Xi Chao has a thorough understanding of the dark part in the past few days, Mu Jinming is with him, and if he doesn't understand, he will point out one or two from the side, it was Mu Jinming who took over first, and now the little sister can also share part of it.

The Xi Dynasty is busy with the affairs of the secret guard, but the martial arts and reading have not been left behind, and the bow and crossbow have been changed a lot in recent days, and it must not take long to produce the finished product.

"Ahem, ahem." A heart-rending cough rang from inside the hall.

"Your Majesty, you can't hide it any longer." Li Desheng stepped forward with the medicine bowl, his eyes were full of worry, if it weren't for the harem being too ruthless, it wouldn't be like today.

"Ahem." Mu Haoyu wiped the blood off his mouth with a handkerchief, picked up the medicine bowl and drank it, and rinsed his mouth with tea, so he felt better.

"Chao'er and Ming'er are still young and fledgling, how can they add more worries." Mu Haoyu didn't want the two children to know that he was sick.

"The two highnesses are one who can do things, not to mention now I'm afraid it's too late in the future." Li Desheng had tears in his eyes: "How long can the emperor protect the two highnesses?" ”

"yes." Mu Haoyu couldn't help but feel sad, "That's it, you go and call them over." ”

Li Desheng withdrew from the palace and went to the back garden, thinking about the emperor's illness, and his face was gloomy.

In the park, Xi Chao and Mu Jinming were learning swordsmanship, and Li Desheng's arrival made the two stop, keenly aware of the difference, and it was not difficult to find the irrepressible worry on Li Desheng's face.

"What's wrong?" The two said in unison, looking at Gonggong Li, who had watched him grow up since he was a child.

"The emperor has something to say to the two highnesses." Li Desheng didn't dare to delay and led the two to the imperial study.

The two looked at each other and were very puzzled, as if something bad had happened, and their steps couldn't help but be faster.

As soon as they entered the imperial study, they smelled a faint smell of medicine, and the two looked at their father, and their pale faces made the two of them startled.

"Father, you're sick!" Mu Jinming blurted out words with a trill, obviously discovering something but not daring to admit that it was the truth.

"Come here." Mu Haoyu beckoned to the two children and asked the two of them to come to him.

"Father." Xi Chao's brows furrowed, his eyes full of worry.

"Good boy." Mu Haoyu held one in one hand, and his face revealed an indissoluble relief and satisfaction.

"My father is sick, so I don't have much time to spend with you." Mu Haoyu's eyes were slightly red and said: "You two have to grow up as much as possible, there is not much that my father can do for you." ”

"How so?" Mu Jinming stared at his father in disbelief and said, "What about the imperial doctor, what do you say?" ”

"How much time is left?" Xi Chao suddenly asked such a sentence.

"Xi'er!" Mu Jinming exclaimed.

"Three years." Mu Haoyu couldn't bear it after all, the little daughter's eyes were too transparent, how could she hide it, it was good to know it earlier.

"Father, there are still famous folk doctors who can't be cured, we can go outside to find them." Mu Jinming's eyes were sour and tearful and said, "It's going to be fine, it's going to get better." ”

"Who did it?" Xi Chao's words were still so sharp, but they hit the nail on the head.

"Alas" Mu Haoyu is most worried about her little daughter, her intelligence makes people feel very distressed, "I can't move her now." ”

Mu Jinming came back from the shock and thought about it, realized the meaning of his sister's words, and suddenly realized: "It's the harem!" He vaguely felt that his father was not sick but poisoned, and only in this way would the illness be irrepressible.

"There's not enough time." The voice was full of faint sadness, Xi Chao looked at his father and felt astringent in his heart, thirteen years of companionship made her unable to give up the family affection of blood and water, she loved her father and brother.

"yes, there's not enough time." Mu Haoyu said with a faint smile on his face: "The party in the DPRK and China, the multi-party planning of the harem, the country with internal and external troubles, the father and the emperor can't stand you, and the father who can do it within three years will clear the obstacles for you, but I don't know how much I can do." If it weren't for that carelessness, he wouldn't have fallen for that slut.

"No, my son will definitely be able to cure my father when he goes out to visit famous doctors from all over the world." Mu Jinming shook his head and tears burst out of his eyes, their father had only just celebrated his fiftieth birthday, why was he going to leave them in a blink of an eye.

"Ming'er." Mu Haoyu knew the child's intentions, "You have your responsibility, do you want to leave your sister, your father is gone, only you can protect the court, you have to hurry up and become stronger." He had great expectations for his son.

"Father." Mu Jinming choked up.

"I'm leaving." Xi Chao is always so calm, and often speaks amazingly.

"No way!" The two retorted in unison.

"I'll go to the border." Xi Chao said with a firm expression: "The border can't be messed up, there are only three years left." There was a lot of worry in his voice.

"That's not going to work either!" Mu Jinming was extremely opposed to the little sister taking risks, "How old are you, people outside are sinister, what if you let your father and me do it." ”

"Chao'er." Mu Haoyu knew that his little daughter would not suddenly have such thoughts, and since he said it, he would definitely do it, and the worry in his heart could not be hidden.

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning." Xi Chao is not disobedient but has to do it, she has made up her mind, three years is too short, once her father dies, then this country that has not yet been clear will fall on the shoulders of her brother who is one year older than herself, how can she pick up the burden of a country if she does not have enough ability, and the strong minister and weak lord will cause severe consequences to the whole country.

"You leave Beijing and go to the border pass, it's a long way to go, how can you make my father and I feel at ease." Mu Jinming didn't want her little sister to be in danger.

"Needless to say." Xi Chao has already made up his mind: "I will come back in two years at most." "She gave what she could.

The father and son just didn't listen to how they persuaded the younger daughter, they knew in their hearts the meaning of the supremacy of military power, if they could hold the military power, the court and the central government would be controllable, and no one would dare to die. But if you have to sacrifice your young daughter Mu Haoyu this time, you can't convince yourself.

The next day, the Xi Dynasty finally left Shangjing quietly with people, and the eighteen guards changed their clothes and went to different places in two batches, and Mu Jinming was not at ease and sent them to Shili Pavilion.

"Xi'er." Mu Jin knew that it was in vain for him to persuade him now, and hated his incompetence in his heart, so he let his young sister bear it.

"Don't worry, I'll be back safely." Xi Chao stepped forward and hugged his brother and said, "There are still secret guards, any news can be transmitted back, I will not personally take risks." ”

"You must come back on time, or I'll drop a qiē and go to you." Mu Jinming said solemnly.

"Okay." A glimmer of light crossed her eyes, and she would do it because her beloved family was waiting for her to return.

Sending you a thousand miles must be goodbye in the end, Xi Chao simply got into the carriage neatly, and left without looking back, the sorrow of parting could not hide the tears in his eyes, this farewell was unpredictable after all.

"Gone?" Mu Haoyu asked his son who had just come back in a low voice.

"Hmm." Mu Jinming said sullenly in his heart: "Father, is the son too incompetent. I couldn't even protect my sister, and a deep sense of powerlessness permeated my heart.

When Mu Haoyu closed his eyes and opened them again, he had already regained his past fierceness and arrogance as a king, "Chao'er will definitely be able to return safely, you have to become stronger, and Chao'er can live freely." ”

"Yes, the son will not disappoint his father." Mu Jinming replied solemnly.

When Mu Jinming left, Li Desheng shed tears of deep relief, the two highnesses grew up watching him from a young age, and now the two highnesses have to bear their own responsibilities at a young age, which makes people feel distressed.

"Chao'er." Mu Haoyu sighed lightly: "It's all my fault." "The guilt in my heart is beyond words.

"Your Majesty." Li Desheng opened his mouth suspiciously, but he couldn't say a word of persuasion.

"Yo, my sister came so early." The Li family and the Wang family came to the Zhengyuan Yuan family to say goodbye, and as soon as they entered the door, they saw the gorgeously dressed side concubine Ouyang Yun, and the two stepped forward to salute after the Li family spoke first.

Ouyang Yun nodded and did not speak, she disdained to gossip with the concubine who was inferior to herself, and took a sip of tea on the side concubine's shelf.

The Li family and the Wang family glanced at each other, and a trace of disgust flashed in their eyes, but the two of them concealed it very well, and the concubines in the palace did not have seats, but could only stand on the left side of the main seat.

After a short time, the Zhang, Yu, and Yan clans entered the house together, saluted Ouyang Yun, and then consciously stood behind the Li and Wang clans.

"Sister Wang, did you rest last night?" Yu Shi smiled and spoke, and the meaning of his words was obvious.

"Nature is good." Wang had a smile on his face and looked smug, without him, the eldest prince was resting with her last night.

Ouyang Yun's eyes shot to the Wang family when he heard this, and saw that his goose yellow clothes were lined with a snow-white complexion, and because he was pampered last night, he was even more beautiful at this time.

Ouyang Yun was so hateful that she gritted her teeth and couldn't have a seizure, but fortunately, she remembered her identity, how could she fall into someone else's trap and tell the truth plainly. Since returning to the door, the eldest prince has not entered her garden for half a step for seven consecutive days, and she is already facing the possibility of falling out of favor as soon as she is newly married, how not to worry her.

"Yo, Sister Wang is so not ashamed." Zhang's teased, but his eyes glanced at Ouyang Yun who was present.

"Sister Zhang, don't make fun of me, I heard my master say last night that I was going to you tonight." The Wang family laughed so badly that Ouyang Yun's resentment was directly directed to others.

"Really, Sister Wang won't be deceiving her sister, right?" Zhang looked at Wang with joy and disbelief for verification.

"How can I be, I don't dare to lie." Wang glanced out of the corner of his eye, happy to see Ouyang Yun's jokes.

"Sister Zhang has arrived, but I haven't seen my master for a few days." Yu was envious.

Sister Yu laughed. Even so, Zhang's eyes showed unconcealed joy.

Ouyang Yun listened to the taste, her heart was sour, but she didn't know what she did badly, she just didn't go to her house, and when she returned to the house, she either went to the Yuan family's house or went to other concubines, she was more beautiful and younger than them, why was the master so cold to him.

Yuan's late arrival, in fact, she had already hidden in the inner hall and listened to the conversation of a few people in the front hall, sneering in her heart that these foxes were not at all restless, and looked at Ouyang Yun without a trace, with a trace of contempt in her eyes, and sat in the right seat and waited for everyone to salute and greet her.

Ouyang Yun returned to Yunyuan and was depressed, but smashed a set of good tea sets, if it weren't for Mama's persuasion, maybe there would be nothing left in the house.

The master and servant of the Xichao Dynasty, who were out of the city here, hurried to the town not far from Shangjing to meet the Eighteen Guards.

There are three things to do from the Jingxi Dynasty this time, the first thing is the border pass, she left two people in the eighteen guards, and the remaining sixteen people were divided into four batches of four people to go to the four border passes and send them to join the army.

"Your respective identities and backgrounds have been completed, find a way to enter the army, and accumulate contacts and combat exploits without being suspicious of others." The purpose of the Xi Dynasty is to let the sixteen of them climb up and climb to a pivotal position in the army, and if there is really turmoil at the border pass, it will be better to respond to all changes without change.

"Yes." Sixteen people answered in unison.

"Don't worry about being useless, let the officers and men in the army believe in obedience and find those who are dedicated to the country, and those who secretly have factions should be carefully recorded." Xi Chao said: "The border is not calm, and the small friction is enough for you to display your talents, give you two years to stand firm in the army, I am waiting for your good news." ”

"Please rest assured, the county lord, we will not disgrace our lives." Sixteen should bow their heads in unison.

If this move is skillful, it will be of great use in the future, and the secret guard will be able to visit the background of the personnel in the military camp in the dark, and the loyal and reliable soldiers will be left under the two phases.

The matter of the border can only be like this, and then it is to cultivate talents, the most important thing is the secret guard, the secret guard is short of manpower, and sometimes it is inevitable that it will be overstretched, just when the month is going around to observe the people's situation, collect some orphans to cultivate, and try to make up for the problem of lack of manpower. Then there is the matter of money, the shops in Beijing have been stabilized, and a few more rice shops, grain shops, iron shops, etc., in various states and counties, once the mutiny, grain, grass and weapons are the most important things. The last is to find a famous doctor, the reason why it is put in the end is not that the Xi Dynasty is not filial and not sad, but that the real famous doctor is difficult to find, and the father's illness will not be talked about to her brother and sister until the last moment, obviously three years is already the deadline.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are people in the rivers and lakes, there are factions, but those who know martial arts are not common on this continent, martial arts can not be passed on, and they are generally in the hands of the heads of various sects. Now only a little more strength than ordinary people, today's rivers and lakes are not very before, although the discord between the sects is constantly fighting, killing and killing, but it is only a small fight, after all, the rivers and lakes have begun to decline, there are fewer and fewer capable people, some capable people with disciples hidden between the mountains and rivers away from the hustle and bustle of the world, if you want to find a famous doctor out of the mountain, you must first find the place where you are, as for whether to help or not, it can only depend on the chance, the matter of seeking a doctor can not be publicized, the time is uncertain, and it has brought great difficulty to find.

When the eldest prince returned from the palace in the middle of the moon, he went directly to the Yuan family's garden.

When the Yuan family heard that the eldest prince had returned to her house and was coming to her garden, he sent his subordinates to prepare water and food, and packed up his appearance to greet him at the door.

Mu Zhaoda walked into the house, and the Yuan clan stepped forward to serve him in addition to his official uniform, and served him with a cloth towel soaked in warm water.

After a while, dinner was put on the table, and the four dishes and one soup were served exquisitely, and the Yuan family had already used it, and was waiting for Mu Zhao to eat, and he didn't say anything about the food in the meal, so he only heard the light touch of the dishes and chopsticks.

After the meal, Mu Zhao took a light sip of tea, closed his eyes comfortably and enjoyed Yuan's just right pinching, soothing the fatigue of the whole body.

"Master, are you here with your concubine tonight, or are you going to your sister?" Yuan asked softly.

"Rest with you tonight." Mu Zhao replied.

"Master, Sister Ouyang's face hasn't been very good these days." Yuan's lowered eyes hid the ridicule that appeared in his eyes.

"If you are sick, please ask for a doctor." Mu Zhao replied impatiently.

"Sister Ouyang has a heart disease, and I haven't been to her house for a few days." The Yuan family wondered why the eldest prince didn't go to Ouyang Yun's house after he got married, and it didn't look like he was rejected.

"What, what did she say to you?" Mu Zhao casually looked sideways at the Yuan clan.

"That's not the case." If Ouyang Yun really told herself, wouldn't it be too shameless, Yuan thought.

Mu Zhao pondered for a long time and said quietly: "My father doesn't like the Ouyang family, the Ouyang family's behavior is too unscrupulous, and the matter of Duobao Pavilion has already made my father unhappy. Although Mu Zhao doesn't like Ouyang Yun, who can only see with his face, if he didn't want to win over Ouyang Ye, it would be better not to have this marriage.

"I see." The Yuan clan is indeed extremely happy in his heart, and he is not pleased with the saints, so what is there to fight with himself.

"You have time to train her well, don't let her lose face in the house." Ouyang Yun has value for Mu Zhao, but now he just lets her cool down there, let her take away her temperament, and don't make trouble everywhere, on the other hand, he also obeys his father's wishes, as an emperor, he doesn't want to see the prince and the minister have too close contacts.

"Yes, don't worry." A flash of clarity flashed in Yuan's eyes.

"Alright, let's rest." Mu Zhao got up and grabbed Yuan's waist and walked to the inner room.

The bed curtain was lowered, the lights and candles in the house were blown out, Mama Zhou withdrew with the maid ring, closed the door lightly, and left two maid rings outside the house to keep vigil.

Yun Yuan, Ouyang Yun heard that the eldest prince had returned to the house, so she dressed up, thinking that the eldest prince would come to her house tonight, but she wanted to send someone to inquire but went to the Yuan family to rest, and she hated her so much that she tore a good palace embroidered handkerchief.

"Miss is angry, it's not good if outsiders hear it." Mama stepped forward to stop Ouyang Yun from lifting the incense burner that was about to be smashed to the ground, and persuaded: "Your Highness Xu is busy, so I don't have time to come to Miss's house." ”

"Nonsense, didn't you go to Wang's place yesterday!" Ouyang Yun's eyes were red, she put down the incense burner hatefully, and sat on the chair to sulk.

"Miss is from everyone's background, how can she compare with those foxes." Mama persuaded: "The most important thing now is not to put all your thoughts on His Royal Highness, the concubine's side is the key, if you can get the concubine's own eyes, and then say a few good words for the young lady in His Royal Highness, how can His Royal Highness refute the face of the concubine, as long as His Royal Highness still can't grasp His Royal Highness's heart?" ”

Ouyang Yun felt a lot more comfortable when she heard this, thinking that she was the daughter of the prime minister, and her status was obviously higher than that of those cheap concubines, she was really not worth it in vain.

Seeing that Ouyang Yun's anger calmed down, Mama breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she really wanted her life to have such an unclear master, if it weren't for the deed of sale in Aunt Liu's hands, she really didn't want to do such a thankless errand.

"Master, it's time to rest late at night, and I'm going to say hello tomorrow morning." Mama whispered.

After Ouyang Yun figured it out, she felt tired, and after washing up, she went to bed, and Mama carefully put down the bed curtain and went to the side room to rest.

For several days, the people sent by Ouyang Ye did not see Ouyang Xichao, and they wondered where this person had gone, thinking left and right that it would not be in the palace, it was very likely. Seeing that half a month has passed, people always don't go back to live in the house, and if outsiders know about it, I am afraid that it will affect the reputation of the house, so it is not good.

After the morning of the second day, Ouyang Ye carefully asked Xi Chao if he stayed in the palace, and did not dare to directly propose the matter of letting people go back to the house, after all, the emperor was his biological father, and he only had a name, and he was afraid that the emperor would be suspicious.

How could Mu Haoyu not know the implied meaning of Ouyang Ye's words, sneering in his heart, my daughter can go wherever she wants, how can she allow others to put her beak, Ouyang Ye can't say what he thinks now, but it's not like before anymore, people's hearts will change, and they have to be guarded against.

Ouyang Ye didn't get a definite answer, so he didn't mention it anymore, and retreated after saluting, thinking about the emperor's expression at that time as he walked, and his heart was slightly uneasy.