Chapter 185: Convincing the Emperor to Issue an Imperial Edict to Put Out the Fire
Su Yue had seen the night in the imperial palace too many times in her previous life. Even the furnishings in this imperial study were exactly the same as when Shangguan Nanfeng was the emperor in her previous life.
Seeing that Concubine Hui kept making sarcastic remarks, Su Yue gave up on explaining herself and, after getting the emperor's permission, she simply took a piece of white paper.
"Your Majesty, look." Su Yue took a piece of white paper, half-knelt on the ground, moved the scattered memorials on the ground aside, and put the white paper on the ground.
"This is the forest fire now." Su Yue took out a fire starter, blew it, and directly lit the paper in her direction.
Several people watched as the flames gradually spread toward the center of the paper.
"This is the fire used to put out fires." Then, Su Yue directly lit the paper in the opposite direction.
I saw the flames in two directions gradually gathering towards the middle, and then the whole piece of paper was burned out and the fire was extinguished.
"Is this what you call putting out fire with fire?" Concubine Hui looked at the little black ashes left on the ground with sarcasm in her eyes.
"That's right, Her Majesty." Su Yue responded loudly with affirmation.
The emperor hadn't spoken at this time. He just stared at the ashes on the ground in a daze.
"If you use a piece of paper, the two fires will burn the paper and there will be nothing left to burn. But the mountains on the South Mountain are connected to each other. If you light a fire on the West Mountain, what will happen to the West Mountain?"
Concubine Hui looked at Su Yue and directly pointed out the key point of putting out the fire.
In fact, Concubine Hui’s idea was correct, but in order to embarrass Su Yue, she did not consider anything else.
"Su Yue, is this the reason why you said you wanted to give up Nanshan?" the emperor at this time. He spoke softly, with clarity in his eyes.
Obviously, he already knew that Su Yue was comparing the piece of white paper to Nanshan Mountain.
"In reply to your Majesty, that's right. I came here from Nanshan, and I found that half of Nanshan has already been burned."
The implication is that even if Nanshan is not abandoned, the losses have already been incurred.
“Your Majesty, you can’t listen to this girl’s nonsense! If a fire is set over at West Mountain, then West Mountain…” When Concubine Hui said this, she was suddenly stunned, turned her head in a daze, and looked at Su Yue.
Su Yue just looked at Concubine Hui with a knowing smile in her eyes.
"What you mean..." Concubine Hui also reacted at this time. At the junction of West Mountain and South Mountain, it seemed that the emperor had ordered people to dig a fire barrier before.
"Concubine Hui, you thought of it too, right?" The emperor then stood up and looked at Su Yue with ecstasy in his eyes.
Obviously, he understood what Su Yue said.
For so many days, as the emperor of a country, he stayed in the imperial study and hardly left the room. All day long, he was reading memorials sent from all directions on how to put out fires.
Even though my eyes were blurry and my head was aching, I didn't dare to stop.
If these three mountains were really burned down, the loss to Dongyou would be immeasurable. How could he face his ancestors?
How can we have the face to face the soldiers at the border who risk their lives to defend our country!
Now, this Su Yue, who had previously solved the problem of Su Yue who was infected with colds, has now offered another good plan!
At this time, the emperor no longer had any grudge against Su Yue. In his eyes, Su Yue was now Dong You, his lucky star!
The emperor said no more. He took the blank imperial edict beside the imperial desk, opened it, and began to write rapidly. Then, he excitedly threw the brush with a handle made of the finest white jade fat to the ground.
With a "snap" sound, the pen broke and the emperor was very concerned.
"Hahaha, hurry up, send this imperial edict to Gu Qing in Nanshan as soon as possible." After the emperor rolled up the imperial edict, he prepared to have someone deliver it, with a smile that had not been seen for a long time.
"Father, please let my son and Miss Su go. It's just right now. We can give Lord Gu some detailed instructions on what to do." Shangguan Nanxing took the imperial edict directly with a serious face.
"Okay, Xing'er is right. It is father who is anxious." The emperor looked at Shangguan Nanxing with an unprecedented relaxed tone.
Afterwards, Shangguan Nanxing took Su Yue and disappeared from the sight of the Emperor and Concubine Hui.
Concubine Hui looked at the backs of Su Yue and Shangguan Nanxing with her beautiful eyes filled with complex emotions, and she felt inexplicably flustered in her heart.
This panic was as if something had happened to her son Shangguan Nanfeng.
Concubine Hui has only met Su Yue twice so far. One was at the poetry meeting that was not successful before, and the other was now. Both times brought great shock to Concubine Hui.
This Su Yue is so smart. If I can't get her to their camp, I absolutely can't let her stand on Shangguan Nanxing's side.
If you can’t get it, destroy it!
A hint of murderous intent flashed across Concubine Hui's eyes, but the emperor beside her naturally didn't notice.
"Come here, prepare the way and go to Nanshan." The emperor had just sat down for a while when he couldn't help but prepare to go and see for himself how the forest fire was extinguished. After all, he had been waiting in the palace and was too anxious.
So not long after Su Yue and his companions left on horseback, the emperor followed behind and rushed over.
The sky was faintly turning pale, and the surroundings were filled with the sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking coming from nowhere.
Dongyou, who had slept all night, was slowly waking up.
"Sir Gu, accept the order." Shangguan Nanxing came running from a distance with Su Yue, and shouted loudly without even stopping the horse.
"Minister, accept the order!" Since Shangguan Nanxing left, Gu Qingzhi has been staying at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, waiting for Su Yue and others to come back after giving out their respective tasks.
After all, the fire-fighting method his niece Su Yue had told him before was the most reliable method for him, who had participated in the fire-fighting for several days and nights.
The emperor, if he has any brains, will definitely agree.
After receiving the order, Gu Qingzhi led most of the people who were resting at the foot of the mountain and rushed towards the west mountain.
He ordered another small group to go up the mountain with gongs and call all the people who were still putting out the fire on the mountain to come over and gather them at the firebreak.
Because Nanshan is so huge, when they change personnel, they always bring gongs with them and beat them while calling out to people.
Otherwise, with their voices, even if they shouted until they were hoarse, they probably wouldn't be able to call everyone on the mountain.
When the people at the foot of the mountain heard the emperor's decree, they naturally understood that there must be a way to put out the fire, and they followed Gu Qingzhi one by one, full of energy.
"Let's go, we'll follow them." At this moment, Su Yue was also carried away by the high emotions of the crowd, and his tone of voice was very excited.
Shangguan Nanxing directly pulled Su Yue and followed behind Gu Qingzhi's large group, walking very carefully.
As for Shangguan Nanfeng, who had been kicked unconscious by Shangguan Nanxing before, he was now lying in the tent, unconscious.
The atmosphere in the tent was really depressing, in stark contrast to the sounds of gongs banging everywhere outside the tent.
Su Yue and Shangguan Nanxing had already forgotten about this person.
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