"It's not enough. Gu Zhirong shook his head, "No matter what, even if the letter is sent, it will take at least a day for the emperor to mobilize the Imperial Forest Army." But what if the emperor can't mobilize the Imperial Guards?"

The prince was suddenly shocked, and raised his eyes to look at Gu Zhirong, his eyes flashing with surprise. To be honest, he really didn't think about this problem, and in his heart, he always thought that as long as he could send the letter to the palace and to his father, his father would definitely send the Imperial Forest Army to rescue him and his grandmother. However, he never thought about what if Mu Jin, who sent the letter, couldn't enter the palace due to some man-made accidents? Or if Mu Jin entered the palace and couldn't see the emperor?

After all, the situation in the palace is too complicated!

He secretly said his carelessness, and he also admired Gu Zhirong's thoughtfulness, and asked with his jaw, "Then how do you want to arrange it?"

"Will everything be left to me?" Gu Zhirong winked at him, "Including the Queen Mother?"

The prince was stunned for a moment and glanced at her: "Even the queen mother should be included in it?"

Gu Zhirong nodded.

"Can you guarantee the safety of the Queen Mother?" the prince asked worriedly.

He was brought up by the Queen Mother, and his relationship with the Queen Mother was extraordinary, no matter what aspect he had, he didn't want the Queen Mother to have an accident.

Gu Zhirong shook his head: "I can't guarantee it, but the Queen Mother and her old man should have her own responsibilities." ”

"This girl is right, as the queen mother of the Jokhang, of course the mourning family should have their own responsibilities, not to retreat behind everyone and be a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

With a slightly old but clear voice came with a cold evening breeze. Everyone guarding outside the temple bowed together: "Meet the Queen Mother!"

The Queen Mother walked slowly under the support of everyone, she wore a stone blue trim embroidered Wufu gown, with a gilded emerald bat pattern to wipe her forehead. With a golden peony wishful hairpin on his head, he walked in the direction of Gu Zhirong and the others energetically, waving his hand as he walked: "No courtesy, get up." ”

The crown prince greeted him first, stood on the side of the queen mother, held one of her hands, and said, "Grandmother, why are you here?" This is even more exposed, you are an old person again, one is not careful. If you get cold, it's going to be difficult. ”

There was a sense of concern in his tone.

The Queen Mother patted his hands: "Prince, the mourning family is the Queen Mother, you are standing in front of everyone." I'm the queen mother. How can there be any reason to hide behind?"

"But ......"

The prince still needs to be persuaded, and the queen mother has already said: "The queen mother should also have her own responsibility, right?"

The prince saw that the queen mother's tone was resolute, he had always known the queen mother's temperament, it was an iron temperament and an iron wrist, so he no longer insisted.

The Queen Mother walked over kindly, came to Gu Zhirong's face, looked at it seriously, and then praised: "What a female doll carved in pink." It's very likable at first glance. The mourning family really didn't expect such a little girl's family. To be able to say such a thing really impressed the mourning family!"

Gu Zhirong didn't understand what the Queen Mother meant for a while, so he pretended to be cowardly, and said with sincere fear: "Thank you for the praise of the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said to everyone: "Look at this little girl, how clever she is, I know that the mourning family wants to praise her, so I will say thank you first." Well, tell me, what's your arrangement?"

Gu Zhi said: "Queen Mother, this letter has been sent, if things go well, a day later, reinforcements will arrive to save us from fire and water." But what if the letter is not delivered? The Queen Mother must know the situation in this palace better than me, right?"

Before the Queen Mother could speak, the faces of several noble ladies beside her had lost color, and she covered her mouths that were wide open in surprise in fright, and said in a trembling voice: "No, if the rescuers can't come, then won't we starve to death in this temple?"

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the ladies who followed the Queen Mother were all discolored, and couldn't help but sobbed in a low voice.

"What are you crying about, the mourning family is not dead yet!" the Queen Mother reprimanded.

Everyone was afraid of the Queen Mother's prestige, and they all stopped crying at once.

Gu Zhirong smiled slightly: "Don't be impatient, what I just said is just a hypothesis, so that everyone can be mentally prepared." Don't panic, this kind of thing may not happen at all. ”

The ladies breathed a sigh of relief, some let go of the hand covering their hearts, some chanted "Amitabha", and some pointed at Gu Zhirong indignantly and said: "Look, whose girl is this, arrogant, saying such alarmist words to scare everyone, it is really not educated at all!"

Gu Zhirong glanced at the noble lady who slandered her. This person is about forty years old, slightly fat, seems to be very afraid of the cold, and wears a lot, but the material he chooses is golden satin, and the whole person is like a big ingot, which makes people can't help but laugh.

She vaguely remembered that this was the wife of Wu Qianfang, the chief soldier of Tongguan, and now she was so confident, she was afraid that she was relying on her husband to defend one side and hold the military power, right?

She didn't bother to argue with the fat woman, so she just said: "Let's do it, I'm just giving you a reminder, so that everyone can be mentally prepared first, so as not to panic and mess up when you get it." ”

"Are we going to mess up?" the swollen woman looked arrogant, "The head of our family is a military general, and we are women, although we are women, but our courage is not as small as you." Anyway, this temple is deserted, and I can't stay anymore if I want anything. One day at most, we will go down the mountain and be free from this sin again!"

After speaking, she led several other noblewomen standing beside her to say goodbye to the Queen Mother, and then Shi Shiran turned back to the temple.

The Queen Mother was good-tempered and didn't say much about them. Mother Shen on the side said in a low voice: "This Mrs. Tongguan, I heard that she is extremely powerful, she is like this here, and the chief soldiers in her family are afraid of her." When she came this time, she brought more than a dozen family members, and I heard that all the family members in her house were good hands, so she had such confidence. ”

The crown prince sneered on the side: "What kind of thing is the family member, can it compare to our Yu Lin Wei? Our Yu Lin Wei can't break through the enemy's encirclement, but those family members of hers can? What a joke!"

The Queen Mother also felt that this Mrs. Tongguan was too arrogant, and her own noble Queen Mother did not dislike this Hanging Ji Temple, she disliked it.

"Ignore them. The Queen Mother changed the topic and looked at Gu Zhirong, "Miss Gu, don't mind what you said." Oh yes, let's talk about your arrangement. ”

Gu Zhirong nodded and said, "My plan is a rainy day, if we are only besieged for a day, then we won't need it." However, if the letter does not reach the emperor, as I expected, then we must be ready to save ourselves. ”

"Self-help?" the Queen Mother savored the new word and nodded, "Miss Gu is right, no matter what, we must save ourselves, delay the enemy, and gain more time to wait for reinforcements to arrive." ”

Gu Zhirong nodded and said, "Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to ensure that the grain is stored enough, so that we can all survive, so that we will not all starve to death on this mountain when the reinforcements arrive." (To be continued.) )