The king's apex spoils him and is reborn

"Have all the important officials of the imperial court arrived?" After hearing the call, Xiao Beichen simply adjusted his appearance and rushed back to the palace with Ji Muqing.But the journey back to the palace from the Mei residence was quite long, and it would take a lot of time to hurry.

Xue Tao, who was waiting outside the hall, felt slightly ashamed after hearing this, and saluted the two who came calmly: "Your Highness and the general take a breath first, the situation is not serious."

Along the way, Ji Muqing envisioned many possibilities, the worst being the enemy's surprise attack, the frontier guard suffered heavy injuries and lost the city.And no matter what happens, good or bad, he has countermeasures.But what Xue Tao said next caught him off guard:

"This morning, General Zhao Ke delivered an urgent report, saying that the Chijin Kingdom is willing to send envoys to discuss the matter of mutual trade with Dungan."

Ji Muqing: "..."

Xiao Beichen was a little stunned when he heard it, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Ji Muqing's expression was complicated, and he had nothing to say.Sighing in his heart, he dragged Ji Muqing into the hall.

Besides them, King Ning Xiao Mingxuan was also called to arrive first.After Xiao Beichen saluted the high position, he asked bluntly: "Father, the general situation is known to the ministers, but the specifics of how to do business still need to be clearly stated by the father."

"It was not mentioned in the urgent report. But what the Chijin Kingdom can offer is only gold mines, jade, and spices." Xiao Tianze, who was sitting in a high position, was not in a hurry when he received the news, but when he heard his subordinates report that the prince was not in the palace , then changed the oral order.At this moment, the two of them came in hand in hand, but Ji Muqing looked complacent, and he was satisfied for a moment when he saw this.

After a short pause, he continued to clarify his attitude: "If the disputes between the two countries can be settled for many years, it is not impossible for Donggan to give a helping hand... What does the prince think?"

Xiao Beichen lowered his eyes and said seriously: "My son thinks that if you want to ask Donggan for help, you must at least let people see your sincerity first."

"Dong Gan really shouldn't take the initiative." Xiao Tianze nodded, then turned to the preoccupied person beside him and said, "What does General Ji think?"

Ji Muqing quickly recovered after hearing the sound.He was thinking about his words and was about to show that this matter was not a simple trade, when he suddenly noticed that Xiao Mingxuan who was sitting on the side was also observing his expression carefully.

"This is a good thing." He raised the corners of his mouth and changed the subject, "I just asked the emperor to send troops the day before yesterday. If the trade can be completed, I can worry about family affairs as soon as possible." Before he finished speaking, he still quietly He leaned a little closer to Xiao Beichen.

This small move naturally fell in Xiao Tianze's eyes, "Ahem——" He immediately ordered them to separate: "Come here, give me a seat."

After seeing the two sitting in front of each other, Xiao Tianze took the teacup in hand and reorganized his thoughts, "But Chijin has always been cunning, and the border guards still can't relax their vigilance." He took a sip of tea, slowly lifted his In a blink of an eye, he noticed something strange in the hall again: Xiao Mingxuan, who was eager to express himself in the past, was looking at the opposite side intently.

Xiao Tianze followed his line of sight in disbelief, and said, "Gu Hui wrote a letter to General Zhao, ordering him to conduct strict patrolling, and we will not respond for now."

"Prince Ning, what are you doing?" Xiao Mingxuan never thought that he was staring at Ji Muqing seriously!

Xiao Mingxuan's body trembled suddenly when his name was called.He clasped his hands unnaturally, "My son is thinking about something."

"..."

Ji Muqing also noticed that his eyes never left her. "His Royal Highness Prince Ning may be born because he hasn't seen the humble minister for too long." Ji Muqing had some guesses in his heart, and indifferently picked an excuse.

"!" Xiao Mingxuan became more and more at a loss. He just listened to someone's suggestion and monitored Ji Muqing's attitude towards today's urgent report. He didn't want to make everyone in the room look at him at all.

In desperation, he turned to stare at Xiao Beichen, preparing his eyes to signal him to take good care of his people, but Xiao Beichen's eyes turned very cold.

The atmosphere instantly froze.

In the end, Xiao Tianze, who was still in the middle, coughed a few times to break the silence, "Ling Jing has often entered the palace since he was a child, and his temperament has not changed for many years. Now that he is a general, leading a hundred thousand soldiers, he should be more stable, and he should be more stable with his subordinates, colleagues, and colleagues. The children of the family and... keep your distance."

These words were meant to teach her daughter-in-law, although it sounded strange to mention it at this time, but Ji Muqing was already elated, "Muqing respectfully obeys the instruction."

Xiao Tianze pressed his forehead, and continued to follow the words helplessly: "It just happens that I have arranged for a foster aunt to come to the house these few days."

"Father." Xiao Beichen called out in time, and briefly explained, "Lingjing is busy with affairs in Nanya."

"I know, it's just a process." Xiao Tianze was a bit apprehensive, but he had to do his best to arrange it: "I sent your wet nurse alone, so I won't embarrass Ling Jing."

"..."

Afterwards, seeing that Xiao Beichen still wanted to say more, Ji Muqing hurriedly got up to thank him: "Your Majesty has a heart."

After finally explaining everything properly, Xiao Tianze secretly sighed, pinched his brows and waved his hands: "There is no rush on the matter of trade, and I will discuss it with all the ministers when I go to court tomorrow. It's all right now, let's all kneel down."

After leaving the main hall, Ji Muqing happily followed Xiao Beichen, leaned in behind his ear and said, "Your Majesty clearly had a plan in advance, and he hastily summoned us. This is a surprise inspection."

Xiao Beichen smiled, turned his head to see the smile on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were erratic, and he was paying attention to his surroundings. "Do you still want to go to Nanya?" Xiao Beichen talked to him naturally, "Take a rest today, and you don't have to worry about the battle at Moyan Pass."

"Go to Nanya?" Ji Muqing turned his eyes back, and breathed softly in his ear, "Go to sleep and return to the cage."

The blue sky is blue, everything is green, and the breath of summer is gradually getting stronger.Ji Muqing dragged the person around for a long time before he calmed down and stopped trying to force his face.

"Nan Ya still has something to do, I'm leaving." Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around except the accompanying guards, Ji Muqing put his hand on Xiao Beichen's shoulder, facing him right next to him.

Seeing that people are finally in a good mood today, Xiao Beichen didn't force it, but asked softly, "Do you want to stay for lunch?"

"I haven't seen my family for a day." Ji Muqing grinned, biting her lower lip slightly, "When I go through the door later, I will yell if I don't see His Highness for a moment."

Xiao Beichen chuckled.

After the words fell for a long time, Ji Muqing withdrew his hands and left, but stopped suddenly after walking a few steps.He was fascinated by a young eunuch who was not tall and didn't fit in among the guards.

Mo Yan, who had followed cautiously, was stared into hair by him, so he couldn't help but hide behind people.At the right time, Ji Muqing asked: "Your Highness, I heard that you have a painter with excellent skills."

"It's the one in front of you." Xiao Beichen walked slowly with his hands behind his back, and then called lightly: "Mo Yan."

Only then did the little eunuch tremblingly go forward to salute, "Slave Mo Yan, pay my respects to General Ji." Mo Yan didn't go out with Xiao Beichen in the past, but just now when he met his master and his party in the palace, he followed quietly.

"Excuse me." Ji Muqing nodded, and after thinking about it for a while, he turned his head and asked earnestly, "Can I borrow you for a few days?"

***

After leaving the palace, Ji Muqing went back to the mansion first.After making arrangements for Mo Yan, he went to the courtyard in the northwest corner of the mansion to look for him. "Where is Second Miss?" He asked the maid who was cleaning fallen leaves by the door of the hospital.

The servant girl replied truthfully: "Miss, she is making incense in the dark room of the study."

It hasn't been a year or two since my daughter doesn't like makeup and fancy clothes, but prefers strange books and anecdotes.Therefore, Ji Muqing was a little surprised when he suddenly heard a "making incense" suitable for his daughter's family, "Has she got a new hobby?"

It's not been a month or two since the young master and young lady at home have bickered with each other, but the maid still couldn't hold back her excuses: "My young lady has always learned from everyone."

Ji Muqing looked serious, "That's why I came here to find her."

After being led to the study, Ji Muqing saw a person coming out of the small pavilion behind with a wet handkerchief covering his mouth and nose.

"Don't go in yet." Ji Muxi wasn't surprised to see someone coming, and quickly opened all the windows outside the small pavilion before straightening his clothes and coming forward, "Cousin, what's the matter?"

Ji Muqing smelled a unique and charming fragrance from her body, and asked without thinking: "This fragrance smells pretty good, is it the fragrance of flowers?"

"Well——" Ji Muxi responded calmly, and took a few steps back, "The name of this flower is Datura, and it is said that it is an offering from a sect in the south. The branches, leaves and flowers are poisonous. I read a book about it. , can extract an almost colorless and odorless fragrance."

Ji Muqing immediately turned down when she heard this.

"Don't panic, I only got two or three plants, and they will be gone after all the tossing." Ji Muxi stretched out his hand and shook it, his eyes signaled him to feel relieved.

Seeing that she was confident, Ji Muqing didn't reprimand her too much, and followed her into the study after telling her to be careful.

"Have you seen the paintings of Chijin Kingdom?" Ji Muqing looked at the orderly bookshelves in the room, and said bluntly, "Is it completely different from Donggan's ink and wash paintings?"

Ji Muxi was stunned for a moment, and asked back after a while: "Have you seen the murals painted in the cave?" After seeing the person nodding, she continued to introduce: "The Chijin country is very windy and sandy, and the ancestors of hundreds of years ago still lived in the cave. , and then built the city. So at first their paintings were all painted on the rocks, using extremely bright colors, but now the paintings of the Chijin Kingdom mostly follow the past habits."

"I've heard that, but only in color?"

"The painting styles are also very different." Ji Muxi led people to the innermost cabinet of the study as he spoke. From the outside, through the glazed glass, he could see that there were several scrolls stored on each floor.

"I happen to have an isolated work in my possession. It is said that it is a glimpse of a traveler who once went to the Chijin Kingdom outside the Chijin Palace." She found the painting from it and showed it to Ji Muqing. "The woman drawn in the painting It is a princess who has lived in the boudoir for a long time. The king granted her a wish on the day she became an adult. So she came to the highest point of the palace wall and saw the hardship of the people."

Ji Muqing was fascinated by the painting.Although the woman in the lavender dress in the painting is only a blurred silhouette from a distance, it is enough to see that her figure is graceful and her spirit is like an orchid.It took a long time before he escaped from the oppressive feeling of the city full of dark clouds in the painting. "And then?" he asked again.

"I don't know." Ji Muxi shook his head, "That's the end of the story, we don't know if it's true or not."

"Maybe it's from the previous generation. After all, as far as I know, the princess of the Chijin Dynasty gave it to neighboring countries other than Dungan in exchange for food before she reached adulthood." Ji Muqing let out a long sigh of relief.

"Cousin also heard the rumors in the market?" Ji Muxi raised his eyebrows, and quickly explained the reason himself: "That's right, knowing yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles."

"However, rumors still say that the common people of the Chijin Kingdom suffer from hunger, while the royal family is extravagant. The princess went away to marry for more than ten years, and died in a foreign land; the prince was rich and honored for more than ten years. Brothers fought each other, and the winner became king. Passed down from generation to generation, the cycle of reincarnation is endless." She said suddenly. His tone paused, his eyes were unpredictable and he sighed, "This is fate."

At the right time, Ji Muqing's expression was not in the shadows, but after hearing her comment, he suddenly raised his eyes.

"What's the matter?" Ji Muxi saw the light in the eyes of the person in front of him, and took a small step back to become alert.

"Why didn't I realize that you are a treasure before." Ji Muqing rolled up the painting carefully, and leaned aside to look at her leisurely.

Ji Muxi didn't answer, but forced a smile at him with bared teeth, and didn't bother to talk to anyone.

Seeing "Ask you" written all over his face, Ji Muqing was not annoyed.In his previous life, he was away from the border for the past three years, so he really didn't see Ji Muxi very much, so he didn't know that she was so well-informed.

But in this life, the relationship between the two should be getting stronger day by day.Ji Muqing accepted the painting with a smile, and asked generously, "Are there any other books about Chijin?"

"It's all unofficial history. After Donggan lost Moyan Pass 11 years ago, your majesty ordered that you not be allowed to read any books describing Chijin's customs. Now that the desert has been recovered, some small streets and alleys dare to come out to sell it."

Ji Muqing walked through most of the study room with the others, secretly noted down the display locations of the relevant books, and then thanked him: "Thanks to you, hurry up tomorrow... what more reward do you want?"

This is a common practice, and Ji Muxi is not tactful, "I heard that the imperial chef of the royal palace has developed a new delicacy called 'Leng Chan Er Geng'."

Ji Muqing thought about it for a while, then said, "Deal!"

……

After saying goodbye to Ji Muxi, Ji Muqing sent someone to move the books.After a long time, everything was settled, so he changed his clothes and prepared to go to Nan Ya to continue handling military affairs.

"Master!" Shu'er's subordinates rushed to the courtyard to report, "The palace sent an aunt."

Ji Muqing's heart skipped a beat, and he complained to Duan Yan beside him with a cowardly face: "Your Majesty's movements are really fast."

Xiao Beichen's wet nurse, Su Lan, was the late Queen's personal maid. She was later named a female official and took care of Xiao Beichen's daily necessities when he was young.Su Lan has a lot of power in the harem, holding part of the management power, even Concubine Mi, who lives alone in the harem, would not dare to provoke her easily.

Whenever Ji Muqing entered the palace in the past, he could almost meet her, and it was almost unavoidable that she would look at her with ridicule.

"Aunt Su has always disliked me. Now that the engagement is about to be finalized, although she can't change anything, I still don't want to be taught by her." Ji Muqing smiled wryly, and finally accepted her fate.

"Forget it, entertain for an hour first, and then go to Nanya."

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