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Yes, revive the Nie family! Nie Wushuang looked at the white snow outside the palace, determination flashing in her cold beautiful eyes.

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Snow fell on the ground, and the ground was completely white. Thousands of miles away, the city of Tongzhou in Qi State was completely dark, with snowflakes falling on the ground, falling everywhere, but the entire city seemed dead and lifeless.

The only candle that was lit was the somewhat dilapidated state and county government office. In the dead of winter, the door was kept wide open. I was afraid of delaying the military intelligence report, and I didn't care that someone would come in and plunder. No one would do this. Thoughts, no one would dare to do this.

There was just a solitary, mottled red-lacquered yamen door, which looked particularly desolate in the snowy night.

"Master Xiangguo, please rest late at night." Zhuying, the young man, stepped forward to persuade him.

Gu Qinghong shook his head. There was a sand table in front of him. His clear brows were deeply furrowed, and he stopped from time to time to calculate something.

"Master Xiangguo, please rest. There are still many things to be busy with tomorrow." Zhuying said earnestly.

Gu Qinghong closed his eyes tiredly and sat on the chair: "Go and invite General Wu. I have something to ask how the Nuan Canal is being repaired now? Will it be blocked by snow?"

While they were talking, there was a commotion in front of the government office. Some people were shouting and looking for the military doctor, while others were crying. The whole government office seemed to be awakened by the night demon, and suddenly the body began to stir.

Zhuying just came back to his senses and wanted to rush out to take a look. The green shadow beside him flashed and Gu Qinghong had already rushed out. Bamboo Shadow quickly caught up. In the snow-covered courtyard, two bloody men were lying on stretchers. By the light of the burning torches around them, Bamboo Shadow recognized that one of them was the General Wu that Gu Qinghong was looking for just now.

His heart suddenly lifted up. General Wu was covered in blood. It was freezing cold. The blood gurgled out and froze on his armor, forming a layer of blood ice.

Gu Qinghong had already stepped forward to hold his hand, and his usually calm tone suddenly changed: "General Wu, General Wu, wake up!"

He held his veins and poured his inner energy into General Wu's long-depleted body.

General Wu opened his eyes and said with difficulty: "Prime Minister... Sir, the Qin army has a small detachment that secretly crossed the river to make a surprise attack... more than a dozen... brothers are all dead..."

Gu Qinghong suddenly thought: "They actually crossed the river?! How did they cross the river?"

General Wu took a few deep breaths, and then said with difficulty: "There should be a section of the upper river that was...frozen...before they could cross the river."

He held Gu Qinghong's hand tightly, his eyes widened, showing despair: "Xiangguo... the weather... is getting colder and colder. The warm canal can no longer... cannot stop the snowy weather from sealing the river... and once the upper reaches freezes, , the flow downstream will be cut off..."

The people around him suddenly became quiet, and the military doctor who hurried over wearing a cotton-padded jacket was also stunned on the spot. There was a great despair in the cold air all around.

"Xiangguo... Your Excellency... we can't hold it anymore..." The look in General Wu's eyes gradually dimmed, and his next words became softer and softer: "Tongzhou, we can't hold it anymore..."

For a long time, the snow in the sky became heavier and heavier. When everyone looked up, they were greeted by the overwhelming snow, and the rustling sound was like the sharpest mockery of God. Ridiculing them for their useless efforts, ridiculing them for exhausting their efforts and bloodshed and still being unable to protect the last barrier of Qi.

Gu Qinghong slowly closed General Wu's wide eyes and walked slowly into the room. I don't know if it was everyone's misunderstanding, but his steps looked very vain.

"Give the revised letter to Master Lin." Not long after, he came out again, holding a letter with still wet ink in his hand. The snowflakes hit his handsome face, but it was like hitting the face of a jade sculpture, and he did not startle. Half a wave.

His voice was cold: "Let him go to Yingguo again, and be sure to ask the emperor of Yingguo to lend 30,000 troops to help repel the enemy."

"Yes!" Zhuying took it, hesitated, and asked in a low voice: "What if I can't borrow it again?"

For a long time, determination flashed across Gu Qinghong's face: "Then we can only rely on ourselves. If that day comes, I swear to live and die with Tongzhou!"

Quiet, still quiet, after a moment, everyone came back to their senses, roaring loudly: "I swear to live and die with Tongzhou!"

"Fight!"

"Kill all the Qin dogs! Restore our Qi country!"

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"Lai Yi Palace" is as warm as spring. The queen is leaning on the bed, watching the eldest prince playing with several chamberlains. The inner palace is as warm as spring. The fine silver charcoal will not only not smoke and burn, but will also burn. A faint pine aroma emerges.

Grandma Wang stepped forward and handed the purchasing brochure sent by the palace stewards to the Queen.

The Queen looked at it for a few times, then raised her temples and asked, "Why are there so many? What about the New Year items in the Queen Mother's Palace? Who is responsible for purchasing them?"

Grandma Wang answered cautiously: "Today there was word from the Queen Mother that the purchase of the Yongxi Palace this year will be in charge of the general manager of the Yongxi Palace, so I don't have to worry about it."

The queen's face darkened when she heard this: "What does it mean that I don't have to worry about it anymore? Where will the money be collected from?"

Grandma Wang sat on a low stool next to her and said softly: "The Queen Mother also said that she wants her to approve a note to allow the purchase of the 'Yongxi Palace' to take silver from the treasury of the harem."

When the queen heard this, she was furious, but she couldn't get angry immediately. With a cold face, she motioned to the palace maid to take the eldest prince down, and then she said angrily: "What does this mean? Does this palace have to give her whatever she wants?" ?"

She stood up and paced back and forth in the palace angrily: "Now the emperor is practicing frugality and allocating funds to the harem.

She doesn’t have much money, so why should I give her whatever she wants? What about the other palaces? Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, what should I do? Is it necessary to cut the proportions of each palace and let her spend her money on choosing a prince-in-law, a princess and a hairpin? "

The Queen's usually dignified face was slightly red with anger. Grandma Wang sighed at the side: "My maidservant knows that you are in trouble, but the Queen Mother is used to being domineering. If the Queen Mother fails to fulfill her wishes this time, I'm afraid..."

The queen became even more angry when she heard this: "What are you afraid of? When the emperor was just the prince, she covered the sky with one hand. Now that the emperor has finally lost control of her, she comes to manipulate this palace? The Gao family has been greedy for so much land and money. Now I still have the face to ask for more, so why don’t I even give you face and just reach out to get money from me? What’s the point of this!”

She wanted to say more, but at this moment, the servant's chorus came from outside the door: "The Emperor has arrived..."

Grandma Wang signaled, and the queen managed to calm down, looked in the mirror, and stepped forward with a smile.

Xiao Fengming walked to the door, and she knelt down in a polite manner: "I respectfully welcome the emperor, long live the emperor."

Xiao Fengming took off his cloak that was stained with snow particles, then smiled and helped the queen up: "Thank you for your hard work, Zitong."

The queen looked at the elegant and handsome face in front of her, and her face softened: "What did the emperor say? The emperor works hard."

Xiao Fengming held her hand and sat on the bed. Someone from the palace had already come forward to take off his shoes and socks that were wet with snow and put on clean ones. The queen herself twisted a warm handkerchief and wiped the snow off his face.

Xiao Fengming held her hand and smiled slightly: "I will do it myself." The queen watched him wash up, then served hot tea and asked in a warm voice: "Why is the emperor here today?"

Xiao Fengming smiled and shook her hand and said, "The New Year is approaching these days. I heard that you have been working hard for several days. Is there anything difficult to solve? Tell me."

A warmth surged in the Queen's heart, and her eyes could not help but gleam with water: "Your Majesty..."

"Zi Tong is worried about the harem, so of course I am relieved, but I don't want you to be too tired. I have said that you should be frugal, but I'm afraid I won't be able to be frugal this year, because Yun Le is about to get the hairpin, and she will get married after the hairpin. I'm afraid you will be in trouble too. , I just told the person from the Ministry of Finance to draw up a note for you, just go and get whatever you need, don’t be embarrassed..."

Before he finished speaking, the queen was already crying silently. The emperor and empress, a young couple, have treated each other as guests for more than ten years. No matter how big the event was, he had never seen the queen lose her temper and cry in front of him. A complicated look flashed across Xiao Fengming's eyes, and he dismissed everyone. He waited for the queen to cry for a while, and then took a silk handkerchief to wipe her tears: "Why are Zitong crying?"

The queen leaned in his arms and choked with sobs: "I just feel touched. The emperor...is so kind to me."

Xiao Fengming smiled bitterly: "Why am I being nice to Zitong? I always thought that Zitong hated me."

"How could it be?" The queen raised her head in surprise: "Did the emperor always think that the concubine was dissatisfied with the emperor?"

Xiao Fengming looked into her eyes: "Isn't it true? I have never cared about you. I built a 'Ming Fu Palace' and now I want to build a 'Feng Yin Terrace'. Isn't Zitong unhappy?"

I see. The queen wiped away her tears and smiled lightly: "The emperor is the king of a country, and he cannot stop his concubines if he likes them, but..."

She raised her head and looked at him: "But the emperor is my concubine's husband, and this will not change."

Xiao Fengming hugged her gently and sighed: "Yes, it won't change, and I hope it won't change..."

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PS: This chapter is not nonsense, not nonsense! It serves as a link between the previous and the following. Xiao Fengming went to break up the alliance between the Queen and the Queen Mother. It was not a true love between husband and wife... I apologize for my misunderstanding!