The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

For seven days in a row, the emperor's table was filled with memorials to impeach Yan Xun every day, and even Yan Xun's father, Duke Yongming, pleaded guilty on his son's behalf.

In the afternoon of the eighth day, when the queen took the emperor's two princes and two princesses to pay her respects to the queen mother, Lan Yan came out to complain, saying that the queen mother was talking to General Cen and asked the queen to wait for a while.

The queen smiled and said: "It's okay, it's good for me and the princes and princesses to look at the flowers here."

The corridors of the Palace of Compassion and Peace are filled with newly blooming flowers, colorful and colorful, adding a lot of bright colors to the palace.

The four children were all happy looking at the flowers and plants. They pulled the queen to ask what kind of flower it was and what kind of flower it was.

Not long after, Cen An came out from inside, saluted the queen and left quickly.

The maid was kneeling aside and beating the queen mother's leg. When the queen mother saw the queen coming in with four children, she kindly said: "The queen is free. Come, you come to the emperor's grandmother!"

The empress smiled and told the empress dowager about the condition of the four children recently, how she was eating and how she was in health, and said again: "Ling'er had a cough two days ago, so I ordered someone to boil Chuanbei white pears for her, and now she has recovered. .”

The queen mother nodded and said: "Ling'er's biological mother left early, and she won't be too lonely with your aunt taking care of her. The queen has always done a good job."

The queen smiled modestly and said: "My minister is just doing his duty. By the way, yesterday the imperial physician reported that the imperial concubine is likely to be a prince in her womb. The emperor and my minister are very happy."

After talking with the queen mother for a while, seeing that the queen mother was a little tired, the queen was ready to leave with the children.Before leaving, the Empress Dowager suddenly said: "How is the emperor these few days? I don't see him coming to greet Ai's family."

The queen respectfully said: "The weather is warm, the emperor's dragon body is safe and sound. It's just that the government affairs are cumbersome recently, and the emperor spends nights at work, and it's really hard. The emperor often tells his sons and ministers that he wants to visit the queen mother, but he is afraid that the queen mother will worry about it." So my son specially brought the children to pay respects to the Queen Mother, and asked them to show some filial piety on behalf of the Emperor."

The Empress Dowager gave a soft "hmm" and said, "Then tell the emperor to let him pay more attention to rest."

"Yes." The Queen said.

The messenger sent the children back, and the queen went to Chongming Hall in a sedan chair.When I got to the door, I happened to meet Yan Jun coming out from inside.

When Yongming Gong Yanjun was young, he was also a world-renowned veteran on the battlefield. During the reign of Emperor Jingrang, he held a heavy army and almost had power in his hands.Although he is now over fifty years old and has many old injuries on his body, his heroism is still the same as before.

"Empress." Yan Jun cupped his hands.

"Hello, Yongming Public Security." The Queen bowed slightly, "Did Yong Minggong come to see the Emperor for the matter of Cheng Rui?"

Yan Jun sighed, "Xun'er is really..."

The queen glanced at the closed palace door, and then became worried, "Then, what does the emperor mean?"

Yan Jun said: "Although the emperor is partial to Xun'er, he should not appear too close, otherwise it will hurt the hearts of the courtiers. What's more, this matter is indeed confirmed."

When he saw the emperor, he said the same thing: "What can I do to him? It's nothing more than a fine for his salary. After all, Cheng Rui also came back from a victorious battle, and his merits and demerits can be offset."

The queen tentatively said: "The courtiers and concubines don't understand government affairs, nor do they understand war affairs, but didn't Cheng Rui take back Liangzhou and wiped out the enemy army? Why was he still impeached, and even Duke Yongming came to plead guilty?"

The emperor said: "Cheng Rui has made great achievements in conquering Liangzhou, but because of his lack of soldiers and horses, he was not prepared enough to guard against the main force of Xiaoqu, so he asked his brother-in-law to send troops to help. Think about it, Cheng Rui originally held the military power of the Great Zhou, and a letter unexpectedly It can be seen that Weiyan's soldiers and horses come to help him, which shows that he has a lot of personal relationships with generals of other countries - this is something that even I can't do. So what will the courtiers think? Besides, he secretly communicated with generals of other countries at the border , already violated the taboo of a minister, not to mention that Weiyan would dispatch an army to help him without hesitation."

The queen was secretly startled, and said again: "But... Cheng Rui has nothing to do. Those ministers didn't let the emperor send troops to reinforce them, and they didn't let Cheng Rui seek help from others. Isn't this blocking the two ends and blaming others for finding their own way out? ?”

"I know that he acted helplessly, but what's the use of being helpless?" The emperor shook his head and said, "That's all for now. I will try my best to excuse him. But with his temper, I really have nothing to do with him." Maybe it's time to find someone to suppress him, lest he do something irreversible in the future."

The queen listened quietly, thought for a while and whispered: "The concubine took the princes and princesses to greet the queen mother just now, and it happened that General Cen An was inside, and the concubine listened to a few words intermittently outside..."

In the past few days when Bai Yu was recuperating, Yan Xun came to accompany him as soon as he was busy with his business. The love between the two was better than the medicine. Although his injury healed at a normal speed, he was always in a state of blissful happiness. Shame on others.

After lunch, he went to see Qin Ran with Yan Xun. Qin Ran's injury was almost healed, but he was still numb and lifeless, and his former heroic figure was no longer visible.

Chunyu Xuan sighed sadly: "People have to live, and life has to go on. If you can't cheer up like this, what will you do in the future?"

Qin Ran smiled miserably, "What's the future? I'm just waiting to die now."

"Who told you?" Yan Xundao said, "It's Cen Xuan who is waiting to die, what does it have to do with you? You just live well, your wife and daughter are watching you in the sky."

Qin Ran said: "But even if we know that the Empress Dowager did it, who can do anything to her? Someone has to take care of this matter, and Cen Xuan alone may not be enough."

Yan Xun stared at him for a moment, and said: "Cen Xuan is not enough, there is Fang Huai and his son who are dead. A general, a governor, and Bo Teng, who has long conspired with them, should be enough, right?"

Qin Ran was silent for a while, then suddenly remembered something, stood up and bowed to Bai Yu, "Master Imperial Envoy, I will not thank you for your kindness, if there is a day, I will definitely repay it."

Bai Yu quickly helped him up, and said, "Don't, don't, I'm here because of the emperor's imperial decree, and this is all my duty."

Chunyu Xuan said: "So you have to cheer up and make contributions, otherwise how can you repay him?"

"There is also the great general." Qin Ran looked at Yan Xun, "The great general has taken on such a big role in protecting the last general this time, after returning to the court, I'm afraid..."

Chun Yuxuan said: "This is already a trivial matter, what is more important now is the matter of the general borrowing Weiyan soldiers and horses to help. Around this time, the officials are already impeaching the general."

Yan Xun let out a "sneer" and was indifferent to it.

"As a minister, who is not to be with the king like a tiger? Among them, we generals are the most difficult to be human. If you have done a lot of meritorious service, others will be afraid of your military power. If you make a mistake, you will be arrested; But if you are unknown, this will be the same in this life, how can people be reconciled?" Qin Ran smiled self-deprecatingly, "Flying birds are gone, good bows are hidden. Cunning rabbits are dead, lackeys are cooking. This is really not wrong."

As soon as the words came out, the room fell silent, feeling a little embarrassed.

Since ancient times, beauties are like famous generals, and the world is not allowed to see gray hair.For them, the chance of dying in bed is much smaller than dying in battle. Even if they come back from the battlefield alive, they may not be let off by the court that eats people and does not spit out bones.

Bai Yu's heart trembled suddenly, as if caught off guard and severely whipped.He stuffed his hand into Yan Xunnuan's, and listened to the whimpering and whimpering sound of tigers and tigers scurrying outside.

Yan Xun really attracts the wind, if he is more tactful and sophisticated, but he is arrogant and unruly, even the emperor can't hold him down.What can I do after this?

"I'll go out for a while," Bai Yu said.

When Bai Yu went out, he happened to see Mu Fengyi coming towards him, and said with a smile, "General Mu."

"Is the general in there?" Mu Fengyi asked.

Bai Yu said: "Yes. Do you have something to say to him?"

Mu Fengyi nodded and said: "I want to persuade the general, let him take the initiative to apologize, so as to stop Youyou's mouth." He paused, and then said: "However... knowing that most of the persuasion will not work, I Just try your best."

Bai Yudao: "Youyou's mouth can't be blocked by just a memorandum of guilt, but it can give the emperor a step down, so that he can have a reason to speak for Yan Xun. So as long as the emperor is satisfied with the memorandum That's enough, you don't have to let Yan Xun take everything on yourself, and you don't have to look too humble."

Mu Fengyi frowned and said, "You mean..."

"It's not difficult for Yan Xun to write such a memorandum, but it's not an apology, but an apology. Now that Liangzhou has recovered and captured General Boteng, you have won a big victory, but this victory is hard-won. So All the details, all the hard work of Yan Xun and the generals, should also be explained to the emperor in detail. As for other things, it is useless to mention them, it is better not to mention them."

"But if this is the case, wouldn't it be more obvious that the general is eager to ask for credit, and it is more solid?"

Bai Yu shook his head and said: "There is no mention of meritorious service in the memorial table, just explain the frontier war to the emperor clearly, and it is enough for the emperor to understand what Yan Xun means. As for the courtiers, shouldn't Yan Xun be allowed to tell the emperor about the military situation? ? To explain the military situation is to ask for credit, and then the generals will simply do their own thing, and there is no need to report anything to the emperor."

"What's more..." Bai Yu glanced back and said in a low voice, "With Yan Xun's temper, it's impossible for him to apologize, and the general knows that."

"Okay, I will tell the general like this." Mu Fengyi took a deep look at Bai Yu, and suddenly said, "I have an idea, I don't know if it is appropriate. The general is good at fighting, so naturally he can be the commander in chief .It’s just that sometimes he tends to be reckless in his temper. If you can stay by his side and persuade him all the time, it will be much better.”

Bai Yu smiled a little embarrassedly, but didn't answer.