Before Shen Huan recovered from his illness, the Western Kingdom learned that the Northern Kingdom was secretly training troops and heard that Xichen would launch an attack on the Western Kingdom from July to September. Therefore, they took the lead in attacking the Northern Kingdom in early June. launched a campaign
Because of the war in the outer court, everyone's faces were extremely solemn, and the harem was also extremely quiet at this time. Xichen had been discussing affairs all night long in Liangyi Pavilion for several nights in a row, and did not favor any concubines. Naturally, the concubines understood , the harem must keep quiet at this time. If you still play those jealous tricks at this time, it will be too chilling for the emperor. What's more, once the war reaches the capital, these women will no longer have the intention to compete for favor, and will only have to run for their lives!
Shen Huan, who was ill, became even more worried when he learned about this, because Xiao Wumian was not prepared at all, and it was not the best time to fight. Ye Cangqiong must have known this, so he was in a hurry. Preemptive strike!
On the seventh day of the Western Kingdom's dispatch of troops, Xichen appointed Zhang Jinyue, a member of the Ministry of War, known as the "ghost genius", as the General of the Expedition to the West. He rushed to the front line that day. Zhang Jinyue had always been unknown in the Ministry of War, and he was not reading military books on weekdays. He was just studying weapons. During the reign of the late emperor, Prime Minister You Chen only appointed him to suppress bandits once. The use of troops was very strange and strange. No one could see such a way. After Xichen succeeded to the throne, he has been neglected. Now he has been used again, and It's such an important position
After Zhang Jinyue arrived at the Western Frontier, he began to deal with the Western Army, and the general of the Western Army was Shen Lan! Shen Lan knew how powerful this man was, so he decided not to use troops externally. However, as a result, some people began to spread rumors about Shen Lan. After Lan exchanged news with Beiguo, Li Ye Cangqiong weighed it again and again, replaced Shen Lan and sent General Qianye to the battle.
The battle began in mid-June, but it only took ten days. The Western Army was retreating steadily, and Liangzhou, which was finally won, was almost lost.
When the news reached the northern capital, Xichen shouted "Okay!"
Shen Huan also knew the news at the same time, smiled slightly, and said: "Zhang Jinyue is indeed quite capable. He is familiar with the opponent's fighting methods, but no one can see through what his next move will be. When his father was alive, he was quite I valued him, but he was still too young at that time. He must have grown a lot in the past few years."
Cui Shanggong sighed: "According to what Weichen said, your Majesty, please don't worry about these things. Whoever wins or loses in the northwest two countries has nothing to worry about. It will be good if the Northern Kingdom wins. Even if it loses, your Majesty will have a way out." "
Shen Huan just smiled and didn't say anything. She understood what Cui Shanggong meant. Now Xiao Wumian is in the south of the Yangtze River, and the war has not started there yet. But by then, even if the southern country is in peace, won't the western country take advantage of the victory? Pursue? Now Chu Xichen and Ye Cangqiong, who is not fighting this battle with the ambition to dominate the world! Haidong ignores it, just these two powerful countries, there will always be a winner.
Thinking of this, not only did I sigh quietly, but there was a low thunder outside the window, dark clouds were coming, a heavy rain was coming, but fortunately, the heavy rain in summer came and went quickly.
"Go and bring Zhao'er over, you may be afraid of thunder," Shen Huan told Chun'er.
At this time, in Shen Mengxuan, Ruobi was hiding under the bed in fear. Every time a thunder came, she would tremble. The maid Cailan came over and said: "My lord, please don't do this. You will be blinded by this." of"
Ruobin showed a pair of innocent eyes and said fearfully: "I'm afraid of thunder! I'm really scared."
Cailan pulled her several times but couldn't pull her away, so he had to call several other palace maids to work hard together. As he was struggling, he heard someone behind him say: "What are you doing?"
Everyone turned around and saw that the emperor was coming. They all knelt down and begged Sin Ruobi to take away the quilt. They were about to get out of bed to say goodbye when another thunder struck. She screamed in fright and hid under the quilt.
Xichen smiled and waved his hand, asking everyone to leave. He sat on the edge of the bed and said with a smile: "Okay, don't fool yourself. I know you are afraid of thunder, so I came to take a look." He opened the quilt,
Ruobi hid in his arms in fear. Xichen touched her nose lovingly and said with a smile: "Forget it when I was a child, why are you still afraid now?"
Ruobi looked at him confused and asked: "When you were a child? Has the emperor ever seen my concubine when she was a child?"
Xichen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "What I mean is that if you are so scared now, you will probably be even more scared when you were a child."
Ruobi shrank and said, "Isn't that right? When I was a child, I was very afraid of thunder and would hide under the quilt every time. But now that I have the emperor, I am not afraid anymore. The emperor was very busy a while ago.
, I, my concubine, miss the emperor."
Xichen was in a daze and said calmly: "Really?"
Ruo concubine raised her head and said seriously: "Yes, I really miss the emperor, I really do!"
Xichen smiled and said, "I believe you." His smile flashed, and his eyes darkened immediately, and he turned to look out the window.
Ruobin hugged him hard and whispered: "Your Majesty, don't leave..."
Xichen said after a while: "I won't leave."
After the thunder, heavy rain poured down, and the thunder gradually drowned out, leaving only the sound of rain, washing the entire palace hard.
In the palace, Chun'er closed all the windows, making it look a bit stuffy. Xiang Ming smiled and said: "It's really strange that the Third Highness is so young, but he is not afraid of thunder at all. Look at these little eyes, they are spinning around. There are so many things."
Oh God!"
Shen Huan smiled and said: "Fortunately, he is not like me. If he is also afraid of thunder, he will be laughed at when he grows up."
"Is your Majesty also afraid of thunder? I didn't notice it!" Qingyue asked curiously.
"That happened when I was a child. Now I am a mother. If I are still afraid of this, wouldn't I be laughed at by you?" Shen Huan said.
"We don't laugh at your Majesty!" Qingyue said proudly, "Your Majesty is beautiful and smart, and she treats us so well! We only respect your Majesty, how can we laugh at her!"
"That's right," Chun'er also said.
Xiangming looked at them and smiled and said, "You look like two sisters. Why don't you just become sworn brothers?"
Qingyue blushed and said, "We have already sworn sworn friends!"
Xiangming smiled and said: "That's really congratulations. You didn't tell us, so we can have a wedding drink together!"
Qingyue lowered her head and became embarrassed. Shen Huan smiled and said: "This is a good thing! I treat each of you like a sister. Since you have already worshiped me, I can't do it because of the rules. However, this
The gift must come with the teacher, so go and prepare a gift for me and give it to both of them!"
Cui Shanggong said with a smile: "Yes, Wei Chen will do it now."
Everyone laughed and joked. After Shen Huan laughed, she felt lonely. She looked at the rain outside the window as it started to fall more and more rapidly.