With a crisp sound of "pop-", Yu Chiyan's face was tilted to the side, and blood immediately flowed down the corners of her cracked lips.

Yu Chiyan held Qin Huaiyuan who was kneeling on the ground with both hands, and looked up at the emperor with angry eyes and panting like a cow in disbelief, as if he didn't know this person for a while.

When the emperor punishes the crown prince, he will reprimand, he will be grounded, and if he is beaten, he will never be slapped in the face.

The slap on the prince's face is equivalent to shattering all his dignity and prestige, which is why how will the prince serve the public in front of his courtiers in the future?

But now the frightened and angry emperor doesn't care about these things at all. In addition to the resentment of the incompetence of the courtiers in the emperor's eyes, that is, the fear of the Zhou Dynasty people coming to the capital, where is there anything else?

"I see that you, the prince, have been doing it for too long, and your heart is too big! Now you dare to shout in front of the ministers, if you are called to the throne in the future, your tail will not pout in the sky! Where will you put me? ”

The emperor still couldn't understand his hatred, and grabbed the heavy inkstone and threw it at Chi Yan.

Fortunately, King Ning took a step faster, and as soon as he stretched out his hand to catch the adult man's palm-sized inkstone, he didn't let Yu Chiyan's head bloom on the spot, and he didn't dare to wipe the ink on his hands and sleeves, so he had to kowtow again with his forehead on the ground.

"Brother Huang is angry."

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around!" The emperor pointed at King Ning, and he jumped more and more violently.

"Brother Huang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also negligent for a while, besides, you are such an heir, if you hurt his life, Brother Huang won't feel distressed afterwards?"

King Ning's persuasion is also well-intentioned, the emperor originally did not have many heirs, only the prince was a lone seedling, if he beat people out of anger to make a good mistake, who will inherit the throne in the future?

But when he heard these words in the emperor's ears, he couldn't help but think about it, and squinted at King Ning, secretly wondering if he was mocking his ability in some way.

Seeing that King Ning's words distracted the emperor's attention, Cao Guozhang drew the fire back to Qin Huaiyuan, and said indignantly: "The emperor is angry, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is pure-hearted, and today he will collide with the emperor in person. ”

Instigated by adulterers? Who is the prince close to? Who taught the prince a while ago? It is self-evident who the traitor is.

The emperor looked at Qin Huaiyuan, snorted with a gloomy face, pointed at him with trembling hands, flicked his sleeves fiercely for a long time, did not continue to reprimand, and turned to look at Cao Guozhang.

"The ruler contacted the Tatars, but did you get any news? If there is no more news, I'm afraid Zhou Bing will call! The Emperor sat irritably in his hatted chair.

Cao Guozhang's face was not very good-looking when he was asked, and he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister has tried his best to lobby the Tatars, but the Tatars have also had some things happen in recent days. ”

"What's the matter?"

"The detectives heard that the Tatar Khan had been assassinated by his only son some time ago and died."

"What? The son killed Lao Tzu? When the emperor heard this, he subconsciously looked at Yu Chiyan on the side.

Cao Guozhang nodded and said: "Yes, it is said that the Tatar Khan fell in love with his daughter-in-law and forced him in public, until his daughter-in-law committed suicide in shame, his only son killed him angrily, and Princess Anari avenged her father and killed her brother. The minister is worried that Princess Anari will not have time to send troops. ”

When the emperor heard this, his brows tightened.

"In this way, that girl may not be able to sit firmly in that position! Why don't you find a good person to contact, what kind of climate can a female streamer become! The Emperor complained impatiently.

Cao Guozhang's face was even worse when he heard it.

The emperor himself has no ability, and at the critical moment, the affairs of his own country are not handled properly, and he still needs to go all the way to ask the Tatars for help from a long distance, but this time he thinks that the other party is a woman.

Cao Guozhang sneered and said, "The emperor is angry, now that the Tatars are in power, whether the Tatars are men or women, our first thing is to persuade them to send troops." The Tatars and the Great Zhou have been fighting for many years, and the old man doesn't believe that the treasury of the Great Zhou can support the battlefields on both sides, otherwise they won't lie to us! ”

"The Great Zhou Emperor can attack us so fearlessly, to put it bluntly, doesn't he rely on them to be guarded by Ji Zeyu in the north! If there is no Ji Zeyu, the Tatars will definitely drive straight in, and when the Great Zhou arrives, the enemy will be on their backs, and my Great Yan soldiers will be brave, and they will definitely be able to intercept the Great Zhou people outside the pass, and they will return to their own territory! ”

Cao Guozhang's words were impassioned, and the emperor was enthusiastic by her, as if he could see the banner of the Great Zhou fluttering again on the cities that he had cut off.

"In this way, it is still necessary to have Lao Guozhang continue to contact Tatar. As long as they are willing to send troops, our crisis can be solved. The Emperor stroked his beard in satisfaction.

Cao Guozhang should have given his hand.

Qin Huaiyuan's brows tightened when he listened, and he said disapprovingly: "Your Majesty, please listen to Weichen's words." Cao Guozhang's analysis is certainly reasonable, but after all, the Tatar mountains are high and the roads are far away, and the distant water can't save the near fire. ”

"Xiao Zhixi's art of war is like a god, good at using tricks, his 100,000 tiger army is brave and good at fighting, and now they occupy Xihua City, geographically facing each other from Kyoto's horns, with the courage of Xiao Zhixi, if you wait for the Tatars to send troops to distract the attention of the Zhou Dynasty, then the Tiger Ben army is afraid that they will come in!"

"Now our eastern, western, and northern armies totaling 300,000 are gathered outside the city, plus the five military camps, 3,000 battalions and Shenji battalions in the outer city, nearly 350,000 soldiers and horses, with our geographical advantage of occupying Kyoto City, if we select an excellent general to command the soldiers and horses, if the Tiger Ben army comes directly to attack the city, we use 350,000 soldiers and horses to defend an impregnable imperial city, and it is not without a chance of victory."

Without waiting for the emperor to answer, Cao Guozhang had already said mockingly: "Oh? According to the meaning of Anpinghou, Xiao Zhixi is the god of war who is indestructible? My Dayan Dynasty has a true dragon son and a heavenly protection, are you still afraid of such a kid who hasn't grown all his hair? I think Anping Hou regards Xiao Zhixi as his son-in-law, as if he is a flower! ”

Qin Huaiyuan frowned and looked at Cao Guozhang, and did not argue with him uselessly, only said: "If Lord Guozhang has an opinion on me, you can solve it in private, anyway, I will also call you father-in-law, you beat and scolded me and scolded me, but please don't mix your personal emotions into the government, now is the time of Dayan's life and death, it's not a joke!" ”

"You ......"

Cao Guozhang pointed at Qin Huaiyuan and was about to refute, but his words were interrupted by the emperor.

"Don't make any noise!"

Cao Guozhang and Qin Huaiyuan both stopped and saluted.

The emperor said angrily: "You can't do serious things, but the bickering is more neat than the other, I have raised you for so many years, is it because you have given me infighting at a critical moment?" ”

"The emperor is angry."

The crowd saluted again.

The emperor snorted coldly: "This matter will be handled according to what Guozhang said, Cao Guozhang, you contact Tatar as soon as possible." ”

"Yes." Cao Guozhang saluted, and then smiled smugly at Qin Huaiyuan.

The emperor said to Qin Huai again: "For the sake of your conscientious work over the years, I will spare you for the time being, you go back and think about the past!" ”

Qin Huaiyuan's face was pale, he looked at the emperor fixedly, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed, and finally his forehead was on the ground, and he responded heavily: "Minister, obey the order." ”

%

Since most of the subordinates were dispersed in the Hou Mansion, and everyone gathered together to live together, when the disaster came, everyone did not panic, but felt that the hearts of the family were more united.

There are only thirty-nine servants and maids in the inner house, and they are each responsible for their respective masters, so Qin Yining will be exempted from having to worry about it sooner or later, and if there is anything, these people can talk back and forth and make temporary decisions, so Qin Yining feels that it is really much easier to manage such a "small family" than the "everyone" in the past.

And after Qin Huaiyuan came back from the palace that day, he began to stay behind closed doors, either reading books in the wing room all day, or enjoying the flowers and scenery by the pond in the back garden, or holding up an umbrella to fish next to his own fish pond. It's a day like that.

Over the years, Qin Huaiyuan has never had such an easy time.

This time the war was tense and the city was in turmoil, but Qin Huaiyuan found the ease that he hadn't had for many years.

Qin Yining knew that Qin Huaiyuan was full of depression and could not be diverged, so she often took the book to find Qin Huaiyuan after she was busy, or accompanied him to fish, or accompanied him to eat tea and chat, or she could ask Qin Huaiyuan to explain the content of the book to her.

Qin Huaiyuan is much more knowledgeable than Qin Yining's Xixi in the past, not to mention the scriptures, and often can use ready-made things in the court as examples, and the language is humorous, and Qin Yining, who often listens to it, is intoxicated. Father and daughter often sit under the pergola in the garden pavilion or next to the fish pond for a whole day.

"This year's state affairs are in turmoil, and my father is also busy, and my father didn't give you a good life on your birthday, and I can't do it for the time being."

Qin Huaiyuan sat on the pole, dressed in a silk shirt, wearing a straw hat, holding a fishing rod in his hand, and his voice was smiling.

Qin Yining smiled when he heard this: "I didn't have any birthday in previous years, but I ate longevity noodles by myself on the fifth day of June this year." As for the salute, there is no hurry at this time, anyway, until the age of twenty, it is the same when the salute is performed. ”

Since ancient times, it has been a rule that the daughter's family can do it when she is fifteen years old, but it does not necessarily have to be fifteen years old, as long as it is before the age of twenty, it is the same when it is done.

Qin Huaiyuan smiled and said, "That's right, it's the same when you salute before you make a marriage." ”

Engagement?

Qin Yining's masculine and handsome face suddenly appeared in his mind, and he shook his head with a wry smile.

In this situation, is it still possible for her and Xiao Xiao?

"Girl, girl." Songlan trotted over from outside.

Qin Yining and Qin Huaiyuan both looked over with a smile.

Song Lan saluted and said, "Girl, the shopkeeper Zhong is here, this time he is in the side hall, and the slave maid looks at the shopkeeper Zhong's face is not very good." ”

When Qin Yining heard this, he stood up and said, "Father, I'll go and take a look, Xu is Ning Yuan's business." ”

"Well, go ahead." Qin Huaiyuan answered lazily, and continued to focus on his fishing rod.

Qin Yining couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw his father's appearance, and walked quickly towards the side hall.