Empress and Empress

The next day, Emperor He arrived at the Hanxiang Palace after his court. Xia Zimo was changing the medicine on Yuan Xingye's wound, and the white gauze was wrapped a few more times.Yuan Xingye smiled bitterly. Xia Zimo took a bite last night, but he still had teeth marks that were not deep or shallow. Although there was no bleeding, it was still clear when he woke up in the morning.

At this time, Xia Zimo wrapped layers of gauze on it to cover the tooth marks.

The two of them hadn't washed up at this time, Yuan Xingye smiled and patted Xia Zimo's hair, messing it up. "Is it better?" Although the tone was clear and indifferent as always, Xia Zimo could hear a little spoiling.

"What do you think?" Pretending to be inadvertent, she pressed her finger on the tooth marks.Although it didn't hurt, Yuan Xingye still pretended to be in pain, and his heroic face dominated the pained expression, "The heroine is merciful."

While laughing, I suddenly heard the shout of "the emperor is coming" from outside.Because He Di hadn't stepped into the harem for a long time these days, the two of them hardly had any preparations.Xia Zimo looked at the appearance of the two of them. He was fine. Although he hadn't washed his clothes, he had put on his coat properly. On the other hand, Yuan Xingye hadn't even put on his inner coat because of the medicine.Although neither of them looked suitable for pick-up, Xia Zimo helped her put Yuan Xingye's underwear on first.

"At least you have to put on clothes to pick you up!" Xia Zimo said.Only she herself knew that her jealousy was so strong that even she couldn't control it.

Yuan Xingye quickly put on the clothes that Luoyan had already put aside, and Emperor He had already opened the door to enter. The two hurriedly stood up and kowtowed, saying, "The concubine didn't know that the emperor was coming, and I didn't greet him from afar. I hope that the emperor will forgive me."

Yuan Xingye has the privilege of not worshiping the king, but she didn't really see the king not worshiping because of her privilege, otherwise, when the emperor sees that you feel that things are not going well, this matter will be enough for him to find a reason to kill you .

"My concubine is flat." He Di was not displeased because the two of them didn't wash up.Luoyan and Xiaoyu neatly directed the maids to serve breakfast and drinks, and they also took the opportunity to go back to the back room to get dressed.

After a while, the two of them who had washed and washed were sitting at the table with He Di, and the two sat on He Di's sides, feeling quite opposed.

"How is the injury?" He Di asked Yuan Xingye.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, it's mostly healed." Yuan Xingye said, in fact, if it wasn't for Xia Zimo's sip last night, she wouldn't need to bandage today. Today's bandaging is entirely to prevent teeth marks from being seen.Thinking of this, Yuan Xingye smiled slightly.

Xia Zimo lowered his head, hiding the smile on his lips. "Your Majesty, my sister has been thinking about the Emperor for the past two days."

"I've been busy with state affairs these few days, but I've neglected my concubines." He Di said.

"Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and I can't share his worries for you. It would be even more disrespectful if you let him be distracted." Yuan Xingye said.

Yuan Xingye's tone was always invariably clear and bright, with a trace of indifference and a calmness that was indifferent to the world.When He Hedi was talking, when he was talking to the queen.Xia Zimo hadn't seen what she looked like when she was talking to Concubine Li Gui, but it was the same when he thought about it.

But she could still hear a slight difference, different from the tone of others speaking, compared to her tone.When talking to her, there was less indifference and more smiles, less rejection and more intimacy.

Xia Zimo smiled, "Your Majesty, my concubine asked someone to cook clear porridge that had been removed from the heat, and now go down and serve it."

After Xia Zimo left, Yuan Xingye waved his hand to signal Luo Yan and the serving maids to leave.Everyone filed out, Luo Yan walked last and closed the door.

"Your Majesty, please allow my concubine to go out of the palace and lead troops to take back Youzhou and guard my Daqi." Yuan Xingye kowtowed. "The concubine is daring, please grant the emperor's permission."

He Di put down his chopsticks, looked at Yuan Xingye, and said slowly, "Do you know the consequences of going out of the palace and leading troops?"

"The concubine knows."

"Although my dynasty has always been open to the people, and there are concubines who invite themselves out of the palace and leave the royal family, but you must know that you and the situation are different from asking yourself out of the palace."

Yuan Xingye didn't say a word, she naturally knew that asking her out of the palace had nothing to do with the royal family, no matter what she did, she had nothing to do with the royal family, but if she led troops, she would still be the emperor's concubine.But in the military camp, it is a changeable environment, and no one can say that there will be no incidents that will damage the face of the royal family.

Yuan Xingye naturally thought about asking her to leave the palace, but just as she hadn't refused to enter the palace at the beginning, once she refused, she might not have the chance to lead the army.Because it is impossible for the royal family to want someone who cannot be controlled.

"Hoshino knows, but the current battle situation is imminent. The northern dog army is pressing every step of the way, and the Tubo in the west is also ready to move. The Northwest Army cannot lose a single soldier, and although the Northern Army has the main force of the former Western Army, but But the generals are at odds, once the Quanrong attack aggressively, Youzhou will be in danger. Although Xingye is not talented, he is sure to retreat the enemy soldiers to defend me." Seeing that Emperor He was silent, Yuan Xingye continued in silence for a moment.

"Your Majesty, next spring will be the time for our dog army to attack aggressively, and Pei Shiyuan, who is now handsome, is not enough to retreat the enemy army. Most of the Western Expedition Army are soldiers who used to follow concubines. Every time I think about it, I feel extremely anxious. Moreover---and the emperor has also seen that Hoshino is on the cusp of the crisis at this time, if he continues to stay in the palace, he may die unexpectedly."

Having said that, Yuan Xingye was speechless, and Emperor He frowned for a moment, "Get up first? In fact, many people have recommended you to me, including the queen, but I also know that part of the reason why the queen recommended you is because of the position of Concubine De. You recently You live in Hanxiang Hall again, how much of your words are influenced by Xia Cairen?"

Yuan Xingye smiled wryly, "To tell you the truth, Xia Cairen didn't say anything to me too much. Although we didn't get along, and there was a lot of conflict because of the death of Concubine De, Xia Cairen was very smart. Would you make things difficult for me? It was Hoshino who heard that the army was dissatisfied with the wrong done to my palace, and because of the assassination, many generals came forward one after another. Hoshino doesn't want the emperor to make things difficult, and he wants to protect his family and country, how can Hoshino shirk."

"Hoshino really wants to do his best for Daqi, and now there is no more suitable candidate besides me."

He Di thought for a moment. "If you insist on doing this, I can only play it right. You are right. The most suitable candidate is indeed you. But if you don't want to leave Chang'an and don't want to leave Taiming Palace, I won't let you go. I don't believe it." , I greatly enlighten the incompetent."

"Even if there are capable people, it's not easy to find them in a short time, not to mention leading the army, which requires a certain amount of prestige." Yuan Xingye suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said calmly. "Hoshino really really wants to do his best for the country, and hopes that the emperor will do his best."

"Since that's the case, I'll give you permission." Although Emperor He didn't say it clearly, he was still in a dilemma because of too many excuses from the generals in the army. Now it's the time for employing people, and naturally these generals can't ignore it.The court and harem all recommended someone, and he didn't have too many reasons not to approve.

"However, I will make you a Concubine Virtue first, and then I will make you Marshal Protector, how about that?"

Although Yuan Xingye was overjoyed in her heart, she remained calm on the surface. She quickly knelt down to thank her, and said, "I'm ashamed to be a concubine, but is there someone more suitable than a concubine?"