General Essence Sticky Essence

Half a month later, in the imperial garden.

The emperor sat in the pavilion with a child on his lap.

Pointing to the paper on the stone table in front of him, he asked with a smile on his face, "Can An'er know what this word is?"

Xie An stared at the emperor's finger with a pair of big round eyes, suddenly leaned over and grabbed it, raised his head and giggled twice.The emperor suddenly laughed until his eyes disappeared, and said: "An'er is so smart, she can act like a baby if she doesn't know how to read."

The eunuch in charge at the side also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Jing is only three years old, how can he know such complicated characters?"

The emperor said: "Then An'er will grow up quickly, why is she still a little girl?"

Xie An moved suddenly, climbed off the emperor's lap, and ran to the side unsteadily.The emperor turned his head and saw Xie An yelling: "Brother Xuan is here!" while pounced on Xie Xuan who was walking towards this side, Xie Xuan picked him up and swung Xiaoyuan.

The emperor withdrew his smile and said to the eunuch in charge, "Go down first."

Xie Xuan carried Xie An into the pavilion, leaned slightly and said, "Your Majesty."

The emperor smiled and said, "The prince is here, sit down."

Xie Xuan hugged Xie An and sat opposite.

"When did the prince return to the city, why didn't he receive any news?"

"I just arrived, and entered the palace without notification."

"Oh? Where's General He?"

"The general still has some military affairs to deal with, and he will be able to return to Beijing to report on his duties soon."

"That's good," the emperor took a sip of tea, "is the third son back?"

Xie Xuan tightened his hand holding Xie An slightly, and said: "I'm back, I have some injuries on my body, the third son is very skilled in medicine, so I can take care of it."

"Look, I forgot, I haven't asked the prince how his injury is?"

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Although he is not fully recovered, he is fine."

The emperor nodded: "I heard that General He fainted in the military tent after repelling the enemy. Is it okay now?"

Xie Xuan was slightly taken aback.The emperor said: "Don't you know, my lord?"

"The minister and General He were guarding two places that day, so I didn't know about it."

"Oh," the emperor smiled, "I still know it as a prince. Vice-General Tao offended General He in this way. It is true that he has offended General He. He should be killed. However, the prince also knows that Vice-General Tao is very important. This... It should be discussed and discussed with the court first.”

Xie Xuan wondered, "Offended?"

"Vice-General Tao seems to have offended General He in his words. I don't know the specific content. I only know that the general was so angry that he passed out on the spot. I was still worried all night long. I know that the general is safe now, so I am relieved. Why is the prince right here? Son, but I don't know clearly?"

Xie Xuan said with a smile: "I'm too busy and dizzy, I forgot to care about the general's body."

"Oh? I think the general didn't tell you because he was afraid that the prince would be worried?"

The tone in these words was too strange, Xie Xuan raised the corner of his mouth and didn't answer.

The emperor looked at Xie Xuan, groped around in his sleeve, and took out the golden tiger amulet: "Leave it to the lord. When the general returns, the lord will give it to him. How about it?"

Xie Xuan felt something was wrong, he immediately picked up Xie An, put him firmly on the stone bench, knelt down and said, "I'm guilty."

Xie An looked at Xie Xuan ignorantly, then turned around and grabbed the paper on the table to play.

The emperor put down the golden tiger talisman, finally put away his smile, and asked, "What's wrong with the prince?"

"I shouldn't go to Taiming Mountain privately, this is one of them..."

The emperor sighed slightly, got up and went to help Xie Xuan, "Get up and talk."

Xie Xuan didn't move, and continued: "You shouldn't lead troops to defend against the enemy in Taiming Mountain, this is the second."

The emperor interrupted: "As long as the prince is willing to explain to me, I can listen to it. Get up and talk first."

Xie Xuan hesitated for a moment, stood up, and said: "I really have a reason for what I have to do."

The emperor bent down and hugged Xie An back on his lap and sat back down, Xie Xuan also sat down again.

"Your Majesty also knows about the rescue of several hostages in the southeast. The third son happened to meet one of the hostages in another place and healed him. He learned about Han Taiwei's smuggling of arms from the mouth of the red armor. I went back to the city overnight and informed the minister. At that time, the minister really felt that the matter was too urgent to be delayed, so he just left the city in a moment of confusion, which was reckless."

The emperor was dissatisfied and said: "The prince can enter the palace immediately and tell me, how can I ignore it?"

Xie Xuan said: "I have not thought about it, I am guilty."

"My lord is very considerate in everything I do. How can I believe that I am reckless? Is my lord afraid that I won't let you go?"

"..." Xie Xuan had nothing to say, he really thought so.

"Why? Because of General He?"

Xie Xuan raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and said, "I don't know that General He is in Bohai Sea."

The emperor made it clear: "It is precisely because there is no news that the prince can't sit still in Jinyang City. He has to go and see for himself. Are you right?"

"I really want to go to Taiming Mountain, but the reason has nothing to do with General He. Since Your Majesty wanted to say it bluntly, I wanted to be more frank. First, I was anxious to investigate the route of smuggling arms. The route is unknown, and the war with Rizhao will be difficult Second, I don't trust Vice Admiral Tao Jiang, this is the most important reason."

The emperor asked, "Why don't you believe me?"

"The new official took office, and I couldn't believe it. Facts have proved that he has also failed the trust of His Majesty and Master Zhang Yu. During his military service, he did not listen to orders and ignored the general's repeated instructions, and led an army of [-] down the mountain without authorization, leaving only a thousand people. When Rizhao attacked the mountain, our army had only [-] troops. Don't you know how to deal with this crime?"

"Tao Jiang is guilty, I naturally understand it in my heart. But the prince also knows that he is a trusted confidant of Zhang Yu. It is really inappropriate for General He to execute him directly. I always have to give Zhang Yu an explanation."

Xie Xuan said: "I just want to ask, does Your Majesty feel that the feeling of telling the Lord is more serious than the lives of those hundred thousand Wu Jia?"

The emperor choked for a moment, and could only say: "The life of a soldier is important, and so is the heart of a courtier."

Xie Xuan said: "How many crimes have the adults counted against the minister and General He? If your majesty doesn't mind, please tell me, and the minister will be prepared."

The words have come to this point, and there is no point in detours.

"The two points that the prince listed before are all the crimes and the crime of usurpation."

"Does Your Majesty think that the minister is overstepping?"

"There are good reasons, but it is indeed beyond the rules. But the merits and demerits balance out, and I will not discuss the prince's crime."

Xie Xuan smiled: "I admit it."

"As for General He, it was disrespectful to shoot an arrow on the golden silk flag when conveying the news before, this is one of them; failing to lead his lieutenants well, causing him to lead troops down the mountain privately and causing disaster, is dereliction of duty, this is another Second, disposing of the courtiers without the emperor's order, beheading first and then playing, is exceeding the rules, this is the third; when the two armies are at war, there is no news for several months, and their whereabouts are unknown, both are dereliction of duty, this is the fourth."

Xie Xuan smiled again: "There are so many crimes, what about the merits?"

"It's meritorious service to repel the Rizhao army twice."

"Your Majesty, do you mean that the work is not enough?"

The emperor said: "It's not what I mean, but what the courtiers mean."

Xie Xuan looked at the emperor and said, "Isn't it a pity that everyone's mouth can make money?"

The emperor was a little dissatisfied: "The prince is careful."

"It's the minister's slip of the tongue." Xie Xuan got up and brushed off his sleeves, then knelt down slowly, "The minister can explain all these crimes."

The emperor frowned and said, "What does your lord mean?"

"General He shot the feather arrow on the flagpole. I knew it, but I didn't think about reminding the general. This was concealed and not reported. Deputy General Tao Jiang went to Taiming Mountain and caused a catastrophe. The premise is that I propose to send troops to Taiming Mountain. Famous mountain, this is an inadvertent remonstrance; General He fainted that day and didn't know about Vice-General Tao's death, it's because the minister was dissatisfied with Vice-General Tao and didn't stop him, this is a false public benefit..."

"My lord!"

Xie An was taken aback, and immediately raised his head to stare at his royal brother, puzzled.

Xie Xuan continued: "I can't find an excuse for the last one, but it's enough to make General He's merits and demerits equal?"

How could the emperor think of this, and said angrily: "General He is so important? The prince protects him like this!"

"Your Majesty, the chief minister is in the He family, General He Ting treats me like a father, General He Qing treats me like a brother, if I tell you that I don't care about He Yun at all, would you believe me?"

"...Why do you care? A crime for a crime?"

"Your Majesty, there are four crimes mentioned by the ministers, but which one is really the crime of General He Yun? If he is really guilty, the minister has nothing to say. But if things go on like this, if the accumulation is not true, this court can still do it." An Ning? Do you still think this minister is for General He Yun?"

The emperor said: "The prince is accusing the court of confusing right and wrong?"

"Your Majesty has to decide whether to mix or not. As you said just now, the heart of a subject is really important. General He is also a subject. He is loyal and dedicated outside. Are you not afraid of hurting his heart? If you have to punish one person to calm the anger of the public, Just punish the minister."

The emperor said angrily: "I don't want to punish you! Why don't you understand!"

Unexpectedly, Xie Xuan was very stubborn: "Please punish me, please punish me, Your Majesty."

Xie An suddenly stretched out his hand to touch the emperor's face, and burst into tears.The emperor stared at Xie Xuan for a while, then lowered his head to comfort him: "What's the matter, An'er? Don't cry, don't cry."

Xie An cried: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

The emperor whispered: "Don't be fierce, don't be fierce, be good."

Then he went on to say to Xie Xuan: "As the prince said, I hope you have no selfish intentions."