MTL - Drunk House-Chapter 465 see off (one more)

  Chapter 465 Sending off (one more)

   "The prince showed me the list, and I agreed."

  Facing the tactful words of the veterans of the neutral faction, the emperor affirmed Yan Huisheng as the prince of the supervisory country, exercising power beyond the ministries.

  The old minister heard the words: "Your Majesty, is this inappropriate? Since ancient times, the promotion of officials has to be discussed. There are indeed exceptional promotions, but they are limited to a limited number of people. Now your highness has promoted dozens of people in one fell swoop. This is really shocking."

   "In an extraordinary period, the prince is also forced to help. Otherwise, there will be such a big turmoil in the court, and Yan Lin will poke such a big basket. If he doesn't quickly stabilize people's hearts, how can he deal with internal and external troubles?" In the day, everyone is staring at the pit and trying to occupy it, and fighting openly and secretly, that is delaying things and prone to trouble. The top priority is to put down Zhang Ping's rebellion as soon as possible. Closing this big hole in the court will stabilize the court as soon as possible.

   It made sense for the old minister to think about it, and he had nothing to say, "Get well soon, Your Majesty! The East Palace was brightly lit last night. If this continues, His Highness the Crown Prince's health will not be able to bear it. Fortunately, there is the Fourth Highness, who can help His Highness the Crown Prince and can share some of the burden."

  The emperor nodded, "The fourth brother is stronger than his two elder brothers."

  He thought about it, waited for Zhang Ping's matter to be settled, and then looked at the performance of the fourth child. If it was good, he would give Concubine Li a promotion. Of course, the crown prince Yan Huisheng had to agree to this matter.

  Yan Huisheng estimated that the old Huguogong would lead the troops to set off early the next morning and prepare for an extra day, but the old Huguogong was afraid of long nights and dreams. Therefore, on the evening of the day when the edict was issued, the old Huguogong and Su Xingze went to the barracks to gather troops, took 180,000 soldiers and horses, and hastily prepared food and grass, and left Beijing in a hurry.

  Princess Sheng'an sent people to the gate of the city, patted the armor on the old Hu Guogong and said, "You old man didn't expect that a young age is still very useful. It is not in vain that I have served you with delicious food and drink all these years. You are still strong."

  The old Hu Guogong frowned, "You old woman, why don't you say that I am guarding the country for your Yan family? You married me, so naturally you have to take good care of my old bones."

  Princess Sheng'an Dachang snorted, "Okay, didn't you always say that you are for the people of Limin in Daliang?"

  The old Huguogong coughed, and when he saw Su Xing, he retreated far away, and sensiblely avoided letting the two of them talk. He lowered his voice and said, "That's for outsiders to hear. When I married you, I made an oath to guard the country for your family."

  Princess Sheng An's heart was touched. This oath is true. The old Hu Guogong really didn't lie. He has suffered so many grievances from His Majesty today, and he gritted his teeth and endured it like this. It's just an old bone. She smiled and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief.

   "That's natural. We agreed on that. Let you go ahead of me. Don't worry! Zhang Ping, that wolf cub, can't beat me. He only ate a few catties of salt." The old protector patted his chest and promised, looking at his old wife, "Hurry up and go back. It's so cold today. I'm old and I'm tired of crookedness, making the younger generation laugh."

  Princess Sheng An also felt embarrassed, and waved to Su Xing, "Xing Ze, come here."

  Su Xing hurried over.

  Princess Sheng'an said to him: "I'll leave this old man to you, you help me watch him, sometimes he doesn't care about his body too much."

  Su Xing bowed his hands and promised, "Don't worry, the younger generation will definitely look after the old Duke."

  Princess Sheng'an nodded with a smile. Seeing the old Hu Guogong staring aside, she waved her hand, "Okay, you guys hurry up! It will be dark any later."

   "You also know that it's getting dark, so go back quickly." The old Hu Guogong muttered, and together with Su Xingze, he got on his horse and went to the barracks.

  Princess Sheng An naturally did not go back immediately, but watched the old Hu Guogong disappear, and stood still for a long time.

  Until Mrs. Guo got out of the carriage and came to her, "Mother, go back, it's very cold today, take care of yourself."

  Princess Sheng An nodded and sighed, "At noon today, I heard that His Royal Highness received news that Zhang Ping had not raised 400,000 soldiers and horses, but had raised 450,000 soldiers and horses. Zhang Cheng led 200,000 soldiers and sent them to Nanping. Then, the remaining 250,000 were sent to the capital by Zhang Ping himself. It is still said that Zhang Ping raised 400,000 soldiers, and the soldiers were divided into two groups. He and Zhang Cheng each had 200,000. They were afraid of causing panic among the courtiers, and they also took away all the Jinglu soldiers and horses without telling the truth. There was not a single soldier left in the capital, but even so, there was still a shortfall of 50,000 soldiers and horses."

   Mrs. Duke's face turned pale when she heard the news, "Mother, since ancient times, there have been countless battles where you won more battles with less. Father transports troops like a god, so nothing will happen."

   "But he is old after all, and human energy is limited. How can a veteran compare to young people and young adults?" Princess Sheng'an was actually very worried in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. It's a boy."

  Zhou Yue is the son of the eldest son Zhou Wei, Zhou Gu's nephew, and the only great-grandson of the Zhou family.

  Because there was no warning about Zhang’s rehabilitating and the war started so urgently, Zhou Wei didn’t even have time to go back to the mansion, and Shizi’s wife couldn’t even send off the old Duke like Princess Sheng’an. After all, the barracks were still far away, and women and children couldn’t go there.

  The eyes of Mrs. Guo Gong's wife are a little wet. Why she can get along so well with Princess Sheng'an's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is because both of them are kind and reasonable people.

  Back then, Princess Sheng'an sent away the old Duke and several sons. Later, the old Duke returned after saving his life, but none of his sons came back. Now Princess Sheng'an has sent away the old Duke Hu and her grandchildren. Among them are her two sons.

  (end of this chapter)