A Thousand Hills

Chapter 244

The crown prince is fighting with the Marquis of Nan'an, and most of the people who have been jumping up and down are low-ranking officials from the middle and middle courts. As for the high-ranking officials in the court, such as the six ministries and nine ministers or the cabinet's support, they have not yet spoken.

It's not that these grown-ups don't want to express their attitudes. Sometimes, silence is also an attitude.

In the face of this great defeat, Prime Minister Su suddenly asked Emperor Mu Yuan to call the prince back to court.Moreover, the reasons given are aboveboard, and the prince cannot stay in an unsafe place.

As soon as the words fell, before Emperor Mu Yuan could speak, Prime Minister Su continued, "The crown prince has a body of ten thousand gold, so you must be very careful on the return journey. Duke Wu is a veteran minister of the court, and he is loyal and loyal. Your majesty, please order Duke Wu to escort the crown prince back to the court!"

The fifth prince didn't go back to the mansion until the evening, at that time, the time for dinner was past, Xie Moru saw him coming back, he ordered Wutong to pass the meal, and at the same time ordered the wisteria to serve the fifth prince to wash his head and face, then changed into the black prince's clothes, Wearing only a homemade sapphire blue gauze dress, she sat on the couch and took a few mouthfuls of mint honey water, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

When the food was served, the Fifth Prince ordered the maids to retreat.

The fifth prince had no intention of eating, and he didn't even move a single chopstick. He had something to say to his wife, "Jiangnan was defeated. Prime Minister Su asked Father to summon the prince and Duke Wu to return to court."

Xie Moru sighed, "At this time, Prime Minister Su is still willing to say these words, which shows that he is a veteran who holds the country well, and his reputation is well-deserved. According to Prime Minister Su's weight, His Majesty thinks it will be carefully considered."

"You don't know, the battle report was sent this morning, as well as the memorial of the Marquis of Nan'an requesting to return to the court due to his lack of talent, and the memorial of impeaching the Marquis of Nan'an for colluding with bandits and leading to the defeat of Jiangnan." Fifth prince. Frowning slightly, with obvious tiredness, he said, "I have read both forms. The Marquis of Nan'an wrote it quite earnestly, saying that it is difficult to grasp the overall situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and he wants to go back to the imperial capital to plead guilty to the emperor. The prince said he got it." The evidence of the collusion between the Marquis of Nan'an and the King of Jingjiang, in order to be safe, please ask the father to appoint another general to take over the military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River."

Xie Moru's heart twitched, as if something had slipped through his mind, but it was only for a moment, and if he went back to trace it, there was no trace.Xie Moru didn't think about the throbbing for a moment, and asked anxiously, "What did your majesty say?"

The fifth prince sighed, "The crown prince has clearly stated that there is evidence of collusion between the Marquis of Nan'an and the King of Jingjiang. If someone else said this, don't care about it. It's just a rumor to criticize the Marquis of Nan'an. It can be said that this is the crown prince. No matter what, the Marquis of Nan'an They are about to come back. What's more, the Marquis of Nan'an himself also requested to return to the court, but the Marquis of Nan'an is still in court, who can take over the military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Xie Moru sneered, "Wu Guogong is a ready-made powerful man, except for Wu Guogong, I don't think anyone has this ability!"

"Father wanted Uncle Yong'an to take over the Jiangnan military affairs, but Uncle Yong'an didn't dare to take over."

"The Marquis of Yong'an is not stupid. What's so bad about living a peaceful life in the imperial capital? Could it be possible to go to the south of the Yangtze River to be the prince's puppet? Those who have made military achievements belong to others, but is it necessary for him to be the top of the tank?" Xie Moru sneered.

The fifth prince was also speechless.

Xie Moru saw that he was useless, so he served him a bowl of hundred fungus soup, the fifth prince took it, and said, "What do you think about this matter?"

"Didn't Prime Minister Su argue for the Marquis of Nan'an?"

"Su is quite upright. Su Xiang said that the Marquis of Nan'an was born in Cheng'en Gongfu, and his parents, wife and children are all in the imperial capital. He will never object. The crown prince is afraid that he has made a mistake and the crown prince is not good to stay outside for a long time. Please ask the crown prince. Go back to court." The fifth prince stirred the fragrant soup in the bowl, and continued, "Zhao Guogong said that the Cheng family, the mother's family of the empress of the ancestors, was also the late emperor's natal family. The late emperor was so kind, and he still tried to usurp the throne. The former British Gongfang's family, the family of the first emperor Yuan and later the natal family, is both the pillar of the country and the relatives of the family. Your majesty treats the Fang family with deep kindness like the sea. As a result, the favor of the emperors of the two dynasties still cannot stop the ambition of conspiracy. If Nan'anhou is innocent, return If the court defends itself, the emperor will not be able to wrong him. If the Marquis of Nan'an is really unfaithful and he calls back the crown prince at this time, no one in the south of the Yangtze River will be able to restrain Nan'an."

Xie Moru had never had a good impression of Zhao Guogong, and said, "I don't know how much Wu Guogong gave this old dog to make him bite like this."

The fifth prince burst into laughter, and said, "Hanlin servant Zhao Lin, Mr. Zhao said at that time, if this is a thief, everyone is a thief. The scolding made Zhao Guogong blush, and he immediately turned his face, saying that Zhao servant slandered him. Zhao The waiter said, Duke Zhao stole the plum tree from the Wanmei Palace of Fusheng Princess, and everyone in the court knew about it, so he is not a thief."

Xie Moru frowned, "I've heard people say that this servant Zhao seems to be a member of Duke Zhao's distant clan."

"I don't think so. If they are really of the same family, how could Zhao Shidao scold Zhao Guogong like this? He really scolded Zhao Guogong so that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven." The fifth prince felt relieved and said, "I used to see this Zhao Guogong Talking about being the No. [-] Scholar is very arrogant, and I don’t want to scold people so badly.”

Xie Moru said, "In that world's top three, Xu Ning entered the East Palace, and Tanhua was still studying in the Hanlin. Although Zhao Shisao was also in the Hanlin, he was by the emperor's side. It can be seen that he is quite a man of His Majesty's favor."

"Do you think this is what the father meant?"

"At least what Zhao Shi said will not displease His Majesty." Xie Moru sighed, "Wu Guogong's methods are so vicious, how can the crown prince be able to control them? If the court wins this battle in the south of the Yangtze River, The Duke of Wu is bound to be great. If the court is defeated, even if the whole family is punished, it will be difficult to resist the decline of the country."

The fifth prince put the spoon away, and said, "I expected, it won't be like this. I want to privately remonstrate with my father tomorrow. Although Jiangnan is in the hands of Wu Guogong, when the Marquis of Nan'an went to Jiangnan, I said that it is best not to Move Fujian. Fufeng and I communicate with each other. Our Fujian is still stable and has been defending Jingjiang. It is better to let Fujian and Nan'an Prefecture form a defensive south line. As long as Fufeng and Mrs. An can defend, Jingjiang will always be afraid. In this way, the imperial court can concentrate on encircling Jingjiang River. And the southern line can be defended and defended, and it can support the imperial court when necessary, wouldn’t it be good?”

Fujian is the fiefdom of the fifth prince, so the fifth prince will naturally be very concerned about it.

Xie Moru said, "Your Highness, don't speak out in private, but pick a place where Prime Minister Su is also there to talk about it."

"Su Xiang can speak for me?" The prince didn't have such a big face.

Xie Moru said, "Prime Minister Su will not favor Your Highness, but Prime Minister Su is a man who always discusses the matter as it stands. As long as His Highness's idea is beneficial to the country, he will definitely facilitate it."

"Success! I will find a suitable time tomorrow."

Seeing that the food was getting cold, Xie Moru said with a smile, "I'm afraid I won't be able to relax tomorrow, Your Highness, eat something first, you need to be physically strong to do anything."

The fifth prince laughed, "You've always been weird when you persuade people."

"Originally, if you can't eat or drink because of such a small matter, even if you have the means of a god, once your body is starved to death, you will have no ambitions or ideals. People, as long as you are in good health and live a long life, The road will be long." Xie Moru said with emotion, "Like King Jingjiang, if the first emperor could have lived ten years longer, I am afraid that he would not be left with such troubles. And King Jingjiang, who was suppressed by Princess Fusheng at first, would have thought that he would have today Management. Bisheng, Princess Fusheng passed away, His Majesty was in charge of the government, and there was no time to take care of him for a while. He has lived healthy and healthy all the way to the present, and has also managed a side of power. You say King Jingjiang is talented, I think he is no match The first emperor and the auxiliary princess were born with a long lifespan. Everyone passed away, but he is still alive. So I said, what is amazing is so beautiful, the sky is latitude, and the earth, it is not worth the longevity."

As she said, she served vegetables for the fifth prince, and the fifth prince really ate a lot, determined to live a long life, let's see how Jiangnan is going.

After the Fifth Prince had dinner, Xie Moru continued to ask, "What happened to Cheng Engong?"

"Cheng Engong cried bitterly, and said that the prince wronged the Marquis of Nan'an. The Hu family is originally a family of foreign relatives. Even though Princess Ningrong and King Jingjiang are brothers and sisters, if a woman marries and obeys her husband, doesn't the princess consider her husband, her son, and her husband? Sun's life and future." The Fifth Prince said, "I don't like the Eldest Princess too much, I used to be provocative, but you say, the Eldest Princess really favors King Jingjiang, so she retreated [-] steps In other words, even if Jingjiang becomes powerful, the eldest princess will still be the eldest princess, but the Hu family is not Cheng'en Gong's mansion."

Xie Moru said, "The crown prince's move is too ruthless, let's wait and see, this time Duke Cheng's government must stab the empress dowager."

The fifth prince said, "Fourth brother is also extremely unhappy, I came back early, and fourth brother went to the princess when he came out of the palace."

Xie Moru thought for a while, and said, "It seems that Prince Wu Guogong is very confident in Jiangnan's victory."

the other side.

Zhao Guogong went to the First Prince's Mansion angrily, and complained to Zhao Lin with the First Prince, "This Zhao Shiyu is simply lawless! If it wasn't for the fear of being disrespectful in front of the imperial court, I would call him good-looking!"

The eldest prince did not say that Zhao Lin was not, he said, "Grandpa, you too, why are you speaking for the prince?"

Seeing the eldest prince, Zhao Guogong became anxious, and said earnestly, "My lord, if you don't speak for the prince now, why don't you show your favor to the East Palace after the prince returns from victory? As everyone knows, sending charcoal in the snow is far better than icing on the cake!"

The eldest prince also has his own ideas at this age, and said, "I don't believe it, the prince can fight better than the Marquis of Nan'an? The Marquis of Nan'an has been defeated, can the prince have a good life in the future? If you want me to say, let the prince come back quickly Don't stay in the south of the Yangtze River to make trouble. It's not that I, the big brother, speak badly. If he wants to have a good or bad, who can take care of it? Besides, fighting is not a matter of lip service. Back then Zhao Kuo knew how to talk about soldiers. What's the result?" The eldest prince was looking forward to the prince's bad luck, but now he also felt something, it's okay for the prince to be unlucky, don't bring the country into trouble.Otherwise, if Jingjiang gains power, will their old Mu family still be able to do well?
Zhao Guogong felt that he had broken his heart for the prince's grandson, and sighed, "The prince has never used soldiers. When did the king of Fujian use soldiers before? Didn't he win the battle as usual?"

"The fifth one doesn't know how to fight, but he has Liu Fufeng under his command. Liu Fufeng has many capable people. Does the crown prince have such a person?"

"Wu Guogong was also born as a general. When the old British Duke conquered the Western Man, Wu Guogong served under his command."

The eldest prince immediately came back to his senses, rubbed his chin, and said, "It turns out that this man surnamed Wu has already made up his mind to pick the fruit. If I had known this, I might as well have asked my grandfather to go, wouldn't you also fight with the old British man?" Have you ever fought?"

Zhao Guogong was embarrassed to say that he had mixed qualifications back then.The eldest prince was obviously skeptical of Duke Wu, and said, "How many years has it been since the Duke of England died, and Duke Wu has never said that he has fought a war in these years, can he do it?"

"I'm not sure, how could I send Marquis Nan'an back to the imperial capital." Zhao Guogong said, "I've known Lao Wu all my life, and I've never seen him do anything unsure."

The eldest prince repeated, "This is really unreasonable!"

"Is it true or not, if the crown prince and Duke Wu can defeat King Jingjiang, such meritorious deeds, the position of the East Palace should be so stable. There will be no mistakes in building a good relationship with the East Palace." Zhao Guogong detailed the benefits and benefits with the prince and grandson. After talking for a while, and ten thousand times telling the eldest prince not to believe Zhao Lin's words, he left and returned home.

After Zhao Guogong walked for a while, Zhao Lin just arrived at the emperor's eldest son's mansion. As soon as Zhao Lin arrived, he said, "That idiot, the Marquis of Nan'an went out of his way to plot rebellion! What can he get from Jingjiang for plotting rebellion?"

The eldest prince had always been dependent on Zhao Lin. When he heard Zhao Lin scolding his grandfather, the corners of his lips twitched, and he persuaded Zhao Lin, "Shi Yu, the Duke also has his own reasons." He told Zhao Lin about Mr. Zhao's "reasons".

Zhao Lin sneered even more, "When the Marquis of Yongding went to Fujian, everyone thought that the Marquis of Yongding would be able to make contributions. What happened? I have never heard that the success or failure of a war can be predicted based on experience? What's more, what is the origin of the Marquis of Nan'an? Hou rebelled, Zhao Guogong actually spoke for the prince, and asked the empress how to behave in the Mercy Palace in the future? First, it was said that the Marquis of Nan'an delayed the war, but Cheng'en Gongfu endured it. How could the government just sit back and watch! You must go to the Palace of Mercy and cry! The crown prince is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and the queen mother has nothing to do, but the empress is in the palace and lives by watching the queen mother's winks. Duke Zhao is so confused, how can he go along with the matter of the Marquis of Nan'an!"

"Well, Queen Mother Cheng's mother clan did it too..."

"At that time, the Cheng family had just caught up with the world, and their hearts were unstable. Seeing that the late emperor had no children, he wanted to have his own children. It was really a dream. Empress Dowager Cheng can't tolerate them!" Zhao Lin said, "The Hu family is born or not. Death is not important, what matters is the Palace of Mercy! Your Highness, the Marquis of Nan'an will not be able to stay in the south of the Yangtze River any longer. If Duke Wu loses, the Wu family will be finished. Even if Duke Wu wins, His Highness does not need to worry. Duke Zhao It depends on how His Majesty will deal with himself when the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future. But I want you to say that Your Majesty will be at his peak in Spring and Autumn, and there will always be 20 years left. The Crown Prince's slander of the Marquis of Nan'an will definitely chill the hearts of the Mercy Palace, if your Highness does not take this opportunity to win the favor of the Mercy Palace, what are you waiting for?"

"That's true too." The eldest prince decided to enter the palace tomorrow to fulfill his filial piety in the Palace of Mercy, even if his father watched him, he had to be said to be sensible.

Zhao Lin said indifferently, "His Royal Highness, just take it easy. Your Highness is now relying on the emperor's father to live, and it is very early from the time of relying on the crown prince. It is Wu Guogong's mansion. How could it be that the British Duke's mansion owed a lot to the country! The daughter of the old British man is still the same. It's the first emperor and the empress! Now, where is the Fang family?"

After brainwashing, the First Prince believed that Zhao Lin was much more reliable than his grandfather.

The eldest prince has a follow-up action plan here. In the middle of the night, Zhao Lin was sent away. The eldest prince picked a favorite concubine and went to sleep.

The work and rest time of the Fifth Prince's Mansion is also similar, mainly due to the biological clock developed in the palace. There is no night life these days, and they go to bed when it is dark and wake up when it is dawn.

The fifth prince has a good point, he has a wide heart, don't look at what it is like to be sad sometimes, in fact, he rarely suffers from insomnia.Xie Moru is different, Xie Moru likes to ponder things, ponder carefully, ponder over and over again.Thinking about this, Xie Moru always felt that he had missed some information, and he heard the sound of the watch outside, like lightning, Xie Moru suddenly thought of what he had overlooked.She reached out and patted the fifth prince awake, and the fifth prince asked in a daze, "Do you want a drink?" He sleeps outside the bed, his wife sleeps in the bed, Xie Moru seldom disturbs him, but sometimes the fifth prince wakes up, They will help to call the maids to come in and serve.

"It's not drinking water. I missed a major event today!" Xie Moru half stood up, and said to the fifth prince, "Since the prince said that he has evidence that the Marquis of Nan'an colluded with Jingjiang, think about it, what will the prince do?"

"Prince?" The fifth prince yawned, what happened to the prince, and yawned again.

"If you find out that Fufeng is a spy and you have solid evidence, what will you do?"

The fifth prince couldn't hear the words of "spies" the most now, and his sleepiness suddenly decreased by seven points, and he said, "Fufeng has always been loyal."

"I'm making an analogy."

The fifth prince's mind is still a little confused, and his operation is slow. However, even if he is slow, he can figure it out. The moment he figured it out, the fifth prince jumped up from the bed, "Could it be that the prince has already taken Nan'an Hou! The prince It’s not mentioned in the memorial!”

"I didn't say it, but it doesn't mean I didn't do it." Xie Moru's eyes were astonishingly bright in the night, she said, "Since we have turned our backs, we must do everything we can, severely damage Cheng Engong's lineage, and rebuild Hu's long house!"

The fifth prince broke out in a cold sweat, "I'm afraid the Marquis of Nan'an won't sit still, this, this..."

"If the Marquis of Nan'an waits to die, then the prince must have all the 'evidence' now. If the Marquis of Nan'an escapes from the south of the Yangtze River, the conspiracy is confirmed!" Xie Moru thought for a long time, his thoughts were clear and logical, "This is still I didn't consider King Jingjiang's premise, King Jingjiang is not someone who can be ignored, if I were King Jingjiang, if I found out about this, I would want the Marquis of Nan'an to die in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the late summer night, it was still a little hot, but the fifth prince was not even half-hearted. Inside the brocade tent, a drop of cold sweat slipped from the corner of the fifth prince's forehead, and fell silently on the cool quilt, dripping a faint stream of water. The scars will soon disappear without a trace.

(End of this chapter)