don't fight the general

The clouds were dense and the wind was bitter.

Yan Jing put the hood on her head, tightened the cloak, and walked quickly towards Yongshou Palace.Perhaps it was because the weather was too cold, or because there was nowhere to hide the bleakness of the imperial city, so there was not even a single palace official in sight along the way.

Seeing him suddenly stop, the accompanying guards couldn't help being surprised: "Your Highness, what's the matter?"

Yan Jing lifted the hood on his head, looked up at the sky, and said softly: "It's snowing."

The guard was stunned, followed him to raise his head, and found that there were indeed snowflakes falling, which were not obvious at first, but gradually became larger and denser, coming in an unstoppable manner, as if, It is necessary to dye the earth into a vast expanse of white in this blink of an eye.

Yan Jing slowly stretched out his hand, let the snowflakes fall on his palm, and slowly closed his fingers, as if to keep the snowflakes, but when he opened it again, there was still nothing.

There was a mocking smile on the corner of his lips, and he shook his head lightly: "Let's go, the sky has changed."

The Yongshou Palace was completely silent. After days, everyone knew that even if they stayed in front of the dragon couch all day, there was not much the imperial doctor could do, so Cui Qiao drove everyone to the outer hall and sat alone on the dragon couch. Beside the couch, holding a sleeve furnace in his arms, he was concentrating on reading a military book.

Excluding all the grievances in the past, and all the relationships between them, Yan Jing has to say that Cui Qiao is really admirable, no matter what the outside situation is, she can still be as calm as a mountain.At such a time, he can still sit here and read a book quietly, he is worthy of being a member of the Cui family.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Cui Qiao looked sideways slightly, and nodded after Yan Jing greeted him: "Your Highness came early today." She paused for a moment on Yan Jing, then raised her eyes to look out the window, "Is it snowing?"

Yan Jing took off the cloak casually, and responded: "Yes, it's snowing, and the effort has been put in for a while. When the mother returns to the palace, be careful of the slippery road."

Cui Qiao closed the book in his hand, lowered his eyes slightly, glanced at Yan Cheng on the bed, and then stretched out his hand to help him pull the corner of the quilt: "There is not much snow in the capital, and when I was young, Awei would always pester me to ask, when will it be snowed?" In winter, I said that it was already winter when it was cold, but he wanted to argue with me, how could it be winter without snowfall. Finally, he was looking forward to the snow, and he went to have fun in the snow with Fu Yue, very happy. In the past few years, he has been to the Northwest, and he has seen countless times of falling snow, and he doesn't know if it will be rare to see such snow again."

Yan Jing frowned, with a smile on his lips: "Snow may not be so rare anymore, but when playing in the snow, you should still be happy. Especially, when the third brother is older, Ah Wei can play with him, I should be as happy as I was when I was a child.”

Cui Qiao turned around to look at him, and then smiled lightly: "Obviously he is also the commander of the first army, but he still has a child's heart. I don't know if it is good or bad."

"He is simple, direct, and full of enthusiasm, but he is always firm in what he wants to do." Yan Jing said seriously, "He always knows what he should do and never wavers."

Cui Qiao looked at him for a while: "It's rare for you to understand him."

While the two were talking, the door of the palace was suddenly never opened, and Wang Zhong rushed in in a panic, but he still remembered to salute the two of them: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the second prince has made a move!"

Cui Qiao subconsciously turned her head to look at Yan Cheng who was still sleeping behind her, and then turned her gaze to Yan Jing. Although she didn't say it clearly, Yan Jing knew what she meant——Yan Cong and Zheng Jiaming had suppressed it for so many days, and at this moment they suddenly moved Come on, there must be a reason.

"Where?" Cui Qiao put away the emotion on his face and asked.

"They divided into four groups and attacked the four gates of the east, west, north and south at the same time. The second prince even led 2000 people to attack the east gate." Wang Zhong replied, "However, the Suwei army has been careful on guard since they got the order from the empress, so, Their raid was unsuccessful."

Cui Qiao rubbed his forehead, took a deep breath: "I'll go and have a look."

A slender white hand held Cui Qiao's arm: "It's snowing outside, I'll go for this kind of thing." Yan Jing hooked his lower lip to Cui Qiao's surprised gaze, "That day before I entered the palace I made an appointment with my second brother outside the city and he has free time, I need to talk to my brother, since I am here today, I can’t miss the appointment. It’s almost noon, the queen mother should go back and see the third brother.”

After finishing speaking, he took the cloak that he had just taken off, put it on, and went out the door without looking back when Cui Qiao could not respond. Wang Zhong was so shocked that he stared at the closed palace door for a long time before returning to his senses: " His Royal Highness King Rui, he..."

Cui Qiao sat down on the side of the bed again, tapped the sleeve stove in his arms lightly with his fingers, and said with a light smile: "After all, it is a prince, so how could it be really a mortal. Ah Wei is very accurate in judging people."

The wind and snow were raging, and within a short while, the entire imperial city was dyed a blinding white.Because one blow failed, Yan Cong had already ordered to suspend the offensive, and took a short rest under the city, and seemed to have plans to continue the attack.

Yan Jing stood on the high city wall, looked down at the people below the city, finally stopped his eyes on Yan Cong, and curled his lower lip: "Second brother, don't come here without any harm."

Riding on the horse, Yan Cong looked up at the thin and tall figure on the city wall, he was surprised at first, and then chuckled: "I didn't expect Brother Huang was still in the imperial city, I thought you packed up your things and fled? It seems that after currying favor with Cui's family, the emperor's courage has grown a lot, and he dared to show up in person on such occasions."

"In terms of courage, I'm always inferior to my second brother. After all, if I'm given another few decades, I won't dare to force the palace to rebel." Yan Jing put her hands behind her back and looked down at Yan Cong. "After holding back for so many days, but suddenly making a move, it seems that in the eyes of the second brother, even if the one standing here is the father, you are bound to win this throne and this world?"

"Whether the father can stand up, shouldn't the emperor know better than me?" Yan Cong sneered, "You colluded with the Cui family to put the seriously ill father under house arrest, entered the palace to visit the civil and military officials of the father, and stole the guards. The soldier talisman of the army is huddled in the imperial city, so you don’t really think you can succeed? Don’t tell me, Cui will leave his parents and children alone, and help the emperor’s son, your concubine son, to sit on the dragon chair? Said, Brother Huang, you are still a little naive, why don't you just stay in Yunzhou City and be your vassal king, and wait for me to get rid of the Cui family who is in chaos. to you."

"Isn't that a waste of my second brother's efforts to instruct my mother and concubine to lure me back to the capital?" Yan Jing had a mocking smile on his lips, but his tone was extremely indifferent, "If I don't go back to the capital, how can my second brother return to the capital?" What about cutting grass and roots?"

Yan Cong narrowed his eyes slightly, and put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist: "No wonder my uncle said, don't think that Brother Huang is a waste, and don't take it seriously. Brother Huang has been silent for so many years, and all kinds of situations can be seen clearly." It's clear. It's just a pity that you chose the wrong side this time, Brother Huang. The Cui family is a disaster for the country, and I will get rid of her sooner or later, and there is no way to show mercy to you, Brother Huang."

Speaking of this, he shook his head regretfully: "Concubine Shu tried so hard to propose marriage to the emperor, but the emperor refused without hesitation. If the emperor married Miss He, it probably wouldn't going down this wrong path.”

"Whether it's the empress who brought disaster to the country, or whether the second brother, you, and the Zheng family forced the palace to rebel, there's no point in arguing now." Yan Jing raised her hand to wrap up her cloak, and pressed her palm against the city wall, leaving a palm print on the snow. , and then he said slowly, "Whoever stands at the end has the final say, doesn't he?"

Ever since he was a child, Yan Cong has never paid attention to this elder brother who has nothing but a face, but at this moment, when he looked up at the city wall, he found that his elder brother seemed to be different, as if A completely different person, cold and confident, awe-inspiring and inviolable.

Yan Cong felt a little irritable from the bottom of his heart, he snorted softly, and pointed his sword straight at the city wall: "Brother Huang has confidence, it seems that the news in the imperial city is not very convenient, I probably thought that as long as If we go on and go to the southwest or northwest for help, we will have nothing to do with you? It's just a pity that no matter which way the reinforcements come, they won't be able to come."

Yan Jing frowned slightly, but there was no emotion on his face. He looked at Yan Cong calmly, and listened to him slowly say: "Five days ago, the king of Nanyue led an army of [-] to drive straight in, and the Southwest Army was already too busy to take care of themselves As for the Northwest, the Marquis Xuan Ping, who claims to be invincible in a hundred battles and killed countless Beiliang people, finally suffered retribution in Beiliang."

As he was talking, he looked down at the sword edge that was glowing with cold light, chuckled, raised his head and continued to Yan Jing: "It's useless for the emperor to stand here, you might as well go back and tell that person Empress, her brave and extraordinary younger brother will never come back again, and their Cui family, this time, is completely over!"

The north wind above the city tower seems to be stronger than other places. Yan Jing's cloak was lifted up and fluttered in the wind. His right hand was clenched into a fist, his veins were bulging, and his complexion was as pale as the snowflakes flying all over the sky. , he stood motionless in the wind, and his mind was full of the day when the Northwest Garrison set off, outside Yunzhou City, where the sky was about to dawn, he lightly touched the young man's forehead, and whispered in his ear: " May my general be victorious in every battle, and may my general be safe and healthy."

Then what did Cui Wei answer him?

Yan Jing touched his chest, he remembered Cui Wei said: "A general will do what he says, and never breaks his word, so, from now on, I will keep Brother Jing at ease forever."

Yan Jing's throat trembled, and after a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, with red marks in his eyes, and a sense of killing, he suddenly fought back, snatched a curved bow from the hand of the guard beside him, and drew the bow like flowing clouds and flowing water. Sharp arrows shot out through the wind and flew towards the city, and an indifferent voice echoed in the wind: "Anyone who intends to attack the city will be killed on the spot, leaving no one behind."