Su Jiudong hurriedly said: "Didn't the captains who came to Beijing to deliver the message say that the votes of the main peace faction and the main battle faction in the court were balanced, so they want to summon you back to discuss before making a decision?" You haven't gone back yet, why are you in such a hurry to give the order to go on the expedition now? ”

The emperor obviously issued three golden plates in a row to urgently summon Wen Yiheng back, but now he left Wen Yiheng and ignored it, Su Jiudong became more and more convinced that it was the prince's conspiracy to suddenly summon Wen Yiheng back to Beijing this time.

Wen Yiheng casually took the square fold placed on the pillow, handed it to Su Jiudong to read, and summarized it to her concisely: "In the reply letter to me from the courtiers in Beijing, Chu Lufeng, like his father who founded the country, followed the meaning of the three princes, and finally changed his vote to vote for the main battle faction. ”

"Chu Lufeng's temporary vote changed the situation in which the main peace faction and the main war faction in the DPRK and China were tied for votes. Although the crown prince expressed displeasure and disagreement with this, the holy lord still complied with the wishes of the courtiers and decided to send troops to the Northern Expedition..."

Wen Yiheng's tone was not as serious as before, as if he was satisfied with the result of this main battle.

"This result is also what I want, and if I go back to Beijing to vote, I will also lean towards the main war faction. Now that our DPRK's treasury is full, it is still more than enough to fight a dozen high-car countries, and it will also save them from coming to the border twice in three days to provoke trouble and damage our prestige. ”

"The prince is displeased? So is he unhappy with Chu Lufeng's temporary change of vote, or is he unhappy with Chu Lufeng following the will of the three princes? Su Jiudong asked curiously, "Are the third prince and the crown prince mortal enemies?" ”

Wen Yiheng decided to tell Su Jiudong about the relationship between the court and the inside, so that Su Jiudong would go to Beijing and be blind.

"There is always competition between princes. The third prince Yun Muyou himself is favored by the saint, and his biological mother is the imperial concubine, so even if Yun Mulin is already the crown prince, the third prince Yun Muyou still has the strength to compete with the prince. ”

"But didn't you mention before that the Holy Lord was biased towards the queen and the prince? How could he favor the Third Prince? ”

Wen Yiheng said more carefully: "The saint is biased towards the queen and the prince, because the saint is very fond of the current queen. And the third prince is favored by the saint because he is excellent, and having a biological mother of the imperial concubine is just the icing on the cake. ”

"The world's grandmother loves it. The three princes are better than the crown prince, and the saint also mentioned in private that if the third prince is the son of the current queen, the third prince will be renamed as the crown prince. Yun Mulin heard such rumors, and naturally regarded the third prince Yun Muyou as a thorn in his side. ”

"The third prince is opposed to the crown prince, so is he someone from your camp?" Su Jiudong made no secret of his praise for Yun Muyou: "He can temporarily get Chu Lufeng to change his vote and turn the situation around, it seems that he should also be a powerful character." ”

Wen Yiheng shook his head: "The third prince is hostile to the crown prince, but he just wants to fight hard for the position of the crown prince." He is not from our camp, and in my eyes, his views and positions are no different from those of the crown prince, they are essentially the same kind of people. ”

Su Jiudong nodded suddenly, planning to tell Wen Yiheng his conjecture about the prince: "I think the saint is in such a hurry to urge you to return to Beijing this time, it is a conspiracy facilitated by the prince." ”

"The prince will transfer Chu Lufeng back to the capital first, leaving you alone in Liangjiang. Then use the reason that Chu Lufeng has returned to Beijing and it is not appropriate for you to stay alone in Liangjiang if you have been abroad for a long time, persuade the emperor to recall you to the capital, and then kill you on the way. ”

"As long as you are injured or killed, you will not be able to leave and return to Beijing to vote, and the situation of the DPRK and China will continue to draw votes. If you lose the leader on your side, you will definitely be leaderless, and the forces opposing the two sides will be tilted, and the prince's goal will be achieved. ”

Wen Yiheng showed a pleased expression on Su Jiudong's analysis, and said happily: "Madame's opinion is also Heng's opinion, this matter was facilitated by the crown prince, and it must have been the queen who instructed him to do this behind his back... You are indeed my lady, as smart as I am. ”

"How can you boast like this, and you don't forget to praise yourself." Su Jiudong glared at Wen Yiheng with disgust, and continued to ask: "Then did my father take the initiative to invite Ying, or did he ask Ying to go on the expedition because of the will of the third prince?" ”

"Your dad has always been neutral. Take the initiative to ask Ying to go to northern Xinjiang. It should be his old man's own meaning. Wen Yiheng said indifferently: "He has led the army to Mobei after August 15. Guessing the time, it should be almost to the frontier now. ”

Su Jiudong frowned: "It's the beginning of September now, and the weather will soon turn cooler." Autumn and winter operations are harder than summer, the weather becomes colder, and military rations, charcoal, and cotton clothing all require a lot of wear and tear, which makes material transportation more difficult. ”

“…… Gaoche people often live in Mobei and have adapted to the cold weather. However, most of the soldiers of our dynasty are trained in the central part of the country, and they may not be able to quickly adapt to the cold climate in the north. I'm afraid this battle will be unfavorable to our side. ”

Wen Yiheng heard Su Jiudong's concern for Su Fenglan in his words, so he comforted him: "General Su has been fighting on the march for many years, and he should have rich combat experience against Northern Xinjiang, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

"And the Holy One means that this Northern Expedition should be quickly decisive, try to end the war before the arrival of winter, and return to the dynasty with a victorious class." Wen Yiheng was surprised that Su Jiudong also knew about these combat knowledge, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect you to also have research on warfare. ”

"I was bored while you were in a coma, so I cursolutly flipped through the Art of War in your bookcase." Su Jiudong said modestly: "What I said just now is not enough basic combat knowledge, and it is not enough to study. ”

Wen Yiheng was even more surprised: "I thought you usually only read medical books, but I didn't expect that even books like war would be interested in dabbling... You can quickly guess the prince's conspiracy, and you know how to fight... What else is there about you that I don't know? "Thousands of troops

For Wen Yiheng, the current Su Jiudong is still a mysterious fog, which makes him unpredictable.

"You don't know much. You heal your injuries slowly, and then you will have more time to understand. Su Jiudong brought the decoction and fed it to Wen Yiheng to drink, so as to block his mouth when he asked again.

Wen Yiheng drank the medicine and continued to sleep, Su Jiudong dealt with the wound on Wen Yiheng's back again, dressed in medicine and covered the quilt, and then dragged his tired body back to the Luohan couch next to him to close his eyes and recuperate, planning to take advantage of this time to rest for a while.

Only when you have sufficient physical strength and spirit, can you get twice the result with half the effort by taking care of Wen Yiheng.

Su Jiudong slept until noon and was woken up by Ding Xuming: "Miss Su, someone outside is looking for you, saying that something happened at your house, please go back to Qishan County." ”

Su Jiudong tilted his head in the thin quilt and asked slowly, "What happened to my family?" ”

"The secret guard on duty at your house sent back a letter saying that your ancestral house of the Su family in the village came to the door again last night and made trouble with Aunt Liu." Ding Xuming replied truthfully, and said his conjecture again:

"The guy looking for you outside the door has just arrived. If you calculate the distance from Qishan County to Lin'an Mansion, it is estimated that those Su family members made trouble at your house last night. ”

Su Jiudong immediately lifted the quilt, got up and put on his shoes, changed his clothes and went to the door to see the messenger, and left a sentence to Ding Xuming: "You are responsible for Ah Heng's decoction today, remember to supervise him to drink the medicine and eat the medicine on time." If he is bitter, pour it on him. ”

Previously, Wen Yiheng deliberately coquetted Su Jiudong, saying that he disliked that the decoction was too bitter and that there was a faint bitter taste in the medicinal diet, so he wanted to hear Su Jiudong coax him. As a result, he was sternly rejected by Su Jiudong and forcibly drugged. That's why Su Jiudong has this advice.

The person who came to Wen Mansion to deliver the message was the guy in the medicinal food hall, Guiyuan.

Earlier, when the third room of the Su family was poisoned by the Qishan restaurant and intended to frame the medicinal restaurant, Su Jiudong twice asked Gui Yuan to deliberately go to the third room to make a noise, causing the third room to go to the county government to report the owner of the restaurant.

Due to the excellent completion of the previous two characters, Guiyuan won Su Jiudong's praise, and Shopkeeper Liu also began to slowly reuse Guiyuan, and he was entrusted with any important errands to transmit messages in the past.

Before Su Jiudong temporarily moved to the Wen Mansion in Lin'an Mansion to take care of Wen Yiheng, he told the shopkeeper Liu to let the shopkeeper bring breakfast to the family every day, so as to reduce the burden of Liu Yunniang taking care of the two children alone.

Gui Yuan reported: "The little one went to deliver breakfast as usual, and saw that the courtyard door was open, and a bunch of people gathered in the courtyard house, and the little one was still from the Su family in the village. Aunt Liu asked the little one to come to Anfu to send a message to the owner, so that you can go back and deal with it as soon as possible. ”

"How's my family?" Su Jiudong was most worried that the weak Liu Yunniang and her two children would be bullied by the Su family. When they were still living in the village earlier, Su Ting'an and Ah Rong were so frightened by the Su family who came to make trouble that they didn't sleep well all night.

"Aunt Liu persuaded no one to listen in the house, and wanted to send the two young masters and young ladies to the school in the morning, but the Su family still didn't let them."

"Is Brother Chunshan also at our house?" Su Jiudong got into the carriage prepared by Ding Xuming, and called ten guards to go back to Qishan County with her, and she was strong.

Gui Yuan, who entered the carriage together, smiled bitterly: "Here, he is helping Aunt Liu persuade the Su family inside." But the owner also knows that he and Aunt Liu are only two people, where can they say that there are more than a dozen people in the Su family......"

Both times it was because the Su family came to make trouble, and Liu Yunniang once again asked the same person Gui Yuan to send a letter to Su Jiudong. Su Jiudong's original lack of accountability for the Su family turned into anger.

After the Su family mistakenly helped Qishan Restaurant stink the reputation of Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant, Su Jiudong was already very angry with the Su family in his heart, but because of the soft-hearted Liu Yunniang's words to dissuade him, Su Jiudong also followed Liu Yunniang's intention to dissuade the Su family.

"I don't hold them accountable for what they did wrong, I never thought they would get an inch...... It's not once or twice that something like this has happened. Su Jiudong was furious at the Su family's entanglement.

Su Jiudong said in a quiet tone: "Even the county officials can't stop them from coming to the door to make trouble, and today I can only use some hard means against them." ”

Gui Yuan got out of the carriage at the medicinal food hall, and Su Jiudong returned to his residence with ten guards.

Sure enough, the courtyard door opened, and there was a figure guarding the courtyard gate, as if to prevent the people in the house from leaving, and even Su Xinglian's voice in the courtyard could be heard: "It's the same Su family!" Your second room moved to the capital, why don't you bring our whole family with you? ”