The General Is As Urgent As Law

Chapter 49

The state of Xuan has been established for several hundred years, and the current Jiangshan is the second generation of Jiangshan with the surname Cen.

In order to show the power of heaven, the previous emperors moved their capital to Xiangcheng and built this magnificent Xuanyang Palace.

This period of history is like a battle between thousands of royal families, without any new ideas.

When the first emperor was in power, he appointed his son as the crown prince, but the son of the next son didn't know whether he was murdered by someone or asked for trouble, in short, he lost the position of prince.

Until the death of the first emperor, he never ordered the establishment of a crown prince - this is of course an argument for the common people and foreign ministers. As for whether he will be established or not, no one knows.

It was the same as what was recorded in the history books of the predecessors. As soon as this situation happened, the princes tore open their skins and began to snatch the dragon chair.

The current emperor, Cen Mingyang, is the winner among them.

This victory is closely related to the Xue family, that's why the Xue family's glorious lintel is today.

Xue Ziqin doesn't understand political affairs, but he is fairly familiar with the palace.Seeing off Cen Liyu, Xue Ziqin originally wanted to stroll around the places he was familiar with before, but he met the little eunuch who had just walked two steps away, and hurriedly told him that the emperor summoned him.No way, Xue Ziqin could only follow the little eunuch to the Yizheng Hall.

He was dressed in court clothes, but he was well-behaved. He quickly walked into the hall, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor: "My minister, Xue Ziqin, kowtow to the Holy Majesty."

"Aiqing is free."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Xue Ziqin got up from the ground, and saw Xue Changfeng's serious expression at the side. He guessed that nothing good happened, and started to get nervous.

When I saw the emperor a few years ago, the emperor was still in good spirits. It has only been a long time, but his complexion is already gloomy, presumably because of his poor health.Combined with what the old man told him, Xue Ziqin almost knew it in his heart.

The prime minister on the left and the prime minister on the right live on one side, and further outside, there are Xue Changfeng and Wei Yuanting.

Xue Ziqin thought to himself, such a thing as forming a party can really be seen from a single position. I don't know why the emperor never sees it.

"General Xue led his troops into Qinguan without permission this time, but what does General Xue mean?" The emperor's eyes were blank, and he didn't know where to look. Anyway, it was not on Xue Ziqin, but he asked him again, but Xue Ziqin didn't dare Looking straight at the emperor, he could only lower his head and reply: "Going back to the emperor, it's my minister's decision, not my father's will."

"Bold!" The emperor scolded angrily, and Xue Ziqin immediately knelt down.

The emperor was always moody, and he was startled when he spoke. Xue Ziqin had already learned this.He was beaten by the old man yesterday, and if he came to the palace today, he might not be able to please him, so he was still a little bit mentally prepared.

I saw Xue Ziqin knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

He couldn't see the emperor's expression, but he could catch a glimpse of Xue Changfeng standing aside, looking very relaxed.About before he came, these old things had already reached a conclusion about him.Thinking this way, I heard the emperor say again: "Get up, I think you have made great achievements in defeating Wuqu, and it will be regarded as having surpassed the merits."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Xue Ziqin stood up again.

Sometimes he really didn't understand what was going on in the court, and he didn't understand why the emperor had to scare people first, so he couldn't speak directly.

The emperor said again: "In this battle, I heard that you fought against Wuqu's 3000 horses with [-] cavalry. You are really young and promising."

"The emperor praised it absurdly."

"I have already discussed with General Xue, and I will give you the fourth princess as my wife. I will marry you at a certain date. I hope you will do your best to protect the people of Xuan Kingdom."

Hearing this, Xue Ziqin was a little dazed. He raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor quietly. The emperor looked at him with a kind smile.He looked at Xue Changfeng again, Xue Changfeng looked serious, and also glanced at him.

Xue Ziqin was in a daze for a while, and Xue Changfeng immediately reprimanded him, "Thank you soon."

Then the meaning is obvious, he can only agree.

Xue Ziqin couldn't control his irritable expression, and was afraid of being seen by the emperor and causing death, so he quickly knelt on the ground again, and made a big gift: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Later, the emperor said some irrelevant scenes, but Xue Ziqin didn't listen carefully, his mind was full of the unmarried wife.

The fourth princess was born to the empress, so they were deadly rivals of the Xue family, no matter how they thought about it, the marriage was not a good idea, but the old man didn't refuse, so he couldn't refuse, which made Xue Ziqin very puzzled.

In the palace, after all, it is not their territory, and there will be enemies' eyes and ears somewhere. When they came out of the Yizheng Hall, Xue Ziqin kept silent except to respond to Wei Yuanting's hypocritical congratulations, and followed Xue Changfeng closely until he came out of the Xuanzang Hall. Yanggong, the two rode back to the mansion again.

"Father, what is the meaning of this?" After all, he couldn't bear the puzzlement in his heart, and asked immediately as soon as he left the palace gate.

Xue Changfeng's face was not very good, and he said to him: "The emperor is here to appease our Xue family. The fourth princess is the first princess, and she will marry another country for the queen. I promise you that I want the Xue family to support the queen's line. I'm afraid It's a bad situation."

"So, the emperor intends to appoint the eldest prince as the crown prince?"

"should be."

Xue Ziqin felt very annoying when he heard these gossips, and said unrestrainedly for a while: "Then it's fine to give it to the righteous father, and the anti-righteous father has not married yet."

Xue Changfeng turned to look at him. If he wasn't on the horse, he might have slapped Xue Ziqin immediately: "You bastard, the fourth princess is only seventeen. Would you like her to be your mother?"

"No, no, no..." Xue Ziqin froze when he heard "Seventeen", and then said, "But I have been fighting outside, so she married to be a widow?"

Xue Changfeng sighed, and said, "Do you think this is really a reward for you? The emperor probably intends to let you stay in the capital."

"Isn't that going to cut my military power?"

"That's what it means."

"Damn it, I don't want to marry, so hurry up and agree to me."

Hearing Xue Ziqin's words, Xue Changfeng's face turned ashen, feeling that he would punch him at any moment, then he sighed again.

"Can you grow up? Do you think this is shopping for vegetables, and you can bargain? The emperor wants you to marry, but you can only marry." After Xue Changfeng finished speaking, he was still very annoyed.It just so happened that Xue Ziqin's horse walked a little faster and walked side by side with him. Xue Changfeng raised his hand and slapped Xue Ziqin on the back.

The back was injured only yesterday, Xue Ziqin grinned in pain with the slap.

"Why did I raise you bastard."

"……I was wrong."

There was nothing to say for a while, they went all the way back to Xue's mansion.Butler Zhang was waiting at the door. Seeing the two of them approaching, he hurriedly led someone up to lead the horse.Xue Changfeng made arrangements with Steward Zhang: "The emperor bestowed a marriage, and the fourth princess is going to marry Qin'er. You should start making preparations in the next two days."

"Then congratulations, Major General!" Steward Zhang congratulated Xue Ziqin with a happy smile when he heard the news.

When Steward Zhang first became a steward, Xue Ziqin was a major general, and he rarely saw Xue Ziqin, so he forgot to change his words for a while.Xue Ziqin didn't care about this, his mind was full of getting married, he was extremely irritable, and said, "Don't congratulate me, it's annoying." Xue Ziqin said, and walked towards the gate of Xue's mansion without looking back, "I'm going back to my room to rest , I have a backache."

Xue Changfeng knew that he was unhappy, so he didn't stop him.

Xue Ziqin's backache was fake, but his discomfort was real. Instead of going back to his room, he went to Zhou Xiao's room instead.The door of Zhou Xiao's room was closed tightly, Xue Ziqin reached out and knocked on the door, and then saw Zhou Xiao still wearing his underwear and came over to open the door: "Are you back?"

"Ah."

"What's the matter, this face is not happy." Xue Ziqin entered the room and sat down on a chair.Seeing him like that, Zhou Xiao sat down and quickly poured him a cup of tea.

"I'm getting married."

"So suddenly?"

"Well, the emperor bestowed a marriage."

"With the sixth princess?"

"Four princesses."

"My princess, the emperor values ​​you." Zhou Xiao joked with a smile.

"Fart, the emperor wants to keep me in the capital."

"Is it clear?"

"The old man said."

Zhou Xiao is a sensible person about these things, and he figured out what the emperor meant in a few words, then lowered his voice and asked, "Are you going to establish a reserve?"

"Probably so." Xue Ziqin said, drank the tea in the teacup in one gulp, and put the cup back on the table vigorously, making a loud noise.

Knowing his temper, Zhou Xiao poured him another glass with a smile: "It's about it, it's useless if you are annoying."

"At first, I thought that if I married a princess and let it go, I would go to war, and it wouldn't be a big deal. If this makes me scold this girl every day, I won't be suffocated?"

"Just take good care of her. Why do you care about these things?"

"You speak lightly."

"It's very light."

"You do what you want." He said, picked up the tea he had just poured, and drank it in one gulp. After taking a sip, he realized that the taste of the tea was not very good. He frowned and said, "Why is there a strange smell?" Son."

"Why didn't you feel it when you were drinking just now?" Zhou Xiao laughed loudly, "This is from last night, I haven't woken up yet."

"...Would you pour me the overnight tea?"

"You don't have to drink."

"Ah." Xue Ziqin sighed, and didn't bother with the cup of tea any more. He changed the subject and asked, "How many days will it take for my soldiers to come from Yanzhou?"

"If they are all disabled, it will take four or five days."

"Okay." Xue Ziqin thought about it, and remembered the matter of Cen Liyu.

When he met Cen Lixuan being bullied in the palace, he never wanted to understand the entanglement. It happened that Zhou Xiao knew more about this than him, so he asked casually: "I met the Ninth Prince in the palace."

"Ok?"

"I saw the second prince and the fourth prince bullying him."

"I remember the Ninth Prince, was born by the Empress Jin?"

"Yes, it's my sister-in-law." Xue Ziqin played with the teacup in his hand while talking, "She has always been favored in the palace, why does the queen's son dare to be so blatant?"

Zhou Xiao thought for a while and said, "It's a little strange. I heard that the emperor favored the Ninth Prince a few years ago."

"Why?"

"Young sons are generally favored."

"According to this, it should not be." Xue Ziqin said.

In any case, since the emperor loves him, he is expected to inherit the throne, and it is impossible for Concubine Jin to let others bully him.Taking a ten thousand step back, even if there is no hope of succession, according to Concubine Jin's temperament, if the queen's people bully her son, there will definitely be a catastrophe in the palace.Thinking about it this way, it seemed even more strange that the second and fourth princes dared to act so boldly.

"But I heard..."

"What did you hear?"

"Hey, it's just rumors." Zhou Xiao said halfway through, but stopped.Xue Ziqin's curiosity was completely aroused, he bumped Zhou Xiao with his elbow and said, "Speak."

"I heard that the Ninth Prince is very masculine and has had fornication with the guards in the palace." Zhou Xiao said.

As soon as these words came out, Xue Ziqin frowned, and his face became even more ugly.

He didn't continue to ask, nor did he ask whether the matter was true or not. Instead, he criticized Zhou Xiao: "You are a big man who fights every day, why do you know all about this nonsense?"

This sentence made Zhou Xiao dumbfounded, and explained: "It's just listening to people under my command talking about this matter, isn't it just like spreading rumors."

"Then it must be rumored."

"Whether it is or not, the Ninth Prince may not please Concubine Jin." Zhou Xiao analyzed, "Concubine Jin has three princes, and the Ninth Prince is dispensable in the first place. It’s like it doesn’t exist on weekdays.”

Hearing this analysis, Xue Ziqin thought of Cen Liyu's dull eyes.However, from that look in his eyes, it can be seen that Zhou Xiao's analysis is somewhat reliable.How to describe Cen Lixuan's eyes?Xue Ziqin thought about several words in his head, and in the end he still felt that heart like ashes was more appropriate.

"We can't take care of things in the palace." Zhou Xiao added another sentence after seeing his thoughtful expression.

"I know."