Tang Xuan

Cen Shangxin trembled his lips, really scared.If the conversation between the two of them got out, it would be easy to lose their heads.

Xin took the courage to see the figure outside bent over and didn't know what to do, so he asked loudly, "Who is outside?"

The door had never been locked, so the visitor stood up straight and pushed the door lightly.She put on a black cloak, followed by a handsome eunuch with something in his hand, naturally it was Lang Huai.

The two hurriedly rolled to the bed, not even bothering to put on their shoes, bowed and said: "I have seen the Duke."

Short and short, Lang Huai took off his boots and sat on the east side, talking and laughing at Yan Yan, not the strict appearance in the daytime.Most of the military department is controlled by the Pei brothers, but Yu Chi'an has managed it for many years, and the two of them are scheduled to be on duty today, so it is not difficult to arrange it in advance.

The purpose of Lang Huai's coming at night was to meet the two of them.

Tao Jun arranged the food and wine, bowed and exited the room.Lang Huai picked up his wine glass and said in a low voice, "I came here rashly tonight because I want to discuss politics with you two."

Cen and Xin glanced at each other, and the delicacies on the table could no longer attract their attention.Xin took the courage to say: "Duke, the lower official is just a fifth-rank official, and I don't think I have that position."

Lang Huai smiled lightly, and said: "Xin Mao, whose name is Yuejiang, is a son of a poor family. He was ranked top 12 in the imperial examination in the 23th year of Kaiyang. One product."

There are 46 people in the military department, and she has already memorized the life experiences of these people by heart.At this moment, she put down her wine glass and looked at Cen Shang at the side, the corners of her lips were half curved, she originally valued Xin Mao more, but now it seems that Cen Shang is more able to grasp the situation.

The wine glass was refilled, and Cen Shang sat upright, his eyes focused, and he pressed his voice and said: "Guogong is a discerning person, and I know everything without saying anything."

"Cen Gong, please tell me." Lang Huai did not put on airs, these two people are now in their forties, they can be regarded as her elders.

Cen Shangdao: "Today, when the Duke took office, the lower officials looked on coldly and felt that something was wrong. You took the official seal and took the finances without any effort, don't you think it's too easy?"

Lang Huai nodded without opening his mouth, waiting for him to continue.Xin Mao listened quietly, he realized that he had missed the best opportunity, but he didn't think he was inferior.

"According to what I have seen over the years, Pei Qing has long been defeated by your subordinates, so there is nothing to be afraid of. But Pei Geng's deep scheming and unique vision are beyond the comparison of ordinary noble children. He should be the one who gave up so readily today. Authorized in advance."

Lang Huai sighed, and said: "What Mr. Cen said is true. Your Majesty mentioned something to Duke Huai before, and asked him to get rid of his thoughts. But..." She did not continue, but she understood the meaning of her words.

Xin Mao said: "Duke Huai used retreat as an advance. He not only won His Majesty's favor, but also retained his strength. He must have buried his opponents. Killing three birds with one stone, this kind of thought is unparalleled."

"According to your point of view, should we stay away for three minutes now, or..." Lang Huai was a little hungry, and picked up his chopsticks to pick up vegetables - Mingda specially prepared a plate of crispy stewed venison, which was her favorite all along.I don't know if the girl went to bed on time, Lang Huai couldn't help laughing when he thought of this, but suddenly realized that the occasion was wrong, so he forced himself to hold back.

Only Xin Mao said: "Whether showing weakness or intimidation, the situation is now clear and the world knows it. The officials think that if it is not the case, please ask Your Highness to stand up."

Cen Shang also said: "After all, His Royal Highness is the descendant of Empress Jiang, His Majesty's eldest son, just this one, has won the hearts of the world. As long as His Highness handles government affairs properly, loves the people and respects the sky, he will be invincible."

Xin Mao went on to say: "But His Royal Highness is sensitive, and he has to guard against if there are words of hatred."

Lang Huai raised his eyes to look at him, he really didn't expect the chief to speak so boldly.The room fell silent for a while, and Cen Shang winked secretly. He also felt that Xin Mao talked too much, which was not a wise move.

Braving the great fear in his heart, Xin Mao stood up and performed the salute, and said: "King Huai is not a good lord. I have been watching it for more than ten years, and I can see it clearly. If King Huai ascends the throne, I am afraid that Datang will fall into a real crisis. Chaos. Although the lower officials have no hope of promotion, but the true qualities of scholars are unwilling to change after years."

"Scholar's true colors?" Lang Huai said plainly, Xin Mao's eyes flashed a gleam, and he replied decisively: "A chaotic person is not as good as a peaceful dog. I have read sage books for more than [-] years, and I have set my heart for the world and for the people." To establish a life, to inherit the unique learning for the past saints, and to bring peace to the eternal world, these words are also kept in my heart, never dare or forget!"

Angry at the book business, this half-old man straightened his back, already disregarding life and death.Cen Shang was overwhelmed by this old friend's sudden outburst of aura, and he couldn't help but break out in cold sweat as he tasted the few words he said.

After a long time, Lang Huai sighed: "If there are more Mr. Xin and Mr. Cen in the court, how can there be such chaos?"

With Xin Mao's words, Lang Huai naturally understood that her goal had been achieved.Standing up, Lang Huai stood upright, respecting the elders as a younger generation, and said: "You two gentlemen, Huai is running for the world, and I also hope that the Tang Dynasty will be handed over to a benevolent king. It is not because I am close to my son that I choose this , but the frontier has been closed for many years, there have been many killings, and Huai's hands are already full of blood. The road is ruthless, and everything is a straw dog. Because of this, how can we bear the heart of people and chaos?"

She stood up and said: "The Ministry of War is just a battle for an inch, you two, don't be impatient, and don't be brave because of what happened tonight. Anxi is unstable, and you need to act with caution."

She clicked to stop, said goodbye and left.Cen and Xin were left looking at each other, if it wasn't for the delicious food and wine left on the low table, it would really be a dream but not a dream.

Avoiding the imperial forest army patrolling the city, Lang Huai and Tao Jun returned from Duke Mu's mansion.On the way, Lang Huai seemed a little chilly and coughed twice.

"Master, you've hurt your lung meridian this time, and you've worked so hard," Tao Jun said while furrowing his eyebrows, and continued, "Even if you don't care about yourself, you should think about the girl more!"

Lang tightened his arms around the cloak, and scolded with a smile: "I know you have a sharp tongue, how dare you use your scorpion to crush me?" Having said that, how could she not know about her physical condition?Thinking that he would not be free for half a day now, he said helplessly: "It is inconvenient for His Highness to do many things, so I can only do them. Now I know what it means to be incapacitated, but there is nothing I can do. By the way, how is your progress?"

Tao Jun replied: "It's much smoother. I'm sure it will be done in three months, so I don't have to worry about it."

Back to Yong'an Hall, Mingda has already fallen asleep holding Firefox.In the outer hall, only Mr. Zhu was still guarding, propping his head on his elbows, and slumped down.Lang Huai walked over and patted her on the shoulder, Zhu Jun was a light sleeper and woke up immediately.

"Master, you are back. The medicine is here, what do you want to eat?" Mr. Zhu was about to stand up, when Lang Huai held her shoulder and said softly, "I'm not hungry, don't pack up, go to sleep."

She knew that she didn't drink the medicine, so the girl refused to leave. She opened the food box, picked up the medicine bowl, closed her eyes and drank it up, then showed her the empty bowl and said with a smile: I'm tired too, what time is it, let's take a rest, and I'll clean it up tomorrow."

Zhu Jun rubbed his eyes and left, Lang Huai took off his cloak and walked into the inner room.Firefox heard footsteps, raised his eyes and saw her, and ignored them.Lang Huai took off his coat and boots, took off his hat, and walked barefoot to the bedside.

Mingda was sleeping soundly on his side, with reddish cheeks and disheveled lotus petals, which came out of the brocade quilt.

She got on the bed sideways, with her long arms stretched out, this good girl turned over, resolutely threw away the Firefox in her arms, got into Lang's arms, and murmured, but couldn't really hear it.

Lang Huai smiled, blew out the candle, pulled the brocade quilt, all the troubles of the day dissipated, and soon fell asleep peacefully.

When Yin Shi arrived, Lang Huai opened his eyes.Mingda was half leaning on her arms, the room was dark and he couldn't see anything clearly.

She got up lightly, which still alarmed Ke Rener.Lang Huai lit the lamp, sat by the bed, and said, "Little lazy cat."

Ming Da looked at her, but Jue Lang's complexion was lacking, and his lips were still pale, so he said, "You don't have to work hard, Xiao Tao took care of you, why is it getting worse?"

Lang Huai lowered his head, kissed her forehead, and said in a slow voice: "What's wrong? But yesterday was a lot of scheming and hard work. I'll talk to you when I come back today. How do you think?"

"Well, I'm past noon, I'm going to Sister Shang's place." Mingda nodded, although he loved Lang Huai in his heart, he didn't act coquettishly, turned around and went to sleep.

Lang Huai turned off the lights and went out. Lan Jun was already waiting in the hall.Lang Huai washed and changed his clothes. It was still dark, so he got into the car and set off.

She smiled wryly in her heart, it seemed that such days were still very long.

After the morning court, Lang Huai followed to the East Palace.Although Li Xun and her had no personal relationship, they had always trusted the newly promoted Duke, not to mention that Lang Huai had been firmly standing behind him, and he was even more delighted that he finally had the opportunity to talk freely.

"Speaking of which, when my father ordered me to shut myself up and think about my mistakes, if it wasn't for General Lu, I'm afraid there would be troubles." Li Xun personally led her to the outer study room, ordered someone to cook tea, and planned to have an in-depth conversation.

"When Mingda was young, besides Lao Qi and me, he was the closest to you." Li Xun's opening remarks were a bit close, but they were telling the truth. "If the father says he loves our brothers, he will spoil Mingda." He paused, looked at Lang Huai and said, "The father chose you, and he chose you very well."

Lang Huai said calmly, "Your Majesty thinks highly of me."

Li Xun shook his head and said with a smile, "Finally, what's the matter?"

Lang Huai liked his uprightness the most, so he sat upright and said, "The matter of recruiting soldiers. According to what Pei Geng said, it was [-]. But I think it's [-]."

Li Xun put down his teacup, frowned and said: "Five or sixty thousand troops were recruited, which is also what my father and I ordered before the winter hunting. If you increase it to [-] at once, this, I am afraid it is my father..."

Lang Huai said: "Nowadays, everyone in the court doesn't know the actual situation of Anxi. Your Highness, please forgive me. In the first battle to conquer the West, although the remaining soldiers in Anxi were good at fighting, they were mostly disabled. If we fight again in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist. Recruit [-] troops. In addition to supplementing the bravery of the Dao soldiers from various prefectures, they should also be sent to the North Court of Anxi to train troops in advance to prevent future troubles."

"But since Gucheng married their Zanpu, there won't be any major changes in the short term, right?" Li Xun was a little puzzled. It stands to reason that it is time for Tang Tubo to adjust oil, and there should be no war in the northwest.

"Your Highness doesn't know that Mongolian Cangshen, Tubo's national teacher, was their Zanpu Cong Canglanhu." Lang Huai lowered his voice and said, "This man is deeply thoughtful, bold and decisive. I always think that he will not be like this. Let it go. Rather than passively expect Tubo to be safe, it is better to plan ahead. Besides, because Princess Gucheng is married, Tubo is on the side of King Huai."

Li Xun was taken aback, this kind of news was regarded as top secret, and now only Lang Huai and Ming Huang knew about it.He said: "If so, fifty thousand is indeed not enough."

Lang Huai said again: "What's more, in the city of Chang'an, preparations should have been made long ago." When she said this, she looked around the study room, dipped her finger in the water, and wrote something on the case.

His hands were quick, the brazier in the study was burning vigorously, and soon those handwriting disappeared.The more Li Xun looked at it, the more frightened he became. No matter what, he didn't want to hurt his siblings, so he couldn't help shaking his head and said, "I don't believe that the sixth brother will be like this."

"Your Highness, it doesn't matter if you believe it or not." Lang Huai sighed and said, "Daddy once said, don't place too much hope on Liu Ye. Although Daddy passed away, there are still some things to remember."

Li Xun couldn't help sighing when he thought of Lang Shixin's arrival. He was taken care of by Lang Shixin when he was young, so he said: "If it wasn't for that step, I really don't want to play this game alone. What's more, you forgot, who is that bad person, we still don't know Can't be traced."

Lang Huai is silent, Lang's nails have been traced for so long, all clues have been broken at Kong Lan, and he is at a loss.If you don't find this thread, you have a wolf by your side, ready to strike at any time.

When the two of them mentioned this, they guessed together for a long time, but they couldn't figure it out.At this time, the voice of a young child came from outside, but it was Li Xun's son and daughter who came here to play for some reason.

Opening the door, Lang Huai took a look, and one of them was Li Tang, who was named by the Ming Emperor himself, and there was a faint shadow of Ming Da's childhood in his brows.

Seeing them, Li Xun couldn't help but let go of his worries, smiled happily, and hugged his daughter in his arms.Li Dong stretched out his arms like lotus root on the ground, babbling and talking.

Xiao Litang looked at the young man behind his father with round eyes, very curious.Lang Huai came back to his senses and smiled at her, Li Tang also laughed for some reason.