Outside the hall, the sun was shining brightly and there were thousands of troops and horses rushing forward.
When Fu Jinzhan was in trouble before, she had imagined the joy of reunion countless times and regretted countless times that she did not say a few more words when she had the chance before; but now that she finally had the chance to meet again, she still could not let go of the urging of reality and had to deal with the actual situation before her first.
General Guo, go and command the soldiers, and then come to the palace to meet me. That was all she said.
Perhaps, no one knew that she had experienced complicated and turbulent emotions in her heart, and had countless words to say. Anyway, her performance on the spot was still noble, dignified and appropriate, and she still spoke very little.
She thought that she had to put aside her personal feelings and seize the opportunity to improve the progress of the situation so that the current turnaround could truly lay the foundation for victory. If it was not related to the overall situation, it would be a waste of time because countless soldiers and people would not care about her feelings.
Perhaps this is how people are, hurriedly pushed into the world, and then chasing after what they should do and their responsibilities. Just like traveling on the post road, you can't be too greedy for the scenery at the post station. If you stop, you will miss the journey; no matter how good the environment around the post station is, you can only stay for a short time.
At this time, Guo Shao also clasped his fist and replied: I will follow your command and take my leave first.
Suddenly Fu Jinzhan said in a trembling voice: Guo Shao
Guo Shao stopped his foot that was about to step back and looked up at her. At this moment, Fu Jinzhan felt an inexplicable impulse in her heart. Seeing him stop, she suddenly didn't know why she called him.
But just with this shout, it seemed that her emotions were slightly vented; with such an unbridled and unrestrained shout, the restrained emotions suddenly found an outlet; a very subtle feeling. She only felt her face getting hot, and her heart suddenly felt comfortable as if a warm current flowed through her body. That feeling was so real, very similar to the feeling when water enters the ear while taking a bath in a tub and then tilts the head to let the water flow out of the ear canal, the water warms up the ear, rolling through the sensitive ear canal, very warm and itchy. She felt her legs involuntarily tighten and close together in the wide robe.
Fu Jinzhan was suddenly startled by her own loss of composure. Although she usually had free thoughts, she actually always did things according to the rules. Looking back over the past twenty years, she had hardly done anything out of the ordinary. So she was frightened by her own unscrupulous behavior and calmed down.
However, such a brief embarrassment did not faze Fu Jinzhan. She immediately straightened her neck, her face flushed, but her voice was majestic and had a soothing rhythm: Qiao Kang is still a very loyal person. You can send people to assist him in guarding the gates. The soldiers must be restrained and not move around in the imperial city.
Guo Shao seemed to be slightly relieved, and clasped his fists and said: "I will do the same and strictly enforce military discipline."
Fu Jinzhan watched him walk down the stone steps, then turned around and quickly disappeared into the main entrance of the hall with a group of eunuchs and palace ladies. After she entered the door, she let go of Chai Zongxun's hand and asked the nurse to hold him so that he wouldn't yell if he walked for too long.
Fu Jinzhan walked across the empty hall, looked up at the throne, and walked up to it, sitting directly on the dragon throne that belonged to the emperor. Seeing this, everyone bowed down.
There was no affectation at all and nothing seemed inappropriate. The queen sat very appropriately on the high throne, as if she was naturally entitled to sit there.
If a man who was not the emperor sat in that position, it would definitely be a bolt from the blue for people, but Fu Jinzhan was a woman and was originally the queen, and now that the emperor was unable to step down, it was completely natural for her to sit there as if there was nothing wrong with it at all.
Fu Jinzhan's chest heaved. It wasn't that there was anything special about the dragon throne. She was just a little bit out of control outside the palace and she hadn't completely calmed down yet.
Yang Shiliang. Fu Jinzhan spoke immediately.
I am here. The eunuch hurried forward and bowed to stand by.
Fu Jinzhan said: Go and convey my oral order, and ask Wang Pu and Wei Renpu of the Privy Council, all the prime ministers of the Council of State Affairs, and all the officials who are still in the imperial city to come to the Jinxiang Palace.
"I obey your order," Yang Shiliang said hurriedly.
Fu Jinzhan waved his robe sleeve lightly, stopped talking, and sat there in deep thought.
Soon, Cao Tai came to the palace gate with a large group of people. Fu Jinzhan immediately issued another order: Cao Tai, disperse some of your eunuchs and station them at the seven inner and outer gates to monitor the access control according to my order.
Yes. Cao Tai bowed with a look of joy. The queen sat on the dragon throne, looking majestic, confident and calm, which made people around her feel reassured. When the queen was a little domineering, everyone was happy because she never killed people casually, and even if she beat and scolded them, they would not lose weight. Being domineering proved that she had power.
The Beiguo Caimian of this palace, leave ten of them by my side, and the rest go to the bedroom behind to serve the emperor. Fu Jinzhan said again, the eunuchs left inside by Yang Shiliang can be withdrawn, send your people. Those imperial doctors, tell them to stay in Jinxiang Palace, and don't go back for the time being; send someone to watch them at all times, and tell them not to run around if they want to live.
Cao Tai listened attentively and said quickly: Yes, I understand.
Let's do these things first. Fu Jinzhan said, come here, write and ink.
Everyone hurried to look for things. Fu Jinzhan frowned and said unhappily: Where are the eunuchs on duty in Jinxiang Palace? Ask them all to come and do their job according to the original rules.
Soon, eunuchs and palace maids entered the hall one after another. Some stood by, while others were busy putting out ritual objects for the court. Suddenly, the empty hall gradually regained its popularity and no longer looked like an abandoned ruin as before.
When Fu Jinzhan was taken to Jinxiang Hall for house arrest, she brought her own seal of the empress as a backup, which had never been used before, and now it was just right to be taken out and placed on the imperial desk. Even the emperor's jade seal and imperial edict silk were taken out, and once the scholars and nine ministers from various government offices of the court arrived, the entire Jinxiang Hall could be put back into operation.
The jade seal inlaid with gold and jade is not the ancient seal that was handed down to the state. It was remade after the ancient seal was lost; the one using the jade seal now is not the emperor. But it doesn't matter, as long as the people of the world recognize the edict issued by this jade seal, the effect is the same.
Fu Jinzhan couldn't wait for the officials to arrive, so she asked someone to grind the ink and prepared to write the imperial edict in person as soon as possible.
But women's minds are always delicate and subtle. Fu Jinzhan just picked up the imperial pen and suddenly remembered that she had never written anything to outsiders before. Even Guo Shao had never seen her handwriting. The first minister of the outer court to see her handwriting should be Guo Shao, right? So Fu Jinzhan suddenly had an idea and wrote a note and asked someone to send it to Guo Shao.
Who saw what she wrote for the first time? Was it useful? No. But she couldn't help but do this useless thing at a critical moment. She didn't need to know why. In her intuition, maybe she felt more comfortable giving it to Guo Shao for the first time.
The eunuch who was to deliver the imperial edict to the Privy Council had not yet arrived. Wang Pu was packing up the defense map with the Privy Councilor's impression and the central military orders to the Palace Guards. Several military orders were ready, but they had not yet been issued.
Wei Renpu came in and saw Wang Pu busy, so he said: This is a serious matter. What is Wang Pu still busy doing
Wang Pu said seriously: The Queen is going to send someone to summon her, but Deputy Envoy Wei will not go.
Wang Pu spoke as if it was a matter of course, and his tone was very light, completely different from the solemnity of the past two days. It was as if nothing had happened.
Wei Renpu, who was sent over, looked around and asked in confusion.
Wang Pudao: Not yet, it should be here soon.
Wei Renpu pondered for a moment, and seeing Wang Pu was concentrating on packing up those things, he said casually: The military order for deployment can no longer be issued, what's the use now
Did I ever say that this defense map was used to send out troops for deployment? Wang Pu frowned.
Wei Renpu: He felt that Wang Pu's words and deeds were becoming more and more strange. Perhaps he was frightened by the large army entering the imperial city and there was something wrong with his brain. After all, Wang Pu was old and not in very good health. His frail body could not stand the scare.
At this time Wang Pu said: This thing is useless. It takes one day to write a specific military order and send it to the Palace Guard Division. Asking them to redeploy their defenses midway will take less than three days. In three or four days, those two people would have already taken action, so why would there be any redeployment
Wei Renpu seemed to want to say, aren't you taking off your pants to fart
Wang Pu glanced at him and sneered: Deputy Envoy Wei's initial deployment of the various military bases was really good.
Wei Renpu remained silent, remembering how he had seen through the secret of Wang Pu's new defense map. The old man had been talking about how his previous deployment had many loopholes and how it would be beneficial for Guo Shao to raise an army. As a result, he made one himself, and simply let Guo Shao's left wing control more of the southern city gates, making the position of Gao Huaide's troops more advantageous.
Wei Renpu was puzzled at the time, and just now he heard Wang Pu say that the new defense map was not practical at all. After thinking about it, he had to guess: Could it be that this old guy was just doing this for show and intended to take sides in advance? It is very likely that Wang Pu was more optimistic about Guo Shao and wanted to seize the opportunity to express his position in front of the queen, so his actions could be explained.
Wang Pu left behind evidence to prove his attitude before Guo Shao launched his rebellion, which was obviously completely different from the trust he gained by voting for the queen afterwards.
This guy is really brave, he is just betting on it. Anyway, Wei Renpu couldn't tell who would win or lose this morning.
I only guessed the beginning. Wei Renpu couldn't help but sigh. He really didn't guess Deputy Envoy Wang's intention.
Wang Pu sneered and said: We talked about it yesterday, and you asked me. The court is now like this, what should we do to be better? He paused and said, I also told Deputy Envoy Wei a few months ago that some checks and balances are simply impossible to achieve. Look, look, he pointed to the direction of the commotion outside.
Wei Renpu was suddenly speechless and had no words to say.