"Your Majesty, this is news from the front."

General Duan entered the palace without being summoned, and after seeing the emperor, he didn't say much but directly took out the battle report he had just received.

The emperor took it curiously, he didn't know what else was more tricky at this time than the national soul of the Northern Qi Kingdom.

"What?"

Emperor Qingguo was already taken aback as soon as he saw the second sentence.

"Your Majesty, according to the time, this happened three days ago."

"When did the Northern Qi State have such power? They have such excellent soldiers? It was so easy to defeat the barbarians on the grassland. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the minister's speculation, the Northern Qi Kingdom may have suddenly sent troops on a whim, and it should have been premeditated for a long time. Judging from the direction of the troops and the way of attacking, this should have been a war that had been planned for a long time, otherwise it would not have been won in such a short period of time. ”

The emperor did not speak, but carefully looked at the news in his hand.

"Not only that, although it is not literally written, I always feel that this battle in the Northern Qi Kingdom should be more than that, I am afraid that other means were used to coerce or persuade peace, otherwise the tribal leader on the grassland would not have been defeated so completely."

"That's what the emperor said."

Discrimination against General Duan also feels that this matter should not be so simple.

"But Your Majesty, no matter how you look at it now, there are some problems in this Northern Qi Kingdom. For so many years, the Northern Qi Kingdom has been tepid, and the Queen Mother has not done anything great in power. Although this time the group of barbarians on the grassland also started attacking a few months ago, it could be seen that the Northern Qi Kingdom was not as quiet as it was on the surface. ”

The emperor nodded, General Duan was right. That's what he thinks too.

"Duan Yu, you say, what is the connection between these things?"

General Duan was a little puzzled, and asked cautiously,

"What does the emperor mean?"

"It's really said that the letter of marriage proposal and the reaction that followed, as well as the sudden war. You said. What is this series of actions of the Northern Qi Kingdom? ”

General Duan shook his head,

"Minister, minister doesn't know."

The emperor did not speak again. Duan Yu is so upright, he will say that he doesn't know anything he doesn't know. Truly. Why should he ask Duan Yu to know something that he didn't know himself.

"But Your Majesty, should we suspend the state marriage now, and investigate the Northern Qi State before taking action?"

In fact, the emperor was also thinking so, and when Duan Yu said this, the emperor immediately wanted to agree. It's just that the emperor hasn't spoken yet. A little eunuch suddenly came in from outside to speak,

"Your Majesty, Duan Shao is coming."

The emperor looked at General Duan, but General Duan was also puzzled.

"Call him in."

Major General Duan walked in with a stern face and knelt directly on the ground.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent message ahead. A pair of troops stationed on the border between the Northern Qi State and the Qing State suddenly appeared. ”

"What?"

The emperor suddenly stood up and looked at the kneeling Major General Duan.

"You mean the border between the Northern Qi Kingdom and our Qing Kingdom? Appeared stationed troops? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Not only the emperor, but General Duan was also surprised.

"How so?"

"Zhirong, are you sure it's the army of the Northern Qi Kingdom?"

Duan Zhirong raised his head and looked at his father,

"Yes. According to the reported information, the military flag is hung with the word Northern Qi. ”

The emperor's hand was tightly clenched.

What kind of thing is it to station troops on the border with another country, it is clear that it is intended to provoke a war.

"Your Majesty, Weichen implores that the army of my Qingguo be sent now to also be stationed on the border to protect the safety of our country."

"General Duan quickly go and do this."

"Yes."

General Duan was ordered to leave quickly, and the emperor sat down and quietly thought about all these things. Major General Duan still knelt in place, he was also secretly thinking about these things in his heart, with his intuition, he always felt that this matter was not simple, maybe he should go back and ask his father if there was anything he didn't know.

"Someone. Go, the queen called me. ”

"Yes."

Duan Zhirong was still kneeling there, and his intuition told him that the appearance of the queen at this time would definitely be the key point of the problem. However, the emperor took his energy back at this time and saw Duan Zhirong, who had been kneeling.

"Oh. You go back first. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Duan Zhirong just left with questions and rushed to find his father.

The emperor sat there and pondered for a long time, trying to find the connecting point between these events. In his opinion, all events must happen because there is a reason or another that connects transactions. Just find out what the problem is. As soon as the occurrence of qiē happens, it becomes explained.

But no matter what the emperor thinks, he can't think of what the problem is, the entire Northern Qi Kingdom is too closed to him.

At this time, the queen mother came,

"The concubines see the emperor."

"Oh, the queen is here, get up quickly."

The emperor only relieved himself after seeing the queen salute,

"Your Majesty, even though the state affairs are busy, you must also take care of your health."

"Uh-huh, I see."

"Your Majesty, I don't know what the matter is with finding a concubine."

The emperor walked up to the queen and took the queen's hand,

"Queen, it's hard for you to come in and get busy with the marriage of the two princesses."

The queen smiled,

"The concubines are not hard, as long as they can share the emperor's worries."

The emperor also smiled and nodded,

"Queen, from today onwards, don't prepare for the wedding, stop quietly. And make the idea of blocking the news, so as not to make people suspicious or gossip. Queen, maybe it can be done? ”

Although the queen was puzzled, she nodded and agreed when she saw the emperor's eyes, and didn't ask anything.

Sometimes, when you can't grasp how things are going, the best way to do that is to take yourself out of it. If you can't find an exit, you have to stop and take a look and think about it. You can't be blindly impulsive.

However, even if things are going in the opposite direction of what you are considering, it is not easy to escape when you have been caught up in a quagmire. For example, at this time, the emperor of Qingguo was obviously pulled by his trouser legs and couldn't move forward.

Not long after the empress received the order to leave, an official came to report that a new credential from the Northern Qi State had arrived.

The emperor took the letter of state, and his heart sank,

'Today, in the name of the emperor of the Northern Qi Kingdom, it is confirmed that the Northern Qi Kingdom is about to marry the eighth princess of the Qingguo, Princess Qixin. ’

If it's just this sentence, the emperor won't be flustered, but there is another sentence later,

Later, General Lin, the general stationed in the border, went to discuss the specific matters and waited at the side as a welcoming procession. ’

Okay, where is this national letter, it's clearly forcing marriage. (To be continued.) )