In July of the twenty-fifth year of its founding, Chu was in trouble and besieged by all countries. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Emperor Chu abdicated, and the thirteenth son of the emperor succeeded to the throne in danger, sending the generals of the court to snipe in all directions, and Chu became a place of war.

In September of the twenty-fifth year of its establishment, Wang Hua Yunxiao of Lijun led his troops to attack Zhou, and was trapped in the territory of Zhou, and was attacked by the north and south, and was extremely dangerous. After putting the place of death and then revitalizing, he did not retreat but advanced, went deep into the hinterland of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and smashed the camp of the Zhou army. He captured Wu Zhengzhi, the prince of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, set a trap on the Xueyang Plain, ambushed the Zhou army, occupied the dangerous place on the Chu and Zhou borders, and forced the Northern Zhou coalition army to retreat.

In November of the 25th year of the founding, Kao and Yu Guogong repelled the allied forces of the countries in the Chu State, expelled them from the Chu realm, and ten days later crushed the capital of the Jin State, shocked the countries, and made other small countries retreat quickly, and the crisis in the Chu realm was temporarily resolved.

In the winter of the twenty-fifth year of the founding, Kao and Yuguo returned to the dynasty, and Chen Bing was outside Kyoto to coerce Rong Jing to hand over the Chu Emperor. The ministers of the court and the central government took the opportunity to open the city gate, let the flower king enter Beijing, and helped the emperor's fifteenth and seventeenth sons to coerce the son of heaven. When the war was about to break out, the Duke of Yu came to the battle to take down Kao, took over the army, and all the courtiers who secretly came with Kao and assisted Kao to enter the city were imprisoned.

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On the winter solstice of the twenty-fifth year of its establishment, the goose feathers and heavy snow covered the entire Chu realm, and the people in the Chu realm returned to tranquility and rejoiced, but the capital was cold and silent, and everyone in the court was in danger.

In Shangyang Palace, Xue Rou leaned on top of the soft collapse with her knees bent, covered with a thick fluffy blanket, and there was a charcoal stove not far in front of her, and the entire Shangyang Palace was baked warm. The surrounding maids had rosy cheeks, but Xue Rou, who was wearing a fox fur, was still pale and held the stove in her arms.

"It's been so long, why is the girl's body still like this, so cold?" Fang Meng looked at Xue Rou's pale face, the hideous scar on it had faded a lot, leaving only a flesh-colored trace running through his cheeks, which only reflected the bloodless cheeks, which looked particularly eye-catching.

Wen Jixuan put away the silver needle in his hand and put all of them into the medicine box beside him, and then replied angrily: "Although the injury on her body has healed, but the original time it hurt the foundation, and the infatuation Gu is still in her body, although Her Majesty helps to suppress it, it will also waste the essence in her body." Originally, as long as the girl was willing to calm down and recuperate, don't waste her mind, she would recover after half a year of cultivation, but ......"

He glanced sideways at Fang Meng, and the old Li Ge who was standing outside the window not far away, and snorted lightly: "You are so **** and bothered, you won't be able to raise her for a few more years!" ”

Fang Meng's face was stunned when he heard this, and Xue Rou smiled lightly on the side: "Okay, Brother Wen, don't scare them, my own body knows it myself, it's just a little chilly, how can it be so exaggerated." ”

Wen Jixuan snorted, took out two bottles of pills from the medicine box, placed them on the square table beside Xue Rou, and said in a deep voice: "This is my newly developed pill, which can ward off the cold and protect the body, and warm the body and mind." If you feel unwell, take one pill, and when you're done, let Qin Xi pick it up, remember to be raw and cold, and don't bother too much. ”

After speaking, he took out another box of ointment, "This is the Snow Jade Muscle Cream prepared after grinding with the Ice and Snow Jade Toad, you apply it to the wound on your face, at most two months, the scars on your face should be able to fade a little more, although because of the original wound infection, it is not guaranteed to be removed, but at least the scars can no longer be so obvious." ”

Xue Rou stretched out her hand to take the small box and said with a smile, "Thank you Brother Wen for your trouble." ”

"You don't need to thank me, this Ice and Snow Jade Toad is originally a thing of the Ning Clan's trading house, and most of the medicinal materials in it are rewarded by His Majesty. But if you'll listen to me and take care of your illness, I'll be thankful! ”

Wen Jixuan glared at Xue Rou angrily when he heard this, she was the most disobedient patient, if it weren't for Xue Rou's identity and Rong Jing, who protected her and didn't allow her to suffer the slightest grievance, he would have wanted to directly tie up Xue Rou and send her back to the Spring Valley, so that everyone couldn't find her!

He turned around and went out with the medicine box, Su Yu hurriedly followed behind him, and after the two left, Fang Meng smacked his lips and said, "This Imperial Doctor Wen has a really big temper. "Every time he comes, as long as he meets Wen Jixuan to diagnose Xue Rou's pulse, he will be stunned by him.

Xue Rou smiled: "He was not originally a person in the court, if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to recuperate for me and Rong Jing, he would have gone back to Huichun Valley to live his leisurely life." Counting it up, it is me and Rong Jing who owe him a lot of favors. ”

If it weren't for Wen Jixuan, she would have died of infatuation Gu a long time ago, and the congenital fetal poison in Rong Jing's body couldn't be suppressed for so long. If it is true, she and Rong Jing both owe Wen Jixuan the grace of saving his life.

While Xue Rou was talking, she saw the old Li Ge people standing under the corridor through the window lattice, looking at them with anxious expressions, she couldn't help but look at them here, put the stove in her hand on the table with a light smile, took the teacup handed over by Qin Xi and took a sip before she spoke: "What happened this time, and actually alerted a few of them to come to me together?" ”

"The Kao has been put on trial, and His Majesty has cut the title of Kao and succeeded by the King of Oak. And those courtiers who helped the fifteenth and seventeenth princes colluded with the king of flowers and coerced His Majesty, intending to support them to ascend the throne, were even more degraded and exiled. Among them, eight of them were convicted of rebellion along with the fifteenth and seventeenth princes, and three days later they were beheaded in front of the palace gate. Fang Meng said in a deep voice.

Qin Xi was making tea beside her, and she gently held a bamboo spoon to send the snow water taken from the winter plum tree into the purple clay pot, but her mouth sneered unceremoniously: "When these people dared to join forces with Kao and intend to persecute His Majesty, they should have known that there would be today." At that time, they persecuted the girl like that, forcing the girl to make a heavy oath, and now when they encounter danger, they want to come to the girl to intercede for them, are they not good brains, or are they really the girl is a bodhisattva's heart, let them knead it? ”

"Mr. Fang, you should know how they persecuted the girl in the first place. Your Majesty has long forbidden them from entering Shangyang Palace, why did you bring this group of white-eyed wolves in? ”

Fang Meng couldn't help but be silent when he heard Qin Xi's unceremonious words, and only after a moment did he look up at Xue Rou and said, "Of course I know how they persecuted the girl in the first place, and the girl has no obligation to help them. But girl, now that Your Majesty has just ascended to the great treasure, the overall situation in the Chu realm is undecided, and the courtiers are already panicking. His Majesty was basically unjustifiable when he ascended to the throne, and if he was allowed to kill the last two princes of the court, it would only make the subjects even more uneasy. ”

"At present, although the army of Zhou State is forced to retreat, but it is still eyeing Chu State, the compromise of the border countries is just a measure of rights and interests, if the army of Zhou State comes back again, they will definitely take advantage of the chaos and attack Chu State again. His Majesty once said that to pacify the countries for the girl, to create a prosperous era of peace, the outside must first be peaceful, at the moment what the Chu State needs is stability, not killing, the fifteenth or seventeenth prince can be punished, but not dead. ”

After Fang Meng's words fell, Qin Xi pouted and said: "In troubled times, you should use heavy codes, rather than compromise with them, let them feel that the crime of rebellion can be forgiven, and if they are lucky, it is better to kill them cleanly." All the princes are dead, see what name they want to rebel in the future! ”

Fang Meng frowned and said: "If the people's hearts are unstable and they want to overthrow the king, they only need an excuse, everyone in this world can be the Son of Heaven!" ”

Qin Xi wanted to refute when she heard this, but before the words came out, Xue Rou had already spoken out: "Okay Qin Xi, don't be rude to Mr. Xiang." ”

"But the girl ......"

"I've got my own measure."

Xue Rou glanced at Qin Xi and motioned her not to speak again, Qin Xi puffed out her cheeks unwillingly, glared at Fang Meng, and snorted coldly: "Brainless stinky and sour Confucian!" ”

"You!"

Fang Meng was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at Qin Xi and said, "You stinky girl, I should have thrown you back to Lushan Academy and let Mr. Hongru clean you up!" ”

When Qin Xi heard Mr. Hongru's name, thinking about the old fox's methods, she immediately shrunk her neck in fear, and after making a grimace at Fang Meng, she ran out with a jar of snow water and disappeared in an instant.

Xue Rou looked at Fang Meng, who was so angry that her eyes widened, that she couldn't help laughing, and the light laughter instantly filled the entire room.

"Girl, you're still laughing! Look what you've spoiled her! Fang Meng glared.

Xue Rouxiao's face flushed with ruddy, and her eyebrows and eyes curved: "She is only in front of you that she will be like a child." You must know that when she faced the master, she didn't dare to say a word. ”

Fang Meng snorted coldly when she heard this: "This stinky girl is bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, knowing that I can't be ruthless to her!" ”

"Don't you hurt her? She and Ziyan regard you as their closest elders. ”

After Fang Meng heard this, although his face was still extremely angry, there was a slight smile in his eyes. Thinking of the disciple who is now in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and has a good official residence, his eyes softened a little.

Seeing this, Xue Rou asked, "Is there any news from Ziyan recently?" ”

Fang Meng nodded: "Since he and Qin Xiao worked together with Hua Yunxiao to pit the Southern Zhou and defeat Wu Zhengzhi, the alliance between the Southern and Northern Zhou has been shaky. Emperor Zhengde's health is getting worse and worse, but he still clings to the power of the court, and the crown prince Huo Jingli has close contacts with the ministers of the court, with the intention of seizing power. ”

"Ziyan asked me to tell the girl that once the girl and His Majesty had plans to attack the Zhou Kingdom, he could immediately turn Huo Jingli against Emperor Zhengde and plunge the Northern Zhou into civil strife. And Qin Xiao can also cooperate with the army of Chu and take down Emperor Jiarui. ”

Xue Rou pondered for a moment when she heard this, before continuing: "What about Beirong? ”

Fang Meng frowned and said, "Beirong is a little tricky over there. Changqing came with news that King Jing was injured for the most part, and after Nanmen Lie returned to Beirong, he assisted King Jing to regain military power, but Emperor Beirong was silent about the previous attack on Chu, and was full of vigilance about King Jing's mansion, and there was a touch between the two parties, and Qin Yan said that after they went to the trading house, Jiang Mingcheng died unexpectedly, and the thieves in the trading house have not been caught until now. ”

Xue Rou frowned when she heard this, she was not worried about the situation in Beirong, as long as Ah Yao was intact, even if it was difficult, at least the two sides would be able to maintain an equal match. What she is most worried about now is the thief who lurks in the trading house, because she can't figure out what that person wants to do, let alone understand who can actually bury a nail in the Ning family trading house and almost kill Ah Yao.

She had always suspected that Jiang Mingcheng was bought by the forces in Beirong, but not long after Qin Yan and Changqing rushed to Beirong with people, before they could investigate Jiang Mingcheng, he had already died in his room, and all the account books and things related to the hidden piles in Beirong in his hands were burned out, which made Qin Yan and Changqing's investigation difficult, and Xue Rou couldn't figure it out for a while.

She squinted her eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "As long as there is a thief, as long as he has done something with his hands and feet, it is absolutely impossible to go without a trace, but we have ignored it." ”

Xue Rou thought about it and beckoned to Fang Meng, and only after he came over with his ears did he whisper a few words, and then raised his head and said in a deep voice: "You release this news, as long as that person knows, he will definitely not be able to help it." ”

Fang Meng was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but speak: "But girl, wouldn't this be too risky?" ”

"There is nothing absolutely safe in this world, since that person can hide so deeply in the business house, it must not be a simple character!"

Xue Rou said in a deep voice: "Mr. Fang, the development of the commercial bank has been far more than its own responsibility, you should understand that if you let this nail stay in the commercial bank, once he makes a mess, the commercial bank will be in chaos, and it will not affect one country or one city." Instead of looking for it slowly and giving that person more opportunities to make trouble, it is better to take some risks, as long as you can find this person and pull it out, even if you lose a lot of benefits! ”

Fang Meng looked at the certainty in Xue Rou's eyes, thought about it and nodded: "I understand, I'll go out of the palace and pass on the news." Be sure to let all the stewards in Beijon know. ”

"No, it's not just Beijung, it's the nations!" Xue Rou said in a condensed voice.

Fang Meng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and the next moment he was stunned: "Girl, are you suspicious, that person is not in Beirong?" ”

Xue Rou's expression was gloomy: "I don't know, it's just that the nail is too clear about our every move." Qin Yan and they just entered Beirong, Jiang Mingcheng died, didn't Mr. Fang think it was too much of a coincidence? ”

"You just have to do what I tell you and pass on the news, and then you will be able to know exactly who the thief is!!"

Fang Meng nodded with a calm face, stood up and said, "I'll go now." But girl, what are they going to do? ”

He pointed to the old Li Ge people standing under the porch of the door.

Xue Rou said lightly: "I swore in front of everyone before that I would never enter the court, and naturally I have no right to participate in the affairs of the court." You let them go back, if there is something to find Rong Jing. ”

"But the girl ......"

Fang Meng opened his mouth and wanted to persuade him, but it could be seen that Xue Rou had already held the stove, retracted into the velvet blanket, and pulled the fox fur on his body near his chin, revealing only thin cheeks that were less than the size of a palm, and his lips were also pale, and the scars on his face were particularly conspicuous on his fair skin.

Such a Xue Rou is so weak that it makes people feel distressed.

Fang Meng remembered that day in the court, Li Ge and the elders took the lead in forcing Xue Rou to make an oath, and couldn't help but swallow back the words in his mouth, and said to Xue Rou: "That girl is so resting, I will leave the palace first, and when things are arranged, the girl can leave the palace again." ”

After Xue Rou nodded, Fang Meng retreated, and she was just leaning on the soft collapse, leaning against the table with the velvet blanket on her body, tired and sleepy with her eyes closed.

The palace maid not far away hurriedly stepped forward and carefully added another quilt for her, and the fire burned even more vigorously in the charcoal stove in the room...... (To be continued.) )