"The Emperor mentioned to me before that he would do his best to make arrangements for the Xie family."
"If he could really do it, the Xie family would not be in this situation now." If he could really do something, he would not be named Xie.
In the darkness, Xie Jinze's eyes dimmed.
Song Sanniang keenly noticed that Xie Jinze's mood had become worse. She hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether she should continue to comfort him.
In the end, she simply integrated the information she got from the system, pretended that it was Emperor Jing who revealed it to her, and told Xie Jinze.
"The Emperor told me that after I take you away from the capital, he will try to get the women of the Xie family out of the brothel..."
After hearing what Song Sanniang said, Xie Jinze's mood did not improve.
He had already heard this news from Ying a long time ago.
Before Emperor Xuan fell seriously ill, he secretly arranged the surviving members of the Xie family to his trusted subordinates one by one.
As for the women of the Xie family, Xie Jinze felt extremely upset when he thought of their fate.
He was the youngest of his generation in the Xie family. His older sisters were all married off, so he was spared from being implicated.
Those brothers-in-law were all approved by my grandfather himself, so my sisters probably won’t have to endure the worst.
His younger nieces and nephews are only a few years old and have a few years of buffer time. If he is faster, he can rescue them.
But his mother and aunts committed suicide in the prison in order to avoid humiliation.
So even if that person saved the rest of the people, he couldn't save their lives.
Seeing that Xie Jinze didn't say anything, Song Sanniang continued.
"The emperor's actions are controlled by the noble families, court officials, and concubines. He often has no choice."
"Why, General Cheng, do you still want to persuade me to be magnanimous and forgive him?"
"No, no, no, I just think that you might be able to do what the emperor can't do in the future."
Xie Jinze stopped talking. He was still confused about what to do next. Why did Song Sanniang sound so confident that he could reach that position?
In the end, it was others who believed in his success more than he did.
Yes, with that thing in his hand, it’s still unclear who will win or lose.
There was no reply from the other side for a long time. Just when Song Sanniang thought Xie Jinze had fallen asleep, a soft voice of thanks came from the other side.
"Thanks."
Song Sanniang smiled silently and did not answer.
After that, the room really became quiet. A slightly heart-to-heart talk brought the two closer together.
Have a good night's sleep.
When Song Sanniang packed her clothes and left, Xie Jinze was sleeping soundly. She did not wake him up, but quietly left the room.
When he left, he instructed his subordinates to keep a close eye on the lady and try their best to satisfy her needs.
When she left the house, she made eye contact with the two gate gods, Ying and Zhao, and asked them to take good care of their master. If they had any problems, they could go to the military camp to find her.
Seeing that the two men had their necks stiff and did not refute, he grabbed a few steamed buns from the plate in the butler's hand and stuffed them into his mouth, then rode his horse towards the military camp.
…
Time passed as Song Sanniang ran between the military camp and the general's mansion.
Xie Jinze's due date soon arrived. After experiencing the last failure, the barbarians outside the Great Wall began to stir again.
Tongguan has been harassed frequently recently, and some smuggling merchants disappeared after leaving Tongguan. However, one day, a man appeared in a dishevel behind Tongguan.
They learned from him that the barbarians were untrustworthy and that the merchants risked their lives to sell them food, but they simply killed people and robbed the merchants’ supplies over a disagreement.
He also found something wrong. After encountering the barbarian soldiers, he whipped the horses of the supply cart and took advantage of the opportunity when the barbarians were chasing the supplies.
He crawled into the grass cage, turned left and right, shook off the pursuers, and came back chewing grass roots all the way.
When Song Sanniang heard this, she looked at her father and realized that this was just the beginning. It would not last long. After Wulan ran out of food, they would eventually go to war.
Soon, both the soldiers and the civilians in the city entered a tense stage of preparation for war.
Cheng Wuan also reported back to the capital the movements of the barbarians outside Tongguan, as well as his speculation about the time of the barbarians' future attack on Tongguan.
He hoped that Emperor An would take the letter seriously and listen to his request. Not only would he not send troops to support him, but he also expressed his sincere hope that Emperor An would order the delivery of food and fodder to Tongguan as soon as possible.
Song Sanniang stood aside, watching her father finish writing the letter to Emperor An, and eagerly watched the messenger's back as he left. She was not optimistic.
A few months ago, the food that was escorted was not only short in weight, but it was all stale rice, and some was even moldy.
Song Sanniang knew at a glance that the family had been taken advantage of by those corrupt officials, who were using rotten old rice as food.
As for the good rice that was replaced, it was converted into silver and naturally went into their pockets.
The journey of escorting grain and fodder was long, and after the escort team arrived at Tongguan, even if they found that there was a problem with the grain and fodder.
The generals reported the situation to Emperor An, and they had ample excuses.
For example: The journey is long, and the food and grass will inevitably encounter rain on the road, and will become moldy when they come into contact with water.
They checked everything when they loaded it, and there's no problem with the food and fodder...
No matter how the soldiers accused them, they had thousands of excuses.
If they had not had the foresight to collect some food from the cities near the border, they would have run out of food long ago.
So Song Sanniang didn't have much hope that her father would ask for grain this time.
During this period, whether it was as a member of the soldiers guarding the border, I felt the shameless behavior of Emperor An, or what I heard from the system about Emperor An's actions.
She also understood why generals who hold military power are always prone to rebellion.
"We charged into battle at the border, disregarding life and death, and fought hard to push the enemy back. The emperor was so full that he felt bloated, but for us, even having enough to eat was a luxury."
When a group of people cannot even meet their basic needs of food and clothing, they are more likely to think about rebellion.
Therefore, this is also the biggest reason why those in power advocate the idea of loyalty to the emperor. They want to imprint the idea that no one can rebel against their emperor in everyone's mind for a long time.
Song Sanniang swept her eyes calmly over the generals present, but when she passed Qin Zao, she paused and then looked away.
This person has no moral integrity and is vindictive. He is an outlier among the group.
Song Sanniang was also an exception in that she simply ignored herself, and she was still thinking about when to guide her father to do bad things - to help Xie Jinze fight back to the capital.
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