This prince is going to heaven

Chapter 704 Affectionate
Late at night.

It was light again.

Shen Ling'er opened her eyes in a daze, and found that the person next to her pillow had left without knowing when, and she was walking quietly. If it wasn't for the mess on the bed and the slight discomfort from her own body, Shen Linger would have suspected that last night Did you rest alone?

However, there was a moment of disappointment on her face first, and then she was happy again in an instant. She resisted the discomfort and tried to get up and put on her clothes. The place was cut out, folded and stored carefully.

A court lady heard the movement and quickly opened the door and walked in. After saluting Shen Linger, she began to help her wash and dress.

After everything was tidied up, Shen Linger waved the maids to retreat, and sat alone in front of the bronze mirror, with her chin propped on her small hand, carefully recalling what Mu Xiqiu said to her last night.

"Actually, you shouldn't have come into the palace."

"I won't put too much affection and time in the harem, and you will inevitably suffer from my neglect in the future."

"Your efforts will not be rewarded on my side."

"Also, your temperament is too simple, and you can't adapt to the battle in the palace at all."

Mu Xiqiu said a lot to her last night, Shen Linger remembered everything, but she just remembered it, no matter what Mu Xiqiu said, anyway, she has already entered the palace and is already his. No matter what happens to him in the future, I just need to be by his side quietly.

For the rest of my life, if I don't want to stay with him every day, I can see him once in a while, that's enough!

In fact, the reason why Mu Xiqiu said so much to her was because Shen Linger had unknowingly occupied a small place in his heart.

In the past, Mu Xiqiu's ambition was to be in the world, and she felt that she should not fall into the love of her children, but people are not plants, how can they be ruthless?Shen Ling'er's affection also slightly pried Mu Xiqiu's heart quietly.

After the big wedding, Mu Xiqiu rested in the queen's and noble concubine's palace for another night, and then never went to the harem again in the following days, and slept directly in the imperial study every day.

The queen and the noble concubine went to visit several times, but each time they were stopped by the old eunuch, and they never saw Mu Xiqiu's face.

Naturally, Shen Ling'er had been there a few times. The first two times she was stopped just like the Queen and the others, but from the third time onwards, the old eunuch stopped her no longer.

After entering the imperial study room, Shen Linger did nothing but quietly stayed aside, quietly watching Mu Xiqiu's non-stop handling of official duties, occasionally seeing him frowning or stretching his waist tiredly, Shen Linger would get up and walk behind him to take his place. He gently kneaded his temples or shoulders.

Mu Xiqiu was not used to it at first, but after a long time, she got used to it.

He would deal with official documents until very late every day, and Shen Linger would fall asleep after looking at them very often. At this time, Mu Xiqiu would always frown and put down the pen in his hand. Clothes wrapped her up, and then carried her back to Xianyang Palace on a dragon chariot.

And every time at this time, the corners of Shen Linger's mouth, who was hiding in his arms, could not help but rise slightly.

It's strange to say that Mu Xiqiu was very annoyed that Shen Linger interrupted his business affairs like this, but when Shen Linger came back two or three days later, he couldn't think of rejecting her at all.

Later, when the empress and concubine saw Shen Ling'er entering the imperial study, they thought that His Majesty did not reject them as much as before, and they were a little happy in their hearts, but they didn't expect that when they came to the imperial study again at night, they would come back again. He was stopped by the old eunuch with a smile.

The mentality of the two of them collapsed at that time.

From the second day onwards, these two women who were firmly seated in the palace began to make things difficult for Shen Linger.

No matter how high the prime minister Shen Yaochen's status is, Shen Ling'er's status in the palace is still lower than the two of them. Withdrew from the court, but after all, he is still the emperor's uncle of today's emperor. As his first daughter, the empress would not care about Shen Yaochen's status.

However, Shen Ling'er's temperament is pure and weak to the extreme, she let them bully her on weekdays but she never complained at all, never told Mu Xiqiu, and never complained to Shen Yaochen.

Her idea is actually very simple, telling Mu Xiqiu, it will only increase his troubles, Shen Linger has seen too much of his busyness on weekdays, she really doesn't want to cause him any more trouble, and she doesn't want to complain to her father Caused the confrontation between my father and King Jingnan, wouldn't it still be causing trouble for Mu Xiqiu?
Perhaps what Mu Xiqiu told Shen Yaochen was right, Shen Linger's temperament was indeed not suitable for living in the harem.

At the beginning of July in the 31st year of Tianyuan.

Southern Chu assembled an army of 20, and under the leadership of Sima Zongheng, they pressed down to [-] miles outside Pingyang Pass. Although there was no further action, the entire Pingyang Pass was in a state of turmoil, and all the trees and trees were full of soldiers.

Zhou Tianzi immediately ordered Pingbei General Jing Yichuan to go to the northern border and replace General Yang Zhong. After Yang Zhong returned to Yanjing, he quickly mobilized a total of 15 troops from the Third Battalion of Yanjing and rushed to Pingyang Pass.

mid-July.

Outside the Qingping Pass in the north, the Huns' army was overwhelming. According to reports from the front scouts, the Huns' army totaled more than [-]. Except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, basically all the young and strong on the entire grassland have participated.

Qingping Pass.

The head coach Jing Yichuan, dressed in military uniform, was frowning at a map in the main account, while the deputy head coach Yang Ping stood aside with a sad face.

After a while, Jing Yichuan let out a long sigh, then turned his head to look at Yang Ping and said, "I'm afraid the Huns have come out in force this time. There are more than [-] elites. We only have [-] troops here. How can we resist this?"

It's not that he was timid before the battle, but that the strength of the two sides is nearly half, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Great Zhou is also very different from that of the Huns. In this battle, Jing Yichuan really didn't know how to fight to win.

Yang Ping also sighed, then untied the long sword at his waist and threw it on the table, sat down beside him and said in a muffled voice: "Now we are not thinking about how to win, but how we can not win the battle." I will lose too thoroughly!"

"Yes." Jing Yichuan also understood the meaning of Yang Ping's words, and only heard him continue: "Your Majesty's order has been conveyed, and there will be no reinforcements on our side within seven days. Jingzhou, which is closest to us, has just been rebuilt. , there is no military strength at all, and besides Jingzhou, only Yunzhou is the closest to us, but it will take at least seven days to get to our place after reorganizing and setting off there. .”

Yang Ping smiled wryly and said: "It's not too difficult to defend for seven days, but the reinforcements given to us by Yunzhou are only less than [-] troops, and that's our last reinforcements in the north. What should we do? All the troops from other states must be mobilized to Pingyang Pass, which is much more difficult than ours.”

"Is this really the case at Pingyang Pass?"

"Naturally, the military strength of Southern Chu is higher than that of our Great Zhou. In addition, the new emperor of Southern Chu has continuously recruited troops for more than a year. I estimate that the total strength of all Southern Chu troops at this moment will not be less than 40. Right now The 20 is just an advance army!"

(End of this chapter)