Fang Xuanling, who was not far away, came over and said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Brother eldest grandson, why do you bother to poke people's sore spots, the emperor has always called Pei Lin as Pei Jian (author's note: Pei Lian's official position in the Sui Dynasty is Jinyang Palace Supervisor), it can be seen that he is thinking of the friendship of being an official in the Sui Dynasty, so he has always been biased towards Pei Lian." Lord Liu has always been unhappy in his heart, why do you want to pierce this layer of window paper and make him even more sad? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't answer his words, and saw a person standing behind Fang Xuanling, this person had an elegant appearance, a lofty instrument, sparse eyebrows, and a radiant look. So he asked, "This is ......?"

"Oh, this is Du Ruhui, the advisor I newly recommended to King Qin." Fang Xuanling introduced.

After the two saluted each other, the eldest grandson Wuji touched his hooked nose and said to Fang Xuanling: "You have made great contributions to recruiting talents for King Qin everywhere. But I'm not idle, we both work for King Qin, but the methods are different. ”

After speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji turned around and walked away, leaving Fang Xuanling stunned, "What does he mean?" ”

Du Ruhan smiled and said: "Brother Fang, you are a mind that only knows how to work for King Qin, if you compare to scheming, you will lose to the eldest grandson Wuji one day." ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Do you know what he means? ”

Du Ruhui said eloquently: "Brother Fang, he is deliberately provoking Liu Wenjing." I heard that the prince has been very close to Pei Lin recently, and the princess often enters the palace and has a very good personal relationship with Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De. The two concubines were in Zhenglong, and they were all dedicated to the emperor by Pei Lin at the beginning. Pei Lin said the most in front of the emperor, and he had different opinions with King Qin many times in the process of raising troops, and now he fell to the side of the prince, and King Qin obviously had no advantage on his side, so the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to provoke Liu Wenjing and let him follow King Qin with all his heart. Although Liu Wenjing is not as good as Pei Lin in front of the emperor, he is also a great hero of Jinyang's army, and now he is also in an important position, and the eldest grandson Wuji is using his way to help King Qin retain Liu Wenjing's heart. ”

Fang Xuanling suddenly realized, "Brother Du is really comparable to Zhuge Kongming, he knows three points in the world before he is a fledgling!" ”

It is natural for Li Yuan to prefer Pei Lin between Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing, because when he was in Jinyang, Li Yuan was left behind in Taiyuan, and Pei Lin was the palace supervisor of Jinyang, and the relationship between the two was superior-superior. And Liu Wenjing was only Jinyang Ling at that time, and her position was much lower than that of the two. Although Li Yuan also befriended Liu Wenjing at that time, he didn't feel that he could be equal to Pei Lin with his position. Moreover, although Liu Wenjing is capable, there is no doubt that Pei Lin understands Li Yuan's mind better, so the two often drink and have fun together in Jinyang Palace. Because of this, Pei Lin dared to set Li Yuan and forced him to raise troops with two palace maids.

From this time on, the four core members of Jinyang's army gradually divided into two factions, Li Yuan and Pei Lin on one side, and Li Shimin and Liu Wenjing on the other.

It was also from this time that Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui began to cooperate to work for Li Shimin, which achieved the later "Fang Mou Du Xuan". And Du Ruhui's analysis was confirmed many years later, in the Zhenguan period, because of the disagreement between Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, the matter of the crown prince, and finally the eldest grandson Wuji won and successfully became the minister of Tuogu. After Shimin's death, the eldest grandson Wuji took advantage of the case of Princess Gaoyang to wantonly kill the descendants of the Fang family, and canceled Fang Xuanling's qualifications. Xuan Ling is indeed not the opponent of the eldest grandson Wuji.

Datang's nest fight has not yet begun, and the external attack is coming again. Xue Ju, who was unwilling to fail, made a comeback. On the fifth day of the sixth month of the first year of Wude, Xue Ju led an army of 300,000 to attack Jingzhou and stationed in Xiqian City, and the troops of the vanguard had already broken through to the area of Qizhou and Fengzhou.

On this day, the doctor came to check Yang Huaijun's pulse, saying that he would continue to take fetal medicine, hoping that she would be in a better mood, so that it would be good for the fetus. At this time, in order to continue the bloodline for his father, Yang Huaijun has cherished this child very much, and the doctor's instructions are all in his heart.

After seeing a doctor, Zixuan personally sent the doctor out of the house, and kept saying along the way that he asked the doctor to take care of Concubine Yang during her absence. Zixuan already knew that Shimin would soon have a second expedition to Xue Ju, and she would inevitably have to join the army. She didn't worry about Yang Huaijun, this arrogant princess didn't know how to take care of herself and protect herself. So after she told the painting, Aunt Wei, and Qiu Shi, she also told the doctor.

All the way to the gate of the house, the doctor said goodbye and left. Zixuan was about to turn around and go back, but saw Jiancheng coming on horseback with a few retinues. I haven't seen it for a few months, and the completion has become more and more elegant and chic, and there is more nobility and grandeur between the eyebrows.

Zixuan stepped forward to salute, "Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here?" ”

Jiancheng turned over and dismounted, and helped her up, "I'm coming to see Shimin, he's going to lead the army again, and I, the crown prince, my father won't let me go to the battlefield, so I can only come to see if there is anything I can help him prepare." I didn't expect to meet you here, can I say a few words to you? ”

Zixuan smiled gently, "Of course you can." ”

Jiancheng waved his hand, and the attendant pulled away from them with great interest.

"Zixuan, do you still want to join the army this time?" Jiancheng asked.

"I guess so."

"You always go to the battlefield with a girl's family, I don't worry, so don't go. If you feel that there is no one to take care of you when the people of the world go on the expedition, you can move to the East Palace and let me take care of you. ”

Jiancheng looked at her sincerely, his eyes flowed with love, expectation, and cherishment, and he seemed to have endless thoughts to tell her. How can Zixuan not understand his sincerity, it's just that she doesn't belong to this era, she has fallen hopelessly in love with Li Shimin, and she is struggling in her heart every day to take back this feeling, so why bother to provoke Jiancheng again?

"His Royal Highness the Prince, King Qin asked me to accompany the army because sometimes he wanted me to help me get an idea, and I am willing to do more for Datang. It's good for me to live here, and the people in the house treat me well. Moreover, King Qin is my future brother-in-law, and I have no relatives here, so it is more appropriate to live in King Qin's mansion. Zixuan said slowly.

Jiancheng asked, "What if he can't be your brother-in-law?" ”

Zixuan exclaimed, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what do you mean by this?" My sister has long been committed to the King of Qin, can she still marry someone else? Or does Your Highness think that something has happened to my sister and she can't find her back? ”

Jiancheng saw that her face was sad and angry, and hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that, the things that my father promised you have been doing, and I have sent many people to find it, I believe that you will be able to find your sister." ”

Yuan Jiqiang's marriage to Ziyi had long been known, but he also understood that Zixuan knew about this matter as late as possible, and only in this way could he reduce the harm to Zixuan.

On June 10 of the first year of Wude, Li Yuan appointed Li Shimin as the marshal of the West and Liu Wenjing and Yin Kaishan as deputy generals, leading eight marching commanders and 300,000 troops to resist Xue Ju. Shimin led his army into Gaoqi City and confronted Xue Ju.

The last time Shimin fought with Xue Ju, he already had a certain understanding of the enemy, although the Western Qin was strong in combat, but relatively poor, so Xue Ju's army must be short of military rations. Therefore, Xue Ju must have been anxious for a quick victory, so the people of the world decided to defend the city without a fight, digging ditches and building fortifications to drag them down.

This morning, Zixuan was helping Shimin comb his hair, and Li Jin hurriedly walked into the big tent: "Your Royal Highness, some of the soldiers have malaria. ”

"What? How many people are there? Shimin asked, looking up.

"About two or three thousand." Li Jin said.

Shimin put on his coat and strode out, while instructing Li Jin: "Hurry up and call all the medical officers in the army to the barracks, and the epidemic will be controlled!" ”

"Second Highness!"

When Shimin heard Zixuan call him, he turned around, "What's the matter?" ”

"I didn't ...... Nothing, you are careful. Zixuan lowered his head, his hands clenched, and his nails embedded in the palms of his hands.

Shimin smiled: "Why is my mother-in-law today?" He turned around and walked out of the tent.

What should come will always come, Zixuan can't stop the pace of history, but she is ready - take good care of him.

Dusk struggled with the last rays of light, swallowed by the night for its final splendor. Zixuan anxiously waited for Shimin outside the big tent, the night wind blew the broken hair on her sideburns, and she finally saw the familiar long figure in the starlight.

Zixuan hurriedly lifted his skirt and ran up, "Second Highness, you're back." As he spoke, he looked up and down his face and body for anything unusual.

Shimin saw that her long blue dress was blown up obliquely by the night wind, and her clothes fluttered, like a butterfly, falling in front of her, and a pair of big crystal eyes sparkled at her, full of concern.

"Why isn't it in the account? Do you miss me like that? The world poll laughed.

"It's a little bit of a thought, are you feeling unwell?" Zixuan didn't notice his teasing at all, and only blindly cared about his body.

Shimin reached out and touched her forehead, "I think you're uncomfortable, you're very strange today." ”

Shimin walked into the big tent, and Zixuan followed.

"Second Highness, you drink some hot water first, and I'll go get dinner for you." Zixuan said.

While eating, Shimin looked at Zixuan, who was sitting across from him. At this moment, she was holding her chin with both hands, looking at herself with unblinking eyes, "Why don't you eat?" ”

Zixuan said: "I've eaten, you eat more." ”

Shimin put down his chopsticks, "Yang Zixuan, your appearance today makes me feel that you are in love with me." ”

"Huh? Not...... No, you think too much. I just think you're going to be tired today, are you in the barracks having malaria controlled? Zixuan smiled unnaturally.

Shimin said: "It's so easy, but the medical officers stay there to take care of it." ”

"All left over there? Isn't there one here? Zixuan asked cautiously.

"No one here has malaria, why stay here?" Shimin Road.

At night, Shimin had already fallen asleep, and Zixuan couldn't sleep at all while tossing and turning on the couch. Maybe not today? I don't remember what day it was in the history books, but what if she fell asleep and the people told her not to listen? After tossing like this until dawn, Zixuan slept lightly.

Zixuan...... Yang Zixuan......"

Zixuan heard as if someone was calling her in her sleep, her voice was very low, she was a citizen of the world!

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