Nanba was invited into the mansion by the concubine Guo Xuan, and invited his subordinates to make a sumptuous dinner and treat each other with fine wine and preserved fruits. Although he was hungry, he maintained his demeanor as an official, and sat respectfully across from the colt table.

The beautiful maid in the house came forward to pour wine, Guo Yu took the wine cup and toasted him, after the two covered their sleeves and drank it, before the horse asked, Nanba took the initiative to kneel on the ground and said: "Don the horse, Xiangyang City has been besieged by the enemy army for a year, and the food in the city has long been exhausted, when I came out of the city, the people in the city have already stripped off the bark and leaves of the banyan and maple trees on the side of the road and eaten them. However, Jing Xiang Jie Du made Xu Shuji sit on 100,000 troops in Jiangcheng, but never moved, Guo Linggong and General Zhang Xun I went to ask him to send troops, but he flatly refused and was almost detained, humiliation and courage to ask His Majesty immediately, send troops to save Xiangyang City. ”

Guo Hua stood up from the front of the case in anger, he had always been worried about the situation in Xiangyang City, and also worried about his father's safety, but he didn't expect the situation to deteriorate to such a point, Xu Shuji, as Yu Chaoen's henchman, was obviously helping the eunuch to announce his personal vendetta.

"There is such a thing!" Guo Yu paced back and forth for a few steps, turned to Nan Ba and said, "You just have to leave this matter to me, and I will definitely report the situation in Xiangyang to Your Majesty." ”

After Guo Hua left, Nanba finally settled down and feasted with chopsticks in his hand.

Guo Yuma hurriedly went to find his daughter-in-law, Princess Shengping, and the husband and wife worked together on this matter, and immediately ordered their subordinates to prepare a carriage to enter the palace while it was still dark.

When the vehicle entered the gate in front of the Miyagi Imperial Road, the Shence Army on duty and the eunuch who served as the general of the guard stood in the middle of the road to stop them.

"There is an order from the Fish Public, no one is allowed to enter without the token of the gate guard."

The princess was just as grumpy as the horse, opened the curtain of the car with a bang, and said angrily to the eunuch who blocked the way: "Open your dog's eyes and see who the old lady is, I go back to my mother's house, do I need you rootless things to block the road here?" ”

The eunuch hurriedly knelt down and confessed: "The princess forgives her sins, the slave doesn't know that the princess is coming, please." ”

Princess Shengping snorted, closed the curtain on her horse, ordered the coachman to wave his whip, and headed towards the inner city of the palace.

After entering the inner city, they had to walk to the Qiancheng Palace, where Emperor Li Yu was located, and only after the eunuch Yu Chaoen informed the emperor that they could enter the palace. At this time, Yu Chaoen stood outside the main hall with a smile on his eyes, his hands in his sleeves as if he was confident, and the joint complaint of the horse and the princess could not do anything to him and his men.

Guo Yu originally told everything on the ground, which made Li Yu extremely shocked when he heard it, and said angrily outside: "Yu Chaoen, get me in!" ”

Yu Chaoen trotted into the hall unhurriedly, knelt down and crossed his hands towards the emperor and asked, "I don't know why Your Majesty is angry?" ”

The emperor threw Guo Ziyi's letter in front of him: "You give me a good look, this is Xu Shuji, who was appointed by you, who has an army of 100,000 and hundreds of thousands of stones, grains and grass, and actually watched Xiangyang besieged by the enemy army and ran out of ammunition and food, but did not send a single soldier to the rescue!" ”

"Your Majesty," Yu Chaoen hurriedly defended Xu Shuji, "Who did you listen to when you said the horse?" Xiangyang City is indeed besieged by the rebels, and there are indeed no reinforcements approaching the city gate, but it is biased to say that Xu Shuji did not send a soldier to rescue him, since Jingmen was breached, Xu Shuji has sent troops to attack Jingmen three times, but the Yongjun army has already been too strong, and the three attacks ended in fiasco. The traitor Li Siye deployed more than 200,000 troops near Xiangyang City, Xu Shuji could only go to the rescue if he found a suitable opportunity, if he attacked recklessly, not only could he not save Xiangyang, but even the 100,000 troops of Jiangcheng would be consumed. ”

"Nonsense! There is not only Jingmen between Jiangcheng and Xiangyang, you know that Xiangyang City is cut off from food, even if you don't fight fiercely with the enemy, there are other ways, or quietly transport a small amount of grain and grass into the city through the cover of night, which can be regarded as support for the people of Jiangcheng, but Xu Shuji simply ignores the safety of the people, and also ignores the importance of Xiangyang, how can such a person be qualified to be the envoy of Jingxiang Festival! ”

Yu Chaoen turned his head to look at the concubine and smiled: "As His Majesty's son-in-law, the concubine should not take care of these things in the court, so as not to affect the reputation of you and the princess." ”

Guo Hua suddenly became dumbfounded, he became the concubine of Princess Shengping, and he had to sacrifice something, that is, as a relative, he could not hold real power, nor could he discuss the government. It's like the emperor's elder brother and younger brother can never command Fang Xuan in the court, and their embarrassing status does not allow them to participate in politics.

The princess was unhappy to coquettish her father: "Father, the emperor ......"

Li Yu nodded, and said with a slightly cold expression: "Princess Shengping should be a good husband and children, and don't get involved in these court things." ”

The husband and wife had no choice but to retreat, leaving only Li Yu and Yu Chaoen's master and servant in the main hall. One of them sits high above the main hall, and the other is at the bottom, but the psychological strength and weakness are completely different.

Li Yu said to him: "This Xu Shuji of yours has no ability, and it will be difficult to hold on to Jingxiang with him, so you can transfer him back to the court, and just seal an official at will." ”

Yu Chaoen sighed and said: "The slave maid does not know people, only knows people, and can only tell whether a person is loyal to everyone, but cannot measure his ability. Although Xu can't lead troops to fight, he is loyal to Your Majesty. Just like a slave to me, Your Majesty, your honor and disgrace is my honor and disgrace, in the eyes of my slave and maid, you are the Tang Dynasty, and you are Sheji. But some people don't see it that way, Datang is just a place of glory and wealth in their eyes, if one day Datang can't bring them these anymore, they will soon bow down and prostrate at the feet of the new imperial power, just like Li Guangbi, just like Guo Xi ......"

"Enough ......"

The emperor let out a complaint from his throat, but Yu Chaoen could hear that he was already angry, so Yu Gonggong closed his mouth at the right time.

"Xu Shuji must be removed, but the candidate for the new Jingxiang Festival envoy must also be determined by you, I hope you don't go to a stupid stupid person again, throw away the portal Xiangyang, and throw away the entire Jingxiang."

"The slave and maid dare not make another decision, if another mediocre person is introduced, the princes of the court will definitely drown me with spittle."

"You recommend someone to me, and I will personally order the appointment."

"Helan Jinming." When Yu Chaoen spit out this word, his heart beat a drum, and he didn't know if His Majesty could accept this candidate.

"Helan Jinming? Isn't this person very close to Xu Shuji and belongs to the same raccoon dog? ”

"This ......" Yu Chaoen stood up for a while.

The emperor walked down from the Hu bed, put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Helan Jinming, you let him look longer, don't lose Xiangyang." ”

"Whoa! The slave and maid retired. ”

Yu Chaoen turned around and walked out of the hall quickly, passing by Guo Miao, a hint of ridicule appeared in the corners of his eyes, and the husband and wife also glared at Yu Chaoen fiercely, and walked straight to the emperor's throne.

Princess Shengping knelt in front of the emperor, pretending to cry and said: "Guo Lang's father, daughter's father-in-law is now uncertain in Xiangyang's life and death, the city is so hungry that even the bark has been gnawed up, they can't eat it, where do they have the strength to defend Xiangyang City, if the father and emperor are not strict, the father-in-law and the tens of thousands of soldiers in Xiangyang will not be lost at the hands of their own people." ”

The emperor stretched out his hand to help the princess up, and said with relief: "Don't I know that Guo Ziyi is my in-law and the last humerus of the Tang Dynasty?" You just have to rest assured to go back, Xu Shuji has been replaced by me, or in five days, there will definitely be a general to rescue Xiangyang. ”