Mei Xiaoren listened to Liuyue's report and hurried back to the capital.

Before, it was Xia Guo who took the initiative to hand over the letter of state, and wanted to reconcile with Daning, so Daning exchanged manners according to the rules and sent envoys to congratulate the new emperor of Xia Guo on his accession to the throne.

In the past, Mei Xiaoren would only speculate about Xia Guo's motives, but now she knows that Wei Guogong and Xia Guo have long colluded, and she is also suspicious of Wei Guogong.

Mei Xiaoren returned to the mansion and saw that the door of the vestibule hall was closed, and heard that Chu Yu had summoned his staff, and he was still discussing countermeasures inside.

Xingyun was guarding outside, and when he saw her, he greeted her and saluted, "Madam." ”

"When was the university scholar detained?"

Xingyun replied: "Mrs. Hui, it will take some time for the news to reach back to Shangjing, I heard that the scholar was detained by Xia Jun as soon as he arrived in Xia Kingdom, and it has been at least ten days. ”

"What did Xiangye say?"

"The master didn't seem to expect that the Xia Congress would suddenly change his mind, and when he learned of this, he sent the adults to discuss countermeasures." Xingyun said again, "Xia Guo will definitely want the master to go to Xia Guo to talk in person, but where can the master leave Beijing casually, Xia Guo threatened that if the master does not go, he will have to bear the consequences." ”

Mei Xiaoren was anxious. Xia Guo is like a group of kidnappers, who kidnapped the "fat sheep" of the university scholar, and will slaughter the sheep if he can't get the benefits he wants, and who is the university scholar, the second-grade minister, the sister-in-law of the Taishi, or Chu Yu's classmate and friend of life and death, in Daning, where Chu Yu is in charge, the lives of the emperor's relatives are not as valuable as the lives of the scholars.

Now that the scholars are detained in Xia Guo, they can't even save the earth, they can only wait for Xia Guo to take the initiative to release people, or they have to try to send people to negotiate with Xia Guo again, and delay the army; Either you have to agree to Xia Guo's conditions, and Chu Yu will negotiate it in person......

Mei Xiaoren waited an hour in the vestibule before the door opened. The officials rushed out, saw her waiting outside, and saluted one after another.

They were humble and humble, and their faces were somewhat sad, which showed that this matter was tricky, and there was no perfect solution, and even the secretary of the Ministry of Rites shook his head helplessly when he talked to his colleagues.

After the staff finished, Mei Xiaoren walked over, and when he walked to the door, he met someone who came out of it.

Gu Chuyu looked at her, his eyes were calm, and asked, "What's wrong." ”

Even if political affairs force officials to be ants on a hot pot, it is difficult to make him frown.

Mei Xiaoren couldn't laugh, the situation was serious, her expression was extremely serious, and she asked directly: "How did the discussion go, how can the scholar be saved?" ”

Gu Chuyu didn't answer, reached out to wrap his hand around her waist, and gently hugged the person into his arms.

The corners of his lips raised, "It has become a habit to eat and sleep and hug you every day, and after a few months, I can't even see you, how is it good?" ”

Mei Xiaoren's heart sank to the bottom suddenly, and he frowned, "Do you really want to go?" Aren't you afraid that this is a trap, maybe it's Xia Guo's trap, or it may be Wei ......" She paused, what she could think of, could he have foreseen it?

"The Xia Kingdom has a deadline of two months, and even if I leave tomorrow, I have to hurry non-stop, and there is no time to send someone to mediate."

"Xia Guo threatens you like this, aren't you afraid of another battle?"

"You have seen that new monarch, he was born in the army, he is never soft on killing, and he is also accustomed to fighting." Gu Chuyu said again, "For such a person, Daning will take a lot of risks if he is opportunistic, and it doesn't hurt to gamble on weekdays, but not this time, because the bet is Wei Shuying's life." ”

Mei Xiaoren knew that the new monarch of Xia Guo was the Prince of Xia Guo, who was by Xia Jun's side at the beginning, and he was there when Chu Yu shot Xia Jun. Was it just a bait for him to hand over the letter of goodwill before, intended to lure Daning to send envoys over, and then detain the envoys to force Chu Yu to show up?

Is this for revenge?

The more Mei Xiaoren thought about it, the more frightened she became, she looked at Gu Chuyu and asked, "Can you take me with you......?"

Before she finished speaking, there was already a picture of him shaking his head in her eyes.

"I said, you are my weakness, Xia Guo tied up Wei Shuying, I can still negotiate calmly, if I tie you up, I will agree to whatever they want." Gu Chuyu gently stroked her hair behind her ear, and said slowly, "So you must stay in Shangjing and wait for me to come back." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded and said no more. His decisions had always been well thought out, never hasty, and never wrong, and if he decided to go, she wouldn't stop him.

Xingyun came to the court: "Master, Master Taishi asks to see you." ”

"Please."

After a while, Mei Xiaoren turned around and saw Xingyun leading Master Wei in from outside.

Master Taishi is over fifty years old, his hair is not white, and his body is very healthy. Although he is not like the old prime minister who lives in seclusion in the mountains, he rarely cares about political affairs, and now he likes to stay in the mansion to accept protégés and teach disciples.

It is precisely because the Taishi University recruits protégés, and most of the students enter the court as officials after leaving the school, and become the scattered forces of the Taishi Mansion in the court, so even if Wei Taishi does not take care of the government, the status of the Taishi Mansion in Daning should not be underestimated, and it is a powerful family second only to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Master Wei came over to salute: "Prime Minister." ”

Regardless of rank, Wei Taishi is the best friend of the old prime minister and their elder.

Gu Chuyu returned the salute with Mei Xiaoren and called him "uncle".

"I heard that the adults really plan to go to the Xia Kingdom to save Wei Shuying?"

"At the beginning, I allowed him to go to the Xia Kingdom, and if he went, he would return, there was no reason to leave him in the Xia Kingdom, I would bring him back safely, please rest assured uncle."

Wei Taishi was deeply sad, and said guiltily: "That bastard boy has caused you all the trouble, even I, an uncle, feel sorry to go, you said that you are about to get married, isn't this delaying you?" ”

"Uncle doesn't need to blame himself, the wedding is scheduled for early winter, I'll go and come back quickly, it won't be delayed for long." Gu Chuyu said again, "But I have something I want to bother Uncle Lao." ”

"It's hard to talk about, there's nothing I can do, but it's okay to say it."

"My wife has no relatives or friends in Beijing, but there are enemies, and it is purely helpless to leave her alone in Beijing, and I ask my uncle to take care of her."

Wei Taishi nodded without thinking about it, and said solemnly: "You can rest assured about this, when you come back, if she loses a hair, the Wei Mansion will dispose of it!" ”

Gu Chuyu said that he would leave this time, and the time was set for the eighth day of the seventh month, that is, five days later.

He went to Xia Guo to pick up scholars, Xuanzhou is a must-pass place, Mei Xiaoren felt that it was safest to let Qingqing follow Chu Yu's drive back to Xuanzhou, and after discussing with Chu Yu, he went to Yinyuetai to find Qingqing, and asked Qingqing to pack up and prepare to leave.

Who knew that Qingqing fell into hesitation again, and hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head at her and chose not to go.

Qingqing, like her, is a Xuanzhou woman, and she is willing to stay in Shangjing, thousands of miles away, because of Chu Yu, so Qingqing should have such a person in her heart.

She could guess who it was, she didn't break it, and respected Qingqing's choice because of understanding.