Let me eat a soft meal

After the news that Feng Luo was trapped in Xialing Pass, there were frequent snowstorms in various places, and the news that was difficult to pass back was completely disconnected. The situation on the front line was anxious, and the emperor had no choice but to advance the martial arts, and selected [-] children from aristocratic families Inserting himself into the army as a junior general, he gave the order before they could even practice again.

The day when the army went out was the [-]th day of the first lunar month.

Ye Xuan remembered very clearly that it was the first time he saw Xie Yushu more than a month after he put forward the transaction theory.

As Ye Xuan expected, the disaster relief work in Gyeongju is at a fever pitch, and the reconstruction is estimated to take around March or April when it is completely busy. However, there are not many princes in the royal family who are suitable for going out with the army, and the eldest prince can’t come back. The military power was handed over to the Xu family, who had built their careers by military exploits, so they could only choose between the second prince and the fifth prince.

The emperor's first choice was naturally the fifth prince, but the concubine Xian refused on the grounds that the fifth prince's lack of character might lead to catastrophe, so the job of supervising the army fell on the second prince who had just come out of the sick bed.

This time, Jiang Zheng and Pei Chang were the main generals of the army to aid the North, Huang Mang and Chen Sanping were the deputy generals, and all the officials' children accompanied them.

Jiang Zheng is a veteran general who served under Xu Guogong and Gao Taiwei successively. He does not have a particularly outstanding resume, and he marches and fights steadily. He is suitable for protracted wars and has rich experience in fighting against the army.

Pei Chang is Pei Sheng's second elder brother, the number one general under General Pei's command. He practiced martial arts in the mountains since he was a child. He also fought in Beirong for several years when he joined the army for fourteen years. Jiu led his troops to attack the southern water bandits and made great contributions. Now he is only 26, and he is already a general from the third rank Yunhui.

Huang Mang doesn't need to be introduced, but Chen Sanping is worth noting. This rough-looking man, he was born as a commoner, and he is quite courageous. Huang Mang served as the general of the Pioneer Battalion, Chen Sanping, who was more experienced and older, was not convinced. After returning to Beijing, he was appointed as the general of Zhonglang. The court listens to politics.

——He belongs to the faction of the fifth prince, and the companion of the fifth prince is his legitimate son.

Although the emperor didn't want to see the second prince, he was going to fight for the emperor. He had to bear it no longer and put on a loving face. He sacrificed to heaven and rang the bell. The army went out.

Ye Xuan watched from under the altar, feeling that the emperor's already pale face seemed to be tinged with green.

On the contrary, the second prince's expression was indifferent. He was often sick and his body was weak and thin. After wrapping in a yellow cloak, his face was like gold paper in an instant. Halfway through saying "Thank you father", he was drowned in the heart-piercing cough.

That posture, as if he was about to cough out his lungs, his lips were stained with an abnormal bluish red.

Jiang Zheng and Pei Chang, who were kneeling on both sides of him, were taken aback, and hurriedly supported him from the left to the right.

The emperor frowned, and there was obvious disgust in his eyes. Due to the presence of civil and military officials, common people and soldiers accompanying the army, he had a bad temper, and just said, "It seems that the second child is really not in good health, please stop and rest in Qingzhou gone."

Although the frontline battlefield and Gyeongju are both in the north, the route from Kyoto to the front line does not pass through there, and it is necessary to detour to go to Gyeongju.

The emperor's intention was obviously that he exchanged the second prince for the eldest prince.

Several generals exchanged glances, and immediately knew that the second prince was a waste of a move. I'm afraid that whether he stayed with the army or stayed in Qingzhou, he would not have a good time.

The second prince, Ye Entropy, always looked calm and indifferent, as if he didn't know how difficult his situation was at all. Standing in the cold wind, he coughed from time to time, and he still had the demeanor of a celebrity from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Ye Xuan followed the princes and daughters to see him off, everything was very calm, but the second prince glanced at him suddenly.

"Seventh brother." He suddenly opened his mouth and called out.

Not to mention other people were surprised, Ye Xuan himself was very surprised, he rarely met the second prince, let alone talk about friendship.

The second prince's brows and eyes were still cold, he coughed twice, and waved to him, "Come here, second brother, I'll have a word with you."

Ye Xuan stepped forward, tilted his ears and turned his head, and saw Xie Yushu standing with the officials of the Imperial College under the altar at a glance.

Guozijian Jijiu was dismissed, and Zhao Yunsheng, the second in command, was promoted to the new Jijiu. Xie Yushu was still a small director because of his low qualifications. Qian saw him in the overlapping official uniform.

Officials below the fifth rank wear blue official uniforms. The rules of Daliang are not as strict as those of the previous dynasty, and soldiers' children can also wear yellow official uniforms.Today Pei Cheng was wearing light yellow clothes with a red collar, mixed with the prince who was also dressed in a yellow formal prince's uniform, it was really hard to tell the difference.

Xie Yushu is not as high-profile and fearless as Pei Cheng. He always likes to wear blue, and today he is naturally wearing a light blue official uniform. He stands below respectfully with lowered eyebrows, and the official hat is connected together to cover his expression.

Ye Xuan himself didn't know how he recognized him at a glance, he even saw Xie Yushu raised his hand and touched the blood jade bead on his forehead uncomfortably.

Ye Xuan couldn't help but feel better.

Although Xie Yushu didn't directly agree to his deal theory that day, Ye Xuan could see the agitation in Xie Yushu's heart. He knew the impact the young man had received at that time. According to his habit, not immediately denying it meant being tempted.

Ye Xuan wasn't in a hurry, he knew that Xie Yushu couldn't refuse him, and he gave up fighting for that position, which was equivalent to giving Xie Yushu a reassurance, and Xie Yushu had no reason to refuse.

In fact, Xie Yushu thought about it all night after returning home.

Although Xie Yushu was the No. [-] scholar in the sixth grade at a young age, he was gentle and polite, and he always advanced and retreated. He was well-known among the people, but in fact, Xie Yushu didn't have many friends.

One is that the Xie family's status is too special, and the emperor will not allow Prime Minister Xie to have any tendency to form cliques for selfish purposes, which caused the Xie family's children to be very polite when interacting with others in the past, and Xie Yushu was the same; Push forward two years from his age, and he can still get a child prodigy.

The youngest student who was admitted to the Jinshi examination with him was about the same age as Jiang He, at the age of eighteen or nineteen, and the older ones were only a few years younger than him. Guangcai, he lost and his name was in vain, so naturally he didn't have many contacts.

Third, the units are different.In previous years, the top three all went to the Hanlin Academy. He was a maverick champion. He first refused to enter the imperial court, and then entered the Imperial Academy. Unclear is inevitable.

Xie Yushu originally thought that he didn't care about these things, and that it was enough to have Jiang He as a friend who could talk, but thinking back on how he got along with Ye Xuan these days, he still wanted a confidant after all.

Even without speaking, one look can understand each other's thoughts.

Xie Yushu clearly realized that he and Ye Xuan are actually the same kind of people, maybe they have different personalities, but tracing back to the source, they all have the same thoughts, ideas, and scheming.

Xie Yushu has always carried out his father's words very well, but he is only soft-hearted towards Ye Xuan, knowing that he can't do it, he has done a lot.

He had the realization that once Ye Xuan stood on the stage of seizing the heir, he would pull away. Both parties could not help themselves. It was impossible for him to abandon his family, parents and brothers for the sake of his confidant.

To him, Ye Xuan's proposal is a solution to both ends.Without the struggle for imperial power, Xie Yushu didn't need to stay away from Ye Xuan, they could still be confidants.

"Perhaps..." Xie Yushu murmured in a low voice.

The person next to him didn't hear clearly, so he asked closer, "Master Xie, what did you say?"

Xie Yushu came back to his senses and immediately shook his head, blushing slightly embarrassed and nervously denying, "It's nothing..."

But the man misunderstood, Dawu said, "Ah, I understand, Mr. Xie heard that His Majesty ordered the army to detour to Qingzhou, and he remembered Mr. Xie, right?"

"Speaking of which, Prime Minister Xie has been going to Gyeongju for disaster relief for several months. Good news keeps coming, and the means are really admirable."

Xie Yushu responded with a smile, and also thought of her father, but she didn't know why she always felt a little uneasy... Probably, he was thinking too much.

Xie Yushu put this uneasiness behind her.

Ye Xuan frowned slightly at this moment and looked at the second prince. Although he couldn't see anything on his face, his eyes were full of coldness, "What do you mean?"

"Seventh brother, I remind you kindly." The second prince covered his lips and coughed twice, his voice was hoarse, and he smiled ironically, "You all know my background. Giving death - don't you think it's strange? The emperor's dislike for my mother is beyond expectation, even giving my mother death is not enough, and it is transferred to me."

"Seventh brother, you and Xiao Jiu are both smart people, I believe you can understand."

Ye Xuan reached out and grabbed his collar, seeming to tidy him up, but her voice was chilling, "I don't care about any secrets about your life experience, and I don't want to investigate, I just want to know, you What does it mean to say, 'The next one is Concubine Liang and you'?"

The second prince suddenly hooked his lips into a smile, but when he opened his mouth, he coughed violently, bending down so much that he could faintly see blood stains on the fingers covering the corners of his lips.

Ye Xuan had no choice but to let go and support him instead.

"Second, Second Brother, are you alright?" The Eighth Prince looked at the two hesitantly, feeling that the Seventh Brother looked unhappy, and for a moment didn't know whether to step forward or not.

The second prince waved his hands, his voice was so weak that he could barely hear it, "It's okay, it's just some old problems, you will commit them when you see the wind, just get used to it."

The eighth prince looked at the blood on his lips in shock: "..."

How do you get used to this? !And father, don't hold Xiao Jiu anymore, can't you hear the second brother coughing so badly?Come over and have a look, think again, do you really need to change the fourth or fifth brother to the battlefield? !

The eighth prince turned his head to look for the figure of his father, only to find that the emperor was holding Xiao Jiu's hand and teaching him to recognize those generals. Obviously the second prince coughed so badly that everyone couldn't help but look back, but the father was always Never looked over.

The eighth prince suddenly remembered what his mother had taught him, "The emperor needs to be cold and heartless. He can have love, but he can't compromise for love, and he can't be too kind. He must take up the long sword at any time to kill his brothers and children. Only by failing the people of the world can you be the master of the world.”

"Zhu'er, mother wants you to be a real person, you have to remember, you are a human being."

The mother hugged him and kept emphasizing, teaching him to keep a low profile, teaching him to say as many mistakes as possible, teaching him that the world outside the palace walls is very big, don't be trapped in this cage.

The eighth prince listened to his mother very much, but he always had some dubious belief in what his mother said about his father. His mother didn't mind him listening to the gossip in the palace, so he knew how many unreasonable things his father had done for his concubine. For things, he always thought that although his father was ruthless towards his mother, he was always kind to Concubine Liang and Seventh Brother.

The eighth prince once envied him. He thought that by following Brother Seven, he would be able to get some attention from his father, but later the Eighth Prince found out that Brother Seven was not doing well, and Brother Seven was very timid. Brother, Fifth Brother, and those companions of princes and princes will always bully Seventh Brother in disguise.

Is it jealousy?It seems to be, and it seems not to be.Is the father treating Seventh Brother well?It seems to be good, and it seems not to be good.

Now Ye Zhu looked at the figures of the emperor and the ninth prince, and suddenly saw something, his eyes changed a few times, he pursed his lips silently, a little angry, a little puzzled and a little depressed.

He couldn't wait to pull Seventh Brother to ask the answer, and wanted Mr. Xie to explain his doubts. Fortunately, he still knew that these treasonous questions should not be asked, so he kept it in his heart and saved it to ask his mother when he went back.

No one noticed the fluctuation in the eighth prince's heart, and Ye Xuan's eyes all fell on the second prince now.

The horn of the army's expedition suddenly sounded, and the auspicious time had arrived.

Ye Xuan tightened his hands, and the second prince suddenly let out a cry of pain, coughed and said, "Seventh brother, you hurt me."

Ye Xuan raised his eyelids and looked at him coldly.

The second prince's face was pale, and he smiled like a ghost, "Seventh brother, maybe if I leave today, my useless chess piece will never come back. Before I died, I was a little unwilling after all, so I dragged you to talk nonsense." .”

"Cha, you need to investigate." Before the second prince was helped away by the eunuch behind him, he said word by word in a voice that could only be heard by two people: "Queen Cha Xian, be careful of Concubine Yue."

dong dong dong-

The battle drums shook the sky, the soldiers shouted, and amidst the blowing of the horn, the horseshoes raised dust, and the black army left the city and headed north.

Ye Xuan stood there, watching the carriage carrying the second prince go away, his brows were furrowed and he didn't look back for a long time.

"Zixuan?" Xie Yushu bid farewell to his colleagues. He was about to go home when he turned his head and saw Ye Xuan standing in a corner of the city wall, thinking about something.

The north wind was howling, and it was a bit cold. Xie Yushu's clothes were fine underneath, but when he went up to the high place where the wind leaked everywhere, he was freezing cold.

Ye Xuan turned around, and immediately took off the cloak on his body and put it on him, "I saw you down there earlier, and I wanted to say why you are wearing such thin clothes. Have you forgotten how you made your voice?"

"..." Xie Yushu, who was going to refuse, was poked at the sore spot, and angrily clutched the fox fur cloak and thought: I should also let you suffer from the cold.