Chapter 184 Fighting Fire with Fire
"Really? Then hurry up and go." When Gu Qingzhi heard Su Yue's words, he quickly signaled the people next to him to bring a horse.
For him, the wildfire was so fierce that it would be worth it if he could give up Nanshan to put out the fire.
But he didn't know whether the emperor thought so, so it was reasonable for Yue'er to say that she should report to the emperor first.
After all, Nanshan is not small.
So Shangguan Nanxing jumped on the horse without hesitation, and took Su Yue with him, and the two of them rode on the same horse and galloped away.
Gu Qingzhi just watched the two of them leave without hesitation, and that knowing smile appeared on his face again.
Soon, the two arrived at the gate of the palace.
At this time, it was midnight and the gates of the palace had already been closed.
"Who is it?" The guard on night watch heard the sound of horse hooves from a distance and stopped at the palace gate. Because it was dark, he couldn't see who it was for a while.
So I hurried forward to ask.
"I have something important to discuss and I need to see my father." Shangguan Nanxing said.
The guard then recognized that it was the Third Prince, so he bowed and quickly ran back to signal the other guards.
"Third Prince, the Emperor is in the imperial study." Not long after, the person who reported came back and opened the palace gate directly.
"Let's go." Shangguan Nanxing saw the door open and pulled Su Yue in.
After all, we are in the palace. No matter how urgent the matter is, we cannot ride a horse in the palace.
"Father, it's so late, are you still reviewing memorials?" Shangguan Nanxing pulled Su Yue and as soon as they entered the imperial study, they saw memorials thrown all over the floor.
"Xing'er, didn't you go to Nanshan? Why do you need me so urgently so late?" The emperor gently stroked his forehead with his right hand, his tone full of fatigue.
In private, when the emperor spoke to Shangguan Nanxing alone, he seldom used the word "朕". Instead, he used "我" more often.
Su Yue naturally heard it as well, and thought back to the previous life when the emperor had always been wholeheartedly good to Nan Xing.
"Your humble servant Su Yue pays homage to His Majesty. Long live the emperor." Su Yue knelt down and bowed to the emperor.
"Why are you here too?" The emperor looked up and saw Su Yue kneeling next to Nan Xing.
"I have found a way to put out the fire, but it is the dead of night, so I have no choice but to ask the Third Prince to bring me to see His Majesty." Su Yue raised her head and looked at the emperor, neither humble nor arrogant.
"What can you do?"
The emperor looked at Su Yue and frowned slightly. He had always had a bad impression of Su Yue. Now that he had fulfilled her wish and granted her the freedom to marry, she was entangled with his third son again.
Didn't you swear so firmly before, just to reject my arranged marriage? Now, you are doing this again. Isn't this unnecessary? Or what?
Even if he was the emperor of a country, he couldn't see what this woman was thinking.
"I, your servant Su Yue, also went to Nanshan during the day and saw the fire with my own eyes. I also figured out that method during the fire."
Su Yue heard the emperor say, what can you do, instead of, what can you do.
The addition of the word "able" also means that the emperor has more doubts about Su Yue.
After all, he had seen too many messy methods, and the method Su Yue mentioned might be one he had seen before.
"Yes, Father, Miss Su thought of a way and begged me to bring her here. She also told me a little bit on the way. Your Highness thinks it is feasible."
Shangguan Nanxing naturally heard the emperor's doubts, so he spoke up for Su Yue.
"Since Xing'er said it's feasible, just tell us about it." The emperor looked at Shangguan Nanxing and softened his tone.
"Use fire!" Su Yue looked at the emperor and said these two words solemnly.
"What a joke, can you put out a fire with fire? Wouldn't that just add fuel to the fire, making the fire even bigger?" When the emperor heard Su Yue's words, he was shocked.
A somewhat sharp female voice came from the door of the imperial study.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.
It turned out to be Concubine Hui who came.
"Your humble servant pays respect to Her Majesty Huifei."
"Empress Hui."
Su Yue bowed to Concubine Hui, and Shangguan Nanxing just nodded in response.
"Okay, no need to be so polite." Concubine Hui glanced at Su Yue, then turned around, picked up the smooth porcelain bowl in the hand of the palace maid beside her, and walked towards the emperor.
"Your Majesty has been working hard for many days. I have ordered someone to cook some Tremella and Wolfberry soup. Your Majesty, please try it while it's still hot."
Concubine Hui placed the bowls and cups next to the emperor's desk, opened the lids and fiddled with them a few times.
"Thank you for your trouble. Just leave it there, Su Yue. What do you mean by putting out fire with fire?" The emperor turned his head and looked at Su Yue.
The method Su Yue just mentioned was indeed the first time he heard it.
"Your Majesty has been awake for several days and is extremely tired. There is no such thing as putting out fire with fire in this world."
Concubine Hui followed the emperor's gaze and looked at Su Yue. She naturally did not dare to say directly that the emperor was confused, and she had listened to this kind of strategy of putting out fire with fire.
Moreover, Su Yue never gave face to her son and rejected his kindness repeatedly, which made Concubine Hui very unhappy.
Moreover, tonight, I only saw the third prince and Su Yue coming to the palace. I don’t know what happened to my son in Nanshan.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Hui, the method Su Yue suggested naturally cannot guarantee that it will definitely put out the fire. It should be 80% effective, and it requires giving up the entire Nanshan Mountain."
Su Yue didn't care about Concubine Hui's sarcasm, but replied respectfully to the emperor.
"A Nanshan?" The emperor followed Su Yue's words with hesitation in his tone. After all, this Nanshan was also extremely important to Dongyou.
"Your Majesty, don't listen to what this girl says. There are at least hundreds of memorials on firefighting here, if not thousands. How can the brains of all the civil and military officials in the court be inferior to that of a little girl?"
Concubine Hui looked at Su Yue with a questioning look. After all, she was well-versed in poetry and books, but she had never heard of putting out fire with fire.
"Concubine Hui, you've said so much, why don't you listen to Miss Su's specific method? My son and father guarantee that this method will definitely work!"
Shangguan Nanxing could sense the sharpness in Concubine Hui's tone and naturally became impatient.
"Okay, Su Yue, tell me your method. If you can really put out the wildfire, it's not impossible to sacrifice one Nanshan Mountain and save the other two mountains."
The emperor naturally noticed his son's favoritism towards Su Yue. He sighed inwardly and looked at Su Yue.
Ever since Xing'er vomited blood and fainted last time and followed Su Yue's wishes, he knew that he, the prince, had fallen in love with Su Yue.
So for Shangguan Nanxing, even if he didn't like it, he just concealed it. After all, Su Yue didn't do anything out of line from beginning to end.
"Your Majesty, could you please give me a piece of blank paper?" Su Yue raised her head and looked at the emperor.
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