After dinner, Concubine Wan asked the little eunuch in Yong'an Palace to send a letter to Situ Zhang.

Situ Zhang's retreat from General Situ's mansion, left alone in the study, looking at the letter sent by his daughter, his eyebrows were very heavy, the content of the letter was probably to tell Situ Zhang, her life in the palace was not good, Concubine Hui was pregnant with a dragon heir, the limelight had overshadowed her, the emperor ignored her, and now that the war is on, the emperor still has a place to get the Situ family, but it is never a way to go on like this for a long time, and measures must be taken to remedy it, if it is delayed, I am afraid that the Situ family will be involved sooner or later.

After Situ Zhang finished reading the letter, he sat on the Taishi chair without saying a word, the expression on his face was very strict, he knew the shape of the current shì best, and the Situ family might not be able to guard it for long.

Back then, the eldest daughter entered the palace and gave birth to a dragon heir, but she returned to heaven early, and then let the second daughter enter the palace, firstly, to raise the dragon left by her sister, and secondly, to support a favorable pillar for the Situ family in the palace, but what he never expected was that the second daughter was pregnant with a dragon heir, but she had a miscarriage, and the guide was unable to give birth, and the emperor's favor also plummeted.

The eldest daughter gave birth to the dragon is already one year old this year, but his grandfather has never met once, the second daughter violated the original intention of entering the palace, only cared about competing for favor, and finally ended up like this, there is no flower in the palace for a hundred days, doesn't she understand this truth?

For a long time, Situ Zhang sighed, there was only the sound of sighing in the huge study, but the depression in his heart was accumulating more and more, he didn't have many children, and the two most precious daughters entered the palace, but the end was miserable, and the only son was sent to lead the army against King Yu not long ago.

If he can't even keep his son, I'm afraid he Situ Zhang will be extinct.

"How did things come to this point", the more Situ Zhang thought about it, the more he felt bad in his heart, two lines of tears slipped down his face, and he remembered in vain that when the emperor was alive, he Situ Zhang was not a talentless person, and followed the emperor to fight in the south and north for many years, only in exchange for the infinite scenery of the Situ family, calling for wind and rain in the entire Jinxu Dynasty, but in the end, the new emperor ascended the throne, the first thing was to remove his military power, and now King Yu rebelled and was used again, is he Situ Zhang just a rag?

Discard when you're not using it and pick it up when you're using it?

Suddenly, a thought sprung up in his mind, perhaps, the final way out of the Situ family, maybe it is pointed to this?

After thinking about it again, Situ Zhang spread out the letter paper, grinded, and wrote two letters, one to his son Situ Jun, and the other to Wan Guifei.

In a blink of an eye, he remembered a person, Xue Chang, this person used to be his subordinate, loyal to him, since the death of the first emperor, he has lived in seclusion away from officialdom, why not find him to discuss countermeasures?

Xue Chang was already fifty, but he was full of energy, of medium stature, wearing a coarse cotton jacket, and when he saw Situ Zhang, he immediately made three bows, Situ Zhang helped him up, ordered someone to make hot tea, and then retreated, only he and Xue Chang were in the house.

"I don't know if the old general is in trouble"? Xue Chang looked at Situ Zhang and asked with concern.

Situ Zhang picked up the teacup, brushed the tea leaves floating on the water with the lid, took a sip, put down the teacup, looked at Xue Chang and said meaningfully: "Presumably, you also know the news that Jun'er was sent by the emperor to fight, although you live in seclusion and ignore the officialdom, but, you have been by my side all these years, haven't you?"

Xue Chang smiled slightly: "I can't hide anything from the general's eyes, yes, the general was kind to me back then, even if he ignored the officialdom, he couldn't ignore the old general."

"You kid is still so eloquent", Situ Zhang couldn't help but say angrily after listening to Xue Chang's words, "After dinner, Wan'er sent a letter, I'm afraid the Situ family will be in trouble."

After speaking, Situ Zhang handed the letter sent by Concubine Wan to Xue Chang to read, and Xue Chang couldn't help frowning after reading it, and sighed: "The world is impermanent, when today's virtue is at a loss, perhaps, it should be time to change the dynasty."

Situ Zhang hadn't told Xue Chang what he was thinking before, but when he saw that he was just looking at the letter, he could have such a statement, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned, "Xue Chang, what's going on?"

Xue Chang did not shy away from it, and said directly: "Corruption and fraud in officialdom are common, but if there is a wise and martial Son of Heaven in charge, naturally there will be no big disaster, between King Yu and the Son of Heaven, since the first emperor was alive, he began to fight openly and secretly, King Yu has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, disdain to compete with the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven regards him as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, who does not know this matter in the officialdom, who does not know, now, it is not surprising that such a thing has happened, so many years, presumably King Yu has endured enough."

Listening to Xue Chang's opinion, Situ Zhang suddenly opened his mouth, and knew that he didn't have to say what he thought in his heart, Xue Chang also knew, sure enough, without waiting for him to speak, Xue Chang continued: "The old general can do whatever he wants, that reputation is just on the surface, in fact, King Yu's forbearance over the years is enough to prove that his ability is extraordinary, if the Jinxu Dynasty really changes hands, I hope it will be him."

Situ Zhang nodded, ashamed and said: "At the beginning, you were just one of my subordinates, but after so many years, you have seen more clearly than me, perhaps, it is a good way to stay away, at least there is still life."

But Xue Chang shook his head, "The old general's words are wrong, with the prestige of the old general, he will be able to do great things, if he retreats, it will be a pity."

Situ Zhang was stunned for a moment, looking at Xue Chang's ordinary face, he actually had a feeling of not knowing, although he was in the officialdom, but because his daughter was in the palace, with many years of achievements, he thought that he was at ease, and now after listening to Xue Chang's words, he felt that after so many years, he really lived in vain.

"Listening to your words, it's better than reading for ten years, Xue Chang, I didn't expect that when I saw you again, you would become my teacher."

When Xue Chang heard this, he immediately stood up and waved towards Situ Zhang, and said with some trepidation: "Where did the old general say, Xue Chang Xue Chang didn't mean that, it's just."

"Okay, okay, look at you, you can say those earth-shattering words, but you still look like a subordinate, I really don't know how many faces you have", Situ Zhang got Xue Chang's words and enlightenment, the whole person was cheerful, and the two letters he wanted to send out were not sent, but sent Xue Chang to the front line and dictated to Situ Jun, as for Concubine Wan, she just replied to a short letter, asking her to keep to herself first, don't provoke Concubine Hui, and don't anger the emperor, take care of yourself, find an opportunity, he will order someone to help her.