The most beloved princess in the prosperous world

Chapter 238 The last line of defense
Huadu of South China.

Because Chen Kingdom's army has already approached Yucheng, and it is only a city away from Huadu. Although all the remaining troops of Nanhua have gathered to deploy on the opposite side of Yucheng, everyone knows that this is just the last struggle. , Zhao Jin is far away in the north, the situation is critical, and the siege cannot go on. It has been nearly half a year, and there is no way to send back news, but there is no news of Zhao Jin's destruction. No one knows what Chen Guo is planning.

However, above the court of Nanhua, everyone is in danger.

Huangfu Yu has not been able to sleep well for several days in a row, and his mood is extremely anxious.

The courtiers and Chinese officials did not know what to do, and most of the generals were sent out.

The situation ahead was reported back to the imperial court, Huangfu Yu was in the imperial study, and almost shredded all the things that could be shredded in the imperial study.

"Jade Wujue, Ruan Fu!"

Holding the message in his hand, his eyes were red.

The minister who was waiting below knelt on the ground tremblingly, with his head down, not daring to vent his breath.

Huangfu Yu said angrily, "Chen Kingdom's army has already attacked Yucheng, what do you say?"

Huangfu Yu stared at the minister kneeling under his younger brother with red eyes, as if he would kill him if he didn't get an answer.

Eunuch Zhang next to him was watching all this attentively, like a puppet, without any reaction.

The minister below finally said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... If not, why not discuss peace with Chen Guo..."

Huangfu Yu sneered, "Negotiating peace, is Aiqing joking? Why are you still negotiating peace at this time?"

Seeing this, the minister who had spoken before hurriedly said, "I don't dare, I don't mean to be joking, but, just, now that the Chen Kingdom's army has reached Yucheng, and millions of troops have formed a large force in Yucheng. No, it is definitely not something that Nanhua's existing army can deal with, your majesty...for the sake of the country, my minister..."

Before the minister finished speaking, Huangfu Yu smashed the inkstone in his hand, "Get lost!"

The inkstone hit the minister's forehead, blood poured out immediately.

When he rolled his eyes, the minister passed out.

Seeing this, the rest of the ministers did not dare to speak out.

But Huangfu Yu fell into a violent mood, "Get out! Get out!"

The minister hastily left the imperial study.

In the imperial study room, only Huangfu Yu was left. Eunuch Zhang made a gesture, and all the eunuchs and palace servants who were serving in the imperial study room retreated.

Eunuch Zhang stepped forward, stood behind Huangfu Yu, and said softly, "Your Majesty..."

Huangfu Yu sat slumped on the ground with a gloomy and sallow complexion.

Compared with the emperor who looked young when he was in the League of Nations a few years ago, Huangfu Yu now seems to have all the traces imprinted on his face over the years.

The red complexion, sunken eyeballs, and thin cheekbones are really hard to imagine, but in a few years, when Chen Kingdom is flourishing and Nanhua is trying to maintain the status quo, the emperor of this once prosperous empire , turned into such a modality.

Huangfu Yu sat slumped on the steps in the main hall, raised his hands to cover his tired face, "You said... I was really wrong..."

Eunuch Zhang squatted down and helped Huangfu Yu up, "Everything His Majesty does is for the sake of Huangfu's family, what's wrong?"

With the support of Eunuch Zhang, Huangfu Yu stood up with difficulty, his voice was still filled with unconcealable frustration and dismay, "If I am not wrong, why, why did Nanhua go downhill after the Meng family left..."

Eunuch Zhang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, be careful..."

"Hehe...hehe..." Huangfu Yu helped the pillar beside him to stand up, laughing sadly, "Speak carefully...what's the use of my careful words? Did you hear, Ruan Fu, Ruan Fu's words to Nanhua The general knows everything like the palm of his hand, how many of those generals once came from the Meng family, God... this is here to punish me..."

Eunuch Zhang finally didn't dare to speak anymore, he could only watch Huangfu Yu slowly walk out of the imperial study and head towards the harem.

In the harem, a new palace has been built in the past two years, which was built on top of the palace that was destroyed by fire ten years ago.

After the palace was built, no one could live in it, but Zhang Gonggong was a person close to Huangfu Yu, so he naturally knew who the palace was built for, so every time he just followed Huangfu Yu to the palace silently, but every time Every time he stayed outside the palace, he never knew what Huangfu Yu was going to do after he entered the palace.

This time, Eunuch Zhang followed Huangfu Yu and stopped in front of the newly built palace. On the gate of the palace, there were two large characters in the book - Huai Gong.

Eunuch Zhang didn't go in and stopped outside the palace as usual.

Inside the palace, there were no waiters, Huangfu Yu walked in step by step, and saw a portrait of a woman painted on the wall of the inner hall of the palace, she was graceful and intelligent, and looked like a young girl.

In front of the portrait, there is a cushion.

Huangfu Yu sat on the cushion and gave a sad smile, "Meng Ruan... Meng Ruan... If you go, Nanhua will go with you... Also, Nanhua's prosperity was originally created by the Meng family. I can't hold on to the Meng family... I can't hold on..."

The murmured whispers, like drunken whispers, seem to be calm, and seem to contain some kind of resentment...

Another palace of the Nanhua Palace.

In Concubine Xu's palace, a maid came in, whispered something in Concubine Xu's ear, and then backed away.

Concubine Xu Gui said softly, "Your Majesty is angry again? Forget it, get ready tonight, Your Majesty may come to this palace to rest..."

The palace people responded respectfully.

Concubine Xu Gui's face was still so pale. Standing in front of the window, she looked at the sunlight coming in from the high-walled palace, and slowly raised her head. The scorching sun in the palace was blocked by the heavy eaves. , the glare of the sun pierced into the eyes.

Concubine Xu Guifei narrowed her eyes, raised her hand to block the glare of the sun, sighed lightly, and said with a self-deprecating voice, "I've been in a dark place for a long time, and I'm afraid of the sun."

On the other side, in Nanhua Wenchang Hou Mansion, Xu Zichang hurried into his father's study, "Father!"

The white hair on the temples of Wenchang Lake became more and more obvious. Seeing his son's serious face, his expression was still so calm, "What's the matter, I'm in a hurry."

Xu Zichang was a little embarrassed by his father's words, stopped in his tracks, and said seriously, "The army of Chen Kingdom has already attacked Yucheng, does father know about this?"

The Marquis of Wenchang drank a cup of tea leisurely, his expression undisturbed, glanced at his frowning son and said, "Your Majesty can't guard Nanhua."

"Father!"

Marquis Wenchang raised his hand to appease his son, pointed to the opposite chair, let Xu Zichang sit down, and then said, "Since the alliance of various countries, I know that sooner or later there will be such a day, Your Majesty is suspicious by nature. , self-willed, with the heart of a hero, but without the ability of a hero, this, my father thinks, you should have understood it a long time ago."

"Father, I..." Xu Zichang paused, and finally he could only sigh softly, "I understand."

Marquis Wenchang also sighed faintly, "Chang'er, you have to remember my words, the Xu family is from the Central Plains, not the Xu family from South China. You are also born of heaven and earth, do you know why the Chen Kingdom army stopped in Yucheng and did not continue to take advantage of the victory and go south?"

Xu Zichang frowned, "I would like to listen to my father's advice."

Marquis Wenchang shook his head and said, "Chen Kingdom is forcing His Majesty to surrender to the country..."

Compared with dying in battle, the emperor who descended to the country is the one that Qian Shi criticized.

Xu Zichang was startled when he heard the words, but he heard the voice of a servant from outside, "Hou Ye, Your Majesty has sent an order to summon you."

Xu Zichang stood up quickly when he heard the words, "Father, this is..."

Marquis Wenchang stood up and laughed, "Your Majesty finally came to summon me, an old bone."

"Father already knew that His Majesty would summon you?"

Marquis Wenchang said, "Right now, only our Mansion of Marquis Wenchang still has those uses. After the news of the defeat in the war came out, His Majesty's behavior has already chilled the hearts of the civil servants and generals in the court, and His Majesty has always felt that the Xu family The existence of it is why the royal family."

"Father, you cannot enter the palace!" Xu Zichang said suddenly.

Marquis Wenchang smiled leisurely, "Chang'er, I'm going to enter the palace. After so many years, Mrs. Xu can't continue to do nothing like this."

After finishing speaking, Marquis Wenchang stopped talking, stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the study.

Standing on the mountain outside Yucheng, Ruan Fu and Yu Wujue could have a panoramic view of the vast land of Yucheng below.

Chen Kingdom's big camp is well located, with the general tent as the center, and millions of troops form an eight formation encirclement. Looking from a distance from a high place, it has the mighty momentum of swallowing up the sun and the moon, and containing the rivers and rivers.

Seeing this scene, Ruan Fu suddenly smiled, "In just half a year, half of Nanhua collapsed. I never thought it would be so fast."

Yu Wujue tightened her hand, and said, "Nanhua, after all, he is not as good as before. In these years, Huangfuyu probably really isn't so young anymore."

Hearing what Yu Wujue said, Ruan Fu laughed silently.

She pointed to the front, where the mountains and rivers met the sky, and from a distance she could see the soldiers of Nanhua fighting against the army of the Kingdom of Chen. The defense line, Huadu is under control, and in the opposite camp, seven veteran generals from Nanhua and more than a dozen young generals began to retreat from the north when our army went south. Said, seven veterans, four of them are from the Meng family, my grandfather's students."

Yu Wujue sighed softly, pulled out her hand, held her finger pointing forward in the palm of her hand, and said softly, "This time, let's go over."

Ruan Fu shook his head slightly and said, "If Nanhua dies, they will surely go with Nanhua. This journey of marching and fighting, the biggest feeling I have had...Wu Jue, do you know what it is?"

Yu Wujue looked down at her.

Ruan Fu said slowly, "The biggest feeling is that the decline of a country and the royal family already means a tragedy. Just like Nanhua, because of the existence of the Meng family, Nanhua has formed many generations of dependence. It is undeniable. It must not only be Huangfu Yu's generation who wants to put the Meng family to death, but when the Meng family is gone, Nanhua will not be able to protect itself. For a country, an existence like the Meng family In fact, it is also a tragedy for a country, and it is also a tragedy for the Meng family itself."

Yu Wujue frowned, disapproving, "Ruan'er, there are no sorrows and joys in the country, only those in power have sorrows and joys. It is not the fault of people, but the fault of the world."

Ruan Fu's eyes moved slightly, and he looked up at Yu Wujue.

However, he saw his eyebrows were slightly lowered, and there was a firm look in his eyes.

Ruan Fu looked at him in a daze.

Yu Wuju hugged her shoulders, "The wind is blowing, let's go down the mountain."

Ruan Fu nodded, a smile gradually spread from the corner of his lips.

Chen Kingdom's million-strong army is still stationed in Yucheng, facing the Nanhua army far away.

After Chen Guo's army stationed in Yucheng, the fighting between the two sides seemed to have eased on the surface, but in fact it was not the case. The two sides were still fighting. Nanhua's army, led by several veterans, stood firm on the last line The line of defense, but it was not harassed by Chen Kingdom.

Nan Hua already understood in his heart that the so-called last line of defense that can still be defended is just a show of Kingdom Chen.

However, even so, Nanhua knows that this last line of defense cannot be defended now, but must be defended!

However, many people had different guesses about this scene, but they didn't know that it was actually just a reservation made by a man for his wife.

Every day, snowflakes of news spread back to Huadu from the Nanhua military camp opposite Yucheng. People in Huadu gradually became uneasy. Many students, many adults in the court feel more and more chilled by Huangfu Yu.

The people are uneasy, and the military is uncertain.

Less than a month after the confrontation with the Chen Kingdom's army, the Nanhua army on the opposite side of Yucheng, under the pressure of many parties, gradually showed the intention of collapsing.

On the eastern front, Nanhua retreated steadily. After the navy landed, the fate of almost annihilating the entire army became the last straw that overwhelmed the Nanhua army on the opposite side of Yucheng.

The generals lost one after another, seven veterans lost three in a row within a month, the news was sent back to Huadu, and Huangfu Yu finally fell ill in bed.

After Huangfu Yu summoned Wenchanghou for the third time, Wenchanghou finally left Huadu in a plain carriage in the early morning of a certain day.

But at this moment, Yucheng and Huadu are close at hand, and when morale is high, Yu Wufan finally arrives in the army with Emperor Yuanchang's imperial decree of reward.

After a large number of rewards, the morale of Chen Guo's army was even higher, and the excitement here also spread to the barracks of the Nanhua army on the opposite side, which made the soldiers of Nanhua even more angry, but they couldn't do anything about it.

After some rewards, seeing Yu Wufan still in a dusty state, Ruan Fu said, "Sixth brother has worked hard all the way, let's go to the mansion with us to rest, today is such a pleasant surprise, tonight the army will celebrate it. "

Yu Wufan grinned, "I haven't congratulated the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law for their victory all the way."

Ruan Fu smiled and said, "I also have to thank my fourth brother for making good arrangements in the court, so that the soldiers are never short of food."

Yu Wufan rubbed his nose, followed Ruan Fu, Yu Wujue and others back to the temporary residence in Yucheng, seemed to recall something, took out a letter from his sleeve and gave it to Ruan Fu, unexpectedly, he hadn't He opened his mouth to say something, but before Ruan Fu took it, he was directly pulled away by a hand stretched out beside him.

(End of this chapter)