The emperor's mood became much more cheerful by Jinping's half-truths, and he smiled and walked towards the palace, joking Jinping and said: "You can serve well for a few more years by the side of the lady in the palace." At such a young age, he roared anxiously about getting married, and when I saw Xuan'er, how to make fun of her, and single-handedly trained a Mulan, without the slightest reserve of her daughter's family. ”

Jing Xuan had heard the movement at this time, got up and greeted him outside the hall, and when he heard the emperor make fun of Jinping like this, he only smiled slightly, and urged Jinping: "You don't go quickly, Your Majesty still doesn't know the rules in front of you!" ”

Jinping stood up with some disappointment and walked away in a huff.

"Jinping is rude, Your Majesty must not care." Jing Xuan invited the emperor to sit in the palace, and Jinping apologized to the emperor.

"It's okay, it's okay, I've been upset a lot these days, and someone has a joke with me, and I'm feeling a little lighter." The emperor walked into the hall and sat down, the smile on his face still not dissipated.

Jing Xuan has been able to grasp the emperor's routine for several months, and whenever he encounters something difficult to solve, the emperor will always think of her. In this regard, there have been rumors in the palace that the relationship between Jing Xuan and the current emperor is quite similar to that between Gaozong and Empress Wu of the previous dynasty, but I am afraid that Jing Xuan will follow in the footsteps of Empress Wu in the future......

This rumor made Jing Xuan feel very distressed. She was not afraid that someone would attempt to frame her through malicious exaggeration, but she was terrified and worried about the emperor's unfathomable scheming.

Since his ascension, the emperor has taken a very strange attitude towards their father and daughter.

On the one hand, he put aside his father Jing Yuncong, who had outstanding military achievements and was both wise and brave, and let him have the title of deputy marshal without giving him any opportunity to lead the army and make meritorious contributions;

On the other hand, she seems to be quite dependent on herself, and regards herself as the prime minister of the previous dynasty, not to mention that some time ago, she simply regarded the Baoxiang Palace, her dormitory, as the Zichen Hall and Yanying Hall for listening to the government, and today I don't know why I came to the Baoxiang Palace early in the morning.

In the long run, the emperor's behavior will inevitably lead to misunderstanding and jealousy of the Jing family among the people in the court and the palace, and bring disaster to his parents and relatives.

But as the emperor's concubine, she couldn't watch her husband in trouble and not help.

Every time Jing Xuan thought of this, he even began to envy those few young talents who would only accompany the emperor all day long, singing and dancing.

"Aifei, have you heard that this person is too gracious?" As expected, the emperor opened his mouth to explain the intention of coming to the Treasure Elephant Palace today.

"Yu Chengen once served as his father's military envoy, and the concubine had heard a little about this person. I heard that he is now in charge of Jingyuan, Longyou, and Hexi, what happened, did there be another accident in Tubo? ”

In the past two years, Jing Xuan has vaguely sensed from several small talks with his father that his father suspects that Yu Chengen is the real mastermind of the theft of his ancestral tomb two years ago. She thought of the "silkworm clothes" that Liu Yi called the world's treasure that Yu Chengen's entrusting Xing'er brought back to Chang'an and gave her, and she couldn't help but feel a sinking in her heart.

The emperor explained the content of Yu Chengen's military report to Jing Xuan, and then asked: "According to Concubine Ai, how much truth is this in Yu Chengen's report?" Now that I have no troops to mobilize and no food to raise, how should I deal with the fact that Tubo provokes four or five vassal states to attack together? ”

Jing Xuan frowned and replied: "Such a big event, the concubine expected, then Yu Chengen would never dare to make a false report." With the current 30,000 Divine Crane Army under his command, wanting to defend the territory of the three roads for thousands of miles is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, so please make a plan as soon as possible. ”

"Alas, this Fu Yi, a small river, mobilized nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, and it took nearly three months to recover, did I really use the wrong person this time? If not, how could I end up in a situation where I have no troops to adjust? ”

The Emperor sighed.

Jing Xuan didn't know much about the battle in the river, so it was inconvenient to say anything. She thought for a while and reminded the emperor: "The concubine heard that Tubo sent envoys to Chang'an to ask for the land of the four states of Longyou, and His Majesty sent the king to negotiate with him, I don't know how to enter the palace in this matter?" The concubine guessed that before the Tibetan envoys returned to Luoqi City to resume their lives, Tubo would not make a big move for a while. ”

500,000 yuan of money and 200,000 horses of silk silk are exchanged for maintaining the proportionality of the uncles and nephews of the two states. When the emperor mentioned this, he felt a sense of grievance in his heart: If Tubo dared to make such an rude request to **** when his grandfather was in charge of the country, the army of **** would have crossed the Xingsuchuan Pass and met with its soldiers. But now, the danger alone has dragged out more than half of the country's troops, so that he has no choice but to marry his sister, in an attempt to exchange for peace in the southwest.

"The peace agreement has been reached, according to Qi'er's return to me, the Tibetan envoy Yangzong has left Chang'an yesterday and returned to Luo, as Concubine Ai said, it can be temporarily safe within a month." The emperor replied vaguely.

"Then, with this month's time, Your Majesty ordered Shandong, Henan, Huainan, and Shannan to recruit anti-autumn soldiers, even if there are less than 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses, 20,000 or 30,000 should still be able to be recruited, and the 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses will be transferred to Helong first, which can also alleviate the urgency for a while."

Jing Xuan put himself in the emperor's shoes and made a plan.

"Concubine Ai is overly optimistic. A few years ago, when my father was in power, he had to send troops from Shandong Zhudao to Hebei and Hedong every year to participate in the counterinsurgency. Moreover, since the establishment of the state of Tubo during the period of Taizong, its national strength has become stronger and stronger, especially after the annexation of Tuyuhun during the time of Gaozong, it has fought intermittently with our dynasty for decades, resulting in the natural granary of Helong becoming a battlefield. Since my grandfather's time, seventy percent of the tribute of the imperial court has come from Shandong and Huainan provinces. ”

The emperor refuted the head of the land, but ignored one point: it was a very common thing for a border general to urgently ask the imperial court for more troops and more food because of the war, not to mention that Yu Chengen, who was responsible for the heavy task of garrisoning the three roads, urgently reported to Yu Chengen to ask for support? In this situation, even if it is difficult for the imperial court, it will always give more or less corresponding support, but now the emperor means that not a single soldier will be sent to the Western Regions, and this abnormal attitude naturally attracted Jing Xuan's attention.

"Your Majesty said that there are no soldiers to be recruited, there is no food to raise, and the concubines are only a woman, and there is nothing to be done, so Your Majesty has made such a trip to Baoxiang Palace." Jing Xuan said helplessly. (To be continued.) )