Originally today was the Mid-Autumn Festival, but when Emperor Daxing went to Xianqu, the city was deserted and dreary like never before.After the edict was read out, those noisy people also rested, too often continued to sing ceremonies and funerals, and the whole day, the whole group was very tired.Especially Zhao Ziyan and the others knelt for an unknown how long. By the end, both knees were bruised and swollen, and her legs were already stagnant with qi and blood, which was particularly serious.

When it was finally over, Fu Yanqing seemed to be in a hurry as she pushed her. Zhao Ziyan naturally knew what she was in a hurry for, so he turned his head and said, "Qing'er, I'm fine, don't worry."

Fu Yanqing still didn't slow down, and entered the Chonghua Palace, the maids and maids on the left and right knelt down quickly: "I have seen the regent!"

Zhao Ziyan was slightly taken aback, but it was just an announcement in the morning, so the reaction in the palace was too fast.Zhao Ziyan waved his hand to signal them to get up, and then said softly, "Don't call him Regent anymore, I'm not used to it."

Those eunuchs and maids were a little stunned, they didn't know how to answer the question, they didn't call the regent king, they couldn't call His Royal Highness again.

Seeing that they were anxious, Fu Yanqing said, "Go and bring up the medicinal soup, then leave, I don't need you to serve here." Zhao Ziyan probably wasn't used to having so many people around, and she was used to doing these things, so leave it to others. worried.

Carrying Zhao Ziyan to sit on the soft couch, rolled up her trouser legs, looking at the bruised and swollen knee, Fu Yanqing gasped involuntarily, and frowned tightly.Warm and cool fingers lightly touched the skin, trembling slightly, only daring to rub it lightly.

Zhao Ziyan hurriedly said: "It's okay, I use my internal strength to protect it, it looks scary, so don't worry."

Fu Yanqing was a little annoyed, and suddenly exerted force with his hands, which caused Zhao Ziyan to tremble slightly: "This is protected by using internal force?" After speaking, she gritted her teeth, covered her palms, and slowly rubbed with internal force.After a while, he said sullenly: "Let's leave it to you today, and enter the mausoleum tomorrow. If you still don't cherish yourself like this, you can let those maids serve you in the future. I won't come, it's up to you."

Zhao Ziyan hurriedly apologized, and said pitifully, "I'm obedient, so don't ignore me."

Fu Yanqing snorted slightly, watched the maids bring the medicinal soup, and told them to prepare some porridge.These people were arranged by Li Sheng personally, and they are still reliable now.After soaking Zhao Ziyan's feet, she lowered her head and concentrated on rubbing Zhao Ziyan's legs.

Zhao Ziyan looked at her, and then said in a gentle voice: "Qing'er, how is your father?" The Qiang people in the southwest invaded, and Fu Huai led the troops to go out for two months. Now that Fu Yanqing is here, he probably misses there too.

Fu Yanqing smiled: "Father is very powerful. The Qiang people have been defeated and retreated several times, and the Southwest is safe. I wrote to him before and told him to pay attention to the movement of Xiaotuo in the western region. Now that he thinks about it, he knows what happened in the capital."

Zhao Ziyan was a little silent, and said after a while: "Qing'er also thinks that Xiao Tuo will rebel?"

Fu Yanqing sighed: "Xiao Tuo is not a good person, all he values ​​is profit. Now that all his plans have come to nothing, how could he be willing to wait to die? He has long complained about fighting Tuyuhun in the western region. I am afraid that the worst result will be He will defect."

Zhao Ziyan's heart sank slightly, and he said in a low voice: "This is what I'm most worried about. Before I left Yizhou, I sent the disciples of the ghost tower to Yizhou to watch Xiao Tuo closely, and remind Shen Shaoling that Xiao Tuo must guard against it. But now Distant waters cannot save near fires, and the strength of Yizhou defense troops is only 3, plus the strength of other garrison troops, the full force is no more than 20. Tuyuhun sent nearly [-] troops this time, and the Western Expedition army brought by Xiao Tuo There are [-], once he rebels, and even colludes with the Tuyuhun and the Qiang, the threat to Great Xia can be imagined."

Speaking of this, both of them felt a little depressed. Fu Yanqing was silent for a long time, but finally smiled lightly and said: "Okay, I have frowned all day today. It's good that we have a clear idea of ​​the matter, so don't worry too much for now. A wanted warrant has been issued, offering a reward for the arrest of Liao Quan, Concubine Xiao Gui and Zhao Mojian, the capital is under martial law, at least it can guarantee that their mother and daughter will never meet again for the time being."

After Zhao Ziyan nodded, he watched her wipe the water stains on himself, stretched out his hand and pulled her up, hugged her and said in a low voice, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, but it turned out that you worked so hard with me."

Fu Yanqing smiled lowly: "You're talking stupid again. I'm not following you. This is a matter between the two of us. Don't forget what you said."

Zhao Ziyan frowned, and leaned over to kiss her: "I will never forget it in my life." Because it was mourning after all, the two of them just had a taste of it, and after dinner, Zhao Ziyan did not shy away from other people, so he insisted on pulling Fu Yanqing to accompany her. She slept without a dream all night, and she enjoyed a rare peace.

Due to the turbulent situation, Emperor Jing's funeral was rushed. Two days later, a grand ceremony was held to formally confer Zhao Xun as the crown prince and Zhao Ziyan as the regent. The government and the public were clear and bright, and finally returned to calm.The Xiao family's influence in the capital was almost completely controlled, and Yang Shuo was finally found dead on the bed of his concubine, which caused a lot of trouble, and he finally calmed down.

On August [-]th of this year, what Zhao Ziyan worried about finally happened. Xiao Tuo, the admiral of Jiangdu, the governor of Kuizhou, and the governor of Langzhou supported the rebellion. Listed ten crimes, began to move northward.

Xiao Tuo gave up Yizhou City and captured the land of Shu. The defense troops in the middle of Shu retreated to Jianmen Shu Road.It's just that Tuyuhun, who had no checks and balances, drove straight in, broke through three barriers in Yizhou, and captured Yizhou City. The whole Great Xia was in chaos for a while.

The imperial court did not stop at this. The behavior of Zhao Mojian and others had already been made known to the world in the capital. This time, the literati in the capital issued an article to denounce it again, saying that Xiao Tuo put Daxia's safety at risk, colluded with Tuyuhun to murder his compatriots, and supported the murder of his countrymen. The sinner who conspires against the king is the king, unfaithful, filial, benevolent and unrighteous.The words are spicy and sharp, which is also a sensation.

The verbal and written attacks on both sides continued unabated, and the battle ahead continued unabated.Although Zhao Mojian said it was unreasonable, but now that Xiao Tuo has assembled an army of 30 people, together with the Tuyuhun and Qiang people who are pressing at the rear, the outcome of this victory is unpredictable.

Coupled with the fact that the large number of refugees who broke the embankment of the Yellow River had endured to the extreme, accidents happened frequently in Jingzhao Mansion and Hexi Mansion, which made Li Fu and others miserable.

Seeing Li Fu and Li Jin, the imperial censor, running around in a hurry, Zhao Ziyan and Fu Yanqing were still calm and relaxed.Li Fu had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, you should say something." It was the same this morning, watching the endless debate, no matter how ugly the words were, he didn't change his face and didn't say a word.

Zhao Ziyan smiled: "Lord Li, be safe and don't be impatient. Although the situation is urgent, it is not too bad. Just listen to me."

When several ministers came out of the Chonghua Hall, all of them were full of spring breeze, Li Fu smiled very happily, and said repeatedly: "Young people are awesome, it's really hard to accept when you are old."

Xue Heng also had a bright expression: "It seems that Mr. Zhongshu had a good vision back then."

Looking at Zhao Ziyan, Fu Yanqing couldn't help laughing: "Look at Master Li, his beard is trembling with joy."

Zhao Ziyan's eyes flickered: "If it weren't for you, it would be difficult to make this move." After she finished speaking, she looked softly at Zhao Xun who was bowing her head in deep thought, and said softly, "Xun'er, did you understand?"

Zhao Xun raised his head and nodded heavily, his eyes full of admiration: "Aunt Huang and Sister Su are so amazing."

Zhao Ziyan's expression froze slightly, and he stretched out his hand to pat his forehead: "Who told you to call her sister, is this not a mess?"

Zhao Xun blushed slightly: "What's that called?"

Zhao Ziyan was also taken aback, calling her aunt was too strange, Fu Yanqing was only 21, so she was called old, and seeing that one big and one small were getting entangled, Fu Yanqing couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Okay, don't worry about it. It's really impossible for His Royal Highness to call my sister. You are the prince, so just call me by my name."

Zhao Xun glanced at Zhao Ziyan, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Aunt Huang will be angry." Although he is small, he can see clearly that the elder sister in front of him is very important in the eyes of Aunt Huang. She doesn't care, but if Sister Su is offended, Aunt Huang will be a little strict. People in Chonghua Palace are very respectful to Sister Su.

Zhao Ziyan had no choice but to say, "I'm a big kid, so I'm not angry. I haven't finished my homework today, so I'll have lunch first and then finish my homework, you know?"

"Xun'er knows." Zhao Xun has always been very obedient. After being established as the crown prince, Zhao Ziyan asked Li Fu and the bachelor to be his teachers, and he had a lot of homework every day.But he never slacked off, usually because Zhao Ziyan was afraid that he would be tired and asked someone to let him rest at regular intervals.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Xun was sitting in the hall, and Zhao Ziyan was sitting in a wheelchair on the right.

The servant of the Ministry of War below participated in the performance: "I report to you, Jianmen Shudao sent several urgent reports asking for imperial support. Xidu, Jiangling Mansion, and Qianzhou were also attacked, and they couldn't resist it. Wangjun, please make a quick decision." Although Zhao Xun is sitting in the hall now, it is Zhao Ziyan who can really make the decision, so the prince is now just Xizheng.

"Your Highness, you have finished reading what I asked you to read carefully yesterday."

Zhao Ziyan didn't answer him directly, but asked Zhao Xun instead.

Zhao Xun was a little nervous but still said calmly: "It's over."

"Now Xiao Tuo leads an army of 20 to besiege Jianmen Shu Road in an attempt to completely capture Shu as a barrier. Jiangdu, Kuizhou, and Langzhou are all located in the east of Shu, separated by Jiangling Mansion and Qianzhou. Your Highness knows that, Why did they want to take down Jiangling Mansion and Qianzhou?"

Zhao Xun's mind was spinning very fast. Yesterday, Aunt Huang just told him how important Shuzhong had played in various dynasties. Now this question is clearly a test for him. He lowered his head in thought, and then said: "Shu The terrain in Central China is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Jianmen Shu Road is even more difficult to conquer. The people who occupied Shu in the past dynasties and were destroyed all came from Chu, that is, Langzhou and Jiangling. They wanted to seize Shu and then control Chudi thinks that the door can't be defended?"

His voice is not low, but he is not very confident.The smile on Zhao Ziyan's face gradually grew stronger, and the dissatisfied ministers listened to it, and finally shut up honestly.In my heart, I secretly lamented that the regent's waywardness turned the court into a school, but I also admired the little Highness in my heart. This son's future should not be underestimated.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ziyan opened his mouth and said, "My lords, tell me, if troops are dispatched to Jiangling Mansion, how long will it take for the imperial guards to rush over?"

Zuo Zhonglang general Lin Yufan said: "We travel day and night, at least half a month."

"Half a month, when the reinforcements arrive, the Jiangling Mansion will be destroyed." Zhao Ziyan said lightly, and there was a sudden silence.

"Then what if we don't send the imperial army?" Zhao Xun was encouraged and had been thinking about the things he had learned before. He suddenly found that there was one person who could save Jiangling.

As soon as Zhao Xun's words came out, Li Fu and the others raised their brows and shook their heads secretly. This gentleman is indeed a cunning head. Yesterday, they were arranged to carefully explain the topography and history of central Sichuan to the crown prince. This is a game of chess, and let His Highness mention the southwestern part of the country. Wang, but it is much better for her to speak directly.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, do you mean the army in the west that the King of Southwest was in command of?" Before the King of Southwest resigned as commander, the army in the West was in a haze. Now guarding the southwest, it is a joy to fight with the Qiang and Yi people.

"good."

"It's just that the King of Southwest hasn't led troops for many years, and the 30 troops were handed over to him? Moreover, when the late emperor was in power..." The Secretary of the Ministry of War did not dare to say the following words, after all, the late emperor never said clearly,

Zhao Ziyan glanced at the minister of the Ministry of War, pretending that he didn't understand, he said solemnly: "An eagle will never forget to fly, but after a few years of rest, I believe him."

So the Southwest King Fu Huai was ordered to lead the Southwest Army when he was in danger, and rushed to the rescue.However, people with a discerning eye found that within three days of the imperial court's order, the King of Southwest had set out to set out, and seven days later he surrounded Langzhou and solved the siege of Jiangling. Having seen the methods of the regent, no one dared to say more.

Originally, Zhao Mojian also sent someone to contact Fu Huai, thinking that he would use the friendship he had with Fu Yanqing in the palace for six years to win over the King of Southwest. Once he won Fu Huai's support, Zhao Ziyan would definitely lose!But how did Zhao Ziyan dare to hand over the 30 troops from the southwest to Fu Huai directly, and Fu Huai also sent troops to fight back without hesitation.If it wasn't for the Tuyuhun army to restrain him, and with the help of experts, Xiao Tuo was almost trapped to death in Sichuan, but now he is also fled in embarrassment.

Along with Fu Huai's appointment order, there was also an obituary, refugees from the Yellow River's embankment, if young and middle-aged volunteers to join the army, those who defend their homes and the country will receive 20 taels of silver, and those who have families will receive an additional five points of food!And the Sheng family responded to the order of the Regent, the food purchased by the victims was sold at the pre-disaster reduction of two floors, and the imperial court built a dam to provide relief with work!At the same time, taxes are reduced and exempted in various places to allow the people to recuperate.

As soon as this order came out, refugees who were already hungry flocked to join the army. Thanks to Dade, the prestige of the regent became higher and higher among the people.There were no longer a small number of people who volunteered to join the army in various cities, especially in prefectures and counties that were invaded by the Tuyuhun and Qiang people. It was self-evident what the people wanted.

The author has something to say: I have to write a lot of plots, π_π, I want to get tired of it

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