When it was almost dark, Princess Taiping left the martial arts academy and went to the harem to rest and prepare to accompany the queen of heaven to watch the martial arts conference tomorrow.

Xue Shao sent her to the vicinity of the gate of the inner court, and asked in a whisper, "An Ran, what are your intentions today?" ”

"What can it do?" Princess Taiping sat in the carriage dignified and virtuous, as if nothing had happened, and said lightly: "The husband and wife are just having sex, can there be anything else?" ”

Xue Shao smiled, "That's it, let's go home and talk about it!" ”

"I took Xian'er to the palace and asked her to sleep with me at night, and you won't let her work tomorrow." Princess Taiping whispered, "The woman is broken, it hurts!" ”

“…… Yes! Xue Shao glanced at the carriage again, and Chen Xian'er was sitting there.

"We're leaving. See you tomorrow! Princess Taiping laughed wickedly.

Xue Shao nodded, and the carriage drove away. At this time, Xue Shao still couldn't understand why Princess Taiping was like this today. It was clear that she had come prepared, not on a whim.

Xue Shao thought about it, it's just that, these are all household matters, so let her, the housewife, handle and arrange it!

At dawn the next day, the drums in the Beiya School were loud and the golden horns were noisy. The first Beiya Martial Arts Conference, which has been famous for a long time, has finally begun!

The 6,000 Yulin army and the 800,000 cavalry soldiers gathered together on the colonel's field, with bright armor and swords, and the momentum was very majestic. When the unreasonable saw this, they thought they were about to go on an expedition.

Before the official start of the competition, Xue Shao, Cheng Wuting, and Li Jinxing presided over the early morning military parade and sacrifice. On the altar, the drums and horns sounded and the battle flags rolled, and Xue Shao, who was dressed in a bright and extremely bright light battle armor, put on a five-color robe that reached the ground, and burned incense and prayed and recited sacrifices on the altar.

Cheng Wuting and Li Jinxing, who also nominally presided over the ceremony together, are more often only acting as companions and spectators on the side. It's not that the two of them are happy to be like this, in fact, Xue Shao has always tried his best to refrain from wanting to monopolize the limelight, but Cheng and Li Erjiang know that they can't control such a scene, lest they are rude and accustomed to not knowing elegance and etiquette, which will ruin the solemnity and beauty here.

When Xue Shao boarded the altar of the high platform, the long five-colored battle robe flew against the wind, and thousands of soldiers on the stage looked at each other.

Cheng Wuting stood beside Xue Shao and worshiped with incense, and after looking back, he smiled in a low voice: "Old general, the two of us also followed Xue Gongzi to dip themselves in the light and became immortals once." Look at those soldiers in the audience, they all envy Xue Gongzi's outstanding demeanor, like a god descending to earth! ”

Li Jinxing also smiled, "On such an occasion, only Xue Gongzi can control it." I can't read a few big characters and I'm used to being vulgar, how can I do such an elegant thing. Besides, if this great sacrifice of Rong Wu is dressed on our two old guys, wouldn't it be smiling and generous? ”

"yes, this kind of thing still has to be done by young and handsome people, haha!" Cheng Wu smirked.

Xue Shao burned incense a few steps ahead, and he almost couldn't help laughing when he heard the two of them say these strange things. Who would have thought that two powerful battlefield veterans would also talk about such a topic!

After the sacrifice, the two saints brought Princess Taiping and many civil and military ministers to watch the ceremony together. The vast group of people are quite interested. Xue Shao greeted him and invited the second saint and the princess to sit on the subjective seat first.

Li Zhi's complexion and mood today also seem to be very good, he ignored the dissuasion of the queen of heaven and others, insisted on boarding the carriage and let Xue Shao ride a horse to lead the escort, and walked together in front of the team of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army for a while, with the intention of parade.

Emperor Li Zhi, who rarely appeared in public, actually came, which made the forbidden army of Beiya very excited, and the soldiers of the three armies shouted long live for a long time.

In the face of such a passionate shout, Li Zhi, who was seriously ill, seemed to be a little enthusiastic, and he said: "Xue Shao, you did not disappoint me. Since you let you command a thousand horsemen, my Northern Ya Forbidden Army has undergone a radical change! Seeing them so majestic and mighty, I am very relieved! ”

"Thank you for your praise!" Xue Shao bowed.

"Spread my will, all the soldiers of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army will give ten horses of white silk as encouragement!" Li Zhi was happy, so he made a promise to Xue Shao.

Xue Shao hugged his fist and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has a will, pass on my will, all the soldiers of the Beiya Forbidden Army will give ten horses of white silk!" ”

"Hooray, hooray!!" The Janissaries cheered loudly.

Li Zhi smiled, and his mood was very hearty.

Xue Shao understood that Li Zhi's move was to buy the hearts of the forbidden army, but in the past, it was this kind of unrewarded thing that enjoyed too much, which made the Beiya forbidden army lose its spirit of endeavor and high fighting spirit.

Li Zhi's heart was quite fine, and he noticed a hint of discoloration on Xue Shao's face, so he asked, "Xue Shao, do you have something to say?" ”

"This ......" Xue Shao deliberately hesitated.

"It's okay to be outspoken, I want to hear your truth." Li Zhi said with a smile on his face, "No matter what you say, I will give you innocence!" ”

"Thank you!" Xue Shaoce immediately took two steps forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, you want to reward the soldiers of the forbidden army, this is understandable." But now the Beiya Forbidden Army is unarmed but rewarded, which will breed their pride and complacency. Not the best way to do this in the long run. ”

Li Zhi smiled, "Are you persuading me to have clear rewards and punishments, and not to mess with the law in the army, right?" ”

"That's exactly what the minister meant." Xue Shao hugged his fist and said, "In the army, there are clear rewards and punishments to stabilize the morale of the army and boost morale. In the past, the Beiya Forbidden Army became unenterprising and discouraged because they enjoyed too much merit and suffering. Now the purpose of Beiya's martial arts is to intensify their enterprising spirit. ”

Li Zhi smiled generously when he heard these words, "Then you are just now, why don't you persuade me to stop at me?" ”

"His Majesty is the lord of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army, and the military order is like a mountain, since His Majesty has opened Chrysostom, how can he take it back?" Xue Shao said, "Therefore, the minister must not persuade His Majesty." But the minister must remind His Majesty afterwards! ”

"Xue Shao, you have grown up very fast. It's only been a year since you joined the company, and you've matured a lot. Li Zhi looked at Xue Shao, nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "I have memorized your advice in my heart. In the future, I will not forget to discuss with you in advance about anything related to the Beiya Forbidden Army, and then make a decision. ”

"Minister, Xie Majesty!"

"Keep up the good work, I have high hopes for you!"

Thousands of forbidden troops, the queen of heaven and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all watched Xue Shao walk to the emperor's carriage, and the two of them talked and laughed in secret words.

It is no secret that Xue Shao is the emperor of His Majesty. But seeing the scene in front of them, the queen of heaven, Pei Yan, Xue Yuanchao, Li Jinxing, Cheng Wuting and others on the viewing platform all had their own thoughts.

Princess Taiping's eyes moved to the left and right, and she couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

Although Princess Taiping is not in the officialdom, she has really seen too much of the things that "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind" over the years. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all looking forward to getting the favor of His Majesty, just like all the wives and concubines in a big family want to get the infatuation and favor of their husbands.

Is it a good thing that everyone is fighting, and only one person has the exclusive favor?

Princess Taiping's heart was really a little entangled, she used to desperately want the second saint to treat Xue Shao preferentially and give him more opportunities and promotions; Now, instead she begged her father in her heart to stop openly showing favor to Xue Shao like this. Because, this is likely to cause Xue Shao to suffer countless jealousy. Even Cheng Wuting and Li Jinxing, who are good friends with Xue Shao, will inevitably feel unfair and secretly jealous!

After Li Zhi paraded the soldiers for a while, the martial arts of the Northern Ya finally officially began. On today's opening day, the two saints and the minister of civil and military affairs came to watch the ceremony, so Xue Shao took their taste into account, and first arranged a grand song and dance, followed by a football match, but the real game was only one horse shooting.

Singing and dancing are not unusual, but the passionate football game makes the eyes of the two saints and the Manchu Dynasty all shine. Polo is popular in the Tang Dynasty, but because of the restrictions of the "luxury" of horses, polo is generally only popular among the aristocracy, and Wu Zetian is still like this. Today, when she saw that a football game without horses was just as fun and more passionate than polo, Wu Zetian laughed heartily from time to time, praising this as really an elegant and popular "initiative", and called on the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world to follow suit. Li Zhi heard what the Queen of Heaven said, and immediately made a favor and took Wu Zetian's initiative as a holy edict and announced it to the world.

It has always been an upward and downward effect, and what the royal family loves will inevitably lead to the imitation of the subjects of the whole country. Now Li Zhi is also using the holy decree to promote "football", which really makes Xue Shao feel that he has the intention to plant flowers and flowers, and he has no intention of planting willows and willows - is our football finally going to rise?

Most of the attention of the two saints was attracted by the unique football game, but Princess Taiping was a little absent-minded, she sneaked to Xue Shao's side and called him to the secluded side, and whispered: "Xue Lang, you are too flamboyant today!" ”

"Do you think I'm willing?" Xue Shao frowned, "Your Majesty has an order, can I still resist it?" ”

"Father is really, can't he have imagined that such a blatant favor will put you in the public target and attract countless envy, and will harm you?" Princess Taiping whispered.

"Your Majesty's heart is like a mirror, how can you not know?" Xue Shao said in a low voice: "Can't you see that his old man is very eager for me to grow up quickly so that I can take on more responsibilities?" ”

Princess Taiping was slightly surprised and her eyes lit up, she already understood most of her heart, and whispered in Xue Shao's ear: "Does my father want you to become the second Li Ji?" ”

Xue Shao nodded slightly, "It's not bad." ”

Princess Taiping's eyes suddenly widened, "There are ready-made Cheng Wuting and Li Jinxing in front of him, he doesn't want to reuse, but he comes to help you sprout, my father is not old and confused?!" ”

Xue Shao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. That's a fitting description!