Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 156
Murong Wei blinked, then suddenly leaned into his ear and smiled, "May I see you king in this life."

Xiao Mingrui looked left and right, but there was no one in the courtyard, so he glared at her, then smiled and put his arms around her fragrant shoulders, and reproached, "It's not embarrassing."

Murong Wei took his hand back to the room, and the two of them lay back on the bed.

"This is my wish." Murong Wei smiled and said to him: "My wish will definitely come true."

Xiao Mingrui himself is actually not so sure, "How can you be sure? What if I fail?"

"It doesn't matter if you fail, what else can you do if it's miserable?"

Xiao Mingrui saw that a little girl like her was so cheerful, he couldn't help laughing secretly that if he cared, he would be chaotic, indeed he was a bit chaotic.

If he didn't know anything, he might really think like Murong Wei.

"Wei'er, what if, I mean, if...it really has no other way, what should we do?"

Murong Wei thought for a while: "If your eldest brother ascends the throne, he will definitely kill us? I think he is unlikely to deal with my natal family... At most, we will learn from Xi Shi and Fan Li and go boating."

"Where do you think you can hide?"

"You can go overseas." Murong Wei didn't think so, the world is so big, could it be that you are only staring at this three-acre land?
Hearing what she said, Xiao Mingrui was thoughtful.

He felt that if he was alive, he could really consider preparing a sea boat in Tianjin, and then he would be able to take the boat out to sea and escape.

Of course this is just the worst option.

Now, he still has a good chance of success.

"Well, if there is such a day, we will sail away to a place where no one knows us."

Murong Wei nodded: "I think it is necessary to be prepared for danger in times of peace."

At this point, there is no need to say anything more.

Xiao Mingrui thought: No matter what, Wei'er will stay with me, that's enough.

"Stop thinking about it." Murong Wei covered him with the quilt: "Go to bed quickly, who told you to get up early?"

Xiao Mingrui smiled and said: "Okay, my wife, sleep now."

Sure enough, Xiao Mingrui went to court in the early morning of the second day. The court was very busy today. Murong Wei could hear the roar of cannons and horseshoes in the city at home. Standing on the highest floor of the palace, she could I saw the army galloping away from the street.

Officers and soldiers had long drawn lines to keep the people out of the line. The emperor's imperial chariot was cleared by eight horses, gongs and drums were blaring, and the guard of honor was magnificent. The people beside the road knelt down and shouted long live three times.

This scene is really shocking.

It is unknown how other people feel, but Emperor Jianwu obviously liked this feeling of being king.

After the imperial chariot left the city, they changed to a more comfortable and convenient barrier carriage. The courtiers sent them thirty miles before returning to the capital.

By the time the adults return to Beijing, the sky is already getting dark.

At this moment, the city is full of lights, and the common people are talking about this grand trip. Many guests in restaurants and tea houses are discussing the victory of this war.

Many scholars are optimistic that the war can be resolved within a month.

Xiao Mingrui returned to Beijing on horseback, but when he saw this flashy city, he was filled with emotion.

"Second Brother." The King of Chu stopped his horse and galloped for half a day, but his expression was not very good: "Why did you stop?"

Xiao Mingrui sighed: "I just feel that the burden on our brothers' shoulders is heavy."

The King of Chu nodded, deeply convinced: "This period of time must be hard work."

Seeing that his complexion was not good, Xiao Mingrui knew that he was in poor health, and he didn't want to make him work too hard, so he said: "If third brother is unwell, rest more, don't work too hard."

The King of Chu smiled and said, "Thank you, Second Brother. This time, Big Brother and the others are very active. My brother really wants to be able to witness the battlefield one day."

Xiao Mingrui nodded and said, "Yes, there will be a day."

King Chu was taken aback, seeing that he was speaking seriously, he was a little confused for a while.

Xiao Mingrui secretly thought in his heart: I will also have a day when Yu Jia will go on a personal expedition, and I will definitely achieve greater achievements than my father, not to mention comparing with Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu, I will always be no worse.

In the spring of the 18th year of Jianwu, the emperor sent 40 troops to conquer in person, gathered generals to cross Datong City, and passed Jialing Pass to crusade against the barbarian royal court.

Wang Ting takes the little prince as his commander to fight against the emperor. In the first battle, he is defeated by the young general Li Mian.

Another battle, the king of Qin used a plan to trap and kill [-] barbarian cavalry.

In the next battle, the Emperor himself went out to fight, and defeated Wang Ting with the Divine Machine Battalion.

From Emperor Jianwu's expedition to the summer and June, in just two or three months, good news has been reported frequently.

The entire capital city was immersed in the joy of victory, and Xiao Mingrui was also very busy during these two or three months.

Every day, a large number of front-line reports have to be processed, food, grass and military equipment must be arranged, and the Beijing camp must be patrolled from time to time.

Every day, he was so busy that he hardly had time to go back home, even when he came back, he would deal with various official documents in the study.

The summer weather was getting hotter, and Murong Wei was wearing a green gauze shirt, and was watching the two children swimming with the maid in the bathroom.

"Look, princess, the princess is swimming well." Xiang Tao smiled and fiddled with the swimming ring that Murong Wei had specially made by someone. It was inflated, and it wasn't too bad. The child started swimming with this swimming ring, It's also quite interesting.

Murong Wei saw her children happily paddling in the big special wooden tub, she didn't expect Lele, the god of sleep, to be more energetic at this time, even more cheerful than her brother.

"This girl really likes water, and she is more energetic than usual." Murong Wei said with a smile, the two siblings are twins, although they may be closer by nature, but it is not obvious at this time, and Hutou doesn't know if he is seeing her. My younger sister was more capable than myself, so she became impatient, screaming and thumping her white and tender arms like lotus root joints, splashing quite a bit of water.

The crowd burst into laughter.

Lele seemed not to be outdone, and rushed forward, almost throwing her brother to the bottom of the water.

Fortunately, the airbag came up quickly, and Murong Wei laughed so hard that she fell down: "Hey, this time it's a disadvantage for this kid, and my baby Lele is the most powerful!"

In the evening, the setting sun slanted through the sapphire blue ice-cracked glass window, and Murong Wei happily fiddled with the two babies to swim, at this time Xiao Mingrui just came back.

He was very surprised to see his son and daughter swimming with strange circular air bags on their bodies.

He probably had never seen a baby learn to swim before.

"Wei Er, what does this mean?"

Seeing him coming back, Murong Wei smiled and said, "Teach them how to swim, this way they can strengthen their bodies and exercise their flexibility."

"Is that so?" Xiao Mingrui squatted beside him, seeing a pair of children enjoying themselves. Although it is difficult for adults to understand the world of children, the emotion of joy can still be clearly felt.

It's just that children's happiness is pure, unlike adults, who always have so many unhappiness.

As if infected by the happiness of his wife and children, a smile flashed across Xiao Mingrui's slightly tired face. He watched the two children get tired from playing, and then he was hugged and wiped off the drops of water on their bodies, and then changed into cotton clothes.

Even though it was summer, I didn't dare to dress my child too lightly. After all, my resistance was low, and it would be very dangerous if I got sick.

Xiao Mingrui seemed to have something on his mind, so Murong Wei asked, "Why did my husband come back so early today?"

Xiao Mingrui looked at her and said, "Wei'er, I may...something happened recently."

Xiao Mingrui stretched out his hand to hold her hand and said: "On the front line recently, Father asked King Jing to lead an army to chase after the enemy, and Fifth Brother also went with the army."

Murong Wei didn't understand why he mentioned this matter, she was a little surprised: "Well, the war is coming to an end?"

"I may have to go out recently." He said softly, "Take care at home."

Murong Wei was very surprised, why did she feel that something happened?
But Xiao Mingrui kept secret, but he refused to make it clear, in fact, Xiao Mingrui himself is not sure now.

"I'm going to find Marquis Yu Nan in a while. If you don't come back, you don't have to wait for me. You may have to lead troops to Jialing Pass."

Murong Wei thought that there was something going on in the court, since he refused to talk about it, it was inconvenient for her to ask more questions.

Xiao Mingrui specially came back to visit his wife and children, and after a short while, he hurried out.

In fact, it is not too far from the capital to the border. Murong Wei knew that if she really went there, it would not take long, and she would be back in about two or three days.

It's just that before Xiao Mingrui left, he specially ordered her not to care about what happened in the capital, and not to go out these few days, but to stay at home as much as possible, so she was very surprised.

It was getting late, Xiao Mingrui did not go home that day, Murong Wei summoned Su De, and asked: "Is the prince really going out of the city?"

Su De nodded and said: "It seems that the emperor summoned the prince to lead the troops there."

Murong Wei was very puzzled, what did Emperor Jianwu call him to the border for nothing?
Xiao Mingrui is the supervisor of the country, now he is transferring Xiao Mingrui to the border, why?

Su De narrowed his eyes and said: "Princess, don't worry, the prince is fine, it's just that the emperor wants to call him to ask some questions."

"How about this, people who come and go in the palace recently should pay attention, don't come in and out casually."

"The old slave can save it."

On the second day, nothing unexpected happened, and everything remained the same.

Murong Wei thought to herself that she might be thinking too much, this afternoon just happened to be Qin Wangfei Chu's visit, Xiao Mingchen had been on the expedition for two or three months, Chu's belly was gradually getting bigger, and now she was a little pregnant.

Seeing Murong Wei teaching her two children to swim, Mrs. Chu looked around with some interest, and asked Murong Wei how to take care of the baby.

Once a woman becomes a mother, nine out of ten sentences cannot be separated from her child. Similarly, the Chu family is the same now, she always looks forward to everything in the future.

It was getting late, and Chu's family had morning sickness. Seeing her like this, Murong Wei invited her to stay here at night so that she could take care of her.

The Chu family also didn't want to go back to Prince Qin's mansion alone, they might as well be with Murong Wei as companions, so they agreed.

When the lights came on, Murong Wei asked someone to prepare dinner, Chu family couldn't eat much, so Murong Wei asked the cook to prepare light and refreshing food, the weather was already hot, pregnancy was very hard at this time, and she couldn't eat much.

I just finished dinner, but seeing the stars and the moon rising, there was a burst of frogs and cicadas outside the window, Murong Wei invited Mrs. Chu to take a walk in the yard, and the two sisters-in-law ate some fruits. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Murong Wei couldn't help but be a little surprised when the sky on one side of the capital turned red strangely.

"Yeah, isn't it on fire?"

Yuegu's exclamation brought Murong Wei back to her senses: "It's really... This is a fire in the capital near Yongshun Gate. It seems that the fire is not small."

Chu frowned and said: "It hasn't rained for seven or eight days. If there is a fire at this time, it will be terrible. There are many private houses over there. I'm afraid most of them will be destroyed this time."

Murong Wei asked someone to inquire, although it is impossible for the fire over there to burn here, it is better to be careful.

At this time, most of the houses were made of wood, and many of them were easy to burn. Once the fire continued, it would often burn down more than half of the street.

Although Shuntian Mansion also set up a fire shop, but after all, the long-distance water cannot quench the near-thirst, and once the fire is lit, artificial watering will not have much effect.

Because of the fire at Yongshun Gate, the officials have dispatched people from Shuntian Mansion and Bingma Division to put out the fire, and people from the city defense battalion also went to put out the fire in large numbers, because if the fire spreads and burns half of the capital, No one can bear this responsibility.

At this time, the area near the fire site had to be temporarily demolished. A fire caused hundreds of houses to be burned, and many people lost their homes at once.

For Murong Wei, this kind of fire is actually a common occurrence in the capital, and she doesn't care much about it. She enjoys the cool under the grape trellis at night and talks about the frontline affairs. return."

"Don't worry, brother and sister, he will definitely come back before you give birth. I see that the battle is almost done at this point, and besides, it is impossible for the father to lead troops outside for a long time."

Murong Wei knew that this matter was by no means that simple, and Xiao Mingrui's sudden departure from Beijing at this time made her even more worried.

At this time, Su De suddenly came to report in a hurry: "Princess, there is a team of officers and soldiers coming outside."

Murong Wei raised her eyebrows: "Officers and soldiers, what's the matter with them?"

Su De was also a little puzzled: "The slaves heard that they were from the Shuntian Mansion, and they just came from the fire site, and they said that the person who set the fire just now was found. They chased all the way, but they saw the person who set the fire running into us. I’m in the mansion, so I want to come in and arrest people.”

Murong Wei's face darkened, "How is this possible? The palace has high walls and guards with hunting dogs, so how could it be possible for someone to sneak into the palace. Besides, do they have the emperor's search warrant? Our palace can let people come in and arrest them at will? "

"The servant just went to see them and said the same thing. But the officers and soldiers of this team are very tough, saying that they followed the order of King He to arrest the bandits, and now they are asking our palace to make it easier. The old slave suggested that the palace can be searched by ourselves. If not, forget it, but they asked to come in and wait."

Murong Wei frowned, and glanced at Su De, why was there something abnormal about this matter.

It's not that she is suspicious, she has never encountered any officer and soldier who dared to come to the palace so boldly in these years.

"They want to come in and investigate?" Murong Wei snorted, "They can enter the palace whenever they want. Why, do they still suspect that our palace will shield criminals? Although it is an order from Uncle Wang, there is no need to go too far Pay attention to them."

Su De also thought so in his heart, to be honest, he was shocked that the captain who took the lead was so bold and dared to be so rude to the palace, wouldn't he be afraid to wait for Xiao Mingrui to find out?
Besides, he and Wang Pingri are also very kind, so how could they do such a thing suddenly?

Even if He Wang knew about it, he might ask someone to apologize immediately.

"My servant is going to reply now, but I am also worried that it would be bad if someone with strong martial arts sneaks into the palace. I want to ask the guards in the mansion to search everywhere immediately to see if there is anything unusual."

Murong Wei nodded, and ordered Su De to search. She was not sure whether someone with such strong martial arts would actually break into the palace, but the Luowang Palace occupies a large area, and there are constant patrols starting from the outer wall. , and from the outer palace to the inner palace, there is a large area of ​​buildings. The palace walls of the inner palace are also very tall. The entire palace has patrol towers, and weapons such as knives, guns, swords, and halberds are also hidden in the arsenal.

It would be very difficult for any strongman to enter the palace.

Chu was a little worried: "Why do I feel that something is wrong about this?"

Murong Wei thought so, so she asked Madam Zheng to go to the outer palace of the palace to see what happened.

Not long after, Madam Zheng ran back panting, her expression pale.

"Princess, what a disaster!" Madam Zheng, who is usually considered a very calm person, was dripping with cold sweat at this time, but when she saw Murong Wei, she panicked.

Murong Wei was startled: "What happened?"

"The servant went to the west gate of the outer palace, and saw a lot of soldiers and horses outside. Eunuch Su went out to reason with them before, but they didn't listen, so he had to wait in the palace. At this time, the servant saw a large number of cavalry and soldiers in the distance. The infantrymen came over, one by one fierce flames were rampant, very terrifying, when those people came to the front, they scolded Mrs. Su, saying that they had obeyed King He's order to catch the fugitives as soon as possible, if our palace harbors criminals, we will sue the emperor at that time go.

Eunuch Su quickly retreated, ordered the west gate to be closed tightly, and told the servants that this was strange, and that there might be changes in the capital. "

Murong Wei's heart sank, "How many cavalry and infantry are there?"

"There are about 100 cavalrymen, but there are seven to eight hundred infantrymen. The servants see that their clothes don't look like those of the city defense camp, nor do they look like those of the Beijing camp."

The Chu family said anxiously: "These people must have come with bad intentions. But the capital is managed by Yu Nanhou, how could such a thing happen? It's urgent, second sister-in-law, I think this matter is not good, and it must not be done now The door is open, otherwise I really don't know what these people are doing when they enter the palace."

Murong Wei remembered Xiao Mingrui's sudden departure from the capital, and the weird atmosphere in the capital seemed to have reached its peak tonight.

The inexplicable fire, the soldiers who wanted to search the house in disguise, all of these had a strange atmosphere.

Her intuition told her that this was very much a case of some political change.

"Impossible, how could..."

Murong Wei couldn't sit still anymore. Thinking about the number of people in the palace, nothing would happen to her. If something like a coup really happened, she wouldn't be in a hurry. The most important thing now is to stabilize people's hearts.

"Siblings, you and Aunt Yue are staying here to take care of the children. I'm going to visit the Outer Palace."

The Chu family said nervously: "How can this be done? Second sister-in-law, you can stay too. There are so many guards in the palace, so nothing will happen."

Murong Wei resolutely said: "No, you all stay here, now gather all the maids, mothers-in-law and eunuchs, and there must be no trouble. Mother Zheng, you can handle this matter, the palace must not be chaotic!"

Mother Zheng had just recovered from her shock, when Murong Wei spoke, she said solemnly: "Yes, I will definitely not let the palace be messed up."

Murong Wei didn't say much, and immediately took Lu'er and Xiangtao, took the Qingbi carriage, and accelerated to the west gate of the outer palace.

There are four gates in the palace, and all four gates are on the side of the street. Next to the west gate is the Shanchuan Sheji Altar, which is used for offering sacrifices.

Beside the hanging flower door, Su De was listening to the officers and soldiers shouting and cursing outside in horror. The voices of those people were like a bell, and their shouts were like thunder. At this time, someone had already stepped forward to hit the door.

By this time, if Su De still doesn't understand that the situation is different now, it will be considered that he has lived in vain for so many years.

When Murong Wei arrived in front of the west gate, she hurriedly got out of the carriage, and she could already hear the shouting and cursing from outside, because it was quiet at night, the loud shouts of these people, the sound of knocking on the door became very eye-catching, Murong Wei's expression changed when she heard it. changed.

"Where can I see the situation outside?" Murong Wei asked in a deep voice.

Su De quickly came over and replied: "As you can see from the Shanchuan Sheji Altar, Wangfei, the situation is not good now, the old slave has sent all the guards here, and sent people to protect you and the prince..."

Murong Wei looked at the city wall outside the Wangfu. This city wall is not the thin wall that modern people see. In fact, it was very strong when it was built, with a thickness of three to five inches. There was also a female wall on it. The Arrow Tower, the design of the inner city of the Forbidden City is exhausting, just not wanting the inner city to be tight, but if people are sent to defend it, with rolling wood and stones and kerosene, it can still guarantee that nothing will happen.

Murong Wei said decisively: "Now call all the guards and the guards of the ceremony, and take out the weapons, bows and arrows in the arsenal. Where is the leader of the guards?"

Next to him was a big man in armor who came to see Murong Wei.

Murong Wei said softly: "Master Hu, if I give you soldiers and horses, can you guard the west gate of the palace?"

Commander Hu buzzed: "Princess, don't worry, this officer has fought under the lord's command, and he will definitely be able to guard Ximen!"

Murong Wei breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but then she listened to Hu Tong's words: "It's just that the palace has four gates, but there are only 500 guards on weekdays, even if you add the men in the mansion, there are only a thousand people, and now there are thousands of officers and soldiers outside. If they are really brave enough to attack the palace, I am afraid that the pressure will not be small when the four doors are opened."

Murong Wei gritted her teeth and said: "This concubine will choose the strongest eunuchs and maids in the mansion for you."

Commander Hu cupped his hands and said: "Although this cannot be guaranteed, it is not too bad to shoot arrows from a high position. Besides, this is the capital. If He Wang gets the news, it is impossible not to come here..."

Su De's words made Commander Hu change color: "What if you can't catch up with the king?"

At this moment, the sound of killing was heard from the Xizhimen area, and the sound shook the entire capital. By this time, no matter how idiot is, they would know that something happened in the capital.

"It's broken, no wonder someone set fire tonight." Commander Hu patted his head: "This is to tune the tiger away from the mountain!"

Murong Wei thought that if someone really wanted a coup d'etat, then tonight would be very difficult!
Why do these officers and soldiers have to come to the Luo Palace?

What are they trying to cheat into the palace?
Could it be that someone wanted to take their mother and child hostage?
Could it be that King Qi rebelled?

Murong Wei was terrified in her heart, if this was the case, this might not be the only palace that would encounter such a thing tonight!

Murong Wei raised her head and said categorically: "Get ready immediately, Su De, you also go to the good doctor's office immediately, organize the imperial physicians of the good doctor's office, when the time comes to bandage the wounded soldiers, some maidservants will be in charge of boiling water, and the dining room will also take care of it." Get busy, the craftsmen of Gongzheng Institute are here too!"

After Murong Wei gave the order, Su De immediately got busy.

Commander Hu saw that Murong Wei had arranged it well, so he immediately summoned the generals and assigned tasks to each branch.

Li Jishan also came over at this time. As Xiao Mingrui's counselor, he obviously knew a lot of things that others didn't know, but at this time, before Murong Wei, he asked people to gather the servants and housekeepers of the palace and others, and made people choose Jian Zhuang. The eunuchs and servants were in charge of transporting weapons and other things. When they rushed to the west gate, they saw that under the auspices of Murong Wei, the guards of the palace had already taken their positions. The craftsmen in the main office are also busy making impromptu spears and preparing rolling stones and wood.

Seeing Murong Wei, Li Jishan felt a little emotional, and sighed: "The princess is really a hero among women!"

Murong Wei hurriedly said: "Sir, let's see what to do now, but today's day is like looking at flowers in a fog, so I can't see clearly."

Li Jishan suddenly said: "Princess, don't worry, I believe that tonight will be able to turn the bad luck into good luck. Even if someone has evil intentions, it will be useless after all."

At this time, I heard the roar of the defenders from the city wall: "You dare to attack the princess, good thieves! Today I will tell you to go and never return!"

At this time, a rain of arrows was shot directly into the city wall from outside, Li Jishan said repeatedly: "Princess, get out of here, it's too dangerous!"

Murong Wei saw that the arrows were raining like arrows, and many missed shots fell into the palace, so she hurriedly withdrew to a distance with Li Jishan.

(End of this chapter)