Emperor Hongxuan waited for a long time, but he didn't see the imperial concubine speak, so he turned sideways and pushed her, and asked again in a low voice: "You say, should I let the prince go to the southwest?" ”

The imperial concubine closed her eyes and seemed to be asleep, and did not answer.

Emperor Hongxuan was a little disappointed, turned over, looked up at the pale yellow curtain, sighed long, and said to the imperial concubine: "Yizhen, even you don't want to tell me what is in your heart?" ”

Seeing that she couldn't hide, the imperial concubine had no choice but to close her eyes and said vaguely: "This is a matter of the court, the concubines are just harem concubines, and they don't dare to put their beaks." ——The ancestors have an order that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. ”

Emperor Hongxuan sneered and said, "Didn't you agree with it before? - Why didn't you think that the harem should not interfere in politics? ”

The imperial concubine smiled slightly, and said softly: "Yes, the concubine trespassed just now." - Your Majesty may be punished. ”

The imperial concubine put her posture so low, Emperor Hongxuan couldn't say anything, so he had to turn over again and sleep with his back to the imperial concubine.

In the dark, both of them had their eyes closed, but it was clear in each other's hearts that the other was not asleep.

Before dawn the next day, Emperor Hongxuan sat up from the bed and said to the imperial concubine: "I have gone to the court." ”

The imperial concubine turned over and smiled at Emperor Hongxuan: "Your Majesty didn't go to the court after having breakfast in the palace of the concubines?" ”

Emperor Hongxuan also smiled: "I thought I had offended you, and I was worried that I would have nothing to eat this morning, so I had to strike first." ”

The imperial concubine smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty is more and more fond of laughing. He got up from the bed and beckoned the palace maid to come and serve Emperor Hongxuan to wash.

Emperor Hongxuan had breakfast in the palace of the imperial concubine and asked the imperial concubine: "Why hasn't Xiaosi come over yet?" ”

The imperial concubine looked at the still dark sky outside, and said with a smile: "It's still early, Xiaosi is still asleep at this time."

In the past, Emperor Hongxuan rested here with the imperial concubine, and he always got up late in the morning, but this time, he was about to leave before dawn.

The imperial concubine knew that Emperor Hongxuan had something in his heart, so she didn't stay long, and watched Emperor Hongxuan go away, so she went back to make up for sleep.

Emperor Hongxuan arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, drank a bowl of ginseng tea, and sat with his eyes closed for a while before he felt a little more energetic.

The courtiers came to wait outside the hall one after another, and Emperor Hongxuan settled down and called in.

At the court meeting that morning, Emperor Hongxuan had been a little uneasy.

After the court meeting, Emperor Hongxuan left Jian Feiyang alone, took him to the small study inside, withdrew everyone, only talked to him, and asked him in a low voice: "Can the house be settled?" ”

Jian Feiyang hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty Xie cares." Everything is fine in the courtier's mansion, and you can leave at any time. ”

Emperor Hongxuan smiled and said, "I know that your wife is pregnant, this time, you can't accompany your wife at home and watch your second child be born." ”

Jian Feiyang also smiled and said, "Your Majesty also knows that it is the second child." To put it mildly, if it is the minister's first child, the minister has to wait for him to be born before leaving. ”

Emperor Hongxuan sighed and said, "If this is your first child, I won't send you there." Don't worry, your Zhenguo Mansion has always been the humerus of our Great Qi, and I will never treat you badly. ”

Jian Feiyang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has a good reputation. Eating the king's fortune and being loyal to the king is the duty of a courtier. ”

Emperor Hongxuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Aiqing's loyalty, I have always been able to rest assured. As he spoke, he changed his words, and then talked about going to the southwest, and told Jian Feiyang: "This time I will go to the southwest, and I will transfer 50,000 military households in the northwest under the jurisdiction of your Zhenguo Mansion to be dispatched by you." You have to keep an eye on Ningyuan Hou Chu Huajin and pay attention to his every move. Keep a record of all those who have been in contact with him in secret, and send the list back to me when the time comes. "The 100,000 military households in the Zhenguo Mansion have actually been secretly handed over to Emperor Hongxuan a long time ago. It's just that it can't be made public, and the Zhenguo Mansion can still respond to the military households in the northwest.

Jian Feiyang was a little stunned, his face did not show anything, he said yes, and said to Emperor Hongxuan with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, the minister only has two eyes and two hands. If you stared at Ningyuan Marquis Chu Huajin like this, what should you do with the prince? - If you neglect the prince, the minister will die! ”

Emperor Hongxuan was silent for a while, and said with a slight smile: "The prince, you don't care." ——The prince is blessed by the true gods, and he is blessed with great blessings. If there is a mistake, it is also the will of God, no wonder others. ”

Jian Feiyang's heart was pounding, thinking of He Ningxin's words, he had a little understanding of what Emperor Hongxuan meant.

Emperor Hongxuan looked at Jian Feiyang with his head down and didn't speak, so he said to him again: "You are the commander of the forbidden army, and you are also my loyal general. After arriving in the southwest, I will order Pei Shuli, the general of the southwest, to listen to your dispatch. When the time comes, you have both the Southwest Army and the Northwest Army in your hands, so you must be ready to be optimistic about the southwest border! - If the Qiang people want to cross the border and come to our Daqi, they must first be beaten to obey! ”

Jian Yang's eyes lit up, he knelt down on one knee, and said to Emperor Hongxuan: "Obey Your Majesty's will!" ”

Emperor Hongxuan asked the chamberlain to bring the wine jug over, poured a corner of wine for Jian Feiyang with his own hands, and said, "This glass of wine can be regarded as I gave you a meal in advance." As he spoke, he drank a glass first, and Jian Feiyang also took a glass of wine and drank it with his neck tilted.

Emperor Hongxuan's face suddenly improved a lot, put down the wine glass, waved him to retreat, and said with a smile: "Go back and pack up, and we will leave tomorrow." ”

Jian Feiyang retreated.

Emperor Hongxuan came to sit outside the Yangxin Hall for a while, then asked the prince to come and told him: "When you go to the southwest, you must cooperate with the cavalry of the King of Anjun, keep an eye on Ningyuan Marquis Chu Huajin, write down all the people he secretly contacts, and send the list back to me." Also, remember to track down the whereabouts of the jade seal. - The jade seal can't be used for a day, and the Marquis of Ning Yuan can't die for a day! ”

The crown prince knew that this was his final test. If he can kill his relatives in righteousness and chase the jade seal back from Marquis Ning Yuan, his position as the crown prince can be regarded as truly worry-free. If not, there will definitely be changes in the future.

But the father didn't send anyone else, but sent him specifically, and he must have doubts about him in his heart

The prince's heart was bitter, but he couldn't complain to Emperor Hongxuan. He thought very clearly, if he was his father, he would do the same, there was no choice.

When the prince left, Emperor Hongxuan announced that King Anjun entered the palace again.

This time, King Anjun will personally take Tiqi and follow the prince to the southwest.

Emperor Hongxuan hesitated for a long time, and still didn't tell the truth to King Anjun, but just said to him: "Second brother, I know that you have a very personal relationship with Jian Feiyang, but this time the stakes are very high, and I know that you are not a person who favoritism. You have to keep an eye on Zhenguo Gong and Ning Yuanhou to see who among them is more suspicious. ”

King Anjun was a little surprised, and said to Emperor Hongxuan: "Your Majesty, just keep an eye on Marquis Ning Yuan." Zhenguo Gong ......? ”

Emperor Hongxuan said indifferently: "After Liu Menghan died, someone took refuge in me and told me that Liu Menghan sent her henchmen to the southeast Xie Yun with a very important thing left by the old Marquis Ning Yuan. But then that thing disappeared, and no one knew where it went. —That time, I remember very clearly, I sent Jian Feiyang to the southeast to clean up Xie Yun. Xie Yun's gang is dead, and the thing is missing. ”

King Anjun was a little uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly asked Emperor Hongxuan: "May I ask Your Majesty can you say clearly, what is it?" -- The minister should also visit carefully. ”

Emperor Hongxuan paused, looked at King Anjun, and said, "A thing related to the fortune of the country." ”

King Anjun was silent for a long time, and said to Emperor Hongxuan: "Your Majesty doesn't say what it is, how can the minister know who is more suspicious?" ”

Emperor Hongxuan sneered and said, "You'll know when the time comes." - In short, whoever reverses, this thing is in whose hands! ”

King Anjun was taken aback and said to Emperor Hongxuan: "Your Majesty! The minister can guarantee that the town will have no objection! ”

"But he didn't tell me everything, and he hid such a big thing, and if I didn't try him, it would be really difficult to continue to use him." Emperor Hongxuan closed his eyes slightly, as if he didn't want to continue the question.

King Anjun looked at Emperor Hongxuan's appearance, his mind quickly thought, and he had to speak for Jian Feiyang: "Your Majesty, maybe Zhenguo Gong doesn't know where this thing is. Also, his only son and wife are in the capital, how could he be alone in the southwest? Your Majesty think twice! ”

Emperor Hongxuan opened his eyes and saw that King Anjun was still standing there in a daze, his heart was blinked, and he said to King Anjun: "Could it be that in Brother Wang's heart, the importance of Jian Feiyang exceeds the importance of my Fan royal family?" ”

King Anjun's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister is surnamed Fan, and he dare not disobey his ancestors and ancestors!" ”

Emperor Hongxuan nodded, sighed, and said, "It's not that I don't believe him. But that thing is so important. If he really has nothing to do with that thing, he will naturally be fine, and I still want the Zhenguo Mansion to guard this great Qi country for me! But if he has something to do with that thing, but he doesn't mention it to me at all, then he is ill-intentioned and ill-intentioned, and he wants his heart to be punished even more than Ning Yuanhou! "If Jian Feiyang is really a traitor, what is his wife and son? Old Ning Yuanhou is ironclad proof!

Sweat rolled down King Anjun's forehead.

Emperor Hongxuan glanced at King Anjun and smiled slightly: "You don't have to be scared like this. Maybe this matter has nothing to do with Zhen Guogong at all. To tell you the truth, I gave Zhenguo Gong a lot of military power this time, in fact, I still trust him more. ”

King Anjun knew that Emperor Hongxuan might be suspicious of every courtier. But he valued the lives of ordinary people more than anything else. He would rather be infamous than have his life ruined. Since Emperor Hongxuan was able to put all his troops in Jian Feiyang's hands, he should still trust him more than doubt.

King Anjun settled down and said to Emperor Hongxuan: "The minister knows what to do." Your Majesty rest assured, Fan Shicheng is a descendant of the Fan family, and he will definitely not disappoint his ancestors and ancestors! "Fan Shicheng is the name of King Anjun.

Emperor Hongxuan walked over from behind the dragon case, personally helped King Anjun, patted him on the shoulder and said: "This time, if it is successful, my Daqi will not only be able to expand the territory, but also be able to pull out a tumor that has grown for a long time, and even get a truly loyal and brave general to leave for the prince to use." ”

King Anjun could hear that Emperor Hongxuan still didn't believe that Jian Feiyang would have objections. But the thing related to Liu Menghan, that is, the old Ning Yuanhou, must be very important, so Emperor Hongxuan thought twice about trying him again.

Thinking about it, even if Jian Feiyang is really reversed, he probably won't be able to take a step southwest.

Sure enough, Emperor Hongxuan took out a small medicine bottle, handed it to King Anjun, and said, "He took medicine today." If Ning Yuanhou is reversed, Jian Feiyang will naturally be fine, and you don't have to give him the rest of the medicine. If you sense that Jian Feiyang has an objection and want to let him eat this thing, it shouldn't be difficult, right? ”

King Anjun's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted, watching Emperor Hongxuan's hands tremble and take the medicine bottle, his lips trembled for a long time, and he couldn't say a word.

Emperor Hongxuan also felt a little miserable, shook his head and said, "Don't blame me. I was also forced to do so. I could have poisoned him right now, but I couldn't bear it, and I preferred to believe him. Those medicines, if they were not triggered by what you have in your hands, would not have done him any harm to his body. ”

King Anjun nodded gloomily, put the medicine bottle in his sleeve pocket, knelt down on one knee, kowtowed to Emperor Hongxuan, and immediately went to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Out of the palace, King Anjun couldn't wait to rush to the Zhenguo Mansion immediately, and asked Jian Feiyang what he had hidden when he went to the southeast.

But when he thought of Emperor Hongxuan's prudence, and the fact that he had called Jian Feiyang and the prince to speak alone before, he must have been prepared, so he dispelled his thoughts and went back to the Anjun Mansion to pack his things sullenly.

Emperor Hongxuan sat alone in the Yangxin Hall for a while, and then asked Xuanning Yuanhou Chuhua to enter the palace and told him: "This time, you must focus on protecting the safety of the prince. The crown prince is my prince of Daqi, it is related to the fortune of the country, and he is also your nephew, I hope you can take more care of him for your sister's sake. ”

Ningyuan Marquis Chuhua hurriedly knelt down on one knee and assured Emperor Hongxuan: "Your Majesty rest assured. As long as the minister is there, he will not let the prince have an accident! ”

Emperor Hongxuan smiled with satisfaction, walked out from behind the dragon case, helped Chu Huajin with his own hands, and said, "You are my brother-in-law, I will never forget it." As he spoke, he brought a bottle of wine over, poured two glasses himself, and said to Chu Hua: "Come, I will give you food in advance!" "I'll do it myself.

Chu Huajin looked at the wine glass, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, so he raised his head, poured most of the wine on the placket of his clothes, and only drank a little.

Emperor Hongxuan saw it in his heart, and his heart suddenly relaxed, and his heart, which was originally a little heavy, suddenly rose again. - Perhaps, that thing really has nothing to do with Jian Feiyang......

After Chu Huajin finished drinking, Emperor Hongxuan took his hand and chattered for a long time, talking over and over again about the previous queen Chu Huadan when she was still alive, and Chu Huajin shed a few tears when she heard it.

Coming out of the palace, Chu Huajin hurriedly returned to the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion and first found a doctor to come over to induce vomiting for him. finally vomited all the things in his stomach, and then wiped his mouth and went to the study in the outer courtyard to talk to Pei Shufen.

Pei Shufen has been able to walk on the ground these days, and has already packed a small baggage, which contains the clothes that Chu Huajin gave her recently, and wants to go to the southwest with Chu Huajin.

Chu Huajin instructed her: "I have to wronged you first, pretending to be a rough mother-in-law, before I can go with me."

As long as Pei Shufen can leave the capital, there is naturally nothing she should do. He also asked Chuhua to buy some modified things and come back, and disguised himself as a rough mother-in-law.

It's not the first time Pei Shufen has pretended to be an old woman, so she naturally has some ability, and even Chu Hua can't see it if she doesn't look carefully.

The two of them had already made a decision, planning to take everyone to meet the prince early the next morning, and Pei Shufen followed Chu Huajin's entourage and followed in the car behind.

Here Jian Feiyang returned to the Zhenguo Mansion and told He Ningxin that he would leave tomorrow.

He Ningxin has been preparing Jian Feiyang's luggage since she received the holy decree, and she has almost packed it.

In the evening, Jian Feiyang said that in the palace today, Emperor Hongxuan said well, He Ningxin was shocked, and said anxiously to Jian Feiyang: "You must not ......"

"You can't listen to the Holy One, do you?" Jian Feiyang said with a smile.

He Ningxin suppressed the strangeness in her heart and nodded heavily.

Jian Feiyang took the panicked He Ningxin into his arms and whispered to her, "Don't worry." As soon as I heard what His Majesty said, I knew that he was suspicious of me. - Of course I won't do what he says. I will listen to you, to protect the crown prince as the top priority, Ning Yuanhou there, how far I will go, how far I will hide. ”

He Xin nestled in Jian Feiyang's arms, grabbing the placket of his chest, almost trembling

For some reason, He Ningxin had a deep fear, as if a fierce tiger was hiding in the darkness, ready to burst out and hurt people at any time. She has always liked to take one step and see three steps. But this time, she found that she didn't seem to be able to see a single step.

Jian Feiyang felt He Ningxin's trembling, and hurriedly reached out and patted her back gently, while comforting her softly: "Don't be afraid, I'll be fine." ”

He Ningxin said with a crying voice: "...... You drank the wine poured by the Holy One's own hands. ”

Jian Feiyang paused and said with a smile: "...... I didn't drink it. ”

He Ningxin perked up, raised her head from Jian Feiyang's arms, and asked him in surprise, "How did you hide from the Holy One?" ”

Jian Feiyang was a little embarrassed to press He Ningxin's head on his chest, and said in a low voice, "It's Ziyan." I took him to watch people play tricks, and he got hooked on the trick of drinking fake wine and forced me to show him. I had to spend a lot of money to find the trick and secretly learn that trick. As he spoke, Jian Feiyang pulled out the placket inside, and sure enough, the inside was drenched, but the outside was unharmed.

Seeing He Ningxin's face turn from red to white, and then from white to blue, Jian Feiyang hurriedly said: "I secretly learned from that trickster and deliberately pretended to be an ordinary person, he didn't know who I was at all!" ”

He Ningxin felt as if she had experienced the most bumpy day in her life, even more nervous than when she was still Pei Shufan, poisoning Lao Ning Yuanhou with Emperor Hongxuan. The mood changed from great sorrow to great joy, and he couldn't hold it for a while, and there was a severe pain in his stomach, but he still endured the pain and told Jian Feiyang: "When you go to the southwest, you must take care of your own safety." If I am not mistaken, this time the cavalry will be led by King Anjun himself, if you see King Anjun in private in the southwest, you must pretend to be surprised, and don't eat anything with King Anjun. - If you really can't hide, eat less and come back quickly to induce vomiting. I have here some pills for detoxification and miasma, which were originally prepared for you to go to the southwest. These antidotes can cure most of the poisons, especially the poisons of the royal family. As he spoke, he took out a small wooden box and handed it to Jian Feiyang

Emperor Hongxuan's actions only confirmed He Ningxin's worst conjecture. She always felt that Jian Feiyang's last time he destroyed the jade seal, he would not dodge it so easily.

That time, there were too many people who handled it, and Liu Menghan must have had the idea of mixing the water, so he also deliberately did not avoid people, and just wanted to know the more people the better. The more people who know, the safer she is. Because everyone knew that she had given things away, naturally no one had beaten her mind anymore......

Now that Emperor Hongxuan really tested Jian Feiyang, He Ningxin's heart was half relieved. Emperor Hongxuan's seizure is better than stuffing it in his heart. - At least if Jian Feiyang dodges this time, he can rest easy in the future.

He Ningxin clutched her stomach and panted to explain clearly to Jian Feiyang, so she was exhausted, fell on the bed, and fainted. In the middle coat underneath, blood stains slowly printed out from under the body.

Jian Feiyang was so frightened that he regretted that he didn't explain it earlier, which provoked He Ningxin to get angry. Jian Feiyang's face was full of tears, regardless of the darkness of the night, he rushed to the Huiguo Mansion, dragged Song Yizheng over, and diagnosed He Ningxin's pulse.

Song Yizheng originally thought it was a trivial matter, but when he saw that He Ningxin had a miscarriage, he became serious, took the golden needle from the medicine box, pricked He Ningxin with eighteen needles in a row, and shook her like a hedgehog, so that He Ningxin's redness stopped.

At dawn, He Ningxin finally woke up leisurely, and saw Jian Feiyang, whose eyes were red and swollen, and He Ningxin also silently left tears.

Song Dingzheng couldn't look at it, and said to them: "You two continue to cry, I'll go and decoct the medicine." As he spoke, he went out and personally decocted He Ningxin's medicine.

He Ningxin is in good shape in the end, Song Yizheng's acupuncture is good again, after drinking a patch of medicine, there is no longer pain in the stomach, and the feeling of falling has disappeared.

Doctor Song was telling He Ningxin to stay in bed and recuperate until he came for a follow-up visit and said that he could get up. Of course, He Ningxin and Jian Feiyang did not allow it.

Emperor Hongxuan learned in the palace that the Duchess of Zhenguo suddenly had a fetal gas, and he was very sorry, and ordered the imperial doctor and the medical woman who gave birth to the most skilled woman in the palace to live in the Zhenguo Mansion and help the Duchess of Zhenguo to have a baby.

Jian Feiyang looked at He Ningxin's weak appearance, but he was still not at ease, in the end, he went to He Ningxin's mother's house again, invited He Ningxin's mother-in-law, Mrs. Xu, to come over, and personally took care of He Ningxin, and then left the Zhenguo Mansion step by step, followed the forbidden army, followed the prince, escorted a large amount of grain, and went to the southwest.

The prince took Marquis Ning Yuan, the Duke of Zhenguo, as well as a large number of grain and people to the southwest, and the capital suddenly emptied.