Chapter 20: Heartbeat
When the news came, all the forces in Nanhua City unanimously expressed their silence.
Xiao Tian instinctively felt that this Khan King of the Northern Underworld Grassland must be bubbling with bad water in his stomach.
"Taifu, what do you think they are doing?"
Since Xiao Tian decided to be worthy of Fu Shuyi's "salary", although he didn't dare to say that he was conscientious, he basically cooperated with him in general.
Learn what you should learn, do what you should do. As for how well you learn and whether you do well or not that's another matter.
However, after facing each other a few times, Xiao Tian basically figured out Taifu's bottom line and temperament.
Taifu felt that it didn't matter if she was attentive or not. As long as what she does is within the scope of Taifu's tolerance, then everything is fine.
So to this day, Xiao Tian really knows a lot of things about the Great Xiao Palace and this dynasty because of Taifu's more targeted teachings.
Except for the excerpts that have not been separately criticized by the ministers, Xiao Tian is now a "Xiao Guoren" with basic common sense.
Fu Shuyi looked very calm.
"There's an idea, but it's not too bad."
"Is that Taifu really planning to go?"
This is not to take hostages, this is to send them to death, right?
The resulting series of consequences were presented scene by scene in Xiao Tian's head.
She knows very well that now she can safely pretend to be their little emperor of Da Xiao, and she has not revealed her stuff so far, in addition to her own being more cautious, Fu Shuyi has done a lot of work.
Now that Beiming has made such a strange request, if Fu Shuyi should not do it, those hostages are estimated to be able to really do what they said, and they will not have to come back in the future.
And if he responds, and doesn't say what his fate is, he just says that he wants to leave Nanhua City......
She suddenly felt the hairs on her back stand on end.
For her, this is by no means good news.
She thought about it for a while, and was frowning and looking at Fu Shuyi, only to realize that the other party was also looking at her.
Fu Shuyi's eyes were a little peculiar.
"Taifu?"
"This time the minister will go to the north, at least a month. In the absence of the minister, the king will assist His Majesty. There is only one more thing that the minister has been worried about. ”
"What?"
"A large part of the reason why Heian Castle fell to the enemy was because of the lack of armaments. Originally, the troops on the border could not resist the northern barbarians, and the armies of the state capitals did not retrain their troops, and in the end, the garrison outside Ping'an City heard about the battle situation and almost fled for the most part, which eventually led to defeat. ”
Xiao Qian thought in his heart: Although there are military reasons for the death of a country, the root cause must not be here.
They have been in a depression so far, probably angry, lucky.
But what Taifu says is what it is. She won't take the initiative to argue.
"Nowadays, most of the defenders inside and outside Nanhua City are the southern state army. A few days ago, the Privy Council Sun was sorting out the household registration of military attachés above the sixth rank, and the military department was sorting out the information on military households below the sixth rank. The minister expected that there should be half of the vacancies for the military attaché......"
Although Fu Shuyi didn't quote precise numbers when he said this, Xiao Tian still seemed to understand it.
For one, she was not interested in the military. Second, although she has some understanding of the division of labor between the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, the concept of specific responsibilities is still a little vague.
"According to the rules of our dynasty, in the event of such a big change, the civil officials will be appointed first, and then the military attachés. Now that the civil officials have been decided, the military attachés above the third rank who urgently need to be determined have already been decided, and now the candidates for the military attachés below the third rank can also be determined. ”
Xiao tilted his head.
Fu Shuyi slowly said: "The minister paid attention to five people, four of them are northern ministers and one is southern ministers. I was going to take another look, but now it seems that time is running out. ”
Xiao Tian couldn't interject at all. However, she also did not want to express her opinion.
Fu Shuyi looked at her as if she was listening very carefully, and there was a familiar angry and funny emotion in her heart.
"Your Majesty need not worry. The ministers prepared an excerpt overnight, showing part of the information of these five people and the positions to be arranged. ”
Fu Shuyi narrowed his eyes, "For other positions, the courtiers have recommendations, just play them directly." There are only five positions in the office, and they must be insisted on arranging for them to take office. ”
Xiao Tian was not curious at all. She nodded hurriedly, and asked instead, "Taifu really wants to leave, how can I deal with myself?" ”
Nima has no one around to escort her, which is too insecure, okay?!
Fu Shuyi smiled.
"Now Your Majesty has four slaves and maids to use in addition to Mingxiu, so you don't have to worry about life. In terms of security, although General Zhao Youchen commands the forbidden army in the palace and cannot always accompany him, he will definitely arrange people to protect His Majesty closely, as long as His Majesty stays in the palace, nothing like what happened in the palace that day will happen. ”
Fu Shuyi looked at her, and what he didn't say was - the children of the royal family generally have secret guards. Her Royal Highness the Little Princess also has it.
It's just that he observed for a long time and didn't find the existence of this person.
As for the secret guard who originally defended the little emperor...... It's even more nowhere to be found.
There's something strange about it. But these strangeness are not enough to say to His Majesty today.
Xiao Tian still felt that his head was big.
Fu Shuyi explained some trivial matters, and hurriedly went back to the house to arrange the rest of the matter.
Xiao Tian stayed alone in the imperial study for a while, and a thought quickly flashed through his mind.
For a long time, she and Fu Shuyi have been able to live in harmony mainly because they both have their own needs and need each other's cooperation.
But now, Fu Shuyi is leaving.
And she doesn't have much sense of belonging and responsibility to this country, to this palace, and to her current identity.
Or rather, not at all.
Then, Fu Shuyi is not in Nanhua City, which undoubtedly destroys a balance.
Shouldn't she think about it, why don't she take this opportunity to get away from everything here and live the life she wants?
This sudden thought made her heart pound. And it was like a bean that had taken root in her heart, and now it was like it had been filled with a lot of nutrients, and it sprouted violently, and it grew bigger and bigger.
She had a crazy idea in her mind that persuaded her: give it a try.
The opportunity is rare, how can you know that freedom is not waiting for her where she has it at her fingertips without trying.
With this secret excitement, she left the imperial study and went back to the Chengde Palace.
Then she had a brief meal, shut herself in the room, and began to think about every detail over and over again.
People are like that, when you don't have anything you want to do, it doesn't matter what you want. Once you have it, you will be extra focused and persistent.
At this time, she left behind Fu Shuyi's previous teachings and all the instructions just now.
She considered only one issue – the escape plan and the feasibility of the plan.