Chapter 269 The Queen Mother can choose between General Xie and this person.
Xie Jingmo felt ashamed.
Is there any way?
This matter must be explained clearly.
Even if we lose people again or a hundred times, we have to explain it clearly.
She was about to go back in embarrassment when someone from the palace came to give her something, saying it was a reward from the Empress Dowager.
Xie Jingmo was stunned.
It is a jade brush with a crystal clear body and each wolf hair on the brush is clearly visible.
The young eunuch who brought the gift said sweetly, smiling, "This is a pen that the Queen Mother likes very much. I think she sympathizes with the general's hard work and understands the general's friendship in giving her chestnuts, so she gave him this precious reward."
Xie Jingmo grew up in the palace and was very familiar with the tricks of these people, but that didn't stop him from feeling happy.
He gave him a generous reward, and when he left, he deliberately went around Liziguai and planted more than fifty chestnut trees in one go.
When Mu Chengyan woke up in the morning, he was stunned by the chestnut trees all over the mountain.
When Mu Chengyan wrote to Yun Zhao, Fu Hai said to him sourly, "If I had known earlier, I would have delivered the reward. I heard that the little Li who delivered the pen recently bought a house for his family in the capital with the money given by the general. I'm so jealous."
While listening to Fu Hai's nagging for the past half month, Yun Zhao opened Mu Chengyan's letter.
The letter is a painting, a mountain full of chestnut trees, built around a grave.
Yun Zhao looked at the letter for a long time.
Xie Jingmo went back with the wolf-hair brush.
I felt very proud.
Thinking that the chestnuts would be ripe next year, he could find an excuse to return to the capital. This time, he would pick more and better chestnuts for Yun Zhao.
Xie Jingmo was proud in his heart and even more brave on the battlefield.
The Huns were retreating step by step, and when they were about to be defeated, something happened.
"The Xiongnu leader requested an audience with our Empress Dowager?" Deputy General Gao narrowed his eyes as he read the message from the capital. "What does this mean? Unable to defeat them, are we now adopting a circuitous strategy?"
Xie Jingmo fell silent.
Deputy General Gao took the opportunity to read the contents of the letter and asked, "Jing Mo, what does your uncle mean in the letter? Does the Xiongnu want to form an alliance with our dynasty?"
Xie Jingmo nodded, "See, that's what I mean."
Deputy General Gao curled his lips and said, "The Huns are also capable of this."
Deputy General Lin was much calmer. "That's normal. They don't want to fight anymore. No matter what they think, they have to find some way to stop the war. Whether marriage is an excuse or not, as long as it is facilitated, the northwest can be peaceful in the next ten years."
Deputy General Gao frowned, "Do you mean that the capital will agree?"
Lieutenant General Lin said, "It's very likely that they will. Think about it. If a war can be stopped without any soldiers, and it can be settled by a woman, the court will naturally consider it. This has been a tradition for many dynasties."
Deputy General Gao clicked his tongue, but didn't say anything.
Naturally, the higher-ups would worry about these decision-making matters, and they only cared about whether to fight again or not.
"That's fine," said Deputy General Gao. "In this way, we brothers can go back. You may not know that my wife wrote to me saying that my little girl misses me very much."
When talking about his children at home, a rare tenderness appeared on Lieutenant General Gao's face.
He touched his face and said, "I don't know. I've been sunburned like this. Will my precious daughter still recognize me when I go home?"
Everyone laughed and talked about how to live a carefree life when they returned to Beijing in the future.
Only Xie Jingmo looked at the letter written by his uncle in front of him and remained silent for a long time.
Xie Jingmo didn't eat in the evening. Deputy General Gao was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong? What are you worried about?"
Deputy General Gao wanted to lighten the mood, "It's impossible to send you to form a marriage alliance. What are you going to do with such a deep hatred?"
Xie Jingmo looked at the stars in the vast desert and said softly, "I don't know. I feel a little uneasy."
Deputy General Gao laughed briefly. "Why? Afraid of going back to see people? A year is long enough. We can return with our military achievements. Yun Zhao will not dislike you."
Xie Jingmo didn't say anything. He always felt that behind the current silence, there would be a storm in the city later.
The night is quiet.
A few days later.
Someone from the court came to ask Xie Jingmo to go back.
Deputy General Gao slapped his thigh and said, "Looks like it's done! Yun Zhao wants us to go back for a celebration banquet."
Xie Jingmo asked the visitor, "Why don't you wait for the army to return to the capital? Why let me go back first?"
The eunuch who came knew nothing about anything.
Xie Jingmo had no choice but to take Deputy General Gao back to the capital first.
When we arrived in the capital, Guo Tao was already waiting for us at the city gate.
His face was full of hardship.
"Uncle? What's wrong?" Xie Jingmo asked.
Guo Tao was about to speak when Fu Hai came to answer, "The Queen Mother said that the general should enter the palace immediately."
What Guo Tao wanted to say lingered on his lips. In the end, he just sighed, "Forget it. I'm waiting for you anyway. It's the same if we go to the palace and talk together."
Xie Jingmo entered the palace.
To be precise, it was the court hall for the ceremony.
Everyone turned to look at the majestic and invincible general.
There was pity in his eyes.
There were also some people who were just watching the fun and making fun of it.
There are also exclamations of regret.
Xie Jingmo first saw the Xiongnu Dalai Lama standing on the side, then walked through the crowd, and finally saw Yun Zhao sitting high above in the court.
Yun Zhao didn't say anything.
The Dalai Lama smiled and said, "Since General Xie is here, I can now state my request. The Xiongnu are willing to become our vassal, but the prerequisite is marriage. I, the Dalai Lama, am a woman king and would like to marry our general."
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire court was in an uproar.
The Dalai Lama glanced at the imposing Xie Jingmo and said with a smile, "Our Queen Dalai has long admired General Xie. If we can accomplish this, the Xiongnu will naturally fulfill their duties as a subject in the future."
Deputy General Gao's brows furrowed even tighter. "You're talking nonsense! I can't beat you, so I resort to this trick. Do you have any shame?! Xie Jingmo is a brave general of our dynasty, how can he marry into the family of a Xiongnu? Isn't this a joke?! It's a good thing, but I don't care about the good thing. If it doesn't work, then let's fight! Who's afraid of who?"
The Xiongnu laughed, "Yes, we can't defeat them."
"But there are ways to defeat them. The northwest has been occupied by the Xiongnu for many years. We know the terrain better than you do. We can't win, but it won't be easy for you to gain an advantage either, right?"
"If we insist on fighting, it will only waste our manpower and money. In the past, there were examples of princesses marrying off. Now we don't want a princess, we just want a general. Isn't that too much?"
As soon as these words were spoken, people in the court started discussing again.
Someone even murmured, "There is a precedent for this, so it's not an exaggeration to say so."
"If we can truly quell the war and restore peace to the people, it will be considered a meritorious deed."
Lieutenant General Gao was so angry that he was about to lose his mind.
"What did you say?!"
"We fought in wars, risking our lives and blood. Now we're getting married, and you want us to join? Why are you getting all the benefits?!"
"Besides, how can a man of seven feet tall marry into a family?"
Xie Jingmo didn't say anything, he just looked at Yun Zhao from beginning to end.
He doesn't care what others say or think.
He only cared about Yun Zhao's thoughts.
Xiongnu laughed, and just as Yun Zhao was about to speak, he suddenly said, "If the Queen Mother feels embarrassed about letting General Xie marry, then we can consider finding someone else."
The words fell.
Deputy General Gao's expression looked better.
Yun Zhao narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who?"
Xiongnu clasped his hands and bowed to Yun Zhao. "I heard there's a remarkable man in my court. He's open-minded, intelligent, and insightful, comparable to General Xie. I, the Dalai Lama, would also like to marry him. Your Majesty, please choose between General Xie and this man."
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