Chapter 51: The Invisible Crisis
The portrait on this page shows a woman wearing a pink Luo skirt and a water-style gauze belt that binds her graceful waist.
The girl's appearance is petite and exquisite, and her appearance is much more outstanding than most of the show girls I have seen before.
But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that the woman looks extremely sweet, especially the smile, which seems to be able to be sweet directly to people's hearts through the paper!
This is a refreshing smile, a smile that can heal people's hearts, and people can't take their eyes off it at first glance.
After a few breaths, Xia Ao exhaled lightly, glanced at the case information on the other side, and saw that the column of the name was written "Yan Caixi", and the column of Fang Ling was written "Twenty".
Shangguan Wan'er inquired, and when she saw Xia Ao bowing her head slightly, even if she drew a circle on Yan Caixi's name, the brushstrokes were a few points heavier than before.
After looking through the entire album, Shangguan Wan'er closed it and handed it back to the civil official.
"There are thirty-five people in total, and none of them can be missing."
Hearing Shangguan Wan'er's order, the civil official's face twitched, and he had a toothache.
Thirty-five people, this is one percent of all show girls!
After hesitating for a while, the civil official looked at Xia Ao and said cautiously: "Your Highness, is this possible to reduce the number of people?" With so many people, an accidental fire can't be taken away......"
"Are you bargaining with Lone?"
Xia Ao sneered and squinted at it.
The civil official shook his body, gritted his teeth and lowered his head.
"The lower officials don't dare! Do as you wish. However, I also hope that His Highness can hide them well. ”
"After all, if the news leaks out, not only the lower officials and others will lose their heads, but it is you, and it is difficult to explain it to Your Majesty......"
"You don't need to worry about it here, you just need to do your own errands."
Xia Ao flicked his fingers casually, and then glanced at Lai Yongqing.
"Remember to bring Lone's reward to the two of you, don't chill the hearts of those who do things for Lonely."
"Yes, Your Highness, rest assured, as long as the people are safely delivered to His Highness's Mansion tonight, they should belong to the two adults, and they will naturally be in place in time, and it is guaranteed that no outsiders will know!"
Lai Yongqing nodded in response.
"That's fine. Lone prepared a big meal for the three of them, just next door, and when they were done, they went to work on themselves. ”
Xia Ao nodded, and after explaining with a smile, he left with Shangguan Wan'er and Zhou Ying Shi Ran.
After sending Xia Ao away, Lai Yongqing's face was relaxed, but the other two had a heavy face.
The courage of the six princes is too great, this is a show girl selected for His Majesty and the palace, but the six princes did not hesitate to take the first bite of food, and also picked the best batch, this ......
Such a felony of killing their heads, if it weren't for Lai Yongqing, a bastard, who grabbed their key point, or the six princes personally came to threaten them, they wouldn't dare to respond!
However, there is no if.
At this point, they could only pray to themselves, praying that nothing would go wrong.
Otherwise, their own death is small, and they will not be able to affect the whole family and suffer together!
……
In the evening, Yunhai Mansion.
"Grandpa, if you want to come, why don't you send someone over to say hello in advance?"
Xia Ao hurriedly walked into the main hall, looked at Xiao Hongyuan who was sitting inside, and said with a smile.
Xiao Hongyuan sniffled, and his sensitive sense of smell was yawned by the smell of rouge and a variety of peculiar smells.
"You're fooling around with the women again?"
Xiao Hongyuan frowned and asked, a little hated that iron could not become steel.
Xia Ao smiled and said disapprerovitically: "It's just a daily life to hide people's ears." ”
"Hide people's eyes? Humph......"
Xiao Hongyuan laughed angrily, looking like he didn't know what I didn't know.
In his opinion, Xia Ao is definitely really indulging in beauty, and it is not for the so-called concealment at all!
However, he is not going to delve into this matter today.
"I'll tell you something, I'm going to be in command."
Hearing this, Xia Ao was stunned for a moment.
"Commander-in-command? What's going on? Isn't my father the most afraid that you will leave the imperial capital, and he can't wait to tie you to death in the palace? Why are you suddenly going to be sent on an expedition? ”
Xia Ao frowned and asked, with a suspicious expression.
Xiao Hongyuan shook his head, his expression a little heavy.
"I don't know, Your Majesty summoned me to the palace at noon today, saying that the war in Beiguan was unfavorable, and the generals of the eastern and western camps refused to obey the orders of Dong Xiang, the prince of Zhenguo, so that the three battlefields were almost separated, and the situation was not optimistic."
"Therefore, Your Majesty wants me to go out of the mountain, personally take command of the northern expedition, command the 900,000 troops in the north, and cooperate with the Western Dayue Dynasty, in order to break through the defense line of the Dajin Dynasty in the shortest possible time and promote the prestige of my Great Xia country."
Xia Ao blinked, and after sitting on the chair, he touched his chin and pondered: "It sounds reasonable, but if you think about it, it's still not right." ”
"Six years ago, Dajin broke through the Bishan Pass in the north of our country, and the 500,000 army drove straight into the country in three ways, and our army was defeated in successive battles, losing more than 300,000 troops successively, and almost lost the two northern provinces."
"Even at that critical time, my father refused to let you out of the mountain and sent you out to take charge of the overall situation, why did you change your personality now?"
"No, no, no, there's a problem here......"
Speaking of this, Xia Ao's eyes froze.
"Isn't that going to do something to you?"
Xiao Hongyuan glanced at Xia Ao in surprise, with a look of surprise in his eyes, but the surprise quickly turned into a look of relief.
"Ao'er, you really grew up."
"What His Majesty is thinking, no one knows. But your guess is not unreasonable, I heard that His Majesty vomited blood again last night, and His Majesty's body is worried about it......"
"When he personally conquered the ancient wasteland, he injured the foundation, and although he tried his best over the years, he still couldn't make up for the damage to the foundation, so that the situation worsened."
"Perhaps, he had a premonition of something, so he is ready to pave the way for the prince......"
"After all, in his eyes, the biggest threat to the crown prince's succession to the throne and sitting in that position is the old man."
Speaking of this, Xiao Hongyuan's expression also became complicated.
"If Father really intends to get rid of you? What are we going to do? ”
Xia Ao frowned, pretending to be irritable and looking at Xiao Hongyuan.
"It's not that easy to want my life. I've not been unprepared all these years. ”
Xiao Hongyuan's eyes sharpened, and his expression became serious.
"Still, Ao'er, there's another possibility."
"Although tiger poison does not eat children, but the royal family is ruthless, it is also possible that the target is not me, but you!"
"Me?"
Xia Ao pointed at himself in astonishment.
"Not bad!"
"I was transferred to the border pass, Zhijie and Tianzong are in the east and west camps, if something happens to you, we can't take care of it at all, and we may not even get the news!"
"If you are gone, the cohesion of my Xiao family will be dispersed. At that time, as long as I go to a corner of the place where no one cares, and then I have to divide and clean up the Zhijie and Tianzhong, it will be simple......"