The troops sent by the imperial court to Mobei for reinforcements were all wiped out, which Lu Qingrong heard Jiang Xuan say personally, so he did not question it.

She just didn't expect this fiasco to be so complete.

"Isn't there much left of the town's northern iron cavalry?" Lu Qingrong asked with a frown.

"Not yet. The Zhenbei Iron Cavalry is now distributed all over the border of Mobei, and most of them have never participated in the war and have not been injured fundamentally. Jiang Xuan said truthfully: "In fact, the reinforcements in Zhenbei only account for a small part of the troops, and most of them are temporarily summoned from several nearby provinces. ”

"Impromptu summoning?" Lu Qingrong didn't know before, "Why is this happening?" Those people must not have any experience in fighting in Mobei, right? ”

"If you talk about the experience of facing the Fanmeng people, naturally no one will be stronger than the Zhenbei Iron Cavalry." Jiang Xuan paused, as if casually scanning the door, to make sure that there was no one around, before he opened his mouth to Lu Qingrong, "It seems that the emperor still doesn't believe in this evil, and always thinks that he can't let all the credit be taken ......by them."

When Lu Qingrong heard this, he could only sigh in his heart. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuanzhao has been dormant in the capital for many years, and the emperor is still afraid of this elite army.

"The birds are good and the bow is hidden" This Lu Qingrong is understandable. What she doesn't understand is that now that the smoke of Mobei is rising again, shouldn't she put the border people first and win the battle first?

It can only be said that the thoughts of the superior are really not something that ordinary people can speculate.

"This time, the reinforcements led by General Xu Yi have not even reached the main battlefield, and they were ambushed by the Fanmeng people on the way." Jiang Xuan sighed.

"Doesn't that have any effect on the front?" Lu Qingrong asked directly.

"Not really. Although the reinforcements were all wiped out, the Fanmeng people were also not unscathed, which can be regarded as playing a certain role. Jiang Xuan's tone could not hide his helplessness.

Lu Qingrong lowered his head and was silent for a long time before he raised his head again and asked the question he was most worried about: "Then who are you going to send this time?" ”

"No news yet." Jiang Xuan replied truthfully, "The current situation is not as urgent as last time, so the imperial court is not too panicked, presumably this time it is necessary to weigh it well, strive to be safe, and defeat the Fanmeng people in one fell swoop." ”

Lu Qingrong locked his eyebrows, as if he didn't quite understand what he meant.

The reinforcements were wiped out...... Isn't that urgent?

Jiang Xuan saw her doubts, and then explained: "The places where the Fanmeng people passed this time have been swept clean, and the number of property and casualties of the border people is extremely large, and the specific number has not yet been counted...... However, the Fanmeng people themselves have also suffered some damage and have temporarily evacuated the border. Judging from the past situation, there will be no further attacks in the near future. ”

It seems that those Fanmeng people are just trying to make money, at least at least they don't have the intention of occupying land at the moment.

Lu Qingrong thought of this, but he was even more nervous.

Now that the Fanmeng people have retreated to their own territory, if the Great Qi Dynasty sends troops again, it will inevitably take the initiative to attack and enter the depths of Mobei, wouldn't it be even more dangerous......

"If you decide who will go to the battle, you can sue me!" Lu Qingrong reminded.

Jiang Xuan nodded, looking at her sad face, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't say anything more, just walked to Lu Qingrong's side and gently hugged her in his arms.

After all, there are some things that are still uncertain at the moment, so why bother to say it to make her more troubled. Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

While Lu Qingrong felt Jiang Xuan's heartbeat, he still couldn't suppress the thoughts in his head......

After a few days, Jiang Xuan became extremely busy.

Every day, I go out early and return late, wearing the stars and the moon, occasionally staying in the Yuyuan, and also meeting guests in the study.

Lu Qingrong has bumped into two acquaintances, one is Sun Yiming, and the other is Lu Chengjie and Yin Zihao's current teacher, Mr. Chu.

She wasn't too surprised by this, she just hoped that the matter of Mobei would be settled.

But in the Qinyi Courtyard of the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Wu couldn't sit still.

"Mr. Chu?" Mrs. Wu listened to Lu's mother's report on the movements of Yuyuan these days, but she was very curious about this Mr. Chu, "But that student of the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Ji?" ”

"Exactly." Lu's mother replied.

"What is he doing here?" Mrs. Wu knew that she couldn't get an answer, but she couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that Jiang Xuan really wants to think about going to war?" ”

When Mother Lu heard this, she hurriedly walked to the door, looked around for a while, and then came back cautiously and said: "Madame should be careful when it comes to government affairs, now that there are many people in the house, don't be passed on!" ”

"I understand." Mrs. Wu was very serious, and then lowered her voice, "If you really hit the luck and let him come back with a victory, we haven't all these years been in vain!" If you want to ...... in the future? It's even harder. ”

"Madame is overly concerned. Fighting a war is not an easy errand, and the prince's body has just improved these days, how can he afford such a heavy responsibility? What's more, even if he really lets him go, how easy is it to win the battle......" Mother Lu said this, her eyes subconsciously looked in the direction of Jingchun Hall.

Mrs. Wu understood.

Thinking of the time when Marquis Jingyuan led the army to quell the rebellion, he was stunned that he was seriously injured and almost returned defeated, not to mention that he was seriously injured when his morale was strong and his numbers were superior, which shows how important actual combat experience is. A hairy boy like Jiang Xuan, who has no experience, if he really goes to Mobei, maybe everything will be over......

The more Mrs. Wu thought about it, the farther and farther she went, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily showed a smile: "You're right, how can it be so easy to win a battle!" ”

After all, Lu's mother has been with her for most of her life, and when she saw her uncertain appearance at this moment, she guessed a little.

"Madame has changed her mind, I hope that the prince will have the opportunity to go to Mobei?"

"Of course not!"

Mrs. Wu's tone was very affirmative, which inevitably made Mother Lu a little stunned.

"After ending this matter with the help of the Mengren, we will end up easily, and I am certainly willing." Mrs. Wu said honestly, "It's just that there are more critical things to take into account at the moment." ”

"You mean?" Mother Lu didn't dare to find out.

"It has been nearly two months since the death of the crown prince, and the next prince is not yet clear. Although the saint is particularly fond of the emperor's eldest grandson, and the queen mother spares no effort to support the emperor's eldest grandson, most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are inclined to this, as if they are the trend of the times. But after all, there is still a lack of a holy decree, which always makes people's hearts not so steady. Mrs. Wu sighed lightly, "Only when the eldest grandson of the emperor becomes the prince and succeeds to the throne in the future can we ensure the long-term prosperity of my Wu family." Otherwise, even if we try our best to help Ke'er win a qiē, we will one day become a vain name......"

Mother Lu was uneasy by her heartfelt words, for fear of being heard by others, she hesitated for a moment, and had to keep her voice very low: "Do you mean that if the Holy Lord really lets the prince go out on the expedition this time, he still has hope for the second prince?" ”

Mrs. Wu nodded helplessly, and finally suddenly said, "Ming'er called Jiang Xuan's daughter-in-law over early in the morning, I haven't seen her for a few days!" ”

Mother Lu nodded thoughtfully.

Early the next morning, Jiang Xuan had just gone out, and Lu Qingrong came to Qinyi Courtyard with green bamboo.

She deliberately came early, hoping not to run into those people in Fengyuan.

Previously, because of Jiang Xuan's poor health and other reasons, Mrs. Wu exempted them from going to Qinyi Courtyard every day to settle the province in the morning and dusk, but after Jiang Xuan's health improved, he still acted as usual, and Mrs. Wu might not want to see them dangling in front of her eyes all day long.

However, the people of Kaedein still go there every day to ask for peace.

Walking to Qinyi Courtyard, sure enough, no one else had arrived, and Lu Qingrong only saw Mrs. Wu's master and servant in the flower hall.

After saluting and greeting according to the rules, Lu Qingrong did not shirk and sat directly under Mrs. Wu.

"I'm looking for you today, I just want to give you a few words." Mrs. Wu was the first to speak, "I heard that Shizi has been very busy these days, and his body has only just improved, so he must not be tired again." You should take care of it on weekdays and persuade them in a timely manner. ”

"What Madame said is, I wrote it down." Lu Qingrong responded politely and said no more.

"Do you know what he's been up to lately, who he's been meeting lately?" Mrs. Wu asked directly. Now she knows a little bit about Lu Qingrong, and understands that there is little hope of hearing the truth, and at this time she just wants to see her reaction.

"It's really not clear what he's busy with, these days Shizi mostly goes out to the palace or King Jing's mansion, but his errand on weekdays is to go to these two places, but there is no difference." Lu Qingrong paused, and then said: "As for the people from Yuyuan, I don't know everything, I only know Master Sun and Mr. Chu. ”

Lu Qingrong's tone was extremely ordinary, and she really told everything she knew, and after finishing speaking, she looked back at Mrs. Wu with a smile.

At this moment, even Mother Lu, who was standing aside, was a little surprised by Lu Qingrong's posture of "having one to say".

Lu Qingrong disagreed, even if they didn't say these things, they would definitely know about them.

On the contrary, her outspoken attitude made Mrs. Wu unable to see why.

"As the saying goes, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, if the prince is careless in making friends, don't forget to remind him more." Mrs. Wu suddenly said this.

Thinking of Sun Yiming in an instant, Lu Qingrong laughed in his heart, but he was a little unsure of the meaning of Mrs. Wu's words, so he simply smiled and replied: "I'm afraid that Madame cares about the prince of the world, and the son of the world is older than me and understands more than me, so how can it be my turn to remind him?" ”

Mrs. Wu was about to say something more, when the person from Fengyuan who came to ask for peace had already arrived.

Lu Qingrong raised his eyes and saw Jiang Ke walking in front alone, followed by Qiu Jinting and Tang Shan, and He Qingwan, who was following Qiu Jinting at all times for the catastrophe. R1152