If there is peace today, the country and the people are safe, and the frontier is also very peaceful, and there are no foreign enemies to invade.

It's just that this army, the imperial court has not made any cuts, and the majority of the army is still stationed in the bitter cold of the frontier, practicing day and night. As for the large amount of military expenditure every year, the ministers of the court have also had a heated discussion about whether it should be cut. But the result is still the same. After all, the current saint has no intention of cutting, and as an emperor who has been on the throne for a long time and is very majestic, he will not be unable to make up his mind on this idea.

Each season's armaments and materials need to be completed by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, but because of the old practice, it is not much difficult for the two departments to cooperate.

The emperor intended to let the second prince Zhao Jinan join the military department, and it was most appropriate to choose to start from this matter. After all, the name is loud enough, and it is not difficult to do it.

Everyone almost knew that the emperor was going to hand over this matter to Zhao Jinan, and even Zhao Jinan himself felt that he was not far from ten, and even sometimes when he met people from the soldiers and households on the road, he would deliberately stop to say hello.

Unexpectedly, this nine-ten-tenth thing was stable, but in the end, there was a stubble. The emperor did make an order, and the prince was in charge, and the soldiers and households worked together to complete the preparation of armaments and materials for this season, but this prince was changed from the second prince Zhao Jinan to the third prince Zhao Jinyan.

When Zhao Jinan heard the will, he was stunned for a while, and then he turned his head to look at the person who told the news and confirmed again: "I heard it right, my father asked Zhao Jinyan to take this errand, not me?" Or did you hear it wrong? ”

The person who knelt down to tell him the news heard the last sentence of Zhao Jin'an's question, which was full of threatening tones, and trembled with fright, but he still repeated it again: "The slave heard it with his own ears, and now the will has been made." ”

Before his words fell, the whole person was suddenly mentioned by Zhao Jinan, Zhao Jinyan's eyes were full of blood, and he looked angrily: "Say!" Who are you sending to confuse me, and for what purpose? ”

"Your Highness spares your life, what the slave said, every word is true, and I dare not deceive Your Majesty."

The subordinates were torn to pieces, but they didn't dare to struggle, they could only cry for mercy.

Of course, it was useless to beg for mercy, but fortunately, Zhao Jinan seemed to think of something, suddenly let go of his hand, and threw the person to the ground, but just doing so was not enough to vent the anger in his heart, and he suddenly pushed down all the teacups and snacks on the table and fell to the ground, his body was paralyzed and sat on the chair, his face was still in disbelief: "Impossible, my father can't treat me like this, my father first let me take the errand to Beihai, and he has already revealed to me that I was allowed to join the military department." ”

In fact, it is no wonder that Zhao Jinan has such a big reaction to this matter, after all, he has already regarded this matter as his own errand, and this matter also has a crucial symbolic meaning for whether he can enter the consul of the military department in the future. was suddenly robbed by an impossible person, which made him calm.

It's just that Zhao Jinan, who sat back on the chair and started thinking after venting his anger, calmed down.

For no reason, it is impossible for an errand to be robbed. There is no need to find someone to analyze, and Zhao Jinan knows this clearly. It's just that who did it?

Zhao Jinan lightly tapped his finger on the table, and analyzed it bit by bit: First of all, this person must not want to see him enter the military department, so if he gains power, it will definitely have an impact and danger on him? And this person must also have enough influence, at least to be able to say that the emperor can change the things that have been decided, and now there are few people in the whole world......

Analyzing it bit by bit, the candidate in Zhao Jin's peace of mind is about to come out.

And his eyes also revealed a bit of viciousness and resentment.

If Zhao Jin'an was furious after hearing this unexpected will, then Zhao Jinyan was silent after receiving this will.

He knelt in front of the main hall, knelt in front of the emperor, and listened to the eunuch announce his will, but he did not show any ecstasy, he just knelt quietly for a while, before he stretched out his hands and said steadily: "Erchen accepts the order." ”

The eunuch handed over the will to Zhao Jinyan and took a few steps back.

And after Zhao Jinyan took over the will, he was just in the center of the hall, standing stupidly. The emperor took the cinnabar imperial pen and approved a few words on the fold, vaguely felt that something was wrong, stopped the movement in his hand, looked down, and looked at the third son who was still silent, and he really couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

If the son next to him receives such a will entrusted with such a heavy task, he is not as eloquent as Zhao Jin'an, and he should also say a few words about the scene, that is, His Royal Highness the Prince, will simply say a few words of assurance, such as "Father and emperor rest assured, the son will do his best to handle this errand." ”

Although the words are old-fashioned, it is not how much ironing is not in my heart.

But Zhao Jinyan is good, it is really from beginning to end, except for the sentence that the minister received the order, there is not a word of nonsense. The silence made the emperor a little helpless.

The emperor never hides the fact that he is partial among his sons, and in fact, he also has this willful right, and he is too busy with national affairs every day, so he naturally does not worry about balancing and caring between his sons.

The crown prince is born from his queen, and he is the eldest son, since birth, he has a natural advantage, and the emperor will naturally attach the most importance to him.

And the fourth prince Zhao Jinning is his old son, Yuan Guifei is good at spoiling, coupled with the special status of Yuan Guifei and the four princes, the emperor doesn't care about conniving to pamper Zhao Jinning, and even spoil him as a waste.

Only the two sons, Zhao Jinan and Zhao Jinyan, have no maternal support, and there is no beautiful mother blowing the pillow wind on the side, so they can only rely on themselves.

And the contrast between the two is also very obvious, Zhao Jinan will talk and laugh, the emperor will pay more attention, and if he thinks of some errands, he will also hand them over. And Zhao Jinyan, although he is the adopted son of the queen, he has always been silent, standing in the middle of the prince, and he is also like a transparent person, so that he has become a little cabbage in the field that no one cares about.

Thinking of this, it was rare for the emperor not to blame this son who had been neglected, and he softened his tone and whispered: "Do a good job, my father believes in you." ”

“…… Be. ”

Zhao Jinyan seemed to be extremely unaccustomed to the emperor's appearance, and was silent for a while before replying with a short answer.

This made Rao is emperor who wanted to express his fatherly love, and at this time, he was all suffocated from his throat and eyes.

He looked at Zhao Jinyan's eyes full of helplessness, and finally only waved his hand and said, "Okay, go back and do a good job!" I won't keep you. "So as not to embarrass each other.

Zhao Jinyan was disgusted and driven away, but there was still no expression on his face, he only bowed slightly to the emperor, and then really got up and said goodbye.

On the contrary, before Zhao Jinyan walked out of the hall, the emperor stopped Zhao Jinyan again, and said again: "This errand was recommended by your aunt and eldest brother Jinyang, go back and thank them." ”

“…… Be. ”

Zhao Jinyan didn't know if it was because he was surprised and confused, or because he was hesitating, he was silent for a while, and then he simply responded.

The emperor didn't want to pay attention to this third son at all, it was too wooden and uninteresting. He is a dignified emperor and a father, and others have always racked their brains to please him, but in the face of Zhao Jinyan, he even has to teach this son to behave in the world and be sophisticated.

It's just exhausting.

However, no matter how much the emperor was dissatisfied with Zhao Jinyan and his opinions, but the will has been made, the errand will not be changed. And the emperor also began to think about whether the third son, who was about the same age as the second son, should also start exercising.

This time, although the will was influenced by others, and the emperor did not have any other intentions, the emperor did begin to attach importance to Zhao Jinyan as a sign as outsiders guessed.

Fleur had been staying inside the house all these days to recuperate, but she had no idea of the change in the direction of the wind outside.

There is a way that the disease comes like a mountain, and the disease goes like a thread, although the disease is not strict, but it can be cured, but it is not a day or two of hard work can be promoted, she drank the decoction for seven days anyway, and even the decay water is gone, but the disease has not been cured.

The body is comfortable, but the throat has not been better, and from time to time she has to cough a few times, and because of this, Fleur does not dare to go out for a walk, but only stays in the house, lest she pass on her disease to others.

On this day, there are a lot of visitors who are not afraid of being infected, among which Zhao Jinan is the most active, but Mo said that Fu Hui didn't want to see Zhao Jinan at all, even if she was the same as others, she refused to treat them equally. So many people, except for the eldest princess of Jinyang and Xia Yuelang's two family members, have only seen Wen Jingshu who came to the summer palace to visit her that day.

However, she didn't see much, but she softened her hand, she had seen it, she hadn't seen it, and it was said that a room had already been piled up. There will certainly be no shortage of medicinal materials and supplements necessary for all kinds of visits, even silk jewelry, and there are not a few.

Among the gifts, it was not Zhao Jinan who gave the most, but His Royal Highness the Prince. Zhao Jinyuan may be too busy, or he may be afraid of Furui's embarrassment, so he deliberately avoided suspicion, and only accompanied his elders to visit Furui in the first few days, and then did not come again. But in the future, gifts will be sent day by day, day by day.

The first few days were relatively polite, and the gifts were no different from others, medicinal supplements and the like. After that, the gifts began to become more accessible and trivial. There are some toys that girls love to play with, some interesting books, and some fresh fruit snacks that Hibiscus can use today......

Just like today, what Zhao Jinyuan sent was a box of yam and lily glutinous rice cakes.

Fu Hui opened it and took a look, but she immediately recognized that this box of pastries was clearly the pastries in one of the most famous dim sum shops in Beijing, she looked at Caixia suspiciously, and asked: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been out of the palace?" ”

"Yes, the slave maid heard that the emperor has high hopes for His Royal Highness the Prince, and now some major affairs in the Jingli Palace are handled by His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not often stay in the palace."

"No wonder."

Fleur nodded clearly, she had just used supplementary food first, and she was not hungry at this time, after thinking about it, she asked Caixia to put away the box of pastries first.

Caixia responded and was bowing her head to clean up, but Fu Hui suddenly thought of something and said to Caixia: "Where did you put the pearl that my third cousin gave me?" ”

"......" Caixia stopped what she was doing, raised her head to look at Fleur, and did not answer immediately.

"What's wrong?"

Furao noticed a trace of nervousness on Caixia's face, and wondered in her heart, so she couldn't help but ask.

"County Lord, that pearl ......"

Caixia gritted her teeth, and was about to answer, when suddenly Jiang Xue walked in from the outhouse and whispered to Fuhui: "County Lord, His Royal Highness the Third Prince has come down." ”

"Who's ......"

Fleur was visibly stunned for a moment, thinking that she hadn't heard clearly, and that she had heard something wrong.

But Jiang Xue replied with reaffirmation: "It is His Royal Highness the Third Prince who has come down to visit the county lord." ”

“…… Third cousin? ”

How can it be? Fleur didn't say the last sentence, but the hellish expression on her face obviously meant that.

Although Zhao Jinyan rescued her that day, Zhao Jinyan only waited in the outhouse with the emperor on that day, and after that, Mo said that he came to visit her, but he didn't even give a gift.

Such people came to visit her, and Fleur only felt that the sun was coming out in the west.

Fu Hui didn't speak, but Jiang Xue mistakenly thought that Fu Rui didn't want to see the guest again, so she hurriedly smiled and came up with an idea: "County Lord, the slave maid went to tell His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and said that you were resting." ”

“……”

Fleur blinked her eyes twice and didn't respond immediately, but when Jiang Xue was about to turn around, she suddenly said: "Forget it, you invite someone in, after all, he saved me that day, but I can't let outsiders know, and I have to thank me in person." ”

"Yes."

When Jiang Xue heard this, she hurriedly responded.

Zhao Jinyan wore it casually today, only wearing an azure embroidered brocade robe, not like before, as if he could go to court anytime and anywhere.

Fu Hui sat on the couch to greet her, and when she saw Zhao Jinyan entering, she didn't stand up to greet her, in fact, because she still had some anger in her heart, she did it deliberately, anyway, she returned to the most embarrassing appearance, and let the other party look at it, now it's rude, I'm afraid it won't make the impression worse anymore.

She sat on the couch and pretended to be ignorant and fearless and commanded Caixia: "The third cousin is here, quickly serve tea to the third cousin." ”

When she said this, she was actually secretly looking at Zhao Jinyan.

It's a pity that Zhao Jinyan's face has always been cold, he belongs to the kind of person who doesn't change his face when he encounters major events, and he really doesn't take it to heart about such a trivial matter. Judging from his look alone, he couldn't see anything at all

However, Zhao Jinyan's reception of Fleur was very calm and natural, and he could also see that the other party didn't care about Fleur's little faux pas. Fleur looked at it, and withdrew her gaze boringly, and also had the feeling of punching the empty cotton.

She picked up her cup, put a mouthful of water into her mouth, cleared her throat, and was about to ask Zhao Jinyan about his intention today.

Who would have expected that Fu Hui hadn't asked yet, but Zhao Jinyan made it straightforward: "You said that I liked Yang Qingyi that day, what happened?" ”

"Ahem, cough, cough ......" this time coughing, Fleur was definitely not because her throat was uncomfortable, but choked, and what was even stricter was that she coughed a few times because she was choked, which caused her already incomplete throat to be even more uncomfortable, and the small cough became a big cough. Caixia, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly stepped forward to pat Fu Hui on the back.

And Zhao Jinyan didn't expect his words to cause such a reaction from Fu Yuan, his hand holding the cup tightened unconsciously, and his eyes were a little complicated, but he didn't know how to speak, and finally only said: "My cousin's condition has not recovered, so she should take care of her illness." ”

Fleur finally stopped coughing, listening to Zhao Jinyan's words, her face instantly darkened, she was angry at the disgusting first complaint from the other party, and the shameless planting.

She suppressed the itchiness in her throat, looked at Zhao Jinyan and said coldly: "If it wasn't for my cousin to disturb, I would have stopped a long time ago." And ......"

Furao paused, and said with righteous indignation: "Cousin, don't you think you are too much, saying that you are here to visit the sick, but you didn't even say a word or two of polite words, and asked me directly about Yang Qingyi, you don't even understand the rules of being a guest!" ”