After the new widow, I became a tyrant's tender outer chamber

Chapter 272 Substitution
When Jiang Huaiyang pushed Zhumen and walked in, he met Ruan Zhuoxin who was waiting in the hall.

There was no surprise on his face, and he sat down on the rose chair on the left calmly, poured himself a cup of cold tea, and sipped it leisurely, as if waiting for the other party to speak.

When he wasn't facing the little lady, there was the usual coldness in his eyes.This kind of coldness was forged through the lengthy and unknown darkness, it was poisoned and bloody.

Jiang Huaiyang finally put down the teacup, but Ruan Zhuoxin didn't want to speak, "I remember that you were injured in the battle between the valleys, you were injured on your left wrist, are you okay now?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, he bowed his head and saluted, and said solemnly, "Thank you for your majesty's concern, it's great."

At this moment, he is replying as a courtier, a brother who has been with the king for a long time.He was a little strange, this injury was seen by the imperial physician long ago, why did the new emperor mention it all of a sudden after so many years?
Jiang Huaiyang looked at the carved door, the vermilion color darkened a little because it was night.He was clearly looking at Zhumen, but his eyes seemed to fall on a very distant place, he sighed, "The snow was so heavy that day, it covered the sky."

Ruan Zhuoxin also thought of something, and softly echoed, "That's right, I almost couldn't get out." The talk was light now, but at that time most of the soldiers were lost.
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It was a season when the snow was as feathery as a goose's feather, and the whole land was shrouded in white terror.

Jiang Huaiyang, who was still the little prince at that time, led the army and marched hard in the snow.In order to move forward as soon as possible, in desperation, they gave up part of the food and grass.

They were originally chasing the Khitan army all the way ahead, but the leader of the group lost the chain at a critical moment.He stopped his horse embarrassingly, and turned around to plead guilty, "Your Highness, the mountain is covered by heavy snow, and the road ahead is small, so I'm really not sure."

Ruan Zhuoxin happened to be beside him.

Ruan Zhuoxin smiled, grabbed the rein with one hand, raised his foot with the other side and kicked the horse under the opponent, "I don't know the way? When I didn't know the way, when your highness went to borrow someone from the fourth highness, what big did you take?" ?”

This place is not in the territory of Wu Kingdom, and it is extremely cold all year round. In terms of climate adaptation and familiarity with the terrain, they have no advantage at all. How many people point to him to lead the way.

The leader's horse was frightened and rushed forward suddenly. The leader turned pale and yelled for a while before trying to calm the horse.

Ruan Zhuoxin took the horse back for a while and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Jiang Huaiyang's expression remained unchanged, as if this was not something worth caring about, but everyone in the army knew it well, this time was no different than in spring, once they got lost, they would be close to death.

He said coldly, "Go forward, don't look back." He also told the pawns around him to remember to mark the dead tree, and only in this way, the mark will not be covered by the snow.

Originally, if we had stepped up and identified the clues on the road, we could still find the enemy's position.But no one expected that the fourth prince of the same camp would actually assign a person who didn't know the way to them for a moment of enthusiasm.

After all, they can't pry open each other's brains to investigate, and they don't have much defense against the fourth prince of the same camp.

As he was walking, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind him.

Jiang Huaiyang's expression froze. Hearing that there were not many people, he ordered everyone to face the enemy head-on.

The soldiers had been walking in the snow for a long time, and it was time for their hands to itch.After a while, the ground was covered with blood, and the enemy soldiers fell down.

The only two survivors bit their tongues and committed suicide.

Jiang Huaiyang's eyes darkened again, and his tone was full of sarcasm, "It's loyalty."

It would have been fine if that was the case, but there were enemy troops chasing after them all the time, the number of them was small, but there were many batches.As the saying goes, one effort, then decline, and three exhaustion, Jiang Huaiyang knew that he could not blindly respond to the enemy, because he ordered all the soldiers to move forward and avoid temporarily.

It's just that the Khitan army at the back is like a mouse smelling the fragrance, chasing after him.

In desperation, Jiang Huaiyang and the others turned into a valley, staggering away from each other for the time being.Fang Song breathed a sigh of relief, but found that food and grass were in short supply, and he couldn't confirm whether the Khitans were still wandering around, almost caught in a dilemma.
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Jiang Huaiyang gradually withdrew his thoughts, "If you hadn't led a few people and brought back the food and grass that was left behind, I'm afraid it would be hard for you and me to die."

"Things that have passed through the years are not enough." Ruan Zhuoxin shook his head, feeling quite emotional.

At that time, most of the soldiers were exhausted and could only take a short rest.But after all, the rest will delay the time, and it is exhausted, so it is difficult to boost morale.

Even so, after Ruan Zhuoxin led the troops away, some Khitan troops still found them, and it was another bloody battle.

It was also from then on that Jiang Huaiyang planted the seeds of suspicion towards King Jing.Now that I think about it, those who fought bloody battles with them back then were not Khitans, they were King Jing's subordinates who clearly pretended to be Khitans.

Half a year after he ascended the throne, Prince Jing finally couldn't hold back his ambition.

Jiang Huaiyang lowered his eyes halfway, subconsciously tapped on the table with one hand, "Aiqing just came back not long ago, it was supposed to be time to recuperate, but—"

He told Ruan Zhuoxin about the situation and plans one by one.

Ruan Zhuoxin frowned even more, pursed his lips, and remained silent.

"If you don't want to, I won't force you." In terms of being a king, especially those he trusts, Jiang Huaiyang is lenient enough.

If King Jing wants to rebel, the emperor will naturally want to be flat. Ruan Zhuoxin is a courtier, so there is no reason to sit idly by.

He resolutely stated, "I swear to be with you to the death." He can only thank the widow and weak sister at home for the time being, and it won't be too late to make up for it when he comes back.

"it is good."

Jiang Huaiyang smiled.

With Yu Huai following him, he is more sure about the plan to be carried out.

After setting the date of the expedition and discussing it properly, the conversation inevitably turned to the person who became the barrier between the two.

"Your Majesty knew that little sister was not in her room." In the silent hall, Ruan Zhuoxin's words seemed somewhat abrupt.

"Yes." He didn't shy away from it at all, and admitted it openly—in fact, he knew it at a glance. At this point, she probably turned off the light, or left only one in the inner room, so how could it be so brightly lit? with.

Ruan Zhuoxin looked into his eyes, "Your Majesty, as the king of a country, didn't you count what you promised your ministers before?"

He raised his eyelids, curled his lips suddenly, and rested his head on one hand, "What I promised was to allow her to leave the palace, not to take back the concubine's position." This was a bit of a denial, but he could feel it faintly, There is really something to lose.

The air suddenly cooled down.The two men, who were recalling the past together just now, almost secretly had a tendency to confront each other.

(End of this chapter)