Chapter 3: The Feast Begins the Campaign
The palace at night is silent and bright, the ground paved with white marble shines with a warm light under the illumination of the moonlight, and there seems to be a curling mist in the distance to gradually move closer to the palace, the golden glazed tile heavy eaves of the palace top, the light against the background looks particularly brilliant.
A crescent moon streaks across the delicate turrets, casting a hazy yellow glow over the walls, making the palace appear mysterious and striking.
Jing Muhui entered the hall with a group of princes and nobles, the hall was decorated with inverted bell-like flowers around the hall, the calyx was white, the bone china was like translucent light, and the top of the petals was a circle of different shades of light yellow, which seemed to be dyed like nature.
On the throne of the golden lacquer carved dragon in the hall, there is a king who looks down on the world.
Below stood his sons and his servants.
After seeing the emperor salute, the banquet officially began.
Gradually, the bell rang and the chime was struck, and the music was melodious; The guqin is fluttering and the bells are ringing; Singing and dancing, sleeves fluttering; The sandalwood lit on the pedestal was smoky.
On the banquet table, amber wine, jasper, golden foot bottle, jade plate, food is picturesque, wine is like a spring.
The emperor raised his glass and said happily: "Recently, the border gate has reported that the treasury of the Cold Moon Country is empty, and the border defense is very lax, which is a good time for us to start, what do you think?" ”
, the fourth prince, Jing Mujue, said: "Erchen thinks that General Lu, who is brave and good at fighting, should be sent to concentrate his forces to fight quickly, so that he does not have to worry about falling into a situation of delaying the war." ”
The emperor nodded with satisfaction and looked at Jing Muhui, since he recovered from his illness, his amnesia had completely changed his person, which surprised the emperor very much, but it was also mixed with surprise, he asked: "What does Hui'er think?" ”
, Jing Muhui was leisurely holding the jasper, looking at it carefully, not interested in their conversation at all.
After listening to the emperor's words, Jing Muhui put down his wine glass and thought for a while, and said calmly and coldly: "Since the treasury of the Cold Moon Country is empty, then they are bound to have the idea of fighting to the death. At that time, even if General Lu goes with elite soldiers, he will only lose when he encounters a group of soldiers who do not want to die. I wonder if they will take advantage of the morale boost to counterattack our borders. So ......"
Before Jing Muhui's words were finished, everyone at the banquet was dumbfounded, the Seventh Prince, who was even afraid of rats in the past, could actually think of this?
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He glanced at the quiet crowd, and then slowly spoke: "If you really want to attack the Cold Moon Country, for the sake of now, the only way to do this is to give up some small places on the border first, let them taste the sweetness, and then we will lure the enemy deeper when they relax their vigilance." They must be desperate to win at that time, so even if we lure them to our territory, it is only a matter of time before we ambush them in advance. ”
"Of course, what the seventh brother said has some truth, but is it feasible to really fight?"
The fifth prince, Jing Muyu, chuckled suspiciously and asked, "Indeed, leading troops to fight is not a joke!" ”
The third prince Jing Muyi said solemnly, the other princes (the eldest prince is frail and sick, in the words of the imperial doctor, time is running out, and the second prince committed suicide when he made a mistake earlier and was punished for life imprisonment!)
For example, the sixth prince Jing Muchen, the eighth prince Jing Mukun, and the ninth prince Jing Muxuan have been silent, observing the situation while looking meaningfully at Jing Muhui, whose personality has changed dramatically.
"Since the imperial brothers don't believe it, you don't have to take these words to heart."
He looked coldly at the few people on the other side with chuckles, and said coldly.
Several other princes listened to his words, suspected that they had heard it wrong, and looked at him incredulously, he was losing his temper now?
Or what?
If only before...... Jing Muhui looked at the princes who were looking at each other, drank the wine in his hand elegantly and calmly, and then played with the empty wine glass without raising his head, and said seemingly casually: "No matter what your impression of this king was before, I hope you had better not treat this king like before." ”
As soon as the words came out, everyone at the banquet was like ants blowing up a pot, whispering ...... "So ......"
The emperor looked at Jing Muhui in surprise, and as soon as he spoke, the entire banquet was quiet, "Hui'er, who do you think you should send?" ”
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"General Hong, General Lu is certainly brave and good at fighting, but he is too fierce to fight and is better at a quick decision, and he can't wait patiently for a counterattack after defeat. Although General Hong is old, he is indeed better than General Lu in terms of strategy, and the most important thing is that General Lu guards the west, and the whereabouts of the barbarians and nomads are uncertain, in case he comes to attack the border pass, no one can resist except General Lu, so he can't leave. ”
He thought about it for a moment and then spoke up.
After listening to Jing Muhui's words, the emperor smiled with satisfaction and asked, "Well, Hui'er is reasonable, what do you think of the emperor?" ”
"I can't imagine that the seventh brother doesn't seem to care about state affairs on weekdays, but now he can say such a unique opinion, he must have put a lot of effort behind his back, right?"
The fourth prince, Jing Mujue, looked at Jing Muhui and said, his eyes stared at Jing Muhui like arrows, as if he wanted to see him through.
Jing Muhui glanced at him and sneered disdainfully "Hmph"
snorted.
The third prince, Jing Muyi, pondered for a while, and said solemnly: "Not to mention what the seventh brother mentioned before, Erchen also felt that General Lu could not be transferred from the border pass. ”
The emperor nodded approvingly, smiled and asked, "What about the other emperors?" ”
"Since Brother Qi has such an opinion on this battle, it is better to go to the front line with General Hong to command the battle situation, which is also conducive to dealing with emergencies. Besides, didn't Brother Qi say let's remember him now? The seventh brother took out his different side and showed it to his courtiers and brother Wang's father. ”
The eighth prince, Jing Mukun, looked at Jing Muhui provocatively and said.
Speaking of which, everyone was waiting to hear Jing Muhui's answer.
The emperor also seems to have the intention of exercising him to participate in politics, after all, Jing Muhui's mother was the emperor's favorite concubine Niang Niang Xian Concubine during her lifetime.
"Hui'er, are you willing to go to the front?"
The Emperor asked, "You can take your troops to the front!" ”
He glanced at Jing Mujue and said, "Since this is the case, then I have decided: Hui'er, you will accompany General Hong to lead 120,000 troops to attack the Lengyue Kingdom, and I will hand over the Shuai Yin to you to jointly take charge, and if necessary, you can cut it first and then play!" ”
, Jing Muhui glanced at Jing Mujue and said: "Erchen has a request, since the fourth brother is well-informed, why don't you go together?" ”
Hearing his words, Jing Mujue's hand holding the teacup stopped in mid-air, was he showing off to himself or what...... Everyone knows that Jing Muhui has been afraid of Jing Mujue since he was a child, and he has always obeyed him, for fear of what Jing Mujue would do to him that day.
"Jing Muhui, what did you say?"
Jing Mukun stood up in surprise and shouted, "Eighth brother, don't be rude!" ”
Jing Mujue put down the cup indifferently, looked at Mu Jing Muhui and stopped Jing Mukun's rude actions and said, "Since the seventh brother wants this king to accompany him, then this king will go together!" ”
The emperor listened to his words, looked at Jing Mujue with satisfaction, nodded approvingly, and Jing Mujue looked at Jing Muhui with a sneer.
Everyone else sat silently with their own thoughts, and behind the silence was already treacherous...... It was late at night when Jing Muhui returned to the palace, and as soon as he returned to the room, his face instantly turned pale, and the pain had already occurred when he was in the palace, so he had to be expressionless and pretend to be calm.
He sat down at the table, cold sweat streaming down his temples.
"Hmph..."
He crouched down and let out a heavy roar, his body curled up at the foot of the table.
Sweat soaked his eyelashes, making him uncomfortable and unable to open his eyes.
At this time, the door "squeaks"
was gently pushed away...... Jun Wange looked around the room and didn't find Jing Muhui's figure, she was wondering when she looked down when she was a child, and she saw Jing Muhui squatting at the foot of the table unconscious.
She was so frightened that she ran over quickly, she held him and shouted anxiously: "Seventh Prince, Seventh Prince......"
He replied softly, "Hmm......"
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She asked eagerly, "Are you hurting again?" ”
, "It hurts, hum ......"
He grabbed her wrist as if he wanted her to feel his pain.
"What to do, do you know if there is any way to stop your pain? I... I don't know what to do, and I don't dare to give you medicine. ”
Wan Ge looked at him lifeless in pain, squatted aside and said in a panic.
"Don't talk, it's cold, hug me, queen mother!"
He muttered intermittently.
"Are you cold?"
She stretched out her hand suspiciously and probed his forehead, the temperature was so low!
She hesitated, since ancient times, men and women have not kissed, she and he have only known each other for ten days at most, and they only officially met yesterday, but he ...... now, "Alas, it doesn't matter"
She shook her head, shook off the old habits in her head, stretched out her hand to wrap her arms around him, he leaned his head on her shoulder, found a comfortable place in her arms, put his hands around her waist, his face softened a little, and muttered, "It's so warm......"
She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was better...... She looked out the window at the moonlight, and the leaves on the trees were also stained with a bit of cold, revealing a faint white frost color.
She thought that she was in the mood of a doctor to save people, so she would hold a man who was unconscious in the middle of the night, this person was still a prince!
Thinking of this, Wan Ge felt that she had neglected etiquette a little too much.
The morning dew is a little heavy, and from time to time there is a burst of coolness in the room.
Wan Ge subconsciously pulled the quilt under his armpit and covered his shoulders to resist the coolness of the early morning.
She felt something was wrong again, she subconsciously looked at it, she was actually sleeping in her room!
She thought that she was in his room last night, who got her back?
What about him?
With her mind blank, she rolled out of bed and walked towards his room...... As soon as she walked to the door of Qin Xuan, she heard a few melodious piano sounds, and she walked in boldly, just in time to see him sitting on the piano table and stroking the piano elegantly.
He was dressed in white, and his well-defined face showed a bit of sickly whiteness.
It's just that the eyebrows have been stretched, and the good-looking Danfeng eyes are a little lazy and half-closed.
"Awake?"
The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and he put his hand on the strings and asked with some pleasure, she approached him and asked, "Well, how can I be in my room?" ”
He turned his head and said, "You will be in your own room, of course, the king carried you back, do you think you walked back by yourself?" And aren't you a doctor? How could we fall asleep on the ground, and if we hadn't woken up after the pain, what do you think would have happened if we had just sat on the ground and waited until this morning? ”
His words came out slowly, but Wan Ge's head was getting lower and lower.
She stood there like a child who had done something wrong and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, you looked so scary at the time, so I ...... I didn't think of that much! ”
He looked at her uneasy appearance, and said in a somewhat soft tone, "Thank you!" ”
Faced with the sudden thanks, Wange looked at him puzzled.
"The warmth of last night!"
He explained, "Oh, hehe! ”
She scratched her head a little embarrassed, "Strange, why can't you change it, no one else has that kind of warmth!" ”
He muttered to himself, looking puzzled.
"Why can't I change it?"
She asked, "This king just tried to hug a few maids, and they don't have the warmth of yours, and they can't do it except you!" ”
He rarely explained, "What? ”
She looked up, and suddenly remembered that when she asked those maids where the Seventh Prince was, they all blushed and didn't speak, and they turned out to ......, "You are really good medicine for this king!" So don't leave here, don't leave this king, don't let this king face all those pains by himself, okay? ”
He approached her, looked at her, pinned the green silk hanging from her ear behind her ear, and said softly, "That ......"
She looked at the handsome face who was close at hand, swallowed her saliva and said, "I am a doctor, so I naturally want to save people first." So, I'll try to stay here as much as I can until the prince recovers! ”
He listened to her words and asked with some pleasure, "Will you stay, by the king's side?" ”
She nodded, turned and prepared to go down to the attic.
"That'...... In that case, go to war with the king. ”
He thought for a moment, and said coldly again, and when she heard his words, she was so shocked that she stepped on the air and let out a "bang"
With a bang, she clung to the railing so that she didn't fall.
He saw a large bruise on her wrist with her sleeve exposed, "What's wrong?" Was it caught by this king last night? ”
He looked at the bruises on her wrists and asked, "No, what did you just say?" ”
She looked at him in shock, "This king has received a military order, and in seven days, he will have to lead the army to set off and command the army to capture the Cold Moon Country!" ”
He said calmly, as if to say something that had nothing to do with him.
She asked him, "Aren't you not healed yet?" How can you fight with illness? Besides, why does Guotai Min'an have to start a war now? ”
"The king's health will be much better after this period of time, and as for war, it is only the inevitable result of the territorial expansion and power expansion between countries. If you want to do something and do your part, go with this king, and you will save people when this king fights! ”
He said, "Can't we stop fighting?" ”
She said, "Why bother asking about the facts that can't be changed, if you want to do something for these people, all you can do is do your best to save people!" ”
He said sternly, "Hmm"
She nodded heavily......