Concubine Xian looked at Dongfang Du gently, obviously only fourteen years old, but inside he was already twenty years old, and his own child was really still worried that he would die on the seventh day of the twelfth month, "Du'er, everything has a fixed number, and some things can't be changed." ”

"Mother, you believe me, I can change." Dongfang Du grabbed Concubine Xian's hand tightly, his eyes were full of determination, "Since I can go back to the age of fourteen, I must be able to change the fate of my mother, otherwise he will not let me be reborn back to this time." ”

Looking at her child's firm eyes, Concubine Xian smiled lightly, "Then when the emperor goes down to the early court, Du'er will go to tell your father and the emperor, what reason should I leave the palace, I think Du'er has already thought about it." ”

Dongfang Du nodded, "Well, I've already thought about it, and my father will definitely let me out of the palace by then......" As he was saying, the eunuch guarding the palace hurriedly ran in and said, "Concubine Xian, the second prince, Princess Fengling is here." ”

"Ling Wu is here, why panic?" Concubine Xian indifferently glanced at the eunuch kneeling on the ground and said slowly, "You are so flustered, you don't know, you still think that the guards have come to the palace to arrest people!" ”

The eunuch guarding the palace hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Niangniang spare your life, the slave and the slave will not dare next time" The eunuch guarding the palace looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who were originally serving Concubine Xian and the second prince in the palace were all retreated to guard outside the palace, thinking that Concubine Xian and the second prince were discussing something that could not be heard by the subordinates, but Princess Fengling was the only princess in Dongqian Kingdom, and her status was noble, and he was a small eunuch, and he did not dare to stop outside the palace, so he could only break in and report.

"Get up, just let Ling Wu in." Concubine Xian said leisurely, and added another sentence after speaking, "Don't be so reckless and panicked next time." ”

"No, the slave will invite Princess Fengling in." The eunuch guarding the palace got up, bowed down and retreated three steps before turning around and inviting Princess Fengling in.

"Mother, my son-in-law is here to greet you." Dongfang Lingwu entered the palace, and when he saw that Dongfang Du was also there, he still saluted Concubine Xian first, and only after Concubine Xian said that he was exempt from courtesy, he straightened up and said to Dongfang Du with a smile: "The second emperor brother is also here, is he in better health?" I was thinking about saying goodbye to my mother, so I went to Fengqing Palace to visit you. ”

"Imperial Sister" Dongfang Du got up and saluted Dongfang Lingwu, and replied with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, I'm much better." After speaking, he turned to Concubine Xian and said, "Mother, the time is almost up, and the sons will retire first to find their father." ”

"Okay, you go, the concubine just happened to chat with Ling Wu." Concubine Xian nodded, waved her hand and motioned for Dongfang Du to go directly. Dongfang Du saluted Dongfang Lingwu again and said, "There is more Sister Lao Huang to accompany the concubine." ”

After Dongfang Du left, Dongfang Lingwu and Concubine Xian chatted, and after chatting about some inconsequential things in the family, Dongfang Lingwu asked: "Mother, what is the matter with the second emperor's brother going to find his father?" Thinking that Dongfang Du would definitely not go to his father for no reason, and he still pinched the time of his father's next dynasty to find him.

After the early dynasty, Emperor Qianwen left Qin Zhensheng, the secretary of the household department, and Zheng Shigong, the secretary of the military department, "Qin Aiqing, Zheng Aiqing, go to the imperial study with me to discuss", after speaking, he took the two directly to the imperial study. After entering the imperial study, Emperor Qianwen sat directly on the dragon chair and looked at the report from the border last night, while Qin Shangshu and Zheng Shangshu stood trembling and silently below, waiting for Emperor Qianwen to speak.

Emperor Qianwen put down the report, sighed slightly, raised his head and asked Zheng Shigong: "Qin Shangshu, how many soldiers are there stationed at the border now?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there are three defense lines, there are 200,000 in the north, 220,000 in the west, and 180,000 in the south." Cold sweat broke out on Qin Shangshu's forehead, and he didn't know why Emperor Qianwen suddenly asked about the number of border guards.

"The Western Xuanguo has always been at odds with my Eastern Qianguo, and now it is even more stupid, and from time to time the Western Xuanguo Army attacks and tests my western defense, you tell me that there are really 220,000 garrisons in this western defense?" Emperor Qianwen was not angry and arrogant, and he was full of imperial momentum, which made Qin Shangshu and Zheng Shangshu breathless.

Qin Shangshu hurriedly knelt down and stammered: "Back to the emperor, Weichen... Wechen... It is reported according to the records, whether there are 220,000 now, Weichen... Wechon also ......"

"That's it, you go back today to reorganize the military register, let the local armies re-report the number of soldiers, after the year, the whole country will recruit new soldiers, the northern defense army and the southern army must reach 200,000, and the western defense army must reach 300,000."

"Yes, Weichen takes the order."

After Emperor Qianwen finished speaking, he turned his head to Zheng Shigong, the head of the household department, and said: "Zheng Aiqing, you are the head of the household department, and you are in charge of the household registration, so cooperate with Qin Shangshu to handle the conscription." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Stand down, you two go back and discuss this conscription." After Emperor Qianwen gave the order, he sent the two back and approved the recital.

Not long after the two left, they met the second prince who came to the imperial study, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Weichen meets the second prince." "Two Shangshu in their forties, seeing Dongfang Du, who was only fourteen years old, even though he was an unfavored prince, but his status rank was there, and he still had to salute.

"Excuse me" Dongfang Du swept the two officials in front of him, one in his memory was the secretary of the household department, and the other was the secretary of the military department, and he wondered in his heart, "The father and emperor recruited these two people to the imperial study, is it going to be conscripted again?" It seems that he didn't recruit soldiers at this time in his previous life...... "temporarily put aside the doubts in his heart, thinking that the matter of leaving the palace was important, so he directly said goodbye to the two of them and went to the imperial study.

The eunuch in front of the imperial study saw that it was the second prince who came, and saluted: "The slave sees the second prince, but the second prince is here to find the emperor?" ”

"Exactly, my father-in-law went in and reported it." Although the person in front of him was a eunuch, Dongfang Du was still polite to him, and the eunuch who served beside the emperor, no matter how low his status was, he had to speak in a good voice.

"It's bothering the minions, what's the trouble, the minions will go in and report to the second prince." "The second prince is humble and polite, much better than the high-spirited prince" The eunuch secretly praised the oriental degree in his heart, and then went in to report.

"Second prince, the emperor let you in." But after a while, the eunuch came out and said to Dongfangdu.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Dongfang Du arched his hand, stepped into the imperial study, and saw that Emperor Qianwen was writing in front of the bookcase, and did not look up at himself, so he knelt down directly and saluted: "Erchen greets his father and asks for peace to his father." ”

Emperor Qianwen put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and smiled, and said to Dongfang Du: "Du'er has gone to the imperial study to ask me for peace?" Hurry up, I heard a few days ago that I suddenly had a fever, but it's better? ”

Dongfang Du stood up and replied: "Back to my father, the fever has subsided, and my body is much better." Erchen came today to ask his father to allow Erchen to leave the palace for ten days and return to Wuya Mountain. ”

"Back to Wuya Mountain?" Emperor Qianwen looked at Dongfangdu, "It's only been more than a year since I came back from Wuya Mountain, so I want to go back?" ”

"Father, the son wants the master to show the son of the son, the son of the son has not been in good health since birth, if he didn't follow the master to practice martial arts, I'm afraid there would be no son today, a few days ago he was too sudden, so I want to go back to Wuya Mountain for the master to see" Dongfang Du lowered his head slightly, arched his hand and said, his words were full of sincerity.

Emperor Qianwen lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "I'm right, when does Du'er plan to leave the palace and go to Wuya Mountain?" ”

"Back to my father, my son plans to leave today."

"Today? In such a hurry? Emperor Qianwen couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, even if he wanted to go back to Wuya Mountain to let his master see if his body was okay, he shouldn't be so anxious, no matter what, he should wait until his body was better before leaving, but after thinking about it, he didn't think of any other purpose for returning to Wuya Mountain as soon as possible.

"Let the master take a look at the physical condition of the sons as soon as possible, and the sons can also relax as soon as possible." Dongfang Du said sincerely, so that Emperor Qianwen understood that the purpose of her return to Wuya Mountain was to find Shui Yazi to see if there were any other problems in her body.

Emperor Qianwen listened to Dongfangdu's explanation and nodded, "In this case, then let's leave today, go early and return early, and remember to bring some guards by your side to protect yourself." ”

"Yes, Father." Dongfang Du bowed, thinking that yesterday the imperial sister Dongfang Lingwu said that she wanted to know the world outside the palace, so she boldly said to Emperor Qianwen: "Father, there is one more matter, I want to ask my father for permission." ”

"What?" Emperor Qianwen frowned slightly, 'Why are there so many things! I still have to criticize it! Don't you see this mountain of twists and turns! ’

Dongfang Du caught a glimpse of Emperor Qianwen's slightly frowning movements, swallowed his saliva, and still had the courage to continue: "Father, Erchen wants to ask his father to allow Erchen to take the imperial sister out of the palace and go to Wuya Mountain together. ”

"Take your imperial sister to Wuya Mountain? Are you a fourteen-year-old child, take a sixteen-year-old child, and go to Wuya Mountain? "Emperor Qianwen was slightly angry in his heart, 'You can go to Wuya Mountain by yourself, and you still want to take my only daughter with you?'

Hearing the slight anger in Emperor Qianwen's words, Dongfang Du was a little scared in his heart, but he still continued: "Father, the imperial sister has never been out of the palace, and she has always wanted to know what the world outside the palace is like, so it is better to take the imperial sister out of the palace when the retainers return to Wuya Mountain, and see the scenery and folk customs along the road, and the retainers will definitely protect the emperor!" ”

"Is it Ling Wu who told you that you want to go out of the palace to see?" Emperor Qianwen narrowed his eyes.

The imperial sister just asked her what life was like outside the palace, and she thought to herself, since the imperial sister wanted to know what the world outside the palace was like, it would be better to take her to see it herself. The father can rest assured that even if his son loses his life, he will protect the imperial sister. Dongfang Du knelt down and said, "Please ask your father to allow your son to take your sister out of the palace." ”

Emperor Qianwen lowered his eyebrows and was silent for a moment, and finally sighed lightly, "Since that's the case, then bring your imperial sister." You are a boy, and you will definitely protect your royal sister when the time comes! ”

"It's Father, Father!" Dongfang Du smiled, thinking that he could take Dongfang Lingwu out of the palace openly, he was very happy, "Father, son-in-law will go to tell Sister Sù, don't go to my father first." ”

"Go, go, you kid......" Emperor Qianwen shook his head, waved his hand to let Dongfang Du find the imperial sister, and then picked up the pen and continued to approve the folds.

Dongfang Du walked out of the imperial study with a smile on his face, thinking about whether he should go to Zhaoxian Palace to find his mother or Lingxin Palace to find his imperial sister, thinking that maybe his imperial sister was still in Zhaoxian Palace, so he went directly to the direction of Zhaoxian Palace, but on the way, he met Dongfang Lingwu who had just left Zhaoxian Palace.

"Imperial Sister, Imperial Sister" Dongfang Du greeted him with a happy face, "Imperial Sister, there is good news, do you want to hear it?" ”

"What's the good news?" Dongfang Lingwu saw Dongfang Du with a smile on his face, and unconsciously smiled, "Is it my father who allowed you to go back to Wuya Mountain?" ”

"The mother concubine told Sister Sù that I am going back to Wuya Mountain?" Dongfang Du raised his eyebrows, then shook his head slightly, and said jokingly: "This good news is not that my father allowed me to leave the palace and return to Wuya Mountain. After a pause, he continued: "I also asked my father for permission to take you out of the palace, and my father allowed it!" ”