Born short-lived

As a minister, if you worry about the royal family, you will die young.

Jiang Kun didn't panic, and said with a smirk: "Where is it possible to talk about it, I just want to know what kind of demeanor our future monarch will be."

"Didn't you say so?" Jiang Huaibi sipped his tea, "Good luck."

Jiang Kun's smile became more gloomy: "Really?"

The teacup on Jiang Huaibi's lips paused for a moment, then put the cup back on the desk, and said calmly without raising his eyes: "What exactly does Mr. Shoufu want to say?"

Jiang Kun was choked by her, and thought that this person looked neither salty nor dull, and his brows were straight when he spoke.

He narrowed his fox eyes, and complimented with a smile that was not a smile: "Everyone in the world praises the High Priest of the Jiang Clan for his innocence and innocence. He listens to the heavens and preaches the oracle. I really admire this old man."

Jiang Huaibi smiled, of course she knew what Jiang Kun meant. Jiang Kun's hidden stakes had been under her nose for so long, even if they couldn't be pulled out, they still wouldn't be unaware.

Jiang Huaibi slowly picked up the bamboo tea clip, took the time to clean up the tea residue in the porcelain pot, and then lifted the silver pot on the small stove to brew another cup for Jiang Kun.

Jiang Kun's expression froze imperceptibly, seeing that Jiang Huaibi still looked like Fanglan, he couldn't tell whether she was bluffing or really had other plans.

"Master Jiang," Jiang Huaibi's vermilion lips parted slightly, and asked lightly, "Are you admiring or envious?"

Jiang Kun clicked his tongue on purpose, and half-truthfully said: "I'm afraid I'm a little uncertain about this... old man."

The high priest lied about the oracle, which was a felony that would cost his head. Jiang Kun could reveal this matter to the queen without even having to go out in person.

Jiang Huaibi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Master Jiang is better to be sure."

"In fact, we are all human beings," Jiang Huaibi took a sip of tea, "then do what a human being should do."

Jiang Kun's eyes sank: "But you are the high priest, you also do human mundane things."

Jiang Huaibi's eyes tightened, the hand holding the cup trembled almost imperceptibly, and the corners of his lips were forced to twitch: "Master Jiang is really good at joking."

She secretly squeezed the fingertips of the other hand, and a strange color flashed in her eyes.

Jiang Kun was so shrewd, he captured this detail with extreme sensitivity, and sighed intentionally with ease: "Master Sacrifice has suffered all these years, ordinary people don't know it, but I can see it clearly when I am old."

"Really?" Jiang Huaibi frowned lightly, "Why don't I think so?"

"There are seven sufferings in the world, I can't ask for parting from love..."

"Master Jiang," Jiang Huaibi's complexion sank, he interrupted Jiang Kun, "These things are not something I dare to imagine."

Without waiting for Jiang Kun to answer, Jiang Huaibi went on to say: "Speaking of which, Mr. Jiang does not know if Mr. Jiang has heard of it."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Jiang Huaibi paused: "Your Majesty said that we are going to choose a relative for His Royal Highness the Princess."

Jiang Kun looked startled: "Really?"

Jiang Huaibi raised his eyebrows: "How can there be fakes?"

"But," Jiang Kun put down the teacup in his hand, and said tentatively, "Your Highness is only thirteen..."

"The first emperor was only 14 years old when he came to the throne." Jiang Huaibi swallowed his tea calmly, "I don't know what Mr. Jiang thinks?"

Jiang Kun rolled his eyes nervously: "Then...does Your Majesty have any candidates?"

"not yet."

The marriage of the heirs of the royal family must first be tested by Bai Lingbu. If the horoscopes are not compatible, no matter how hard it is to get it right.If it was still the situation where Jiang Kun's family dominated the court, it would be fine, but now there is an extra prince.

In addition, the empress originally wanted to suppress the princess. If the wind direction on the Jiang clan's side is not right, and some kind of foreign marriage is arranged, and the princess is married far away, then Jiang Kun's layout for the past ten years will have to be destroyed. In vain.

Jiang Kun pulled the corners of his mouth dryly, and wiped the sweat from his forehead without any trace: "This... high priest, look..."

Jiang Huaibi raised his hand, meaning to stop: "There is one more thing, I have thought about it for a long time, and I think it is still necessary to inform Master Jiang."

Jiang Kun was stunned: "Please enlighten me?"

"Before, there were two juniors from the Jiang Clan who seemed to be very close to the adults, but it was a pity that they died suddenly a few days ago." Jiang Huaibi shook his head, looking very regretful, but he didn't know that Jiang Kun had already made a mistake. "When I was collecting the corpses for them, I found something among the relics, and I think it might be bad for you, my lord."

Jiang Kun's hand trembled: "Master Sacrifice..."

Jiang Huaibi waved his hand, and said in an unclear manner: "These two younger generations are too outrageous, but please rest assured, the Jiang family has saved those things for you, and will never spread them."

Jiang Kun clenched the sweaty fists in his hands, and forced a smile with an unnatural expression: "That's really... I'm going to trouble you, Mr. Sacrifice."

"We're all colleagues, why bother to be polite?" Jiang Huaibi retaliated, "It's getting late, Mr. Jiang should go back and rest as soon as possible."

After seeing off the resigned Jiang Kun, Jiang Huaibi heaved a sigh of relief calmly, suddenly felt a chill on his back, and realized that he was also in a cold sweat.

She smiled wryly, and turned to go back to the wing room, but was stopped by a little servant girl: "Master Sacrifice, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please see me."

Jiang Huaibi clicked his tongue secretly, thinking why he came in a day, and said lightly: "What is he doing here?"

Xiao Huan: "Your Highness said, I'm here to give you the East China Sea Shark Bead... Look, this... Do you accept it?"

"Come on," Jiang Huaibi raised his eyelids and glanced at her, "By the way, tell him that if he doesn't want others to know, he naturally doesn't need to be afraid of others knowing. But this year is not good for him, so let him do it for himself."

"Yes," the little maid replied, "Then...see you again?"

Jiang Huaibi walked towards the backyard without looking back, and said mercilessly: "I'm a little tired today, see you soon."

Dong Sheng happened to bump into Jiang Kun at the gate of the Jiang Clan compound, and both sides greeted each other kindly, then Dong Sheng cursed an old dog in his heart, and Jiang Kun also cursed in his heart The little beasts felt that they were getting along with each other, so they went their separate ways.

The imperceptible embarrassment and depression in Jiang Kun's expression were all seen by Dong Sheng, and he roughly knew it in his heart, and it was rare to feel refreshed.

The crown prince spent quite a lot of money, and he was told to get three of the East China Sea shark beads, which are regarded as treasures handed down from generation to generation, all of which are rare rare treasures in a hundred years.But if he knew that Jiang Huaibi had been received and then put it in the warehouse to shed ashes, he might be in pain.

After all, the empress did not see the ominous inscription, nor did it let more people know.

Since then, Huaxu's court has rarely lived in peace for a while, but the peace of the court does not mean that the border is also safe.

After the second prince of Panyang succeeded to the throne, he really acted extremely extreme. He personally received Daling's envoy in the second month after taking office, but the so-called Sima Zhao's heart, even many ministers in their court could not see it.

Then, in the third month, the Panyang navy began to harass Huaxu Donghai frequently, and Zhou Zirong rushed back to Shenzhou to take charge of the overall situation.Before Zhou Zirong left, he specially left Yuan Li to help Dong Sheng, and took the little prince to tell him everything in detail, from the big ones to work in the court, to the small ones to eat and drink, he was more like his own mother than his own mother .

It was rare for Dong Sheng not to find him annoying, and he listened patiently to the end of his nagging, and then concluded that ordinary dogs can't spit out ivory and said: "You are really more and more careful, the old mother has become a younger daughter-in-law."

Zhou Zirong cursed with a smile. Seeing Dong Sheng's beautiful eyebrows and eyes with affection and smile that day, the scenes of the past few months flooded into his mind unexpectedly. He was stunned for a moment, and blurted out uncontrollably: "Can you?" Want a hug?"

He regretted it just after he finished speaking, and seeing Dong Sheng was stunned for a moment, he smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, I was just joking."

Originally, it was fine for two big men to hug each other, but after all, Zhou Zirong had a ghost in his heart, and he began to feel guilty as soon as he said the words.

Dong Sheng's heart skipped a beat, the look in Zhou Zirong's eyes when he said this just now was lingering in his mind, and there was an emotion in those dark eyes that he didn't dare to dig deep into.Dong Sheng was silent for a while, stepped forward and hugged him in a strange way, pretending to be relaxed and smiled: "Just hug him."

But just such a hug almost made Zhou Zirong's heart burst out of his chest, his mind went blank, his hands seemed to be relying on some kind of strong attraction, tightly wrapped around Dong Sheng's back.

He didn't even know how the hug ended, he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, got on the horse back a little stiffly, and bid farewell to Dong Sheng at every step.

Ever since Dong Sheng grew up, the two of them haven't hugged each other like this. One is that Dong Sheng is not as clingy as he was when he was a child, and the other is that Zhou Zirong hides so little thoughts that are not humane, so he doesn't dare up.But the last time he was in the Wangxiang Tower, his mind was too complicated, and this time he hugged him with an open heart, which made him a little overwhelmed.

He was riding on the horse, absent-mindedly reminiscing about that hug, and even laughed to himself, which made Luo Chi next to him get goosebumps all over his body.

Dong Sheng looked at the back of him leaving, and didn't know what he was thinking, until he could no longer see Zhou Zirong's shadow, then turned and walked back.

The border disputes are not over with Panyang alone. Military-civilian conflicts occurred one after another at the border between the north and Sha’an. Sometimes the Sha’an border guards let the rogues pretend to be merchants to cross the border to harass Huaxu’s civilians. Sometimes the defenders on both sides almost went to war. facing each other.

The head coach of the northern border was so angry that he set off the Great Wall Beacon in a rage. As a result, the entire frontier from the northwest to the northeast was in full swing.Seeing this posture, Shaan became even more jubilant.

The empress hated iron for being weak, and was so angry that she didn't close her eyes for several nights, and held several emergency court meetings again and again.However, it is understandable for Shaan to want to make trouble. She can't punish her own people in front of others at this juncture.

Just when the entire Huaxu court was anxious like ants on a hot pot, another accident occurred in the Northern Territory, which was very embarrassing.

A firecracker factory near the frontier exploded.

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