Chapter 266 Every year at this time, I still send you chestnuts
After Guo Tao became the deputy director, he went to find Xie Jingmo.
Holding up the hem of his clothes, he hurried over and said, "Jing Mo, don't go to the northwest. Come back to Fujian with me. Now there is no one in the court at home. If you go to the northwest, who in the court can mediate for you if something happens in the future?"
In the past, Xie Jingmo was in the frontier, in the southwest. With him as the prime minister of the previous dynasty, no one dared to say a word against Xie Jingmo.
Now that he has retreated, if Xie Jingmo continues to leave, he might encounter enemies from behind if something happens in the future!
Guo Tao was naturally worried.
"Don't worry, uncle. It's okay. I've been away from home for many years and I'm used to it."
Guo Tao was a little angry, "Are you doing this for Yun Zhao?"
"Why are you doing this?"
"Jing Mo, listen to your uncle. People only have one life. If it's gone, it's gone. If you go to the Northwest Wilderness, you will be in danger of death. The previous border and Northwest have already proved your strength. You don't need to do that."
Xie Jingmo pursed his lips and said, "No, I just want to go."
Guo Tao didn't believe it.
He asked to see Yun Zhao that night, knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, begging Yun Zhao not to let Xie Jingmo go to the northwest.
"The late emperor passed away not long ago. If anything happens to Jing Mo again, I won't be able to explain to my family when I go to the underworld!" Guo Tao shouted loudly and knelt outside Yun Zhao's palace for a whole night.
The next day.
Xie Jingmo, who had not attended court for a long time, suddenly went to court.
I asked to go to the northwest.
Yun Zhao thought of Guo Tao's tears and sighed softly, "We'll discuss this later."
So, after the court was dismissed.
One kneels in front, the other kneels in the back.
Guo Tao is old, and his body is shaking violently like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
Yun Zhao asked someone to find Xie Jingmo.
Xie Jingmo watched Guo Tao's old voice drifting like willow catkins in the cold night. He tightened his grip and helped Guo Tao up.
Guo Tao turned his head and glanced at Xie Jingmo, "Are you listening to me?"
Xie Jingmo said nothing and helped Guo Tao walk out. Guo Tao patted Xie Jingmo's shoulder angrily and said, "If you don't say anything, it means you agree!"
Guo Tao fell ill as soon as he returned home, and Xie Jingmo took care of him for two days.
Two days later, at night.
Yun Zhao was reviewing memorials with his head down when the candlelight flickered and he raised his head.
The pen was held in the air.
After a moment, she turned to Fu Hai who was standing at the side and said, "It's cold at night. Go heat up a hot water bottle."
Fu Hai said, "Yes." Yun Zhao then said calmly, "Heat one for yourself too."
The rich man said again: "Yes."
Fu Hai retreated.
The entire palace fell completely silent. Yun Zhao still kept his head down. After a moment, someone walked in slowly, stepping on the crape myrtle flowers on the ground.
Finally he stood in the main hall.
Yun Zhao didn't look up, his voice sounding very soft in the night. "Prime Minister Guo is right. You have already proven yourself. The Xie family has few descendants now, so there is no need for you to take any more risks."
After saying that, Yun Zhao raised his eyes.
It had been a year since Yun Zhao saw Xie Jingmo again.
He stood at the bottom of the hall, shrouded in a large shadow behind him, and the whole person looked dim and blurry.
The two of them stared at each other silently for a long time in the long night.
Then, Xie Jingmo said softly: "Long time no see, Yun Zhao."
Xie Jingmo was too used to treating Yun Zhao as his own, so when he said these words, he was in a daze for a long time.
When I came back to my senses, Yun Zhao had already put away his pen.
"I don't know why I came tonight, but I just felt that I should come."
"I'm sorry for causing you trouble today."
Yun Zhao looked at him for a long time without saying a word.
She suddenly remembered the day when Guo Tao knelt in the hall and said sadly, "Jing Mo also grew up being loved by others."
She pursed her lips, and then said, "Long time no see."
Xie Jingmo was a little surprised.
He never expected that Yun Zhao would talk to him, and it was such a calm sentence. He instantly became jealous.
He looked cautious, not like the frontier general of the past.
The candlelight flickered in the hall. Fu Hai drank some hot wine and then quietly left.
Yun Zhao remembered that he was also so cautious when facing Xie Jingmo.
Now that their identities have changed, their attitudes have also changed.
But she didn't feel happy at all when she saw Xie Jingmo like this.
"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Yun Zhao asked.
Xie Jingmo was stunned for a moment before he slowly came back to his senses. His mind was in a mess and he didn't know where to begin. In the end, he just shook his head and said, "No."
Maybe.
There should be.
However, when the words came to his lips, he still didn't say a word.
What do you want to say?
for example--
I want to go to the northwest, I want to expand my territory for you.
I also want to say——
Take care of yourself then.
After so many years, I don’t know when I will be able to return.
If I am buried alive, can you please forgive me?
Please forgive me for breaking my promise and not protecting you well.
All these words were ultimately lost in the simple word "nothing".
Xie Jingmo didn't stay for long, just a moment.
We used to argue too much, but now, I don’t know what topic to talk about so as not to be abrupt.
When Xie Jingmo left, he whispered, "Take good care of yourself in the future. I will send you chestnuts every year at this time."
After Xie Jingmo finished speaking, he turned and left.
Yun Zhao watched his tall figure finally blend into the silent night.
The next day.
The Northwest Army set out to fight.
In the crowd, there was a figure wearing the clothes of an ordinary soldier, carrying a long spear and walking at the end of the team.
A few days later.
Guo Tao hurriedly knelt down in front of Yun Zhao's hall.
"The Queen Mother! The Queen Mother!"
"Jing Mo is missing again! Please send someone to look for him!"
Guo Tao was so anxious that he was sweating.
Yun Zhao looked up in surprise, recalling the conversation between Xie Jingmo and him that day.
A strange thought suddenly occurred to her mind.
She immediately summoned Deputy General Gao.
Deputy General Gao's jaw dropped. "What? He went to the northwest? But I didn't see him among the generals who saw him off! Besides, I told him that if he wanted to go, I could accompany him. Why did he go alone?"
While saying this, Deputy General Gao rushed to the military camp to check the soldier roster.
On the last name on the last line of the roster, two big words were clearly written: Xie Yun.
Deputy General Gao stood there in a daze, "Crazy! Really crazy!"
"Xie Jingmo went to the northwest, and he went as an infantryman? It's thousands of miles from here to the northwest. How can he walk there in his current poor health?"
Deputy General Gao stood before Yun Zhao with a guilty look on his face. "Queen Dowager, this is my fault. I instigated General Xie to go to the northwest."
The wrinkles on Guo Tao's face trembled, "What?! You, why are you and I together?!"
Deputy General Gao pursed his lips and glanced at Yun Zhao, "He is like a living dead. I can't bear to watch him, and I don't want to watch him anymore. I told him that if he wins enough battles, the Queen Mother will look at him with respect.
I just wanted to prevent him from wasting his time. I said I would go with him, but I didn't expect him to go alone."
Deputy General Gao regretted it immensely!
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