The Queen Dressed as Lin's Sister

The Minister of the Ministry of War waited for a while, but did not see Wu Zhao coming out again, but the court lady Xueyan came out and said respectfully: "Master Shangshu, the emperor has read the document, please rest assured, Lord Shangshu, tomorrow morning, the emperor I will bring up the matter of Caiwei Island at the court meeting for everyone to discuss."

Minister of the Ministry of War was a little anxious. He came late at night because of the urgency of this matter, but the emperor didn't seem to be in a hurry. He wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

Although the emperor is young, he has indeed done some surprising things since he ascended the throne. Many of his party members were broken by Shui Rong. Minister of the Ministry of War thought about it, and suddenly felt that since the emperor said so, naturally there is no need to worry, so he said: "Thank you, then I will retire first."

The Shangshu of the Ministry of War left, and Xueyan almost collapsed on the ground in fright, not for any other reason, but because the emperor didn't see the memorial at all, and the emperor was still unconscious on the bed!

Xueyan hurried back to report, saying: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Lord Shangshu is gone!"

Wu Zhao nodded and said, "What's the rush? It's nothing serious, don't panic, I still have something for you to do."

Xueyan nodded and said, "Yes, the empress ordered."

Wu Zhao said softly: "In a while, you go and invite General Gao."

Xueyan said in surprise: "General Gao? Now?"

Wu Zhao shook his head and said, "After a while, after a while."

Xueyan was a little surprised, the empress called General Gao to come to the palace late at night, if someone listened to it, it would definitely be bad, but Xueyan felt that the empress must have her own ideas, so she agreed, went out carefully, and quietly called General Gao up.

General Gao was originally a deputy. When the former emperor ordered Shui Rong to defend the border and resist the Qianxiang Kingdom, General Gao was still the deputy general. He used to be very dissatisfied with Wu Zhao. It's all about taking people, but later he was very respectful to Wu Zhao and absolutely obeyed.

Sure enough, after midnight, General Gao came over. He was on duty today and happened to be in the palace. He heard that Wu Zhao was looking for him, and it was very urgent.

General Gao walked into the sleeping hall, Wu Zhao didn't let him go to the tea room, but went straight into the inner hall, General Gao didn't know about the emperor's serious illness, he thought it was just an occasional cold, when he entered the inner hall, he was dumbfounded, I even forgot my greetings.

General Gao's eyes widened, seeing Shui Rong lying on the bed with a pale face, he said in surprise, "Empress Empress! What's wrong with the Emperor!?"

Wu Zhao said flatly, "As you can see."

General Gao was so surprised that he remembered to pay his respects, and quickly knelt down to pay his respects and plead guilty.

Wu Zhao said, "Now that we are facing a great crisis, I still have to ask the general, so the general will please."

General Gao stood up and said, "I don't know what the empress has to tell me, I will definitely do my best."

Wu Zhao raised his hand, stretched out his sleeves, and said, "General Gao, as you can see, the emperor didn't catch the wind and cold by accident, and he couldn't go to court before. It was also because of this. The emperor is now... seriously ill."

General Gao was even more astonished. He looked at the emperor on the bed in shock, and said, "This...but...this...wasn't the emperor reviewing memorials before? Then...Zhu Pibei has also seen it."

Wu Zhao smiled faintly, and said, "It was reviewed by this Palace on my behalf, and General Gao laughed."

General Gao was even more astonished, and looked at Wu Zhao with admiration. Wu Zhao handed me the memorial book of the Minister of War to General Gao, and said, "Now that the enemy is at hand, I have a request from General Gao."

General Gao respectfully took the memorial book to read, and after reading it, he opened his eyes wide, and said angrily: "Those bastards in Luoshui country, do you want to take advantage of the fire to rob them? The empress must want the humble officials to send troops to help Caiwei Island? Please empress Don't worry, the humble job will definitely send those bastards back to their hometowns!"

As General Gao said this, he thought to himself that he had no experience in water warfare. The battle at Caiwei Island must have been a water warfare. I heard that there are many swamps and wetlands around Caiwei Island. As a result, the terrain is complicated , but also to ask the empress to assign him a deputy who is good at boat division operations.

General Gao had an excited expression on his face, and it was true, he was a general guarding the frontier, he had been in the court for a while, and his hair was already growing.

But Wu Zhao smiled and said, "General Gao, you're thinking about it. I don't want General Gao to go through life and death, but I want to ask General Gao for a small matter."

General Gao was a little suspicious, and said in a hurry, "That's...? Please show me the empress!"

Wu Zhao said lightly: "General Gao also understands that the court meeting is held every five days, and it is time to go to court tomorrow morning, and the emperor is still seriously ill. I am afraid that he will not be able to go to the court, and the matter of Caiwei Island is imminent. It is impossible." If there is any further delay, if the emperor does not go to the court meeting, the ministers will definitely have criticisms, so... this Palace wants to invite General Gao to pretend to be the emperor and participate in the court meeting."

"Gudong!"

General Gao swayed and almost fell to the ground. He wished he could kneel as soon as his legs softened. This is more terrifying than going through life and death, because the empress actually let him pretend to be the emperor. Maybe I have to take out the pre-Qin set of chariots and use them.

General Gao's eyes widened, and he stammered, "Emperor... Empress Empress?"

Wu Zhao smiled and said, "General Gao heard correctly."

General Gao said in shock: "But..."

Wu Zhao said, "General Gao doesn't need to worry too much. He just needs to take a sick leave tomorrow, put on a dragon robe, and sit behind the curtain."

Before General Gao could react, Wu Zhao said flatly, "I can't help it. There are not many people in this court that I can trust, and among the people I can trust, only General Gao is the same size as the emperor."

That's true. Although Shui Rong has a gentle appearance, she is tall. Wei Ruolan is tall and not short, but compared to Shui Rong, she is a bit thin. Feng Qingxuan is not as tall as Shui Rong, so let's not mention Jia Yun. Yun is a literati, let alone.

In this way, only General Gao, who usually looks tall and mighty, is about the same.

General Gao was stunned and didn't even realize that he was going to wear a dragon robe!

General Gao didn't leave all night. In the early morning of the next day, Xue Yan waited for General Gao to put on the dragon scarf. General Gao was like a log, too scared to move.

Wu Zhao also tidied up his clothes, and went out to take a look. General Gao was wearing a dragon robe and almost knelt on the ground to pay his respects. Wu Zhao said, "There is no need to be too polite, Your Majesty, please go ahead."

General Gao was trembling, he swore that he had never had weak calves on the battlefield in his life, and now he was shaking so badly.

Because the emperor was suffering from the cold, a curtain cage was specially set up. The tulle curtain cage separated the man in the dragon robe from behind. Not only that, the empress even appeared in the court hall together.

All the ministers were a little surprised, but still respectfully bowed down, Wu Zhao said: "The emperor has not recovered from the cold, and his throat can't make a sound, so today's court meeting, the emperor specially entrusted this palace to convey it on his behalf."

Only then did the ministers understand, and they stood on both sides. The Minister of the Ministry of War immediately reported the matter of Caiwei Island. When the ministers heard this, there was a commotion and discussion. The two ministers agreed to denounce Luo Shuiguo and sent troops to take Caiwei Island.

Wu Zhao listened, glanced at General Gao, and moved closer to him, causing General Gao's back to go numb from fright, but Wu Zhao said in a low voice, "Just pretend to cough."

General Gao hurriedly covered his mouth and coughed vigorously. In order to prove that his throat was uncomfortable, he coughed very hoarsely. Wu Zhao pretended to be listening, and was going to convey it later.

Soon Wu Zhao stood up and said, "My lords, what the emperor means is... there is no need to fight on Caiwei Island."

When she said this, all the officials were surprised, and they made a lot of noise, not knowing what it meant.

The Minister of the Ministry of War said anxiously: "Your Majesty? Why didn't you fight this battle? Caiwei Island is a battleground for military strategists. If Luo Shuiguo takes Caiwei Island back, then many border cities in my direction will be threatened. Not only that, before The people of Luoshui Kingdom have already made a covenant to hand over Caiwei Island, and now they have turned their backs on their promises, so they don’t take my country seriously. If this battle is not fought, the country’s prestige will definitely be lost. How can I be around in the future? How about a foothold in a small country?"

What Minister of the Ministry of War said was very reasonable, so naturally, many people responded one after another.

Wu Zhao pretended to be listening again, and then said with a smile, "My lords, don't worry, the emperor has his own way. I heard that there are many wetlands and swamps around Caiwei Island, right?"

There are indeed many wetlands and swamps near Caiwei Island. It can be said that Caiwei Island is the only island with a relatively open terrain and can be stationed. Unpredictable, some places have shallow water, some places have silt, and it is impossible to use it for combat. This has made Caiwei Island a must-have for military strategists.

Wu Zhao narrowed her eyes and said flatly, "Give up Caiwei Island."

As soon as she said this, the courtiers were even more noisy, giving up Caiwei Island, then they would lose their threat to Luo Shuiguo, this was a very wrong decision.

Everyone didn't understand why, Wu Zhao handed a booklet to the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch hurriedly passed it down and handed it to the Minister of the Ministry of War. The back of the cage coughed and didn't say anything...

The court meeting soon ended, and the Minister of the Ministry of War went to the class room with the memorial in hand to discuss with everyone. General Gao, wearing a dragon robe, hurried back to the inner hall, his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Wu Zhao walked in slowly, with a calm expression on his face. General Gao quickly took off his dragon robe and said, "Empress, what is your solution?"

The imperial court did not support Caiwei Island. Caiwei Island did not send any troops, but sent a piece of paper. When the people of Luoshui Kingdom heard about it, they were overjoyed. Even if they send troops to support them, they may not be able to arrive.

Because the imperial court did not have soldiers and horses to support them, the people of Luoshui Kingdom were even more unscrupulous, showing weakness and attacking.

In less than a month, the garrison on Caiwei Island couldn't hold on at all, and they were already defeated. The people of Luoshui Kingdom took the opportunity to attack again, and soon the garrison on Caiwei Island was lost and fled in all directions.

"General! The soldiers of Luoshui Kingdom are here!"

The general of the garrison of Caiwei Island stood on the tower and looked down. It was dark and dense, all the soldiers and horses of Luoshui Kingdom had crossed the water, and were ready to do the final fight to capture Caiwei Island.

But the general didn't panic, he held a memorial in his hand, closed it with a "snap!", and said, "It's just in time, I ordered the withdrawal of the troops, and told the brothers, withdraw in a panic, and act like this general!"

"Yes, General!"

When the people of Luoshui State rushed to Caiwei Island, the garrison on the island was retreating, and they were in a panic, throwing their helmets and armor off, and fled in all directions.

The general of Luo Shuiguo saw it, and immediately ordered to pursue them, wanting to wipe out the garrisons. The ground was full of food, grass and weapons, and the garrisons fled to the water's edge one after another.

The general of the Luoshui Kingdom saw that the enemy had been routed and completely disfigured, so he sent the Luoshui Kingdom's army on board to chase after him.

It's just that they didn't realize it. After chasing for a while, their boats were too big and ran aground suddenly. Some fell into the swamp, some were hit by reefs, and some hit the boat in front of them.

At this time, there was a sudden killing all around, and the garrison who fled just now rushed out one after another. They used a small boat of four or five people, which was very light and agile, and it was not easy to run aground like a big boat, so they all jumped out at once.

Caiwei Island is surrounded by complex terrain, which is not suitable for fighting at all, and they are not as suitable for boat divisions as the people of Luoshui Kingdom, but it just happens that such a place is suitable for ambushes, suitable for surprise, and there is no need for too much. Many soldiers and horses.

The general of Luo Shuiguo discovered the trick, but it was too late. They were surrounded in an instant, and their ship ran aground, and there was no way to escape.

During these days when troops were dispatched, it was still normal in the capital, morning would be on the [-]th, it had been a month, and Shui Rong still hadn't woken up, at most he opened his eyes to take a look, and then fell into a drowsy sleep.

The imperial doctor has tried his best, but this disease is very troublesome, if it is not for the good water-soluble foundation, I am afraid that it will die on the first day of sending troops.

General Gao still pretended to be the emperor every five days, went to the morning court, hid behind the curtain, coughed a few times, put on a show, and Wu Zhao performed the rest on the spot.

General Gao admired the Empress Empress more and more, because the Empress Empress was not afraid in the face of danger, and her words were well-founded and orderly, no matter how difficult the courtiers were, she was able to respond fluently.

At night, General Gao had already withdrawn respectfully. Wu Zhao walked slowly into the inner hall, sat on the bedside, raised his hand to gently stroke Shui Rong's cheek, sighed softly, and said: " When did you wake up?"

Naturally, Shui Rong couldn't speak, so he lay quietly on the bed with his eyes closed, his handsome face was already pale, which made people panic.

Wu Zhao said flatly again: "If you don't wake up again... your world will be handed over to me."