In terms of eating, drinking, and having fun, no one can compare to Prince Yan Huaiqing, but if he leads troops to fight, the prince is a waste, if he is really allowed to go to the front line, then it will be a matter of time before Xiangxiang Kingdom breaks through the Southern Yan Kingdom.

Nangong Ao naturally understood what the emperor meant, smiled slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, in the eyes of the old minister, the prince is not a suitable candidate, but there is no way, according to the rules, the prince must personally go out for His Majesty, if you choose other princes, I am afraid that the prince will feel guilty." ”

Who understands this truth, the prince is the prince, so he naturally has to share the affairs of the court for his father, if he finds other princes, the prince's heart is naturally very unhappy.

The emperor also nodded approvingly, and said, "What the prince said is right, if other princes are allowed to go out on my behalf, the prince will make trouble even if he has no waste...... But I felt that he really didn't fit. ”

"Your Majesty, how about this, let the prince go out for you this time, but he is only sitting in the middle army tent to supervise the army, and appoint the second prince or other princes as the commander of the army, and the commander will be responsible for the use and dispatch of the army." Nangong Ao thought for a moment and said.

It is absolutely impossible to let the prince command the war, but it is also impossible not to let the prince go to the front line, so Nangong Ao came up with such a way.

"It's a brilliant plan." Only then did the emperor nod with satisfaction and said, "In this way, let my third prince Huaishui be the commander of this expedition." ”

"Your Majesty, why don't you let the second prince go on the expedition?" Nangong Ao said puzzledly: "Whether it is resourcefulness and bravery, the second prince is much stronger than the third prince." ”

"Huaiyu is naturally many times stronger than Huaishui, but I have already ordered him to deal with another very important matter. In these months, he will not go to court. It will not participate in any affairs of the DPRK and China. The emperor said lightly.

"So that's the case, it seems that the third prince is indeed the best choice." Nangong Ao nodded slightly. But his eyes narrowed slightly, he wanted to know what important things the second prince Yan Huaiyu was doing, and the emperor even hid him, the prince.

The emperor glanced at Duan Bu, the secretary of the military department, and said, "Duan Aiqing, you should have heard what I said to the Taishi just now, so you should do what we have discussed, as for the soldiers who will go on this expedition...... 400,000 people were dispatched from all over the country. In addition, 100,000 people were transferred from the Imperial Forest Army to protect the safety of the crown prince. ”

In this way, the total number of troops on the expedition was as high as 500,000, which was 300,000 more than the army of Xiangxiang Kingdom, and if there were no accidents, the invading enemy army could be driven out of the country.

But what Nangong Ao cared about was that the emperor actually sent 100,000 imperial guards to protect the prince's safety, which shows that the prince is still very important in His Majesty's heart, although he has been scolding the prince for being a waste. But judging from the emperor's move, the crown prince is still the prince, and this position cannot be shaken.

Nangong Ao sighed slightly in his heart, it seems that the second prince wants to get this throne. It seems to be a little difficult, even more difficult.

After Duan Bu, the secretary of the military department, left the imperial study, and the emperor looked at the hour. It was already noon, so he said, "Master." Don't go back, stay and dine with me. ”

"Yes. The old minister obeyed. Nangong Ao nodded.

Subsequently, the eunuch asked the imperial dining room to bring all kinds of delicacies, but just when the two were about to eat, the leather battle of the East Factory ran in.

"Wechen meets His Majesty." Pi Zhan fell to his knees and shouted loudly.

There was a trace of displeasure in the emperor's eyes, he put down the chopsticks in his hand and asked, "Pi Zhan, what's the matter?" ”

Pi Zhan seemed to sense that the emperor was angry, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, this morning our people from Dongchang found two corpses in the moat, and after an autopsy, it was determined that they were two women, and each corpse had two small holes in its neck, which seemed to have been bitten by something, and the corpse was in a dry state, and all the blood in the body was drained. ”

This time the emperor did not speak, but left his dragon chair and walked in front of Pi Zhan, glaring at Pi Zhan angrily with his eyes.

Pi Zhan immediately lowered his head and continued: "In addition, the two female corpses are wearing the costumes of the maids in the palace, and Weichen suspects that they are the palace maids in the palace, so he came to ask His Majesty to decide whether to investigate this matter thoroughly. ”

Syllable!

As soon as Pi Zhan's words were finished, the emperor slapped him in the face, and then kicked Pi Zhan to the ground.

"Your Majesty, why did you beat Weichen, what did I do wrong?" Pi Zhan covered his face with his hands and asked incomprehensibly.

The Emperor snorted coldly, his face showed a fierce light, and shouted, "You are really a fool, don't you see me eating?" What do you say about corpses, don't you want me to eat? ”

Nangong Ao also looked at Pi Zhan with contempt, it seems that Pi Zhan still thinks that the senior brother of his sect can say whatever he wants, he is simply open-mouthed, it seems that he forgot that this is the palace, and there are too many rules to understand.

"I don't know." Pi Zhan said with a bitter face. I was in a hurry just now, and I didn't see anything on the table at all, but when I looked up, it was really a table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

"Don't know? You're blind. The emperor scolded angrily: "You get out of the palace for me now, get out of the palace, I don't want to see you, let alone the people of Dongchang, and leave the palace with your people immediately...... From today onwards, you are not allowed to appear in the palace. ”

"So where am I going?" Pi Zhan asked incomprehensibly.

Bang bang!

The emperor kicked him twice more and scolded: "I don't care where you settle in Dongchang, you are not allowed to be in the palace anyway, so don't get out of here!" ”

Pi Zhan immediately rolled and crawled to leave, Nima's, is really a companion like a tiger, for this little thing, Dongchang was actually kicked out of the palace, what a special grievance.

"Wait, come back to me." The Emperor shouted again.

Pi Zhan crawled back again, and asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty, what else is your will?" ”

"It's not a big deal that the palace maid died in the palace, but this time it's a dry corpse, so we have to investigate it properly."

"Yes, Wechen will definitely do his best to find out the real culprit."

Bang, the emperor kicked Pi Zhan's body again, "Are you deaf?" Didn't I just say that you people from Dongchang are not allowed to enter the palace...... You can hand over this case to Jinyiwei to investigate, and your Dongchang will be responsible for monitoring other civil and military officials outside, but remember, don't think about the storm in the city like last night, if your Dongchang is impeached by the minister again, I will abolish your Dongchang. ”

"Yes, yes, Weichen must remember His Majesty's words, and he will never dare to make nonsense again." (To be continued......)