Fourteen only had half a day to rest at home, he still got up early in the morning, practiced the sword, waited for me to wash, and accompanied me to have a leisurely breakfast, and then entered the palace at noon.

I was busy until the early morning of the second day. I slept lightly, woke up when I heard a noise, lifted the curtain, and said vaguely: "It's so late every day, but you have to be careful of your body." He was afraid of disturbing my sleep, so he didn't light the lamp, so he changed his bed clothes with the faint soybean oil lamp at the head of the bed, climbed onto the bed quickly, and whispered: "I woke you up?" I let out a lazy hum and shrunk into his arms.

Fourteen and a half hugged me, stroked the broken hair on my sideburns with his fingertips, and said, "Master may have to go out in a few days." I frowned and said, "Huang Ama is really, why did he come back and go out again?" Fourteen seemed to ponder for a moment before he said softly: "It's not that I'm going out on patrol with Emperor Amma. I propped up my head, pressed my chin against his chest, looked up at him, and said, "It won't be like the last investigation again, there has been no news for ten days and a half!" No matter how busy you are, remember to write to me. "Although the light was dim, I couldn't see Fourteen's expression clearly, but I knew that his eyes must be very gentle and loving.

He said: "The Dzungar Ministry sent troops to raid Hami, and the emperor Ama was furious and wanted to send troops to counterattack. Before he finished speaking, I suddenly realized, the drowsiness all over my body disappeared, my whole head became a string, I sat up suddenly, and said, "Do you want to lead the troops to the battle?" "In history, he was the famous general of Fuyuan, but I remember that the fourteenth expedition was a few years before Kangxi's illness, why did the process of time become faster?

Knowing that I was worried, Fourteen stared at me fixedly and said, "Don't worry, I'm just a lieutenant general, and I don't need to go to the battlefield." After a pause, he said: "If I have military merits, Huang Ama will treat me differently." "I understand his words, for the sake of the crown prince, he is willing to gallop on the battlefield.

But I can't bear him. He didn't know what was going to happen in the future, but I knew that time was running out and that I was going to have a few good days with him.

I almost cried, holding back my tears and said, "Can you not go?" If you don't become a crown prince, isn't it good to be a rich prince with peace of mind? Fourteen took me in his arms, patted me lightly on the back, and coaxed: "Although I asked Huang Ama for a decree, but Huang Ama has not agreed, maybe Huang Ama has other plans, and he will not send me at all" What he said was against his will, he was the most exquisite prince in the Qing Dynasty, and he had the heart to win the heir, even if Kangxi did not send him this time, once he had the opportunity in the future, he would still ask for a decree to go on the expedition.

Someday, he will get his wish. I stayed awake all night, and fearing that I would delay my fourteenth rest, so I pretended to be asleep and closed my eyes until dawn.

Before dawn, Fourteen had already gotten up and dressed up to go to court. These few days are very critical times, and he knows that the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and even thirteenth masters have all written excerpts asking to lead the troops on the expedition.

And he is fourteen, the youngest, and his ability to handle affairs is far inferior to that of several brothers, and the odds of winning are extremely small.

The Forbidden City was shrouded in a thin mist, a few stars were faintly falling in the sky, the palace door opened silently, and the princes shuttled in.

Walking in the corridors of the palace, the Ninth Master said in a low voice: "I heard that the second elder brother of the Zhenguo Gongdu Puqi Libao is the general and leads the battle of the Western Expedition. As soon as these words came out, Fourteen was shocked.

If Huang Ama really decreed that the second elder brother would be crowned as the general, once he won the battle merits, the future restoration would be just around the corner.

The eighth master didn't make a sound with a cold face, but the fourth master said: "It's the same for anyone who goes on the expedition, as long as you can win the battle." The ninth master smiled and said, "The fourth brother is really generous" He had something to say, and no one broke it.

After entering the Xinuan Pavilion for a while, Kangxi was sitting cross-legged on the kang and drinking tea after finishing breakfast. His face was indifferent, and his expression was calm, so that people could not figure out their joy and anger.

All the princes asked for peace, and they all stood on both sides of the room with their heads down, neither daring to notice what kind of folds Kangxi was turning over in his hand, nor daring to speak, they were all quiet, waiting for Kangxi to provoke the conversation first.

Suddenly, Kangxi suddenly threw a fold in his hand to the ground, and said indifferently: "You all take a look." The fourth master hurriedly picked up the silk fold and glanced at it, and handed it to the fifth master standing beside him, the fifth master read it and gave it to the seventh master, and the seventh master gave it to the eighth master all the way to the fourteenth hand, and half an hour had passed.

However, the excerpt does not mention the Western Expedition, but

Ablan, the minister of the "Second Elder Brother Detention Office", reported that the abolished prince had written a book in Alum Shui's own handwriting, and instructed the imperial physician He Mengqi to send the letter to the capital of Zhenguo Gongtong Puqi to ensure that he was the general of the Western Expedition.

After the abolished prince was deposed, he has been living in Xian'an Palace as the second elder brother, Kangxi sent the Zongren Mansion and the princes and ministers of the court to guard it more and more, just to cut off the second elder brother's thoughts, and didn't want him to stir up trouble anymore, but he didn't want Kangxi to say: "What do you think?" This stumped the princes, they are usually wise and martial, and they are all top-notch people, but in front of Kangxi, they are still children who have not been in the world, and they can always let Kangxi see it thoroughly.

Everyone didn't speak, so Kangxi named and said: "Yinzhen, you are the elder brother, you talk about it first." The fourth master didn't dare to slack off, took half a step forward, and said: "Erchen is stupid, thinking that no matter who goes on the expedition, it is for the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty." But the second elder brother colluded with the minister, but he really didn't take Huang Ama in his eyes, which was chilling. He didn't say anything about this, but Kangxi didn't intend for him to say anything big, so he asked again: "Fourteen, tell me." Fourteen paused, went up to the ground and knelt down, and said frankly: "Erchen is willing to share the worries of Emperor Ama and go to the Western Regions." Kangxi bowed his head and smiled: "It's still the old fourteen who is straightforward." After speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and he said: "The second elder brother openly disobeyed the holy order and colluded with the minister, which is really an unforgivable sin, and this matter will be handed over to you to investigate, and all the relevant people will not be spared." The fourth master knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "The son obeys the order." Kangxi pondered for most of the day, and only at night did he give the order, ordering the fourteenth to be the deputy general, and leading the troops to the expedition two days later.

Fourteen heard it, and was overjoyed, so he bowed three times and bowed nine times, and knelt down and retreated. When the news of the fourteenth expedition reached Baylor House, I was trembling and sewing socks for Hongming.

Over the years, all I could do was embroider socks and handkerchiefs. With a shake of my hand, the silver needle pierced into my thumb, and blood bulged out.

Minqiu was so frightened that she hurriedly asked the slaves and maids to bring the ointment and apply it to me herself. I looked like I was stupid, my hands drooping, and I looked straight at the cluster of lights on the high table, and I didn't even know the pain.

I don't know when, when Fourteen returned home, he stood beside me, stared at me in a daze, and after a while, he asked softly, "What do you think?" I didn't even respond to my question. I looked up at him like a log and said, "When are you leaving?" Fourteen was stunned, and pretended to be relaxed: "I also want to tell you in person, which one loves to chew the root of his tongue and robbed the master." I wanted to show him a smile, but I couldn't, so I repeated, "When are you leaving?" Fourteen sat down across from me, not daring to look me in the eye, and said, "Two days later." The fear in my heart gradually emerged, and I said anxiously, "Why so fast? Fourteen's eyes fell on Hongming's tiger head socks on the kang, and he said: "The military situation is urgent, and it can't be slowed down." The tip of my nose was sore, tears fell down, and I said, "You are gone, what should we do?" Are you really willing to give up on us? Fourteen sighed lightly and said, "I don't care about anyone next to me, I only miss you." I promise to write to you every day and send you delicious specialties. He stretched out his arm, wiped away my tears, and coaxed softly: "Weiwei, don't cry, as soon as you cry, your heart will go up and down." "The more kind he said, the more sad I felt, and I couldn't stop crying.

But at this point, there is really nothing that can be done. The fourth master returned to Prince Yong's mansion with a black face, Kangxi handed over the matter of the second elder brother's private alliance to himself, and if he did it well, he would not get any benefits, and if he did not do it well, he might make Kangxi angry, the key is that he can't guess whether Kangxi wants to deal with the second elder brother at the moment, or just pretend.

He looked at the hot potato in his hand, and he really couldn't wait to go to the Western Regions instead of the Fourteenth, and he also saved himself from intrigue with Kangxi.

He went to the Li family's house. Miss Li Er and her sister are already three points similar, and now in order to please the fourth master, she is more and more dressed to go to school with her sister, and when the night is hazy or the light is dim, the fourth master often has the illusion that the person who writes under the window, rests under the porch, or swings under the pomegranate tree is Li - Li Mo'er.

Miss Li Er is also very good at taking advantage of the illusion of the fourth master, she knows more and more what the fourth master likes, and understands the tastes of the fourth master more and more, and even sometimes, she will deliberately make mistakes, making the fourth master feel that he is the same as the careless sister.

She would love to be a replacement for her sister. Su Peisheng gestured to Li in order to tell her that her grandfather was in a bad mood today.

Li is smart, even better than Li Mo'er, she quietly stays by the fourth master's side, rubbing his temples for him, not noisy or noisy, dignified and demure.

The fourth master lay on the rattan chair for a while, grabbed Li's palm with his backhand, and pulled her into his arms to sit. He didn't speak, and Li obediently didn't speak.

There were only two palace lamps lit in the house, so that people could not see each other's faces clearly. Li wore her sister's favorite clothes, combed her sister's favorite bun, and even exuded the same jasmine fragrance as her sister.

Her appearance, her posture, her voice, her tone, her smiling appearance, everything about her made the fourth master feel that holding her was like holding another Li Mo'er.

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