Three days later, Xiao Rui arrived at the camp in western Beijing and met his father Xiao Mingde.

Xiao Mingde looked at him in surprise: "Aren't you running an errand in Huyin?" How could it be here? ”

Xiao Rui smiled and handed over a sealed official document with both hands: "My son received the order of Shangfeng and came to deliver an official document to the general." ”

Xiao Mingde took the official document, opened it and looked at it, and found that it was a more important matter, so he called his subordinates around him, gave a few instructions, and asked people to go down and make arrangements.

It was almost noon, and the camp was about to start eating, Xiao Mingde looked at his youngest son, who had not seen him for many days and looked a lot darker and thinner, and his eyes showed a little warmth: "It's about to be time for dinner, you can accompany me to have a meal, and after the meal, go to my camp tent to rest for a while, and then go on the road." How old are you? Don't tire yourself out too hard. Don't worry about replying to the letter, I'll have the document delivered to you in a moment. ”

Xiao Rui bowed down and thanked his father for his kindness, and said, "My son specially asked for this messenger, but he actually came to see his father. There is one thing...... Ask your father to show me. ”

Xiao Mingde was stunned, glanced left and right, and whispered, "Come with me." Then he got up, and went out of the tent, and went into the tent where he was staying.

Xiao Rui entered the tent with him, and saw that there was no one left and right, and there were his father's henchmen and soldiers outside the tent, so he could speak with confidence, so he lowered his voice, starting from the third prince hearing that Empress Cao chose the Zhao family as the candidate for the crown princess, until the Zhao family entered the palace draft, was first rejected by the prince, and then rejected by the third prince, and left the palace with a serious illness, he stopped for a while and took a breath.

Xiao Mingde's brows furrowed. In fact, he was dissatisfied with his nephew's refusal of the Zhao family's relatives that day, but the twisted melon was not sweet, and the nephew wanted to see the faces of his brothers and refused to find the Zhao family to be the Yue family, what else could he say? It is not a bad thing that the three princes have a strong Yue family, at least they will not rashly use the power of the Yue family to fight the idea of the storage position.

But he never expected that the third prince had been calculating the daughter of the Zhao family from the beginning. If it weren't for that time, the second prince wanted to take revenge on the Zhao family, which caused the Zhao family to be stormy and rumored, and the third prince missaw the situation and gave up the Zhao family, and now he would have subdued people a long time ago. It's really time, life!

Xiao Mingde didn't express any opinions, but just ordered Xiao Rui: "Go on!" ”

Xiao Rui continued to say that he was far away in Jinshanwei, heard about the changes in Beijing, and was shocked by the treachery of the three princes, and once sent a letter to the three princes to question, and the three princes heard that he had come to Huyin to do business, so he sent someone to explain to him, but what he said was not true. Xiao Rui was disheartened, and he had no intention of persuading anything. Anyway, the daughter of the Zhao family has already made a marriage alliance with the son of the eldest princess of Yongning, and it is not beneficial for her to mention the past at this time, so she only asked the messenger to bring a message to the third prince, so that he should not disturb the daughter of the Zhao family again.

Then, when the commander Jin Peng led the troops to Hangzhou and sorted out the military affairs in Zhejiang, he did not take him with him, leaving him in Huyin to take care of the wounded soldiers. The people around Jin Peng told him clearly that it was a nobleman in Beijing who ordered him not to go to Hangzhou. On the surface, he was afraid that he would be in danger and injured again, but in fact, Hangzhou was not as dangerous as Pingwang Town before! It's not about protecting him, it's about stopping his future.

When Xiao Mingde heard this, he said with a pale face: "I have also heard about this matter, and it is said that Mrs. sent a letter to Jin Peng." I asked Madame, and Madame said that she didn't know anything about it, and she just carried a letter for the lady in the palace. He glanced at his youngest son, "I just think that the concubine has been in the palace for many years, and I don't know what is going on outside, because I am worried about you, I do the wrong thing in a daze." However, Hangzhou is also a place of right and wrong, and the Cao Lin family is in full swing there. Jin Peng received the emperor's order, and it didn't hurt to go. You are my Xiao family, if you get involved, you will not be regarded by the Cao Lin family as my Xiao family's intention to meddle in Zhejiang's military affairs, and you have nothing to do. Therefore if you don't go, I agree. ”

But he didn't expect that this was his nephew taking the opportunity to beat his son.

Amusing! The third prince and Xiao Rui grew up together, Xiao Rui gave advice to the third prince, and he had to be a father to forcibly send people to the capital, so that Xiao Rui could no longer help the third prince. As a result, the third prince wanted to hinder Xiao Rui's future because Xiao Rui said something unpleasant about the Zhao family's affairs. Xiao Guifei, the younger sister in the palace, even let him mess around?!

Xiao Mingde's face was slightly gloomy.

Xiao Rui said: "Actually, my son doesn't care about this very much. Just as my father said, Hangzhou is a land of right and wrong, and our commanders are not willing to mix in, but they have the emperor's order, so they can only do their best. There is no need for the son to get involved, and it is not bad to stay in Huyin. Almost everyone of the guards who stayed there to recuperate from their injuries took good care of their sons, and his sons also hoped that they could recover from their injuries as soon as possible, so what was wrong with doing more for them? It's just ......" He paused, mentioned the Xie family's care for them and others, and then talked about the strange message brought by Xie Xianzhi's brother and sister.

Based on the news brought by Xie Xianzhi and Xie Mulin's brothers and sisters, as well as the information he collected, he made a comprehensive analysis and deduced what happened to the three princes recently: "The two families of Cao Lin are fighting each other and are deadlocked with each other. The saint became more and more disgusted with the Cao family, but the Lin family's behavior was too absurd. The Three Highnesses seem to be ...... felt that this was a good time, and desperately wanted to seek help and build momentum for himself in the outer court and the inner palace, so he sent a secret letter to the Zhao girl, asking to meet in private, and was afraid that the Zhao girl would refuse coldly, so he specially mentioned that he had the Zhao girl's private belongings in his hands......"

Xiao Mingde's face was completely gloomy.

Xiao Rui continued: "The daughter of the Zhao family is not as easy to handle as His Royal Highness thinks. Unfortunately, the female envoy who delivered the letter called Ma Yurong, the young daughter of the eldest princess of Yongning, who came to visit, bumped into her, Ma Yurong recognized that it was the person next to the Third Highness, and asked about the Zhao daughter, and the Zhao woman simply told her the truth. Although the Zhao family girl was slightly deleted, she only said that the three highnesses were entangled, not mentioning that she did have a personal relationship with the three highnesses, but this is enough to show that the three highnesses are acting in a bad light! Ma Yurong wanted to ask the Third Highness clearly, but the Third Highness was probably aware of it and avoided it again and again. Ma Yurong was even more suspicious, remembering that I was in Huyin, so she simply entrusted the hand of her friend Xie's eldest daughter and sent me a letter. In fact, she claimed that she wanted me to give a message to His Royal Highness, but in fact, she was hoping to alarm your father. ”

He took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Xiao Mingde: "After the Xie family brothers and sisters left, the steward of the eldest princess's mansion who lived in the neighboring house came to ask to see his son and presented the letter to his son. This is Ma Yurong's handwriting, but it uses the common pavilion style, and no one's name is mentioned on it, so I am not afraid that I will be recognized if it is leaked. But...... What is said in the letter is clear. The son had already guessed her intentions, and after reading the letter, he knew that what he was thinking was true. ”

Xiao Mingde opened the letter and read it, and sure enough, the content in it was straightforward, although he did not mention any specific names, the meaning was very clear, that is, he hoped that Xiao Mingde would come forward to restrain the third prince and ask him to hand over the private belongings of the Zhao family that he had detained privately, and swore that he would not harass her again. Otherwise, the Ma family will fight to break the net, and they will not let Ma Sangongzi lose his marriage.

Xiao Rui said in a low voice: "The head of the Ma family is the eldest princess of Yongning, the eldest princess of Yongning is highly valued by the queen mother and the emperor, once she reveals to the palace what the three highnesses have done, even if the emperor doesn't say anything, the queen and the East Palace ...... Even if you are afraid, you can't be spared. As for Lin Zhaoyi and the second prince, I'm afraid that I won't be willing to be calculated by him, right? ”

Xiao Mingde said in a deep voice: "It's just two pieces of embroidery, and they have nothing to do with personal affairs, why does the Zhao daughter value it so much?" ”

Xiao Rui was stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "Because in the hands of the Third Highness, there are not only two embroideries!" ”

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