The court officials looked at each other, and the soldier originally wanted to say something, but seeing that the emperor had turned to the inner hall, he had to go out of the Qianyuan Hall with the court officials.

The Emperor returned to the inner hall and threw the deformed battle report in his hand to the ground.

He took a deep breath, walked to the statue of the beauty hanging in the inner hall, quietly looked at the person in the painting, the whole person seemed to fall into memory, looking at it, he couldn't help but reach out and touch the beauty in the painting, the expression on his face seemed to be painful and confused, and a trace of warmth surged in his cold eyes.

After a long time, the emperor withdrew his finger and said loudly: "Pass Wei Qing in." ”

Zhao Yuande said yes, retreated, and came back in, with a man in black beside him.

The man knelt down on one knee and respectfully presented a secret letter to the emperor, who took the secret letter and quickly glanced at it a few times, with a smile on his cold face: "...... Wang Jue can be regarded as honed, such a small detail can also detect inappropriateness, since they want soldiers and horses from me, I will give them 100,000 soldiers and horses, if 150,000 people can't win just 100,000 people, they don't have to tell me anything loyal and patriotic. ”

Wei Qing nodded in response, and heard the emperor sigh, "It's a pity that the third child has only come back, and he can't spend ...... years with me for even a year" said and shook his head, "That's it, Wei Qing, you go with you to protect the third child, if there is any situation, remember to save the third child's life first, and then talk about anything else!"

Wei Qing's heart jumped, and when he saw the emperor waving his hand, he bowed down and retreated.

Zhao Yuande stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, where do you think the breakfast is eaten?"

The emperor got up and walked out of the hall, and said as he walked: "Go to the East Palace." ”

Zhao Yuande hurriedly took the big coat and followed.

The East Palace was quiet at the moment, Gu Yi's injuries had improved slightly, the fever had completely subsided, and the swelling of the wound had been eliminated with the naked eye, no longer as terrible as before, Jian Anli was very serious while helping him apply the plaster and measuring his body temperature.

As soon as the emperor came in, he saw that he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he looked calm and indifferent but very focused on treating Gu Yi's injuries, with some solitary heights in the quiet, but strange harmony, the emperor couldn't help but look at Jian Anli a few more times.

Chu Shaoyuan, who was sleeping with his hands on the table, couldn't support his elbows, his head tilted, and suddenly he woke up, his eyes opened, and he saw the emperor standing on the side at a glance, and several palace people around him knelt on the ground, not daring to speak, only Jian Anli was wholeheartedly healing Gu Yi's injuries, and he didn't notice the movement in the room.

Chu Shaoyuan hurriedly stood up, saluted the emperor, and dragged Jian Anli by the way, after Jian Anli found out, he hurriedly got off the kang and saluted, the emperor smiled and asked them to get up, and asked about Gu Yi's situation.

Chu Shaoyuan whispered about Gu Yi's situation while cheering up: "...... Last night was very dangerous, and at the most critical time, Academician Wang couldn't even feel Gu Shizi's pulse, but he was still dragged back from the ghost gate by Gongzi An Li, and the wound was opened and stitched up again...... Erchen said that Erchen's method could not guarantee that it would work, and sure enough, if it wasn't for Prince Anli, I was afraid that Gu Shizi would be in danger early. ”

A few words helped Jian Anli win a good impression in front of the emperor, the emperor smiled and nodded, looking at Jian Anli with a little appreciation in his eyes: "I didn't expect that an unobtrusive person like Jian Fengyang would raise such an outstanding son as you, it's very good." ”

The emperor praised a few words, looked at Gu Yi on the warm kang, sure enough, it was much better than before, and his face was a little ruddy, the emperor turned his head to look at Jian Anli, looked at him for a long time, the more he looked at him, the more satisfied he became, and asked, "I see that you have not been weak, but you have small characters?"

Jian Anli replied respectfully: "Not yet." ”

The emperor smiled and said: "I gave you the word 'Zi'an', and I hope that you will behave like these two words in the future. ”

Jian Anli had a look of astonishment on his face, but he still knelt down and thanked him without humility or arrogance, and made the emperor nod secretly.

The emperor walked around the house, but did not see the prince, frowned and asked, "Where is your second brother?"

Chu Shaoyuan was stunned, and didn't know how to speak, but he saw that the brocade curtain at the door was raised, and the prince strode in.

The prince slept very well last night, and he mixed with the princess for a while early in the morning before he got up, looking refreshed, he originally came to see if Gu Yi had been killed, and he could shirk his responsibilities as soon as possible, as soon as he entered the door, he saw the emperor standing in the hall, he hurriedly saluted, glanced at Chu Shaoyuan, and found that his face was not very good-looking, and then looked at Jian Anli, and found that Jian Anli had no expression on his face, and instantly he thought that something must have happened to Gu Yi, he sneered in his heart, and looked at Gu Yi on the warm kang behind them。

The emperor asked coldly, "Why did you come here at this time?"

The prince said calmly: "Last night, the ministers kept watch for most of the night, and they only slept for a while when it was almost dawn......" He said and looked up at the emperor, with an anxious tone in his tone, "Gu Yi, is it not curable?" Father, the third child doesn't know where to find someone who has made Gu Yi what he is now......

The emperor was angry and rolling, the prince was raised by him since he was a child, he naturally knew the meaning of the prince's words, he raised his hand angrily and slapped the prince fiercely, and scolded loudly: "You rebel! You hurt people so badly, and you have the face to sleep! You get out of here!"

The crown prince was beaten, and he was facing the emperor's angry expression, and he was worried in his heart at the moment, and he didn't dare to argue, so he hurriedly retreated.

Gu Zhongyong, who was resting on the beauty couch, suddenly heard a loud shout, which woke him up instantly, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he went to see Gu Yi's situation, and saw Gu Yi's chest rising and falling slightly, and the wound was much better than yesterday.

Gu Zhongyong hurriedly put on his shoes and was about to get up and salute, but the emperor pressed him down, and said softly: "Don't stick to this ceremony, you have been worried all night, just sleep well if you can." ”

Gu Zhongyong sighed in his heart, how long has it been since the emperor has spoken to him in such a gentle tone? Five years, ten years? Or is it longer? He only remembered that when the emperor was still in the hidden dragon, he often talked with him about his thoughts, but after so many years, each of them had various positions and choices, and he sometimes couldn't remember whether the emperor abandoned them or they abandoned the emperor, each for that little benefit, in the quiet of time, became unrecognizable.

Gu Zhongyong lay down on the beauty couch peacefully, and the emperor personally covered him with a blanket.

A small chamberlain hurriedly came in and said: "Your Majesty, the people from the Ningguo Mansion handed a message into the palace, saying that the Duchess of Ningguo suddenly died last night, and asked the Grandpa of the Kingdom to return to the palace." ”

The emperor's eyes instantly became very cold, and there was something inexplicable in his expression staring at Gu Zhongyong, which made Gu Zhongyong feel numb and couldn't help regretting it.

The emperor smiled in the next moment, and comforted softly: "Since there is such a big incident in Aiqing's family, let's go back to the funeral first, Gu Shizi has me here to take care of it, rest assured." ”

There was neither a warning nor a code word in the emperor's words, Gu Zhongyong lowered his eyes, and did not dare to look at the emperor again.

With a cold smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth, he turned around and walked out of the East Palace, and ordered in a deep voice: "Pass Shen Wei, Xiao Rui, and Xie Yanning to the Qianyuan Palace." ”

Zhao Yuande hurriedly asked the little chamberlain to pass on the heirs.

The emperor returned to the Qianyuan Palace, holding a seal in his hand and playing with it, and when the people arrived, he discussed in the Shangwen Pavilion for two hours before drawing up the holy decree and issuing it.

The two holy decrees were issued at the same time, and there were a lot of waves in Yunfu City, and several families were happy and some were sad.

……

When the news reached Xia Mansion, Xia Chanyi was holding a red silk thread in her hand, knotting her hands and feet neatly, and embroidering the belt that Chu Shaoyuan was going to bring to Xia Mingchen.

Xiao Qing's voice spoke clearly, but it made her heart beat when she heard it.

“…… I heard that the Duchess of Ning Guo died suddenly last night, and at noon today, the emperor issued two holy decrees in a row, the first is to order the prince and Chu Shaoyuan to lead 100,000 troops to the northwest to reinforce Yanmen Pass, the second is to promote Ning Guogong to be the general army of Sichuan and Guizhou, my father was also there when the emperor drafted the decree, the emperor's original words are that the prince should be released to experience the experience, this is a good opportunity, order my eldest brother to be the vanguard, send the grain and grass over first, Chu Shaoyuan and the prince will go over later, and they will ......have to leave in the next few days."

Chanyi was very surprised in her heart, the previous Sichuan-Guizhou general soldier was finally done by Xiao Qing's eldest brother Xiao Wei, after all, Xiao Wei was very familiar with the Sichuan-Guizhou area, and he had a meritorious role in quelling the chaos, and finally sat in the position of the chief soldier.

And the general soldier of Sichuan and Guizhou in this life will actually be Ning Guogong, which makes people feel very incredible, and the Duchess of Ning Guo actually died so lightly?

It's just that the 40 canes of the Duchess of Ningguo really led her to die of serious injuries in the end? Although the 40 canes sound like a lot, it depends on who is being punished.

Chanyi was silent for a long time, and looked at Xiao Qing, "Sister Qing, do you think the emperor is compensating Ning Guogong for letting him be the chief soldier of Sichuan and Gui? After all, his wife was punished by the emperor, so she will ......?"

Xiao Qing shook his head, "What you think is too simple, do you think the general soldier is so easy to be a soldier?" Chuangui has just calmed down, a lot of affairs have to be dealt with, let people who are familiar with the inside affairs to manage, and it will be stable in less than three or five years, but Ning Guogong's connections are in the Yunfu and Nanzhili areas, and there is no power on the Sichuan-Guizhou side, if he wants to stabilize the situation in Sichuan-Gui, he will inevitably spend a lot of energy." ”