Huo Jingcheng slowly stopped in front of Du Yan, suddenly reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Du Yan, do a good job." If the plague plan is completed, the position of deputy commander of the forward battalion is yours, and don't waste your brains in the civilian position in the future. ”

Du Yan's eyes suddenly lit up: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Huo Jingcheng hooked his lips and smiled, and said in an unpredictable tone: "If the plague plan fails, I will make you the general of Qianjin, and be in charge of 100,000 soldiers and horses of Qianjin." ”

Du Yan was surprised, confused, he was only a deputy commander if he was victorious, but he was a general when he was defeated?

"Your Majesty? This......? ”

Huo Jingcheng stared at him, and said clearly: "When you really become a general of Qianjin, then the battle of Nanxiao City will really reach the point where you would rather die of a cow than overturn the car." When the time comes, hehe...... My Qianjin general is iron-clad and arrogant, but he didn't get the king's order, regardless of the safety of the people of Nanxiao City, and led the army to Nanxiao City to attack the city and quell the chaos without authorization! ”

When the words fell, Du Yan was stunned in his heart, and immediately comprehended a thoroughness.

Suddenly, he knelt on one knee and said without hesitation: "The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers are not loyal to death!" Wechen is willing to take the lead for His Majesty and bear the notoriety! ”

"Flat." Huo Jingcheng waited for him to stand up, and smiled deeply: "Du Yanna Du Yan, don't talk lightly." Whether it is between monarchs and ministers, or between you and me, there is no dead word to speak of. ”

It's really unpredictable! Du Yan was confused again: "Your Majesty? ”

Huo Jingcheng patted him on the shoulder and said slowly: "The courtiers are loyal to the king, and the king also protects the ministers." At that time, although you did not get the king's order, you led the army to quell the chaos without authorization, and sacrificed many people in Nanxiao City, however, you tried your best to suppress the party and recover Nanxiao, and the merit was in the overall situation! Therefore, if there is merit and demerit, merit and demerit will be offset. In order to calm the souls of the people who died in vain in Nanxiao City, I will depose you as a general, take your military power, and demote you to the deputy commander of the forward battalion. ”

Du Yan was stunned again, and then understood again, and when he was angry, he was full of admiration, and he hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty!" Du Yan is from Jiangmen and has been fighting on the battlefield for several years! I've never seen a man as powerful as you! ”

The two looked at each other and laughed in unison.

Huo Jingcheng smiled and sat down after returning to the imperial case, picked up the tea lid and played with the floating leaves in the cup, and said something else: "Du Yan, you ...... Don't you want to ask about Concubine Chen? ”

Du Yan's eyes darkened, and he lowered his eyes and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, today, Concubine Chen's mother is no longer Du Yan's one to ask, Du Yan knows this in his heart." ”

Huo Jingcheng glanced at him deeply and said: "Du Yan, I don't want to bully my ministers with power, the matter of Concubine Chen, I will be reasonable with you, if she is your person, I will not move my mind and do that unrighteous thing." But she's not yours, so whoever of us gets it, you have no reason to complain. You can be dissatisfied with me in many ways, but don't let me know that you blame me in this matter, otherwise you and I will have a personal relationship, and the rest can only be judged by the monarch and ministers. ”

After hearing this, Du Yan knelt down again: "Your Majesty, Du Yan understands!" Although Du Yan is a martial artist, he is not unreasonable. Your Majesty is eloquent and strategic, and his love is clear, he must be a generation of heroes, Du Yan is only effectively loyal to His Majesty's heart, and in addition, there is no other intention, let alone other resentment! I hope that Your Majesty will be able to see clearly! ”

Huo Jingcheng smiled at the corner of his lips: "Okay." If a minister is like this, what more can the husband ask for. By the way, you only have one wife in the house and no concubine, so it's boring to think about it. When he comes to the draft, how about I give you five beauties? ”

Du Yan listened, pondered for a moment, and knew that this was his kind reassurance, and it was also an exchange with compensation. Beauty is secondary, and the important thing is whether he is willing to eat his toast. It's just that...... Thinking of the hostess in the house, and then imagine the chickens flying and dogs jumping in the back, Du Yan's head became two big.

Huo Jingcheng saw that he was not happy, and there was a look of embarrassment on his face, he raised his sword eyebrows and asked, "What?" Don't you have much interest in beauty? Still is? It's still hard to let go of my heart, and I don't want to really let go of this suspicion? ”

When Du Yan heard this, he knew that he couldn't refuse, and his heart sank, so he had no choice but to accept: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." ”

Huo Jingcheng was satisfied at this time, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go." The battle of Nanxiao City, I am waiting for your good news. ”

"Yes. Wechen then took His Majesty's four secret guards to Nanxiao, and Wechen retired. ”

After Du Yan left, Qin An came in.

Huo Jingcheng sat behind the imperial case and said without raising his head: "Are you back?" ”

Qin An stepped forward to refill the tea for him, and said, "Yes, the servants you explained have all been done, and the ladies are happy one by one." ”

Huo Jingcheng asked, "Is Concubine Chen okay in Fenghuan Palace?" ”

Qin An said honestly: "Concubine Chen...... was isolated, and was sarcastically ...... by Concubine Li's mother"

The cinnabar pen in his hand suddenly stopped, and then he continued to write, asking, "How sarcastic?" ”

Qin An said: "Sarcastically, Concubine Chen's bad vision provoked a bad man, and the water-based Yang Hua failed to marry another one." ”

As soon as the words fell, he heard the sound of the 'horn', and Huo Jingcheng had already slammed the pen in his hand on the ground.

In Qin An's fright, Huo Jingcheng stood up, and said with a cold face: "Go and get my evil short knife!" ”

……

On the side of Fenghuan Palace, after the banquet, Yao Duran sat down slightly, and then got up to say goodbye. Out of the palace gate of Fenghuan Palace, I finally felt more comfortable. As she walked, she took the fragrant jade peony flower in Biya's hand and played with it in her hand.

Who knew that after walking a few steps, when he looked up, he saw Huo Jingcheng leading Qin An to face him, it seemed that he was going to go to the Fenghuan Palace.

When he got closer, Yao Duran leaned over to salute, but he was held up in time. She raised her eyes, but found that he seemed to be in a bad mood, and his handsome face was faintly cold.

He asked, "Did the banquet in Fenghuan Palace disperse so quickly?" ”

Yao Duran said: "No, it's because the concubine is a little tired and left the table early." ”

"Let's go. Accompany me over and sit down for a while. With that, he pulled her up and walked towards Fenghuan Palace.

Yao Duran stopped and said softly: "Your Majesty, go by yourself, I don't want to go." ”

"Let's go." He said a word succinctly, and pulled her away without question. Yao Duran had no choice but to follow.

All the way back to the imperial garden of Fenghuan Palace, where the fragrant breeze is curling and there is a coquettish laughter. The concubines had all gathered on a table and drank wine lively.

Yao Duran watched the scene, and said in her heart that she was really an outsider, and as soon as she left, they would be as close as a family. Hey, this harem is really a difficult place.

"Your Majesty has arrived—" Qin An opened his throat and announced.

Suddenly, the scene was quiet, and the concubines were about to smile and welcome the holy car, but they saw Yao Duran, who had just left, coming with the king again, holding hands. The concubines' smiles froze, and then they returned to normal, and they all got up with a smile and saluted.

"Let's all sit down." Huo Jingcheng took Yao Duran to the table and sat down first.

After the concubines returned to their seats, the queen personally poured tea for Huo Jingcheng and asked with a smile: "Has Your Majesty's government affairs been handled?" Why did you come here again? ”

Concubine Li glanced at Yao Duran, thinking in her heart.

At this end, Huo Jingcheng said: "After the government affairs are handled, come and sit with you." ”

The queen smiled: "The concubine will order someone to add food." ”

Huo Jingcheng raised his hand to stop: "No need, I'll just sit down and leave." By the way, do you still like the gift for you? ”

The table full of concubines smiled and thanked them.

Huo Jingcheng always smiled shallowly and asked, "I don't know which two pieces of jewelry the queen chose?" Take a look. ”

The queen's side of the palace Eruomei hurriedly presented the two brocade boxes, Huo Jingcheng took it and opened a box, and saw that it was a pair of pure gold hollow weaving arms, and the edges were inlaid with broken gems, which were delicate and dazzling.

"The queen has a good eye, come here, I will put it on for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The queen stretched out her arms with a dignified and decent smile, Huo Jingcheng took the jade hand, put the pair of arms on her, and after admiring it a few times, she praised: "The color of gold and blue can best set off people's complexion like snow, and the queen is very beautiful to wear." ”

At this time, Concubine Shu suddenly smiled playfully and said, "Your Majesty, Sister Concubine Li chose a pair of pure gold armor, saying that it hurts more to pinch people on your hands, Your Majesty should be careful, but don't be scratched by her happiness." ”

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Li giggled herself, and glanced at Huo Jingcheng shyly. And the other concubines on the table all faded their expressions. I don't know why.

Huo Jingcheng smiled lightly, suddenly turned his head to look at Yao Duran, and asked, "What about Concubine Chen's choice?" Take a look. ”

Biya presented a brocade box, Huo Jingcheng opened a box, Yao Duran also looked over, and found that he chose a pair of pomegranate earrings, the red pomegranate seeds are delicate one by one, and a string is worn on the tassel silver chain, which hangs tremblingly, presumably wearing it on the ears must be swaying and beautiful.

Huo Jingcheng looked at the pair of pomegranate earrings, his mood seemed to be better, and the smile on the corner of his lips was a little more: "Good sign!" Pomegranates have many seeds, and I will put them on for you. ”

The concubines listened silently, and said that there were many pomegranates in their hearts, and he personally put them on for her, didn't he hope that she could conceive a son for him?

Huo Jingcheng gently took off the pure gold earrings on Yao Duran's ears, and put the pomegranate earrings on her again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yao Duran lowered her eyes and smiled lightly and thanked her.

"Don't rush to thank you, I have another gift for you." After saying that, Huo Jingcheng turned his eyes to look at Qin An, Qin An understood, and presented the box in his hand. Huo Jingcheng raised his hand to open it, and actually took out a short knife with a flickering cold light from it.

"Come here." Huo Jingcheng did not shy away from holding Yao Du with one hand, showed her the short knife in his hand, and explained: "This short knife, called Dang Evil, has a pigeon's blood gem on each side of the handle, like Zhong Kui's eyes, pressed under the pillow when sleeping at night, the evil spirit is not close, and it can avoid nightmares." In addition, the evil also has the meaning of hoeing and treacherous enemies. Today, I will give you this evil that I have collected for many years, and from now on, as long as anyone dares to mock you for remarrying me twice, you will kill her with this evil spirit, yes, you heard it right, it is to kill her. Don't be soft-hearted, if something happens, I will bear it for you! ”

After the words fell, the audience was silent, and for a while, the concubines had different faces.

Yao Duran has suddenly realized this. Presumably Qin An told him something after he went back, he actually brought a short knife and made a special trip to get such a knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger.