"Second princess, second princess! The queen has told you to accompany the young lady. ”

A-Ying was in a bad mood and rushed back to her palace angrily, the little palace maids had no choice but to chase her, A-Ying ignored her, "Don't bother me, tell the queen mother that I am not feeling well, I want to rest!" ”

The little palace maids were helpless, what did the princess say about how they went back to the queen, the queen wondered in her heart, but she didn't say anything, so she had to let Ah Kang greet the young ladies first.

The young lady has entered the palace so many times, and the first time it is because of the birthday of the young master of another family, everyone is inevitably curious, and asks what is going on, Xie Ruqing is also there, but everyone dare not ask her openly, because they all know that they can't ask anything, so they will take Akang's words.

"The eldest princess is getting more and more colorful, she usually follows behind the second princess, she doesn't pay attention, looking at it like this, it's actually first-class and good-looking!"

Ah Kang has always been pampered and not surprised, he doesn't get angry when he can't look at her, and he doesn't care when he praises her, he just smiles and hands tea to the other party: "You drink tea." ”

"The eldest princess has also reached the age of marriage, right?" A lady asked.

"No," Akon responded with a clever smile, "I'm still young, so I don't think about it now." ”

The ladies looked at each other, which means that the young master of the Qi family is not destined for the eldest princess, and if the eldest princess is not married, it stands to reason that the second princess will not be worthy of the front, so isn't the young master of the Qi family destined for the princess?

is not worthy of the princess, so what does the emperor mean by this, is it really to make a prince?

The ladies muttered in their hearts, and asked Ah Kang some inside stories in a different way, Ah Kang doesn't seem to talk much on weekdays, he doesn't seem to be very extroverted, but he actually has a lot of ideas in his heart, he will be obedient and look at things, and he will talk without leaking, and he will make a virtue with Qi Xiaofu.

I chatted with the ladies for a long time, and on the surface they answered everything, but in fact, they didn't say anything useful, and the ladies still didn't know anything after chatting for a long time.

Qi Xiaohao is really not easy to celebrate this birthday, it is not a game of eating, drinking, and playing, he has to follow the emperor to deal with all kinds of adults and princes and nobles, everyone is talking about things, and he has to deal with it mentally, and he has to be worthy of the emperor to hold this birthday banquet for him, and he can't let those people underestimate him.

At the end of the day, I couldn't say a word to Xie Ruqing, and it was easy to get the opportunity to eat in the evening, Xie Ruqing and Qi Yanzhi stayed in the palace, and when they were left with their own people, they only got close for a while.

"Xiao Hao, another year older, what do you want?" Xie Ruqing touched his son's head and asked lovingly.

Qi Xiaohao thought about it, to say that he really didn't want it, his needs were still the same as when he was a child, thinking about going home to eat something good and drink something good to get close to his mother.

"Do you want a sister?" Qi Xiao thought that he was not at home for a long time, and his father and mother were bored at home, so it was good to have another one, so he sold him and said that he wanted a sister.

Xie Ruqing glanced at Qi Yan, a little crying and laughing, this kid didn't have a score when he heard it, she asked like this, just to hear what he wanted to do in the future, whether he had any plans, who knew that there was no at all.

Qi Xiaohao is not out of luck, he just doesn't like to think about it, at the moment he is thinking about helping Yu Ning deal with a big corrupt official in the court, and he will talk about it after dealing with it.

Young Master Qi does not tolerate sand in his eyes, and follows Yu Ning to participate in the government, but if he sees anything that is not pleasing to the eye, he wants to take care of it, knowing that a certain minister is corrupt and bribery, he wants to pull people off the horse first, knowing that Yu Ning has been angry with a certain minister who relies on the old man all the year round, so he pays attention to asking people to tell the old man to return to his hometown.

Yu Ning knew best in his heart, he smiled at Qi Yanzhi Xie Ruqing, this son he was going to decide.

"Where's A-Ying?" Xie Ruqing didn't see A-Ying and asked.

Qi Wanru said: "Who knows about that child, say it's uncomfortable, let her go." ”

"Why is she uncomfortable again?" Qi Xiaohao wondered, "Isn't it okay in the morning?" ”

Xie Ruqing glared at him, how could he get to the bottom of the girl's family, what the girl's family did made sense.

Qi Xiaohao pouted, he felt strange and a little impatient about A-Ying's awkward behavior when he had nothing to do, although he usually laughed with everyone, but he was also full of young master's temper, he couldn't stand who shook his face all day long, he felt that A-Ying was a little too willful, and he didn't say anything, as if someone owed her money.

He thought to himself: I don't know how to ask others, but I don't think she is my cousin!

In private, Xie Ruqing said to him: "You are very patient with Ah Kang, and you take great care of your little brothers, why are you only impatient with Ah Ying?" ”

Qi Xiaohao rolled his eyes and glanced elsewhere, obviously not wanting to answer directly, Xie Ruqing stared at his eyes, and knew that this kid was making trouble.

"You quarreled with A-Ying?" Xie Ruqing asked.

"Nope." Qi Xiaohao replied.

"If you have a problem, just say it, don't be weird, it's not appropriate, you know?" Xie Ruqing knew that the child also had his own thoughts, and he couldn't talk too seriously on the premise of not understanding the situation, so he turned to a slightly mild tone and said: "The girl's family sometimes plays petty, usually for a reason, if you can't understand, don't be angry with others casually, in this world, there is no so-called unreasonable trouble, if someone is unreasonable in front of you, then nine times out of ten it is because of you." ”

Qi Xiaohao had never heard such an assertion, and he was curious for a while, and his expression was empty for a while.

If you want to say that, A-Ying is making trouble with him unreasonably all day long, is it all because of him?

There's something wrong, he didn't provoke her, what did she mess with him?

A-Ying lost her temper for several days, and when she saw that no one cared about her, Qi Xiaohao felt that she was probably purely wrong, and she was not aimed at him, so she was relieved.

Ah Ying didn't understand Qi Xiaohao at all, and he didn't take the initiative to look for her for a few days, the more he felt that he might have fallen in love with Miss Zuo, and he was even more angry, and when he saw Qi Xiaohao, he became more and more unkind, and it became a vicious circle.

Ah Kang was also very worried when she saw the two of them like this, but she couldn't say anything in the middle, and she didn't know when these two people would be able to pierce this layer of paper.

But soon, A-Ying regretted not talking to Qi Xiaohao earlier. Because it didn't take long for Qi Xiaohao to leave the capital.

A few days after his birthday, there was a war in the south, and Ah Dan and they were going to be sent to fight.

"Xiaofu, I'm a little scared." When there were still a few days before departure, Ah Dan suddenly said to Qi Xiaofu.

"Huh?" Qi Xiao was puzzled, "Aren't you quite bold?" ”

How brave he was when he broke into the bandit's den alone to save him, sacrificed himself to die and moved forward bravely, and he couldn't get rid of it at a critical time, and besides, his kung fu was very good, and there was no problem in fighting?

Ah Dan lowered his head awkwardly, "I didn't mean that......"

Qi Xiaohao is simply not good, why is Ah Dan awkward with him? Is it because of him?

"Then you should be blunt." Qi Xiaohao was not so polite to Ah Dan, and he was almost annoyed to guess.

Ah Dan was leaving the sorrow in his heart, and when he yelled, he suddenly lost his temper, sighed and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to come back." ”

"Huh?" It took Qi Xiaohao a long time to react to what Ah Dan meant, this is because he is worried that he will die on the battlefield and never see him again.

This Qi Xiaohao didn't expect it, because he subconsciously felt that fighting was not a big deal, didn't he come over like this in the bandits' den back then, let Ah Dan say this, he was also worried in his heart.

Life and death on the battlefield is indeed not a joke, Ah Dan is on the battlefield for the first time, and it is inevitable that he will be afraid, so what should I do?

"Why don't I tell the Grand Commander that I won't send you this time?"

Ah Dan hurriedly shook his head, "That's good, the brothers are gone, only I retreat, doesn't it seem that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, if I say such a thing, I will be looked down upon by the commander." ”

Later, he said; "That's it, life and death are fate, if I can't come back, you can take the money I have saved over the years, although it is not much, but it is all saved by myself, just take it as a gift for you to get married."

Qi Xiaohao sneered, "Your last words are to think about me marrying a daughter-in-law?" ”

"What if it weren't?" Ah Dan wondered, "I only have you, the brother of life and death, you are equivalent to my own brother, who will I give the relics to you when I die?" ”

Although this statement is a bit strange, but for Ah Dan, Qi Xiaohao is his brother, and Mrs. Hou is his father, and he is the only person who can be regarded as a relative.

"You can pull it down." Qi Xiaohao was quite ruining the atmosphere, "I don't want to marry or not, you better keep it for yourself to marry your daughter-in-law, don't worry, I won't let you not come back." ”

"Huh?" This time he wondered, "The battlefield is changing rapidly, what can you do, you can also control the battlefield remotely." ”

Qi Xiaohao sold a pass, and on the same day, he went back to the palace to beg the emperor to send him to the battlefield, any position, it doesn't matter if he is a small soldier, in short, just let him go.

Yu Ning was shocked at first, he didn't expect Qi Xiaohao to take the initiative to ask for battle, the young master of the capital at this age would only eat, drink and have fun, where would he give up his life to go to the battlefield.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he supported Qi Xiaohao's decision, if Xiaohao went to the battlefield to make a great contribution and came back, he would win the hearts of the people and the army, which would be beneficial to his future succession.

But in the end, it is someone else's baby, and he has to fight for the opinions of Xie Ruqing and Qi Yanzhi.

"How, you two are willing?" Yu Ning asked the two of them privately.

Qi Yanzhi obviously didn't have any opinions, but appreciated Qi Xiaohao's initiative to fight, "He took the initiative to ask for it?" ”

"But no, if he doesn't take the initiative, how dare I mention it, if he clears it, he won't hate me to death." Yu Ning joked.

Xie Ruqing originally looked solemn, but when she heard this, she smiled, she realized that her expression must not be very good, and said: "Although you two laugh at me, I just can't bear it, that's going to the battlefield, my son is only fourteen years old, you say I can accept it happily?" ”

Yu Ning smiled and shook his head, "That's why I came to ask you, if you don't agree, I'll go back to that kid, but looking at his determined appearance, I'm afraid I can't stop him, I'm worried that he will turn around and run away by himself." ”

"He dares!" Xie Ruqing said with a straight face, she can accept it in her heart at the moment, so her attitude is a little stubborn, her son has been in the bandit's den for so many years, and it is easy to come back, and this is going to the battlefield again, which mother can't accept it.

Qi Yanzhi shook his head at Yu Ning, and Yu Ning didn't say anything more, "That's it, I've brought it, you two think about it yourself, no, I'll ask that kid to go home with you at night, and you can talk to him yourself." ”

So in the night, Qi Xiaohao went back to the Hou Mansion, ate and drank as usual, and after eating, his mother called him to the room with a straight face.

"Mother, do you disagree with me going to the battlefield?" Qi Xiaohao also saw that his mother had been not very happy today, and it was probably the emperor's uncle who told her that he was going to the battlefield.

"If you don't agree, I have to find out why you're going." Xie Ruqing looked at his son and asked, "You told your mother, why did you go to the battlefield, was it a whim or did you have any ideas?" ”

Qi Xiaohao said bluntly: "I decided to go for Ah Dan, Ah Dan wants to go to the battlefield, I'm afraid that I won't be able to come back alive, even my wife has been handed over to me, I think he can break into the bandit's den alone for me, I also have to accompany him to the battlefield, no matter what, I have to ask him to come back with all his tails." ”

Xie Ruqing heard that it was because of this, and immediately fell silent, morally speaking, he was right to make such a decision, Ah Dan didn't care about his own life to save Xiao Hao, that Xiao Hao was equivalent to owing someone a life, this favor must be repaid, Xiao Hao can be so affectionate and righteous, she is very relieved.

"If you are because of this, my mother will definitely not stop you." Xie Ruqing pulled his son to sit down and said, "But from my mother's point of view, I don't want you to take risks, do you know what I mean?" ”

Qi Xiaohao nodded, "I know what my mother is going to say, I went to war, and I didn't go with the heart of death, of course I still want to come back alive, so I will definitely love my life, you don't have to worry so much, you see that I have come back after so many years in the bandits' den, I can handle it." ”

is such a big child, when he reaches the age where he can control himself, Xie Ruqing is reluctant to give up, and he can't interfere with him too much, not to mention that he is trying to repay the grace of saving his life, even if he really can't come back...... No, a small fuss is a big life, and after so many hurdles, God will not let him be planted here.

So, Xie Ruqing began to prepare for Qi Xiaohao's expedition, helped him prepare his bags, and went to the temple to ask for talismans, and gave Qi Xiaohao and Ah Dan respectively.

The emperor sent Qi Xiaohao to go on the expedition, made him a deputy general, and gave Yu Jun, the general of Yu, a hand.

The young general Yu has now become a great general, and he is a capable general trained by the emperor, and his purpose is to leave it to the next successor.

The emperor knows too well the difficulties of not having a henchman general, and there is no one who can be used when he is in internal and external troubles, he has cultivated several capable generals, among which Yu Jun is the most useful person, this time he let him go out with a little trouble, but also to cultivate the tacit understanding between them, and to establish friendship.

Whether the courtiers can trust the superior depends on the superior's own prestige, and whether the courtier can be reused depends on whether the courtier has the ability. And if you fight side by side, you will know everything, just like Yu Ning and Qi Yanzhi back then.

Qi Xiaohao was very happy to be a deputy general, he didn't have any extravagant hopes, thinking that it would be enough to be a charging soldier, after all, he didn't have any prestige in the army, and he was even happier to Yu Jun as a deputy general, because he had a good relationship with Yu Jun.

"Uncle Jun, this trip depends on you, I have no other requirements, just come back to see my mother with all the mustaches." Qi Xiaohao pulled Yu Jun's arm and said.

Yu Jun has a face that is not very majestic, but he has been commanding the Imperial Forest Army in the palace all the year round, and he is used to giving orders, and now that he is older, he has also carved some stereotypical majesty, and his eyes are full of murder.

"I can tell you that if you make a little fuss, if you go to the battlefield and have a hippie smile with me, I won't give you that face, you are going to be a deputy general, the only requirement is to listen to orders, and don't play tricks with me and make your own opinions, understand?"

Qi Xiaohao is the best at looking at the eyes, and immediately stands up in a proper manner: "You have to order the general!" ”

On the day of the expedition, the emperor and Qi Yanzhi went out of the city to see each other off, without children's affection, just looking forward to a triumphant return