As expected, the new military newspaper is still in a hurry.
One after another defeated battles, one after another dispatched troops, one car after another dangerous artillery...
Even the people's hearts in the capital are not stable, let alone other places in Beili
Under such pressure, Yufu finally fell ill.
A bunch of ministers came from the Hall of Longevity, all of them came to visit the sick, but they were stopped outside the hall by Gu Shubai's orders, and they were not allowed in.
After a while, he came out by himself, and the officials rushed to inquire about Yufu's condition.
Gu Shubai's expression calmly said: "It's not a serious illness, it's just that when we meet in spring and summer, your Majesty was greedy and thin, and suffered a little cold. The two medical immortals Yuehu and Tianshu have already prescribed medicine for your majesty. Now, your Majesty said that the affairs of the court are busy, and you sirs can do whatever they want, and there is no need to come to visit the sick."
If it's really just a bit of wind and cold, why not let them visit
Thinking of the emergency military reports in the past few days, the officials became silent for a while, vaguely understanding that Yufu's illness probably caused it.
Gu Shubai glanced at Tian Yunpo, who immediately understood, "Masters, since your majesty is fine, let's go back. I have to take a look at the transportation of food, grass and armaments at the Ministry of Households."
After saying that, let him take the lead and take the officials out of the palace. Zhang Jiuque wanted to say something, but Tian Yunpo kept holding his hand and had to follow it out.
Seeing everyone's backs disappearing outside the Hall of Longevity, Gu Shubai's expression sank slightly.
The smell of medicine in the hall escaped, and he called the little palace lady to come forward and order something, and then walked towards the hall.
Yufu was lying on the couch with a pale face and a tired expression. From her eyes, it was obvious that she was still thinking about war.
Yuehu and Tianshu were sitting side by side making medicine. They didn't worry about handing Yufu's medicine to others to make it. They simply came personally.
Not long after, the little palace lady came back with a bouquet of flowers in her arms and placed them in a vase at the end of Yufu's bed.
Yufu's gaze turned, and he looked at the bottle of red flowers at the end of the bed. They turned out to be the common celosia in early summer. The flowers stood upright, really like victorious roosters.
More importantly, as soon as the flower was put down, the aroma gradually dissipated the smell of medicine in the temple.
A faint smile appeared on her face.
Gu Shubai stepped forward and sat down next to her bed, "Recover well and stop thinking about those things. The Minister of Korea and China will solve them. You are responsible for lying down and telling me what you want to eat or play. I will collect it for you."
Fortunately, when he said, Yufu thought of something, "Is there any news about the general sent to Dongling? Can Ning Chengzhi take advantage of Sang Yi's attack?"
"No."
Gu Shubai said, "I've been paying attention to this. I haven't seen Dongling's intention to send troops at the moment. I also find it very strange."
He glanced at Yufu and stopped talking, no matter whether it was strange or not, he didn't need to tell Yufu about these things.
The most important thing for her now is to recover from her illness.
Yufu refused, and took his hand. "The Sangyi envoy is clearly connected to Dongling. Why don't they send troops to fend off at this moment? Right now, when Bei Li is the weakest, they have no reason to do nothing. There must be something weird in this."
Gu Shubai put her hand in the bed and stroked her forehead, "No matter what it is, it is always a good thing. After we get over this period, Dongling will have no time to make a move, so it is Ning Chengzhi. If your conscience finds it, don't think too much about it."
Conscience discovery
Will Ning Chengzhi find it conscience
Yufu was skeptical, the bitter medicinal fragrance mixed with the sweet floral fragrance, she slowly fell into a drowsy, and soon fell asleep.
At the same time, in Dongling's imperial garden, a sneeze shook the sky.
"What's wrong with your Majesty? Why did you sneeze such a big one?"
Concubine Li quickly supported Ning Chengzhi. The queen canonization ceremony has passed. She is now dressed in the same bright yellow as Ning Chengzhi. The two emperors support each other, and they seem to match each other.
"I'm fine, I'm fine."
Ning Chengzhi rubbed his nose. He didn't know why he sneezed such a big sneeze. He couldn't help turning his eyes to the cockscomb flower.
She smiled and said, "So, let's not be here. Let's go to the lake to see the lotus. The fragrance of the lotus is faint, so your Majesty will not be sneezing."
After being canonized as a queen, Concubine Li became more considerate, not only caring for Ning Chengzhi, but also very virtuous and generous to the palace staff in the harem.
The palace was discussing, saying that you can see the true feelings in adversity. Now Dongling's situation is not as good as before. Instead, the concubine Li treats her majesty more deeply, and is even more rigorous in purging the harem.
No wonder your Majesty is willing to make her a queen.
The two of them walked slowly towards the lake hand in hand, the breeze blew, the slim buds swayed gently, really beautiful.
Ning Chengzhi smiled and squinted his eyes, touching his emotions, "I remember that year, Yufu just came to the imperial capital, and his father rewarded the dragon boat to Yufu for grace, and asked Gu Houye to take Yufu with him. Visiting the West Lake. At that time, I also followed. Yufu was still a little girl who just came out of the Immortal Valley, and she was very happy to see the lotus flowers in the West Lake."
As he talked, the smile on his face grew stronger.
Concubine Li glanced at him, didn't speak, and didn't know what she was thinking.
Ning Chengzhi suddenly reacted and explained to her: "Queen, don't be upset, I didn't mean that. I just saw the lotus in the lake and suddenly thought of the past..."
"Your Majesty, don't explain, the concubines understand."
Concubine Li blinked at him, "The concubine knows that your majesty still likes the Princess Zhenjiang until now. If you like it, you like it. Anyway, the princess is now the queen of Beili, and it is impossible to return to your majesty. There is only such a concubine by your majesty. Queen, what else is so unhappy about the concubine?"
She is a person who is easily satisfied. The Queen's gift is the greatest honor for her, and she doesn't ask for more.
Ning Chengzhi was relieved now, only Concubine Li was left beside him. If her heart was broken, no one would be able to accompany him.
Speaking of it, Concubine Li loved to be a demon in the past, and even drugged his soup because he had never looked at her squarely before. Now she is the only one beside him, Concubine Li is virtuous and never be a demon anymore.
Maybe such a woman is the one who really loves him
I don't care if his current status is as high as before, just care about his mind.
His hand unconsciously stroked the jade pendant on his waist. The jade pendant was part of the gift from the envoy of the Yufu faction two months ago. Ning Chengzhi picked it out to wear it on his body and stayed there day after day.
Concubine Li glanced at the jade pendant and couldn't help sighing: "Listening to the palace people's comments, they said that Sangyi's army is indeed powerful, and Bei Li's soldiers and civilians have suffered heavy losses."
Ning Chengzhi couldn't help but shudder all over, without saying anything, Concubine Li hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty is worried that the people of Sangyi country blame you for not sending troops to Bei Li?"
"No, I'm worried..." I'm worried about Yufu's safety.
When Sangyi's envoys came to Beili earlier, they both made an agreement. When the Sangyi people sent troops to Beili from the sea, Dongling sent troops at the same time to make Beili suffer from the enemy.
But the Sangyi people have sent troops for more than a month, but Ning Chengzhi has not ordered the dispatch of troops for a long time.
The hundreds of military officials in the Chinese military are persuading him that this is the only way to resist Bei Li's power. What's more, the Sangyi people are so powerful. If they take Bei Li and then turn to Dongling, wouldn't it be the disaster of the country's subjugation
This time, Ning Chengzhi did not obey the courtier's opinions.
He suddenly looked at Concubine Li, "Queen, do you also think I should send troops?"
Concubine Li shook her head. Obviously she had thought about this question a long time ago, so when Ning Chengzhi asked, she didn't think about it.
She said: "When your majesty canonized me as a queen, the most important officials in the court opposed me, saying that I had no family background and no good name. I used to be just a side concubine of my majesty, not worthy of being a queen. If it hadn't been for the Queen of Beili to send a gift to congratulate me. , The court officials feared her authority, how could they agree to his majesty canonize me? Anyway, she helped me a lot, and I naturally spoke for her."
Concubine Li's mind is simple, and Ning Chengzhi laughed when she said this directly.
Concubine Li hurriedly said: "What about your majesty?"
"I'm the same as you think."
He sat down on the waterside pavilion by the lake, patted the position beside him, and motioned Concubine Li to sit next to him, "In the past, I always suspected that Bei Li wanted to annex Dongling, just like they did to Xikun. Bei Li's national strength is too strong. When I became stronger, I had to be afraid. What's more, I gave them half of the country. But after the situation in Xikun was completely stabilized, Bei Li not only failed to chase Dongling with victory, but also gave me a gift. This is clearly a good friend. meaning."
He looked at Concubine Li, "As long as I look at the things sent by Yufu, I can't help but think of her childhood in Dongling. After all, we have known each other since childhood, although I did a lot in the past. I'm sorry about her and Gu's family, but she... She is still willing to give me a gift."
His hand unconsciously rubbed the jade pendant on his waist. The jade was Hetian white jade rich in Beili, not so precious, but Ning Chengzhi just couldn't put it down.
It was sent by Yufu, and it was more valuable than other invaluable things.
It was also the first time she gave him something.
Concubine Li said: "So... Your Majesty did not send troops to Bei Li this time, is it to repay her kindness?"
Ning Chengzhi asked her, "Do you think I am doing this right?"
He is still a king after all, and he is also worried that Sangyi will turn to attack Dongling once he wins, and he is also worried that the minister of the court will be mutiny as a result.
Concubine Li nodded vigorously and said with a smile: "Your Majesty supports whatever his concubines do. Don’t listen to those old immortal words in the court. When did they say useful? They also said that the concubines are not virtuous. The concubines are not harem. Do you manage well? So your Majesty don't pay attention to them. The big deal is the subjugation of the country. Let's have fun. Even if the country is subjugated, the concubines will accompany your majesty, okay?"
Ning Chengzhi looked at her blankly.
Subjugation
Is this what a queen should say? Concubine Li is really not suitable for being a queen.
He thought so in his heart, but he smiled unconsciously on his face, "Okay, well said, and said happily! What about subjugating the country? I have been frustrated for so long, so I want to do something that pleases me, regardless of whether he will die in the future. National subjugation!"
Concubine Li laughed loudly, and raised her hand to signal the maid beside her, "Go and get the wine, today our palace and your majesty will not get drunk or return!"
…
Beili, Taicheng.
After the death of the former defender, General Ji, the newly sent general was aggressive, and immediately sent troops without putting his luggage.
The soldiers who had been transferred from the previous group couldn't help wondering, who is this new general? Is he really capable or not afraid of death
Many people secretly looked at the figure standing at the highest point of the fortress. It was a young general with a tall stature and a straight back. He looked like a strong martial artist.
He was observing the sea conditions on the fortress, and the first group of soldiers underneath were all telling the newcomers about Sangyi's giant ship and the artillery, making everyone frightened.
"The huge ship in the center is like a giant beast between heaven and earth. We are as small as ants in front of it. How could we have been able to fight it?"
"In the past, we thought that only Beili had artillery, but I didn't expect them to have the Sangyi people. The artillery was dropped from the huge ship, and General Ji was blown to pieces without even giving the command order..."
Speaking of this, many of the former generals of General Ji wiped their tears secretly, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
These soldiers, who had just been transferred from the capital, had been timid before starting the war, and suddenly heard a loud shout from behind.
"What are you doing, do you have nothing to do if you are full?"
It was not the tall young general who screamed, but a young woman with old-fashioned eyes next to him. Everyone looked closely at her armor system and found that she was the newly appointed general of Taicheng City this time.
Only because she was a woman and not tall, everyone did not see her clearly, and only paid attention to the tall man.
The woman glanced at everyone, "Do you know who I am?"
When asked about this, everyone was stunned. Some soldiers who came first looked at the soldiers who came later. The insiders wanted to say, but they didn't dare to say it.
The woman lifted her chin, "I used to be Princess Xikun or Princess Zhennan of Dongling. Now I am the general of Beili. My two sons are sons of your majesty. Do you know who I am?"
"Know that."
Bei Li's status as the most noble female general, fighting on the battlefield with the body of a princess is also a legend.
Next to Kun Yuyang, Lin Xuan glanced at her, and soon pretended to be nothing.
Her voice was raised again, "With your majesty's importance to me, if it is true that there is no chance of winning against Sang Yi as you said, will your majesty send me? My identity is so noble and dare to fight, don't you dare?"
The men in the army are the bloodiest. When a woman pointed her nose at them and scolded them for not daring, they naturally refused to convince them, "Who said we dare not? We dare!"
"Yes! We dare!"
"Isn't it just a war? It's a big deal to die for the country, anyway, the court will support my mother for me!"
Suddenly, there was a loud voice and morale, Kun Yu Yang stared at the people silently, until their voices gradually subsided.
"Don't dare to talk nonsense! Let me hear who dares to say that I can't beat him, and I will chop him off! I tell you that artillery is a weapon developed by Beili, and the Sangyi people come from us if they have one. Can you have ours if you learn it?"
"But… "
"I know what you are worried about. Isn't it just a ship? I tell you that the court is urgently ordering craftsmen to study shipbuilding. We don't have such a big ship now, what should I do?"
The soldiers looked at each other, what should I do
What else can I do
"I'm so stupid, don't you know how to snatch it without a boat? You all upright Beili guys stand up twice as tall as the Sangyi people, and are afraid that they won't be able to snatch them? General Gu, Chaozhong, has come up with a good idea. If you can succeed, you should go down and prepare immediately, and attack Sangyi's fleet tonight!"
The soldiers were stunned by her repeated scolding and coaxing, and they went down to make preparations without saying anything.
Kun Yuyang let out a sigh of relief when everyone was gone.
Lin Xuan stepped forward and handed her the water pouch, "Drink some water. If you shout loudly, your throat will become dumb at night. What command?"
This time, the Ministry of War arranged for the middle and middle-level generals to come, and Kun Yuyang was also among them. Gu Wenqing had asked her in private if she was willing to go. Kun Yuyang was anxious to go, so naturally she would not allow Gu Wenqing to seek personal gains for her.
Although Gu Wenqing knows about her relationship with Yufu, the country is in crisis, even if the Gu family's son is arranged, there is no other thing to say, so what can be favored
He agreed to Kun Yuyang's request. Lin Xuan didn't know where he heard the news and took the initiative to serve as a deputy for Kun Yuyang. The two came to Taicheng together.
"Naturally, you can't use your voice to command at night. You can't go through sea battles at the first sight. You may not be able to hear the sound with gongs and drums on the sea, let alone human voices?"
Lin Xuan was a little embarrassed, but suddenly said strangely: "Then how did you know? Your home country is Xikun, there is no sea there, how can you know better than me?"
Kun Yuyang was silent for a long time, seeming to remember something, and whispered softly, "He taught me."