Jiang Qing

After Zhao Jingning got married, Zhao Zhen fell seriously ill, and it took seven or eight days for him to recover from his illness, and he regained his energy to deal with political affairs.

The situation in the Northland has also temporarily stabilized. Zhao Yuansheng and Meng Yilin are still defending the Northland. Mei Shao originally wanted to go to the Northland with Zhao Jingning's married driver, but Tong Shen was going to Pingdu soon, and Zhao Zhen ordered him to go to the Northland. Mei Shao stayed behind and took over some of the people he brought over.

There are still [-] reserve troops in Pingdu, but they have no experience in the battlefield. With the time Zhao Jingning won and the generals brought by Tong Can, they can take advantage of this respite for temporary training. In this way, they will not be in a mess after temporarily entering the battlefield.

Autumn is a good time to raise horses and train soldiers, but now in wartime, neither Zhao Zhen nor Mei Shao has the time to carefully study how to manage the army for a long time, how to choose good horses, even Bai Bingchen is also focused on the household department Inventory the treasury, hoard food and grass, and prepare for the flames of war that may ignite at any time.Fortunately, Mei Shao's garrison system has been implemented for a year, and Bai Bingchen just put in more effort, but there is no serious shortage.

Since Zhao Jingning's marriage, Zhao Zhen has devoted himself to political affairs. Apart from going to the harem to visit Bai Zijin on weekdays, the rest of the time is spent in the Palace of Qinzheng.Today, Zhao Zhen called Mei Shao into the palace to talk about the assignment of officers brought by Tong Shen. Counting the days, Zhao Jingning was not far from Yanzhou.

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and said: "Later, you will go out of the palace to visit the Princess Mansion in Jingning, and call the theater troupe into the palace."

Mei Shao was taken aback for a moment, and cast a suspicious look at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen saw his thoughts and asked, "I heard that you went to Jingning Mansion to watch a play, didn't you see it?"

Mei Shao didn't like listening to operas in the first place, and she didn't go there that day to watch an opera. Now that she thinks about it, she only remembers that their faces are thickly smeared with powder, and they can't even tell their faces apart.

Zhao Zhen could tell from his expression that he wasn't paying attention, and explained: "That theater troupe is all masters trained by Tong Shen, and it was his younger brother who said that in order to be stable in the world, not only the soldiers on the bright side, but also the generals are needed. They wanted the eyeliner in the dark, so they specially trained the first batch of masters to be good at melee assassination. When Zhao Jing and Wu competed to recruit relatives, Tong Shen brought it to my hands. I want them to protect Jing Ning, but at that time it was not easy to expose things about Dongdu, so I made a detour and gave it to Jing He first. Jing He doesn't like drama, but he is on good terms with Jing Ning. Seeing that she likes it, he will definitely give it to her... "

Looking at Mei Shao's increasingly serious expression, Zhao Zhen felt an inexplicable nervousness in his heart, but he still said, "You don't want to train a melee infantry, they just can... What's wrong?"

Mei Shao looked at Zhao Zhen with a hint of pity in his eyes, and Zhao Zhen's heart skipped a beat.

"Does anyone besides His Majesty know the true identity of the troupe? Does Princess Jingning know?"

"Except that I am Tong Shen, even Bai Qing doesn't know about this." Zhao Zhen's whole nerves tensed up.

Mei Shao took a deep breath and said, "Princess Jingning took that troupe away on the day of her wedding."

The expression on Zhao Zhen's face froze, as if he couldn't digest what Mei Shao said, he was stunned for a while, and then murmured: "How is it possible, she can't know..."

But if you don't know, Zhao Jingning didn't even bring a personal maid, so what's the purpose of bringing a troupe from thousands of miles away?

Mei Shao looked at Zhao Zhen's distraught appearance, pursed her lips, and said softly: "Princess Jingning once said to the minister that selfishness and righteousness must be combined. If she can't get personal affection, she can only have this kind of righteousness."

"Dayi? What righteousness? That's something I need to bear, what does it have to do with her!" Mei Shao's words seemed to suddenly ignite the lead in Zhao Zhen's heart, and Zhao Zhen exploded all of a sudden, "Come back! Just send someone to chase me back! Even if I go to the conquest myself, I don’t need her to do anything with a woman! Go find it, go find my sister..."

Mei Shao couldn't bear it and said: "Your Majesty, Princess Jingning is about to arrive in Yanzhou, even if she has wings, she won't be able to catch her back. Besides, Your Majesty has already decreed that the princess is married, and it is difficult for the emperor to change it."

"I don't care! Even if I break my promise, I will chase her back, even if I go to Yanzhou, I will tie her back..." Zhao Zhen was at a loss for five years, with mixed emotions and Zhao Jingning's figure in his mind , Heart mixed, he felt chills all over his body at one moment, as if falling into an ice cave, at another moment he felt that his body was being burned by flames, the heat was unbearable, and finally, a choked sob in his throat was forced out by the alternation of cold and heat.

"How could she...how dare she! Dare to...do such a stupid thing..." Zhao Zhen deeply buried his face in his hands, annoyed.

"Your Majesty, I have another way, maybe it can save half of it." Mei Shao suddenly remembered that Xue Xiu of the Xuantian League had told him that if anything happened to Qingxuan, he could be informed, "Daoist Qingxuan followed After the past, the princess will definitely not be allowed to do stupid things. The minister and the Taoist priest had some personal relationships with the Xuantian League before they entered the door. At this time, writing a letter to the past is always faster than a human race. The strength of the Xuantian League in the North The roots are deep, and there may be a remedy."

Zhao Zhen seemed to have grasped the last straw, and raised his head suddenly, even with a hint of pleading, "Mei Qing, I only have such a younger sister..."

"I will do my best." Mei Shao's eyes were also tinged with sadness, "After the minister has compiled the book, he will dispatch troops to the north. If something really happens, Liangguo will definitely counterattack, and there is no time for the minister to slowly train troops."

"Okay." Zhao Zhen sighed, and handed the soldier talisman to Mei Shao's hand, "The front line is difficult and dangerous, Mei Qing takes care. All the troops of the Li Kingdom are dispatched by the king, and I will guard the rear for you."

Mei Shao received the military talisman, his face was moved, his eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty knows that what I miss the most when I am away is...that lord. Now the situation in the court is not clear, and I am thousands of miles away. I hope His Majesty will take good care of Lord Bai."

A flash of understanding flashed in Zhao Zhen's eyes, and he solemnly promised: "I don't need Mei Qing to specifically ask, I will protect him."

Having received the king's promise, Mei Shao felt relieved a little, put away the soldier talisman, and went to the barracks to order troops.

It wasn't until midnight that he got back into shape for this expedition, loosened his muscles and bones, and saw that it was two hours before dawn, so he went to the White House in the dark.

Asking the guard at the gate to keep quiet, Mei Shao touched Bai Bingchen's courtyard alone, but found that the light in his room was still on and the door was not locked.

Mei Shao pushed the door lightly and went in, and saw that Bai Bingchen was lying on the table and fell asleep with the lamp on without any extra clothes on.

He was sound asleep, still holding the writing brush in his hand, and drew a golden mark from deep to light on the paper. Mei Shao walked in and saw Bai Bingchen's fingertips, tiger's mouth.Even the tip of his nose was rubbed with the gold powder he made, and there was a piece of bright red letter paper faintly pressed under his wrapped arms, which looked like an invitation card that was scattered when someone got married.

Staying awake in the middle of the night was not doing something related to political affairs. It was really not like Bai Bingchen's usual way of doing things. Mei Shao wanted to draw the letter, but he gave up because Bai Bingchen suppressed him too tightly.

It seemed that he was really tired, Mei Shao stood beside him for half a day, and even wiped off the gold powder on the tip of his nose, but Bai Bingchen didn't respond at all.

Mei Shao pulled out a chair beside him, sat beside him, and also lay on the table to watch him.

When Bai Bingchen closed his eyes, his originally gentle and peaceful eyebrows became more obedient, the tails of his eyes drooped slightly, and his eyelashes cast a small shadow on his eyelids.Mei Shao just looked at him quietly, engraving his appearance greedily in his mind along his facial features and bones, over and over again.

With an extremely gentle face, how could he have such a tough and indomitable heart?

His firmness hidden under the gentleness deeply attracted Mei Shao, just like a jar of good wine, it will be fresh for a long time, just one sip will make people lose their souls, I don't know why.

Mei Shao stared at him for a while, but still couldn't hold back, she leaned over and pecked the tip of his nose.

Bai Bingchen woke up in a daze, his eyes hadn't been fully opened, but he smelled Mei Shao's body, his mind was still dazed, his hands had already wrapped around his neck, he stroked his hair, and said vaguely: "You're back."

"Yeah." Mei Shao responded, feeling that being hugged so habitually by him made her heart soften for the most part, and the tiredness of days suddenly found a place to return to.

"Wait for me?" Mei Shao hugged him around his neck, the candlelight hit Bai Bingchen's eyes all of a sudden, and he subconsciously rubbed his head into Mei Shao's chest to hide, obviously not yet. As if waking up, he didn't even hear Mei Shao's question clearly, and unconsciously said in a soft voice: "Sleepy..."

"Sleepy still lying on the table." Mei Shao tucked him in the quilt, "I don't even put on an extra layer of clothes, and it's cold at night, so I don't worry about freezing myself."

"You look like this, how can I go to the North without worry." Mei Shao sighed inaudibly, touched his face, rubbed his ears repeatedly, and softly asked: "You are alone in Pingdu, Pay attention everywhere, nothing is as important as yourself, if there is anything you can't do, write to me, and I have already told His Majesty, tell him to watch you, lest you don't want to do anything The temperament of discussing with others, and doing something behind my back."

Bai Bingchen turned over, hugged his arm, closed his eyes, seemed to have listened to him, and fell asleep at the same time.

Mei Shao said helplessly: "Forget it, you should sleep well."

Bai Bingchen held onto his arm that was about to get up, and forced his eyes to open. His eyes were still blurred, but he spoke clearly, "You are leaving now? Don't sleep..." He was about to get up from the bed .

"Alas—" Mei Shao touched his still-warm quilt, sat on the edge of the bed again, and was embraced by Bai Bingchen who sat up. His nasal voice was still a little heavy, but he sounded more awake than before. up.

"Chongjin?"

"En." Mei Shao patted him on the back reassuringly.

"Chongjin..." Bai Bingchen called out again, as if uncertain.

"I'm here. What's the matter?" Mei Shao seldom saw Bai Bingchen act like this, so he felt that he was making a fuss, so he coaxed him softly.

He touched Bai Bingchen's slightly cool back, and calculated that there was still some time, so he lay down besides his shoes.

Mei Shao lay on the quilt and hugged him through the quilt.

"You come in." Bai Bingchen took his hand and stepped back.

Mei Shao folded her clothes and lay down under the blanket, this time firmly holding her in her arms.

"I was dreaming just now." Bai Bingchen leaned against his shoulder and neck, feeling Mei Shao's arms tightened again upon hearing this.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Mei Shao comforted softly, "Don't be afraid, dreams are always reversed."

"No." Bai Bingchen grabbed his shoulders, moved back a little, and met Mei Shao's eyes.

The flickering candlelight that was about to burn out beeped and gathered a small circle of light in his eyes, in which there were fragments of light of joy.

"I dreamed that we were married." Bai Bingchen looked directly into Mei Shao's eyes, his eyes were full of tenderness, and said softly, "When you come back, my dream will be fulfilled, okay?"

Mei Shao was stunned for a moment, then hugged Bai Bingchen heavily again and again.

"Okay." The moment he answered, the candle burned out the last ray of light, and the room suddenly fell into darkness.

Bai Bingchen chuckled and said, "Does it look like the dragon and phoenix candles that will be lit all night during the wedding?"

"Like." Mei Shao said in a muffled voice: "When I come back, I will take Lianggou's head as a dowry, entertain guests, light real dragon and phoenix candles, and marry you. Yanfang, wait for me, come back and marry you."

"Okay." Bai Bingchen touched his face in the dark, and gently kissed the corner of his lips.

"When you come back, I will marry you. No matter what the world thinks, even if all the guests don't come, as long as you come, I will marry you."

Bai Bingchen stroked his lips, but Mei Shao grabbed his wrist, and pecked his neck from the wrist to the side of his neck with delicate kisses.

Mei Shao kissed his lips almost reverently, kissing him tenderly, and responded to his promise very tenderly.