Rebirth of marriage

It was not just King Xiao who was brought into the palace, but also a group of confidential ministers.

What was discussed was the matter of Dijon.

Previously, the emperor exempted Cao Zhicheng from his worries on the grounds that he would negotiate with Di Rong. However, since Cao Zhicheng fell into a coma in the imperial study that day, he has been recuperating at home and has not dealt with the matter.

Because Cao Zhicheng knew very well that when his people were assassinating the second prince Di Rong, there was another group of Di Rong people who were also trying to kill the second prince Di Rong. It was not difficult for him to guess that it was King Di Rong's signal.

This was the reason why Di Rong went to war against Daxia. No matter what he did, it would be useless, and the emperor had already issued an imperial edict, so he would not take away his position as chief assistant for the time being.

Sure enough, King Di Rong made two demands that Daxia would never agree to.

The emperor looked at the kneeling heads below and asked, "Dear ladies, do you have any countermeasures?"

No one answered.

An unpopular second prince wanted to exchange their three cities in Daxia, which was a beautiful idea.

Cutting off King Xiao's head and sending it over, wouldn't it be Daxia taking the initiative to show weakness? Besides, who can cut off King Xiao's head and who dares?

Although there are two empresses in the harem who are pregnant, they may not be able to give birth. It is not yet known whether the child will be a boy or a girl. Even if he is a boy, he may not be able to compete with King Xiao. Who dares to offend King Xiao by saying this.

But the emperor dared. Seeing that all the heads were silent, he looked at Gu Xiao and asked, "What does Prince Xiao think about this matter?"

Gu Xiao cupped his hands and said, "I will obey your Majesty's instructions."

The emperor twitched his lips with an unclear expression, "You are the general guarding Yuyou Pass. The second prince Di Rong died under your jurisdiction. If you say you obey my will, you are not afraid that I will seriously send your head to him." Dijon?”

When he said this, he was paying attention to Lin Yushi with his peripheral vision, but Lin Yushi lowered his head and couldn't see the expression on his face.

"Would your Majesty do this?" Gu Xiao asked back, "The second prince Di Rong was killed by someone other than a minister. It is nonsense to say that his life was taken away from him. If a prince from another country casually dies, he will have to take his life to pay for it.

Then one more person will die in Xiliang tomorrow, and another one will die in Teli the day after tomorrow. Does Your Majesty have so many heads to give away? "

"So, in the eyes of King Xiao, I am such an incompetent person?" The emperor turned back to look at Gu Xiao.

The ministers noticed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere between the two, and they remained silent, not even daring to speak out.

Gu Xiao still spoke calmly, "I never said that."

The emperor looked at him coldly, "Yes, you have never said this, but you must think so in your heart."

"What King Xiao said before is reasonable, so according to King Xiao's opinion, what should we do?" The emperor threw the question to Gu Xiao again.

"The second prince Di Rong came to the capital not at the invitation of Da Xia. He died in Da Xia and there is no evidence that it was Da Xia's fault. I wonder if the chief minister can explain this to King Di Rong?" Gu Xiao looked at Cao Zhicheng.

Cao Zhicheng looked ashamed, "I have been feeling unwell and in a coma for many days. My health has improved in the past two days, and I am about to..."

Gu Xiao looked at the emperor and interrupted him, "If the communication between the chief minister and the assistants fails and Di Rong invades the border, I am willing to invite myself to fight."

"No." Cao Zhicheng was the first to object, "Your Majesty's only adult prince is Prince Xiao. Prince Xiao must not be put in danger."

Although they didn't understand why Cao Zhicheng suddenly cared about King Xiao so much, all the ministers felt that the reason was indeed such a reason, so they all agreed.

The emperor looked at Lin Zheng again, "What do Lin Aiqing think?"

Lin Zheng said respectfully, "What Cao Shoufu said is true. I second my opinion."

"Yes." The emperor nodded, "It is true that King Xiao cannot go out in person, but I have received news that Di Rong has dispatched troops to Yuyou Pass, and we, the Great Xia Dynasty, cannot be unprepared."

The emperor's eyes swept over everyone's heads, and finally fell on Duke Ying, "Gong Ying, you will go to Yuyou Pass temporarily this time to take over the [-] soldiers of Yuyou Pass to prevent Di Rong from invading."

Duke Ying has not had military power in his hands for many years. He has been idle these years. Occasionally he would doze off when he went to court to discuss matters.

He didn't expect that such wealth and wealth would suddenly come to him. He was a little dazed for a while. It wasn't until someone around him poked his arm that he quickly came to his senses and said, "I obey your order."

The Minister of Punishment frowned. Duke Ying had followed the old Duke Ying to the battlefield when he was young and had not fought for many years. Di Rong made such a request, which clearly meant that he coveted Daxia and was fully prepared.

Is it possible to serve the public?

It wasn't that he couldn't understand that the emperor was taking the opportunity to take away the military power from King Xiao. If he raised other opinions at this time, the emperor would definitely be displeased.

But it was related to the safety of the country. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am afraid that Di Rong is coming with great force this time. Duke Ying is not aware of the situation at Yuyouguan and has never dealt with Di Rong. I would like to ask your Majesty to send someone who is familiar with it again." The people from the Di Rong Army will help."

Before the emperor could speak, Gu Xiao said, "There are [-] troops in Yuyouguan, [-] of them are formed from refugees and bandits from various places. Although they practice regularly, they don't have much actual combat experience.

Di Rong intends to demonstrate to Daxia this time. I am afraid that he will send more than [-] troops. I sincerely ask your majesty to allow the Duke to bring more troops to promote the prestige of Daxia. "

The emperor originally thought that he would try to keep the military power in his hands, but he didn't expect that this was the suggestion he made, and he had no intention of giving up.

Looking at Lin Yushi again, his expression was the same.

So much so that he was in a daze, wondering if he was overthinking it, because Gu Xiao had no intention of competing for the position.

Seeing that Gu Xiao and the Minister of Punishment were still looking at him, the emperor suppressed his racing thoughts and thought about what they said, and it did make sense.

The emperor knew very well how the [-] sergeants in Yuyouguan came to be. They were only recruited after Gu Xiao defeated Di Rong. Gu Xiao's statement that he lacked combat experience was a euphemism, but in fact he had never been on the battlefield at all.

After thinking about it, we couldn't just take back Gu Xiao's military power and then suffer a defeat. That would not look good on the emperor, so he transferred another [-] troops to Ying Guogong, as well as a man with some battlefield experience. General Rich served as his lieutenant.

In this way, there were 15 troops to resist Dijon.

Regarding the matter of Di Rong, it was finalized in this way. Daxia would not agree to either of King Di Rong's two demands, and could not agree. If you want to fight, then fight.

The emperor felt that this decision was very heroic and decisive, but in fact he had no other choice, so he ordered Duke Ying to immediately rectify the situation and set out for Yuyou Pass two days later. He must defend Di Rong outside Yuyou Pass.

He really didn't expect that it would be so easy to take away the military power from King Xiao, so he couldn't help but think more. Did he misunderstand it? In fact, Gu Xiao didn't care about power at all?

But then I thought about it, just now Lin Zheng and Gu Xiao had no interaction in the palace, and they didn't even make eye contact. They clearly had contact in private, but they kept it from him. This was a conspiracy.

They also thought about Qi Hetong being imprisoned and someone poisoning his food. It must be Xiao Wang and the others. They were worried that Qi Hetong would say something they shouldn't say.

Unfortunately, they didn't know that he already knew the truth, and he had already arranged for the real Qi Hetong to be released from prison, and the one who was poisoned was just a death row criminal.

He shook his head. He couldn't be overthinking it. It was true that King Xiao and Lin Zheng formed a clique for personal gain. He would hand over his military power. He probably had other plans. Or maybe King Xiao really didn't want to go to war and had to hand it over. military power.

As an emperor, he can guard against anyone who is suspicious of anyone, and he is not wrong.

"Your Majesty." A slim figure of Nana entered the palace slowly. The Yungui man smiled brightly, "Your Majesty has a taste of the soup stewed by my concubine."

The emperor discussed the matter with the ministers for a long time, and when he was a little exhausted, he glanced at Zhao Debao.

Zhao Debao understood and quickly took out the silver needle from his sleeve and tried it. The color of the silver needle did not change and was non-toxic.

The emperor picked up the bowl and drank half of the soup.

After drinking, he frowned, "What does it taste like? Isn't it the same as before?"

The Yungui man smiled sweetly, leaned over and whispered in his ear, "It's the recipe the Heavenly Master mentioned, and now it's done. He said it's much better than the previous elixir."

She lowered her head and lowered her eyes, twisted the handkerchief in her hand, and said shyly, "Your Majesty should have feelings."

She didn't say it, but the emperor didn't feel it. As soon as she finished speaking, the emperor felt a vital force flowing through the four meridians and eight meridians, and his whole body became smooth and energetic, as if he had returned to the state of his youth.

Previously, he was worried that these medicines would be harmful to the body, so he increased the dosage and asked the chamberlain and the Taoist priest to try them separately. They were all fine.

He was relieved to take it, and his health was indeed much better. He touched the Yungui man's abdomen with his hand, "When will my heir be born here?"