Contract Prince

After Xiao Muxue was injured, she has been recuperating in bed, and Xiao Guan rarely saw her daughter.Today, the princess came to the palace, and the emperor was very happy.There are always many whispers between father and daughter, Xiao Guan certainly can't let the ministers disturb his conversation with Xiao Muxue.

The emperor said: "The matter of food and grass support will be discussed later! Dear friends, you should step down first."

After the meeting, all the officials withdrew, and Xiao Muxue walked into the imperial study.

"Xue'er, I heard from the queen that although your sword poison has been removed, your injury has not healed yet. Why don't you take good care of your injury?" Xiao Guan said with concern.

Xiao Muxue said: "Father, my son's injury is almost healed."

Xiao Guan frowned and said: "If the injury is not healed, it is easy to suffer from the root cause of the disease in the future, Xue'er, you should pay more attention."

"Father, don't worry, this son knows well." Xiao Muxue said softly, "My son has been bedridden all the time, and I can't help but feel depressed. Seeing that the weather is good today, that's why I came to the palace to visit my father and queen, and take some time to relax."

"It's rare that you still miss Royal Father." Xiao Muxue stroked her beard and said with satisfaction.

The soldiers in the front are all waiting for food and grass to survive, and it is urgent to support food and grass.Xiao Muxue didn't want to waste time, she said directly: "Father, my son came to the palace, apart from visiting you and the queen mother, he also came for an important matter, I hope the father can agree."

Xiao Guan didn't even think about it, for this precious daughter, he never had a heart of defense, and said with a smile: "What's the important thing? Xue'er just say it, Father will definitely agree."

Before Xiao Muxue came, she had a good discussion with Gu Yunjing about the support of grain and grass.The Marquis of Zhenyuan has a heavy army in his hands, Xiao Guan has been afraid of him for a long time, the wife and his wife know the emperor's suspicious nature.Therefore, the son-in-law taught Her Royal Highness a lot of speaking skills.

"Father, I have an unfeeling request." Xiao Muxue said, "The military situation ahead is urgent and supplies are scarce. I want to sell the dowry to support the army."

Xiao Guan was taken aback for a moment, his smile froze, and his expression was solemn.Listening to Xiao Muxue's tone, Xiao Guan guessed that the baby girl was probably ordered by Gu Yunjing to intercede for the front army.

Before Xiao Guan wanted to abolish Gu Wei's Marshal Marshal, but now he is Xiao Muxue's father-in-law, because of this kind of affection, Xiao Guan is not easy to use Gu Wei's military power.The emperor regretted that he should not betroth Xiao Muxue to Gu Yunjing as his wife.

"Xue'er, why do you have this idea?" The emperor asked tentatively, to see if she was instigated by Gu Yunjing.

Xiao Muxue said slowly: "When I went out two days ago, I passed a village, and the village was mostly old people and women. When I passed by there, I saw a very sad scene. An old woman with white hair was in her house Paper money was burned in front of the door, and she was in great grief. That expression was really sad for those who heard it, and tears for those who saw it."

"I only found out after asking that this day is the anniversary of the death of the grandmother's only son who served as a soldier." Xiao Muxue asked with gazing eyes, "Father, do you know how her son died?"

Xiao Guan said: "Since you are a soldier, you naturally die for fighting the enemy bravely."

"No." Xiao Muxue sighed, and said in a low voice, "the grandma said that her son starved to death outside the Great Wall in the snowy sky. After a group of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers were sent back to their hometowns, they told the grandma This matter happened. Her old man always thought that her son was still killing the enemy on the battlefield, but she never thought that his son had been frozen to death."

This is not fiction, but real.In a small courtyard of the Gu family, there lived many old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers.Gu Wei sympathized with them, so he left these people in the mansion to take care of them.

Gu Yunjing often greeted them, heard about it from them, and then told His Highness the princess.After hearing this, Xiao Muxue was very shocked.

She knew that if she directly asked Xiao Guan to support the army, her father would definitely be unhappy.So she changed the story a little, trying to persuade Xiao Guan from this story.

Xiao Guan lowered his eyes and remained silent.

Xiao Muxue said again: "Father, the soldiers are the guarantee for the stability of the border. If they don't even have warm clothes and food, how can they protect their homes and the country?"

Xiao Guan understands the truth, the key is that he is afraid that Gu Wei will rebel after recharging his energy.

Xiao Guandao: "Since the war with Xiliang, I have allocated a lot of food, grass and silver to the army, why is it still so difficult?"

"I agreed to all the requests made by Gu Wei before. But in the past year, he has not sent a single victory report to the imperial court." Xiao Guan's face was faintly angry, "I really don't know if Gu Wei, the god of war, has a vain reputation, or is he not at all. No intention to fight? Now he asks the imperial court for 20 stones of grain and grass, and I will not give it, but I just want to know if he raised these grains and grass to fight against the enemy?"

The words were all brought out to the surface, it can be seen how fearful and terrifying Xiao Guan is towards Gu Wei.

Xiao Muxue cleared her mind, thought for a while, and respectfully said: "Royal father, as the saying goes, don't be suspicious, but don't be suspicious. Since you have appointed Gu Houye as the Grand Marshal, you should trust him unconditionally."

"My son-in-law has been with the son-in-law since she married into the Hou's mansion. She knows the character of the son-in-law very well. She is an upright, loyal, and kind person. A father who can teach such a child must be an outstanding man. How about the prince-in-law?" Will it give birth to the heart of treason?"

Leaving aside the factor of Gu Wei, Xiao Guan is quite satisfied with the son-in-law.What the baby girl said was more effective than everyone else, and Xiao Guan's heart was shaken.

In order to completely dispel Xiao Guan's defense against Gu Wei, Xiao Muxue said again: "Father, it is understandable that Gu Houye did not report success."

"As we all know, Xiliang is extremely cold, with constant wind and snow all year round. The Xiliang army is used to living in this environment, but our army is not used to it. With this innate condition, we have lost our advantage."

"Our army marched thousands of miles to the west, and the people were exhausted, while the Xiliang army was full of energy. We also lost our advantage in this acquired condition."

"In such a harsh environment, Master Gu can still stick to Shimen Pass. Although he has not won a battle yet, the Xiliang army has not benefited." Xiao Muxue paused, and said, "If you change If someone else were to lead it, maybe the city would have been lost long ago.”

This is exactly what others pointed out, Hussar General Qin She!Xiao Guan savored Xiao Muxue's words carefully, and felt that what she said made sense.

His own daughter has the willingness to donate her dowry to the army, if Xiao Guan withholds food and grass and uses the money to go on a southern tour, it will be ridiculous to spread the word.At this moment, the emperor suddenly felt ashamed.

He said slightly: "I'm going to ask people to allocate food, grass, and silver to the army. Xue'er, you should keep your dowry, the treasury won't run out of silver."

Xiao Muxue shook her head, her eyes were firm, "Father, what the soldiers of the three armies need most now is encouragement. If the soldiers know that the princess sold the dowry to support them in fighting the enemy, I think their fighting spirit will be unprecedentedly high! Defeating Xiliang is just around the corner!"

Her Royal Highness did not forget to put a high hat on the emperor, "Father is so sympathetic to the soldiers, it must be a good story to spread."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Xiao Guan was very happy, and called Chen Huaisheng in, "Eunuch Chen immediately sent an order to Deng Kuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, asking him to allocate 20 shi, grain and grass, and 20 taels of silver as the frontline sergeants Cost of food and clothing!"

After Chen Huaisheng drew up the emperor's imperial decree, he hurried to the yamen of the household department!

After completing this important task, Xiao Muxue breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.After Xiao Guan talked about his family affection with her for a long time, Xiao Muxue left the imperial study.Thinking that she hadn't come to greet Queen Zhao for many days, Her Royal Highness walked towards Zhengyang Palace again.

When Xiao Muxue arrived, the empress was weaving baby clothes.When Mrs. Zhao saw her precious daughter, she quickly put down the needle and thread in her hand, and ordered Luomei to show Her Royal Highness tea.

Xiao Muxue looked at the golden clothes of the villain, and asked, "Mother, how did you sew this yourself?"

Luo Mei brought up fragrant tea and said with a smile: "After hearing that His Royal Highness Princess An is pregnant, the empress is talking about her precious grandson every day, and can't wait for the baby to be born. Every day when she is free, she sews clothes, and she sews several times. Ten sets. I can't even persuade her to let her rest."

Although Luomei still loves Xiao Zhan, she knows that she and His Royal Highness An have different identities, and there is absolutely no possibility for her and Xiao Zhan in this life.Luomei is a kind woman, and when she heard that Xiao Zhan had a queen, she was also very happy from the bottom of her heart.

Xiao Muxue was in a particularly happy mood, she said: "Mother, the baby can't wear too many clothes after birth. Don't bother with sewing clothes, you should also pay attention to your body."

The queen waved her hand and said, "Xue'er, the queen mother is happy. Your sister-in-law finally became pregnant. The queen mother hopes for the stars and the moon to have such a grandson, but he is precious."

Mrs. Zhao told Luo Mei to back down. After she put down the cup, she looked at Xiao Muxue and said, "Xue'er, my mother wants to ask you some private questions again."

When Xiao Muxue heard it, she knew in her heart that the queen probably wanted to talk about her and her son-in-law again, so Xiao Muxue couldn't help rubbing the center of her brows.

"Xue'er, has the son-in-law's condition improved?"

Xiao Muxue didn't know how to answer, so she said casually and vaguely: "It's still the same."

Compared with Xiao Muxue's calmness, the empress was obviously much more anxious, she hurriedly asked: "What is the old look like? What is the condition of the son-in-law? We need to find out. Otherwise, the imperial doctor will not be able to prescribe the right medicine. How about it? The imperial physician is taking the pulse of Concubine An, you let the son-in-law go to Prince An's mansion when he is free, the queen mother has already made an agreement with the imperial physician Zhou that he must treat the concubine's illness well."

Xiao Muxue said in embarrassment: "Queen Mother, there is really no need. The consort's illness will be healed by senior Shangguanlan, so you don't have to worry about it."

"You child," the queen smiled wryly, "this is a major matter, how can you not worry about it? The queen mother has trouble sleeping and eating for this matter every day, and she always feels that she owes you. The queen mother asked the imperial doctor Zhou quietly, and he said that this disease can be cured , the son-in-law has to be healed, and your husband and wife live a loving and sweet life, so the queen mother is relieved."

Although she knew that the empress had good intentions, Xiao Muxue really had no intention of denying it. She shirked and said, "The empress, the son-in-law is already taking the prescription prescribed by senior Shangguan Lan, so there is really no need for the imperial physician Zhou to see it."

The queen raised her head and asked, "Xue'er, is your Shou Gong Sha still there?"