On the eve of the Wanshou Festival, the princes arrived in the capital one after another, and the city was rarely lively.

On Dongcheng Street, all the dignitaries lived, and the houses bought by the princes were basically on this street, and Yingxi's Zhenguo Mansion was at the end of the street.

On weekdays, there are no fixed stalls on the street, and the end is quiet and atmospheric. In the past few days, because the princes have returned to Beijing, the neighbors on the street have begun to move around frequently. Several princes did not return to Beijing, the most important time to socialize, but at this moment let the men talk directly is inevitably suspected of forming a party, so everyone has sent their own wives to invite the ladies and celebrities in the capital to gather together, for a while, there are ladies' gatherings and banquets in the capital almost every day.

"The food at that banquet made me want to vomit when I saw it." This is what Hua Yingxi's biological mother, Hua Xu, said.

Emperor Xuanwu has no love in his heart, Mrs. Hua entered the palace to see her daughter today, she couldn't shirk it, and now that the queen is in full swing, she can't see her family at this time, it is inevitable that people will think about it, Emperor Xuanwu has no choice but to see.

As soon as they met, Mrs. Hua, like a mother all over the world, held her daughter's face and asked, "Why has my son lost weight again, but he has been tired of serving the king recently?" My mother was distressed to death. ”

Emperor Xuanwu's whole body was stiff and couldn't move, he barely pulled the corners of his mouth, and said: "Mother, I, I'm not thin, I'm really not tired." Sit down and talk. ”

Mrs. Hua sat down with a distressed face, and she was also very measured, no longer asking about the private affairs of the queen and His Majesty, but asked: "Originally, you were so busy, and I shouldn't bother you, but your father went on an expedition for many days, and there was no letter. ”

The old lady looked worried and apologetic, and Emperor Xuanwu hurriedly said: "Don't worry, mother, my father has given His Majesty a secret fold, but the content is confidential, and I don't know, but at present, it must be safe and sound." ”

Mrs. Hua's face relaxed, a little joy overflowed between her eyebrows, and she murmured, "That's good, that's good." ”

Emperor Xuanwu said strangely: "My father's identity is special, and it is inconvenient to send a letter to my family, isn't my brother also there?" He didn't send it either? ”

Mrs. Hua furrowed her eyebrows and said angrily: "Tell me, this Yinghui is so ignorant, from the time he went on the expedition to the present, a total of eleven letters have been sent back, and every time I am asked not to be in a hurry to find a wife for him, and I am too anxious, am I in a hurry?" It's obvious that he's not filial! ”

When Emperor Xuanwu heard this, he hurriedly comforted him, but he was a little uneasy in his heart. This situation is really abnormal, Zhen Guogong's last secret fold should have just arrived in Jiuyuan to send it back, it stands to reason that the letter should have been sent back in the past two days, but there is no one, even his son has not sent it back, it is really a bit abnormal.

When Mrs. Hua heard that her husband was well, her depressed mood instantly improved, and she was still in the mood to gossip about her daughter.

"I've been to several banquets recently, I don't know how interesting it is, most of these princes were sent to the fiefdom early, they didn't get married, and they are planning to marry a wife when they come back this time, and some girls dare to do any bad thing in order to win a good marriage!"

Emperor Xuanwu was interested in these things, but he was a little curious about his younger brothers: "The princes are not young, right?" Why don't you start a family early? ”

Mrs. Hua glanced at her: "Why do you say?" Most of the princes don't have any official positions now, even if they have money in the fiefdom, they don't have the same status as before after all, don't they want to find a good Yue family as soon as possible, and they will benefit each other. ”

Emperor Xuanwu didn't expect this layer, to put it this way, some princes may still be bullied in the fiefdom? Then his fifth brother is really not small, not only respected by the people, but also guarded by his mother's family, which is outstanding among the princes.

Mrs. Hua continued: "To say, that King Ping is the best among these princes, but after all, he is the son of a noble concubine, and everyone has more or less guessed what happened back then, and almost no young lady is willing to marry him." I don't know if he really gave up on himself, he actually chose the daughter of a five-grade official to be hired, and now he is preparing to get married, and it is estimated that he will be ready to get married after the Wanshou Festival! That girl is also very cute, and I don't know if this girl can stand the bitter cold of Changzhou. ”

This is too unlike his younger brother, who could give up anything for the throne before, and now he is willing to marry the daughter of a five-rank petty official? Is this five-grade official a strange commodity?

Mrs. Hua opened the chatterbox and kept saying that she didn't leave until noon, and shed a few tears before leaving. Mothers always feel that their daughters are suffering outside, and they can't stand parting.

Emperor Xuanwu listened to the gossip, his head was dizzy, and he was awake when he saw Mrs. Hua's tears, and he thought of his mother, when she was dying, she looked at him as well, with more reluctance and blessings.

Back in Fengyi Palace, Emperor Xuanwu felt that his hands still had the warm touch of Mrs. Hua, which was different from the hands of the queen mother, who was very hard and unwilling.

Emperor Xuanwu was immersed in his own memories when he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder.

"What's wrong with you? What did my mother say? ”

It's Yingxi.,It's supposed to be Hi Shangchao back.。

He shrugged his shoulders and said casually: "It's nothing, just ask if Zhen Guogong has sent a message back, Zhen Guogong doesn't seem to have written to the government, and your mother is very worried." ”

Yingxi knew that it was such an expression when she heard this: "I guessed that my mother is delicate, but she can come and go quickly so that she can ask to see her without a summons, and it can only be because of her father." Father is also true, why not write a letter to the family, he doesn't know that his mother is worried? ”

When Emperor Xuanwu heard this, he didn't know whether to continue or not, and he felt that Zhenguo Gong might not be able to write a letter.

Seeing that Emperor Xuanwu didn't reply, Ying Xi turned his head and saw the tangle flashing on his face, frowning: "What's wrong?" Why don't you speak? ”

He still didn't answer, and even turned his face away.

Yingxi's heart sank, and she stood up, a little anxious: "If you don't say it, I'll ask Lan Sakura!" She's always with you, she'll always know. ”

Emperor Xuanwu took her hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll tell you slowly, come, sit down." ”

Only then did she sit down, the two of them were next to each other, and Emperor Xuanwu said in a low voice: "It's just a guess, even if the commander of Zhenguo is here, it is inconvenient to write a letter, but your brother is also there, but there is no one." Moreover, it stands to reason that the previous letter was written by Zhenguo Gong when he first arrived in Jiuyuan, and it has been 20 days, and he should have sent a new one, but there is no one. ”

Yingxi's breathing became heavier and heavier: "So, you suspect, they can't write, don't they don't want to write?" Did they run into an ambush? Will it be, already ......" She couldn't say the words later, and tears instantly blurred her vision.

No, it can't be, her father said he would come back with honor to add a lot of chips to her position, and he was so confident.

No, she doesn't believe it!

"Yingxi, Yingxi! Yingxi, don't be afraid, you breathe quickly, don't hold back! Come and relax. "It's Emperor Xuanwu.

Only then did she realize that she had been holding her breath all the time, and her face was purple. She began to breathe heavily, but was caught off guard and choked. She lowered her head and began to cough violently, coughing so breathlessly that Emperor Xuanwu hurriedly brought over a glass of water and fed her to drink.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she took her mouth, the water was immediately squirted out, and she finally couldn't help it, so she hugged Emperor Xuanwu and cried with this strength.

"Woo wow wow wow wow wow, I, I'm so scared, it can't be real, right! I'm scared. The words were reversed, but Emperor Xuanwu knew what she meant.

His hand gently patted Yingxi's back, with gentle reassurance, and his voice was firm: "Lao Guogong has fought all his life, and there are few defeats, maybe it's just that the person who sent the letter is delayed, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it is true that Zhenguo Gong can't write a letter, it is that he is on a journey, if something really happens to him, then the letter will be urgent." ”

Yingxi is now a big man on the outside, crying and sobbing, it is really not good-looking, but at this moment, Emperor Xuanwu seems to be able to see her soul shrinking in a corner through this shell, she is so helpless, she can only wait for her own appeasement.

This feeling of mastering her is amazing, it hurts a lot, but it's a little happy. Emperor Xuanwu felt that something was wrong with him again, he threw out the picture, looked at Yingxi, and said: "You are the emperor now, the emperor will not cry, come up, clean up, the day after tomorrow is the birthday festival, you have to cheer up, my group of brothers are not vegetarians." ”

Yingxi stood up obediently and asked aggrievedly, "Have you found the way to change it back?" ”

Emperor Xuanwu froze: "Not yet, I only know that it was done by the barbarian people, I have already let the two barbarians of Kaiyang and Shaoguang check it, there should be news in the near future." “

Yingxi nodded, finally stopped crying, suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and said, "I know how to do it, I'll go to the Qianqing Palace first." With that, he stood up and walked out of the door quickly.

Emperor Xuanwu stood still, the corners of his lips slightly curled up for a long time.

Very good, it seems that this kind of boiled frog in warm water still has an effect.

Outside Jiuyuan City, Zhenguo Cheng led a team of men and horses to engage with the barbarian soldiers and horses, and the battle was in full swing.

The barbarian organization was scattered, and it seemed that they were left behind, and it didn't take long for them to be hammered by the people of Zhenguogong, and they fought and retreated.

Zhenguo Gong took advantage of the victory to pursue, because he found that there was actually a barbarian nobleman in the team, who was not very old, but he was richly dressed and wore the wolf tooth necklace of the barbarian nobleman.

Zhenguo Gong was still wondering where he came to send the head, but now he has determined that it should be the soldiers and horses escorting this little nobleman, and if he catches the child, he should be able to know why the place is so familiar with their marching routines.

The two sides chased after me, and it didn't take long for Zhen Guogong to walk into the hinterland of the grassland, but the soldiers and horses in front of him suddenly disappeared.

Zhen Guogong immediately realized that something was wrong and wanted to turn back, but found that the original road was no longer visible.