As expected, Hua Qianchuan proposed in front of Emperor Yonghe and his ministers that the prince lead the troops to the expedition, which said that there were many benefits, which could boost morale and establish military merits for the prince.

Of course, from the perspective of the light, these benefits are not false, and there are very few people who naturally oppose it, but some officials who have already taken refuge in the prince know in their hearts that Hua Qianchuan will do something in secret, so they will also oppose it sideways, hoping that Emperor Yonghe will think twice.

However, the reasons for opposing it are not sufficient, and most of them are worded on the excuse that the prince is still young and inexperienced, and it is too hasty to take on this important task at once.

Since the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and Emperor Yonghe has also consulted Concubine An's opinion in private, Concubine Hua also vigorously respects it, basically there are more voices in support than opposition, so Emperor Yonghe has already made a decision in his heart, but he also wants to listen to more suggestions and try to handle things more thoroughly.

After all, as a father, there are not many heirs under his knees, and he has always been optimistic about this eldest son, of course Emperor Yonghe doesn't want anything to go wrong.

The ministers remarked, but the prince was silent, Hua Qianchuan thought that his performance was unhappy, so he deliberately asked: "Prince, dare to ask what your opinion is?" ”

Hua Qianchuan thought that if the prince deliberately pushed and shoved, then he could use the topic to play and criticize the prince for being cowardly and cowardly, regardless of the safety of the country.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Mu Chen, including Emperor Yonghe, and it just so happened that he also wanted to know what his son meant.

Mu Chen stepped forward and bowed: "Father, the border is in turmoil, and as the crown prince, Erchen is duty-bound, and Erchen is willing to take on this important task and lead the troops to the battle." ”

Unexpectedly, the prince agreed to be cheerful and atmospheric, and Hua Qianchuan had nothing to say.

"Good, excellent." Yonghe Emperor Long Yan Dayue, "He is worthy of being my son, and he has courage." I believe that under your leadership, our army will be like a bamboo, and not a single piece of armor will be left behind in the green dragon army. ”

"But the retainer still has a request."

"Say."

"The deputy general who goes out with Erchen must be personally selected by Erchen." It's okay to go on the expedition, but you can't be passive about everything, the deputy general is a very important role, you always have to pick some people who can help you, although Mu Chen knows that this trip is dangerous, but it doesn't mean giving up everything to wait for death.

"Absolutely." The generals of the First Army have the right to choose deputy generals, and Emperor Yonghe will not object, and even he immediately remembered the young man Su Wuxie.

On the day of Hua Sisi's assassination, Emperor Yonghe had a good impression of Su Wuxie, and deeply felt that this person was not a thing in the pool, and he would definitely be able to achieve great things in the future, and he had always been by the prince's side, loyal, and a rare loyal person, so he immediately named him General Huchen and the prince's personal guard.

Although they didn't meet much, Emperor Yonghe was very impressed by this person and never forgot it.

On this expedition, the prince said that he would personally select the deputy general, and there must be Su Wuxie's share.

That's fine, if Su Wuxian helps him, he will be more at ease.

Thinking of this, Emperor Yonghe said: "Does the prince have a favorite candidate?" ”

"Yes." Mu Chen had already planned, "Forgive Erchen for his courage, and I want to ask General Gao Yuan and General Gao Yi to be wronged and serve as Erchen's deputy general." ”

The two brothers, Gao Yuan and Gao Yi, are rare generals in the imperial court, loyal and honest, and are not used by Hua Qianchuan, Mu Chen has already contacted them and hopes to take them for his own use.

But these two brothers are very principled, as long as they are for the country and the court, they will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire, but if they give each other privately, they will never accept it, so Mu Chen has always kept a certain distance from them, and before anything big happens, I don't want them to think that they are also people like Hua Qianchuan who only care about personal interests or have other ambitions.

Although these two people are not his own people, Mu Chen is at least sure that they will not be bought by Hua Qianchuan, even if they are not for themselves, they will do their best to fight for victory for the imperial court.

As for why you don't choose people who cling to you, there are two reasons: one is because of the ability problem, the ability of the two brothers of the Gao family to transfer troops is not comparable to everyone, and the other is because these people who are good at clinging, although they are facing themselves at this time, but when she didn't gain power, those people didn't go to Washington every day to climb relations? Today you can swear loyalty, but it is difficult to guarantee that tomorrow when you see that the momentum is not right, you will betray it instantly, and you can't believe it too much.

In fact, Mu Chen's consideration was very correct.

Gao Yuan and Gao Yi brothers, although they have not shown their attitude on the surface, in fact, they already have ideas.

After the prince solved the Buli disappearance case and solved the disaster relief money, the two had a very good impression of the prince, and it was almost certain that he would be a Ming monarch.

So at this time, Mu Chen proposed so, and they stepped forward without saying a word and agreed: "Weichen is willing to follow the prince on the expedition, and he will do his best to assist the prince in expelling the Qinglong Army." ”

Although Emperor Yonghe had no opinion on Mu Chen's selection of these two people, he was surprised that he didn't mention Su Wuxie's name, and couldn't help asking: "Did the prince miss Su Wuxie General Su?" ”

"Back to his father, the son did not plan to let General Su accompany him, but hoped that his father would remove him from his position as a personal guard."

"Oh?" Emperor Yonghe was even more puzzled, "What is the explanation?" Did General Su fail to do his duty, so the crown prince wanted to abolish it? ”

"No, General Su is performing very well, just because he is too good, Erchen doesn't want him to just cling to Erchen all day long to do some small things, this is too condescending, Erchen hopes that your father can give him more opportunities to do things for the court." These are all things that Mu Chen has thought about a long time ago.

Although it sounds very reasonable, Emperor Yonghe still feels that there is still a trace of inappropriateness, if the crown prince wants to give Su Wuxian a chance to perform, isn't this expedition a good opportunity?

"In that case, why didn't the prince take him with him and let him play well on the battlefield? I remember that General Su had also fought on the battlefield before, and he was very experienced in marching and fighting, and he also made many military achievements. "Since he named Su Wuxian as a general, Emperor Yonghe has specially learned a thing or two about him, although he has always been only a major general before, and his military merits are not a great achievement, but he is definitely a good material for marching and fighting.

All doubts are in Mu Chen's grasp: "Father doesn't know, General Su just has to go out to run errands for his sons during this time, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back in a short time, and his sons feel that the military talents of General Gao Yuan and General Gao Yi are definitely above him, so it doesn't hurt to be without him." ”

As soon as Mu Chen said this, Emperor Yonghe was convinced, it was true that Gao Yuan and Gao Yi had been generals for a longer time and had more experience.

"Okay, since the crown prince has already thought about it, then I will remove Su Wuxie from the position of the prince's personal guard, effective immediately." Emperor Yonghe announced majestically, "The prince will listen to the order, you will lead 30,000 troops to the battle, the same general, Gao Yuan and Gao Yi as the deputy generals, and set off the next day." ”

"Yes." Mu Chen, Gao Yuan, and Gao Yi responded at the same time.

Everything was under Mu Chen's control.

That night, the hot pot banquet in the East Palace was particularly sumptuous, although there were only Mu Chen, Ren Shaotian and three palace maids.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going on an expedition, and we are all very reluctant." Xiaoyu said in frustration while eating.

Mu Chenwaner: "Are you reluctant to be the king, or are you reluctant to have a variety of delicacies?" ”

was told that she was thinking through her thoughts, Xiaoyu was very embarrassed: "Ouch, it's all the same." ”

Mu Chen made a little sad appearance and covered his chest with one hand: "Alas, Xiaoyu, when you say this, this king is actually not as good as food, and his little heart is about to hurt." ”

"No, no, that's not what the slave meant." Xiao Yu glanced at Ren Shaotian and quickly changed the topic, "Xiao Tianzi, what's wrong with you tonight?" You also have to examine it when you eat a piece of meat, for fear that it will be poisonous? ”

Even Xiaoyu could see that Ren Shaotian was eating very strangely tonight, how could Mu Chen not see it?

He carefully looked at each dish before putting it in his mouth, for fear that the dishes would grow horns and puncture the skin of his mouth, and even the sauce smelled and smelled, and he didn't dare to dip it until he smelled it several times.

Mu Chen didn't know what he was thinking, he just deliberately didn't say it, but he didn't expect that he was really hit by Xiaoyu by mistake.

Ren Shaotian glanced at Xiaoyu: "If you eat, you can eat, if you don't say a few words, you won't say that you are dumb." ”

Xiaoyu stuck out her tongue dissatisfied, "hummed" and didn't bother with him, and continued to eat her own.

Since Xiaoyu said it, Mu Chen also followed: "He's just afraid of poison." ”

was punctured again, Ren Shaotian was annoyed and ashamed, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and crossed his waist: "Yes, I'm just afraid of poison, who knows if you will come to Yin like last time, causing me to have diarrhea for a night, and making my invincible and handsome face full of red rashes." ”

He also remembered the tragic consequences caused by being tricked by Mu Chen last time, crab and pomegranate juice.

Mu Chen's face was leisurely: "If you didn't do anything wrong, how could you be afraid of being poisoned?" ”

If it weren't for Ren Shaotian's nonsense, Mu Chen would not have taken care of him.

Once poked at the point, Ren Shaotian confessed: "I didn't do anything wrong, but you, don't think about using tricks to keep me, this expedition, I must follow, I will be like Cang'er, sticking to you, sticking to you, sticking to you." ”

Ren Shaotian said as he poked his finger at Mu Chen's shoulder.

His suspicions were not superfluous, he knew Mu Chen's character very well, since she would be worried that Su Wuxian would be implicated, she would definitely be worried that he would be implicated, but he didn't know what method she would use to deceive herself.

Therefore, the expedition is imminent, Ren Shaotian is so suspicious and suspicious, suspecting that Mu Chen was poisoned.

"Eat." Mu Chen smiled helplessly, and put a large piece of mutton he had soaked into his bowl, "You have to have strength to stick to me." ”

Of course, Mu Chen's mutton was happy, but while he was happy, Ren Shaotian still didn't dare to let down his guard, he squinted at Mu Chen: "It's really not poisonous?" ”

Mu Chen really didn't have much patience, glared at him, and then put the chopsticks into his bowl again: "If you don't eat it, forget it." ”