Xiao Xun looked at the city gate not far away. The city gate of Yunzhong County was noisier than before, and countless people outside wanted to squeeze in.

There were more soldiers and horses stationed, and there were many more generals with strange faces. They stared at every passing person, and the passing cars were hopelessly dismantled and verified.

"Everyone is calm." Several officials shouted, "Xiliang did not call us, our Zhongshan County is safe."

But these words cannot comfort the people at all.

"Those Xiliang soldiers appeared outside Yunzhong County!"

"Many villages and towns have been burned, killed and looted!"

"The border county has been broken!"

"Don't guard here, go and reinforce the border counties!"

"Let us in-"

The noise was even louder than before, and the soldiers were about to use weapons to arrest people.

Xiao Xun stopped looking here and turned back to the Zhongshan Palace.

The atmosphere in the Zhongshan Palace seemed to be different. The Zhongshan King sat in the Taoist temple with a slightly dark face and stroked his injured leg with one hand.

This is his habitual action when he thinks.

"Father, the people of Xiliang are really not allowed to go to the table," said Xiao Xun.

The King of Zhongshan said: "It's not surprising that barbarians do such a thing."

Xiao Xun frowned: "This is not taking us seriously at all, and it doesn't care whether it will cause us trouble."

The sudden appearance of Xiliang troops outside Yunzhong County will inevitably lead to inquiries, how could these people bypass the defense line and enter the mainland?

Although I believe that my father is thorough in doing things, he will always leave traces as long as he does it, especially these unreliable people from Xiliang, and there are two very difficult people in the court.

Once a problem is found, their plans will be disrupted.

The King of Zhongshan smiled: "Don't worry, it won't affect us anyway. Someone is more troubled than us. We just fan the flames and attract all the troubles."

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Although the official did not announce that the place outside Yunzhong County was attacked by Xiliang, the news could not be concealed. With the private messages from the aristocratic families and the urgent messages from the business travelers reached the capital in just three or four days.

The people of Xiliang suddenly appeared in Shangjun, and their shock and fear shattered the people's trust in Chu Ku.

In the blink of an eye, no one said that there was Chu Ku who was there, and there was nothing to worry about invasion of Xiliang. Instead, why did more than ten years have passed and Chu Ku still lead troops to guard Yunzhong County?

At this time, someone asked who Chu Ku was, and was said to be a criminal official. He was punished by the late emperor in the border county for more than ten years, and he was still a general of the guard for more than ten years.

"Why let a guilty general of Guard fight against the Xiliang army!"

"Because his daughter became the queen!"

There were more and more discussions on the streets of restaurants and tea shops in the capital, and whispers were also heard in the inner courtyard of the aristocratic families.

Now in the war, the country is in danger and the gardens and entertainment are cancelled, but the aristocratic families are moving more frequently. First, the more nervous they are, the more they need to exchange news, and second, the new and old imperial courts need to make friends again.

It was cold in winter and even wearing a cloak could not stop the cold. The girls ran from the garden to the warm-up hall.

There were four or five girls in the warm room talking around the fire, looking angry, contemptuous and disdainful. When they saw these people coming, their voices stopped.

The atmosphere is a little wrong.

Chu Tang stopped.

A girl stood up and greeted her with a smile: "Ms. Chu."

But there were two girls who didn't stand up or stood up, and turned their heads away, as if they didn't bother to see the person coming.

This situation is still rare. Not to mention that Chu Tang has a queen cousin now, even when he was just a daughter of the Chu family, everyone was very kind to Chu Tang - without power or power, and it is not worthy of being accused of evil.

Why is Chu Tang now powerful and powerful? He dares to behave badly with her?

Qi Leyun couldn't understand what these girls were thinking: "What do you mean?"

The two girls were not even afraid of Chu Tang, so they were afraid of Qi Leyun. One of them seemed to be smiling: "What's wrong with us? Why are you angry? Because we didn't salute Miss Chu Tang?"

Before Qi Leyun could speak, the other girl turned her head and looked sharp: "Why should we salute Miss Chu Tang? We are peers in age, and we are an official body in family background. Miss Chu Tang's family is not an official body-"

She glanced at Chu Tang.

"There is an empress in the Chu family, but Miss Chu Tang has no title."

"When we saw the queen worship, and when we didn't see Miss Chu Tang, would we be guilty?"

The girls were playing together, talking badly, but they had never been so slanderous in their words. Qi Leyun was stunned when he heard this. Why did he talk about this and that?

She became even more angry: "Do I mean this? You know what I mean when I say this."

The two girls said, "We don't know." After saying that, they stood up, "We'll leave first."

As expected, they left, and the lively warm pavilion was quiet for a moment. Although there were still seven or eight people on Chu Tang's side, they were inexplicably deserted.

Qi Leyun glared: "I'm so angry that I'm so angry that I can tell you what I have. What's the point of muttering behind my back."

Chu Tang didn't speak from beginning to end, nor got angry, but he was not as aggrieved and uneasy as before, which made people feel pity.

She smiled and said, "It's pretty good. She muttered behind her back to give me face. If she said it in person, wouldn't it be that I wouldn't be able to get out of office?"

"I don't think things are right," said one girl. "Their attitudes have become very strange."

Chu Tang said: "Because they think my uncle is guilty."

"How can you blame your uncle?" Qi Leyun glared, "Besides, are they stupid? Even if your uncle is guilty, what's there to be afraid of? Chu Zhao is the queen."

It's not guilty either.

Are these people confused?

"They are not confused." Zhou Jiang's voice came from behind the Nuan Pavilion, and people also walked out from behind the Nuan Pavilion.

Qi Leyun and others were startled: "Why are you here?"

Zhou Jiang waved his hand: "I was thinking about chess score quietly, this doesn't matter." She walked in and sat opposite Chu Tang with a straight face, "It is precisely because Chu Zhao is the queen that your uncle is in big trouble this time."

Is there any big trouble to be a queen?

The queen has such a noble status.

The girls couldn't understand and stared at Zhou Jiang and asked, "What does it mean?"

Zhou Jiang said: "Because there is a queen who has lost her virtues, it is a good thing for many people, especially the powerful people in the court, because in this way, the queen can be controlled by them."

Chu Tang sighed lightly, thinking of what Chu Zhao said to her in the palace before.

Chu Zhao said: "For the court, the turmoil has passed, but for our family, the turmoil has not begun."

Sure enough, my uncle was not dead yet, and the turmoil had begun.

"It's actually targeting Chu Zhao?" Qi Leyun slapped the table, "Chu Tang, go to the palace and tell Chu Zhao that he would scold these people well, and see that they dare to have bad ideas."

Chu Tang picked up the snack that was shocked by her and said, "What's that like? Are you bullying others with your power? Everyone is waiting for her to do this."

She lowered her eyes by blowing dessert.

Moreover, Chu Zhao had no way to do this. She was no longer a palace and no one knew about it.

If you know, wouldn’t you be more guilty?

Zhou Jiang nodded: "Of course, you can't do this. The Empress can certainly show her dignity, but she must not be used to protect herself and her family. Moreover, this time, General Chu was indeed wrong. The Xiliang soldiers broke through the defense line. As the main general, he had an unshirkable responsibility."

Qi Leyun was a little depressed: "Then there is nothing I can do about this time, I can only let it go."

Zhou Jiang said again: "But don't worry, those people just want to confirm General Chu's fault, weaken his power and reputation, and suppress the queen. As for the crime, they won't be able to hurt your family."

Chu Tang nodded and thanked Zhou Jiang: "A Jiang, you are so smart and have a good heart."

Zhou Jiang said, "Not that, I just think it's as interesting to analyze this as playing chess. Moreover, I don't have to be afraid. Something happened to your family has nothing to do with me."

Qi Leyun glared, and the girls couldn't help laughing, and the previously slightly nervous atmosphere was broken.

"You are a chess madman." Qi Leyun waved his hand, looked at Chu Tang again, and thought for a while, "Or, you can avoid it at home, and you won't see it and you won't be upset, so you can save trouble."

Chu Tang nodded: "I understand." He said and smiled, "Maybe many people are waiting to provoke me and make me make mistakes."

The girls nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go quickly." Qi Leyun even stood up and pulled Chu Tang, "Let's go now."

Chu Tang left the garden and came to the veil. From a distance, he saw that the veil was very lively. In addition to the wives of each family, the girls who avoided her in the garden were also there. They didn't know what they were playing, and they got together and laughed from time to time, with Chu's surname mixed in between.

Although I can't hear clearly whether it is Chu Tang, Chu Zhao or Chu Ku, they are all Chu.

Not only the girls, but the housewives also whispered something, with a serious and disdainful expression -

Seeing this, Qi Leyun grabbed Chu Tang: "Don't go in. You are the Queen's sister. You can come here without invitation or leave without suing you."

Anyway, she was polite or rude, and it didn't matter how she did it. Chu Tang turned around and walked away, step by step, but he obviously walked away and was farther away. The voice in the front hall should be smaller, but the sound in her ears became clearer and clearer.

Chu Ku.

Chu Zhao.

Chu.
Chapter completed!