There are no secrets in the harem, the news that Lu Meiren is pregnant has spread all over the palaces immediately, and Emperor Yan's promotion decree has also reached the Summer Palace.

Lu Meiren was promoted to Yi Concubine, and Emperor Yan Xu has not had a new heir for many years, and the reward for Yi Concubine this time is very rich, which makes other favored concubines envious and red-eyed.

Yuan Yuan naturally got the news of Yi Concubine's happiness from the mouth of the palace maids, and specially observed Yan Huai's expression carefully during lunch, and only mentioned this matter in front of him after confirming that he was not sad.

"I haven't seen that Yi Concubine, I heard that her eyes are beautiful? Yan Shenzhi, have you seen it? I don't know if the baby she gave birth to was a male doll or a female doll. "I originally wanted to nibble on braised pork ribs, but today's meat is a bit hard and laborious.

"Didn't the young master give you homework today?" Yan Huai mentioned her schoolwork without asking, and Yuan Yuan immediately put a few ribs in the bowl, looking at him with a wary expression.

Yan Huai didn't expect that she had just teased her once or twice, and her image in her heart was already comparable to that of a jackal, tiger and leopard, so she actually began to guard against him?

"Lonely, I'm just asking, what are you so nervous about?" Reaching out to give her a piece of crispy meat, Yan Huai quietly dissolved the vigilance of the original wish.

Yuan Yuan obviously had a shadow after being cheated by him before, and preemptively showed that he was very busy, "The young master has assigned a lot of homework, if you don't arrange for me to practice calligraphy again, I will be angry!" ”

"No, in a few days of spring hunting, I will take you to catch rabbits." It's already mid-February, and Emperor Yan has been letting people start arranging the spring hunt in the past few days, and he, as the crown prince, naturally wants to participate in it.

When she heard that she could catch a rabbit, she looked at him with bright eyes, she hadn't been to the spring hunt yet!

"Yan Shenzhi, I'm going! I'm going to eat roast rabbit meat! Grilled venison! It's definitely delicious! ”

At the end of February, Emperor Yan led his ministers and concubines to set off from Yanjing to the royal hunting ground fifty miles away for spring hunting.

I was hoping to make up for sleep in the tent, the little girl was overexcited yesterday and fell asleep for half a night, and she set off early this morning, even if she slept in the carriage all morning, she still couldn't get up, Yan Huai didn't worry about her, so she forced her to rest in the tent and went to Emperor Yan's big tent by herself.

When he woke up after he had slept enough, Yan Huai had already followed Emperor Yan back from hunting, he had hunted two rabbits and three pheasants, because he was still young, and he could not complete the hunt independently for the time being.

Seeing Yan Huai squatting outside the camp tent and chasing the wind to roast rabbits, the fragrant smell made her more and more hungry.

"Yan Shenzhi, it's so fragrant! Is this the rabbit you beat me? What a fat one! Yuan Yuan took the little mazha handed by Tsing Yi and sat down beside Yan Huai.

"Little Highness, don't you know that in the afternoon, Your Highness can be said to show off his skills in front of the ministers, and he has beaten two rabbits and three pheasants! It's amazing! The second prince picked up a sick rabbit whose leg had been injured by someone else, and he was very happy. ”

Xiao Dezi is very disdainful of Yan Chi's behavior of picking up leaks, or his Royal Highness is powerful and wins the righteousness. There's no need to pick up someone else's.

Yan Huai's original wish for the achievement is naturally to be honored, although Yan Huai usually loves to bully people, but Yan Huai's excellence is indelible, and the original wish is also very proud to respond to Xiao Dezi's words, "Of course, Yan Shenzhi is very powerful!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty has praised His Highness! And Grandpa Guo beat a little fox for His Royal Highness today, saying that he wanted to make a beautiful scarf for His Royal Highness with a fox skin. "Taking advantage of the fact that the two masters are happy, Xiao Dezi, as the atmosphere of the East Palace, is naturally going to live, and say more nice things to make the masters even happier.

"Really! Grandpa is amazing! Yan Shenzhi, I'm going to go to my grandfather to see the fox skin, and I want to keep the rabbit meat! After saying that, he was about to run, but Yan Huai reached out and grabbed the person.

"The rabbit meat is roasted, after eating, Gu will take you to Grandpa Yuan." After Yan Huai finished speaking, he ripped off a fat rabbit leg and handed it to Yuan Yuan.

At the moment of the food, I was willing to compromise without saying a word, and without hesitation, I decided to finish eating and then go to see the fox skin that my grandfather gave her.

When she went to Yuan Zhentian's tent after eating and drinking, she was told that Yuan Zhentian had been summoned to the big tent by Emperor Yan, but Grandpa Guo had left a message, if His Royal Highness came to see the fox skin, he would take her to see it.

The fox fur had just been removed from the fox's body, and it was simply disposed of, and although the hair was still a little stray hair, the white fur felt very good, and I wanted to play with it with it.

"If you like it, next year I will also beat you a fox and make a cloak to keep out the cold." Yan Huai reached out and handed the fox fur in her hand to Tsing Yi, and led her back to her tent.

As soon as he walked halfway, Xiao Dezi hurriedly came over, "Your Highness, Your Majesty is in a hurry to order you to go to the big tent immediately." ”

"Send my heart back." Yan Huai handed over the person to Chasing the Wind, and then changed lanes to the big tent, and Xiao Dezi hurriedly followed.

In the big tent, Emperor Yan sat on the dragon chair with a calm face, Yuan Zhentian also looked ugly on the side, and there were also Prime Minister Fu and General Guo in the tent, and the faces of the two were very calm.

Yan Huai hurriedly stepped into the big tent and saluted Emperor Yan first, "Erchen has seen his father. ”

"I've seen Your Highness." Yuan Zhentian and the others also saluted Yan Huai at the same time.

"Be cautious, sit down first." Emperor Yan heard the rough panting in the eldest son's words, and knew that he was in a hurry, so he asked Juan to pour him tea first to calm his breathing.

After seeing Yan Huai take a sip of hot tea, Emperor Yan said slowly, "Beiting unilaterally tore up the peace covenant, and suddenly united with several small countries around Dayan to attack our Dayan border fortress, our army is unprepared and has lost a city, what do I think should be done in this battle?" ”

"It should be a battle, recover the lost land, and level the North Court." It is a matter of the safety of the family and the country, and Yan Huai has always pursued violence against the invaders in his heart.

"What my son said is true!" Although Emperor Yan was responding to Yanhuai, what he could see was the direction of Prime Minister Fu and General Guo.

The crown prince Shangwu is not a secret in the court, but as a civil minister, Prime Minister Fu Cheng naturally respects peace, so before Yan Huai came, he proposed to reach a settlement with Beiting to avoid the suffering of the people in the border area.

"Your Majesty, the minister still advocates reconciliation, the cold winter has just passed, and the people are preparing for farming at this time, if a war is launched at this time, I am afraid that the people will not survive." Prime Minister Fu Cheng is a typical whip that didn't hit him, so he didn't know the pain, and would only say some innocuous truths.

Emperor Yan had given up listening to his opinion, and instead asked General Guo, "Guo Aiqing thinks this battle is assured?" ”

General Guo is also a fierce general who has fought from the battlefield, so he naturally knows that the war is dangerous, but aside from personal interests, if the barbarians come to attack, if they don't meet the battle, they will only blindly shrink, then the day of the country's destruction is not far away.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this battle must be fought, and if you want to level the North Court, it may take four or five years, but the minister is confident that he will take the North Court! Please order your majesty, and the minister is willing to immediately lead the army to conquer the North Court! ”