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Xie Wuzheng came later than expected. Fortunately, after he arrived late, after the ceremony, his first sentence was: "Just now there is news from home. The minister questioned the envoy, so he came late."

"What's going on?" Yun Fenghuang didn't care about the greetings, and asked immediately, "Why did you even light the beacon? Xifa and Hele really joined forces to attack?"

"Holemo passed away about a month ago." Xie Wuzheng sighed, "This news has been guarded by his heirs to avoid chaos. Unexpectedly, Xifa knew about it a long time ago! Just half a month ago, Xifa made a surprise attack Hele wiped out eight to nine out of ten of his relatives, and his wife and children were all separated, just like the scene when Hele killed his father and brother...how could those small countries dare to mix? Naturally, they dispersed one after another and dared not intervene. Because Uncle Zhao Wu is not on the grassland, the deputy general is incompetent, and he didn’t even know it! So Xifa instigated Gu Li, imprisoned the deputy general and other people appointed by Uncle Zhao Wu, seized the military power, and counterattacked Yanzhou!"

"The army of Xifa took the opportunity to move southward, and attacked Huizhou after going around the trail!"

"Now Huizhou is under siege!"

Yun Fenghuang's face was livid!

Huizhou...is next to Yanzhou. Although the Kingdom did not border Weihe, it has been one of the famous frontier cities since ancient times.

It means that the national power of the country is strong, and the country is rich so far, so there is Yanzhou in front of Huizhou. Like the previous dynasty, when the country was founded, Huizhou was not a very frontier fortress, but with the decline of national power and the pressing of foreigners, Huizhou's former status gradually fell, and eventually Huizhou had to become a city facing iron heels.

And Huizhou City is where Xie's ancestral home is located!

Yun Fenghuang's parents and relatives, if there is no accident, are all in the city!

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Huizhou has been in constant battle since ancient times. The walls are high and the trenches are deep. It's not easy to attack." Seeing this, Xie Wuzheng persuaded in a low voice, "Besides, you know the folk customs of our Huizhou. You can't be brave. You don't have to rely on officers and soldiers to defend the city... The children of the families, the servants, and even the female family members are not weak! Besides, although our generation has no experience, the older ones, such as Brother Ten and the others, are I personally experienced the situation when Wei He came to attack during Xiaozong's time, and since then, every family has the habit of hoarding surplus food. I just estimated that Huizhou will have no problems in a while."

"What's more, Huizhou is next to Yanzhou, how can the Dingbei Army sit back and watch?"

"I guess it's just a near miss."

"If you are lucky, the brothers and uncles in the family may be able to take advantage of the situation to make a name for themselves and add luster to your empress!"

"The war is dangerous, I would rather they are all too peaceful!" Yun Fenghuang listened, without any look of relaxed expectation on his face, and said with heavy eyes, "Over there in Yanzhou...the Marquis of Jingning is here, Zhaowu Counting the days, Uncle can barely arrive, these two are there, are they all dead?! How come Huizhou is still besieged!?"

Whoever is the closest relative of blood will feel distressed.

Although the Xie family sent many of their children to join the army to gain wealth and honor on the grassland earlier, it was very risky, and many children were lost in the middle. But the situation is different between the two. At that time when the Xie family's children were sent out, the family was ready for the loss, and naturally they had control. It was impossible to say that all the outstanding children were pushed out to fight for their lives on the battlefield.

But now, the ancestral house is under siege. If one is not good, Xie's vitality will be badly injured. Even if the family is destroyed like Ji's back then, it is not impossible!

"...I don't know." Xie Wuzheng was a little at a loss when he heard the words, and he was silent for a while before he said softly, "It's always a long way away, Madam, forgive me, to be honest, there is no use for us to be anxious now, we can only wait. Your Majesty and their deliberations."

Yes, it's useless for me to be anxious and helpless, but Your Majesty...

Just thinking of this, Xie Wuzheng continued suddenly: "I would like to advise your majesty that you can ask your majesty about this matter. But if your majesty has difficulties, your majesty should not insist on talking. After all, once the Xie family really can't make it through, often In the end, whether you can avenge Mrs. Xie depends on your mother!"

Yun Fenghuang suddenly turned to look at him.

Xie Wuzheng smiled wryly, and said: "Madam, Huizhou is too far away from the imperial capital. Although the news we received at this moment was delivered as quickly as possible, but what it looks like there now... It's really hard to say... ..."

"..." Although Yun Fenghuang was anxious at first, as Xie Wuzheng said, neither Huizhou nor her elders had experienced the war.

During Xiaozong's reign, Guochao and Weihe officially went to war once. At that time, many of her uncles and elders had been on the battlefield.

Although Taiping must have relaxed a lot over the years, it is not comparable to a place that has never faced Wei He directly.

So if you are under siege for a short time...

Yun Fenghuang also felt in his heart that nothing major would happen.

But at this moment, listening to Xie Wuzheng's words, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, she couldn't help but change her face, and said in a low voice, "Do you know something?!"

Xie Wuzheng opened his mouth, with a look of pain in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "I'm just a little worried, minister..."

"Tell the truth!!!" It was rare for Yun Fenghuang to speak harshly to him, and suddenly raised his voice to make Xie Wuzheng subconsciously take a step back before stopping.

The brother and sister looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little tense for a while.

For a moment, Xie Wuzheng lowered his eyes first, cupped his hands and said, "Yes, empress."

He collected himself, and said in a low voice, "It's just... just thinking about what happened to Ji Minggan back then."

Yun Fenghuang's heart was pounding, and he urged: "What's going on?! Ji Minggan... What does Ji Minggan have to do with Huizhou?!"

"Although the arrest of Ji Minggan by the Imperial City Division was not announced to the world, many people in the officialdom knew it well." Xie Wuzheng said in a low voice, "Originally he was besieged in the Yanling Mansion, but later because of the previous Things kept going on in the harem, not only was he escaping from the sky, looking at the direction, but he also fled to Weihe... Do you still remember? At that time, the chief official of the Yanling Mansion was Brother Nine. In the correspondence between the ministers, he once mentioned in code words that he suspected that Ji Minggan had lingering in Huizhou, so he specially reminded the clan, thinking that it would be a credit if he could take him down before the Imperial City Secretary..."

Speaking of this, he smiled wryly, "Huizhou is our family's hometown. It has been run for many generations. Even if Ji Minggan was once a noble son, the Ji family has been dissipated after all, and he himself is a bereaved dog. So it doesn't matter if Brother Nine or a minister , I feel that even if we can't find him, at most we have lost a piece of credit. In our family's territory, nothing will happen after all. Who knows..."

Who knew that Ji Minggan's lingering in Huizhou was not for looking for an opportunity to escape to Weihe, but for some other purpose? !

With his whereabouts and Weihe's siege of Huizhou, Yun Fenghuang was almost suffocated for a while: the remnants of the Ji family dug river embankments in order to prevent the imperial court from meddling in Weihe's civil strife, causing floods in the south, causing countless Li people Displaced!

Is it difficult to open a city gate from inside and outside at this moment?

She laughed back angrily: "The Xie family has a low lintel, it's okay for the ninth brother to have narrow vision, twenty-one brother, you are the one who favored the eldest princess, and you often have contacts with the descendants of the Luo family, the Meng family, the Ouyang family and other famous families. Don’t you know that our so-called big family members are the same as other people’s tea cups?! Besides, Ji Minggan’s family dog ​​has been so far away that the Imperial City Secretary has been unable to arrest him. Based on this, we still don’t know what the remnants of the Ji family are capable of. ?! That is the person His Majesty wants to eradicate but has not eradicated so far, and he dares to wishful thinking?!"

In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that Huizhou was besieged, Yun Fenghuang would understand Xie Heng very well.

After all, when I came to the Imperial Capital excitedly back then, after going through a lot of ups and downs, I didn't have the smooth rise as I imagined. Regardless of the future of the fifteenth prince, Yun Fenghuang's ambitions, and Xie's transformation into a serious and famous family Needs... They all need them to be successful in their official careers.

Whether it is Xie Heng or other Xie family members, they are all outstanding local talents.

It's really nothing to put it in the official field full of talents.

In this case, without the deliberate support from above, the promotion seems to be far away and difficult.

So after obtaining Ji Minggan's whereabouts, he did not report to the Imperial City Secretary, and even deliberately concealed the traces so that the Imperial City Secretary or other people who followed the emperor's order would notice, and wanted to take advantage of Xie's favorable location to snatch the job. It is also human nature to take credit for the promotion of oneself and the family.

If he succeeds, instead of being angry, Yun Fenghuang will praise him greatly, feeling that he has another reliable brother.

The key is that Xie Heng not only failed, but now even brought the family into a situation of destruction! ! !

How could Yun Fenghuang praise his "motivation"?

She just felt that this brother was suffocatingly stupid!

The problem is that Xie Heng can die by himself, he can drag the whole second room to die, but the fourth room where Yun Fenghuang is, and the big room where Xie Wuzheng is, are all in Huizhou City! ! !

Thinking of Jiang Shi, Xie Jian, Xie Xishi and others, Yun Fenghuang became dizzy for a while, and held on to the handrail to stabilize, and said in a trembling voice: "He...he is an idiot!!! Even if he wants to take credit, he won't tell the court, no Let Your Majesty know, why can't you talk to me?!"

Although she knew about it a few days ago, she might support this plan, but...at least she will let Jiang and others withdraw first for safety, so as not to be affected by it!

Before Xie Wuzheng could answer, Yun Fenghuang already understood, and said with a sad smile, "You two, are you afraid that Sifang will take the credit?!"

Considering from Xie Heng's point of view, the first wife has a son-in-law, and the fourth wife has a noble concubine. Compared with the third and fifth bedrooms, their second wife is actually better, but they are not as good after all, so the mood to strive for the top is even more urgent.

And the credit for taking down Ji Minggan is no small matter. If the imperial concubine knew in advance, who would know that Yun Fenghuang, who has always been partial to his brothers, would arrange for Xie Xishi and the others to intervene?

No, Yun Fenghuang didn't even need to step in.

Let’s just say that Jiang, the mistress of the fourth bedroom, has done similar things in the past...

Otherwise, there are so many daughters of the Xie family, why was it the misnamed Yun Fenghuang, and not her other sisters, who was set up as a role model for everyone?

During this process, the Jiang family often stepped on his nieces to praise his daughter!

Since the Jiang family can make things difficult for his nieces for the sake of his daughter's future, why can't he pick peaches from his nephews for his own son?

"...I didn't mean that." Xie Wuzheng paused, and said in a low voice, "But brother Jiu begged me... saying that Kuo'er has been with the empress for several years, but he has not made any achievements to repay the empress, and I feel guilty. , wanting to use this method to earn some face for the empress, but also afraid that if the matter fails, it will make the empress happy... So I promised to keep it a secret for him, and I will tell the empress when the matter is completed."

Yun Fenghuang sneered and said, "It's fine if the low-ranking officials in other places don't know about Ji Minggan. Ji Minggan escaped from Yanling Mansion back then, how can Brother Jiu not know? He knew the clue but didn't know." Reporting to the Secretary of the Imperial City is to steal credit in private! If there is no mediation by the Imperial Palace in front of His Majesty, the first one of the Imperial City Secretary will not be able to spare him! After the matter is completed, report to the Imperial Palace and save face for the Imperial Palace? Thankfully he can speak! No If it is said that after the matter is completed, I will let this palace take care of him and guarantee his promotion!!!"

Xie Wuzheng lowered his head and dared not speak.

"...Forget it, now, no matter how much you can blame brother Jiu, there is nothing you can do." Yun Fenghuang was silent for a while, but calmed down, and waved his hands wearily, "You go on. It's better not to have something to do at home, otherwise... We only depend on each other, so what's the point of blaming each other? In the final analysis, everyone is trying to revitalize the family. The only thing to blame is our Xie family's foundation, which is really weak."

Xie Wuzheng said in a low voice: "It's because the ministers are too incompetent that the empress is always worrying about the family and the ministers."

"You go back." Yun Fenghuang pinched his forehead and said with a wry smile, "Although it may be too late, but...you have to try, what will I say when I see His Majesty later?"

Hearing this, Xie Wuzheng didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly left.