the first lady

Chapter 53

"One more thing," Emperor Wu's tone suddenly changed, and Helian Feiyan became solemn because of this, "I can see that the Prime Minister has a heart for Qiao Ling'er now, and you should have seen it at the palace banquet that day. "

"Yes." Helian Feiyan replied.

"The prime minister's heart may have gradually drifted away. If you can't have stronger support..." Emperor Wu said with a little mystery, "Can you understand what I mean?"

It was the Qiao family's economic power to marry Qiao Ling'er to Zong Zhengyi, but he ignored Zong Zhengyi's character. He is a person with deep affection, so naturally he would not want to involve innocent people.

Helian Feiyan nodded heavily, "Father, there is no minister in the court who can equal the power of Zong Zhengyi. Unless..." A sinister light flashed in his eyes.

"Unless what?" Emperor Wu asked.

"Unless Zongzhengyi suffers an 'accident' that he shouldn't have." Helian Feiyan smiled wickedly.

"Oh? For example?" Emperor Wu raised his eyebrows.

"Father, the words of the father at the palace banquet have completely pulled the prime minister to the side of the minister, haven't they?" Helian Feiyan said, and the Emperor Wu nodded in agreement, "What if the Zongzheng family turned inside out?"

Emperor Wu frowned slightly, waiting for Helian Feiyan's next words.

"Father, the relationship between the third brother and General Zhennan is better than his biological brothers. General Zhennan is a person who values ​​love and righteousness. If we make use of it..." Helian Feiyan said with a smile.

The relationship between the third prince Helian Feiqi and Zhennan General Zong Zhengye has been very good since childhood, and Emperor Wu knew this very well.

Zongzhengyi is now on the side of the prince Helian Feiyan, and now Zongzhengye has a deep affection for the third prince, and at this point they can almost be opposed to each other.

However, this level is not enough!
Seemingly seeing the entanglement of Emperor Wu, he continued: "Father, didn't you ask the minister to ask the prime minister if his eldest brother Zong Zhengye intends to marry the sixth sister?"

Emperor Wu immediately raised his head to look at Helian Feiyan, seeing the smile in his eyes, his mind turned around in an instant.

"Yan'er, that's a good idea. Yan'er is really quick-witted. I didn't see the wrong person!" Emperor Wu patted Helian Feiyan on the shoulder and praised.

"Father won the award, but my son only thought of this by reminding me. Father is far-sighted and resourceful, but my son is far behind." Helian Feiyan replied humbly, and at the same time praised Emperor Wu a little.

Rao knew that it was flattery, but for the emperor, the vanity was also very strong, so he was naturally happy to hear this.

It has to be said that in a sense, Helian Feiyan inherited this "advantage" of Emperor Wu!Didn't he praise his father in the same way at the beginning, and then he used his mouth to say that his former emperor made a big move against other princes?

Both Zongzhengyi and Qiao Linger chose to conceal the matter of giving wine and poisoning at the palace banquet, and did not let Zongzheng Wudi and Sima Yue know. Qiao Yishu and Qiao Yilin, who knew the truth of the Qiao family, also chose to remain silent.

Now is not the best time to reveal everything. Zong Zhengyi knew that Emperor Wu was using the Qiao family to threaten him, so he kept silent.If any one of him and Qiao Linger felt unwell at the palace banquet, those innocent people would be implicated, and even the third prince, Helian Feiqi, would be involved.

However, if Emperor Wu really thought that he could control the whole situation with one hand, he would be wrong. At least with Zong Zhengyi, he promised Qiao Linger that he would not let him use it for nothing, and he would definitely fulfill it!As for how he will do it, it will be a matter of the future!

Originally, after the palace banquet, I thought there would be a period of peace, but I didn't expect that ten days later, another imperial decree was issued, which disrupted the peace.

The content of the imperial decree: bestow marriage.

This time, the six princesses who are the most favored by the royal family will be married off to Zhennan General Zong Zhengye.

The sixth princess, Helian Feiqin, is the only daughter of Concubine De among the four concubines in the harem. Although she has five imperial sisters, she is favored by Emperor Wu because of her tricky and eccentric temperament and her beautiful elves.Everyone in the palace saw that the princess avoided her like a ghost, and the rumors outside the palace even said that she was unruly and willful, in short, she was not a good master to serve!
If you ask the real reason for the marriage between the emperor and general, it is actually related to Concubine De herself.

Concubine De was born in the fourth-ranked Huo family among the six great families, and she was extremely loved by her family before entering the palace.Entering the palace by draft, was favored by Emperor Wu, step by step also climbed to the position of concubine De among the four concubines today.

In other words, Concubine De herself is the representative of the Huo family, and now Emperor Wu bestows her marriage to Zong Zhengye, which is clearly tricky.

Is it to win over Zong Zhengye or to sow discord between him and the third prince Helian Feiqi?What exactly does Emperor Wu want to do?
After the palace banquet, Qiao Linger, who was "making plans" for the "Seventh Family" and doing other things along the way, received a letter from Zong Zhengyi——

Yi border.

"Report-"

Zong Zhengye, who was checking the military situation, turned around, and the guard had already knelt down behind him and presented the letter.

"General!" The military adviser, a shrewd man in his 40s, took the letter from the guard and presented it to Zong Zhengye.

Zong Zhengye seemed to have noticed the contents of the letter when he received the letter. After reading the letter, his expression remained unchanged, and he said to the military adviser: "Prepare paper and pen."

The military master was taken aback for a moment, and then went back to the camp to prepare his pen and ink.

Zong Zhengye set up his tent after observing, and wrote a reply letter as soon as he picked up a pen.

The letter was sent by Zongzheng Yi from Kuaiqi, the capital, non-stop, day and night.

Qiao Ling'er didn't understand why Zongzhengyi wrote such a letter to his eldest brother Zongzhengye to explain some unnecessary things, but the imperial decree three days later made her realize something.

What Prince Helian Feiyan said at the end of the palace banquet was already a wake-up call.But Qiao Ling'er didn't know what was going on, and because he was so angry that Zong Zhengyi was holding her up for so long, he naturally didn't think of anything else.But Zongzheng Yi understood what it meant.

It was only ten days from the beginning to the end of the palace banquet, and it was only ten days since the palace banquet was settled, when something happened again.

"General, why don't you go?" the military adviser asked with a frown while holding the letter.

The emperor bestowed a marriage, and the groom's failure to return was a crime of deceiving the emperor.The Prime Minister personally wrote a letter to come, and let him go back, but now...

"According to the general's words, the general will write a letter to the emperor. If there is any movement in the Yi people, I will not be able to leave." Although Zong Zhengye was not in the court, he knew many things clearly, just like the current situation, It will never be that simple.

Another example, the Sixth Princess Helian Feiqin... Thinking of that woman, Zong Zhengye felt a little headache, and felt a little sore in his heart.

In the end, according to Zong Zhengye's words, the military adviser sent the reply letter to the guard, and asked him to send it back to the prime minister of the capital as soon as possible.

Zong Zhengye was also very aware of Emperor Wu's character, and his second younger brother, who knew things like a god, sent the letter ahead of time, so it must be something that was about to happen.Now he doesn't know anything, he just waits for Emperor Wu's imperial decree to come down, and then he will write back.

At noon, the black steed galloped across the desolate border, just to deliver the letter to its destination quickly.

"call out--"

The long arrow cut through the air and accurately shot into the back of the man on horseback.

The person who draws the bow is several zhang away, his precise arrow technique is admirable, but if you look at the person who draws the bow, you will definitely not connect him with the skill of archery.

Due to being on the battlefield for many years, the skin of the bow-drawer is slightly dark, but it can't hide the perfect facial features.The profound facial features are like chiseled axes, especially the pair of shiny black eyes under the sword eyebrows, people will be attracted in unconsciously.The beautiful two thin lips were slightly pursed, raising an evil arc.

"General." His subordinates took out Zong Zhengye's letter from the shot dead guard and handed it over.

"Let's go." The man took the letter and rode his horse towards Zong Zhengye's barracks.

Zong Zhengye was training his troops. Not long ago, the Yi tribe invaded the people on the border of Nanwu Kingdom, making the people miserable.Later, although General Wu came to capture the bandits alive and hand them over to the chieftain of the Yi tribe, he found that the military strength of Nanwu Kingdom was weak during the confrontation with the bandits, and those so-called "bandits" had the same discipline as soldiers.

Zongzhengye was almost sure that those bandits were disguised as Yi soldiers who came to attack, and they might also be trying to find out the strength of the Nanwu army.

Comparing the two sides, although Nanwu Kingdom finally took down those robbers, it was because the more defeated the less, the victory was not forceful.If it was a contest between the army and the army, I am afraid that the Nanwu Congress will lose a complete defeat.

Those who were in charge of arresting were the soldiers under General Wu, the deputy general. When Zong Zhengye proposed to practice more frequently, General Wu's face was as dark as possible.

However, General Wu could not argue that the real military power was in the hands of Zong Zhengye, even if he was unwilling, he could only let it go.

Under the scorching sun, the training led by Zong Zhengye made General Wu's subordinates miserable. They had never had such strict training under General Wu's subordinates.But the power of the robbers that day also made them vigilant. If they don't make themselves strong, the possibility of dying on the battlefield will be greater than others.

"Rest for a quarter of an hour!" Seeing that the time was almost up, Zong Zhengye raised his voice.

"The general is working hard!"

To some extent, Zong Zhengye was a qualified general, and in the eyes of all the soldiers, he was a good general who stood upright.

"Ye, you are still so strict." A low voice with a smile sounded from the side.

Zongzhengye immediately turned his head when he heard the sound, and there were still soldiers chasing after him out of breath, and he stuttered, "Report to the general, he, he... trespass..."

Trespasser: Die!
Zong Zhengye is a strict self-disciplined person. Naturally, trespassing in important military camps is not allowed, but there are some exceptions.

"It's okay, he's General Pingbei, go down!" Zong Zhengye smiled on his stubborn face, "Why did you come to see me today, Your Highness the Third Prince?"

(End of this chapter)