On June 6, the palace ushered in a great event, Xuan Guifei successfully gave birth to a dragon son, and the emperor decided to feast the ministers at the full moon wine in order to celebrate his youngest child.

The courtiers gave gifts one after another, Shen Jiahe and Pei Yuan also picked a jade plate to participate in the wedding banquet, Xuan Guifei had a very good image of Shen Jiahe because of the flower appreciation that day, among the many gifts, only took out the jade card and brought it to the children: "King Xian and Princess Xian are generous, look at the color of this jade card is really excellent." ”

Shen Jiahe remembered that before he came, Pei Yuan explained that he should not get too close to the child, and he must not touch the child's words, but he glanced at it from a distance, and when he heard this, he hurriedly smiled: "This piece of warm jade has been picked by King Xian for a long time, but the concubine doesn't understand the quality of this jade, so she only feels that it is warm up with the tentacles in her hand, thinking that it should be good for the child to carry it." ”

Concubine Xuan nodded, and saw that Shen Jiahe intended to avoid the little prince, so she instructed the nurse to take the child down, and then took Shen Jiahe's hand: "I don't dare to look at my child?" What's wrong? ”

Shen Jiahe smiled and vaguely said: "I'm just afraid that I will like it when I see it, and I will be reluctant to let go when the time comes." ”

"Then hurry up and have one with Prince Xian." Concubine Xuan Guifei didn't break it down, and nodded in the direction of the queen, "Look at that person, I haven't had a good face today, and I guess I'm angry in my heart." ”

Xuan Guifei is already an existence under one person, if there is no queen above, she has a child in this position, I am afraid that she will be promoted directly, the queen's mother's family has lost power, and she is naturally worried that Xuan Guifei will take her place, so it is strange to be happy.

Thinking of something, Shen Jiahe whispered to Concubine Xuan: "If Concubine Xuan wants to be more favored by the emperor, I'm afraid she will have to stay away from Prince Xian and Jiahe." ”

The idea between Pei Yuan and the crown prince, Concubine Xuan Guifei didn't say anything about the door, she also knew a thing or two, the one above didn't want to see their husband and wife, she didn't care: "It doesn't matter, I have the prince's body now, and the emperor's favor or anything doesn't matter." ”

The two laughed and went to their seats to sit down, and the queen at the top looked at the two of them coldly, and couldn't help but think of what happened on the day of the flower viewing.

This slut, now relying on her son in this harem has one hand to cover the sky, the emperor spoils her, and even faintly asks her to help her deal with the affairs of the six palaces, so what is the difference between her title of concubine and the queen.

The queen gritted her teeth and drank the wine in front of her in one go, and Mama Xu on the side bent down and persuaded during the gap between pouring the wine: "Queen Mother, that person is just temporarily proud, but you still have the prince, why bother with this moment." ”

The queen sighed, how could she not be angry with Concubine Xuan, there were a lot of newcomers in the harem this year's election, the emperor is not young, and some of the new concubines who entered the palace did not take the initiative to flatter.

But since Concubine Xuan gave birth to a child, things have become very different, those new little sluts seem to have new hopes for being pregnant with a dragon, this period of time can be a period of time to seduce the emperor, today is not a dance in the imperial garden, tomorrow is to go to the imperial study to send a hand-made soup.

As a result, if the emperor is not bored in the imperial study and dealing with government affairs in recent days, he must be having fun in the palace of a little slut.

And what made the queen even more angry was that on the first day of the new year, according to the rules, the emperor was going to spend the night in Qiwu Palace, but they also used dinner, the queen even changed her bedclothes, and was taking the emperor to the couch to rest, but the Xuan Guifei used the excuse that the child missed his father, and sent the palace people to call the emperor away.

She couldn't be angry yet, and she had to send the emperor away with a smile, she looked at the Qiwu Palace, which was as cold as a cold palace, and for the first time gave birth to a lonely taste, the loneliness that spread from the bottom of her heart devoured her whole person, and even the soul that slept at midnight could not live in peace.

The queen held Mama Xu's hand and said goodbye to the emperor a little tiredly: "The concubine may have drunk two more glasses, and she is not strong enough to drink, this will be very tired, and I ask the emperor to allow the concubine to go back to the palace to rest." ”

The emperor glanced at the queen coldly, and he knew a thing or two about her unhappiness, but it was not only Xuan Guifei's child, but also his child, but the queen couldn't understand it at all: "Then go back, it's the same for Xuan Guifei here." "Anyway, today's protagonists are also Xuan Guifei and the newly born child.

Mama Xu helped the queen into the sedan chair, and persuaded herself: "Why should the queen be angry with the emperor, you are the queen and the wife, whether it is Concubine Xuan or other concubines in this palace, you can't go past you, it's this newly-born little prince, and I don't want to live in front of you and the prince in the future." ”

The queen smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from Mama, this palace sometimes envies Concubine Xuan and those new girls, what about the queen, it's not a false name, this palace sits in this empty position, in order to keep it, it is too much." ”

Once upon a time, she and the emperor were also a pair of Qin Se and Ming, and she also gave him advice and sacrificed a hundred treasures for him when he frowned, but now it is not a stranger, "I am afraid that he has long remembered the past of the palace and the emperor." After saying that, he chuckled again.

The banquet outside was still going on, the queen's departure did not have the slightest impact on the banquet, and Ling'er, the maid behind Jintai, bent down close to her and whispered: "The letter is sent from outside, do you want to send it to King Ling's Mansion?" ”

The letter from outside must have something urgent to say, and Jintai hurriedly ordered: "I'll go to the inner dormitory to change my clothes." ”

Ling'er retreated in understanding, and Jintai saw her walking away, so she turned her head sideways and said to Pei Hao: "There is a letter sent outside, I'll go and take a look and come back." ”

After the banquet was over, the carriage of King Ling's Mansion followed Pei Yuan to King Xian's Mansion, and when the four of them sat down in the study, Jin Tai took out the letter he received tonight: "I took a look, and it was said that the Qin clan had been making frequent moves in recent days, and they were going to move troops soon." ”

Pei Yuan took the letterhead and looked at it aside, Shen Jiahe frowned slightly: "The emperor and the queen already know about Qin Xiaoshuang's affairs, but they haven't done anything recently, and it seems that this battle can't be avoided." ”

Pei Yuan put down the letterhead after reading it, shook his head and said: "No matter what the emperor does for this matter, this battle can't be avoided, Qin Xiaoshuang's brother is going to carry the banner of revenge for his sister, even if we give compensation, they will not agree." ”

Jin Tai nodded: "My father once said that their clan has always been very ambitious, and this is a good opportunity for them to start a war, and Qin Mu will definitely seize this opportunity." ”

Pei Hao looked at Pei Yuan and asked the most critical point: "If it really starts, what do you think the imperial brother will have a chance of winning?" ”

Pei Yuan shook his head, he really didn't know: "The geographical environment of the Qin clan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention whether they will take the initiative to attack us now, at least if we want to capture their base camp, it will definitely not be so easy." ”

"Now that General Shi and General Gu are in the court, the commander guarding the border has no combat experience with the Qin clan, so if there is a real fight, it is difficult to say the result." Pei Yuan continued to analyze, "If my uncle is willing to take command again, the chances of winning will be greater. ”

"In this case, the imperial brother has to talk to General Shi tomorrow, if you wait for the one above to make a move, I am afraid that this throne will have to change its surname!" Pei Hao's words were serious, but the three people in the room did not say anything to refute for a while.

Pei Yuan decided to adopt Pei Hao's suggestion, originally to talk to his uncle about the Qin family after the early dynasty, but he didn't expect General Shi to tell the matter directly in the court.

He took the letter sent by the border pass and arched his hand to the emperor and said: "The Qin clan is now eyeing the enemy, we have no possibility of reconciliation with them, some villages on the border have been implicated, they are also the emperor's people, and they should also be protected by the imperial court." The old minister asked to return to the battlefield and lead the troops to sweep away the Qin clan. ”

"General Shi's words are wrong, the princess of the Qin clan is still with us, how can the Qin clan be so disregarding their family, I am afraid that the news you received is a bit fictional." The Ministry of Rites said.

General Shi snorted coldly: "Qin Xiaoshuang, the princess of the Qin family, is afraid that she has already returned to the West Heaven, is it the prince?" ”

General Shi looked at the prince coldly, and then glanced at the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites: "The Qin clan raised troops under the banner of avenging the princess, and I hope that the prince can give an explanation to the old ministers and the people of the world!" ”

Pei Shu's face turned pale, but he thought of the countermeasures discussed with the emperor before, and hurriedly said to General Shi: "Please also ask the old general to calm his anger, Qin Xiaoshuang is indeed gone, she once framed Princess Kang and was rejected by the palace, who knew that later she couldn't think of looking for a short time, and the palace had buried her in accordance with the etiquette of their hometown." ”

The silent needle drop in the court hall was suddenly heard, and Pei Shu had no choice but to continue to stubbornly say: "This matter has been handed to the Qin clan by hand, but the palace doesn't know why the Qin clan will send troops under this pretext. ”

"Qin's cunning, but I don't want to fall into the infamy of taking the initiative to stir up trouble, Qin Xiaoshuang has a vicious mind, I thought she was a princess, so I took her life, I don't want to die in the end, her brother is even more ambitious, and he wants to annex my dynasty." The emperor summed up in a deep voice.

As soon as these words came out, the officials didn't want to say anything, Pei Shu's pet concubine and wife killed his wife at the beginning, and it can only be said that Qin Xiaoshuang is dead now, and he can only say that he is to blame.

General Shi had no intention of dwelling on these things, and bowed down to ask for war again: "In this way, it is the Qin clan's intention to start a war, since this is the case, the emperor can't tolerate the Qin clan, just a border tribe, just want to annex my big country, this matter is obviously trampling on our national prestige, and ask the emperor to allow the old minister to go to war." ”

"General Shi has been away from the barracks for many years, even if we have to send troops, is it not appropriate for General Shi to go to war." It's still the previous Ministry of Rites.

Someone immediately chimed in: "There are many people stationed at the border, and there are not many good generals among them, General Shi is in such a hurry to go, does he not look down on their guards?" ”

There are also people who still don't recommend fighting: "Weichen still thinks that what to talk about is the best policy, fighting a war costs the people and money, if you can talk to the Qin family, then the adults consider these things are not a problem, and there is no irreconcilable contradiction for us to engage in the Qin family." ”

The emperor just looked at the ministers below coldly, and you and I quarreled endlessly, and there was no sound at all from beginning to end.

Pei Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the above, and then looked at the minister who was the lord just now, and opened his mouth in a deep voice: "The war between the Qin clan and us is inevitable, and their revenge for Qin Xiaoshuang is just an excuse, the real purpose is to annex our land." ”

After a pause, Pei Yuan continued: "Qin's clan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not as useless as you think, Qin Mu is a rare Lang general, I am afraid that there are few opponents on the border, not to mention that the country has been peaceful for many years, and many good generals on the border have not experienced actual combat, and this king thinks that it is necessary for General Shi to lead the troops." ”

"Your Majesty," Pei Yuan bowed to face the emperor, "the younger brother is willing to go to the border with General Shi to rehabilitate, and I hope that the emperor can fulfill it." ”

No matter what the private battle between the emperor and Pei Yuan was, they were still unanimous in defending against foreign enemies, and he had thought about it a lot after this matter had appeared for so long, and at this time he had to admit that what Pei Yuan said was reasonable.

"General Shi is willing to take command, I am very pleased." The emperor looked at General Shi and nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Pei Yuan, "King Xian is willing to serve the country, and I am also deeply grateful, in this case, I will make you General Shi's deputy general, and together with General Shi, drive the invaders out of our homeland as soon as possible." ”

After the matter was arranged, after retiring from the dynasty, General Shi took Pei Yuan to the military department together, and Cheng Yiming, as the squire of the military department, naturally followed to discuss how to write a conscription notice: "I am afraid that there are not many children in the capital who are willing to be soldiers, and if this notice can be posted, it should also be posted in the surrounding towns." ”

By the time a few people finalized the content of the notice and sent it away by the officials of the military department, it was already very late, Pei Yuan said goodbye to General Shi at the entrance of the military department: "Uncle, walk slowly on the road." ”

Before General Shi got into the carriage, he turned around: "Have you communicated with your princess in advance about going to war?" "It's not long before they get married that they're going to separate, and it's really hard for these two children.

Pei Yuan smiled: "I think she will understand, my nephew will talk to her when he goes back at night." ”