At that time, in the Hou Mansion, Xie Zheng sat on the side of Huan Ling's bed, carefully untying the gauze wrapped around his waist for him, while Huan Ling was lying on the bed, looking at her intently, with affection in his eyebrows, and showing a slight smile to her from time to time.

"It seems that the county marquis is very energetic today," Xie Zheng quipped.

Huan Ling smiled and said, "With you by my side, I am naturally spiritual." ”

"Poor mouth!" Xie Zheng smiled so coquettishly, and then saw the maid bring a basin of hot water, so she twisted the hand towel, and gently wiped the wound for Huan Ling as she did the previous two times.

Xu is her hand is heavier, Huan Ling was in pain, and groaned, Xie Zheng "chuckled" in his heart, hurriedly withdrew his hand, and said with concern: "But I am too heavy?" ”

Huan Ling didn't answer, just looked at Xie Zheng blankly, and only laughed after a while, Xie Zheng knew that he was being teased by him, so he reached out and poked his forehead, and said angrily: "Death!" ”

Yuzhi stood aside, handed over the gold sore medicine and clean gauze, Xie Zheng then bandaged him with medicine, and said: "When Tao Hongjing came over two days ago, he said that the wound of the county marquis, as long as it is scabbed, there is no need to wrap it in gauze, so as not to be suffocated by this gauze. ”

"My wound is scabbed, but the opening is not small, I'm afraid I can't be so anxious to remove the gauze," Huan Ling said, reaching out to touch the skin that had just been knotted, Xie Zheng was so frightened that he quickly slapped his outstretched hand aside, and scolded: "How clean your hand is!" Beware of bruises. ”

After she said that, she turned her head to look at Yuzhi again, and ordered: "Yuzhi, you will go and invite Tao Hongjing over tomorrow to show the county marquis." ”

Yuzhi put away the remaining gauze and gold sore medicine, and then replied, "Yes." ”

"I just ordered the kitchen to stew ginseng black chicken soup, as well as matsutake mushroom and duck soup, which one do you want to drink?" Xie Zheng looked at Huan Ling with doting eyes, Huan Ling didn't have time to think about it, and replied when he opened his mouth: "You are in charge." ”

"Oh," Xie Zheng pondered for a while, and finally smiled: "Then drink it all, make up for your body, this injury will heal faster." ”

Huan Ling was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Drinking too much soup at night, it's not good......"

He said it quite vaguely, and Xie Zhengzi also heard the meaning of his words, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, it's not me who helps you to get up at night." ”

Xie Zheng replied, but Huan Ling had nothing to say, so he had to obediently follow her arrangement, and before long, the maid brought two cups of medicinal food, and Yuzhi carefully helped Huan Ling to sit up, Xie Zheng picked up a cup, and was about to feed Huan Ling to drink, but heard the porter shouting outside: "Xie Niangzi!" The prince is here. ”

Xiao Zhen came, but disturbed the warmth of Huan Ling and Xie Zheng, hearing that he was coming, the smile on Huan Ling's face suddenly disappeared, Xie Zheng was also surprised, she glanced at Yuzhi, and said to herself: "......What are you doing here at this time?"

She then handed the medicinal food in her hand to Yuzhi, and hurriedly got up and walked out.

Yuzhi took the medicinal food, took Xie Zheng's work with acquaintances, sat on the edge of the bed, scooped a spoon in the cup, and sent it to Huan Ling's mouth.

Huan Ling was not very happy to drink it at first, and said dodgingly: "Eh, there is a difference between men and women, how can you feed me soup, this ...... It's really hurtful. ”

Yuzhi sneered and said, "When the lady is going to be fed, why didn't the county marquis say that it hurts." ”

"That'...... Can that be the same......" Huan Ling turned his face away, refusing to drink alive or dead, Yuzhi saw the situation, so he had to withdraw his hand and said: "Since there is a difference between men and women, then ...... The slave went and called a housekeeper to feed it. ”

Another maid in the house heard this, they all hid their faces and snickered, Yuzhi said, but also made a gesture to get up and go out, Huan Ling was even more unhappy now, hurriedly stopped her, and reluctantly said: "That's it, it's better for you to come." ”

Yuzhi was really amused by his "grievances", so he sat back again, poured the medicinal food into his mouth with a spoon and spoon, and said in his mouth: "The slave knows that the county marquis wants the lady to feed it personally, but the lady has something to do now, and she can't pull it out, but this chicken and duck are also personally selected by the lady, although the slave is not as gentle and considerate as the lady, but it is also ordered by the lady, and the county marquis will have it." ”

At this time, Xiao Zhen was waiting in the guest hall in the front yard with Yin Luo, and when Xie Zheng passed, he saw Xiao Zhen standing in the guest hall, standing with his hands in his hands, pacing anxiously.

"But Your Highness is so impetuous, but what happened?" Xie Zheng also walked into the guest hall quickly.

Xiao Zhen stopped, looked at her with a frown, and said worriedly: "Jiuzhen County...... Fallen ......"

"Jiuzhen County?" Xie Zheng was stunned for a moment, she looked sideways away, thought for a while, and hurriedly asked, "Is it Funanguo?" ”

"Hmm," Xiao Zhen nodded heavily.

Regarding the invasion of Funan, Xie Zheng had heard about it occasionally, that is, last year, but at that time, Funanguo was only violating the border, and it had not yet reached the point of invasion.

When dealing with the invasion of Funan, she gave advice to Xiao Zhen.

"I remember that last year, Funan repeatedly violated the border, and His Majesty also advocated peace, but at the moment, it seems that peace is obviously just a delaying tactic, I said at that time, if Funan invaded the border with other plans, it would be sooner or later to tear his face, and now it is really coming!" After Xie Zheng finished speaking, he laughed contemptuously.

Xiao Zhen was full of sadness, he said: "Jiuzhen County guards Zhu Zhou, the leader of the troops is incompetent, and he conceals the military situation and does not report it, until several counties bordering Funan are lost, he only plays to ask for support, alas! ”

It can be seen that Xiao Zhen is really worried about the safety of Jiuzhen County, after all, it is the land of Daqi!

Seeing Xiao Zhen's face full of sorrow, Xie Zheng had already guessed what was wrong with him, so he asked, "So, Your Majesty wants to send His Highness over?" ”

Xiao Zhen laughed bitterly as if laughing at himself, and then said: "Father blamed Lone for the fall of Jiuzhen County, and ordered Lone to go to support, but Jiuzhen County is located in the south, thousands of miles away, and the journey will take at least two months!"

Now Jiuzhen County is in danger, I am afraid that before Lone arrives there, Jiuzhen County has been lost, if this is the case, then what is the use of Lone rushing over thousands of miles? Not to mention...... Lone's troops are all in Liang County! ”

"It shouldn't be," Xie Zheng pondered: "Jiuzhen County is in a dangerous position, why is Your Majesty so hasty in the matter of transferring troops!" I heard that His Royal Highness's fourth brother, King Changsha, is now stationed in Jiude County, and Jiude County is adjacent to Jiuzhen County, why didn't Your Majesty send King Changsha there? ”

"What do you think?" Xiao Zhen frowned tightly, with a bitter expression.

Xie Zheng was stunned, "What does Your Highness mean...... Could it be that His Majesty intended to do so? ”

Xiao Zhen sighed, and only said: "In the end, my father still doesn't trust Gu, and in order to contain Gu, it can be described as painstaking!" ”

"As the crown prince, it is natural for His Royal Highness to care about the world, but in the current situation, Deyin is only afraid that His Royal Highness will go down and will never come back in the future...... Your Highness, Jiuzhen County, you can't go! ”

"Lone can not go, but the soldiers under Lone have to go," Xiao Zhen said, and his anger was difficult to calm down.

Xie Zheng was stunned, "Your Highness is ......" She didn't continue, but she understood Xiao Zhen's meaning.

She originally thought that Xiao Daocheng's purpose was just to transfer Xiao Zhen out of Jiankang, but now she realized that what Xiao Daocheng was afraid about was not Xiao Chen's position as a stable prince of Mount Tai, but the military power in his hands!

Thinking that he had expected that Xiao Zhen would definitely not accept the order to go to Jiuzhen County, he resorted to such a trick to force Xiao Zhen to hand over his military power.

"Since ancient times, the crown prince has not been a general, His Royal Highness has military power in his hands, and His Majesty is afraid of this, which is understandable," Xie Zheng sighed: "But it is really embarrassing that he designed His Highness like this." ”

Xiao Zhen exclaimed: "Now, my father has given Gu a death order, and he wants Gu to make a decision within two days, either Gu will personally lead the troops to Jiuzhen County, or Gu will hand over the military power of Liang County and he will send someone else." ”

If Xiao Zhen really went to Jiuzhen County, he would undoubtedly be forced to give up the position of prince.

The eldest son of Qin Shi Huang, the famous son Fusu in history, is a bloody precedent! Gongzi Fusu is known to be virtuous, and should have inherited the unification, but he was sent to Shangjun by Qin Shi Huang, and Meng Tian guarded the border for many years, built the Great Wall in the northern Xinjiang, drove the Huns into the desert, built dozens of cities, and expanded hundreds of miles, which can not be said to be meritorious. But in the end, the world fell into the hands of the son Hu Hai because of the treacherous tricks of Zhao Gao and Li Si.

Xiao Daocheng once said that since Qin Shi Huang would send his son Fusu to Shangjun, it means that he did not intend to make Fusu the prince from the beginning.

What a speculation and analysis!

Today's Xiao Zhen, isn't he the former son Fusu?

Xiao Zhen is also the prince, Xiao Daocheng intends to send him to Jiuzhen County, whether he has the heart of Yi Chu, his intention is obvious!

Either give up the position of the prince, or hand over the military power and continue to compete for power and profit with several brothers, and may not be able to sit firmly in the world in the future, Xiao Daocheng This is really a problem for Xiao Zhen!

Xie Zheng also thought about pacing back and forth in the guest hall, thinking about countermeasures intensively, but today's matter is really tricky, if it is only to send people to Jiuzhen County to support, it is easy to say, but now Xiao Daocheng wants to use Xiao Zhen's soldiers by name, he deliberately wants to take this opportunity to take back Xiao Zhen's military power, which is not easy to deal with.

"His Royal Highness rushed back from Liang County, did he bring troops?" Xie Zheng's face couldn't help but show a trace of nervousness.

Xiao Zhen shook his head and replied: "Lone was a light soldier who set off at the beginning, and he only brought a few elite soldiers with him as guards. ”

"Then, what about His Highness's talisman?"

Xiao Zhen hesitated for a moment, he was hesitating whether to tell the truth with Xie Zheng, and after hesitating, he still didn't have any reservations about Xie Zheng after all, so he replied: "When I returned to Beijing, I was worried that my father would take back the military power, so I divided the talisman into two, half of which he brought back to Jiankang with him, and the other half was hidden in the Liangjun Mansion. ”

Xie Zheng pondered: "Liang County also needs to have elite troops stationed, Your Majesty will not be so confused that he wants to transfer troops from the north to the south, what he wants is just His Highness's military power, since His Highness only has half of the talismans in his hand, even if he gives it to him, it is useless for him, at most he will take it back to prevent His Highness from rebelling." Could it be that he still wants to send someone to Liang County to get the other half of the talisman back?

What is the way of the world now? The Son of Heaven sent someone to the army to take back the talismans, so urgent, it will definitely make people think that the world is going to change the dynasty again, and then the army will be unstable, and the northern border defense will be scattered, and Your Majesty will not gain more than you lose. ”

"You mean, you want to give him that half of the talisman?"

"If Your Highness can take the initiative to hand over the talisman, it will dispel Your Majesty's suspicions."

"But ......" Speaking of handing over the military talisman, Xiao Zhen couldn't bear it, even if Xie Zheng said that it was beneficial to him, he still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

Xie Zheng naturally knew his concerns, so he said: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry, Deyin already has a countermeasure in his heart for this matter, His Highness doesn't have to go to Jiuzhen County in person, nor does he need to hand over the military power." ”

Xiao Zheng has always been a resolute person, but now although there is pain in his heart, he will not be too overwhelmed, Xie Zheng knows that he has a strong temperament, and he will not comfort him with sweet words, but will only let him relax.

As soon as she said this, she really pulled back Xiao Zhen's thoughts, he immediately stretched his brows, and asked happily, "What is the plan?" ”

"This plan can be said in a few words, and I hope that His Royal Highness will be able to say it once."

Seeing Xie Zheng's eyes firm, Xiao Zhengzi was also a lot more relieved, he already believed in Xie Zheng's methods, so he agreed without hesitation, and said, "Okay, I believe in you." ”

Xie Zheng sent Xiao Zhen away, and returned to the courtyard of Huanling, and after a few words of advice from the slave maid of the same family, he took the jade branch to the side hall for dinner.

It was late, Xiao Ying was left in Hanzhang Hall by Xie Guifei to eat, the mother and son had dinner, and then walked in the courtyard in front of Hanzhang Hall to eat, Xie Guifei heard about the war in Jiuzhen County from the previous dynasty, so she specially asked He Shaoyan to go to the Shiqian Hall to inquire about the truth, but learned about Xiao Zhen.

"Funan invaded Jiuzhen County, the county guard Zhu Zhou was defeated, your father and emperor summoned the prince in the Shiqian Palace today, and intended to send him to support."

"Oh?" Xiao Ying was surprised and hurriedly asked, "Send the eldest brother?" Is he going, big brother? ”

Xie Guifei laughed: "He naturally didn't go, he was stationed in Liang County for three years, and he was finally recalled to Jiankang, how dare he leave now." ”

"Then, Jiuzhen County ......" Xiao Ying stopped at this point, and Xie Guifei continued: "The prince is not going, but the soldiers of Liang County are bound to go, and now your father is forcing him to hand over the military power, and then send someone else to lead the army." ”

Without waiting for Concubine Xie to finish speaking, Xiao Ying couldn't wait to grab the words, and said wildly: "It's better to let Erchen go, Erchen is worried that he has no military power in his hands, if Erchen can win the Funan Kingdom, maybe when the class teacher returns to the dynasty, his father will hand over the military power to Erchen." ”

Concubine Xie Guifei smiled with a smile on her face, and said: "Good son, the mother concubine has this intention, you have also led soldiers to fight, and you have a lot of military exploits, now that Jiuzhen County has fallen, if you ask Ying to go to support, your father will definitely allow it." ”

"There, the minister will go and ask his father for an order!" Xiao Ying said, this is about to leave for the Shiqian Palace, Xie Guifei hurriedly pulled him down, and said, "Don't worry! It's never too late to go back tomorrow. However, you please return to Ying, but don't mention the prince's military power to your father, this matter was inquired about by the mother concubine Shaoyan, if you mention it, your father will definitely guess that you are running for military power. ”

"Yes, Erchen understands."

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