Gongzhongji

Eyes and ears, once is a fluke, twice is courting death.

And not long after Sunrise Palace came back that day, when Lu Xinyang entered the palace to teach him martial arts, Xia Yan told him what happened that day.Xia Yan originally wanted to share with Lu Xinyang all the interesting things he saw outside the palace, but what Lu Xinyang heard was that Xia Yan kept mentioning "Brother Wei".Lu Xinyang felt that he should "strengthen education" for Xia Yan.

About one and a half months after Xia Yan returned to the palace, Xia Yan heard that Pinghu Shou on the Lijiang River had fallen.

There are many lakes in the south of the Lijiang River that are connected to the big river. The Kang army used these lakes as the main points to form the Dakang navy that spans the entire Lijiang River. Among these lakes, there is one called Pinghu in the south, and the navy built on Pinghu The base is called Pinghu Shou.The river defended by the Pinghu Garrison is narrow and the river flow is relatively gentle. It has always been the place where the Su State attacked most violently, so the Pinghu Garrison Navy is also the most powerful. If it can hold out for more than a month, then the navy from several other lakes will also come to the rescue. According to everyone's speculation, there is no reason why Pinghu Shou will fall.

But the situation is unexpected.

Xia Yan couldn't know the specific situation of the battle, but only knew that Su Guo suddenly took out a very powerful attack weapon, and the Dakang navy was powerless to parry it.In this way, Su Guo advanced slowly relying on a strong attack force, forcing Kang Guo's navy to retreat continuously, and finally retreated into Pinghu Lake. Su Guo's navy also chased into Pinghu Lake. Under a large-scale covering attack, not only the entire The Pinghu water guards took it, and even the cities by Pinghu Lake were affected.

After the fall of Pinghu Shou, the State of Su prepared to let cavalry and infantry cross the river and land, so the fighting was suspended, but everyone knew that this was the calm before the storm!Once the Soviet cavalry landed, the Kang Kingdom would most likely face a state of subjugation!

After hearing the news, Xia Yan's mind went blank for a moment, and he didn't know how to react for a while.

Subjugate?Xia Yan didn't know how to deal with this term. As the prince of Kang Kingdom, he should have a strong sense of crisis. He should be panicked, ashamed, or filled with righteous indignation, or his blood would start to boil, wanting to kill This cold Yufang Palace defeated the Soviet army on the battlefield──this is the temperament that a prince should have, but he doesn't have it, he just thinks...it seems very troublesome...he feels that he seems to lack a little due to Kang Guo His passion and passion... Is it because the experience of the past few years has smoothed his feelings for the country?Xia Yan didn't know, maybe he wasn't a passionate personality himself.

After Xia Yan felt at a loss about the subjugation of the country, he thought of Xia Hao. If he remembered correctly, Xia Hao went with the army to Pinghu Shou. Now that Pinghu Shou fell, then Xia Hao...

Worries immediately occupied most of Xia Yan's thoughts, but then he thought that the death of the prince should be a very important matter. If something really happened to Xia Hao, there would be no news from the palace.Thinking of this, Xia Yan could relax a little.

The news about the Lenggong is very closed, not to mention that ordinary people can't know about these important military and political affairs. Those high-ranking and trusted eunuchs only know a little superficially. Xia Yan can only get in touch with a small eunuch who delivers meals. In terms of communication, it is impossible to know more.

Xia Yan spent more than a month in anxiety, and it was not until Xia Hao and the army returned to the court that he learned the more accurate news again:

The Soviet army landed from Pinghu Shou and went all the way south. With powerful weapons and sturdy cavalry, they captured the Shangba and Changfeng Roads of Kangguo in just over a month. By this time, Kangguo had lost one-fifth of its land. At this time, the State of Su proposed peace to the State of Kang.Kang Guo thought that Su Guo's attack here was only at the end of his strength, and he wanted to fight back, but he didn't expect Su Guo to attack a big city in the south of the Yangtze River until there was only a piece of wreckage left. He agreed in a hurry.

Needless to say, this peace negotiation is definitely a shameful alliance under the city for Kang Guo.

In this war, the only thing worth mentioning is Xia Hao's performance.

Xia Hao is only ten years old, and it would be idiotic to ask him to command the army to turn the tide, but his intelligence and bravery in many battles have impressed many people. The generals have seen his extraordinary comprehension of various tactics and strategies , and the soldiers saw the heroism of the little prince who shared weal and woe with them on the battlefield and shed blood on the battlefield──It is already very remarkable for a ten-year-old child to be able to ride a horse to the front line!

The emperor obviously also heard about his beloved son's performance. Although the army was defeated and returned to the court without civil and military officials coming out of the city to greet him, it is said that the emperor praised Xia Hao after he returned to the palace.No matter what, Xia Hao became the big winner after Kang Guo was defeated this time.

For a while, everyone in the palace was talking about Xia Hao's bravery, as if his performance alone was enough to cover up the defeat of the entire war.

Xia Yan was also happy for his younger brother. He thought that with Xia Hao's performance and Concubine Rong's methods, this younger brother would probably ascend to the throne in the future.

It's just that this may not be good news for Xia Yan.

Of course, Xia Yan had no intention of fighting for the throne, he just thought of his uncle You Tianqi.

You Tianqi came to the palace when Xia Yan was six years old.

At that time, You Tianqi was very angry when he heard what happened to his sister, and insisted on killing the emperor and Ronggui.Xia Yan was kind by nature, so he naturally didn't want a "stranger" to kill his father.Xia Yan was eager to gain wisdom, so he told You Tianqi that he wanted to avenge himself, and deceived You Tianqi to give up the murder plan and teach Xia Yan martial arts instead.

Xia Yan's original intention was to delay this matter, and when time passed slowly, maybe his uncle's hatred would fade away, or maybe his father would have passed away before his uncle went crazy again.As for Concubine Rong, Xia Yan had no special feelings about her life or death.

But as Xia Yan grew up, he had more thoughts about his mother's poisoning.

In fact, the poisoning case of Queen You was not a simple process like "Concubine Rong Shu was poisoned, the emperor thoroughly investigated, and the queen was exposed".After Concubine Rong Shu was poisoned, the emperor was furious and asked Empress You to investigate.So the queen started to investigate, but couldn't find a clue.

Generally speaking, whoever harmed who in the palace would know each other well. Most of the time, no evidence could be found but they would keep it in their hearts to retaliate in the future, but the matter of Concubine Rong Shu was different.

There were not many people in the palace who were suspected of poisoning, and there were only a few people after calculation. To be honest, among the few masters in the palace, Concubine Rong Shu, who was good at using tricks, seemed to be the one who could poison.It's just that Concubine Rong Shu poisoned herself and made her infertile, which is too unreasonable.

Just when everyone thought that the case of concubine Rong Shu's poisoning and abortion would be shelved for no apparent reason, things turned around.

About three months after the incident, someone found a dead body in the dry well, and others identified the dead as a walking eunuch in the backyard of Hexin Palace.Because Hexin Palace was involved, the eunuch in charge spent more time to investigate, and sure enough, he found the murderer—an eunuch in Hexin Palace.

After the eunuch pleaded guilty, the steward then asked him why he killed the man. The eunuch hesitated at first, but when he was executed, he said that he owed the little eunuch a sum of money. Go up and kill him in a hurry.But other people testified that the dead eunuch had just entered the palace and had no savings, so how could he borrow money from the murderer?Such a reason does not make sense.The interrogation continued, and the eunuch only revealed the hidden secret after several tortures—

He turned out to be the murderer who poisoned and murdered Concubine Rong Shu!

When the eunuch of Hexin Palace was walking on the road with tremella soup that day, he stepped forward to say hello, and when the other party was not paying attention, he dropped the poison on the edge of the cup lid. seeped into the soup.

Because the eunuchs who walked in the same palace knew each other, the eunuch who delivered the soup had greeted many people along the way, so the eunuch Tang who was at the end of the Queen's investigation later did not think of it.

But who would have thought that the scene of poisoning was seen by the walking eunuch, and after that, the walking eunuch kept threatening him with this matter, and he was forced to kill him.

Why did the eunuch want to murder Concubine Rong Shu?The eunuch said that Concubine Rong Shu had punished him for a little mistake, and he was so angry that he did so.But this reason is too far-fetched, where did he, a low-level eunuch with no power, get the poison?The eunuch in charge continued to torture and interrogate him, which made him reveal the final mastermind──

Queen!

The eunuch said that the reason why he poisoned him was because the maid in the queen's palace came to convey a message to him, saying that he would kill him if he didn't do so, and that his family members outside the palace would die badly. It will do him so much good.Under coercion and temptation, the eunuch had no choice but to follow suit.

The harem was shocked.The eunuch in charge had to invite the emperor, empress and maids identified by the eunuch.Seeing that the matter was exposed, the maid immediately made a move in front of the emperor, and then kowtowed to the queen, saying that she was sorry for the queen.

The truth of the case came to light. The queen was convicted of poisoning. The emperor was furious and ordered the queen to be beheaded. It was the people in the harem and all the officials who persuaded him to put him in the cold palace instead, which brought Xia Yan a lot of trouble.

The matter of the Empress back then is simple to say, if you take it out alone, if you firmly believe that Empress You is innocent, then these seem to be a conspiracy to frame her, but in fact this matter lasted for several months, with ups and downs and ups and downs. Everyone was suspicious and speculated until the dust settled, the result was beyond everyone's expectation. It was precisely because of the shock that none of the parties suspected that Queen You was not the real murderer.Even though later many people said that Empress You was generous and benevolent, not like someone who would do such a thing—they just said "not like", and most of these words would be followed by "I didn't expect...".

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You Tianqi and Xia Yan belong to those who firmly believe that the queen is innocent, but the difference between the two of them is that You Tianqi believes that all this is a trick of Concubine Rong, while Xia Yan believes that this matter needs to be investigated, and it may be a third party's plan to kill two birds with one stone Not necessarily.Xia Yan has always believed that if the real culprit who framed his mother was not Concubine Rong, then he should not kill innocent people indiscriminately—even if Concubine Rong had dirty hands.And Xia Hao was not the child of Concubine Rong, even if Concubine Rong was guilty, she should not implicate the child.

Having said that, if Xia Hao ascends the throne in the future, Xia Yan is worried that this will stimulate You Tianqi's desire for revenge. His father will be dead by then, but Xia Hao...

Another thing that makes Xia Yan faintly worried is that Xia Hao still doesn't know his identity. He will either reveal his identity before leaving the palace at the age of 16, and I am afraid that there will be another disturbance at that time. Under the circumstances, he left silently, but Xia Yan didn't know that he left like this, Xia Hao didn't know how he would react, if he ascended the throne in the future...

Xia Yan always felt that something was wrong. For now, he could only hope that he could spend the remaining two years in silence. When he was only 16 years old, he was granted the title of king and opened the mansion. Then he quietly left the capital and quietly disappeared from Xia Hao's sight. Then let time dilute everything, maybe this is the best way.

Xia Yan's wish is beautiful and humble, but God always fails to fulfill people's wishes.

The second day after Xia Hao came back, Xia Yan received Xia Hao's letter from Xiaoniao in the cold palace.Xia Hao said that he would meet tonight, Xia Yan thought about it and agreed.

They haven't seen each other for four months. Xia Hao misses "Xiao An" to death, and Xia Yan also misses this lively younger brother.Even though Xia Yan knew that Xia Hao didn't regard him as an elder brother, but after all he was the only relative who treated him well. No matter how you say it, Xia Hao was special to Xia Yan.

It was still the same place, Xia Yan arrived early, but Xia Hao was late.

"Xiao'an, have you been waiting for a long time?" Xia Hao asked as soon as he came, and before Xia Yan could answer, he explained, "That ugly monster Rousha is in trouble, I told her to back down and she kept tossing around Yes, born a slave, I'm so annoying!"

Facing Xia Hao's complaint, Xia Yan just smiled kindly.

By the moonlight, Xia Yan looked at his younger brother who hadn't seen him for several months.

Xia Hao has lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot, the white tenderness of a child has faded a lot, and the toughness of a young man seems to be faintly visible, probably because the military life has given him such a change.Xia Yan could foresee that this younger brother would definitely be a brave and deep man in the future.Such a person is suitable to be an emperor.

Xia Yan couldn't help but reached out and brushed Xia Hao's hair scattered around his neck. He suddenly thought that maybe he would never be able to do this again in a few years, or maybe one day the truth would be revealed suddenly, and Xia Hao would be out of anger. He walked away, not to mention brushing his hair so intimately, it would be difficult even to speak kindly.

Xia Yan couldn't help feeling a little sad, but this insignificant sadness was quickly washed away by a scar on Xia Hao's neck.

Xia Yan paused and asked, "Your Highness, are you injured?"

Xia Hao turned his head and glanced at his shoulder, and said indifferently: "Yes. Not only there, but also on his arms." Xia Hao said as he lifted up his sleeves, exposing his forearm, his snow-white skin like a section of lotus root There were many bruises and bruises on it, some were bruises, and some were scabs after the skin was broken.

Xia Yan couldn't help feeling distressed when he saw these scars, and said, "Does it still hurt?"

"Hehe, man, what is this little injury!" Xia Hao waved his small fist boldly and said, but in the next second, he leaned into Xia Yan's arms again, pouted his small mouth and said aggrievedly, "Actually, it hurts to death But if I say this in front of my father, my mother will be happy when my father is happy. That day when I went back to the palace, I cried out to my mother, and my mother poked my forehead and said, "You are a prince, so there is no need for this pain." What's the name?!'──I hate it!" Xia Hao's scholar Rong Guifei spoke, and described Rong Guifei's soft and charming voice very sharply.

Xia Yan smiled and said, "Your mother and concubine are also doing it for your own good."

Xia Hao pursed his lips in disdain, hugged Xia Yan's waist, touched Xia Yan's waist twice, and said coquettishly, "Xiao An wouldn't be so bad to me, right?"

When Xia Yan was hugged, he remembered being kissed by Xia Hao that day, his body froze, and he could only say embarrassingly, "This...Of course not..."

"That's it, Xiao An is the best, they are very annoying!"

Xia Hao made such a conclusion.

Xia Yan twisted his body, trying to get out of Xia Hao's arms as naturally as possible. He was "enlightened" by Lu Xinyang, and felt that he should not be so close to his brother, but he was actually happy that his brother was close to him. He was afraid that he would be too obvious It would make Xia Hao sad, so he just moved his body slightly, as if looking for a comfortable position, but actually wanted to get out of Xia Hao's arms.It's just that Xia Hao has the true biography of the octopus. His two arms look short and small, but they are tightly hugged. He raised his head, looked at Xia Yan suspiciously but innocently, and asked pitifully, "Xiao An, did I hug you?"

Ordinarily, if Xia Hao was really worried that he was hugging and hurting the other party, then he should let go a little bit, but this little guy not only didn't let go, but hugged him even tighter.

Xia Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he couldn't struggle anymore, so he could only hug Xia Hao's body lightly, and said: "No."

Xia Hao smiled, buried his head in Xia Yan's arms with satisfaction, and greedily inhaled the long-lost fresh smell.

Seeing Xia Hao like this, Xia Yan thought about it and felt that the other party was just a child and his younger brother. Since he could get close to his elder brother, it was natural for his younger brother to be close to him.After all, Xia Yan is innocent, and a simple enlightenment class is not enough to make him realize. He only thinks that Xia Hao is his younger brother, so it doesn't matter if he gets close to him, right?Thinking of this, Xia Yan threw Lu Xinyang's "teaching" to the back of his mind.

Xia Hao snuggled for a while and finally let go, he seemed to have suddenly remembered something, took the package he brought into his arms, copied it for a long time, copied out a few rolls of paper, and held it in front of Xia Yan like a treasure: "Look! "

Xia Yan opened the scroll, and saw several large ships drawn on the paper. Looking at the background, it seemed to be the dusk when the sun was setting. It was a picture of a warship returning at dusk.Turning back, there are close-ups of several kinds of warships, and each painting depicts the battleships magnificently.

Xia Hao raised his chin proudly and said, "I asked the painter to draw this specially for you to see!" But Xia Hao said again, "But when I asked them to draw it, I said it was for the father and mother to see. , They painted with special care. But I haven't shown my father and mother. After the defeat, my father is in a bad mood, and my mother is also very fierce. I'm afraid that if I show them these things, they will say Me, I don't want to look for trouble!"

Xia Hao said a little depressed, after all, he is a child, and he hopes to share any joyful things with his parents, but being born in the royal family is destined to lose some of the fun of ordinary children.

Xia Yan patted Xia Hao's shoulder affectionately, and comforted him: "After two days, you can show it to them, they will be very happy."

Xia Hao sniffed, swept away his disappointment, and hummed: "It doesn't matter, just show it to Xiao An, I just drew it for you."

Xia Yan smiled and didn't answer.

Xia Yan looked at the painting of the boat, and Xia Hao talked about his experience of going to supervise the army this time: "I used to think that fighting must be very hard, but I only realized it this time when I went out. It's actually not as terrible as I thought. Those adults see me as a prince , and I was favored by my father, everyone was very kind to me. I saw that the soldiers were eating hard cakes, but the generals gave me white rice, roast chicken and fine wine. But I didn’t drink it, you see I still remember you telling me not to drink too much alcohol!"

In the past, when Xia Hao was playful and drunk, Xia Yan advised him not to drink too much alcohol because he was too young.Now Xia Hao actually took credit for this.

Xia Yan smiled after hearing this, and then heard Xia Hao say again: "My husband told me before that the general must share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, so that the soldiers will be loyal to the general. So I distributed all the delicious food to the people below. , and said he wanted to eat hard pancakes with them. But they all stopped them." Xia Hao stuck out his tongue, "Fortunately they stopped, that pancakes are really unpalatable, if I have to eat them for a few months, I will definitely will die!"

"Hush—Your Highness can't talk about 'death'." Xia Yan said, but his expression was not very serious, but he said with a smile, "Your Highness will go to the battlefield in the future, so you can't say these things are wrong." Lucky words."

Xia Hao thought for a while, and said: "Yes, I will go to the battlefield in the future. My concubine said that if I want to be emperor, the first thing I have to surrender is those generals. To surrender those generals, the battlefield is the best place! The concubine mother said that I did a good job this time, and I will do the same if I have the opportunity in the future." Xia Hao turned over and sat on Xia Yan's lap, staring at Xia Yan and said seriously, "Xiao An, when I become the emperor, I will Let you stay by my side every day. At that time, no one can bully you. So I can't die on the battlefield!"

Xia Yan was secretly shocked when he heard that, Xia Hao was only ten years old this year, but he already had the desire to be an emperor, and the motivation for him to be an emperor was to bring himself by his side.Xia Yan couldn't help worrying: once Xia Hao knew his identity or left quietly, what would happen to this child? !

Xia Hao didn't notice Xia Yan's panic. After saying those words, he fell into Xia Yan's arms again, smelling the smell he liked, and continued to talk about what he saw on the battlefield: "Xiao An, you know that 'unbeaten' "Ghost general"? I saw him too. He really wore a mask with blue face and fangs. He seems to be quite tall, but he never went to the battlefield. He always stood on the center of the army and looked at us from afar... I don’t know if he is really as brave as the rumors? Xiaoan, what do you think... It seems that Han Shixi will enter the palace tomorrow, so I can take a closer look at him..."

As Xia Hao said, Han Shixi entered the palace the next day.

The State of Su requested peace with the State of Kang, and as soon as the war was over, the envoys of the State of Su set out from the army, led by Han Shixi.

The envoys of the Soviet Union came to Beijing together with the Kang army, and they were first arranged in the Sifang Pavilion in the city that specially received foreign envoys on the first day.The ministers of the DPRK and China have some personal contacts with the envoys, but the official exchanges at the national level still need a period of preparation, the state of Kang needs a buffer period, and the state of Su also needs a stage of adjustment and adaptation.

Now that everything was ready, Emperor Kang sent an invitation to the envoys.

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Kang was a defeated country. In order to avoid signing too harsh a contract as much as possible, the officials of Kang hoped to obtain relatively loose terms through some private means, such as bribery and curry favor with Han Shixi.Although Han Shixi was only a nominal "assistant minister" in Su, the little emperor was actually too young. The Queen Mother Huining didn't care about political affairs, and the Empress Dowager Ciren trusted Han Shixi very much. It was eradicated in three years, and now Han Shixi holds great power, almost an emperor!As long as Han Shixi can be persuaded, any terms are easy to negotiate.

Regarding the issue of "how to please Han Shixi", the ministers of civil and military affairs of the Kang Dynasty had heated discussions, but Han Shixi was very mysterious. Others only knew that he was a teacher of a real person who traveled in the clouds, learned both civil and military skills, and was later recommended by the real person to Su Guo The old emperor, after that is the glorious and smooth life of Han Xixi.In those more than ten years, no matter whether the old emperor rewarded him with status, power, money or beauties, he did not show any special joy. He seemed to be a machine of war and power. He had no preferences, no emotions, and made people feel cold. It is also the reason why the generals of the enemy army feel irritable when they hear "Han Shixi"──He is like a perfect circle, with no way to break through and no way to start.

But now, all the officials in the state of Kang are depressed about how to bribe Han Shixi.

It was Concubine Rong, who lived deep in the harem, who finally gave the plan.

The emperor complained by chance in front of Concubine Rong, and Concubine Rong also half-jokingly said that what men love most is the beauty of the country, and the country can't give it away, so it's better to give it a few beauties.

At that time, the emperor didn't pay attention to it, but when he thought about it later, he thought it was a good idea.

I sent someone to inquire, and learned that there are many beautiful concubines in Han Shixi's family. Thinking about it this way, this seemingly ruthless man seems to have a preference for beautiful women.

Although I have never heard of the Korean style of Xiai women, but in every possible way, a dead horse can only be treated as a living horse doctor.

When Han Shixi entered the palace, he received a grand reception, but today was not the time to discuss serious matters. After chatting for a while, Concubine Rong interrupted in a timely manner: "General Han has been fighting in the north all year round. Come and go in a hurry, I'm afraid you haven't seriously seen the scenery of my southern country, have you?"

Han Shixi is still wearing his vicious devil mask, making people unable to see his expression under the mask. At this moment, Han Shixi just said in a flat tone, "I haven't read it carefully. I don't know what advice does your mother have?"

Concubine Rong smiled lightly and said: "The southern country is too big, if you want to go to every place, ten years may not be enough. However, there are many wonderful flowers and wonders in my palace in Dakang. If General Han does not dislike it , but you might as well take a stroll.”

A concubine invited a general from another country to hang out in the harem. If such a move was not authorized by the emperor, no matter how bold the concubine was, it would be impossible for the concubine to do it.Although Concubine Rong said the invitation, it undoubtedly represented the meaning of Emperor Kang.

Han Shixi figured this out, pondered for a while, and agreed: "Then respect is worse than obedience."

Concubine Rong smiled softly and winked at the maid next to her. A beautiful maid immediately stepped forward to greet Han Xifu, and said softly: "General Han, please come with your servant."

Han Shixi glanced at the court lady, and Concubine Rong said, "General Han, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you. How about letting Ning Wan lead General to walk around the garden?"

Han Shixi was noncommittal, and accepted Concubine Rong's "suggestion".

Ning Wan took Han Shixi around the harem, introducing various treasures to Han Shixi along the way.Speaking of which, Ning Wan is also a beauty that makes one's heart beat at first glance. Seeing her color is like a lotus coming out of water, her lips are white and her teeth are bright, her steps are like light clouds coming out of Yuanxiu, and her voice is like a white stone passing through a secluded spring. An impeccable beauty, most men would be tempted by seeing it. Concubine Rong Gui arranged for such a beauty to be next to Han Shixi, which was also part of this "beauty trick".

Unfortunately, Han Shixi was not moved at all.

Although Han Shixi's indifference makes Ning Wan a little annoyed, but after all, the overall situation is the most important thing. Ning Wan is a typical court beauty, with a dignified and sweet appearance, and a demure and reserved temperament. , Concubine Rong also prepared other "flavors".

Sure enough, there were various beauties appearing beside Han Shixi one after another along the way, most of them were dressed as palace maids, and they seemed to pass by just to do something, but once, two girls dressed as beauties "accidentally" fell out from behind the palace pillar, It seemed as if he had sneaked out to peek at this rare visitor.

These two girls were naturally arranged by Concubine Rong. It is hard for Concubine Rong to be so careful. She considered all kinds of women Han Shixi might like, and arranged various "encounters". If Han Shixi likes those lively girls, maybe here is a sneak peek. The beauty will attract Han Shixi's attention.

However, when the two girls with silver bell-like laughter fell out from behind the palace pillar, Han Shixi just glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly, without any other expression.

Ning Wan was ordered before to "take care" of this masked man carefully.It's just that Han Shixi is wearing a mask, which makes it difficult to see his expression clearly, and his exposed mouth is always pursed, making it impossible to guess his emotions.At this moment, Ning Wan rarely saw the corner of Han Shixi's mouth twitch, and said quickly, "Don't blame General Han, the two young masters just want to see the general's demeanor."

The corner of Han Shixi's mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't know if he was smiling, but he said in a flat tone, "It's okay."

Ning Wan was frustrated, she felt that this man didn't like women at all!

Ning Wan took Han Shixi to the deep palace, and when they came to a fork in the road, Ning Wan guided the left road to Han Shixi and introduced, "My lord, please go this way."

Han Shixi stopped, glanced at the road on the right, and asked, "What's over there?"

Ning Wan smiled and said, "General, the princes live over there."

Han Shixi glanced at Ning Wan, then at the road on the left, and asked, "What about this side?"

"This is the imperial garden." Ning Wan answered lightly.

The corner of Han Shixi's mouth twitched slightly again, Ning Wan's heart skipped a beat when she saw it, and she really heard Han Shixi say: "The imperial garden and the harem are together."

Han Shixi should have said a question, but his tone was firm.Ning Wan could only smile and said: "Yes, usually ladies will also enjoy flowers in the imperial garden."

Han Shixi said: "Then I won't go."

"Huh?" Ning Wan was taken aback.

"It's inconvenient for the king of the harem to enter, so let's go to the place where the princes live."

Han Shixi said so, regardless of Ning Wan's ugly face, he walked on the road to the right on his own.

Ning Wan's complexion was distorted, and she secretly hated this Han Xi for being so ignorant.Concubine Rong Gui's original idea was to let Ning Wan introduce Han Shixi into the harem, and then all kinds of beauties would naturally appear one after another according to the pre-arranged arrangement, whether they were dignified and beautiful or enchanting and charming, pure and lovely or lively and smart, they would meet by chance. Or hello, playful or melancholic, in a word, no matter which type you like, I have it here, you can choose it, Rong Gui doesn't believe it, and Han Shixi can't be tempted!Ordinarily, this plan is good, but Han Shixi didn't cooperate at all at this time, he didn't even enter the harem, so how would the beauties appear? !

Ning Wan was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she saw that Han Shixi had already walked five or six steps away. She was bitter, but she had to find a walking eunuch to inform Concubine Rong that the matter had changed, while she followed quickly.

Han Shixi couldn't help showing a smile when he saw that Ning Wan was secretly angry in the back but couldn't get angry. How could he not know what Emperor Kang was planning? He is also responsible for things like peace negotiations and signing contracts. On the prairie, those barbarians will try their best to please him, but the methods are not so "twisty". Most of them are directly sent to them on the prairie. The best food, the best weapon, or the best beauty, everything is straightforward, and there is no such twists and turns.

The southerners are like this, they have to bend their stomachs, and they have to go around in circles about everything.

Thinking about this, Han Shixi looked around casually.

(0.5 fresh coins) The Story of the Palace 25 The Boy by the Water

When Han Shixi walked through the last palace, it was already sunset, and the golden red afterglow of the sunset made the palace look more magnificent and ambiguous.

Han Shixi glanced at the magnificent golden glazed bricks, and asked casually, "Is this the last palace?"

"Exactly." Ning Wan replied.

Han Shixi turned his back to Ning Wan, his eyes swept around, but he saw a long corridor that he had never walked before leading to an unknown direction.Han Shixi immediately pointed to the corridor and asked, "Where is this going?"

Ning Wan took a look and said, "Return to General, this is for the outer court."

"Outer court?" Han Shixi searched for information about Kang Guo's outer court in his mind, but found a small discovery, "I heard that there is a palace between the inner court and the outer court?"

Ning Wan froze for a moment, thought for a while, and then said: "Back to the general, there is another palace. That palace is outside the inner court and inside the outer court. It seems to be called Yufang Palace, but..." Ning Wan hesitated After a while, Han Shixi kept staring at her, and she thought that it was not a secret, so she said, "The general doesn't know, this Yufang Palace was originally built during the Taizong period to accommodate some officials who were too late to discuss matters. Yes, but they have been used in limbo all these years."

"Is there anyone living in it?"

"Yes, the former empress lived there with her children after she was deposed. Later, the empress empress went away, and only the prince was left living there."

"The prince lives in the cold palace?"

Han Shixi was very surprised. It stands to reason that her son would not be involved if the empress was deposed. Although the empress's loss of power would certainly have an impact on the prince's future, he had never heard of any prince being thrown into the cold palace with the deposed empress.Even if the deposed queen enters the cold palace during pregnancy, the prince will be picked up after birth. Even if the prince who is picked up for various reasons will have a bad life, he will live in the inner court dignifiedly after all. prince status.

Han Shixi's question made Ning Wan silent for a while, and after a while Ning Wan smiled slightly and said: "It's just some trivial matters in the palace."

What Ning Wan said was very vague, she clearly didn't want to continue talking about it.Han Shixi took a look at this woman, and saw her lowered her head, with a submissive look with lowered eyebrows, a trace of ridicule flashed in Han Shixi's heart.

Although Han Shixi had never been directly involved in the disputes in the harem, she also knew about the intrigue among these women. Looking at Ning Wan's attitude at this moment, it is clear that there is something hidden in it.

Han Shixi thought that this Ning Wan seemed to be someone from Ronggui, a prince who should not have entered the cold palace, but this Ning Wan did not talk clearly and avoided the topic, obviously there was something hidden in it.That noble concubine Rong can attend and speak at the banquet entertaining foreign envoys, she must be the most favored and powerful woman in the harem, if her people want to avoid something, then this matter must be related to the emperor or It has nothing to do with Concubine Rong herself.I heard that the noble concubine Rong was very favored by the dragon, maybe it was the bedside wind blown by that woman that caused the emperor to lock his own son and the prince of the first line into the cold palace.

Although these are all family affairs of the royal family of the Kang Kingdom, Han Shixi has no position to take care of them, and Han Shixi doesn't want to take care of them. He was going to leave, but he suddenly thought of the difference between the son of the former queen and the most powerful concubine today. and the concubine had a son, obviously this is a