The day of fortune-telling for the dragon

At night, Xuanlong couldn't hold back and went to see Hua Jue again.

Hua Dabao was a little hesitant: "My lord, my brother..."

asleep?Or did you insist on telling him that you didn't want to see him?

Xuanlong arranged these answers in turn for himself in his mind, and said in a low voice, "I'll come and see him."

"Have you given him the medicine?" He tilted his head and asked Hua Dabao.The little fat bird next to Hua Jue's pillow moved, raised its head from its wings and glanced at him, then lowered it again.

Hua Dabao replied honestly: "I drank it, but more than half of it vomited out. The doctor said that if you feed him again, he may vomit blood, so he can only let him fall asleep like this."

Xuanlong let out an "um" and cautiously touched Tan Huajue's forehead.After Hua Jue cried a lot, her fever got worse, and she was also groggy and lifeless after falling asleep.

"Don't let him sleep all the time, talk to him more." Xuan Long said, "If you sleep for a long time, your body will become weaker and weaker."

Hua Dabao wrote it down: "Okay."

The room was silent for a moment, except for the sound of the fire burning.Huajue was covered very thickly. Seeing that he was unwilling to move back, Xuanlong ordered people to bring in all the large copper stoves in the mansion, and in the early winter days, they would add charcoal to the fire until the room was warmed up. .

Hua Dabao moved suddenly, looked at Xuanlong, hesitated to speak: "...My lord."

Xuanlong glanced at him: "Speak."

"My brother, will he die?"

Hua Dabao anxiously twisted the loose braids he had loosened, and then pushed them back to the back of his head after scratching them in a mess, combing them in annoyance. Dare to look up at the people around you.

Xuanlong looked at him in surprise.

This young man is physically strong. Although he is only 16 years old, Xuanlong completely regards him as an adult on weekdays. He looks like a young boy, timid.

"No." Xuanlong said.

"really?"

Xuanlong repeated categorically: "No."

A gleam of joy flashed in Hua Dabao's eyes.In this mansion, the people he trusts the most are Hua Jue, and Xuanlong, and Xuanlong always seems to be more powerful than his brother when it comes to major issues, so he is trustworthy.

He stopped asking.

Xuanlong stayed until dawn.The lights went out, Hua Dabao slept in the rocking chair with a pillow in his arms, and the white parrot squatted beside Hua Jue obediently, snoring softly.Xuanlong leaned on the bed and slept for a while, but when it was approaching Yinshi, he was awakened by Hua Jue's movement.

Hua Jue turned over, as if she was half asleep, trying to take a look at the sky.Xuanlong didn't move at all, watching him crawl out slowly, put on a coat and fumbled, finally touched his hand.

Hua Jue recognized him immediately: "...My lord."

Xuanlong gave a "hmm" and said: "It's still early, you can go to sleep."

Hua Jue quietly withdrew her hand, not knowing what it was like.The hands he touched were a little cold and stiff, did Xuanlong watch over his bed all night?

Soon, he heard the sound of Xuanlong getting up.Xuanlong said lightly: "I won't bother you anymore, I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

Hua Jue also gave an "um", watching him leave in the twilight morning light, feeling a little sad in her heart.

Xuanlong stepped out of the courtyard, took the cloak presented by his subordinates and fastened it, and said: "Prepare the horse."

"My lord, the horse is ready." The people around him knew what he was thinking and made preparations in advance, and a group of people waited quietly outside the mansion.

Xuanlong got on his horse and frowned when he passed the door: "You don't need to follow, I will go up the mountain with light clothes."

"Going up the mountain?" The subordinate was stunned, and asked him tentatively, "Where does the lord... want to go?"

"Pingshan." Xuanlong said.

The subordinate's eyes were wide open, a little at a loss: "My lord...forgot that His Majesty is here today, do you want us to meet you with honor? Look at this..."

Xuan Long was slightly taken aback, then realized: "Is it today?"

"Reporting to the prince, it is indeed today."

Xuanlong held his breath in his chest, and after a while, he came back and said: "It's okay, then I will pick you up first. I... I will go there later."

In the early morning, the gates of Jiangling City, which had been closed due to many wars, opened wide. The young city lord of Jiangling dismounted to welcome the visitors. The torches held by hundreds of people illuminated the place like daylight.Xuanlong reined in his horse and waited behind him, surrounded by his subordinates.

Xuanlong originally led the army in Yanshan, the capital city, and was later deployed to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to cooperate with the Sanjiang admiral's family affairs.The emperor's pick-up is nothing more than this. Everyone present has experience, and after going through the ostentation, they are invited to the residence.Because the Jiangling Palace has not yet been built, His Majesty rested in a local family who had been engaged in business for generations and had a marriage contract with the royal family. Since he came all night and did not rest on the way, he informed everyone to leave and not have to wait for the breakfast banquet.

The people around him retired familiarly one by one, but Xuan Long was called out alone: ​​"My dear brother, you stay here for a while."

His Majesty has just passed the age of knowing the destiny, although he is on the same level as Xuanlong, the age gap is still a bit big.Xuanlong knew that the emperor kept him for the battle of Erhai Six Edicts, so he went up and knelt down and said: "I hope your Majesty will punish you for your ineffective supervision of the army."

Lin Xi smiled: "I haven't mentioned this matter yet, but you did it first. Get up first, let's sit and talk."

Xuanlong got up to take the seat.

Lin Xi said slowly and leisurely: "This time the siege of Beizhao, although things failed, but you have persisted for half a month under the circumstances of food shortages and delays in the arrival of reinforcements, which is already better than I expected. You acted safely, I will not Said, but Xiao Wu has messed up a bit, brother, do you think he has the talent to lead the army?"

Xuanlong pondered the meaning of these words.

He is the warlord, and Lin Heyuan was in command this time. Unexpectedly, he was unfavorable and caused a lot of losses in the first battle. There have been discussions in the court, and it has been repeatedly mentioned that this is a king with a different surname, saying that the fifth prince is not his family after all. , Maybe there is some sympathy for Liuzhao Clan Bu, and let the water go in the dark.Xuanlong had heard about it before, but Lin Heyuan's troops were directly mobilized in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. If Lin Heyuan was missing, it would be a big loss for Xuanlong and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Navy.

This is to fold his wings.

Xuan Long said: "But according to His Majesty's order, the fault this time is mainly my fault. I resigned in advance as the warlord, which caused a delay of one day in the army's intelligence. It is the first time for Xiao Wu to fight in battle, so it is inevitable that he will be confused."

"Hey, you don't have to plead for Xiao Wu. I've been too arrogant to him recently. It's better to make him realize his mistake." Lin Xi said, "It's you...I heard that you resigned temporarily this time. , is——back to the mansion?"

Xuan Long was stunned for a moment, and said after a while: "It's my brother... my wife is seriously ill."

Lin Xi leaned forward, with a look in his eyes: "I heard that it was a man? Last time you reported to me that you were too masculine and didn't want an heir. I thought you were just a whim. I didn't expect...is this really true?"

"Really." Xuan Long left his seat, and bowed again with a sullen face, "I have already regarded him... as the princess."

"Forget it, forget it, you young people, I don't want to talk about the affairs of Fengyue, so I'll let you mess around." Lin Xi shook his head and sighed, "In my opinion, we can get out as soon as possible in the future, marry a wife and have children. That's right. You don't know what it's like to be a father. In the past few years, I have had two sons. The older one is smart and dignified, and the younger one is lively and active... Whenever I think of them, I can't help myself."

A smile finally flashed across Xuanlong's lips: "The eldest son of the emperor and the second prince are both excellent children."

"I want to make Zhao'er the crown prince," Lin Xi said.

Xuanlong raised his eyes.

Lin Zhao, that is the eldest son of the emperor, the legitimate son of the empress.

Is the factional struggle of the past few years finally coming to an end for the time being?

Lin Xi also didn't explain what he meant when he talked about the establishment of the reserve at the moment, Xuanlong remained calm and just said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Then Lin Xi pulled him to ask some questions, which was more like chatting than cross-examination.At dawn, the monarch finally couldn't hold back his drowsiness and prepared to take a nap.Xuanlong retreated, but he led the horse when he went out, swung the whip vigorously, and rushed towards Pingshan without looking back.

"My lord... my lord! Your highness! Is there any instruction from your majesty? Hey, my lord!" The subordinates waited for a long time, and waited for a person who didn't stop at all. They were so anxious that they drove their horses to catch up.

It took about half an hour from the city to Pingshan, but it took Xuanlong less than two quarters of an hour to arrive.He didn't care how many people were disturbed on the road, he just strode across the familiar place and came to the big tent.

"I'm looking for Sanqing Guoshi."

It's still too early, and the people inside seem to have not gotten up yet, but a short child came over instead: "My lord? Didn't you temporarily suspend work? You came here today..."

Xuanlong said: "It's a private matter."

After waiting for a while, he heard a silver bell ringing three times in the tent.The sharp-eyed child turned around and said, "Go ahead."

"I want to ask the national teacher to treat a person." Xuan Long said, "His name is Hua Jue, and he is my lover."