Can I get to the other side?

Lü Lingqi came in such a hurry that she didn't even change her clothes, and she even held the iron spear in her hand.

Her words in military uniform were particularly powerful, and she had the demeanor of a woman who was as good as a man.

Even the ministers who followed her couldn't help but feel their blood boiling and heroic spirit after hearing what she said.

"Your Excellency is right! Never compromise!"

"How can we bow to that thief Ma Chao!"

"We are willing to live and die with Chang'an!"

...

The ministers were unwilling to accept the conditions proposed by Ma Chao. Even if they died in the fall of the city, it was better than suffering humiliation.

Fa Zheng also stood up at this time and said to Fu Wan: "Father-in-law, I know you are considering the people of Chang'an, but this is indeed inappropriate."

"And the Secretary of State had previously deduced with me that Ma Chao's alliance with the Qiang people would not be able to sustain the food and grass for a long time."

"We are at the end of our strength, but I believe the situation of the enemy outside is not much better. They are probably probing our strength by making such a request."

"If we are willing to negotiate and compromise with him, he will guess that we are no longer able to support it, and this is his trap."

"If we refuse to negotiate, he will think that we have the confidence to defend Chang'an and choose to withdraw."

Fa Zheng's wisdom is also ranked among the think tanks in the court.

In his opinion, Ma Chao suddenly proposed such an unreasonable request for them to hand over the queen, just to test their bottom line.

If they are willing to negotiate or compromise, it is equivalent to telling Ma Chao their current situation.

So this condition must not be agreed.

There is no room for negotiation at all.

Fa Zheng's words can be said to be a wake-up call. After he said this, many people present also came to their senses.

Negotiating with Ma Chao, wouldn't it let Ma Chao know that their troops are now weak and unable to resist?

Fu Wan's face was very gloomy. He looked at Lu Lingqi, Fa Zheng and a group of court officials in front of him, gritted his teeth and said: "This is just your wishful thinking!"

"If Ma Chao really intends to withdraw troops and negotiate, but we refuse, what if he launches a general attack in anger?"

"Once Chang'an City is broken, it will be a disaster and blood will flow! How many people will die tragically because of this?"

"Your Majesty loves the people like his own children. Do you want to put Your Majesty in an unjust situation?"

"Your death can be recorded in history, but what about those people? How can you be so selfish?!"

Fu Wan cursed passionately.

He knew that he had no choice but to occupy the moral high ground and use the safety of the people of Chang'an as an excuse to refute.

At the same time, he gave a look to Empress Fu, who had been silent.

No matter how much the officials opposed, as long as the queen made a decision, they had no right to stop her. The queen was still the queen, so what if she was not favored?

As long as she was not abolished by the emperor, she would still be the master of the harem and the queen of a country!

"I..."

Feeling the gaze of Fu Wan, Empress Fu's face turned pale, and she couldn't help but look at Lu Lingqi and the ministers in the palace.

Everyone's eyes were also focused on her.

She grabbed her clothes tightly, with a complicated mood. After a long silence, she said: "For the safety of Chang'an, this palace... is willing to leave the city as a hostage."

"Only in this way can the tens of millions of people in Chang'an be saved."

This sentence almost exhausted all her strength.

After saying that, she closed her eyes in pain.

Everyone in the palace changed their faces when they heard this, but Fu Wan was very happy and said, "Since the queen is willing to be a hostage, what else do you have to say? This matter--"

"Wait a minute!"

At this moment, a crisp voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

A pretty figure walked out of the crowd, and she stepped forward and said, "The hostage who goes out of the city does not have to be the queen, I can also go out of the city as a hostage."

The person who spoke was Queen Guo.

"Nonsense!"

Fu Wan narrowed his eyes, and his old face sank: "Ma Chao asked the queen to go out of the city as a hostage, how can you replace the queen?"

Although he did not recognize Queen Guo, the newly promoted concubine, he still recognized her identity from her clothing specifications-just a beauty.

Queen Guo looked at Fu Wan calmly, and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Ma Chao did ask the queen to leave the city as a hostage, but when has he ever seen the queen's appearance?"

"The queen's precious body cannot be lost. If the father-in-law still insists on letting the queen leave the city as a hostage, then let me pretend to be the queen and leave the city."

"If Ma Chao withdraws his troops as he said after leaving the city, everything will be fine; if Ma Chao still attacks the city, the queen's life can also be saved."

"What does the father-in-law think?"

After Queen Guo finished speaking, Cui Yan, Fa Zheng, Yang Biao, and others couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise in their eyes.

Because Queen Guo's proposal is simply brilliant!

The brilliant part is that it targets Fu Wan!

Fu Wan hopes that Queen Fu will leave the city as a hostage, and the fundamental purpose is not to preserve Chang'an, but to win this reputation for the Fu family.

But Queen Guo proposed at this time that she would pretend to be the queen and leave the city as a hostage. No matter what the result is, the credit will not fall on the Fu family.

The key point is that the reason Queen Guo found was also perfect. First, Ma Chao had never seen the queen, and second, it was for the queen's safety, which made sense.

In this way, the pressure fell on Fu Wan again.

Under the premise of not getting fame, do you, Fu Wan, still insist on letting the queen go out of the city as a hostage?

There are a few fools among the ministers. After thinking about this, they can't help but cast surprised eyes on Queen Guo.

What is the background of this concubine?

What a good method!

Lv Lingqi is not so deep. She didn't expect the calculation in Queen Guo's words. After hearing this, she just thought that Queen Guo really intended to replace the queen and go out as a hostage. She couldn't help but say: "How can such a dangerous thing let you, a weak woman, go?"

"Let me go out of the city on behalf of the queen, and wait until I get close to Ma Chao and wait for an opportunity to stab him to death and kill this thief!"

Queen Guo knew that Lv Lingqi was worried about her, smiled at her, didn't say anything, but looked at Fu Wan again.

"What do you think of the father-in-law? Do you still want to send the queen out of the city?"

Fu Wan's face was already extremely pale at this time.

Queen Guo's words were like roasting him on the fire, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

If he agreed to let Queen Guo leave the city on behalf of the Queen, no matter what the final result was, the reputation would belong to Queen Guo.

If he didn't agree, he couldn't find a suitable reason to refuse.

Fu Wan hesitated and struggled for a long time. Just when he was about to struggle, a weak voice came from outside the palace.

"Enough... cough cough cough..."

After hearing this voice, Fa Zheng trembled all over, turned around and looked in the direction of the hall, and then a look of shock appeared on his face involuntarily.

"Zhong, Zhongshu Ling?!"

Jia Xu walked slowly into the Pepper Room Palace with the help of several guards. He was pale and looked very weak.

But wherever he passed, all the officials made way.

Fu Wan's face changed the moment he saw Jia Xu, and he swallowed back the words that had just come to his mouth, completely giving up the idea of ​​struggling.

He knew very well that if Jia Xu showed up, his plan would not succeed, because Jia Xu would never agree to send the Queen out of the city as a hostage.

"Zhongshu Ling, why are you here?"

Fa Zheng walked up quickly to support Jia Xu, and asked the guards to bring a small stool.

Jia Xu was hit by a stray arrow during the day, and he should be recovering at home. Why did he come here suddenly?

"I was worried, so I came to see you."

Jia Xu sat down and took a breath, waved his hand and said, while his eyes swept over the ministers in the hall.

Everyone bowed their heads wherever he looked.

No one dared to meet his eyes.

Jia Xu retracted his gaze and said lightly: "I already know the conditions proposed by Ma Chao. Xiaozhi's judgment is correct. This is indeed Ma Chao testing Chang'an's strength."

As soon as Jia Xu opened his mouth, everyone felt a little more at ease, and Cui Yan and others breathed a sigh of relief.

And Fu Wan looked ashen.

Fa Zheng was relieved. The survival of the entire Chang'an was on his shoulders, and he was also worried that his judgment was wrong.

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Jia Xu's experience was far richer and more sophisticated than his, and his insight into people's hearts was also more acute. If Jia Xu said so, it was basically true.

But Jia Xu's next words caught him off guard. He changed the subject and said, "However, we still have to agree to Ma Chao's conditions."

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers were extremely stunned.

Agree to Ma Chao's conditions?

Yang Biao could not help but frown and said, "What does the Minister of the Central Secretariat mean? Since we know that Ma Chao is testing us, why should we agree?"

"Wouldn't it be possible to save Chang'an if we just refused?"

Jia Xu did not answer Yang Biao's question, but took out a blood-stained secret report from his sleeve, held it up and said, "This is a secret letter sent back by the Embroidered Uniform Envoy half an hour ago."

"Your Majesty's army is less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an, and will arrive tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

"And what we have to do is to drag Ma Chao outside Chang'an City and not let him have a chance to escape, and wait for Your Majesty to lead the royal division to annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop!"

Jia Xu said a heavy news.

This sentence was like a huge rock falling into a calm lake, instantly stirring up thousands of waves!

"Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are finally coming!"

"We have defended Chang'an City!"

"We are saved!"

"Chang'an City is saved!"

...

The ministers were extremely excited, and many officials even cried with joy!

Although they were all willing to die after the city was broken, who would be willing to die if they could live well?

After waiting for so long, they finally got reinforcements!

So how could they not be excited?

Fa Zheng was also very shocked, but he subconsciously thought that Jia Xu was deceiving the ministers again, but it was not easy to ask directly, so he cast an inquiring look.

Jia Xu smiled at him and nodded.

Only then did Fa Zheng smile with joy from the bottom of his heart!

It's true!

"Zhongshu Ling, how can we delay Ma Chao? If we agree to peace talks, won't he attack the city immediately?"

"Can Chang'an still withstand the enemy's attack?"

Cui Yan asked, he didn't know what Jia Xu's specific plan was, and the current military situation in Chang'an.

Jia Xu said: "I will send someone to inform Ma Chao that the handover will take place outside the city tomorrow afternoon, and give him the three thousand carts of treasures and the queen he wants."

"With Ma Chao's cunning, he will definitely take advantage of the handover to launch an attack, and this is our opportunity."

"I will have people hide the ten-shot crossbows in the three thousand carts of treasures, and wait for Ma Chao to approach, and instantly activate the crossbows to shoot him to death."

"There are still more than 2,300 defenders in the city. After shooting Ma Chao, all the defenders will go out to fight the enemy outside the city until the reinforcements arrive."

The moment he saw the secret report, Jia Xu came up with this plan.

Although the emperor did not ask him to delay Ma Chao's army, he hated Ma Chao so much after being hit by this arrow today that he would never let this guy go easily.

So he planned to take this opportunity to kill Ma Chao!

Eliminate the trouble forever!

To be honest, Jia Xu's strategy is quite risky, but at the same time it is highly feasible.

And if the troops are not dispatched to fight and delay the enemy, the enemy outside the city will retreat when they see the reinforcements coming.

Maybe Ma Chao will run away again.

"I agree!"

After careful consideration, Yang Biao decided to support Jia Xu's plan and said, "I still have many sons and daughters of the Yang family. Please ask the Minister of the Central Secretariat to let them go out of the city with the army to kill the enemy tomorrow and contribute to the defense of Chang'an!"

"I agree too!"

Cui Yan also said that if Ma Chao could be killed while defending Chang'an, the credit would be doubled.

The two took the lead in supporting, and the other officials naturally had no reason to object, and they all supported Jia Xu's plan.

Only Fu Wan had a dark face.

He was bleeding in pain.

Originally, the great credit and reputation were going to fall on his Fu family, but now there is nothing!

Thinking of this, Fu Wan couldn't help but look at Queen Guo, with a look of resentment in his eyes.

It's all because of this sharp-tongued woman!

Queen Guo also noticed Fu Wan's gaze, but she turned a blind eye to it, as if she didn't see it.

"As for the candidate to pretend to be the queen..."

Jia Xu spoke slowly and looked at Queen Guo, "I wonder if your majesty is willing?"

Pretending to be the queen and leaving the city with the army.

This is certainly risky.

But the risk is limited.

After all, there are several generals protecting her and a large army following her. Even if the war breaks out, the "queen" will be sent back to Chang'an as soon as possible.

Safety is not a problem.

But while there are risks, there are huge benefits beyond expectations, and she will definitely be rewarded by the emperor afterwards.

Although Jia Xu can just find a palace maid to pretend, he decided to give the choice to Queen Guo.

He admired Queen Guo more, especially the speech that just broke up Fu Wan's plot, which was even more wonderful.

So if Queen Guo is willing to take this risk, he doesn't mind giving Queen Guo a huge credit; if not, then he will find someone else to pretend.

Queen Guo was slightly startled, and obviously did not expect Jia Xu to say this suddenly, but she soon understood the deep meaning of Jia Xu's words.

So after a brief thought, she raised her head and said with a firm look in her eyes: "I am willing to pretend to be the queen and leave the city with the army!"