Chapter 267 General, Please Stay
Deputy General Gao volunteered to go to the northwest.
Afterwards, more than a dozen soldiers who had followed Xie Jingmo also stood up and asked to fight.
Yun Zhao was silent for a long time, but ultimately did not agree.
She does have selfish motives.
The Northwest is different from the previous frontiers and the Southwest. The Northwest is a desert with extreme water shortage. The soldiers in Beijing were almost unable to adapt to it.
Unlike the Xiongnu, who were originally hostile to them, they were born with an innate ability to adapt to the local climate.
Therefore, when it comes to occupying the land in the northwest, both Yun Zhao and the emperor before him have always hoped to take over this place, but they knew in their hearts that it was a luxury.
Now those who come to invite you to go are all soldiers from the former frontier.
She was very familiar with Yun Zhao, and she knew very well that Yun Zhao had selfish motives and didn't want them to take risks.
"You said we should go back first, but think about it, it was just an excuse, right? You never intended to let us go."
When Deputy General Gao pointed out the problem directly, Yun Zhao did not intend to deny it.
Deputy General Gao nodded, "I knew it."
"I know you're doing this for our own good, but we're paid by the court, so it's time for us to step out. Jing Mo is our good brother, and we can't bear to see him take risks alone."
Yun Zhao frowned.
Deputy General Gao said, "In this world, there are always things that you don't want to do but have to do. Yun Zhao, when Jing Mo was a general, he did it. Now that you are the queen mother, perhaps you can put yourself in his shoes and think about the difficult things he did, but he had to do them."
After saying this, Deputy General Gao left.
The next day.
It was dawn.
Deputy General Gao and the dozen or so men rode their horses into the distance in the mist.
Yun Zhao stood at the city gate and watched those figures disappear.
"Fu Hai," Yun Zhao's voice was a little cold, "Why are they all leaving?"
Yun Zhao always thought that as long as he stood in a high position, he could keep the people he wanted to stay by his side.
But in fact, she didn't keep anyone.
The curtain city extends.
So did Deputy General Gao and his men.
Even though she was standing on a high place, she seemed lonelier than before.
Fu Hai whispered, "Queen Mother, it's lonely up there."
Yun Zhao was silent, watching the sun rising slowly from the horizon in the distance.
Fu Hai said, "Empress Dowager, the time is almost up. You should prepare to go to court. Deputy General Gao and his men left the city without permission. Someone will definitely bring this up in court today. What do you think..."
Yun Zhao looked at the sun that had already jumped onto the horizon in the distance, her face gradually becoming more dignified. She said, "Pass the order down. Appoint Xie Jingmo as the General of the Northwest, Deputy General Gao as the Deputy General, and all the other border guards who followed him as Xie Jingmo's deputies."
The words fell.
Fu Hai whispered, "I just received a report that Lieutenant General Lin... also went to the northwest last night."
Yun Zhao's fingertips trembled.
Brother-in-law...
Did you go too?
After a long while, Yun Zhao said softly, "Deputy General Lin, like Deputy General Gao, is also a deputy general beside Xie Jingmo."
Just like being at the frontier.
It's just that she is missing.
Yun Zhao was standing on the city gate when he suddenly heard faint footsteps behind him. Yun Zhao turned around and looked.
"Prime Minister Guo, aren't you leaving for Fujian today?"
Guo Tao knelt deeply and said, "Empress Dowager, I feel that my old bones can still accompany you for a while longer. I withdraw my resignation and am willing to continue to assist the young emperor."
Said to be an assistant.
In the final analysis, it is because I am afraid that no one will speak for Xie Jingmo in the court in the future.
With a handful of old bones in his mouth, he shamelessly asked for his official position back.
Yun Zhao looked at Guo Tao, but he never thought that one day, the person who would be by his side would be him.
Yun Zhao raised his eyes calmly and said, "I agree."
One year later.
Yun Zhao received a small bag of fresh chestnuts. The person who delivered it was a young man with a grin and big eyes.
Fu Hai led the person in. The young man laughed. After Fu Hai reminded him, he realized that the person sitting opposite him was the empress dowager.
"This is what our general asked me to bring you. He said the chestnuts are sweet at this time of year. Please try it."
Yun Zhao looked at the chestnuts in the small bag.
The grains are plump and round, looking like they were just picked from the tree.
Fu Hai smiled and asked, "Did you come here by yourself?"
The young man shook his head. "I don't know the way. I pestered the general to take me here. I wanted to see the prosperity of the capital."
Fu Hai laughed, "How is the capital?"
The young man's eyes lit up. "Excellent! Better than the Northwest! The wind there is so strong it hurts your face. The general just went to the Northwest, and the wind has left bowl-sized scars on his hands every day. They look horrible. Unlike the capital, the climate is mild and comfortable."
Fu Hai asked, "The general is here too, where are the people? Why were you sent here to see them off?"
The young man said, "The general asked me to come. He said he was going to deliver something to the families of Vice General Gao and his men. But I walked for a long time after entering the door. When I turned around, I saw the general still looking at me at the door."
The young man chuckled, revealing his white teeth. "I guess our general is worried about me."
Yun Zhao looked at the young man's smiling face, and he called him "General" affectionately. She smiled softly and asked, "Are you close to the General?"
The young man nodded. "Of course, I was saved by the general, so naturally it's good. Besides, Deputy General Gao said that I am the most beautiful girl in our army!"
As soon as these words were spoken.
Fu Hai couldn't laugh anymore.
He looked at the "young man" in front of him in astonishment, "Are you a girl?"
"Why? Not like?"
Fu Hai shook his head.
"Just call me Mingyue. We people in the northwest don't mind putting makeup on our faces. It might look a little rough, but my mother said it's better to be rough so it's easier to have children!"
Fu Hai couldn't laugh anymore and asked hurriedly, "Are you and your general the only ones on this trip?"
Mingyue shook her head. "Originally, I was, but I pestered the general to come with me, throwing a tantrum, so he had no choice but to bring another soldier with him, telling him to keep me under control. The general didn't say a word the whole way and was very depressed."
Fu Hai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.
Mingyue laughed again, foolishly, "But my mother said that it's better for men to be more stable."
Fu Hai couldn't laugh anymore.
Mingyue delivered the gift, stood up and clasped his fists. "Then I'll be leaving. The general asked me to pass on a message, saying that the northwest is stable, so the empress dowager can rest assured. He will come again next year to deliver chestnuts. I hope the empress dowager is in good health and well every day."
After Mingyue finished speaking, she turned around and left without waiting for Yunzhao to speak.
Fu Hai's face was filled with horror, but Yun Zhao had a calm expression.
The straightforward look of this child is exactly like how he was when he first went to the frontier.
Fu Hai chased the child out and heard Ming Yue say to Xie Jingmo from a distance, "General, you're lying! Didn't you say you were sending something to Deputy General Gao's family? Why are you standing outside the door?"
Xie Jingmo had a hard and cold face, "Have you delivered the things?"
Mingyue nodded, "I gave it to you."
Xie Jingmo was about to leave when a voice came from behind him, "General, please stay."
Xie Jingmo turned his head.
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