Chapter 138: The Matter of Seling Zhidi
Jiang Qingyue was silent for a moment, and then said: "It is the second prince who is not enough to be a street Tatar, and it is also the second prince who saved me." β
Zhou Rui'an's expression flashed, he sighed softly and held her hand, "I know that Qingyue wants to save him, but it's not impossible to bypass him." β
Jiang Qingyue glanced at him in disbelief, the second prince committed such a big taboo against him, and Zhou Ruian didn't kill him?
"If you marry me and become my queen, then he is my eldest brother, how can he be regarded as a relative of the queen, for your sake, you can't kill your eldest brother, right?" Zhou Ruian said, looking at her with a smile.
Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but glare at him, "Can you be serious?" β
"I'm very serious," Zhou Ruian said with a slight bow: "Anyway, you will definitely not be willing to watch me kill him, and you will inevitably try to save him, as a loving wife and a person who fears his wife, what can I do?" Of course it's up to you! β
Jiang Qingyue was skeptical: "Are you serious? β
The corners of Zhou Rui'an's mouth hooked, but he said with a straight face: "Although I didn't see what happened with my own eyes, I can guess a few points, he will come back in the end, it must be because of you, give up his original plan, no matter what, it is a fact that he saved you, and I have to be grateful to him for this." After a pause, he continued: "Since he can give up his ambitions for you, then what is it for me to spare an enemy for your sake? β
Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but look at him with a moving face, one thing she had always been very conflicted about was how to tell Zhou Rui'an the whole thing, she didn't want to watch the second prince die, and she didn't want to hide it from Zhou Rui'an, but he understood, understood her contradictions and entanglements, so he decided to be considerate of her.
Jiang Qingyue looked at Zhou Rui'an's eyes and said seriously, "Thank you." β
"Fool!" Zhou Ruian stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and when Jiang Qingyue couldn't see it, his eyes were deep.
Soon, a guard brought the bath water, and Zhou Ruian invited Jiang Qingyue very improperly and got Jiang Qingyue's white eyes.
Jiang Qingyue turned around and left without hesitation, and Zhou Ruian faded away from the cedar and soaked in the bathtub.
After a while, Liu Min called outside: "Master, I've sent clothes." β
Zhou Ruian replied lightly: "Come in." β
A warm air came in the big tent, Zhou Ruian sat in the bathtub, the whole person was shrouded in heat, he was closing his eyes to recuperate, his handsome face revealed a sense of alienation that rejected people thousands of miles away.
Liu Min couldn't help but lower his head with a respectful look.
Zhou Rui'an closed his eyes and suddenly opened his mouth: "What's wrong with the second prince?" β
Liu Min waited for Zhou Rui'an to ask this, and after holding back his stomach, he couldn't help but say: "The wolf ambition of the second prince is already known to passers-by, Your Majesty, you can't indulge him anymore!" After a pause, he continued: "Niangniang and he are brother and sister in the end, and women are always towards their mother's family, but the emperor, if he continues to keep the second prince, sooner or later he will become a big trouble for the emperor's henchmen." β
Zhou Ruian opened his eyes, glanced at Liu Min's indignant expression, and couldn't help but feel a little novel, because this was the first time he had heard someone ask Jiang Qingyue with the standard of women.
"Don't compare her to ordinary women." Zhou Ruian said warningly.
Liu Min looked dissatisfied, and when he looked at it, he knew that the emperor was unprincipled every time he faced Jiang Qingyue, so he protected it again!
"Your Majesty! There is a sentence, the subordinates have wanted to say it for a long time, and the subordinates feel that the mother should be a brother and sister to the second prince, but the two princes are not like just brothers and sisters to the mother! Liu Min said indignantly: "These two princes grew up in the harem since childhood, Chen Baobao has been raised by the queen's side since he was a child, and grew up with him, but his subordinates have not seen how much the second prince attaches importance to Chen Baobao, this lady was recognized halfway, why is it so important?" Is it really blood relationship? β
In fact, Liu Min wants to ask, are the two really related? Don't be mistaken, but he didn't dare to say this, he couldn't remind Zhou Rui'an to be careful of being cuckolded, right?
But when Zhou Rui'an heard this, his eyes flashed, the second prince's thoughts about Jiang Qingyue, he didn't know, at the beginning when the second prince didn't know Jiang Qingyue's identity, he had this idea, but fortunately, Jiang Qingyue was relatively ignorant and slow about emotional matters at that time, so he didn't find out.
Later, Jiang Qingyue's life experience was exposed, and the two became brother and sister, when the second prince was still drunk and degraded for a while, and even the abolished queen at that time had no way to take him, and it took a long time for the second prince to gradually slow down.
At that time, the second prince's attitude towards Jiang Qingyue changed a little, in short, he was no longer like before, and he deliberately kept his distance, but what happened now? Why did the second prince revert to his old state?
Zhou Rui'an felt strange for a while, he came back to his senses, glanced at Liu Min, and his eyes were a little coercive: "Pay attention to your words, she is not something you can guess at will!" β
Liu Min was shocked, and couldn't help lowering his head: "Yes, my subordinates know." β
Then, Liu Min reported to Zhou Ruian in detail what happened during this time, and there were some things that Zhou Ruian didn't want to ask Jiang Qingyue, but he didn't have these concerns about Liu Min.
After listening, Zhou Ruian frowned faintly and muttered, "I'm still late." β
Liu Min couldn't help but glance at Zhou Rui'an, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, is it too late? What does the emperor mean by this?
The next day, the news of Zhou Rui'an's arrival in Liuzhou spread out, and the banner was that the emperor drove the expedition, and the entire army was boiling, and Liuzhou had not had such a thing as a royal expedition for many years.
The soldiers were very excited, wanting to see Zhou Rui'an's true face, in fact, Zhou Rui'an was not the first time to come to the barracks, he had come to Liuzhou last year, and many veterans in the army had fought side by side with him.
These veterans have become the object of envy, and they are all asking what kind of person the emperor is?
The veterans couldn't help but recall the days when they used to fight side by side, when Zhou Ruian ate and lived with them, lived and died together, there was no shelf in the world at all, and he was extremely brave on the battlefield, he was really not afraid of life and death.
"He really deserves to be the son of the god of war!" A veteran sighed.
When the soldiers heard the evaluation of Zhou Rui'an, their hearts were full of infinite expectations, and now that the prince has become the emperor, he still came to the border and fought side by side with them, and the soldiers suddenly felt that they were full of strength.
All the soldiers wanted to witness Zhou Rui'an's demeanor, but the first thing he did was to visit Su Liangyi.
Zhou Ruian personally went to the General's Mansion and went in to talk with Su Liangyi for a whole hour, and after an hour, the two of them came out hand in hand, both of them had red eyes, especially Su Liangyi, whose expression was moving, and he had never had such an excited look.
A lot of things happened between Zhou Ruian and Su Liangyi, first Su Xiaorou's death, and then there were rumors that Su Liangyi colluded with Tatars, and now the two of them came forward together, as if in an instant, they shattered those rumors.
The soldiers who escorted him looked at each other, the charges against Su Liangyi have not yet been decided, and they are all waiting for the emperor to come and convict, so looking at the current situation, Su Liangyi is fine?
"Old General Su is loyal and courageous! It is the soul of the army of Dajing! Zhou Rui'an's eyes swept over all the soldiers, and he suddenly raised his voice and said.
Su Liangyi's eyes were red, and he knelt on one knee on the spot, "The last general will definitely live up to the emperor's high expectations, and he is only willing to die on the battlefield and defend Liuzhou!" β
Zhou Ruian personally helped Su Liangyi up.
This can be regarded as Zhou Rui'an himself cleared Su Liangyi's charges, Su Liangyi was grateful to Zhou Rui'an, and Zhou Rui'an took back part of Liuzhou's military power, but Su Liangyi still had the right to command.
As soon as Su Liangyi went back, on the one hand, he ordered people to hurriedly repair the road, and on the other hand, he planned to start a counterattack.
Su Liangyi was really angry this time, he had fought with the Tatars for so many years, this time, he was almost framed by the Tatars as a rebel and thief, and the name of the Su family's loyal martyrs was almost destroyed in his hands! This is something that Su Liangyi can't bear no matter what.
Su Liangyi counted all the accounts on the Tatars, and several counterattacks began, showing the momentum of Dajing and the majesty of a veteran.
At this time, the road to the border pass was also rebuilt.
Zhou Ruian said that he was going to drive the expedition in person, and he really planned to go to the battlefield in person, which made Liu Min sad, and ran to Zhou Rui'an every day to admonish him, but Zhou Ruian did not pay attention to his opinion, and still decided to go to the expedition in person.
"Your Majesty! You are a golden man! If there is a mistake, what is good? Liu Min said bitterly.
Zhou Ruian raised his eyebrows: "Are you saying that my martial arts are low, and I can't go to the battlefield?" β
Liu Min hurriedly said: "No, no, no, my subordinates don't mean that!" The subordinates are worried about the emperor's dragon health! β
Zhou Ruian said lightly: "Then don't say it again, I have made up my mind." After a pause, he said proudly: "I am the king of a country, how can I shrink behind my back because I am greedy for life and afraid of death, and let my good son go to work for his life?!" β
Liu Min reluctantly retreated, and after thinking about it, he decided to go to Jiang Qingyue.
I have to say that Commander Liu is still a little anxious.
"Let's put aside our personal grudges, you must persuade the emperor, it is absolutely impossible for the emperor to go on a personal expedition!" Liu Min said with a solemn face: "Now only you can persuade the emperor!" β
Jiang Qingyue nodded indifferently: "Got it, wrap it up on me!" β
Under Liu Min's pressing gaze, Jiang Qingyue had no choice but to go to Zhou Rui'an, Liu Min swore that Jiang Qingyue only went in for less than a cup of tea, and then Zhou Rui'an called him in.
"This time, I will not go to the battlefield, you will kill the enemy in my place, and you must not let the Tatars be arrogant anymore!" Zhou Ruian said coldly.
Liu Min was stunned for a moment, this attitude changed too quickly, right? Didn't he say just now that he was the king of a country, and he couldn't be a turtle with a shrunken head, so what's going on now?
Although Jiang Qingyue was found by him, but Zhou Ruian changed his mind so quickly, Liu Min didn't feel good in his heart, this emperor is too good to Jiang Qingyue, right? co-authored him to advise the emperor, not because it was unreasonable, but because the person was wrong? It's also so sad!
The loyal commander of the Jinyi Guard couldn't help but be jealous.
Liu Min and Jiang Qingyue walked out of the handsome tent together, Liu Min looked at Jiang Qingyue, she persuaded the emperor, but she took it for granted, it was too arrogant!
Liu Min paused, glared at Jiang Qingyue and said, "What did you say to the emperor?" β
Jiang Qingyue glanced at him innocently: "You didn't say anything, didn't you ask me to persuade the emperor?" β
That's what he said, but ......, "What did you tell the emperor to make the emperor change his mind?" Liu Minhu asked suspiciously: "The emperor is not a person who will change his mind easily, he has always been an assertive person!" β
He must inquire clearly, maybe he can use it like this next time, and then he won't have to ask Jiang Qingyue for help.
When Jiang Qingyue heard this, he didn't hide his selfishness: "Oh, you said this, I just told him, if he goes to the battlefield, I don't worry, I will definitely go with him, even if I was besieged last time and suffered a lot of injuries, I won't let him go to the battlefield alone to fight alone." After a pause, she continued: "When he heard this, he became anxious, and said that he would not be personally recruited, and he would accompany me to the army to get sick." β
Liu Min: "......"
He felt that he might not be able to learn, if this was replaced by him, Zhou Ruian would only give him a severance silver, right?
The loyal commander of the Jinyi Guard is even more jealous, and the gap is too big!
In the evening, Liu Min was worried that Zhou Rui'an would not eat well, so he specially found a lot of dishes in the city and sent them to Zhou Rui'an.
Liu Min said with a guilty face: "Your Majesty, the materials in this city are limited, and the emperor has been wronged. β
Zhou Ruian ignored him, and concentrated on picking the meat in the dish with chopsticks, and picked it all into a bowl.
Liu Min was puzzled: "What does the emperor mean by this?" But the food is not to taste? β
Zhou Ruian said without raising his head: "Qingyue loves meat the most, this city has been closed for so long, she must not have eaten well!" After a pause, he raised his head and glanced at Liu Min: "Oh yes, don't stay here with me, you go and call Qingyue and let her come to eat with me." β
Liu Min: "......"
Now Liu Min can extremely understand Luobei's mood, by the way, Luobei didn't come with him this time, did he expect this step a long time ago? Don't want to come over and take on such an irritation? But what did he do wrong? Do you have to go through this?
Zhou Ruian didn't know what Liu Min thought, he wrinkled his brows, and said with some annoyance: "But she may not be very willing, if she doesn't want to come, you can tell her, if she doesn't come, I won't listen to her in the future!" β
Liu Min: "......" Hehe, who believes it!
Liu Min went to find Jiang Qingyue, and sure enough, Jiang Qingyue was reluctant to come.
Liu Min said Zhou Rui'an's threat expressionlessly, and Jiang Qingyue said indifferently: "If you don't listen, you won't listen!" β
Liu Min almost knelt down for Jiang Qingyue, he couldn't help but glare at her: "Go and have dinner with the emperor!" β
Jiang Qingyue was silent for a moment, and then said, "You threaten me, I'm angry!" β
This time, Liu Min not only wanted to kneel, but also wanted to cry, he directly hugged Jiang Qingyue's thigh: "I beg you, you can go and coax the emperor!" The emperor hasn't even eaten, so he's waiting for you! β
The dignified leader of the brocade guard, who can frighten children when he says his name, but now he has fallen into such a miserable situation, Liu Min himself feels pitiful.
Jiang Qingyue sympathized with him very much, so he had to reluctantly nodded: "Okay, I'll go, I'll go, really, what does it look like." β
Jiang Qingyue went to have dinner with Zhou Rui'an, and as soon as Zhou Rui'an saw her, he handed the bowl containing the meat to her like a treasure, with a pleasing expression.
"I, I don't like meat, I'll give it all to you!" Zhou Ruian said awkwardly.
Jiang Qingyue glanced at him with a smile, then took the bowl, lowered his head, and ate the meat in the bowl seriously, "Commander Liu is also true, if he had said that he would have asked me to eat meat, I wouldn't have shirked!" β
This is true, Liuzhou has become a lonely city, there is a shortage of materials, Jiang Qingyue leads by example, her food is the same as that of ordinary soldiers, and she has really not eaten meat for a while, Zhou Ruian is precisely because he knows this, so he will pick out all the meat for her to eat.
Zhou Rui'an frowned, and couldn't help asking, "Then what did he say?" β
"Oh, he hugged my thigh and begged me to come, and I was too embarrassed to refuse, so I had to reluctantly make it difficult." Jiang Qingyue said indifferently.
As soon as Zhou Ruian heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter, Liu Min actually hugged Jiang Qingyue's thighs?! It's against him! But......
Zhou Ruian looked at Jiang Qingyue with an expectant face, "Qingyue, after eating, I still have some military affairs I want to discuss with you, don't leave tonight, stay in the tent, how about we talk at night?" β
Jiang Qingyue raised his head from the bowl, thought about it, and shook his head without hesitation: "No, I don't want it." "The rejection is crisp and neat, and it's very refreshing.
Zhou Rui'an narrowed his eyes, and his body couldn't help but exude an aura of not being angry and arrogant, staring at Jiang Qingyue tightly.
Jiang Qingyue blinked, glanced at him, then lowered her head and continued to eat her meat, she sighed with satisfaction, the meat is still delicious!
Zhou Ruian stared at her for a while, and finally suddenly hugged her waist, leaned his head on her shoulder, and said with an aggrieved face: "You just stay!" I miss you all, don't you miss me? Do you know how I got here? It's so cold outside, I just sleep in the snow and ice......"
Jiang Qingyue touched his head: "Anyway, it's not the first time, we've slept before." β
"How can that be the same! At that time, I still had you by my side! Zhou Ruian said with an aggrieved face.
Jiang Qingyue said with a sneer: "You are the emperor now, can you not be so naΓ―ve?" β
"Yes, I'm the emperor, why don't you listen to me?" Zhou Ruian was even more aggrieved.
Jiang Qingyue couldn't help laughing, paused, she suddenly remembered something, took out an account book, and handed it to Zhou Rui'an.
Zhou Ruian took it with a suspicious face: "What is this?" β
"I owe a foreign debt." Jiang Qingyue said indifferently: "There was no grain in the city before, so I robbed the grain merchants in the city, this is the amount I wrote down, you think that when the grain is paid, return it to them." β
"Got it." Zhou Ruian nodded, "I'll arrange it when I get back." β
As for the debt she owes, of course, he has to pay it back.
Zhou Ruian thought about it and leaned over again: "Then ...... tonight"
Jiang Qingyue wiped his mouth, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and suddenly had a look of sudden realization: "That's right, it seems that there is still something to deal with in our army, so I won't disturb the emperor's rest!" β
After Jiang Qingyue finished speaking, he left quickly.
Zhou Ruian looked at the empty bowl in front of him, and then looked at the direction Jiang Qingyue left, and realized that he was not as attractive as a bowl of meat now? This also hurts self-esteem too much!
His Majesty the Emperor was also jealous in his heart.
As soon as the road to Liuzhou was passed, Su Yiming also returned to Liuzhou with Su Xiaorou's coffin, and Mrs. Su fainted directly from crying, and even Su Liangyi had red eyes.
Su Xiaorou is not married as the daughter of the boudoir, and she has no merits, Zhou Ruian did not need to attend her funeral, but Zhou Ruian went to the Su family to express his comfort to General Su.
When Su Liangyi saw Zhou Rui'an coming, he was sincerely afraid.
Zhou Rui'an said solemnly: "Miss Su's death is my negligence, I promised the old general Su that I will definitely give an explanation to the Su family, find out the murderer, and severely punish it!" β
Su Liangyi said with a moving face: "The emperor is long, and the minister will never give up!" β
In fact, Zhou Ruian and Su Liangyi both knew that Su Xiaorou's death was inseparable from the Tatars, and Su Xiaorou's death was just a move to provoke their relationship between kings and generals, but Su Xiaorou died in the capital, this is an indisputable fact, no matter what, Zhou Ruian has an inescapable responsibility, he did not take good care of Su Xiaorou.
This is also the reason why Zhou Ruian will come to the funeral in person.
He didn't have a good impression of the somewhat arrogant girl, but he didn't mind coming to a wedding to appease his valued old general.
Jiang Qingyue was really a little embarrassed in her heart, although Su Xiaorou was a little reckless, but she was actually a very good girl, when her grandfather was captured, she didn't cry, but tried to save her grandfather, although what she did might have helped......
A girl like a flower, just withered and fell, Jiang Qingyue's heart was still a little uncomfortable.
Jiang Qingyue thought of the second prince, this plan was proposed by the second prince, so Su Xiaorou's death was inseparable from him.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qingyue's heart trembled, the man who always smiled gently at her, but he was cruel and ruthless to others, for a while, Jiang Qingyue's heart was very complicated.
As Zhou Rui'an, it is not appropriate to stay in Liuzhou, Liu Min pushes Zhou Rui'an to return to Beijing all day long, and even Su Liangyi feels that Zhou Rui'an should return to the capital.
However, Zhou Ruian doesn't really want to leave now, because Jiang Qingyue doesn't want to leave yet.
On this day, Su Liangyi and Liu Min persuaded for a long time, but Zhou Ruian just refused to let go.
"Your Majesty, the last general will definitely drive the Tatars back! The emperor stayed at the border, but he no longer trusted the general? Su Liangyi even said this.
Zhou Ruian hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The old general is serious, wait, wait." β
But what exactly are you waiting for? Even Zhou Ruian himself didn't know.
Liu Min didn't persuade anymore, and pulled Su Liangyi to find Jiang Qingyue together, the old rule, let Jiang Qingyue persuade him.