The Times Spent in Pretense

Chapter 58: Commander of the Guards

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Hua Liuli crept into the courtyard door, but her hand hadn't touched the door of the room.

"stop."

She froze, turned her head slowly to look at Wei Mingyue standing under the tree, and walked to her dejectedly: "Mother."

"Very good, remember to come back before the curfew." Wei Mingyue walked to the stone carving table of the Eight Immortals and sat down, pointing to the stone bench beside him: "Sit down and talk."

"My daughter just thinks that the weather is getting warmer and warmer, so she wants to buy some rouge gouache powder to use instead." She took out a box of rouge from her sleeve, "This is my daughter's honor to you."

"I went out in the morning to buy rouge, and I came back after buying the curfew. Wei Niang thought you were doing rouge, not buying rouge." Wei Mingyue took the rouge and put it in her sleeve, "I heard that Princess Shun'an and Princess Leyang has some conflicts?"

Hua Liuli shrank her head and did not dare to speak.

"Okay, you don't want to be held accountable for your mother's affairs. I believe you are measured in your actions." Wei Mingyue said, "I came to you because I have something serious to say."

Hua Liuli hurriedly sat up straight, as long as she was not allowed to copy books, everything would be fine.

"Your Majesty wants your father to take charge of the Imperial Guards in the capital, and also gives the guards of the six adjacent counties in the capital the right to mobilize the command." Wei Mingyue looked serious, "You have to be more careful in your actions in the future."

"Your Majesty... Is there a new decree to be issued?" The smile on Hua Liuli's face disappeared completely. Anyone with a brain can understand how important the Imperial Guard is.

Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the commander of the Imperial Guard in the capital has been held by the emperor's most trusted person.

Although her father has been disarmed and returned to the field, his prestige in the army is unparalleled. If he now controls the Imperial Guard of the capital, if he has any objections, His Majesty will be the enemy.

"Has father been ordered?" Their family is now decorated with flowers. After the war, the second elder in the family withdrew from the military camp, just because they didn't want the Hua family to be a thorn in the eyes of others.

Although His Majesty trusts the Hua family, as a courtier, you must also be knowledgeable. Don't let this trust be turned into suspicion because of complacency, and finally end up with the monarch and the minister's centrifugation.

Wei Mingyue shook his head: "As a minister, you should share your worries for the king. But in such an important position, our family can't easily accept it, at least not easily agree to it."

The way of getting along with the ruler and the minister is something that every flower family learns from an early age.

Blind obedience is the last resort, and doing what you like is not the best strategy. Only by doing it properly, in a reasonable manner, and putting in your true feelings, but not getting carried away, can you protect the family to the greatest extent.

"You have been with me since you were a child and learned how to be a minister, but I hope you will never use it in your life." Wei Mingyue reached out and touched the top of her daughter's head, "Only when the world is peaceful and there is no war, we are us. When the family of military generals really disarmed and returned to the field. These years, you have been wronged."

If the daughter was an ordinary girl from a noble family, she would not be alone in the army at a young age, and she would even use herself as a bait for the safety of the people, almost hanging her life by a thread.

Outsiders only think that the Hua family treats their daughter like a pearl, but they don't know their cruelty and helplessness in leaving their ten-year-old daughter in the military camp.

Hua Liuli held her mother's hand and smiled coquettishly: "Mother, my daughter has never been wronged since she was born."

She remembered that her father lifted up his trousers and went to the fish pond to catch fish for her, and remembered that her valiant mother rode on horseback, far away from the city gate and looked back frequently, just to take a closer look at her standing on the city gate.

After defeating the city, she walked to her mother with a bow and arrow, and just said, "Mother, I just stopped a few spies who were going to sneak into the city", and her mother held her tight in front of the lieutenant He hugged him tightly in his arms and cried bitterly.

There are also three older brothers, who tried their best to get food for her when supplies were most in short supply.

What she wanted to do, whatever she wanted, they all accompany her to make trouble, even if she said she wanted to raise her face, her brothers also saved her money.

She was born when her parents were defending against foreign enemies, and grew up under the love of the border troops and civilians, she never felt wronged.

"It is precisely because you never feel wronged that your mother feels you are wronged." Wei Mingyue looked at her daughter tenderly, "You like whoever you like, and you don't have to worry about it." Wei Mingyue is very worried about her daughter's sake for the family. , burying his love for the prince in the bottom of his heart, leaving a lifetime of regrets.

"Ah?" Hua Liuli was a little puzzled, why did her mother suddenly mention something she liked

"Mother." Hua Liuli looked at Wei Mingyue suspiciously, "Daughter is only fifteen years old, don't you want to marry your daughter?"

"What nonsense." Wei Mingyue just pretended to be crazy and foolish, "You remember, don't wrong yourself, father and mother are working hard on the battlefield, it is for the people to live and work in peace, not to make their children wronged for a lifetime."

She understands every sentence, but why is the meaning so profound

Hua Liuli felt that there must be some unexplainable misunderstanding between her and her mother. But looking at the mother like this, it seems that she is lying.

Forget it, my mother is so beautiful, what my mother says is what she says.

Early the next morning, Hua Yingting went to squat outside the imperial study. There were several other officials waiting for the face of the saint, and they exchanged a few words with each other, then stood respectfully in the same place and waited for His Majesty to summon him.

"My lords." Zhao Sancai walked out with a smile, "Your Majesty and His Royal Highness have important matters to discuss. If you have no important matters, please come back in the afternoon."

Several officials thought for a while and left with interest.

"General." Zhao Sancai called to Hua Yingting, who was about to leave with the other officials, "Your Majesty, please come in."

"Your Majesty and the Prince have important business discussions. Is it inappropriate for the last commander to enter now?"

"No one else can, but the general can naturally." Zhao Sancai bowed, "Your Majesty said, you don't need to be polite."

Hearing this, Hua Yingting felt a little wrong. It was a good thing to be trusted by His Majesty, but how could the words "one's own person" be used so easily

Pretending not to see General Hua's doubts, Zhao Sancai smiled and introduced him to the imperial study, then quietly retreated to the side.

When Hua Yingting walked into the imperial study, His Majesty and the Crown Prince seemed to be saying something. When they saw him coming in, they both smiled.

"Aiqing, sit down and talk." Before Hua Yingting finished the ceremony, Emperor Changlong greeted Hua Yingting to sit down.

"Your Majesty, the last commander is here today because of the Imperial Guard of the capital." Hua Yingting said straight to the point, "It's an honor for the last commander to be willing to hand over such a great responsibility to the last commander, but this matter involves your majesty and the capital. The safety of the common people, the last general privately thought, Your Majesty needs to think twice before acting."

"What do you mean by Aiqing?" Emperor Changlong was not angry when he heard Hua Yingting's refusal to appoint the commander of the Imperial Guards in the capital, he smiled and said, "Aiqing can even repel Jinpo's enemy, why don't you care? Not good for the 30,000 Praetorian Guards?"

"Your Majesty, you know what the last commander means." Hua Yingting smiled and scratched his head, he was good-looking when he was young, even though he is nearly fifty now, he looks better when he smiles than his peers, "Today you and His Royal Highness Prince Now, the last commander will say something daring. The last commander can do a good job of this commander, but you should not hand this over to the last commander. Your safety is at stake, please think twice before acting."

The imperial study was quiet for a few breaths, and then Emperor Changlong laughed loudly; "This kind of thing should have been told by others, but no one else said anything, but you are worried about it."

With such a minister, why is he worried

"Your Majesty, the last will be talking about something very serious." Hua Yingting said helplessly, "Please be more serious."

"When you tricked me into climbing a tree and digging out a bird's nest, you didn't make me a little more serious." Emperor Changlong smiled and coughed twice, "Now I'm finally sensible."

"When I was young and ignorant, I was not afraid of the sky and the earth." Hua Yingting showed some nostalgia on his face, and couldn't help laughing, "But Your Majesty, you really have no talent in climbing trees."

The two talked easily, but there was an incident related to tree climbing that neither of them mentioned.

When the demon concubine sent someone to assassinate the prince, Hua Yingting hid Emperor Changlong in a tree, and killed dozens of top assassins alone. In the end, Emperor Changlong only suffered a little skin trauma, or a scratch when he climbed down from the tree.

Hua Yingting was covered in blood, and he had been injured for a long time.

Shortly after the assassination, the late emperor fell ill, so ill that he did not even have the energy to go to court. When Emperor Changlong was the crown prince at that time, he naturally wanted to assist in the administration of the government. The demon concubine went crazy and wanted to kill him to let his child ascend the throne.

Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue stayed by his side day and night, and no one hurt him.

Everyone in the world felt that, as emperors, the people they disliked the most were those who had seen themselves in a state of embarrassment.

Emperor Changlong did not agree with this sentence. When he was at his most embarrassed and miserable, those who were willing to work hard for him were the best friends who deserved deep friendship.

Over the years, Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue never mentioned their past kindness in front of him, but every letter they wrote at the border and every object they sent could make Emperor Changlong feel that childhood. Warmth.

Thirty years ago, he told Hua Yingting to leave him alone and leave quickly.

Hua Yingting pulled him up to the tree, and said word by word, saying that if it is a life-and-death relationship, there is no reason to escape halfway.

This guard is thirty years.

"Yingting, I believe in you." Emperor Changlong patted Hua Yingting on the shoulder, "You guard this capital for me, and help me guard these children."

Hua Yingting fell silent, and he stood up and bowed to Emperor Changlong: "Your Majesty will pay with sincerity, and I will repay you with my life at the end."

"I want you to save your life. When we are in our seventies and eighties, we will drink tea and play chess together, who cares about his society." Emperor Changlong had already begun to imagine his retirement life in his mind.

"Your Majesty, this is not very good." Hua Yingting smiled, "The last general has promised his wife that when we are old, we will accompany her to travel the mountains and waters. If you don't mind, you can come with us."

Emperor Changlong: "..."

But he was afraid that Wei Mingyue would smash a table in front of him.

The prince stood silently on the side, seeing that the tea in Hua Yingting's cup was cold, and graciously stepped forward to change a cup of tea for him.

"How can the Crown Prince do such a thing?" Hua Yingting quickly got up and took the teacup with both hands.

Emperor Changlong smiled and said, "You taught this kid when he was a child, so he is your junior. What can't the junior offer a cup of tea to the elder?" Yes, there is only so much.

"General, what the royal father said is true." The prince smiled and said, "You are half a student. As the saying goes, if you are a teacher for one day, you are a father for a lifetime, and you are half a son if you talk about it."

What half son

Would he dare to take the current prince as half a son

This is not his son-in-law, the people only take his son-in-law as half a son.

"His Royal Highness is joking, but the last will not dare." The more polite and humble the prince, the more complicated Hua Yingting's mood will be. If such a good young man is harmed by his daughter, will his conscience be okay

Of course it's impossible.

He took a sip of the tea brought by the prince himself. It was moderately hot and cold, and the tea was fragrant and delicious. It was a good tea.

The prince smiled and watched Hua Yingting drink half a cup of tea, his smile full of joy.

"Your Majesty, the last commander has a suggestion." Hua Yingting put down the tea cup and saw the prince was smiling at him, and quickly returned a smile, before he turned his eyes away with a guilty conscience and looked at Emperor Changlong: "Only by the last commander. As the commander, the last general is afraid that he will be too busy, why don't your majesty pick two more deputy commanders?"

"Is there a suitable candidate in Aiqing's heart?"

"The last commander has been away from the capital for many years and doesn't know much about the capital. Your Majesty, you are embarrassing the last commander." Hua Yingting paused, "However, the last commander thought that King Kang could serve as one of the deputy commanders."

Kang Wang is timid and cautious, and has little sense of presence in the capital. But he has an advantage, that is, what His Majesty says, he does what he does.

The prince cleaned up a few corrupt officials who had enclosed the land, and King Kang was so frightened that he scattered the land in his own enclosure, lest he would be blamed.

"King Kang?" Emperor Changlong pondered for a while, "I think about it."