As soon as the carriage arrived at the gate of the Hou Mansion, Gu Hanzhang was stopped by someone. The person who came was a young eunuch from the palace.
"I have seen the Crown Prince. I would like to ask the Crown Prince to follow me into the palace. Your Majesty has urgently summoned you."
Gu Hanzhang helped Chao Li get out of the carriage, a glimmer of understanding flashed in his eyes. He originally thought that Emperor Renxiao had a plan, but now it seems that he just didn't figure out how to do it.
"Only let me enter the palace?" Gu Hanzhang asked.
Emperor Renxiao didn't say anything when he went to court today. It was already past noon when he came to summon him. I'm afraid the matter was already urgent.
The young eunuch wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Not only the prince, but also several princes and several ministers in the court."
If there are several ministers, Shen Fang must be among them.
In this case, the border issues are probably not trivial.
It was not easy to reach out to the military camp, and Gu Hanzhang did not arrange his own people. The old Marquis had the military talisman in his hand, so there was no need to worry too much. After all, if something happened, he could not avoid the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Gu Hanzhang nodded and turned to look at Chaoli next to him, "Madam, go back and rest first. I'm afraid I won't be able to return home until late at night today."
When the young eunuch saw this, his eyes were full of surprise. He seemed to have never expected that Gu Hanzhang was so gentle to Chao Li, and even when he entered the palace, he had to explain it to the imperial concubine.
I used to hear that the Crown Prince was dissatisfied with his Crown Princess, but now it seems that is not the case.
The nobles in the palace seemed to be a bit behind on the news. It was obvious that the Crown Prince doted on the Crown Princess very much.
You should also tell the nobles in the palace that if there is any palace banquet, don't embarrass the prince's concubine, otherwise the prince will not let it go.
Chaoli nodded in agreement, guessing that it was about Shi Jingtian entering the palace late at night.
"Your Majesty, please go in peace."
Gu Hanzhang was a little worried. He just hoped that his trip would go smoothly, but he didn't want to affect his departure south in two days.
After watching Chao Li enter the mansion, Gu Hanzhang got on his horse and headed towards the palace gate.
The young eunuch could only chase after him in a sedan chair. Just when he reached a street corner, he found that Gu Hanzhang's shadow was gone, so he had to tell the bearers to hurry up.
At the same time, some ministers in the capital also went to the palace.
After entering the palace, everyone found that all the ministers of third rank and above were there, and several princes were also guarding outside the royal study.
At this time, there were coughing sounds and some footsteps in the imperial study room.
Gu Hanzhang stood behind the princes, his expression indifferent, making it difficult to see his true emotions.
"Your Majesty, does he know what happened?"
Shen Fang's voice sounded, with a hint of probing.
Gu Hanzhang shook his head, "I don't know."
At this moment, the door of the imperial study room was opened, Emperor Renxiao's dragon chair was carried outside the door, and he himself walked out with the support of two eunuchs.
Behind Emperor Renxiao, Shi Jingtian also followed.
Seeing Shi Jingtian, everyone present except Gu Hanzhang was a little surprised. After all, Shi Jingtian should have been at the border, not here.
Emperor Renxiao changed his usual peaceful tone when talking in the Imperial Study Room. Today, his voice was very thick, with a hint of anger.
"Do you know why I called you here today?"
Everyone said in unison, "Go back to the emperor, I don't know."
"There was an incident at the border. I asked General Shi to return to the capital overnight and enter the palace. Now the northern barbarians at the border are not at peace and are robbing the border town wantonly. General Shi sent General Leng to stop it. Unexpectedly, the northern barbarians seriously injured General Leng. !The Northern Barbarians are really presumptuous and hurt my general. They have not fulfilled the rules of defeat many years ago and paid tribute to the Qi Dynasty. Such a young man is so rude, what do you think of this?"
As he said this, Emperor Renxiao seemed a little tired, so he sat on the dragon chair.
Of course, this dragon chair was not the one in the Jinluan Palace. Sitting on it was not as comfortable as that one, so he had no choice but to lean lightly on the chair.
Emperor Renxiao's eyes wandered around everyone, wanting to know what these people were thinking.
Shi Jingtian stood silently behind Emperor Renxiao. He had just been talking to Emperor Renxiao for a long time, and now his eyes couldn't help but fall on Gu Hanzhang.
Gu Hanzhang's expression was not affected at all, and he did not speak, waiting for others to speak.
"Your Majesty, the Northern Barbarians are so arrogant now and dare to offend our Daqi border. We must be punished."
"Yes, what Mr. Lin said is true, we should take action against them!"
Shen Fang bowed his hands and said, "What you two adults said makes sense, but now the Huns are watching with eager eyes. It is unclear whether the southern border is an enemy or a friend, and the distance to the west is far away. If we attack at will, there may be disaster. If the Huns attack at the same time, it will be great." Qi will be attacked from both sides."
Shi Jingtian was the first one who couldn't help but angrily scolded Shen Fang, "Then according to Lord Shen's wishes, we should calm down the matter and let the northern barbarians run wild in my border town? As the Minister of Military and Aircraft, you actually let Da Qi be a tortoise. What kind of military minister are you still doing? Retire your old age and return to your hometown as soon as possible!"
Among the entire court, Shi Jingtian, the general who governs the country, has the worst temper. Especially for civil servants like Shen Fang, he looks down upon him.
If Shen Zai generally had no rivals in the court, almost all the courtiers would give him face.
However, the general Shi Jingtian never gave him face. As long as he grabbed his pigtails, he would roar. He dared to do this even in front of Emperor Renxiao, without saving any face for Shen Fang.
Shen Fang's face was ugly, "You are such a reckless man, you only know how to show off your bravery, and you don't know how to use your brain at all. If we go to war casually at this juncture, what if the Huns take action? And what if they form an alliance in Southern Xinjiang?" Southern Xinjiang’s witchcraft and poison techniques are superb, wouldn’t our army have to seriously injure a large area and still be unable to stand the enemy’s coat?”
"Huh, you know a lot about Southern Xinjiang, but I am a good man in the Daqi military camp. He can cut off his head and bleed, but he will definitely not be a coward! You civil servants are greedy for life and afraid of death. I always have trouble with military supplies. , I haven’t found you yet, and you actually want me to be a coward with you!"
No one else spoke, and everyone was watching to see who could win the argument between Shen Fang and Shi Jingtian.
However, Shi Jingtian's words were also irritating, and he scolded all the civil servants, but no one dared to say anything to Shi Jingtian at this moment.
The only person who can speak is probably Gu Hanzhang, who is both civil and military.
Several people focused their attention on Gu Hanzhang, but unfortunately Gu Hanzhang pretended not to know and stood there without saying a word.
Shen Fang was so angry at Shi Jingtian's words that he blushed and thickened his neck, "Shi Jingtian, how dare you scold me! What else can a warrior like you who only has brute strength do other than cause trouble? I'm just making suggestions, but It’s not decided just like that! Everything has to be decided by the Emperor!”
Emperor Renxiao looked at Shi Jingtian behind him faintly, and then at Shen Fang.
"It's really hard for you, but you still know how to let me make the decision."