() Sun Mo took out an opened military secret report, and the cover was an urgent red seal: "Your Highness, something has happened on the East Zhejiang Sea Line!" ”

The prince took the letter, read it at a glance, frowned, and read it carefully.

The coastline of eastern Zhejiang was lost, and the Japanese went ashore, plundered the villages of 3 counties, burned and looted countless people!

The prince slapped the letter on the table: "There has always been a harassment of Japanese robbers in eastern Zhejiang, but it is still not a climate, what happened this time?" What about the commanders of Zhejiang? ”

"The commander of Zhejiang and Tongzhi have both died in their duties, and now the deputy commander Chang Shanguang is leading the troops. I heard that this time the Japanese gathered thousands of people and secretly landed from a small fishing port, and Zhejiang's coastal defense was underestimated, and when they rushed over, they were ambushed again. The Japanese were so ferocious that they took up a cannon and ransacked several counties. ”

"How did Zhejiang report it?"

"It has been reported to the imperial court for reinforcements, in addition to increasing troops, but also asking for additional generals, and there are no generals over there who can fight now. Chang Shanguang is still a little lacking in both level and experience. ”

"In fact, the increase in troops is secondary, after all, the troops on the Zhejiang Haiphong side are still enough, and if it doesn't work, it can be transferred from Fujian, but the generals!" Several people stopped talking and looked at the prince.

The prince pondered for a long time and said: "Hengzhong, I plan to fold, and I ask to go to eastern Zhejiang." ”

Sun Mo replied "yes", and several other subordinate officials were also expected to make the prince's decision. After all, the prince came out of the battlefield, and what Zhejiang needs most at the moment is a general who can coordinate the coastal defense of several provinces.

Sun Mo still asked worriedly: "Then Your Highness, what about here?" First, the matter of the political envoy is not over; the second is that the assassin in the palace needs to be checked again; The third is, this Tang lady has not yet recovered, can you walk away? ”

In fact, Sun Mo and the prince both knew in their hearts that the first two things were just foils, and the vassals of the East Palace could naturally do it beautifully, but on the side of Tang Niangzi, that was the cinnabar mole in the prince's heart, something that could not really be let go.

The prince looked at the letter on the table again, and said calmly: "The war is like fire, the state affairs are like a mountain, let the others be put aside!" In Hengzhong, the excerpt will be sent to the capital as soon as it is completed. Gu calculated, two days if it was fast, three days if it was slow, and he would definitely receive a reply, and then he would go directly from Shanxi. ”

"Yes!" Several people looked serious and bowed in response.

Xue Ke woke up here for a long time and didn't see the prince come back, and was guessing what happened in front of him, when he saw Xing'er running over and asked softly outside the door: "Ah Liu, has the lady woken up?" ”

"I'm awake, what's the matter?" Xue Ke walked over and lifted the curtain of the door.

Xing'er hurriedly lowered her head and replied: "Let me see if the lady is awake, and tell the lady, saying that there is something wrong and you must not come, let the lady rest, and let Ah Liu report something in time." ”

Ah Liu answered. Xue Ke asked, "What do you know?" ”

Xing'er scratched her head: "This minion doesn't know, it seems that there is a war." ”

Xue Ke nodded to indicate that he understood, and Xing'er hurried to the front again.

In the past two years, there have been no major wars in Anping, and Xue Ke was only in the backyard of King Qin in his previous life, so he didn't know anything about the court, so he couldn't guess what happened at the moment.

Although I was worried, I couldn't.

Today I didn't feel as confused as I had a few days ago, so I said, "Ah Liu, let's go to the yard." ”

Ah Liu wanted to persuade, but he didn't open his mouth after all, and helped Xue Ke over.

It was noon, and the sun was shining.

Lu Xin knelt in the middle, without any shade. The whole person was emaciated, his eyes were deeply sunken, and his lips were already chapped and bloodshot.

"Brother Lu, get up."

When Lu Xin heard Xue Ke's voice, the whole person was in a trance, his throat choked for a long time, and he shouted: "Big girl!" ”

Xue Ke was so injured this time that he was only more than twenty steps from the room to the courtyard, and he was already out of breath. Xue Ke touched Ah Liu and motioned for Ah Liu to help him up.

Ah Liu stepped forward and stretched out his hand, who knew that he didn't help him up. Ah Liu was already angry in his heart, and he had a few real strength in his hands to help, but he knew that Lu Xin was also stubborn, so he knelt in it and refused to get up.

Xue Ke sighed, stepped forward, and went to help him.

"Big girl, I, I'm damned." Where is his heart willing to rise? It's just that Xue Ke came to help, he didn't dare, as soon as Xue Ke's hand touched him, he kowtowed, and got up.

Xue Ke looked around, motioned for Ah Liu to help her to the shade of the tree next to her, and found a step to sit down.

Lu Xin followed her cautiously, wanting to help but not daring to help.

Xue Ke sat down and took a few breaths before adjusting his breathing: "Brother Lu, don't say the word death easily, are there still fewer people in our Xue family?" ”

Lu Xin has been tormenting himself repeatedly in the past few days, and when he heard Xue Ke say this, his nose became sour: "Big girl, I can't stand you!" I can't stand the marshal either! I'm sorry Your Highness! I, I don't deserve to be by your side! ”

"Brother Lu, you must not have thought of that assassin, I can't blame you for this." Xue Ke comforted softly.

"Nope! It's all my fault! It's me useless! Lu Xin would rather Xue Ke beat and scold him, or even kill him, than like this, she comforted herself like this.

"I won't let you say that!" Xue Ke's face became serious: "You are my father's proud pioneer, my father's command is all iron-clad men, there are no useless people!" Brother Lu, your exploits are all on the battlefield with a knife and a gun, in exchange for blood and scars, you are the pride of my father, and it is also my pride. ”

Xue Ke's words made Lu Xin's back straighter.

"It's just that the hearts of the people in this capital are sinister, and they are more sinister and vicious than the swords on the battlefield." Xue Ke snorted coldly, and then said, "So to let you be by my side and get involved in this trick, I have wronged you." ”

Lu Xin shook his head desperately, wanting to speak but couldn't say anything.

Xue Ke looked up at the sky and smiled: "Brother Lu, if you are by my side, I feel that my father is still guarding me." You're leaving, what should I do? ”

Lu Xin couldn't help it, hot tears rolled down his cheeks: "Big girl! ”

"Go back and take a shower and get some sleep." Xue Ke said gently: "We will leave for Beijing in two days, and Commander Lu must cheer up." Without Brother Lu here, how can I rest assured! ”

"Don't worry, big girl! I, I must," Lu Xin couldn't think of what to say: "I will definitely not let the big girl have another accident!" ”

Ah Liu glanced at Lu Xin angrily. Lu Xin hurriedly said: "No, no, no, of course the big girl won't have an accident, I mean, I ......"

Xue Ke smiled: "Brother Lu, needless to say, I understand." ”

Looking at Lu Xin's back as he straightened his back and left, Ah Liu couldn't help but "hum".

Xue Keqi said: "What are you humming? ”

Ah Liu said coldly: "It's nothing! ”

Ah Liu helped Xue Ke up, slowly returned to the room, and couldn't help but say: "The lady is too cheap for him!" A few of them will be punished when they go back! ”

Xue Ke persuaded with a good temper: "You can't blame him, isn't that too cunning what you call it!" ”

"It's called Su Qiuniang." Ah Liu reminded him, and added: "That's the Feather Guard!" ”

"Hey, by the way, the shadow is going to be punished when they go back?"

"Of course! The Seventh Master won't let them go! ”

Xue Ke stuck out his tongue: "Your Highness's people, I can't control it, anyway, you and Lu Xin are my people, and I just cover you." ”

Ah Liu snorted angrily, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and his heart felt warm.

The prince and others were looking at the map of the East China Sea in Zhejiang, discussing the plan, and did not come back until late at night.

Xue Ke woke up when he heard the movement.

"I'm still waking you up, I knew I was going to sleep in the study." The prince was a little annoyed.

"I've slept all afternoon, what's the problem if I don't sleep well at night?" Xue Ke sat up: "Where is the war, is it urgent?" ”

"Zhedong's." The prince changed his clothes and sat on the edge of the bed and kissed his hair: "It's nothing serious, I'll go over and take a look." ”

"You want to go over?" Xue Ke was shocked: "What, defeated?" ”

The crown prince sighed: "Well, the Japanese invaders took it by surprise and plundered three counties. ”

Xue Ke had countless questions in his heart for a while, but when he saw the prince's tired look, he couldn't bear to say more, and said with a smile that he pretended not to care: "It should be unprepared and negligent." Your Highness, go to bed first. ”

The prince nodded and fell on the bed, and by the time Xue Ke turned around, the prince was already asleep.

Xue Ke stared at his sleeping face, he first stayed up all night for the matter of Shanxi's political envoy a few days ago, and then accompanied himself to quit his addiction, and then encountered a war, even in his sleep at this moment, he frowned slightly.

Xue Ke gently smoothed his eyebrows. The prince subconsciously held her hand, put it to his mouth and kissed it.

He obviously trusts the people around him extremely, his eyebrows are stretched, and the whole person is not as steady as Bai Ri, with a trace of attachment, and even a little childish.

Xue Ke smiled lightly.

The prince's side is ready to go. Fortunately, the toxins in Xue Ke's body have been almost cleared, although there are some symptoms of dizziness every day, just boil it by yourself, and you don't need to tie it up again. Seeing this, the prince also breathed a sigh of relief.

The prince was in the study to instruct Sun Mo and the others to return to Beijing, when he saw a person rushing over there, panting and handing the yellow letterhead in his hand to Xing'er.

Everyone understood that there was a letter from the palace.

The prince opened the letter and was speechless for a long time after reading it. Everyone was still staring at him.

The prince put down the letter and said expressionlessly: "The emperor sent the king of Qin to eastern Zhejiang. ”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

In Kunning Palace, the queen looked at the tall son in front of her, and felt more and more that she didn't know him.

"Nope! I will not allow you to go! The queen snapped.

"What a place is the battlefield! Do you know how dangerous it is? Don't you understand the truth that the son of a daughter can't sit down? The queen froze and softened her tone a little: "Que'er, the queen mother is the only child with you, and the queen mother can't watch you go on adventures, do you understand?" ”

King Qin looked at the queen gently: "Queen Mother, I naturally know." ”

He gestured to Rong Ruo next to him, helped the queen sit down with Rong Ruo, and personally handed over the tea. The queen didn't want to take it, but looking at his heroic and resolute face, her heart softened, and she still took it.

Watching the queen drink two sips of tea, King Qin said slowly: "The queen mother knows about Hua Concubine, why didn't my father abolish the crown prince?" ”

"That's not a hot discussion that Concubine Hua is a spy in the Western Regions, and the ministers are also opposed, your father naturally refuses to ruin his reputation."

King Qin smiled: "Father Emperor has always been determined by the Sacred Heart, if Father Emperor makes up his mind to abolish the Crown Prince, it doesn't matter." ”

The queen thought about it, and King Qin's words were not ignored.

"What do you think? Que'er. The queen asked, putting down the cup in her hand.

"The Western Regions have calmed down in the past two years and negotiated peace with our court, but the imperial court has never relaxed its deterrence against the Western Frontier." King Qin stood up and continued: "After the Xue clan was destroyed, my father and emperor have not announced the news, and it is precisely because of this. ”

The queen nodded.

"But the Xue family's affairs can't be hidden for a long time, and the Xue family is not there, and the prince is the best deterrent. The prince's exploits were earned on the battlefield in the Western Regions, and if the prince was also abolished, the west would have nothing to fear, which was the biggest concern of his father. ”

The queen sighed, and according to her understanding of the emperor, she had to admit that King Qin's analysis was probably the correct solution.

"Why didn't Cheng Xiang and the others persuade the emperor to settle down this matter because of this? The queen mother, since she has embarked on the road to winning the heir, she does not just rely on winning over the ministers. ”

The queen looked at the gentle and firm King Qin in front of her, and had to admit that her Que Er had really grown up, and after the tempering of the court, she had surpassed the realm that she, the queen of the middle palace, could see.

The queen still shook her head: "Que'er, the queen mother can't let you take risks, this is different from other tolerances, it's not disaster relief or investigating cases, this is war!" There are no eyes on the battlefield, if there is a mistake, how can you let the queen mother live? ”

King Qin patted the queen's hand comfortingly: "Although I am going, I am not on the front line, but I am just commanding and dispatching, and there is not much danger." What's more, there are many guards around me, so the queen mother can rest assured. ”

The queen looked at King Qin, and suddenly felt sad, and said hatefully: "How can your father agree!" You are his most beloved son! How could he be willing to let you go to the battlefield too, I think he was just fascinated by that vixen! ”

Rong Ruo stepped forward and gently persuaded: "Niangniang, don't care, Concubine Liniang, in the final analysis, it is also towards us." ”

The queen snorted softly.

The queen stroked King Qin's face: "Que'er, now those people in Shanxi are not angry, and they have been served by the prince, but the prince just won this game by luck." Let's take a long-term view, and we don't have to take this risk! Besides, the queen mother is looking for a princess for you, you have help, the prince has an arrogant personality, and he is not as good as you in the court. ”

Although King Qin didn't speak, he knew in his heart that the queen's search for a concubine was not particularly smooth, after all, the queen's fancy people were still hesitating, and the queen couldn't look down on those who were interested.

His words were still as gentle as ever, but there was no room for doubt or repentance in his tone: "The son has asked his father for a decree, and his father has agreed." ”

King Qin then said: "The queen mother still has to finish the matter of the feather coat guard, and the prince will make trouble in front of his father, and the queen mother will be soft if she can't do it, and wait for her son to come back." ”

The queen knew that King Qin was worried about herself, and her heart was moved and sour, and she expected that the matter of going to eastern Zhejiang was irreparable, so she had to plan which people to bring over, and told her a lot of things.