When Pei Yun and Mrs. Pei heard this, they immediately showed surprise on their faces, "But really? Why didn't you say it earlier? Mrs. Pei said with a look of pity.

Xiao Yuyuan pursed her lips and said, "I didn't let Zhan Lang say it, I want to go to Wuxing with him, I'm afraid that my mother and father will find out, take care of my body, and don't allow me to follow." After that, she leaned on Pei Zhan again, hoping that Pei Zhan would not leave her.

Pei Yun saw that he was about to be a grandfather, and his face was smiling from ear to ear, "Haha....Okay, I'll let people prepare for the boat, and you take the waterway, so there will be less bumps." He saw that Pei Zhan and the two were deeply affectionate, and it was not difficult for him to be strong, "Don't worry about it in the palace, I will talk about it on Your Majesty's side." ”

Xiao Yuyuan immediately smiled when she heard this, "Thank you, father!" She was worried that her mother would not ask her to go to Wuxing, and with Pei Yun coming out, there would be no need to worry about it in the palace.

As soon as Pei Yun was in a good mood, he also thought about Pei Hui, and then looked at Pei Hui, who was sitting beside Mrs. Pei, and saw that he was a little sullen, and his heart softened, but Pei Hui was his youngest son, and he had always loved him, and when he saw that he was unhappy, he felt a little unhappy. said in a soothing tone: "Hui'er, as a father, you will let people go to propose, so you can go out to pay New Year's greetings in a down-to-earth manner!" Pei Yun said with a smile.

Pei Hui saw that Pei Yun finally opened his mouth, and his eyes narrowed into a slit for a while, "Mmmm, thank you, Daddy!" Pei Hui said coquettishly. He is younger, not as stable as Pei Zhan, and when he grows up, he often calls 'Daddy' and 'Daddy'.

Pei Yun just thinks he is more cute, and even Mrs. Pei has repeatedly protected him, and Pei Zhan can't do anything about his humble younger brother. In addition to headaches, it is also more protective.

Although he and Su Junyi are both the eldest sons in the house, Pei Zhan obviously took on the responsibilities that the eldest son of a family should bear, and even did a good job. It is precisely because of him that Pei Yun is not so strict with Pei Hui. On the contrary to Pei's Mansion, in Su Mansion, although Su Tan is a younger brother, he bears much more family responsibilities than Su Junyi, and Su Tan seems to be much more mature and stable. In the face of Su Junyi, one is not an official, and the other is not married. Su Weixin also had no choice but to put his hopes on Su Tan and Su Qi.

It is different from both Su and Pei. The brothers and nephews of the Xie family are all familiar with political affairs and are quite attentive in court politics, although Xie Tinglin's elder brother Xie Tingdong is also a concubine and serves as a Qing official in the court. But Xie Tinglin is free and modest. but his reputation is above his brother's. Even among the younger generation of people in Beijing, his fame is second only to Pei Zhan.

And Pei Zhan, who has the reputation of "Xiao Zhan Gong", not only has Pei Yun's true biography in political affairs. In terms of temperament, he is more elegant than Pei Yun, and many ministers secretly think that Pei Zhan has the beauty of Pei Yun and Su Weixin, and there is a faint hope of slaughter. But in any case, Pei's brothers and sisters are not as many as Su Fu and Xie Fu, Pei Zhan has a greater responsibility and a heavier mission, and he does not dare to have a half-point difference.

There is a garden near Yanque Lake on the outskirts of the capital, the garden is surrounded by mountains on three sides, only facing Yanque Lake in the south, there is a mountain stream stream in the garden, the stream merges into a pool in the garden, and then flows south to Yanque Lake. The pond is full of lotus flowers, and the lotus flowers are full of ponds every summer, and the lotus seeds are fragrant, so it is named "Lotus Pond".

In this late winter season, although there is no quiet beauty in summer, but because of the value of a few plum blossoms, coupled with the ice and snow cover, the plum blossoms break the ice and open, quite a bit of ice and jade clean posture. The garden also adds a bit of noble and distant charm.

"The general is finally back......" Xiao Moheng stood in front of a plum blossom, his voice seemed to come from the depths of his throat, with a hint of hoarseness, he leaned down to smell the fragrance of plum blossoms, let the cold touch the tip of his nose, the biting coldness made him more sober.

"Ten years have passed, Deng Rui's mind is the same, but His Royal Highness no longer seems to be the handsome young man he was at the beginning..."Deng Rui, who was standing under the eaves, stroked his chin and replied leisurely.

He is dressed in a dark brocade suit, with a scarf and tied hair, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, although his face is a little vicissitudes, but he still looks grandiose, ten years of border life has made him fade from the sharpness of the year, and more is the calmness and decisiveness of a general.

Xiao Moheng chuckled lightly and didn't reply to him. Still looking at the plum blossoms standing on the branches.

Deng Rui walked down the steps slowly, walked to his side, and said with a smile: "Your Highness plans the overall situation, step by step, every step is exquisite, ten years ago His Highness had nothing, ten years later, His Highness has shown his edge, holding heavy troops, there should be many strategists and fierce generals under his command!" ”

Deng Rui stared at him in a daze, he couldn't believe that it took him ten years to change from an ignorant teenager to an unfathomable master. He must have suffered a lot in the past ten years! Deng Rui sighed in his heart,

Thinking about whether it was too cruel to leave him alone. However, he has been handsome for many years, and when he thinks about it, it is by letting him face everything alone that he can grow faster and become a real king.

"Hehe... If it's just those Beifu soldiers, then haven't I been busy for the past ten years? Xiao Moheng finally turned to look at Deng Rui and said with a smile.

Deng Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly brightened up, and said with a hearty smile: "Haha......Your Highness is more wise and forbearant than I imagined, then Deng Rui will fulfill his promise back then and let His Highness dispatch him!" Deng Rui bowed his hand to Xiao Moheng.

Xiao Moheng immediately stepped forward to support his arms, a wave of heat churned in his chest, and his eyes were blazing and said: "Uncle Deng, Mo Heng has already set up a chess game, just wait for Uncle Deng to point at the Central Plains with me!" ”

Deng Rui trembled when he heard this, his sentence "Uncle Deng" reminded Deng Rui of how much past he had in his heart, and this child was still more like Xiaoyun. His eyes were slightly moist, he straightened up, and said with a slight smile: "It turns out that His Royal Highness not only has the heart to win the championship, but also the ambition of the Central Plains in Beiding!" Deng Rui admired it so much! ”

"It's not Mo Heng's wish to be in a corner of peace, if you don't let Kyushu be unified, what's the point of sitting in this world?" Xiao Moheng raised his head proudly and looked at the clear sky road after the snow.

"Good! Deng Rui is willing to be the vanguard of His Royal Highness and drive away Yidi for His Highness! Deng Rui was also full of pride, and his eyes shot a sharp light that had not been seen for a long time.

"Haha...Uncle Deng is good at water warfare, and Mo Heng has an important place where Uncle Deng needs to go to the town!" Xiao Moheng smiled, and pulled him into the house.

"Oh? Where is it? Deng Rui asked as he walked.

"Shouchun!" Xiao Moheng stopped. Looking at him fixedly, "Shouchun is in the middle reaches of the Huai River, north of Yuzhou, and the junction of Dayan, which has always been an important place for the north and the south to compete for each other. To the south of Shouchun is Hefei, Liyang and other places, as long as Shouchun is captured, it occupies a favorable position between the Huai River and the Yangtze River. So hold Jiangnan. Shouchun must be kept. After Dahuan moved south, he must always set up heavy troops to guard Shouchun. ”

"Good!" Deng Rui replied forcefully, "It's just that Shouchun's current guard is Tao Chengyu, the general of Xizhonglang, how to replace him?" ”

Xiao Moheng paced to the side of the desk and sat down. He slowly spoke: "Father Emperor has summoned Uncle Deng yesterday, right?" Xiao Moheng remembered after the pilgrimage. Emperor Xiao left Deng Rui, who had not returned to the imperial court for ten years, to have lunch in the palace. It can be seen that Emperor Xiao is extremely kind to him.

Deng Rui sat down with him, "Yes." When Deng Rui thought of yesterday's events, he was still quite puzzled. Emperor Xiao solemnly left him to eat in the palace, but he only asked some inconsequential things, which made Deng Rui quite confused.

"Uncle Deng, my father wants to use you!" Xiao Moheng raised his eyebrows and stared at him, saying word by word.

Deng Rui frowned when he heard this, and asked, "How can Your Highness see it?" ”

Xiao Moheng first chuckled a few times, thinking that Deng Rui was still the same, doing his own thing, not liking to figure out other people's thoughts, and still a typical martial artist, but such a person is someone he Xiao Moheng can control, Xiao Moheng then patiently explained: "Now that the world is autocratic, my father doesn't want to be subject to them in everything, so he naturally wants to cultivate his own power, and the reason why my father hasn't opened his mouth yet, I'm afraid he is also testing you." ”

Deng Rui nodded suddenly, "I see, no wonder Your Majesty just asked me about my living situation and my opinion of the people in the court yesterday." Fortunately, I am not biased, but only show my loyalty to Your Majesty. ”

"That's good, now that Pei Yun is in Jingzhou, his father naturally wants to be able to control the midstream, Tao Chengyu was originally friendly with Yuan Kai, and after Yuan Kai rebelled, he must have wanted to wait for the opportunity to move, but before Yuan Kai arrived in Jiangzhou, he was defeated by Pei Yun, so Tao Chengyu did not move.

When the imperial court disposed of Yuan's party, it wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Tao Chengyu's military power in Shouchun, but because of the danger of thinking about Shouchun and preventing Dayan from going south, he was not moved. Xiao Moheng leaned on the window, his dark eyes looked at the snow on the branches outside the window, and a momentary smile flashed, "But now I have to change my guard!" ”

Deng Rui's deep eyes lit up, and he was full of interest: "Your Highness has found an opportunity?" ”

Xiao Moheng nodded, got up, approached him, and said in a low voice: "His mother is recuperating in Beijing, and she was seriously ill a few days ago, but because you haven't returned to Beijing, I blocked the news, so he doesn't know." His mother died of illness last night, and his father also knew the news, but it had not been reported yet, and the news had been sent to Shouchun. ”

Xiao Moheng's eyes were full of smiles, as long as Deng Rui controlled Shouchun, then the third line of the entire Yangtze River would be in his hands, at that time, why worry about the big plan?

"I understand, I will not act rashly, I must be cautious in my words and deeds, so that Your Majesty will not have any suspicion!" Deng Rui replied in a firm tone, he must not let Emperor Xiao see that he was on Xiao Moheng's side, fortunately, no one knew about him and Concubine Yu, as long as he was loyal to Emperor Xiao, Emperor Xiao would definitely trust him.

"But how to get past the court prime minister? Won't Pei Yun and Su Weixin intervene? Deng Rui thought of those big clans and was full of disapproval, feeling that they were just fighting for power and profit for their respective portals, and not much time they were really thinking about the court.

"You don't have to worry about this, Shouchun is a place of many battles, they are not too competitive, in previous years, when Dayan invaded the border, because the Shouchun waterway is convenient for transporting grain, and it is close to Jiankang, so go more Shouchun, whoever guards Shouchun must be a good general, and now the general who can meet this condition in the DPRK and China is only you." Xiao Moheng analyzed confidently.

"That's great!" Deng Rui saw that Xiao Moheng had already thought very properly, and he was relieved.

Xiao Moheng glanced at Deng Rui with a smile, and slowly handed a cup of tea to Deng Rui, "Taste it!" See if it's to your taste? ”

Deng Rui immediately took the teacup, glanced at it in a daze, looked slightly pained, and said, "After your mother died, I never drank tea again." He recalled in his mind the tea that Yu Xiaoyun had brewed for him, which was the tip of the tea she personally picked in Huiji Mountain, and then boiled it into hot water from the spring in the mountains, and then made tea. He will always remember the refreshing fragrance, which is a little astringent in the mouth, but after swallowing, there is a hint of sweetness, which makes people have an endless aftertaste.

Xiao Moheng saw that he was slightly distracted, knowing that he remembered his mother, the smile in his eyes gradually faded, and he said in a low voice: "This is the tea that my mother brewed, over the years, I have studied repeatedly for a long time, but I have not been able to find someone who can distinguish the taste, it just so happens that you help me taste it today, how is it to learn?" ”

Xiao Moheng's tone was light, as if he couldn't hear the slightest emotion, he turned his head and didn't look at him, not wanting him to see the fragility and sadness in his eyes.

But this sentence contains infinite loneliness and sadness, so that Deng Rui couldn't help but shed tears when he heard it, in Deng Rui's eyes, he was always a child, he was the only flesh and blood of Concubine Yu, and he said how much bitterness and sadness he said lightly. Deng Rui finally regretted it, regretting that he had left him behind, letting his spine that had not yet grown strong bear the heavy responsibility of revitalizing Dahuan, and letting his lonely figure wander alone among the forces of the DPRK and China.

"Heng'er, I won't leave you again......" Deng Rui finally burst into tears, and couldn't help but promise out loud, now that he has kept his promise and returned, then he will continue to keep his promise in the future and insist on escorting Xiao Moheng's road to victory.

Xiao Moheng trembled, and a line of tears that he had endured for a long time burst out of his eyes, he hadn't heard Deng Rui call him "Heng'er" for many years.

Thinking that when his mother was alive, he often sneaked out of the palace to play with Deng Rui and Ling Xiaohe, and the two of them always treated him as their own children, one taught literature and the other taught martial arts. At that time, they had never called him "Heng'er", and he did not have any life because he was a prince.

After the death of his mother, Deng Rui loved him even more, as if he poured his love for Concubine Yu into Xiao Moheng, only occasionally thinking that Concubine Yu was killed by Emperor Xiao, and thinking that Xiao Moheng was Emperor Xiao's son after all, he gradually called him "Your Highness". In fact, in Xiao Moheng's heart, he got far more fatherly love from Deng Rui than Emperor Xiao, and even he had already regarded Deng Rui as a relative, and the biological father in the palace was just a monarch. (To be continued......)