Ziyun Palace, the air condensed, Yuan Yao looked at Cui Jiaren quietly, recalling the conversation between them just now, word by word.

"Your Majesty, the battle report of eight hundred miles in Youzhou!" Xu Yicheng's hurried voice sounded outside the door, interrupting Yuan Yao's thoughts.

"Bring it on!" In the confrontation with the rebels, Sun Rongjie reported frequently on the south road, but Gengtong on the east road has not made any progress, and now this 800-mile emergency military information, I don't know what news it will bring, Yuan Yao can't help but be a little nervous.

Seeing that Yuan Yao's face suddenly turned pale after reading the letter, Cui Jiaren asked carefully: "Could it be that General Geng lost the battlefield?" ”

Yuan Yao took a deep breath, and the battle report between his fingers slipped weakly to the ground: "The rebels surrendered, our army was defeated, the main general Geng Bao was killed, Jicheng was lost, the old general Geng retired to Fanyang, and the rebel general Zhu Da besieged the city several times, and I am afraid that I will not be able to hold out for a few days." ”

Cui Jiaren: "Zhu Da is brave and good at fighting, and the concubine's brother Cui Mingyou also lost his legs in the battle with him, Your Majesty should hurry up and send reinforcements!" ”

Yuan Yao's face showed displeasure: "I have my own decision, women don't interfere in politics, this is the second time I have reminded you today, I don't want a third time!" After saying that, he left the palace and didn't say a word to Cui Jiaren, who was kneeling behind him.

"Swing the Imperial Captain's Mansion!" Yuan Yao stepped out of the palace gate and whispered to Xu Yicheng beside him.

Above the public opinion, Yuan Yao's thoughts returned to the picture of himself in the Purple Cloud Palace before being interrupted by Xu Yicheng. Since the dismissal of Hu Dun's official position, there are people in the court and the central government who complain about him every day, coupled with Yuan Rui's incident, which makes Yuan Yao feel depressed every day after going to the morning court. Things didn't go well in the previous dynasty, but fortunately, the harem was still clean, Cui Jia was beautiful and understanding, and Yuan Yao ran to Ziyun Palace as soon as he was empty. As long as he is here, he can temporarily forget all the unhappiness of the previous dynasty. And Hu Bizhu's temperament seems to have improved a lot recently, and she has taken the initiative to send people to Ziyun Palace several times to greet Cui Jiaren and give all kinds of novelties to show friendship.

As usual, after discussing politics, Yuan Yao came to the Purple Cloud Palace early to calm down. Unexpectedly, Cui Jiaren found an opportunity to say: "I heard that His Royal Highness King Changle was imprisoned by His Majesty? ”

Yuan Yao pushed Cui Jiaren away from his arms: "Who did you listen to?" ”

Cui Jiaren's expression was calm: "The entire Luoyang people are talking about this matter, why is it strange that the concubines know?" Does Your Majesty believe that the worms will really help me put down the rebellion of the Great Wei? ”

Yuan Yao: "You don't understand politics, don't learn from others to do politics!" ”

Cui Jiaren: "No matter what benefits Your Majesty promises to the worm, the worm of greed will always be insatiable, and forming an alliance with them is like raising a wolf by your side, and you will bite us back at any time." ”

"It's not about creeping, it's not so simple for Yuan Rui to be convicted, he conspired to rebel!" Yuan Yao was excited for a moment and said that he leaked his mouth, and then reminded Cui Jiaren, "This matter is very important, don't talk nonsense everywhere." ”

thought that Cui Jiaren would shut up quietly after hearing this, but she surprised Yuan Yao again: "The concubine doesn't understand politics, but the concubine understands people's hearts." When I was a child, my concubine's mother had a hairpin that was particularly good-looking, and the concubine would secretly wear it for a while when she had the opportunity, and she felt that she was doing something very bad, but she couldn't resist the temptation of the hairpin, in order not to be noticed by her mother, so the concubine always behaved carefully in front of her every time for fear that she would see a clue. People are of the same mind, if His Royal Highness King Changle is planning to rebel, he should try to keep a low profile at this critical juncture, how can he kill the worm envoy and provoke His Majesty's displeasure? ”

In one sentence, Yuan Yao was powerless to refute.

When thinking about things, time always flies very quickly, and before I know it, Yuan Yao and his party have arrived at the Tingwei Mansion. "Take me to see Yuan Rui." Yuan Yao lightly looked towards Zhou Zhengdao, who came to greet him.

Zhou Zhengzhi's face was happy, leading the way.

"What kind of cage is he in?" Yuan Yao asked casually.

Zhou Zhengzhi thought for a while: "Dongba, Your Majesty, please." ”

Retreating from others, Yuan Yao suddenly asked, "Yuan Rui, can I trust you?" ”

Yuan Rui: "Brother Chen thought that he would never be asked this question by the imperial brother in this life. ”

Yuan Yao: "You have been imprisoned for eight days, and the recital about you has been flying to my case every day like snowflakes outside, and some have persuaded me to kill your relatives and behead you, and I have also strongly stated that you should not be punished for your dedication to the public." In the past eight days, I have been thinking about it, saying that power can corrupt people's hearts the most, are you still the same you? ”

Yuan Rui: "Yuan Rui will always be the original Yuan Rui, and he will not change!" ”

Yuan Yao: "Yes, if even you can't be trusted, who else can I trust?" Who else dare to believe? Yuan Rui takes the order! ”

Yuan Rui hurriedly knelt down.

Yuan Yao: "Changle Wang Yuanrui, privately killed Rouran's envoy Su Pu Liyan, removed the post of hussar general, awarded the general of Peking University, envoy to the festival, led the army of 150,000, and chose the day to go north to solve the danger of Fanyang and exterminate the thieves." ”

Yuan Rui: "The minister's order!" ”

Although he was demoted from a hussar general to a general of the expedition to the north, he was nominally demoted by one level, but in the case that the general did not go to the battlefield and there was no new hussar general, he was still the supreme commander of the entire northern war, and Yuan Yao also specially awarded him the title of "envoy", but on behalf of the emperor to kill officials below 2,000 stones, thinking about it, Yuan Rui was not only not punished, but his power was greater.

Yuan Yao: "You killed the Rouran envoy, you need to prevent him from taking the opportunity to retaliate and go south to harass." ”

Yuan Rui: "Brother Huang, rest assured, as long as he dares to come, his brother will tell him not to return!" ”

Yuan Yao smiled and changed the topic: "How?" Are you still used to living in this prison? ”

Yuan Rui: "Thank you for your concern, Zhou Tingwei takes great care of his brother, and he has changed eight cages for his brother on the eighth day, so that his brother has a sense of freshness every day, not too boring." ”

Yuan Yao: "This old thing ......"

Yuan Rui's words changed: "There is still something that the younger brother must remind the imperial brother." ”

Yuan Yao: "What's the matter?" ”

Yuan Rui: "Even if the imperial brother doesn't say it, the younger brother can guess who framed the younger brother." ”

Yuan Yao: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation." ”

Yuan Rui: "Brother Chen doesn't mean this, the imperial brother can secretly investigate, but there are still a lot of things to do at the moment, and it is not appropriate to make too many enemies, especially not to chill the hearts of my Yuan clan." Anyway, apart from experiencing life in prison for a few days, the younger brother hasn't been treated well, has he? ”

Yuan Yao was silent, and said for a long time: "It's hard for you to be sincere, I remember." It's just that after Yuan Yao found out what happened, he still cut the fiefdoms of the two counties of Yuanye, and strictly forbade him to leave Puyang without authorization in the future.

After Yuan Yao left, Zhou Zhengzhi hurriedly entered, excited: "Your Majesty has pardoned His Highness?" ”

Yuan Rui smiled and nodded.

Zhou Zhengzhi grinned, and the corners of his eyes were crawling with crow's feet: "It's still Cui Zhaoyi who has a way, and the blow is successful." The lower officials are ready to prepare, and tomorrow they will call everyone to celebrate His Highness's injustice. ”

I didn't want Yuan Rui to refuse: "Duke Zhou has good intentions and this king has a heart, but just now the royal brother talked to this king, Fan Yang's military situation is 100,000 urgent......

Zhou Zhengzhi nodded again and again: "State affairs are important!" State affairs are important! ”

The recent weather is like a little girl's mood, saying that it will change, Yuan Rui remembers that before he was imprisoned, the sun was still shining, as if it was still a warm autumn, but at this moment he was released from prison, it was rain and snow, a cold winter scene. Even if he was anxious about the battlefield, he didn't expect that Yuan Rui would lead the troops to set off the next day after receiving the order.

The farther north went, the heavier the wind and snow, and the more difficult the march became, but Yuan Rui strictly ordered the 150,000 army not to slack off, compared with the sunny day attack, the speed can only be faster, not slower. It has only been two days, and there have been several cases of people slipping and falling. Shangguan Qian found Yuan Rui worriedly: "Your Highness, if you continue like this, the soldiers will be unbearable sooner or later." ”

Yuan Rui was also helpless: "We are competing for time with Zhu Da, the bear of the North Continent, and we have to hurry, but what the predecessors said is also reasonable, if we rush to the battlefield, our army has become a tired division, it will not help." In this way, the three armies were ordered to repair for a day after entering the Xiangzhou territory, and then went straight to Fanyang to catch Zhu Da off guard. ”

Shangguan Qian's spirits perked up: "I'm going to give an order!" "Turn and leave.

Yuan Rui hurriedly stopped him: "Seniors are slow, this king still has something to entrust to his seniors." As he spoke, he took out a note and handed it to Shangguan Qian, "I am tired of the seniors to copy dozens of copies of this letter, and then pick a few elite soldiers to rush to Fanyang quickly, shoot into the city from different directions, and inform General Geng that the reinforcements will arrive immediately, I hope he must hold on." ”

Shangguan Qian took the note, read it through, and couldn't help frowning: "Why did Your Highness write like this?" ”

Yuan Rui: "Soldiers, treacherous. Either for allies or for opponents, this king was fortunate to see Sun Rong and Xing Feng's way of using troops, according to this king's view, it was actually eight words. ”

Shangguan Qian asked very cooperatively at this time: "Which eight words?" ”

Yuan Rui: "The real is virtual, the virtual is real!" ”

Shangguan Qian's face was disappointed: "Is Your Highness bullying the few people who read the next book?" This virtual and real thing is to be dizzy! Perhaps, as long as His Highness confirms that there is no mistake in writing, if there is nothing else, go out to copy the book first? ”

Yuan Rui smiled and waved his hand: "Go!" ”