Autumn tigers are rampant, but the palace is very cold.
Princess Jin had a cold face and sat on the main seat in the main hall without saying a word.
Everyone, including Chen Xiulan, was so frightened that they became silent and even walked on tiptoe.
Only the maid Lanzhi, who had grown up with her since childhood, was unaware of it.
She held a drink and comforted her softly, "Princess, you are still pregnant. Put down the newspaper first to calm down. If your anger destroys your body and the little prince in your belly, it is not worth it."
"Besides, the great master has the final say on military and national affairs. As women, we can't help no matter how angry we are, right?"
Princess Jin glared at her personal maid, then turned to look at her husband who was pretending to be writing something.
"Still pretending! I bet you can't write a fluent sentence."
hey-hey.
Chen Xiulan stopped the pen in his hand with a smile.
"I haven't written any articles, I'm just practicing calligraphy, practicing calligraphy!"
Since Princess Jin became pregnant, he rarely left the palace.
Perhaps it is because pregnant women are not easy to mess with, but now Chen Xiulan has lost a lot of weight, and from a distance she actually looks a bit more delicate.
"The weather is sultry today. Please be careful when practicing martial arts. Don't get heatstroke."
"I understand." Chen Xiulan nodded hurriedly, "After practicing for a long time, it becomes a habit. If I don't practice martial arts for a day, I will feel uncomfortable all over."
Princess Jin rolled her eyes and shook the newspaper in her hand, "Your Majesty, what will your father do with this field?"
Lanzhi quickly reminded, "The princess is Tian Hongyan of the Yanhui Corps."
"Yes. It's Tian Hongyan."
Princess Jin had a sullen face and slammed the handle of the Grand Master's chair.
It was as if it was not a chair but Tian Hongyan.
"I remember that my father ignored the regulations of the Ministry of War and sent this bastard to guard the western border. Then it was his duty to resist and expel the Xiliang people. The newspaper said that he knew that our troops were insufficient, but he chose to stay in the ravine.
He ignored them and watched helplessly as they were beaten to death in front of them, resulting in heavy casualties in the end."
"This is really unreasonable."
The more Princess Jin talked, the angrier she became, "What kind of bullshit army general does this kind of person have? He was cut up and sent to the palace to serve as Changlu's subordinate."
Ahem.
Lanzhi rolled her eyes and coughed repeatedly.
boom!
Princess Jin patted the chair again before glaring at her husband sitting on the other side.
"Did the prince say so?"
Chen Xiulan couldn't laugh or cry, so she could only comfort her.
"The military information in the west has not been reported back yet. This is still a statement in the newspapers for the time being. No one knows the specific situation. Let's wait for the battle report from the fortress."
"Newspaper? What's wrong with the newspaper?" Princess Jin was very unconvinced, "Every report it reports is true. For example, the one in Baekje..."
Speaking of this, her voice couldn't help but become much lower, "The King of Qi who was far away in Baekje disappeared as soon as he said he was missing. There is still no news."
The two were fighting.
Bang bang.
The main hall door rang.
The voice of the Palace Chief Shi came in.
"Your Majesty, someone is coming to the palace. Please enter the palace immediately."
The couple in the main hall looked at each other in astonishment. Chen Xiulan comforted his wife a few more words before he hurriedly changed his clothes and entered the palace.
When they arrived at the Imperial Study Room, Chen Xiulan's eyes flashed.
Except for Chen Xiuzhu, who had not returned from his trip, all the adult princes or princes had arrived.
After saluting, Chen Xiulan shrank behind her eldest brother, King Qin, as usual, intending to pretend to be dead.
However, he was stopped by Emperor Changxing from above.
"Brother Lan, did your wife not let you eat again? Yes, tell me, I will ask Fan Wen later how did the Minister of Etiquette teach his granddaughter?"
Emperor Changxing's eyes were already in poor condition, but he could still clearly distinguish that the figure in front of him was much thinner than last time.
The princes in the palace looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces.
Chen Xiulan blushed, "It's okay to go back to the emperor. Fan Shangshu is in charge of the Imperial Etiquette Department, and he attaches great importance to the etiquette of his family, country and the world. Under his guidance since she was a child, the princess has always been gentle... virtuous."
Ahem.
Having said this, he coughed twice in a covert manner in front of the joking eyes of a bunch of brothers.
"Erchen just felt that dragging his body fat around Star City would be a loss of royal dignity, so he ate less every meal. In fact, the princess kept asking him to eat more, saying that she liked being broad-minded and fat.
…”
Emperor Changxing nodded, "That's right. If she didn't let you eat more before, you wouldn't have grown like this."
Phew.
The other princes finally couldn't help laughing.
The father and son laughed again for a while before Chen Xiulan returned to her seat.
Soon, everyone became quiet.
It's time to get down to business.
"My dear princes, who has read today's newspaper?" Emperor Changxing asked.
Chen Xiulan subconsciously stood up and said, "Father, I just watched it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.
When he looked back, he realized that the other brothers were standing obediently, looking at him as if they were seeing a joke.
"No one else has seen it?"
Emperor Changxing slowly moved his eyes and subconsciously held his breath when he saw whoever he saw.
After a long while, King Qin Chen Xiumei and King Ming Chen Xiujian stood up at the same time, their faces full of confusion.
"Father, I wonder what newspaper you mentioned?"
"What the eldest brother said is absolutely true, and my son and I also said the same thing."
Emperor Changxing looked at his two sons, "You really haven't seen it?"
"Father," King Qin trembled, "I have been studying hard in the palace recently to learn all kinds of knowledge."
"The sage said that he had read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. The more he read, the less he realized that he knew less. My son felt that what he said was reasonable, so he asked the chief historian to pick some books. In other words, if you hadn't summoned me by your father, this meeting would have happened.
My son is still working hard on books in the study."
"Oh? Really!" Emperor Changxing was very pleased.
He asked with interest what books King Qin had been reading recently, and then asked Changlu to deliver the newspaper to his son who was standing still in the row.
"What about Prince Ming? Are you also studying in the palace?"
"Returning to my father," Chen Xiujian took a step forward, "I feel that the western border is unstable and the situation in Baekje in the east is frequent. As a royal family, I must have the responsibility to dare to be the first in the world. Therefore, I have been practicing martial arts hard in the palace, ready to fight at any time.
We are fully prepared to fight for Yun Chui on the battlefield to ensure the peace of our territory."
"Very good." Emperor Changxing's face was even more happy.
However, when he looked at Chen Xiulan, he suddenly put away the smile on his face.
"Prince Jin, since you have finished reading the newspaper, let's talk about your thoughts first."
Chen Xiulan shrank her neck, "My father must be asking about the headlines. I think..."
He hesitated and said: "I think the content in the newspaper is just an unconfirmed one-sided statement, so we should wait until the battle report from the fortress comes back."
Emperor Changxing did not comment, but stretched out his hand to touch the heavy paperweight.
The bodies of all the princes under the dragon eucalyptus were stiff.
Although they were reading the newspaper, they were actually paying attention to what was going on over there.
Ever since Emperor Changxing suffered from a headache, he had the habit of hitting people with paperweights or pens when he was upset.
In the current situation, Chen Xiulan, the rebellious son, is naturally the first to bear the brunt.
But what if Emperor Changxing above misses the target or Chen Xiulan dodges?
Several noble princes had to think too much.
Changlu quickly brought tea over and said, "Your Majesty, please drink some tea to moisten your mouth first."
While Emperor Changxing was receiving tea, he quietly moved the paperweight aside.
"Listen carefully, I will now treat the report in the newspaper as true. Can you tell me how to deal with the Yanhui Army and Dingxi?"
"If it is true." Chen Xiulan's neck became a little thicker, "Father, now the people in the whole city are scolding Tian Hongyan, and the scoldings are so unpleasant that not killing him is not enough to anger the people."
"As for my son, I also feel that General Tian is derelict in his duties. He should immediately remove him from the post of general of the army, and then take him back to Xingji City for trial. He will not be punished until the reasons are found out."
"Are many people outside the palace scolding the Yanhui Army?" Emperor Changxing couldn't help but sit up straight.
cough.
Chen Xiulan coughed, "It can be said that General Tian is now the target of thousands of people. If he dares to show his face in Xingji City now, I guess the people's saliva can help him wash him several times."
Emperor Changxing's mouth trembled and he changed the topic.
"What about Dingxi County?"
Chen Xiulan seemed to speak smoothly and her words became much smoother.
"Father, my son went to Guangxin for training the year before last, and even went to Nanfeng to see with his own eyes the disasters caused by war."
"It has been three years since Xiliang invaded our Dingxi County, and the west of Luoxia must have been desolate. I feel that we should immediately send food, clothing, seeds, etc. to Dingxi to show the favor of my father and the court, and at the same time, let the people of Dingxi return home as soon as possible.
To live a normal life again.”
"As long as there are enough people and food, I believe Dingxi County will soon become the barrier to the west of Yunzhui again."
Emperor Changxing nodded.
He glanced at his sons below, "Which of you is willing to go to Peishi City for me?"