"What do I want to do?!"
Xiao Yi asked back with a smile, stretched slowly and stood up.
He looked at King Zhennan, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and said slowly and meaningfully: "Father, today is different from the past, and it is not seven years ago!"
Seven years ago... Seven years ago, it was the year when he left this rebellious son in the capital. Thinking about it, Zhennan Wang's pupils shrank slightly. Could it be that Nizi is still hating himself? !
Xiao Yi naturally understood what King Zhennan was thinking, but he didn't say anything. The father will never understand that he chose to stay in the capital. Over the years, there have been Ah Yue, Xiao Bai, and Xiao Hezi, so he has no complaints or regrets.
In the past few years without the capital, I would not be who I am today!
The smile on Xiao Yi's lips deepened, he looked at the complicated eyes of King Zhennan without blinking, and then said: "Father, you must remember that our southern border cannot be decided by the emperor!"
There was undisguised arrogance in his tone, and he said almost word for word: "Southern Xinjiang is my territory!"
The last seven words were so arrogant and domineering, so taken for granted, as if he was a bandit who occupied the land as king.
At the same time as the words fell, Xiao Yi took a step closer to King Zhennan.
When the father and son faced each other and the distance between them was only three or four feet, King Zhennan suddenly realized that the boy he left in the capital had grown taller than himself without knowing it...
Before he knew it, he actually needed to look up to the eldest son!
For a moment, King Zhennan was overwhelmed by Xiao Yi's aura, and he came back to his senses after a while, but his face was not very good-looking.
Thinking of what Nizi kept saying that southern Xinjiang was his territory, King Zhennan had a vague premonition in his heart.
"Nizi, you... Did you do something behind my back again?!"
Zhennan Wang pointed at Xiao Yi with trembling fingers, he was surprised, suspicious and angry, and he didn't know which emotion was stronger.
With this rebellious temper, what can't be done if he is self-willed? !
Since Xiao Yi returned to southern Xinjiang, his words and deeds flashed through Zhennan Wang's mind like a revolving lantern, and Zhennan Wang's heart sank...
But Xiao Yi didn't intend to answer any more, and persuaded with a "good voice": "Father, didn't you handle Pingyang Hou well before? Just keep it up! You just turn a blind eye to other things." Eyes, knowing too much, it is easy to fall asleep, why bother?!"
Can't sleep by myself? ! This Nizi's words are very meaningful, what exactly is it implying? ! King Zhennan's brows were tangled together, as if he had guessed something...
Xiao Yi didn't look at King Zhennan at all, brushed off his robe calmly, and said, "Father, your grandson must be missing me. If I don't go back to put him to sleep, he's going to cry again."
Xiao Yi was a little absent-minded, thinking in his heart: He has to go back to Bixiaotang quickly. If he goes back late, Ah Yue's heart and soul will definitely be taken away by that brat again!
And King Zhennan didn't hear Xiao Yi's words at all. He shrank his pupils in shock, opened and closed his mouth, and looked at Xiao Yi. impossible. It's impossible for this rebellious son to have such courage! Could it be that he really wanted to...
King Zhennan hardly dared to think about it.
Under his uncertain gaze, Xiao Yi patted his butt, and left without saying hello, leaving Zhennan Wang anxiously wandering around in the outer study, feeling as if his hair was turning gray.
When Xiao Yi returned to Bixiao Hall, the room was quiet, only Nangong Yue and the little guy stayed in the inner room.
Nangong Yue was sitting by the bed, looking down at the little guy lying on the bed, with a gentle and peaceful expression.
"Is the brat asleep?" Xiao Yi asked casually, and walked quickly to Nangong Yue's side.
The little guy really fell asleep, his eyes were tightly closed, but his mouth was still moving, and he didn't know what kind of dream it was.
Nangong Yue responded, not wanting to wake up the little guy, so she simply took Xiao Yi's hand and walked towards the window.
Why Xiao Yi didn't understand Nangong Yue's thoughts, curled his lips sourly: After having a brat, his number one position in Ah Yue's heart is getting more and more precarious...
"Ah Yi, how is father's side?" Nangong Yue looked at Xiao Yi and asked. Que'er has already told her about Xiao Yi being called away by King Zhennan just now.
Nangong Yue is not afraid of the emperor, what she is afraid of is that the father and son will disagree because of this imperial decree, which will eventually lead to civil strife in the palace. Once this step is reached, it means that Xiao Yi needs to spend more energy and time to consolidate the southern border Military politics... She really didn't want him to work so hard.
Xiao Yi was suddenly poured honey into his mouth, feeling sweet in his heart.
He leaned forward and kissed Nangong Yue's lips, and was still dissatisfied. He sucked on her soft, petal-like lips again, smiled brightly at her, and said, "Let me do the job, and you still have to go?" Do you need to worry? Don't worry, I've taken care of it!"
As he said that, he proudly gave Nangong Yue a wink, which made her uncontrollably laugh, and finally showed off her face.
The young couple looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere in the inner room became more relaxed.
In fact, as early as nearly a month ago, Xiao Yi received a letter from Feige sent from the capital to Luoyue City. The letter said it was the imperial edict sent by the emperor to southern Xinjiang. Xiao Yi didn't care about this imperial edict at first. When it came, it happened that Zhennan Wang Fei was going to hold a double full moon banquet for that brat, so after discussing with Guan Yubai, he decided to take advantage of this opportunity.
Xiao Yi arranged for people to "delay" Chen Rentai for two days on the road, so that the edict "just happened" to arrive at Luoyue City today.
He took such painstaking efforts, firstly, to show his cards to the King of Zhennan; secondly, to let the people of Nanjiang be witnesses, let them witness everything today with their own eyes; as for thirdly...
The corners of Xiao Yi's mouth curled slightly, revealing a mysterious and sly smile.
Every time she saw him smile like this, Nangong Yue couldn't help but feel worried for his enemy, but she was still amused by him in her heart.
As soon as she grasped Xiao Yi's hand, she looked out of the window and said softly after a while: "I'm just worried about brother..."
Nangong's family has already fled to the south of the Yangtze River with their whole family. There are only Nangong Xin and Fu Yunyan in the royal capital. They are isolated and helpless. Even if Xiao Yi told her that everything has been arranged, how can Nangong Yue rest assured? Waking up from the dream, she was only less than nine years old in the dream, she was one step too late, what the servant woman picked up from the water was already the cold corpse of Nangong Xin... It was like this every time...
Xiao Yi was her bedside person, how could she not know that she had called her brother several times in a dream and then woke up suddenly, so she could only put the account on the emperor for the time being.
He held Nangong Yue's hand instead, scratched her palm, tried to divert her attention, and said with a smile: "Ah Yue, didn't you say you want to name the brat?"
As soon as the name was mentioned, Nangong Yue was really distracted by it, and the previous resentment flooded into her heart again, and she gave Xiao Yi a "serious" look.
In October of pregnancy, she and Xiao Yi actually chose a lot of names, but the names they chose were all girls' names, and there was no boy's name. Even, the child was two months old. She and Xiao Yi seemed to take this Things totally forgot about the same.
Poor baby!
Nangong Yue glanced at the little guy who was sleeping soundly on the bed guiltily, and said in her heart: She is really sorry for him, she must treat him even better in the future!
"Baihui, Baihe..." Nangong Yue called Baihui and Baihe to take care of the little guy, and then went to the small study with Xiao Yi.
Nangong Yue rubbed the ink herself, Xiao Yi spread the paper by himself, took the pen and wrote down a large character "fire", and then said: "Ah Yue, this generation of brats have 'fire' in their names..."
While speaking, he wrote a few more words: Shuo, Jiong, Yan, Wei, and Qi.
Nangong Yue said thoughtfully: "Are these some boys from the clan?"
Xiao Yi nodded, since someone has already taken it, of course he can't give it to the brat again. However, these words are really not very good, they are not worthy of his son!
While thinking critically, Xiao Yi took another piece of rice paper and wrote more than 20 characters in one go with ease: Yang, Stone, Chi, Ye, Huang, Di...
The radical of each word has "fire".
Then, Nangong Yue took over again and added seven or eight words.
Some words are not suitable for their son at first glance. The young couple agreed to "swipe" and crossed out more than a dozen. After that, it became more and more difficult to choose...
"'Yang' is not good, how can a masculine man be called 'Xiaoyang', wouldn't it make people laugh to death when they go to the battlefield in the future?"
"'Yeh' is brilliant."
"The word '爦' seems too difficult to write."
"'Yu' is a good word, the sun is like day with Yu, and the moon is like night with Yu."
"..."
The young couple discussed for an hour in the small study, and there were still two words left on the paper, one was "Ye" and the other was "Yu".
Xiao Ye.
Xiao Yu.
Nangong Yue carefully wrote down the two names on two pieces of paper, then put down the pen, raised her eyes and said to Xiao Yi distressedly: "Xiao Ye, Xiao Yu, the two names here sound good, written on the paper It's also neat, and the meaning is even better. Ayi, which word do you think we should choose for the baby?"
The sour water in Xiao Yi's heart welled up again, isn't it just to pick a name? Why did Ah Yue bother so much? Since these two words are both good, just pick one of them!
Xiao Yi suggested casually: "Then let the brat decide for himself?"
With a thought in her mind, Nangong Yue raised her head thoughtfully, and said, "A Yi, you mean to use 'catch Zhou'?"
In fact, Xiao Yi didn't have any "meaning", he just said it casually, but when it came to this point, he could only think that was what he meant. He nodded nonchalantly.
Nangong Yue looked down at the two pieces of paper again, and murmured with a smile: "That's fine, let the baby choose one from it, and then use the other word for his younger brother, Ayi, what do you think?"
Xiao Yi's face froze for a moment, and he thought to himself: One brat is enough, how about another one to rob Ah Yue from him? ... He doesn't want it!
"Ah Yue, actually..."
Xiao Yi eagerly embraced Nangong Yue's shoulders, and told her the benefits of a child "righteously", for example, the brat can get more "love" from them; for example, when the brat grows up, they In order to have more time together; for example, there is no problem of parental preference, such as...
For a moment, I could only hear the voice of the son of the world, like a magic voice piercing my ears, like the water of the Yangtze River flowing endlessly...
The maids serving outside silently avoided the outside. They didn't know whether the Shi Ziye had persuaded the Shi Zifei in the end, but they knew that on this day, their little grandson finally had a name.
Xiao Yu.
He finally chose the name for himself.
The sun is like daylight, and the moon is like night.
As the moon sets and the sun rises, on the second day, the atmosphere in Luoyue City becomes more and more dignified. The emperor's imperial decree and his son Xiao Yi's resistance to the decree are not only spread among the various prefectures, but even many common people have heard about it. The news spread as if it had grown wings, and for a while, the city of Luoyue seemed to be shrouded in a thick layer of dark clouds.
Mrs. Qiao naturally also got the news, her face turned pale with fright, and she almost fainted.
She drank a bowl of calming soup before recovering, and immediately rushed to Zhennan Wang's mansion to persuade Zhennan Wang... because the servants were all sent out of the outer study by the siblings, no one knew what Zhennan Wang and Mrs. Qiao said inside. What, I only know that Mrs. Qiao came here in fear, but left in anger, and kept saying that she would never take care of Zhennan King's affairs again.
But after leaving the palace, she immediately calmed down a lot, and her worries surged up again in an instant.
After pondering for a while, Mrs. Qiao ordered the coachman to turn around and go to the post station. She planned to talk to the third princess about Xiang.
Why-
Mrs. Qiao sighed countless times, feeling that she was really worried about the palace, but neither King Zhennan nor other people in the palace accepted her favor!
At this time, Chen Rentai was also in the station, to be precise, in the room of the third princess.
In addition to Chen Rentai, there was also Pingyanghou. The two middle-aged men sat facing each other on the two armchairs at the bottom.
"Master Hou," Chen Rentai casually cupped his fists at Pingyang Hou. No matter in his tone of voice or manner, there was no trace of respect from lower-level officials for his superiors. There was even a hint of questioning in his tone, "This Zhennan Prince's Mansion Occupying land in southern Xinjiang is the king, and he doesn't take the emperor and the court seriously, dare to ask why the Lord Hou didn't report it truthfully?!"
Pingyanghou snorted coldly in disdain. To him, people like Chen Rentai were nothing more than "a fox pretending to be a tiger". But could Han Lingfu be called a "tiger"? According to him, Han Lingfu is nothing more than a despicable "wolf".
"Master Chen, please be careful with your words." Pingyanghou looked directly at Chen Rentai without evasion, and said indifferently, "One thing is one thing, this Marquis came to Southern Border for the matter of Baiyue. The Prince of Zhennan and his son are ordered to attack Baiyue, what is wrong?!"
Chen Rentai choked and couldn't refute for a moment. In fact, he wanted to preemptively suppress Pingyanghou's arrogance, and took the opportunity to inquire about the current situation of Zhennan Wangfu and Nanjiang, but he did not expect to be easily avoided by Pingyanghou, an old fox, with four or two thousand gold.
Chen Rentai gritted his teeth, and said again: "Your Majesty's words are wrong, eat the king's salary, and bear the king's worries..."
At first, the third princess patiently listened to these two people talking, but she saw that the two people were just practicing Tai Chi, so she interrupted Chen Rentai impatiently, and said decisively: "Anyway, The rebellion of Prince Zhennan and his son is clear at a glance, if they hadn't refused to save them, how could the third son-in-law have died in southern Xinjiang?!"
The more the third princess talked, the angrier she became. When she thought that her father had issued an imperial decree to let Nangong Yue and her grandson go to the capital, but she didn't say a word about her majestic princess, she felt scared. She was really afraid that she would be forever "" Forgotten" in Luoyue City.
"It must be that the Prince of Zhennan and his son deliberately violated the will of the father. They want to occupy the land and become kings, and they want to rebel!" The third princess almost gritted her teeth after speaking.
Marquis Pingyang lowered his eyes and remained silent. Compared with the third princess and Chen Rentai, he knew too much, and after the trouble at the banquet yesterday, he knew even more.
The Zhennan Prince's Mansion wants to occupy the land and become the king, but the mastermind behind the scenes is not the Zhennan King, but Xiao Yi and... Guan Yubai!
But these words, even if you tell them yourself, they won't believe it, right
Marquis Pingyang glanced at Chen Rentai contemptuously. This Chen Rentai was ignorant and short-sighted. The emperor really trusted him this time.
At this time, Chen Rentai happened to look at Pingyang Hou, and was so angry that he almost jumped up at the contemptuous look. He barely suppressed his anger, and asked in a cold voice: "Master Hou, how dare you ask how the Baiyue war is going?" Since Pingyang Hou said that he came for Baiyue, then he should tell him about Baiyue himself!
The Marquis of Pingyang picked up the teacup slowly, took a sip of hot tea, and then said: "Master Chen is a general, so he should understand how important military affairs can be leaked at will?! This Marquis will naturally report this matter directly to the emperor."
The implication is that Chen Rentai has overstepped.
He didn't hide the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, the commander of a mere Thousand Guards Battalion dared to boss around him, a second-rank lord, it was really beyond his control!
And three princesses...
Marquis Pingyang quickly glanced at the third princess. This third princess is arrogant and self-willed, she is really troublesome!
Thinking about it, Pingyang Hou narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes were beating in a dark and unclear way.
A flash of anger flashed in Chen Rentai's eyes, and just as he was about to speak again, a court lady who was guarding outside came in, bent her knees and said, "Your Highness, Third Princess, Mrs. Qiao came to see Your Highness."
Chen Rentai didn't know Mrs. Qiao, so he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Your Highness, Third Princess, I wonder if this Mrs. Qiao is..."
"She is the eldest sister of King Zhennan." The third princess pursed her lips and said in a very contemptuous tone. Mrs. Qiao said she was the eldest sister of King Zhennan, but in fact she had no influence in the palace at all, and would only allow the Crown Princess Nangong Yue to humiliate the two of them. ... But in southern Xinjiang, I really don't have anyone to talk to.
But Chen Rentai was overjoyed, could it be that King Zhennan sent his eldest sister here
Chen Rentai ignored the unattractive expression of the third princess, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite the guests in!"
After a while, Mrs. Qiao, who was wearing a maroon-purple beige embroidered with gold and silver dark flowers, came quickly. When she saw a strange middle-aged man in the room, she immediately guessed that this person should be Mrs. The angel who came to deliver the decree this time.
Mrs. Qiao hurriedly saluted the three of them, and then politely apologized to Chen Rentai: "Master Chen, I have already heard about what happened at the banquet yesterday, so I came here to apologize to Mr. Chen." She Fu said again, "My concubine's nephew has been arrogant and rude since he was a child, and he acts lawlessly. He is a devil in the world. Please calm down, my lord. The lord will personally take the son to make amends to your lord."
Hearing this, Chen Rentai breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: Sure enough, King Zhennan couldn't shame himself, so he asked Mrs. Qiao to speak for him. He said, how dare the Zhennan Palace dare to resist the order so boldly!
Chen Rentai cleared his throat, and said with airs: "Mrs. Qiao, I am not an 'unreasonable' person. As long as the prince and the eldest son repent in time, I will ignore the past."
Marquis Pingyang sneered to himself, but what a pity, Prince Xiao is an unreasonable person!
Pingyang Hou can be sure that Mrs. Qiao came here secretly behind Xiao Yi's back. With Xiao Yi's power in southern Xinjiang, Mrs. Qiao's visit to the inn might not be hidden from him... so...
The next moment, there was the sound of messy footsteps in the corridor outside, and a soldier in armor hurried over, with an anxious and frightened expression on his face.
Chen Rentai's face darkened when he saw it. This soldier was his personal soldier. He had followed him through life and death for many years, so he was by no means a person who was surprised.
"Master Chen," the soldier reported profusely with sweat, "Master Chen, it's too bad, the station is surrounded by the Southern Border Army!"
As if a bomb had been dropped, there was a dead silence in the room, and the four of them were speechless for an instant.
However, the four of them have different ideas.
"Crack-"
Chen Rentai stood up abruptly, accidentally bumped into the armchair behind him, and thought in disbelief: How dare Zhennan Wang? !
Even Mrs. Qiao almost thought that her younger brother was crazy, her face turned pale.
After a brief shock, probably only Pingyang Hou felt a strange feeling in his heart:
finally come! Xiao Yi finally acted!