077: Stand still
Lou Yueqing knew everything outside, but she didn't care at all, she did her own thing in the mansion, dealing with the steady stream of war reports, pondering the battle situation, and maintaining an indifferent attitude towards the outside affairs, even the people in the mansion were indignant, but she treated it indifferently, as if the person who was scolded and cursed by her subjects was not her.
Fortunately, despite all kinds of condemnation and abuse, those people did not dare to smash the door of the Regent's Palace, and they did not even dare to approach the Regent's Palace.
So, the Regent's Mansion was as calm as ever, in contrast to the hustle and bustle outside.
At this time, the palace was a different scene.
In the open space in front of the Xuanwen Palace, there were kneeling officials, almost all of them were civil officials, all of them as if they were about to die in the country, with a sad and mournful face, humming and chirping all kinds of songs, as if crying and mourning......
It's no different from crying and mourning, they already dislike Lou Yueqing being in charge of the government, just a woman, or a princess, but they don't dare to have an opinion on His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, but it doesn't mean that they have no opinion on this princess.
Since ancient times, there have been a lot of female regents, but most of them are the mother of the Son of Heaven, the Queen Mother, or the wife of the Son of Heaven, the queen, who has never been the princess to dominate the government alone, even if it is the regent princess, she is not qualified, but now, this princess regent is in power, no matter how she says it, they are not in accordance with the rules, they used to be angry and did not dare to speak, and there was no news of all kinds of opposition to the folds, and the regent obeyed this Lou Yueqing, Lou Yueqing was born in the Ningguo Mansion, with such a strong background, they could only endure it, but they were disgusted and jealous of this woman in their hearts。
Now that the war is on the ground, the Beili army is attacking south, it is the situation caused by this woman, and they have lost three cities in a row with heavy casualties, they naturally want to take this opportunity to remove the power from Lou Yueqing's hands, if they can, get rid of her by the way, and take advantage of Rong Zhi's absence now, get rid of her.
Of course, if the regent dies on the battlefield this time and can't come back, even better!
For so many years, the regent has been in power, and he has been decisive in killing, although he is politically clear, he is too impersonal, he can kill whoever he wants, and he will clean up whoever he wants, without hesitation or mercy, which is by no means a good thing for them, who are involved in civil affairs and officials.
Especially now, the Queen Mother and the Yuan family they are attached to have become like this, maybe when these things are over, they will also be uprooted one by one......
Anyway, the relationship between the emperor and the regent has deteriorated, and they know that if the emperor can take this opportunity to pull the regent down and return to power, they will have a way out.
But they knelt for a whole day, and the emperor did not appear, not even an attitude.
And the Xuanwen Hall is guarded layer by layer, they dare not and can't break in, they can only kneel and ask, the kneeling knee is unconscious, and many older or weaker people are in a coma from heat stroke, but there is still no news in the Xuanwen Palace.
The Imperial Forest Army almost guarded the entire Xuanwen Palace, and everyone looked coldly at these ministers kneeling and crying, but they didn't react.
Seeing that the sun was setting, the father-in-law of Shunde came out to pass the decree: "Go back, everyone, the emperor has made your meaning clear, but the emperor is still sick, even if he wants to govern, he can't do it, the affairs of the court have long been handed over to His Royal Highness the Regent, since His Royal Highness the Prince Regent let the princess regent govern, then you still follow His Royal Highness's wishes, go back, don't kneel anymore!"
After speaking, ignoring the reactions of the ministers, the father-in-law of Shunde turned around and walked back to the Xuanwen Palace.
The ministers boiled again.
However, the figure of the father-in-law of Shunde had disappeared at the gate of the Xuanwen Palace, and he didn't pay attention to them at all.
The emperor had already expressed his position, and it was useless for them to kneel down any longer, so they could only sigh in frustration and leave one after another in despair.
At the same time, inside the Xuanwen Temple.
Rong Yan is indeed sick, but he will not be unable to get off the bed.
As always, dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, he stood under the windowsill of the side hall of the Xuanwen Palace, quietly looking at the officials who were leaving one after another outside the hall, his face was calm and unfazed.
His face was not very good, there was no trace of blood on his lips, he was thinner than before, and he looked sick and unenergetic.
Father-in-law Shunde came over and stood behind him: "Your Majesty!"
Rong Yan looked back at him when he heard the sound, and said lightly: "Summons Concubine Xue Xian to see me!"
Although Rong Zhi had already issued a death order to prevent him from leaving the Xuanwen Palace for half a step, and had also sent secret guards to monitor him and prevent him from summoning those henchmen, the queen and Concubine Xue Xian could come in.
It is estimated that it was also because he almost killed him under house arrest last time, so now Rong Zhi has not done too much.
The father-in-law of Shunde received the order: "The old slave will go!"
After the father-in-law of Shunde retreated, Rong Yan continued to stand under the windowsill, looking at the twilight outside the window, and fell into deep thought.
Chuli border.
Because the Beili army came suddenly, the northern border of Chu was not ready to meet the battle, and the northern defenders were widely distributed, and the time was tight and there was no urgency to dispatch, the Beili army had already attacked south, so it lost again and again, and lost the two border cities of Nanqi and Hepu within two days, with heavy casualties, and finally Ningguo Gonglou Yichen led 200,000 troops to arrive, so as to avoid Beili attacking again and retreating to Hedu.
Because of the menacing Beili, coupled with the reason for the attack on Chu, the Chu army's side is unstable, although these soldiers dare not say it, but they are complaining about the people who caused this war.
Although Lou Yichen was very disgusted by this, after all, it was a fact, he could only try his best to appease, and then make arrangements without sleep, fortunately, because of the Lou family's century-old prestige in the Chu State and Lou Yichen's prestige in the army for many years, no one dared to disrespect him.
It's just that after two days, Liguo didn't make any moves, but after occupying the two captured cities, he directly stationed troops, Lou Yichen thought that Beili would become Chu ** unstable and take advantage of the weakness, but two days have passed, and there is no news.
This made him very puzzled, anyone who understands the art of war should know that taking advantage of the great morale of the army after the successive victories on their side, and the unstable attack after the successive defeats here, the chances of winning are very great, if so, Lou Yichen is not sure that he can hold it, but there is no action on the Beili side.
Naturally, he felt weird, and of course, he didn't just find it weird.
The Beili army was stationed in the Qingchuan Plain, ten miles away from Hedu City, behind the Qingchuan Plain, there was the captured Nanqi and Hepu, and then it was the Chuli border in the past, and it was the Beili Shu land in the past.
Since the capture of the two cities, Xiao Yishen, the king of Pingnan, who was appointed as the marshal of the army, issued a death order, not allowed to burn and plunder, not allowed to disturb the people, and then camped on the Qingchuan Plain, two days passed, and no order came down.
Beili's soldiers were puzzled, and after capturing the two cities in a row, they were all as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they were ready to charge at any time, but for two days, they did not receive the marshal's order to continue the attack.
This made everyone wonder.
What is even more puzzled is Yang Yi.
He has been looking for Xiao Yishen several times in a row, but Xiao Yishen's subordinates have not let anyone disturb him on the grounds that His Royal Highness is too tired to fight for two days in a row and is resting, for two days in a row, it is this reason, except for the person specially approved by Xiao Yishen, everyone else is rejected from the account, and a death order has been issued, who dares to disturb, the military law will deal with it.
The generals in the army naturally didn't dare to disturb this ancestor, after all, who didn't know that this master had always had a bad temper, no one gave face, cynical on the surface, but in fact it was not easy to provoke, if he was in a hurry, he carried the dragon sword rewarded by His Majesty to cut first and then play, and His Majesty had no choice, so who in the army was not afraid of him?
Yang Yi was not afraid of him, but he didn't want to pay attention to him, but the army to fight was never child's play, and His Majesty did not issue an edict to stop the attack, it was best to attack again at this time, but the master did not move, and after two days, the Chu army saw that it had been deployed, and if he didn't attack again, he would miss the opportunity, and he couldn't bear it.
However, the guards didn't even save the report, and directly conveyed Xiao Yishen's words: "General Yang, His Royal Highness has an order, and no one is allowed to enter without his order, especially you!"
Yang Yi's originally resolute and handsome face suddenly sank, and his sword eyebrows frowned.
Not angry and arrogant, he said lightly: "Get out of the way!"
However, the guards guarding outside the tent were Xiao Yishen's henchmen, and they had already practiced the calm magic skills of invulnerability by the side of that master, but they were not something that could be scared casually, so they still stood motionless in front of Yang Yi.
Yang Yi squinted his eyes, and the hand hanging by his side immediately clenched into a ball, gurgling, obviously, angry.
However, just as he was about to pull out the sword at his waist, a lazy voice came from inside: "Let him in!"
When the guards heard the sound and retreated, Yang Yi let go of his fist, vigorously opened the curtain of the door, and walked in.
In the military tent, a man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes and bright facial features sat on the main seat, leaning there, with a lazy posture.
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