Chapter 112: Favored (Two Watches in One)
Li Zhan desperately chased after the warmth, unwilling to lag behind the warmth too much.
Is there a more bitter man in the world than him?
He put all his efforts into maintaining the dignity and face of a man, and he no longer thought about the question of how Wen Wen could connect his riding skills so exquisitely.
There are no thousands of horseback riding and hunting, there is no leading charge, and fighting to the death on the battlefield, and you can't practice the warmth of this riding skill.
Even if Warmth is a demon, he admits it.
Li Zhan had appreciation in his eyes, but also a little distressed, who was willing to torture a little girl like this.
Warmth is on Zhuangzi, fatherless and motherless, growing up alone, far away from all wealth is miserable enough.
Today, Li Zhan faintly saw that the warm experience was far more cruel than he thought, and even much more cruel.
Reflecting on himself, Li Zhan is only occasionally unlucky.
Li Zhan's unbalanced mentality has been rebalanced, he has not suffered so much from warmth, and he has faced so many dangers from warmth, is it normal that he is not as warm as he is?
It's not as good as riding!
Than eating, drinking, and having fun, than pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, etc., he specified that it was better than warmth.
Warmth rode out of Beijing and accelerated the riding speed again, Li Zhan pointed the direction behind her, Li Zhan had given up the idea of flying with warmth, in turn, he pointed out the warmth, which can be regarded as mastering the warmth, let the warmth go, where the warmth goes, the warmth will go.
Li Zhan was a little proud, a little satisfied.
On the outskirts of the city, King Wu and Gu Xian rode side by side, and the two talked and laughed on the horses, enjoyed the beautiful scenery, and discussed some topics that were of great interest to each other.
There are guards of the Wuwang Mansion in front of the road, and there is a fierce iron guard tunnel in the back, not to mention the ordinary people, even if they are passing by dignitaries, the officials and dependents who go out of Beijing to Shangxiang have to give way to the road, and they will send the King of Wu to pass by.
Along the way, Gu Xian was so cool that every pore was stretched, more noble than when she was the queen, and even cooler than her after a thousand years.
Gu Xian admits that she loves wealth and glory and loves to be a master.
There's nothing to be ashamed of here, and whoever says they don't like it, it's definitely asking for more.
What about King Wu being punished to go to the Taimiao to reflect?
He can still make a big show and go to the Taimiao slowly, and the courtiers who support King Wu are all coming to the gate of the capital to see him off today, Gu Xian counted carefully, the courtiers are half, and the noble generals are almost two-thirds.
Only a few people who have been promoted by the emperor in recent years, such as the Marquis of Jingnan, did not come.
Gu Xian was secretly surprised by the power mastered by King Wu, Emperor Long Cheng was not in good health, he was about to die, Emperor Long Cheng couldn't fight King Wu, even the eldest son of the emperor came to see off King Wu, which son could Emperor Long Cheng count on?
In the life when she married Li Zhan as the queen, King Wu had such a huge power?
Gu Xian couldn't remember, not because it was too long, she really didn't know.
When Li Zhan was the crown prince, King Wu was very good to Li Zhan, and he would not oppress the crown princess Gu Xian too much, just like a loving elder.
Later, Li Zhan ascended the throne, and Gu Xian saw King Wu helping Li Zhan to the throne at the enthronement and accepting a hundred pilgrimages with Li Zhan.
Gu Xian was in awe of the power and power held by the Martial King, and at the same time, she couldn't help but wonder how Li Zhan forced the Martial King to death?
She admits that the Martial King is very powerful, isn't Li Zhan, who killed the Martial King, even more powerful?
Back then, she should really look at Li Zhan more, instead of thinking about consolidating her posterior position, arguing with Li Zhan for her parents, for the king of martial arts, for her best friends, etc.
King Wu wants to spoil someone, and no one can not get lost.
"Why are you upset? Worried that this king will go to the temple to suffer? β
King Wu thought that Gu Xian was worried about himself, and said with a smile: "The person in charge of the Taimiao is an old acquaintance with this king, when the first emperor was still alive, the imperial brother was often punished to kneel down to worship the Taimiao and repent of his mistakes, and every time the king accompanied the imperial brother.
The first emperor ordered the king to supervise the royal brother and not allow the imperial brother to be lazy. Every time the king opened up to the royal brother, he secretly sent food to the imperial brother with Taimiaozhu.
However, every time the royal brother was not very happy, and turned a blind eye to the king's kindness. He thought that this king wanted to watch him kneel in embarrassment and plead in front of the ancestral spiritual throne. β
"The emperor's heart is not big, not as good as Uncle Wuwang."
Li Zhan is a careful eye, how much bigger can Emperor Long Cheng, who is in the same vein as Li Zhan?
Is Li Zhan doing less ridiculous things for the sake of face?
In order to cover up his weakness, clumsiness and stupidity when the regent was in power, he not only overturned the policy implemented by the regent, but also vigorously forced the imperial history to impeach the regent, and put many charges on the regent.
At that time, whoever dared to say a good word about the regent, praising the regent's meritorious service, would be disgraced and dismissed, and at worst beheaded all over the house.
All decisions made by the regent are wrong and need to be criticized.
Li Zhan took the winner as king to the extreme, and infinitely smeared the regent.
After a thousand years, Gu Xian read the history books and laughed for a long time, Li Zhan smeared it too much, and even his descendants couldn't stand it, and then there was a counter-effect, and the history books did not ignore the regent's exploits.
The regent's exploits in resisting the Northern Barbarians were not something that Li Zhan could usurp if he wanted to, after all, King Wu was good at the art of war and understood military affairs, how could Li Zhan formulate a strategy for the Northern Expedition to force the Northern Barbarians to surrender early?
In the end, Queen Mobei returned, and the dynasty won a big victory, which was also a secret chess left by the regent, and it had little to do with Li Zhan.
On the day Li Zhan ascended the throne, the northern barbarians went south to invade the borderlands, and asked for money, food, and cloth, Li Zhan was scared and cried on the dragon chair.
The regent gave him the inside so that he was not allowed to spread the news of the day.
Gu Xian secretly thought about whether to use Beiban to scare Li Zhan again, let him make a fool of himself in public, Uncle Wuwang would not be deceived by him again in this life, and cover up the truth for him.
This can be there!
Gu Xian glanced at the majestic figure, handsome and mature martial king, even if Emperor Long Cheng had the heart to promote Li Zhan, he was scared and cried by the Northern Barbarians in Li Zhan, and even Gu Xian could secretly help the Northern Barbarians, so that Li Zhan was scared to urine, and the courtiers and nobles should naturally know how to choose.
King Wu and Li Zhan, do you still need to hesitate?
Emperor Long Cheng sat on the dragon chair, but he couldn't say what he said.
King Wu is a force, and the civil official group represented by Shoufu can return the holy decree and oppose Emperor Longcheng's inappropriate actions.
It wasn't until Li Zhan was really pro-government that he slowly and completely pressed the courtiers, and the power was completely concentrated in Li Zhan's hands.
This also led to the fact that after Li Zhan grasped the authority, no courtier dared to question his decision.
"I just thought, every spring, the Northern Barbarians will go south to loot, this year the good war Datong general army is transferred, I don't know if I can hold the Gyeonggi land, if there is some news unfavorable to the imperial court, don't the timid people find a cave to get into it to avoid the disaster, spineless, courageless people, such as the King of Wei who only knows how to have fun, I'm afraid it will be scared out of shape."
Gu Xian raised her eyebrows and begged softly: "King Wei made his uncle ugly, I hate him to death, you think of a way to scare him, so that the emperor and others will not be deceived by him, thinking that he is a character and can do things for His Majesty." β
"Scare him?" King Wu smiled: "What kind of scare do you mean by scaring him?" Do you know what Li Zhan is afraid of? β
"He is not very bold, and when he is wronged, he goes to ask Concubine De for help, or goes to the emperor to complain, I have seen it several times with my own eyes."
Gu Xian didn't say that she saw it in her life when she was the queen, "He just had a nightmare before, and he had to run to the emperor, not even a woman, I really don't know how the emperor endured him crying." β
She still can't understand why Emperor Long Cheng chose the weak and ridiculous Li Zhan as his heir.
Is it because of Concubine De?
Emperor Longcheng loved Concubine De too much so that Li Zhan became the emperor.
It is not impossible, Concubine De later became the queen, and Emperor Long Cheng did not set foot in any of the concubine's bedrooms except for going to the middle palace, so as not to draft girls into the palace.
King Wu frowned slightly, Gu Xian would not deceive herself, this girl was innocent and romantic, almost all emotions were written on her face, with Gu Xian, he didn't need to think about it, Gu Xian was also easy to coax, King Wu felt relaxed.
But the Li Zhan in Gu Xian's mouth, is the Li Zhan he knows the same person?
Even in his previous life, King Wu never thought that Li Zhan was cowardly, and would ask his parents for help because of nightmares, and the timid people did not dare to set one trap after another for him, in order to paralyze him, Li Zhan used himself as bait.
On the contrary, Li Zhan was very bold.
"Uncle doesn't believe me?" Gu Xian pouted and said unhappily: "If there is any change in the Northern Barbarian, he will have to pee his pants in fear." β
King Wu's smile gradually faded, tightened the reins in his hand, and asked casually, "How do you know that he is afraid of the Northern Barbarians?" β
"I-" Gu Xian snorted coldly, "I just know, don't look at him dancing happily, I can't wait to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Barbarians and welcome back the eldest princess of Anyang as soon as possible, in fact, he is a surrender faction who would rather give the Northern Barbarians benefits in exchange for peace, but he just pretends to be good."
On the contrary, you uncle...... But it is a person with lofty ideals who advocates recovering the barbarians and opening up the territory and dragging the land. β
Gu Xian's eyes were shining, full of admiration.
King Wu coughed unnaturally, "It takes time to recover the Northern Barbarians, and you can't send troops at will, drag the people of the Central Plains into the attrition of the war, and offend my Central Plains, although it is far away, it will be punished, it sounds domineering, and it is too difficult to do it." β
Gu Xian felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, listening to the meaning of King Wu, she had the intention of recovering the Northern Barbarians after a while, but wasn't this what Li Zhan did when he was the emperor?
It wasn't for King Wu who laid a foundation for him when he was the regent, and Wu Feng fought desperately with Queen Mobei, Li Zhan could only be an emperor who begged for peace and paid tribute.
This is not what she saw in the history books of later generations, but her own life experience, what she saw with her own eyes!
King Wu suddenly narrowed his eyes and turned his head to look at the capital.
The warm horse galloped past, followed by Li Zhan and other brocade guards, the horse's hooves rolled up the dust in the sky, Gu Xian fanned back and forth in disgust, "It's Li Zhan, he must have done it on purpose, deliberately raising dust in front of his uncle." β
King Wu stared at the people who were far away.
"What's so good about Li Zhan?" Gu Xian was puzzled that King Wu stared at Li Zhan, "His riding skills are just like that, he looks good, they are all showy, and he can't even hit the prey." β
"The leader is Wen Lang's eldest daughter, called warmth."
King Wu has a deep memory of Warmth, after all, Warmth scolded himself in King Wu's Mansion, "Her riding skills are very good, really good, even better than this king." β
"Uncle is not mistaken? Wen Wen is not very old, and his riding skills are better than his uncle's? Uncle, you have practiced martial arts for many years, how can you not compare to the warmth of the unknown, not to mention that the warmth is a girl. β
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King Wu is a little troubled, and sometimes he is also depressed by Gu Xian's naΓ―ve romance.
What does Gu Xian mean is that he has lived to be a dog at his age? He has lived for more than thirty years, counting his life, he has lived seventy or eighty years and can't catch up with a teenage girl.
He spends ten years as a year?
"The eldest princess of Anyang, the royal sister, is also a woman, she sacrifices for the country, and the pride she pays for the people, this king admires it very much, and even respects your mother, this king is also very respectful, and the eldest princess of Baohua, Mrs. Yin and other open-minded and ambitious women are worthy of praise and commendation.
They may not be worse than the men of the world in some aspects, and the national policies from Gu Xian's mouth, your views on certain government affairs, often make this king stunned. β
King Wu looked at Gu Xian intently.
Gu Xian's face flushed, and her heart beat extremely fast, she wanted to hear King Wu's affectionate confession, but she was afraid to hear it, she hadn't thought about whether to marry King Wu yet.
"Uncle...... I have a Zhuangzi near here, there is a pool of hot spring water gathered together, put some medicinal herbs in it, can relieve tiredness, and soothe old wounds. I know that my uncle turned the tide in the battle of Changning back then, and his injuries were not light, why don't you try the effect? Uncle Hengzhi is not afraid of Taimiao.
The emperor knows that you are trying to clean up old wounds, and he will not blame you. β
"Xian'er really wants this king to go to your Zhuangzi?"
"Well, I've always been worried about my uncle's old injuries, take care of my body and bones, and my uncle's entourage can follow with confidence."
Gu Xian hung her pink cheeks, her voice was soft and soft, with the simplicity of a girl:
"I know that Concubine De will send medicine to your uncle on time, and she will also send some supplements by the way, Concubine De cares about you very much, but you always have to remember that she is the emperor's concubine...... The most important thing in her eyes is her son, the eldest son of the emperor! β
"Are you worried about this king? Or eat Concubine De's flying vinegar? β
King Wu approached Gu Xian, and the stone that popped out of his finger quietly hit the horse that Gu Xian was riding, and the painful horse neighed, and Gu Xian shook it on the horse's back, frightened.
In this life, her riding skills have not improved much compared to the life of the queen, she has been good at riding and shooting, and went to modern times to study and study a circle, and learned a lot of advanced knowledge, but only the rich can raise thoroughbred horses in modern times.
The people who can go to the horse farm to ride horses are all wealthy families.
Gu Xian's parents who have taken away the house in modern times are not working-class, and they can be regarded as a well-off family.
Although her parents loved her very much, they really couldn't give Gu Xian too rich and noble days, Gu Xian had hardly ridden a horse in that life, and after returning from rebirth, Gu Xian had no time to practice riding, so the horse was suddenly startled, and Gu Xian almost fell off the horse.
King Wu hugged Gu Xian's thin waist and easily brought Gu Xian to his horseback, his strong and domineering protective posture made Gu Xian's legs a little weak, and her breath was messy:
"I'm worried about my uncle, it's not that I'm jealous, and when my uncle marries the princess, I'll ...... I don't need to remind you. β
At that time, King Wu would not spoil her so much, and Gu Xian was a little disappointed.
King Wu sighed and clasped Gu Xian almost to his chest, "Okay, let's go to Zhuangzi to take a bath in the soup first, Concubine De's mind is on the eldest son of the emperor, and the king's mind has long been removed from her." β
Gu Xian couldn't deny the joy in her heart.