Zhan Doudou got up from the collapse, and his own manager put a gray and black sè coat on him, walked to the door of the hall, and looked at the snowflakes fluttering outside the hall, the supreme ruler of the Northern Qi fell into deep thought.

The Northern Qi Dynasty inherited the Great Wei, and he liked black and green and other solemn and upright sè, which is the case with this thousand-year-old palace built on the mountain, and the clothes he wears today are basically these two kinds of Yan sè. His ** feet were covered in warm velvet shoes, and he didn't know if they were warm.

Snowflakes drifted through his slightly squinted eyes, and fell on the quiet ground, this hall is deep in the depths of the palace, not far from the Queen Mother's palace, not far from the small pavilion behind the mountain, very quiet, if there is no His Majesty's Qin Zhun, any idle people are not allowed to approach. The number of eunuchs and palace maids serving on the left and right of this palace is very small, and they are all old mothers and slaves brought up by the queen mother back then, and there is no need to worry about the biggest secret of Northern Qi being leaked.

However, in such a safe situation, the Emperor of Northern Qi still put his hands behind his back, calmly looking directly into the snow, and did not reveal a trace of weakness at all, perhaps for her, disguising herself as a man is no longer a thing that needs to be done with her heart, something that needs to be hidden, but she has already seen herself as a man, an emperor, this breath has long been deeply rooted in her flesh and bones, and cannot be separated.

"After Chen Pingping's death, there are only three people left in the world who are qualified to have children. A complicated look appeared on her face, the weather was a little cold, and her cheeks were a little red, but she didn't mean to be coquettish, but she had a bit of a sense of killing, "I never thought that Chen Pingping would play such a ...... in the end."

The Northern Qi Emperor's eyebrows furrowed, he sighed coldly, and said: "Now I understand why the national teacher cares so much about Chen Pingping's longevity before he leaves. It turned out that he had already seen it, and wanted to force Fan Xian to turn his face with his cheap father, but only Chen Pingping finally took the initiative to choose. ”

"I don't understand why Chen Pingping did this, what kind of hatred can make him do this?" she sneered and said, "I think it has something to do with that woman back then." ”

The manager slowly walked to her side, glanced at her worriedly, handed over the small stove in his hand, and asked softly, "Among the three people, Fan Xian is also included?"

She is the granddaughter of the prince of the former dynasty of Nanqing, but now she is the only favored concubine in the palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the relationship between her and the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty is more intimate than many people guess, they are partners, partners who have grown up together since childhood, and they are also the objects of confiding in each other. Previously, the Emperor of Northern Qi said that after Chen Pingping's death, there were only three people who were eligible to settle in the world, and if these three people included Fan Xian...... "Of course Fan Xian is qualified." The Emperor of Northern Qi gently rubbed the slightly hot stove, sighed and said: "He has a good mother, and he is ruthless enough to himself, so he has the power he has now...... Don't underestimate his energy, there are good things hidden in Dongyi City. ”

"At least for now, Emperor Qing doesn't want to drive him to a dead end, he still wants to subdue him, because subduing Fan Xian and his family is far more beneficial to Nanqing than eliminating him. Emperor Beiqi said quietly: "This alone proves the power in Fan Xian's hands, and Emperor Qing is also afraid." ”

"It's freezing, don't stand at the door of the temple. The manager looked at the emperor's face cautiously, and the corner of his eye imperceptibly brushed over the abdomen wrapped in the big coat.

The emperor was such a wise and sensitive person, he immediately noticed her gaze, and a trace of disgust suddenly appeared on his face, and his cheeks tightened slightly, as if he was clenching his teeth tightly and suppressing his anger.

Looking at the emperor's expression, Si Lili snorted and couldn't help laughing: "I don't know what Lord Xiao Fan would think if he knew about His Majesty's situation at this time." ”

"That guy is ruthless, but ...... But he is a rotten Confucian. The Emperor of Northern Qi was merciless, criticizing the man in the south meanly, and said with a sneer: "What you have done in the past few months, how naïve and naïve and foolish! The current situation has developed so far, and he still hopes to solve the problem within Nanqing, and he still wants to let this matter come to an end with fewer deaths...... After all, he underestimated Emperor Qing, even if his emperor Lao Tzu was not a great grandmaster, where could these little hands and feet of his shake his status?"

"If you want to change the dynasty with fewer deaths? It's ridiculous to the extreme. The Northern Qi Emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't listen to Si Lili's words, leaving the gate of the palace at the beginning of the snowstorm, and said coldly: "If I don't help him this time, Dongyi City will face the Yanjing camp, no matter what the victory or defeat of the two sides, I will depend on him, how can he still disguise a rich idler in Kyoto." ”

"Is it true that Your Majesty just wants to help him defend Dongyi City?" asked softly with a slight roll of his eyes.

The Emperor of Northern Qi stiffened slightly, as if he didn't expect Si Lili to see his other plans at a glance, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I am the lord of Northern Qi, how can I hurt my Great Qi sergeant because of a man...... Helping him is actually helping himself, Nanqing is not messing up, Daqi is under too much pressure. Besides, Emperor Qing has always had the idea of the Northern Expedition, and now General Uesugi is guarding the south, testing first, and then controlling the center, with preparation, it will always be easier in the future. ”

"I'm just a little worried about the Uesugi Tigers. Si Lili lowered his eyebrows and responded, this sentence is actually not the turn of a harem concubine, but she, the concubine Ligui, in many cases, is actually similar to the advisors of the Northern Qi Emperor.

"The foreign enemy is strong, even if the Uesugi Tiger remembers the hatred that I joined forces with Fan Xian to kill Sean back then......" The Northern Qi Emperor frowned slightly, "However, if Nanqing does not eliminate the idea of northern invasion, General Uesugi will not forget the world because of personal enmity...... That's true for me, and so is Shogun Uesugi. ”

"It's just that Lord Xiao Fan is already in a difficult situation in the south right now, and once the people of the Nanqing Imperial Court see that General Uesugi sent troops this time...... The relationship with Dongyi City's side ......" A trace of worry flashed between the eyebrows of the manager, and he couldn't help but worry about Fan Xian. The three women who have a relationship with Fan Xian in the capital city, the begonia flowers are far away on the grassland, and the emperor in the palace is ruthless, and he is afraid that he doesn't care much about Fan Xian's life or death, but the manager can't help but worry about the man who is sometimes gentle and sometimes cold.

"I have never worried that the southerners will see the true purpose of this southward trip, this is not much to hide, at least those who know the true state of affairs between the Nanqing court and Dongyi City can definitely guess. The Emperor of Northern Qi said indifferently: "Wang Zhikun of Yanjing must be the first to guess...... Guess what you're afraid of? Even if it spreads, I'm not afraid, colluding with Daqi, thinking that this is a crime that Fan Xian can't afford. ”

When Si Lili heard this, he couldn't help but sigh faintly, and said, "It turns out that His Majesty has never had the idea of forcing him to come to the capital...... It's just that if he really gets to that point, will he still be able to come back alive?"

The wind and snow were chilling and making people's cheeks flush, and the Emperor of Northern Qi looked at the wind and snow and said slowly: "If he is alive but refuses to come, what is the difference between me and you and death?"

"Duoduo shouldn't know about this. The manager looked up at her.

"The little aunt is on the grassland, and the people on Xiliang Road are dead again, so it's inconvenient to contact her. The Emperor of Northern Qi lowered his head, looked at his toes, was silent for a long time, his right hand suddenly raised, trembling slightly, as if he wanted to touch his abdomen, but this action was not made for a long time.

However, the fingertips were slightly upturned, and finally revealed a hint of feminine brilliance.

"Your Majesty, the military report has arrived, and the ministers are waiting in the Heqi Pavilion. An old eunuch outside the hall whispered and said hurriedly, now that the south is fighting with the Qing people, the military situation is tense, and no one dares to make a mistake, and the people of Northern Qi found their army for the first time, and finally bravely launched the offensive first, and the mood is also very different than before.

Hearing this, Huo Ran, the Emperor of Northern Qi, raised his head, and the trace of softness in his eyes had already turned into a cold-like calm. The manager hurriedly tied a gold and jade belt around her black waist. She walked towards the outside of the hall, her footsteps were steady, and her imperial bearing was fully revealed. Out of the deep hall, Lord Wolf Tao and He Daoren were already waiting outside.

In the tenth year of ———————————————— Qingli, Dongyi City nominally surrendered to Nanqing, and the general trend of the world saw irreversible changes, but a rain in Kyoto at the beginning of autumn brought the situation back. Regardless of Fan Xian, who was in the middle of the whirlpool, whether he really had such a far-sighted plan at the beginning, but at least the current Dongyi City was actually under the control of him and His Highness.

I have to say that Sigu Jian's last life really exerted his most powerful effect at this moment. The thirteen sons of Jianlu, except for Yun Zhilan as the lord of Dongyi City, the rest of the twelve people and the masters of those grandchildren were all gathered under Fan Xian's command. Coupled with the 10,000 jīng soldiers led by the Great Prince of Nanqing, plus the 4,000 black cavalry left by Chen Pingping to Fan Xian, as long as the cooperation between Fan Xian and the Great Prince is unhindered, Dongyi City has once again become a separate force.

In any way, the trust and cooperation between Fan Xian and the eldest prince is not so easy to break, which has been extremely reflected in the Kyoto rebellion three years ago.

After the death of Si Gu Jian, Dongyi City still maintained its dúlì, and presumably the soul of this great master after his death would also be pleased.

Of course, the key to achieving the current situation, in addition to the strength of Dongyi City itself, in fact, the most critical thing is the autumn offensive suddenly launched by the Northern Qi military in the late autumn of the tenth year of Qingli.

Immediately after that, the northern realm was launched, and it made the appearance of going south in an all-round way, forcing Nanqing to prepare for war with all his might, and a big war seemed to be about to break out on the day of next year.

And this, at least gave Dongyi City and Fan Xian half a year's buffer time.

No matter how the Northern Qi emperor, who was disguised as a man, hid her inner thoughts in front of the manager, and only put the interests of the Northern Qi court and the people first, she couldn't convince herself. She did this qiē, a lot of Cheng dù is because of the man in Nanqing, the man who has been fighting with her for several years, cooperating for several years, fighting for several years, and finally becoming her first and only man.

When the news of the war in the north-central part of the continent reached Kyoto, it was already early winter, and this year's weather in Kyoto was a little abnormal, and the autumn rain was even denser, which seemed to squeeze all the moisture in the sky out.

Without the Supervision Yuan, the intelligence of Baoyue Tower is all corner news after all, Fan Xian does not know the true inside story of the battle in the north, but this does not prevent him from analyzing the judgment close to the truth. Unlike what Zhan Doudou expected, the outbreak of the war did not make Fan Xian angry, because he was not a real saint after all, but just an ordinary person, he knew that the female emperor in the north was helping him, and it was difficult to be angry about anything, he was just a little depressed.

The reason for the smear of yīn between his eyebrows was very complicated, perhaps he found that he actually had no way to influence the thoughts of the Northern Qi royal family, even if he pinched the other party's biggest handle, but the other party was a king after all, and would have her own thoughts. Another reason is the attitude of the harem after this incident.

The Northern Qi invasion, retreat, not receiving, preparing for war, this series of four blows, in fact, is to share the pressure for Dongyi City, but all the sharp-eyed big people can see this, so some people also know the role that Fan Xian plays in this. Although there are not many people who understand this, and it has not affected the discussion among the people of Qing, the silence in the palace still made Fan Xian a little unexpected.

Those Nanqing bigwigs will be shocked by Fan Xian's influence, shocked that he can actually let the Northern Qi people send troops to help, such as Liu Guogong, who rarely went to the palace once a few days ago, that night, Liu's father, who had been silent in the court for many years, but Liu Guogong, who was still there, talked with Fan for a whole night.

He is Liu's biological father, and he is also Fan Xian's ancestor, Fan Xian has always been extremely respectful of Guogong Lane in Beijing over the years, although this Guogong rarely goes out of the house, but at critical moments, he has always stood on Fan Xian's side, so for the other party's lesson, although Fan Xian was silent, but did not refute.

As a Qing ** person, Liu Guogong was a little shocked and frightened by the faint relationship between the war in the north and Fan's mansion, but the matter couldn't be clarified, so the old man just came to Shangfu to tell Fan Xian a few sentences and reminded a few sentences.

Even Liu Guogong, a character who does not care about the world, began to be jealous of the role that Fan Xian might play, why was the palace so calm? Fan Xian did not believe that Emperor Lao Tzu would be shocked by the changes in the north, and even less believed that even if his Northern Qi strong reinforcement was exposed in front of Emperor Lao Tzu, Emperor Lao Tzu would be a little jealous.

His Majesty originally needed a war, where would he be afraid of the invasion of the Northern Qi people, but this kind of silence and silence was really a bit unusual.

At the beginning of winter, on the winter solstice, dumplings begin to cook in large pots in houses in Kyoto, and the business of killing sheep in various shops is extremely good, and the delicious mutton soup seems to rise in every corner of the streets.

The Prince's Mansion, which has been silent in Kyoto for a long time, is open today, and there are distinguished guests, but it still can't be lively, because there are always only a few people who come. And the forbidden army who was in charge of guarding outside the prince's mansion watched the movements everywhere with jǐng ti's eyes, and now the role of these forbidden troops is to guard this palace.

The eldest prince did not return to Beijing to resist the holy will, this matter was not publicized, only a few ministers in the court knew, a prince who was leading the army, did not obey the decree, this matter was originally extremely rebellious, just for the face of the imperial court and the Li royal family, in the case of the Yanjing camp could not enter Dongyi City, the imperial court remained silent for the time being, but no one was willing to relax the care of the prince's mansion.

Fan Xian took Shuning's little hand, walked into Prince He's mansion with a smile on his face, and walked side by side with the princess towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Lin Wan'er was pulled away by Ye Ling'er as soon as she entered the mansion, and she didn't know what she would say about this handkerchief.

"Lord Xiao Fan is really amazing. "And the princess has no prestige, just blindly tranquil, she is now waiting for a hostage, she can't go out of the mansion all the year round, and it is rare to find the winter solstice today, but she invited these young people who are in the most delicate situation in Kyoto over.

Fan Xian and his wife, Ye Ling'er, the county lord of Roujia, plus the prince and princess and the side concubine Wang Yu'er, this is already most of the people in the Qingguo royal family, except for the three princes in the deep palace, the younger generation of the Li royal family has gathered in the palace, and the situation of these young people is not good.

Celestia laughed. Fan Xian responded in a harmonious voice: "If you are talking about things outside Cangzhou City, I think you should know better than me that the little emperor in the north is not a horn that I can move." ”

The princess looked at him with a complicated expression, and said quietly: "It is precisely because I know the emperor's brother that I don't understand, how can you say that he will send troops to help you." ”

"I don't think I need to mention it. Fan Xian smiled and replied, "At least it's a good thing for His Highness who is far away in Dongyi City...... It's just that you are alone in Kyoto, Princess, if there is any inconvenience, please tell me. ”

The princess smiled slightly, and bowed solemnly, although the current situation is unpredictable, but she knows that she made a mistake back then, and now she can't make this kind of mistake again, her husband and the young man in front of her have been tied together, tied to Dongyi City.

"The Yanjing camp pointed at Dongyi, I don't know how Wang Yu'er feels in the mansion. Fan Xian saw that Shuning beside him couldn't walk anymore, so he picked her up and asked the princess. The little girl couldn't understand what the elders were saying, so she opened a pair of big eyes curiously, and turned around Fan Xian's face and the princess's face.

"Although she is a little arrogant, she is actually an innocent child, but she is a little boring, sometimes I ask her to go to Yefu for a walk, and she is so happy that she can't ...... By the way, she once thought about going to Fan's Mansion to have a look, but as you know, it's always not very convenient. ”

"Understood. Fan Xian smiled slightly, looked at the princess and said, "I thought about it at the beginning, the princess is in the mansion, and there should be no problem with Miss Wang." ”

"This is not what you made up at the beginning, by the way, Miss Masoso still has no name, and she is finally getting older......" A trace of gloom flashed between the princess's eyebrows, and now the eldest prince is far away in Dongyi, fighting against the imperial court, her hostage life in Kyoto is naturally extremely bleak, and there is a child-like side concubine in the house, and there is a straightforward but incomprehensible Hu Nu who makes her really embarrassed.

Fan Xian sighed and said: "Where can I take care of these now, but although I was the demon son made by Zhengqing of Taichang Temple at the beginning, you and I know that it is just the meaning of Your Majesty." ”

At this point, it was tasteless to talk about, and it happened that the two of them had already crossed the wooden bridge over the lake to the middle of the pavilion. The pavilion is full of glass windows, transparent to light and wind, there are several stoves, the atmosphere is like chūn, pleasant, Fan Xian squinted slightly, looked at the four girls who were talking together in the corner of the pavilion, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

One year on the winter solstice, Fan Xian was summoned into the palace as the county lord's concubine, and under the ice-like gaze of the queen mother, he ate a mutton soup with great interest. It seems that it was still in that year that the eldest prince opened the mansion to entertain guests, and it was in this pavilion that in addition to the crown prince, all the young people of the Li royal family arrived, and the second prince also arrived.

Now that the queen mother is dead, the second prince is dead, the prince is dead, the people who should die, and the people who don't should die are all dead, leaving Fan Xian who was locked in Kyoto, the eldest prince who was separated from Dongyi, the three princes who were secluded in the palace, plus these five girls.

All the children were faintly standing opposite him, could he be better? Fan Xian couldn't help but think of the emperor in the palace, standing at the entrance of the pavilion a little distracted, and was speechless for a long time.

The hot pot was sent in, but everyone was a little silent at today's meal, probably thinking of something in their hearts. Fan Xian sat next to Rou Jia, like a warm and amiable brother, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, shabu the mutton in the bowl for her, the girls in this pavilion, probably Rou Jia is the most timid and pitiful, although there is a rumor in the palace, the king of Jingjun will return to the house in a few days, but thinking of a girl's family in the Jingjun palace lonely for several months, Fan Xian can't help but pity.

There were no servants in the pavilion, and everyone spoke more casually, even Wang Yu'er, who was a little restrained and strange, and had an interesting look in his eyes, did not feel left out. Fan Xian got up and went to the corner of the pavilion to pick up silver charcoal, but in the corner of his eye, he saw Ye Ling'er coming over.

"I know you feel sorry for Wang Yu'er. Fan Xian stood up, looked at her and whispered. What kind of ending will Wang Chan'er have in the future, will she become a young widow like Ye Ling'er? No one knows.

Ye Ling'er sighed, she was no longer the pretty woman who rode through the streets of Kyoto back then, and said, "Master, are you going to keep making trouble with Your Majesty like this?"

Fan Xian was silent for a moment and then said, "You asked me to death...... However, in the eyes of His Majesty, I am only afraid that there is no me at all, and in a few days, maybe there will be news from the west, you can help me inquire about the news, and there is any movement in the Privy Council. ”

"In terms of political affairs, my father won't let me interfere, and I'm not Sun Hao'er. Ye Ling'er glanced at him, and then said with a slightly gloomy face: "I don't know what you're doing, master, I just want to persuade you." ”