walked closer step by step, stood in front of Mrs. Dou, raised her chin, and said with a bit of teasing:

"Since my clothes don't fit me, why don't I ask my wife to undress me."

When Dou heard this, her heart beat faster, but she still stretched out her hand and wrapped it around Cui Che's side.

After a fierce battle, the clouds cleared and the rain cleared.

Mrs. Tianzhu and Mrs. Dou, one on the left and one on the right, slumped on either side of Cui Che, with tired and satisfied faces on their faces.

Mrs. Dou rested her head on Cui Che's right arm and reminded softly:

"The slave family cannot enter the palace often, otherwise they will be suspected."

Cui Che deeply agrees with this.

The two of them understood the taste of the marrow and enjoyed it, but they were not carried away by desire.

After all, this is an ugly thing that cannot be brought to light.

Cui Che pondered for a while and said:

"I have rebuilt Yaoguang Temple in Luoyang before. You and Mrs. Tianzhu can go here to burn incense and worship the Buddha. There are two presiding officers in the temple, Huaguang (Chen Yueyi) and Huasheng (Yuan Leshang), who will arrange a Zen room for you.

Outsiders are disturbing."

Mrs. Gu on the other side of Tianzhu said doubtfully:

"The two of us went to Yaoguang Temple, how should Your Majesty get out of the palace?"

Cui Che said unconcernedly:

"My beloved concubine travels, calling her slaves and maidservants, and crowding in front of her and behind her. Even if there is an extra eunuch in the crowd, no one will be suspicious."

After all, no one would have thought that Emperor Yan would pretend to be a eunuch just to have a private meeting with someone.

At the same time, Cui Che has never grown a beard because of Pei Xiu, which makes it easier for him to disguise himself.

However, Mr. Dou said:

"The servants think that if Your Majesty puts on makeup and pretends to be a palace maid, he will be able to hide the truth even more."

When Mrs. Tianzhu heard this, her eyes lit up and she also started to cheer.

Cui Che didn't resent this. After all, he was already a eunuch and he didn't care about being a crossdresser.

He reluctantly allowed them to try on his makeup under the coaxing of the two of them.

After putting on makeup, Cui Che looked at himself in the mirror and said with a smile:

"If I were born as a daughter, I would be the most beautiful person in the country."

Mrs. Dou and Mrs. Tianzhu were convinced of this. Cui Che had been a famous and handsome boy when he was young, otherwise Yang Lihua would not have remarried for him.

Mrs. Tianzhu praised:

"Your Majesty has a gentle appearance and a strong heart. As a man, he is a hero who stands up to heaven and earth. As a woman, his appearance is also one of the best in the world."

Mr. Dou lamented:

"It's a pity that our clothes don't fit His Majesty."

Mrs. Tianzhu hurriedly found a ruler and said:

"I will make a dress for Your Majesty."

From then on, Mrs. Tianzhu always went to Yaoguang Temple once a month, and she was accompanied by Dou, a devout Buddhist, and a certain women's clothing boss.

The three of them were living in a pure place of Buddhism, and they were not known to outsiders.
The absurd life lasted until the middle of winter, when field taxes and taxes from various places were collected one after another and were about to be shipped to Luoyang.

And Cui Che is also making final preparations for the southern expedition after next spring plowing.

On November 17, the third year of Kaiping (AD 611), Xue Shou, a member of Zhongshushe, proposed to Cui Che that he would build a plank road in the open and covertly attack Chencang, transporting sand and gravel to the newly built Yanzhou Dacang, and at the same time send heavy troops to guard it.

The eyes of the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty were all drawn to Yanzhou.

The real grain and grass were stolen and transported secretly to Luzhou at night.

Cui Che was overjoyed and ordered Xue Shou to personally take charge of the matter and assign enough manpower to him.

In the eyes of Yang Guang, this move was undoubtedly the best evidence that Cui Che was about to invade Huainan. Yanzhou Dacang was located in the upper reaches of Sishui River, and could transport grain and grass directly to Xuzhou through water transportation.

At the same time, the Huaihe River Daxingtai Shangshu Ling, Wu King Cui Yanqing, with the assistance of Liu Fang and Li Jing, vigorously practiced military warfare. The two Huaihe Rivers were restless, as if a war was about to break out.

Due to the dense water network in Jingxiang, it was difficult to use the long-distance raids that the Silver Saddle Khitan Zhi and Boling Cavalry were good at, so Cui Che sent them to Xuzhou.

After 30,000 elite cavalry arrived in Xuzhou one after another, Yang Guang was under pressure and had to continue to send additional troops to Huainan to resist the Yan army's southward march.

At the beginning of December, Cui Che summoned Wu King Cui Yanqing to the court to report on his duties. In the eyes of the world, this must be Cui Che's last instruction before sending troops to Cui Yanqing.

When the envoy arrived in Xuzhou, Cui Yanqing did not dare to delay. He handed over all the military affairs of Xuzhou to his servants Liu Fang and Li Jing. He quickly entered the court and returned to Luoyang before New Year's Eve.

After Cui Che had a secret conversation with Cui Yanqing, he ignored the objections of his staff in the East Palace and appointed Wu King Cui Yanqing as the general marshal of the army.

At this point, not to mention the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty, even the civil servants and generals of Dayan were convinced that Cui Che was about to seize Huainan.

The fourth year of Kaiping (612 AD), the first day of the first lunar month, Yuan Day.

After the court meeting, Cui Che took Prince Cui Qiji, King Cui Yanqing of Wu, King Cui Youzhi of Wei, King Cui Youming of Anle County and others to the Ancestral Temple to worship their ancestors and pray for blessings.

The next day, Cui Che held another farewell banquet in the palace, composed a poem on the wine, and presented it to King Wu Cui Yanqing. The poem said:

"Thousands of miles of carriages and letters are all mixed up, how can there be any separate borders in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"With a million soldiers on the West Lake, we will immediately mount the first peak of Mount Wu."

The ministers praised him one after another, and Cui Che made his ambition clear with his poems, making no secret of his ambition to unify the world.

After the banquet, Cui Yanqing rushed to Xuzhou, and the poem Cui Che wrote at the banquet quickly spread.

After the poem spread to the south, it caused an uproar.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty looked at this seven-character quatrain and was speechless.

He recalled that when he was young, he asked Cui Che for poems for Yang Lihua.

News of Yang Lihua's death had already reached Jiangnan. Yang Guang didn't feel too sad, he just regretted it.

I regret why I had to match Cui Che and Yang Lihua in the first place.

I regret that I didn't see through Cui Che's wolf ambition and actually sought the skin of a tiger.

Of course, there was good news for Yang Guang. According to reports from insiders who participated in the farewell banquet, Cui Qiji, the crown prince of the Yan Dynasty, had a dark face throughout.

Apparently he was holding a grudge against Cui Yanqing for showing off, but he was just holding back.

Yang Guang sneered:

"You still want to send millions of troops to the West Lake? Cui Zicheng, I'm just afraid that sooner or later you will have father and son attack each other."

Came back only at noon

(End of chapter)