It's easy to be a villain, but hard to be a princess

In recent days, when Chu Ruihong went to court, Chu Ruihong was uncharacteristically. Even if he disagreed with Chu Muqing's remonstrance in his heart, he would not refute it anymore, and acted according to the regent's wishes.

Fan Youcheng was worried that Chu Ruihong would obey the regent's words in the future, and his status would not be guaranteed, so he met with Chu Ruihong in private and said, "Your Majesty, it is true that the Regent suppressed the mausoleum's rebellion, but the regent did not discuss with the emperor and privately He holds the military power in his hands, and he does his own thing, and I worry that he will threaten your position as the emperor in the future."

Chu Ruihong said: "I don't need my uncle to tell me about this matter. If the power of the regent is not removed, my position will be unstable."

"Then why is the emperor?"

Chu Ruihong glanced at Fan Youcheng, "Uncle thinks that I am sincere and only the regent will follow?"

Fan Youcheng raised his eyes, "That's..."

"This time, the regent has contributed to the conspiracy of King Poling. If I confront him tit for tat, all civil and military officials will definitely say that I am wrong." Chu Ruihong walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, "The left and right regents have been arrogant in the court for so many years. It doesn't matter if the principal meets for a while." Chu Ruihong said.

Seeing that Chu Ruihong still had fighting spirit, Fan Youcheng put down a stone in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is wise."

Chu Ruihong turned around and looked at Fan Youcheng, "Do you have a clue about the whereabouts of King Ling?"

"Back to the emperor, I have sent people to search everywhere, but so far no clues have been found."

Chu Ruihong walked over to the chair and sat down, and said in an emphatic tone: "Continue to search, and we must find it before the regent."

"My minister obeys."

After winter, the weather was getting colder and colder. Han Zixiao was reading official documents in the study, and then lost his mind as he watched.Ever since that day at the ceremony, Han Zixiao had been thinking about a question, that is: did Chu Muqing fall in love with him?

This question has haunted him for several days, and every time he sees Chu Muqing, Han Zixiao's mood is also very complicated, guilty, embarrassed, and happy, all in all very complicated.

Ye Qing brewed a cup of hot tea and pushed the door in, put the tea on the table, "My lord, I feel that today is much colder than yesterday, it looks like it's going to snow."

Han Zixiao put the official document in his hand aside, hooked his fingers at Ye Qing, "Come here."

Ye Qing thought there was something confidential, so he bent over and asked in a low voice, "My lord, what's the matter?"

Han Zixiao hesitated for a while before asking: "How do you think the prince treats me?"

"What and what not?"

Han Zixiao looked out the window to confirm that there was no one there, and then said: "I always feel that the prince, he, he has taken a fancy to me."

Ye Qing was surprised, "Then what should I do?"

"What else can I do? If he doesn't tell me, I will naturally pretend not to know."

"And what if he did?"

Han Zixiao was about to answer when there was a knock on the door.Han Zixiao looked up at the door, "Who?"

"The slave is ordered by the prince to ask the princess to go to the backyard."

Han Zixiao and Ye Qing looked at each other, and then said to the people outside the door: "I'll go right away."

Han Zixiao stood up, Ye Qing took the cloak from the shelf and put it on Han Zixiao, and asked casually, "Why did the lord ask you to go to the backyard?"

"I don't know, I'll know when I go."

Han Zixiao came to the backyard wrapped in a cloak, while Chu Muqing was wearing a white dress, practicing sword in the open space of the backyard.Han Zixiao watched him practice a set of sword skills, and said: "I don't know why the prince ordered the officials to come to the backyard?"

Chu Muqing took a sword from the guard and threw it at Han Zixiao. Han Zixiao stretched out his hand from his cloak to catch it.

Chu Muqing said: "In the future, when I practice swords, you will also practice together."

Do you still want to practice swords in this cold weather?The corner of Han Zixiao's mouth twitched, "My lord, I'm not qualified to practice martial arts, I don't dare to dirty my lord's eyes with a little three-legged cat kung fu."

Chu Muqing stood in the courtyard and looked at Han Zixiao on the corridor, "No matter how powerful martial arts are, you can practice them from scratch. As long as you are willing to practice hard, you will make progress over time."

Han Zixiao didn't like to practice martial arts since he was a child, and if he wanted to practice, he didn't have to wait until today, "My lord, I'm a civil servant, so I should read more books from sages and sages, and it's not advisable to use swords or guns."

"If you follow this king in the future, you may be in danger at any time. If you don't learn martial arts well, when this king can't protect you, how can you protect yourself?"

Han Zixiao rubbed his nose, "What the prince said is true."

Chu Muqing picked up a sword flower from the sword in her hand, and pinned the sword behind her back, "If that's the case, come here quickly."

Han Zixiao reluctantly walked over with the sword in his arms, Chu Muqing said, "Take off the cloak."

Han Zixiao said: "My lord, it's cold."

Chu Muqing said lightly: "Practicing martial arts will make you feel hot."

Ye Qing came over and took off Han Zixiao's cloak and hugged it in his hands, said in a low voice: "My lord, take care."

Han Zixiao walked over with the sword in his arms, and Chu Muqing looked at him, "Who are you showing a bitter face to?"

Han Zixiao said: "What the lord said just now is exactly the same as what my father said, it's just that the lower officials are touched by the scene."

Chu Muqing's brows darkened, "You mean, this king looks like your father?"

"No, the prince looks better than my father."

The veins on Chu Muqing's forehead twitched, and he paused, "Han Zixiao."

Han Zixiao chuckled, "I'm still practicing sword, practice sword." He drew out his sword, walked aside and did a few simple movements.

Chu Muqing held out his sword against his sword, Han Zixiao raised his eyes and looked at the owner of the sword.Chu Muqing said: "You should first look at Ben Wang Wu's set of sword skills, pay attention to the moves, and you'd better write them down."

Han Zixiao groaned, put away his sword and stood aside watching Chu Muqing dance with his sword.

After Chu Muqing danced a set of sword skills, she retracted her sword and looked at Han Zixiao, "Do you remember?"

Han Zixiao nodded, "I remember."

"Then let me dance once for the king to see."

Han Zixiao responded, raised his sword and practiced the sword skills taught by Chu Muqing. Chu Muqingwu's sword skills are not many moves, and each move is not advanced. Han Zixiao read it once and almost remembered it. .

But after the dance, Chu Muqing said from the side: "This set of swordsmanship has a total of twelve moves, and you have made eight mistakes."

Han Zixiao said weakly: "The lower officials clearly followed the moves of the prince."

"It looks like it's made, and it's a mistake if the movements are not in place." Chu Muqing said: "I dance again, you have to watch carefully."

Han Zixiao watched from the sidelines, and after watching, he danced again by himself until he became familiar with each other.After practicing until dark, Chu Muqing was willing to let people go to eat.

From then on, every night, Han Zixiao was called by Chu Muqing to practice swordsmanship. Han Zixiao was reluctant at first, but gradually realized the joy of swordsmanship, so he became less resistant.

Han Zixiao's swordsmanship has advanced by leaps and bounds, but every time he competes with Chu Muqing, he is often defeated within ten moves.

Liu Qinghe has been in Yu County for more than a month, but Han Zixiao has not received any news. It stands to reason that more than one month of traveling back and forth to Yu County should be more than enough. Could it be that Liu Qinghe was delayed by something?

With a little courtesy, Han Zixiao went to the six residences to visit Mrs. Liu, and asked Liu Qinghe if he had sent a letter to the residence.

Mrs. Liu has been arranging the dowry for her daughter recently, and she has already found it not long ago, and she is waiting for Liu Qinghe to come back.Mrs. Liu said with a worried face: "Master told me that he would only go for a month, but this month has passed for several days, and he has not come back. Maybe something happened."

Han Zixiao comforted: "Ma'am, don't worry, I think Master Liu will be back in a few days."

"I hope so, otherwise my daughter's marriage will be postponed."

Han Zixiao took a sip of tea and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Liu sent a letter back home?"

"Not this one."

Han Zixiao sat on the Liu Mansion for a while before leaving, returned to Yushi Terrace, looked at the vacant seat opposite, feeling uneasy.Liu Qinghe has always been calm, and if there is any delay, he will definitely write a letter to let him know, so that people can feel at ease.But this time, he had no news at all, which is really strange.

When sleeping at night, Han Zixiao tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Chu Muqing, who had her eyes closed, asked, "What's wrong?"

Han Zixiao said: "It's nothing."

Chu Muqing must have been woken up by him, Han Zixiao lay still and did not know when he fell asleep.When he woke up, his whole body was in cold sweat. In his dream, Liu Qinghe kept calling for help in his ear, but the surrounding smoke was too heavy, and Han Zixiao couldn't see where he was.

Chu Ruihong temporarily summoned several ministers to the palace to discuss political affairs. It was related to the Northwest War. Lin Huiping, the coach of our court, was seriously injured. At present, the coach is temporarily held by the deputy commander.

The post of coach is indispensable, and the court needs to send good generals to go.

Chu Muqing recommended the mighty general Wu Zecheng, but Chu Ruihong insisted on asking Huaiyuan general Zhu Minggang to go.Zhu Minggang was the leader of the martial arts competition last year, and he was not from Chu Muqing's faction. Chu Ruihong was very optimistic about him.And Wu Zecheng won two rounds in a row in this martial arts competition, but in the third round when he competed with King Ling, he was defeated by a few tricks.After discussing with several courtiers who were called into the palace, it was difficult to make a decision.

Chu Muqing said: "Although General Huaiyuan has strong martial arts skills, he lacks experience in the battlefield, so it is difficult for him to take on important tasks. The mighty general has been guarding the northwest area for five years. He is familiar with the terrain, coupled with his wisdom and courage, and rich experience, he is competent enough."

Fan Youcheng brought out Zhu Minggang's father, "General Zhu's father was a general of hussars and made countless military exploits. Since ancient times, his son has inherited his father's legacy. Even though General Zhu's experience in the field is not as good as that of General Wu, his martial arts and resourcefulness are superior." If you are not inferior to him, you will definitely become a master after experience, and this is the perfect opportunity."

Chu Ruihong said: "What Mr. Fan said is that for those who need experience, if the regent refuses to give the younger generation a chance to experience, and only recommends veterans, when these veterans retire in the future, where will I have good generals?"

Chu Muqing argued: "It's not that I don't give younger generations a chance to practice, but the commander in chief of the Northwest War is very important, and he must be a person who has experienced many battles to be competent. I also ask the emperor to pay attention to this matter. Don't be trifling!"

"This matter is related to the safety of the country. Of course, I can't play games. But why does the regent promise to appoint Wu Zecheng as the coach, so that we can defeat the enemy?"

Chu Muqing said: "I can't guarantee it, but General Wu..."

Before Chu Muqing finished speaking, Chu Ruihong interrupted: "Since there is no guarantee, why must he?"