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Chapter 9

The thunder was rolling and the sky was covered with dark clouds. Chang'an walked quickly towards Bulian Palace with a cold face, followed by several servants. For a moment, it seemed that in addition to the thunder, there was only the sound of footsteps in the whole world.

As soon as she entered Bulian Palace, Su Erya, the big maid next to Concubine Lian, led her to the main hall.

Su Erya looked at Chang An and said in a low voice:

"The ones who came to Beijing this time are Prince Wuda and Princess Zhaohe. The prince has already gone to see the emperor, and Princess Zhaohe is in the empress palace."

Chang'an asked:

"Did something happen to Xianbei? They came in such a hurry?"

Surya nodded without saying a word.

In the main hall, Princess Showa in a red dress sits under Concubine Lian.

Chang'an was led by Su Erya to Concubine Lian. After Chang'an bowed to Concubine Lian, Princess Showa got up and saluted Chang'an.

Su Erya brought hot tea to Chang'an.

"Chang'an, this is sister Zhaohe from your uncle's family. Your elder brother Wuda has gone to the emperor and will be back in a while."

Chang'an took the tea and sat opposite Zhaohe, looking at Zhaohe's appearance carefully.

Princess Showa has dark brown hair, fair skin and a deep face, and some light blue eyes, like a blue lake on the grassland.

After a long time, Chang An smiled and said:

"Sister Showa is really beautiful."

Princess Showa bent her eyes:

"Who made my aunt the most beautiful woman on the grassland."

Concubine Lian covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed:

"None of our Xianbei sons and daughters are ugly!"

Princess Showa said to Chang'an Nunu:

"The Eighteenth Prince is not like us Xianbei people."

Without waiting for Concubine Lian to speak, Changan said:

"I am naturally more like my father."

As the weather turned cold, a charcoal fire was lit in the main hall.Zhao He and Concubine Lian were talking about something, Chang An held the hot tea in his hand for a moment and didn't know what he was thinking.

When he left, Xue Yi was still sitting calmly in the veranda, and she didn't know if he had gone back.He obviously didn't leave for a long time but he just felt a little uneasy.

Suddenly put down the teacup and strode out, and told the little eunuch Shitou:

"Shitou, you go to the East Palace to see if the prince has returned to the palace to rest. Then ask the prince to rest well and not catch cold outside."

Shitou let out a grin, and ran away with a wave of dust.

Back in the main hall, Concubine Lian was still talking to Princess Showa, the weather was gloomy and Chang'an was also a little irritable, sitting on the chair silently.

"This year, the snow on the grassland froze countless cattle and sheep to death. Kan Leqin from the Qifu Department took advantage of our unpreparedness to lead troops to conquer the Qilian Mountains and occupy the Qilian Grasslands. Now they have invaded the Helan Mountains. Auntie, we have lost the home of our ancestors!" Princess Showa's words already carried the sound of sobbing.

Although Changan already had guesses in his heart, he did not expect that Xianbei's situation was more dangerous than he expected.

Concubine Lian snorted coldly:

"Kan Leqin has always been like this, and he is used to doing things like taking advantage of the fire."

There was a wind blowing open the doors and windows of the main hall, making a terrifying flapping sound.The servants hurriedly closed the doors and windows, but the wind blowing in had already stirred the purple gauze tied to the pillars on the beams of the main hall to fly.

"Losing my Yanzhi Mountain will make my women colorless. Losing my Qilian Mountain will make my six animals live." Concubine Lian frowned slightly and chanted this Han Hun folk song.

Chang'an asked:

"What about your father Khan?"

"Father Khan led his people to resist Kanleqin in Mount Helan, and ordered Brother Uda and I to invite the Emperor of Wei to send troops!"

Chang'an thought of Xueyi's arm, and thought of his promise to Xueyi, he gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of Concubine Lian, and Concubine Lian jumped. He said with a sullen face:

"Mother and concubine, if the emperor sends troops to Xianbei, the son wants to go with the army."

Concubine Lian paused holding the handkerchief, and then she shook her head with gentle eyes and said:

"No! You are still young!"

Chang'an's eyes were determined and he asked Concubine Lian:

"Mother and concubine think who will be the commander of the imperial army once the emperor agrees to send troops?"

Concubine Lian hesitated and said a name:

"General Mo Bai."

Changan nodded:

"General Mo Bai grew up in Xianbei with his mother and concubine. He is familiar with Xianbei and is fascinated by using soldiers."

Concubine Lian agreed with Chang'an's statement:

"You're right! But..." Before Concubine Lian finished speaking, Changan asked Concubine Lian anxiously:

"Then what is the concubine worried about?"

"You have not completed martial arts and you are still young. I am worried that your body will not be able to bear the march day and night and will drag General Mo Bai to take care of you!"

Chang'an kowtowed to Concubine Lian:

"Mother and concubine, since the son who joins the army is an ordinary soldier, even if he is exhausted to death, he will not be a drag on the general! If he can't even bear these hardships, how can he be worthy of being your son? What's more..."

Chang An glanced at Princess Showa who was sitting aside and continued:

"What's more, my son also wants to do his part for Xianbei!"

"You know, mother and concubine are not worried that you will drag General Mo Bai down! You... oh! It's no use begging me! You go and talk to your father yourself." Concubine Lian said anxiously with tears in her eyes, and turned her head in disbelief. Look at Chang'an.

Chang An kowtowed to Concubine Lian again, got up and walked towards Zhengde Hall.

The door of Zhengde Hall was tightly closed.The main hall was brightly lit, and Emperor Wei was sitting on the dragon seat, with Xue Yi standing on his right.Sitting under the throne are six ministers of the political affairs hall and Uda.

Emperor Wei listened to the opinions of the ministers, and turned his head to ask Xue Yi's thoughts from time to time.

The ministers had discussed this matter with Emperor Wei in advance, knowing that Emperor Wei wanted to take this opportunity to send troops to Xianbei, but they had differences on the route of sending troops and the supply of food and grass.

"Your Majesty, I don't think it's a big deal for the mere Rouran beggars to cause chaos. Gather Xihe and Youlongbian troops to push into Qilian, and then use the troops from Beiting and Anxi's two guards to block the rout troops. Why worry about Kanle Qin is immortal!" Huang Yanqiu, a member of Zhongshushe, stood up and bowed to report to Emperor Wei:

"This is the statement from the minister." As he spoke, he took out the statement from his sleeve and handed it to Chang Mitou, who handed it to Emperor Wei.

Attendant Pei Li sneered on his seat holding tea:

"Anxi and Beitingyuan need to cross the coveted Tuyuhun in the middle of the south of the Tianshan Mountains. Not to mention the distance, where should these 4000 people rush for thousands of miles to supply food and grass? We can't expect Tuyuhun to lend us food and grass, can we? Lord Huang really has a very generous heart."

Huang Yanqiu blushed when he said these words.

Xue Yi was summoned to the Zhengde Hall by Emperor Wei while still sick, and now she feels a headache even more from watching a group of old men quarreling.

Every time before a battle, this group of polite and polite ministers seemed to be infected with the smoke of the battlefield ahead, and they spoke very fiercely.

He sighed vaguely.

Sitting beside him, Emperor Wei didn't say a word after reading Huang Yanqiu's article, then turned his head and asked Xueyi:

"Do you have any idea?"

Xue Yi bowed and saluted:

"My son thought that it might be possible not to use the soldiers and horses of Beiting and Anxi. The soldiers and horses of Anxi Court were displayed on the border of Tuyuhun so that they did not dare to take action when our army sent troops to Xianbei. They gathered the soldiers and border troops around Qilian and Helan. Bing and Fanbing entered Xianbei to fight against the beggars in Rouran. The soldiers and horses there have been interacting with foreigners all the year round and adapt to the war situation far better than the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army."

Emperor Wei nodded:

"Then who do you prefer to command the army this time?"

"My son thinks that it is most suitable for General Mobai of Xianbei."

Wei Di's wise eyes fell directly on Xue Yi's face:

Do you want to visit Xianbei? "

Xue Yi was startled, and immediately understood that Emperor Wei had meant to hold General Mo Bai back and replied respectfully:

"Father is wise, my son from the Northern Wei Dynasty doesn't want to go into battle with a shrouded horse leather corpse to kill the enemy."

While speaking, Chang Mitou reported to Emperor Wei:

"Your Majesty, the Eighteenth Prince seeks an audience!"

Chang'an Shangdian's eyes fell directly on Xue Yi, and a worried look immediately appeared on his face.

Xue Yi's heart warmed up, and the corners of her lips curled up to smile at Chang'an.

Changan lifted his robe and knelt in front of Emperor Wei:

"I ask my father to allow my son to go out with the army!"

Xue Yi, who took the teacup from Chang Mitou, paused, and then brought the tea in front of Emperor Wei as if nothing had happened:

"Father, please have some tea."

Emperor Wei took the tea and thought for a moment:

"That's good too! Let you Xun Cong the fifth-rank riding captain, give a purple gold fish bag, and hold the festival to supervise the army on behalf of me."

After finishing speaking, Emperor Wei turned his head and explained to Xue Yi:

"Since Chang'an is going to supervise the army, then you will supervise the food and grass for them in Beijing. The three armies will go ahead before the food and grass are used. Prince, you have to be careful."

Xue Yi expressionlessly knelt down with Chang An to accept the order to thank him, and Chang An secretly winked at Xue Yi happily.

Wuda, the Prince of Xianbei who was sitting at the bottom and said nothing, watched the interaction between Emperor Wei and his sons in the court. , he can also fight those beggars on horseback.

After the matter was decided, Changan and Xueyi came out of Zhengde Hall, Changan took Xueyi's hand, and was about to speak with a smile, but Xueyi threw it away with a cold face.

Chang'an looked astonished, he had never seen Xue Yi get so angry, he was a little puzzled:

"Brother Prince?"

Xue Yi ignored him and walked quickly for two steps, but couldn't help turning around after all:

"Bullshit!"

Chang An froze on the spot, unable to react.

Xue Yi frowned tightly, looking at Chang'an's ignorant and fearless face, he felt a headache as if he was about to be smashed into pieces with a hammer:

"You're only so old that you want to go to the battlefield! Could it be that my soldiers in the Northern Wei Dynasty are all dead?"

Only then did Chang An realize that it was not because Xue Yi had done anything wrong that Xue Yi was upset with him.Nervously leaning towards Xue Yi, he took Xue Yi's hand again and dared not speak.

The warmth from Chang'an's palm was transmitted to Xue Yi's hand through the joint between their fingers, which made Xue Yi's face stiffen but he did not shake it away.

Xue Yi rubbed the buzzing temple with the other hand, closed her eyes and said to Chang An:

"The battlefield is dangerous, swords and halberds have no eyes, no one will care that you are a descendant of the royal family and nobles there!" As he spoke, his brows frowned even tighter.

Seeing that Chang'an didn't speak for a long time, Xue Yi put down his hands and opened his eyes to look at Chang'an.

Chang An looked at Xue Yi steadily, with sad eyes.Xue Yi was so blocked by Chang An's gaze, she turned her head away from Chang An's eyes.

"Brother Prince, you won't have many chances to lead the army in this lifetime."

Xue Yi responded in a low voice:

"Ah."

"I want to grow up quickly. I will fight the battles you can't fight for you! I will kill the people you can't kill for you!"

Xue Yi felt that Chang'an was holding his hand tighter and tighter, but his heart hurt badly.

He was relieved and proud at that time, who said that there is no real relationship between royal brothers, otherwise what is the relationship between him and Chang'an?

Not far away, Emperor Wei stood at the gate of Zhengde Hall, his eyes passed through the rain and fell on the tightly held hands of Chang'an and Xue Yi, and he did not leave for a long time.

Standing beside Emperor Wei, Chang Mitou sighed with emotion:

"Our crown prince and the eighteenth prince have the best relationship in the palace. Two people are as good as one."

It took Chang Mitou a long time to vaguely hear Wei Di chuckle.

After Chang'an and Xueyi left, Emperor Wei followed Chang Mitou back to the front of the case and immersed himself in numerous government affairs.

It didn't take long for Wei Di's several edicts to pass the examination and approval of the Ministry of Education and issued them to the government and the people overnight.

"Give Zhang Yi the Jiefu Town Guannei Road, govern Shuofang, Dingnan, and Fengxiang three capitals. Grant Liu Shuoyi Jiefu Town Longyou Road, govern the Hexi Fan Army and Youlong Fan Army..."

"General Mobai was appointed General of Hussars, commanding the three Jiedu envoys, leading the Flying Cavalry Army and Shence Army into Xianbei."

The last edict was to let the eighteenth son of the emperor, Chang'an Xun, the fifth-rank cavalry captain, lead the guards in front of the palace to be the governor of the festival.

The guard battalion in front of the hall is full of generations of loyal sons and daughters of the Xungui family who are unwaveringly loyal to Emperor Wei, and Emperor Wei's intentions are clear at a glance.

When Changan went out with the army, Xueyi was seriously ill and was bedridden.

Before leaving, Chang'an came to visit Xueyi in the East Palace, and when he walked to the door of the bedroom, he was stopped by the crown prince Xima Li Qingzhang.

Li Qingzhang bowed to Chang'an neither humble nor overbearing:

"Eighteen princes, Lang Guan just drank the medicine and fell asleep."

Chang'an turned his eyes a few times at the closed door of the hall and said:

"I don't quarrel with him, I just look at him."

Li Qingzhang is in a dilemma:

"Lang Guan has always been a light sleeper, and he has been sleeping restlessly these few days..." Chang An waved his hand to signal him to shut up before he finished speaking.

Li Qingfeng saluted and backed away. He stood under the eaves outside Xueyi's bedroom and watched Chang'an standing in front of Xueyi's door for a long time, and then watched Chang'an leave in frustration. The corners of his cold mouth finally lifted.

Soon, the trumpet sounded, and the youngest prince in the imperial city bravely rushed to a battlefield where his fate was unknown, with regrets and loss.

Chang'an, from now on, every drop of blood he shed is for Chang'an, the person he cares about.

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