Due to the unfortunate death of Zhao Zhan in the contest with Han Bing, the position of the commander of the forbidden army was temporarily vacant, and the deputy commander Song Qingfeng temporarily assumed the position of commander.

It stands to reason that vacancies in such important military posts are generally not delayed for more than three days before they are filled by a privy envoy.

It's just that the situation today is a bit special.

This post of privy envoy has been taken over by the left minister, who is a civil servant and has just taken over the Privy Council, and is not very clear about these military procedures.

Therefore, ten days have passed, and he is still a candidate for the canctuary of the Great Commander of the Forbidden Army to His Majesty the Emperor for a long time.

In this way, it was actually allowed to let the deputy commander Song Qingfeng go down in that position so inexplicably.

Although Prime Minister Zuo is not in a hurry, the emperor can't bear it anymore. After all, the forbidden army has the responsibility of guarding the important land of Gyeonggi, which is directly related to the safety of His Majesty the Emperor himself, so how can he ignore it?

But the emperor was in a hurry, but he really couldn't think of any good solution for a while.

Tang Huan, the former privy envoy who was really familiar with the high-ranking generals of the military, had been driven home by him. Now it is indeed difficult for some strong people to expect Zuo Xiang Leng Yiqing to quickly propose a suitable candidate.

In fact, the emperor did not consider directly promoting the deputy commander Song Qingfeng to the rank of commander, but he felt that he was too young to take on this important task.

Besides, the emperor still has some concerns in his heart.

According to Zheng Yong's report, Song Qingfeng seems to have a close relationship with Zuo Xiang's son Han Bing. And now this cold ice is the emperor's biggest heart disease, and it must be eliminated quickly. Therefore, all those who are involved with the cold ice will not be considered by the emperor.

Just when the emperor was still hesitant about the choice of the commander of the forbidden army, Prince Ding, who had not been in the court for many days, suddenly entered the palace to meet him.

Haoxing Xiaoqi watched this fake prince with a humble smile come to him, and he felt a little happy in his heart, only to feel that this fake Seventh Emperor Brother was actually much more sensible and intimate than the one who was really sensible.

As soon as the fake prince Haoxing Mingrui came up, he put on a look of sincere fear, bowed down and pleaded guilty: "The younger brother has been too lazy recently, and he has not entered the palace to greet the imperial brother for a long time, so he is really guilty!"

Haoxing Xiaoqi waved his hand with a smile and said, "Flatten." Since you know the guilt, it means that you still have the imperial brother me in your heart. ”

"Brother Emperor Xie. ”

Haoxing Mingrui straightened up, subconsciously looked at the inner eunuchs standing in the hall with their heads down, and then said cautiously, "Actually, the younger brother entered the palace today, firstly, because he hadn't seen the imperial brother for a long time, and he was very worried about it. Second, there is another important matter, I want to explain it to the imperial brother. ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi had long expected that this fake prince must have some important news to tell him, otherwise he would not have entered the palace without being summoned like this.

So he glanced at Zheng Yong beside him, and the chief administrator of the inner hall who understood the mind hurriedly sent out all the inner eunuchs in the hall.

"What's the matter? Let's hear about it. ”

Although the smile on Haoxing Xiaoqi's face has not diminished, there is a trace of solemnity in his voice.

"Yes. ”

Although Haoxing Mingrui responded in his mouth, his eyes were aimed at Zheng Yong, and he hesitated for a moment before he said with some cringe: "Since Zhao is the commander...... Unfortunately, after his untimely death, the post of commander of the forbidden army became vacant, and from time to time some military generals asked their subordinates to recommend them on their behalf.

The younger brother gave them all back one by one.

It's just that yesterday, Song Xingye, the Marquis of Jingyuan, suddenly came to visit my mansion, and it was also for the matter of the commander of the forbidden army, but the younger brother didn't know how to reply to him!"

"Oh?"

After Haoxing Xiaoqi heard it, he couldn't help but glance at Zheng Yong, thinking to himself, why has no one ever reported such important news to him?

How could Zheng Yong not see the dissatisfaction in the emperor's eyes? It's just that he felt that he was really wronged!

This Song Xingye was originally Prince Ding's old department, but now he has resigned from the military and stayed in his Jingyuan Marquis Mansion all day long with nothing to do, and occasionally went to visit his old boss like yesterday, which should be a normal thing.

On the contrary, if he never visited Prince Ding, it would seem a bit abnormal.

And for this kind of very normal movement, there is no need for those Ouchi secret agents to report it to him, the chief of Ouchi. And he, there is no need to use these trivial matters to disturb His Majesty the Emperor.

However, although this is the truth, but in the entire Great Yu Kingdom, who dares to talk to His Majesty the Supreme Emperor about this truth?

Zheng Yong, a slave who has always been accustomed to seeing the eyes of his master, can only bow down in fright at this moment, and he doesn't even dare to say a word to defend himself.

In fact, Haoxing Xiaoqi is just expressing his dissatisfaction with being the master, and he doesn't really want to delve into this matter.

Because what he is more concerned about at the moment is, what is the purpose of that Song Xingye to find Prince Ding? Could it be that this Song Marquis in the Fuxian Mansion is also unwilling to be lonely and wants to seek the throne for his son?

So, he seemed to ask casually: "Then what did Song Xingye say to you?"

Song Xingye asked his subordinates to urge Zuo Xiang to be cold and clean, to determine the candidate for the position of commander of the forbidden army as soon as possible, and to ask the emperor for approval. ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked slowly: "Is that all? Didn't he recommend any suitable candidates to you?"

Haoxing Mingrui shook his head and said, "No." He just said that the position of the Great Commander was really important, and it was by no means something that a reckless young man like his son Song Qingfeng could afford. If something goes wrong, he is afraid that his son will be held accountable for it.

Therefore, he hoped that Song Qingfeng would step down as the acting commander as soon as possible and continue to be the original deputy commander who acted according to orders. ”

"Oh?" Haoxing Xiaoqi frowned rather puzzled, "What does Song Xingye mean by this? Could it be that in his opinion, being the commander of the forbidden army is actually a bad thing?"

I wonder when Zhao Zhan has been the commander of the forbidden army for five years, when did he make any mistakes? Song Qingfeng has only been acting as the commander for a few days, so why did he make Song Xingye feel so uneasy?"

Hearing that there was already displeasure in the emperor's words, Haoxing Mingrui couldn't help grinning, and said hesitantly: "Brother Chen's guess...... Song Xingye should be afraid of his own son...... suffered the same ...... as the Great Commander Zhao ...... end"

When Haoxing Xiaoqi heard this, he was naturally even more displeased, and said with a slight anger: "Does Song Xingye really think so? Could it be that he thinks that Zhao Zhan's death has another hidden secret?!"

Listening to what he said, the younger brother seemed to be worried that the Zuo Prime Minister would find trouble with Song Qingfeng. ”

Haoxing Mingrui said as he peeked at the look on the emperor's face.

Haoxing Xiaoqi was really a little confused by him at this time, and said impatiently: "Don't talk about Song Xingye's thoughts, just tell me your views on this matter clearly!"

"Yes. ”

Haoxing Mingrui cleared his throat and tried to make his voice clearer, "Brother Chen thinks that this matter should be related to that cold ice. ”

As soon as his words came out, Haoxing Xiaoqi and Zheng Yong were stunned, and even pricked up their ears and listened carefully to him.