Zhenguo General's Mansion.
In the study, Su Huanzheng was discussing with Su Yu and Su Yu about escorting relief grain.
"Grandpa, the issue of escorting the relief grain this time should not have fallen on me. How could Prime Minister Guo take the initiative to recommend me to His Majesty?"
Su Huan glanced at the confused eldest grandson, "Guo You is a very shrewd person. He has always remained neutral in the past, but recently, I heard that he has close contacts with the Zhongyong Hou Mansion."
"Is he surrendering to King Jing? Isn't it dangerous for the elder brother to go here? Grandfather, let your grandson accompany the elder brother, so that he can be taken care of."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You have to stay at home. When I go out, I have to have you in the house, otherwise I won't worry."
"But big brother you..."
"You don't believe me? Don't worry, I will be fully prepared. Since taking the marrow-cleansing pill given by my sister, my skills have improved a lot. I believe that as long as the arrangements are made properly, everything will be fine."
"Yu'er, this time I will give you half of the secret guards His Majesty gave me."
"Grandpa, no, His Majesty gave it to you to protect you, how can you give it to me?"
Su Huan waved his hand, "When I returned to the capital this time, I expressed my intention to retreat to the emperor from the beginning, but the emperor refused again and again. In the end, what he meant was that I could sit in Kyoto and the boss would guard it. I am still in charge of the border gate and the tiger talisman."
"Isn't that great? It's pretty much the same as my grandfather's original plan. At least my grandfather can stay in Kyoto, and the Tiger Talisman won't be left behind."
Su Huan shook his head, "The Queen Mother will return to Beijing soon."
Su Yu's expression tightened, "I haven't heard any news. Doesn't that mean the Imperial Master is coming back too?"
The room was quiet for a moment. Thirteen years ago, Concubine Yun's matter was closely related to the Queen Mother, and the Imperial Master always followed the Queen Mother's lead.
Daqing's military power is mainly distributed in three areas, one is the Zhenguo General's Mansion, the second is Jingnan Prince's Mansion, and the third is the National Division. There has never been a country or a dynasty that would hand over military power to a sorcerer. This was a decision made by the late emperor against all opinions when he was in power. This shows how much this national advisor was valued by the late emperor.
Su Yu was the most frustrated, "If it hadn't been for the imperial master who used the second prince to force my grandfather, my grandfather would not have been forced to leave the capital for so many years."
"Where did the news about my grandfather come from?"
"Eunuch Zhang Fu, who is beside the emperor, told me personally." Su Huan closed his eyes, as if thinking about something.
"That's His Majesty giving us a reminder."
"So I'm not too worried about your outing this time. Back then, the Queen Mother and the Imperial Preceptor joined forces to force the Emperor together, and the Emperor had to compromise and give up Yan'er. But now...Hey! So Yu'er , listen to your grandfather’s words and take these secret guards with you no matter what. In critical moments, life is more important than anything else, remember?”
Su Yu looked at his grandfather's head of white hair, his eyes flushed, "Grandpa, my grandson knows."
Just when the three of them were worried, there was a knock on the door outside the study, "Grandpa, are you there? I am Yue'er, can I come in?"
"It's sister, I'll open the door." Su Yu ran to open the door immediately.
"Sister, why are you here?"
Su Yue saw that Su Yu was there and guessed that they were just talking about official business, "First cousin, second cousin, I came to see my grandfather for something. What are you talking about? Did I disturb you?"
"What are you saying to disturb me? I'm at home. What does Yue'er want from my grandfather? Come, sit here."
Su Yue sat on the seat next to Su Yu, "Grandpa, my third senior brother has confirmed that the poison in my brother is the traceless Gu. Now if we want to remove the poison, we need to use the traceless flower, and the only one we know about is The Shadowless Flower is with my senior brother, that is, in the Northern Qi Palace."
"Oh? What about the Emperor of Northern Qi?"
"Oh, don't worry about that. There will definitely be no problem with my senior brother. The problem now is that there is only one Shadowless Flower. If someone sends it to you, I'm afraid it will be lost on the way. But if you want to send someone to pick it up, it will be fine. It would take a lot of time to come back. So I discussed with Third Senior Brother whether we can take my brother directly to Beiqi."
"You want Yan'er to go to Beiqi together? Can his body bear the bumpy journey?"
"With Third Senior Brother and I here, there will definitely be no problem. But can my brother leave the palace?"
Su Huan was silent for a moment, "I will talk to you after discussing this matter with the emperor."
"...Oh, okay." Su Yue suddenly lost interest when she thought of that cheap dad.
Her feelings for Emperor Wu were very complicated. She didn't have the closeness between father and daughter, but she couldn't help but care. But if it hadn't been for him, my mother would not have died, and my brother would not have been so weak. But seeing him look old and tired now makes me feel a little sad.
Su Huan looked at his granddaughter who was playing with her fingers, "Yue'er, what do you think about your father?"
"I didn't think much about it. I don't want to go into the palace anyway. It would be great to be free outside."
"But he is your biological father after all. What happened back then, he failed to protect your mother and you. He should be the one who suffered the most. They say that emperors are ruthless, and our emperor... ··Hey. I’ll tell you about this later, what’s important right now is Yan’er’s body.”
Su Yue didn't respond, and she didn't say she didn't recognize him, but she just couldn't call her father...
Jinluan Palace.
An envoy from the Northern Qi Dynasty met with Emperor Wu and brought shocking news.
"Your Majesty. Our Majesty has been brother and sister to Miss Su from the Zhenguo General Mansion for many years. They are not brother and sister but better than brother and sister. So in the early years, the late emperor accepted Miss Su as his adopted daughter, gave her the title of princess and the title of Yongle. The imperial edict has always been in Baiyun Temple, so Su The young lady is Princess Yongle of our Northern Qi Dynasty. This matter was decided many years ago. Hahaha, it is a happy event. Our Majesty also said that as long as Princess Yongle is here, Northern Qi will have good relations with Daqing. "
At this time, all the civil and military officials in the court began to whisper.
"Who is this Miss Su? Never heard of it? Aren't all the girls in the General's Mansion married?"
"I know this. She is the god-granddaughter recognized by General Zhen Guo."
"Yes, yes, I heard that the people in the General's Mansion are very fond of Miss Su."
"Yes, I also heard," a civil official's voice lowered once more, "that King Jing's suspension this time is also related to this Miss Su."
"Really? Who is this Miss Su? So powerful?"
"Awesome? Haha, I got reliable news. The queen lost her temper because she was banned from visiting the king, and she broke a lot of things. Miss Su has offended the queen, how can she be fine?"
"Then she is also a princess now? What are you afraid of?"
"It's easy to hide from an open gun, but it's hard to guard against a hidden arrow."
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While everyone was talking enthusiastically below, no one in the Su family spoke. Although they knew that Yue'er and the Northern Qi Emperor were brothers and sisters, they had not heard about the princess.
Emperor Wu looked at everyone, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.
His daughter, his little princess, was snatched away by others before he recognized her? Emperor Wu took a deep breath, and then another deep breath...
