Xiao Zhen is rarely idle, at noon, stay in Pei Huizhao's courtyard, sit in the pavilion with her and play like an elephant, Xiao Changmao also took Xiao Ziliang to the pavilion, sat aside, and watched his father and mother play against each other.

There is no status in the game, Xiao Zhen has also told Pei Huizhao in advance, this game, each depends on his ability, and no one needs to let anyone.

But Pei Huizhao always felt that everything as a wife should be from her husband, and her husband should naturally come first when playing chess, so she always secretly let Xiao Zhen go.

Xiao Zhen originally thought that Pei Huizhao really lost, but after three or four rounds, he also saw that Pei Huizhao lost on purpose, and now he naturally felt more and more bored.

At this moment, Yin Luo suddenly led a palace eunuch to hurriedly walk over, and said, "Your Highness, someone has come to the palace." ”

Xiao Zhen looked back, and saw that the inner prisoner was sweating profusely, panting, and his face was even redder, his blush was not a shy blush, but a steamed red, and he didn't know if it was sunburned or hot.

The inner eunuch first saluted Xiao Zhen, "The slave and maid see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Don't be polite, get up," Xiao Zhen recognized that this inner eunuch was a Shiqian Palace, and now that he found the prince's mansion, it must have been Xiao Daocheng who summoned him again, he asked: "But the father summoned Lonely?" ”

"Yes," the inner supervisor said, breathless, "Your Majesty is urgently summoned!" Your Highness, go with the slave and maid. ”

At this time, Xiao Zhen was really surprised to send someone to summon him, not to mention that it was an urgent call, Xiao Zhen instinctively glanced at Pei Huizhao, and then looked at the inner prison, and asked tentatively: "Do you know why my father summoned Gu?" ”

The inner supervisor thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "This ...... The slave doesn't know much, but ...... Before receiving His Majesty's command, the slave maid heard His Majesty talking about the war in the south with the nobles, as if it was a raid on Jiuzhen County by the Funan Kingdom, and several counties had already been lost......"

When Xiao Xun heard this, he was suddenly frustrated in his heart, and he was angry again, and he was in a hurry to summon him into the palace as soon as he mentioned the war! Xiao Daocheng's meaning, how could he not know?

He paused before replying, "Got it." ”

Pei Huizhao, who was sitting opposite, although he was a woman who didn't understand political affairs, heard about it, and had already guessed what Xiao Daocheng was summoning Xiao Zhen at this time.

"Your Royal Highness......" Pei Huizhao looked sad and called softly, Xiao Zhen held her hand and comforted: "It's okay, Gu will be back soon." ”

After Xiao Zhen said that, he stood up, left with the inner eunuch, and entered the palace.

Pei Huizhao couldn't help but sigh as he watched Xiao Zhen go away, and only said: "Everyone covets military power, but what kind of good thing is military power!" ”

As long as he can stay with Xiao Zhen, Pei Huizhao can be said to ask for nothing.

But Xiao Zhen has military power in his hands, which dooms the two of them to live separately.

Last time, Xiao Zhen was sent to the north to garrison Liang County, and this time it was three years, and it was thanks to the birthday of the eldest princess that he was able to recall him back to Jiankang.

Now it's gone, I don't know how long!

Imagine that Xiao Huang, the king of Changsha, has been sent to Jiude County since His Majesty Jianyuan, and it has been five years since he returned to Beijing.

Pei Huizhao sighed lightly again, and said to himself: "I only hope that His Royal Highness will not accept the order...... "A mere Funan country is not worth mentioning, and it is just a matter of invading Jiuzhen County, and even lost a few counties, if this is the case, there is a county guard of Jiuzhen County to deal with this matter, and Xiao Zhen needs to rush over from Jiankang?"

If the county guard of Jiuzhen County has long been unable to compete with foreign enemies, then even if Xiao Zhen rushes over, I am afraid that there is nothing to make up, you know, Jiuzhen County is located in the south, bordering Funan and Zhenla, even if you don't stop for a while, you may not be able to arrive after running for two or three months.

I'm afraid that Xiao Dao has not become a branch of Xiao Zhen, and through this war, he just sent him away, or in the south!

That Jiuzhen County is much farther away than Liang County, if there is anything tricky in the court in the future, or if he has something long and short, Xiao Zhen can't rush back, but Xiao Ying and Xiao Ye, who are close to the water and get the moon first!

After Xiao Zhen entered the palace, he was led by the inner supervisor to the Shiqian Palace, and when he arrived at the Shiqian Palace, he saw Xiao Daocheng sitting on it, he walked to the middle of the hall to salute, and said in a straight voice: "Son, see my father." ”

Xiao Daocheng leaned on the table slightly, his eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed a little refreshed, listening to Xiao Zhen's voice in the hall, he opened his eyes lazily, but asked casually: "Do you know why I urgently summoned you here?" ”

Xiao Zhen paused and replied: "The son is stupid, and I hope that my father will give me advice." ”

Of course, he knew, but he just didn't want to say it.

Xiao Daocheng sneered twice and said, "You don't know? Then I will tell you. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and motioned for Qu Ping to help him up, and then walked down slowly, approaching Xiao Zhen, and then said: "Funan Kingdom raided Jiuzhen County, and the county guard Zhu Zhou was defeated, and now, the four counties of Songyuan, Gao'an, Jianchu, and Changle have been lost, and I summoned you to come here to ask you to lead troops to Jiuzhen County to support." ”

Xiao Zhen's face was cold, his eyes lowered slightly, and he asked after a long time, "Why Erchen?" ”

Since ancient times, the prince has not been a general, although this is not a rule, but it is also a tacit understanding recognized by the kings of all dynasties.

The emperor drove the imperial expedition in person, either the prince supervised the country, or the prince accompanied the army.

Outside, the king's orders are not subject to the prince's orders, the prince is in charge of the army, and if he obeys orders, he is not specialized, and if he does not obey orders, he is not filial.

If it is understandable that he was sent to garrison Liang County because he was rebellious, so he was demoted to the north, but now that he has not made a mistake and led the troops to the battle, he naturally cannot accept it.

Still is...... I want to take this opportunity to transfer him out of Jiankang......

"Do you still have the face to ask me? Last year, Funan repeatedly violated Jiuzhen County, you said that you would issue a summoning order, open the country, and allow Funan business travelers to enter the country for trade, at that time I felt that this matter was not handled properly, but now it is good, sure enough, those people, pretending to be business travelers, infiltrated Jiuzhen County and started to kill, almost making the southern border lost! If I don't send you to clean up this mess, who else can I send! The more Xiao Daocheng spoke, the more annoyed he became, and it seemed that it really made Xiao Cheng angry.

"But ...... "But it was he Xiao Daocheng who asked for peace with the Lord at the beginning!" Xiao Xun didn't dare to say what he wanted, he just lowered his head and didn't speak.

Thinking that he offered this time, Xiao Daocheng said three words "wonderful" in a row, and as for the word "inappropriate", Xiao Xun had never even heard of it at that time.

Now he is talking about "inappropriate", this ...... Isn't that an afterthought!

"But what?" Xiao Daocheng looked at Xiao Zhen with a rather majestic expression.

After all, Xiao Zhen still didn't dare to accuse Xiao Daocheng of not, he only said: "Father, Jiuzhen County is far away from here, and it is by no means a momentary reach, and the son thinks that he should send troops to support him nearby, rather than sending troops from Jiankang." ”

"Are you questioning me?" Xiao Daocheng's face was a little angry.

"Erchen doesn't dare," Xiao Zhen originally lowered his head slightly, but when he said this, he raised his head slightly, and he said without changing his face: "It's just that Jiuzhen County is located in the south, and it is close to several prefectures and counties such as Jiaozhou, Songping County, and Jiude County, all of which are border passes, and the local troops are strong, enough to send troops to support, and the father does not have to take pains to transfer his sons." ”

"Far water can't save the near fire, this truth, I know better than you, but the neighboring states and counties have their own duties, I don't want to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, after all, it is located at the border, it is difficult to ensure that it is not a few small countries nearby coveting the big fat meat of Jiaozhou, and they will work together to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, so that we can deceive and calculate!"

After finishing speaking, Xiao Zhen was a little silent, and it took a long time to answer, but he suddenly knelt on the ground and said coldly: "Father is above, please forgive your sons, you can't obey your orders." ”

And when he had said that, he prostrated heavily.

"Bastard thing!" Xiao Daocheng's stomach finally couldn't help but let out the fire, and scolded, Xiao Daocheng knelt on the ground, no response, Xiao Daocheng naturally became more and more anxious, and said: "This is the basket you poked out!" Who is going if you don't go? Do you expect me to find someone to wipe your ass? ”

This is a crime to be added, and it is even more nonsense, Xiao Zhen is now more and more suspicious that Xiao Daocheng is like this, just trying to find a reason to transfer him out of Jiankang.

He raised his head, looked at Xiao Daocheng expressionlessly, and suddenly let out a sneer, and said bluntly: "Father wants his son to go to Jiuzhen County here, and he will be stationed there forever in the future, just like he was stationed in Liang County at the beginning, right?" ”

"You...... What nonsense are you talking about......" Xiao Daocheng looked at Xiao Zhen with a blank expression, obviously he didn't have such a mind.

Xiao Zhen said: "The prince is not in charge of the troops, but the father wants his sons to lead the troops to the battle, isn't this just to drive the sons out of Beijing?" ”

"Okay," Xiao Daocheng couldn't help nodding and said, "Since you said that the prince is not in charge of the army, then you will hand over the military power in your hand, and I will send others to bring troops to Jiuzhen County to support." ”

Xiao Daocheng did want to take back the military power in Xiao Zhen's hands, but he didn't have a suitable reason to collect the military power, so he took advantage of the war in Jiuzhen County to come up with such a move.

He always knows Xiao Zhen well, and he also knows very well that he will definitely refuse to send Xiao Zhen to Jiuzhen County to quell the chaos, and in a hurry, he will refuse on the grounds that the prince is not in charge of the army, at this time, he Xiao Daocheng can naturally mention the matter of recovering military power.

Xiao Zhen was stunned for a moment, now that he finally knew Xiao Daocheng's thoughts, it turned out that he was actually coming for his military power!

"Whose soldiers are ......" Xiao Zhen was already frozen, lest Xiao Daocheng open his mouth and say that he would bring his soldiers.

Sure enough, Xiao Daocheng replied: "If you want your military power, it is natural to bring your soldiers!" ”

Xiao Zhen laughed coldly, he originally thought that Xiao Daocheng wanted to transfer troops from Jiankang to Jiuzhen County to support, who would have thought that he was actually going to transfer troops from Liang County!

Liang County! That's in the North! Transferring troops from the north to the south, how ridiculous it is to say!

In order to take back his military power, the father really took great pains!

"Soldier Talisman...... The talisman is not in the hands of Erchen, it is in the Liangjun Mansion," Xiao Zhen lowered his head, hung his head, and seemed to be very desperate.

He was reluctant to have military power, and he was reluctant to delay the war in Jiuzhen County.

The matter of the military talisman is half true and half false.

But Xiao Daocheng didn't believe it at all, and sneered: "You would leave such an important thing as a talisman in Liangjun?" ”

"The son is not lying, please ask my father to see it!" Xiao Zhen kowtowed again, his words earnest.

Xiao Daocheng saw that he was unwilling to agree to lead troops to Jiuzhen County, nor did he refuse to hand over the military power, so he simply put down his cruel words and said, "Don't say it!" I will give you two days, either you will personally lead the troops to Jiuzhen County, or you will hand over the military power of Liang County and I will send someone else. You weigh it yourself. ”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and turned his back to Xiao Chen, who also stood up heavily, and said frustratedly: "Yes, the son of the minister retired." ”

Xiao Xun returned to the prince's mansion and went straight to the study, and Yin Luo also followed behind and closed the door tightly. Xiao Xun walked to the bookcase in the corner, took out a palm-sized brocade box in the gap between the wooden board and the ground at the bottom, opened the brocade box, and his talisman lay quietly inside.

But this talisman is only half of it.

It turned out that before Xiao Zhen returned to Jiankang, he had expected that if he could stay in Jiankang, Xiao Daocheng would definitely be afraid of the military power in his hands, so he divided the talisman into two, half of which he brought back to Jiankang, and the other half stayed in the Liangjun Mansion.

Therefore, his answer to Xiao Daocheng today is indeed half-true and half-false.

"Your Highness, this talisman can't be handed over!" Yin Luo said seriously, he also knew how important it was to have military power in his hands as a prince, besides, the troops stationed in Liang County first had Xie Yu's old department, and then he recruited troops, it was all their hard work!

Xiao Zhen closed the brocade box heavily, and said angrily: "But if you don't hand over the military power, Lone will personally lead the troops to Jiuzhen County, do you think that Lone will be able to return to Jiankang in the future!" ”

"Yes...... But how important is this military power! If you hand it over today, it will be difficult to take it back! ”

When Xiao Zhen heard this, he only closed his eyes and sighed softly, and when he opened his eyes again, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and only stuffed the brocade box into Yin Luo's hand, and then walked out of the study quickly.

Seeing the situation, Yin hurriedly put the brocade box back in its place, and then followed him out.

The master and servant walked out of the garden and met Pei Huizhao, Pei Huizhao saw Xiao Zhen's hurried expression, naturally puzzled, and hurriedly called: "Your Highness!" ”

But Xiao Zhen didn't have time to pay attention to her, and only said, "Go find Xie Zheng alone." ”

After he said that, he left without looking back, Pei Huizhao has always been sensitive, she couldn't see Xiao Zhen's hurry and panic, she only heard Xiao Zhen say that she was going to find Xie Zheng.

Therefore, in her opinion, Xiao Zhen ignored her and hurriedly ran out, just to see Xie Zheng.

And the Qiu family on the side is also not a fuel-efficient lamp, she has always liked to sow discord and fan the flames, and when she heard that Xiao Zhen was going to find Xie Zheng, she blew the wind in Pei Huizhao's ear and said: "Niangniang, look at Your Highness, you are in such a hurry to find Xie Zheng, I don't know what to do." ”

Pei Huizhao didn't answer, and Qiu Shi immediately said: "It's not too early this day, that Xie Zheng, I don't know what kind of fox trick he used, and his Highness was so fascinated that he was not at home all day!" She still wants to be good friends with her, she, on the surface, is polite to Niangniang, but behind the scenes, she ......"

"That's it! Don't talk about it! Without waiting for Qiu to finish speaking, Pei Huizhao interrupted and turned back to the backyard angrily.

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