Family Has a Concubine

After dressing up, Ye Tang changed into a water-red jacket and skirt sprinkled with begonia flowers, and went out with Hui Ran and Qiu Ju.

Qinglong Tea House is very lively these days, the lobby on the second floor is already full of people, and the storyteller not far away is frothing, surrounded by a group of people, chatting with him.

Ye Tangcai came to the lobby and just sat down when he heard a well-dressed old man in gray clothes holding a landscape folding fan not far away saying, "Now Yingcheng, I'm afraid it's... alas!"

"No way?" The people around looked a little nervous. If it was breached, it would be terrible to see the southwest side! Maybe it will attack here. "Didn't Old General Feng go there?"

"It's hard to say. Who doesn't know that the bravest member of the Feng family is the deceased General Feng. What a pity, alas!" The old man shook his head and tapped his folding fan on the tiger's mouth. Not even Xiu Mu. Anyway... let's wait for news!" I dare not say more.

The people in the lobby sighed for a while, and even the snacks on the table lost their taste in their mouths.

The news they were waiting for was now being presented to the dragon case.

Emperor Zhengxuan's face was gloomy, and his eyes fell on the bright yellow and vermilion scriptures on the dragon case. A group of ministers below all stood in silence, with their heads down, not daring to lift up. In the middle, kneeling, is a man dressed as a bodyguard.

King Lu, the crown prince, King Liang, and even the youngest King Rong are all here, standing in a row on the right side.

The prince stared at the kneeling guard with an extremely ugly expression on his face.

The guard tremblingly said, "Old General Feng went to Yingcheng with grain and grass, but he was intercepted by Xilu thieves twenty miles away from Yingcheng. The 200,000 troops he brought over lost 170,000...Old General Feng With the remaining 30,000 people, they entered Yingcheng and joined several young generals of the Feng family. But within a few days, Yingcheng was breached, and Yingcheng... was slaughtered..."

Hearing this, Emperor Zhengxuan covered his forehead with one hand, put his elbows on the dragon table, and took a deep breath.

"Old General Feng and three young generals were beheaded. The last two young generals retreated to Yu'an Pass with the remaining 50,000 people, and they are now guarding there." The guard continued.

The prince's voice trembled: "Where's the grain and grass?"

"Food and grass were robbed." The guard whispered.

Emperor Zhengxuan's eyes turned black.

Qian Zhixin's face was dark: "The military supplies that have been prepared with great difficulty... have emptied our household department."

"Don't worry about food and grass now, but think about sending someone to Yingcheng." Liang Wang sneered. "It's obvious now that the remaining two young generals of the Feng family are useless, and the Feng family is abolished."

Hearing these words, the faces of the Prince, Rong Guo Laohou, Yao Yangcheng, Qian Zhixin and others turned ashen. That is the natal family of the prince's side concubine, which is equivalent to the military power in the hands of the prince! Now, useless!

Emperor Zhengxuan's dim old eyes narrowed slightly, looking around at the ministers below.

The generals who should be used now are Kang Wang, Xu Dashi, Rongguo Houfu, and Feng's family! That's all. Of course, there are still Shangguanxiu, Wu Yiyi and others in Beijing, but they belong to the commander of the imperial army and the Jingwei battalion, and they must not be transferred.

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengxuan was in a bad mood. When did he have so few generals? Not even one available.

But now is not the time to think about this issue, the most important thing right now is Yingcheng! Yu'an Pass!

If the Yu'an pass is broken, the twelve states in the southwest will be lost!

The Minister of the Ministry of War said: "It's better to transfer King Kang or General Xu to Yu'an Pass."

Liao Shoufu immediately retorted: "The northwest area is vast, and it can't be handled by just these two people guarding it. If one person is transferred away and the Xilu Northern Army invades, wouldn't it be in Xilu's arms?"

"How about Rongguohou's mansion?" Liang Wang looked at the old Houye Rongguo who was standing beside him with a half-smile. That's the queen's natal home.

"This..." Mr. Zheng's uneven old face changed. "The Marquis of Rongguo's Mansion... is in Yanzhou, and there is already too much to handle over there."

Liang Wang burst out laughing: "As far as Yanzhou is concerned, how can you be overwhelmed by those cowards of Beiyan like Kang Wang and General Xu?"

"You—" Old Master Zheng's face darkened, but he couldn't swear a word.

Emperor Zhengxuan looked at Mr. Zheng's cowardly expression, and couldn't help but get angry.

The Marquis of Rongguo has guarded Xizhou at the border of Beiyan for generations. Beiyan is a subsidiary state of Daqi, poor and poor, so it is most comfortable to guard Xizhou, and it has a good reputation of guarding the country in leisure. Xizhou hadn't fought a war for decades, and the Marquis of Rongguo's mansion had become more arrogant and extravagant these years, so if they were sent to Yingcheng, wouldn't they be sent to death?

It doesn't matter if he dies, what matters is that he loses his soldiers!

The prince looked at the mocking eyes of King Liang, and his face darkened. That was his grandfather! Liang Wang even mocked in public! The prince said coldly: "The emperor loves to mock people so much, why don't you ask for the conscript?"

After finishing speaking, the prince was surprised, what did he say? Then, his expression changed drastically.

"Okay." Liang Wang had already knelt down on one knee: "Father, my son please recruit."

"Yes, Your Majesty, let the prince go out!" The Secretary of the Ministry of History, Chai Xuezhen, immediately echoed, "Now that the Yu'an Guanding army has lost their morale, if His Royal Highness King Liang takes the emperor's place on the expedition, it will definitely boost morale."

The faces of the prince, Mr. Zheng Laohou and others changed, and the prince knelt down immediately: "If you go to war, you should also be a minister. As a prince, it is natural that your ministers go to fight for the emperor."

"Your servants are also invited." Seeing this, King Lu and King Rong knelt down one after another.

All the courtiers looked wonderful.

Emperor Zhengxuan's face was ashen, and he shouted coldly: "Nonsense! What do you know! Is it enough to just boost morale now?"

"Father, the blood of the Xiao family is flowing on my son's body, so he can fight!" King Liang said.

The figure of Empress Xiao appeared in Emperor Zhengxuan's mind again, his heart trembled slightly, and then he said angrily: "Because of this, you must protect yourself well."

If King Liang goes, the military power will fall into his hands. Emperor Zhengxuan's dim eyes swept over the crown prince. If the crown prince goes, he will definitely be killed by traitors. Looking at King Lu, this one wants to go to war, so let's go after hemoptysis is cured first! He swept over King Rong again. If King Rong is allowed to go, why not let King Liang go? Liang Wang is still the elder brother!

"Besides, what are you treating as a battlefield? What's the use of boosting morale without a general protecting you?" Emperor Zhengxuan slammed the table hard and roared angrily. "Is there no one else in this big place?"

All the courtiers bowed their heads in silence, and none of them dared to stand up and ask for a fight. After all, it was Yingcheng. Who would dare to go after such a brave Feng family died there one after another?

"Let me figure out a way! Otherwise, what use are you for?" Emperor Zhengxuan sneered coldly. "If this matter is not resolved, there is no need to go down!"

The courtiers started discussing again, and they kept making suggestions. In fact, it was King Kang, General Xu, and the Marquis of Rongguo who went around and proposed other noble military officers.

But one by one was proposed, and one by one was rejected by listing various reasons.

The debate continued until noon. But Emperor Zhengxuan himself said that he was not allowed to go to court if he could not solve the problem, but he was old and weak, and he was dizzy and dizzy from hunger by noon. In the end, he had no choice but to retreat from the imperial court by himself, go back to rest, and let the imperial dining room take care of the courtiers' meals, but he just refused to let Li Palace.

But all the other yamen in the palace have gone down.

The Imperial Academy has stopped studying the history of the country for the past two days, and is busy with Yingcheng and Yu'an Pass. Maybe they can come up with a good plan.

Zhao Fan had to keep reading the history of the previous dynasty, as well as the war books of the previous dynasty, hoping to find a clever strategy. If he can solve this crisis, the emperor will definitely look at him differently.

When the time came, Zhao Fanxu was still unwilling to leave, and was still reading history books, but when he turned around, he saw Chu Yunpan washing his pens, obviously he was going to leave.

Zhao Fanxu felt a shock in his heart. I kept busy for an opportunity to make my mark, but Chu Yunpan took his time. Obviously, this opportunity was nothing to him. After this crisis, Chu Yunpan mostly had the opportunity to meet the saint.

Zhao Fanxu felt aggrieved in his heart, and couldn't help sneering: "Chu Xiuzhuan is going home?"

"En." Chu Yunpan responded lightly. "My wife is waiting at home."

"Oh, Chu Xiuzhuan is really leisure, and he doesn't care about the war in Yingcheng. How to say, that is the place where the Chu family used to defend, and now it has been slaughtered." Zhao Fanxu sighed slightly, "Although the Chu family It’s time to follow the literary path, but it’s time to do what a civil servant should do, at least to provide suggestions for that side, right?”

A cold sarcasm flashed in Chu Yunpan's eyes: "Then, did Editor Zhao think of a clever strategy?"

Zhao Fanxu's face froze: "I'm thinking about it now."

"Yun Pan is also thinking about it, but he doesn't just stay here and think about it. He thinks about it while going home. If you walk outside, you may come up with a clever plan." Chen Zhiheng raised his eyebrows. "Editor Zhao, let's go home too."

As Chen Zhiheng stood up, Chu Yunpan had already cleaned up his desk, and the two of them went out together.

Zhao Fanxu watched them leave together and felt that he was completely excluded.

Thinking of what Chen Zhiheng said just now, if you go outside for a walk, you might be able to think of a good strategy. But what if you can't think of a good strategy, and those old guys in Chaoshang have already solved the problem? Then if he ran outside at this time, others would definitely think that he didn't care about the war in Yingcheng.

Zhao Fanxu was very hesitant, and finally decided to stay in the Imperial Academy. Both of them went back on time, but he worked overtime, at least he could earn a good name.

After Chu Yunpan and Chen Zhiheng left the palace, they went to the horse house outside the palace.

The two went to the stable where the horses were parked, Chen Zhiheng said: "Don't take what Mr. Zhao said to heart. Whoever is not in a hurry in the battle of the city, who is not thinking hard about countermeasures."

Chu Yunpan said: "Is there any countermeasure, it's just a lack of people."

Said that he had already untied his horse and turned on his back.

"Yunpan?" Chen Zhiheng frowned.

"Let's go." Flicking the whip lightly, he left in the dust.

Qiongmingxuan——

Ye Tangcai was laying down on a long table in the Xici room, sketching patterns.

Huiran was preparing dinner in the small hall, when Qiuju's joyful voice suddenly sounded outside: "The third master is back."

Ye Tangcai was taken aback, then lowered her head and continued to draw flowers.

After a while, Chu Yunpan walked in, Ye Tangcai raised his eyes and cast a glance at him. He was still in his official robe, solemn and powerful, just sitting on the low stool opposite her.

"What are you doing?" Chu Yunpan asked in a low voice.

Ye Tangcai curled her lips: "Describe flowers." She gave him a look like, are you blind?