Wishful Things

Just another one...

There was a hint of freewheeling tone in this boldness, which made Wu Chao understand one thing faintly.

He finally knew what kind of state the old man said back then, "If Zhao Zhao doesn't like it, just leave it."

If you’re not satisfied, just change it—it’s probably a tradition engraved in the bones of the Xu family...

Thinking of this, the young man suddenly had an untimely but unnegligible worry about the future.

Trying to suppress this strange uneasiness, Wu Chao looked at the old man: "Since the Duke has made such a decision, is it true that what he said and did in the early court today was just to force the emperor to attack Xia Tingzhen?"

In his opinion, it doesn't seem that simple.

Xu Mingyi also looked at his grandfather.

Xia Tingzhen is insidious and cunning, good at intrigue and scheming, and has always been ambitious. Although his actions may not be all for the sake of the emperor, he should not be underestimated when facing the enemy in the future. Yin tricks——

And if this person is missing from the emperor's side, it is equivalent to missing a military adviser - this Xia Shoufu's mind is much clearer than the emperor's.

Once this person dies, regardless of revenge or not, many troubles can be avoided in advance.

It is indeed a feasible strategy to remove the obstacles as much as possible before the army moves.

"Yes, it's not entirely true. Xia Tingzhen deserves to die, but it's not worth my risk." Zhen Guogong said: "The reason why we did this is also a tactic to slow down the army. Our Xu family always has to leave the capital, and the emperor There was defense against that—"

Although Xu's army is outside the city, there are not only Xu's army outside the city, but also several large capital camps guarding the capital. Jingshi is not an easy task.

What's more, if the Xu family's army really raises troops, the enemy they will face will not only be the imperial court, but also forces with different ideas everywhere. If he wants to attack the city, someone will come from all sides in the name of escort Swarming in order to take advantage of the chaos for the fisherman's benefit—

At that time, the Xu family will not only be traitors and traitors, but also the target of everyone shouting and killing.

That's a way of killing each other, when approaching a dead end, but now we haven't reached that point at all, since we can outsmart them, why use such a stupid way?

His Xu family army has more than 100,000 soldiers, all of them are good soldiers, there is no reason to make such unnecessary sacrifices.

Although the way of using troops is more about the crushing of small forces by big forces and the emphasis on absolute superiority, it is not just blindly reckless, especially when it is still necessary to rescue one's own people from the opponent's hands safely.

Xu Mingyi understood what the old man meant, so she naturally agreed with the idea, but: "If my grandfather wanted to save me and my parents from leaving the capital, he didn't have to go to the city himself. We could just try to arrange it secretly, so why should you follow?" Take the risk?"

"If I don't even enter the city, what should the emperor think? At that time, I'm afraid you will be in real danger." Zhen Guogong said with a smile: "What's more, Zhaozhao is still in the city, how can grandfather rest assured and just wait information?"

As for the child, you can only feel at ease if you are by your side to protect and watch.

"Besides, I have another thing to do when I go to Beijing this time - on the way back to Beijing, I promised the prince that I will rescue the empress dowager safely."

Xu Ming was slightly surprised.

It turned out that my grandfather still had this plan——

Therefore, whether it is Xia Tingzhen or the right to fight, these are all blindfolds used to confuse the emperor's sight!

"If that day really comes, the emperor will definitely take the empress dowager as a hostage. In order to avoid future worries, he must rescue her first." Zhen Guogong said: "And if I go back to Beijing and start a rebellion first, the emperor will definitely be on guard." I will defect to King Yan, and it will be even more difficult to rescue the queen mother at that time—”

Therefore, this matter must be done as soon as possible.

Xu Mingyi nodded in agreement, and said: "Grandfather, it is not only the Empress Dowager who may be taken hostage, but also the Empress Dowager—"

The empress dowager of the previous life went early, and the one who was humiliated by the dog emperor as a hostage was the empress empress...

Lord Zhen Guo heard the words but looked at Wu Chao.

Saving one is saving, saving two is also saving, of course he is nothing——

But the queen is a daughter of the Wu family. When the Wu family sent someone into the palace to be the queen, their thoughts and concerns must have related to the overall situation. But the current matter is being discussed with King Yan, and the specific plan of the Wu family is not yet known——Wu That old guy Jun has always been a good guy, but in the end, he was just being kind but being treated as a disservice.

In the line of sight, the young man did not hesitate, and raised his hand as a salute: "The junior first thanked the Duke on behalf of the empress dowager and aunt."

He and Zhaozhao have been planning this matter recently, and it would be great if they could have the help of the Duke.

Lord Zhen nodded—it was the boy from the Wu family who asked him to save him. Later, if the old man wanted to make trouble, he would find his own grandson.

"There's nothing to be thankful for. The so-called great event, although it is inevitable that someone will shed blood and someone will sacrifice, but it must be an unstoppable sacrifice after doing everything possible, rather than giving up whichever is left." Zhen Guogong said: "Since it is a journey on the road , mutual care is what it should be.”

Wu Chao said "yes" and kept it in his heart.

"It's just that I haven't made up my mind yet on how to save it. I need to think of a way that is as comprehensive as possible..." Duke Zhen thought.

It is definitely not an easy task to bring someone out of the deep palace, and someone with the status of the empress dowager.

"To tell the truth to my grandfather, Wu Chao and I have recently thought of a solution. Grandpa might as well listen to it and see if it works?"

"Oh?" Duke Zhen was a little surprised—these two children really haven't been idle for a moment in the capital, and they have already thought of saving people from the palace?

These children have truly grown up...

Zhen Guogong suddenly felt a little emotional in his heart, but more pleased.

With such a junior, there is great hope.

Wu Chao then roughly explained his and Xu Mingyi's plan.

"..."

This plan is only a preliminary plan, and there are still details that need to be improved and discussed. After hearing this, Lord Zhen Guo filled in a few suggestions.

After such a long talk, Xu Mingyi personally sent Wu Chao out of the mansion - sent him to a back wall, where he really came from and went back from there.

Because of the need to avoid looking around, I chose a very secluded place. No one steps here on weekdays, weeds are overgrown, and there are two dense camphor trees. It is difficult for the thin moonlight to dispel the dark night.

To avoid attracting attention, Xu Mingyi took him by the wrist without carrying the lamp, and the two of them waded through the grass as carefully as possible to the base of the wall.

Being a pie is really no different from being a thief.

Yue thought it was funny, and Wu Chao saw that those bright black eyes were full of smiles.

In the dim darkness, the girl's cool hand was still holding his wrist, Wu Chao's heart was beating again and again, his voice was low but full of tenderness: "Zhao Zhao..."

But at this time, there was a light knocking sound from the wall around you, and a low voice came to the ear through the wall: "My lord, my subordinates have checked, and no one outside is paying attention to this place, so come out now." .”

It was Xiao Qi's voice that was correct.

"..." Wu Chao slightly turned his head to look at the source of the voice, his gaze seemed to be able to pierce through a thick wall.

"Let's go, be careful on the road..." Xu Mingyi was cautious, just wanted to send him away quickly, so he let go of his wrist: "If you have anything to say, let's meet at the teahouse tomorrow before it's too late."

Anyway, all the important things have been said.

Wu Chao had no choice but to nod in response.

The young man was agile, he leaped lightly, put his hands on the edge of the wall, raised his body, and climbed over the high wall without a sound.

Only then did Xu Mingyi turn around and go back with light steps.

When Wu Chao returned to Dingnan Palace, the city had already entered a curfew.

In order to prevent disturbance, the boy climbed over the wall of his house and entered the house without hesitation.

Xiao Qi followed and turned in, feeling a little complicated - first time acquaintance, second time acquaintance, three times to save trouble, the young master is afraid that he will soon become the second Miss Xu.

When Wu Chao returned to the courtyard, Sui Jiang, who was guarding the porch, greeted him.

"Young master."

After Sui Jiang saluted, he said, "My lord, please go to the outer study to talk."

Wu Chao felt that something was wrong, so he asked his confidant, "Father still wants to see me at such a late hour, but why did you tell me?"

Sui Jiang was silent for a while, and then said: "The first time Shizi asked someone to invite you, it was quite early."

It's just that the son came back late.

"..." Wu Chao went back to the house to change clothes, tidied up a bit, and went to the outer study.

The lights were still on in the study room, and there were two followers in black guarding outside the closed door.

Looking at these two attendants, Wu Chao felt a little abnormal. These were the two most skilled people around his father. They mostly went out with his father on weekdays, but it was rare to stay outside the room all the time.

Seeing him coming, the two attendants saluted respectfully, one of them knocked on the door twice and said: "Master, grandson is here."

"Let people come in."

Hearing this voice, Wu Chao couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows slightly. His father's tone seemed a little strangely restrained. How should I put it, it was like... being held hostage by someone with a knife behind him, but he didn't dare to express it too clearly. out of order...

What happened?

The door of the study was pushed open by the attendants, and Wu Chao walked in with doubts in his heart.

The study here is divided into two rooms inside and outside, separated by a six-fold ebony screen.

Wu Chao turned around and walked over. As soon as he got to the screen, he saw his father was standing, and the standing posture really looked like he was being held hostage.

And there was obviously more than one person in the study room.

Wu Chao already had a guess in his mind, and when he turned his eyes, he looked in the direction of the book case.

Behind the desk, in the ebony armchair, the old man wearing a thin silk embroidered dark asparagus long gown is thin and thin, with a pair of eyes as deep as an ancient well on his cold cheeks, and his gray beard is neatly trimmed, as if every beard They are all meticulous, and they have a majestic air all over their bodies.

Even if he had a premonition, it was only a short time from the premonition to seeing someone. Wu Chao was unavoidably startled, and raised his hand in salute: "Grandson has seen grandfather."

"Yeah." Wu Jun nodded slightly, no joy or anger could be seen on his calm face.

"The grandson didn't know that his grandfather came to the capital, but he failed to welcome him. Instead, he kept his grandfather waiting here for a long time, and asked his grandfather to punish him."

"If you don't know, then there is nothing to be punished." Wu Jun looked at the young man and said, "Sit down and talk."

"Yes." Wu Chao took a seat at the bottom, but when he looked up, he saw his father was still standing.

It looks like this...it should have been scolded.

"Sit down too." Wu Jun frowned and glanced at his son.

"Yes, thank you father..." When Wu Jingming sat down, he glanced at his restless son—if it wasn't for this brat, how could his father be willing to scold him.

Wu Chaoquan pretended not to see this look, and turned to the old man behind the desk and asked, "I wonder when did grandfather arrive in the capital?"

"It's just arrived today, and it hasn't been advertised yet."

Wu Chao understood that he had entered Beijing secretly, if not, he would never have heard of it.

"At such a critical moment, I don't know why grandfather came to Beijing?"

"You also know that it's such a critical moment"—— King Dingnan's voice was slightly cold: "I wrote several times personally to urge you to return to Ningyang, but you didn't listen?"

There was not much anger in his tone, but Wu Shizi secretly felt his scalp tighten.

Wu Chao closed his eyes, but his voice was respectful but also calm: "This matter is indeed my grandson's fault. My grandson planned to finish the matter in hand, so he returned to Ningyang to plead guilty with his grandfather—"

"What is in your hands?" King Dingnan looked at the young man fixedly: "I would like to ask how important it is that you are so indifferent."

Wu Jingming's expression was complicated.

This is a bit heavy...

Although his father is strict, he seldom speaks harshly to A Yuan, and because A Yuan is a child who has never been able to find fault with his actions. Although he is a bit stubborn, he knows how to measure and always knows where the boundaries are...

For example, Ah Yuan likes dogs, and he raised several when he was young, but his father told him that the playthings were depressing, and he stopped raising them ever since.

But last year he secretly found out that this kid has a whole yard of dogs outside... Big and small, yellow and black, lame, blind, all kinds of dogs!

But if you don't raise him in the mansion, you can't say anything about him...

It can be seen from this that this is a master who is very clear about what should be done, what should not be done, and what can't be done publicly but can be done in private.

But this time, insisting on refusing to return to Ningyang is really a bit out of proportion...

But Madam doesn't think so, Madam thinks that the scale is A Yuan's own, and should not be determined by others——When Madam mentioned the word "others", her tone was slightly dissatisfied, and he always felt that the "others" here were clearly defined. It's him and his father...

"Grandson is at fault. The fault is that as a junior, he didn't listen to his grandfather's confession——"

Rather than ignorance.

On the contrary, he chose to stay in the capital precisely because he was too aware of his importance.

"Grandson knows that my grandfather urged me to go back to Ningyang because he didn't want me to stay in Beijing and take risks, but grandson is still sure about this, and he thinks that he will not put himself in danger of life and death. In addition, grandson has more important things to do in Beijing."

"More important things..." King Dingnan sneered, "You might as well just say it's because of that girl from the Xu family."

"Yes." Wu Chao didn't deny it: "But it has nothing to do with Ms. Xu. She also drove me back to Ningyang many times, but I didn't want to go—this is my grandson's own decision."

"..." King Dingnan frowned.

The dignified grandson of the Wu family can't even be driven away... How dare he have the face to say such a thing?

Today, the two chapters are combined into one, everyone read early and go to bed early~

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