There are two reasons why Gu Qingming took Jingguo.

First, in addition to Chengguo, the distance to reach Jade Country through Jingguo is the closest, that is to say, Jingguo can be regarded as the only way to go to Jade Kingdom; second, there is the old department of General Wu Lao in the southwest of Jingguo, which is the military power in the hands of Gu Qingming, in case they encounter anything in Jingguo, it is more convenient to transfer troops to help.

At this moment, Gu Qingming had to be glad that when he was in Ning Palace, he did not show too much sharpness and did not arouse the suspicion of the Empress Dowager Qin, so that after Shen Ze dismissed him, although he confiscated the talisman of the Gu family, he left him the talisman of the Southwest County.

And for this matter, the Empress Dowager Qin seems to have forgotten, forgetting that she had personally promised to assign the military power of the Southwest County to Gu Qingming's hands, so that when Gu Qingming left the capital, the Empress Dowager Qin did not have too much embarrassment.

What was the situation at that time, and what did the Empress Dowager Qin think, no one has been held accountable, and everyone is only obsessed with what is in front of them.

"Now that we have decided, I will write to His Highness now and inform him of our decision. Lu Yingquan said, "No matter where we are, we must let His Highness know our whereabouts." ”

While speaking, Lu Yingquan picked up a pen, took a new piece of rice paper, and wrote a letter to Shen Che.

Yun Yao and Gu Qingming didn't say anything more, and the two of them went to prepare separately.

Gu Qingming was familiar with the territory and terrain of Daning, and knew how to walk to effectively avoid the eyes and ears of the Empress Dowager Qin, and to reach the Jade Kingdom in the shortest possible time, so he planned and formulated the route.

In fact, if there were only two people, he and Yun Yao, then there would be no need to formulate this route at all, and it would matter where they went. But among them, Lu Yingquan is still pregnant, so he must ensure that Lu Yingquan has the most comfortable conditions.

And Yun Yao went to prepare pills, which were for Lu Yingquan's fetus, which was easy to carry. In addition, she also needs to prepare some poison powder and medicinal powder for self-defense.

The most surprising thing was Sisi, she originally thought that after moving to a new place, she would stay here for a few more days, but she was told by Yun Yao that she might leave again at any time, as long as Gu Qingming and Yun Yao's preparations were over, then they would have to set off again.

Putting aside the worries in everyone's hearts, this courtyard is a peaceful appearance, regardless of the turmoil outside, but this courtyard is extremely quiet.

It's already August 20, and the confrontation between Yiguo and Ning Gong hasn't ended yet, in fact, it can also be said that the confrontation between Shen Che and Qin Yuankai is still going on.

Shen Che did not jump into the trap set by the Empress Dowager Qin, nor did he act rashly, so even if Qin Yuankai had the heart, there was no absolute evidence to launch an attack on Yiguo, and the men and horses on both sides confronted each other on the border of Yiguo, and no matter who was immovable.

But at the same time, the Empress Dowager Qin tried to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and issued an order in the name of Shen Ze, saying that when Shen Che was celebrating his birthday in Ning Palace, he broke into Changming Palace at night and assassinated the emperor, plotting against him, and everyone was punished.

And on this holy decree, he also called on the vassal kings to raise troops and help the central dynasty deal with Shen Che.

This holy decree spread all over the world as quickly as possible, and also reached the ears of every vassal king, and for a while, the vassal kings waited solemnly, ready to move, quietly watching the wind direction on both sides, waiting for the right time.

Shen Che couldn't help but laugh when he heard this holy decree. When he was in Ning Palace, he did break into Changming Palace at night, but it was not to assassinate the emperor, but to discuss with the emperor how to take back the Shen family from the hands of the Qin family, an old witch.

Although the Empress Dowager Qin didn't know that he had secretly met Shen Ze, she told such a big lie, and if she wanted to add to the crime, there was no excuse.

The vassal kings all knew that when Shen Che left the capital, the emperor was still in good condition and was not assassinated at all, and the Empress Dowager Qin's move was just to test their attitude and paralyze the people of the world by the way.

Because of this, the vassal kings were silent, preferring to wait for the opportunity rather than immediately stand on the side of the Empress Dowager Qin.

But there is an exception to this, that is, Shen Ping, the first king to veto in the mouths of Yun Yao and Gu Qingming, he is the only one who stands up and speaks out when the other vassal kings are silent.

What's more, his attitude was really as Yun Yao expected, and he was biased towards the Empress Dowager Qin.

Shen Ping told the world, saying that Shen Che was a wolf with ambitions and bad intentions, intending to ruin the stability of Daning for more than ten years, provoke wars, ignore the people, and should be the world to fight together.

And Shen Che is not idle, with his character, it is absolutely impossible to be in a situation of being beaten passively, even if he loses the upper hand at the beginning and does not have time to deal with the tricks of the Empress Dowager Qin, but when he reacts, he will definitely not sit still.

So, in response to this holy decree of the Empress Dowager Qin, Shen Che issued an article to the world - "Asking for Qin's Decree".

The prose is fiercely written, listing several of Qin's crimes, saying that she listened to the government and harmed Zhongliang in the court, and that she harbored evil intentions, regarded the emperor as a puppet, and did many things to kill the Shen royal family.

What's more, with "because of the disappointment of the world, Shun Yu's heart, love to raise the banner of righteousness, to clear the demons" to call on the people of the world to jointly crusade against the Empress Dowager of the Qin family.

In the text, Shen Che said that he was wronged, saying that the Empress Dowager Qin falsely passed on the holy decree, the purpose was to provoke the civil war of the Shen clan, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and at the end, he used a sentence "Let's see whose family is in the world in today's domain", to tell the Shen clan relatives and the people of the world that the Empress Dowager Qin's ambition to usurp the country and control the world.

As soon as this article came out, the world was shocked, and it made many people of insight boiling.

Many young men with unpaid ambitions, or weak scholars with unmet talents, tried to use their own strength to overcorrect the usurpation of the Empress Dowager Qin.

For a time, many men in Daning traveled thousands of miles to Yiguo and signed up to join the army; there were also many literati and writers, writing with a pen, similar to the "Guilty Complaint with the Empress Dowager Qin", "Seeking Qin's Confession for the People", "Northern Expedition Inscription", "Sacrificing the Mausoleum of Ning Gaozu" and so on have been circulated, and the world is uneasy.

And this matter seems to have become the fuse of the war between Ning Gong and Yiguo, after all, the people's desire is the foundation of their lives, seeing that Shen Che manipulated the people's hearts, and even guided the people's public opinion to his side, so that the Empress Dowager Qin stood on the cusp of verbal criticism, how could she give up?

So, the Empress Dowager Qin chose to suppress it by force, and two holy decrees in a row approached Yiguo with great momentum.

On the other hand, 30,000 horses were mobilized from the north to return to the DPRK in an attempt to suppress Yiguo with absolute numerical superiority.

Most of the garrisons in the north are the Qin army, that is, Qin Yuankai's soldiers and horses, which means that the Empress Dowager Qin tried to use the Qin army to repel Yiguo in order to defend the stability of the capital and the power in her hands.

The development of the situation became more and more serious, when Gu Qingming heard the content of the last holy decree of the Empress Dowager Qin, a wave of anger surged from his heart, and he, who had always been elegant and calm, couldn't help but use a slight force to break the pen in his hand in half.

With a click, the pen broke, Yun Yao looked at Gu Qingming's forbearant expression, sighed in her heart, then walked over and held his hand, and said, "Are you worried that Beidi will take the opportunity to invade?"

"A-Yao, you are young, you have never marched to war, and you have never directly participated in political affairs, but even you understand the truth, why can't she understand that she has been in power for so many years?

Rao is Gu Qingming chose Shen Che in his heart, but Yun Yao knew that what he chose was actually the Shen royal family, the people of the world, he couldn't bear to see the world being tossed in the hands of the Empress Dowager Qin, and he couldn't bear to see the Empress Dowager Qin brutalize Zhongliang, in order to consolidate the power of the Qin family, he was crony.

And now, the Empress Dowager Qin is so stupid that she wants to send the Qin family army in the north back to confront Yiguo, which is obviously digging her own grave!

Later, in order to give the credit for guarding the north to her nephew Qin Yuankai, the Empress Dowager Qin transferred the Gu family army back to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, sent the Qin family army to garrison, and even built a city wall in the north to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Although Gu Qingming was reluctant at that time, in order to take care of the overall situation of Shen Che and Shen Ze, he still agreed, because only when he was in Beijing, many things could go smoothly.

However, now, the Empress Dowager Qin's transfer of the northern border army means that the garrison on the northern border is reduced, and Qin Yuankai is busy dealing with Yiguo, and the commander is not there, even if there is a city wall, he can't resist those fierce Beidi people.

In case Beidi takes the opportunity to attack, then Daning will be completely plunged into internal and external troubles, and the entire country will be crumbling and precarious.

It was obviously something that could be thought of very simply, but Empress Dowager Qin made such an unattainable mistake for the sake of the victory in front of her and in order to be able to quickly destroy Shen Che's people.

"Qingming, it's useless if you're in a hurry, the whip can't reach it. Besides, the Empress Dowager Qin won't listen to you. Yun Yao said, "Empress Dowager Qin will send people back to Beijing, it will take a certain amount of time, Beidi may not be able to react so quickly, we are just going to the Jade Country, the northern border of the Jade Country is far away from Beidi, you can just go and see if there are any problems with the defense there." ”

Gu Qingming listened to Yun Yao's words, and knew that it was useless for him to complain, even if he was upset, things had already happened, it was impossible for him to change it, only like Yun Yao said, he would find a way to remedy it.

"In fact, the mistakes made by the Empress Dowager Qin should not be made up for by me, and it is not impossible for her to suffer the consequences. However, the invasion of Beidi will cause greater losses and damage to Daning, and I cannot joke with the lives of the soldiers and the people. Gu Qingming sighed helplessly, "Ah Yao, do you think I'm too indecisive?"

"Not at all, I don't think you're indecisive, I think you have a compassionate heart. Yun Yao shook her head lightly and said, "You are better than anyone else." ”