Shen Yu read the letter leisurely and threw it away after reading it. "There are many great scholars in the court. Who is not more knowledgeable than me? Since we are negotiating peace, we should leave it to the envoys. I don't believe they really have any problems that they can't figure out. I want to Come and ask me."
"If there was really a peace negotiation, the imperial court should have sent envoys long before the troops arrived in Shengjing." Xie Tingzhou's eyes fell on the letter she threw away, "Rather than asking for advice, it is better to question. They probably want to use this to kill someone. Kill our spirit."
Xifeng pursed his lips, "This move is really sinister. It is clearly a confrontation, but it is said to be a request for peace. If we agree, it will be unreasonable to use troops again."
Xie Tingzhou tensed his jaw and said, "This post is not appropriate."
"I'm afraid not." Shen Yu said immediately: "This is what they want. If we don't respond, they will definitely use this to publicize our guilty conscience. Since we have a clear conscience, why don't we go?"
Xie Tingzhou thought for a while and said, "I'll go, you're pregnant, it's natural for a husband to act on behalf of his wife, and they can't find fault with it."
Shen Yu smiled and said, "Since they posted an invitation and asked three questions, I'm afraid these three questions are not directed at you. It will be useless if you go. This is a trap set against me."
"Don't worry." Shen Yu held Xie Tingzhou's hand, "Am I so easy to bully? They want to criticize me in front of the world and make our teacher famous and become unknown. But in my opinion, this is the opposite. It’s the opportunity they gave us.”
This is an opportunity to tell oneself, an opportunity to speak to the world.
Besides...
Shen Yu smiled slyly, she still had one move she hadn't used yet, let's see how they took it.
The first winter snow of the first year of Yongning fell.
The palace maid raised the curtain and saw that Emperor Yongning, who had been sleeping for many days, opened his eyes. She was immediately surprised and said: "Your Majesty is awake. Go and call the imperial doctor."
Li Zhaonian stared at the ceiling of the tent, his mind still not clear. He seemed to have had a long dream, and felt that he had slept for a long time.
"How long have I been asleep?" Li Zhaonian asked.
The palace maid knelt beside the dragon couch and said, "Your Majesty has been sleeping for five days."
Li Zhaonian's condition became more and more serious, and the time he spent in coma was much longer than the time he was awake.
He was about to die, and even the imperial doctor said that he could survive until now, all because of your Majesty's amazing perseverance.
"How's it going outside?"
The palace maid answered truthfully, "Beilin accepted the invitation and will be buried today... Princess Beilin will negotiate peace with the courtiers outside the city today."
When the palace maid remembered the word "Chen" she just blurted out, cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
A few months ago, a palace maid mentioned Shen Yu, Princess of the North, and was questioned by His Majesty. In order to please His Majesty, the palace maid first said that Shen Yu was a rebellious minister and a traitor who should be cut into pieces as a warning to others.
At that time, Emperor Yongning had no expression on his face, he just nodded lightly, and then ordered him to be killed with a stick.
The palace maids and officials were not sure what Emperor Yongning was thinking, but since then no one dared to mention Shen Yu in front of Emperor Yongning. Even Emperor Yongning asked and respectfully addressed her as Princess Beilin.
"Is it snowing?" Li Zhaonian looked at the closed window.
The palace maid said: "Your Majesty, today is the first snowfall, much earlier than last year."
A faint smile appeared on Li Zhaonian's face, "I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to watch another winter snow."
The sky and the earth are all white, and the distant mountains can no longer be seen clearly.
Xie Tingzhou tied Shen Yu's cloak, and his fingertips were still on it, "Don't get too close."
"I know." Shen Yu nodded and smiled, "Don't worry."
Xie Tingzhou's hand fell down, and he squeezed her palm. The back of his fingers ran across her bulging belly, and he said softly: "Be obedient."
The towering city walls of Shengjing were covered in snow and fog, seeming to tower into the clouds.
Hundreds of civil and military officials stood on the city wall, looking into the distance.
"Someone is coming."
The visitor held an umbrella and walked alone in the snow, walking very slowly, and finally stopped at the junction in front of the city gate.
The edge of the umbrella was raised slightly, revealing a face as pure as a lotus, but the eyebrows and eyes were filled with a proud frost and snow.
"It's Shen Yu." Someone on the city wall said, "Oh no, this plan is useless."
They used a roundabout tactic, and the next person they invited was Shen Yu. They thought Xie Tingzhou would go on their behalf, but unexpectedly it was Shen Yu who came.
Shen Yu saluted the people on the city wall, and she did so like a gentleman, "Shen Yu is here today to attend your invitation."
Everyone looked at each other and realized that Shen Yu had never shown herself in women's clothing in the capital before. If she wore women's clothing today, she might be showing weakness to the world.
"Shen Yu." Liu Cheng said loudly, "Why doesn't Xie Tingzhou come?"
Shen Yu smiled and said, "You invited me, how can you let others go on your behalf? Isn't that arrogant?"
Liu Cheng choked, paused and said, "I have something that I can't understand. Before today's peace talks, I have three questions that I would like to ask you on behalf of everyone in the world."
"Sir, please speak."
Liu Cheng said: "The first question is, the emperor's grace is so great, why do you want to be a traitor in order to inherit Tian's grace? The second question is, why do you mess up this world? The third question is, General Shen has a spirit in heaven, how should he treat you?"
The falling snow made it difficult to see the distant view. The snow was dazzling, and Shen Yu squinted her eyes slightly.
"I'm not a rebel, I'm just a righteous rebel. Sir, you asked me why I messed up the world. I was born in troubled times. I haven't done anything yet, so I can't answer it. As for the third question."
Shen Yu raised her head and said, "It is up to my father to answer what he thinks of me. Why don't you go down and ask me a question for me?"
There was a sudden uproar on the city wall.
"You crazy kid!" Liu Cheng pointed downwards and yelled, "How could Shen Zhongan be so loyal and courageous and give birth to such an unkind and unjust thing like you!"
Xie Tingzhou stood on the shaft of the car in the distance, with Xifeng holding an umbrella beside him to cover the wind and snow.
"This is Liu Cheng." Xie Tingzhou said slowly, "Turn around and pull out his tongue for me."
Xifeng pursed his lips and did not respond.
"Since it is a peace negotiation, we should ask the envoys to negotiate the conditions and sign an agreement. Why should Sir be so excited and hurt others?" Shen Yu said calmly: "Is it possible that today's peace negotiation is actually a banquet?"
The expressions of everyone in the city changed.
Shen Yu said: "I also have a question to ask you. Do you know how many people have died of hunger and freezing this year?"
Someone on the city wall immediately shouted: "If you hadn't provoked the war, how could so many people's homes have been destroyed and their families destroyed?"
Shen Yu smiled and said: "Since you can't answer this first question, let me answer it for you. In Xizhou, Gan, Yong, Qing, and Ping, the number of people who starve to death this year is half of previous years. Xizhou accepts other There are more than 100,000 refugees in the state."
A student on the city wall cursed: "You are talking about him right and left, but now we are talking about traitors."
"Wrong!" Shen Yu said loudly: "What I am discussing with you today is the people's livelihood in the world!"
"You are a prostitute, but you dare to open your mouth and shut up about the moral principles of the world. It is a big joke in the world."
"Oh?" Shen Yu said, "Since you think I can't talk about being a prostitute, why don't you, as a man, tell me what is the people's livelihood in the world?"
The man was stunned by her rhetorical question.
Without waiting for anyone to answer, Shen Yu said again: "I am a female prostitute and I don't understand the big principles you people talk about. The people's livelihood in my heart is that the people have clothes to wear, food to eat, and the sun shines brightly. The hundreds of thousands of loyal souls of my Shen family are buried. Guyan Liangguan was harmed by traitors, and the people are destitute because of the rampant treachery."
"What I rose up to do was people's livelihood. There were thousands of people who ignited a spark with their own bodies, but failed to put out the trouble. I just walked the path they walked."
One student said: "The safety of the common people is the result of the efforts of all the sages. If we want the people to have clothes and food, we must work together. Now that external troubles have been eliminated and internal strife continues, why don't you and Xie Tingzhou bow your heads and surrender to restore peace to the world?"
Shen Yu asked: "We eliminated foreign troubles, but what did the imperial court do? Now it wants to sit back and enjoy the results."
"The world is one and the same, how can we differentiate between you and me? How can you understand the truth behind this?"
"I don't understand anything." Shen Yu said, "But I know what I did."
