Brother Wanfu

Chapter 107 Princess Banquet

Jiang Shan, the leader of the Nancheng Army, came back with his son, and asked himself to dedicate all the occupied city to the orphan of the former crown prince, His Royal Highness the Princess.

After the Suzheng Army occupied the Heshanwei and other areas between the Nancheng Army and other areas, it expanded again and extended to the south, taking down half of the Central Plains and half of the Jiangnan in total. So far, it has shaken the foundation of the imperial court.

The government and the opposition were shaken.

The emperor successively sent generals to wipe out the rebel army, but none of them wiped out the rebel army. Instead, the rebel army expanded to this point in a short period of time.

For several days in a row, the court was overcast, and the emperor naturally dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers to the front line, but no one dared to underestimate the Suzheng army, and no one really thought that the court could contain the Suzheng army The momentum is up north.

The palace was even more dark and cloudy, and the emperor walked on the cold stone slabs in the palace with his hands behind his back after the useless early court.

In this season, spring is beginning to bloom in the south, but the capital is still bitingly cold.

These few days the emperor has become more withdrawn and erratic, all the capable little eunuchs around Huang Xian have been dealt with, he dare not let the little eunuchs disturb the Sacred Heart again, so he can only follow the emperor by himself, never leaving.

Right now the emperor left the main hall, he didn't go back to the study and sleeping hall, and he didn't go to the harem, instead, he walked towards the east, and stopped outside the east palace after a while.

The emperor already has an heir under his knees, but he has not established a crown prince so far, so that the East Palace has been empty for many years after the previous crown prince, and it has long been a forbidden place in the palace, and no one dares to come here.

According to the emperor's instructions, Huang Xian failed to open the locked palace door when he was looking for someone to open it. He had to cut the lock and push the dusty door open.

The door creaked and opened wide, and the cold dusty air rushed towards the face, which seemed to be mixed with some inexplicable fishy smell.

Huang Xian's footsteps hesitated, "Your Majesty, the inside has not been cleaned for many years, it is no different from the cold palace, why don't the slaves let someone clean it up, and the emperor will enter again?"

When the emperor heard this, his footsteps also paused.

Normally, he wouldn't be afraid of these things.

He is the emperor, the Ninth Five-Year Lord, the dragon body of Zhiyang, how could he be afraid of Xiaoxiao in the dark?
But today he was standing in this deserted East Palace, feeling chills for some reason.

The situation before the death of the first prince came to mind.

That person still had a calm and gentle appearance until his death. He was obviously trapped in a cage, but he stood in front of the high hall door and looked at him fearlessly, as if he was the one on the chopping block. fish, or sinful people who kneel before the gods and Buddhas and beg for forgiveness.

He heard the man's voice not too loud.

"Zhao Yin, I just have one more word for you."

Zhao Yin didn't want to listen to his nonsense at all, he was just a prisoner, even if he wanted to say something, he should kneel down and beg for mercy.

But the crown prince didn't, instead he smiled slightly, his eyes slowly flowing from top to bottom.

"The utmost benevolence and righteousness cannot win the heart of the world; the inhumane and unrighteous will only be abandoned by the world."

As soon as the words fell, he pulled out the sword from his waist.

With the sharp sword out of its sheath, Zhao Yin took a step back subconsciously, and the guards on the left and right rushed forward to protect him.

But the first prince didn't intend to go forward to fight him at all, instead he gave a very light laugh during his actions.

In the bloody imperial city, white cranes roared past in the glaring sky.

The first prince looked up and laughed even more.

"That's very good." He smiled, lifted the sword and dropped it on his shoulder.

The wide sleeves fluttered with the wind, and the white cranes circled in the air.

He spoke again.

"Go alone."

When the voice fell to the ground, the sword light flashed.

A long time ago, when he had the idea many years ago, he had thought for a hundred years that such a noble, benevolent, elegant and gentle prince, who is loved by thousands of people, should be beheaded by a filthy person like him.

But the first prince has committed suicide.

The white crane hovering in mid-air also flew high at this moment, as if it had picked up someone, and flew to the sky.

As for his sword, he couldn't even touch the first prince.

Even if he captured the imperial city, won the dragon chair, and has been the Ninth Five-Year Lord for so many years, Zhao Yin still has a hard stone in his heart.

But today, he was standing in the courtyard of the East Palace.

The stone stuck in his heart turned into a skate and aimed at his heart.

The scene of the previous seizure of the throne appeared before his eyes again, but this time, it was not him who attacked the imperial city, but a woman, and that woman looked like the former prince.

Zhao Yin stepped back three steps in succession.

Huang Xian was startled, and just about to call out "Your Majesty", he saw that the Emperor had already stepped out of the East Palace.

"Lock the palace gate, chain three, no, nine! Lock this place tightly!"

Huang Xian saw the panic on the emperor's face, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he quickly asked the eunuchs to act according to the emperor's words.

It wasn't until he saw the golden lock on the door of the East Palace that the emperor let out a long breath, and his dazed expression returned to normal.

Huang Xian followed closely beside the emperor.

It was the emperor who called him.

"Huang Xian."

"The slave is here."

"Where are you now?"

Huang Xian was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "Slaves are useless, and they haven't been admitted to the Supervisor of Rituals yet."

Could it be that the emperor wants to promote him?

Zhao Yin pondered for a moment when he heard the words.

"It doesn't matter if you enter the Supervisor of Rituals, how about I promote you to be the admiral of the West Factory today?"

Huang Xian's eyes widened.

The admiral of the West Factory is a position that only a few eunuchs of the Rites Supervisor can concurrently hold.

He knelt down and kowtowed, repeatedly thanking the Lord for his kindness.

After so many years of hard work, it finally came out.

Seeing that he was bleeding from kowtowing, the emperor said, "Get up."

Huang Xian got up and heard the emperor speak.

"I promoted you to be the admiral of Xichang, not to let you idle." The emperor paused for a moment, his expression straightened, "You have to do things well for me, don't be like those useless generals who only know Eat yellow food, but can't even clear a single rebel army."

Huang Xian didn't dare to respond after hearing these words, and heard the emperor continue to speak.

"It seems that this battle is going to be fought slowly, but how can the Suzheng army really command the people of the world? Just rely on a 'princess' who doesn't even match the age?"

Huang Xian heard the sound and looked over.

"What does the emperor mean?"

Zhao Yin smiled. "I don't know whether this princess is real or not. How can people in the world not doubt what I doubt? Everyone must be suspicious."

Huang Xian suddenly understood.

Now that the Suzheng army is so powerful, there are many people who think that the Suzheng army is not a rebel army, after all, there is an orphan of the former prince in charge.

But what if the people start to question whether the former prince's orphan is a fake?Will Su Zhengjun still have such momentum?
"Your servant understands, whether this is a real princess or a fake princess, we have to let the people talk about it!"

When he said this, he saw the emperor smiled slightly, and then said another sentence.

"Of course, no matter it's true or not, if I don't have this person, I can feel at ease and sleep peacefully."

These words were spoken very slowly, but when they fell into Huang Xian's ears, it was like a flying arrow shot towards him, causing a chill to spread all over the place.

He became more and more tense.

"The servant knows!"

*
Yanzhou, Suzheng Barracks.

Jiang Shan offered all the cities of the Nancheng Army, and the people in the Suzheng Army were half expected and half accidental.

Although Jiang Shan is a martial artist, he is not a fool, and he can see the general trend of the world.

But he made a decision so quickly, and brought his son to come in person, that is to respect the princess sincerely.

Such an extremely quick reaction was the source of surprise for everyone.

The princess naturally met Jiang's father and son in person. According to the proposal discussed by Mr. Sun and others, the Jiang family still let the Jiang family guard most of the original cities, and only some of the cities were taken over by the Suzheng army. Going north, Jiang Mu, the fourth child, stayed with him.

Both parties were not dissatisfied with this arrangement, and the Suzheng army hosted a banquet for Jiang and his son for three days before Jiang Shan left.

Not long after Jiang Shan left, Tang Ting, who had been fighting for the Suzheng army in the south, captured the last city and completely connected the land occupied by the Suzheng army without any gaps in between.

He also went north and south from the south of the Yangtze River to Yanzhou.

Not to mention that the princess led the people to receive them in person, on the second day, Qin Tian and Qin Shen held a separate banquet, and only Shen Xiao and three of the Five Tiger Generals were invited.

This is a small private banquet, chosen in a restaurant under Li Weizhen's name, it is said to be a restaurant, but it only looks like a small building with two floors from the outside, but everything is in the backyard.

It was here that Qin Tian met the Li family one time, and she wanted to invite Shen Xiao and the others here, of course, she asked the eldest brother first.

That elder brother seemed very talkative, so he said yes without hesitation.

Qin Tian didn't know whether it was true or not, but Li's house was a place where Mr. Sun and the others would come, and the surrounding area was safer, so Qin Tian decided to stay here.

The mat was placed in the Huxin Pavilion in the backyard, Li Weizhen came to take a picture for everyone and was about to leave, after all, it was Qin Tian and Qin Shen who invited everyone from the Shen family army this time.

Qin Tian and Qin Shen didn't say anything, but Shen Xiao stood up and followed Li Weizhen for two steps.

"You, won't you sit down with us?"

Seeing her following her, Li Weizhen blinked.

"I won't sit down anymore. This time, I'm not recognized as the waiter who delivered the food. I'm already satisfied."

Shen Xiao swore that after treating Li Weizhen as a local scholar last time, she never missed him again.

But this person is still entangled in her past embarrassing things.

Shen Xiao whispered that she would not admit her mistake again, "But don't you really want to sit with us? They won't mind."

She wanted to keep Li Weizhen for a while, and didn't want to drive Li Weizhen away just because they were all members of the Shen family army. After all, he helped her a lot before saving Bai Chen and Yue Ying.

But Li Weizhen shook her head, "I mind."

Shen Xiao was taken aback.

She couldn't help but look up at him, "Are you unhappy?"

Did he get upset when he was excluded?

But there was no anger on the young man's gentle expression, instead a smile welled up in his soft eyes like stars and moons.

He said, his voice lowered a lot, as if it could only be blown into her ears by the wind.

"I want you to invite me alone, not through the princess' bureau."

Shen Xiao blinked a few times in shock.

"Don't you understand?" the young man asked, and he explained it patiently in the spring breeze blowing from the lake.

"I think, let Miss Shen be alone and invite me alone, is that okay?"

Shen Xiao: "."

She was a little confused.

The young man smiled softly, straightened his tall figure, and recovered his normal voice.

"Then it's settled."

While speaking, he handed over with everyone, turned and left.

Shen Xiao: "."

She hasn't agreed yet.
But can she say no?

Li Weizhen left, and she returned to her seat with her ears burning.

Her position was next to Qin Tian, ​​that noble and respected princess, quietly moved towards her.

"A Xiao, what did you and Brother Li say? It was still whispering, I couldn't hear it clearly!"

Shen Xiao coughed, and couldn't help but cast a glance at the princess, feeling somewhat embarrassed helplessly.

"Her Royal Highness, let's start the banquet."

"Oh."

The princess was very disappointed and did not hear the whisper.

On the contrary, Qin Shen quietly looked at Shen Xiao, and then at the little girl sitting beside him, his eyebrows relaxed.

And Tang Ting, who was sitting at the side, saw the intimacy between the princess and Shen Xiao with his own eyes.

If it was said that he agreed to Shen Xiao and Bai Chen before, he was somewhat helpless, but he still had doubts about Shen Xiao's friendship with Su Zhengjun's princess and General Yinmian.

But this time, he had no doubts.

Even though she is just a young girl, a young general who is still immature on the battlefield, she does have the ability to protect the soldiers under her command.

After the princess spoke, Tang Ting found an opportunity to toast Shen Xiao.

The little girl was startled.

"How can Uncle Tang respect me? I am a junior."

Tang Ting shook his head, "I don't respect my niece Shen Xiao, but the new generation general of the Shen family army, General Shen Xiao."

There was silence.

Shen Xiao's heart was also quiet.

But she was still an inexperienced person, and it was only after Tang Ting rebelled that she, together with Tang Ting, Bai Chen, and Yue Ling, fought a few battles for the Suzheng Army to recover the southern city.

She is just a fledgling laugher, how can she be worthy of the new generation of generals of the Shen family army?I can't afford Tang Tingjing's wine anymore.

It's just that she kept saying no, but she saw Bai Chen stood up holding the wine glass, and then Yue Ling also stood up, and both of them raised wine to her.

"Respect to the new generation general of the Shen family army, General Shen Xiao!"

Shen Xiao's heart trembled, she really didn't dare to bear such a name, but the princess called her from the side.

"General Shen, just drink this bar."

She looked at Qin Tian, ​​and also saw Qin Shen who was nodding to her at the side. For a moment, everyone in the banquet raised their glasses to her.

Shen Xiao didn't dare to bear such a name, she was still far away from her father and brother.

But after thinking about it, she picked up the wine in front of her.

"Shen Xiao, thank you Princess, General Qin, and the three uncles for your kindness. Shen Xiao drank this wine. I hope that I will soon be able to bear the great reputation passed down by my father and brother!"

Shen Xiao raised her head and drank the whole cup of wine that was toasted by everyone.

During the banquet, it was like a warm spring breeze blowing on the cold ground, warming up in an instant.

Tang Ting rebelled against the imperial court and returned to the Suzheng Army. He quickly captured Heshanwei and other guards. Shen Xiao and the other three also cooperated with him to capture several cities, and some places surrendered without a fight. The territory of the Suzheng Army expanded unprecedentedly.

But because of the war between the Suzheng army and the imperial army, the pirates at sea also became more and more fierce.

Qin Shen had earlier discussed with Qin Guanzhong, Sun Wenjing and others that, apart from going north, they should leave enough manpower to guard the existing cities and the coast.

The Suzheng Army is not an army built by any bandits and bandits, but because the people's love and trust continue to expand, so they can't abandon the people.

This time Tang Ting didn't need to stay any longer, he went northward to attack together with everyone, and still sent him back to Heshanwei to take charge of the coastal defense of the six thousand households along the coast, including Heshanwei.

Tang Ting was relegated to the deputy commander of the Heshan Guard before, even if he was suppressing the bandits and fighting against the Japanese, he could not use his hands and feet. The imperial army continued to fight.

Tang Ting was at a loss when he heard what Qin Shen meant.

"Tang can continue to serve the princess on the front line against the imperial court, no need, no need."

There is no need to treat him so favorably.

General Qin shook his head with a smile, and the princess said, "General Tang, the coast also needs generals."

Finally, Shen Xiao called him, "Uncle Tang, let's go. The Suzheng army also needs to have no worries in the rear, so they can work together to go north."

Tang Ting fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.
Five days later, he returned to his home in Heshanwei.

When he was transferred by the former commander Li Zhuang, he thought that he would never come back, and even if he could come back, the stable days he kept his head bowed and guarded would never be the same again.

But today he came back again, and the children were running, jumping and frolicking in the courtyard. When they saw him appearing in front of the door, they all rushed towards him, laughing and yelling.

"Daddy! Daddy is back!"

Tang Ting's eyes became hot, and he opened his arms to hug the children.

The wife hurried over when she heard the sound.

"Why did the master come back? Didn't you say that you are going to fight with the army this time?"

Before leaving, he said that he would continue to serve the Suzheng Army on the front line together with Bai Chen and Yue Ling, and he might not be able to return for three to five years.

At that time his wife couldn't stop crying, Tang Ting couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but as a general, it must be like this, not to mention that the Suzheng Army saved his family, children, relatives and friends.

But he didn't expect that it took half a month to call back and forth.

"came back."

"Aren't you leaving?"

"If you don't leave, you will stay on the coast."

His wife, Yan Shi, was overjoyed, "How could such a good thing happen?! Su Zhengjun doesn't want you to work for them? Shen Xiao doesn't want you to work for Shen Jiajun?"

If his wife spoke like this before, Tang Ting would not say anything, but this time, his ears were tingling.

He called Yan Shi, "Don't talk like this in the future."

Yan Shi was taken aback, "What did the master say?"

Ting Tang took a long breath and let it out.

"I want to live a stable life, and they all know it, so no one is forcing me. Even..."

Even the Suzheng Army sent him to stay in the coastal defense, it should be Shen Xiao who spoke for him.

The little girl whom he had just reprimanded not long ago for being unworthy to be a general, has gone through so much and is no longer that immature and impulsive girl.

She is becoming more and more like her father, General Shen, who can see people's hearts clearly.

Tang Ting suddenly felt a little ashamed. After Shen Jiajun broke up, his situation plummeted. In this situation, he also forgot his true heart and became a person who only wanted to be safe and secure.

But how can a person who is a general live in peace?

He should use what he has learned all his life, and use General Shen to teach him to help Su Zhengjun change the world as soon as possible, so that everyone in the world can live a stable life.

But it was too late for him to regret it now, and he repeated it to his wife.

"Without Ah Xiao, I would have died at the front line of the court long ago. This time, it is Ah Xiao who helped us. In the future, we will never say anything wrong about her. She is not wrong, and there is someone who is wrong, but it is actually me."

Yan Shi was surprised, and when she heard her husband's irrefutable words, she could only shut her mouth, and said nothing more.

*
Yanzhou, Suzheng Barracks.

When Qin Tian went to the military camp today, he was assassinated.

But the guards protected her tightly, and the assassin couldn't even get close to the princess within ten feet, and was suppressed by the guards and taken away.

But after Qin Shen heard about it, he rushed over in a hurry, his brows were tightly pressed down.

"I'm fine." Qin Tian said.

Although she was a little happy because he was nervous about her safety, she was really fine.

Qin Shen still looked out of the tent with a cold face.

"But this assassination is already the fifth time this month."

After Nan Chengjun voluntarily surrendered to the princess and led his troops into the Suzheng army, the princess Qin Tian has obviously become the target of public criticism.

(End of this chapter)