Darkness of Rebirth

Concubine Xian looked at Dongfang Du tenderly. He was only 14 years old, but he was already 20 years old inside. As expected, she was worried that she would die on the seventh day of December, "Du'er, everything has its definite number. Things can't be changed."

"Concubine Mu, you believe in me, I can change." Dongfang Du tightly grasped Concubine Xian's hand, his eyes full of determination, "Since I can return to the age of 14, I can definitely change the fate of Concubine Mu. Otherwise, he wouldn't let me be reborn back to this time."

Looking at her child's determined eyes, Concubine Xian smiled slightly, "Then when the emperor leaves court early, Du'er will go and tell your father the reason why he should leave the palace, Du'er must have already thought about it. "

Dongfang Du nodded, "Well, I've already made up my mind, my father will definitely let me out of the palace..." Just as he was speaking, the eunuch guarding the palace hurried in and said, "My concubine Xian, the second prince, Princess Fengling is here."

"Ling Wu is here, why bother to panic?" Concubine Xian glanced at the eunuch kneeling on the ground indifferently and said slowly, "You are so flustered, if you don't know it, you might think that the guards are here to arrest people! "

The eunuch guarding the palace quickly kowtowed and said: "My lord, please forgive me, I will not dare next time." The eunuch guarding the palace saw that all the maids and eunuchs who were serving the concubine Xian and the second prince in the palace were all screened back outside the palace to guard, thinking that the concubine Xian and the second prince were all guarded outside the palace. The second prince is discussing something that should not be heard by the servants, but Princess Fengling is the only princess in the Donggan Kingdom, with a high status, even a small eunuch, he dare not stop outside the palace, he can only barge in Notified.

"Get up, just let Ling Wu in." Concubine Xian said leisurely, and then added, "Don't be so rash and flustered next time."

"No, this servant will invite Princess Fengling in." The eunuch guarding the palace stood up, bowed and stepped back three steps, then turned around and invited Princess Fengling in.

"Mother concubine, my son is here to greet you." Dongfang Lingwu entered the palace and saw Dongfang Du was there, he still bowed to the concubine Xian first, and after the concubine said she was excused, he straightened up and smiled Said to Dongfang Du: "Second brother is here too, is he in better health? I was thinking of going to Fengqing Palace to visit you after paying my respects to my mother and concubine."

"Sister Huang" Dongfang Du got up and bowed to Dongfang Lingwu, and replied with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, Sister Huang, I am already much better." After speaking, he turned to Concubine Xian and said, "Mother Concubine, the hour is almost here, The son-in-law retired first and went to find his father."

"Alright, you can go, Concubine Mu happened to be chatting with Ling Wu." Concubine Xian nodded and waved her hand to signal Dongfang Du to go directly.Dongfangdu bowed to Dongfang Lingwu again, and said, "I'm sorry, please spend more time with my mother and concubine."

After Dongfang Du left, Dongfang Lingwu and Concubine Xian started chatting, and after chatting about some unimportant things in the parents' family, Dongfang Lingwu asked: "Mother and concubine, why did the second emperor go to find his father?" Dongfangdu will definitely not go to find his father for no reason, and he still finds him when his father is coming down to court.

Emperor Qianwen, who finished the early dynasty, left behind Qin Zhensheng, Minister of the Household Department, and Zheng Shigong, Minister of the Ministry of War, "Qin Aiqing, Zheng Aiqing, follow me to the Imperial Study Room for a discussion." After finishing speaking, he took the two of them directly to the Imperial Study Room.After entering the imperial study room, Emperor Qianwen sat directly on the dragon chair, and watched the report from the frontier again last night, while Qin Shangshu and Zheng Shangshu stood below in trembling silence, waiting for Emperor Qianwen to speak.

Emperor Qianwen put down the report, sighed slightly, raised his head and asked Zheng Shigong: "Shangshu Qin, how many soldiers with military status stationed at the border are there?"

"Back to the emperor, there are three lines of defense, 20 in the north, 22 in the west, and 18 in the south." Qin Shangshu broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, wondering why Emperor Qianwen suddenly asked about the number of border guards.

"Xixuan Kingdom has always been at odds with our Donggan Kingdom, and now it is even more stupid|stupid|wanting| to act. From time to time, Xixuan troops attack and test my Western Defense. Tell me, I really have 22 troops in this Western Defense?" Emperor Wen was not angry and arrogant, and he was full of imperial aura, which made Qin Shangshu and Zheng Shangshu breathless.

Qin Shangshu hurriedly knelt down and stammered: "Back to the emperor, my minister... my minister... I reported it according to the records. Now there are 22, my minister... my minister..."

"That's all, you go back today and reorganize the military roster, and let the armies of all regions re-report the number of soldiers. After the year, the whole country will recruit new recruits. The Northern Defense Army and the Southern Army must reach 20, and the Western Defense Army must reach 30."

"Yes, Wei Chen takes orders."

After Emperor Qianwen finished speaking, he turned to Zheng Shigong, the Minister of the Household Department, and said, "Zheng Aiqing, as the Minister of the Household Department, you are in charge of household registration. You should cooperate with Shangshu Qin to handle the conscription."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Retire, the two of you go back and discuss the matter of conscription." After Emperor Qianwen gave the order, he sent the two of them back and approved the memorial.

Not long after the two of them left, they met the second prince who came to the imperial study, and hurriedly bowed and said: "My minister pays homage to the second prince." Two ministers in their 40s saw Dongfang Du who was only 14 years old, even though he was The unfavored prince, but with his status and rank, he still had to salute.

"Exemption" Dongfang Du glanced at the two officials in front of him. In his memory, one was the Minister of the Ministry of Households and the other was the Minister of the Ministry of War. I haven't been recruited at this time..." Temporarily put aside the doubts in my heart, thinking about the important matter of leaving the palace, I left the two of them directly and went to the imperial study.

The eunuch in front of the imperial study room saw that it was the second prince who came, and saluted, "Your servant sees the second prince, but the second prince is here to look for the emperor?"

"Exactly, please go in and let me know." Even though the person in front of him was an eunuch, Dongfang Du was still polite to him. The eunuch serving the emperor had to speak nicely no matter how low his status was.

"Fucking the slave, why bother with this talk, the slave will go in and report to the second prince." "The second prince is humble and polite, much better than the arrogant prince." The eunuch secretly praised Dongfang Du in his heart, and then went in to report One sound.

"Second prince, the emperor let you in." After a while, the eunuch came out and said to Dongfang Du.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Dongfang Du arched his hands and stepped into the imperial study room. Seeing that Emperor Qianwen was writing in front of the book case, without looking up at himself, he knelt down and saluted directly: "I pay my respects to Father Emperor. Please be respectful, father."

Emperor Qianwen put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and smiled, and said to Dongfang Du: "Du'er has gone to the imperial study to greet me? Get up quickly, I heard that I suddenly had a fever a few days ago, is it better?"

Dongfang Du stood up and replied: "Going back to my father, the fever has subsided, and my body is much better. I came today, I want to ask my father to allow me to go out of the palace for ten days and go back to Wuya Mountain."

"Back to Wuya Mountain?" Emperor Qianwen looked at Dongfang Du, "It's been more than a year since I came back from Wuya Mountain, so you want to go back?"

"Father, this son-in-law wants Master to show him his body. My son-in-law's health has been bad since he was born. If he hadn't followed Master to practice martial arts, I'm afraid he wouldn't be the son-in-law he is today. He was too sick a few days ago. All of a sudden, I want to go back to Wuya Mountain and let Master have a look." Dongfang Du lowered his head slightly, cupped his hands and said, his words were full of sincerity.

Emperor Ganwen lowered his head for a moment, then raised his head and said, "I'm sure, when is Du'er planning to leave the palace and go to Wuya Mountain?"

"Go back to Emperor Father, my son intends to leave today."

"Today? In such a hurry?" Emperor Qianwen couldn't help feeling a little suspicious. Even if he wanted to go back to Wuya Mountain to let his master see if he was in good health, he shouldn't be in such a hurry. He should wait for his health to recover before leaving. But after thinking about it, he didn't think of any other purpose for returning to Wuya Mountain as soon as possible.

"As soon as possible let the master check the physical condition of my son, so that my son can relax soon." Dongfang Du said sincerely, and let Emperor Qianwen understand that her purpose of returning to Wuya Mountain was to find Shui Yazi to see if there was any other problem with her body. .

Emperor Ganwen nodded after listening to Dongfang Du's explanation, "So, let's leave today, go early and return early, and remember to bring some guards by your side to protect yourself."

"Yes, Father." Dongfang Du saluted, thinking of yesterday's imperial sister Dongfang Lingwu saying that she wanted to know the world outside the palace, so she boldly said to Emperor Qianwen: "Father, there is one more thing, I want to ask Father for permission .”

"What's the matter?" Emperor Ganwen frowned slightly, 'Why are there so many things!I still want to approve the memorial!Didn't you see the mountain of memorials? '

Dongfang Du caught a glimpse of Emperor Qianwen's slight frown, swallowed, and continued boldly: "Father, I would like to ask my father to allow my son to take the emperor out of the palace and go to Wuya Mountain together."

"Take your imperial sister to Wuya Mountain? You are a 14-year-old child, and you take a 16-year-old child to Wuya Mountain?" Emperor Qianwen was slightly angry, "You can go to Wuya Mountain by yourself, but you still want to take me there." The only daughter to go? '

Hearing the slight anger in Emperor Qianwen's words, Dongfang Du felt a little scared, but he continued: "Father, sister Huang has never been out of the palace, and I have always wanted to know what the world outside the palace is like. Why don't you take advantage of it?" When I return to Wuya Mountain, I will take Huangjie out of the palace and see the scenery and folk customs along the way, I will definitely protect the Emperor!"

"It was Lingwu who told you that he wanted to go out to see the palace?" Emperor Ganwen narrowed his eyes.

"Sister Huang just asked Erchen what life is like outside the palace. Erchen thought to himself, since Huangjie wants to know what the world outside the palace is like, why not take her to see it in person. Don't worry, Emperor Father, even if Erchen is lost This life will also protect the imperial sister comprehensively." Dongfang Du knelt down and said, "I ask my father to allow my son to take the imperial sister out of the palace."

Emperor Ganwen lowered his eyebrows and was silent for a moment, then finally sighed softly, "In this case, then take your imperial sister with you. You are a boy, and you must protect your imperial sister when the time comes!"

"It's Royal Father, thank you Royal Father!" Dongfang Du smiled, and was very happy to think that he could take Dongfang Lingwu out of the palace in a fair manner. .”

"Go, go, you child..." Emperor Ganwen shook his head, waved Dongfangdu to find the emperor, and then picked up the pen and continued to write the memorial.

Dongfangdu left the imperial study with a smile on his face, thinking whether he should go to Zhaoxian Palace to find his concubine mother or Lingxin Palace to find his imperial sister, thinking that maybe his imperial sister is still in Zhaoxian Palace , and went directly to the direction of Zhaoxian Palace, but on the way, he met Dongfang Lingwu who had just left Zhaoxian Palace.

"Sister Huang, Sister Huang" Dongfang Du greeted her with joy, "Sister Huang, there is good news, do you want to hear it?"

"What's the good news?" Dongfang Lingwu saw Dongfang Du's smile on his face, and he also smiled unconsciously, "Is it the father who allowed you to go back to Wuya Mountain?"

"Mother Concubine told Sister Huang that I'm going back to Wuya Mountain?" Dongfang Du raised his eyebrows, then shook his head lightly, and jokingly said: "The good news is not that Emperor Father allowed me to leave the palace and go back to Wuya Mountain." After a pause, he continued: "I also asked my father for permission to take you out of the palace, my father, and he agreed!"