When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

After this, the emperor disliked Concubine Lian and never asked her to sleep with him again.

If Concubine Lian was a smart person, she should have gone to the Queen's palace to admit her mistake, and brought the eldest prince to pay respects to the Queen more often, so that she could have the opportunity to see the Emperor again.

Even the relationship between father and son needs frequent meetings to be better maintained.

As a result, not only was she not grateful to the queen, she became more convinced that the queen was trying to harm her.

Typical paranoia!

The emperor was troubled by Concubine Lian's confusion. He wanted the queen to give him a prince who would be as smart as the queen.

But after a few years, there was nothing. The more I hoped, the less there was.

After several hopes and several disappointments.

Both the emperor and the queen had lost hope.

The eldest prince born to Concubine Lian is very smart, but sometimes he shows a bit of Concubine Lian's paranoia towards people and things.

This is something the emperor cannot tolerate. How can such a prince be qualified to be the future crown prince?

He needed an heir to the throne who must put the interests of the country first and not be too selfish.

It's not enough to just calculate the benefits you get.

Must have humility!

Concubine Lian's family has done too many outrageous things, and the emperor has been exhausted from cleaning up after her family's affairs time and time again.

Therefore, although there is a prince in the palace, it is well known to everyone that he is not liked by the emperor.

The queen was actually very anxious, but how could she do whatever she wanted?

She has given birth to a princess, so there is no problem with her body being able to give birth.

However, several years of not being happy had made her lack confidence.

Her family also gave her many famous medicines and famous doctors, but she was tired of drinking the bitter medicine for several years.

She hadn't seen Concubine Lian's child for a long time.

Even at royal banquets, the emperor did not allow the mother and son to attend.

The storms in the palace were all buried in the heavy snow. Winter was quietly coming to an end.

Winter has passed and spring has come. I heard that Cui Jinxing’s uncle sent him gifts again!

This time it was a big deal. A Ferghana horse was delivered. Many military generals and nobles who loved horses gathered at the Marquis Jian'an's mansion to watch.

This time, General Xiao held on to the reins and refused to let go.

I kept brushing the horse's hair with my hands and kept muttering to myself,

"Look at how serious other people's uncles are! My uncle, who is not careful at all, only knows how to squander the family fortune. Oh!

This horse is so beautiful! Look at its legs, so strong and sturdy. Look at its coat, I couldn't help but touch it. It's just like the legend says, its sweat is blood red.

Look at this head, look at this horse... In short, everything about it is good, even the hooves are much better than those in my own stable."

Others could not bear to watch and said, "General Xiao, no matter how good this Ferghana horse is, it belongs to the young marquis! Don't hold on to it! Let us have a look too."

General Xiao rolled his eyes, continued to brush his horse, and said nonchalantly:

"What are you looking at? You don't even ride a horse often, how can you tell the difference?"

I just said that General Xiao was a civil official and did not ride horses often.

Most civil officials ride in sedan chairs, but saying that people don’t understand is somewhat contemptuous.

Who hasn't learned the Six Arts of a Gentleman?

Who do you look down on?

Civil officials and military generals have always been in opposition. Civil officials looked down on military generals, thinking they were rude and uneducated.

Military generals looked down on civil officials, thinking that they were weak and useless like scholars!

Anyway, they just look down on each other.

The gentleman sneered and said, "We don't know anything about horses, so we came to the Marquis' Mansion to gain some knowledge. Since General Xiao knows so much, why did he come? Does it mean that just because you know something, your opinion has the final say?"

"I came here to see the horses. I can think of improving the horses. Do you think you can come up with anything?" General Xiao said disdainfully.

The gentleman was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and was about to take action, but was stopped by a group of civil officials. Why should he take action?

Fighting is not the strong point of us civil officials!

Talk about killing him!

If we curse without using any dirty words, we appear to be more civilized than those rough and brutal warriors.

How can you use your own shortcomings to challenge other people's strengths? Isn't that just asking for humiliation?

Just as the civil officials were about to start their attacks, the housekeeper of the Marquis's Mansion had already invited General Xiao's son, General Xiao Jingxing, to come.

Xiao Jingxing and the young marquis Cui Jinxing were childhood friends. They had been playing together since they were young and could be said to be inseparable before they were sixteen years old.

Later, General Xiao was stationed at the border, and Madam Xiao, escorted by her grandson, also went to the border town.

There are only people from General Xiao's family in Kyoto. Military generals would leave one branch of their family in Kyoto. Old General Xiao should have continued to enjoy his remaining years and let General Xiao and Xiao Jingxing guard the border.

But there is a reason for this. General Xiao was replaced years ago because a major military mutiny occurred in the border town years ago.

Many innocent people died. General Xiao had been in the army for his entire life and had great prestige.

So under the circumstances at that time, only General Xiao could step forward to stabilize the situation!

In order to prevent the army from becoming unstable again, the emperor had no choice but to temporarily keep the elderly General Xiao in the border town.

That incident was a heavy military loss, and I still feel sad when I think about it now.

From then on, Xiao Jingxing and Cui Jinxing could only meet for a short period of time when Xiao Jingxing returned to Beijing to report on his work.

Now, General Xiao is seventeen years old and is a young general.

Cui Jinxing also became a young marquis.

The two families have always been very good.

Xiao Jingxing is already half a head taller than his father.

He has a sunny and handsome face, clear and clean eyes, a high nose, red lips and white teeth. Although he is serious, he does not make people feel distant from him.

Only Cui Jinxing felt that although Xiao Jingxing didn't like to laugh, he was easy to get along with.

Others: How can we approach General Xiao with an icy face? His eyes must be filled with ice!

He strode up to his father and reached for the reins.

"Father, Jinxing wants me to bring the horse over."

General Xiao turned a blind eye.

"What do you need a horse for, kid? Don't you two want to go play? Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Xiao Jingxing said as a matter of course:

"We are going to ride horses! Jinxing asked me to teach him."

General Xiao said "Tsk..." and muttered:

"Isn't it ridiculous to use a Ferghana horse when you just start learning horse riding? This horse is wild! You should find a docile mare for Jinxing to learn riding skills."

Xiao Jingxing ignored his father's unreasonable behavior. He knew that his father just liked the horse and was unwilling to hand it over.

He reached out to grab the reins, but General Xiao dodged very quickly. Xiao Jingxing took a step forward, made a feint with his left hand and made a sneak attack, snatching the reins from under General Xiao's ribs.

General Xiao certainly couldn't let his son succeed.

He quickly pulled his hand back, but Xiao Jingxing's right hand was already waiting on General Xiao's retreat path.

The right hand touched and then left, and when General Xiao felt that he had been intercepted,

When he was about to fight back, Xiao Jingxing had already taken a step back and jumped onto his horse.

Escaped.