Sir, I can do it!

Li Huai opened the secret door behind the Bogu shelf, and a man in black stood with his hands down.

"Your Majesty, there is news about Chuan Guo Yuxi."

Li Huai looked at him darkly, and said, "You said the same thing three years ago."

The man in black lowered his eyes and said, "This time, my lord will personally act."

Li Huai's eyes flashed, and he asked again: "Is there any news about your brother?"

The man in black lowered his head, concealed the worry in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "No."

Li Huai kicked the man in black fiercely on the leg, and angrily scolded in a low voice: "Idiot! You have been operating in Nanfu for so many years, and you can't even look down on your closest brother. What use are you!"

The man in black staggered and fell to the ground: "Your Majesty forgive me, it's because the villain is incompetent."

Li Huai was so angry that his chest heaved, and he calmed down after a while, and said: "Get the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and kill Changsun Ke."

He took out a porcelain bottle from his cuff and threw it over, and said coldly, "You don't have to come back if it can't be done."

The knuckles of the hands of the man in black holding the porcelain vase were white, but any more strength would instantly turn the porcelain vase into powder.With the huge pressure on his head, he asked, "When can I take her home."

Li Huai took a step forward, looking down at him condescendingly.

The bright yellow clothes swayed in front of the man in black, only to hear a sneer from above his head, and then Li Huai said: "Wait until you come back with your life."

The man in black touched his head to the ground: "I will definitely come back!"

Li Huai's mood didn't get better because of the news of passing on the jade seal of the country, but because the court has not yet decided on the leader of the South Army.Wang Yi's people have already sent several secret letters urging the imperial court to send troops. If there is any further delay, we are afraid that Weinan will change.

The purpose of his appointing Cui Feng as the general is naturally to thank Xiao Cui and his family for fighting first.With Wang Yi's foundation in Weinan, and Cheng Shixun as the deputy general, Cui Feng can take back Weinan even with a stick.What he can think of, the Xie family can naturally think of too.

What surprised Li Huai was that the power of the Xie family in the court was so great that the Xiao family could continue to fight even after they were silent.This made him very depressed, and even these days he was much colder towards the third prince.

Outside Xuanming Hall, there was the sound of clinking rings, and Li Huai couldn't help frowning.After a while, Ming De bowed in and said, "Cui Guifei asks to see you."

Li Huai wanted to send him away, but after thinking about it, he still called him in.

Concubine Cui Guifei held a tray in her hand, and after entering the palace, she blessed her body a little and said: "The emperor is often worried and tired, and my concubine boiled soup, which can help soothe the nerves."

Mingde hurried forward to take it, tried it with the silver spoon before handing it to Li Huai.

Li Huai's brows relaxed when he heard this, and he said with a smile: "Thanks for your hard work, Concubine."

In the past few years, Li Huai often wears the sachet prepared by Concubine Zheng, and feels that he sleeps well.Occasionally drink some soup made by Concubine Cui Gui, and you can sleep more peacefully.Even the imperial physician said that his body was much stronger than before.

Li Huai was in the prime of life, and the fall of the Zhao family made him a little better in the game with the nobles, and made him even more complacent.Therefore, when facing the issue of the chief general of the southern army, he refused to back down even a single step.Xie's tough attitude annoyed him a lot.Fortunately, the Xie family has now shown signs of weakness in their successors, and it depends on who can hold their breath better than the other.

After eating the soup, Li Huai turned his head to talk to Concubine Cui Gui, but saw her sitting quietly by the side with mournful eyes.The words on the lips became: "Who messed with the imperial concubine?"

Mingde took the tray with a wink and stepped back, closing the hall door softly.

Concubine Cui Gui has always been a gentle and lively person in front of Li Huai. She often lowers her head slightly, and then carefully raises her eyes, as if she wants to look at him but dare not look at him, hiding her love in her heart .Every time it made Li Huai's heart itch.

But today she has a small face, with a bit of melancholy between her brows and a slight redness at the end of her eyes, I really feel pity for her.

Li Huai held her hand and asked gently: "What's the matter? Concubine Feng bullied you? She has always been straight-tempered, and she may not even remember what she said. The gain outweighs the loss."

Cui Guifei hooked her phoenix eyes, glared at him quietly, pouted and said: "Is this my concubine such a stingy person?"

"Then you are..."

Concubine Cui sighed, and said: "I am the emperor's concubine. Thanks to the emperor's great love, I have envoys and concubines to assist the sixth palace. It is said that ministers and concubines should not ask about the affairs of the previous dynasty, let alone ask. But, yesterday, my mother entered the palace. ..."

Concubine Cui Gui hesitated to speak, with a troubled expression on her face.

Li Huai patted her hand lightly: "But is there a problem at home?"

Concubine Cui Gui shook her head: "That's not true." She pursed her lower lip, broke free from Li Huai's hand, knelt in front of him, bowed and said: "If the concubine speaks bluntly, please don't blame the concubine or the concubine. Blame my father and elder brother."

When Li Huai heard this, he suppressed his smile instantly, and said in a deep voice, "I forgive you for your innocence."

Concubine Cui then said: "Mother entered the palace yesterday and wanted my concubine to intercede with the emperor, and take back the matter of appointing elder brother Cui Feng as the chief general of the southern army."

Li Huai's face darkened.

Concubine Cui hurriedly said: "The concubine persuaded me at the time. The emperor is the king of a country, how can he change the order from day to day. The Cui family is working for the emperor, and we are all at the emperor's disposal. We just do the errands for the emperor. what others say."

Li Huai's expression softened a lot, and Concubine Cui continued to say: "Of course my mother also understands this truth, so she sneaked into the palace behind my father's back to beg for courtiers and concubines. My mother cried and told me that the family business has been squeezed out recently. We knew that someone deliberately tripped the Cui family, and we were not afraid. But those people actually did something to the second brother. The day before yesterday, the second brother had a horse race meeting with several students from the Taixue, who knew that the horse was tampered with, causing the two Brother fell off the horse, fortunately he was rescued by his followers, and he only injured one leg, otherwise..."

Li Huai's eyes flickered: "Cui Zhi fell off the horse?! How is the injury? Can anyone find out who did it? Why don't you send the imperial doctor to the house to have a look?"

Concubine Cui wiped her tears and said: "Father didn't want to bother the emperor at first, but mother also said that elder brother has hidden many open and secret arrows these days. Father is also angry. He knows that those people are unwilling to let the Cui family gain military power." These low-handed tactics are used. But the Southern Army belongs to the emperor, and the eldest brother is only ordered to lead the army. This is not a soldier of the Cui family. What are those people panicking? Seeing that the emperor is against all opinions, the father also pushes the eldest brother to be the general, so naturally he has to stand Behind the emperor. If the Cui family withdraws and is afraid, it will disgrace the emperor. The courtiers and concubines are just women, caught in a dilemma between father, brother and mother, there is really no way out at the moment."

Concubine Cui Guifei turned her head away from Li Huai, her small cherry mouth was slightly pursed, the end of her eyes and the tip of her nose were blushing, and she used a handkerchief to press the corners of her eyes from time to time.It can be seen that I am extremely wronged.

Seeing her like this, Li Huai's annoyance and suspicion dissipated.He pulled her into his arms and comforted her: "It's just some tricks, I'm going to send the imperial doctor to see Cui Zhi's injuries. Don't worry, the Xie family won't last for a few days."

Concubine Cui raised her head slightly, and looked at Li Huai with misty eyes: "Really?"

Li Huai said: "When did I ever deceive the noble concubine? Without the Xiao family, even if the Xie family is tyrannical, it is only a moment of courage."

Concubine Cui smiled embarrassedly, and then said in a low voice: "I know that the emperor is also in trouble. If it really doesn't work, at worst, let elder brother take a step back. I see that the emperor has lost weight in the past two days."

What Li Huai said was very ironic in his heart, and he turned over Cui Guifei's brand that night.

Afterwards, Fennel took care of Concubine Cui Guigui to wash, and said in a low voice after dismissing the palace attendants, "Your Majesty, the emperor did not leave soup for the children tonight."

Concubine Cui Guigui curled her lips into a cold smile: "A few years ago, I suppressed my pregnancy and used the Cui family to fight against those families. I was afraid that if I was pregnant, the Cui family would have other ideas."

She lifted up a strand of hair and twisted it around with her fingers a few times, and said with a smile: "Now that I want to conceive, it's nothing more than a slap in the face, thinking that I can control the Cui family. It's not in vain to waste the Cui family." I've been a low-level junior for so many years. It's just that the Cui family has been the sword in the hands of the emperor for so many years. Those who should be offended and those who should not be offended are all offended by the Cui family. Get someone to beat you."

Fennel was a little nervous and said, "Then is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

Concubine Cui said: "It's always about wealth and wealth, it depends on who is more skilled. There is no need to worry about it, let nature take its course, what should come will always come."

Fenix ​​nodded half-understood, and smiled again after a while: "Your Majesty complained to the Emperor today, and the Emperor immediately took pity on your Majesty. I think it's a certainty that the master will lead the army."

"Not necessarily. The Xie family is not a vegetarian. The sooner Weinan is taken back, the greater the credit. If it is delayed and the people from the Wang family mess up Weinan, there will not be much credit left for my Cui family."

The Cui family was in a hurry to set off, the Xie family was busy blocking it, and the Wang family was busy making peace.

As Concubine Cui said, Wang Yi's management in Weinan is very thorough, and if it drags on, I'm afraid Weinan will disintegrate from the inside.In this way, suppressing the rebellion becomes recruiting security, rewarding meritorious deeds, and Wang Yi is the greatest.

But obviously Li Huai sent Cui Feng to the expedition because he wanted him to gain credit, and he didn't even mind his involvement in military power.So the emperor is anxious, the Cui family is anxious, and Wang Yi is even more anxious.

Because if Weinan is in chaos, the four states will be reduced to battlefields, and the lives of the people will be ruined. That is not the result he wants to see.

Wang Yi ran away in anger: "What's going on with the imperial court? Weinan is in a hurry, and there is no need to delay. The matter of appointing a general has not been decided until today. The Yuan and Sun will launch at any time, and the stalemate will continue. , the grass on your and my grave is waist high."

Chen Jinghuai watched Wang Yi pacing back and forth in front of his eyes, and soon became dazzled.He lowered his head and rubbed the center of his brows, sighed: "It's useless to be anxious, court officials have always been like this, especially when it comes to matters involving swords and soldiers. The leader of the Southern Conscript Army is a fat man, ready-made credits are waiting, and indisputable bloodshed will not Let it go."

Wang Yi spat fiercely: "It is extremely stupid to put the country's major affairs under the struggle for power and profit, the moth of the country!"

Chen Jinghuai rolled his eyelids, and said slowly: "It seems that the Wang family of Yuanzhou prefers a stalemate."

Wang Yi blushed and hummed twice.

Seeing that he was upset, Chen Jinghuai hurriedly smiled and said, "Of course, my lord is different from those of your tribe."

Only then did Wang Yi straighten his body, and his complexion improved a lot.

But when it comes to the Wang family of Yuanzhou, he still sighed. "It's human nature to seek profit and avoid disaster, but it's just that it hurts the peace of nature."

Chen Jinghuai hugged his shoulders and said: "In the eyes of the nobles, human life is as cheap as an ant. Your lord has a heart of compassion and compassion. It is really admirable to put the country before the family."

Wang Yi sneered: "You don't have to comfort me. Many times, I don't know whether everything I do is right or wrong."