Chapter 683 Fighting the Emperor (second update)

Gulu~

Her stomach growled.

Su Xiaoxiao groaned: "It should be... I'm hungry."

Wei Ting took a deep look at her stomach, this child should also be a little devil in the world...

Impossible, she must be a soft and cute little girl.

Wei Ting got off the carriage and went nearby to buy her a box of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. Just as he was about to get back into the carriage, another carriage drove over.

"General Wei, please stay!"

Wei Ting frowned slightly, turned around and saw Eunuch Quan getting off the carriage with a smile, and cupped his hands at him: "My servant greets General Wei."

As he spoke, he looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in Wei Ting's hand, then at the carriage, and asked with a smile, "Madam Wei is also in the carriage?"

Wei Ting asked lightly: "Is there something wrong?"

Eunuch Quan smiled and said: "Your Majesty summons General Wei and Mrs. Wei into the palace."

In the imperial study room, Xiao Duye, who barely regained some energy after resting all night, happily reported the battle situation at the border to Emperor Jingxuan.

Even though Emperor Jingxuan was in the capital, battle reports came from the border from time to time. What Xiao Duye said was basically consistent with the battle reports. At least Xiao Duye did not lie when Beiyan launched the first attack and several important battles.

Emperor Jingxuan's expression could not be seen to be sad or happy, which made Xiao Duye puzzled. He spent a lot of effort to make military exploits and almost lost his life. How happy is that?

Could it be said that the credit for defeating Beiyan is not as great as quelling the civil strife?

Can't...

Civil strife is a minor disturbance, and Beiyan is an enemy country.

Xiao Duye couldn't figure it out.

Emperor Jingxuan said, "You really ordered the attack on Beiyan?"

Xiao Duye bowed his hands and saluted, and said solemnly: "Beiyan is so arrogant that he let Tuoba Lie lead an army of 100,000 to break into Suibei Pass, violate our border, and seize my city. If you don't take revenge, you are not a gentleman. What's more, this minister is the prince of the Great Zhou, so he must guard the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou and protect the people of the Great Zhou!"

Emperor Jingxuan said again: "Why not use Leng Kui?"

Leng Kui used it. Didn't he kill the enemy well on the battlefield?

Xiao Duye quickly realized that his father was referring to not using Leng Kui as the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

Father, this is... a question or an inquiry?

Xiao Duye couldn't figure out what Emperor Jingxuan meant for a while, so he had to say truthfully: "Father, when Leng Kui was the commander in chief, he made repeated mistakes. Not only did Tuoba Lie break into the Suibei Pass, but he also lost the border city. Their morale plummeted, and the son-in-law elected Qin Canglan as the commander-in-chief."

Emperor Jingxuan said: "What about Leng Zhao and Leng Jue?"

Xiao Duye said: "Leng Jue fled the battle, causing the soldiers to die in vain, and Jing Yi was captured. If you don't kill him, the army's morale will be shocked! As for Leng Zhao, he was seriously injured during the battle against Tuoba Lie, lost his mind, ran out and fell into the well drowned."

When Leng Zhao died, he was sleeping in the tent, and he only heard the news after he got up the next morning.

Everyone said that he drowned himself, and there was no evidence of other people's remains of him, so the conclusion was made like this.

Emperor Jingxuan lightly picked up a memorial: "How did I hear that this matter is strange?"

"It's strange...it's true." General Xiao Duye told the truth according to rumors, "When he ran out, he said a lot of nonsense, saying... that he leaked the whereabouts of Wei Xu and his son back then, causing them to be attacked by the Beiyan army. He also disclosed Wei Ting's battle plan to He Lianye, causing Wei Ting to fall into an ambush. Rumors...he committed suicide in fear of crime."

"Enough." Emperor Jingxuan put down the memorial.

Xiao Duye said nothing more.

Eunuch Quan came over and reported that Wei Ting and his wife had arrived.

Emperor Jingxuan asked Xiao Duye to go back to the mansion to rest first, and called Wei Ting and Su Xiaoxiao into the imperial study.

It's only been two months since I saw him. Emperor Jing Xuan has changed a bit, with puffy bags under his eyes, and his complexion looks rosy, but in fact he is a little lacking in energy.

I heard that recently Emperor Jingxuan became more and more obsessed with the art of immortality. He took the elixir sent by the national teacher every day, and two concubines in the harem became pregnant. This made Emperor Jingxuan believe that he had regained his former youthful vigor.

"I heard that you were injured, but are you better?" Emperor Jingxuan said.

Wei Ting saluted and said: "There is no serious problem, thank you for your majesty's concern."

Emperor Jingxuan smiled: "You did a good job with He Lianye. I heard that the two of you went to the battlefield along the way and conquered some troops at the border. It is said that those troops are very brave, not like ordinary stragglers."

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at him.

This emperor can't do it without being afraid of the Wei family for a day.

Mingming pretended to be generous when dealing with the King of Nanyang, and returned Wu An Jun's soldier amulet to Wei Ting, but now they are going to investigate the matter of their recruitment of troops.

Wei Ting said calmly: "His Royal Highness Liang was besieged by Beiyan, and General Leng gave up Jia County again, regardless of His Highness's life and death. The minister and his wife had to call some troops at the border. Strange, many of those people were former soldiers of our imperial court. They went to the battlefield and killed the enemy, but they were expelled from the barracks without any reason, and they didn't even have compensation. I think this matter is strange. Please order a thorough investigation. check!"

This is to tell Emperor Jingxuan that if you don't recruit troops, your son will die long ago.

And you said they were brave, but aren't the court veterans brave? It was the Leng family who turned them into stragglers, why don't you run the Leng family first?

Emperor Jingxuan was sent to the army and was speechless.

He glanced at the two of them, and said calmly: "Okay, I didn't ask you two to come here to ask questions. You have made great achievements in killing the enemy. If I treat you badly, wouldn't it be cold to the hearts of the soldiers and the people at the border? Say it, what do you want?"

Wei Ting said: "It is the duty of the minister to serve His Majesty, and the minister does not take credit."

Emperor Jingxuan looked at Su Xiaoxiao again: "What about you?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Oh, I don't take the credit either."

Emperor Jingxuan felt relieved.

He didn't want to give the two of them any rewards, but at the same time, he expected them to ask for something, because only when he opened his mouth to ask for it would he be proud of his achievements.

"But Your Majesty." Su Xiaoxiao took out a list, "Please reimburse the soldiers' salaries. The Leng family does not distribute food and salaries. I paid them in advance. You are the king of a country and will not owe me any money." A little girl's debt?"

Emperor Jingxuan: "...???"

Su Xiaoxiao left the imperial study room first, Wei Ting stayed behind, Emperor Jingxuan wanted to ask him something, and it happened that he also had something to talk to Emperor Jingxuan.

Not long after Su Xiaoxiao came out, she ran into Princess Hui'an walking towards her.

Princess Hui'an wore a goose-yellow palace dress, with a soft pink cloak on the outside, and a beaded hairpin ring, as gorgeous as peaches and plums, so beautiful.

Holding up her skirt, she walked over quickly with steps as light as a swallow: "Little follower!"

Su Xiaoxiao saluted with a smile: "Princess Hui'an."

Princess Hui'an looked her up and down: "I heard that you went to war, were you injured?"

There is one more

(end of this chapter)