Let me eat a soft meal

If it is said that Huang Mang's rebellion is surprising, it is not surprising. He only sighs that Huang Mang is really worthy of his name as the number one reckless man in the world, and it really looks like what he can do.

However, the Gyeongju plague incident really made the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty terrified, and their skin tightened.

Seriously, Gyeongju is actually the northwest region, while Daliang has a vast land area and a vast territory. There is a big difference between the north and the south under the boundary line of the Qinling Mountains and Huaihe River, especially in the northwest region.

There are many droughts and floods in spring and summer, snowstorms and wind and frost in autumn and winter, and wind and sand all year round. However, the land here is not as fertile as in the north, and the weather is not as smooth as in the south. Not enough to feed myself, the imperial court not only failed to collect taxes, but also had to pay subsidies, but there were unruly people in the poor mountains and rivers, and the northwest was only separated from the nomadic people, and there were many bandits, who did not obey the government's discipline very much.

It can be said that it has become the most difficult area for Daliang to handle by itself, and it was once a special area for exile.

Later, after the first emperor came to power, he reformed and vigorously developed border merchants and trade in the northwest, and even proposed the measure of returning tax revenue to the state government. Gyeongju has developed into one of the several prosperous business districts in Daliang.

This place has good policies, a lot of government subsidies, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the oil and water are shining brightly. Naturally, any aristocratic family wants to take a bite.Regardless of intentional laissez-faire or unintentional, the forces in Gyeongju are deeply intertwined, and when they came to their senses, they almost stirred up most of the courtiers.

The emperor thought about taking it lightly before, and the aristocratic family also breathed a sigh of relief. Once this incident happened, the eldest prince and Prime Minister Xie might have to get involved. Not to mention the emperor vomiting blood on the spot, all the courtiers involved in the case wished they could faint .

However, they were trembling and did not dare to breathe, the emperor slammed the dragon chair and was so angry that he fainted first.

This dizziness lasted for three days, both inside and outside the palace were gloomy, as if his parents had died.

After all, Prime Minister Xie had an accident, and the three sons of the Xie family were very busy, Xie Yushu naturally did not come to the palace again, and the Guozijian did not suspend classes, but Ye Xuan felt that it was boring, so he simply didn't go.

That night, just as Ye Xuan was taking a bath and was about to take a rest, Tai'an suddenly came in through the window and uttered two words, "Wake up."

The emperor woke up.

Ye Xuan frowned, no matter how reluctant he was, he had to get out of bed, packed up and rushed to Qianyuan Palace, on the way he bumped into Concubine Yue who came alone.

She was wearing a plain palace attire, her long hair was simply tied up in a bun, and a simple golden step was inserted on it. She unhurriedly used her fingers dyed with gorgeous Koudan to arrange her sleeves, and she turned her head to tell the maid who was close to her. After His Highness Jiu woke up, let him have breakfast first and then play Jiulianhuan. If you have nothing to do, don't run outside. If you feel bored, just walk in the plum garden.

That appearance, there is no anxiety at all, as if she just came out for a walk.

Ye Xuan couldn't help twiddling his fingers, thinking for a while, and took a step slowly to let them go first.

Concubine Yue raised her head and saw him, she paused for a moment, then nodded without being polite, and missed her leading the maid of honor to leave.

Those eyes were divided at the touch of a touch, neither disgust nor liking, if I had to describe it, it was like stagnant water without waves.

Ye Xuan twitched his eyebrows, remembering what the second prince said to make him be more careful about the noble concubine, the corners of his lips raised, with a half-smile: It's a bit interesting, it seems that there are more secret people in this palace than he imagined. And more.

The news of Tai'an spread quickly, Ye Xuan followed the noble concubine Yue to the front and back, and saw the sick concubine Xian outside.

Ye Xuan happened to be investigating people related to the former empress, and when he saw Concubine Xian, he looked at her carefully without changing his expression.

The third princess looks bright and generous, very much like her own mother, but her personality is different from the third princess's flamboyant personality. An An An An An An An An has never done anything, she neither assisted in the management of the Six Palaces, nor took the initiative to flatter and compete for favor, she really deserved the virtuous word in her title.

The emperor likes Concubine Xian very much, which can be seen from her two children who are similar in age, but the emperor's liking for Concubine Xian is not conspicuous and obtrusive, it seems dispensable faintly.

After careful calculation, Concubine Xian can be said to be the only concubine who has always been favored since she entered the palace.

Concubine Xian led them to the inner hall, and found a person standing beside the dragon bed from a distance, wearing a familiar fox fur cloak, half a bundle of brocade-like long hair, covered with unmelted fine snow, from the back it was a man A tall and thin boy.

Ye Xuan couldn't even recognize that it was Xie Yushu. After all, he untied the fox fur cloak and put it on himself. It was embroidered with dark patterns that only royal children could use.

The sharp-eyed Concubine Yue also saw the dark pattern, and recognized that it was the prince-style robe uniformly made by the Shangyi Bureau on the day of the expedition. They were all made of fox fur, which was very warm. Xiaojiu wrapped it up yesterday and went out to play in the snow. .

The people in the inner hall were obviously talking about something, and the three of them deliberately slowed down.

Concubine Yue did not recognize which prince was involved by the familiar lines, so she could only ask Concubine Xian in a low voice, "Which Highness is in the room?"

Concubine Xian shook her head, "It's Xie Sanlang."

While speaking, he had already reached the door, Ye Xuan's eyes flickered and fell directly on Xie Yushu.

Suddenly, the emperor's weak voice stopped coughing, Xie Yushu knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, then got up sassyly, and walked away in a hurry, without even saluting the three nobles who came towards him.

Ye Xuan frowned, confessed to the two ladies in a low voice, turned around and chased them out.

"I remembered." Concubine Yue looked at the back of Ye Xuan leaving, and said with an unclear expression, "That fox fur belongs to the Seventh Prince."

Concubine Xian let out an "ah" and cast her gaze over.

"My concubine, medicine, my medicine cough cough—" the emperor sat up from the dragon bed with difficulty, clutching his heart, coughing violently before finishing a sentence.

"The concubine will go get it now."

Concubine Xian responded lightly, and Concubine Yue lowered her head and straightened her cuffs, then followed in.

As soon as Ye Xuan came out of Qianyuan Palace, he found Xie Yushu waiting for him.

"Yushu." Ye Xuan yelled, and walked over quickly. Before he could speak, Xie Yushu pulled his sleeves, "Zixuan, lend me a plum blossom burner."

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On the way to the Martial Arts Field, Ye Xuan frowned after listening to Xie Yushu's words, and disagreed, "The current situation in Qingzhou, but the father let you go alone? Didn't he let you die?"

"I'm not alone." Xie Yushu explained, "I just go first, and the imperial doctors will arrive later."

Ye Xuan grabbed his hand and looked at him seriously, "Yu Shu, I don't ask why my father sent you to Qingzhou, but tell me honestly, is it dangerous?"

"..." Xie Yushu smiled gently and comforted him, "General Jiang Zheng and General Chen are both there, so there is no danger."

"Yu Shu!" Ye Xuan couldn't believe his understatement.

The emperor's arrangement was really too weird. No matter how talented Xie Yushu was, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old. The emperor didn't want to use officials from the central faction, so he could choose from the two elder sons of the Xie family. Why did he choose Xie Yushu?

Ye Xuan didn't think that his father, who had been playing tricks for so long, would take a useless move.

Xie Yushu shook his head, didn't say much, just smiled and said, "Today, I borrowed a horse from His Highness, so His Highness can be regarded as going with me. If everything goes well, His Highness will be considered a meritorious service. His Highness doesn't want to fight for power. It is better to use this credit to ask His Majesty for a fief, and leave the capital early."

Ye Xuan gradually frowned as he listened to his highness one by one.

What else did he want to say? Huang Weiren, who had already received the news, walked over slowly leading the well-equipped white horse, looked at the two of them left and right, and asked, "Which one of you uses the horse?"

Xie Yushu immediately said, "Me."

Ye Xuan grabbed the rein, his face was extremely cold, "Meihualuo is my horse."

"Your Highness won't lend me?" Xie Yushu looked at him.

Ye Xuan was unmoved, "If you don't tell me, I won't borrow it. I can't just watch you die."

Xie Yushu was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and there was more warmth in his brows and eyes. Just when Ye Xuan thought he would say something, Xie Yushu suddenly flew onto the horse and pulled the reins violently.

Plum Blossom Raised Her Hoof in Pain, and under Xie Yushu's control, she sprinted forward.

Caught off guard, Ye Xuan couldn't stop him either.

"Woo!" The young man reined in his horse and stopped abruptly, turning around, with a gentle but firm smile on his face, and the red moles at the end of his eyes were as dazzling as red plums in snow.

Ye Xuan actually noticed that Xie Yushu lost a lot of weight after seeing her for a few days, and both sides of her cheeks were reduced. The boy who was once childish seemed to have grown up overnight, and her straight back also looked like an adult.

"Zixuan, I will come back safely."

The boy's voice was no longer as hoarse as it used to be, and it revealed a somewhat clear timbre.

Ye Xuan fixedly watched his back as he galloped away on horseback, the hostility and gloom in his eyes gradually converged in one place.

Huang Weiren sneered, "What's the use? If you have time to kill with your eyes here, you might as well protect yourself first."

"Don't worry, the emperor and Prime Minister Xie set up a game. Because the chess pieces were disobedient and there was some deviation, Xie Yushu went to save this deviation. If you don't trust the emperor, why don't you trust Prime Minister Xie? He won't harm own child."

Ye Xuan's thoughts moved slightly, various images mixed up in his mind, and an incredible thought appeared: Did the emperor originally plan to exchange the life of the second prince for a major exchange of blood in Qingzhou?

Once Gyeongju was injured, most of the powerful officials in the court had to be injured once. Although they could not be uprooted, they could effectively deter and smoothly return the control of Gyeongju to their pockets. Taking Gyeongju can make excuses Pay up the taxes for decades, because the military expenditures allocated for the war are replenished in an instant, and you don't have to worry about the cost of marching and fighting for a long time.

Moreover, Gyeongju is in the northwest, not too far from the front line, so it is actually very convenient to recruit and train soldiers.

The most important thing is that without anyone noticing, even if he doesn't like the second prince, no one would think that he would do this.

Tiger poison still does not eat seeds.

"Is Spring Hunt coming soon?" Huang Weiren looked ahead, and said something unclear, "It's been seven months."

"What?" Ye Xuan turned his head, only seeing the back of Huang Weiren walking away with his sleeves in his hands.

When he returned to Luohua Palace at night and saw Concubine Liang's belly, Ye Xuan's expression changed a few times, and he realized what Huang Weiren was talking about.