Watching Wu Mingche quickly cross the threshold and disappear under the steps shrouded in the sunset, Chen Xu sighed slowly.
For a moment, he envied Wu Mingche. This old man, who was already over seventy years old, although he always gave people a feeling of being sick and waning in his life on weekdays - in fact, Wu Mingche was indeed suffering from illness - but he really participated in it.
During this battle, the old man surprised Chen Xu by bursting out with a fighting spirit that he had never seen in other places before.
It seems that this old man is still the high-spirited young general who led the vanguard on a rampage decades ago. He is still the mainstay of the current dynasty who swept through Xiangzhou and pointed his sword at Jiangling nine years ago.
Years of killing on the battlefield have not made Wu Mingche tired of it. On the contrary, whenever he mentions the blazing flames of war and the lands where he has shed blood and sweat, he will be in high spirits.
"I was born for war. If the war is unfair, you must have concerns. Whether you know it clearly or not, I can see it clearly," Chen Xu murmured to himself, "It's a pity that I can no longer do this."
"Why did your father say this?" Lechang, who had been standing in the darkness as if he didn't exist at all, slowly walked forward and changed the cold tea on the table for Chen Xu. "Compared to Sikong, my father needs to work harder."
He has more, needs to worry more, and naturally he can do better than Sikong."
Chen Xu squinted his eyes. It was getting dark, and a sense of fatigue permeated his limbs, making him feel like he wanted to close his eyes and fall asleep. In just a few months, Chen Xu felt that he had aged many years.
, he is no longer the diligent king who could miss the night to correct memorials.
The backlog of memorials on the table lay like this, as if mocking him.
Looking at her father with a tired expression, Lechang felt a pain in her heart. Ever since she had a big fight with Chen Xu on the last rainy night, she had indeed not come to the imperial study room for several weeks, but Chen Xu invited him continuously in those days.
Several visits to the imperial doctor still made Lechang uneasy.
No matter what, this is his father after all. In Lechang's heart, he is a father first and a king later.
It was precisely because of that visit that the estrangement between father and daughter dissipated. Or rather, neither of them mentioned the events of that day anymore. It was as if all the quarrels and conflicts had melted away with the wind and rain that night.
, without a trace.
But both Lechang and Chen Xu knew clearly that everything in between could not be erased if they wanted to. It was just that both father and daughter kept it deep in their hearts.
"I heard how many times has Le'er been to the East Palace these days?" Chen Xu opened his eyes and took a sip of tea, trying to hide the tired look on his face with the rising mist.
Hearing Chen Xu's question, Lechang was stunned and quickly explained:
"Yes, Mr. Fu from the East Palace got a batch of ancient books and invited his daughter to go there several times. Her daughter couldn't refuse, and she knew that Mr. Fu had no ill intentions, so she went there several times, but it was a pity that she went there twice.
Mr. Fu is very busy with affairs, and the officials in charge of books in the East Palace did not dare to take out all the books. It was not until my daughter went there for the third time this morning that Mr. Fu was free and was able to get a glimpse of the whole picture."
Chen Xu smiled bitterly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say about his daughter. Is she an overly shrewd girl, or a completely stupid girl?
Fu Yi clearly had no good intentions, and the books were just an excuse. His purpose was to lure Lechang to go there again and again. In this way, he naturally created an illusion that His Highness Lechang and the East Palace were in close contact, even if Lechang was
Chang went to the East Palace just to read.
This Fu Yi really found a reason that Lechang would never refuse.
"Oh, by the way, I met Mr. Shen today. Mr. Shen also said that Li Xinchen, Mr. Li, who had won the first prize in the poetry competition before, sent back many poems from the front for him to comment on. He can use them for his daughter tomorrow.
Let’s taste it together.” Lechang remembered something and said immediately.
"Li Xinchen?" Upon hearing this name, Chen Xu raised his eyebrows, and immediately remembered that one of the three young men who captured Xiao Kui alive was Li Xinchen. "This Li Xinchen is a man of both civil and military skills. I will wait for their triumphant return and say
You have to see everything first."
Lechang thought of the young man with white teeth when he smiled, his pretty face turned slightly hot for no reason, and he hurriedly lowered his head to cover up his gaffe.
She had to admit that Li Xingchen was really good at writing poetry and articles. I really didn’t know how she came up with it.
Chen Xu, on the other hand, did not notice anything strange about his daughter, and just shook his head. In his opinion, Li Xingchen and Wang Xingchen were just excuses made by the East Palace, and they obviously just wanted to use this as a means to deepen the relationship between Lechang and Lechang.
The relationship between the East Palace and the East Palace, even if the relationship seems to have no relationship at all.
However, it would naturally be different if it fell into the eyes of other people with ulterior motives, especially those from the Yangzhou governor's side.
Chen Xu frowned. He could only guess at this. All he could do was send more people to protect Lechang's safety. Even as an emperor, he could not completely understand people's hearts.
Lechang seemed to realize that his father was still interested in bringing the topic to Li Xingchen, so he hurriedly asked: "Why hasn't your father summoned Duke Xiaomu for many days?"
Most of the people Chen Xu summoned these days were Wu Mingche, Du Guan Shangshu Pei Ji and others. On the contrary, Xu Ling, who had always been a frequent visitor to the imperial study, rarely showed up. He only appeared once at the big court meeting not long ago and at the small court meeting yesterday.
He simply complained of illness.
Not to mention Lechang, I am afraid that many people in the government and the public are quite confused about this.
"That old fox, it's not that I don't want to see him, it's that he doesn't want to see me." Chen Xu narrowed his eyes and said with a sneer.
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"Barbarian scouts found, six miles away!"
"The barbarian vanguard is found, ten miles away!"
"The barbarian left wing was found, twelve miles away!"
The meteor scouts rushed into the city quickly, and the entire Zhangshan County was completely boiling. In the dim light of the morning, one by one the sentry soldiers who were still dozing were woken up by their own generals, while more soldiers hurriedly left from the makeshift
He jumped up from the bed, put on his armor, and took his weapon.
Although most people were exhausted from repairing the city defenses yesterday, when they heard the Northern Zhou army appeared, everyone subconsciously shuddered, a chill ran up their spines, and the blood all over their bodies was...
Start flowing and burning!
"Quick, let me follow you!"
"I have no strength?! Why are you acting like a bitch!"
"Move all the wood and rolling stones up, Zhang San'er, I'll give you one stick of incense. If you're a little slower, just wait until I throw your head down too!"
The roars of the generals echoed throughout the city, and red flags fluttered in the morning breeze after the rain.