The same situation?

How can this be the same!

Shen Bai's whole person was stupid, her fingertips trembled uncontrollably, she looked at Zhao Che in disbelief, her lips opened and closed, and finally eagerly wrote five words on the table: Brother Gu is mine!

Shen Bai wrote in a hurry, and his mind was a little messy, but everything that happened before was all connected.

No wonder Zhao Che has always been jealous of herself because she likes Gu Hengzhou, where is he jealous, it is obviously jealous!

The prince of a country is a good man, and he also likes to publicize this kind of thing, but it is much more sensational than her, the only son of Taifu, who likes the prince of Zhenguo.

This matter is not only inconsistent with the ethical guidelines, but also intolerable by heaven, not to mention that those stubborn and pedantic ministers in the court will not agree, and all the people of Zhaoling will not agree!

Moreover, every time Gu Hengzhou came back in the previous life, Zhao Che would leave him in the palace to talk all night, almost never giving him the opportunity to meet others, he was obviously using his power to satisfy his selfish desires openly.

He is the prince of Zhaoling, how can he like men? If Gu Hengzhou knew his thoughts, how could he still want to serve Zhaoling?

Shen Bai's eyes turned around flexibly, and after digesting the huge shock, he wished that he was now full of mouths, and snuffed out all the evil thoughts in Zhao Che's mind, so anxious that a layer of fine sweat broke out in his brain, and he was about to continue to write and persuade, Zhao Che said with a cold face: "This palace is just an example, let me snuff out those messy thoughts in your head." ”

If you hadn't thought about it first, would you casually cite such an example?

Shen Bai rolled his eyes in his heart, but at this time, it was difficult to speak, and the writing was too slow, so he could only nod perfunctorily first, and then talk to Zhao Che when the injury was healed.

Knowing that Shen Bai was unconvinced, Zhao Che's face was ugly, and he didn't know why he had just twitched his head and said that sentence in front of such a bastard thing.

The two had different thoughts, and the atmosphere was quite stiff and awkward, but fortunately, after a while, Xiaobei said respectfully outside: "Your Highness, Mr. Chu has arrived." ”

Zhao Che immediately restrained his emotions and ordered in a deep voice: "Come in!" ”

Xiaobei pushed open the door and let Chu Yingtian come in.

The last time I saw the Empress Dowager in Ci'an Palace, Chu Yingtian officially entered the Ministry of Industry, and at this time he was wearing clothes uniformly cut by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry.

In order to facilitate work, the uniform short placket and long sleeves, with long pants, the weather is cold, and the jacket is much thicker.

was forced to change from a carpenter to a blacksmith, Chu Yingtian's body and bones looked stronger than before, the food in the Ministry of Industry was good, his complexion was better, and the depression of losing his wife and children was a little lighter, at least he didn't have the bent on death at the beginning.

Before in Donghengguo, he already knew Zhao Che's identity as the prince, and he also knew that Shen Bai and Zhou Jue were not bad, but after returning to Hanjing, he never saw Zhao Che again, and then he was arranged to enter the Ministry of Industry in a daze.

Now that they meet again, seeing the two of them in gorgeous clothes and with extraordinary spirits, Chu Yingtian couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and was stunned for a moment before kneeling down and saluting respectfully: "The grass people meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhao Che bent down to personally help Chu Yingtian up, and still used Shen Bai's previous title to him: "Mr. Chu doesn't need to be polite, after Mr. returned to Beijing, he didn't have time to see Mr., it was the negligence of the palace." ”

Zhao Che's tone was gentle, and he attached great importance to Chu Yingtian's attitude, Chu Yingtian was a little flattered, he obviously wanted to be a carpenter, but these people insisted on him being a blacksmith, and they always felt that he could achieve much as a blacksmith.

Chu Yingtian was uneasy in his heart, lowered his head and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too exalted to the grass people, and the grass people can never afford to be called Mr. ”

Zhao Che let go of him and said lightly: "This palace calls you Mr., then you deserve this title, others can't question it, and you can't either!" ”

Zhao Che's tone was gentle and calm, but full of warning.

He didn't want to promote Chu Yingtian as a gentleman, he asked Chu Yingtian to become a person worthy of the title of sir.

Chu Yingtian immediately clearly felt the imperial aura on Zhao Che's body, his face stiffened slightly, and he replied calmly: "Yes, the grass people know their mistakes." ”

After answering in the affirmative, Zhao Che let go of the topic and asked instead: "Sir, do you know a person named Wuyu?" ”

Gong E, who was rescued last night, was seriously injured and couldn't speak, so Zhao Che naturally wanted to find out where the twenty girls in Muzhou City went five years ago from various channels.

I haven't heard this name for too long, Chu Yingtian didn't react, but seeing Zhao Che's serious expression, he didn't immediately deny it, thinking about it seriously, Zhao Che added: "If you don't know it, have you heard Mrs. Xian mention it?" ”

Speaking of Ah Wan, Chu Yingtian's face flashed with pain, and after a while, he asked: "The person called Wuyu in the mouth of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a girl in Muzhou City?" ”

Zhao Che glanced at Shen Bai, and both of them flashed in their eyes, this really corresponded.

Zhao Che and they turned Muzhou City upside down, Chu Yingtian also knew, but he lived in the post station with Hanchen at that time, and he didn't know the specific ins and outs, and he was suddenly called for questioning at this time, and suddenly remembered that there was another incident in Muzhou City back then.

Speaking of this, it can be regarded as a crime of defrauding the king, Chu Yingtian knelt down first and admitted his mistake: "The grass people have committed the crime of defrauding the king, and I ask Your Highness to forgive me!" ”

Zhao Che put one hand behind his back and said in a deep voice: "Forgive you for your innocence, let's talk about what is going on first." ”

Chu Yingtian said: "The deceased wife Ah Wan was abducted to Jianghuai when she was seven years old, and the grass people have been helping her find her biological parents, five years ago, the grass people found clues, her biological parents were in Muzhou City, and the grass people accompanied her to Muzhou to find relatives, but she didn't expect her biological parents to be greedy for vanity, and just met the official draft, seeing that Ah Wan was born good-looking, he disregarded Ah Wan's wishes, and wanted to break us up and forcibly send Ah Wan to the draft. ”

Chu Yingtian had already failed the exam once at that time, and under Ah Wan's persuasion, he planned to do the carpentry work that he was more interested in, save money to marry Ah Wan as his wife, and accompany Ah Wan to find her biological parents that time, Chu Yingtian wanted Ah Wan to make Ah Wan wish, and secondly, he also wanted to let them witness his determination to marry Ah Wan in front of Ah Wan's biological parents.

However, Ah Wan's biological parents didn't look down on Ah Wan at all, they saw that Ah Wan had grown up and was very beautiful, so they first pretended to receive them warmly, and then took advantage of the two to be unprepared, lying to separate the two, making the two mistakenly think that the other party had changed their minds.

Fortunately, Chu Yingtian and Ah Wan were very affectionate, and they didn't believe that the other party was such a person, and the two tried to get in touch, only to know that Ah Wan's biological parents had the idea of letting Ah Wan participate in the draft.

In order to save Ah Wan from fire and water, Chu Yingtian pretended to go to Qingyun Pavilion to buy drunk, and met Wuyu in the pavilion, Wuyu was born good-looking, and she was not a person who kept to herself, she always wanted to leave Muzhou to take a look outside.

Chu Yingtian moved his mind and proposed a deal with Wuyu, Wuyu entered the palace draft instead of Ah Wan, Chu Yingtian took Ah Wan to pretend to elope with her to attract the attention of Qingyun Pavilion Hua Niang, so that Wuyu could leave Muzhou unnoticed, maybe after entering the palace, he could climb the high branches and soar.

Only Chu Yingtian, Ah Wan and Wuyu knew about this, and no one thought that after five years of going around and around, they would have a new intersection.

Zhao Che can now be sure that after the twenty girls in Muzhou City were brought back to Hanjing, they were sent to the palace in a way that was unaware of them.

Now, five years later, the people behind the scenes don't know how many eyeliners have been planted in the palace.

People who dare to do such things are not plotting against each other, but because of what?

Zhao Che's eyebrows furrowed, and after Chu Yingtian finished speaking, he said coldly: "Don't tell anyone what happened five years ago, now that you have entered the Ministry of Industry, Mr. will do things in it, as long as you make results, this palace will definitely not treat Mr. badly." ”

Chu Yingtian immediately said, "His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" ”

Zhao Che waved his hand to let Chu Yingtian retreat, then walked to the table, picked up a pen and wrote a sentence on the paper and asked Shen Bai: Who do you think the person behind the scenes might be?

Shen Bai picked up another pen and wrote on the paper: How do I think it doesn't matter, the important thing is to force the fox to show its tail.

There are some things that are unsubstantiated and unconvincing.

If Zhao Che didn't leave Hanjing and went to Dongheng Kingdom in person, he wouldn't believe that Zhaoling was so prosperous that so many unbearable and dark things were covered up under the surface.

It is useless to spend more words, and this time, he needs to see it himself.

Zhao Che stared at the sentence written by Shen Bai for a long time, and then looked at Shen Bai with a burning gaze: "Do you know what this palace is thinking now?" ”

Shen Bai shook her head, she was not a half-immortal who could read minds, how could she know what others were thinking?

Zhao Che said: "From the time you persuaded the palace to leave Hanjing, until now, you have done a lot of unbelievable things, you don't seem to be afraid of death at all, and you know a lot of secrets. ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Shen Bai tried to keep his eyes open so that he looked innocent, but Zhao Che's gaze kept sticking to her face, and said word by word: "There is even an illusion in this palace, you seem to know the direction of everything and the end of everyone, so you dare to be so unscrupulous." ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Your Highness, you are infinitely closer to the truth.

Shen Bai was a little weak-hearted, in the last life, she was polished by Zhao Che single-handedly, and many times the little Jiujiu in her heart couldn't hide from his eyes, and she was watched by Zhao Che at this time, and she was also subconsciously worried that she would be seen through.

However, Zhao Che himself felt that this inference was too impossible, and then sighed and said with a smile: "But how can there be people in this world who can foresee the future?" ”

Even the high priest of Dongheng Kingdom can only roughly deduce a person's fate, and he doesn't know the specific details, how could Shen Bai have such an ability?

Shen Bai was still expressionless, extremely glad that he couldn't speak now, otherwise no matter what she answered, Zhao Che would feel that she had something wrong.

When the topic ended, Zhao Che didn't speak again, and Shen Bai also stood by honestly and waited, and after a while, his stomach growled twice.

Zhao Che raised his eyes and looked over, Shen Bai pressed his stomach and licked his lips and smiled.

She woke up too late, and she hadn't had time to eat breakfast yet.

Zhao Che's human touch is less than that of ordinary people, but he never treats his subordinates harshly, and quickly ordered someone to bring food.

The palace people were worried that he was also hungry, so they prepared a little food for him, Shen Bai's tongue didn't hurt so much, and a bowl of meat porridge was also very fragrant, and Zhao Che followed and ate two pastries.

After eating, Shen Bai burped very unimpressively, Zhao Che frowned, and said in a low voice: "Taifu didn't teach you the rules?" ”

After eating, he hiccups, not to mention that he doesn't look like a woman, and he doesn't even have the demeanor that a child of a family should have.

Shen Bai suppressed the urge to roll his eyes, covered his mouth and nodded.

Okay, okay, you're the one who has the most rules.

Zhao Che wanted to say another word about Shen Bai, but Emperor Hengde sent someone to ask Zhao Che to go to Zhuangxian Palace to have lunch together.

Zhao Che directly brought Shen Bai with him.

In Zhuangxian Palace, Concubine De was personally helping Emperor Hengde to prepare vegetables, and when she saw that Zhao Che had brought Shen Bai too, surprise flashed in her eyes.

Since the death of the first queen, Zhao Che, the crown prince, is not close to anyone, why did he suddenly take the Shen family boy with him?

Emperor Hengde didn't expect Zhao Che to bring Shen Bai here, so he asked Wen Sheng: "Didn't Young Master Shen recuperate from his injuries in Ling Zhao Palace?" Rui Xuan, what did you bring him for? ”

Zhao Che said: "Back to my father, my son remembered that there were still some things that Dong Hengguo and his party had not dealt with before, and I talked to Young Master Shen for a while, and my father just summoned her, so he brought her with him, and my father can rest assured, she is no different from a dumb person now, and she can say anything." ”

Shen Bai: "......"

A polite and embarrassed smile, it feels good to be dumb.

Zhao Che sat down next to Emperor Hengde, Concubine De put down her chopsticks elegantly, and said softly without looking at Shen Bai: "Your Highness, don't make fun of Young Master Shen, the concubine heard that he is doing very well in the Tai Academy, even if his tongue is injured and he can't speak, the pen in his hand is so powerful that he is unforgiving." ”

Concubine De's words were hidden, and she also remembered that Shen Bai had raised the bar with her in Zhuangxian Palace before.

Shen Bai obediently helped Zhao Che pour a cup of tea, Zhao Che picked it up and took a sip, and said meaningfully: "This palace says that she is almost dumb, that is, to make sure that she will not go out and talk nonsense, is the concubine dissatisfied with her or does she have any opinions about this palace?" ”

After the death of the first queen, Concubine De has not ascended to the back seat, and in the early years, she tried to win over Zhao Che, and after sticking her cold ass with her hot face many times, she also gave up, and her relationship with Zhao Che has always been salty and light.

At this time, he was scolded by Zhao Che, and his face was a little unbearable, so he immediately sought the protection of Emperor Hengde, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, the concubine didn't mean that, the concubine praised Young Master Shen's talent, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince misunderstood the concubine again." ”

Emperor Hengde watched this kind of drama I don't know how many times, he didn't pay attention to it, got to the point, and asked Zhao Che: "The princess of Yuexi yesterday, did you see it?" ”

Sure enough, it's for the sake of harmony.

Zhao Che took another sip of tea and said quietly: "Erchen is not blind, she is so big that she is there, Erchen can naturally see it." ”

Emperor Hengde asked, "How?" ”

Zhao Che pretended to be stupid: "What's the matter?" ”

Emperor Hengde stopped his chopsticks and was not satisfied with Zhao Che's answer, Concubine De immediately said: "Your Highness, you are not young, this princess of Yuexi has a good status, although she comes from a barbarian country, her appearance is not inferior to the noble girl in Beijing, Your Majesty means that His Royal Highness can use her as his marriage partner." ”

Zhao Che pursed his lips and said nothing, and did not answer Concubine De's words, obviously resisting this marriage.

Emperor Hengde slapped the table and ordered in a deep voice: "Speak!" ”

Zhao Che is nineteen, one year older than Gu Hengzhou, Emperor Hengde has been married to the former queen for two years at his age, and Zhao Che is not married yet, which is really a bit unusual.

Originally, Emperor Hengde felt that he was an assertive and over-the-top situation, so he didn't have to worry about it, but he didn't expect that this time the Yuexi royal family brought the princess, and he obviously had the idea of being close, but Zhao Che acted as if he didn't want to deal with this matter.

Emperor Hengde rarely took Zhao Che so seriously, Zhao Che put down the teacup, made a sound that was not light or heavy, and then said: "Yuexi Kingdom wants to make peace, but the sons don't like her, there are three princes under the knees of the father, if they want to marry, the sons have no opinion." ”

Before Emperor Hengde could speak this time, Concubine De was the first to exclaim: "How can this work? The common people must follow the order of the eldest and youngest, Your Highness, you are the eldest son of the emperor, you are not married, how can others get married before you? ”

This is a rule left over thousands of years, and what Concubine De said is also what Emperor Hengde wants to say.

Both of them put pressure on Zhao Che, Zhao Che lifted his eyes and glanced at Shen Bai, how could Shen Bai have a position to obstruct this marriage at this time?

Shen Bai lowered his eyes and pretended not to see, and then heard Zhao Che say: "Xingyuan has never been married, and with his identity, Princess Yuexi marrying him is not a low marriage." ”

Your Highness, what are you doing with Brother Gu?

Shen Bai secretly rolled his eyes, seeing that Emperor Hengde and Concubine De were seriously thinking about the feasibility of this matter, he dipped his hand in Zhao Che's cup of tea that he hadn't finished drinking just now and wrote two words on the table: No.

Emperor Hengde looked at Shen Bai and asked, "Do you think that Princess Yuexi should marry into Zhaoling?" ”

Not to mention the marriage between countries, even the marriage of Zhao Che, the prince, has no room for Shen Bai to interject, but the words have already been inserted, and when asked by Emperor Hengde, Shen Bai nodded without hesitation.

The corners of Zhao Che's lips hooked up an almost imperceptible arc, and said in a deep voice: "Come on, present Young Master Shen with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!" ”

Shen Bai secretly scolded Zhao Che a few words, and others sent pen and paper and wrote on the paper: Yuexi has invaded the border pass several times over the years, plundered the food of the people at the border pass, abducted women and children, and put the people at the border pass in dire straits.

Concubine De blurted out: "Since it is a kiss, it means that Yuexi has the intention of seeking peace, if it refuses, won't it cause more war?" ”

Shen Bai didn't rush to refute, just looked at her calmly.

Concubine De regretted it as soon as she finished speaking, these days Zhao Chou has been whispering in her ear how Shen Bai is cunning and cunning, and how he does evil, she has always wanted to teach Shen Bai a good lesson, but she didn't expect to be too anxious, she lost her sense of proportion at this time, and forgot the iron law that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics.

Concubine De knelt on the ground and said uneasily: "The concubine is speechless!" ”

Emperor Hengde glanced at her and said coldly: "Concubine Ai, step back first." ”

Originally, the Empress Xian was not there, and Emperor Hengde wanted to wait for Zhao Che to nod and agree, and let Concubine De start to handle this marriage, but at this time, Concubine De was obviously not suitable to continue to stay here to observe.

Concubine De didn't dare to defend herself anymore, and hurriedly got up and retreated.

The maidservants in the house also retreated, and there was no need for Emperor Hengde to ask, Shen Bai continued to write on the paper: What Concubine De said just now is not unreasonable, but if Yue Xi really wants to seek peace and completely depend on Zhaoling, he should at least return the food and human lives plundered from Zhaoling before before before he can appear sincere.

It is natural to return food, but it is impossible for those who have died to be resurrected, so should the people of Yuexi commit suicide to pay for their lives?

Emperor Hengde asked, "So what do you think should be?" ”

Shen Bai's subordinates kept and wrote quickly: As Concubine De Niangniang said, the young and the young are orderly, and the princess of Yuexi should marry His Royal Highness the Prince, but with her identity, she can't control the position of the crown princess, and the family of Zhaoling has no reason to set up a concubine before the wife passes through the door, Your Majesty can use this as an excuse to let the Yuexi royal family give the princess 2,000 stone of grain and 3,000 elite soldiers.

Yuexi is located in a wilderness, and two thousand stone of grain is a huge expenditure for them, and it is really a bit of a bully to have three thousand elite soldiers.

Those are the elite soldiers of Yuexi, Zhaoling will definitely not use them with confidence, maybe he will kill them when he turns his head, isn't this clearly sending them to death?

Emperor Hengde asked: "Boy, do you know what the consequences of deceiving people too much?" ”

The death of Emperor Hengde in the previous life left Zhao Che with a mess full of thorns, a very important reason is that he is too benevolent and always has to leave a line for others, but he doesn't know that this line is too wide, but it has become the arrogance of others.

Shen Bai continued to write: Your Majesty, Zhaoling has never bullied the weak, it was Yuexi's repeated provocations that caused the incident, which was related to the safety of the country, and vagueness and mud would only lead to endless troubles.

The implication is that it was the Yuexi people who took the initiative to provoke, and now they are also asking for trouble.

Emperor Hengde frowned, he still felt that Shen Bai's idea of retaliating with a tooth for a tooth was too childish, between countries, how could you punch me and slap you back?

Shen Bai saw Emperor Hengde's hesitation, thought about it and added: Last night, Princess Yuexi misused the requiem accompaniment to cheer up His Majesty, and His Majesty only punished her for copying one volume of scriptures, have you ever thought about the feelings of Zhenguo Gong?

Shen Bai's words reminded Emperor Hengde, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

It was Gu Tingge who led the troops to kill the enemy on the front line, and it was Gu Tingge who saw the blood and sacrifice of those soldiers with his own eyes, he said that he didn't care about the requiem, and it was impossible not to ask Gu Tingge's opinion on the marriage, if he married the Yuexi royal family casually, only Gu Tingge and those soldiers who guarded the border were sorry.

Emperor Hengde was thinking about the peace and friendship between the two countries, but Shen Bai was thinking about whether the border soldiers would be cold.

If those soldiers are cold-hearted, who will be willing to risk their lives to protect their families and defend the country in the future?

If the military spirit is in the people's heart, that is, war will break out in the future, and the strength of the whole country can resist any strong enemy, but if the army's heart is scattered and the people's heart is lost, the temporary illusion of peace is just self-deception.

Emperor Hengde thought a lot for a moment, looked at Shen Bai with dark eyes and asked, "Who told you to say these words?" ”

Shen Bai wrote without changing his face: What Shen Bai said, every sentence is Li Min Sheji.

She said this kind of thing thousands of times in her previous life, and every time it was out of her heart, she didn't lie in the middle, but in the end, the mountains and rivers were lost, and the blood flowed like a river.

She did all this, no longer for Li Min Sheji, but for Gu Hengzhou.

Emperor Hengde wanted to think about this matter again, and waved his hand to let Shen Bai and Zhao Che retreat first.

The two went out of Zhuangxian Palace together, and when they saw that the hour was not early, they went directly to the school.

The two of them didn't speak along the way, and when they arrived at the school grounds, they happened to see Gu Hengzhou riding Lie Ying and running towards Gu Tingge.

The elite soldiers brought back by Gu Tingge from the border pass were neatly assembled in the school field in cold iron armor, and were familiarizing themselves with the venue to make final preparations for military training.

The warm sun of the winter afternoon shrouded everyone, and there was a little noise on the school field, making their figures blurred, and falling in Shen Bai's eyes, like an unreal dream.

Shen Bai couldn't help but slow down, Zhao Che looked back at her, and asked abruptly: "Between Li Min Sheji and Gu Hengzhou, who do you choose?" ”

Harm, what kind of nonsense is this?

Of course, you have to choose Brother Gu without hesitation!

Saving Li Min Sheji is what the Buddha should do, and what she can do is to stand firmly by Brother Gu's side at any time, whether it is to wave the flag and shout for him, or to shelter him from the wind and rain.

The key is that she stands by his side.

Shen Bai bent his eyes and laughed, and gave a silent answer, as for how Zhao Che wanted to understand it, it was his own business.

Shen Bai and Zhao Che walked to the high platform at the front of the school field, the palace people had already set up tables and stools here, put snacks and snacks, and immediately bowed down when they saw Zhao Che coming: "His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhao Che walked to his place and sat down, and after a while, Han Chen walked under the guidance of the palace people, followed by the other envoys in turn.

Dongheng is the strongest country, and Hanchen came to Zhaoling with Zhao Che and them, and the palace people specially arranged his seat next to Zhao Che.

He was still dressed in that fine garment, wearing a mask, and his silver hair was supple and scattered, reflecting a beautiful luster in the sun.

After Hanchen approached, he only bowed his head and gestured to Zhao Che, and then sat down, as if he didn't know Shen Bai at all.

Shen Bai secretly pursed the corners of his mouth, but his eyes unconsciously glanced at Hanchen's head, and said in his heart: I don't recognize people after only a few days of not seeing you, I really have no conscience, if it weren't for your good-looking appearance and such soft hair, the master would definitely beat you secretly!

Just thinking about it, Shen Bai's eyes paused, and he unexpectedly found a black hair in a snow-white silver hair.

The hair was not all black, half of the tail was white, and the new half was black.

Huh? So isn't this hair really born like this, can it still turn black when it grows?

Shen Bai was very curious, forgot the rules for a while, leaned over and grabbed the black hair, Hanchen felt that someone was moving around on his head, and turned his head to look at it.

The smooth and soft hair broke instantly, Shen Bai maintained the posture just now, and still held the hair in her hand, and the human and material evidence was there, and she didn't pay attention to the black hair that the high priest had grown with great difficulty, and cut it off.

Shen Bai was a little flustered in his heart, smiled dryly, and shook the black hair.

Brother Chen, look, you have long black hair.

Hanchen was wearing a mask, his expression was hidden under the mask, only a pair of dark and deep eyes, looking at Shen Bai calmly, but it made Shen Bai feel guilty and blamed himself more than any verbal accusation.

But the hair is already broken, and it is useless to feel guilty.

Shen Bai pondered for a while, plucked a hair from his head, and handed it to him along with Hanchen's one.

The hair has been broken, and I will also pull out a hair of my own to pay Brother Chen, okay?

Her hair was thinner and softer than Hanchen's, and the two hairs were intertwined in her palm, which couldn't be seen if she didn't look closely, but they were really tangled.

Hanchen hesitated for a moment and took the two hairs.

Just take it, so you shouldn't be angry.

Shen Bai breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that Hanchen would not be able to save his hair, so he hurriedly untied the sachet on his waist and handed it over.

Hanchen took it, poured out the spices inside, and then put the two hairs into the sachet.

The sachet was made by the palace people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Hanchen pulled on the belt and found two jade beads on the belt, on which Shen Bai's name was written with vermilion lacquer.

The jade bead is about not very valuable, the luster is not very luster, but the red characters are very beautiful, Hanchen pinched the jade bead, it was a little cool, but it was very round, and its owner was very similar.

After Hanchen finished reading and put the sachet into his arms, Shen Bai saw that there was nothing wrong, and silently moved to Zhao Che's right hand.

She was afraid that she would not be idle, and she would cause some trouble in a while.

Zhao Che kept looking at the field, not noticing this little episode, everyone on the field had already gathered together, in addition to the commander of the Praetorian Guard and Gu Hengzhou, Zhou Deshan also participated in this training, and the three of them received three different colors of flags from Gu Tingge, which was convenient for them to change the formation according to Gu Tingge's instructions.

In fact, this kind of formation requires thousands of people to be shocked, but the palace is too small to accommodate so many people, and it is not safe to let so many soldiers enter the palace at one time, so this precedent cannot be opened.

Today's drill is to show these neighboring countries the strong national strength and morale of the army, Gu Tingge wore the golden lotus armor he wore when he returned to Beijing, and Gu Hengzhou and Zhou Jue each wore a silver armor, both wearing a big red embroidered white tiger cloak, majestic and unstoppable.

The red tassels on the helmets and halberds of the soldiers have also been replaced, and they are full of energy and sharpness.

Today's occasion is not suitable for female dependents, Emperor Hengde finally only brought the three princes and the three dukes to come together, as soon as they sat down, the palace people sounded the gong, blew the horn, and the soldiers on the field began to move according to Gu Tingge's instructions.

They performed the commonly used military arrangements in the military books, such as the one-word array, the long snake array, and the herringbone array......

These formations look simple, but they are very flexible and need to be combined with the terrain of the battlefield, the weather during the war, and various actual situations.

At this time, as a performance, we can only see the timeliness of the marching formation and the spiritual outlook of the officers and men in the army, and we can't see how lethal these formations are when the battle really starts.

As soon as these soldiers ran around, a thick layer of wind and sand rose in the school field, and Shen Bai saw that the palace people who were waiting in the stands subconsciously covered their mouths and noses, and some even had a little disdain in their eyes.

They were trapped under the high walls of the palace, and what they saw the most was the monstrous wealth and glory of the royal family, and they could not see the subtlety of these formations, nor could they feel the tragedy of the bloody battles on the battlefield.

The expressions of these palace people were not concealed, Shen Bai could see it, and the envoys of other countries could also see it.

Shen Bai suddenly understood that after the birthday banquet of Emperor Hengde in the previous life, how could the people of Yuexi dare to raid Yuanfeng County.

This time I came to the birthday banquet, and from every subtle aspect, it reflected the hidden evils under the prosperity of Zhaoling.

Even the palace people with a lowly status dare to despise the officers and soldiers in the army unscrupulously, how much can others value it?

Half an hour later, several commonly used formations were rehearsed, and all the soldiers regrouped into a phalanx and shouted in unison: "God bless Zhaoling, long life is boundless!" ”

After running on the school field for nearly an hour, these soldiers were still full of energy, and they repeated this slogan three times together, and their voices shook the sky, showing the demeanor of a strong country to the fullest.

Emperor Hengde was very satisfied, and took the lead in applauding, and the others also applauded, Gu Tingge rode a horse and took Gu Hengzhou and Zhou Deshan to the stands together.

Gu Tingge and Hu Xuan were old acquaintances, and their eyes briefly met in the air, and then they each looked away.

Emperor Hengde Yan Dayue said continuously: "Okay! You are all my hot-blooded sons of Zhaoling, and Zhaoling will always remember the name of each and every one of you! ”

Gu Tingge pulled out his sword and shouted in a deep voice: "Share the glory and disgrace with Zhaoling, and coexist in life and death!" ”

Everyone behind him followed the bright sword and repeated loudly: "Share honor and disgrace with Zhaoling, coexist with life and death!" ”

The voice was as loud as a bell, and it shook people's chests to resonate.

Emperor Hengde was about to give a reward, and suddenly said: "Zhaoling's Zhenguo is famous and well-known, and his reputation is well deserved, I heard that he only has one son under his knees, and they all say that the tiger father has no dog son, this king wants to let the warriors of Yuexi have a discussion with His Royal Highness the prince, I wonder if Your Majesty can agree?" ”

Hu Xuan said that it was so simple, but as long as there was a victory or defeat, it would hurt the country's face.

Yuexi's national strength is already weak, and if you hurt your face, you will be hurt, but Zhaoling is different, if you hurt your face, you will add more blockage to Emperor Hengde, and people will still have a long life.

Are you here to celebrate your birthday or to have a sword contest?

Emperor Hengde's face was slightly gloomy, and he looked at Gu Tingge with a leisurely expression, waiting for Gu Tingge to take the initiative to fight, and a loud voice sounded: "Today's drill is not over yet, the king doesn't have to be anxious, it's not too late to learn after reading it." ”

It was Zhao Che who spoke, and Hu Xuan looked at him unexpectedly, he didn't expect this young prince to speak so confidently and calmly.

Emperor Hengde didn't hear that there would be a drill next, but he didn't show it, so he asked Gu Tingge to take these soldiers down to rest first, and a quarter of an hour later, twenty or thirty palace people walked into the school ground, and at the other end, there were palace people who moved to the arrow target.

These palace people didn't seem to take anything, they directly raised their right hands to aim, and swished out short arrows.

Hu Xuan and Murong Qi sat up slightly and looked at the field more seriously than just now.

Their country also has hidden arrows, but generally only one arrow can be fired at a time, and only five short arrows can be hidden in the sleeve at most, and there is no one that can fire in a row like these palace people.

Each of these palace people shot ten arrows and retreated, and then five palace people pushed a two-person high bow and crossbow cart out together.

Not to mention Hu Xuan and Murong Qi, except for Shen Bai, no one present had ever seen such a thing, and everyone looked at this bow cart curiously.

The bow cart was very large, and the arrows used were two or three times larger than the usual arrows, and there was a piece of something tied to the tip of the arrow, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, the palace people lit a fire under the piece of thing at the tip of the arrow according to the instructions, and waited until it began to smoke before releasing the arrow.

The arrow was shot out at once, straight into the target that was facing it.

Boom!

After a loud bang, the target was blown to pieces.

Everyone was so frightened that they let out a low cry and subconsciously took two steps back.

Hu Xuan turned his head, looked at Zhao Che in astonishment and asked, "His Royal Highness the Prince, what is this?" ”

Zhao Che knew that there was such a thing a little earlier than these people, although he was also surprised in his heart, but his face was calm and calm, and he said incomprehensibly: "This is a new type of ballista just made by the Ministry of Industry, and the palace thinks it's very interesting, so let them pull it out for everyone to see." ”

Fun?

It's not fun at all.

If this kind of thing is used on the battlefield, who can carry it?

Hu Xuan's face was not as good-looking as it looked, and he heard Zhao Che say again: "There are a lot of new things made by the Ministry of Industry in the past two years, and I am afraid that I will not be able to display them for a while. ”

Who still has the heart to watch the competition at this time?

Hu Xuan changed his tone and said: "It's also fun for this king to watch, this king just said casually, after all, the competition will inevitably hurt and be angry, continue to watch the drill." ”

You said to keep watching the drill, just keep watching, when this is your own home?

Shen Bai poured Zhao Che a cup of tea, and Zhao Che said with a smile: "But this palace now wants to know whether our Zhenguo prince is stronger, or the warriors of Yuexi are stronger." ”

Suddenly, Emperor Hengde also smiled on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Since everyone is very curious, let them try it in public, so as not to hang everyone's appetite." ”

After Emperor Hengde finished speaking, he asked Hu Xuan: "Does the king want to send one person to fight Xingyuan alone, or send a few people to go together?" ”

How many people are on it together? Don't look down on people so much.

Hu Xuan's face sank, and Emperor Hengde looked at Murong Qi and the envoys of the Beiling Kingdom and asked, "Do you also want to compete?" ”

Murong Qi shook his head and said softly: "This time I came to Zhaoling has opened my eyes, and I don't dare to measure myself." ”

The envoy of the Beiling Kingdom also shook his head vigorously, and the high priest sat here without speaking.

The words he said were like spilled water, and Su Xuan couldn't advance or retreat, so he could only pick an end from the warriors who accompanied him, Gu Hengzhou came up with a spear in addition to his cloak and silver armor.

The two politely arched their hands, and when the gong sounded, they made a move.

The warrior's skills are good, but his movements are not as flexible as Gu Hengzhou's, and he is not as solid as Gu Hengzhou's basic skills, so he fell behind after three rounds.

Gu Hengzhou didn't make a killing move, but just completely suppressed the man, forcing the man to retreat, and finally swept with a spear, directly slapping the person to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

The man clutched his chest, tilted his head, spat out a mouthful of blood, and passed out directly.

The palace people sounded the gong and announced that Gu Hengzhou had won, Hu Xuan's face turned completely black, and Emperor Hengde instructed the palace people: "Don't hurry up and ask the imperial doctor to treat the injuries of the Yuexi warriors!" ”

The palace people hurriedly carried the Yuexi warrior away, Gu Hengzhou walked to the front of the stands, Emperor Hengde said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is a tiger father without a dog, Xingyuan today perfectly demonstrated the bravery of my Zhaoling soldiers, what do you want to reward, just say!" ”

Gu Hengzhou knelt down towards Emperor Hengde, I don't know if it was Shen Bai's illusion, she felt Gu Hengzhou's afterglow glance at her, and then she heard Gu Hengzhou say in a calm and firm voice: "Weichen wants to ask His Majesty to give Weichen a gold medal for avoiding death." ”

Emperor Hengde gave Gu Tingge and Gu Hengzhou many times to give rewards, but every time they said that serving the imperial court was what the Gu family should do, and they didn't need any rewards.

This time, Gu Hengzhou's answer was very unexpected by Emperor Hengde, he looked at Gu Hengzhou curiously and asked, "Good and dignified, why does Xingyuan suddenly want to avoid dying for the gold medal?" ”

With the merits saved by the ancestors of the Gu family and Gu Tingge, not to mention a death-free gold medal, ten death-free gold medals can be given to him, but Gu Hengzhou suddenly asked for this thing, which always makes people feel abnormal.

Gu Hengzhou's back straightened, and he thought for a while with a stiff face and said, "Weichen has something important to report to His Majesty, and this matter is very important, so I want to ask for a gold medal to protect one person first." ”

The Gu family has always been frank and will not play any tricks, and Gu Hengzhou did not make any detours, and directly stated his intentions.

There were not many people present, except for the envoys, there were only four princes and three dukes, except for the palace people who served, the lowest status was Shen Bai.

Everyone else looked at Gu Hengzhou in surprise, curious about what kind of person this seemingly indifferent and ruthless young man wanted to protect.

Shen Bai stood behind Zhao Che, his whole body was stiff with shock, but his heart was uncontrollably weak.

Brother Gu knelt on the ground, asking for a gold medal for her to avoid death!

He wants to help her recover as a daughter, and he wants her to be herself again, living in this world openly and unscrupulously.

How fortunate she was to fall in love with such a cold-faced and hot-hearted person.

How unfortunate it is that she fell in love with such a kind and warm person in such an identity.

The Gu family has never made any requests to the imperial court for so many years, Gu Hengzhou's character is also very well understood by Emperor Hengde, it is rare to see Gu Hengzhou so solemn, Emperor Hengde stared at him for a while and laughed, and said relaxedly: "I am completely trustworthy for the person who travels far away, presumably the person you want to protect is not a bad person, and if you want to avoid death, you also want to protect him, I promise you, no matter what kind of thing you want to say, I will forgive him for his innocence, how about it?" ”

Gu Hengzhou slammed his head on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty Xie is tolerant!" ”

Gu Hengzhou thanked him, and Emperor Hengde wanted to ask him what the important thing he wanted to talk about, but Zhao Che spoke first: "Father, the hour is not early, the palace banquet in Huayi Palace should be set up, and the envoys are still there, so let's wait until the meal is over and then go to the imperial study to deal with these things." ”

Zhao Che reminded that it made sense, Emperor Hengde asked Gu Hengzhou to get up first, or let the palace people reward Gu Tingge and Zhou Deshan, and those soldiers and palace people who participated in the drill were also rewarded.

After the reward, Emperor Hengde moved to Huayi Palace.

There are no hundred officials today, just a simple banquet for the people of the envoy group, Gu Tingge, Zhou Deshan and Gu Hengzhou also participated together, and after eating, they went back to perform their duties.

Shen Bai followed Zhao Che to the banquet, he was uneasy all the way, Brother Gu wouldn't go to His Majesty to expose her daughter's body after eating for a while, right?

These days, she and Zhao Chou have been in a lot of trouble, if it is found out that she is a daughter at this time, Concubine De and the prime minister will not tear her up directly?

And she also offended the Jiang family, two of the three princes were eager to kill her, even if Emperor Hengde verbally promised not to cure her crimes, it shouldn't work then.

The key is that if Emperor Hengde really doesn't know about this, then go back to the source, Wei Ruzhao, the uncle of the country, is also the one who helped the first queen hide the truth back then, if Emperor Hengde is angry with Wei Ruzhao, wouldn't Zhao Che and Emperor Hengde want father and son to turn against each other? Is there still a peaceful day up and down the Zhaoling?

The more Shen Bai thought about it, the more he felt that this matter came a little too suddenly, and he had to find a way to stop it.

But how can she get close to Gu Hengzhou?

Shen Bai racked his brains to find a way, but Gu Hengzhou was calm, he didn't feel that he had done anything earth-shattering, and sat down with Gu Tingge, without even giving Shen Bai a little afterglow, letting Shen Bai be in a hurry like an ant on a hot pot.

Everyone sat down, and the palace people came in in an orderly manner to deliver delicious dishes.

Hu Xuan was very unconvinced one after another, his eyes swept around, and finally fell on Zhou Deshan, and he began to stir up trouble again, pretending not to know and asking: "What's going on with this adult's leg?" The king doesn't seem to be very neat when you walk. ”

Anyone with eyes can see that Zhou Deshan's right calf is wasted, and only a wooden stake is used instead of support, but Hu Xuan deliberately wanted to ask.

However, Zhou Deshan has heard too many rumors over the years, and he was not angry because of Hu Xuan's words, and said lightly: "Back to the king, the last general's leg was injured a few years ago and unfortunately amputated, and now it is supported by a wooden stake, so he walks not very neatly, and the king is really observant." ”

Not only was he not angry, but he also praised Hu Xuan, and this answer couldn't be more decent.

Hu Xuan didn't accept it when he saw it, and continued to ask: "There haven't been any major battles in Zhaoling in the past few years, whose hand was the adult's leg injured?" ”

These words poked Zhou Deshan's sore spot, he was stabbed in the heart, but he still said calmly: "It was not injured in the hands of outsiders, it was the end of his own recklessness and failure to treat the wound in time, which caused the wound to become inflamed and festering, and finally could not be treated and could only be amputated, it was the fault of the end general." ”

Hearing this, Su Xuan suddenly became interested, as if he had caught some rare handle, and said meaningfully: "This king heard that Zhen Guogong cherishes his generals the most, why did he know that the adults were injured at that time, and Zhen Guogong still wanted you to bring you into battle?" ”

These words are clearly deliberately provoking the relationship between Zhou Deshan and Gu Tingge.

Zhou Deshan himself felt that it was nothing, and when he heard Hu Xuan's insinuation about Gu Tingge, he couldn't bear it anymore, and just about to refute, Gu Hengzhou raised his eyes to look at Hu Xuan, and asked coldly: "The king really wants to know why Captain Zhou was disabled?" ”

Hu Xuan said: "Isn't it because of the negligence of the Duke of Zhenguo? ”

Gu Hengzhou's eyes were sharply nailed to Hu Xuan's body, and he said word by word: "In the winter of the seventh year of Hengqi, heavy snowfall fell in various places, and the disaster was serious, Hengqi's spring ploughing in the eighth year was affected, and seeing that the harvest was hopeless, the king led people to raid Yuanfeng County, fought for half a month, and under the tower of Yuanfeng County, he personally killed thirty people from Yuexi, has the king forgotten all about it?" ”

Hu Xuan's face stiffened, and he asked with a stiff neck: "What is the relationship between these two things?" ”

Gu Hengzhou said: "Captain Zhou's leg missed the best opportunity for diagnosis and treatment because of the half month of fierce battle with Wang Shang. ”

In other words, it was the sudden mystery that caused Zhou Deshan to lose that leg.

Hu Xuan didn't plan to admit it, and was about to defend himself, Jiang Dean said abruptly: "I heard that the king's visit has the intention of making peace with Zhaoling, since this is the case, the king might as well say a few words, so as not to hurt the peace." ”

This sentence seems to be a consolation and a reminder.

Shen Bai turned his head to look at Jiang De'an, and he happened to meet his deep eyes impartially, he seemed to have been paying attention to Shen Bai, and smiled at Shen Bai's gaze, and said softly: "The young men present today are the most noble, knowledgeable, and outstanding-looking in Zhaoling, and the king should take a good look at it." ”