"Is it too early?" A civil servant sneered heavily: "Now that the situation is in front of us, if we don't respond to it and put all our hopes on the arrogance of a little girl, I'm afraid it will be...

It’s too late!”

If they, all the civil and military officials, believed the "seventy-three days" theory of the Chang family girl, it would be extremely ridiculous, and I am afraid that the day of national subjugation is not far away!

"Lord Qu, what you said is wrong. She is not a nameless little girl——" Wei Shuyi ignored the other party's ugly expression and corrected him: "It is General Ningyuan."

As he said that, he bowed his hands slightly to the Holy Emperor above him and said, "This is General Ningyuan, who has repeatedly made military exploits and was personally conferred by the saint."

When the civil servant named Qu heard this, there was a hint of disdain in his eyes: "Just because she had the courage to kill the enemy in the past, we should blindly praise her and assume that every move she makes is right? If everything can be like this.

Confusing right and wrong means not distinguishing between priorities and priorities!"

Wei Shuyi's expression was indifferent: "The crisis in Luoyang is currently unsolved, and there is no way to deal with it. Instead, your lords want to use a legitimate crusade against the rebels and rush to judge the fault of a general who is chasing the rebels. I'm afraid that is the real weight."

There is no distinction between priorities.”

The civil servant who was more than a year older than him blushed: "Then I dare to ask Wei Shilang, whose fault is it for Xu Zhengye to go to Luoyang?"

Wei Shuyi looked at him, silently put away his indifferent expression, and said firmly: "It is the fault of the rebels, and it is the fault of Xu Zhengye."

He added: "If we fail to respond effectively and fail to formulate a good strategy to defeat the enemy in time, leading to the loss of Luoyang, it is the fault of Wei, Lord Qu, and the fault of all officials in the dynasty."

There was a slight silence all around.

Then I heard the young man say: "The situation of the war is not yet clear, so why are you so eager to judge others' crimes? If General Chang and General Ning Yuan really caused the fall of Luoyang and committed irreversible mistakes, there would be saints to judge their crimes afterwards, and everyone would be able to judge them.

There is no shelter. However, the situation of the war is not clear now, so you have to convict people based on a piece of paper. Will this move chill the 170,000 soldiers who are still fighting hard to pursue the rebels? In this battle, whether to fight or not, the rebels,

Should I pursue it or not?"

Qu Pingsheng's expression changed several times.

The few Cui officials behind him did not speak again for a while.

The empress saw everyone's reactions in her eyes.

There are different voices in the court, which is not a bad thing, but unfortunately, these voices often have other motives. They all have their own shady purposes, which are far from being as simple, shallow and high-sounding as they sound on the surface.

At times like this, she would need Wei Shuyi and others to suppress these voices with other agendas.

"What Wei Shilang said is reasonable. It is too early to judge someone's fault at this time, and it is not good for morale." Emperor Shengce said at the right time: "Although General Ningyuan is young, there is still General Chang by his side. Dear Sirs,

Living far away from me in the capital, I don't know the situation in Jiangdu. Perhaps General Chang has other ways to win at the right time."

These words were spoken to the ministers, and the rebuttal of doubts was also expected.

Did she really have no doubts?

of course not.

Listening to those who, after many analyses, were not optimistic that Chang Kuo and others could successfully pursue and intercept the Xu family's army, the empress' inner feelings were not optimistic either.

But what she was thinking was even more complicated than that of officials.

What she said just now is true - only those who were there before the war can truly understand the situation in Jiangdu.

Especially Ashang.

Ashang has profound combat experience and a keen sense of predicting war trends.

Her daughter, she knows very well.

Ah Shang acted like a chess player every step of the way. There was no possibility of acting impulsively. She must have thought about every possible impact of her essay in advance.

So...it's normal for others not to think that Xu Zhengye would change his route to Luoyang, but it's impossible for Ashang not to think of it, right?

In addition, all the troops had previously been used for defense, and Xu Zhengye was ordered to "see the difficulties and think of other ways"...

But they only defended but did not attack, and then allowed Xu Zhengye to gather his troops...

Then, a message appeared, causing Xu Zhengye to fall into the whirlpool of self-certification...

All these things settled in the empress' mind, like chess pieces, gradually connecting into a chess game.

She could almost conclude that Ashang was already playing chess from the moment he defeated Li Yi and joined the army.

Therefore, Xu Zhengye changed his route to Luoyang, which seemed to be unexpected, but in fact it was the result of Ashang's step-by-step plan!

The empress' fingers slightly tightened the edge of the wide sleeves of the robe embroidered with python patterns in gold thread.

Xu Zhengye has already entered the game, but is this chess game really aimed at Xu Zhengye?

Or……

Ah Shang wants Xu Zhengye to seize control of the Central Plains, occupy Luoyang, and confront her as an emperor?

Are you going to use Xu Zhengye... to deal with her and take revenge on her?

That's her daughter.

She doesn't want to doubt her daughter, and no one in this world wants to doubt her own flesh and blood...

But now her only flesh and blood refused to recognize her, tried every possible means to escape from her, and even refused to give her, the mother-in-law, a chance to speak.

Also, the A Shang in her memory is the A Shang before he went to Beidi to get married...

During those three years in Beidi, A-Shang suffered humiliation and suffering unimaginable to ordinary people. Such experiences...maybe enough to make A-Shang hate her, his mother-in-law.

This thought made the Holy Emperor fall into a cold pool.

She wanted A Shang back. She had thought about many possibilities, but she had missed this point. In other words, her understanding of A Shang had only stopped before going to Beidi.

In the past, apart from the people of Dasheng and her soldiers, the only people in the eyes of Ashang were her, A Niang, and A Xiao.

The Ashang who has returned now is probably no longer the same Ashang he once was.

Is it just a moment of anger, or will he hate her for a long time?

She had always wanted to sit down and talk with Ashang. Even though she failed to do so, she fulfilled her wish to continue joining the army and gave her the position of general... These are all signs of her being a mother.

Okay, but her daughter seemed to turn a blind eye.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A mother should not be suspicious of her daughter, let alone a mother who feels guilty.

But she is more than just a mother.

The Holy Emperor looked at the officials in the hall.

She is also an emperor.

A mother can give her daughter unlimited tolerance and unreasonable trust, but an emperor cannot be recklessly emotional.

What's more, her daughter's name is Li Shang, her original surname is Li, and she is also a member of the Li family.

And if she, an "emperor with a foreign surname", wants to stabilize this turbulent country, she must not take any chances.

As an emperor, she was different from the officials. She did not question the ability of the seventeen-year-old young general. What she questioned was the "intention" of the young general.

And in her Luoyang, nothing could go wrong.

Therefore, we cannot place all our hopes in the hands of Ashang, who are full of variables.

On this day, the empress sent several urgent orders to Luoyang, ordering Luoyang and Bianzhou to deploy all their defenses to ward off Xu's rebel army.

Other officials suggested that troops and horses from various states around Luoyang should be mobilized to provide backup.

But this proposal was rejected by the empress.

"My dear friends, do you still remember Wei Jun, the governor of Chuzhou?"

The hall was silent for a moment.

At that time, the governor of Chuzhou had secretly defected to Xu Zhengye, but no one noticed this. It was not until Chang Kuo and others crossed the border of Chuzhou that Wei Jun set up a Hongmen Banquet to plot...

In the Luoyang area, the major gentry clans have deep and intertwined roots. The Changsun clan originated from Luoyang, and the centipede insect can die without becoming stiff...

If the states near Luoyang reappeared like "Wei Jun" and asked them to rush to Luoyang's aid, once they cooperated with the remaining gentry forces in Luoyang internally and externally, it would be equivalent to putting Luoyang's hands in front of Xu Zhengye.

Having learned from this experience, the empress, who became increasingly suspicious, did not dare to take risks.

Shortly after the morning court, the empress summoned other important ministers to go to Ganlu Hall to discuss matters.

The military strength of Luoyang and Bianzhou alone was not enough to resist Xu's rebel army.

She is also worried about other states near Luoyang.

Therefore, she needs to send additional troops to reinforce Luoyang.

"...Luoyang is different from other places. There must be no mistakes. If we want to send troops there, we must select elite troops." Zhongshu ordered Ma Xingzhou to say: "Your Majesty, there are still 70,000 elite troops available in the capital."

Everyone knows what the "seventy thousand elites" he refers to.

It was the most elite division of Dasheng, founded by His Royal Highness the former Crown Prince, and was called Xuance Army.

There are now a total of 150,000 Xuance troops under Xuance Mansion. Previously, Cui Jing rushed to the north and took away 80,000 troops. The remaining 70,000 troops are now staying at Xuance Camp in the capital.

At this moment, an official hesitated and said: "Your Majesty... these 70,000 Xuance troops are responsible for guarding the capital. How can they be easily transferred?"

Naturally, there are more than 70,000 Xuance troops guarding the capital, but these 70,000 Xuance troops here have erected a strong barrier, so that the capital can have real stability.

Normally, there would be no need to be so timid, but now there are troubles happening everywhere...

How could Ma Xingzhou not know this, but he just sighed: "The most urgent task is to defend Luoyang."
To be continued...