Just when Zhao Yan and the three of them were chatting, someone suddenly came to report, as if there was some urgent military situation that he needed to deal with, which made Zhao Yan look at Zhao Yan and Hua Zhi with some embarrassment, he was actually very worried about Zhao Yan, worried that he would say something to Hua Zhi after he left, but Zhao Yan was an old god standing there and refused to leave, anyway, he had just come, Zhao Yan was always embarrassed to let him leave immediately.

However, what Zhao Yan didn't expect was that at this time, Hua Zhi actually took the initiative to speak: "His Royal Highness the Prince, go quickly, after all, the military situation on the front line is urgent, and there is no delay for a moment, I will ask His Royal Highness the King of the County for a few more problems!" ”

Hearing Hua Zhi say this, Zhao Yan couldn't let Zhao Yan leave again, and finally had to say helplessly: "Okay, then you can accompany the third brother for a while, and I will come back after handling military affairs!" ”

After Zhao Ji finished speaking, he glanced at Zhao Yan uneasily, and then turned to leave, looking at the back of Zhao Ji leaving, Hua Zhi and Zhao Yan didn't speak for a while, until Zhao Ji left the courtyard, Hua Zhi sighed and said to Zhao Yan: "His Royal Highness the King of the County has ventured to Xi'an Prefecture, it must not be just to visit His Royal Highness the Prince, right?" ”

"Oh, what do you think I'm for?" Zhao Yan also looked at Hua Zhi in front of him with interest at this time, just now he had already found out that the other party was an extremely smart woman, in the words of later generations, that is, IQ and EQ are very high, coupled with family changes, so that the current Hua Zhi has long been out of the innocence of a girl, this discovery also made Zhao Yan very happy, because talking to a smart and rational person is always very pleasant.

In response to Zhao Yan's rhetorical question, Hua Zhi raised her head and smiled indifferently at him: "Some time ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sued me that he wanted to marry me openly and make me the crown princess of the Great Song Dynasty. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be serious, and even reported this matter to the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, but the emperor was furious, so he sent His Royal Highness the county king, but I don't know how the emperor asked the county king to deal with the little girl? ”

Seeing that Hua Zhi actually guessed why she came, Zhao Yan was not surprised. I just heard her last words and couldn't help laughing: "You are the woman who is the eldest brother's favor, my father and I will not do anything to you, and you should also know that the future queen of the Great Song Dynasty is definitely not the daughter of a nobleman of an enemy country!" ”

"I understand, the county king means that he wants me to persuade His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to change his mind!" Hua Zhi deserved to be a smart woman, and she immediately heard the meaning of Zhao Yan's words.

"Smart, my eldest brother has a deep affection for you, and now I don't listen to anyone, and I can't do anything. can only stay here for the time being to help him delay time, lest the father and emperor in the capital will be angry when he finds out, and really won't let the eldest brother return to the capital, and it will be difficult to clean up then! Zhao Yan praised with a smile at the moment, such a smart and beautiful woman, no wonder the eldest brother fell in love with her at first sight.

It's just that Hua Zhi heard Zhao Yan's words, but she glanced at him strangely, hesitated for a moment and then spoke: "Why is His Royal Highness the County King so dedicated to helping His Royal Highness the Prince." Although he is your eldest brother, the battle for the throne has always been brutal. If your eldest brother's crown prince is deposed, won't you have a better chance of ascending to the throne? ”

"Hahaha~, don't say this kind of thing in front of your eldest brother, otherwise he will laugh at you!" Zhao Yan laughed when he heard this, if he wanted to compete with Zhao Ji for the throne, he would not have saved Zhao Ji's life again.

Hua Zhi saw Zhao Yan laughing. She couldn't help but show a puzzled expression on her face, she had a natural intuition about people, and now her intuition told her that Zhao Yan was not lying, but seemed to really have no intention of competing with Zhao Yan. Speaking of which, Hua Zhi grew up in Western Xia since she was a child, and she was used to seeing the Western Xia monarchs and ministers squeezing each other for power, especially the Western Xia royal family, which was not the slightest family affection for the throne, so it was a little strange that there was no estrangement between Zhao Yan and Zhao Ji brothers because of the throne.

"Don't feel too strange, we are four brothers, among which the eldest brother has been more sensible since he was a child, and he has a sense of responsibility, so after his father ascended the throne, he was cultivated as a prince, and his ability is also the best among our brothers, in contrast, although my second brother has some ideas about the throne, he is a nerd and has no ability to take over the throne at all, as for the fourth brother, he is obsessed with medicine, and the throne is not as attractive as a medical book for him!" Seeing the expression on Hua Zhi's face, Zhao Yan immediately opened his mouth to explain again.

"What about you, the king of the county?" Hua Zhi heard that Zhao Yan had introduced the three of them, but she only missed herself, and she couldn't help but ask, she really wanted to hear Zhao Yan's evaluation of himself.

"Haha, I don't have the ability of my eldest brother, let me teach and fish on weekdays, I can come up with ideas if I encounter any difficulties, if it is beyond my ability then I can't do anything, so the most suitable thing for me is to be an idle king who has nothing to do, just like now!" Zhao Yan laughed and said, he is very satisfied with his current life, of course, the premise is that the Great Song Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, after all, as a prince, only when the Great Song Dynasty is strong, can he have time and mood to have fun.

Hearing Zhao Yan's evaluation of himself, Hua Zhi couldn't help but look at him with a strange gaze, although she was a woman, she had often seen her father teach a few brothers since she was a child, so that they must be ambitious and not willing to be ordinary, but now Zhao Yan has a reputation, status, and talent, but she has no ambition, this attitude to life really makes her incomprehensible.

Seeing that Hua Zhi was still looking at himself in surprise, Zhao Yan didn't explain again, he was originally an outlier in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, and some ideas were incompatible with the world, fortunately he met Cao Ying and Xue Ning'er and others, they not only loved themselves, but also looked at the places on their bodies that were incompatible with the world with the tolerance of women, sometimes Zhao Yan thought of this, and felt very lucky.

"Extraordinary people must have extraordinary things, His Royal Highness the King of the County is a pedantic celestial, and it is not a little woman who can speculate!" In the end, Hua Zhi exclaimed, although she didn't understand Zhao Yan's attitude to life, she still admired Zhao Yan's talent and learning. Then I saw her hesitate again and speak again, "As for the matter that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to accept me as the crown princess, I will try my best to persuade him to give up this idea, the concubine is originally a quality of Pu Liu, and she really doesn't deserve this identity!" ”

"The little lady is really a smart person, I won't say anything else, when you enter the palace in the future, if you ask for something, this king will never refuse!" Zhao Yan heard that Hua Zhi agreed to persuade Zhao Yan, and immediately stood up and saluted her solemnly, the crown princess is related to the stability of the future of the Great Song Dynasty, otherwise Zhao Yan would not want to be this bad person.

"Thank you for the promise of the king of the county, the concubine is grateful!" Hua Zhi also hurriedly returned the salute to Zhao Yan and said, Zhao Yan's status in the Great Song Dynasty is special, and she will definitely receive some criticism when she enters the Great Song Palace as a Western Xia woman, but if she has Zhao Yan's help, it will be much easier.

Zhao Yan didn't want to discuss this issue with Hua Zhi anymore, and suddenly asked: "I heard that when the eldest brother led the army into Xi'an Prefecture, he not only saved Hua Zhi's little lady, but also your brother, as well as some of your father's cronies and family members, the eldest brother persuaded your eldest brother to surrender, and let them lead the surrender of Xi'an Prefecture, I don't know how Brother Ling is now?" ”

Hua Zhi was also worried that she couldn't find a topic, and now when she heard Zhao Yan ask about her brother, she was also relieved and said: "Big brother, after they surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, they first assisted the prince to persuade the surrender of troops in Xi'an Prefecture and helped the Great Song Dynasty maintain order in Xi'an Prefecture, and later attacked Li Liangzuo with the army, and now they are also on the front line. ”

When speaking of this, Hua Zhi paused for a moment and then said: "The army of the Great Song Dynasty is equipped with firearms, and its military strength has been greatly improved, but the Song army lacks cavalry, Li Liangzuo in response to this, sent many rangers to harass the journey from Jingzhou to Xi'an, making the traffic between the front line and Xi'an Prefecture not smooth, in this regard, General Yang proposed to use the method of rangers to horses, so that the troops led by my eldest brother were divided into small units to fight with Li Liangzuo's rangers, it is said that the effect is good, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also relaxed a lot these days. ”

"I see, Brother Ling can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and make a contribution in this battle, and my father will definitely not treat him badly in the future!" Zhao Yan smiled again, he had learned about Hua Zhi's eldest brother from Huang Wude's intelligence before, but what was said in the information was not as detailed as Hua Zhi's introduction.

"Your Royal Highness, when my eldest brother surrendered to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he once said that he didn't want all the feats he had made in this battle, he only needed Da Song to promise him one thing!" Hua Zhi said unexpectedly again at this time.

"Oh? I don't know what your eldest brother wants us to promise? Zhao Yan said strangely.

"Alas, this matter is also a private matter of our family, my father is dedicated to the country, in the most difficult moment of Li Liangzuo, he resolutely chose to support him, so that Li Liangzuo sat firmly on the throne, but after Li Liangzuo monopolized the power, he moved to kill my father, coupled with the villain's provocation of the villain's fame, and finally made my father die at the hands of the villain, my eldest brother knew that the Great Song Dynasty would definitely not hand over Li Liangzuo to us for revenge, so he proposed to the prince to exchange military merits for his fame and righteousness, so that our brothers and sisters could avenge their father!" When Hua Zhi said the end, there was also a kind of bitter hatred in her eyes, which formed a huge contrast with the previous indifference, which also made Zhao Yan sigh, no matter when and where, hatred can always change a person lightly.

Just when Zhao Yan just wanted to comfort the other party for a few words, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and then saw Zhao Yan walking quickly with an excited face and shouting: "Third brother, you are really the lucky star of my Great Song Dynasty, a great happy event happened as soon as you came!" (To be continued......)