In the inner hall, the atmosphere was somewhat strangely stagnant.
Early this morning, Prince Chengde sent someone to invite his younger brother and younger siblings to drink tea. Prince Xueya looked at his wife, and Jin Bihui bit the corner of his lips tacitly: It has been two days, and Prince Chengde may take this opportunity to mention food, grass and Reinforcement thing.
She just sat silently with her husband, her eyes sparkled.
"It's getting colder and colder..." In the inner hall, the secret tree spinach fragrance was lingering. Prince Chengde didn't exchange a few words with the couple. The prince suddenly murmured, "Wu Chen said that he didn't feel well when he woke up this morning, maybe he caught a cold."
"The food and grass should be almost ready." However, before he could say another sentence, Jin Bihui frowned, and directly touched the core of the topic, "I received a letter from Fei Ge yesterday, and my father has persuaded Emperor Chang. Now Xi State is already recruiting troops, and the first batch of grain, grass and winter clothes have been sent along the canal from Zhencheng—everything will be fine, everyone can rest assured."
Hearing such words, Prince Chengde didn't seem to be relieved, and exchanged glances with Taifu Xu behind him, and his eyes changed slightly. A little pondering, looking at the teacup in his hand, his face seemed a little puzzled and strange.
After a long time, Mrs. Xu bowed and asked the prince as if asking for instructions: "Food and grass is a big deal, who will meet the grain and grass raised by those businessmen?"
The Yunqi tea made by the princess is green and clear, but Jin Bihui couldn't drink half of the tea when he looked at it—thinking about it, the eldest grandson Wuchen was also afraid of embarrassment when he met him, so he simply excused his illness. After a long time, she said suddenly: "Today, I went down the river from the north of the city to meet them."
"Of course someone will do this kind of thing. My brother and sister are princesses now, so why bother to do it yourself?" Prince Chengde advised.
However, Jin Bihui shook his head with a half-smile: "No, those merchants owe me debts, and others may not pay for it—don't treat me as a lady, Bihui is a famous 'female Jinwu', Prince Haven't you heard of it?"
Prince Chengde was suddenly at a loss for words, he didn't know why the woman's words became so sharp again, he hesitated for a while. However, Mrs. Xu's eyes flashed with joy, and he blurted out, "Well... this, this is fine!"
"But it's not good for you to go alone." Finally, Prince Xueya spoke and said the first sentence of the day. His eyes were on his wife, but the expression in his pupils was somewhat complicated.
Jin Bihui glanced at her husband and said calmly, "What's wrong? I know my own affairs."
"Take some people to go with you." Prince Xueya's voice was gentle and calm, but it was equally unrefutable, "Come back early."
Jin Bihui suddenly laughed, and looked at her husband: It turned out that he was not worried about her safety, but because he was afraid that she would never come back and broke the promise of assistance.
"Well, it's up to you." She suddenly felt a little discouraged, and said lightly, "Anyway, I'll leave in the afternoon."
Prince Chengde has been just listening—in fact, he has been listening to his seventh younger brother helping him arrange all important matters. Although Xue Ya always asks for his opinion, everyone knows that the prince will definitely agree. of. Although he is a compatriot from the same mother, the seventh little prince is far superior to his elder brother in both martial arts and strategy.
However, this time, Prince Chengde said unexpectedly: "Yes, it's better to bring some people there—siblings and sisters will take care of them if they encounter any inconvenience."
The crown prince paused at this point, took a sip of tea, and glanced at Tai Tuo. But Xu Fuyan took a look at Prince Xueya, and interjected: "There is no braver general in the army than the seventh brother, but the seventh brother cannot leave without permission—so, I appointed Vice General Shen to be the ration officer this time, and bring more Elite soldiers and good generals will go with the brothers and sisters to meet the food and grass, how about it? In this way, seventh brother, you can rest assured."
Prince Xueya was taken aback for a moment—Shen Tiexin was his confidant and beloved general whom he single-handedly pulled up, so he was really relieved to let him go with Jin Bihui.
—Now, no matter for Ye City or the entire army, this woman must not be lost.
After agreeing, Prince Xueya and the new princess walked out of the room.
The new wind was very strong, and the military flags in the camp outside blew violently. This severe winter has always been difficult to survive.
He suddenly sighed secretly: from the very beginning, he didn't look at her with a normal heart, did he? It was just a political transaction... He was prepared to give up his life in exchange for a promise from Uncle Jin Guo. However-
"It's true that I'm of low birth, illiterate, and disposition-but then you think I'm brainless? …"
In a trance, the voice from last night rang in my ears. Under the cold moon, her jaw raised stubbornly, but tears welled up in her eyes, and she proudly said: "I don't want you anymore!"
The shock he felt at that time was still in his heart, Yan Bai couldn't help turning his head to look at his wife who was walking aside, but Jin Bihui just walked indifferently and didn't look at him, but seemed to know that he was looking over, and suddenly said coldly: "Don't worry, I mean what I say." She paused for a moment, then sighed suddenly: "At least I will go home to Guining after you get over this difficulty—at that time, I will stay in the country of Xi and never come back again."
"Thank you." Yan Bai's eyes dimmed, and after a long time, he realized that he could only say these two words.
"Forget it, one day husband and wife Bai Rien, it's nothing if I help you." Jin Bihui smiled suddenly, his snow-white teeth gleamed, and there was a kind of ostentatious beauty: "However, my father is very difficult to deal with...you Be careful. I don't even know what he's thinking."
Prince Xueya's heart trembled slightly, Uncle Jin Guo—yes, Uncle Jin Guo. Neptune blue whale.
Recently, internal and external difficulties, just to overcome the immediate difficulties, he even has little time to think about the thoughts of this behind-the-scenes figure who really dominates the overall situation.
Jin Bihui sighed, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Look, now that everything has been discussed, we can talk calmly, right?"
She looked at the vast sky above Longshouyuan, and suddenly asked, "Strange, why didn't there be a meteor shower last night?"
The sound of the horn from the south of the city was blown continuously, and it was loud and clear, and it was transmitted to the inner room of the Chinese military camp.
"I didn't expect that female Jin Wu to come out of the city on her own initiative." Grand Tutor Xu Fuyan stroked the gray beard under his chin, and there was a secret smile in his eyes, "If you let her go, things will be much easier."
"What the hell do you... want to do?" Behind the heavy brocade tent, a woman's voice sounded eagerly and weakly. The princess wanted to support herself, but her arms were so weak that she couldn't even lift the curtain hanging in front of her eyes. , "What did you give me to drink? You, you are going to put me under house arrest?"
Xu Taifu didn't turn his head back, just sneered slightly: "Crown Princess, you still care about yourself now. Although the tigress endured what happened last night and didn't say anything, do you think the Crown Prince doesn't know?"
Changsun Wuchen's already pale face became even paler, his arms suddenly lost all strength, and he leaned heavily back into the brocade mattress, as if he had finally understood something, she said softly: "So... I understand, what happened last night was— "
Xu Taifu suddenly smiled, holding his long beard in his hand, and said leisurely: "Yesterday, the prince said to the Seventh Princess: there will be a meteor shower on the Longshouyuan in the middle of the night. If you get up and wait in the garden, there will be a wonderful scene." The old man suddenly narrowed his eyes, but the look in his eyes was unpredictable, he shook his head and sighed: "Although the female Jinwu is powerful, she is still a child at heart."
The Taifu paused, but shook his head in confusion: "No, no... If it was a child, how could she bear that tone? We expected that she would turn against the Seventh Prince on the spot."
"What are you doing this for? Do you... want to sabotage the plan of Xi Kingdom to aid us at this moment?" Although shocked, the Crown Princess is a woman with insight after all, and she has calmed down in a short time.
Because I drank the tea brought in the morning, I don’t know why I have a splitting headache, but Princess Changsun still calmly asked: "Chengde is a sensible person, and he will not spoil big things for a momentary affair—if there is no With foreign aid, Yecheng will be captured by the Fourth Emperor's army within a few days, and all stones will be destroyed by then..."
Taifu Xu suddenly let out a sneer, and a cold light flickered in his falcon-like eyes: "Secret affair? Do you think the crown prince's trouble is for that little personal affair?" He looked at the bare trees in the courtyard with his hands behind his back—it was already winter, It was desolate, but the old man's tone was even colder: "Two years ago, the crown prince knew about the affair between you! Do you all think Chengde is a coward or a fool?"
Changsun Wuchen was really stunned, unable to speak for a while.
After all, he was talking about the students he taught, the Taifu smiled tacitly, turned around suddenly, and looked at the princess: "He has endured it for a long time! - but Prince Xueya's reputation and ability in the army, No one can easily shake him. Chengde can only endure. But this time is different, if the crown prince doesn't strike first, I'm afraid the throne will be lost!"
"Nonsense! You're bewitching the lord—who will threaten the prince's throne?" The concubine looked coldly at the Taifu—the confidant of the Chengde prince, the military's think tank, and retorted, "Xueya, Xueya, even Don't hesitate to join the Jin family!"
When Xu Fuyan heard this, he really burst out laughing with a "ha", fixedly looked at the Crown Princess, and nodded slowly: "Yes! It's because of him that he joined the Jin family! ——If it wasn't for him to join the Jin family, The crown prince is not in such a hurry to get rid of him."
The Crown Princess stared at the Tai Tuo in a daze, unable to speak for a moment.
"Prince Xueya married without warning, and getting married before the battle is simply an ulterior motive." Seeing that the crown princess was rarely puzzled, Xu Taifu finally smiled and said calmly, "Don't you think about it, what happened to Emperor Xi Guochang?" Sitting on the throne today?!—Sea King will marry a daughter for nothing? If there is a first time, there will be a second time!"
"Pa", she grabbed the curtain with her fingers and tore off all the golden hooks on the head of the bed. The princess's face was as white as snow, and she looked at the scheming Taifu in shock, "You, you actually look at Xueya like this? Xueya is so dedicated You have assisted Chengde for eight years, and you don't care about yourself at all, you treat yourself like a villain—"
"It's better for the princess to think about herself first." Taifu Xu smiled coldly, looking at the princess who was immobilized by the medicine, with a chilling look in his eyes, "From today onwards, you will be 'sick' —The crown prince has endured you for a long time, today is the end!"
However, Changsun Wuchen stood up again, and only asked: "What are you going to do to Xueya now... what are you going to do to Xueya?"
Xu Fuyan stroked his long beard under his chin, cold light flashed in his eyes a few times, he didn't speak for a long time, finally looked at the turbulent wind and clouds in the sky outside, and said coldly: "The Seventh Princess is out of the city, it's best - wait until you come back will find out…”
"His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince has died in battle and died for the country!" His voice was as cold as ice and snow. You'll be surprised. It doesn't matter even if she knows... Yan Bai has always been sorry to her, and they are a bitter couple."
"The plan I planned for the prince is pretty strict, right? Then—" the Tai Tuo finally sneered, and suddenly turned to look at the shocked face of the Crown Princess, "Then, the Prince will propose to the King of the Sea again, and directly borrow the power to calm down The world! No matter in terms of status or status, the crown prince is superior to Yan Bai."
The Taifu put his hands behind his back, looked at the sky leisurely, and chuckled: "It's less than three days... but two days! After that female Jinwu returns to the city, the sky will change."
He paused, but his eyes became very strange: "It's just that we still don't know whose world it is!"