female concubine

The city that was destroyed by the war was in a mess, there were still blood stains on the aisles of the tower, and the walls were broken and the guardrails were damaged.

The night is clear and dust-free, the moonlight is like silver, and the blue smoke slowly rising from the northwest can be seen far away under the dim light.

A pair of sharp eyes looked straight ahead, and lyrics and music were sung immediately from the tower, "Waist knife and handkerchief to join the army, and the garrison building is alone to lean on and stare at. The weather of the Central Plains, the fox lives in the rabbit's den, and the twilight smoke shines. Throwing a pen and writing in the arms, waiting for the day, Young people in Longxi. When the time is happy, the electricity is turned on. It is easy to grow fat. It is better to change the accent. The world changes and the sea becomes a field, and the crowds are born. There are several disturbances. The fighting is full of battles, and there is no time to rest. .In normal times, the relatives are close, and Yanzhao is stable for a hundred years." The evening wind gently brushed over the tower and blew the messy hair on the young man's forehead.

The shadow under the moon swayed slightly, and the man who took off his helmet coiled up his blue hair, holding a sword and isolated on the top of the city, looking a little bleak.

Hearing the song slowly chanted by the King of Chu, Mrs. Liu stepped forward, "Is this water dragon chant the voice of the prince?"

The King of Chu stared into the distance, with a little fire shining in his eyes, "It's not so much the voice of the heart, it's better to say it's helpless."

Liu Shi approached her and bowed slightly.

The king of Chu was puzzled, "What are you doing?"

"Thank you Six Great Kings for your trust."

The King of Chu let go of his hand on the hilt of his sword and slowly moved towards the city wall, "Luo Chuan told me today that he wants me to propose marriage to you on his behalf."

Mrs. Liu stood side by side with the King of Chu, looking at the lonely forest below the city, she blinked her eyes slightly, "I am a hired woman, and I have sworn never to marry anyone else, besides, the Jiang family in Jinling is a famous family, and the family's back house is not what I want .”

"So I didn't promise him, but it's not because of your identities, the unpredictable promise, I will only tell one person, but I have difficulties, so I have to do it."

Liu looked at her sideways and smiled slightly, "Is that person the Sixth Princess?" Then she turned back and said in a daze, "I don't want him to be in trouble because of me, and I don't want to be trapped in the back house with difficulty."

"Look at the look in your eyes, that kid has been very courteous during the time since I left."

Mrs. Liu did not reply to the King of Chu's words, so the King of Chu said again: "Someone told me since I was a child that no matter how unfavored you are, you are still the sixth king of the official family. It's easy to deceive, once deceived, the deep love is a lifetime." The king of Chu lowered his head, "But I think this is a trapped life, a husband can marry again, but a woman can't follow each other, there is a way to reconcile and divorce Still, it is not easy to keep divorced wives and choose the person who belongs to him for the rest of his life in the dynasty."

Mrs. Liu replied: "The left and the right are just affectionate and unfeeling. Women do their makeup in front of the mirror, but they don't know that they often wash their faces with tears. The prince doesn't need to persuade slaves."

"I don't persuade you, because I have already seen the answer in your eyes." The King of Chu withdrew his hand and gently held the saber at his waist, "It's getting late, and the wind is strong on the tower at night, so I won't send Miss Liu back. , because," looking at the silver armor in Liu's eyes, he immediately hooked his lips into a smile, "the lord is here."

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In the morning of the next day, the elite led by Xiao Xianrong and the Hunan Army led by the Qinfeng Road Transfer Envoy arrived at Fengxiang Mansion one after another.

General Xiao Xianrong came out truthfully, "In the previous battle, more than [-] people were lost, and [-] enemies were killed..."

Marshal Xidou was sitting on the chair in the tent, squinting his eyes and staring, interrupted with great dissatisfaction: "You have [-] invincible Jingsai Army in your hand, plus [-] light cavalry and [-] heavy infantry As for the God Arm Bow Army, the results of this battle are far from satisfactory."

"The general will be convicted." Xiao Xianrong knelt down on one knee, "Please Marshal deal with it."

"The leader of the army is the commander of the enemy army. Xixia claims to have 50 troops to attack the Song Dynasty, but Marshal Xiao only has 5 horses in his hands. If we are one step late, the enemy may have annexed Qin Feng."

Shen Yi'an turned cold, "King Chu, this is a military camp. There are only generals and soldiers in the military camp without your Taishan, and the military only tolerates military law and no private affairs."

"I'm talking about business, in all fairness."

"The total military strength of Xixia is only 50. He claims that 50 is actually only 30. If the King of Chu has not been on the battlefield, don't talk nonsense about military affairs." The Serbian army killed [-] enemies, and you are far behind your father in leading the army."

"The general knows that my lord has never been defeated in his life, so how can the general be able to beg for it." Knowing Shen Yi'an's intention, Xiao Xianrong took out the tiger talisman from his breastplate, "Since we have joined forces, the deployment of troops is at the command of the commander. make."

Shen Yi'an sat up, went to Xiao Xianrong's side and picked up the Tiger Talisman. After looking at it for a while, he stuffed it back into his hand, smiled and said with a cold face: "It's better for the Xiao family army to be led by someone surnamed Xiao. I'm the commander. All the generals and commanders are required to obey, and anyone who disobeys the commander's order will be executed." Shen Yi'an turned his head to the King of Chu when he spoke.

King Chu raised his head and looked at him deeply, then raised his brows and cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

After a long time, Xiao Xianrong who came out of the handsome tent let out a sigh of relief.

Waiting with him outside the tent were two commanders. One of them was a burly man with a black beard, wearing cloud-toed boots and asked closely, "Marshal, does Shen Yi'an seek revenge? If he If you are guilty, please tell the general, the disadvantage of this battle is caused by the general's underestimation of the enemy, the general thought that the old guy dared to stop him with only a few soldiers..."

After returning to his camp, Xiao Xianrong remained silent with a sullen face.

Seeing him chattering, the other accompanying commander interrupted: "Shut your mouth, now that the country is at war, does Shen Yi'an dare to take private revenge?"

"makes sense."

While speaking, a young general in red robe walked into the camp. Duke Longde ruled the army tightly, but the generals guarding the camp did not stop her.

Xiao Xianrong looked at the approaching King Chu, and asked the two lieutenants beside him, "Do you know who this is?"

Wearing red lacquer mountain armor at such a young age, and with a very familiar face, the bearded man replied: "The general knows that he is the six kings of the official family."

Xiao Xianrong looked back, he hadn't been in the army for a long time, these people were his father's confidantes, and they were also his brothers who were born and died.

"When the Six Great Kings were in Sichuan, Duke Zhong Wu took us to Chengdu to meet him." The bearded man looked up at King Chu. "I haven't seen you for a few years. This little county king has grown so tall from a boy."

The King of Chu approached, cupped his fists and said, "Mount Tai."

Several lieutenants rushed forward to salute, "The last general will kowtow to the king of Chu." The bearded man immediately raised his head with a smile on his face, "Four years have passed, I wonder if the six kings still recognize the last general?"

The king of Chu stared blankly for a while, "Big beard?" Seeing that the beard was wearing armor and a sword, he smiled and said, "Are you promoted?"

"Meng Zhongwu is very respectful, and let me, an illiterate and vulgar person, be the commander of Xiangdu, but I didn't expect that I only met the six kings for a while that night, but I still remembered the last general."

King Chu stretched out his hand and bent his fingers to signal, "I just won a game of chess with Mr. Zhongwu, but you almost broke my fingers. How can I forget the pain in my heart?"

Recalling the old incident, the bearded man blushed instantly and said in a panic, "It's the six kings who tricked you, and the general will not see it..." The bearded man caught a glimpse of Xiao Xianrong's complexion, and knelt down on one knee towards the king of Chu , "It was the last general's fault that day. Fortunately, you are magnanimous, my lord. Now that I think about it, I am really ashamed. It is still the six kings who punished me."

The king of Chu smiled and helped him up, "Let him pass the past, the king never blamed you in the past, how can he blame you today, besides, I won the game of chess by cheating, Zhang The general need not blame himself."

Big Beard was originally a deputy commander in the army, but because of his great strength and good marksmanship, Xiao Huaide valued him and let him accompany him, and Xiao Huaide even made him a commander of the army.

Seeing this scene, the King of Chu deliberately brought up the past, Xiao Xianrong stroked his neat beard and squinted his eyes and murmured: "It seems that my lord has already anticipated and arranged all this."

The king of Chu helped him up with a smile, and immediately turned his face down, "Although this king doesn't care about it, General Zhang can't just forget about it. When the king asks for something in the future, the general should not refuse."

"The king has an order, how dare the last general refuse it? Although the last general is a rough man, he also understands the word loyalty. The loyal military master has the grace of rebuilding the last general, and the last general dare not disobey it."

At this point, the king of Chu also understood something. The golden talisman in his arms is actually irrelevant, because it is just the attitude of Duke Longde, the attitude of loyalty to the emperor. Compared with foresight, who can match Duke Longde, whether it is Once the crown prince, King Zhao or King Chu reach the top, no disaster will be left behind. This is a competition and a gamble.

But the competition for this gambling game is not over, and more dangerous things are yet to come.

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In March of the 11th year of Jianping, the reinforcements arrived smoothly, forcing the Xixia army to retreat from Fengxiang Mansion to Weizhou, and Jingzhao was saved.

Now the person who holds the jade seal to sit in the palace is the crown prince Wei Kai. It was very difficult for him to supervise the country for the first time. Even after passing the screening of the political affairs hall, there are still nearly endless government affairs to deal with every day.

The memorials and letters from the upper hall are piled up on the case files, not only to deal with important local affairs, but also to receive three groups of ministers in the early court of the Chuigong Hall every day, except for the first and fifteenth day of each month.

Before that, the emperor just pampered and rewarded him blindly, taught him martial arts and the art of war, but never taught him how to deal with government affairs.

"Your Highness, Fengxiang Military Report."

Wei Kai put down the vermilion pen in his hand heavily, put his hand on his forehead and sighed: "Bring it up."

The military newspaper was stamped with the commander's seal. Shen Yi'an handed over the book when he learned that the crown prince was in charge of the country, and said, "Your Majesty Fu Weiqi, the sixth prince is your Majesty's flesh and blood. I dare not do so, so please help me."

The prince stared at the few short lines above, and gradually murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

"Your Highness, the Privy Council has arrived."

"Quick, let him in."

"My lord, I greet His Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness..."

Zhao Wang immediately got up and walked forward to bow his waist to help him up, "Sir, uncle handed me a booklet, and now the army doesn't know that I am in charge of this country, so they all think that what I ordered is all Shangyi. " After finishing speaking, Zhao Wang pulled Han Si to the table.

Han Bang hesitated and refused to accept it, "Isn't it appropriate for His Highness to rashly show this matter to my ministers?"

"Sir, didn't the Privy Council accept the decree? Since you are an official of the military government, why don't you look down on this memorial?"

Only then did Han Si take it from Wei Kai, and immediately frowned slightly, "So what does Your Highness want to do?"

"As long as the King of Chu is here, the palace will not be peaceful for a day. Even if I live in this east palace, I feel nervous. Now that I have this opportunity, how can I let it go so easily?"

"Your Highness wants to order the King of Chu to join the battle?"

Wei Kai nodded, and said with a sinister smile: "How can I, the son of the Wei family, be too timid to fight when we are on the battlefield."

"But have you ever thought about it, why did His Majesty let you supervise the country? And why did you let the minister and the imperial city minister protect the Queen Mother and son of Shouchun County?"

Wei Kai was startled, his eyes widened, "Your Majesty..."

"I'm just speculating."

Wei Kai raised his brows, "Then Mr. has a perfect solution?"

Han Bang shook his head, "It's not easy to find a perfect method, but there is a method that can make His Highness retreat."

Wei Kai lost his mind when Han Bang shook his head, but his eyes lit up again after he said, "Please enlighten me, sir."

Han Si looked at Wei Kai, and after a long time he said: "If you need to give up something, it depends on whether you are willing to part with it, Your Highness."

Looking at Han Bang's eyes that looked like he was fascinated, Wei Kai said in a daze, "Something?"