There is a fragrance filling the hall, and the resin in the furnace is made from the resin of the cinnamon tree, which comes from the great food of Malopa. The cassia is a spice that can also be used by ordinary people, which shows the simplicity of the queen.
But recently, in addition to this fragrance, there is also a strong smell of medicine mixed in the temple.
Wang Qinghui walked through the heavy curtains and bowed in front of the phoenix couch with some fear.
Taking a peek, Quan Jiu was leaning against the bed in her middle coat. Although she couldn't see clearly, she could feel her haggardness through the curtains.
"Get up." Quan Jiu's voice came out from behind the curtain, seeming a little weak, "I heard that the court is going to negotiate peace?"
"Yes. The officials have issued an order to Chen Yizhong and Chen Xianggong to take full responsibility for negotiating with Li Ni."
"What are the conditions that the negotiating court can agree to?"
"The officials have never asked." Wang Qinghui also felt a little helpless and said, "But I guess it is to follow the old practices of Xixia. Let Li Ni be proclaimed emperor to his subordinates, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, and he will be given some yearly coins.
"
"Aren't you going to attack Li Ni? Are you going to abandon the six important towns of the Southwest, Southwest and Northwest?"
Wang Qinghui was very frightened and said: "The saint calms down his anger."
"Calm down?"
Quan Jiu murmured, a little distracted.
When she fell ill this time, others thought she was frightened. They thought she was frightened by the news of Lu Wende's death and that she was so sick because she was afraid that the rebels would come to Lin'an.
But she knew it was because she was angry.
She was so angry that she chose to marry a fool emperor, but the man who wanted to play Cuju also became the emperor and beat her husband ruthlessly.
When these two emperors are put together, everything she has done becomes a joke.
Today I heard that the officials wanted to negotiate peace, and this anger was even more overwhelming.
"How to appease your anger? You are planning to recognize the throne of a traitor so easily, and give up half of the country to others? What are the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty doing? How dare Jia Sidao make the decision on such a big matter without asking the Queen Mother?!"
When she said this, she didn't think that the Song Dynasty could stop Li Xia, or she judged the situation and thought a battle should be fought.
She is a very emotional woman, and she is completely angry at her husband for being useless.
Wang Qinghui was very embarrassed and responded: "Sage, it is not Duke Jia Pingzhang who makes the decision, it is the Holy Heart that makes the decision."
Quanjiu supports his forehead.
She could see clearly and knew that her husband was not only cowardly, but also stupid.
When things got to this point, I didn't know where to vent my anger.
After a moment of silence, Quan Jiu said, "Concubine Yang Shu gave birth to a son these days. I am very ill and my body is heavy. You go and see her for me."
"I, my concubine, will go right away."
After Wang Qinghui withdrew, Xuan Guan Cao Xi stepped forward, knelt in front of Quan Jiu, and said in a low voice: "Sage, I heard that someone was chewing his tongue and said that Concubine Yang Shu wanted to take advantage of the saint's serious illness."
"Shut up." Quan Zheng said calmly, "Will I still fight with these women? What are we fighting for?"
She knew what Cao Xi meant, but she found that she didn't care too much about which woman Zhao Fu had and which son he had.
Li Xia has already arrived in Ezhou, and Concubine Yang Shu has given birth to a son, so what if it doesn't happen.
Thinking of this, Quan Jiu discovered that the only person he had ever killed was Zhao Jin.
She suddenly felt uneasy and turned to look at the medicinal soup on the table beside the couch, with fear in her eyes.
"Has that matter been investigated?" Cao Xi was stunned for a moment, followed Quan Jiu's gaze, understood, and responded: "We are still investigating, but over at Tiantai Mountain, Jia Sidao has arranged a lot of guards.
"After hearing this, Quan Jiu felt increasingly uneasy.
After being anxious like this for a whole day, she finally managed to fall asleep in a drowsy state. Her head was heavy, which made her dream about a lot of things.
She dreamed that Zhao Jin shouted loudly in front of Jia Sidao that it was that woman from Quan Zheng who wanted to harm me, uncle, take revenge for me!
"Okay." Jia Sidao said with a smile, "Uncle drugged that woman to death."
The dream was chaotic and unclear. Quan Jiu dreamed that she seemed to be being hunted. She was very scared and ran away desperately. She fled to Wushan and fled to a pavilion.
Jia Sidao is holding a bowl
The medicine comes up.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me." Quan Jiu shook her head desperately, her forehead covered with sweat.
Afterwards, she felt a lot of blood flowing from her lower body.
"my child"
She retreated awkwardly and finally fell off the pavilion.
Suddenly, someone hugged her.
"The child I was carrying for you is gone." Quan Jiu cried.
The dreams that followed suddenly became absurd, and became more and more absurd.
The man holding her was so powerful, he didn't look like Zhao Yu at all.
The warships on the Qiantang River were crossing the river, their flags covering the sky and the sun, all cheering for the man.
"I decided to rebel against Zhao Song for your sake." Quanjiu felt extremely ashamed. She squeezed her legs tightly and curled up.
At the same time, I felt at ease.
She was indulged in this shame and joy, and didn't want to wake up from this dream again.
But then, a woman opened the curtain and walked in.
Quanjiu tried her best to look at her and vaguely saw a very beautiful figure.
Is it Yan Rong?
Yes, she only recognized Yan Rong.
She suddenly felt full of fighting spirit and decided to compete with Yan Rong for favor.
"Saint, saint, it's time to drink medicine."
The dream ended in summer, and Quan Jiu didn't want to wake up, but she closed her eyes and never returned to the dream.
Sitting on the bedside, drinking the decoction and recalling last night's dream, an idea came to my mind.
Quan Mei shook her head, and Xu Yu was thinking why it couldn't work, Jian Rong could do it. She bit her lip and thought for a long time, and then called Cao Xi.
"At the beginning of the year, I ordered you to go to Chang'an to meet Li Ni, right?"
"Sage: Yes."
Quan Jiu said: "The imperial court will send an envoy to see Li Ni and arrange for people to be sent to the envoy."
A few days later, Chen Yizhong led people from Lin'an to the important town of Ezhou.
This was a large-scale mission, and all the forces in the Song Dynasty had people working in it for their own purposes.
Some want to promote peace, some want to sabotage the peace, some want to find out what Li Xia is and some want to contact Li Xia secretly.
Chen Yizhong knew very well that whether the Song Dynasty Sheji would lose its original righteousness in this peace negotiation, and even the survival of the Song Dynasty Sheji, all rested on his shoulders.
The river water kept beating against the big boat, and it seemed so difficult to go upstream in Xiangyang.
Lu Wenhuan seems to have aged twenty years.
He is only four years old, but his hair has turned a lot gray recently.
At present, 100,000 elite soldiers from Jinghu are in Xiangyang. Once Lu Wende died, the army seemed to be handed over to him, Lu Wenhuan, to command.
However, Lu Wenhuan's official position was still low and his reputation had not been straightened out. He would never dare to command these soldiers and horses to fight in a short period of time. Instead, he had to supply a large amount of food and grass.
It is equivalent to supporting a huge creature, and this huge waste has no effect at all and will only drag him down.
This is an internal situation.
Externally, the Yuan army deployed troops to the east and north of the Han River, while Li Ni deployed troops to the west and south of the Han River to confront each other across the river.
Xiangyang was caught in the middle. It was unclear whether we were the enemy or not. Ezhou, an important town in the rear, was lost again, so it was natural to panic.
Lu Wenhuan did not want to fight. He hoped that Li Xia could withdraw his troops so that he could have time to digest the military power left by Lu Wende.
The Yuan army came to encircle and annihilate Li Xia. As soon as Li Xia retreated, the war naturally subsided. Finally, it took until December to finally get some news.
"Li Ni seems to be no longer on the Xiangyang battlefield."
"Are you sure?"
"Two days ago, a troop of soldiers and horses left Li Ni's camp. After that, for two consecutive days, the scouts did not see Li Ni's banner on Jianghan."
Lu Wenhuan pondered: "A few days ago, I also found out that the rebels have increased their troops. Are they increasing their troops or withdrawing them?"
"The general suspects that a rebel army came to escort Li Ni."
"Where to go?"
"Looking at the signs, it seems that we are heading to Gangneung.
Lu Wenhuan was slightly surprised and said; "
How to get there? Xiangyang is still there, where did he rob the ship from?"
"It seems that they are traveling overland to Gangneung with only a few thousand riders."
"No." Lu Wenhuan shook his head and said, "I'm sure the Yuan army is storming the pass. How dare Li Ni go south instead of returning to the pass to aid at this time?"
He walked up to the top of the city and looked into the distance. He was so far away that he couldn't see any changes in the enemy's formation. So he turned back!
Tower, spread out the map and think about it.
There are several possibilities right now.
One is that Li Xia pretended to go south, but actually turned back to Chang'an, preparing to counterattack the Yuan army. This is the best outcome for Li Xia and the Song Dynasty, and it is also the most likely situation.
The second is that Li Xia deliberately lowered the flag, but in fact he hadn't left yet and wanted to sneak attack Liyang. This is unlikely. Liyang Yuncheng is well-defended and the Yuan army is too close. The third is why Li Xia really went to Jiangling.
? Then go from Jiangling to Ezhou and continue down the river? Don’t you want to go to Guanzhong?
It was a dead end with the Song Dynasty and allowed Meng Yuan to benefit. What benefit did it have to Li Ni?
Lu Wenhuan thought about it and wanted to send troops to test, but in the end he did not dare.
Compared with Lu Wende, he has read military books, is more rational and better at defending the city, but after all, he is not Lu Wende.
Not daring to take the initiative like Lu Wende, Li Xia was on her way to Jiangling Mansion.
After all, he was proclaimed emperor, and he could no longer walk around with only one or two hundred horses like before.
Including Yi Jia, there are more than two people in this team.
Although it is still not much, it can still be called a simple emperor's pomp.
Fang Yankai accompanied him, and it was inevitable that he would give a few words of advice.
"Your Majesty, leave the army in case you are surrounded by the Song army."
"Here we go to Jiangling. We will be escorted by these more than a thousand fine cavalry. When we get to Jiangling, Jiang Cai will lead the army to escort the alliance to Ezhou and meet up with Shi Jun. Whether it is a land battle or a water battle, you don't have to worry about the safety of the alliance." Fang Yankai said again.
: "But isn't Your Majesty worried about the situation in Guanzhong?"
"There is no rush. Last year, I personally went to the Western Regions and united with the Mongolian Ulurus, and we have achieved initial results. This time Lian Xixian came to power in Gansu and judged that the defensive pressure in the west had been reduced, so he sent more than 20,000 troops to the east to aid."
Li Xia raised his hand and pointed at the cavalry around him and said, "Not only are the more than a thousand cavalry brought by Lu Xiaoxi, they are also more than 20,000 troops."
Fang Yankai asked again: "But is it enough to be divided into Xingqing Prefecture, Yan'an Prefecture, Zhangguan, Yellow River and other battlefields?"
"So, the League wants to transfer the troops from the Xiangchang battlefield back to Guanzhong." Li Xia said, "It was Fang Qing who said that Xiangyang City has plenty of food, many soldiers and generals, and there are Yuan troops on the side ready to take advantage of them.
It’s useless.”
This is indeed what Fang Yankai said.
"I advised your majesty not to attack Xiangyang anymore but to retreat to Chang'an first. But I didn't expect that your majesty listened to the first part but refused to listen to the second part.
Li Xia said: "Guanzhong is a defensive war. It won't make much difference whether I am here or not."
"But the officials and the people need to feel at ease with Your Majesty's presence." Fang Yankai said, "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, so what you need to do is to stabilize the throne as soon as possible."
"That's right." Li Xia nodded and said slowly, "Forcing Zhao Song to surrender is the fastest and best way for me to consolidate my throne."