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However, with the changes in the court this year, Xiao Jingyu became more and more unable to understand Jingyan, but after all he couldn't bear the heart to resent him.

"Your Uncle Seventh Emperor gave such a precious gift, you must thank him well in the future."

----

Mu Shen was ill for two years, Southern Chu took the opportunity to send troops to attack, Mu Shen insisted on going out in spite of his illness, and finally lost to the enemy's bow and arrow, and died on the battlefield.

The 20-year-old Nihuang, dressed in plain clothes, mounted a horse with a gun and led the whole army to fight.

Emperor Liang issued an edict ordering Princess Nihuang to guard the southern border on behalf of his younger brother Mu Qing, and the entire army in the southern border would be under his command.

When he heard this edict, Jingyan couldn't help feeling a little scared.

The serious injury of Mu Shen two years ago made him rest in bed for two years, but he still couldn't escape death.

He originally thought that with Mu Shen alive until the day when Mu Qing attacked the Duke, Nihuang, who did not control the real power of soldiers and horses, might still be able to marry Xiao Shu.

But now, under the banner of the Mu Mansion in the southern border, standing alone is Mu Nihuang.

Nihuang holds heavy soldiers in his hands, and from this day on, these two people have missed it after all.

Maybe a coincidence.

Perhaps there is really a hand in the dark, pulling all the stories to his original track.

----

"His Royal Highness Prince Jing, Concubine Jing is making soup for Concubine Chen, you should go back."

"You tell my concubine that if she doesn't see me, I'll keep kneeling."

While talking, two maids of Concubine Chen came to deliver things, saw King Jing kneeling on the brick floor outside the hall, and saluted slightly, but their eyes were guarded, disgusted and contemptuous.

When they walked out of the palace gate, they turned their heads and glared at Prince Jing's kneeling back.

"No one in the palace knows that His Royal Highness King Qi had an argument with the emperor about going to the southern border to fight against Southern Chu in order to supervise Lin Shu, who was in Bianzhou, yesterday. The paperweight scolded His Highness."

"I never thought that Prince Jing would object. He even helped the emperor argue with His Royal Highness Qi Wang. Yesterday morning, as soon as the empress returned to the palace, the emperor directly promoted Concubine Jing to the concubine position. It was obvious that he was suppressing Concubine Chen and Qi Wang." king."

"It is said that His Royal Highness King Qi stood in the courtyard all night after returning to the mansion, and a letter came this morning saying that he had a high fever."

"Our empress cried in the palace when she got the news and didn't eat two meals. It was Concubine Jing who went to accompany her to eat something."

"I think Concubine Jing really treats Concubine Chen sincerely, but Prince Jing...is really chilling."

"Seeing him being punished to kneel now is also a relief... but I don't know if it's just for us to see."

----

Two hours later, Concubine Jing called Jingyan in.

As a concubine, she put on the luxurious hairpin crown, but she couldn't find a trace of joy in her expression.

The mother and son looked at each other silently for a moment.

Concubine Jing looked at her son, trying to find a trace of grievance or guilt on his face.

But none of these.

Nothing at all.

With just one glance, she understood his persistence, and quickly understood the necessity of his doing so.

Although there are still many things she doesn't understand very well, she knows that Jingyan has not changed, to herself, to Jingyu, and to Xiaoshu.

At the same time, the part of my heart that belonged to my mother also ached severely.

For a long time, she held back the lump in her throat.

"...you have something to do, just do it."

"It's just that you have to understand...you have a reason to insist on doing it, and I have a dilemma that I can't have both."

"If I continue to ignore it, it will be of no benefit to you, me, or the overall situation you want."

"Sister Concubine Chen has been in a bad mood. I want to ask His Majesty to take her to live in another palace for a period of time to copy scriptures and chant Buddhist scriptures for the Empress Dowager, so we may not see each other for a long time."

Jingyan, who had been standing there the whole time, trembled a bit, raised his head and asked, "...Can't you also greet the concubine mother?"

Concubine Jing stopped her voice again.

As a mother, she couldn't bear this heart.

"When it's time to reunite, we'll be back."

But as a member of the Lin family, she could only watch the light in the child's eyes disappear little by little.

When Jingyan turned around after prostrating, Concubine Jing hurriedly stopped him.

"Jingyan..."

Jingyan turned around, his expression calmed down, "What else is there for mother?"

"You have to be good..." She thought for a while, but she couldn't find anything else to comfort her, so she repeated, "You have to be good."

----

Bad news came from the Southern Chu War, which had been stalemate.

The enemy army used the strategy of connecting boats with iron cables, forcing Liang Jun, who was not good at water warfare, to retreat steadily.

At this time, it was reported that the military horses transported to Bianzhou were missing.

The person responsible for the delivery was none other than Nie Duo.

"It's obvious that I lost half of it because of my bad luck, but I said that I died of illness! The journey is less than a thousand miles! Now that I have arrived in Bianzhou and have not returned, I am hiding at Lin Shu's place. Is it because I intend to resist the order!"

"Father...Maybe it was Lin Shu who forced him to stay," King Qi did not come to the palace due to illness, King Xian glanced at Jingyan's face, and boldly said, "It might be possible to ask..."

Emperor Liang was pacing back and forth in his study, and stopped when he heard these words, and cursed angrily, "Check! Who is he worthy of asking!"

Xian Wang said again, "Father, the military situation is urgent, it is time to be careless. But now such an unimaginable thing happened again, I think the best plan for now is to bring Nie Duo back to Beijing for interrogation... But ordinary If someone goes to Lin Shu, I'm afraid he won't let him go easily."

Emperor Liang raised one eyebrow, "According to what you said, Jingyan must go? Jingyan...are you willing to go?"

"..."

Before he could answer, Emperor Liang added, "Bring Nie Duo back with a secret decree, and also go to see Lin Shu. You grew up together, and you haven't been separated for so long, have you?"

Jingyan looked at the furious emperor, and remembered what Mei Changsu said.

——"The so-called good counselor is that no matter what the other party's reaction is, he can have a corresponding strategy. In other words, the same is true for conspirators."

"The reason why the so-called conspiracies are often more terrifying than those bright swords and spears is that they often miss a single hit and have a second attack. In other words, what you see is only the tip of the iceberg."

"So Your Highness must remember that when you dodge a blow, you still can't let your guard down easily...especially when Su is not by your side."

He lowered his eyes, raised his arms and bowed, and respectfully replied, "I am willing to go."

——If you are not here, I will be careful.

[Langya Bang] I True [Nine] (Shu Yan)

Nie Duo transported the military horses this time by water, and the journey was safe and smooth, but who knew that one night, the fleet stopped in the middle of the river to rest, and at dawn the next day, he suddenly found that half of the ships carrying the military horses were It was empty, and the people on board were also missing.

Nie Duo sent people to investigate for several days, even if Jiang Pirates did it, there would always be clues, but the boat was so clean that not even traces could be found, not to mention that Jiang Pirates and him here were old acquaintances, and they had never disturbed them all the way. .

Seeing that the deadline was approaching, Nie Duo had no choice but to change the land route and transport the remaining horses to Lin Shu first.

As soon as Lin Shu heard this, he told him not to go back, but ordered someone to buy some horses from other Jianghu people to fill the gap temporarily, but after a few days, the emperor at Jinling still knew about it.

In Bianzhou, while checking the whereabouts of the lost military horse, Lin Shu waited for his best friend who had been away for two years.

Early in the morning, Lin Shu got a report that Jingyan would arrive today. He wanted to go to the crossing to meet him. He had half changed his clothes, but he received a letter from Flying Pigeon. After reading it, he turned back to the tent with a dark face .

Wei Zheng at the side shook his head at the other generals, signaling them not to ask.

The letter stated that King Jing opposed Lin Shu's going to the south, and that he, Concubine Chen and the newly promoted Concubine Jing were leaving the palace.

Lin Shu smashed everything in the tent to pieces.

His heart slowly cooled down.

Although he hasn't returned to Jinling in the past two years, he is not completely ignorant of the affairs in Beijing. Jingyan has made his mark in the court, and his aura is aggressive.

Although he did not directly participate in the selection of officials, several of the officials he recommended were assigned to the six ministries. Afterwards, several major cases occurred in the Jingzhaoyin Mansion, and several powerful ministers around King Qi were convicted. , There are also those who were executed in exile.However, these few people recommended by King Jing got the opportunity by virtue of various opportunities, and became the leaders among the newly promoted officials.

It is impossible for King Qi to be completely unaware that King Jing has shown his sharpness to this extent.

Although he is still close to Prince Jing, he is no longer as clear-cut as he used to be.The two became more and more distant from their private contacts.On King Qi's birthday this year, although King Jing gave a great gift, he himself did not go to congratulate him because he was inspecting the defense of the suburbs of Beijing.

During the last dynasty, whenever Emperor Liang and King Qi disagreed, Jingyan would ease it, but neither his political views nor his actions were the same as before.

He still insisted on the court's law, but no longer held back an inch.

Regarding the abolition of the Xuanjing Division, Jing Wang also held opposing views with Qi Wang and opposed the abolition of the Xuanjing Division.

Such a sharp-edged Prince Jing was surprising. Although Prince Jing was not well-born and had no relatives to help him, but now that Emperor Liang favored and protected him, some officials who were swayed by the trend took advantage of the trend and attached themselves.

Other ministers who were concentrating on planning also began to occasionally agree with King Jing’s remarks. They were not the henchmen of King Qi at all. They were also a memorial. The emperor will make things difficult for him in every possible way. If he wants to benefit the common people, sometimes he has to rely on him even though he despises Prince Jing's fickleness and ungratefulness.

Concubine Chen and Concubine Jing leave the palace to recuperate, and the more noble concubines in the palace are favored; although King Jing's power in the court is not as powerful as King Qi, he can overwhelm King Xian and Yu with his mother and concubine in the harem.