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Qian Mu, who assassinated the Nanman envoy that day, waited in the capital for many days, but Li Dingzhong was not released, so as to clear up the relationship, he found out that the emperor had sent Gao Yan, the king of Pingyang, to lead the army to the southwest.So he rushed from the capital to Dingyuan Palace overnight.

In Gao Jing's study:

"Your Highness! Our plan has changed!"

"What happened to Li Dingzhong!"

"The general is not in danger of life yet, but the emperor has no intention of releasing the general."

Gao Jing wondered, "Apart from Li Dingzhong, who else in Nanman can calm down?"

"One more person!"

Gao Jing felt a cold war in her heart, "Who!"

"Pingyang King!"

"Impossible! Brother Huang is so jealous of Fourth Brother, how could..."

"Your Highness!"

Gao Jing looked at Qian Mu in front of him with an unbelievable look.

"But that's the truth! The emperor ordered King Pingyang to pacify the southwest!"

Gao Jing's two eyebrows suddenly twitched violently. After a long time, Gao Jing turned around and slapped the table heavily, saying angrily, "Well, you Gao Yan! This king is on your way!"

"What is the meaning of this, Your Highness?"

"The idea of ​​assassinating the Nanman envoy was given to me by Gao Yan. He said that if the Southwest rebelled, the emperor would definitely release Li Dingzhong and let Li Dingzhong go to pacify the Southwest." Gao Jing looked annoyed, "Back then, the king was too credulous. he!"

After listening to Gao Jing's words, Qian Mu understood the general idea, and couldn't help asking, "But what is the purpose of King Pingyang doing this? If you just don't want to save General Li, then there is no need to offer advice to Your Highness, but now, General Li couldn't be rescued, and even King Pingyang himself got involved. What is King Pingyang's plan? Or did King Pingyang misunderstand the emperor's intentions? We were all involved by the emperor?"

Gao Jing's eyes were full of anger, and he grabbed the table with both hands, and said after a long time, "Gao Yan is not as simple as you think! If my guess is correct, the fourth brother wants to eat the third son Li Dingzhong left in the southwest. Wan Dingyuan iron cavalry!"

"Then according to His Highness's guess, General Li Dingzhong..."

Gao Jing clenched her fist and slammed it on the table.

"Your Highness! General Li's kindness to me is as great as a mountain. If it weren't for General Li, I am afraid that I would not be alive today! I am willing to use my life to save General Li Dingzhong!"

"What else can we do now!"

Qian Mu suddenly moved closer to Gao Jing's ear and whispered something.Immediately, Gao Jing's face changed drastically, and he loosened and tightened his grip on the table, but he didn't say a word.

After a while, Qian Mu backed away a few steps, kowtowed heavily to Gao Jing, and said in a hoarse voice, "Your Highness, take care! The humble job is gone!" Then he turned and left the study without looking back.

Looking at his leaving back, Gao Jing felt a trace of sadness in her heart.

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Tan Zhen rested in the Dingyuan Palace for another ten days, and his health has improved, so he planned to say goodbye to Gao Jing and return to Pingyang.

At noon that day, Tan Zhen went to Gao Jing's study alone, intending to say goodbye to Gao Yan.

As soon as he reached the door of the study, a maid suddenly ran up to Tan Zhen and saluted, "General, are you looking for the prince?"

Tan Zhen nodded with a smile.

"The lord has gone out to do some business. Before he leaves, he told his servant that if he sees you looking for him, he should let his servant tell you that you should go to his study and wait for him first. He will be back in a while."

Tan Zhen smiled and opened the door and walked into Gao Jing's study.

"General, you sit here first, and this maidservant will make you a cup of tea." Then the maidservant turned and left, and soon came in with a cup of tea, handed it to Tan Zhen, and then slightly closed the door of the study room.

Tan Zhen put the tea on the table, walked around Gao Jing's study, and saw that there were quite a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings in Gao Jing's study, "I didn't expect the majestic King Dingyuan to be so arty." Tan Zhen smiled inwardly. road.

Unknowingly, he walked to Gao Jing's desk, and accidentally bumped into the file on the desk, which was scattered on the ground. Tan Zhen hurriedly went up to pick it up and put it back on the table. His eyes caught a glimpse of a painting on one of the rolls. Wearing a small portrait.Looking at the figure on the small portrait, the figure is thin but the facial features are very delicate, the brows are slightly wrinkled, the mouth is slightly opened as if he is talking about something, Tan Zhen is curious to look carefully at the painting, and he is surprised that the painting is actually himself, and there is a cover on the side Seal signature: Gao Jing

From the brow bone to the corners of the eyes, the careful care and love of myself in the small portrait can also be seen from the paper, and the artist's intentions can be seen everywhere.

Tan Zhen was suddenly at a loss.At this time, the door of the study room was pushed open, Gao Jing smiled and strode towards Tan Zhen, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Tan Zhen hurriedly turned around and saluted Gao Jing. "Humble job~~ See King Dingyuan."

"Hey, why does General Tan need to be so ignorant!" Gao Jing said, holding Tan Zhen with both hands, and did not let go for a long time.

Tan Zhen's cheeks were reddish, and he withdrew his arm in a little embarrassment.

"Your Highness, I came here this time to say goodbye to you."

"What!" Gao Jing grabbed Tan Zhen's arm and interrupted Tan Zhen's next words.

"I'm really sorry to have disturbed His Highness for so many days. This time, my injury has recovered, so I should return to Pingyang."

"I won't allow it!" Gao Jing stared at Tan Zhen closely with angry eyes, which made Tan Zhen feel nervous.

Gao Jing naturally refused to let Tan Zhen go back. First, Tan Zhen had just recovered from his injury and couldn't stand the long-distance toss.Second, he was reluctant to let Tan Zhen leave.

"Your Highness, why do you..."

Before Tan Zhen could say the second half of the sentence, Gao Jing suddenly turned his head and saw the small portraits of Tan Zhen scattered on the desk, and then thought that Tan Zhen might have known his intentions, so he held Tan Zhen's arm His hands became even tighter, and he pressed Tan Zhen against the desk, "You know everything?"

Tan Zhen bowed his head, his face blushing.In Gao Jing's eyes, it is even more glamorous and moving.

"Follow me from now on, I won't treat you badly."

Tan Zhen is grateful to Gao Jing in his heart, not only for saving his life on the battlefield, but also for his careful care in the past few days. Gao Jing is like a warm current to Tan Zhen, slowly flowing into him heart.Now knowing Gao Jing's thoughts on him, it cannot be said that Tan Zhen was not moved, but Tan Zhen knew that he could not respond to Gao Jing more, because his heart had already been given to the one in Pingyang.For Gao Jing, she was just afraid that the refusal would be too hurtful.

So for a long while, both of them were just silent.

"Your Highness, let me go first." Tan Zhen raised his head and glanced at Gao Jing, seeing Gao Jing looking at him with fiery eyes, immediately lowered his head and pushed Gao Jing away with his hands.

Unexpectedly, at this time Gao Yan grasped Tan Zhen's hands and kissed them.Tan Zhen's eyes widened for a moment, then he pushed Gao Jing away forcefully, and rushed out the door.

Gao Jing was pushed aside by Tan Zhen, leaning against the corner of the desk, staring blankly at the back of Tan Zhen's leaving, with a sense of loss in her eyes.

After a while, Gao Jing came to his senses, rushed out of the study, took a horse from the palace, and ran towards the barracks.He kept scolding himself for his recklessness in his heart, and at the same time hoped that Tanzhen would never abandon his soldiers because of a moment of anger, and just go back to Pingyang alone, then it would be too late for him to regret and regret.

Sure enough, seeing Tan Zhen in the barracks, Gao Jing looked at Tan Zhen with some guilt, "It was just this article that was reckless. General Tan, don't be angry with me."

"Your Highness, Tanzhen is just a general who only knows how to fight the enemy."

"Yes! It's all because the king is confused!"

Then Tan Zhen sighed, "Your Highness, don't waste time on the humble job. The humble job has already belonged to him."

Gao Jing only felt that her mind was blank, and she couldn't understand the meaning of Tan Zhen's words for a while, and she stood there in a daze until Tan Zhen walked by, Gao Jing finally came back to her senses, turned around and shouted at Tan Zhen's back Sentence: "Is it Gao Yan?"

Tan Zhen's back straightened up, and he didn't take a step for a long time.

Tan Zhen's silence has already given Gao Jing the answer.Gao Jing's heart was mostly cold, "So you are in such a hurry to go back to Pingyang to see him?" Gao Jing's voice trembled slightly due to anger when he spoke.

Tan Zhen was noncommittal.

"Just!" Gao Jing suddenly rushed forward and grabbed Tan Zhen's arm, forcing Tan Zhen to turn around and look him in the eyes, "I'm afraid you may not see him in Pingyang!"

"What's up with him?"

Gao Jing saw Tan Zhen grabbing his sleeve with his backhand suddenly, the anxiety in his eyes clearly represented Gao Yan's weight in Tan Zhen's heart, the original anger in Gao Jing's heart was suddenly mixed with a trace of sadness.

"What are you in a hurry for? The fourth brother's life is hard, and he won't die for a while."

"Your Highness, what happened to King Pingyang?"

To Gao Jing's ears, Tan Zhen's pleading tone was like a sharp sword scraping his heart piece by piece.Gao Jing suddenly raised her hand and swung Tan Zhen's hand off her arm, turned sideways, and clenched her fists.

For a long time, neither of them spoke.Until he heard Tan Zhen's footsteps moving away, Gao Jing's heart clenched little by little.The body uncontrollably turned to the direction where Tan Zhen was leaving, eyes full of anger and shouted at Tan Zhen's back, "He's in the southwest!"

Seeing Tan Zhen turn around to look at him, Gao Jing said sneeringly after a while, "Fourth brother is really capable! You can let the emperor choose him to fight the chaos in the southwest!"

It's too late for Tan Zhen to consider Gao Jing's feelings, he only knows that Gao Yan is now fighting the chaos in the southwest, and his only idea is to rush to Gao Yan's side as soon as possible.So he dragged a horse belonging to the soldier beside him, jumped onto the horse's back, and said to Gao Jing, "Tan Zhen bids farewell! Your Highness, please take care!"

Then he left with a group of generals in Pingyang.

Gao Jing stood alone, looking at Tan Zhen's back, clenched his fists, his eyes were full of unwillingness and anger, "Gao Yan!!"