Chunyu Qing's words were to Li Jian's liking, this Empress had never made him so satisfied before. Now that he had military power in his hands, even though it was just a small portion, it was enough to make him feel great. After all, it was a good start, right?
Chunyu Qing received the Emperor's order to leave the palace to mourn her elder sister. Just as Feng Ai walked out of Li Jian's main hall, she saw Imperial Concubine Wu and Imperial Concubine Zheng who had just finished strolling around the garden and were holding a few handfuls of plum branches, it seemed like they were going to meet Li Jian together. The two were dressed to the nines, one pink and one red, it really looked good.
But this kind of colour and this kind of beauty was very dazzling in Chunyu Qing's eyes. She called for the phoenix sedan to stop, looking at the two people bowing towards her unwillingly, the words they said were nice, what Her Highness the Empress, but that tone and expression, where did it look like they sincerely wished her to be well.
Chunyu Qing snorted coldly and did not call for them to rise, only reminding the two of them: "Younger Sisters are dressed brightly, are you going to meet His Majesty?"
Imperial Concubine Wu pursed her lips, pulling Imperial Concubine Zheng to straighten herself, not taking this Empress seriously at all. She even rolled her eyes, then pretended to make an "ah" sound: "This Concubine forgot, Chunyu family's Eldest Young Miss, which is Her Highness the Empress' older sister, died in the capital of Dashun. Right now, Chunyu General's manor is holding a funeral, this Concubine and Younger Sister Imperial Concubine Zheng's dressing like this does not seem to be good."
Imperial Concubine Zheng continued: "Older Sister Imperial Concubine Wu's words are wrong, we are His Majesty's concubines, whatever we wear and whatever we do, we have to prioritise His Majesty, we have to make His Majesty happy. Could it be that as imperial concubines, we have to wear mourning clothes for a female official? Then where does the General's manor want to place His Majesty? "
"Younger Sister is right." Imperial Concubine Wu tugged at her sleeves, saying with a smile: "But Her Highness the Empress is different, you are a member of the General's manor, you naturally have to prioritise your own family matters, so Younger Sister, look, Her Highness the Empress is already wearing mourning clothes in the palace, she is wearing mourning clothes for Chunyu family's Eldest Young Miss!"
Imperial Concubine Wu and Imperial Concubine Zheng had always been at odds with the Empress, their words had already pushed Chunyu Qing out of the imperial family, saying that she was still a member of the Chunyu family. Chunyu Qing's personal palace maid Ruo Hong could not bear to continue listening and was about to step forward to reason with them, but heard Chunyu Qing speak up personally. She did not argue with those two people and just said indifferently: "What you all wear has nothing to do with This One, This One is just reminding you out of goodwill, His Majesty has never liked overly bright colours, Younger Sisters dressing like this, not only will you not be able to gain any benefits in front of His Majesty, it will even backfire! Think of Noble Lady Fang, who had just been favored! That's the kind of person who really knows how to fight for favor in silence. "
Seeing Chunyu Qing walk past them, Imperial Concubine Wu and Imperial Concubine Zheng's feet also grew roots, neither of them daring to walk forward. The two of them looked at each other, then looked at each other's clothes. They simply stomped their feet and returned to their respective palaces.
Imperial Concubine Wu was furious, cursing Chunyu Qing fiercely without stopping along the way, spouting out all kinds of unpleasant words, even the palace maid beside her could not bear to continue listening and had to speak up to remind her: "If Your Highness wants to scold, let's scold after returning to the palace! There are too many people outside, if someone hears it and it reaches the Empress' ears, it will not be good for us. "
"What? You're scared? "Imperial Concubine Wu's eyes lit up," You're all scared of that Chunyu Qing? "
The servants hurriedly expressed their stance: "No, this servant (servant) will listen to Your Highness."
"Then shut your mouths for This One! Just you wait and see, sooner or later, This One will drag that Chunyu Qing down from the position of Empress fiercely! No matter who ascends the position of Empress in the future, as long as it's not that Chunyu Qing, This One will feel at ease! "
Imperial Concubine Wu was scolding loudly, on Empress Chunyu Qing's side, the palace maid Ruo Hong was also filled with anger as she spoke to Chunyu Qing: "Imperial Concubine Wu is merely an imperial concubine, regardless of family background or rank, she is below Your Highness! Why does Your Highness indulge her like this? This Servant dares to say that she is definitely cursing you right now, with that mouth that is not covered, who knows how unpleasant the curses will be! "
Chunyu Qing shrugged, saying coldly, "It's been so many years, you still haven't gotten used to it? When has that Imperial Concubine Wu ever stopped cursing This One? Ever since she lost that child, she probably wants to kill This One even in her dreams! Even if This One does not want to hear it, I cannot sew her mouth shut. Moreover, so what if she curses? No matter how much she curses, This One will not lose a piece of flesh; no matter how much she curses, that child of hers will not come back; no matter how much she curses, This One will still be the Empress of Zong Sui, the Chunyu family will still suppress their Wu family tightly. Remember, do not care about what other people say or do, they are just flaunting their glib tongues, as long as This One does not abdicate, they can only be imperial concubines in this lifetime! What is an imperial concubine? Haha! That is a concubine! A concubine who will never be able to show her face! "
When the Empress Chunyu Qing arrived at the General's manor, Duanmu Anguo had just finished offering three sticks of incense for Chunyu Ling, and Chunyu An was speaking to him to express his thanks. Seeing Chunyu Qing arrive, everyone quickly knelt down to receive her, but Chunyu Qing ignored everyone, directly arriving in front of the mourning hall, kneeling down, kowtowing to her older sister and offering incense.
When the Empress knelt, the others also knelt, only when the Empress stood up, did those people dare to stand up as well. Many people wanted to come forward to speak to the Empress, but they were male officials, going forward to get close to the Empress like this was not too good, so all of them started to regret it. If they knew that the Empress would be coming, they would have brought their own wives or daughters along! This was such a good chance, if they could speak a few words with the Empress, they might be able to form some relations!
But there were many things that people could not regret, they could not go forward to speak, so they could only watch as the Empress stood up, then stood next to Chunyu An, speaking to Duanmu Anguo who was more familiar with her.
Chunyu Qing said: "I heard that Lord Duanmu is about to head to Bin City to set up defenses, This One wishes Lord Duanmu to be able to achieve victory in battle, protecting the first city at the border for our Zong Sui. Originally, This One's father should also be going to the battlefield to help Lord, but look, with such a thing happening at home, Father is old, after this incident, he will need to recuperate for a while, the early stages of the battle will have to rely on Lord Duanmu. "
Duanmu Anguo quickly replied: "Your Highness the Empress is too polite, sharing the Emperor's burdens is something This Official should do, there is no need to rely on him. Old General Chunyu was also angered for a moment, This Official believes that Old General will be able to adjust after a few days of military service, after all, this is Zong Sui's responsibility to protect the country, Old General cannot escape! "
The few of them exchanged pleasantries hypocritically for a while, Duanmu Anguo bid farewell and left, while Chunyu An brought his daughter Chunyu Qing to his own study. The moment the door was closed, Chunyu Qing rushed to ask: "Father, which side do you think will win this battle? It is said that Duanmu Anguo gave His Majesty another item, in addition to that mysterious item from before, His Majesty thinks that Zong Sui will definitely win! "
Chunyu An shook his head, "That might not be the case. If Dashun was so easy to defeat, the allied forces of Gu Shu and the ten desert countries in the south would not have been defeated so badly. It's just that Duanmu Anguo kept producing strange items, and His Majesty covered it up so tightly, until now, I still do not know what those two items are. "
"His Majesty even hid it from Father … … this time, Father asked Daughter to take the initiative to return Brother-in-law's military authority, did you see that His Majesty is guarding against our family? Actually, Daughter also saw it today, if this military authority is given to Father, His Majesty's hatred and jealousy will deepen, our Chunyu family will not be able to live peacefully. " Chunyu Qing sighed, since ancient times, accompanying a ruler was like accompanying a tiger, whether it was her or the Chunyu family, they all walked carefully.
"Which monarch isn't like this? You have to be careful in the palace, our family cannot tolerate any mistakes now, once we make a mistake, there will be too many people waiting to hit us while we are down. "
Father and daughter talked about this topic for a long time, during this time, Chunyu Qing opened her mouth a few times, wanting to ask about that Dashun Seventh Prince Xuan Tianhua who had already set up camp outside Bin City, but when the words reached her mouth, she still held them back, swallowing them back down. This was a secret, she definitely could not let anyone know about it.
Dashun's soldiers were at the city gates, the two countries were about to go to war, the Chunyu family was busy preparing for the funeral, Duanmu Anguo personally took command of Zong Sui's side, rushing towards Bin City to participate in the deployment.
When he left the capital, he did not bring many soldiers and horses, only bringing 20 over personal bodyguards to accompany him, but before he left the capital, he had already spread the news, splitting half of his 200 thousand personal guards to follow him to Bin City.
When Duanmu Anguo came to Zong Sui, he did not gather all of his 200 thousand personal guards together, using the same method as when he was in Dashun, scattering them all over Zong Sui, when there was no need, those people would be normal citizens, even though they came and went alone, they lived normal lives. Once there was a need, as long as Duanmu Anguo used a special method to send out a signal, the soldiers would immediately gather, quickly moving towards the place he designated.
This time, Duanmu Anguo brought that kind of Carefree Blissful Powder which he collected from Qian Zhou thousands of miles away. Originally, he wanted to use the Carefree Blissful Powder together with that mysterious object to deal with Xuan Tianming, but he did not expect that the person who came would be Xuan Tianhua.
But this was not a problem, it was even better if Xuan Tianhua came, the Seventh Prince who was as elegant as a deity could allow him to dispense with that mysterious object, only using the Carefree Blissful Powder to deal with him. Duanmu Anguo boasted that he had a certain level of understanding towards Xuan Tianhua and was very confident in this battle.
The deputy general who had followed him for many years was travelling with him, asking him along the way: "Does Lord really want to let our people consume the Carefree Blissful Powder? Once that thing is consumed, there is no possibility of quitting it, those 100 thousand soldiers have been Lord's lifeline for many years, could it be that we really want to use this kind of method to fight this first battle for Zong Sui? " He was a little reluctant, "200 thousand soldiers can move the heart of Zong Sui's new ruler, but if there are only 100 thousand left, I'm afraid that Zong Sui's Emperor will be hard to handle."
Duanmu Anguo laughed loudly after hearing this, "Want my soldiers to fight for him in Zong Sui? He can dream on! "
"Then Lord's meaning is … …"
"Our large army is just going there for show, as for that Carefree Blissful Powder, I have never thought of letting our own people consume it. Remember, when we reach Bin City, let our people smell the antidote, we must ensure that they will not become addicted to the Carefree Blissful Powder. And as for the people consuming it, hmph! I have my own decisions! "
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