Chapter 44: An Hour
When Ah Zheng brought Yu Meng back, Xia Huan was lying in the house of a workshop.
In the room, the strong smell of medicine filled the whole room.
"Ahem, Wang Yan, are the people around you all credible?" Xia Huan coughed lightly, and his body seemed to be getting hotter and hotter.
This house is Wang Yan's home.
After learning that he was sick, in order not to affect the hearts of the people and the army, except for Yu Meng, the only thing Xia Huan could count on was now Wang Yan.
"Your Highness, rest assured, the few houses around are basically my Wang's family, and Your Highness can recuperate with peace of mind." Wang Yan said a little nervously.
"Your Highness!"
As soon as he entered the house, Yu Meng exclaimed with some excitement. Similarly, beside Yu Meng, Chen Zhaoming, who escaped from the city with Xia Huan last night, was also followed.
Looking at the excited two, Xia Huan hurriedly relieved: "Don't worry. I have a strong physique since I was a child, and this time I contracted the disease, but it was only because I never rested well. With Miss Chunyu's medicine, there should be no danger to life. ”
Yu Meng and Chen Zhaoming nodded silently. This is not Xia Huan's nonsense, but those who have just suffered from illness have indeed been cured.
"However, this matter must not be spread. Otherwise, it is small to shake people's hearts, but it is big when it reaches the ears of the prince! Xia Huan half-sat on the bed, staring at the two and said.
"Whoa! Your Highness, rest assured, the last general will never reveal a word! Yu Meng arched his hand and said categorically.
On the contrary, Chen Zhaoming on the side just nodded.
"Zhaoming, are people here?" At this time, Xia Huan turned his gaze back to Chen Zhaoming on the side.
However, Chen Zhaoming still kept his face calm and shook his head.
"I see, you guys go out first. When the prince's people have another action, they will come and wake me up. Xia Huan closed his eyes a little tiredly as he spoke.
"Whoa!" Yu Meng and the three of them responded respectfully.
"Squeak......
The wooden door closed slightly, and Xia Huan closed his eyes a little tiredly. It didn't take long for him to fall into a deep sleep.
Time passed little by little, and the sun slowly moved from the east to the west.
In the Yingshang County Palace, Li Jin, who was in the dust, hurriedly walked in with Queen Jing's decree.
"Is there only the queen's will? What about His Majesty's edict? With the edict handed over by Li Jin, the crown prince Xia Yan was not very satisfied.
Now is not the time when later generations are extremely sensitive to women's participation in politics. Therefore, the queen's decree is out of the palace, and it still has a very high prestige.
However, compared to the queen, Xia Yan is now more eager to know the meaning of Chu Emperor Xia Ze.
After all, Emperor Chu's words are still a sharp sword hanging over his head.
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty has never seen his subordinates......" Li Jin lowered his head and said.
When Xia Yan heard this, his face suddenly changed a lot. After a moment of silence, he said, "Forget it, it should be enough to have the queen's will." Let's take the action! ”
"Whoa!"
Li Jin arched his hand, took Yi's order, and immediately ran towards the door again.
Li Xu, who had been waiting for nearly a day, couldn't help but smile after seeing his younger brother bring the queen's decree.
In the past two days, he has suffered losses in the hands of a group of chaotic people, which has long made Li Xu quite irritable.
In the morning, he was even defeated by Xia Huan.
Forget about quitting, and more importantly, it will make him lose face.
As the commander of the prince's army, he Li Xu had been so angry. Even if the other party is the prince and the prince's brother, Li Xu still has a lot of resentment in his heart.
Now, although Li Xu can't directly retaliate against Xia Huan. However, he was still a little excited in his heart to be able to destroy what Xia Huan had originally protected.
"Pass the order, and in a moment, prepare to attack!" Li Xu, who was smiling, said to his lieutenant.
Soon, the prince's army, which was still repairing, began to line up, and even prepared a lot of fire oil and other things.
"Squeak!"
The wooden door of Wang Yan's house rang again, and in a daze, Xia Huan only heard it, and it seemed that there were two people arguing softly.
"What?" Xia Huan opened his mouth a little hoarsely.
A trace of pain like a blade cutting flesh made him swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva.
"Your Highness! The prince's people have taken action! In the room, Yu Meng obviously said anxiously.
After listening to Yu Meng's words, Xia Huan immediately sat up.
However, before he could fully sit up, a pair of plain hands pressed against him again.
"You have a high fever now, how can you get out!" Chun Yujing used all her strength to suppress Xia Huan, who was sitting up, again.
However, Xia Huan's not strong body did not fall down no matter what.
"If I don't get out, you'll all die!" Xia Huan suppressed his voice and said with some discomfort. Immediately, he pushed Chun Yujing away with another hand.
However, Chun Yujing still did not give up, but said: "You are my patient, how can I ignore you!" ”
After speaking, he even hugged Xia Huan without regard for etiquette.
However, it was Xia Huan, who was in a hurry, who could not take care of this, and broke Chun Yujing's fingers a little roughly. Xia Huan walked out of the door directly without hesitation.
Less than a hundred steps away from this gathering place, Li Xu rode a horse, looking tigery.
Compared with the 2,000-strong prince's army, the Changxiu army, which only had seven or eight hundred people, was completely defeated in terms of equipment, training, and even spirit.
However, even so, they still picked up their weapons and confronted Li Xu nervously.
"Your Royal Highness the Seventh, the queen misses you very much, and has made a decree ordering you to return to Shoudu immediately." Li Xu rode on his horse and took out the Yi Zhi in his hand.
"Zhaoming, people, haven't you arrived yet?" Xia Huan asked in a hoarse voice.
"I haven't ......" Chen Zhaoming shook his head slightly, however, the trace of anxiety in his expression could not be erased no matter what.
Xia Huan exhaled lightly, although he had rested for a long time, however, his body temperature not only did not subside, but rose a lot.
"General Lee!" Xia Huan took a few steps forward, tried his best to endure the discomfort in his throat, and said loudly: "Since it is the order of the queen mother, the sons should obey the order." It's just that those people are forgotten, I don't know if the general can allow it, this king, and take Hu Cong out together. ”
Xia Huan's words, Li Xu didn't hear it too clearly. However, I can still understand a little bit.
Listening to Xia Huan's tone, it was obvious that he was already planning to give in to Li Xu.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Xu finally didn't want to completely offend this prince to death, so he nodded and said: "Your Highness loves soldiers like sons, how can the last general not obey?" ”
"Good! General Li is refreshing, and he is worthy of being the right-hand man under the emperor's brother. However, there are still a lot of things in this workshop that need to be sorted out. And please wait an hour later, General! ”
After Xia Huan finished speaking, he didn't give Li Xu a chance to answer, and walked towards the square.
After Li Xu was slightly stunned, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. Obviously, Xia Huan deceived him for another hour.
However, Li Xu did not go back on his word. It's just an hour, he doesn't believe that Xia Huan can do anything big.