The general went out again at night

"The emperor, how did the emperor know?" Xia Qingshu asked in surprise.

Ji Qianyao lowered his eyes, and said slowly: "At the beginning of the second year of Hongsu, I started to paint your portrait, one painting every ten days, without interruption, and by the end of the year, the portraits could be hung all over the inner room. Inadvertently, the emperor found out about it. Those paintings are still inscribed with words and sentences, and the affection is obvious. Royal people value face and follow etiquette and customs. There is no place for a woman to fall in love. The emperor was furious. I brought up old events and said It took a lot of comforting words to stabilize him. At that time, you hadn't entered the court, and you didn't know where you were. I told him that everything was my wishful thinking, and you had no intentions for me. He believed it, so I gave up for now. If we are connected, and he knows about it, he will definitely try to get rid of you. This is also the reason why I alienate you during the day."

Xia Qingshu listened to it verbatim, but there were still many questions in her mind.The authorities looked at the problem from a different angle than others, and the difference between the severity and severity was also different from others. She picked and picked one of the most perplexing questions and asked, "Then why did you draw my portrait?"

Ji Qianyao lay on her shoulder, seeing that she ignored important questions and chose such a stupid one, he couldn't help laughing "puchi".

Xia Qingshu really wanted to know, and turned to look at her with eager eyes.

Ji Qianyao hugged her head, put it next to her ear, slowly put a smile on his face, looked serious, and said softly: "Because of missing."

Her lips were pressed against Xia Qingshu's ears, and the wind from her mouth entered Xia Qingshu's ears, causing a tingling numbness. Xia Qingshu's heart skipped a beat, and she raised her hand to hug Ji Qianyao tightly.

With the response, Ji Qianyao was very happy, and she continued: "I tried to make you fear me, fear me, alienate me from me in the daytime, and not deal with it, in order to alleviate your majesty's suspicion. You have great military achievements, He has nothing to do with me, he won't touch you, this is my calculation. But as time went by, I gradually realized that my calculation was wrong. "

"Why? The two of us are indeed very tense on the face, and everyone in the capital knows it. The servants in my mansion thought that there was a grudge between you and me, and they went around to persuade me. In this way, His Majesty's wishes cannot be dispelled. suspicion?"

"Hey..." Ji Qianyao sighed, and said quietly: "You and I think His Majesty is too simple, he is no longer a child, the throne brings power, and it also brings him Suspicious temperament. Do you still remember that Minister of Rites, Shen Yizuo, asked His Majesty to select a son-in-law for me?"

"Remember." Xia Qingshu was still worried about this matter for several days.

"That was my temptation. Do you remember His Majesty's reaction at that time? Is there anything strange?"

Xia Qingshu fell into memories: "When Shen Shangshu mentioned the matter of the son-in-law for the first time, His Majesty still protected you, saying that everything was up to you. Later, Shen Shangshu said that you let go, and His Majesty immediately let go. The second time, Shen Shangshu didn't report it, His Majesty took the initiative to ask, and just after Shen Shangshu finished answering, His Majesty asked about my marriage, which shocked me a lot."

After a pause, Xia Qingshu realized later: "After what you said, I remembered that the way His Majesty looked at me at that time was a bit strange."

"He promised me before that he could be single forever, but he still wanted me to marry a man in his heart, so as soon as I let go, he immediately let go. The second time, I deliberately killed Shen Shangshu's time, and he knew my thoughts Undecided, the matter of the son-in-law is just an empty joy. At the same time, you are like me, you are over 25 years old, but you have never married, and you have never thought of getting married, so he suspects that there is a relationship between you and me. involved."

"So Wei Linsong is?" Xia Qingshu suddenly guessed something.

"He is the pawn I use to dispel the suspicion in your majesty's heart. I will hold him high first, let the whole world think that I am interested in him, and that he is a certainty to become a son-in-law, and then it will be revealed that he has bad character, treacherous and cunning Throw it down. I will pretend to be emotionally hurt again, and use this as an excuse to not get married."

"So you're trying to annoy me on purpose?"

"I deliberately angered you, Er Yue, because I didn't want you to get involved. After all the calculations, I still miscalculated your temper and love. In a fit of anger, you actually wanted to cut off the thread of love, which completely messed up my heart. "Ji Qianyao pinched Xia Qingshu's small earlobe, love poured out of his eyes, and he no longer deliberately concealed it.

Xia Qingshu's expression was dull, and he didn't know what to say for a while. It turned out that there was such a big difficulty behind these indifference and alienation.But under the hardships, there is still such a big bureau.

She doesn't know anything.

It took a long time for Xia Qingshu to clear her mind, and opened her mouth to ask, "Then if you come to the northern border to look for me, won't your situation be over?"

"If it's abolished, let it be abolished, I don't want to bear it anymore." Ji Qianyao rubbed Xia Qingshu's neck affectionately.

Xia Qingshu stopped her movements, her bright black eyes swayed from side to side, very uneasy, she said urgently: "But if Your Majesty is angry, what should I do if he not only wants to kill me, but also punishes you?"

In her heart, Ji Qianyao's life safety comes first.But in the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land is the king's minister.Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is His Majesty's imperial sister and also his subject. If the king wants the subject to die, the subject must die.

Xia Qingshu had won so many battles, but this was the first time she felt so powerless.

Then she thought about something again, her beautiful eyebrows drooped, her face was full of remorse.If she hadn't lost her temper, this round would not have been ruined.

Looking at Xia Qingshu's expression, Ji Qianyao knew what she was thinking. She raised her hand to caress her eyebrows, then reached behind her head, rubbed her broken hair, and coaxed: "It's my fault, you Don't blame yourself. This matter has already taken root in His Majesty's heart. Even if I try my best to cover it up, he will still be suspicious. As long as I don't recruit a son-in-law, he will continue to be suspicious. It's unnecessary to keep it a secret. It's better to tear it up. It's embarrassing. I didn't have a bargaining chip before, so I had to compromise, but now that I have a bargaining chip, we are not afraid of him."

Ji Qianyao smiled, brighter than ever before, and with a domineering arrogance.

"I will solve all this, do you believe me?"

Xia Qingshu naturally believed it, that was the person she loved so much, she believed everything she said.

Xia Qingshu wanted to give Ji Qianyao a serious answer, held her shoulders, and just moved her lips when a horn sounded from outside the barracks, which was the frontier alarm for the enemy's attack.She was shocked immediately, let go of her hand, ran out of the door, and stopped suddenly at the door. She turned her head and looked at Ji Qianyao with a tangled expression.

Over the years, she has developed a habit. When the alarm goes off, her mind is full of military defenses, and her daughter's love is thrown out of the blue sky.But in this way, won't His Highness be angry?

Ji Qianyao waved to her, smiled and signaled her to leave with peace of mind, his lips moved, and said softly: "Be careful, don't get hurt."

Xia Qingshu smiled brightly, nodded, grabbed her saber and rushed out of the camp, her heart was filled with this deep affection.Outside, Liu Yan had prepared his war horses, and the soldiers of the battalion ran quickly and assembled into a queue.

"What's going on?" Xia Qingshu squinted at the smoke rising from the pier, and asked in a deep voice.

"Two cavalry robbed the plinth, and they are now attacking us."

"Only two cavalry?"

"Yes."

"Go and see first."

"Yes!" Liu Yan turned around and ordered to the school lieutenants: "Pass down the order, and all the soldiers will line up outside the camp. Without the general's order, they are not allowed to attack without authorization."

There were uniform footsteps outside, and gradually, the footsteps became quieter, and Ji Qianyao knew that Xia Qingshu had led the army to set off.In the past, she really wanted to see how Xia Qingshu's horse killed the enemy, it must be majestic and intimidating.Now, after hearing Aunt Pang's words, she felt very distressed. She only hoped that the Tatars would be wiped out sooner and that Xia Qingshu would not enter the battlefield again.

***

After driving for more than half a month, the road was full of dust and dust, and he hadn't even washed up properly. In addition, he was tired from the journey, thick black shadows appeared under his eye circles, his lips were bloodless, and his complexion was sallow. Ji Qian looked at himself in the mirror and wrinkled in disgust. raised eyebrows.A woman is someone who pleases herself, she doesn't want Xia Qingshu to see herself like this when she comes back.

Just as she was about to call Suxi to fetch water and make up, a person came from outside the door curtain. After seeing her, she bowed and bowed: "Minister Jiang Xueqin has met His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, Your Highness Jin An."

The tone is slow, the voice is clear and clear, she is not like an ordinary woman, if she were to come into the door and bump into her, she would have to panic, but she didn't.

Jiang Xueqin... Doctor Jiang?Ji Qianyao suddenly remembered something. Could it be that this person is the Doctor Jiang that Aunt Pang was talking about?

Recalling Aunt Pang's tone of voice, it seemed that Doctor Jiang and Xia Qingshu were emotionally involved... and when he first arrived at the barracks, what he saw was her and Xia Qingshu hugging each other. ambiguous.

Could it be that this person likes Xia Qingshu?

Ji Qianyao paused, steadied his body, and looked at the person in front of him from top to bottom.Jiang Xueqin was born in the south of the Yangtze River, her skin is as white as snow, her lips are red and her teeth are bright, every frown and smile is Tsinghua refined.

Ji Qianyao narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling hostile towards Dr. Jiang.Thoughts were mixed in her heart, but she had a smile on her face, she seemed approachable, and said in a gentle voice, "Excuse me."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiang Xueqin raised her head and smiled very gently into Ji Qianyao's eyes.

"Doctor Jiang came to look for General Xia?"

"No." Jiang Xueqin smiled slightly, and said softly: "Just now when the horn sounded in the camp, General Xia must lead his troops to fight against the enemy. How could he be in the tent at this time? She has not been able to sleep well these days, so I hurriedly made a soothing pillow." , I am free at this time, so I sent it."

Holding the soft pillow, Jiang Xueqin walked around Ji Qianyao with graceful steps, walked to Xia Qingshu's bed, bent down and replaced Xia Qingshu's pillow, as casual and natural as in her own room.

She placed the soothing pillow on Xia Qingshu's bedside, took out a bottle of small medicinal powder and sprinkled it on the side of the bed, her red lips parted slightly: "The weather is getting warmer, and some bugs are active. I made a bottle of insect repellent and sprinkled it on the edge of the bed, so the general will not suffer from the bite."

After spraying the powder, Jiang Xueqin smoothed Xia Qingshu's wrinkled bedding, and straightened the four corners, like a caring and virtuous wife at home.

Looking at Jiang Xueqin's busy figure, Ji Qianyao twitched the corners of his mouth, bit his lower lip with his white teeth, and looked extremely unhappy.