Chapter 744: Years Go By
In this expedition, Old Master Xu personally led the army, with Second General Xu and Tuoba Aofeng as generals, and Yan Mei as the military advisor.
Fu Bao was sent back to Xiangyi Prefecture, and the defense of Longcheng was handed over to Yan Mei, who came with a brand new Whirlwind Rider.
Although Yan Mei and the Whirlwind Riders both wanted to fight, tragically, the Whirlwind Riders were simply not adapted to this new strategy specifically designed to fight against the Frost Spirits.
Therefore, Yan Mei could only stay behind with the Whirlwind Cavalry.
The reason why they had to stay was because no one could guarantee whether the Frost Spirits would miss out on Grandpa Xu and his army.
Therefore, Yan Mei, who stayed behind, also had a difficult task.
However, all this has nothing to do with Fubao for the time being.
She was forcibly sent back to Xiangyi Prefecture by her biological father, Old Man Xu.
In Fubao's opinion, his father and second brother would be back in a few months at most.
But what she could not have imagined was that they had not returned for more than half a year!
During this half year, the situation in the Tang Dynasty has really changed dramatically and taken a sharp turn for the worse.
The relationship between the young emperor Li Yi and the eldest princess fell apart two months after Mr. Xu and his companions left.
Empress He's family, with the help of all the people in the Duke's Mansion, managed to protect the little emperor and Empress He from the capital and escape to the territory of Xiangyi Prefecture.
After the little emperor and Empress He fled, the eldest princess actually issued an obituary.
The young emperor Li Wei and Empress He were both killed, and their deaths were once again blamed on Jieyundao.
When it comes to taking the blame, Jieyundao has become a professional.
In the past, people would just take the blame for their bad luck, because they would not worry about too many debts and too many lice would not bite.
But this time, when the Grand Princess put the blame on Jieyundao, Jieyundao jumped out to refute it.
They posted notices all over the capital to protest their injustice, and at the same time pushed all the blame onto the Grand Princess. They also revealed that the young emperor and Empress He were still alive and were forced to flee the capital by the Grand Princess.
The reason why Jie Yundao knew so much detail was because He Chuo, the least valued illegitimate son of the Duke of Liguo's Mansion, contacted Jie Yundao and made an exchange with him.
Otherwise, how could the Duke Li’s Mansion, whose minions had long been broken, send the little emperor and Empress He, two burdens, out of the capital?
This is all the work of Jieyundao!
Jie Yundao defended himself, but the Grand Princess did not respond. She directly issued an imperial decree to eliminate Jie Yundao across the country.
Unfortunately, after the last major crackdown, Jieyundao is now completely hidden.
Then, while fleeing to Xiangyi Prefecture, the young emperor issued an edict, labeling the eldest princess a traitor who plotted treason and stole the country, and calling on loyal and righteous people of the Tang Dynasty to send troops to defend the king and purge the court.
After this decree was issued, the entire Tang Dynasty was completely divided.
The Grand Princess, with her powerful military force, occupied the capital and the sixteen surrounding prefectures. As for the other places, they broke away from the rule of the court controlled by the Grand Princess, and at the same time, they raised the banner of purging the imperial court.
However, after the prominent families in these places raised the banner of clearing the court of corrupt officials, none of them sent envoys to Xiangyi Prefecture to meet the young emperor.
At this moment, the Tang Dynasty has completely fallen apart!
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July, the height of summer.
Xiangyi Prefecture, government office.
Xu Laosan had a worried look on his face as he stared at the group of little kids in front of him.
But in the end, he took a deep breath and said, "Forget it, I won't punish you. Go find your aunt later!"
Looking at his nephews and nieces in front of him, Xu Laosan was really overwhelmed.
These are a bunch of devils, and each of them, no matter if they look honest or clever, has a lot of tricks up their sleeves.
For every one sentence he says, they can raise ten or twenty questions.
But his own mother wouldn't let him do anything, even if they were his own children, he couldn't lift a finger.
This kid is disobedient and I won’t spank him. What should I do?
"Dad, my aunt is very busy and ignores us!"
When she heard Xu Laosan ask them to go find their aunt, the girl pouted and said, "How about you take us to find our aunt?"
"I'm busy!"
Xu Laosan glanced at his own daughter. This girl was not a sweet girl at all. Ever since she could speak fluently, she had been causing trouble for her all day long.
"My aunt said, Dad, you're just busy doing nothing!"
“…”
Hearing this, Xu Laosan took a deep breath and tried not to get angry. My dear son, I have to endure it, endure it, endure it!
"Okay, I'll take you to find your aunt!"
"yeah--"
Hearing Xu Laosan's words of compromise, the group of little kids shouted excitedly.
Xu Laosan twitched the corners of his mouth slightly and made up his mind that this time he must throw this group of troublemakers to his younger sister and let her plot against him behind his back.
Why am I just busy for nothing?
If I hadn't been busy, their family life would have been so chaotic.
The current situation is really not good.
The little emperor came here, clearly a lost dog, but he still showed off every day and issued an edict from time to time.
Sometimes, Xu Laosan even wanted to find someone to get rid of this little emperor who had no self-awareness at all.
However, he can't!
Without his father's approval, Xu Laosan really couldn't make any decision on his own about this matter.
And that Empress He, no, it was Empress Dowager He, who also didn't know how to restrain herself. She called him over to talk every few days. Did she really think he was a novice who knew nothing?
Although Empress He is indeed quite beautiful and has an extraordinary status, is his son Xu San that kind of person?
If he wasn't afraid of her identity, Xu Lao San would have wanted to slap her in the face.
Thinking about his current situation, Xu Laosan really had only one feeling: life was too difficult for him!
In fact, Xu Laosan was not the only one who felt it was too difficult.
Fubao also feels that he has it too hard!
Because, the little emperor Li Wei would get close to her every day. How could Sima Zhao's intentions be hidden from Fu Bao, who had sharp eyes?
In order to scare away the little emperor, Fubao deliberately did several things.
For example, killing a cow with one punch!
However, when the little emperor saw this scene, instead of being scared away, he came closer with a look of joy on his face and insisted on becoming her disciple.
At that moment, only God knew how much effort Fubao had put in to avoid punching the little emperor in the face.
Fubao saw clearly that Empress Dowager He coveted his third brother, and anyone who was not blind could see that the young emperor wanted to take advantage of her.
These mother and daughter have gone crazy in order to save their lives and status.
Things at this generation level are already a mess.
Of course, what made Fubao want to cry even more was that her mother didn’t care about anything at all and even called it because she had grown up!
Is she grown up at the age of three?
(End of this chapter)
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