"oh."
Xiao Yi responded casually, then lowered his head to look at the little guy who was spitting bubbles while sleeping in his arms. This little guy was still the same as usual, and he couldn't be shaken when he woke up.
The anxious Zhuzi looked at her eldest son without blinking, waiting for his instructions, but didn't think there would be any more "then".
His own eldest son walked directly towards the imperial concubine who had just got off the carriage, followed by the family of three heading towards Dongyi Gate, apparently planning to return to their yard.
"..." Zhuzi opened and closed his mouth, closed and opened again, wanting to call Shi Ziye, but afraid of waking up his grandson who was sleeping soundly.
Besides, Shizi made it clear that he didn't want to care about it, so what's the use of calling him? !
With the temperament of the son of the world, he has always said what he says.
If you don't even bother to talk about it now, then there is nothing to talk about!
Xiao Yi went back to the room with Nangong Yue on his own. He personally put the little guy who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and planned to go aside with Nangong Yue to talk about himself. The guy's originally closed eyelashes trembled slightly, and then suddenly opened his black and clear eyes.
Two pairs of similar peach blossom eyes are big and small.
The little guy stared at the big guy "hardly", without blinking, but the big guy didn't hold back, and the corners of his eyes twitched.
This brat is pretending to be asleep, he must have been pretending to be asleep just now!
"Brother Yu is awake." Nangong Yue came over.
As soon as the little guy saw his mother, he showed a silly smile without hesitation.
Seeing this, Xiao Yi's face froze for a moment, knowing that his plan might be in vain.
This brat is awake, Ah Yue's attention must be on this brat!
Or, spend a little more effort on your own, hug the brat for a walk, and put him to sleep
Xiao Yi thought maliciously.
As soon as he said it, Xiao Yi picked up the brat again, hugged him in circles repeatedly in the room, and patted him on the back from time to time, trying to put him to sleep. But Xiao Xiaoyu seemed to know his father's intentions, so he just kept his eyes open and refused to sleep.
Looking at the father and son, Nangong Yue felt warm in her heart, but she couldn't help laughing, thinking that Xiao Yi must be hungry too, so she hurriedly asked the maid to prepare a meal.
This belated lunch, Xiao Yi ate both comfortably and tangled. The comfortable thing was the steamed buns and vegetables that his Ah Yue personally fed him, and the tangled thing was that the brat refused to sleep.
Until more than half an hour later, the little guy still didn't fall asleep, and had a great time playing with one of her mother's fingers.
When Xiao Yi was thinking about singing a song for the brat to lull him to sleep, there was a sudden sound of curtains being raised, and Baihui walked in quickly, blessed the two masters, and said: "My lord, my concubine Just now, the prince sent someone to the post station to fight the fire, and brought the third princess into the palace. The prince asked the concubine to go over and greet the third princess." As Wei's side concubine, she is not qualified to entertain the third princess. Nangong Yue must be invited to represent the mistress of the palace.
Hearing this, Xiao Yi's face was so stinky that it was indescribable.
His father will really find trouble for Ah Yue. This is great, even if he puts the brat to sleep, there will be no Ayue to "play" with him.
Nangong Yue was also in a bit of a dilemma. The little guy was playing with her fingers and was having a great time. One could imagine that if she pulled her hand now, his mouth would be shrunken and his eyes would be foggy. directly crying...
Just thinking about it made Nangong Yue feel a little distressed, but she still acted.
She moved quickly, grabbed Xiao Yi's finger with one hand, pulled out her own with the other hand, and let Xiao Yi touch it.
Everything happened so fast, the little guy was a little dazed, and he blinked stupidly, feeling as if something was taken away, but it came back all of a sudden. He grabbed the thing in his hand even more forcefully, as if expressing with his behavior that it was his and no one could take it away!
Seeing that her son was successfully fooled, Nangong Yue heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked Huamei to serve her and changed into a green and filigree cloud brocade beige, combed a crescent moon bun again, and added a golden phoenix hairpin inlaid with emerald jade between her temples , After dressing up, I went to the palace without haste.
A pair of father and son were left staring at each other. After a long time, the father reluctantly picked up his son, and under the shocked eyes of the maids, he jumped up to the eaves...
However, Nangong Yue, who had just arrived at the Xiaohua Hall of the Wangfu, had no knowledge of this.
There was a burst of pitiful sobbing in the hall, as well as Wei Shi's appropriate comforting voice: "His Royal Highness the Third Princess is safe and well, it is really the emperor's blessing, and her Royal Highness is full of blessings."
Nangong Yue went in without haste, and at a glance she saw the third princess sitting on a mahogany armchair at the bottom. She looked a bit embarrassed, with several scorched black holes burned out in her plain willow-colored beanie. The hair on the head was loose, and there were several bandages on the left wrist, and the whole person looked in a mess.
The third princess lowered her eyes and said nothing, holding a handkerchief, weeping, her slender figure trembling slightly, like a delicate flower in the wind and rain.
Obviously, this time, the third princess suffered a lot in the fire.
The third princess is the proud daughter of heaven, even if she married Kui Lang, even if she had no choice but to go to the southern border, she had never been so embarrassed.
The arrival of Nangong Yue made the third princess and Wei Shi look at her. When Nangong Yue met the eyes of the third princess, the third princess froze, then half lowered her head, and hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief The tears in her eyes were just a pair of black eyes that were red and swollen from crying, and a lot of black dust was stained on her pale little face, which had long since lost her usual elegance, looking very pitiful.
Seeing Nangong Yue coming, Wei secretly heaved a sigh of relief, bowed his knees and saluted: "Shi Zifei."
Nangong Yue nodded slightly, and continued to walk forward until she came to the third princess, and blessed her: "I have seen Your Highness the third princess."
The third princess was silent, a line of tears ran down her cheeks from the corner of her eyes, she turned slightly to one side, avoiding Nangong Yue.
Seeing this, Wei Shi also felt a little helpless. Since she arrived, the third princess has been like this, crying and crying all the time, and never said a word to her.
Wei walked up to Nangong Yue, lowered her voice and whispered helplessly: "Princess Princess, Your Royal Highness the Third Princess has been frightened, the prince wants to keep Her Royal Highness the Third Princess and Lord Hou in the palace, and asks the Princess Princess to arrange it. "
Nangong Yue didn't speak, her eyes flickered slightly.
Earlier, after Zhuzi came to report the flood in the inn, Xiao Yi jokingly said to her: The weather is dry and dry recently, not only to be careful of candles, but also be careful of the warmth of spring and the blooming of flowers, people's hearts are restless.
Yes, it's so easy to get out of the water.
Thinking about it, Nangong Yue's smile deepened, she looked at the crying third princess without blinking, but she didn't say a word.
Even though the third princess didn't raise her eyes, Nangong Yue's staring eyes made her feel a little hairy, her red nose twitched, she took a clean handkerchief from the hand of the maid, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Carefully hide the light in his eyes.
This water escape was planned by the three princesses alone without telling Pingyanghou.
It has been more than four months since she arrived in Luoyue City at the beginning of December. She has been left hanging in the post station, and she has accomplished nothing; and Chen Rentai, since she was taken away by the Southern Border Army, there is no news. I don’t know. dead or alive...
If things go on like this, I'm afraid she will wait another half year in the station, and she will still be like this. She must change the status quo!
After the third princess thought about it carefully, she felt that she could no longer stay in the station, so she simply set fire to the station—once the station was gone, the King of Zhennan should take her, the princess, to the Zhennan Palace and enter the palace. Finally, if she wants to do something, it will be more convenient and more leeway.
For this reason, the third princess did not hesitate to resort to bitter tricks and burned her left wrist a little...
She sacrificed herself so much, so she naturally didn't want to fall short. Although Nangong Yue's scrutinizing eyes made her feel ashamed and indignant, the third princess still gritted her teeth and endured it. Those who want to achieve great things, first endure the humiliation for a while!
Even though the expression of the third princess could not be seen clearly from her half-slung face, Nangong Yue knew in her heart that the trip to the post station had nothing to do with the third princess.
Nangong Yue pursed her lips into a straight line, then turned her head and asked Wei Shi: "Wei side concubine, did you ask a good doctor to show your highness the third princess?"
"The good doctor has already visited, bandaged His Highness's wound, and prescribed a prescription." Wei replied hastily.
"That's good." Nangong Yue nodded slightly, took another look at the mournful third princess, and then told Wei, "Wei side concubine, please send someone to prepare for the other courtyard in the north of the city as soon as possible to house the third princess." Marquis of Pingyang."
After the words were finished, Wei Shi was startled, while the third princess raised her head in disbelief, her reddish eyes were full of shock.
A look of hesitation flashed in Wei's eyes, and finally he blessed Fushen and replied: "Yes, Shizifei."
Seeing that Wei Shi took the order to leave, the third princess couldn't restrain herself anymore, stood up suddenly, and scolded angrily: "Concubine Shizi, what do you mean?! The prince asked Ben Gong and Lord Hou to stay in the palace temporarily. Going against the meaning of the prince is simply disrespectful and disfilial!"
She directly took off the hat of being unfilial, and planned to suppress Nangong Yue with Zhennan King.
Nangong Yue frowned, looked at the third princess in embarrassment, and said sternly: "It's not that this concubine doesn't want to entertain His Royal Highness, it's just that His Royal Highness is still in filial piety, and the child has just turned a hundred days. Beautiful." As she spoke, she sighed meaningfully, "Last time at the double full moon banquet for my son, when His Highness the Three Princesses came, my son was frightened, and kept crying after that, even my concubine and my son So I was so scared that I didn't fall asleep all night..."
Open your eyes and talk nonsense! The corner of the third princess's mouth twitched, she clearly remembered that white and round baby was giggling non-stop in the swaddling baby that day, she was so scared!
If I really wanted to say that I was frightened, I was actually knocked out by Nangong Yue's maid...
etc!
Could it be that Nangong Yue was implying a threat to herself? ! If he said anything more, the other party would knock him out like last time and send him directly to the palace
Thinking about it, the third princess turned blue and white with embarrassment.
Seeing that the third princess had nothing to say, Nangong Yue said indifferently: "Then please ask Your Highness the third princess to rest here and wait for a while."
After finishing speaking, Nangong Yue blessed her body, turned around and left, instead of wasting time here with the third princess, she should go back early to see her brother Yu. Cough cough, it's not that she doesn't worry about A Yi, it's just that A Yi occasionally does something unexpected...
Thinking about it, Nangong Yue couldn't help speeding up her pace.
On the other side, Mrs. Wei quickly settled everything and hurriedly sent away the big Buddha, the third princess, but the matter was only half done. She sighed in her heart and went to Zhennan King's outer study went.
Although Shi Zifei didn't say it clearly, Wei Shi has already understood her meaning, and some words are much more suitable for him than Shi Zifei.
Mrs. Wei specially brought the yam Poria cocos pigeon soup made by herself to Zhennan Wang. After serving Zhennan Wang with the soup, she just "distressed" and talked about her "worries". For example, the third princess is still hot. , but the grandson has just turned a hundred days, and the baby is the most vulnerable to collision...
"Wei'er, what you said is true!" Zhennan Wang reacted suddenly, and hurriedly echoed, "This king is really too careless. Brother Yu is young, and I am most afraid of being surprised by some monsters and snakes accidentally!"
Wei Shi finally felt relieved, and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't blame the concubine on his own initiative, just send His Highness the Princess and Lord Hou to another hospital."
Zhennan Wang almost blurted out that the gift was good, but finally he still had a semblance of reason. He praised Wei Shi for doing a good job, and specially asked someone to open the warehouse to reward Wei Shi with a set of gifts. Otherwise, if he frightened his precious golden grandson, the third princess and Marquis Pingyang would not be able to afford it!
Of course, the King of Zhennan didn't really want to offend the third princess and Marquis Pingyang, but anyway, the traitor had already arrested Chen Rentai. Offending one is offending, and offending two more is just two more.
He doesn't want to deal with these messy things anymore. As the military strategists say, when soldiers come to block them, water comes to cover them up!
Just when King Zhennan comforted himself that the matter had been resolved, the third princess had already been sent back to another courtyard. She didn't bother to change clothes and threw everything in the house, but she still felt that the anger in her heart had not been extinguished. .
"Snapped!"
She dropped another cup and it just hit Pingyanghou's feet. Pingyanghou looked at her with a frown, and at this moment the doubts in his heart got a definite answer. Could it be... "You did it
The third princess' face changed slightly, and instead of answering, she asked: "Master Chen, did you give the king a favor for Master Chen?!" There was a hint of questioning in her tone.
Sure enough, she set fire to the station, what a fool! Marquis Pingyang cursed secretly in his heart, and said casually: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this Marquis has already sent the booklet to the king's capital, counting the days, it should be here soon." After a pause, he said, "Your Highness must return If you want to settle down, Ben Hou will leave first." He cupped his hands casually and strode away.
Looking at Pingyanghou's relentless back, the third princess gritted her teeth unwillingly, her beautiful eyes almost burst into flames.
I didn't come all the way to Southern Xinjiang to be stuck in the barbaric land of Southern Xinjiang for the rest of my life!
The old saying is true, it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself, she really shouldn't pin her hopes on Pingyanghou!
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The fire at the post station was extinguished within an hour, and did not affect the neighbors, so it did not attract much attention from others, and the ripples caused by Chen Rentai gradually subsided, and the Luoyue City prefectures quickly put out the fire. He put it to the back of his mind, he should do what he should do, anyway, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, no matter how worried they are now, it will be useless.
But the emperor who was far away in the royal capital couldn't forget it. He counted the days every day and waited for Chen Rentai's secret report. He thought he should wait for Chen Rentai to send good news in the middle of April. There is still no audio.
Just as impatient as the emperor was Han Lingfu, King Gongjun.
"My lord," in the study, a middle-aged man in the imperial master's blue brocade robe stroked his beard and said to Han Ling, "calculate the days, even if there is a slight delay on the road, there should be some help from Mr. Chen in the next two days." Here's the news!" The Master Chen said by the middle-aged man was of course Chen Rentai, the commander of the Thousand Battalion.
Han Lingfu, who was sitting behind the desk, echoed with a smile: "Master Gu is right."
This Lord Gu is none other than Gu Mo, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Since Han Lingfu began to supervise the court in the next year, many ministers in the court who waited and watched began to hesitate to hear the news. In the past few years, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Gu Mo, who had not expressed his position, finally surrendered his allegiance to Han Lingfu.
This is probably one of Han Lingfu's greatest achievements in this supervision.
A look of color flashed in Han Lingfu's dark eyes, and he took a sip of hot tea leisurely from the teacup, his heart was actually not as calm as it appeared on the surface.
Father-in-law Chen Rentai went to southern Xinjiang as an imperial envoy this time. It was Han Lingfu who recommended him in front of the emperor, hoping to give Chen Rentai a chance to make meritorious deeds, let him perform in front of his father, and let his father know that he is better than the emperor. Brother Wu Huang knows how to use people well, he understands the emperor's heart better than Brother Wu Huang.
Before Chen Rentai left the capital, Han Lingfu had secretly discussed with him, telling him that once the matter is completed, he must inform himself first, so that he can seize the opportunity before the secret letter he gave to his father arrives in the capital. , play by ear.
Only in this way can we guarantee that nothing will go wrong!
Seeing that Han Lingfu stopped talking, Li Heng, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials sitting next to Gu Mo, said with a smile: "My lord, I think the Zhennan Palace will not be so willing..." Even if Zhennan Wang is willing, the Zhennan Wang Shizi is also reluctant to part with the concubine and the world Sun.
Han Lingfu put down the teacup, a warm smile appeared on Qingjun's face, but there was a touch of sharpness, and he said: "This is my king's opportunity." After a pause, he continued, "Once the Zhennan Palace is a little If there is any hesitation, I will disturb Master Gu and Master Li to make a move..."
Gu Mo smiled comprehensibly, nodded and said: "My lord is very cunning. At that time, the officials and Mr. Li will unite with the ministers to wait for the opportunity to ask the emperor to send troops to southern Xinjiang..."
Li Heng quickly interjected: "At that time, the prince will naturally be able to send people to the army..."
The three people in the study looked at each other knowingly and smiled.
How can there be an opportunity in a peaceful and prosperous age? If you want to seize military power, the best opportunity is to start a war!
A flame called ambition ignited in Han Lingfu's eyes, and he said lightly: "This king intends to go to war on behalf of the emperor."
The two adults in the study were startled and looked at each other, the room was silent for a while.
But they quickly came to their senses and understood Han Lingfu's deep meaning.
The Han family was conquered by the former emperor Han Jiu on horseback. Once Han Lingfu goes out on behalf of the emperor, he can win the emperor's appreciation and gain prestige in the army. Some literati have natural advantages. If Han Lingfu can get the support of those generals, he will naturally be able to beat the fifth prince.
Thinking about it, Gu Mo's pupils flashed a gleam, and he thought: Duke Gong has such a foresight and such a means, then he should not have chosen the wrong Mingjun.
Gu Mo and Li Heng exchanged glances quickly, and at this moment a common thought emerged in their hearts—
That supreme position must belong to Duke Gong!
The two adults looked at Han Lingfu with reverence, and Han Lingfu couldn't help but feel high-spirited and bloody: When he leads an army to conquer southern Xinjiang, then he can take southern Xinjiang as his fiefdom, and even take the southern border army under his command. With his prestige in the army and among the people, it is impossible for the Fifth Emperor Brother to rival him!
Han Lingfu seemed to see Han Lingfan kneeling before him, and a reserved and contented smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, there was a sound of raising the curtain, and Xiao Lizi quickly walked into the study, bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty Xuan Wang Ye will enter the palace immediately!"
It was already past the Shen time, and when he rushed to the palace to see his father, the gate of the palace might be locked.
It must be important for the father to summon himself at this time.
Although Han Lingfu was uncertain in his heart, he got up immediately, and the two adults hurriedly left.
Han Lingfu hurried to the palace, and was led to the imperial study by a servant.
The imperial study room was in a mess, and the floor was full of broken porcelain pieces. It was obvious that the emperor had just lost his temper.
What is it for? ! Han Lingfu saluted the emperor while thinking to himself.
The emperor immediately asked him to get up, and said: "Little San, I just received the secret document from the Marquis of Pingyang, you should take a look too." The emperor signaled Eunuch Liu to hand over the document to Han Lingfu.
Han Lingfu was startled, and while standing up, he glanced at the emperor unobtrusively. Seeing that his expression was not very good-looking, he guessed that something might be wrong in southern Xinjiang.
Han Lingfu felt a little strange: Why is it Pingyanghou's excerpt, not Chen Rentai's excerpt
In any case, the emperor was willing to let himself read the secret book, but didn't ask the fifth emperor brother to come over. This is a kind of treating him differently!
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The exact time of the end is uncertain, and I don't want to make the story incomplete just to rush the end. Anyway, there is no hydrology, no unfinished ending, and it will naturally end when it is time to end.
In fact, it can be seen from the progress of the plot that it won't be too long...