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Chapter 344 Frustration
Hearing Dowager Bo say that, if it was before, the Empress Dowager would have said a few more words to Dowager Bo, telling her not to think too much.But today, the empress dowager didn't plan to say anything, and even felt that it would be a shameless waste to say one more word to this woman.

Concubine Bo saw that the Empress Dowager really didn't want to keep her, and she didn't insist any more. She pursed her lips and left in a swaggering manner.

After leaving the empress dowager's bedroom, she vaguely heard the empress dowager coughing, and cursed fiercely.

Nanny He hurriedly served the Empress Dowager a throat-moistening pear soup with rock sugar.

"Why is it hot?" The Empress Dowager frowned.

He Nanny was puzzled, "It's good for the throat if it's hot, but if it's cold, it will hurt the stomach and it's not good for the throat."

"Who is guarding the stove?" asked the Empress Dowager.

Mother He said: "No one was watching, so I used stove ashes to cover the charcoal fire to keep it warm. The maids on duty at night will go to check it every once in a while. If the fire is turned off, I will burn it again."

Nanny He also suddenly understood why the Empress Dowager was suspicious that the rock sugar pears were hot, she was afraid that the maids would be tired.

The Empress Dowager nodded.

The empress dowager went to the bed and lay down, and asked Nanny He to go to rest too. It was really getting late, and it would be dawn if she didn't sleep any more.However, Nanny He insisted on leaving after the empress dowager fell asleep. The empress dowager's health was a bit unbearable for the past two days. If she needed something in the middle of the night, she couldn't do it without anyone around to wait on her.

The empress dowager knew that she couldn't hold back Nanny He, so she followed her way.

Concubine Bo didn't sleep all night after returning to the palace. Early the next morning, she made an appointment with two people: Mr. Xiao, Zhengqing of Dali Temple, and Mr. Gong from the Ministry of Punishment.

Both Zhengqing of Dali Temple and Master Gong seemed reluctant to see Concubine Bo at this sensitive time, especially the public's evaluation of Concubine Bo was extremely low, and they all said that she was a rooster in the morning and once interfered in the government.Coupled with the matter of Mr. Zongzheng before, Dali Siqing and Mr. Zongzheng knew who this Concubine Bo would protect after the accident, no matter how stupid they were.

What made them puzzled was, what method did Dongfang Chou, the leader of Maitreya, use to make Concubine Bo help him so wholeheartedly?

However, they could not refuse Dowager Bo's invitation.

After some courtesies with Concubine Bo, Concubine Bo finally got to the point, and this is the last thing Zhengqing and Master Gong of Dali Temple want to hear. They tried to change the topic several times, but they were dragged away by Concubine Bo return.

"Lord Xiao, Lord Gong, what are you so anxious about? Could it be that Ai's family makes you feel terrible?" Dowager Bo was furious at Lord Xiao and Lord Gong.

Lord Gong and Lord Xiao hurriedly said no, only saying that they had important matters to attend to.

Concubine Bo leaned over, with an extremely displeased expression, and said coldly: "Then Lord Xiao and Lord Gong will tell Aijia what important things you have, and you have to hurry back at this time." ? Is the wife of the family about to give birth? Or was the barbarian's crossbow shot at your house?"

Seeing Dowager Bo so sullen, Lord Xiao and Lord Gong also lost their minds, but if they really agreed to Dowager Bo, there would be no turning back.

Mr. Xiao and Mr. Gong racked their brains to make up a set of reasons. Mr. Xiao said that a Taoist priest came to the house and said that he would give Mr. Xiao a practice in half an hour to cure his headache.Mr. Gong said that the main wife at home was very sick, if he didn't rush back to guard, it might be difficult to see him again.

Concubine Bo snorted coldly, she even thought of such a ridiculous reason to avoid her.

Under the strong pressure of Concubine Bo, Lord Xiao and Lord Gong insisted on not daring to leave, even though beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads and backs, they had no chance to leave.

Seeing the two of them like this, Concubine Bo had no intention of persuading them to join hands with the Maitreya Sect, and after mocking Lord Xiao and Lord Gong, she had to let them go back.

Seeing the back of them leaving, Concubine Bo was so angry that she swung the teacup in her hand and smashed it down.

This is already the No.17 smashed teacup of this month.

While lamenting her displeasure, Concubine Bo thought of the exiled Master Zongzheng.I don't know if Mr. Zong Zheng is still alive. As a refugee, it is extremely dangerous to be exiled to the border.

Let it be fate.

Concubine Bo sighed heavily.

The wind in the prairie blew so hard that it hurt people's faces.Brother Ming, who has always been naughty, saw Brother Qi walking obliquely in front. The bright moonlight poured on Brother Qi's face, outlining Brother Qi's handsome facial contours.After coming to the prairie for a while, Qi Geer's face has many vicissitudes, and Ming Geer himself is the same.

Brother Qi, who was walking seriously, suddenly saw Brother Ming walking in front of him a few steps ahead, blocking his sight, but also blocking the oncoming cold wind.

"What are you doing?" Brother Qi pretended to be displeased.

Brother Ming said mischievously and disdainfully: "Could it be that because you are my elder brother and born a little while before me, I have to go behind you? I'm not that stupid, it's good to go ahead, the scenery is fresh Yes, the air is also fresh, you have seen and breathed it all."

"What kind of logic is this?" Brother Qi was very moved, but he still didn't want his younger brother to go ahead. The wind on the grassland was indeed a bit strong, and it even made them overwhelmed at times, if it wasn't for rushing to the next garrison point , He will not take his brother to cross the prairie with him.

The place where Ming Geer and Qi Geer were walking was too steep for horses to climb up, so they could only put the horses on a gentle place and let them walk across the steep hillside.

No matter what Brother Qi said, Brother Ming stood in front of Brother Qi. Brother Qi got angry and used his elder brother's majesty to suppress Brother Ming. Brother Ming ignored him and went straight to his own way. .

Brother Qi had no choice but to walk sideways at a crooked pace.

Brother Ming also leaned over, trying to block the cold wind in front of Brother Qi.

After going through this for a few times, Brother Qi finally got tired, "Are you on your way or are you here to dance? Can't you walk well? If you persist for a while, it will go downhill and there will be no wind."

Brother Ming knew that what Brother Qi said was very reasonable. If they continued to toss like this, not only would they not be able to solve the problem, but it would prolong the walking time and the time of being entangled by the cold wind.

Seeing that Brother Ming was finally willing to walk steadily, Brother Qi felt relieved.

After walking for most of the night, Brother Ming and Brother Qi finally arrived at the new garrison location, and Gardi personally stood at the door to welcome them.

Gardi hugged Brother Qi, saw that Brother Qi's hair was wet with sweat, and quickly ordered someone to prepare hot water for Brother Qi and Brother Ming to take a bath.

After Brother Qi and Brother Ming took a bath and changed their clothes, Gardi asked someone to serve the steaming and fragrant roast suckling pig.

The two twins, who were used to eating roast lamb on the grassland, suddenly tasted the taste of pork, not to mention how delicious it was.One bite at a time, totally disregarding the image. In this prairie, everyone is happy to eat meat with big mouthfuls and drink with big bowls. They don't feel that they lose their image at all.

After gnawing on it for a while, Brother Qi, who has always been rigorous, realized that his eating was too embarrassing. He stopped biting the suckling pig for a while, wiped his mouth with a white handkerchief, and began to eat slowly.

Brother Ming doesn't care about so much, he bites hard, gnaws hard, eats hard.

Gardi couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw Ming Ge'er looking like he was about to fight the suckling pig.Brother Ming didn't feel embarrassed, but raised his head and smiled at Gardi.

Brother Qi had almost finished his meal, and after taking two sips of strong wine, he asked Gardi, "How is the situation of the soldiers and horses here?"

Gardi sighed, "Although there are a lot of people here, they live far away from Fifth Uncle's influence, and they are relatively less harassed by Fifth Uncle, so they live in peace. It is difficult for us to let them Agree to join us to fight Uncle Wu."

Brother Qi pondered for a moment, and said: "We have to think of a new way to recruit troops. I believe that there must be brave men under great rewards. At the same time, we must let these herdsmen know that our purpose of recruiting troops is not just to fight against the fifth prince, but to fight against the fifth prince. In order to let them have a long-term living and working environment.”

Brother Ming nodded after hearing Brother Qi's words, "That is, the living environment of the herdsmen here is not good. If they can feed and clothe them warmly, they will definitely be willing to contribute. What's more, we are not doing this for our own sake. Whispering, I really want to create a stable living environment for them."

Gardi took a glass of strong wine, drank it, and said: "What you said is also reasonable, try again tomorrow. In short, the situation here is not as good as we expected. What's more, they are afraid that because of joining We offended the Fifth Prince."

Brother Ming nodded, "They are afraid of offending the fifth prince because the fifth prince is now the overlord of the grassland. If we let them see our true strength, they will understand that the power of the fifth prince is not terrible. The terrible thing is that they dare not fight for themselves. fight for the future."

Gardi had already lost confidence in this matter, but when he heard Brother Ming say that, he instantly gained confidence, and couldn't help but smiled and patted Brother Ming on the shoulder, "I didn't expect you to be so jolly and jovial on weekdays?" It’s a good job, and you really have a way of doing business.”

Brother Ming moved Gardi's hand away, and said angrily: "You have said this sentence many times, even if you want to praise me, you should find some new words."

Gardi was provoked by Brother Ming, and immediately responded, "Aren't you impatient to praise you? If it were someone else, I, Gardi, would not bother to praise you."

"Yes, yes, who are you? A wolf in the grassland." Brother Ming made a face at Gardi.

After hearing this, Gardi couldn't laugh or cry.

The others were amused by Brother Ming's words and burst out laughing.

After everyone laughed enough, Gardi said to Brother Qi: "Go and take a rest after you finish eating, you are tired enough, we will make plans for tomorrow. In short, with you here, my heart It’s completely solid.”

Brother Qi nodded.

Suddenly, Gardi remembered something, and said: "Two days ago, the patrol saw a man from the Daqi Kingdom on the border, who looked like an exiled criminal. I looked familiar, but I still couldn't remember where I saw him. No. No matter what our people ask him, he won't tell how he got here."

Brother Qi and Brother Ming glanced at each other. They really didn't know who Gardi was talking about, but they both wanted to meet.

(End of this chapter)