Chapter 19: Before the Feast of Longevity
In the Qianqing Palace, Yingxi looked at the secret fold that was passed back by the Duke of Zhenguo, frowned, threw the secret fold on the case for a while, and sighed.
She seemed to be very tired, leaning back in her chair in a very indecent posture, and the room was very quiet, except for the green smoke of the incense burner, which rose and moved with the wind.
Emperor Xuanwu saw this scene when he came.
He smiled helplessly, walked closer with light steps, and saw a fold spread on the case, and picked it up to see that it was the secret fold of the Duke of Zhenguo.
The excerpt reads: "Although the barbarian commander is inexperienced, he is good at learning the strengths of a hundred schools, according to what the minister sees, there must be someone around this person who is familiar with my Daqi military strength, and he knows very well with the arrangement of our army's troops, and can even strike first, which is really abnormal, and the minister must try his best to retreat the enemy, but the abnormality still hopes that Your Majesty will prepare early." Chenhua Ru respectfully. ”
Emperor Xuanwu frowned, and his face sank like water. The meaning of Zhenguogong's words is very clear, his courtiers really have some people who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, and they are still selling our soldiers.
According to what Zhen Guogong said, this person should have a high status, at least he understands the methods of several victorious generals to lead troops. Emperor Xuanwu was almost laughed at, the barbarians and my Daqi have been hating each other for hundreds of years, and someone really dares to risk the world's disapproval and inform the enemy of our army's secrets, which is really a long life.
He was angry in his heart, and he unconsciously used some strength in his hands. Yingxi heard some noises, opened his eyes in a daze, and saw Emperor Xuanwu with a hideous face, as if he was going to draw a knife and kill someone in the next moment.
Yingxi was stunned, reached out and took Emperor Xuanwu's hand, and said in a dumb voice: "Don't be angry, let's talk about what to do, does this collaborator's mother have a clue?" ”
Emperor Xuanwu shook his head: "No, the top echelons of our army only died in battle, not prisoners." ”
Yingxi thought of Yang Shiro of their time and asked, "Is it possible that a certain general was killed in our army after the war, but was actually rescued by the enemy?" ”
Emperor Xuanwu looked at Yingxi in surprise and said: "Impossible, the barbarians will definitely mend their swords when they see that there are soldiers who are not dead, besides, even if the soldiers of our army are rescued, they are also slaves of the barbarians, how can they do things for them?" ”
Yingxi didn't think so: "It is true that the barbarians are fierce and xenophobic, but there is always a chance in everything, it is a high-level general, but it is used by the enemy, according to what you said, there are only dead people." Maybe the soldier is quite good-looking, and he was favored by the princess of the barbarians, and it is unknown if he became a colt. , hahaha, okay, stop laughing. ”
Ying Xi said and spoke, Emperor Xuanwu laughed, Ying Xi saw Emperor Xuanwu laughing, and he couldn't help laughing.
The two laughed together, causing Zhang Zhong, who was guarding outside, to feel a slight sunbath in his heart: The queen still has a way, how long has it been since she went in, and His Majesty smiled.
Your Majesty is happy, and those of them who are subordinates can also be relaxed. Another day, I will be more familiar with the blue cherry girl next to the queen's mother, and some things are still easy to do with the people around her.
After Ying Xi and Emperor Xuanwu laughed, they were suddenly quiet, and Ying Xi asked, "Father has high hopes for His Majesty, what should we do?" ”
Emperor Xuanwu still had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "First check the deceased general according to your ideas, if someone really hasn't died, no matter how secretive it is, he will still be concerned about him in the capital." ”
Yingxi's eyes lit up: "Didn't you scoff at this statement?" Why is it so thorough? ”
Emperor Xuanwu glanced at her and said, "After all, it is a direction, even if you can't find the result, there will be other discoveries, no matter what." ”
Yingxi smiled, still happy in her heart, in the end, she helped.
The previous dynasty was paying attention to the war, and the harem was not very calm, since the concubine was lost face that day, and since then she has not seen any guests, and there has been no news of her in the harem for a long time.
It has been more than half a month since the Qianqiu Banquet, and His Majesty and the Queen are even more inseparable, almost tired of being together day and night, day and night. Now everyone knows that the queen's mother is like returning to her home when she arrives at the Qianqing Palace, and she doesn't need to pass it on to her class, and this kind of privilege is something that the people of the harem have never experienced.
Some of the little palace concubines were young and wanted to give it a try with the attitude of trying, so they learned the style of the queen's mother, and carried the food made at home, wanting to bother Zhang Zhongtong.
The ending can be imagined, except for the first time Zhang Zhong hit the wall, he only collected money and didn't do anything.
Once, when the queen mother went to the Qianqing Palace, she met the palace maids waiting outside the door, and asked, it turned out that those palace concubines called the maidservants to deliver the soup. At the moment, he said irritably: "Go back and tell your master, now that the previous dynasty is busy, if you bother Your Majesty for these little things, be careful that you won't be able to get out of the palace gate in the future!" ”
The queen spoke, and she was so stern that no palace concubine dared to touch that line anymore, and Her Majesty did not refute the queen's words later, which made the palace concubine dare not make trouble.
Someone wanted to provoke Concubine Shu to jump again, but Concubine Shu stared at her coldly and sneered: "Does this palace look the stupidest?" What kind of goods dare to come to support the palace? ”
As soon as these words came out, the man immediately broke down in a cold sweat and knelt down to apologize.
Since then, the harem has finally calmed down.
After that, it ushered in the Wanshou Festival, which was celebrated by the whole country and congratulated from all directions.
This is the first time that His Majesty has celebrated the Halloween since he ascended the throne, and all parties attach great importance to it, and the Queen Mother has also taken great pains to celebrate this Halloween.
For this birthday banquet, His Majesty invited all the princes to congratulate him, and the entertainment, seating, table selection and even the repertoire for the pleasure need to be carefully selected. The queen mother is really anxious about these things, and I heard that she has dropped the teacup.
The queen mother who dropped the tea cup felt very wronged.
Emperor Xuanwu: "Let me prepare a banquet for my brothers, I'm really afraid that I will lose their birthday, the Internal Affairs Office can arrange it, why do you want me to arrange it?" ”
Yingxi gave her a smooth breath, handed her tea, and comforted her gently: "Your Majesty, this is your first time holding a Halloween Festival, you must be careful, what are the festivals between these princes, who can talk to whom, the Internal Affairs Office will definitely not know so carefully, you can only make a charter first, and in the end it is you who make the decision." It's not that you arranged it for them, besides, these things should have been arranged by me, and it was the queen's business, so you should experience life. ”
Emperor Xuanwu was still very angry: "Even if you do it, I don't think it's appropriate, you are the queen, the supreme queen, why do you have to work for these people I don't like?" ”
Yingxi was aroused by the curiosity of the three words of dislike: "Don't like it? Why don't you like it? Have they all offended you? ”
Emperor Xuanwu looked a little awkward, tilted his head, and said in a low voice: "There's no why, I just don't like it." ”
Yingxi got up and walked to the other side, he turned his head again, Yingxi followed, and so twice, Emperor Xuanwu was a little embarrassed: "Why do you care so much about my brother's affairs, I haven't seen you care so much about my affairs!" ”
When Yingxi heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Oh? Is there anything you can tell me about? ”
Emperor Xuanwu didn't want to say those things after thinking about it, but looking at Yingxi's expression of "what is funny to say makes me happy", he was not happy at the moment: "What kind of expression are you?" Why do you want to see my jokes? ”
Yingxi couldn't hold back her laughter: "You can see it, then don't be angry." I want to hear you tell stories, just to hear the stories of the princes when they were young, to see what is funny, I won't take the initiative to ask about you, but if you want to talk about it sometimes, I will definitely listen to it. ”
The resentment in Emperor Xuanwu's heart disappeared in an instant, and seeing Yingxi smiling so brightly with his face, he felt that the sentence was really right. From the beginning of Yingxi's appearance, he was like a little sun, constantly warming him.
Yingxi saw that his expression improved, and then said: "I know that you don't want me to work for them, but it's still the same sentence, if you want to wear its crown, you must suffer its weight, people come to our house as guests, and a big family like us must come up with something to prove yourself." ”
Emperor Xuanwu was amused by this metaphor: "Poof, okay, you can't compare it like this, but the kernel is almost the same, my brothers came from afar, and it is better to entertain them as masters, and they are unwilling to give gifts in the province, and they are not interested." ”
Yingxi touched his head: "Yes, my baby has finally figured it out." ”
Emperor Xuanwu immediately opened her hand and glared at her: "Don't be rude!" ”
Yingxi smiled, but felt in her heart that it seemed that Emperor Xuanwu was laughing more and more, she used to have a straight face, exuding cold air all over her body, but now in her body, although she still looks like an iceberg beauty and a flower of kaolin, she is still popular.
I don't know if the death of the prince made him too sad and became what he is now.
Yingxi imagined in her heart that when the half-old child heard that his biological eldest brother died, few people around him were really sad, he knew the murderer but couldn't avenge his brother, and even his most trusted queen mother had no choice, and that feeling of powerlessness could really drive people crazy.
A soft corner of her heart began to hurt slightly, and if she had the opportunity, she really wanted to go back to that time and hug the young man covered in thorns.
The queen finally collected her mood and was able to calmly arrange the affairs of the Halloween Festival.
That night, in the dormitory of the Empress of Fengyi Palace, Tianshu, the leader of the Seven Star Guard, came to report: "Your Majesty, Tianxuan has found out that he has written eyebrows." ”
Emperor Xuanwu sat up straight from his chair and said, "Quick, let her talk back and forth." ”
A tricky trick quietly appeared from the shadows, it was Tianxuan, one of the Seven Star Guards, she knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have checked that palace maid, and she was indeed Gu, but this kind of Gu poison is not as toxic as that of Southern Xinjiang, but it can make people energetic, but it will produce some non-existent memories, and the subordinates went to Southern Xinjiang for a trip, it is indeed not a thing in Southern Xinjiang, but it is indeed transmitted from Southern Xinjiang, and a person who knows witchcraft in the Southern Xinjiang clan once escaped seems to have run away to the barbarians." ”
Emperor Xuanwu asked, "Is he from southern Xinjiang?" ”
Tianxuan: "No, he is a foreigner, it is said that he went to the local southern Xinjiang woman's house, but he finally escaped." According to the people in southern Xinjiang, when he was learning witchcraft, he always modified these techniques, so they were very impressed. ”
Emperor Xuanwu squinted his eyes and said to himself, "So, this person should be specially sent by the barbarians." After a pause, he suddenly asked, "Have you found any suspicious people who entered and left the palace that night?" ”
Tianshu said: "Back to Your Majesty, my subordinates found out that there was a buying eunuch who brought a vegetable delivery person into the palace that night, but the next day the eunuch died violently, and the body was also thrown into the mass grave. The food delivery man is also missing. ”
Emperor Xuanwu snorted, "It's complete enough, if you want to practice witchcraft Gu techniques, you must also get your hands on my birth date and the like, at least it is also necessary to have hair nails, this person suddenly appears and disappears, I'm afraid that this technique requires someone in the palace." ”
"It's getting more and more interesting."