Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 404 House arrest in disguise
The emperor looked at the battle report sent from the border, with an unpredictable expression on his face.After beheading the second prince's head, the Qi army went silent for a while, but Li Shang quickly regained power and launched small-scale attacks on the Zhao army from time to time. Xiao Lin didn't care about it. Right now, the Qi army was seriously injured and couldn't succeed. What a great climate.

But the minds of the neighboring Yi people are very lively.The Yi nationality is located in the northwest border of Zhao State, where there are wind and sand all year round, and the natural conditions are very harsh, so the Yi people will harass the border of Zhao State or Qi State every few years to plunder food.

Seeing Zhao Jun and Qi Jun go to war, the Yi people finally couldn't bear to attack Qi Jun and Zhao Jun.Zhao Jun's side is alright, it's not a problem to have Xiao Lin in charge, the Yi people didn't get any advantage from Xiao Lin's hands, but the Qi army is weak at this time, and the Yi people's attack on them is even more fierce, Li Shang has been struggling Support is very laborious.

Seeing this, the general of the Yi tribe became proud, and launched a large-scale attack directly on the Qi army, intending to annex the remaining Qi army in one fell swoop.After careful consideration, Xiao Lin sent troops to reinforce Li Shang.

"The general's move is a little inappropriate. The emperor did not order to attack the Yi people." The general looked worried.

"The Qi army is no longer a threat to us, but the Yi people are strong and strong. If they annex the Qi army, we will be their next target. Instead of this, it is better to strike first and directly hit the Yi people hard. Besides, these years They have frequently harassed our country's borders, and it's time to beat them." Xiao Lin said in a deep voice.

After some discussion, the generals agreed to Xiao Lin's decision.So Xiao Lin began to line up troops.

Three days later, the Yi tribe launched an attack on the Qi army. When the Qi army was in dire straits, the Zhao army suddenly joined the battlefield, and the Yi tribe returned home in defeat.

After that, Zhao Jun and Qi Jun stopped fighting tacitly, and although the Yi people launched several rounds of attacks one after another, they were all blocked by Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin truthfully informed the emperor of these situations in the battle report, and suggested sending troops to suppress the Yi people.

"What a Xiao Lin, has he already started to worry about what the emperor should be worried about?" The emperor's eyes were filled with anger and even panic.

"Come here! The Young Madam of General Xuan's Mansion will stay in the palace for a while to accompany the Queen." The emperor looked at the battle report in his hand coldly, and said in a low voice.

After receiving the imperial edict, Jing Ning's face turned cold. She stood in the hall and looked coldly at the father-in-law who announced the edict.

"Eunuch goes first, and Jing Ning will arrive later." Jing Ning took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in her heart, and only after dismissing her father-in-law did she let go of her tightly clenched hand.

"Your majesty is going too far. This is not a short stay. It's clear that my sister-in-law is going to be under house arrest!" Xiao Yuan pursed her lips, with a very displeased look on her face.

Father Xiao glanced at Xiao Yuan, although there was a hint of warning in his eyes, but his complexion was not very good, he walked up to Jing Ning and said in a deep voice, "You stay in the mansion, I will go to the palace immediately to face the saint. "

Jing Ning was a little moved. She knew that Xiao's father had always been very loyal to the emperor and would hardly disobey any will of the emperor. To enter the palace to face the Holy Spirit, obviously he didn't want to put himself in a dangerous situation.

"Father, don't worry about this matter, the emperor won't do anything to me." Jing Ning comforted in a gentle voice.

He could sort of guess what the emperor was thinking, now that Xiao Lin had reported many successes, the prestige of the General's Mansion had reached a level comparable to that of the imperial power, if the General's Mansion was willing, it could completely replace him and change Zhao to Xiao.The emperor was afraid that such a thing would happen, so he wanted to threaten the general's mansion and the prime minister's mansion in this way, so as to give him more bargaining chips.

Especially since Wanxi had died tragically, the emperor didn't have any eyes and ears in the General's Mansion, which made him so anxious to control the General's Mansion and Xiao Lin's weakness.

But Jing Ning can be sure that even if she is under house arrest in the palace, she will not be in any danger. After all, Xiao Lin holds the military power at this time. If the emperor dares to hurt her, Xiao Lin will definitely not stand by and watch, and the consequences may be the emperor. She couldn't bear it either, so Jing Ning only felt angry in her heart, but she didn't worry about herself at all.

"Silly boy, just in case. The palace is no better than the General's Mansion. If something happens to you, what should you do?" Mother Xiao's eyes turned red as she spoke, and Xiao Yuan rushed to Mother Xiao's side when she saw this , Jing Ning also comforted softly.

Jing Ning explained the reasons one by one, Xiao's mother stopped crying, but she still didn't want Jing Ning to go.Jing Ning sighed and said: "If I don't go at this time, I'm afraid the emperor will become suspicious, and if I do something directly to the general's mansion, it will be bad, father and mother, don't worry, Ning'er will definitely It will be all right."

Jing Ning showed a relieved smile to Xiao's father and Xiao's mother, and stretched out his hand to pinch Xiao Yuan's cheek.Xiao's father and Xiao's mother saw that Jing Ning had made up his mind, so they didn't stop her, they just kept sighing.

What Jing Ning said is not unreasonable, if the emperor cannot be reassured at this time, I am afraid that if the emperor is not calm, he will really do something to the general's mansion.She didn't want such a thing to happen, Xiao Lin was no longer at this time, as his wife, she had the responsibility to help him guard the general's mansion and their common home.

Jing Ning simply tidied up and left the General's Mansion, Xiao Yuan pulled Jing Ning's sleeves with red eyes.

"Sister-in-law, don't leave, women in the palace are not easy to get along with."

Jing Ning couldn't help laughing "puchi", she lightly scratched Xiao Yuan's nose, and said softly: "It's not like I won't see you anymore, don't cry, I'll be back in a few days, you have to take good care of Dad Aunt, do you know?"

Xiao Yuan choked and nodded, showing a smile to Jing Ning.Seeing this, Jing Ning calmed down slightly, and gave Xiao Yuan a few more instructions before getting into the carriage.

Half an hour later, Jing Ning stood in the hall, and the emperor and empress sat upright on the hall.

"Jingning, the queen has been praying for the soldiers on the frontier every day these days. It's been very hard. I want you to enter the palace to accompany the queen, so you can relax and stay in the palace. If you have any shortcomings Then tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs." The smile on the emperor's face was very kind, and Jing Ning also thanked her with a smile, but she kept sneering in her heart.

"Then leave it to the empress." The emperor glanced at the empress, who nodded with a smile, looking at Jingning with deep meaning in her eyes.Jing Ning's heart skipped a beat, with a vague premonition.

Jing Ning's residence is very close to the Queen's bedroom, only separated by a few winding paths, presumably for the convenience of monitoring, Jing Ning watched Wen Xing busily packing his luggage in boredom, unconsciously began to miss Xiao Lin.

(End of this chapter)