Empress Chu

The official next to him took a piece with a flick of his sleeve, and said: "The court has a great chance of winning this battle. How can we not fight it, let alone let the King of Zhongshan go." Fu, the old lady loves sweets, so I will send this to the old lady to taste."

Now the blind old woman's tastes and tastes are remembered.

Deng Yi smiled faintly: "Someday you can try the cooking skills of my cook, it was given by Editor Zhang."

The officials scattered in the hall all looked in one direction. Over there, a middle-aged official from the Hanlin Academy smiled and raised his teacup: "The craftsmanship handed down in my shop is not a respect."

This editorial family runs restaurants and dim sum shops, which are extremely famous in the capital and even in Daxia. Some unique dim sum dishes are not available in the imperial palace.

Sometimes gift giving is not about more money or less, but about what you want. Some officials are disdainful, some are jealous, some are joking, and the hall is bustling.

Deng Yi took a sip of tea, coughed lightly, lowered his eyes to read the letter, and read the words written by the girl: "Fight, the world is in chaos, the border counties are in danger, the morale of the army is lax, the people are dying, and the people are in dire straits."

Wars have always been like this, and everyone knows that.

An official with a gray beard folded his hands and closed his eyes and said calmly, "The Empress Chu has a compassionate heart."

"The benevolence of a woman." Another official added.

Deng Yi continued to read: "Even though the imperial court is as powerful as a rainbow and has sufficient soldiers and horses, the king of Zhongshan has been accumulating strength for a long time, and the king of Xiliang is still biting at him. The war broke out and the world was in chaos. Even after that, it could not be settled within ten years. .”

How could this girl be so sure, she decided that Da Xia would be in troubled times.

It's a mess now, but——

"With the Grand Tutor, the Xie family, and Your Majesty." An official said in a deep voice, "Even if there is chaos in the Great Xia, the world will surely be peaceful in one year, two years, three years, but if King Zhongshan is kept, it will be a waste of money." It can never be flattened, cut the mess with a sharp knife, and the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain, the empress will not be unaware of this truth."

Of course she knew, Deng Yi looked down at the letter: "However, the king of Zhongshan rebelled but did not rebel, interrupt his breath, the next step he hesitates, the court will be able to win every step, and win without fighting Soldiers."

Another official laughed and shook his head: "It's useless to say these things. His Majesty has already personally led the conquest. Xie Yanfang's momentum is like a rainbow, and he vigorously eradicates the villains. Everyone can see the majesty of His Majesty."

A soldier who does not fight against others is like walking at night in brocade clothes, Xie Yanfang is not willing.

And although they don't really want to see Xie's glory, they can't stop it, after all, it is related to the prestige of the emperor and emperor of the country.

"Your Majesty's royal conquest, we will make peace with the King of Zhongshan in the rear, the infamy can be imagined."

not to mention--

He looked at Deng Yi.

"Teacher, Xie Yanfang was staring at the past between you and King Zhongshan."

Deng Yi was going to be forced to reveal the old story of being bribed by the King of Zhongshan earlier, but the family members of Empress Chu ran away first.

But now, if he did as Empress Chu said, received Zhongshan King's confession, did not punish him, and turned the big thing into a small one, Deng Yi would really be called a running dog under the Zhongshan King's throne.

"Empress Chu is absurd by herself, so let her be absurd, you can't."

Deng Yi was leaning on the voucher, holding the letter in one hand, and the hot tea handed over by the attendant in the other. The hot air danced in the night, making his face a little blurry.

He should really throw the girl's nonsense letter into the brazier now and burn it without reading any more.

but--

The girl stopped talking about these big principles and wrote a stroke.

"There is great merit in bringing peace to the world in troubled times, but it is also great merit to stop the troubled times and make the world peaceful. Grand Tutor, do you want to be the Grand Tutor in the troubled times, or the one who governs the world in peace?"

He, Deng Yi, came from a humble background, with no family background, no deep old friends and in-laws.

He raised his eyes slightly and looked at the officials who were sitting in the hall. Now there are many supporters around him. They listen to his orders, help him, and pay for him. The Xie family resisted him because he was the first emperor Tuogu, holding the jade seal in his hand, and the power to supervise the country and assist the government.

What they attached to was not Deng Yi, but the authority in his hands.

In troubled times, it was caused by fighting. Even if the head of civil servants holds the jade seal in his hand, when he is in battle, he will not accept the orders of the foreign emperor, and it is not his turn to give advice to the country.

If authority does not work well, it will become more and more difficult to use.

Deng Yi looked at the letter, Miss Chu came from a mediocre family, and although she had soldiers, she knew she couldn't compete with Xie Yanfang in troubled times, so she came to treat him as a sympathetic fellow.

Compassionate people have written another stroke.

"If Taifu can't help me, I will die with King Zhongshan and his son, and do my part for Taifu to usher in peace as soon as possible."

"Although I wanted to live, I was never afraid of death."

"From the moment I stepped into Zhongshan Palace, I was running to my death."

"My death has no regrets for the country, the people, or myself, and for Mr. Deng, I have no regrets either."

"Chu Zhao bid farewell."

She was right, if he didn't help her, she would die.

No regrets, why write so many words, young, honest and sophisticated, self-interested and awe-inspiring, isn't this threatening him with death?

Is he, Deng Yi, someone who cares about other people's life and death?

Deng Yi put down the letter and looked at the tea in his hand. The girl seemed to have been away for a long time, and he couldn't even remember what she looked like.

"Deng Yi, why are you here too!"

He vaguely remembered the first time he met, the girl called him by name in shock—it was obviously the first time he met him, but he could clearly feel the girl's familiarity with him.

She is afraid of him and wary of him, but she pleases him, praises him, and even at certain moments, she trusts him very much.

"Master Deng is the most powerful."

"Master Deng is the most powerful."

It seemed that the girl's voice sounded in Deng Yi's ears, powerful, he was indeed powerful, it was indeed a chance for him to become the person entrusted by the late emperor, but why this opportunity fell on him, Deng Yi, it was because he was step by step. Planning and operation.

He, Deng Yi, got the opportunity, and he did not let it down. He seized the opportunity and sat firmly in court in a short period of time.

He is so powerful, is there anything in this world that he dare not, what he cannot do?

Deng Yi put down his tea and said, "I want to draw up an imperial decree."

There was a momentary silence in the lively hall where they were talking, laughing, drinking tea and eating snacks. The officials looked surprised and thought they had heard it wrong.

"Teacher." Several officials stood up, "Be careful!"

Deng Yi looked around the hall: "Don't you all dare to help me?"

Seeing his gaze, some officials dodged, while others were helpless.

Deng Yi looked at them, smiled again, and shook the tea in his hand.

"Think about it, everyone, what good will it do us to get rid of King Zhongshan?"

"Your Majesty is young, so it is uncertain what accidents may happen in the future."

What a bold statement!The officials in the palace were shocked——

"The king of Zhongshan is the orthodox Xiao family." Deng Yi said, his eyes swept away, and he didn't say any more, then changed the subject, "The prince was also very friendly to you before, right?

He, a small official, King Zhongshan, can give gifts generously. Didn't these officials in the court accept the gifts from King Zhongshan?

Sure enough, these words made the expressions of the officials present change even more.

After a moment of silence, an older official smiled wryly.

"Teacher, if you do this, you will be infamous." He said, "What face is there?"

Deng Yi said: "This Grand Tutor has an old relationship with the King of Zhongshan, you all know it in your heart, it's not like you still have friendship with this Grand Tutor, and your life is quite honorable."

The officials in the palace were a little embarrassed.

"You can't make a theory like this." An official said helplessly, "The past is the past, and now you are the grand tutor selected by the late emperor."

Deng Yi said: "Then as long as the king of Zhongshan pleads guilty, he will still be the prince of Daxia. If the king of Zhongshan wants to rebel, the court dares to fight, and if the king of Zhongshan wants to plead guilty, why can't the court accept it?"

Look at everyone again.

"You don't have to worry, the infamy will be borne by this official, as long as you have nothing to do."

There is nothing we can do about it, we can’t stop it, it’s because of pity, officials look at me and I look at you, if you are pitiful, you will be less infamous.

Now that he has become one with Deng Yi, not only can't let him fall, but also gather strength with him, the emperor is young, this is a good opportunity for the family to rule the world, everyone bows their heads and salutes, "I respect the Taifu's decision."

Deng Yi put down his teacup and nodded, "Thank you all."

Even if this matter is settled, the atmosphere in the hall eases.

"Teacher, you are doing it for the queen, right?" A young official couldn't help but say.

Since she came to the throne, the queen has also behaved in many ways that are not in accordance with the rules, and Deng Yi indulged her indifferently.

Now I had let go of the matter of King Zhongshan, let Xie take control, read a letter from the queen, and wanted to reconcile with King Zhongshan without asking Xie——

The Taifu naturally has his own thoughts, but there must be a queen in these thoughts, right?

It is said that the empress and Deng Yi are old, and there are private rumors that the empress called Deng Yi what he owed him on the night of the palace chaos——

The officials in the hall had complicated expressions.

Deng Yi's expression was calm, and he glanced at the official: "The queen is for the world, and this official is also for the world."

He looked at the Grand Tutor's seal and the jade seal on the table.

"The official in this world has what he says now, if he doesn't say it now, maybe he won't have the chance to say it in the future."

Chapter 98 Apology

The fighting continued from night to dawn.

Standing on a high place in the sun and looking into the distance, the tragedy is shocking.

The soldiers and horses of the King of Zhongshan who had retreated from the camp had resumed their attack - no one would give up resistance when others raised their knives to kill wildly.

There are corpses piled up outside the city, including soldiers and people.

Passing over the corpses, the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp rushed to the city. In addition to flying arrows like rain on the city wall, there were also civilians who threw wood and stones. Compared with the soldiers and horses guarded by battlements and shields, the civilians were naked, and many people stood up and threw stones. , was shot to death by feather arrows outside the city.

But they had to stand up, because if they retreated, they would be shot to death by the feather arrows in Huicheng.

Bodies kept falling down the city.

"Your Majesty." A general galloped over, "The scout reported that the King of Zhongshan's reinforcements have arrived."

After the general finished speaking, he glanced at the child sitting in front of Xie Yanfang. The little emperor was holding a knife, but he was ignorant of the outside world, his eyes were dull, and he didn't speak——

"Divide up and fight." Xie Yanfang said, "This city must be taken no matter the cost."

Xie Yanfang's words were His Majesty's words, the imperial decree, the general responded, and just as the drums were about to divide the troops, the horn to withdraw the troops came from afar.

Stepping on the ground, it was the reinforcements rushing from a distance, and the reinforcements blew the horn of retreat again.

At the same time, the horn of withdrawing troops sounded in the city.

The general couldn't help being taken aback, so what?He couldn't help but look at Xie Yanfang.

Xie Yanfang didn't seem to hear, just said: "Attack."

This time not only gave the order, but also urged the horse to lead the emperor forward.

"Your Majesty, come with me to attack the city in person, and His Majesty will take Xiao Xun with his own hands."

The general hurriedly tried to keep up, but the next moment, there was another whining horn, this time it was not a withdrawal of troops, but a removal of armor.

Disarm.

This is not just retreat, it is surrender.

Actually, surrendered?

With the sound of the horn, the sound of the soldiers on the city wall dropping their weapons and armor to the ground also clearly entered the ears.

This—surrender, you can no longer beat the drums to kill.

The general was stunned, Xie Yanfang looked at the city of soldiers and horses close at hand, and tightened her grip on the reins.

With the sound of horns, shouts rolled in.

"Your Majesty——Your Majesty—the prince of Zhongshan was rebellious and caused great disaster—"

"Your Majesty—the king of Zhongshan has no way to teach his son, take off the crown, take off the royal robe and weep blood to plead guilty, please atone for your majesty—"

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The sky was bright, the capital was in full bloom, and the streets were bustling with people, but it was not as joyful as in previous springs. There were even a lot of people walking with gray heads and families with sad faces, and there were even more beggars.

"They're all fleeing."