Queyang Palace in the Imperial City:

After the rain at night, the corners of the eaves carved with beasts are still covered with water droplets, and the birds in the corridor are chirping.

This is the residence of Xianshu when he was not out of the palace.Xianshu was taken into the palace after the Zhongshun palace was flooded the day before yesterday, and because of the wind and cold, he lived here again.

Outside the main hall, several eunuchs were sweeping with their heads down. They were not on duty here, but because the prince has been staying in the palace for the past two days, they were transferred here.Simply these days, all the flowers should have fallen, and there is nothing to sweep, so they are free with brooms.

It's just that it's not easy to be in the Queyang Palace for a few days. The prince's illness hasn't recovered in two days, and they have to be scolded every time the queen mother has an attack, and the prince doesn't know why he is at odds with the Holy Spirit.

In the words of the empress, "This boy! After being out of the palace for so many years, his temper is getting worse!"

Clap!The sound of porcelain shattering sounded from the main hall, and two court ladies in peach-pink tulle skirts came out dingy, each holding a carved red lacquer tray.

Immediately afterwards, His Majesty said angrily: "Who are you threatening?!"

The two young eunuchs holding brooms silently looked at each other, then lowered their heads and continued to wave the brooms silently.

In the hall, Lian Qiao, Huang Xin, master and apprentice, the eldest maid Ru Hua who is beside the empress, and a group of maids and nuns are guarding in the outer hall, and they listen to the family quarrel in the inner hall with sad faces.

"Cough... I want you to take care of it!"

"Okay! You are capable! I can't control you now?"

"Xianshu, don't say a few words!" The queen persuaded, "It doesn't matter if you lose your temper with your brother, you have to drink the medicine, you can't make fun of your body..."

Several people outside the hall heard it in their ears, and they were terrified!

Ru Hua asked Lian Qiao helplessly, "Why is the lord losing his temper?"

Lian Qiao wanted to cry but had no tears: "I don't know either! That day when the second son of the Lin family was ill, the prince was moody."

"The second son of the Lin family? Is it the concubine Xian's cousin who was born with fragrant jade? The one that the prince gave the queen mother's collar to him?" Ru Hua asked.

"Exactly."

"Is this about him?"

"I'm not sure about that... Oops!"

"Trash!" Huang Xin tapped Lianqiao's head with the dust whisk in her hand, and cursed in a low voice, "How many times have I told you that as slaves we have to figure out the master's thoughts, you have followed the prince like this!" You don’t know why the prince has been angry for so many years! You’ve been eating nothing all these years!”

Lianqiao felt aggrieved and anxious, but she didn't dare to contradict her master, so she just bowed her head silently.In the past few days, the prince has been uncertain, and he is the one who takes care of him all day long and gets scolded the most.Besides, he is not a roundworm in the prince's stomach. How could he know why the prince was at odds with the Holy Majesty?

inner hall:

The censer is lit with Cong Yueling incense, which is offered from outside and has the effect of dispelling cold and plague.

In the center of the inner hall is a large four-poster carved bed, on which is hung a brocade painting Jinzhu soft smoke curtain, behind a screen is a glass mirror wrapped with golden branches, on the other side are three golden nanmu chairs and two black Qin wood case.

Xianshu half-lyed on the bed, with a heavy face and black hair all over his body, and several court ladies stood in front of the leader with low eyebrows, waiting for orders.

The Holy Majesty was sitting on a chair beside her with a sullen expression on her face. She was a woman wearing an inlaid golden phoenix swing on her head, an autumn-scented Shu brocade and gold embroidered crepe skirt, beautiful eyes and eyebrows, elegant and luxurious, making people forget the vulgarity. Sitting right next to the Holy Majesty—this person is the current Empress.

Seeing that the two brothers were holding their breath, she felt angry and helpless.The relationship between these two brothers has always been good, why did it become like this?Now that the Rong people are invading from outside, and the courtiers are corrupt and inaction, and I feel that I have no skills in managing the harem every day, how can your majesty still have the leisure to quarrel with his brother?

The queen sighed while holding her forehead, and said: "Because of you two making such a fuss, the queen mother didn't eat a whole bowl of rice yesterday, she slept for a night last night, and sent the imperial physician to come at dawn this morning. What's the big deal between you two that you have to make such a fuss?"

When they heard that the Empress Dowager was ill, both brothers showed embarrassment on their faces. The Holy One said, "It's all this little bastard! If you don't follow the right path, you'll always be delusional!"

"Nonsense!" Xianshu frowned and retorted, "This is my private matter, so I don't need to worry about it! Why does Brother Huang insist on interfering?"

"Is this a private matter?" The Holy Majesty jumped up and said angrily, "This is a state matter related to the fate of the courtiers!"

"What does this have to do with the fate of the country? I don't know who is always delusional and likes to combine two unrelated things! Return the fate of the country!"

"What's your tone?! Can you try to say something in this tone again?"

"So what!"

"..."

Listening to the two talking to each other, the yin and yang were arguing endlessly, the queen only felt that one head was bigger than the other!She kept reminding herself that the two brothers were angry at the moment, she couldn't get angry anymore, she had to be gentle enough to understand things with them.

It's just that the two of them got more and more arguing and became more and more excited. After talking for a long time, she didn't understand a word. In addition, she was also tired these days, so she couldn't hold back her anger!

Only the queen said angrily: "Enough!"

The two brothers shut their mouths instantly, the queen glared at the Holy Majesty, and reprimanded: "Sit back!"

His Majesty coughed lightly, then sat back on the chair.

The queen took a deep breath, picked up the teacup and took a sip to suppress the anger in her heart, and then said gently again: "Tell me, what are you two arguing about? Is it a private matter or a state matter? I Listen, I will arbitrate for you."

Xianshu bit his lip, looked at the maids by the bed, but didn't speak.

Seeing this, the queen understood, she put down the teacup in her hand, and said to the maids: "Go out and wait."

"Yes."

Several maids saluted and exited the inner hall.

At this time, Xianshu said: "I... I have someone in my heart."

Hearing this, the empress's eyes lit up: "This is a good thing! The empress has been worrying a lot about your marriage in the past six months. Since you have someone you like, you should settle down earlier."

"Damn it!" The Holy Majesty couldn't hold back, and uttered a dirty word.

The queen frowned: "What? Could it be the daughter of some criminal minister or official prisoner?"

"If it's the daughter of a criminal minister or an official prisoner, it's fine." The Holy Majesty sneered, and said in a low voice, "This villain just fell in love with the second son of Lin Tongpan's family!"

"What?" The queen looked in disbelief, "But the kid with Yusheng? The one who Xianshu also gave his mother's necklace to him?"

The saint nodded his head with difficulty.

"This..." The queen didn't know what kind of expression she should have at this time. She knew that Xianshu and the child had always been intimate. Thought this was actually a real thing? !

After a while, she slowly opened her mouth and said: "Longyang's matter... Although it is not respectable in today's world, it is not a big deal. Children are playing around, since you love me and I want it, that's all."

"It's fine if it's just a joke. But this kid, he can't even get a kiss because of that child!"

"How can this happen!" The queen looked at Xianshu, who just lowered his head and said nothing.

The Holy Majesty continued: "Lin Aiqing is the minister of the humerus! If you let him know that you led his son to death like this, wouldn't it make the country's soldiers feel cold?!"

Just as Xianshu was about to speak, the Holy Majesty immediately interrupted: "Don't discuss any personal matters with me! You are the prince, the only prince in this dynasty! You are the younger brother of my mother's compatriots, your private affairs are state affairs!"

Xianshu lowered his head, pulled the brocade quilt tightly, without saying a word.

How could he not know the pros and cons?Because of this, he deliberately alienated Langyu a few days ago, only when he saw the letter that Langyu sent overnight - from now on, don't lose lovesickness, lovesickness will never end with you.

When he saw this letter, he knew that his little Yu'er really wanted to break up with him. When he thought that from now on, he would never be able to get close to Langyu again, and that from now on Langyu would have other people by his side, who would be with him. He couldn't accept that other people were singing harmoniously and being as close as guests!

Langyu was supposed to be his!Ever since she gave him the necklace from her mother when Langyu was full moon, their marriage has been sealed!How can I ask him to hand over to others now?

The queen sighed when she heard this, she knew that Xianshu gave the child of the Lin family the collar that the queen mother planned to give to the future Concubine Zhongshun, and also knew that the two children were very close since they were young. To keep it, Xianshu stayed in Yangzhou and refused to return to Beijing, and said silly things about going with the Lin family child.

They all thought that the two of them had just grown up together and were like brothers and sisters. How could they have such a love for each other? !What a crime!

Xianshu was silent for a long while, then suddenly said: "Nowadays the Rong people in the west are staring at us and have repeatedly violated our border. Now there are not many generals available. Those soldiers are used to living a peaceful life and have no blood and fighting spirit. This battle If we don't fight, the Rong people will think we are cowardly, and the people on the border will suffer. If we fight, there is no good leader right now..."

The Holy One gave him a hard look: "Since you know it, you should be more sensible! Instead of fighting me like this."

Xianshu raised his head and looked at the Holy One, his eyes were as dark and deep as lacquer: "How about I go?"

"What?" His Majesty couldn't understand what Xianshu said for a moment.

"I will lead the troops to the west to suppress the rebellion. When I come back, Brother Huang can no longer interfere with my affairs with Langyu." Xianshu said.

Upon hearing this, the Holy Majesty became angry: "You bastard who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth! You go? A bastard with no hair is not afraid to make people laugh when he says such a thing! It's a battlefield, it's a barbarian! It's not a joke! It’s not something you can win by reading a few military books and riding a few horses!”

"I know." Xianshu was very calm, "but now the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and their morale is low. As your younger brother, I will go with you, which is almost equivalent to your personal expedition, and the morale will definitely be high! Our army has been trained for many years, In terms of food, grass, soldiers and horses, how can the Rong people compare with us?"

"Besides, they didn't directly attack our borders, which shows that they are afraid. If they are really strong enough to dare to fight us directly, they don't have to make such a test. Isn't it good to attack them unprepared? So, as long as the morale is raised, plus the old generals If we make a decision, we will definitely win."

The Holy Majesty was about to say something, but Xianshu immediately interrupted: "When fighting in peacetime, I am most afraid that the rear will embezzle food, grass and military salaries. If the food, grass and military salaries cannot keep up with this battle, it will be difficult to fight. If I follow, no one will dare to fight in the future." The deduction of military pay and food is also an extra layer of protection for the lieutenant soldiers."

The queen remained silent, and every sentence Xianshu said was on point.It's just... He is still young after all, and he hasn't experienced anything.He is also the heart and soul of the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager. He has no eyes on the battlefield. If there is a slight mistake...

"If I come back after winning the battle, I don't need any rewards. I just want Brother Huang not to interfere with me and Langyu."

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The tea cup in Admiral Sheng's hand fell to the ground: "Fart! That's a battlefield! Is this a place for you to play around? The bigger you are, the more ignorant you are!"

After saying that, the Holy Majesty got up and left in a huff.

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