Beicang Imperial Palace is located in the center of Jian'an City, looking at it from afar, the palace is majestic, the wall is high, it is solemn and solemn, the atmosphere is magnificent, and it shines a little dazzling light in the morning light.

In the main hall, Emperor Fu Hao of Beicang sits on the golden carved dragon seat directly above the palace. He was wearing a dragon robe, wearing a jade crown on his head, his temples were full of hair, several wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and forehead were of different shades, and a pair of slightly majestic eyes also showed the vicissitudes of time.

The atmosphere in the hall was a little stagnant and depressing, and after a long time, Huangfu Haocai asked in a light tone: "Chen'er, why didn't your father return to Beijing for a long time?" ”

Huang Fuchen's eyebrows frowned slightly, his heart hurt fiercely, and then he raised his head, a pair of black eyes were already indifferent like water, and he didn't see any waves, he looked straight at the majestic figure high above, and saluted: "The son knows his mistake, please ask the emperor to surrender!" ”

The voice of alienation and indifference was like a basin of cold water poured on Huang Fuhao's body, so he couldn't help but feel suffocated, and his hand full of loose skin wrinkles tightly held the armrest of the dragon chair, stabilizing his mind, and then he returned to his usual indifference, and said: "For the sake of your past achievements, I will spare you this time, first tell me your opinion on this conscription." ”

Huangfu Chen pondered for a while, and then said solemnly: "Erchen thinks that the previous compulsory conscription system of one household should be changed to voluntarily join the army. Any hot-blooded man who has the heart to serve the country, regardless of his background, can obtain the corresponding rank in the army by virtue of his military exploits. ”

"Ridiculous!" Huang Fuhao slapped his palm on the long case in front of him, shaking the tea cup on the long case to overflow with some water stains, and said angrily, "I originally thought that you had grown a lot over the years at the border pass, but it seems that you are still as willful and reckless as ever, I don't know the depth!" ”

The palace servants who served in the palace immediately knelt on the ground, and some old people who had served in the palace for a long time secretly thought in their hearts that the second prince was going to suffer again.

Huang Fuchen ignored the anger of the old emperor, no matter what he did, he couldn't get a word of praise from him, and he was punished again, anyway, he was used to it, and continued: "The sons have their own sons, in the past, the forced conscription of all dynasties, although the number of people has increased, the momentum is huge, but most of them are ordinary militia, but the combat effectiveness has not been greatly improved. Moreover, the conscripted peasant family is also extremely reluctant, how can a soldier who is unwilling to join the army wholeheartedly charge on the battlefield and kill the enemy bravely? ”

Hearing this, the old emperor slightly reduced his anger, fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he slowly spoke: "As you said, the common people are unwilling to join the army, what else do you advocate for voluntary registration, and who will report?" And that's not too much! ”

"Naturally! As long as we change the conscription system to the conscription system in Beicang, the civilian army can also be the same as those hereditary government soldiers with military merits and become knights. ”

Huangfu Chen's sentences are heartfelt, and every word is beautiful, so that the old emperor is not only a little enthusiastic when he listens to it, but his vicissitudes of life overflow with a period of brilliance, as if returning to the heroic and hearty time when he was young. For a moment, he thought of the gentle and graceful and empathetic shadow again, and suddenly felt haggard and tired, and his eyes dimmed immediately, and waved his hand to Huangfu Chen: "That's it for today, I'm tired, you can retreat." ”

Huangfu Chen lifted the hem of his clothes, bent his knees slightly, knelt on the ground with a "poof", and said loudly: "Erchen is brave, without the permission of his father, he has ordered Lord Nanling County to carry out autumn recruitment in advance, and now more than 1,000 militia have been recruited, and they have gathered and set off three days ago, and now they should have arrived at the front barracks." If the father wants to punish his son, the son will never complain. ”

Huangfu Chen thought that he would be criticized as before, but after a long time, the old emperor still didn't say a word of reprimand, still waved his hand at him, and said in a somewhat vain voice: "Go back." ”

Huang Fuchen got up wordlessly and left the main hall, and his tall figure walked on the marble paved ground, casting a lonely and desolate shadow, and his heart was empty and uncomfortable. Father was so disappointed in him that he didn't even want to reprimand him and just threw him back?

Knowing that the high-ranking person did not have a trace of father-son warmth for himself, he said that he would no longer ask for extravagance, but Huang Fuchen still couldn't stop the deep desire in his heart. He didn't want to be alone, unconsciously, he thought of that little figure again, it was a warm sun that lived in the depths of his heart, and now it was so beautiful, Yue'er, where did you go alone now?

Just when Huang Fuchen was deep in his inner world, a slightly sharp voice abruptly interrupted his thoughts: "Second Highness, stay here!" ”

Huang Fuchen raised his eyes and followed the sound, and saw a figure wearing a eunuch's palace uniform walking quickly from the cobblestone path on the left. After staying in front of him and bowing down, she smiled slightly and said, "The queen mother has heard that Her Royal Highness has returned to the court, and she has been waiting in Fengqi Palace for a long time. ”

"Grandpa Sun?" Huang Fuchen recognized that the person was Gonggong Sun who had been serving the queen's side, not only his eyebrows were slightly twisted, but a trace of anger and disgust quickly accumulated in his slightly confused eyes, and he said coldly: "There is Queen Lao's mother worried, there are important things in the palace, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, go first!" ”

Gonggong Sun looked at the back of Huangfu Chen's striding away, didn't dare to stop him, didn't dare to stop any longer, returned from the same way in a slip of smoke, and went straight to Fengqi Palace to report to the queen.

In the Fengqi Palace, the queen night phantom phoenix is dressed in a phoenix robe, gracefully sitting on the main seat, although she is over forty years old, but because of proper maintenance, her face has not changed greatly, and the eyebrows can still be seen between the stunning and glamorous of the year, a pair of slightly raised Danfeng eyes looked at the door of the hall from time to time, and the hands folded on her knees were also tightly clasped together, obviously restless, secretly worried or looking forward to something.

When she saw Grandpa Sun's slightly bowed figure appear at the door of the main hall, her eyes couldn't help but look back eagerly past him, and then, the light in her eyes dimmed, and a faint disappointment crossed it. The corners of his mouth paradoxically raised a slight arc, like a wry smile, more like self-deprecation.

At this time, Sun Yan had already come to the center of the main hall, bowed down, bowed his head and said: "The slave is incompetent, and he failed to invite His Royal Highness to the second highness, please punish the mother." ”