Chapter 35: Candidates

Imperial Palace.

Du Zhenhe frowned and looked at the military newspaper in his hand. "Retreating?"

The military aircraft minister held his fist and said, "Your Majesty, the Liang army is fierce this time, although General Bu is brave and good at fighting, but he is not very proficient in the art of war, and the Liang army is cunning and has an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield." "Are there no more available generals?" "Back to the emperor, General Zhao Xuechi may be able to use it." "Widow remembers, Zhao Xuechi seems to be an archer general?" "Yes." "Anyone else?" "Back to the emperor, although the remaining soldiers are brave, they have never fought against the Liang army, and the rest of the soldiers who have fought are still young and cannot shoulder heavy responsibilities."

Du Zhenhe threw aside the military newspaper in his hand, squinted his eyes and said, "But are you forcing the widow to take command in person?" The military aircraft minister hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, by all means." You are my son of heaven, the foundation of the country, the battlefield is dangerous, if you have a case, how can I be good. Du Zhenhe nodded, "What do you think?" "Minister... Dare to ask the emperor to pardon Concubine Chun Niangniang, that is, the previous general Fuyuan to go on the expedition..."

Du Zhenhe frowned, picked up the tea bowl next to him and smashed it, and shouted, "Presumptuous!" The life of the widow is life, but the life of the pure concubine is not life? If Concubine Chun has a good one, but can you afford it? The military aircraft minister hurriedly kowtowed and said loudly, "The emperor is angry, and the minister does not despise the pure concubine Niangniang, but now everyone in the court thinks that the pure concubine Niangniang is the general of the Zhenguo Dynasty, and she is both wise and brave, and she has defeated the Liang army. "Get out." Du Zhenhe said coldly.

The military aircraft minister still kowtowed, "I hope the emperor will think twice." "Get out of here!" Du Zhenhe shouted.

After more than a year, he was urgently called, and Du Zhenhe asked him to enter the palace immediately. Yu Nian looked at Father-in-law Yan's serious expression, this time it was Father-in-law Yan who came to pass on the message in person, something must have happened. Yu Nian had a faint bad premonition in his heart.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Yu Nian got off the sedan chair and hurried to the court. Bumped into a familiar figure head-on. "More years?" Li Shaowei was sluggish. Yu Nian didn't want to talk to Li Shaowei, so he just walked straight forward. "Yu Nian, wait, I have something to say to you."

Yu Nian stopped, didn't look back, and only whispered, "I have nothing to say to you." Li Shaowei walked quickly behind Yu Nian, and said in a low voice, "All the foundations of my Li family are controlled by the emperor, I am really helpless, and I sincerely regard you as a friend, although I report your itinerary for the emperor, I have never done anything harmful to you." Yu Nian sneered and turned his head, "Li Shaowei, you just regard me as a step for you to be promoted to become rich, and now you are ashamed to come to me as a true friend, what do you think, if you were me, how would you react?" Li Shaowei shook his head, "I don't want to be an official in the court, the emperor suddenly ordered, I have to follow." ”

"Then be your king's minister, don't come to be friends with me again." Yu Nian finished speaking word by word, no longer listening to Li Shaowei's defense, and walked straight to the court hall.

Li Shaowei stood in place, looking at Yu Nian's departing back, shook his head and sighed.

"Attend the Emperor." Yu Nian saw the eunuchs cleaning the broken tea bowls in front of the palace, and knew that Du Zhenhe was angry. "You're here." Du Zhenhe got up from the dragon chair and walked down the hall. "Come with me to the inner sanctum."

When they arrived at the inner hall, Du Zhenhe and Yu Nian sat at a table, and the two were silent. Yu Nian opened his mouth first, "Your Majesty, but the war is not going well." Du Zhenhe nodded. In the impression of Yu Yuan, it is rare for the Du Pillow River to get out of control and have such a big fire. "Is it General Bu's fault?" Du Zhenhe looked at Yu Nian and motioned for him to continue, "The minister thinks that although General Bu has experienced a hundred battles, he lacks strategy and is not worthy of a great responsibility, so that day the minister proposed that the candidate be Zhao Xuechi. "Does Zhao Xuechi have a strategy?" "The emperor doesn't know that Zhao Xuechi was brought out by General Chen Huyan, so he is naturally familiar with it." Du Zhenhe nodded, and after a moment of silence, he slowly spoke, "Just now, someone proposed to the widow to let Concubine Chun fight. Yu Nian was shocked, "Pure Concubine Niangniang? Du Zhenhe continued to be silent and did not answer. Yu Nian's mind suddenly appeared when Chen Hao'er went to the battlefield for the first time, and she looked heroic next to Chen Huyan. "The pure concubine Niangniang was born in the door, but she has already entered the palace, how can she fight again, isn't it a joke to spread it?" Du Zhenhe nodded, "But they don't think so. Yu Nian was relieved, "Xu is really the reason why there is no suitable candidate." Du Zhenhe gently tapped the table with his hand, "Do you have a relationship with Zhao Xuechi?" Yu Nian nodded, "She's Li... It is the beloved of an old friend. ”

"Oh?" Du Zhenhe narrowed his eyes, "Li Shaowei? Yu was silent. He didn't expect Du Zhenhe to say Li Shaowei's name so lightly. "You don't have to blame him, it's the widow who forced him to look at you." Yu Nian continued to be silent. "The widow knows you but does not know each other, so I don't know if you have other hearts, and when he finds out that he is your only friend, he seeks him." Du Zhenhe stared at Yu Nian's face and said. Yu Nian lowered his eyes, "Your Majesty, the minister and Li Shilang don't have too deep friendship, and the emperor is too worried." Du Zhenhe inadvertently knocked on the table, "The widow will not participate in the affairs of the two of you." I came to you today to discuss with you the plan for reinforcements. Yu Nian nodded, "The emperor just said that the military department wants to let the pure concubine Niangniang fight, and as far as the minister knows, there are many such remarks in the court." Du Zhenhe nodded, "More than one person has told the widow." "Then the emperor has asked the pure concubine what she means?" Du Zhenhe frowned, "Ask her what she is doing?" "Your Majesty, you also know that the minister and the pure concubine Niangniang once met, and as far as the minister knows, the concubine has a sense of belonging to the battlefield." Du Zhenhe raised his eyebrows, "So what, she is now a widow's pure concubine." Yu Nian lowered his head and said, "The minister lost his words. ”

Out of the Imperial Palace, Yu Nian looked up at the sky. I don't know what Chen Hao'er is doing at this time.

Qifeng Palace.

After Zhao Xuechi left, Chen Hao'er pondered what she said.

My father was not killed in battle, but I saw my father injured by the enemy with my own eyes, and I had seen the wounds, which should have been caused by Liang Jun's weapons, why was he killed again. When asked Zhao Xuechi who told her, she didn't say.

Thinking back to the army, Chen Huyan was often by his side, except for himself, who were several generals. Zhao Xuechi is so resentful, maybe it is because of the people around him. General Zhang, General Blackface, and General Scar, the figures of these three people appeared in Chen Hao'er's mind.

No, how can you doubt the generals who lived and died with your father and yourself. Chen Hao'er shook her head. Zhao Xuechi has been checking for all these days, but she can't find a clue, maybe she made the wrong way to inquire at the beginning. Chen Hao'er suddenly remembered Li Langzhong. Chen Huyan's injuries have always been his fault. However, Li Langzhong is a person from the General's Mansion, and he has always been by Chen Huyan's side, and he has treated Chen Huyan countless times in large and small battles, and Chen Huyan also trusts him very much.

By the way, if you find Li Langzhong, you can know the specific injury of Chen Huyan.

"Ah Chun!" Chen Hao'er summoned Ah Chun. "Mother, what's wrong?" "You go to Zhao Xuechi and help me bring her a message. said that if she went to Li Langzhong in the General's Mansion to investigate, she would know something. "Yes, slave and maid will go."