On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Chengguo Mansion was as low-key as ever, and the other courtyards were full of rows of lanterns, and the red and festive ones were very festive, only a few were hung sporadically in the courtyard of Gu Mingxin's family of three, but the joyful atmosphere was still coming from far and near, and even Gu Mingxin, who had been only nesting in the house, could feel that the shadow of the death of Mrs. Shizi was gradually disappearing, and everyone was slowly no longer cautious in talking and doing things, and the same was true for the people in Gu Mingxin's courtyard, and everyone was no longer frightened, There are also laughter and laughter in the yard from time to time, of course, the premise of this is that their little master's body is gradually brightening, and they feel that the days are more hopeful day by day, can they not be happy?

Of course I'm happy, Gu Mingxin is also very happy, she received a lot of gifts on the fifteenth day of the first month, in the days when she can only be trapped in a small square space, the biggest pleasure is to hear and receive a gift again, and it is the kind that doesn't need to return the gift at all, it's simply Pixiu possessed, hehe, Gu Mingxin feels very happy when she thinks about it, she can't help but giggle when she thinks about it, Mama Chen and other people who serve are even more happy when they see it, the little master laughed out loud today, which means that it is a good omen, this year will be a good year, Thinking about it, everyone couldn't help but say, this said that the eldest lady would be safe and happy, and that hurriedly responded, and soon the entire Guogong Mansion knew that Gu Mingxin could laugh out loud, and the festive atmosphere was even stronger for a while, Gu Mingxin felt that everyone's requirements for her were quite simple, and other healthy children would have been able to turn over freely at this time, laughter or something was simply a trivial matter, and she just laughed twice and the whole house was happy like this, and the sense of happiness was really stronger than the contrast.

The next day, a news broke out in the court that made the entire Darui Dynasty uneasy, the northwest defense line was broken, and the court was asked to send troops to support, everyone was taken aback by this news, how can this good defense line be broken and broken? So there are civil officials who ask the generals what they usually do, they are all people with developed limbs and simple minds, maybe they are calculated to be lost, the generals naturally want to cry out for the border brothers, the brothers naturally do their best, those who can only do it usually, what do you know, where will you mutter when something happens, a group of literati who are powerless, you have the ability to defend it, maybe it is the traitors made by your civil officials that they are lost, and the civil officials heard that the traitors were put on their heads. You come and go, just like the street in the city, it's not lively, the emperor doesn't make a sound just like watching the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty quarrel, looking at the usual Sven officials rolling up their sleeves and making a noise, obviously it is a very critical matter, and I feel a little happy inexplicably, thinking that these officials usually don't always say something in my ear to pay attention to the image of the royal family? So what are they like now? Well, I really want to ask the painter to draw this scene, and then they will ask them to enjoy it together when they are muttering in my ear, that picture must be very exciting, but it is not a way to let them keep arguing like this, so the emperor glanced at the eunuchs around him, worthy of serving around him, and understood the emperor's meaning at a glance, the sharp voice just coughed a few times, and the court slowly quieted down, and those officials hurriedly sorted out their clothes, and suddenly returned to their usual appearance, and their faces were also calm, As if it wasn't them who were arguing just now, the speed of this change is really not ordinary, worthy of being an official, the emperor just sighed and said, "How is the discussion of Zhong Aiqing?" Do you have any good advice? Speak up and listen. ”

Officials, you look at me, I look at you, they are all a little embarrassed to put their heads aside, for what happened just now, well, what happened just now? No, I was thinking about it just now, and I didn't know anything about the border defense being broken all the time, so the court was full of contemplative officials at a glance, very quiet, and the emperor didn't expect them to have any good suggestions immediately, but it was rare to see the officials lose their temper and wanted to bury them, but it couldn't be too much, so he was a little disappointed and said to Gu Shizi, who had not participated in the quarrel: "Zigui has guarded the northwest for seven or eight years, and he knows more about the northwest, do you have any views on this matter?" ”

Gu Shizi received the news of the crisis in the northwest some time ago, but the hateful defensive generals carelessly let the barbarians break through the defense line, and since the emperor ascended the throne six years ago, he returned to the capital from the northwest to hand over the military power to the emperor, and has been holding the idle post of a general Zhaowu until now, and he also knows that the emperor intends to attack the barbarians in the past few years, but he has just ascended the throne not long ago, and the time is not ripe, and the emperor obviously feels that the time has come to break the northwest this time, and it is a good opportunity to send troops. And he himself felt that it would be a big problem sooner or later to let the barbarians go on like this, but he couldn't directly say the words of sending troops to attack the barbarians, so he thought about it and said: "It is said that this year, the barbarians were in drought last summer, and the winter was even more severe than in previous years, and a lot of cattle and sheep froze to death. And the barbarian soldiers are even more rape, murder and murder everywhere they go, if they are not beaten back in time and let them go south, I am afraid that the consequences will be unpredictable. After Gu Shizi finished speaking, he stood quietly to the side, letting other officials talk about him silently, and holding his gentle face only when others asked him about the northwest, the rest of the time he listened to everyone's discussion quietly, as if the person who said just now that the consequences were unpredictable was not him, which made several old scholars who were watching from the side couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that the aftermath was terrifying.

The emperor looked at the court and made a commotion, rubbed his head with some headaches and announced his retreat from the court, of course, several ministers related to the cabinet elders and Gu Shizi could not leave yet, and they were called to the Wuying Hall to discuss matters as soon as they got down from the court, and the rest of the people were in groups of three or five or found a restaurant to sit down and discuss together, or went home to discuss with the strategists.

The news of the court soon spread to the people, and the streets and alleys of the capital were also talking about this matter, and there were more storytellers who popularized the northwest to everyone in the teahouse, and took out the previous northwest wars, all of which were some barbarians who were repulsed, and the heroic deeds of our Darui Dynasty Erlang, for a time the capital was talking about the war in the northwest, and there were some hot-blooded men shouting that they wanted to go to the northwest to fight back the barbarians, and give some colors to those barbarians to see, so that they could not come back, and they must let them know that our Darui Dynasty is powerful.