The deployment of Xiyuan Xizhou was a complete failure, but the equipment of Cui Jie's army was only a little bit short, as long as the Qin State and the country's minerals were not only completed in less than a year, plus the 80,000 and 480,000 elite troops newly allocated to Cui Jie.

The money and food are almost there, and they can support the three-year campaign, and now they can start to clean up these families, as long as the court is united, they can send troops, but they have a long-cherished wish.

This birthday will be the last time for Emperor Qiyuan, so let's prepare some generous gifts for him.

He ordered people to prepare generous gifts in advance, select envoys for the mission, and set off in a month and a half.

Resting in the princess's room that night, early the next morning, someone took the housekeeper of the Dai family and sent a red background gilt invitation, it turned out to be someone from Cui's mansion, and wanted to invite the prince to be the main marriage, the prince saw it, and frowned unhappily.

The man said: "Dai's mansion invited Princess Yan to be a dresser, and the mansion said that they couldn't lose to their family, so they wanted to invite His Royal Highness the prince to marry the little prince." ”

Cui Yue had an accident, and this group of people are still enjoying peace, and it is really getting more and more unreasonable to entangle themselves with these trivial things.

Seeing that the crown prince was displeased, the crown princess frowned and reprimanded: "His Royal Highness the crown prince is busy every day, and the palace still has to trouble His Royal Highness with these trivial matters, and I am not as good as the princess and princess of the imperial aunt, go back and tell the palace, saying that I don't agree, and when the time comes, I will go in person." ”

The man saw that the crown princess was angry, and he was just a talker, so he didn't dare to say much, but he was only submissive.

The crown princess threw the invitation into his arms: "Take this thing back for me, now that I have a long ability, I also use the invitation to scare people, let them restrain themselves, don't be like an ignorant nouveau riche, show off everywhere." ”

The man took the invitation, listened to it, and went out with a kowtow.

The prince helped her sit down and comforted, "You don't have to be angry, just talk about it, you are pregnant now, you should pay attention." ”

Leaning on the prince's arms, he said softly, "It's just that the concubines always think of His Royal Highness's hardships every day, but the ones who cause chaos are always their own families, and they don't want to go in their hearts, I just hope that they will have some hearts, don't always do something brainless, and the concubines can rest assured." ”

The prince's heart moved, knowing that her heart was towards herself, her wife, virtuous and virtuous, took care of the housekeeping in an orderly manner, and it was ten years since she got married, and there was no contradiction between the two, and it was also a rare harmony in the royal family.

"Since you are married to me, I will protect you and your family, and they are also my mother, you can be a good princess without worry, don't worry about things outside, and give Ce'er a younger brother or sister with peace of mind. ”

"Why don't we tell them about Yue'er? So that they have a sense of crisis and can be more restrained. ”

"Counting on them to converge, these are not enough, according to their personalities, I am afraid that they will destroy our plan, not to mention that they can't save Yue'er, and it is difficult to say whether it will cause contradictions between the two countries. ”

When the crown princess heard this, she thought about it, even if it wasn't for Yue'er, for their so-called face, she would be impulsive, and it would be better not to tell them, "Your Highness is still thoughtful." ”

The two of them stayed for a while, and someone came to report that a letter had arrived, and the princess dressed the prince for him, watched the prince go out, stroked his stomach, and smiled slightly.

After breakfast, the eldest son of the crown princess, Lian Ce, came to ask for peace, and learned that his mother was pregnant again, and he was also happy, as the eldest son of the prince, although he was only eight years old, but under the influence of the prince, he was also serious.

The prince is very strict with him and has high expectations, except for the cronies that the prince can train for him, he has no friends, if he has a younger brother or sister, he can also have a companion, so his little hand gently touched the belly of the concubine, and then withdrew his hand.

"Mother, you have to be obedient, you can't work anymore, I will protect you. ”

"Be good," the princess smiled and touched his head, feeling extremely happy for a while.

When I first got married to the prince, it was also when the prince was just in power, the situation was unstable at that time, and it was difficult to give birth to a child, but now it is finally stable, thinking of the capable eldest brother, and thinking that it would be good if I could give birth to a girl, and a girl is happiest if she has a brother.

"Does Ce'er want a younger brother, or a younger sister?"

"Well, I want them all, but my sister is the best, my sister is the cutest, I will definitely teach her well when the time comes, and I will definitely not hate her like other princesses, I want to raise her to be the best girl, and then many people ask for marriage, I don't want to marry my sister to them." ”

The crown princess couldn't stop laughing at these words, the warmth between mother and son is always short-lived, Lian Ce is going to school, and he happily bids farewell to his mother, thinking that he must become very strong and then protect them.

The prince received a letter saying that although he had not yet found out who the people sent by Emperor Chu were, but found traces of the Dragon Shadow Guard of Chu State in it, it seems that Emperor Chu attached great importance to this matter, and the people sent to assassinate Xie Yuan's father and daughter were all wiped out, and none of them came back, the old monsters in Cangshan were all dead, and Xie Ling had already rushed to Xie Yuan. Emperor Chu was seriously ill this time, and unexpectedly, the ten princes, mothers and sons, seemed to want to get out of control, and the heir of Emperor Chu's choice was also elusive.

The strategists in the hall couldn't help frowning, what was going on during this time, why everything was not going well.

The prince knew what they were thinking when he saw their appearance, but a young man standing behind him smiled, "What is there to worry about, it's just that there was no opponent before, everything was too smooth, so we couldn't help but be a little arrogant, now it's just a small setback, the overall situation is still there, why bother." ”

Everyone was taught by a young man, and they were not convinced, but the prince suppressed everyone, "Tell me, who is our opponent?"

The man waved at the prince, "Xie Ling, since Xie Ling returned to Beijing, he has planned to destroy my plan to merge with the state in Beijing, and then it was Xie Ming, Xie Yuan and others who destroyed our layout in the mine, he should have discovered our plan, although the Xie family has withdrawn from the court for ten years, but the foundation is still there, and his ears and eyes are still clear, he will not return to Beijing for no reason, so it must be him who is against us." ”

The other strategists said, "Xie Ling is young and has no foundation in Chu Jing, so he can only get the support of Emperor Chu first, how can Emperor Chu easily trust a young man who has not seen him for ten years." ”

"This is the terrible thing about the Xie family, there are many people who have the ability, but the people who have the ability and do not overstep the rules can still gain the trust of those in power, the most terrible, the Xie family has stood for more than 300 years, relying not only on ability, most of the courtiers of the Chu State have been investigated, only him, who will suddenly appear, not him, who else will be. ”

The prince smiled, "That's right, what else do you have to judge, let's talk about it together." ”

"And the person chosen by Xie Ling should be the fifth prince Jun Wang, not to mention the cooperation between the Xie family and Jun Wang, among the princes of Emperor Chu, although King Ye is the eldest son, but he only knows internal affairs, and can only be the king of Shoucheng, Xie Ling knows the current situation, he will not choose him, according to the Xie family's high status, he will not choose the selfish third prince, the unmotivated Nine Princes, and the ten princes with mediocre ability, only the inconspicuous Five Princes can be selected, so he should want to support the Five Princes. ”

A strategist said, "What can we do if we know this, our original intention was to support the Ten Princes, who was originally an opponent." ”

The man ignored him, and still faced the prince and said, "Xie Ling left Beijing, and the affairs must be handed over to King Jun, let's bite King Jun to rebel, encircle Wei to save Zhao, let the elites everywhere hide, let them catch some irrelevant people, and then create some false information, so that Emperor Chu will disappoint them." As for the candidates for support, I think the three princes are more suitable. ”

"Oh?"

"The Ten Princes are too useless, they are not scheming enough, and his mother is also a smart lady, it is difficult to become a big thing, it is better to discard it, let them think that our plan has failed, and we will secretly support the Third Prince, so that we can have a chance. ”

The prince praised, "Don't stick to the temporary predicament, have a long-term vision, he is indeed a good seedling, and he will do the prince's mansion today, follow me." ”

The man said happily, "Ning Ming has more appreciation from the prince." ”

The prince waved away the strategists, and he and his henchmen, as well as Ning Ming, entered to discuss the details.

After discussion, the prince was really impressed by him, he didn't like to talk on weekdays, he could get to the point as soon as he said it, and he had his own opinions on everything, and he looked at the person recommended by Cui Jie, that's right, so he asked, "Why don't you talk on weekdays?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, Wei Chen is observing His Highness, knowing that His Highness is a Ming monarch, and the ministers are happy and convinced. ”

When the prince heard this, he didn't get angry, but laughed, "It's hard for you, a young man, to be able to suppress yourself, hide all your ideas, and don't rush to behave." ”

Ning Ming said, "I don't want to say it, but I just talk about the timing of everything, and although people respect people who can see the subtleties, but it is related to the overall situation, and they have to observe and scrutinize slowly. ”

Prince Dayue, with such a person of insight, why worry about the great cause.

But Ning Ming said solemnly, "Weichen has a message, please listen to it." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"The minister knows that His Royal Highness is smart and capable, but he doesn't have to bow down to everything, the previous layout of His Royal Highness and General Cui is indeed enough, but in the future, the great cause must be many talents, no matter how capable His Highness is, if there is no one under him, it will be difficult to achieve great things, and the strategists will only echo others in order not to make mistakes, and His Highness might as well rectify it. ”

"What you said is that I will give them some opportunities in the future, and those who are useful will stay, and those who are useless will not be able to stay. ”

"Your Highness, the wind of the emperor. ”

The prince was very useful, and told Ning Ming Cui Jie's rescue plan, so that he could think about what was wrong.

Ning Ming thought about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with the plan, and it will be fine if the details are scrutinized, but there is a problem that must be solved.

"Your Royal Highness, this plan is nothing, it's just that the focus is on Miss Cui, if Miss Cui suffers, she can withstand it, but the humiliation she suffers, I'm afraid it will make her confused, not to mention that when she arrives in Chujing, the Xie family is in front of her, I'm afraid that she can't help but do something out of the ordinary." ”

"Yes, Yue'er is arrogant and arrogant, and she thinks that her scheming is unparalleled, I am afraid that she can't help but take revenge, the Xie family is not easy to get along with, not to mention that people are eager to kill her, it is indeed not safe for her to go to Chujing. ”