Lu Xiufang looked at her brother a little confused, and Lu Yanyi didn't say anything deeper, but said, "With the second brother here, nothing will happen." ”

Lu Xiufang has admired her brother since she was a child, and smiled comfortably when she heard this: "Second brother, only by your side, can I be steadfast in my heart." Speaking of this, I remembered something again: "Second brother, that annoying old woman, did you really kill her?" ”

"What do you say?" Lu Yanyi asked her rhetorically.

Lu Xiufang hesitated: "I'm afraid I'm afraid of causing something to happen to you."

"Don't worry," Lu Yanyi smiled slightly: "Second brother has his own way of doing things. Kill her, I'm too lazy to touch her blood! I have already called for someone to punish her and throw her back to her hometown. ”

Lu Xiufang showed a reassuring smile at this time, and just wanted to say something, but when she saw Lu Yanyi only looking at Qingjuan, she smiled knowingly: "Second brother, you go to the back and rest for a while, I am here." ”

Before she could open her mouth, Lu Yanyi had already picked her up by the waist and walked to the backyard in the stunned eyes of everyone.

Qingwan subconsciously struggled twice, but could not do anything. In the cold winter day, his broad, thick chest was exceptionally warm. With his head buried in his chest, listening to the powerful heartbeat, his whole body became lazy, and unconsciously, he closed his eyes, as if he had entered a sweet dream.

"Little lazy cat! Wake up! ”

It hurts! Qingwan opened her eyes and met those bottomless eyes, revealing the sly and teasing stars, staring at her in a panic.

"Who slept?" Qingwan said unconvinced.

Lu Yanyi put her on the big bed, propped her hands on it, and her two arms just wrapped her small and delicate in it, and leaned down slightly: "I can hear your snoring!" ”

"Nonsense!" Qingwan was angry and laughed: "Don't say such a short few steps, I can't sleep at all, even if I fall asleep, I never snore!" ”

"Really?" Lu Yanyi scratched her nose, suddenly squatted down, gently held her palm-sized little face with a pair of big hands, and looked into her eyes: "I haven't told you about Zhu Xiaogongzi's defeat on the front line, you won't blame me, right?"

"I don't blame you." Qingwan said slowly: "You must have your reasons, or maybe you have some troubles." However, since you and I are single-minded, you should tell me that you shouldn't hide it, can't you still trust me? ”

"It's not!" Lu Yanyi was a little anxious: "I'm afraid you're worried!" You don't know, the significance of this battle is extraordinary. Moreover, General Zhu Xiao has never led troops or fought in battles, and the government and the opposition have always had an attitude of watching jokes towards him, so it is not only for the court, but also for the safety of the entire Zhu family. Originally, when he first set out on the expedition, he had made several victories, but the news that just came a few days ago was a big defeat, and General Zhu Xiao took thousands of people to go deep into the Turkic hinterland, and now there is no news at all! ”

"What?" Qingwan was taken aback: "Will it be life-threatening?" ”

Lu Yanyi shook his head: "I don't know." I always went to the palace a few days ago to discuss this matter. ”

"So, come back and ask you what you're up to, you always don't"

"This matter is not trivial, and there are not many people in the entire court who know about it," Lu Yanyi said: "It doesn't matter if you tell you, but I don't want you to worry about me." I just want you to be able to be quiet all the time, without the slightest annoyance. ”

The corners of Qingwan's eyes were hot: "But if the front line is really defeated, things will come out sooner or later, if the Zhu family is finished"

Lu Yanyi suddenly smiled: "Not so pessimistic!" In my opinion, in just a few days, the news of a great victory will come! ”

"What did you say?" Qingwan thought she had misheard: "Aren't they all missing?" ”

"I have had a relationship with General Zhu Xiao, although he is young, he is clever, he is familiar with military books and is not confined to this, since he can lead the troops into battle, he must be sure. Moreover, judging from the few messages that came back, I can guess that he was by no means defeated and in danger, but intentional! ”

"On purpose?"

"Yes!" Lu Yanyi said and spoke, he was a little excited, and his eyes shone with a bamboo in his chest: "You wait and see, General Zhu Xiao must be a lone army in depth, running for a long distance, and wanting to come by surprise!" After this big victory, the Turks must have relaxed their vigilance, and it is best to take this opportunity to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle behind the scenes! ”

"Oh" Qingwan understood: "You mean? This defeat was also deliberately fought by General Zhu Xiao? ”

Lu Yanyi's eyes showed an approving look: "Yes, my little girl, after all, she is not too stupid, she heard me clearly!" ”

"Who's the little girl?" Qingwan said, but put her mind at ease: "This is something that ordinary people can't imagine, after such a big defeat, it turned out to be a foreshadowing?" ”

"This is the wonderful thing about General Zhu Xiao," Lu Yanyi said with a smile: "Although it looks like the defeat is very miserable, but when you calculate it carefully, you only discarded some grain and grass baggage, and the casualties of the soldiers are not too many, and most of them have withdrawn." In this way, it can be proved that General Zhu Xiao did it deliberately. ”

"Have you ever said these things to others?" Qingwan asked.

Lu Yanyi shook his head: "Those people may not be able to believe it, it's better not to say it, if it is said, it will cause disputes, if it is really as I expected, General Zhu Xiao will report to Beijing in a few days, at that time, won't everything be clear?" ”

"That's why when you faced that Su Mo just now, you were so confident and fearless?" Qingwan asked with a smile.

"Naturally," Lu Yanyi said leisurely: "It's ridiculous that Su Caoba, who is still complacent, as if they are about to take power." It's really speechless. ”

"Do you mean that," Qingwan continued to speculate and asked, "If General Zhu Xiao really wins the battle, the four princes don't have to go out of Beijing to negotiate peace, then the Su family and the party will not be arrogant?"

"Not only that," said Lu Yanyi, "is not as simple as negotiating peace. Now that he has preliminarily grasped the signs, the four princes want to collude with the Turks and try to usurp the throne! ”

"Huh?" Qingwan was taken aback again: "The fourth prince wants to usurp the throne?" ”

"That's right," Lu Yanyi nodded, and his face became more and more gloomy: "The secret he thinks he is doing is actually that there is no impermeable wall in this world." As soon as the news of the defeat at the front line came secretly, the fourth prince jumped out in a hurry, saying that he was willing to share his father's worries and take the initiative to go to the front line to replace General Zhu Xiao. ”

"The Four Princes will also fight?" Qingwan subconsciously asked: "I didn't know before, but after coming to the capital, I have only heard about it several times, and the fourth prince is better at literature." ”

"Naturally," Lu Yanyi's lips couldn't help but smile a mocking smile: "Everyone knows that he has been pampered and timid since he was a child, where can he fight?" But when he said this, it seemed that he was loyal and commendable regardless of his own safety. There were also those people under the old door of Su Ge beating the side drum next to them, and the four princes were about to lift up to the sky. ”

"Can the emperor really let him go to war?"

"How so?" The curvature of the corners of Lu Yanyi's lips became deeper and deeper: "Those people in Su Ge are not vegetarians, and when they reach a certain time, they will scramble to say that it is better to negotiate peace, which is beneficial and harmless to the overall situation and the people." ”

"The emperor also agreed?" Qingwan disagreed: "Our imperial court is strong, this time the Turks are just out of their own strength, so they came to make trouble, why bother to grow the ambition of others, destroy their own prestige, and be so anxious to negotiate peace?" ”

"The emperor didn't agree at first, but he couldn't stand the group of people who came prepared, and he talked all day long, and finally changed his mind and decided that if General Zhu Xiao on the front line had accurate news, he would go to negotiate peace."

"In this way, the emperor is also a faint king!" Qingwan said indignantly.

"To be fair, the current emperor, at the beginning of his succession, was still a generation of heroes, and he had some deeds. But now that he is older, plus there are Su Guifei and the four princes inside, and the Su family outside, it has also made the emperor dizzy, and he no longer has his own ideas. Lu Yanyi said slowly: "The hero is in his twilight years, and he is dying of old age, and he is gradually confused. At this time, the fourth prince took the initiative to ask Ying, saying that he was willing to go to the front line to negotiate peace for the prince. Originally, this kind of major event should be a well-deserved appearance of the prince, but he said that the prince is the foundation of a country and cannot be involved in danger, and those people of the Su family are even coaxing on the side, praising the four princes for being sensible, regardless of personal safety, putting life and death into the place, and coming up more and more in the harem. ”

Qingwan listened to these words, and was also thinking in her heart: "It's rare that the queen doesn't seem to have this thing, and she can't see a little anxious look." ”

"This is the difference between the Zhu family and the Su family." Lu Yanyi said: "Although the Su family faction looks shrewd, they often don't have enough city government and make mistakes in major matters. And the Zhu family, who are usually introverted and low-key, is just a no-hit, and a hit-gun will be amazing! ”

"Then why do you say that the four princes intend to collude with the Turks and usurp the throne? This is no small feat! ”

"I'm not sure for sure, and I won't talk nonsense to you. No one else knows about this, but I have a secret agent in the palace of the Four Princes, and he has already talked to the Turkic secret envoy several times in the middle of the night. I also have letters written by him in my hand. Although the Su family is quite popular, the Zhu family has won the hearts of the people for many years, and the queen and the prince are also in a stable position and difficult to shake, so it is not easy for Su Guifei to compete for the position of the prince, and now if the Turks make a promise, the Su family will inevitably not take the bait, and want to use external forces to bring down the emperor and the prince together!"

Although Lu Yanyi's tone was flat, the information revealed in these few sentences still made Qingwan feel cold: "At this time, if you are not careful, it will involve more than thousands of people!" ”