"Good son!"

Jiang Jiuniang gave him a thumbs up. In fact, she didn't feel guilty at all. After all, the dog was still young, and she still felt that the child should have fun for a few years.

So, she was actually still thinking about waiting for autumn to find some excuse to stop it.

How did Gou'er know that his old mother was so thoughtful? When he saw his old mother smiling, he happily continued to practice martial arts.

After practicing for a while, he also played a few games with his father, which was very enjoyable.

Lu Baichuan did not come back for long. He only stayed for two days and then left again. There were too many things to deal with after just capturing a city.

But Qin Jian stayed, and Tongcheng also needed someone to guard it. It happened that Peng Yuan had been wronged before, so she asked Qin Jian to stay and spend more time with the pregnant woman.

Lu Baichuan didn’t want his brother to have any regrets about what he couldn’t do before.

The Dongting court also learned about the border defeat, the news that the fifth prince was beheaded on the spot, and the old general surrendered without authorization and died to apologize. These blows made the Dongting court instantly turbulent. , I feel that Dongting must have been cursed this time.

It must be that Wu Jiaming offended the gods in the sky before, so Dongting was retreating steadily.

It’s all the fault of the Wu family!

The old Emperor Dongting looked at the group of people below and felt a splitting headache.

I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but he felt that his health was getting worse and worse during this period. Could it be that the gods started to take revenge on Wu Jiaming after he took revenge on him?

Recently, he burned incense and prayed to Buddha every day and ate a vegetarian diet for a month. Not only did he not get better, but he became even more uncomfortable.

Now these things happened again in the court, all kinds of worries were mixed together, it was really powerless.

"What do you think, dear friends?"

He rubbed the corners of his eyebrows. Everyone looked exhausted and weak.

The minister below was silent for a moment, and then began to speak:

"Your Majesty, the old general surrendered after defeat, for the consideration of the soldiers, please look upon the old general. For the sake of devoting your whole life to our Dongting, please don’t hurt his family.”

　“I second the proposal!”

　“I reconsider!”

　“ I don’t think so! If everyone is like an old general, behead first and report later, and don’t take the emperor’s orders seriously, then won’t there be no rules in the court?”

“So far away, if we wait until According to the news from the imperial court, I am afraid that a few more cities will be lost.Chi, are you all stupid? "

"That's right. Besides, the old general killed himself to apologize, what else do you want? ”

…

There was an instant quarrel in the court, with more people favoring the old general, and they all felt that the old general had done the right thing.

The old emperor had just lost a son and was in a bad mood. Now he saw these people arguing again. He was really upset and slapped his hand on the table, which immediately frightened the people.

" Have you had enough noise? Surrender is a foregone conclusion. The old general has served Dongting all his life. Not only will I not be held accountable, but I also have to appease his family and posthumously honor the old general. What I am asking now is, what will happen after the surrender! ”

In the current situation, even if we don’t surrender, there is no better way. All the generals who can be used in the court have died on the battlefield, and there are some military generals who are unable to take on major responsibilities. Those who have rich experience in their lives will The old general has ended up like this, and he really doesn't want to send more people to embarrass himself.

And after this period of time, the national treasury has been depleted so much that it can no longer support the army to fight. It is better to recuperate first and regain blood. .

No one expected him to say this, they paused and said immediately: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

After the flattery, everyone began to discuss what happened after the surrender.

Generally, after a battle is defeated, the losing side must give certain benefits, but before He gave many benefits when he rescued the third prince. If he gives more benefits now, the overlord of Dongting will completely fall.

Not only that, the national power will lag behind Beiyan and Xiteng. At most, it can be higher than Nantai.

For Dongting, this is more tragic than anything else.

Once it falls, even Xiteng can give them a look Look, who can bear this?

But unfortunately, this is the situation we have to face now.

"Your Majesty, it would be better to marry Qin and Jin with Bei Yan. Come, relations can be eased, and we can have a chance to breathe in the short term. "

"Exactly, the marriage relationship has been the strongest since ancient times, and this is still the most secure! ”

In addition to giving benefits, sending another princess to marry can show sincerity.

The old emperor agreed very much. There is nothing more convenient than marriage.

“Which family do you think it would be better to send a girl to get married? ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, there was silence.

Usually the princess is sent to get married, how can you find a girl at random?

oldThe emperor’s thoughts are not pure!

But everyone did not dare to talk nonsense. Some of them understood the old emperor's thoughts and said: "Wei Chen believes that it is most appropriate to send a daughter of the Wu family!"

Wu House daughter?

Everyone was in an uproar!

The faces of the prince and the third prince were very ugly, this was a slap in their faces!

The Wu family is the queen's mother's family. After Wu Jiaming's death, the two princes were also ostracized in the court. Both the court and the public agreed that the Wu family was unlucky, and the defeat was all caused by the Wu family.

Asking the Wu family daughter to get married at this time is clearly saying that the Wu family is unlucky, and it is best to let the Wu family daughter take the bad luck to Beiyan.

The two brothers did not expect that the courtiers would suffer such losses.

The old emperor was quite satisfied and said with a smile: "I also think that the daughter of the Wu family is the most suitable. I remember that the daughter of the Wu family is also turning sixteen this year. It is a good age to discuss marriage, so Make her Princess Sheng'an and go to Beiyan to get married!"

"Father, I think this is inappropriate."

The third prince couldn't help but stand still. When he came out, the forbearance on his face was almost unbearable.

The old emperor looked at him dissatisfied and asked: "What's wrong?"

"As far as I know, the new emperor of Beiyan has a good relationship with the queen. There is only one empress in the entire harem, so the Wu family's daughter may not be able to get married."

In other words, if you know you will be rejected, don't do it again, otherwise it will be even more embarrassing.

The prince also stood up and said: "Xiteng also sent a princess there, but she was also sent back."

The old emperor indeed lived a few more years. Nian, with a face thicker than the city wall, he said with an indifferent expression: "It doesn't matter, the Wu family daughter is not a real princess anyway, just point to any noble of Beiyan."

Anyway, no matter who you marry. , the Wu family daughters must stay in Beiyan, bringing that bad luck to Beiyan, and making Beiyan also unlucky for a few years.

The two brothers stopped talking, knowing that this was an irreversible outcome.

Just as he was about to go back, he heard the old emperor say: "Third son, I leave it to you to send the Wu family daughter to get married. You are familiar with Beiyan, and the Wu family daughter is also She's your cousin, so I should get closer to you and try to persuade her more."

The third prince's body became stiff. Is there anything more disgusting than this?