Chapter 625: Mist
As the days with Wei Wan began to live happily day by day, the emperor stepped up the pace of recovering the military power in the northwest.
Fang Handong wrote several times and talked about the stability of the northwest now, and there is no need for the king of Qin to be stationed, but the king of Qin can be summoned back to Beijing and the talisman returned
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor plans to cross the river and tear down the bridge like the first emperor did.
However, Zhao Shizhen, the secretary of the military department, completely ignored the emperor's intentions and openly opposed it in the court.
Now although the Hu people have withdrawn from the army, they have not surrendered to Daqi, and there is no relevant covenant, in this case, the Hu people may make a comeback at any time.
Because if there is no experienced general like King Qin in the northwest to guard it, it is really a very dangerous thing.
Fortunately, the Manchu civil and military could be vague about other things, but this matter ...... There are four families in Anxi County Palace, Liangguo Mansion, Weibei Houfu, and Zhongyi Bo Mansion, and more than half of the officials are inclined to Qin Wangfu, so there are not many people who only care about echoing the emperor like Fang Handong, but follow Zhao Shizhen to oppose Fang Handong.
The emperor was in a very bad mood because of this, but if there was no cooperation from the military department, the king of Qin would never have complied with his holy decree.
The emperor angrily brushed his sleeves away, thinking in his heart that if he couldn't do it, he would find an excuse to remove Zhao Shizhen from the position of secretary of the military department, and then propose an obedient person to come up.
Lai Quanchuan, the secretary of the ministry, saw what the emperor meant, and immediately led his subordinates to get busy.
"Hurry up, transfer all the files of the rest of the military department to me, except for Zhao Shizhen's old man!"
The incident of the Yongzhou land invasion case made him suffer in front of the emperor, and he was disgraced, and he almost couldn't even keep the throne of Shangshu, this time, no matter what, he had to win the emperor's favor again!
But before Lai Quanchuan was busy for a few days, a piece of news exploded in the court - the Hu people in the northwest were really restless, and the army was pressing the border again!
When the Ministry of War received such news, Zhao Shizhen had ample reasons to oppose the emperor, and the emperor was once again blocked by reality and had nothing to say.
Not only did he not mention the matter of recovering King Qin's military talismans, but he was even forced to send people to the northwest again to appease King Qin.
Many courtiers scoffed at the speed of the emperor's change of face - the king of a country, this style is too ugly!
But thinking about the absurdity of the emperor before, what else can't the emperor do now?
After Wei Beihou heard the news, he was a little puzzled:
"This Hu man, suddenly made a comeback, could it be that Prince Qin deliberately appeased it?"
"Not exactly. Bai Chenghuan knew that his father must have doubted whether this matter was true or false, and after the news spread, he arrived at Weibei Houfu in time.
"What do you mean by that?"
In Wei Beihou's heart, King Qin is not only brave and good at fighting, but more importantly, he is brave and loyal, if he can do something that harms Daqi, I am afraid that no one will believe it.
Bai Chenghuan sighed:
"Although the prince is loyal and upright, after people fall in the same place, they will always learn a lesson - it is not enough to say appeasement, but after the tragedy seventeen years ago, the prince must have understood the truth of flying birds and hiding good bows, and did not raise his hand against the Hu people, but he did not fight to the death like the first emperor did. β
Wei Beihou was silent for a moment, and he was also quite regretful:
"Two generations of emperors in a row are suspicious of their loyal ministers, and no matter how loyal they are, they are also cold. β
The weather is getting warmer, and Bai Chenghuan's residence in Weibei Houfu has moved back to Huanyi Pavilion.
The phoenix trees on the lakeside, as in previous years, begin to bloom from the end of March, light as feathers, scorching like fire, until the end of autumn when the leaves fall.
Bai Chenghuan walked on the covered bridge that he hadn't set foot on for a long time, and when he turned around, the voice of An Zhulin suddenly appeared in his ears again.
"Once, because I was jealous of Xu Chenghuan, I asked people to dig up the phoenix tree in the Weibei Hou Mansion, knocked down Huanyi Pavilion, and even poisoned Xu Chenghuan's tea-Xu Chenglin wanted to kill me, he wanted to kill me for Xu Chenghuan! So the two of them had to die well! Xu Chenghuan thought that she stopped Xu Chenglin, that is, she saved me, but unfortunately, I am not rare!"
An Zhulin, who was already sluggish at that time, actually had a vicious look on his face, and the voice with endless hatred echoed in his ears at this time, which was still creepy.
Bai Chenghuan still remembers asking An Zhulin, who was delirious: "Why are you jealous of Xu Chenghuan?
An Zhulin's voice echoed in the cell with a high pitch and a sharp voice:
"I am the concubine of the Anguo Mansion, but I am not as good as Xu Chenghuan! I don't have her to be liked by everyone, I don't have the honor of being loved by the emperor for a lifetime, and I don't have a family member who holds me in the palm of my hand! I have nothing, and she has everything, but she still has to take away my last thingββ"
But at that moment, it seemed that there was an invisible shackle choking An Zhulin's throat, even if she had lost consciousness, she still didn't say any more, as if it was a secret that existed in the deepest part of her heart, and she must not tell anyone.
Only a fog left her.
Who was the person who took Xu Chenglin away in his previous life?
Could it be that the elder brother in his previous life would still spoil his concubine and kill his wife? But according to An Zhulin, his brother did not take a concubine at all in his previous life.
And what An Zhulin said, she was loved by the emperor for the glory of her life - why was she so miserable in her previous life, Xiao Shaoyun never hurt her in the slightest, but in this life, he wanted to kill her with his own hands?
The fiery red in his sight almost burned people's eyes, and Bai Chenghuan remembered the year when the phoenix wood was transplanted from the south.
At that time, there was an official in Jiangnan who made a painting and missed his hometown, the painting was extremely good, and it was passed on by everyone, and she also wanted to see it, so Xiao Shaoyun ordered someone to send it to the palace.
The scene of the red flowers in the painting deeply shocked her, so she casually pointed to a tree by the river and said she liked it.
As a result, Xiao Shaoyun spared no manpower and material resources, and insisted on summoning countless florists to cultivate the phoenix tree born in the south in the snowy northern country in winter, and there was only this one in the entire capital.
If you say that you are favored, if you say that you like it, she never doubted it before she died.
But if he had half a sincerity, how could he kill her so mercilessly, without even a word of explanation?!
The hatred and pain of that night seemed to sweep in again, Bai Chenghuan turned his head suddenly, fell on the railing of the covered bridge, gasped for breath, but a ridiculous thought appeared in his heart-
Could it be that he would know what kind of life they would have, so he simply started to avoid all the pain?
But even if the Heavenly Dao would favor mortals, how could it be that everyone would start over?
Where in Heaven is there so much compassion for mortals?