Not long after the second prince Ji Ping left the study, Ji Qingchen, who was still in the study, was about to leave, when he saw Zhang Rang hurriedly walked into the study and told him that His Royal Highness King Ning, the third prince, had arrived at the mansion and wanted to see him.

When he suddenly heard the news, Ji Qingchen was obviously stunned, and then a faint smile appeared on his face, this Ji Ping had just left and Ji Hongchang found him, it was not an ordinary urgency, it was very eager!

You invited him to the study, and said that the king was waiting for him in the study, and after giving Zhang Rang such an order, Ji Qingchen sat back on the chair, because there was no place more suitable for him to talk to Ji Hongchang about things than the study.

After a while, I saw Ji Hongchang walking into the study under the guidance of Zhang Rang.

"Ninth brother, how have you been during this time?" As soon as Ji Hongchang saw Ji Qingchen's face, he said loudly, "Brother Wei has been in Ningzhou, and I can't excuse the ninth brother from being punished by his father, and I hope the ninth brother can understand." ”

"What did the third brother say, I naturally know the difficulties of the third brother!" Ji Hongchang is not stupid, he naturally knows that he should be polite to Ji Hongchang at this time, there is no need to make trouble because of some illusory things, so he said very mindfully, "Besides, I was punished because I made a big mistake, and my father's approach is not wrong, so what can I blame the third brother?" ”

Before speaking, Ji Hongchang was invited to the seat, and at this time, Shu'er also served tea, put the tea in front of Ji Hongchang, and saluted Ji Hongchang, "Shu'er has seen the third brother!" ”

"You're a brother and sister?" Ji Hongchang was stunned by Shu'er's stunning appearance, and only came back to his senses and said to Shu'er, "Brother and sister don't need to be polite!" He smiled at Ji Qingchen and said, "Could it be that the ninth brother wants to be angry at the crown and be red-faced!" With the appearance of a younger brother and sister, the ninth brother, not to mention, will do the same as a brother! ”

"Let the third brother laugh!" Shu'er smiled faintly and withdrew from the study, because she knew that Ji Qingchen would definitely have something to talk about with Ji Hongchang.

At this time, there were only two people left in the study, Ji Qingchen and Ji Hongchang, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little calm.

"I don't know when the third brother of Lu Dao arrived in King's Landing City?" Ji Qingchen asked softly, the reason why he asked this was to learn about some things that happened outside through Ji Hongchang, especially the current things in the Great Yan Dynasty, he knew that Ji Hongchang must know when he knew when Ji Hongchang arrived in King's Landing City, but he still asked like this, naturally it was not this question, but it had another deep meaning.

"Brother Wei only arrived in King's Landing City three days ago, but because of busy government affairs, he came to visit the ninth brother today, and I hope the ninth brother will forgive me!" Ji Hongchang said to Ji Qingchen, paused again, and continued, "As for the past few days, there are really too many things, since our four brothers have each been in charge of one side of government affairs, but because of the help of Pei Wenju, Cui Jingsheng and others, they have gradually become familiar with handling government affairs, but the constraints between each other are also very large, and the problems that should have been solved in one day in the past now need everyone to sit together and discuss, and it will take three or four days to solve." ”

"Hey-" After speaking, Ji Hongchang sighed again.

Regarding Ji Hongchang's distress, Ji Qingchen didn't see it with his own eyes, but he was still able to understand it.

Now the second prince Ji Ping and the third prince Ji Hongchang, as well as the fourth prince Ji Wen and the eighth prince Ji Qian, are expanding their power and are trying every means to attack each other, so as long as it is not the government affairs that they have handled, as long as it is the government affairs that the other party has handled, they have to try their best to find out some faults, so as to be able to hit each other in the aspect, so the current situation has been formed, brothers attack each other, even if it is only three days of governance, but the contradiction is not small.

However, in the face of Ji Hongchang's long sigh and short shh

"Brother Wei came to see the ninth brother today, presumably the ninth brother also knows the purpose of Lu Dao's trip for his brother, right?" Seeing that the conversation between the two was about to reach an impasse, Ji Hongchang said his thoughts straight to the point.

"Is the third brother for the 400,000 troops of the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion?" Ji Qingchen said very simply, not going around in circles with Ji Hongchang.

"Yes, in addition to this, there are 200,000 elite horsemen from the Beirong Governor's Palace." Ji Hongchang added again.

"This, I'm afraid I'll disappoint the third brother!" Ji Qingchen said lightly.

"What is it for, could it be that the ninth brother handed over the Northern Liao Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to the second child?" Ji Hongchang was surprised, he naturally knew that the second prince Ji Ping had already found Ji Qingchen, and naturally knew that some kind of agreement had been reached between Ji Ping and Ji Qingchen, so he would ask this, but in fact, when he saw Ji Qingchen say this, he was too disappointed in his heart, so he would show an unwilling look, which is understandable Ji Qingchen, after all, it is an army of 400,000, if anyone gets the support of such an army, his waist will be much stiffer when he speaks in the court, not to mention him Ji Hongchang?

"No, I did reach some kind of agreement with my second brother, but it is not the Northern Liao Elite Cavalry, nor is it the Beirong Elite Cavalry." Ji Qingchen denied, seeing Ji Hongchang's puzzled face, he continued, "Don't hide it from the third brother, my Northern Liao Jingqi has been handed over to the fourth brother, as for the Beirong Jingqi, you also know their situation now, even if I give them to you, I'm afraid you won't dare to ask for it!" ”

"No wonder the fourth child behaved so calmly at the political hall meeting that day, and Pei Wenju behaved so strongly, it turned out that it was because of the support of this army!" Ji Hongchang sighed slightly and said, "It's a pity! ”

"Third brother, you have 200,000 troops in Ningzhou, isn't it enough? Why are you still so interested in the Northern Liao army in my hands? Seeing Ji Hongchang's dejected look, Ji Qingchen opened his mouth and asked, he also wondered that with the strength of Ji Hongchang's Ningzhou army being enough to deal with Ji Qian, why should he covet his own 400,000 army?

"I'm afraid the ninth brother doesn't know anything about this!" Ji Hongchang saw Ji Qingchen ask this, pondered for a while, and continued, "Ningzhou is facing a strong enemy leaving the country, for the current state of leaving the country, presumably the ninth brother knows better than the brother, their national strength is not lost to our Dayan, and the cavalry combat effectiveness is much stronger than our Dayan's elite cavalry, one day, as long as the Ningzhou army has signs of going south, as long as it is left by Ningwuguan's elite cavalry, they will naturally not let go of such an excellent opportunity to attack Ningzhou, and if Ningzhou falls into the hands of the elite cavalry of the country, As a brother, he became a sinner of Dayan, and when the time comes, he will get what he wants, do you think he can keep it? ”

After Ji Hongchang said this, Ji Qingchen, who was quietly listening to Ji Hongchang's complaints, really felt that this was the case, if Ji Hongchang really mobilized the Ningzhou army to enter King's Landing City for his own selfish desires, causing Ningzhou to be occupied by the elite cavalry who left the country, it is estimated that Emperor Yan was angry, even the people of Dayan would not let him go.

In this way, Ji Hongchang is still a person who understands the general situation.

In this regard, he is at least much stronger than Ji Qian, unlike Ji Qian, who transferred the army of Yizhou to King's Landing City for his own selfish desires, so that Dayan's Yizhou defense is useless, if it weren't for the Yi people being scared by Li Muzhi and not daring to invade the hinterland of Yizhou in Dayan, it is estimated that the current Yizhou has already been occupied by the Yi people.

"Each of us has a scripture that is difficult to read!" Ji Qingchen sighed and said, "Since the third brother has arrived at the house today, I will accompany the third brother to have a drink, I don't know what the third brother thinks?" ”

"Okay, let's get drunk and talk about it!" When Ji Hongchang saw Ji Qingchen say this, he also echoed loudly. At this time, Ji Qingchen instructed Zhang Rangzhi to hold a banquet, he talked with Ji Hongchang in the study for a while, and then moved to the hall, the banquet had been placed in the hall, Ji Qingchen invited Ji Hongchang to the table, poured a full glass of wine, he raised his glass and said to Ji Hongchang, "Dry!" ”

"!" Ji Hongchang raised his glass and said.

The two of them touched their glasses and drank them all.

The two of them were originally from military backgrounds and drank a lot of alcohol, so they got together today and drank happily.

In an instant, a jar of old wine was drunk.

At this time, Ji Qingchen and Ji Hongchang were still unsatisfied, and instructed Zhang Rang to bring another altar. The two continued to drink, and when they were seven or eight points drunk, Ji Qingchen couldn't help but ask Ji Hongchang, "Third brother, do you like battlefield battles or court power?" ”

"Naturally, it is a battlefield battle, happy enmity on the battlefield, and the battle will capture the flag before the battle, this is the world of real men, it is to be intrigued by the court, and it is much more refreshing to be cheated." Ji Hongchang did not shy away from saying to Ji Qingchen, "Why would the ninth brother ask such a question?" Don't you like to fight for power in the court just as much as you do with your brother? ”

"It's nature!" Ji Qingchen replied affirmatively.

"Yes!" Ji Hongchang heard Ji Qingchen say this, just nodded slightly, and didn't ask anything more. A wise person like him naturally knows that Ji Qingchen, like him, is forced to compete for power because he is forced to do so, otherwise why would Ji Qingchen, who has an army of 600,000 and enough to defeat the country and unify the whole world, be caught in the quagmire of competing for the position of the crown prince?

"Hey, ninth brother, don't worry, now that my brother is already in prison for the country, I will definitely intercede with my father and ask him to pardon your crimes when I have the opportunity in the future." Halfway, Ji Hongchang said to Ji Qingchen, he said this sentence very sincerely, obviously not perfunctory Ji Qingchen, but from the bottom of his heart to help Ji Qingchen. And Ji Qingchen also said happily, "Then, I will thank the third brother for his kindness!" ”

To be honest, he didn't want to stay in the palace and see his few opponents grow stronger step by step, but he was getting farther and farther away from the position of the East Palace, he could allow himself to fail, but he couldn't allow himself to fight.

Therefore, when he told Ji Hongchang that he wanted to ask Emperor Yan to intercede for him, he would not be hypocritical and accept it.

"Come, do it-" Ji Hongchang saw that Ji Qingchen did not refuse his kindness, and his heart was suddenly happy, so he raised his glass and said.

"Dry-" Ji Qingchen raised his glass and said in the same way. The two clinked glasses again and drank the wine in the glass!