Chongxi [rebirth]

After drinking the decoction for three days, Li Fengqi's face turned blue.He suspected that Ye Yunting took the opportunity to retaliate against him and added coptis to it.

So I was very depressed.

On the contrary, Ye Yunting personally watched him drink the soup every day, looking very happy.

Li Fengqi gritted his teeth and wanted to do something to teach him a lesson to strengthen his husband, but at the same time, he liked the way he smiled in front of him wantonly.In the end, he was reluctant to gain the upper hand and could only sacrifice himself to entertain his sweetheart.

The depression of drinking Coptis chinensis every day has nowhere to vent, so Zhu Lie, who came to subpoena him, bumped into him.

Zhu Lie didn't know that his lord was worried and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he happily walked around the village and went to find Li Fengqi to report the news.

The reason why he found Zhuangzi today was the good news from Zaohe.

Li Zong set off for Zaohe on October 27th. Today is the fifth day of November. Including the time spent on the road, it will take only eight days. It is very intriguing to hear the good news in such a short period of time.Li Zong and the Shence Army were very clear about how much they had, so he hurried up the mountain to deliver the news.

Li Fengqi listened to his cadenced speech without raising his eyelids: "Since everyone knows it's a bureau, why are you rushing to report?"

"?" Zhu Lie rubbed his hands together: "Aren't I just curious, my lord, what exactly does Yin Xiaozhi want to do? Fake a trick to lure the enemy into deep?"

"Wouldn't you know after a few days? Being impatient is a big taboo." Li Fengqi raised his eyes to look at him, and suddenly smiled at him: "Since you are so free, you just went to chop the firewood in the firewood room. Also be quiet."

Zhu Lie:? ? ?

He opened his eyes wide and tried to recover: "Isn't there a guy who chops the firewood in this firewood house? My heart is at peace now, so I'm going back to the palace to wait for news."

After speaking, turn around and run.

Li Fengqi grinned behind him, and said slowly: "Now there is no cook."

"..."

Zhu Lie paused, turned around and reluctantly said: "I obey."

Seeing him leaving, Li Fengqi snorted just now.Ye Yunting on the side glanced at him, and was a little funny: "My lord is in a bad mood, what are you doing with other people's anger?"

"I'm not in a bad mood." Li Fengqi said stiffly, saying word by word: "I face the eldest son day and night, and I'm in a very good mood."

Ye Yunting smiled: "Then the prince drank today's soup first?"

After speaking, he took out a food box from his side, and took out a bowl of familiar black soup.

"..." Li Fengqi had a bitter face, but he continued to take the bowl calmly.

Just drink it, but it's just a bowl of coptis juice.

Seeing that he had finished drinking, Ye Yunting held back a smile and took out a greased paper bag from his jacket.The oiled paper bag contained the candied fruit he asked the kitchen to prepare.He twisted one and handed it to Li Fengqi: "This is the last medicine for today, you don't need to drink any more after drinking it."

Li Fengqi originally had a bitter face and a bitter heart.But looking at the candied fruit that was handed to his mouth at this moment, the bitterness is not bitter anymore, it is all the sweetness of the candied fruit.

He lowered his head and ate the candied fruit into his mouth, tasted the sweetness, and couldn't help but ask: "Is this the reward after suffering?"

There was something in his words, on the surface he was talking about candied fruit, but in fact he was talking about the relationship between him and Ye Yunting.

But Ye Yunting didn't answer, he glanced at Li Fengqi, put the oiled paper bag into his sleeve with a smile, and said: "What does your lord think?"

Li Fengqi smacked it, cheered up again, and said with a ruffian smile: "I think it is."

Ye Yunting treated him so thoughtfully and considerately, if he didn't like him too, how could he be like this?

But Ye Yunting refused to follow his wishes, neither said yes nor no, just smiled at him speciously.

Probably because he had been in the army for a long time. When he was not familiar with him, Li Fengqi was still the reticent and bad-tempered King Yong'an, but after getting acquainted with him, he would find that he was a master who could stalk and stalk to achieve his goal. .

If he had confessed his intention today, Li Fengqi would probably be able to pull him to consummate the house tonight.

Ye Yunting has seen him through these days, and he doesn't want to progress so quickly.That being the case, let him guess first.

Besides, the fight between the two of them back and forth was quite interesting for Ye Yunting, who had just tasted love.

Li Fengqi was not too disappointed this time when he didn't get the answer he wanted.If he was not sure about Ye Yunting's feelings for him before, after this experience, he became more and more sure that Ye Yunting was the same as him.

It's just that he has a thin skin and is too embarrassed to admit it.

That being the case, he can only walk forward. After he finishes the first 99 steps, there is only the last step left, Ye Yunting has to recognize it even if he doesn't recognize it.

The two had their own thoughts, looked at each other, raised their lips and smiled.

……

When Zhu Lie came back after chopping firewood, he saw a plate of candied fruit in front of Li Fengqi. He was holding a book in one hand, and was twisting a candied fruit into his mouth with the other.

The candied fruit was as big as a copper coin, the core was removed, it was pickled translucently, exuding a sweet and greasy aroma.Seeing him eating one after another, Zhu Lie felt tired and flustered.

He couldn't help talking: "When did the prince like to eat candied fruit?"

He remembered that his prince didn't eat sweets much in the past.

Li Fengqi finished eating slowly, wiped his hands, and then looked up at him: "Do you know why you are always punished?"

"?"

I'm always punished, isn't it because you are too moody, my lord?

But Zhu Lie didn't dare to say these words, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

Seeing his frightened face, Li Fengqi curled his lips in disgust, and he was in a rare mood to point him out: "Because you not only talk a lot, but also don't know how to look at your face."

He ordered the plate of candied fruit in front of him: "This is prepared for me by the princess. Do you understand?"

"..." Zhu Lie nodded his head: "Understood."

Since it was given by the princess, if it doesn't taste good, you have to eat it.

This is probably fear.

"You know shit."

Li Fengqi looked at his face and sneered: "I don't think you will be able to learn it in this lifetime. I'm afraid the old Zhu family can only rely on Zhu Wen to inherit the family."

"???" Zhu Lie was at a loss. What does it matter if the old Zhu's family continues?

Seeing his dull face, Li Fengqi waved his hands and sent him away in disgust.

Hearing this, Zhu Lie was about to slip away immediately.When he reached the door, he was stopped by Li Fengqi again, and told him: "Pay attention to the movement of Zaohe in the past few days, and report immediately if there is any news."

He had just won the battle, and with Li Zong's temperament, he would definitely take advantage of the victory and pursue it.After this great victory, the real war has just begun.

Zhu Lie straightened his expression: "This subordinate takes orders."

***

Three days later and another three days.

On the eighth day of November, Zhu Lie hurried to Liushan and galloped into the villa to report.

Ye Yunting was taking a walk with Li Fengqi in the garden, when he saw him walking quickly from a distance, he knew something important was going on: "Is there any news from Zaohe?"

"It should be." Li Fengqi looked at Zhu Lie who was galloping all the way with a flushed face, and said in a deep voice, "Go to the study and talk."

Zhu Lie nodded, and the three of them went to the study instead.

Carefully close doors and windows.After confirming that no one was eavesdropping, Zhu Lie took out the secret letter of the frontline spies in a solemn manner: "My lord guessed right, the Yin family's retreat was really just a bluff. The emperor took advantage of the victory to pursue and was ambushed, and now he is seriously injured and lost his life." Dying."

Li Fengqi unfolded the letter and read it with Ye Yunting.

The letter stated that after Li Zong led 8 Shence troops to join the army at Zaohe, he launched an attack on the rebels the next day.Yin Xiaozhi only had 15 horses, while Li Zong had a full [-] on his side. They fought head-on and were overwhelmed by troops. After resisting for a while, Yin Xiaozhi suffered too many casualties and wanted to retreat to Zhongzhou.

Seeing this, Li Zong ordered to chase after the victory, intending to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop, but unexpectedly, Yin Xiaozhi pretended to be defeated, but actually set up an ambush secretly, because they were chasing.The army encountered an ambush on the way, and Li Zong was shot in the vital part by a stray arrow, and fell into a coma.

Now the army can't care about the rebels anymore, and decent people escort the seriously injured Li Zong back to Shangjing for treatment.

"Yin's plan is to capture the thief first and capture the king first." Li Fengqi threw the letter into the stove and burned it.

Zhu Lie hesitated and said: "Li Zong is seriously injured and dying, we have to..." His right hand became a knife, and he made a downward slashing posture.

"No hurry." Li Fengqi shook his head, and asked again: "Is there any movement in the court?"

Zhu Lie sent the letter up the mountain, and Han Chan and others who were sitting in the court hall should have received the news long ago.

"No action yet." But before I left the city, the spies came to report that Shang Shu ordered Wei Shuqing to go to Taifu's residence.

Li Fengqi lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment: "If Zaohe arrives in Shangjing, if it stays around the clock, it will only take two days and nights. You go back to the palace first, and pay more attention to Han Chan's movements in the past few days. The princess and I pack up and return in the evening."

Zhu Lie took the order and left.

Li Fengqi looked at Ye Yunting, with a smile on his lips, but his brows and eyes were serious: "It seems that our clean days are coming to an end."

"Come back later when you have time." Ye Yunting said, "I'll ask my servants to pack their luggage."

When the two went up the mountain, they didn't bring any luggage, but when they went down the mountain, they had a lot of things.When he ordered his servants to pack the boxes and cages, Ye Yunting accidentally brought the box of old books with him.

The servants carried the cage, and the two of them went down the mountain in a sedan chair.

It was already evening when we returned to the palace.

It was getting dark early in winter, and the palace was brightly lit. The old concubine was waiting in the main hall, spinning the beads in her hands. She had obviously heard the news and was waiting for them to come back.

Li Fengqi was not surprised: "Mum also heard about it?"

The old concubine nodded and said, "It's a letter from your cousin." With a solemn expression, she retreated and took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Li Fengqi: "The letter said, Your Majesty may not succeed. .”

This time Zaohe suppressed the rebellion, Jiali Prefecture mobilized [-] soldiers and horses to help, and the leader of the army was the Patriarch of the Shen family and the governor of Nieyang, Zhong Yu.

The Nieyang Shen family has been very low-key these years. Among the five major governor's mansions, their strength is only stronger than that of the He family in Runan, which has been destroyed.Among the existing four major governor's mansions, it is the bottom one.Nieyang is neither rich nor powerful, so the Shen family has no sense of presence in the upper capital these years.

Because these old princesses practiced rituals and did not care about common matters, the two families rarely communicated.

Unexpectedly, this contact meant that the emperor was dying.

After Li Fengqi finished reading the letter, he handed it to Ye Yunting. He pondered for a moment: "The meaning in the cousin's letter is that you want me to replace him? The Shen family takes the credit for being a dragon?"

"I also know something about the affairs in the court." The old concubine twisted the beads and said slowly: "You and the emperor are in the same boat, sooner or later there will be a day..."

When she said this, she didn't continue, but the meaning of the words was very clear.

If Li Fengqi wants to rebel sooner or later, now that the emperor's life is in danger, it is a good time.Northern Xinjiang already had a strong army and horses, and Li Fengqi had a high reputation both among the people and in the court. Once Li Zong died, there would be great chaos in Beizhao. In addition, the rebels of the Yin clan were staring at them, so Li Fengqi stepped forward to calm the situation and aspire to the throne.

And the Shen family, which is declining day by day, happens to be the cause of the dragon.

It's a win-win situation.

However, Li Fengqi did not agree immediately, he lowered his eyes and said: "This matter is of great importance, and it needs to be discussed in the long run."

The old concubine also understood, she nodded and said: "I'm just sending a letter for the Shen family, you can do whatever you want, don't worry about me." She looked at Li Fengqi, and said slowly: "I really hope that you and the Shen family are well, But if I had to choose between the two, I would not choose the Shen family."

"I understand, thank you mother." Li Fengqi nodded.

He bid farewell to the old concubine, and wanted to go back to the courtyard with Ye Yunting to wash up.He just called Ye Yunting twice, but Ye Yunting didn't respond.

"Yunting?" Li Fengqi patted his arm.

Ye Yunting suddenly came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"

Li Fengqi frowned: "I should ask you what's wrong, why are you so dazed?"

Ye Yunting pursed his lips, his heart was turbulent, but he didn't know how to speak to him.

In his dream, the Shen family once betrayed Li Fengqi, causing the old concubine to die without a whole body.So in this life, can the letter sent by the Shen family really be believed?

Or is this actually another trap?