The court officials all knew in their hearts that since Wang Xiaolai was allowed to stay in the palace overnight, then, in the heart of the empress, who is more important among the three giants of the court today, there is no need to say more.

You must know that even Liu Maolin and the Eight Sages King have never had this kind of treatment.

Even if it is late, the two will abide by the etiquette of the monarch and the minister, and leave and return to the house.

No wonder Zhao Lei is so irritable.

His son also pulled him to persuade: "Father, it is no secret that Your Majesty is interested in the general, why are you doing this?" ”

Zhao Lei wrinkled his eyebrows and glared: "The old man absolutely disagrees, who is Wang Xiaolai?" A clown who can play tricks, how can he be worthy of my Zhao family's daughter!! Well! ”

When Zhao Lei said this, his son could only sigh, and it was difficult to say anything.

The more Zhao Lei thought about it, the more angry he became, and in the end, he was angry and didn't eat, so he hugged his arms and panted alone.

Seeing this, his son sighed, and said in his heart, why bother, although Wang Xiaolai is not very elegant in his style of doing things, but he pulled Sui Yang out of the dire situation.

What about the rebellion of Zhao Sui? Shaken to the national capital, isn't it the king of people who single-handedly calmed down?

How is the grassland? Sui Yang has been an enemy for three hundred years, but as soon as Wang Xiaolai went to the north, he suppressed the grassland peace talks, and almost captured the grassland king Huyan Zhuozhuo alive.

With these two great feats in front of him, why does his father look down on others?

The father and son each had their own thoughts, so that both of them looked a little worried.

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Regarding the thoughts of Zhao Lei's father and son, Wang Xiaolai didn't care at all.

At this time, he and the empress who had just left the dynasty went to the imperial study.

The two discussed while walking, and the empress also asked Wang Xiaolai: "Xiao Laizi, just now in the Taihe Palace, I asked Lao Xiangguo to start selecting the soldiers to go out, would it be too subtle?" ”

Wang Xiaolai shook his head: "No, it's just right, if what Your Majesty said is too explicit and exposes our intentions, it's not good, who knows which mouthy one will listen to it, and then spread it, or we will suffer." ”

The empress pondered and thought to herself.

So, I let it go and didn't care.

At this moment, Narcissus came over and said, "Your Majesty, Yu Zhitian has been waiting in the imperial study for a long time. ”

The empress's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she smiled: "Got it." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Wang Xiaolai, and the two of them held hands and went straight to the imperial study.

When he arrived, he was really waiting, and when he saw the empress, he hurriedly bowed down and shouted in Qiang language, long live my emperor.

As for when he saw Wang Xiaolai, he didn't dare to slack off, and he was respectful and respectful, no less than the empress.

Although Wang Xiaolai couldn't understand what Yu Zhutian said, he still understood Yu Zhutian's respect and worship, so he asked the empress suspiciously: "Your Majesty, why did he behave like this?" I remember, it was different last time. ”

Yu Zhutian muttered.

The empress smiled when she heard this, turned to look at Wang Xiaolai and said, "Do you want to know why?" ”

Wang Xiaolai nodded.

The empress said: "Because when he was in the post house yesterday, he heard the post man talk about you, and the deceased Duke Lu admitted that he had a master-apprentice relationship with you, so he respected you so much." ”

Wang Xiaolai was stunned, and some didn't understand what the empress's words meant.

The empress poured out with her mouth: "He said it himself." ”

Yu Zhitian said a lot of things that Wang Xiaolai didn't understand.

Wang Xiaolai patted his head depressedly and went to see the empress.

The empress was speechless, and said: "Because Lu Gong has never been defeated in the Western Realm, the people in the Western Realm respect Lu Gong very much, and even respect you as a nominal disciple, and in addition, he also heard about your achievements in quelling the Zhao Sui Rebellion, so he admires you even more." ”

Wang Xiaolai pointed at Yu Zhitian: "Can he understand Sui Yang's words?" ”

The empress nodded: "I can understand some simple things, but I can't speak." ”

Wang Xiaolai hissed, and said in his heart that it was strange, how could he know himself, as long as he was in a certain position, he understood some foreign words, and he didn't understand anything.

probably saw what Wang Xiaolai was thinking in his heart, so the empress nodded to his chest and said, "So, you also have to learn a few foreign languages, and you can use them in the future." ”

Wang Xiaolai shrugged his shoulders when he heard this: "Come on, Your Majesty, please spare me." ”

The empress laughed, and sat down directly after stepping into the dragon bookcase.

In front of outsiders, Wang Xiaolai did not show too much intimacy with the empress, but hung his hands in front of his lower abdomen and stood in the hall, looking like a courtier.

The empress looked at Yu Zhitian and smiled: "Yu Zhitian, do you know the reason why I called you here early in the morning?" (Qiang)"

Yu shook his head honestly and said honestly: "I don't know." (Qiang)"

It is not difficult to see the difference between Xiqiang and Sui Yang in these two sentences, such as Sui Yang officials, when they are asked by the empress like this, they will always say a lot of flattering words, and then express their meaning tactfully, unlike Xiqiang, straight to the point.

Of course, it may also have something to do with both cultures.

The empress continued: "Let me tell you the truth, I discussed with the general last night for a night, and I feel that the matter of going on an expedition should not be hasty. (Qiang)"

Yu tilted his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, don't you agree to help us?" Let's all say yes. (Qiang)"

The empress waved her hand and signaled Yu to calm down: "When did I say I wouldn't help you?" It's just that I have some problems here. (Qiang)"

Yu thought about it and didn't want to say: "Your Majesty just said, no matter when, I agreed for my father." (Qiang)"

The empress sighed: "I'm afraid you can't agree to this question." (Qiang)"

Yu was stunned for a moment, not understanding what was going on.

The empress pinched her chin and said, "Thirty thousand war horses." (Qiang)"

Yu Zhutian: "??? ”

The empress said: "30,000 war horses, I want your father to prepare 30,000 war horses in the west within half a month to break through Huhu, as long as your father agrees, Sui Yang's side, within 20 days, will rush to the west to relieve your father's siege." (Qiang)"

"Three, three, thirty thousand!! (Qiang)"

The empress nodded: "Yes, this is the minimum requirement, how, can it be done?" (Qiang)"

Yu poured a breath of cold air, to be honest, if it was placed in the previous war before the start, 30,000 war horses, although it was a little difficult, but it was not a problem to get together.

But now they all know that their father Yu Mo was beaten by Hu Hu and had no place to hide, no place to hide, how to gather 30,000 war horses.

Seeing that Yu leaned into a look of hesitation, the empress snorted and tapped her fingers on the table: "What?" Do you have questions? Or is this condition not agreed? (Qiang)"

Yu hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, yes, yes, I will write a letter to my father, and within half a month, I will gather 30,000 war horses." (Qiang)"

The empress nodded: "That's the best, by the way, the half month I said started with you sending the letter." (Qiang)"

Yu nodded his head clearly.

The empress said, "If you have trouble delivering the letter, I will help you." (Qiang)"

Yu leaned into a bitter smile and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, in my tribe, there is a custom of domesticating falcons to send letters, if you use them to send letters, it only takes three days to go back and forth to the west to Daxing City, and you don't need to trouble Your Majesty." (Qiang)"

The empress nodded, she knew that Xiqiang had this method, which was a hundred times stronger than the carrier pigeon that Sui Yang used to send letters, and now when she heard Yu Zhitian say this, the empress was even more certain.

"Alright, if you are all right, go down and write to your father first, and I will discuss the matter with the general. (Qiang)" said the empress.

Yu nodded his head, clenched his fists and bowed to both the empress and Wang Xiaolai, and then retreated.

After the others left, Wang Xiaolai couldn't wait to ask the empress what she had just said.

The empress laughed and told the previous conversations between the two of them one by one, Wang Xiaolai heard this, and said with a sigh: "Yu Zhitian agreed like this, aren't you afraid that he won't be able to do it?" ”

The empress shrugged: "I can only pray that he will not drop the chain, otherwise, it is likely to delay your plan." ”

Wang Xiaolai snorted: "Although that's what I said, we also have to speed up our actions, and we can't let others think that we are not sincere." ”

The empress nodded: "Don't worry, you still don't know the ability of the old Xiangguo?" Within two days, people will be gathered for you, but because it takes three days for the news to be delivered, you have three days to go to Echo Valley and learn about the situation in the western realm from the depressed one. ”