Since the Tianshi Cult broke out in early September, until now, almost two months ago, Gao Qiao entrusted the court to Feng Wei, a steady minister of Zhou Zheng, who was also a gentry, who was also a gentry. He has been traveling back and forth between Jiankang and other counties, traveling around the country, personally deploying military affairs and appeaseing the people. He was as busy as a top and had no time to spare.

Last time he showed up at home, it was about ten days ago.

Gao Qizhi's head of the family returned, and was extremely happy. He ran out of the gate to greet him and led his horse in for him.

Gao Qiao asked the eldest princess, knowing that everything was fine, and hurriedly walked in. When she was about to arrive at the bedroom, Aju, who had been left at home by Luo Shen, had just come out with a few maids, and saw him suddenly return, and was also very surprised and hurried to greet him.

"The eldest princess was sleeping for a while, and Ying was about to wake up. Yesterday, she learned about the victory in Liyang and was very happy. She ate a bowl of rice at noon and took a break for a while. As the previous imperial physician ordered, she walked in the courtyard. After walking for a while, she shouted hard and said that her feet were heavy, so I helped her back... The imperial physician also came this morning. After seeing it, she said it was fine, and she asked Anxin to wait for delivery. Calculate the day, it should be the end of the month. At most, it will be ten days..."

Before Gao Qiao could ask, Aju herself told him about Xiao Yongjia’s daily routines over the past few days.

Gao Qiao walked through the courtyard, stepped up the eaves steps a few steps to the front of the door, pushed open the empty door, came to the bed with a slight hand and foot, and sat down slowly.

The pregnancy of this baby not only made her body bloated, but now her hands and feet are completely swollen. No wonder Aju said she was jokingly struggling without walking for a while.

Gao Qiao stared at his wife's sleeping face. The eyebrows that had been locked and confused for many days finally slowly resolved.

He stretched out his hands, grabbed her feet that were wrapped in white soft gauze socks and kicked out of the corners of the quilt, and gently rubbed the soles and insteps of her feet.

Xiao Yongjia's eyelashes moved slightly, woke up, opened his eyes, and saw her husband sitting by the bed, rubbing his feet for him. He was very surprised, called him and sat up and said, "I thought you were still in Liyang. When did you go back?"

Gao Qiao answered her. He put a pillow on her waist, helped her lean on her, moved her to her side, and asked how she felt in the past few days.

Xiao Yongjia said: "I'm very good. Now I just want the child to come out soon. The imperial physician said that it will take a few more days, which is really a frustrating moment!"

Gao Qiao pressed his ear to his wife's raised abdomen, as if listening to the movement inside, and said to him: "Your problem of being impatient in the past can't be changed now. When it's time to come out, the child will come out naturally."

Xiao Yongjia said: "Fortunately Ami won't follow you. Bless this child in my belly, no matter his son or daughter, he will not be as handsome as you. He will be so angry."

Gao Qiao laughed: "Aling, I really mean you to be so despised?"

Xiao Yongjia snorted: "What do you say by yourself? I'm just wondering. Why did I fall in love with you at the beginning? I actually cried and robbed you. I insisted on marrying you, but I would be wronged!"

Gao Qiao laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled, and said, "It's too late to regret it now!"

Xiao Yongjia didn't know why he would tell her husband this. When he thought of the girl's past, he couldn't help laughing and burst out laughing.

She raised her eyes and looked at her husband's face. After a moment, her smile slowly disappeared. She raised her hand and gently stroked the Sichuan-shaped pattern between his eyebrows that seemed to be deeply engraved, which was no longer able to calm down. She sighed: "How long have you been getting thinner. If you are tired, sleep for a while."

Gao Qiaodao is not tired.

Seeing that he was covered in dust and the armor of fighting on his body had not yet taken off, Xiao Yongjia knew why he was not tired? After a few jokes, he stopped, got up, asked someone to bring water in, served him to cleanse his face and change his clothes, and ate some more food. When he stopped, he felt better, and then asked, "What's the situation outside? When Ami left before, he said that he would come back when he was about to give birth. I was a little worried."

The smile on Gao Qiao's face just now slowly disappeared.

"I have already instructed Zi'an to send a message to Ami, stay in Jingkou for the time being and not return to Jiankang." He said.

When Xiao Yongjia heard this, his expression changed slightly.

How could she not hear what her husband means?

What's more, she has heard more or less of the rumors outside these days.

"What do you mean? Can Jiankang... really not be able to hold on?"

She hesitated and asked.

"Aling, I went home just to tell you about this. Not only Ami, you can't stay in Jiankang anymore. I have arranged a safe place for you. I personally send you there, and you can rest assured to have a child."

Xiao Yongjia frowned slightly. "Where is Your Majesty? Have you made arrangements too?"

"Yes." Gao Qiao nodded, "Your Majesty and his party temporarily moved the palace to Qua. It is safer than Jiankang. There are also people who need to be evacuated."

Xiao Yongjia looked at her husband steadily: "What about you? What are your plans?"

Gao Qiao smiled slightly and immediately grabbed his wife's hand that was quickly becoming a little cold.

"Don't misunderstand. Jiankang is indeed in danger of falling. I am not sure that I can defend it. I made such an arrangement for the sake of stability. In order to have no worries, I can give it a try. If I can defend it, I will try my best. If I really can't defend it, I can only retreat temporarily and take it back in the future."

He squeezed his wife's hand hard.

"Don't worry. Ami is old and he is biased towards outsiders. I have to wait for the child in your stomach to call me Aye in the future and focus on me!"

Xiao Yongjia saw a faint glory of joy in his eyes, and then he felt relieved and nodded: "Okay, I'll follow your arrangements. You have a lot of things to do, so you don't have to send me out specifically at that time. I'll just go there myself."

"I haven't accompanied you these days. I'll send you there. You ask someone to pack up first and follow the people at that time."

Gao Qiao's tone brought a irrefutable taste that is rare in daily life.

Xiao Yongjia nodded softly and obeyed her husband's arrangement.

Gao Qiao comforted his wife's Xiu and stood up: "You rest, I'll go to Taicheng first, there's something wrong."

...

In order to cooperate with Gao Qiao's plan to defend the imperial capital, the emperor and empress temporarily evacuated Jiankang and moved the palace to Qu'a. This news has spread rapidly among all officials.

When Gao Qiao came to Taicheng, he saw that the gate of his yamen was full of civil and military officials who heard the news. Everyone was talking to each other, with different expressions and loud voices.

During these days, Feng Wei, who was appointed by Gao Qiao to act as the Minister of the Shangshu Ling, was surrounded by more than a dozen officials asking for details, but he couldn't hide. After sweating, he suddenly heard the order call for the husband and came. He breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly pushed everyone away and hurriedly met him.

When the officials saw Gao Qiao finally showed up, they slowly stopped talking and leaned towards him.

Feng Wei and everyone greeted Gao Qiao. When Gao Qiao sat down, he couldn't wait to ask.

Gao Qiao's two gazes passed by the familiar faces of civil and military officials in front of him, saying, "It is indeed my suggestion, and Your Majesty has accepted it. Since the matter has been decided, it is better to leave the palace sooner rather than later."

The buzzing sound suddenly became endless. Many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, the Tianshi Sect was just a mess, but with Gao Qiao taking over, Jiankang should be safe, but later Xu Mi rebels rushed towards Jiankang, things were completely different.

Gao Qiao's two fists are hard to beat four hands, and he is already in a passive news. Who doesn't know? Some people standing here are afraid of fighting or fearing that they had put on the wrong side of Xu Mi when he was unlucky. If he really fights back this time, revenge is inevitable, and worry is inevitable. Suddenly, he heard that Gao Qiao had such an arrangement, so he was naturally happy in secret.

Feng Wei asked: "Glory Gao, civil and military officials, what should we do?"

Gao Qiao said: "If you are willing to stay with me and attack the rebels, stay. If you don't want to stay, go with Your Majesty, go with you."

The surroundings suddenly became quiet and there was no sound. Gradually, everyone looked at the man standing beside Feng Wei, Liu Hui, the general of the Liu family of Yingchuan, who was born in the Yingchuan family. After Liu Guang died, he was recommended for his reputation and succeeded to the position of Liu Guang.

After the Xu 6 and the two families left the court, the great gentry in the court, except Gao Qiao, was the biggest constituent of Liu Huihe Feng Wei, who had served as the attendant for many years.

When Liu Hui saw everyone looking at him, he looked a little embarrassed at first, and then said: "Grandpa Gao, I am very willing to stay with you and advance and retreat with Jiankang. But even if you have 6 Cambodias to welcome him, you are weak after all. If you are a thief, what should I do if you lose it? Protecting the Holy Lord is also our duty. Therefore, it is better to protect the Lord and follow him."

Gao Qiao smiled and said, "Liu Zhenglu's words are reasonable, so you can protect him."

"I also ask for protection!"

"I'm the same!"

There was a voice of echoing around. In the end, only five or six people were willing to stay, all of whom were relatively low-ranking officials who had previously promoted from the local area.

Gao Qiao glanced at everyone lightly and turned to Feng Wei: "Shizhong Feng, I'll leave this matter to you. Those who are escorting the carriage will go back, prepare as soon as possible."

Feng Wei's face swelled slightly, and hesitated, and said, "I'll stay to help you!"

Gao Qiao looked at him and smiled slightly: "The Secretariat is a civil servant. If you leave such a war to the military officer, it is a big deal for His Majesty's palace relocation. I cannot go with you. As long as you respond, I will rely on you."

Feng Wei was ashamed to see his colleagues in high positions and fled to Jiankang, but none of them were willing to stay, so he spoke up to stay. Seeing that Gao Qiao did not keep him, he had to give up and agreed.

Seeing that the matter was settled, everyone rushed home to pack their belongings and leave without the war, and they all left one after another. After Feng Wei and Gao Qiao had agreed to arrange the emperor and empress's trip, they also hurriedly left to prepare.

The government office, which had just stood full of people, became empty, and in the end, only Gao Qiao and a few officials stood behind him.

An official came to Gao Qiao with a newly written official document, carefully presented it to him, and whispered: "My husband, the official document has been completed, please review it."

Gao Qiao's eyes fell on the ink marks in the paper, and his gaze stopped for a long time.

He knew that once this order was issued, more than 200,000 households in the city would have to leave Jiankang.

Although he had ordered the county magistrates from all over the country to temporarily accommodate the residents from Jiankang, he was forced to leave his home, and these people became refugees overnight and they didn't know when they would return.

And all this was caused by Gao Qiao, the incompetence of Shangshuling, who was once trusted and loved by them.

He seemed to have heard those full of complaints.

Gao Qiao raised his big seal and fell heavily, putting a bright red seal on his head.

Li Xie came in and took the document. "Don't worry, my husband will help you and your brothers urge the people to leave the city and go to the place of resettlement."

Gao Qiao nodded: "I'm sorry for you."

Li Xie bowed and left in a hurry.

The things that need to be arranged urgently should be almost done. There are still some documents left behind when Feng Wei took over his post that he urgently needed to be decided by him.

Gao Qiao closed his eyes, raised his hand and rubbed his temples on both sides of his panic and painful blood vessels, which seemed to be beating, and slowly let out a breath. He opened his eyes and took the pen. His eyes fell to the list of death row prisoners sent by the Criminal Department a few days ago that he had been approving. He stopped.

He remembered something, hesitated for a moment, and ordered the man to leave.

Not long after, the prison officer rushed over and bowed to Gao Qiao.

Gao Qiao asked him: "A few months ago, the female prisoner surnamed Shao has been exiled now?"

The prison officer hurriedly said, "Report to my grandfather, I haven't even had it yet." After saying that, he saw Gao Qiao's eyes coming and explained, "Didn't the Criminal Department have something to say before? Didn't she leave when she recovered from her illness? She has not recovered from her illness, so she has been detained in prison and has not left..."

"Why hasn't he recovered after so long?" Gao Qiao frowned slightly.

Seeing that he seemed a little unhappy, the prison official smiled and said, "She has lived in clean Shanzhuo these days, and the subordinate has asked someone to treat her. The injuries on her body have healed, but her body is still weak, and she can't tell what the disease is. She is drowsy all day long. My husband didn't ask before, but later there was a mess, so my subordinate didn't dare to disturb her husband..."

"...Does my husband want to see her and ask me clearly?"

The prison officer said, while looking at him secretly. Seeing that he was silent, he asked in a tentative manner.

Gao Qiao waved his hand: "No need."
To be continued...