㱗This rumor became more and more intense, causing the people to become even more dissatisfied with the emperor.

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A distant relative came to the Jin family.

Ji Suzhi's mood had improved a lot since then. That distant relative liked to control Ji Suzhi, and the two of them often quarreled, and Ji Suzhi basically never won.

This person was none other than Ji Xinwu. As General Ji had already resigned and returned home, the emperor was not interested in keeping Ji Xinwu as a hostage, and the eunuchs and palace maids who had been monitoring her also left. Tu Yufan took advantage of the laxity of the guards in the cold palace and sent someone to rescue her, faking her death and escaping.

The next year, Ji Suzhi gave birth to a daughter.

In the same year, New Year's Day

Yu Bu was the Queen's brother-in-law. He was recently appointed general on the Queen's recommendation. In order to improve his qualifications, he was sent to garrison at the frontier. However, the border was bitter and cold, and Yu Bu could not bear this condition at all. So he renovated his mansion, and lived a lavish life with extravagant appearances. After more than a year at the frontier, he gained a lot of weight.

During the festival, he and his soldiers got drunk, and in the middle of the night the alarm drum was sounded, indicating that Chengnan was about to attack.

Bu woke up in shock and was immediately furious: "How dare a defeated general of Chengnan attack at this time? Everyone, follow me and send troops."

His subordinates advised: "General, since Chengnan is coming now, they must have made a perfect plan. I think the best thing is to defend Jiacheng Pass and not fight. When they run out of food, they will naturally retreat."

Bu was eager for quick success and felt that now was a great opportunity to make a contribution. He thought that Chengnan had been defeated in the past few years and had even offered a large amount of gold and silver when asking for peace last year, so it did not have the strength to attack at all.

In the end, he did not listen to everyone's advice, but urgently summoned a large army to rush out of the city and start fighting.

Since the deployment of the border defense force, the soldiers' training has been lax, the management is not as strict as before, and the combat effectiveness has weakened a lot.

Before everyone was fully prepared, they sent out their troops in an emergency and were ambushed, suffering heavy casualties. Jia Bu was also captured. After the fall of Jiacheng Pass, several cities were lost in succession within a few days.

The emperor was terrified now. Such a situation had never happened before since he ascended the throne. It seemed that just changing a general had caused such a big mess.

Chang'an Palace

Concubine Yan picked up a small piece of gold, looked indifferent, and swallowed it without hesitation.

I hope that my brother can take revenge to comfort Chengnan’s murdered relatives and the thousands of soldiers who died in the war.

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Afterwards, the empress was reprimanded and confined to her room, and the emperor sent some generals to the front line one after another.

However, Chengnan seemed to be very familiar with Yangguo's defense route, and the people they sent were caught off guard and all returned in defeat.

Even the Buddha cannot know all the layouts.

Only then did the emperor think of Concubine Yan, but unfortunately she had already swallowed gold and committed suicide.

Finally, the emperor had no choice but to ask General Ji to take back the military power.

Ji Suzhi said angrily, "It's already a mess, so we asked father to go. If we lose, the dog emperor will take advantage of it to make trouble."