Chu Nian raised his eyebrows slightly: "Assassin? ”

The presence of Assassins at such a sensitive banquet raises the suspicion that someone had done it on purpose.

"But anyone is hurt?"

Seeing Chu Nian's eyes exploring, Liu Qi opened his mouth, and at this opening, a few Royal Forest Soldiers came out from behind Liu Qi, and when they saw Chu Nian, they all saluted Chu Nian, and then turned around and said something in Liu Qi's ear, Liu Qi's face suddenly changed greatly.

Seeing this, Chu Nian took a step forward: "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Qi glanced at Chu Nian with a puzzled face, and then said: "The palace maid in Concubine Chen's palace was killed, and now Concubine Chen's mother is rushing to the palace, I heard that she is the most proud palace maid." ”

Chu Nian frowned, at this point, Ming Xiu's figure walked over from not far away, and he was also followed by a group of imperial forest troops, seeing Chu Nian and Zhu Qing, he blinked, turned his eyes to look at Liu Qi, and his face was serious: "General Liu, can you find that assassin?" ”

Liu Qi's face was heavy: "Your Highness, here I will only see the Wushuang County Lord and the National Teacher, and I have not seen suspicious characters. ”

Ming Xiu's gaze swept over Chu Nian and Zhu Qing, and nodded lightly: "Lone knows, the general continues to search, try to go to Concubine Chen's bedroom to search, Lone saw a piece of black cloth next to the body of the palace maid, and the palace maid still has a knife in her hand, thinking that he is also injured, and he can't run far." ”

Hearing this, Liu Qi glanced at Chu Nian and Zhu Qing who were standing together with some confusion, and then at Ming Xiu, who had the same complexion, and at the end, he left in response.

"Yes, Your Highness."

"You guys also go and help General Liu search."

After Liu Qi and the Imperial Forest Army were commanded to leave, Ming Xiu turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian, and between the two of them, they were all meaningful.

Seeing this, Zhu Qing sighed helplessly, and left with interest, and in an instant, the imperial garden, which was still bright and bright, fell into darkness again, leaving only a black and a white figure.

Chu Nian had a smile in his eyes: "This matter was arranged by His Highness?" ”

Seeing that before he could speak, she knew everything, Ming Xiu showed a little satisfaction, but shook his head and said, "No, I just mentioned a few words to Concubine Liang, and by the way, I lent her Dark San." ”

Chu Nian grinned, "Can I ask in detail?" ”

There was a hint of pride in Ming Xiu's eyes: "This can be regarded as Concubine Chen's own collision with the tip of the knife, and Concubine Liang just borrowed the hands of other concubines and lent Dark San to Concubine Chen, so that Concubine Chen could kill her right-hand man." ”

"So Concubine Chen is ...... now"

"In Concubine Chen's palace, there are already good concubines' eyeliner, and the only loyal person was also killed by her own jealousy."

Chu Nian smiled slightly, remembering the last time he asked Ming Xiu to stop Concubine Chen from seducing the emperor, but as a result, Ming Xiu took advantage of the situation to sow discord, and teased: "Your Highness can be regarded as betraying the hue this time?" ”

Ming Xiu frowned, and then soothed: "Lone wants to sell his hue to get a good deal from the county lord, can the county lord give it?" ”

Seeing that the haze in those narrow eyes dissipated, Chu Nian breathed a long sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and pinched it fiercely on that handsome face: "If Your Highness shows such a charming appearance in front of other women again, Your Highness will not have to come to see me again in the future." ”

The smile in the corner of Ming Xiu's eyes did not decrease, and he took the opportunity to wrap the restless jade hand in the warm palm: "Then how about you call Lone?" Is it good to cover your face with a face covering when you see people in the future? ”

Chu Nian's eyes sparkled, and he nodded playfully: "Good idea." ”

Ming Xiu couldn't help but reach out and pinch her face, a glimmer of light flashed in her long narrow eyes, before he said, "Getting back to the point, what should we do now?" All the spare money I can use to buy grain and grass has been sent to Zhenyuanhou, but I'm afraid it won't last long. ”

Chu Nian had a warm current in his heart, but he didn't expect that now Ming Xiu was clearly in the struggle for power, but he still cared about the people at the border, and even sent all the spare money on his body to Zhen Yuanhou, it is conceivable that if he ascends the throne in the future, no matter from which point of view, he will be a generation of Ming Jun.

"Your Highness doesn't need to worry, since this matter is aimed at me, then I can naturally handle it."

Hearing this, Ming Xiu frowned slightly: "You don't have to be strong, let's find a way to get through the difficulties together." ”

The words fell, but at Chu Nian's bright eyes, Ming Xiu's face was stunned, and a soft body had already fallen into his arms, he half-lowered his eyes and looked at the hairy head on his chest, and couldn't help but reach out and rub it, and hugged the thin figure tightly into his arms with his backhand.

I heard a firm voice from the other side: "Your Highness, rest assured, since the other party has given us such a big empty door to drill, we naturally can't let go of this good opportunity." ”

……

Frontier, Da Liang camp tent.

Temporarily forcing back a wave of enemy troops, Zhen Yuanhou was still wearing colors, he returned to the camp tent and took off his helmet, and without changing his battle armor, he went to the side of the map.

At this time, a soldier from outside the camp came in: "Master Hou, the grain and grass ......"

A trace of helplessness flashed on Zhen Yuanhou's resolute face: "The military salary sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has run out?" ”

The soldier honestly looked at the helplessness on Zhen Yuanhou's face, and nodded: "Yes, although the military salary sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is enough for 1,000 taels of silver, it is only enough for 100,000 soldiers at our border to eat for ten days, but ...... ten days later."

"Ten days later, if the imperial court does not allocate military salaries, it will really be insufficient."

Zhen Yuanhou's eyes darkened: "Your Highness, what else do you have to say?" ”

The soldier shook his head, "No, but the Wushuang County Lord sent a message, saying that this matter will be resolved in the near future, please ask the general to just use the terrain to defend against enemy attacks for the time being, and the other is ......"

The soldier paused, but attracted a lot of attention from the town of Yuanhou, seeing the blazing eyes of his own marquis, the soldier said with a little weakness: "The county lord said, our lady is about to wake up." ”

The haze in Zhen Yuan's eyes was swept away, and he was shouting: "Okay!" ”

At this stall, another soldier outside the camp tent got into the camp tent with a happy face: "Master Hou! Master Hou! There is food and grass! ”

Zhen Yuanhou glanced at the soldiers who came in before with some confusion, and then turned his gaze to the soldiers who came in later, "Didn't you just say that the military salary is not enough, where did you get the grain and grass?" ”

"It was sent by Lord Tingchuan Changshi Ye, saying that Tingchuan unconditionally supports the border pass, and if there is any need, I will tell him that it is."

It's about the border war, and the town of Dongxi who came for no reason is not willing to accept it, but after a while, he remembered the origin of this Tingchuan Changshi, and remembered that this Changshi was elected by the people and recommended by the Wushuang County Lord......

Zhen Yuanhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he almost burst into tears: "Soldiers, don't forget the great grace of the county lord in the future!" Hurry up and invite Lord Changshi in! Today, I want to stay with Changshi without getting drunk and returning! ”

Seeing Hou Ye's excited appearance, the two soldiers glanced at each other inexplicably, and one of them hurriedly said, "General! Tea instead of bars! The barbarians don't know when they will attack! ”

waved his hand impatiently, and Zhen Yuanhou's tone weakened a little: "Oh, a weak scholar, even if he drinks this wait, it won't be good......"

That night, the two of them drank and talked happily, but they only drank a little, because they were concerned about the war, neither of them drank much, but because of the verbal conversation, they felt very close to each other, and formed a confidant, after the war, Lord Zhenyuan Hou went to Tingchuan Changshi to drink three times and five times, but he did not drink Tingchuan Changshi once, but was carried away again and again...... That's all for later.

After Chu Nian, who was worried about the border pass, received the news sent by Ye Yuan, his hanging heart was put down, but he felt more and more that the decision to send those two people to Tingchuan together was right.

Now under the governance of Ye Yuan and the others, Tingchuan has not only resumed farming and become more and more prosperous, but also trained enough 50,000 elite soldiers, who are temporarily used to guard Tingchuan, and when necessary, they can help this dispute in the court......

This face to the center, under the manipulation of the queen mother, the bad comments about Zhuqing have intensified, but fortunately, Zhuqing doesn't even go out of the palace very much, otherwise he is afraid that he will be beaten by the people's eggs and rotten vegetables and dare not go out of the house.

And in the harem, another battle has ended.

Concubine Liang sat beside the Queen Mother, looking at Concubine Chen, who was kneeling in the hall and crying quietly, with abuse in the corners of her eyes, and Concubine Chen was sitting next to her, who was stammering what to say in Concubine Liang's ear, and was not discouraged by Concubine Liang's cold refusal, but only semi-silent, looking at Concubine Chen, a trace of pity flashed in her eyes, and she quickly took it back.

Sitting opposite Concubine Liang was Concubine Ling, who was drinking tea indifferently at the moment, not at all like the schadenfreude of a room of concubines, and it was none of her business.

And the queen mother on the top looked at Concubine Chen on the ground angrily: "You say, who is it who has fornication with you?" ”

Concubine Chen lay on the ground and was in pain: "No, the Queen Mother, the concubine has no fornication!" ”

Concubine Liang sneered: "Sister, the evidence has been found, if you want to blame the assassin, if he hadn't killed your palace maid, the evidence of your fornication with others would not have been exposed so quickly." ”

Concubine Chen raised her head, her red and swollen eyes still glaring at Concubine Liang fiercely: "It's you, right?" It was you who threw that man's used dirty pants under the bed in this palace, and then used a trick to call someone to search for it, and you are framing me! ”

Concubine Liang smiled undeniably: "My sister still wants to quibble, no one has taught you, if you want to push the black pot to others, do you have to grasp the evidence first?" ”

"Enough!" The queen mother at the top patted the back of the chair and trembled with anger: "Pull Concubine Chen down and hit the thirty boards to see if she confesses the facts of fornication!" ”

Concubine Liang raised her eyebrows, if Concubine Chen had never said who had an affair with her, could it be that the Queen Mother would keep her? The Queen Mother is really well-intentioned......

But the Queen Mother's actions were seen in the eyes of Concubine Chen, but it was a different charm, she looked at the Queen Mother sadly and said, "The Queen Mother! The concubine is wronged! The concubine did not have an affair with anyone! You know, Queen Mother! ”

The Queen Mother rubbed her eyes a little tiredly, as if she was very blind to Concubine Chen's dullness, and waved her hand: "Pull it down." ”

"The Queen Mother!" Concubine Chen was ruthless, and struggled to break free from the clamps of several eunuchs, her eyes looked directly at the Queen Mother, her eyes were blood-red: "The Queen Mother, if it is not about fornication, who is the fornication, the Queen Mother knows it!" ”

Mama Bai on the side didn't have time to stop it, Concubine Chen had already blurted out her words, and as soon as these words came out, all the concubines present looked at each other.

The concubine sneered in her heart, is this the beginning of dog-eat-dog?

But obviously the Queen Mother would not give Concubine Chen this chance, she glared at Concubine Chen, "The Wang family fornicated with someone and refused to admit his guilt, and dared to contradict the mourning family, dragged it down, and pulled out her tongue!" ”