Wishful Things

"Yes, I will take my leave."

Duke Zhen made another salute and withdrew.

When he turned around and stepped through the palace gate, seeing Liu Sheng who was waiting at the side, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart.

The preparations are complete enough, why, isn't this planning to let him hand over the soldier talisman to Liu Sheng on the spot in the imperial study today?

Looking at this virtue, shouldn't the matter of having the imperial dining room add a few more dishes to celebrate at night have been arranged?

Daydreaming is common, but it is rare to do so completely.

Seeing Lord Zhen Guo looking towards him, Liu Sheng raised his hand as calmly as possible to salute: "General Xu..."

Zhen Guogong gave a faint "hmm" and strode down the white jade steps.

Seeing the back of the old man's stalwart walk away quickly, Liu Sheng, who consciously escaped a catastrophe, heaved a sigh of relief, and then signaled that the inner prisoner can enter and communicate.

"Your Majesty, General Liu has arrived."

The inner eunuch went into the imperial study to report, but it was a long time before he heard the sound of Fang Long's case.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, General Liu is waiting outside the imperial study..." The inner eunuch did not dare to raise his head, and only whispered again.

This time, there was still no sound.

Just when the eunuch's back started to break out in cold sweat, Xia Tingzhen, who was sitting by the side, waved silently to him from the corner of his vision.

The internal supervisor understood, held his breath and slowly backed out, closing the two doors again from the outside with very gentle movements.

Looking at the closed prison, Liu Sheng asked suspiciously, "What did your majesty say?"

The inner supervisor shook his head at him with a complicated expression: "General Liu, please come back another day..."

Liu Sheng pondered for a moment, thinking back to the voices that had been faintly heard just now, then nodded and said: "That's fine."

It seems that there is nothing wrong with him today.

Liu Sheng said in his heart, "It's a waste of time" and turned to leave.

However, before he could step down the stone steps in the future, he heard the sound of porcelain and jade shattering suddenly from the imperial study room behind him.

one after another...

Liu Sheng's scalp tightened, he just pretended that he didn't hear it, and quickened his pace down the stone steps.

It doesn't matter if you run in vain, if you don't get beaten up by Lord Zhen, and if you don't get affected by the Holy Wrath, it's already pretty good!

The eunuchs guarding outside the imperial study all lowered their heads, not even daring to exchange a glance.

It was even more difficult for those in the imperial study room. Before Longyan was furious, he was kneeling there silently.

Looking at the scattered memorials, jade and porcelain fragments and tea splashing everywhere on the bright gold bricks under his feet, and there was nothing to throw away in front of Emperor Qingming, Xia Tingzhen just stood up, lowered his eyes and raised his hands: "Your Majesty calm down—"

Emperor Qingming grasped the reliefs on both sides of the dragon chair tightly with both hands, his eyes were also closed, his livid lips were tightly pursed, but they were still trembling slightly.

"Actually, it is not a bad thing for Lord Zhen Guo to leave Beijing at this time." Xia Tingzhen seemed to be pointing: "This battle will last at least half a year, at least."

After a while, Emperor Qingming said in a sarcastic tone, "Really."

He also knew that it was a good thing not to let King Yan and Duke Zhen have the chance to meet, but now... just a Duke of Zhen who made it clear that he refused to hand over the Xu family army was already too much for him to bear!

"teacher……"

Emperor Qingming looked at Xia Tingzhen who was standing there, narrowed his dark eyes slightly, and there seemed to be a bleak chill in the voice he tried to calm down: "Xu Qiwei—is he serious and wants to rebel against me?"

Xia Tingzhen said slowly: "Even if you don't have this intention, you must have other plans."

A sneer appeared from the corner of Emperor Qingming's mouth.

"Zhan Aiqing——"

"My minister is here."

A respectful voice came from the compartment.

Xia Tingzhen frowned very quickly, then turned her head slightly to look.

A young man in a green robe came out.

The four eyes met for a brief moment, and the young man with warm eyebrows raised his hand to salute him, respectful and humble.

...

Duke Zhen dismounted in front of the gate of the mansion, and just threw the reins in his hand to the servants, then he heard the doorman who came forward to salute and said: "Mr. Guo, Miss asked the younger one to tell you that she is waiting for you in the outer study."

"Um."

Zhen Guogong nodded slightly, and went directly to the outer study to meet his granddaughter without going back to the courtyard to change his official robes.

The girl had obviously been here for some time, but instead of sitting down, she stood in front of a landscape painting and stared intently at the scene in the painting.

Hearing familiar footsteps approaching, she turned around and quickly stepped forward to open the door herself.

"grandfather--"

Looking at the girl who opened the door, Lord Zhen had a gentle smile in his eyes, and asked, "Waiting here all this time?"

"The granddaughter also just arrived."

Xu Mingyi sat down with the old man, and at the same time told Ah Kui: "Have someone bring the food quickly."

Grandfather entered the palace early in the morning before dawn, and it was already afternoon, so he must still be hungry—after all, it was impossible to expect the dog emperor to take care of the meal.

"It's still Zhaozhao's caring." Duke Zhen stroked his beard with a smile, and faced his granddaughter, he couldn't see what kind of undercurrents he had experienced in the palace.

Even though she was eager to know the result, Xu Mingyi didn't rush to ask, just sat there quietly waiting for the old man to finish his meal - no matter what happened, in her eyes, it was equally important for her grandfather to have enough to eat.

"The emperor is determined to send troops to crusade against the Li clan, and I can't persuade you." After the dishes were removed, Duke Zhen took the initiative to say: "In three days, I will lead the troops to fight—"

"After three days?"

Rao was already mentally prepared, but when he suddenly heard the result and the day before him, Xu Mingyi still felt tense.

They just received a letter from the empress yesterday, knowing that the emperor wanted to take the opportunity to seize the military power of Xu's army.

Before this, she never thought that her grandfather would go to the battlefield in person again recently, and in this special situation and in this special way——

"Yes, three days." Zhen Guogong said: "At this time, I will leave the capital for a while, and it may not be a bad thing for the Xu family."

Some things will come sooner or later, but if they can come later, they will have more choices in front of the right situation.

Xu Mingyi clenched his fingers slightly.

What she is facing now is something that has never happened in her previous life. Grandpa said that going far away at this time may not be a bad thing, but it may not be a good thing, because no one can predict what kind of impact and changes will be brought about by an event.

Nothing is static, including the thinking of people's minds. If there is a slight difference, the result will be completely different. But in the current situation, there is no doubt that if one pulls a hair, it will affect the whole body.

However, as my grandfather said before, when things are decided, you just need to cheer up and move forward.

Fear and fear will only give the enemy more opportunities to take advantage of.

Looking at the old man in front of him, Xu Mingyi suppressed his emotions, and when he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a knock on the door of the study from outside.