"Empress, are you okay?" The palace maid was shocked to see Fu Liu's appearance. She knew that the emperor slept here last night and Fu Liu was very favored now. If something happened to her, she would definitely be scolded.
However, Fu Liu just felt a little tired. Thinking about what happened last night, she felt that it was because she had served the emperor, so she felt tired and a little exhausted. She thought it was nothing.
"It's okay, I'm fine, you don't have to worry. I'm probably just tired. I just need to rest." Fu Liu felt that if she was really tired from serving the emperor, people would not know what to say about her if the news got out, so it would be better for her not to make it public.
However, Fu Liu remembered that he had an appointment with Chen Yalan today. If he didn’t go, would Chen Yalan be unhappy?
Thinking of this, Fu Liu immediately stood up again. However, she felt dizzy as soon as she stood up. Seeing this, the palace maid next to her immediately reached out to support Fu Liu and pressed her to sit on the chair.
"Empress, what are you doing? Why did you get up when you are obviously not feeling well? Didn't you say you should have a good rest?" God knows, if she hadn't supported the Empress in time and she fell because of dizziness, what would the consequences be?
Even though he felt a little uncomfortable, Fu Liu felt that he might be able to overcome it. However, he couldn't hold on any longer when he stood up, which left him with no other options.
"I made an appointment with Sister Chen. If I don't go, Sister Chen will probably be unhappy." Fu Liu's face was a little pale. The dizziness just now made her still feel a little uncomfortable.
After hearing this, the palace maid immediately said, "Your Majesty, you are not feeling well. Even if you didn't tell Chen Da Ying, she would understand."
Yes, Fu Liu thought, her physical condition really did not allow her to hold on any longer, so she asked the palace maid to send a message to Chen Yalan to explain.
In the imperial garden, Fu Liu's maid Cui He received Fu Liu's order and rushed to Chen Yalan's palace, wanting to make things clear.
"You, come here, help deliver this thing to the Empress' palace." A voice suddenly called Cuihe. Cuihe wanted to say that she had something else to do, but before she could open her mouth, she saw that the person who was speaking was not someone she could afford to offend. She thought, forget it, I'll help first. It doesn't matter if I deliver the message a little later. It's not a big deal.
court.
"Your Majesty, news has come from the front that General Dingfeng has fallen into the enemy's trap and his life or death is currently uncertain." Someone reported the news anxiously.
All of a sudden, there was a lot of discussion in the court, and everyone was whispering to the people next to them, talking about this matter.
"Oh, I don't know what the situation is now."
"Isn't it? General Dingfeng was just a bandit before. How could he lead troops to fight?"
"Alas, so many people opposed the emperor at the beginning, regardless of everything, and insisted on letting him go. Now it's all good."
These discussions reached Situ Yao's ears, making him very unhappy. At the beginning, one or two people were unwilling to go to the border to fight, so he picked someone himself. He still remembered that when the news of Chu Yunshan's victory came back last time, those two people seemed to be on the battlefield himself.
Now that Chu Yunshan had suffered a loss and fallen into someone else's trap, they all started to blame him again.
"Quiet, this is the imperial court. What do you think this place is? A vegetable market? It's so noisy. Can't you just talk slowly about anything?" Situ Yao was a little annoyed. Chu Yunshan's life or death was uncertain, and he should be the most unhappy person at the moment.
After being scolded by Situ Yao, everyone seemed to react. They were in court at the time, and they lowered their heads and stopped talking.
After finally quieting down, the Prime Minister suddenly stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, when you suggested appointing Chu Yunshan as General Dingfeng to pacify Tubo, I said he was unfit for major tasks. You didn't believe me, and look at the consequences now."
Hearing the Prime Minister's words, Situ Yao became even more displeased: "What's the point of Prime Minister saying these things now? What's more important now is how to make amends. What's the point of just blaming others?"
If the Prime Minister had not wanted to recommend Xu Mao to the battlefield in order to seize military power, how could Situ Yao force Chu Yunshan, a bandit leader who had never led troops in battle, to be the General Dingfeng.
After all, all of this is related to the Prime Minister.
"Your Majesty is right. In the current situation, we should discuss how to remedy the situation instead of blaming others. Your Majesty, I think General Xu Mao offended the envoys from the Western Regions some time ago, and now is an opportunity for him to redeem himself. Why not let General Xu Mao lead his troops to the border to pacify Tubo." The Prime Minister took the opportunity to speak out.
Even though he was imprisoned by the emperor because of the Xu Mao incident, he was released not long after. Therefore, the prime minister felt that the emperor was still a little afraid of him, and now was a good opportunity to get Xu Mao out of prison.
As for Xu Mao, what he actually wanted more was military power rather than being a general.
The Prime Minister's words made Situ Yao frown. He didn't expect that even at this time, the Prime Minister still wanted to obtain military power.
In this case, Xu Mao is absolutely useless.
However, if Xu Mao wasn't used, the other generals would still be reluctant to go, and the ones who could be used...
Situ Yao slowly looked at General Chen Yi.
This was probably his only hope, but General Chen Yi was old after all, and he had promised Chen Yalan that he would not let her father go to the battlefield.
Situ Yao was in a dilemma. He didn't know whether he should specifically ask General Chen Yi to go, or should he follow the Prime Minister's wishes and let Xu Mao go.
On one side, there is the promise, on the other side, there is the military power.
Just as Situ Yao was thinking about this problem, General Chen Yi also noticed Situ Yao's gaze. He understood Situ Yao and felt a little embarrassed, so he stood up directly.
"Your Majesty, I was the one who was chosen to pacify Tubo. Now that General Dingfeng is in trouble, it is naturally best for me to go."
Chen Yi's words caught everyone's attention. Some people reacted and immediately agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty, General Chen Yi is right."
Half of the people agreed, and half disagreed. Some said that General Chen Yi was too old to go to the battlefield, while others said that no one else could go to the battlefield except General Chen Yi, who would conquer all directions and would surely be successful.
Those who agree are those who are unwilling to go to war themselves, but want to let the emperor know that they can still do their part. Most of those who disagree are the prime minister. Knowing that the prime minister wants to recommend Xu Mao, they naturally want to help.
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