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Madam Mu went to Luoxia Mountain, and a stone in Chang Luoyun's heart also fell to the ground.

Although the city gate of Lindu was strong and Xia soldiers did not enter the city, but so many Xia soldiers guarded the city gate, the people of Lindu began to panic.

Chang Luoyun asked someone to bring Zhou's mother and Xiao Wuyi to the Hou's mansion. If Xia Bing really broke into the city gate, everyone would be taken care of together.

When Wang Yanqing heard that Liang Qi had taken Mrs. Mu down the mountain, he went to see Chang Luoyun with a sullen face: "Yun'er, Lord Hou told you when you left that if anything happens, you must take care of the old lady and you. I will send you to Luoxia Mountain now."

Ever since Chang Luoyun married into the Hou's Mansion, Wang Yanqing has called her Madam, and now he is addressing her as Yun'er as before. He must be so angry and anxious that he treats her like the little girl who needed his care back then. .

The little girl needs to be protected, and Wang Yanqing is the one who protects her.

Chang Luoyun knew what he was thinking, and seeing Wang Yanqing's dark face, he laughed instead: "Uncle Yanqing, please sit down, I'm going to talk to you about this matter."

"What's there to say, I know you don't trust the Hou Mansion," Wang Yanqing said angrily, if not for her order, how could Liang Qi go to Luoxia Mountain.

"I'm here to guard, don't you worry about it?"

On the battlefield, there are mostly hot-blooded men, but if the city is broken, it will be the women, children, old and young who will suffer the most.

Yun'er is still a weak woman, even if she is usually strong and smart, there is no need to stay in the city and take this risk.

Now at this time, many honorable families who can think of a way to let the women take refuge, even if they can't think of a way to stay, they are also very careful.

"Uncle Yanqing is guarding the Hou's mansion, so I am relieved, and I know in my heart that Uncle Yanqing is good to me, but..." Chang Luoyun suppressed his smile, and said seriously: "Besides the Hou's mansion, I am also a citizen of Qi. Qi If the country is not destroyed, I will not leave, I am the wife of Lord Hou, and I will wait for him to come back at the Hou Mansion."

"You are in Luoxia Mountain, you can also wait for Master Hou to come back." Seeing her stubbornness, Wang Yanqing became anxious.

If the city is destroyed, the man will die, and if the woman is humiliated, the matter will be serious.

Chang Luoyun looked resolute, "Uncle Yanqing, you don't have to persuade me, I've made up my mind. Although Xia Bing attacked the city, but Liang Qi took the old lady to Luoxia Mountain, I don't have any worries. You will Gather the young and strong men who can be used, and wait for orders to be dispatched."

The controversy in the Marquis of Changping is also being played out in the court of Qi State.

All the ministers are debating endlessly about Xia Bing's siege of the city.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair with his forehead supported, looked at the huge crowd below, and angrily said: "There are so many of you, and you usually live on the royal salary, but now Xia Bing has arrived at the city, but no one dares to lead troops to meet you!" enemy?"

Everyone below lowered their heads, for fear that the eyes from above would fall on them.

"Duke Qin, you were born as a general, and I want to hear your opinion," said the emperor.

"Although I am old, I am willing to lead troops to meet the enemy." Duke Qin took a step forward with his slightly bloated body, holding on to the wat board with his hands and a firm expression on his face.

"Look, look at you." The emperor's eyes were dark, and he threw out the folder in his hand.Zhezi landed on the ground with a "boom", so frightened that everyone lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes, and dared not make a sound.

The huge hall was surprisingly quiet, the emperor snorted coldly, stood up and pointed down with his finger, and said, "Duke Qin is over 70 years old, yet he dares to lead troops to meet the enemy, why are you one or two not as good as a [-]-year-old man. "

In this huge court, there is really no one who can be more courageous than Lord Qin. As soon as the emperor said this, the people below even slowed down their breathing.

"Forget it," the emperor looked at the situation below, closed his eyes, a little helpless, "Duke Qin, I will order you to lead the army to meet the enemy."

"The minister leads the order!"

The emperor couldn't sit still anymore, he waved his sleeves, and hurriedly stepped down.

The ministers in the main hall did not disperse, everyone started discussing in a low voice, and then the discussion became a buzzing sound.

"It seems that we are following Xia Guo's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. It is not true that Xia Guo attacked Qingzhou, but their goal is Lindu."

"I knew I shouldn't have let Muhou go to Qingzhou, so I wouldn't be in such a passive position now."

"Don't let Muhou go?" Someone snorted coldly, "In the original situation, can Muhou not go to Qingzhou?"

Everyone cast their eyes on Duke Qin intentionally or unintentionally, Duke Qin was a little embarrassed, he coughed deliberately, "The situation in Qingzhou was critical back then, who would go if Muhou didn't go?"

There was an eerie silence in the hall.

Back then, the old Hou Ye was trapped, but Qin Guogong went to rescue him but lost his way. The old Hou Ye and thousands of soldiers were shrouded in horse leather and died heroically for the country.

Now, it was Qin Guogong who asked Mu Jingyi to lead his troops to Qingzhou, so that Xia Bing could take advantage of it and come straight to Lindu.

For more than ten years, in order to restrain military generals, Qi State has placed more emphasis on civil affairs than military affairs. Except for Muhou and Guogong, there are very few civil and military soldiers in the Manchu Dynasty who can lead troops to fight.

Seeing everyone's hesitant eyes, Qin Guogong said angrily: "Don't make wild guesses, this old man is purely for Qi State and for the people of the world."

Seeing that everyone was silent, Lord Qin waved his sleeves and snorted coldly, "Peiqing, let's go."

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In the Qingchun Palace, the emperor squinted his eyes slightly and leaned on the chair with a tired face. Concubine Qian placed her slender white fingers on both sides of his temples and kneaded them gently.

The incense burning in the room was elegant and peaceful, and the emperor slowly relaxed.

"You said, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are all in a shrinking state at this time, but Qin Guogong, an old man in his 70s, invited himself to lead troops to defend against the enemy. Could it be that the dignified Qi is relying on an old man? "The emperor's voice was vicissitudes, as if asking himself.

"Holy Majesty, calm down," Qian Guifei said in a soft voice, hearing the emperor's ears, only half of her anger was left, "How can Xia State compare with Qi State? This time they dared to besiege Lindu, but it was just a drunkard's intention. Not drinking."

"Oh, tell me, what do they want?" the emperor asked.

"Drought in many states and counties of Qi State this year, and Xia State is adjacent to Qi State, so it is estimated that they have also suffered disasters." Qian Guifei said calmly: "Although they came here aggressively this time, they just wanted some supplies to go back for the winter. .”

The emperor's eyes opened suddenly, and his sharp gaze fell on Concubine Qian Gui, "Is this what Duke Qin meant?"

Concubine Qian Gui was startled, she quickly bent down and knelt on the ground and said: "Uncle never told this concubine, it was this concubine who was bold, please forgive me."

The emperor pondered for a while, and the sharpness in his eyes gradually calmed down.He said lightly: "Get up, if Qi State can really take a step back and quell this dispute, it will be the best for Qi State and the people of Qi State."

No one would think of a peaceful and prosperous age, the emperor did not take the lead in the war.

Concubine Qian Gui was sweating coldly on her back, she stood up and said politely: "Your Majesty is merciful, the people of Qi State can be your people, you are blessed."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and did not speak.

Concubine Qian walked gently to the incense burner, took off the cover and dialed up the incense powder, the fragrance in the room became more intense.

She put the hood on, went behind the emperor, put her fingers gently on his head, and continued to help him press his head.

"The weather in Qi State has been very cold recently. I heard that the four seasons in the south of the Yangtze River are like spring, and there are still flowers blooming in the twelfth lunar month of winter. In a few days, I can go on a tour around the south of the Yangtze River and experience the local people's feelings."

Concubine Qian's heart skipped a beat, is this going to leave Lindu?
After the emperor's words, there was nothing to say.

Just when Concubine Qian was doubting whether this sentence was said by the emperor or what she wanted to say in her heart, the emperor said leisurely again, "Xia soldiers are not familiar with water, and Jiangnan is surrounded by water, so they definitely dare not attack Jiangnan rashly. "