Taishi Mansion.
Tianyun Po Chengri bored himself in the study, always paying attention to the movements of Xikun.
His desk was full of letters and newspapers sent continuously, including official documents from the army and secret messages from spies. Some of them were sent by his own people, and some were sent by Mr. Bao.
Yufu punished him for his impulsive remarks in the name of recuperating at the mansion. He has not yet allowed him to return to the court, but his attention to state affairs has not diminished in the slightest.
Seeing that Xikun became more and more calm under the leadership of Gu Shubai, and the forces of all parties gradually stabilized, he did not know whether to be happy or not.
"Yun'er, I don't think you should be angry with your Majesty anymore."
A woman in a Chinese dress came in from outside the house with food in her hand, "You are so obsessed with sleep and sleep watching what is happening in Xikun, and you have lost weight. Aunty made you some soup, so you can drink some. Take a break and rest."
Tian Yunpo rubbed his eyes, only to realize that his spirit was not as good as before.
In the past, he ran around the palace and the palace every day, full of energy and never tired, staying in the palace for more than ten days, instead, he seemed to have a serious illness.
He smiled, put down the paperwork in his hand and walked towards the woman, "I'm probably working hard. I only deserve to work in the middle of the court, not to rest in the house."
"Nonsense, you are the eldest son of the old lady, and you are the honorable son of a family. How can you say that you are?"
The woman glared at him, and she personally filled him with a bowl of soup and brought it to the front, "Drink, my aunt is here watching you drink. I heard the young man say that you don’t think about tea and rice these days, if I don’t come, I’m afraid of you. I really want to burn myself out."
The woman is Tian Yunpo's mother's younger sister, and his parents are gone. Only this aunt who is a close relative can discipline him.
Tian Yunpo didn't dare to disobey, and honestly picked up the soup bowl, but the woman sighed.
"Yun'er, you listen to your auntie. That General Gu is your majesty's husband, and your majesty should trust him. Besides, he didn't do anything suspicious, why are you holding on to him?"
"I didn't hold on to him."
Tianyun sipped the soup slowly, "I didn't say that he would definitely support Xikun with his own weight and would not return it, nor did he say that he would be rebellious to your majesty. I just persuade your majesty to be cautious, no matter what. The white value cannot be trusted. Taking the Seal of the Great Seal and the Soldier Talisman and sending him back to China is the safest way."
The woman also made sense, "Since you think so, why don't you talk to your majesty? I heard that the most important ministers of Japan are there. You have been talking back to your majesty without listening to Taifu Bao's persuasion, and your words are very fierce. You guys. Isn't the monarch and his subjects always in harmony? Why is it so troublesome to the present situation!"
Tian Yunpo had nothing to answer, he couldn't say something, and didn't want to say it.
The woman was not as ignorant as he thought, and she looked at him seriously, "Actually, it's because you are pleased with your Majesty, right?"
He almost spit out the soup.
"Auntie, auntie... how did you know about this?"
As soon as he thought about it, he knew that there was a "traitor" around him. The young man must have told his aunt, otherwise, how could she know about it
The woman hurriedly said: "You don't care how I know, I already know it anyway. I think your majesty knows it too? No wonder she simply kept you from going up in anger."
Tian Yunpo didn't quite understand, "Auntie, what do you mean by this?"
"Aren't you always smart? Don't you even understand this?"
The dignified and elegant woman couldn't help but give him a blank look, "Your Majesty is a daughter's family, and my aunt knows her mind best. You are hoping that she will recall General Gu, but in her opinion? You? It was because I was jealous of General Gu and intended to destroy the relationship between their husband and wife that I said those words."
The woman completely figured it out now.
She was originally surprised, it wasn't a big deal, why did the ruler turn against each other
Only now I know that one is because of his admiration and his words are fierce and unable to control his emotions, and the other is that he suspects that the other party is framed by jealousy, so anger and disappointment are mixed.
How can two people be careful not to treat each other honestly
Tianyun said with a serious face: "Auntie, you have watched me grow up since you were a child. You should know that I am not such a person. Mine is indeed for Bei Li's sake, and there is absolutely no intention of being framed!"
"My aunt knows you, but how long did your majesty know you? Why do you ask her to know you like your aunt?"
Just as he doubted Gu Shubai, and Yufu believed in Gu Shubai unconditionally.
If he has known Gu Shubai for a longer period of time and has learned more about him, will he trust him as much as Yufu
Tian Yunpo put down the spoon in his hand in a daze, and couldn't help thinking deeply.
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"Come on, I want to make an order!"
Kun Wushang sat in the imperial study room and shouted out, and immediately a little eunuch bowed in.
The imperial case is full of bright yellow silk and silk, and he has to make several wills a day, in line with all the policies of Gu Shubai, even if the seal of the state has been handed over, his will is no different from waste paper.
"It is decreed that Xikun's defenders on the front line of Beili's border should be cancelled. From then on, Beili and Xikun are one family. There is no border and no defenders."
"Yes."
The little eunuch respectfully held out the imperial edict, Kunwu was so bored, and went out to wander in the imperial garden.
The palace has long been taken over by Gu Shubai's elite soldiers. When those soldiers saw him, they saluted him respectfully, without any negligence or disrespect.
Kunwu seemed to walk by carelessly, but there were waves of loss in his heart. I deeply felt Gu Shubai's strictness in ruling the army, and couldn't help wondering if Gu Huaijiang would be more convincing if he was in the scene.
Thinking back then that he led the Xikun army to attack Zhuguan and had a big battle with Gu's army. Now it feels ridiculous to think about it.
Strike a stone with a pebble at your own discretion.
"General, we have been in Xikun for two months, when can we go back?"
In the military account, Yan Zheng happily walked around Gu Shubai, and Gu Shubai glanced at him curiously, "Are you anxious to go back?"
Could it be that he secretly had a girl he admired, so he was like an arrow
Yan Zheng touched his nose and chuckled, "It's not that I am in a hurry, I am worried that General Kun is in a hurry. Her two sons are still in the palace, and the children do the same every day, I'm afraid I won't know my mother if I go back later. !"
"Take me less as a shield!"
Kun Yuyang walked in from the outside and gave him a glance, "Yesterday I saw a handkerchief embroidered with mandarin ducks stuffed in your sleeves, and said, which lady gave you it? My son will be late when I go back. Recognize me, I'm afraid that some people will go back late, and the girl who is close to me will leave with other men!"
Kun Yuyang's nature is as sturdy as a Xikun woman, and he is not ashamed to say this, but Yan Zheng blushes anxiously, "You nonsense, she won't leave with other men!"
He couldn't say Kun Yuyang, so he hurriedly asked Gu Shubai to be his helper, "General, do you think your Majesty will leave with other men? How is this possible!"
"Hey, what are you doing to your Majesty?"
Kun Yuyang snorted, "Your Majesty and the general are married, how about you? Has your lady married you?"
Yan Zheng said that she couldn't, and she released her assassin in a hurry, "Then what about your Lin Xuan? I can hear the soldiers in the army say that you are very close these days!"
Kun Yuyang was taken aback, his smile slowly condensed on his face.
Yan Zheng regretted his failure to say something, and the women regarded fame very seriously. He really shouldn't have said this to a widow who lives in a widow.
Waiting to apologize, Kun Yuyang turned his head to lift the curtain and strode out.
Wow —
The raised curtain slapped Yan Zheng's face forcefully.
Yan Zheng looked back at Gu Shubai cautiously, "General, what should I do? I seem to annoy her..."
"fine."
Gu Shubai shook his head lightly, "She is not angry for your jokes, Xikun women do not have the rule that they cannot marry again when they are widows, and neither does Bei Li. She is annoyed not for your jokes, but because..."
Gu Shubai smiled and did not finish.
Yan Zheng couldn't stand him saying half and hiding half. He begged his grandpa to tell his grandmother to finish speaking. Gu Shubai vaguely said: "She is annoyed because she hasn't seen her heart clearly. Just give her some time. ."
Yan Zheng seemed to understand, and he soon thought about returning to China, and he was excited again, "Presumably your majesty's award will be passed on soon, right? What will the generals be rewarded this time? I see. You are already unqualified, what position is more noble than Wang Fu?"
He said happily: "I hope that your majesty will love the house and Wu, and give us a little bit of your credit, so that I can return to Beili in a glorious manner..."
"What are you going back to Bei Li?"
Gu Shubai smiled and looked at him, "Will you return to Beili to get a wife? You are a fourth-rank lieutenant, even if your majesty doesn't grant a reward, your wife can still receive the imperial court's mandate with Feng Guanxia."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the voice of a report from outside the account, "Bao-court messenger is coming to see the general!"
"Say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here!"
Yan Zheng's eyes lit up suddenly, "It must be the purpose of sending your majesty's award! Let me guess what your majesty will say. The reward must be amazing for taking such a great contribution to Xikun!"
Gu Shubai just smiled and did not speak. After a while, the soldier came in with a messenger sent by the court.
A group of six or seven people saluted without being humble or arrogant. When they got up, they saw that the minister headed by them was very familiar, and Gu Shubai recognized it all at once.
"Isn't this the Sun Shilang of the Ministry of War? How could your majesty send you to pass the letter in person?"
Sun Shilang got up, his face was a little weird seriously, "It's not a letter, it's a will, Gu Shubai accepts it!"
Gu Shu raised his eyebrows, vaguely feeling wrong, and knelt down and respectfully said: "The minister accepts the order."
Yan Zheng knelt behind him, raised his head suspiciously and looked at Sun Shilang and the imperial decree in his hand, always feeling that the atmosphere was strange and not like announcing a happy event.
"With General Gu Shubai, hand over the Xikun State Seal and Soldier Talisman to the imperial envoy, and he shall leave for Beijing to report his duties within three days after receiving the order."
There is no promotion, no reward, not even a word of praise.
Yan Zheng stared at Gu Shubai's back blankly. From his perspective, he couldn't see Gu Shubai's complexion. He only felt that his back became stiff suddenly.
Hand over the Seal of the State and the Soldier Talisman, and give them to the Minister of War in this district...
Even Yan Zheng understands what this will mean to a general who is on the verge of expedition, and Gu Shubai will naturally understand.
His figure knelt on the ground motionless.
After reading the decree, Sun Shilang frowned and became nervous after not receiving the signal from the other party for a long time.
As soon as the minister looked at Gu Shubai expectantly and worriedly, in the cool spring season, some people were puffed up with big beads of sweat on their foreheads and rolled down their cheeks.
Sun Shilang opened his mouth, and when he was about to organize the sentence to say something, he saw Gu Shubai stand up by himself.
His mouth grew subconsciously, and he was beyond surprise—
He, he stood up by himself!
He did not accept the order!
"Gu... General Gu, you, what do you mean?"
The word "anti-decree" was just on his lips, and Sun Shilang swallowed, not daring to say it.
He was afraid of saying that he would block his escape route.
Yan Zheng saw the person in front of him stand up, and he also stood up.
He didn't understand what Gu Shubai's actions were for, or what it meant to stand up, he only knew that he absolutely obeyed the person in front of him.
The military order is as big as the sky, and sometimes Gu Shubai doesn't need to speak, he also follows closely.
The corner of Gu Shubai's mouth moved, and he felt ridiculous when he noticed the other's nervousness, "Shi Lang, dare to ask if this plan was made by your majesty himself?"
Sun Shilang was the one who was sent to serve as the imperial envoy. After a moment of tension, he recovered his composure, “Tiantaishi is in the house to recover from illness. Now the affairs of North Korea are presided over by Mr. Bao. Mr. Bao personally ordered the Imperial Academy to make plans. The decree is naturally the will of your majesty. Does the general suspect that the decree is false?"
He turned around and took a long object from his subordinates, wrapped it tightly with bright yellow silk, and when he opened it, it turned out to be a sword.
"Shangfang's sword is here, if your majesty is here, is General Gu still not taking orders?"
"Shangfang Sword?!"
Yan Zheng exclaimed, never expected that even the legendary Shangfang sword would be dispatched.
He knew that there was such a sword in the Beili Dynasty, and it would only be handed over to ministers with special tasks.
Now that Shilang Sun carried this sword out, Gu Shubai meant to punish him on the spot if he refused to hand over the Seal of the State and the Soldier Talisman.
Yan Zheng couldn't help becoming nervous, staring closely at Gu Shubai, waiting for his decision.
For a long time, Gu Shubai smiled.
This smile was completely different from his usual gentle and bright smile, with a trace of desolation, a trace of loss, a trace of... despair.
Yan Zheng was taken aback by his own thoughts.
No, things are far from desperate.
They are already husband and wife, and they support each other life and death to this day, how could Yufu really suspect that he intends to rebel
However, Gu Shubai's knees finally fell to the ground, "Chen, take the order."
Ming Huang Jianbo handed it to him, and Sun Shilang finally put his heart back in his stomach. Gu Shubai turned back and said to Yan Zheng: "Go and take out the Xikun State Seal and the Soldier Talisman."
Yan Zheng reluctantly turned around and entered the inner tent, and soon took out the two brocade boxes.
Inside the big box is the Xikun State Seal, a square sapphire, which is as big as a palm, and is carved with a lifelike dragon.
In the small box are the soldier charms of the Xikun army. The three soldier charms of the three major military gates have different shapes. Only the bloody spirit is equally shocking.
After Sun Shilang inspected a few items, he ordered someone to put them away and looked at Gu Shubai again, "General Gu, you seem to be missing something, right?"
Gu Shu frowned, and Yan Zheng already said loudly: "The Seal of the Kingdom and the Soldier Talisman are here. There are three Soldier Talisman in Xikun. If you don't believe it, please send someone to investigate!"
Sun Shilang only looked at Gu Shubai, "There are also the soldier charms of the 100,000 army of Bei Li in the hands of General Gu, please give them to the lower officials."
Now Yan Zheng was completely dumbfounded.
Gu Shubai stared at Sun Shilang, his eyes sharpened, "The soldier talisman of the 100,000 army was handed over to this general by your majesty himself. Moreover, the number of the army now has increased from 100,000 to 250,000, which is nothing at all. When you slack off. If this general handed over the soldier talisman to you, what happened to the 250,000 army, can Master Sun bear the responsibility?"
Sun Shilang sneered, "As long as General Gu does not move, how can this 250,000 army be changed? The junior officials have heard many praises in the city praising General Gu. The people and soldiers only know about it. General, I don’t know that there is a female prince from Beili, doesn’t General Gu have a count?"
This was almost barely saying that Gu Shubai meant to be rebellious.
Yan Zheng said anxiously: "The general, why give him the talisman? It was handed to you by your majesty himself! You rushed to Weizhou on the night of your wedding, and took the Xikun and worked hard. Not only did you not get the slightest reward, you were also confiscated. Why is the humiliation of the soldier talisman?!"
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The little cuties know what is going on with this Shangfang sword.