The emperor's heart alone

The army led by the third prince has news sent back to the capital every day. The news is detailed and there is nothing wrong with it. will come.

Shi Junji let himself out of the capital, the third prince did not doubt it, he never doubted Shi Junji's intelligence, and he was even more afraid that Shi Junji who did this had already planned to deal with him, but no matter what, it was not for him It's a good thing, isn't it?When he leaves the capital, he is like a fish in water and a bird in the sky, who can resist him?

Shi Junji put the latest confidential letter from the Northwest on the table, took a sip of the tea Xu Yunjin handed him: "Most of the people who escaped from the Northwest have now arrived in the Southwest. The city has resettled the people, but I'm still a little uneasy."

Xu Yunjin glanced at Shi Jun's extremely frowning brows, swallowed the words at the corner of his mouth, and just said: "The army that followed the third prince..."

Shi Junji sneered: "Some people in Zhoucheng are also on the side of the third prince, most of them were taken away by the third prince when they left this time, because they were afraid that I would attack him during the march. In the name of destroying the rebels, they secretly approached the capital quietly, and with the Imperial Forest Army in the capital echoing them, how could they still be afraid of the remaining [-]% of the troops in Zhoucheng?"

Xu Yunjin lowered his voice: "The rebels are unforgivable, and these people deserve what they deserve."

"This is also the last chance I'll give him." Shi Junji said in a deep voice, "If he has gone to the northwest so far and can repent, I will pretend that this never happened."

It's just talking, both Shi Junji and Xu Yunjin are well aware that the matter has come to this point, the third prince has no way out.

"By the way." Shi Junji asked suddenly, "How is the second brother?"

"Since the third prince left, he has never been to the House of Internal Affairs. I heard that he has not been out of the house. It seems that the matter of the third prince is a big blow to him."

"Not only have I never been to the House of Internal Affairs, but I have never been to Changping Palace." Shi Junji smiled wryly, "The relationship between the second brother and the third prince is very good. If it weren't for the third prince, he would If you insist on this, the second brother will not be in such pain." Shi Junji sighed, obviously very sad for the second prince's recent decadence.

Seeing Shi Junji like this, Xu Yunjin said again: "It's just that the second prince still has brotherly affection for the third prince, and the third prince has no affection for the second prince anymore, so I'm afraid that the third prince will go secretly in the name of friendship." Finding the Second Prince is not good for the Second Prince, why not send the sandalwood to the Second Prince, so that he can protect the Second Prince at any time."

Shi Junji frowned slightly: "Then what should you do?"

"Sandalwood is not the only one by my side. Now you have transferred Xu Sa to my side?" Xu Yunjin smiled, "Besides, there are many people who protect me secretly, so you don't have to worry about me."

Shi Junji thought of the strength of the first floor of Jianghu in Su Shao's hands, and knew that Sandalwood's ability must not be bad. He felt that Xu Yunjin's words were reasonable, but he was too worried about the second prince, so he agreed to Xu Yunjin's proposal, but only in his mouth There are still complaints: "At such a critical juncture, why did you send Qingpei away?"

Xu Yunjin just smiled and didn't answer, so Shi Junji didn't ask anymore. The two of them love each other, and Shi Junji is stronger than Xu Yunjin because of his status. However, he won't interfere with Xu Yunjin's affairs. It seems that Xu Yunjin must have his reasons for doing so.

Xu Yunjin said: "It's not okay for the second prince to stay in the mansion like this all day long, not to mention that he is outside the palace after all, and what happens can't be dealt with in time. It's better to let the second prince come into the palace and find something for him Do it, to save him from thinking about something and nothing."

Shi Junji thought for a while, then nodded: "That's right, it's better to let the second brother go to work with you, and I'll have someone tidy up a place for him in Changping Palace, so let him live in the palace." After finishing speaking, I felt something was wrong again, and asked Xu Yunjin with a bit of inexplicable jealousy, "Why do you pay attention to him so much? You send people around him and worry about him or something. Could it be that you like him?"

Xu Yunjin rolled his eyes unbearably, wishing he could go up and kick Shi Junji a few times: "I'm worried about him because he's your brother, okay? Can you stop being jealous? If he wasn't your brother, would you think I Will take care of him?"

Shi Jun smiled very satisfied: "That's right."

Xu Yunjin was too lazy to talk to Mr. Shi, so he simply left Shi Junji alone to deal with state affairs, and went directly into the inner hall to find the eldest prince and Xu Shi who were staying inside. Shi Junji touched his nose and became nervous again. Busy reviewing.

On July 24, the army led by the third prince arrived near Gancheng, surrounded Gancheng with lightning speed, and formed a confrontation with the rebels, and the war was imminent.

On July 26, the rebels took the lead in attacking the Third Prince's side. The Third Prince's side was caught off guard and lost the opportunity.

On July 28th, the war lasted for three days, and finally ended with the defeat of the Three Princes. The Three Princes led the remnants of the army to retreat a hundred miles along the way, and the rebels pressed on every step.

Shi Junji put the battle report aside, without showing any displeasure on his face, the hall was silent, especially Prime Minister Jiang, who was standing at the front, sweat ran down his cheeks and into his collar, but he didn't dare to move at all.

Shi Junji's voice sounded: "Prime Minister Jiang, do you have something to say?"

Prime Minister Jiang came out and knelt down: "Go back to the emperor, Third Prince, after all, it is the first time that the Third Prince leads troops, I implore the Emperor to give the Third Prince another chance."

Shi Jun was very thoughtful, looked at the many ministers below, and finally smiled: "The prime minister is right, now that the battle is not clear, let the third prince have another chance."

Prime Minister Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked him for his kindness.

Jiangfu.

"Nonsense!" Prime Minister Jiang slammed the table with a livid face, "Didn't you agree to win the first war? Why did such a thing happen at a critical moment? He didn't even discuss it with me beforehand." one time!"

Jiang Zirun, who was standing on the side, comforted: "Father, don't be too anxious to get angry, maybe something happened in the middle, and it's too late to inform you."

"Hmph, it's a good thing the emperor agreed to my suggestion, otherwise who knows what will happen now?" Prime Minister Jiang's face was still grim, "Now things can't be turned back, as long as we get a little worse, we may be lost forever !"

Jiang Zirun said again: "Father, I think he thought the same way, how could he make these mistakes on purpose? It's better to find out the truth."

This is the only way to do it, Prime Minister Jiang ordered Jiang Zirun to investigate: "By the way, did Zichun find anything new?"

Jiang Zirun shook his head: "Second brother is just a guard guarding the gate of Changping Palace, and he can get in touch with very limited things. Even Xu Yunjin, who used to go to Changping Palace to find the emperor, came less frequently."

Prime Minister Jiang frowned and said, "I still don't understand, why did the Emperor suddenly call Zichun back to his side? What's his purpose?"

Jiang Zirun thought for a while, and was a little uncertain: "Maybe the second younger brother was transferred back only for the empress dowager's face, and there was no purpose."

Now, Prime Minister Jiang could only believe this reason, but there was still a faint uneasiness in his heart.

When the whole Jiangfu was anxious, Xu Yunjin was very happy, for no other reason, Qingpei returned safely.

With obvious joy, Xu Yunjin asked: "Have you ever encountered anyone blocking you on the road?"

With fanaticism in Qingpei's eyes: "No, master, it was very successful, no one doubted us."

Xu Yunjin heaved a sigh of relief. Although he was not afraid of things being exposed, it was obvious that no one found that his actions were the best. They were busy fighting with Shi Junji, even if they knew their relationship with Shi Junji, they could only Will ignore, don't care too much about yourself, can you tell from the attitude of Jiangfu and the third prince and others towards him, can't you?

"Very good, very good." Xu Yunjin murmured, "Qingpei, you are doing very well." Xu Yunjin was silent for a long time, until after a long time, Xu Yunjin whispered a few words into Qingpei's ear.

Qingpei hesitated: "Master..."

"You won't disobey me, will you?"

Qingpei said firmly: "I know, I will definitely live up to my master's entrustment."

Xu Yunjin nodded: "Don't appear in front of people, not even where Qinghuan is."

"Yes."

So even if Qingpei came back with what Xu Yunjin needed, no one in the capital knew about it, even Shi Junji didn't know about Qingpei's return, so Qingpei hid himself and hid in the capital with Xu Yunjin's order somewhere, quietly waiting for that day to come.

On August [-], the army of the Third Prince and the rebels clashed in Yincheng, and the two sides were evenly matched.

On August [-]th, the two armies clashed again, and the rebels were slightly defeated. However, before the Third Prince wiped them out, rebels from other parts of the Northwest arrived one after another, making up for the rebels' shortage of troops.The two sides fell into a stalemate again.

On August [-]th, the grain and grass in the rear of the Three Princes were hijacked by the enemy, and the Three Princes' side was in trouble.

On August [-]th, Young Master Li successfully arrived in the capital with the goods.Xu Yunjin went out of the city to greet him personally, and took the goods from Young Master Li. After a secret conversation between the two, Young Master Li set off again on the third day after arriving in Beijing, rushing back to the south. This time, Xu Yunjin did not show up.And the ones who left with Young Master Li were Young Master Li's family.

On August [-]th, Xiang Yiping received the imperial decree from Shi Junji to enter the palace to face the emperor, and then the imperial decree to put Xiang Yiping under house arrest came to Xiangfu. .Among them, the Qinggui family is the most active, after all, the Xiang family is the Qinggui family.The threshold of the Xu family, who was regarded as the leader of the noble family, was almost broken, but even Xu Tao couldn't say anything.

On August [-]th, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and others fell from their horses one after another. The evidence submitted by unknown celebrities in the hands of the emperor directly took off the crowns of these people, and their family members were thrown into prison. It will be dealt with after the decree is issued.

On August [-]th, the rebels clashed with the third prince again. Due to the lack of food and grass, the third prince retreated steadily. The rebels successfully occupied Yincheng, while the third prince retreated to Wucheng.