Chapter 23: Wu Huan

After the prince and Xu Lian left, Chen Bao took a step and smiled kindly at the master: "Niangniang is still young, if there is anything inconsequential in her speech, please take care of the Taoist chief." @樂@文@小@说 |

Sect Leader Tie blushed, and reluctantly pulled out a smile: "What my father-in-law said is, how dare Xiaodao blame Niangniang?" ”

Chen Bao knew that he was embarrassed because he was slapped by his mother, and he was disgusted: Obviously, he slapped his own fart on the horse's leg, who can blame him? Coupled with the flattering appearance of the bull's nose before, Chen Bao was disdainful in his heart, and his words also brought out a little bit: "Your Highness doesn't want to hear any gossip about today's events elsewhere. Taoism is a place of pure cultivation, if there are a few more tongues that should not be more, the Taoist chief should understand the consequences. ”

The head of the sect lowered his head, "Xiaodao understands, father-in-law can rest assured." ”

This was a respectful reply, and Chen Bao said "um" and promised to leave.

A eunuch dared to follow him even if he relied on the power of the crown prince, and the master stared at the direction of Chen Bao's departure, put away his smile, and his expression was no longer flattering, but a little gloomy.

Out of the Taoist temple, the prince and Xu Lian turned to a peak in the south of the mountain to enjoy the scenery, the scenery of this peak is beautiful, but the peak is high and the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, Chen Bao ordered someone to call the porter to wait, Xu Lian saw the chair made of thin bamboo poles, quite insecure, refused to be picked up the mountain.

Although this mountain is high, it is not so scary, you can still climb it by gritting your teeth, and the most important thing is that you can't be alone if you are picked up.

Xu Lian insisted, the prince acquiesced, the secret guard opened the way in front, and the attendants followed each other, although it was just the early autumn season, the mountains had been falling leaves, and the group was waiting to be thanked, Xu Lian and the prince walked on the mountain path, there was nothing to say for a while, and there was only the rustle of broken leaves under the feet.

The prince soon noticed that Xu Lian peeked at him from time to time but did not speak, and said, "You rarely have such a quiet time. ”

Xu Lian puffed out her cheeks, a little worried: "Did I get into trouble just now?" ”

The afternoon sun fell from the dense forest leaves, sprinkled all over his body, the prince stretched out his hand and grabbed Xu Lian's shoulder, and asked without answering: "What did Gu say to you before entering the view?" ”

The two of them got closer together, Xu Lian felt much more at ease, and her speech became casual: "It's because Niu Bi talks too much, so I can't be annoyed to choke him with words." ”

"You are not the only one who chokes, but also the entire Taoism that my father admires, if someone makes a fuss about this, they can casually put a charge of disrespecting your father, then, what will you do?"

When Xu Lian heard this, she somehow felt confident that he would never have an accident in her, and suddenly lost her shape, jumped away and smiled at him: "When the time comes, I will withdraw first, Your Highness will help block it, the rivers and lakes will help in an emergency, and the little woman is grateful." ”

"You......" The prince smiled, stretched out his hand to catch her, Xu Lian dodged, jumped and ran two steps to a high place, stood and beckoned to him, so laughing and laughing halfway up the mountain, Xu Lian was too lively, some lost strength, the prince called the palace people, Chen Bao led people up to find a flat place to lay a mat, the prince and Xu Lian sat on it for a while, Xu Lian gasped and saw that he was going to speak, and said busily: "Don't tell me to hold on a few more steps, success is in front of you or something." ”

The prince felt a little inexplicable. Strange: "Why is that?" ”

That's the universal theme of elementary school essays, whether it's written by yourself or watching someone else's, it's been Amway 800 times, and if you listen to it again, you'll have to vomit, and then it's just a matter of climbing a mountain, it's a little nervous to be carried to that height, in short, refuse chicken soup, and be physically and mentally healthy.

This reason didn't make sense to him, Xu Lian pulled something else: "I just went to choke on that old way, and you didn't refute me, do you think what I said is very reasonable?" ”

It's still very proud to look at it. Although I do have some recognition of her words, I have already jumped out of this way without saying that my temperament has already jumped out of it, and if I praise a few more words, I guess I should be in the sky. Therefore, the prince only glanced at her coldly, and did not say a word about it.

Xu Lian immediately wilted, in order to avoid further oral education from someone, he immediately promised that he would be cautious in his words and deeds in the future, in view of what happened in the Taoist temple, Xu Lian's reputation had been bankrupt in stages, and the prince was also skeptical about it.

After the two rested, they continued to walk, and before reaching the top of the mountain, there was a wonder called "Seeking the Sky", which was a cave, characterized by discrimination against fat people, the cave was narrow and closed, and only thin people could pass guò, and the secret guard confirmed that no one was ambushed and safe.

Before entering, Xu Lian said: "If there is really a villain in the dark, you go first, and I will deal with him." ”

As soon as the prince wanted to ask her how to deal with people because she was defenseless and unskilled, he saw that she showed a branch the thickness of a little finger that she had picked up from nowhere, and was seriously removing the residual leaves on the branch.

…… Anyway, he shouldn't have expected her to say anything reliable.

really entered it, Xu Lian found that not to mention at this moment, it is redundant to even go in to explore the path of the soldier's brother, where you have to bow your body to advance, it is very difficult to turn around, unless the assassin in ambush has practiced cartilage skills, the difficulty coefficient is too high, and if she is lazy and unwilling to drill in, the assassin brother will not shrink in vain. The assassin is just to come out and eat, and he chooses a tall tree outside to hide and wait for the opportunity to solve the problem, and he can't fight hard.

The temperature difference between the inside and outside of the cave is a bit big, Xu Lian sneezed several times, the prince sped up his pace in front, Xu Lian climbed out with a little difficulty by the handle of the prince when he got out of the hole, in fact, the time in the cave was not long, the moment out of the hole from dark to bright, from narrow to wide vision, the saying of "looking for the sky" was a little exaggerated, and the feeling of sudden enlightenment was still there.

The mountain wind blew the clothes lightly, Xu Lian stood beside the prince, looking down at the forest and the greenery, and heard him say in his ear: "The place you chose is good." ”

Xu Lian shouldn't, silently leaned over and leaned on his shoulder.

It's finally a bit of a honeymoon feeling.

The moment of comfort and happiness was also short-lived, Xu Lian heard the sound, turned her head and saw Chen Bao hurrying up with Shen Di, she was afraid that it was inconvenient for her to listen to something important, so she took a few steps back to facilitate Shen Di's announcement, and the mountain wind cut the words into her ears, what "Wu Huan", "Lord He", and "Princess Qiongyuan", after saying the last sentence, the prince turned around, and his expression was gloomy and angry that she had never seen.

Since returning to the palace, the prince went to Wentong Pavilion to discuss with Shen Di, because the matter was too big, there was no need to deliberately inquire, Xu Lian soon knew the reason.

Wuhuan came to attack, took three cities in a row, killed people and seized wealth, killed and injured countless people, since Tai-grandfather expelled him from Monan, this dynasty has never experienced such a shameful humiliation,

The result of the negotiation between the DPRK and China or the meaning of Emperor Yanping is to negotiate peace, although it sounds very spineless, Xu Lian also knows with the shallow historical knowledge of his previous life that everything cannot be judged by black and white standards, the main battle may not be the loyal and virtuous, and the main peace may not be the traitor, everything is based on the overall situation, and it is necessary to consider factors such as the treasury and silver, the number of armaments and the overall combat strength of the army, etc., if the time is not ripe, it is not too late to compromise for ten years. The problem is that along with this news of the defeat, there was a decree of Emperor Yanping: to summon Princess Qiongyuan, who was far away in Longnan, to Beijing.

It makes sense to put the two together.

Summoning the princess to Beijing every year, is it possible that Emperor Yanping misses his daughter? It's too bad time to think about it, if this kind of thing is the defeated side, the price paid is not only to make the ministers pretend to be grandsons, the emperor loses silver, and basically has to marry a princess in the past, regardless of whether it is true or false to show sincerity, generally speaking, marrying a clan girl will be up to the sky, is it possible that Emperor Yanping is really willing to marry his own daughter?

Princess Qiongyuan is the queen's concubine, the prince's sister, Shang's concubine is the second son of the Jingjun Mansion in Longnan, the husband and wife are very affectionate, and have given birth to two daughters and a son, if Emperor Yanping really has this intention, Xu Lian is distressed by the prince in addition to the cold-blooded emperor, and I don't know what kind of mood he feels at the moment when he hears the news?

"Sending a concubine to an An Sheji, I don't know where to use a general" is always more pathetic and powerless than "the general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years", a princess who should have enjoyed the honor of the royal family did not protect her family and country, abandoned her husband and son to marry the Yi clan, if she changed Xu Lian herself, she would definitely die to him (Emperor Yanping) in minutes.

Then again, although she has few children in law, it is not for nothing that the princess of the right age is not nothing, Princess Duanhua didn't just break off the marriage contract with the second son of the Marquis of Su Yi, and the ready-made poke here does not have to make efforts to remarry the daughter who has been married once, Emperor Yanping is so reluctant to seek favor over the other, it is difficult for people not to suspect that the pillow wind is blown.

Xu Lian had no clue about guessing alone in the house, the prince had already sent someone to pass the word, ordering him to pack up and return to Beijing in a few days, Xu Lian felt that her comfortable life of eating and drinking was coming to an end, so she asked Chun Tao to quickly make some desserts to comfort herself.

The honeymoon she had finally gotten was gone

"Why does it have to be the royal sister?" The prince's tone was low, as if he was suppressing something.

Shen Di's face was hesitant and his words were hesitant.

The prince exhaled lightly: "Lone will know sooner or later, but you say it's okay,

"Your Majesty thinks that Princess Qiongyuan is the eldest princess, and sending her to marry far away can show our sincerity."

The prince slammed a table case and scolded: "Bastard! If the imperial grandfather was alive, he would be ashamed of him. ”

Shen was extremely worried: "Although there are only you and me in the pavilion, please be cautious when Your Highness is troubled." If His Royal Highness is caught again, who will the queen rely on? ”

Thinking of the queen mother, the prince came back to his senses, restrained his anger, and said calmly: "Tomorrow, I will leave for Beijing alone, even if I can't stop this, I must be relieved by the queen mother's side." ”

"Your Highness's filial piety should be, but the canal repair will be more than halfway through, Your Highness will leave at this time, if there are variables, Your Highness's recent efforts will probably be ruined."

Shen Di's worry was that on the way back, the prince had already thought about it, and at this moment he took out a rosewood box and handed it to Shen Di, and said: "Lonely back to Beijing, you stay, and then return to Beijing to report to Lonely when the construction period is completed. ”

Shen Di was already excited to take this important responsibility, took the wooden box, held the heavy weight in his hand, and had a guess in his heart but did not dare to believe it, and said in a trembling voice: "Dare to ask Your Highness, what is this?" ”

The prince smiled and motioned for him to open it.

Shen Di shook his hand to open the wooden box, and saw that it was a small seal, carved in black jade, and the word "Renrong" was engraved at the bottom.

The prince got up and helped him up: "There is no need to do this, there is no need to say anything to Gu Gu to the ground, after death, if you can do what Gu commands well, you can be regarded as worthy of this private seal." ”

Only then did Shen Dian find his tongue, put down the wooden box, knelt down again and kowtowed: "The student is not talented, and His Royal Highness is highly valued, if he can't successfully supervise this matter, he is really ashamed of His Highness, and even more ashamed of this private seal of Tai-Grandpa." ”

The prince let him kowtow this time before he said: "When the imperial grandfather was alive, he gave Gu this seal to regret that he was too angry during his lifetime, and ordered someone to carve this seal, originally hoping that future generations would be benevolent and tolerant first, and less murderous thoughts, but if it was as benevolent and weak as that one, Gu would rather not." Now I hand this seal into your hands, and you must not fall into the name of Tai-Zuwei, if you take advantage of this for personal gain, and you are alone thousands of miles away, you will not be allowed to die. ”

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