The expression of the prince Zhao Chu was very subtle. He always thought that this younger brother was a weak man and needed his protection, but now this cognition needs to be gradually changed. The younger brother is no longer a child who needs his protection. Thinking of this, he lowered his head and smiled slightly, but what he thought of in his mind was the smile of Concubine Rou many years ago. Even though it had been years, she would always be so bright and dazzling in his memory.

Fate favored him and let him meet her. Fate treated him cruelly, making him unable to seek for the rest of his life. He could only watch the bright colors disappear.

After pinching the bridge of his nose, he leaned on the back of the chair a little tired.

"Your Highness?" Feng Shuangbao, who was getting thinner, walked in and called softly.

When the prince heard the sound, he opened his eyes. What caught his eyes was Feng Shuangbao's face that seemed to have grown a lot. In recent days, he has suffered a lot with himself, "What's the matter?"

"General Xiao is here." Feng Shuangbao said with a bitter face. He really doesn't like General Xiao. The father of the former Crown Princess never dared to point fingers at the prince, but General Xiao likes to rely on his seniority and treats the prince like an ordinary son-in-law.

The prince frowned, then stood up and tidied up his clothes, and then walked out of the study to meet the new father-in-law.

When General Xiao saw the prince's son-in-law appear, he smiled and stepped forward and patted the prince's shoulder with his big hand, "Why are you born so late? This general has brought good news."

"What good news?" the prince asked back without answering.

General Xiao did not see the prince, but he took the prince to sit down, "Our father-in-law and son-in-law sit down and talk in detail."

The prince had no choice but to sit down by the newly promoted father-in-law.

Feng Shuangbao commanded his subordinates to serve tea. When he saw General Xiao was on par with the prince, his face changed slightly. Even his father-in-law was not qualified to be on par with the prince. This is a matter of rank and inferiority. After all, the prince is the king and General Xiao is the minister.

As soon as General Xiao looked up, he saw Feng Shuangbao disagreeing before he could put it away. He immediately glared at him, "Crown Prince, you are so rude, are you looking down on me? You are a eunuch, don't even deserve to carry shoes to me."

The prince has been exhausted in dealing with this new father-in-law during this period. Now he is even more disgusted when he sees his appearance by taking advantage of the situation. But he is a well-educated person and never hides it. But now he sees that the other party is becoming less and less like, his face slowly tensses up.

Feng Shuangbao's face changed. Seeing the prince's stiff face, he knew that if he really quarreled with General Xiao, Prince Yu's situation was not effective. Now the disaster has not been completely relieved. It is necessary to suppress the rebels here to do its best. This person's help cannot be left out everywhere.

So he immediately slapped himself several times, slapped his face with a swollen face, and then knelt down to General Xiao, "General, it's Lao Nu's fault. I'll give him a few more slaps now. Please don't bother with him..." While saying that, he slapped himself in the mouth, because he used too much force, a stream of blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.

The prince's face suddenly turned pale. Feng Shuangbao was the old man who served him and had never been a slight weight in his mind. What's more, his closeness to Feng Shuangbao is even more serious than his father and mother. Now seeing that he was humiliated so much, how could he not be angry?

"Did the general come here to show off his power?" He asked in a deep voice, and sat down to the main seat, and put on the airs of the crown prince for the first time.

General Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the actions of the master and servant. He couldn't help but suspect that the two of them were deliberately singing a double act in front of him. He had been testing the prince's background, and the prince also showed a weak side. He was a little underestimated to this son-in-law in his heart, thinking that the crown prince was not majestic and terrible.

But now looking at the tough side of the prince, he is going to overturn the previous conclusion. This son-in-law is quite calm, but because he has the power of military power, he has to lower his posture and get along with him.

His wife Xiao Xu once said that he would not look down on the prince. He would have a favorable position to deal with Da Qiansui for many years when the emperor was afraid of it. He would be much more difficult than he thought.

At this moment, he laughed loudly, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is so serious. I am just a joke with Mr. Feng. How could I know that Mr. Feng took it seriously? This... isn't this embarrassing? Eunuch Feng, I have no malicious intentions."

His big palm patted Feng Shuangbao's weak shoulders one after another. Feng Debao's heart sank, knowing that General Xiao was putting pressure on him, and the situation was better than others. He couldn't really let the prince get up with him because he had a good time with General Xiao, so he quickly smiled and agreed, "What the general said is, it's me that I misunderstood." His smile touched the corners of his mouth and it hurt a lot, but he didn't dare to show it at all, and he shook his head at the prince, and now he can bear it.

The prince held the chair handle tightly, knowing that it was not worth it to fight with General Xiao head-on. In the end, he decided to hold back his breath, "Since Feng Daban said this, it seems to be a misunderstanding. General Xiao please sit down and let us continue the topic just now." Then he said to Feng Shuangbao, "You go down and apply medicine, and arrange other eunuchs here to serve."

"Yes, Your Highness." Feng Shuangbao saluted respectfully and then retreated.

General Xiao glanced at Feng Shuangbao with his eyes. Although the corners of his mouth were raised, his eyes were extremely cold.

The father-in-law and son-in-law who were using each other was afraid of each other even though they had smiles on their faces when they were talking.

"Those thieves are just a group of mobs. The Crown Prince, it's time to close the net now..." General Xiao said, and he had to hurry up and go to the capital to get a share of the pie.

According to the news from Xiao Xu, the group of people from Mobei who entered Da'an had arrived in the capital. It was time for him to lead his troops north to serve the king.

When he thought that what he was looking forward to in the future was about to change, his face turned red, which showed his excellent mood.

The prince kept looking at General Xiao's actions carefully, but his heart kept sinking. The border guards were generally not easily mobilized, but this time, in order to suppress the rebels caused by natural disasters, he put this force into the mainland, and it seemed that he was about to backfire.

"My father-in-law said it."

General Xiao almost couldn't hold on to the expression on his face when he heard the words "father-in-law" and his daughter was just fine, let alone this cheap son-in-law?

The army here that surrounded and suppressed the rebels was suddenly very powerful, killing the rebels with nowhere to escape, and they immediately dispersed and died.

The news here soon reached Zhao Yu. He looked at the news repeatedly and suddenly said, "General Xiao is ready to march north."

Rong Jingqiu did not react much to what was expected. Now they have left the provincial government of Shanxi and Shaanxi and continue to set off the next stop, and are getting further and further away from the capital.

"The war in the northwest is in a stalemate. The Xiao family army does not work hard. In my opinion, General Ma probably can't bear it for too long. Such a war will not take any advantage." She looked at the letter written by Rong Ma, and then a flash of inspiration suddenly turned to look at Zhao Yu, "Do you think your Majesty will give General Ma a secret order?"

Zhao Yu threw the news in his hand into the brazier, and watched the flames turn it into ashes, then he said, "It's obvious that General Xiao wants too much."

Rong Jingqiu blinked. She had never paid attention to General Xiao's movements in her previous life. She could not answer the question of whether he was loyal or treacherous, because she had never known where could she know so much?

However, she knew Xiao Xu a little, and this woman was smart, but now it seems that intelligence is likely to be misled by intelligence. If General Ma had a secret order, the Xiao family would be in danger.

General Xiao brought his army to suppress the rebellion with limited military strength, and the army was still in the northwest. Once the Ma family restrained it, the army could not be mobilized at all.

Before the autumn had begun, we received the latest news from the capital. The emperor was rescued by the fourth prince and was rescued safely. The seventh prince fled from the capital after being defeated. Now he is missing. The people of Mobei suffered a devastating blow because of the traitor Erqi. Not to mention wanting to take the opportunity to support the seventh prince to take the throne, they even ran away from the escape. However, Ertai, the prince of Mobei, is also missing.

The Seventh Prince's Mansion was surrounded heavily. Just as the Imperial Guard was about to rush in to arrest people, Princess Dora appeared in front of the people with her pregnant belly. "I am pregnant with the descendants of the royal family. If you dare to step forward, let the prince's concubine have a bad baby. I think who can afford it?"

As soon as these words were said, the originally vicious imperial guards immediately took several steps back. The Seventh Prince was defeated, but he was still the prince and the emperor's descendant. The Seventh Prince's concubine was also in the royal bloodline, so they dared not act rashly.

Zhong Qu, who was commanding the operation outside, heard the report and his face immediately fell, but soon he made a conclusion, "Don't touch the people in the Seventh Prince's Mansion, wait until His Majesty has the order."

He immediately went to the palace to report the matter to the emperor.

The emperor pondered for a moment. Although he had been imprisoned in Tangquan Palace, the seventh son did not dare to really kill his father. The fourth son, who was labeled as saving the king and father, also had wolfish ambitions, and these two were only half a dozen.

"Since she is pregnant with the royal family, I'll give her a chance to have a good birth." He didn't do anything, after all, this is his grandson, but he doesn't think about living a good life, it's not that cheap.

Zhong Qu immediately took the order out to execute.

"Your Majesty." Xia Wei walked out of the inner room and put the heavy cloak in her hand on the emperor. She was so old that after this incident, the emperor's body really had a problem. Of course, few people know this secret now.

"I am really old." The emperor sighed. It was just a matter of suffering. If I were young, I would not take it seriously.

"Your Majesty is not allowed to belittle yourself." Xia Wei's eyes were red and stretched out her hand to cover the emperor's mouth, "Your Majesty is my hope. Without Your Majesty, I will not live anymore."

Such love words were very pleasant. The emperor knew that the authenticity of this was up to date, but he still felt very helpful. "It was mine who was not."

In order to compensate Xia Wei, the emperor ordered Concubine Xia to be Concubine Xia.

This promotion order caused an uproar in the previous dynasty and the harem. How long has Xia Wei been a concubine? There are many concubines who are more experienced than her. Moreover, she has not yet given birth, and it is already shocking to jump to several levels. Now she has become the first person under the queen. The promotion speed is even the best concubine Rou, who was favored for a while back then, is willing to give up the disadvantage.

However, the Xia family members didn't even dare to breathe. The boss of Hou Xia, who was in charge of Dingbei, was even sick and did not even dare to go out of the gate. Xia Rong even ate vegetarian food and worshiped Buddha every day, hoping that Xia Wei would die soon.

Everyone in the mansion was in panic all day long. At this time, the emperor gave Concubine Xia a favor and allowed her to go back to her parents' home to visit her relatives.

After this order, the Xia family felt even more desperate. What is Xia Wei trying to do?

But no matter what they thought, the concubine who was receiving and visiting relatives should not be careless at all. The garden that should be repaired according to regulations must be repaired quickly. Everyone in each room moved and was busy all day long to welcome the concubine who was visiting relatives.

When Rong Jingqiu received the news that Xia Wei was going to visit her, she immediately sprayed out the drinking water with a "pop". She could imagine the expressions of the Xia family as if they had eaten a fly. When she thought that they were not doing well, she felt at ease.

Zhao Yu tapped the table lightly and pondered for a while, "Concubine Xia is promoted very fast enough."

He really didn't expect Xia Wei to get to this point so quickly. His mother, Concubine Rou, could not get to this point, but how long did she have left?

Haha, the emperor's favor is nothing more than that, and he is not worth it for his dead mother.

When Rong Jingqiu heard this, she turned to look at Zhao Yu, but saw that his expression was obviously deteriorating. She obviously felt uncomfortable. Thinking about it, if her father Rong Cheng had a favored concubine now, she would not have seen her expression, even if Xia Wei was her own person.

She walked to him, reached out to hug his shoulders, and accompanied him silently. After all, nothing is right to say now.

"I'm fine." Zhao Yu patted her hand lightly, "It's a good thing that Xia Wei can climb to this position."

As long as Xia Wei remains unchanged, he will not take action to counterattack. After all, his trust in Xia Wei is limited, and the only bond between them is Rong Jingqiu.

Rong Jingqiu looked at Zhao Yu's expression and felt subtle. Perhaps the idea that they thought they were firm allies in the previous life could be overturned. I don't know why Xia Wei came to save her at that time, but it was definitely not because of the promise made by Zhao Yu.

Yixiawei's recent actions of sowing discord among the princes should not have deviated much in her previous life.

As for the reason why Zhao Yu was chosen by Xia Wei as the last collaborator, she would never guess in her life. After all, the environment has changed, and people's mood has also changed, and some signs have become endless.

On the day of visiting the family, the Xia family was decorated with lights and colorful colors. Everyone had official positions and imperial uniforms, and those with imperial uniforms were wearing imperial uniforms. If not, they would wear their best-looking clothes and stand at the door in unison to welcome the imperial concubine's carriage.
Chapter completed!