A second to remember, for you. Shen Zhe's letter was to express condolences to Qin Wenyue's death, and there were no other special words. But Qin Zhuang paid attention to a few words that were a little subtle, Shen Zhe repeatedly mentioned twice that he was ordered to stay at Qiangshui Pass and not leave, and he was not allowed to leave without the emperor's order, is his cousin hinting at him something, is it saying that no matter what happens in the capital, he will not leave Qiangshui Pass?

But in the capital, what can happen?

Qin Zhuang burned the letter casually, all the while, their cousins were like a veil between them, they could clearly understand each other's thoughts behind the veil, but they would never pull it away, and they guessed and played dumb riddles in a hazy way, and they didn't make it clear no matter what. But Qin Zhuang understands very well that they really give each other a reassuring pill, do they dare to eat it, they are not afraid that what they will eat is a highly poisonous medicine?

"Don't leave Qiangshui Pass." Qin Zhuang read these words over and over again, maybe Shen Zhe was not facing himself, but just making a stand.

The meaning of this letter may be that if Qin Zhuang and the emperor have a conflict and want to fight for the world, Shen Zhe will stand by and watch, and then follow the victorious side in the end. He was ordered not to leave Qiangshui Pass, and if he did not come to rescue the emperor, the emperor could not blame him, and if he finally got the world, his inaction would be equivalent to merit.

Qin Zhuang's fingers rubbed repeatedly on the armrest of the general's throne, there would never be a second chance like this, even if the emperor deliberately led him to show his true face, he would definitely be able to fight to the death, as long as he won, it didn't matter how he started in the first place. But he also has to bear the consequences of possible defeat, and in due time, he will be wiped out with his soldiers and Kishu's family.

"General." Qin Zhuang's most trusted lieutenant general came in the door, stood in front of the door and said with a resentful face, "Brothers, I want to go and ask for justice for the eldest lady, now the capital doesn't need us, and we don't have to look at the faces of those dog officials here." ”

Qin Zhuang smiled coldly: "Our stay is for the emperor to be the master, and if the emperor doesn't speak for a day, you and I can't move." If he leaves his post without permission, if he is investigated, there will be no meritorious service and hard work. ”

The deputy general hated: "The emperor is too ruthless, if it weren't for the general who took our brothers to defend Jizhou City, the family in Jizhou City would have become a ghost under the sword, but after he became the emperor, he repeatedly embarrassed Jizhou, and forgot his roots cleanly, and he was calling for the general and other heroes." We have long been unconvinced, he Xiang Ye thought that how he got the world, and no one was in his eyes after only a few years. ”

In fact, these lieutenant generals, soldiers outside the army and all the other people, there are few times in their lives to see the emperor, the emperor left Kishu and never came back, and now the Jizhou army is all Qinzhuang's own people, their cognition of the emperor, for the imperial court, all come from the news of Qinzhuang's walk. When he said that the emperor had no one in his eyes, they were convinced, and when he said that Kishu was suppressed, they were angry.

"Let me think about it for a few days, don't go to the brothers to fan the flames, and help me calm the hearts of the army." Qin Zhuang looked so sincere, "If the emperor wants to do something to me, it's also my own business, and I can't affect you or my brother." ”

The adjutant general slammed his fist on the table, and his righteousness was dry: "The emperor crossed the river and demolished the bridge, is the general going to leave our brothers behind, so naturally he will live and die with the general."

Qin Zhuang got up and patted him on the shoulder: "I understand your intentions, I will give my brothers glory and wealth, and live up to your blood and loyalty."

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole capital was happy, the queen mother and the queen sent wine and food to reward the defenders outside the city, and the queen mother recognized Qin Wenyue as a righteous daughter to posthumously crown the princess of Jizhou, no matter what attitude the emperor had at the moment, the queen mother and the queen's approach still made the soldiers feel respected.

In the imperial city, after all, at the request of the queen mother, a grand banquet was held, Qin Zhuang did not attend the banquet because of the emperor's order, and almost all the ministers of the three provinces and six departments in the capital attended.

During the banquet, the Queen Mother was alone at the top, while the Queen and Concubine Shu sat on both sides. The pomp and circumstance of the two of them are exactly the same, and no matter how you look at it, you can't tell the priority. But this was not a deliberate arrangement by Concubine Shugui, who was in charge of the banquet, but that the queen ordered someone to remove the seat arranged for her by Concubine Shu before the banquet opened today, and replaced it with the current one.

Naturally, the princes and princesses, regardless of their descendants, all frolicked around the queen mother, and the second prince sat beside his grandmother decently, which was already quite a prince's style.

Concubine Shugui looked at the past, always excited, but she shouldn't have such a thought, her son can't be the emperor yet, she still looks forward to her husband's early return, and hopes that Xiang Ye will personally canonize their son as the prince. She loves that person after all, even if she doesn't have as strong love as before, I wish him a long and safe life.

It will take eight years for the establishment of Daqi in a blink of an eye, and Concubine Shu has already been able to take care of this huge imperial city with ease, so that she can't realize that she is great, in her opinion, it is just some trivial things, and today's banquet is also a joy and joy for the guests and hosts, and the queen mother can't help but praise the virtuous concubine, saying that this harem cannot lack the concubine.

Shuguifei was full of faces, and the ministers saw the queen mother's praise, so they naturally stammered more diligently, thinking that the queen would be depressed on the side, but Min'er's generous smile was brighter than the full moon in the sky, and there were always ministers who would be reminded hatefully by their own wives: "Where are your eyes looking?"

In the seat, Song Yuan's wife also attended with her children, and she looked up at the queen with thousands of entanglements in her heart. Song Yuan had already written to her, explained some things to her, and assured her that there would never be anything like the rumored thing to happen, but Mrs. Song didn't know why, but instead looked at the sincerity of the paper and became more and more flustered. She understands her husband, and if Song Yuan is really fine, she doesn't bother to explain it at all.

Mrs. Song lowered her head and took a sip of wine, suppressing her thoughts.

Yun Sheng was sitting opposite, his son didn't know how to run there to play crazy, Yun Sheng had always raised his son like a sheep and didn't care at all, and inadvertently glanced at Mrs. Song's loss in a joke, such a gaze, she had seen it on her cousin and even Shen Zhe's face. Yunshang looked at the queen, and her heart couldn't help but feel heavy.

The banquet dispersed, Concubine Shu sent the Queen Mother back to the palace, and Min'er didn't mix, and slowly walked back to Shangyang Hall with her daughters. At this time, the bright moon is in the sky, in the Taiye Pool, the Shangyang Hall is like a bright night pearl, and the bright moon is competing for glory in this Mid-Autumn Festival, Min'er smiled and said to Yuan Yuan: "Yuan Yuan misses his father, you look up at this moon, the ancients said that the moon is born on the sea at this time, and the moon that my father sees now is the same as what Yuan Yuan sees."

The innocent child, with his eyes rolling, thought he understood what the queen mother meant, and immediately waved his hand at the moon, as if greeting his father. The small appearance amused Min'er a lot, and she also learned from her daughter to wave her hand to the moon together, and sighed with a smile at the end: "Why doesn't your father love home, the queen mother really misses him."

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor rewarded the soldiers in the camp, and he did not drink too much wine, and he was anxious to go back to the big tent to see the map of the distribution of salt lakes that he had obtained today, and wanted to redraw the new border as reasonably as possible.

At this moment, he had just retired a few ministers, and was looking at the map, and he was going to negotiate with the Prince of Liang and the monarch of Zanxi tomorrow, he thought that he would not bring too much harm to Zanxi, nor let Liang not get benefits, so naturally the most important thing was that he must fight for more and richer land for Daqi.

Outside the big tent, there was a faint sound of singing and laughter in the camp, and Xiang Ye smiled slightly when he heard it. The soldiers who followed him were difficult to be comfortable in this life, they had already left their heads on the killing field, and they were destined to fight in the north and south in this life, and they were born for the war. The rare comfort and relaxation are so precious.

Xiang Ye got up, took off his sword, and took a soft cloth to wipe it gently. Let's say that in the past few years, he has changed a habit, when he no longer holds a sword, his hands will no longer know how to place, when the two jade bone fans have fallen into the Taiye Pool, he has also changed this problem, or, is that he, the emperor, finally has self-confidence.

With the sound of "rubbing", Xiang Ye drew his sword out of the sheath, but only a small cold light was revealed, and his face was illuminated on the bright blade of the sword, the sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and the dense stubble were all vicissitudes.

"Min'er, I seem to be getting older again, how are you now?" Xiang Ye muttered to himself, thinking of his wife and children, his heart was hot, but before he stuffed the sword back into the scabbard, there was a sudden loud noise outside, and the emperor's heart twitched, only to see the soldiers in front of the door break in, shouting: "There are assassins in the emperor, we have been attacked."

Xiang Ye clenched the sword in his hand, did not panic, strode to the front of the camp tent to look, the wine of singing and dancing was stirred upside down, the soldiers who drank the wine were caught off guard, and in the sound of killing, Xiang Ye had already smelled the blood in the air.

"Your Majesty! Emperor! Xiang Ye's own soldiers rushed towards him, "Your Majesty, we can't fight, it's better to retreat." ”

Xiang Ye drew his sword out of the sheath and was furious: "Where to retreat?" Kill me! ", from.