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On the second day, the court and the court were still discussing whether Wang Zhaolun should be recruited. Emperor Huiming sat on the throne drowsy, with no interest, and an attitude that had nothing to do with himself.

During the fierce defense of the officials, Chen Xiongjie brought a man to the main hall in a hurry. He was wearing armor, his bun was messy, and his face was still wounded, as if he had just experienced a fierce fight.

"The military situation in Shaozhou is urgent and imminent." He spoke urgently: "Your Majesty, Wang Zhaolun was executed privately by Zhao Qian, and Cai Jinzhen, the second in command in Huaihai, led 5 people to attack Shaozhou. Fang couldn't resist, and asked the emperor to send someone to help."

It was none other than Ling Ran who spoke.

When everyone heard this, they talked a lot, and some were secretly happy that Liu Mingxiao's death was exactly what they wanted, so Liu Wenchao folded a left and right arm, and prayed in his heart that the emperor would send troops to support him later.

Liu Wenchao was in a daze when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "Then how did you escape?"

Ling Ran said: "The governor led fifty cavalrymen to kill a bloody road, sent me out of the city, and asked me to bring the news, and he returned with the rest of the cavalry."

Liu Wenchao closed his eyes and asked again, "Didn't Jeju send troops to support it?"

Ling Ran seemed hesitant to speak: "Why do you need to reply to the defense of Jeju? We are already making preparations before the battle, but our Shaozhou has been besieged for seven or eight days, and we haven't seen them coming to support."

Liu Wenchao understood the reason as soon as he heard it.

Jeju was returned to Liu Mingxiao's jurisdiction, and Liu Mingxiao became the boss. Why should he be the king of the mountains in Jeju, and suddenly a governor was parachuted in? In this war, it is best to continue to be the king of the mountains.

Since Li Chengyun became the prince, he has to go to court every day.He recognized the danger in this war, and if he didn't rush to rescue Liu Mingxiao, Liu Mingxiao would be trapped to death in Shaozhou City. If Liu Mingxiao died in battle, Liu Wenchao would be very sad.

Li Chengyun said: "Father, my minister has requested to act as the governor of Jeju temporarily and lead the troops of Jeju to support Shaozhou. My minister has just been established as the prince, so I should take the lead and set an example."

Liu Wenchao turned his head to look over, and Li Chengyun smiled slightly, signaling him to rest assured that everything is up to me.

Even though Emperor Huiming preferred his eldest son, Li Changshuo, Li Chengyun was his own son after all. He was worried about Li Chengyun's safety, so he didn't know how to speak for a while, so he could only say, "What do you think about this?"

Chen Xueliang quickly said: "The old minister thinks the prince is right. At present, the prince temporarily acts as the governor of Jeju, which is the most deterrent. If he returns after winning the battle, it will prove the prince's ability and be loved by the people in the city."

Those who followed Chen Xueliang's faction all stepped forward to second the proposal.

Liu Wenchao thought to himself: These old foxes, with their high-sounding words, are all for Li Chengyun's sake, but they are actually looking forward to his death so that they can support the next prince.

Just as Liu Wenchao was about to speak, he was interrupted by Li Chengyun. Li Chengyun said: "Father, my son will definitely live up to everyone's expectations."

Li Chengyun has already said that, so it's not easy for Emperor Huiming to say anything more.

After the morning court was over, Liu Wenchao went to the yamen to look for Ling Ran. When he saw Liu Wenchao coming, everyone in the yamen greeted him respectfully. Liu Wenchao responded one by one, saying that he came to see Ling Ran.

Seeing this, the others tactfully avoided it. Ling Ran had already tidied himself up. Liu Wenchao didn't have time to look at Ling Ran carefully in the hall just now. Now it seems that Ling Ran has grown taller again. His smooth face before It has also become rough, and the skin is much darker, and it looks like it is used to the wind and the sun.

Liu Wenchao reached out and patted his shoulder, and said, "How are you doing in Shaozhou?"

Ling Ran rolled his black eyes and said, "Brother, I'm fine over there. Second brother always takes care of me."

"Don't go to Jeju with the crown prince later, just rest at home for a while." Liu Wenchao said: "Mingxiao tried his best to send you out, and I don't want you to participate in the next battle in Shaozhou. .”

Ling Ran became anxious and said, "Brother, I must go back. The second brother is besieged in Shaozhou, and his life and death are uncertain. I have to go back to rescue him. Besides, I came out of Shaozhou. If you know better, you can help the prince."

"Going to the battlefield is not a joke, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to come back after this trip?"

"I have fought several battles with Second Brother, I am not afraid, I will be there wherever Second Brother is." Ling Ran said resolutely.

Liu Wenchao looked at the immature boy in front of him. He had just turned [-] and was only a half-grown child. He had also watched Ling Ran grow up. In his heart, Ling Ran was no different from Ming Xiao, they were both equally close.

Liu Wenchao said, "Are you determined to go?"

"En." Ling Ran nodded firmly.

Liu Wenchao stroked Ling Ran's hair, and sighed: "Go as long as you want, protect yourself, and go see dad before you leave, he misses you too, don't tell me about Xiao Xiao being besieged, just say Xiao Xiao Let you escort important prisoners back."

"Got it, big brother."

When Liu Wenchao stood up and was about to go out, he suddenly asked, "What's your relationship with Mingxiao?"

Ling Ran was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly understood the meaning of Liu Wenchao's question, blushed slightly and lowered his head, squeezed the shirt beside him, and said falteringly: "No, it doesn't matter, he always treats me like a younger brother. "

Liu Wenchao saw Ling Ran's small gestures in his eyes, didn't continue to ask, turned around and went out, and was stopped by a person just two steps away: "Sir, wait a minute, I have something to tell you."

Liu Wenchao turned around and said with a smile, "Why did His Royal Highness come here? What do you want from me?"

Li Chengyun lowered his head and quickly kissed Liu Wenchao's lips, and said, "Sir, you are so indifferent, I haven't seen you for half a month, and you are so alienated from me."

Liu Wenchao was terribly frightened. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he put his heart back into his stomach and whispered: "You are crazy, you just got the crown prince so hard, don't sit still Just send it out."

Li Chengyun twitched his lips and said, "Then follow me to Wenqing Hall later, I have something to tell you."

Liu Wenchao nodded, and Li Chengyun took Liu Wenchao to the warm pavilion of Wenqing Palace, ordered someone to serve hot soup to warm Liu Wenchao's body, and the two sat cross-legged and kneeled facing each other.

Mu Yu dismissed all the eunuchs and maids, and carefully closed the door for both of them.

Liu Wenchao stirred the bird's nest in the bowl and said, "Do you really have to go to Jeju later?"

Li Chengyun smiled and said: "It's not that I have to go, you also know Liu Mingxiao's current situation, soldiers are precious and fast."

"You don't have to go in person," Liu Wenchao said, "You can let other people go."

"I don't worry about letting other people go. You know I don't want to see you sad, so I can't be a little sloppy." Li Chengyun came to Liu Wenchao's side, put his head on his lap, and said, "I will make a quick decision. Be back soon."

Liu Wenchao had mixed feelings in his heart. Because Liu Mingxiao was his younger brother, Li Chengyun took the initiative to ask for Ying. He touched Li Chengyun's cheek and said softly, "I hope you will put yourself first and come back alive."

Li Chengyun was almost asleep on Liu Wenchao's lap: "Don't be afraid, I will come back alive, and Liu Mingxiao will come back alive." He turned over, faced Liu Wenchao, threw himself into his arms, and smelled the aloe fragrance from Liu Wenchao's body , murmured: "Qingchuan, let me sleep on your lap for a while first."

In fact, Liu Wenchao still had a lot to ask Li Chengyun, but seeing that he seemed very tired, he couldn't bear to disturb him, so he let him go.

In his sleep, Li Chengyun seemed to mutter something, Liu Wenchao put his ear to it and listened for a while, only to realize that he was calling his name.

It wasn't until after noon that Li Chengyun woke up. In a daze, he realized that there was a hand on his shoulder, patting his back like an adult putting a child to sleep.

Li Chengyun was taken aback, and opened his eyes suddenly. The first thing he saw was a piece of crane patch. He slowly raised his head and saw Liu Wenchao propping his head with his hands and half-closed his eyes.

It turned out that he had slept on Liu Wenchao's lap for three or four hours, but Liu Wenchao didn't wake him up. He propped up his upper body from Liu Wenchao's lap, but as soon as he made a movement, Liu Wenchao opened his eyes and said softly: "You woke up?"

Li Chengyun got up, rubbed his thigh for him, and asked, "Is it numb, why didn't you wake me up?"

"I can't bear to see you tired. What have you been doing these days? You're so tired. You fell asleep just now."

Li Chengyun hugged Liu Wenchao on his lap and sat horizontally, pinched his thigh, and said: "I have just been appointed as the prince, and I need to explain many things to Li Changshuo, and I am busy transferring my people from Shaozhou. It took a lot of energy. You are not by my side, I can't sleep well, so I have to use my sleep time to do things."

Liu Wenchao wrapped his hands around Li Chengyun's neck, kissed him on the cheek, and said, "You've worked hard."

This sudden initiative made Li Chengyun's anger go up when he just woke up, and the action of rubbing Liu Wenchao's legs slowly changed. His left hand wrapped around Liu Wenchao's waist, and his right hand stuck to his thigh unimpededly until he touched the root of his thigh. Knead gently.

"I haven't slept so deeply in a long time."

Liu Wenchao put his nose on Li Chengyun's hair, and said into his ear, "Don't you think it's strange that Zhao Qian killed Wang Zhaolun?"

Li Chengyun lifted the hem of Liu Wenchao's clothes, slid his hands in along the bottom of his trousers, held the firm (Shenlue) up and down/moved: "The emperor is also a little strange these days, and he has been dragging Wang Zhaolun all the time, but he doesn't give an accurate answer .I guess the emperor has a grudge against you."

Liu Wenchao tightly wrapped his hands around Li Chengyun's neck, opened his mouth slightly, and sprayed slightly hot breath on Li Chengyun's ears, and burrowed in: "The emperor thinks that I have a high position and many cliques. I used to be your teacher, so I'm afraid of you. In the future, I can't grasp it. Jiangshan's surname is Li in name, but his surname is Liu in fact, so he wants to pierce your future emperor Lu ahead of time. Recently, Liu Mingxiao has been gaining momentum and just happened to be the prick, so he hasn't given an answer for a long time. I just want to use Chen Xueliang's hand to cut off Liu Mingxiao. The fact that Liu Mingxiao was besieged is actually in line with the emperor's wishes, and he can't be blamed if he dies in battle."