Zhou Qingyi said with a calm face: "Second Emperor Brother, do you still need to ask?" Cheng Guogong is old, and in his early years, he galloped the frontier for the Dayue Kingdom and fought for many years. Now that he is old, he should be allowed to live in the capital for the rest of his life. If you let him lead troops to attack Yueli Kingdom now, won't this cost him his life? It's a long way to go to Yueli country, and everyone can think of the hardships. Besides, the Duke of Chengguo sacrificed his proud eldest son for the Dayue Kingdom, so I don't believe that our Dayue Kingdom has actually fallen to the point of inviting veterans to come out! ”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and many ministers applauded and shouted for Zhou Qingye in their hearts, indeed, Cheng Guogong guarded the frontier for many years for the Great Yue Kingdom. In the early years of the war in the Warat Kingdom, the eldest son Zhou Zhengde fought hard to kill the enemy on the battlefield, did not wait for the reinforcements to arrive, did not give in to the humiliation, and killed himself.

This is probably the biggest pain in Cheng Guogong's heart, and his eldest son has always been his pride. At that time, Zhou Zhengde's wife was pregnant, and when the news of Zhou Zhengde's suicide reached the capital, his wife had fetal gas, and followed him after giving birth to a son. Only left a young grandson to Cheng Guogong, and the loss of his son and daughter-in-law hit him particularly hard, and since then he has taken his young grandson to guard the border of Warat, vowing that he will never let Warat invade the slightest land of Dayue in his lifetime.

It contains his deep hatred for the Warat Kingdom, and it was only two years before that he was recalled by the emperor to the capital to retire for the rest of his life. It's only been a long time, and the imperial court actually wants him to attack the Yueli Kingdom again. When Zhou Qingshu heard this, he pulled the corners of his mouth: "Brother Huang, you are right, Cheng Guogong is a battle-hardened veteran. To put it well, Jiang is still old and spicy, do you want to send a fledgling unknown person to lead the troops to attack the Yueli Kingdom.

The Yueli Kingdom actually dared to invade the Great Yue Kingdom this time and took away two cities. If you don't send experienced veterans to send troops, who can guarantee that you will return triumphantly. "What he needs is a war that must be won, and teach Yueli Kingdom a hard lesson, so that they will never dare to invade the slightest territory of Dayue Country in the future. If you don't let them suffer a little, they will definitely not have a long memory.

"Second Emperor Brother, look at what you said, do you think Cheng Guogong will definitely be able to return triumphantly? Of course, the father and the son did not question the ability of Cheng Guogong, but the situation on the battlefield was changing, and no one dared to pat his chest to guarantee that he would definitely win the battle. According to Erchen's understanding, the people of Yueli are cunning and changeable, and they are good at using weirdness. Erchen was worried that if Chengguo Gong went, he would inevitably be calculated by them, and Erchen couldn't bear to let the heroes of Dayue and the elderly Chengguo Gong suffer, and asked his father to investigate. Zhou Qing also knelt in front of the emperor, what he said was reasonable, and it was up to the emperor how to make decisions.

Zhou Qingshu's fist under his sleeve creaked, and Zhou Qing also fought with him in the Jinluan Palace this time, afraid that he would fight against him to the end. "Father Qi, Erchen does not believe that the huge Dayue Kingdom must send Chengguo Gong to fight in order to win, if so, Erchen is willing to take the initiative to invite Ying and lead the troops to attack Yueli Kingdom." The emperor's gaze swirled back and forth on the two sons, and Zhou Qing couldn't wait to continue.

When Zhou Qingshu heard this, he immediately sneered: "Brother Huang, are you threatening your father?" "Once this reputation spreads, then Zhou Qingyi will not want to get the throne. He didn't know why Zhou Qingshu insisted on wanting the commander of Chengguo to attack Yueli Kingdom, Zhou Qingyi said everything he should have said anyway, and it was up to the emperor to decide next. The emperor withdrew his gaze from his two sons, coughed lightly a few times, and then said, "Chang Shoufu, Lin Xiang, what do you think?" ”

In the end, should the commander of Chengguo be sent to attack Yueli Kingdom, and the emperor is now kicking the hot potato into the hands of Chang Mingsheng and Lin Xiangqi. Lin Xiangqi frowned subconsciously, in fact, he was not willing to send troops to teach Yueli Country a lesson. However, the two princes insisted on fighting, and Chang Mingsheng, the old fox, echoed them in order to please them. He alone could not solve this matter.

Lin Xiangqi took two steps forward and said: "Qi Qi Sheng, the minister thinks that Chengguo Gong will be able to return triumphantly after a long time on the battlefield." His move was undoubtedly supporting Zhou Qingshu, but he didn't expect Lin Xiangqi to agree with his idea. Although I don't know what he means, it's a good thing that there are people supporting him right now. Zhou Qingshu lowered his head and bent his mouth and smiled, now it depends on what Chang Mingsheng means.

Chang Mingsheng scolded Lin Xiangqi in his heart, the old fox, before he could answer the emperor, he couldn't wait to support the second prince. At present, if he supports the second prince, he will undoubtedly stab the eldest prince Zhou Qingyi in the heart. If he doesn't support the second prince, he will definitely attract Zhou Qingshu's resentment, and he is now in a dilemma. The emperor and Lin Xiangqi teamed up to force him into this situation, and Chang Mingsheng suddenly regretted that he had taken the initiative to invite the two princes to the cabinet to discuss the matter of dealing with Yueli Kingdom.

This is called lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot, even if Chang Mingsheng regrets his intestines, it will not help, he must answer the emperor hard. In order to balance the power of the court, Chang Mingsheng had no choice but to echo and said: "Holy Lord, the minister feels that this matter still needs to be asked for the opinion of Chengguo Gong. A thought popped into his mind, and he said it unconsciously.

By the way, Cheng Guogong has made great contributions to the country of Dayue, not to mention the sacrifice of his eldest son and eldest grandson, for so many years, the emperor must have felt guilty about him. If Cheng Guogong is unwilling, no one can force him. If he was pushed to be in a hurry, Chang Mingsheng couldn't predict what would happen.

Anyway, as long as he doesn't stuff the hot potato into his hands again, Zhou Qingyi saw that Lin Xiangqi supported Zhou Qingshu, so he couldn't do it in a hurry, and kept looking at Chang Mingsheng, hoping that he could understand the deep meaning. But he was good enough to say this. It seems that Chang Mingsheng is really as Wei Changsi said, he doesn't want to offend any of the two brothers, he is really a loach that can't keep his hands.

The emperor finally made a decision, and Lin Xiangqi and Chang Mingsheng went to the Chengguo Mansion to ask for his opinion. Chang Mingsheng's lax heart began to tense, why did the hot potato stuff into his arms again? Of course, Lin Xiangqi also had the same idea, but the emperor gave an order, and they had to obey. From this Jinluan Palace, the two princes fell out because of whether the Duke of Chengguo was handsome and attacked the Yueli Kingdom, and in less than half a day, the news spread throughout the capital like a long leg.

At this critical moment, everyone knows that the two princes have fallen out, and the civil and military ministers in the court are witnesses. The emperor nodded at Zhou Qingyou and said, "Hurry up, as long as you really know your mistakes and correct them, you will still be the daughter of your father, otherwise your father will not show mercy to you, and will drive you out of the palace again without hesitation, do you hear?" ”

Saying that, he deliberately stared at Zhou Qingyou with a straight face, Zhou Qingyou heard this, and nodded like garlic, "Father, the son promises not to disappoint you, he will definitely change his past, and he will not be willful and reckless as before." Father, isn't it that there is still Aunt Qin supervising me on the side, and I promise not to disappoint my father. "You girl can talk." The emperor stretched out his hand and pointed at the tip of her nose, and did not forget to glance at Qin Su.

Qin Su noticed the emperor's gaze and quickly lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. The reason why the emperor forgave Zhou Qingyou was first because she was Empress Pan's favorite daughter, and he regretted it when he drove her out of the palace and demoted her to a commoner in anger. Many times at night, I dreamed of Empress Pan, she blamed the emperor well, and she shouldn't let Zhou Qingyou suffer so much.

The eldest princess fell into the clouds all of a sudden, if it weren't for Zhou Qingyi behind her back, I don't know how Zhou Qingyou survived. Secondly, because of Qin Su, what she said is very right, breaking bones and connecting tendons, Zhou Qingyou has his blood flowing in his body, even if he doesn't like it anymore, he can't change this fact. He didn't believe that after this once, Zhou Qingyou would not change his past mistakes and restrain his temper.

When Chang Mingsheng and Lin Xiangqi left the Chengguo Mansion and prepared to enter the palace to resume their lives, the secret music of Longxian's 800-mile rush had already spread throughout the capital. Even Lin Dongxian, who was in the inn, knew that Zhou Liang, the defender of Longxian County, killed the prefect Wangcheng, led a group of soldiers to open the city gate, and surrendered to Yueli Kingdom.

After hearing Xiao Er tell her the news, it took a long time for Lin Dongxian to come back to her senses, what benefits did Zhou Liang receive from Yueli Kingdom, he actually killed the prefect Wangcheng, and surrendered with the soldiers who defended the city. It also shows from the side that the wolf ambition of the Yueli Kingdom can no longer be connived at. Da Yue doesn't pay attention to it so much, I'm afraid it's going to perish. This is the last thing Lin Dongxian wants to see, the child in her womb will be born in the year of peace, of course, it is best.

It's a pity that she can't decide the major affairs of the court at all, so she can only pray in her heart that the emperor and courtiers can pay attention to this matter and make a decision quickly, so as not to let the Yueli Kingdom be arrogant and take away more cities in the Dayue Kingdom. The emperor set fire in the imperial study, and the eunuchs guarding the door heard the sound of broken porcelain pieces one after another inside, and lowered their heads one after another, eager to cover their ears with both hands, and it would be better if they couldn't hear it.

The emperor immediately sent eunuchs to invite Lin Xiangqi and Chang Mingsheng into the palace, and the two rushed to the imperial study, but before they could salute the emperor, they were impatiently stopped by him, "Okay, when is it, no need to salute, if I don't send troops to teach Yueli a lesson this time, they still think that Da Yue Guo is afraid!" The monstrous anger in the emperor's eyes could barely be concealed, the Yueli Kingdom was too deceitful, and the Great Yue Kingdom must not retreat this time.

But in the hearts of the people, the Yueli Kingdom took away the three cities of the Great Yue Kingdom in a row, and the emperor and the courtiers did not say anything, so they were disappointed. The imperial court doesn't care about their lives or deaths at all, and if the people's hearts are lost, it will be difficult to unite again.

Chengguo Gong was willing to lead the troops to the Yueli Kingdom, but the emperor frowned and denied it: "Don't use him, when you are old, you still stay in the capital to live for a long time, and when it is spread out, the people of the province say that I am a mean courtier." "Besides, he is old, if he is calculated by Yueli Kingdom, he can't return to the capital safely, which deepens his guilt towards the Chengguo Mansion, and the emperor doesn't want to do this.

Besides, he didn't believe that the Great Yue Kingdom could not find an outstanding general to send troops to the Yueli Kingdom and teach them a hard lesson. The emperor thought about it, if there was really no one, it would be a big deal for him to drive the expedition in person, he would not believe it, and he would not be able to defeat the Yueli Kingdom and flee. The emperor's words were in Chiguoguo's support for Zhou Qingyi, and the anger in Zhou Qingshu's heart erupted, why, the emperor was too partial to Zhou Qingyi.

He listened to him for everything, that is, he brought Zhou Qingyou into the palace, and the emperor did not blame him, but rewarded him with a lot of rare treasures to his mansion. Zhou Qingshu is not familiar with these treasures, and more importantly, the emperor's preference for him, why did Empress Pan do the same to him when she was alive. They prefer Zhou Qingyi more, he is also their son, why can't they be treated equally?

Zhou Qingshu clenched his fists tightly, now he has no power in his hands, so he can only swallow his anger and watch Zhou Qingyi be favored, but the humiliation he suffered today will one day be ashamed. The emperor finally made a decision, of course, Chang Mingsheng and Lin Xiang, as well as the elders of the cabinet, echoed one after another, expressing their obedience to the emperor's will. The next thing is to set the generals who will lead the troops, and it is best to order troops to go to the Yueli Kingdom overnight, the sooner the better.

Otherwise, I don't know when the Yueli Kingdom will use a strange conspiracy to take away the cities of the Great Yue Kingdom again, and it will lose more people's hearts. The emperor glanced at a group of courtiers and said lightly: "Now you will each name the person who leads the army in your heart." After listening to it, the emperor couldn't sit still, picked up the teacup in his hand and smashed it on the ground, and suddenly the water splashed, so frightened that the courtiers led by Zhou Qingyi quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy to the emperor.

"Look at who you have chosen, either they are old or have no combat experience, how can I rest assured that I will put an army of 100,000 into their hands, you are pushing me into the fire pit. If you can't return triumphantly this time, what will be the consequences, have you thought about it? If it fails this time, the Yueli Kingdom will inevitably become even more rampant and take away more cities, which is still a trivial matter.

If they have wolf ambitions and want to invade the entire Da Yue country, none of you will be spared by that time. If the skin does not have hair, it will be attached, don't you understand this truth? Do you want me to surrender to the Yueli Kingdom now, so that you are happy? The emperor's cold tone made the courtiers shiver and send a chill down their spines.

They don't want to recommend generals who gallop across the field, but there has been no war at all for many years, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and they are cultivating themselves. It is very rare to find a general who can lead troops to fight, and there are many people who talk about troops on paper, but there are even fewer generals who can really guarantee to win this battle. Suddenly, Chang Mingsheng raised his head and said: "Qiqi Sheng, there is a candidate for Weichen, but I don't know ......."

"Since there are candidates, it's faster, don't be stumbling, have so many scruples." The emperor waved his hand impatiently, motioning for Chang Mingsheng to quickly say the name of this candidate. Don't hang on to him and the appetite of the courtiers, the emperor listened to him talk about the man's reputation, and he didn't say anything for a long time. Zhou Qingyi clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Father, let the sons and daughters lead the troops to extinguish the arrogance of the Yueli Kingdom." ”