Empress Chu

It didn't even explain why he pleaded guilty.

Grand Tutor Deng Yi only said, "Lieutenant Xie should be cautious when entering Beijing." Then he left the topic, as if it didn't happen, or he didn't care.

Inquiring about the frontier army's battle situation this year, Xie Yan said a few words and submitted a few volumes of policy records, Deng Yi stopped asking him any more.

Then the officials of the Ministry of War talked with each other, and even brought the map and took the plan submitted by Xie Yanlai to compare them one by one.

But even if Deng Yi didn't ask, Xie Yanlai said what he wanted to say.

"At the end of Xiliang's strength, we will definitely win this battle." He said, "And this victory will make the king of Xiliang disperse the royal court, and make Xiliang flee far away, and never dare to approach us in Daxia."

The court officials looked at the young general—the thorns had been taken down, and the clothes were put on again, but in a hurry, standing in this court hall was a bit weird, but the weirdness did not detract from his aura in the slightest.

"Lieutenant Xie has a great momentum." Deng Yi said, "With this determination, the frontier army will definitely be invincible."

What Xie Yanlai wanted to say, Deng Yi bowed to His Majesty first.

"With Captain Xie's detailed explanation, we have a better understanding of the situation in Border County. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will surely win this battle in Daxia."

The emperor hurriedly said: "My dear friends, you have worked hard."

Apart from this, he can't say much else when he is not in charge, let alone Chu Zhao who is behind the curtain.

The Taifu broke up the court meeting, and Chu Zhao walked back to the harem and shook his sleeves angrily.

"Why did you explain it in detail?" She said angrily, "Xie Yanlai only said ten sentences from the beginning to the end, right? It also included kowtowing to His Majesty and ministers to leave."

Xiao Yu jumped over the high steps at the back, giggling: "My sister is not angry, uncle came to tell my sister the details."

There was a soft snort behind him, which also seemed dissatisfied.

"There is nothing to say."

"It's just a war, just fight."

Chu Zhao and Xiao Yu turned their heads and saw Xie Yanlai standing outside the palace gate.

Chu Zhao smiled and said, "You can talk too much by typing this word." He waved his hands, "Xie Xiaowei, come in quickly."

Xiao Yu stood beside Chu Zhao and nodded, "Uncle, come in quickly."

Xie Yan took a look at the big one and the small one, and reluctantly stepped in.

However, he couldn't explain in detail when he stepped in. After he came in, a group of people came in, including maids, eunuchs and imperial doctors.

"Wash and change clothes first." Chu Zhao directed the maid and servants, and asked again, "Did you get Captain Xie's clothes?"

Some servants answered repeatedly, "I have brought it." "The servants went in person." "Lieutenant Xie's servants prepared it in person."

The maids kept saying, "The bathroom is ready."

The maids in the palace surrounded Xie Yan and wanted to go inward, but Chu Zhao changed his mind again: "It's better to let the imperial doctor look at the injury first, and the medicine can be prepared first."

The imperial physicians gathered around again, wanting to see Xie Yanlai and ask him about it, and to untie his robe.

Xie Yanlai's ears were buzzing from being surrounded by it, and she felt that it was even more noisy than the crowd watching on the street at this moment.

"What are you doing?" He said angrily, "Why do you need to wash? Don't touch me - I don't need you to look at the wound, wait for you to look at the wound, how can I go to the capital! I am standing here now, I am not injured. sick!"

The noise in the hall was even worse, Xie Yanlai's voice was louder than in the court hall, and his aura was even more fierce.

But Chu Zhao, who could not speak in the main hall of the former court, had the final say in the harem, and her voice was louder than Xie Yanlai.

"You are here to meet His Majesty. Look at you, you are covered in dirt and your clothes are messy. This is a disgrace!" Chu Zhao said, no longer thinking about it, and waved his hands, "Take me to wash, and the imperial physicians will also go, Check while washing up."

The maids, servants and imperial physicians surrounded Xie Yan without any explanation, and went to the side hall.

Xie Yanlai seemed to be complaining about something, but his voice was drowned out, and he was powerless to resist, and was quickly dragged away—what can be done, the king must not lose his dignity, who made him a courtier.

Entering the side hall, this is the place where the emperor rested. There are beds, couches and bathrooms. There is a small plum blossom bath, steaming and fragrant.

Xie Yanlai drove the maids away, leaving only the servants and imperial physicians, he didn't care, just watch if he wanted to, he was afraid of being watched by Xie Yanlai?

Whoever wants to see can--

"Xie Yanlai, have you started washing?"

A female voice came from behind the partition screen, and a figure appeared at the same time, leaning slightly, and seemed to be looking at it in the next moment.

Xie Yanlai, who was stepping on the steps into the water, almost slipped and fell.

"Chu——" he almost blurted out Chu Zhao's name, and bit his tongue in time, "Queen, empress! Please respect yourself!"

A girl's voice came from behind the screen: "It's not that I'm being rude, it's because His Majesty wants to see your injuries with his own eyes and feel how tragic the war is—"

Xie Yanlai almost exploded with anger: "You can see how tragic the injury is. Go and see the death list reported by the Ministry of War, that is tragic!"

That's true, the figure behind the screen retracted and nodded to the other small figure beside him.

"Your uncle is right. He brought the roster back this time and just passed it up to the Taifu. Let's send someone to get it from the Taifu."

"Okay, whatever my sister says is good."

The two talked and left.

Xie Yanlai dived into the water, let out a long breath, and hissed again, biting her tongue, you damn girl!If you tell him what you said to be disrespectful before the king, it's your turn to not know what a gentleman's manners are!

……

……

Before Xie Yan came to Jun, she had a sense of propriety, she washed it briefly, and patiently was inspected by the imperial physicians, then she changed into her clothes and walked out.

Chu Zhao and Xiao Yu were sitting opposite each other on the couch by the window, surrounded by a plate of melon seeds, competing to eat melon seeds faster than anyone else.

What are these games? Xie Yanlai is a little funny. Could it be that she and the emperor are like this every day?

Sitting Xiao Yu couldn't stop laughing.

Seeing Xie Yan coming, the two stopped eating melon seeds.

"Uncle." Xiao Yu still sat up straight and said, "You sit on my side."

Xie Yanlai stood still a few steps in front of him, saluted: "Thank you Your Majesty, I dare not."

Chu Zhao smiled and winked at Xiao Yu, beckoning him to sit down, then looked at Xie Yanlai: "I haven't seen Captain Xie for two years, I'm so reserved." After finishing speaking, he looked at A Le, "Give Captain Xie a step."

Ah Le responded with a smile and indeed moved the pedal, and put it on Xiao Yu's side, saying: "Xie Xiaowei, my mother gave me a seat."

Xie Yanlai glared at the girl: "I thank you." After saying that, Dama Jindao sat on the footrest.

He seemed to have nowhere to rest when he sat down with long legs, with an unhappy expression on his face.

Xiao Yu couldn't help laughing, looking at the uncle right in front of him, curious and serious, he had seen it in the hall before, but his sister said, let him listen carefully when he was in court, not only listening to the courtiers, You have to watch the expressions of the courtiers carefully. Xie Yanlai didn't talk much after entering the palace, and he didn't look at it too much. At that time, he felt very strange when he saw it.

Looking at it at this moment, the previous memory resurfaced.

The uncle was still the same uncle, with an impatient look on his face, he didn't like him as the emperor's nephew, and he didn't want to be his uncle, he just wanted to be a courtier.

Or, he doesn't even want to be a courtier, his expression is completely different from that of the officials in the court.

He sits here, asking for nothing.

"I heard Xiaoman and the others tell about the scene of your martial arts competition, and I know you have many injuries, so I want everyone to see it too." Chu Zhao said, "As long as you see these injuries, the things you did in the capital are nothing. .”

Xie Yanlai said: "I'm not hurt, what's wrong with me doing these things? If you don't accept it, you can compare it. It's shameful to be inferior to others."

Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Yes, yes, it's not because you're ashamed of fighting, I'm just adding to the icing on the cake for our Captain Xie."

Xie Yanlai glanced at her and said, "Thank you, Ma'am."

Chu Zhao pursed his lips and smiled, then asked the imperial physicians standing aside: "How is Captain Xie injured?"

The imperial physicians talked in detail.

Xie Yanlai didn't stop her, and when she heard a laugh, she interrupted the imperial physician: "That's an injury I left when I was a child, you can tell me about it too? Can't you tell if it's a war wound? How can you be an imperial physician?"

The imperial physician glanced at the Queen's smiling face. He has been an imperial physician for decades, and he couldn't see what the nobles thought in their hearts, that would mean they would not be able to live.

"Lieutenant, what your mother is asking about is injury, old injury and new injury, all injuries." He said solemnly, "I know everything, dare not and can't lie to my mother."

Xie Yanlai resisted not rolling her eyes, and raised her hand to the imperial physician: "The imperial physician is amazing."

The imperial physician respectfully returned the salute, and continued to chatter with the queen: "Although it is an old injury from more than ten years ago, it cannot be underestimated, nor can it be ignored, nor can it be cured—"

Chu Zhao hurriedly said: "The imperial doctor, give him a diagnosis and treatment immediately, and use whatever medicine should be used."

The imperial physician responded yes.

A group of people who are used to flattering people, sooner or later she will be called stupid, Xie Yanlai didn't bother to listen, and leaned back on the couch.

The room was chattering, a servant came in, he hesitated before interrupting, "Thank you for coming."

There is also Master Xie in the court, Chu Zhao hurriedly said: "Please."

Xiao Yu also sat up straight.

Xie Yanfang walked in from the outside, holding a volume in her hand.

"You asked for leave today, why are you here again?" Chu Zhao didn't let him salute, asked first, and raised his eyebrows without waiting for an answer, and smiled, "The third son is afraid that the grand master will be unfavorable to Mrs. Xie?"

Xie Yanfang laughed: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate me."

The two talked quite freely, Xie Yanlai snorted in his heart, these things had nothing to do with him, he just leaned on the couch and closed his eyes.

Chapter 19 Jokes

Xie Yanlai leaned on the couch and closed her eyes, no one in the room scolded him for being disrespectful, and his voice did not stop.

"As soon as it was said that Yan was here as an envoy, I had the foresight to ask for leave immediately."

"Ha, Mr. Xie, do you know that Yanlai will cause trouble for him?"

"It's a trivial matter for Yan to cause trouble. I don't want Master Tai Tuo to use this to trouble me. When we argue, a small matter will become a big one."

Xiao Yu asked Xie Yanfang to sit down again.

Xie Yanfang glanced at the couch where the two were sitting together, and then at Xie Yanlai who was sitting next to the couch. Of course there are many places to sit in the room, but it is not necessary.

"Your Majesty." Xie Yanfang shook the document in her hand, "I met the attendant Taifu and took the list of soldiers who died in battle, so I took it and took a look."

As he spoke, he opened it and sighed softly.

"You're not that old yet."

Xiao Yu nodded: "A boy is also a hero." Looking at Chu Zhao again, "The same is true for my sister."

Chu Zhao shook his head: "I can't compare with them, they are more brave than me."

"The empress asked to take the roster for His Majesty to see." Xie Yanfang asked.

Chu Zhao nodded: "It is inconvenient to say more about the death and injury in the court, so as not to affect morale."

After all, this battle has been going on for a long time, and I am a little tired even now.

"But it's also at this time of exhaustion that you can't be discouraged." Xie Yanfang said, looking at Xie Yanlai who was sitting by the couch, "Yanlai, what do you want to say to the frontier army?"

Xie Yanlai seemed to be asleep with her eyes closed, but she didn't open her eyes when she heard the question, and said, "There's nothing to say, we didn't feel tired in the midst of the battle, it's different from those of you who sit quietly in the distance."

Xie Yanfang said: "It is precisely because of different ideas that you can speak well. If you come like this and don't say anything, isn't it for nothing?"

Xie Yanlai opened her eyes to look at him, and said: "It doesn't work if I say it, third brother, your words are useful, just talk more."

Chu Zhao coughed lightly: "It's not a lot to say."

Xie Yanlai immediately turned to look at her with annoyed eyes.

Without waiting for him to speak, Chu Zhao smiled again: "Yes, you don't talk, just do things, and leave the words to me and the third son." He looked at Xie Yanfang as he spoke.

Don't be noisy.

Of course, Xie Yanfang followed the girl's kindness, nodded with a smile, and looked at Xiao Yu again: "Your Majesty, let me take a look at this roll of casualties with you. To understand the war, we must first understand the people."

Xiao Yu said hello.

Xie Yanfang waved to him: "Let's go to the side hall and let the queen continue to ask about the frontier army here."

Xiao Yu immediately got up and walked to Xie Yanfang's side.

Chu Zhao sat with a smile and did not refuse: "Master Xie, don't make Your Majesty cry."

Xiao Yu protested: "Sister, I never cry."

Xie Yanfang smiled without saying a word, took Xiao Yu's hand and went to the side hall.

This was deliberately letting Chu Zhao and Xie Yan talk.