"You wouldn't be right—Your Highness?" Shi Yuezhen was shocked and almost threw the teacup out of his hand, and finally squeezed this sentence out of his mouth, "Let's not talk about whether he is suitable or not, just think about the relationship between the queen mother and Zhao Guifei, aren't you just causing trouble for yourself?" ”

"The selection of the prince is related to the future of the entire Tianqi, so naturally he cannot be swayed by these things." Luo Liyao's eyes did not show hesitation as Shi Yuezhen thought, "And...... Am I not building up my power? ”

"If I have a force in my hands that is enough to make the Tianqi Imperial Clan and even the whole world fearful, why can't I protect the people around me?"

Many years later, Shi Yuezhen still remembers that afternoon, she and Luo Liyao sat opposite each other and tasted tea, but they talked about the righteousness of the family and the country.

At that time, they were still girls in the boudoir who had not done much in the world, Luo Liyao sat in front of her and said those words to her, and the light in her eyes seemed to be three points brighter than the sun in the middle of the day, which made her involuntarily believe it.

But the gears of fate were moving so fast that they were caught off guard.

The Dongyi people used all their strength to invade the Tianqi border and raze the city, burning, killing and looting along the way, and the people in the places they passed were not happy.

Ye Tianliu, the city lord of Zaoyi City, led only 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city and the people in the city who spontaneously defended the city to confront the hundreds of thousands of troops in Dongyi, because they were besieged by the enemy's army, the people in the city worked hard for half a month before they found the opportunity to ask for help from other places, and a few days later, the city lord Ye Tianliu committed suicide because he was unwilling to be captured, but the corpse was hung by the Dongyi people in the city tower for three days and three nights, which caused the people in Tianqi to be excited, and people with lofty ideals were ready to join the army.

Ten days had passed when the news reached Tianqi Wangcheng, and at that time, the Dongyi people had already pulled out three cities in a row, and the military power was great.

The thirty-seventh emperor of Tianqi, Luo Zhuang, ordered the general of Zhenguo Meng Hui to lead 200,000 troops to the expedition, and before the army left, the third prince Luo Yuanjing broke his hair in front of the hundred officials to ask for battle, showing his determination to resist the enemy and defend the country.

The emperor was very happy, and then ordered him to go on the expedition with Meng Hui, and Meng Hui was the commander.

Half a month later, the army arrived outside Yuntian City, where the Dongyi army was stationed, and at this time, six cities in Tianqi had been occupied by the Dongyi army.

Tianqi and Dongyi officially went to war, and under the leadership of the Zhenguo general Meng Hui, the Dongyi army was defeated and retreated within three months, and was driven outside the city. At this time, the Dongyi army did not intend to give up, but entrenched outside the city of Zhaoyi and waited for the next opportunity to attack.

Meng Hui immediately led a large army to garrison the city and began to rebuild the city after the war.

The Dongyi people were cunning, and even took advantage of General Menghui's departure to other cities, besieging him and tens of thousands of horses in the city.

When General Meng Hui led his men and horses to break through, he unexpectedly saw a soldier with a different body shape and was being hit by several people, and when he was fighting, the soldier's helmet fell off to reveal his long hair, which was actually a woman! Everyone was shocked, and after careful observation, they found that this person was actually the only daughter of General Meng Hui, Miss Meng.

General Meng Hui was furious, and he had to try his best to protect his daughter to break through, but he was never as brave as before, putting life and death aside.

Seeing this, the leader of Dongyi immediately ordered to attack Meng Hui, which distracted Meng Hui, and sent troops to block Luo Yuanjing's support ten miles away.

Although General Meng Hui and his men were brave, they were still outnumbered, and they were killed and wounded in a short time, and General Meng Hui also died of hatred because he sacrificed his life to protect his beloved daughter - a generation of famous generals, and thus fell.

Perhaps it was providence that made people, at this time, Luo Yuanjing finally led his troops out of the siege to rescue, but only rescued the scarred Meng Bi and brought back the corpses of many soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country.

When the news of the fall of the Zhenguo general Meng Hui came back, the whole country was shocked, and the common people spontaneously organized activities to mourn for him, and the national sentiment of condemning Dongyi set off a new round of climax.

Meng Hui died in battle, and Meng Yan, the major general of the Meng family, immediately succeeded to the throne as the new head of the Meng family, taking over the army stationed outside the royal city.

However, at this time, far away on the border, Luo Yuanjing, who took over the position of commander, agreed to Meng Bi's request to join the army to avenge his father and include him in the army. The army was excited by the insidious cunning of the Dongyi people and the death of Meng Hui, and the so-called mourning soldiers must win, the Tianqi army began a crazy counterattack against the Dongyi army, and almost slaughtered it.

The few Dongyi people fled to the depths of the barbarian land, and they could no longer set off the storm.

The battle lasted more than five months, the famous general Meng Hui of the Tianqi generation and tens of thousands of soldiers died on the battlefield, Dongyi was almost wiped out, and both sides paid a heavy price, which can be described as tragic.

In mid-October, the third prince Luo Yuanjing returned to the court, and the people spontaneously greeted him everywhere he went, and the cheers were endless.

Autumn Water City, the Imperial Palace.

"The Third Highness is about to arrive in the royal city, right?" Shi Yuezhen took a knife and cut open the pill that Tang Haoqi had newly made for her, twisted it a little and sniffed it carefully, "This time, His Royal Highness has made a lot of contributions, but because of the death of General Meng Hui, I don't know whether it is a reward or a punishment." ”

"Judging by the attitude of the people along the way, there must be more rewards than punishments." Luo Liyao's gaze did not leave the scroll in his hand at all, "In the future, the third brother can be regarded as a person with military merits." ”

"It's nothing else, it's just Miss Meng-" Shi Yuezhen reached out and patted her book, "I'm afraid I'm afraid I will have a knot after this time, after all, her father is ......"

"It's hard to say that I've been training in the barracks for so long." Luo Liyao silently dodged her troublesome hand.

"These days, I see that you are either talking to Tang Haoqi or reading books and tasting tea, and mushrooms are going to grow in this Canglan Hall all day long." Shi Yuezhen continued to interfere with her reading sight, "What are you letting Tang Haoqi and Su Luoran do?" I heard from the people in the house, now the admission ticket to the Moon Tower on Ying Street is hard to find, and Su Luoran is really business-minded! ”

"It's not because I'm lazy." Luo Liyao remembered the words that the person complained to him through Tang Haoqi's mouth a few days ago, and suddenly had a headache, "Now there is one in the Five Kings City, Su Luoran is busy running around, in order to prevent too many guests, he came up with such an idea of regularly auctioning admission tickets - the result is novel, and there are more people who want to enter." ”

"That's why he has a business mind." Shi Yue really smiled, "Last time I heard that fool say, in addition to doing business, Su Luoran also regularly went to the nursing home (1) to see if there were any girls suitable for adoption in Mochizuki Building, and took them to the building to be trained, and let them make a living in the building in the future, which can be regarded as a good thing." ”

"Didn't Tang Haoqi tell you?" Luo Liyao casually flipped through the pages of the book in her hand, "As long as it is suitable, boys and girls will adopt." ”

"Men and women? That's not your idea, is it? Shi Yuezhen pouted, "I really think Su Luoran came up with it." ”

"It was he who brought it up, but I added a few more." Luo Liyao patiently explained to her, "The boy can let Tang Haoqi train to be a secret guard, and the girl will go to the Moon Tower to learn piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs as you think, also to find out information in the future - now that the Moon Tower and the secret guard are gradually on the right track, there is no need to worry." ”

"Since they were young, it took too much time and effort...... Shi Yuezhen thought about her thoughts, and suddenly felt that one head was three big.

"Naturally, there are ready-made ones - for example, Liulilou, the predecessor of Mochizuki Tower, left some girls who are willing to be good, and there are also some people from the rivers and lakes that Su Luoran has acquainted." Luo Liyao chuckled and pushed the tea in front of her, "These things are not what you are good at, so you don't have to think about it." ”

"I always feel like you're calling me stupid." Shi Yuezhen tugged at his sleeve sadly.

"How?" Luo Liyao was finally reluctant to put down the book in her hand to coax her, "Su Luoran runs the Moon Tower because she can do business; Tang Haoqi is good at poison and strong martial arts, so he takes charge and trains the secret guard; You are a genius in medicine, and practicing medicine in the future is the path you should take. ”

"It's a pity that Your Majesty's health has been getting worse and worse in the past few months, and my father is helpless." Shi Yue had a faint uneasiness in his heart, "The pulse is always good and bad, and the condition often recurs - it's very strange whether you can't go up or down." My father said that it varies from person to person, but I always feel that it is not so simple. ”

"Life and death are fateful." Luo Liyao silently pressed her trembling hand, "Sooner or later, there will be such a day." ”

"It's your father, but I still want you to persuade me." Shi Yue really smiled helplessly, "In the past few days I have been in the palace, I have always heard that His Majesty is in Zhao Guifei's Xingfei Hall - in the long run, it is strange that you don't accumulate hard work and become ill." ”

After all, it was an untrained girl, and both of them turned red involuntarily.

The Zhao family favored the harem, and her old acquaintance Ning Zhong was deeply respected by the emperor, and was appointed as the prime minister not long ago, at the head of the hundred officials.

The concubine is dominant in the harem, but the queen is weak but the body of the main palace, and the battle for the establishment of the eldest son above the court has never stopped.

As we all know, the contemporary emperor of Tianqi, Luo Zhuangxi, has a total of four sons, two of whom are the queen and the concubine. In terms of identity orthodoxy, the queen is a concubine, and Zhao Guifei is a concubine; According to the order of the eldest and youngest, the eldest son was born by the concubine. Such a back and forth, naturally how difficult to think about.

But what is even more strange is that Zhao Guifei is deeply favored by the emperor, but her eldest son is not welcomed. It's just that the two princes born by the queen are just that, but even the siblings who are not yet full of age are favored by the emperor than him, which is very puzzling. Some people say that it is because His Royal Highness grew up in Gongzi since childhood, which caused His Majesty to recall the bad memories of being hostage in Gongzi in the past; Some people say that it is because His Highness is not smiling by nature, and although he is strong, he will not please people...... There are different opinions, but they are puzzled.

His Royal Highness was not treated by the emperor, the Second Highness rarely got involved in the political affairs of the court, and the Fourth Highness was still young, so only the Third Highness who returned triumphantly from Dongyi was left.

Shi Yuezhen silently watched Luo Liyao pick up the pen and make detailed annotations on the book, only hoping that the future turmoil would come a little later.

Qin Se is in the palace, and it is good to be quiet.

This is the day that many boudoir women look forward to.

But she forgot that they were at the center of the power vortex of the nobles of the family, in this dangerous place surrounded by wild beasts!

"Boom—"

Luo Liyao shook the wolf pen in his hand, and his handwriting, which was originally handsome, was crooked for a moment: "The more true, the thunder ......"

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Related Notes:

(1) [Nursing Home]: It is one of the relief facilities implemented throughout the country in the Song Dynasty, and it is an institution that shelters the poor and provides accommodation, food, and some living expenses. This refers to a place where homeless underage children are housed.