After the prince enters the play

253 Chapter 254: Not enough success, more than failure

Cao Qing and Mu Xing did bring a lot of news. The Tatars were beaten up by Nan Qi for a while last year, and they didn’t dare to make big moves against Yulin Weizhangping Mansion last year. At most, it was small-scale harassment. Run, did not dare to go deep.

But they didn't dare to rob Southern Qi, so they spread their hands and feet and ransacked the surrounding tribes one by one. Only then did Su Xinyi know that last year the grassland was in chaos and there were wars everywhere. No wonder Mu Xing complained, even if caravans were dangerous But I did get a lot of news, and I got a lot of treasures in exchange, such as the batch of horses.

Su Xinyi's expression became serious all of a sudden. The Tatars did not rob the Southern Qi but robbed all the surrounding tribes. I'm afraid that this year the Tatars will have enough food and grass to have a strong army, and they will sharpen their swords against the Southern Qi again.

The tribes on the prairie can grab as many things as they want, but Tianhua, a treasure of land and natural resources in the Southern Qi Dynasty, has always been the treasure that these prairie men covet.

Mu Xing eats enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry. He is willing to gamble and lose with Su Xinyi. He only listens to Su Xinyi and doesn't care about anything else.

But Cao Qing is different. Cao Qing's family is the general of the Su family, and Cao Qing's sensitivity to war made him feel a little heavy. "Miss Six, are you worried about Yulin Guard?"

Su Xinyi looked up at Cao Qing and nodded slightly, "The Tatar wolves have to guard against their ambitions, and now I'm afraid they will make a comeback."

Su Xinyi doesn't remember much about the border wars in her previous life, but she occasionally heard a few words. Before she died in her previous life, she never heard that Nan Qi subdued the Tatars.

Her heart is a little heavy, her father died fighting for Nan Qi, and it has only been a few years of stability.

She only needs to think that in a few years, His Majesty's health will be deteriorating, several princes will compete with the prince for the reserve position, and the court will continue to fight internally, but there will still be such a powerful enemy watching over her, her heart will be very heavy.

What's the use of her father dying in battle for the country? After a few years, the Tatars will come back, and it will remain the same, like a vicious circle.

How many sons of their Su family died on the battlefield. At this moment, Su Xinyi suddenly understood that his uncle's inaction, maybe he was not really an honest person, but just pretending to be an honest person...

Su Xinyi hurriedly shook her head, she was frightened by her own thoughts, how could it be possible.

Will not.

Su Xinyi sorted out her mood, looked at Cao Qing and said, "You haven't come back for a long time, go back and reunite with your family first, if I have something to ask you, I will call you over."

Cao Qing had been away from home for so long, and he really missed his family members, so he said with a smile, "Then my subordinates will leave first."

Su Xinyi nodded, looked at Mu Xing after Cao Qing left, thought for a while and asked him, "Do you want to live with Zhanqiao Wushun and the others, or do you want to live outside to be more comfortable?"

Mu Xing looked up at Su Xinyi in surprise, and said almost without consideration, "I live outside."

"Do you have a place to stay in the capital?"

Mu Xing shook his head, "I plan to buy a small yard to live in."

Su Xinyi is going to be the crown princess, and it seems that he will have to run back and forth between Yulinwei and the capital in the future, so it's better to buy a small yard in the capital to live in.

Su Xinyi smiled, "It's fine if you have this idea, you must have a lot of money after you have been with Ma Rude for so long, and I don't have to worry about you not having money."

Mu Xing: ...

"But buying a house is not something that happens overnight. How about I find you a place to live in first? Just find a companion for you. He is very familiar with the capital and has a lot of connections with Tian Zao and Bao Datong. You and He will stay for a while, and when he returns to Yulinwei, he will be able to bring home letters to Tian Zao and Bao Datong."

Mu Xing didn't know what to say, this is really too much, find him a place to live, and he has to help her people take care of the family, and bring a letter by the way.

Su Xinyi asked Mu Xing to wait a while, and she sat behind the desk and wrote a letter to Zeng Liang, and said to Mu Xing in the gap between writing the letter and waiting for the ink to dry: "Zeng Liang is the boss of Qingjinfang, you follow him and have a good time." Learn how to do things."

Mu Xing couldn't help it, he looked at Su Xinyi and said, "If you think I'm useless, just set me free."

Su Xinyi was happy, "I didn't tie you up, you can go wherever you want. It's not good to just be a killer and never see the light of day. You might as well find a future in a down-to-earth way, and wait a few years." You have some merits, so I can find you an errand to do it. For a person like you who has a criminal record in the government, it is not easy to turn over, and the hardship you are suffering now will reward you in the future. "

Mu Xing frowned tightly, looking at Su Xinyi's downcast eyes waiting for the ink to dry, he wanted to say that he never wanted to marry a wife and have children in his life, so he was happy alone.But seeing her expression seriously planning the future for herself, she suddenly couldn't speak.

He really fell into the trap and fell into her trap!
Su Xinyi was right, she didn't tie him up, he could go wherever he wanted, but he was always a person who kept his promises, how could he destroy his promises.

"Zeng Liang, right? Okay, I'll go." Mu Xing said with a straight face. He just wanted to see what was so good about the Zeng Liang that Su Xinyi was talking about, and she was so respected by her.

He is not convinced!

Su Xinyi put the letter in an envelope, handed it to Mu Xing, then turned around and took out a bank note from the drawer and handed it to him, "It's not convenient for me to go out now, and you are really deserted during the Chinese New Year. I will give you the money For eating, drinking and playing in the capital. Remember to bring Zeng Liang, the two of you will also have fun."

Mu Xing reached out to take it, snorted, and then looked at Su Xinyi, "Okay, I don't discount what I do for you, and I should eat and drink what you eat."

Su Xinyi looked at the back of Mu Xing leaving with ease. Even if a person is used to living a clean life, he actually likes to be lively.

Even when she was in the most unsatisfactory time in the Prince's Mansion of Pingjing County, every new year and festival, she would call the girls around her to eat and drink with her.

Mu Xing's temperament has always been arrogant and unresponsive to the world. Zeng Liang is just the opposite of him and is too down-to-earth. Let the two of them get together, maybe they can have some influence on Mu Xing.

This person is still alive and happy, don't look at Mu Xing's poisonous mouth, but when she went to the grassland twice, he wrote as soon as she asked him to write. Although complaining accounted for half of it, none of the things that should be done were left behind.

Su Xinyi also hoped that after he washed his hands in the golden basin, he would live a better life for the rest of his life.

Su Xinyi sent the two of them away, and sat at the table to meditate on the Tatar affairs. After the spring plowing came the summer harvest, and the summer harvest was a pass. I wondered if the Tatars would sneak attack on Weizhangping Mansion in Yulin.

She couldn't sit still, so she wrote to the prince and told him the news she got.

His Highness the Crown Prince has always been smart, and he will definitely report to His Majesty to deploy defenses in advance.

If their wedding date is really set in April, then the summer harvest will be very close.

Su Xinyi suddenly shuddered, the prince insisted on setting the wedding date in April, did he also expect the Tartar side?

Su Xinyi couldn't sit still anymore, she felt a little disturbed, so she went directly to her grandfather.

The old man was watering the flowers. Seeing Su Xinyi come in, he handed her the water bottle in his hand, and Su Xinyi watered the flowers for his grandfather.

The sun is good today, and I don't feel cold even standing in the yard. While watering the flowers, Su Xinyi listened to her grandfather asking her, "Tell me, what are you doing here?"

Su Xinyi didn't know what to say, so she took advantage of the time of watering the flowers to sort out her thoughts, and after watering the flowers, she went across to her grandfather and said the matter seriously.

The old man squinted his eyes halfway, and slowly opened his eyes after hearing what his granddaughter said. To be honest, he was surprised, "Xin Yi, why did you think of this?"

This is not something a little girl can think of.

Su Xinyi had read her father's handbook countless times in her previous life, and she could almost recite it backwards. Invisibly, she had actually been influenced by her father in terms of thinking and knowledge.

But at this time, in the eyes of the old man, Xin Yi has only been brought back from the countryside for less than two years. This child is indeed very smart, and he can learn everything quickly, but such a military strategy cannot be learned overnight. of.

A daughter is easy to get, but a general is hard to find, why is it so hard to find?
Not all soldiers can be generals.

But now that Xin Yi has the embryonic form of toasting to become a general, the old man was so surprised, and his cloudy eyes became clear at this time.

Su Xinyi said: "I got many letters from my father from my grandmother and mother. I will open them when I have time. There are many things recorded on them, most of which are related to the frontier."

She is telling the truth, except that she has studied for many years in her previous life, but this life has only been less than two years.

After hearing Su Xinyi's words, the old man didn't know what to say. In this world, there is always a kind of person who can understand it at a glance, and can never forget it.

His youngest son is, and Xin Yi also looks like her father.

The old man's expression also became serious. The child is so smart, so it's not easy to fool her with words. He looked at her and said, "Tatar has always been a serious problem in Nan Qi's confidant. Since the founding of Nan Qi, there have been dozens of wars." , not to mention that there are countless small frictions. If you want to completely solve this problem, you must either wipe out the Tatars in one fell swoop, or support another grassland tribe to contend with them. But neither of these two points can be done now."

Su Xinyi listened carefully. Her father sighed like this in the letter. She looked at her grandfather, "The grassland is too vast, and the Tatars are familiar with the terrain. Once a war starts, it is really impossible to completely wipe them out. Once they go deep into the Grassland, if we go deep alone, we will be wiped out by the enemy in one fell swoop."

The old man's eyes lit up when he heard his granddaughter's words, "That's right, your father knew it was impossible, but he still wanted to do it, and he lost the bet in the end. Going deep alone is the worst thing. The grassland is too deep and too dangerous. It's extremely dangerous."

Su Xinyi looked solemnly, looked at his grandfather and said, "Then the only way left is differentiation, but it's not easy to do."

"So, Tatar is like scabies, which will always recur after it is eliminated."

Su Xinyi was silent, such a big problem, even the court was deeply troubled by it, and her grandfather couldn't solve it, so what can she do?
Su Xinyi's heart was heavy, and she looked at her grandfather, "Then this year's summer harvest..."

Grandfather shook his head.

Su Xinyi shut up.

The grandparents and grandsons looked at each other, and for a while they didn't know what to say.

Su Xinyi's mind was full of thoughts about whether the Tatars would take the opportunity to snatch the grain and knock on the side during the summer harvest. It's not that this kind of situation has never happened before, but what can she do?
She found herself unable to do anything.

I thought of Mrs. Ying, Shi Baihu, Yuan Zongqi, Man Gui, Jiang Dalin and others I met when I was in Yulinwei. less help.

Although none of them are big figures, it is these little people who constitute the most powerful combat force at the frontier.

He also thought of Xie Guan, the commanding officer of Yulin Guard, Guo Hong, his fellow acquaintance, and Zhuo Jing, who had a lot of contact with her in the field. Thinking of Zhuo Jing, he couldn't help but think of his subordinate Li Ran.

Li Ran often said, "If you want to farm cattle, you have to line up. Everyone wants cattle. How can there be so many cattle? Just wait, wait, wait slowly, and you will have it. It takes a lifetime, and you will always get it."

Su Xinyi remembered Li Ran's face when he said this, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

"What are you laughing at?"

Su Xinyi listened to her grandfather's inquiry, so she told the story.

The old man also laughed, "I think that when I was young, I also stayed in Yulinwei, but I left after a few years. I counted the prefectures and counties where we fought with the Tatars. In every place, I almost have all gone."

"Grandpa is amazing." Su Xinyi said.

The old man laughed, "Who didn't have passion when they were young, but only passion is not enough, people have to have brains, and brains are not enough, you have to learn to endure. Xin Yi, do you understand? "

Su Xinyi seemed to understand, but also didn't seem to understand. She looked at her grandfather and said, "I will remember this, grandfather."

"You are a good boy, I'm afraid your wedding date should be brought forward."

Su Xinyi looked at his grandfather in surprise, "Advanced? Isn't the wedding date still undecided?"

The old man smiled, "What is uncertain? Years ago, the people from the Ministry of Rites came here to sniff out the rumors, and they already knew the truth, but now with the matter you mentioned... Well, don't wait for His Majesty to call, today I'll ask someone to pass me a booklet for a visit."

Having said that, the old man looked at Xin Yi, "Do you know why grandfather did this?"

Su Xinyi shook her head.

The old man looked at her and said, "You were involved in the caravan incident back then, but now that your subordinates are returning to Beijing early, do you think you can hide it from His Majesty?"

Su Xinyi understood, what his grandfather meant was that they should take the initiative to report back to His Majesty when they got the news, so as not to be suspected by His Majesty.

Moreover, according to what the grandfather said, it should be that he will take the initiative to mention the early marriage date. If the prince gets married in April, the whole country will stare at the prince's wedding, and it will inevitably ignore the border affairs. This is not a good thing.

If the big wedding on their side had just finished, and the Tartars kowtowed at their side, they would inevitably be crowned with an ominous hat, and then both she and the prince would be in a difficult situation.

It's hard to say, if the battle goes wrong at that time, whether she and the prince will be angered by His Majesty.

However, if the wedding date is brought forward to February, there is still a period of time before the summer harvest, which is enough for the court to make preparations, and if the Duke of Qi takes the initiative to report the matter, His Majesty will also take credit for it.

If the Tartar really kowtowed at the time of the summer harvest, no one would blame her and the crown prince for this matter.

Grandfather... is amazing.

Su Xinyi really admired him, and he couldn't help thinking that if his grandfather could live a few more years in his previous life, maybe the situation of Duke Qi's mansion would not be so difficult in the future.

Su Xinyi came out from her grandfather with heavy thoughts, and simply went back to the study and took out the map that Mu Xing and Cao Qing had sent back to look at it again. She was always a little uncertain.

On the other hand, the emperor also received a request from the old Duke of Qi, which was a bit of a surprise. The old Duke of Qi is old and mature, and usually would never go out. This time, the emperor was really surprised to ask for a meeting.

Hu Siyi waited at the side, seeing that His Majesty looked good, and he was slightly relieved.

"Hu Siyi."

"The slave is here."

"Go to Duke Qi's mansion yourself and let the old Duke of Qi enter the palace tomorrow."

"Yes."

Hu Siyi is the most trusted chief executive by the emperor's side. Generally speaking, only His Majesty's right-hand man and trusted ministers would go there in person.

After Hu Siyi left, the emperor sat behind the court case and meditated. The old man entered the palace for some reason, Wu Daohong?
not necessarily.

The matter of Wu Daohong has already removed the suspicion of Duke Qi, but the so-called murderer has not been caught yet. According to him, hmph, this murderer will never be caught.

When the emperor thought about Wu Daohong, he couldn't help thinking about Su Yi's injury. The Duke of Qi's government didn't say a word about Su Yi's injury, but he absolutely didn't believe that Wu Daohong's injury had nothing to do with them.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter to him as an emperor, it's actually no big deal, as long as the brats fight, as long as there is no big disturbance, he, the emperor, won't bother.

However, the people behind Wu Daohong...

The emperor chuckled, thought for a while and asked someone to come in, "Prince Xuan."

Yan Junchu was discussing matters in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and immediately rushed over after hearing the call, and went forward to salute after entering the main hall, "I pay my respects to my father."

The emperor didn't raise his head, "Get up? How's the matter with the household department?"

"Most of the account books have been checked, and there are basically no major problems." Yan Junchu thought about it and said.

"Jiang Jun is in charge of the household department. He has always been cautious in his work. I can trust him." The emperor looked up at the prince and said.

When Yan Junchu heard his father's words, he couldn't help thinking a little bit, and his father rarely said directly whether he could trust any minister. Today's words made him a little cautious, and his mind changed, and he said: "What the father said Yes, Mr. Jiang is dedicated to his duty, at least the minister has not found any mistakes or omissions from the account books so far."

"Let's not talk about that, I've come to ask you something, the court will start in a few days, what are your plans for your marriage?"

Yan Junchu's heart skipped a beat, and he looked up at his father's serious voice, "All sons obey father's orders."

"It's you who married a daughter-in-law, and you don't have an idea yet? Tell me."

Yan Junchu was silent for a while, and then he said: "I just feel that it is too urgent if it takes less than a year from the marriage ceremony to the marriage?"

"You don't even look at how old you are. When I was your age, I already had you."

Yan Junchu: ...

Facing his son's speechless and depressed expression, the emperor couldn't help but sighed and said, "You and the County Lord Yong'an get along very well, why are you so inactive when it comes to the wedding date?"

"It's not that my son is not active, but he just thinks it's too fast."

"It's up to you. I'll ask the Ministry of Rites to urge the marriage again. It will take some days for the three letters and six ceremonies to go, and the time is quite tight." The emperor estimated that the wedding will be in April. He looked at his son, "The Shangyuan Festival is coming, don't be like a log, then you will take Yong'an County Lord to visit the Lantern City. After I got engaged to your mother, I am not as boring as you. Yong'an County Lord is stronger, but in the end It's also a woman, if you buy a lantern for a little girl and hold it in your hand, will you be happy in your eyes?"

Yan Junchu: ...

He always felt that his father's attitude towards Xin Yi was extraordinarily tolerant, which was not like his father's temperament.

Although he is a crown prince, he still remembers clearly that his father did not favor him very much since he was a child. Others said that his father regarded him highly, but only he himself knew that he was named the crown prince. Good this position, how much effort and hard work he has put in.

Now why does he feel that his father treats Su Xinyi as if he indulged King Rong, because of his father-in-law?
Many things flashed through Yan Junchu's mind in an instant, he looked at his father helplessly and said, "My son knows, don't worry, I will."

He originally planned to ask Xin Yi to visit the Lantern Market. The annual Lantern Festival is indeed a day that many lovers look forward to.

The emperor looked at his son's unmoving face. This child was nothing like him. After he got engaged to his mother, he thought about how to quickly marry someone into the family. At that time, he was neither a prince nor an emperor, but an inconspicuous That's all for my prince.

At the beginning, he did not expect that he would be the one who would finally sit on the throne.

In the blink of an eye, most of this life has passed.

The emperor thought of his wife, looked at the prince again, sighed slightly in his heart, and waved to him, "Go."

"My son will leave." Yan Junchu looked at his father's expression and changed instantly, as if he was a little more melancholy.

"Wait a minute." The emperor suddenly called to stop his son, "Don't let King Rong follow you during the Shangyuan Festival. You don't have enough success to fail, so don't worry at all."

"Yes." Yan Junchu responded with a smile.

"Okay, let's go." The emperor thought of his other sons, looked at the prince again, and finally fixed on King Rong's face that deserved a beating.

Yan Junchu withdrew his gaze from his father's face, bowed, turned around and walked out.

After leaving the main hall and stepping down the steps, I saw Yang Jin running over in a hurry, "Your Highness."

Yan Junchu strode forward, asking as he walked, "What's the matter?"

"Cao Qing and Mu Xing, who are beside the Yong'an County Lord, have returned to Beijing."

Yan Junchu paused, "When did it happen?"

"last night."

Yan Junchu nodded slightly, "Understood."

"In addition, this subordinate has received a letter from the county magistrate." Yang Jin didn't show it in the palace, but just replied in a low voice.

Yan Junchu quickened his pace, "Let's go."

After returning to the East Palace, he took the letter from Yang Jin and opened it after entering the study. He looked down at a few lines and couldn't help but pause.

"Your Highness?" Yang Jin looked at His Highness's unsightly expression, thinking that something happened, and couldn't help but tighten his expression.

The prince looked up at Yang Jin, "How about what I asked you to do?"

Yang Jin nodded, "The subordinates are all ready, just waiting for His Highness to say something."

Yan Junchu looked down at the letter in his hand, and then said slowly, "Let's do it."

(End of this chapter)