Defending the country, Chaoge City, Princess Mansion.

Bamboo Rouge was in the study, checking the bills of Jin Yutang in the last half month.

After Hou Yinglong successfully sat on the throne, she did not live in the Nawei Palace, but rebuilt the original Xunwang Mansion and turned it into the current Princess Mansion.

Now up and down the Song City, they all admire and respect the eldest princess in this princess's mansion.

These awe and respect mainly come from Bamboo Rouge's other identity, the big boss behind the scenes of Jin Yutang.

This has become a well-known thing in Chaoge City, including her previous use of Jin Yutang to gather financial resources, spy on intelligence, cultivate power, and assist King Wei to ascend to the throne. What's more, since the start of the war in Chuwei, the treasury of the Patriotic State has been empty, and soon after the war began, all the military salaries and materials were provided by Jin Yutang, and Zhu Rouge was single-handedly handled.

If it weren't for the bamboo rouge's Jin Yutang to provide materials and salaries to the guards and take charge of the logistics of the entire defense of the country, perhaps, the guards would not have been able to hold out on the battlefield at all.

So some people may be dissatisfied with the young King Wei, but no one has any disrespect for Bamboo Rouge, even if Bamboo Rouge has not changed her surname to Wei, but when those princes and princesses saw her, they all respectfully called Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.

At this time, what Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was looking at was the material exchange between Jin Yutang and the guards in the last half month.

Jin Yutang has now done business in several surrounding countries, but after all, it is tens of thousands of troops to be supported, and the logistics of the entire country, even if she has a bamboo rouge wrist to the sky, it is actually difficult to supply it for a long time.

"If this continues, within three months, the guards will not have a grain of food. ”

Bamboo Rouge closed the account book in his hand, and the corners of his lips, which were originally charming and moving, were put together at this time, and his delicate and moving face also revealed a little sadness.

No one knew the urgency of the situation better than her, and failure to provide enough food to the soldiers in front of them would only lead to the defeat of the guards.

If you can't eat enough, how can you go to war and fight against a strong enemy?

And she recently heard that the Chu army seems to have begun to attack, can the soldiers in front of it support it for three months?

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Bamboo Rouge's mouth, maybe after three months, the country will be gone, so she doesn't need to worry about military salaries and supplies.

Even if the Wei army can last for these three months, Jin Yutang will be empty by then, and it will no longer be able to maintain the logistics of the entire Patriotic Army, and it will also not be able to avoid the fate of the final demise.

Thinking of this, Bamboo Rouge couldn't help but feel a little confused, was it right or wrong to help his younger brother ascend to this throne in the first place?

She had no way to give her own answer.

Just like the half-brother who is now on the throne of the Wei Palace, he also doesn't know the answer.

Bamboo Rouge sighed, slowly stood up, and walked out of the study.

At this time, it was already evening, the sky was already a little dark, usually at this time, the princess's mansion was already brightly lit, but in recent days, in order to save money, Bamboo Rouge has been instructed to go down, to save money, as long as the sky has not completely darkened, do not light the lights early.

The steward of Jin Yutang was standing outside the study, waiting for her orders.

Zhu Rouge glanced at the steward and said, "Within two months, all the business halls of Jin Yutang in Qi State, Yue State, Wu State and other places will be transferred out, exchanged for silver tickets or grain, and escorted to Wei." The precious objects collected by Jin Yutang over the years should not be hidden in the warehouse, and strive to auction them all out within two months. ”

This move is to pour out the wealth of Jin Yutang and prepare military funds for the guards.

The corners of the steward's mouth twitched, he was the old man of Jin Yutang who had followed Bamboo Rouge many years ago, and he had watched Jin Yutang grow in the hands of Bamboo Rouge all the way, but now, it was about to decline.

The old steward felt a sense of sadness for no reason, but he also knew that in the current situation, even if Jin Yutang did everything he could, he would not be able to maintain the current situation for long.

"Yes, the old slave will do it. ”

The old steward finally endured not to show the sorrow in his heart in front of the bamboo rouge, turned around dejectedly, took steps, and left step by step.

Bamboo Rouge turned his head and looked at the old steward's slightly trembling back, his eyes were full of infinite loneliness.

Suddenly, a palace guard ran in from outside the princess's mansion.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, Your Majesty has summoned you to the palace!"

The guard came in a hurry, and as soon as he saw the figure of Bamboo Rouge, he immediately paused, stood in place with a respectful expression, and lowered his head and reported loudly.

Bamboo Rouge nodded and walked over quietly, "Prepare the car." ”

……

Weiwang Palace.

In the main hall, a group of courtiers bowed their heads, and in front of them was the current king of Wei sitting on the throne.

Hou Yinglong has been sitting on the throne for nearly three years, and now, no one is calling him by his previous name, and everyone has only one address for him - Your Majesty.

At this time, he was holding the battle report sent back from the front line in his hand, his face was no different, but in his heart, it was already turbulent.

Originally, all the courtiers had already retired from the court at this time, and it was he who recalled everyone here after receiving this battle report.

He had a piece of news to share with the courtiers below.

"Let's see if the princess has arrived, and if she does, let her come here directly. Hou Yinglong held the battle report and said to a eunuch beside him.

The man bowed his head and retreated, "Yes." ”

It didn't take long for the bamboo rouge to be brought into the main hall.

And those courtiers who didn't know why, when they saw Bamboo Rouge again, they were all full of surprise.

They knew that the eldest princess had always been accustomed to running everything behind the scenes, and rarely appeared in the court, especially after the start of the Chuwei War, the eldest princess had been busy with the affairs of the Golden Jade Hall, preparing supplies for the soldiers in front, and had not appeared in front of everyone for a long time.

It was abnormal for King Wei to summon them into the palace at this time, and even the eldest princess came, what happened?

For a while, those courtiers looked at me, I looked at you, and there were many doubts, many speculations, and many worries in their eyes.

"Ahem!" the young King Wei on the throne cleared his throat.

The courtiers stopped their thoughts and looked up at their thrones.

"Give the princess a seat. King Wei gestured to the attendants beside him, and soon someone brought a chair to Bamboo Rouge.

Bamboo Rouge was also puzzled, and he didn't understand why he came to this hall by himself.

In the past few years, Hou Yinglong's qi cultivation skills have been excellent, and her joy and anger are invisible, and even she can't see anything from his face.

At this time, King Wei handed the battle report in his hand to the attendants beside him.

He said softly: "This is the battle report that just came from the front line, you should not have gotten the news yet, so let's start with the princess and pass it on." ”

Then the attendant took the battle report from his hand, and then turned and handed it to Bamboo Rouge.

Bamboo Rouge frowned slightly, his eyes were full of doubt, and he slowly opened the battle report.

Then, her eyebrows were raised, the hand holding the battle report trembled slightly, and a pair of moving eyes were shrouded in a bit of fog.

"What's wrong?"

When the surrounding courtiers saw this scene, they all talked about it.

"The battle report on the front? Isn't it that Chenzhou has fallen?"

"It shouldn't be, Chenzhou, haven't we already decided to give up, even if it falls, the eldest princess should be mentally prepared, not so. Could it be that something happened to them in Changchunhou?"

“……”

At this time, it was only a short day before the end of the battle of Chenzhou, and they had not yet received news from the front, so they were all worried.

At this time, Bamboo Rouge had already transferred the battle report in his hand to the hands of the Great Sima Dong Wenyuan.

When Dong Wenyuan saw the battle report, he was also stunned for a moment, then clenched his fists with both hands, smashed his thighs hard, and said, "Okay!"

"Master Dong, what's going on?"

"That's it, Master Dong, you tell us directly, we're waiting here in a hurry!"

Some of the courtiers were already a little impatient.

The young Wei Wang on the throne also smiled, and his eyes flickered: "Lord Dong, just tell them, what news did this battle report bring?"

Dong Wenyuan also laughed, then turned his head to face everyone, raised the battle report in his hand, and said: "Yesterday, the Chu army attacked Chenzhou, and a captain took the people who came before to defend it, just when the city was about to be broken, Ye Chong suddenly appeared in the rear of the Chu army with more than 2,000 people, and annihilated more than 3,000 enemies with ingenious formations, and finally Ye Chong personally killed Dongfang Qingtian, the general of the right wing of the Chu army. The heart of the Chu army was shattered, defeated and fled!"

"What?!"

"Ye Chong, is it Ye Chonglou's son?"

"That Ye Chong who went to the Sword Shrine?"

"Where did the more than 2,000 people come from? How can they beat more than 10,000 Chu soldiers?"

"Chenzhou is defending?!"

“……”

The crowd in the hall was once again talking, their tones full of doubts and wonders, but more of surprise and amazement.

At this time, Chen Zhou defended, and also won more with less, defeated the Chu army, and killed Dongfang Qingtian, which is undoubtedly exciting good news for the defense of the country!

King Wei's face finally showed a look of relief, he hadn't seen the group of people below so excited for too long, and then, when everyone's discussion calmed down, he slowly spoke again: "Regarding the more than 2,000 people brought by Ye Chong, their origins are somewhat special, and they are not explained in detail in the battle report, but it is only said that this group of people was borrowed by him, and they are not really affiliated with my Wei Guo." However, the battle of Chenzhou let us see Ye Chong's ability and the combat effectiveness of the group of people he borrowed. This time, I summoned you to share this exciting good news, and secondly, to discuss with you and recruit some new soldiers and hand them over to Ye Chong's command. At this time, the right flank of the Chu army was damaged, and we could just take advantage of the situation to lay out the third front. Ye Chong, he is worthy of this position!"

At this time, Bamboo Rouge was sitting in the main hall, but his mind had already flown to Chenzhou, which was eight hundred miles away.

She wanted to know what the young man who drank with her under the osmanthus tree had become now.