Thank goodness she hadn't let Concubine Mei succeed before and had punished Concubine Ling. Now no one dared to easily cause trouble for her. However, Si Junlin himself was originally a big headache.
"Your Ladyship, these are the green chrysanthemums the Emperor sent from the flower house today. Where do you think we should put them?" Fang Xi was already used to this relaxed and harmonious atmosphere. Even with Si Junlin present, he still directly asked Su Wan'er.
As the chief eunuch, he knew very well how to please people.
In the past few days, what Si Junlin had done for Su Wan'er was something that, even if the whole Jin Kingdom didn't know, at least Su Wan'er herself knew it clearly.
"Put them... just under the window sill." The green branches and leaves were rolling with dewdrops, and they smelled refreshingly fragrant, which lifted her mood a bit.
Su Wan'er noticed that recently, all kinds of rare treasures and new things in the palace were being sent to her.
Moreover, Si Junlin's attitude towards her had also improved a lot.
"Now I already know that you like the meat on the tail part when you eat fish, that you don't like to peel shrimp by yourself, and that you don't like overly tender bamboo shoots, but overly old ones seem not fresh..." Si Junlin looked at her with gentle eyes like water.
"Does this count as... knowing you well?" Si Junlin's voice was deep and magnetic.
"Um..." Su Wan'er blushed, "I guess so."
"If so, then I should be better than that childhood sweetheart of yours from over a decade ago." Si Junlin's eyes sparkled just like that day, as if they were going to suck her in. Su Wan'er felt her heart skip a beat. Panicked, she quickly covered her face with her sleeve and deliberately said that the sand seemed to have gotten into her eyes.
"Really? Let me take a look. I'll just blow it out for you." Si Junlin had already seen through her little trick and deliberately gently pulled up her sleeve.
"No need. It's okay now. Your Majesty, I'm hungry. Let's have dinner." He was the Emperor, but he didn't act like one at all. What on earth was he up to?
The war was getting more and more urgent day by day. After Yuwen Shan's incident, the spies also became more vigilant. After all, the Southern Border's witchcraft was hard to guard against, and no one knew when they might be targeted.
But before things could calm down for a couple of days, on this day, as usual, Su Wan'er was reviewing the military memorials. The content inside made her expression freeze.
"Wan'er, is there something wrong at the front line?" Si Junlin looked at the red - covered memorial. It seemed to be an urgent report.
However, during the war between the two armies, urgent reports were common. But upon closer inspection, it was actually about General Su...
"Don't worry. I'm sure it's nothing serious. He can come to the capital for good treatment. And you have the token in your hand, right?"
Su Wan'er had already started to tremble all over. Si Junlin immediately comforted her.
The content of the letter also shocked him greatly. General Su had been in a coma for a whole day, and the front - line speculated that it should be the work of the Southern Border people's witchcraft. The Yuwen family had no other tricks but these vicious methods.
"Brother... Brother, he was actually hit by the witchcraft." Su Wan'er murmured and slumped down all of a sudden, her eyes dull. He was her elder brother, the one who had taken her to the battlefield since childhood. Now their father was old, and the family relied on her brother to support it. The Su Family Army also relied on him, and even the whole Jin Kingdom relied on him. Now that her brother had fallen, what could they do?
The first thing Su Wan'er thought of was what would happen to her brother when he returned to the Su family, but then she thought of what would happen to the Jin Kingdom, and... what about the Su Family Army?
Maybe it was the habit of the Su family to always think about the country, the people, and the war.
"It's okay, Wan'er. You can even cure the Witch King. I'll issue an order now to recall General Su. I'll send more people to escort him back immediately. And I'll send another general there."
"Brother is always cautious. How could something like this happen?" Su Wan'er still couldn't come to her senses.
The Southern Border people were insidious and vicious. In any case, they should wait for General Su to come back.
Su Wan'er was extremely worried. Now her father was also about to arrive in the capital, but the capital was more than ten days away from the Southern Border. If the army was leaderless, it would be difficult to handle.
"I've already issued an order for General Gu to go. Wan'er, don't worry. As long as General Gu rides at full speed, he can arrive in less than two days." Si Junlin suddenly remembered that there was still Gu Jingtian. He had long wanted to send him out. Now it was just the right time to send General Gu to replace General Su. The Emperor shouldn't forget this vice - general.
But just to win people's hearts, it was inevitable to promote and ennoble Gu Jingtian.
"Yes, quickly send Brother Jingtian. There's no need for a farewell banquet. But I'll go and say goodbye to him now and tell him to leave immediately. We must stabilize the morale of the army."
"If you're afraid of delaying, it's better for General Gu to go right away. Why do you still need to say goodbye to him?" Si Junlin was a bit unhappy.
"I have to tell him something. The Su Family Army is now leaderless. No one knows the Su Family Army better than me. He may not be able to stabilize the hearts of the people during his first days in office. I still need to give him some instructions. Don't worry. I'll be back soon."
Since Su Wan'er wanted to go, Si Junlin could only go with her. He couldn't let the two of them have a sentimental farewell.
"Brother Jingtian, you must remember Lieutenant Generals Lao Chu and the other ones surnamed Bai, Li, and Wang. As long as they reach the rank of lieutenant general, they are all old members of the Su Family Army. They are loyal and can be appointed more often.
"But you can't fully trust or completely distrust the new deputies under the lieutenant generals. They are all young people and are inevitably after fame and fortune." Su Wan'er urged anxiously. She spoke so systematically that even Gu Jingtian was shocked. After all these years, she still remembered every detail of the Su Family Army. But perhaps he didn't know that two of those old members had already passed away, and the other two no longer held important positions.
"Don't worry. I've remembered it all. As long as I'm here, there won't be any trouble in the Southern Border, and the Su Family Army will be safe and sound. You just wait for my good news."
Gu Jingtian hesitated when he saw Si Junlin present, but finally he still said this, "Wan'er knows the Su Family Army so well and the situation on the battlefield so clearly. If... with the third young lady of the Su family around, the morale of the army will surely be stable."