Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 127

Murong Wei looked at the blue sky outside the window, feeling a little lost for a moment.

The leisurely life is really unaccustomed to people.

She looked up at the flowers, plants and trees outside, and thought: I don't know when I will have the time to take a look at the great rivers and mountains in this world?

She wants to see the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the style of the desert in northern Saibei, the majestic ancient city, and the deserted green hills.

It's just that right now, it's obviously impossible.

Xiao Mingrui is very busy. As a princess, she is actually quite busy too.

In addition to these things, she also has to develop outside business and is busy making money. Although this kind of life is noisy, but because of happiness, although it is plain and ordinary, she does not feel empty.

All in all, the 16 years of Jianwu were dull and lackluster.

There isn't much to tell about this year.

Xiao Mingrui would still take the "Zheng Shu Twelve Emperors of the Great Qin Dynasty" to read about Guangxi's suppression of the rebellion.

However, the information obtained from the front line is not very pleasant.

After King Qi arrived in Guangxi, he also worked hard to control power and extended his tentacles into the army.

When he first arrived, the rebellious Wei Yinbao was not Hu Xiancheng's opponent at all because of the army led by General Hu Xiancheng.

But at this time, because Hu Xiancheng advocated attack, but King Qi advocated peace talks, there was a big conflict between the two sides.

King Qi wants to put down the rebellion as soon as possible. If he can negotiate peace, or divide and disintegrate the rebels, he can complete his mission as soon as possible, no matter whether it is a real peace negotiation or a fake peace negotiation, but if he completes the goal, he can return to the capital early.

But Hu Xiancheng refused to do so. He thought it was impossible for Wei Yinbao to rebel and negotiate peace. Besides, did the Great Qin Dynasty need to negotiate peace with Wei Yinbao?
No need.

Hu Xiancheng is an upright person. Because he disagreed with King Qi's strategy, he quarreled with King Qi, and then wrote a letter angrily, accusing King Qi of being cowardly and seeking peace.

Since the Great Qin Dynasty established the country and absorbed the lessons of the demise of the previous dynasty, the national policy of establishing the country is to hate the Song Dynasty for seeking peace and paying tribute.

Therefore, there is a saying that "no marriage, no tribute, no land, no compensation, no vassalization, the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country".

In terms of government affairs, it is tough, extremely tough.

King Qi was impeached, and of course seeking peace also caused some old people in the court to be dissatisfied.

For Emperor Jianwu, it is not a question of what method to use to complete it, but the main thing is whether the rebellion can be killed, the majesty of the court, and the majesty of the emperor can be preserved.

Song Jiang in the Water Margin, isn't it just a call for security, and in the end it's not solved with a glass of poisoned wine.

He just looked at the matter with cold eyes and expressed no opinion in violation of it.

The emperor did not express his position. Although the ups and downs continued, King Qi still insisted on his opinion to negotiate peace.

In his opinion, now that the battle has been won, Wei Yinbao's old lair, Panlong City, is left. If he does not surrender now, the only thing waiting for him is death.

About this point, Xiao Mingrui saw the answer from that history book.

He couldn't remind King Qi, because even if he said something, it was useless.

Sure enough, Wei Yinbao agreed to the peace talks.

Because Hu Xiancheng had a conflict with King Qi, he was transferred to the border between Guangdong and Guangxi by King Qi. Now, King Qi has full power and can suppress the rebellion according to his own wishes.

Unfortunately, heaven did not follow people's wishes. Soon, Wei Yinbao feigned surrender and almost captured Guilin, the capital of Guangxi. Although he failed in the end, he also robbed the imperial treasury and made Guilin city a mess.

King Qi suffered a great loss. In fact, even King Wei was very dissatisfied these days.

King Wei wanted to fight, but he didn't want to talk about peace, but King Qi had the opposite idea to him. Now that Wei Yinbao pretended to surrender, King Wei couldn't bear to follow Guangxi General Soldier to lead troops out to sweep.

Unexpectedly, this time, they won several victories.

Satisfied, King Wei took advantage of the victory and went straight after him. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by Wei Yinbao in Shipanzhai.

At this point in the war, it has completely reached a stalemate.

"King Qi is too anxious..." Li Jishan shook his feather fan, and sighed with a noble demeanor: "It's a pity that such a good situation is ruined."

Xiao Mingrui was not happy because of this, the loss of soldiers and generals was spent on the money of the court, wasn't it the money and things of the court?

Although this situation is the most beneficial for him, how can he be happy when he encounters this situation?

In the blink of an eye, it was already July, and it was the scorching heat, and there was fire in July, and an ice basin was placed in the house, which was really refreshing and pleasant.

Xiao Mingrui picked up the iced sour plum soup and ate it, "Sir, what do you think is wrong with elder brother?"

Li Jishan only said: "It's actually very simple. His Highness King Qi has forgotten one thing. In this world, only dead enemies are the best enemies."

Xiao Mingrui's eyes flashed, and he glanced at Li Jishan.

"I feel that the victory of the negotiation is won by the victory on the battlefield. Although Wei Yinbao retreated to his old nest, in fact, most of the casualties were other forces who defected to him. His main force was not damaged. How could he easily surrender through peace talks? If you don't hit him a few times and make him hurt, how can he sit down and talk?"

Xiao Mingrui nodded, and he also agreed with this point.

Although King Qi was a smart man, he didn't have a keen military vision and made mistakes after all.

"No matter what, it is my Great Qin court that lost. The emperor was very angry about this matter. He has already ordered the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households to dispatch military salaries and food, and asked Hu Xiancheng to attack Panlong City."

Li Jishan just smiled without saying a word.

After a long time, he said something: "King Qi's life is not easy."

In fact, this is indeed the case. The battle was not over for a while. Although Hu Xiancheng was brave, he did beat Wei Yinbao heavily after besieging the city. It's hard to kill.

The war has been dragged on until the winter of this year, and it still hasn't been resolved.

Although all the gangsters in Guangxi should be exterminated, King Qi has done a good job in civil affairs, but Wei Yinbao has not been exterminated, so he has no way to return to the capital.

Fortunately, the capital city has always been very calm, and there is nothing good to do for a while, and King Qi can only stay in Guilin for the New Year with peace of mind for the time being.

In the winter of this year, the weather was very cold, and it snowed early.

The world outside the window was white, and heavy snow fell one after another, dyeing the world into a world of ice and snow.

Lu'er accompanied Murong Wei from Chaoshou verandah to Tianxiangyuan. Murong Wei was wearing a sable crane cloak, Zhaojun gloves on her head, and muffs on her hands. At this moment, she stopped, looked at the heavy snow, shook her head and said: "Another year has passed."

Lu'er smiled and said: "Isn't that so, the time flies by so fast. The servant still thinks about the blink of an eye, how it feels like yesterday."

Murong Wei's kung fu demeanor this year has become more calm and elegant. Speaking of which, she has spent almost two years in the palace.

It will be 17 years in Jianwu soon.

It has been three years since Jianwu came to this world in 14 years.

"But it's good. After the filial piety period is over, the princess will be able to give birth to a little prince."

Murong Wei laughed and scolded: "What do you think you want to find someone? I think that girl Xiangtao is very strange recently, but who do you really like?"

"The servant looks like it, but she doesn't say anything when she just asks her, she just says that she is not from the palace, and I don't know what she thinks."

Murong Wei pondered for a moment, thinking that the two girls are not too young, and it's time to talk to them about their marriage in the next two years.

"If you like it, I don't mind telling you about it earlier."

Lu'er's face was flushed with embarrassment, "Princess teased the slave again, how could the slave know anyone?"

Murong Wei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't treat you badly."

He hurried back to the room, the bird cages on the porch were already empty, the weather was too cold, the parrot thrush and other birds were put away by Xiangtao.

Speaking of it, she seems to like tending to flowers and birds, and she has been dealing with these small animals all these years.

Ai Chun and Wan Xia greeted her at the door, stepped forward to untie her cloak, brushed off the cold air, and entered the warm room, Murong Wei drank a cup of longan red date tea, which warmed her heart.

Wan Xia was promoted by Murong Wei as a second-class maid this year, and Chu Qing, who came with her, was also Murong Wei's favorite, and she planned to train her.

After such a long time, the affairs of the palace are naturally on track, and everything is under her control.

She just came back from Prince Chu's Mansion, because Concubine Chu gave birth to a daughter, but she was very weak. When she went to Prince Chu's Mansion, King Chu secretly told her that she was very worried about whether her daughter had the same disease as him.

Murong Wei couldn't see anything about such a young child, but it was still unknown whether the girl could support her.

After all, the child mortality rate here is too high.

This also made Murong Wei very worried, worrying about the future children.

Xiao Mingrui still has a lot of younger brothers and sisters who died young, she is really afraid that something will happen to her own children in the future.

For this reason, Murong Wei began to read a large number of medical books on pediatrics, hoping to find some usefulness in the future.

Zhao Nanny came in to make an appointment, and Murong Wei took the medical book and read it while listening.

"Aunt Su is ill, and the charcoal that Aunt Qi said is used up..."

Murong Wei responded: "You can figure it out. The monthly bill is stable. Let her pay attention when the charcoal is used up. This time, I will call it to her first, but there are not many monthly bills for everyone in the mansion. It is not an example. If you are sick, let her pay attention." The doctor from the good medical institution went to see a doctor, what is the disease? Is it serious?"

"It's wind and cold, but it's not serious."

"Well, then let her have a good rest, so as not to ask for peace."

While discussing something, Xiangtao and Xiangyu came in from outside with smiles.

Murong Wei saw that they were carrying a small flower basket with several bouquets of wintersweet placed inside. The snowflakes on the top hadn't melted yet, and the bright red flowers bloomed suddenly, with a subtle fragrance.

"My maidservant please give peace to the concubine." The two servant girls smiled and bowed to salute.

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows and pointed at the plum blossom, "Tsk tsk, are you picking fresh wintersweet?"

Xiangtao chirped: "Isn't that so, how did the princess know?"

Murong Wei laughed and scolded: "Your hand looks like a carrot from the cold, can you still not see it? Here, let me have a look."

Xiangtao carried Lanzi over, and complained, "It's snowing outside, and the maidservant and Xiangyu had to spend a lot of effort to break off a few wintersweet branches. Wangfei, look, it's all good. The best ones, half-open ones, put them in a vase, and they can last for a long time."

Murong Wei just took a branch of plum blossoms and looked at it, suddenly someone rushed in from outside, wrapped in the wind and snow, opened the curtain and came in.

"Something's wrong, Princess!"

The voice came from Yue Gu, everyone was startled for a moment, turned their heads, and saw Yue Gu's face was anxious, when she came to Murong Wei, she said without breathing, "Princess, something happened to Murong's family."

Murong Wei was stunned for a moment, and then comforted: "Don't worry, what's the matter in such a hurry?"

She went back to her natal home the day before yesterday to see her little brother who was only over a year old, and to visit her grandmother, but she didn't hear what happened.

Aunt Yue said angrily: "It's not the second young master, he is always idle, and the master is too lazy to care about him. Today he went to drink with his cronies at the Immortal Residence, and for some reason, a beautiful woman happened to be there for dinner. The second young master and a group of cronies relied on their guts, and saw that he was alone, without any attendants, and actually went up to moles him. Unexpectedly, he was the concubine of the second son of the Yongning uncle's mansion, and the son came soon, and the two sides fought."

Murong Wei rubbed her forehead, feeling a little headache: "Did that young master get beaten by my second brother?"

Yuegu nodded: "How does the princess know?"

Murong Wei smiled wryly: "You said that something happened to Murong's family. If my elder brother was beaten, it would be nothing. He deserved it. Who told him to moles his concubine? Yongning Bo's second son... How are you doing?"

"During the scuffle between the two sides, he was seriously injured by the second young master. He is recuperating at home now. At that time, people from Shuntian Mansion came and took away the young masters. Just now, the Murong family sent news, and first met the slaves , this servant hastened to tell you. People from Yongning Bo’s family have all gone to Murong’s house to make a fuss about this matter..."

Murong Wei cursed in a low voice, she also wanted to curse.

Isn't Uncle Yongning the mother family of King Qi, the mother family of Concubine Li?
And that second elder brother, although she is her half-brother Murong Guan, has always had a cold relationship with her, but this kinship cannot be changed.

"Did the second brother say something else that shouldn't be said?"

Otherwise, why would the Murong family speak up?

"Yes... the second young master said... are you amazing to be the cousin of King Qi? I am the brother-in-law of King Luo, and I am much better than your useless cousin. If you are sensible, you should go away early..."

In fact, Yue Gu's words were considered cryptic, Murong Guan drank some wine at that time, and he was so cowardly, under the booing of those dudes, how could he say something nice?
Much uglier than that is possible.

Or, it also involves the current status and future status of the two princes.

Murong Wei's face became even uglier.

She couldn't help but want to scold her mother, it's really not enough to succeed!

This is good, Princess Luo's brother hit King Qi's cousin, what do you say?
Now King Qi is weak because of the suppression of bandits, and King Luo is just at the time when he is in the middle of the court.

Although Xiao Mingrui has always been low-key and modest, he did a good job in political affairs, and Emperor Jianwu also praised him many times, which is conspicuous enough.

Now that this incident happens, I am afraid that many secretly jealous people will say that King Luo is domineering and bullying others!
Although this matter seems to have nothing to do with the two princes, no matter how you look at it, it cannot be separated.

Even Murong's family will be implicated.

Murong Wei got up and walked around the house a few times. Why did this happen so strangely? She always felt that it was not that simple.

Is there someone stirring up wind and rain in it, trying to stir up some storms?

"Second Young Master is still in Shuntian Mansion?" Mother Zhao suddenly asked.

"No, the person who sent the message said that the master has sent someone to Shuntian Mansion to spread the word, saying that Shuntian Mansion will enforce the law impartially and act in accordance with the "Great Qin Law". It means that there is no such a traitor. The master seems to be mad."

Murong Wei's eyes flashed, and then lit up.

She believes that her father and grandfather will not fail to understand that the two great gods behind this matter are involved.

That being the case, sending the letter here is to let her know the situation first, to make her prepare vigilantly, and to tell her that the Murong family has made a decision.

It seems that this time it is to make the second brother suffer a little bit, and never let others get involved in the matter.

Master Murong, the minister of the Ministry of punishment, has killed his relatives righteously, what can others say about him?

Although it is said that there is no way to teach children, which family does not have a few dudes?
He couldn't force this matter to be blamed on Xiao Mingrui, let alone Murong Wei.

Everyone knows that she and Murong Guan were not born of the same mother, and it is impossible to get close to each other.

However, it is inevitable that there will still be some disturbances.

Murong Wei sighed: "It's true that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop."

Zhao Nanny persuaded: "Princess, don't worry, I think the Murong family will take care of the aftermath, and you won't be involved."

Murong Wei snorted, and a cold light flashed in her eyes. At this moment, the power on her body loomed, "I think some people will never let go of any opportunity to attack the enemy."

As she spoke, she walked around the room with her head held high, pondered for a long time, then looked back and said, "Guy Yue, go tell the messenger and tell me that I know about it. Those dandies spend a lot of time making troubles in the capital." Son, you should be punished this time!"

Although these children are all courtiers or children of Xun Qi's family, but caught in the war between the two princes, they can only behave with their tails between their legs!

Who asked you to get involved in this matter, Murong Wei will never let it go.

As Minister of the Ministry of Justice, if Master Murong wants to do something, there is definitely a way.

Her second brother wasn't the only one who beat someone.

Yue Gu cheered up: "Yes, servant girl is going right now."

Murong Wei asked Madam Zhao to arrange for the people in the Palace to be tighter recently, but externally, they should remain the same as before, without any abnormalities.

Zhao Momo nodded, Xiangtao didn't dare to show her anger on the side, now she found that the princess' power was getting stronger and stronger, once she lost her temper, she didn't even dare to speak.

The snow outside seems to be falling more heavily.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is almost here, the imperial court will close the pen and stop working in a few days.

Murong Wei asked the various departments of the palace to be responsible for buying new year's goods and preparing gifts. When the new year came, they not only had to enter the palace to pay New Year's greetings, but also prepared for reciprocal favors.

It's just that because of Murong Guan's matter today, she is a little worried, and she always feels that this matter seems to mean something.

In the evening, the palace had already hung red lanterns.

From the corridor forward, there is a silent red light, illuminating the sky in this snowy night.

It was already late when Xiao Mingrui came back.

As soon as he saw her, he said, "I know what happened today."

Murong Wei smiled wryly, "No one thought of this."

Xiao Mingrui's complexion was very complicated, but it wasn't for this matter, he had already gone to the sable crane cloak at this moment, and the velvet robe he wore inside was very silky and close-fitting, so he was naturally very comfortable in this warm room.

"This is a trial."

Xiao Mingrui took the jujube tea she handed over and drank it, pondering: "I got news that the war in Guangxi has progressed."

Murong Wei asked in surprise: "Why, didn't you hear that the imperial soldiers had already returned to Guilin because of the cold weather?"

"I just got the news. There is no battle report from the court. It was General Hu Xiancheng who deliberately left a team of troops to guard Panlong City by taking advantage of Wei Yinbao's lack of food. Most of the troops pretended to return to Guilin. As a result, Wei Yinbao came for a sneak attack, but was plotted against by General Hu, most of the army was wiped out, and a small part either fled to other places or surrendered, Wei Yinbao is now among the chaos."

Murong Wei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

In this way, although Hu Xiancheng is in charge of this matter, and it is Hu Xiancheng who has completed it, but in any case, King Qi, who presided over the governor's matter, can also share part of the credit!
His task is complete.

Guangxi will not stay for long.

"So they'll be back soon."

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows. Hu Xiancheng should have mentioned such a big event to him. In this way, King Qi must make preparations for the aftermath and returning to Beijing.

"So, King Qi is going back to Beijing? Did he order his subordinates to do this?"

Xiao Mingrui said indifferently: "Some things don't need to find out who did it, you just need to guess what's going on. Brother, he has done a great job and he is coming back. It's just that it will be a year after all."

Murong Wei was silent for a while, then she just said, it had been calm before, why suddenly King Qi made a move.

It turned out that it was time to prepare to come back.

Isn't it just for him to come back and build up people's hearts by making such a fuss?

First suppressed and then raised, my cousin was wronged, but he also made meritorious deeds later, how can I say that the ministers in the court should be ashamed to mention other people's mistakes, and they should sing praises.

This is also conducive to the image of a humble gentleman that King Qi has always established.

Sometimes the human heart is so subtle, but controlling it is not as easy as imagined.

"In this way... I'm afraid it will be full of wind and rain when I come back."

Xiao Mingrui's eyes lit up, he nodded and said: "Come on, come on, sooner or later there will be a fight."

He stretched out his hand to hold her catkin and rubbed it in his palm, "Are you afraid?"

Murong Wei shook her head, "I'm not afraid, besides, when the sky falls, there are tall people to support it."

"Besides..." She said with a smile: "A prophet has long predicted that the prince will..."

She pointed to the sky.

Xiao Mingrui knew that she was referring to what Xie Mingyan had said, but of course he knew it from that book.

But thinking of the things in that book, Xiao Mingrui felt a little unhappy.

Although what happened next proved that the book was true, it also caused a hidden worry in his heart.

"That can't be done right." He pulled her into his arms and said softly: "You don't need to think so much, everything is arranged by me. You just need to be my wife well."

There are some things he doesn't want to tell her, so he silently bears them.

Since he is a man, for his wife, he wants to do what a man should do and take care of the future of the family.

But, there are still shortcomings.

Children, they still need a child.

Although it will take at least one year for the filial piety period to end, there is nothing wrong with warming up now.

Spring is a good time, when everything recovers, and it is time to have a baby.

Xiao Mingrui's eyes were surprisingly bright, he suddenly hugged her and said with a smile: "Don't worry about those things, now I'm full of warmth and thinking about my husband."

Murong Wei spat, "No shame, no shame..."

In the snowy night, the warm room is fragrant, and at this moment, the warm and fragrant nephrite is in the bosom, and there is no bliss in life.

It snowed heavily all day, until the next day when we got up early, the sky was already clear.

Snow capped, red sun rising, reflecting in this silver-clad world, golden and white, complement each other.

The yamen has already sealed the pen, and it must be put until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month from before the 26th of the new year.

Xiao Mingrui is not a member of the cabinet, and the cabinet will not be on vacation until New Year's Eve. At this time, no one in the Ministry of Rites is working, so he naturally returned to the palace to rest.

The ice in the entire capital can't stop people's enthusiasm for the New Year.

Early in the morning, every household in the capital got up to clear the snow, and the snow on the streets of the capital had already been cleared by people.

(End of this chapter)