Prince, Do You Still Need a Prisoner

As soon as the official finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by the general. The general argued with a flushed face and a thick neck.

"You literati are full of righteousness and morality, even for a wolf. This is the season for their harvest. No matter what, they will suffer from a shortage of food, as the Lord Official has said. They obviously want to get rid of my control. "

These words naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the civil officials. Naturally, the military officials did not want to be outdone, and soon, the Supreme Harmony Hall would become their battlefield. Gu Junxiu raised his voice slightly, "What the two love letter s have said makes sense, but is there a compromise where not only does the power of the nation not need to be consumed, it can also serve as a deterrent?"

With these words, the entire palace hall fell into silence once more.

"I have a plan." Hua Qingse stood out amidst the silence. Even when facing Gu Qingcheng who was sitting on the dragon throne, he still remained neither humble nor arrogant.

"love letter, quickly say it." Gu Qingcheng was just worrying about how he was going to resolve the situation, and seeing that he had come out, he was obviously giving him face, and furthermore, he was recommended by Gu Junxiu.

Hua Qingse stood at the bottom and spoke unhurriedly, "This subject thinks that if they think that the Dongqing Kingdom has the heart to disobey them based on their future tribute, it would be too hasty. Moreover, the date of the tribute wasn't here yet. If they were to appear on that day, then everything that had happened today would be in vain. "Therefore, I think it would be better to wait until a later date before thinking of a workable method."

His words perfectly matched Gu Qingcheng's thoughts, and his face revealed an expression of praise. Just as the announcement was about to be made, the official continued, "Your Excellency's words are wrong. Even if they come to pay tribute, it doesn't necessarily mean that they don't have any intention of starting a war."

This time, the civil officials and the military officials were extremely united. They did not agree with what Hua Qingse had said just now.

Even so, he was not in a hurry. He calmly refuted, "What I just said was not what I meant. Could it be that you, Sir, have overheard it?" The official was unable to refute his words and could only say, "What a strong argument."

Then he went back to his seat and stood.

Gu Qingcheng saw that their farce was almost over, and announced, "We agree with love letter Hua's suggestion, we can discuss about this matter later." After the next assembly, most of the people in the assembly knew about Hua Qingse, the newly promoted vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The court was always divided into two factions, but he did not belong to either faction. No matter what, he would always act as if he was alone. But looking at the situation in the Hall of Supreme Harmony today, the Emperor was extremely fond of him.

After the next assembly, Gu Junxiu was announced by Gu Qingcheng to be in Hall of Mental Cultivation, and just as he entered, Gu Qingcheng was already overjoyed, "Ah Xiu, the person you recommended to us was powerful, the hall is much calmer today."

Gu Junxiu smiled faintly, he knew that the reason they called him over was not because of this matter. As expected, after he had finished saying those words, Gu Qingcheng said worriedly, "Although the matters of the Dongqing Kingdom are still uncertain, the matter of Lin Fan colluding with them has always worried us. If they were plotting in the dark, they would be caught off guard and we might miss the opportunity. "

Of course, Gu Junxiu had not forgotten about that time, but he did not manage to find their previous letter, so he was unclear about what Lin Dong had revealed. He stopped his thoughts and asked calmly, "What does Royal Brother plan to do?"

Gu Qingcheng pondered for a moment, then said to him, "Go and secretly investigate the background of the Dongqing Kingdom, as the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will be able to win a hundred battles. This battle is something that will happen sooner or later. If we can get more useful information, after the war, there will always be benefits. "

The reason why he did not mention the Dongqing Kingdom matter next year was because he was worried that there were spies in the court. If everyone knew about this, they would definitely alert the others. Thus, he could only leave this secret to Gu Junxiu. He closed his eyes slightly and took this matter into his own hands.

On the way back to the Zhaoyang Palace, he did not go look for Ruan Xiaonuan, because she seemed to be angry yesterday. He planned to wait for her to calm down and find a suitable time to explain what happened yesterday.

However, what he did not know was that Ruan Xiaonuan was not sulking in her room. She took advantage of the time when he was in court to run to the remote palace by herself. The old nanny did not seem surprised to see her, and said indifferently, "You have a long future, I thought you had already forgotten about me."

Ruan Xiaonuan was probably already used to seeing this face and was not afraid. She hurriedly explained the reason why she hadn't come over during this period of time, "I am just a Young Eunuch. Master has given me too much instructions, so I naturally don't have any time. How could I forget about you?"

old nanny glanced at her indifferently, then turned and returned to his room, "Follow me, drink some tea with me, and tell me about what happened in the palace."

Ruan Xiaonuan quickly agreed. Although the tea was not very good, but it tasted good. When she walked out, she saw clumps of bamboo that blocked most of the sunlight. This was also the reason why this palace was so gloomy. She couldn't help but ask, "Granny, did you plant this bamboo?"

A look of reminiscence appeared in old nanny's eyes, and after a long while, she said with a hoarse voice, "This was planted by an old friend."

Instinctively, she felt there must be a story in it. She asked, "Where is that old friend?" Ruan Xiaonuan saw the pain in her eyes and knew that she must have experienced something bad.

"If it's inconvenient to say, I won't ask."

However, old nanny opened his mouth and said, "She is no longer here."

Ruan Xiaonuan had already guessed that it would be this result. After all, a person who could plant a large amount of bamboo in this place definitely wasn't a palace maid. As the Palace Mistress, if she did not appear in the palace, then she could only be dead.

She felt that the atmosphere was a bit heavy. He quickly changed to a more relaxed topic and said, "If I were to put up a board in the bamboo forest and sit in it in the middle of a scorching summer day, it would definitely be a very satisfying game."

But just as she finished speaking, the old nanny suddenly grabbed her and said, "How did you know there was a board over there?" Ruan Xiaonuan did not understand why she suddenly became so excited, and said awkwardly: "I just feel that playing chess in the bamboo forest is a very beautiful thing to do."

She had heard that the chessboard used to be there, but now that it was empty, she could not help but to ask curiously, "Where is the chessboard now?"

"It's been smashed!" old nanny said without changing his tone. And when Ruan Xiaonuan heard the reason, she couldn't help but open her mouth wide in shock.