Cousin Chitose Chitose

Well, the establishment of the crown prince is also what it should be.The current situation of the emperor is indeed not good. If a prince is established, the courtiers don't have to worry about Daqi having no successor.

The problem is, what the Queen Mother wants to set up is an unborn fetus!

These days, the mortality rate of fetuses is extremely high. Like before, wouldn't the imperial concubine's children be gone?

The ministers would never allow a fetus to be crown prince.Not to mention whether the fetus can be born smoothly, even if the fetus is born smoothly, whether it can be kept is still a problem.

It would be best if the emperor could recover from his illness smoothly.In this way, you can wait for the prince to grow up in the future, and then make the prince the prince.

But if the worst happens, the emperor really has something wrong... In the eyes of the ministers, it is best to adopt an adult clan son.After all, Guo Lai Changjun.

If a little baby who is still breastfeeding is allowed to sit on the throne, it will take at least ten years to be able to handle the matter. In these ten years, the power may fall into the hands of the Empress Dowager Liu again.Empress Dowager Liu's ability to seize power is strong, but her political qualities... don't mention it.

"Your Majesty has learned a lesson. Throughout history, there has never been a precedent for a fetus as the crown prince. I hope you will think twice."

All the ministers opposed the words of Empress Dowager Liu, which made Empress Dowager Liu very unhappy.

Fortunately, in a few months, the fetus in Concubine Li Xian's womb will be born.At that time, she will plan for the child again.

"Forget it, since you are not willing to let the Ai family feel at ease, there is nothing the Ai family can do. The Ai family will go back to take care of the emperor, and only hope that the emperor can wake up as soon as possible. As for the matter over there-the food and grass that was finally raised was taken away by the North. The Liang people stole it, and the Ai family will not be able to produce any food for a while. Let General Zhuang figure out a way for himself, and the Ai family will allow him to do things cheaply."

The implication is that Empress Dowager Liu is not going to take care of this matter. If General Zhuang can't raise food and asks the people at the border to "borrow" some, she will turn a blind eye and not hold General Zhuang responsible for disturbing the people.

The ministers were once again shocked by the irresponsible words of Queen Mother Liu.

The border is in an emergency, so the Empress Dowager Liu's solution is to let General Zhuang figure out a solution by himself?Is Empress Dowager Liu really not afraid that people from Beiliang will fight all the way to the capital and cause the capital to fall?

"Empress Dowager, this matter must not be done! According to the food stored at the border, it can only last for a dozen days at most. Even if the food is collected from the people, I am afraid it can only last for 20 days! The people in Beiliang have wolf ambitions. If the border is broken , They will definitely point their swords at the capital! At that time, the empress dowager and I will all become Daqi's sinners!"

Some people speak softly, while others are not polite: "I remember that when the Empress Dowager listened to the government behind the curtain, she once said that she would take the world as her own responsibility, take the country as the most important thing, and protect the great order for the emperor. The words are still in my ears, but now the Empress Dowager Do you want to hand over this great river and mountain to the people of Beiliang?"

"The empress dowager speaks righteously, but in fact she has a lot of selfishness. The desire to seize power while the emperor is in a coma is far better than the desire to bring peace to the world! If the empress dowager can't give me Daqi peace, please don't be a rooster in the morning. ! Without Lu Wu's ability, it is really stupid to want to imitate Lu Wu's actions!"

"Extremely, empress dowager, don't use the empress dowager's honor to act as a traitor, discredit the emperor, and embarrass the royal family!"

Now that even traitors have come out, Empress Dowager Liu's lungs are about to explode: "Then tell me, what should we do about this matter! The grain in the warehouse has now been taken into the hands of Beiliang people, anyway, the Ai family has changed." No more food!"

"We can transfer grain from the nearest border gate first, so as to solve the urgent need of the border gate, and then transfer grain to the border gate from areas with abundant grain reserves, such as the two rivers..."

The ministers chattered and chattered, causing Empress Dowager Liu's head to ache: "Okay, you guys have to come up with a charter first, and discuss it when you go to court tomorrow. Dismiss the court!"

After Empress Dowager Liu left, the ministers who stayed there shook their heads and sighed: "Women are wronging the country! Women are wronging the country!"

When the first emperor left, why didn't he take Empress Dowager Liu with him!

After a while, Zhou Jing, the son of Prince Rong, dragged Wei Yichen to discuss matters.

Zhou Jing's eye sockets were bloodshot, and he hadn't had a good rest in the past few days.

"The emperor suddenly fell ill, there must be something strange. My father asked to enter the palace to visit the emperor, but the empress dowager refused to let my father enter the palace."

"Anyway, the emperor is the empress dowager's son. The empress dowager... shouldn't be able to murder the emperor, right?" Wei Yichen couldn't believe it.

"If the Empress Dowager didn't have ghosts in her heart, why would she rush to persuade the courtiers to make the fetus in Concubine Li Xian's womb the crown prince, and why would she not let the ministers and the clan go to see the emperor?" Zhou Jing snorted coldly: "What will Concubine Li Xian do now?" The son has probably been placed under house arrest by the Empress Dowager Liu, and she is just waiting for her to give birth."

Previously, Empress Dowager Liu had been showing weakness in the competition with the emperor's family, which caused the emperor's family to miscalculate the power of Empress Dowager Liu.

Now, as soon as the emperor fell, Empress Dowager Liu quickly took control of the power in the palace, putting the imperial party in an extremely passive position.

"Continuing like this is not an option. Princess Rong'an and the imperial concubine are on good terms with your Prince Rong's residence. I wonder if there can be some news from the imperial concubine so that we can know about the emperor's condition?"

Zhou Jing shook her head: "The imperial concubine has been in the palace for less than half a year, and her foundation is so shallow that she can't compete with Empress Dowager Liu. Since Empress Dowager Liu blocked the news in the palace, we have no contact with her."

"Princess Rong An can be allowed to enter the palace to visit the imperial concubine. The eldest princess Rong An is the mother of the imperial concubine. It is justifiable for her to visit the imperial concubine. Empress Dowager Liu has no reason to stop it. After entering the palace, Rong An The Eldest Princess can inquire about the situation in the palace." Wei Yichen suggested.

Zhou Jing frowned: "That's the only way to go."

The emperor suddenly fell ill this time, which caught everyone by surprise.

"By the way, how should we deal with the war between Daqi and Beiliang? The border is our Daqi's barrier. If it is breached by Beiliang people, the consequences will be disastrous. Besides, General Zhuang is not only brave and resourceful, but also loyal to the emperor. , is also an indispensable good general for my Great Qi. Looking at the attitude of Empress Dowager Liu today, it doesn’t look like she will fully support the border.”

Wei Yichen looked worried.

What he didn't say was that Jiang Yuanwan's brother was also at the border.Once the border battle is defeated, not only half of Daqi's country will be exposed to the iron cavalry of Beiliang people, but Jiang Yuanwan's brother in the army will also be in danger.

Whether in public or private, Wei Yichen was unwilling to see this ending.

"It's strange that she will support General Zhuang with all her strength!" Zhou Jing sneered: "For some reason, this woman has always regarded General Zhuang as a thorn in her side and a thorn in her flesh. Now that she has such an opportunity, she may wish that General Zhuang's family died in battle The front line!"

Zhou Jing was also so angry that even the Queen Mother was unwilling to call out.

"Many of the ministers are really concerned about the country and the people." Speaking of this, Zhou Jing's expression eased a little: "It's just that the Empress Dowager Liu is obviously delaying the time. The ministers and the Empress Dowager Liu are arguing about these things. God, the situation on the battlefield can change a lot. We can't sit still."

"What can you do?" Wei Yichen asked.

"It's not me, it's the emperor. The emperor had foreseen early on that the border war might not go so smoothly, so he gave me the key to his private treasury, and told me to open his private treasury for emergency if necessary."

Wei Yichen: "!!!"

Wei Yichen: "The emperor really has foresight."

"Who says it's not? Although the emperor is not very old, he has the appearance of a wise king." However, when he remembered that the emperor was currently ill in the palace, and his fate was uncertain, a gloomy look flashed in Zhou Jing's eyes.

……

"Hongyu, what time is it?" Jiang Yuanwan asked, looking at the sky that hadn't yet brightened.

"Miss, it's only a quarter of Yin hour now, please sleep a little longer." Hongyu gave Jiang Yuanwan a worried look.Recently, I don't know why, her young lady has been restless, and she has nightmares from time to time at night, and now there is a circle of black and blue, and she is quite emaciated.

"I just... had a nightmare and couldn't fall asleep."

Jiang Yuanwan hasn't had a good rest since the food and grass that Daqi supported the border was robbed by Beiliang people.As soon as she fell into a dream, the outline of her brother whose face was covered with blood would appear in her mind.

However, she couldn't tell Hongyu, Hongxing, Cuizhi, and Cuibai about these things, so she had to keep them in her heart.

"Miss, you can't do this. This servant is going to pour you a cup of calming tea. You can try it." After saying that, Hongyu went to work.

I don't know if this calming tea is really useful, or because Jiang Yuanwan was extremely tired, but she actually fell asleep, and she fell asleep until [-]:[-].

"It's almost noon?" Jiang Yuanwan looked at the bright light outside the window, and couldn't help being dumbfounded: "Why didn't you wake me up?"

As a self-disciplined person, she rarely wakes up so late.

"It was I who told them not to wake you up." Wei Yichen sat beside Jiang Yuanwan's bed, with a worried expression in his eyes: "If it wasn't for your maid who came to look for me, I wouldn't know, you have been suffering from insomnia these days .”

"My lord, the tremella and lotus seed soup is here, please let the servants serve the young lady with some." Hongyu came in with a bowl.

"Let me come." Wei Yichen took the bowl over to look at it, scooped a spoonful, blew gently, and then brought it to Jiang Yuanwan's lips: "Eat something first, and I'll settle the score with you after eating. "

Seeing the intimacy of the two, Hongyu immediately froze there, feeling that she was a superfluous existence.

Still Hongxing couldn't see it, took Hongyu's hand, and said to Jiang Yuanwan and Wei Yichen: "Miss, the servants are waiting outside the door. If you have any orders, just call the servants."

Wei Yichen glanced at the leaving figures of the two girls: "Your girls are really nice."

"They are naturally obedient, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to report to you." Jiang Yuanwan took another mouthful of the lotus seed soup that Wei Yichen fed, but her tone was a little dangerous.

Hearing this, Wei Yichen froze: "Yuanyuan, I didn't intend to spy on you."

Jiang Yuanwan saw his cowardly look, and chuckled: "Okay, I still don't know, do you care about me? Hongyu and Hongxing also knew that they couldn't help me, so they went to you. Are you still Do you really think you can treat my servant girl as your own servant girl?"

Wei Yichen felt relieved after hearing this.

He looked helplessly, this little girl became more and more emboldened in front of him, she dared to tease him, no matter how hard she was to control her, she might climb on top of him to do her best!

However, who made him reluctant to punish her.

In Wei Yichen's opinion, Jiang Yuanwan's arrogance is much better than her listlessness, and he likes to see her bickering with him energetically.

"Yuanyuan, don't worry, at the border, the emperor has already prepared. Although the queen mother is unwilling to help the border, Ah Jing has already opened the emperor's private warehouse to buy food and send it to the border. I also have General Zhuang As far as I know, he is not a person who will sit and wait for death. As long as he can last for a while, he will definitely have a way to deal with it."

After hearing this, Jiang Yuanwan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past, because of Empress Dowager Liu, she never liked the emperor.Even if he knew, the emperor had not done anything wrong.Even, under the influence of the first emperor and the people around him, he was not close to Empress Dowager Liu, but sympathized with the lineage of Crown Prince Kang Yu who suffered innocently.

But this time, she was sincerely grateful to the emperor, and at the same time, her hatred for Empress Dowager Liu deepened.

"If there is any emergency at the border, I will notify you." Wei Yichen thought for a while, and then said: "If your shop has made money recently and you want to buy something to send to the border, you can hand over the money to Me, I'll handle this for you."

Wei Yichen didn't think Jiang Yuanwan's little money could change the whole situation, but more or less, it was always her heart.Besides, when she is busy with things, Jiang Yuanwan will spend much less time thinking about it.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you." Jiang Yuanwan thought of Wei Yichen being so busy recently and having to help herself with these things, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry: "It's just that you have worked too hard."

Wei Yichen glanced at her gently: "Why are you being so polite between us? If you do this again, I will get angry. As long as you can sleep well, all my hard work will not be in vain."

When Jiang Yuanwan heard this, her heart warmed up. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Wei Yichen leaned down and pecked her on the face.

"This is my reward." After speaking, Wei Yichen waited to see Jiang Yuanwan's face turned into anger. He knew that Jiang Yuanwan's skin had always been the thinnest.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuanwan was also furious, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, she quickly moved over and bit him on the face.

The tooth marks were imprinted on Wei Yichen's upright and handsome face, and there was an indescribable sense of disobedience.

Seeing him stunned, Jiang Yuanwan couldn't help showing a smug expression on her face.

"You can't always sneak up on me, can you? I'm going to sneak back!"

Then, she was pushed against the corner and kissed: "Okay, you are getting more and more courageous now, if that's the case, I won't be polite to you..."

……

When Wei Yichen left, Jiang Yuanwan's cheeks were flushed.Although there is still some worry in my heart, it is not as serious as before.

Probably because Wei Yichen agreed to help.

It seemed that as long as Wei Yichen was around, there wouldn't be any problems.Unknowingly, she has become so trusting in Wei Yichen.

Hong Xing pulled Hong Yu and said quietly: "Did you see that, as soon as the prince came, our lady's mood immediately improved. When I said I would tell the prince about this, you were still hesitant .”

"Aren't I worried that Miss will be angry?" Hong Xing was active, while Hong Yu was a bit stubborn.However, no matter how hard-hearted a person is, he has to be defeated in front of reality: "It's okay, next time we encounter such a thing, we will have experience. The status of the prince in the heart of the young lady is really extraordinary."

"Our lady's position in Shizi's heart is not normal. Didn't you see that just as I went to tell Shizi about the fact that Miss didn't sleep well all night, Shizi put down what he was doing and hurried over here... Ouch!"

Hong Xing was beaming with joy when she was talking, when she got hit on the head.

I saw Jiang Yuanwan standing next to her at some point, and said angrily, "What are you talking so much about? If you talk too much, I'll find something to plug your mouth!"

Jiang Yuanwan's tone was not kind, but Hong Xing was not afraid.Following Jiang Yuanwan these days, she has learned to distinguish when Jiang Yuanwan is really angry and when she is shy.

Now, with two red clouds flying across Jiang Yuanwan's face, it is obviously impossible to be really angry.Even so, there is no need to worry too much.

……

When Jiang Yuanwan and Wei Yichen's relationship was developing by leaps and bounds, good news came from the border - General Zhuang sent people to take back the food that was taken away by the people of Beiliang!

It turned out that General Zhuang got the grain purchased from the emperor's private treasury, as well as the grain and medicinal materials sent by Jiang Yuanwan. In addition, there was still some grain in the army, so he didn't panic and fought steadily. Weakness gave the Northern Liang Army the illusion that they were vulnerable and were just trying to hold on.

When the leader of the Beiliang Army first approached the city, he was a bit cautious. Later, with the help of Da Qi Nei, he easily robbed the food and grass sent by the court to General Zhuang, and he began to feel complacent.

At this time, General Zhuang arranged for spies to infiltrate the Beiliang Army, saying that the leader of the Beiliang Army used soldiers like a god. The Beiliang army is head-to-head.

The leader of the Northern Liang Army was already a little overjoyed, so how could he not be complacent when he heard this?At the moment, he underestimated the enemy more and more.

One day, when the Beiliang Army was attacking the city, General Zhuang Shao and Jiang Lian sneaked into the Beiliang Army's camp, set fire to a granary, and attracted the attention of the remaining Beiliang Army. , They quickly rushed to another granary, took back the grain that was robbed by the Beiliang army, and "rescued" General Ding who was "captured" by the Beiliang army along the way.

It's a pity that after finding out that General Ding was not actually captured, but surrendered to the enemy, his fate will not be good.

With a sufficient granary, General Zhuang's side instantly gained a bit of confidence.At the same time, the main force of the Beiliang Army was ambushed on the battlefield, losing two-fifths of its manpower, and its morale plummeted.