Zhao Xingmeng is only a prince and has not yet been crowned king, so he still has to return to the palace in the evening.
After coming out of Prince Ding's Mansion, he regained consciousness in his legs, but he still felt a sting with every step he took.
Even his horseback riding was affected. In the end, the steward of Prince Ding's palace sent a carriage to take him back to the palace.
When he entered the palace gate, he felt a gust of wind blowing around him. Before he could turn around, he saw a figure passing by from the corner of his eye.
"Yima?" Zhao Xingmeng looked at the general stationed at the palace gate with some confusion.
There is only one possibility for the Yima to enter the palace unimpeded, because there is military intelligence at the border!
Zhao Xingmeng frowned.
Are you guessing where the war took place?
However, these are not things that an idle prince like him can worry about.
"It's from the southwest." The general guarding the palace gate said something vaguely.
southwest?
Zhao Xingmeng pursed his lips.
If he remembered correctly, it was the Ning family's army currently stationed in the southwest of the Dahao Dynasty.
After the veteran general Ning Yan became seriously ill and lingered on his bed, and the major general died in battle, the Ning family army has been temporarily led by four adjutants and stationed at the southwest border.
Over the years, no major wars have occurred in the Southwest, so the four of them are enough.
But now, if a post horse is sent into the palace, it must mean that a major military situation has occurred in the southwest.
Zhao Xingmeng's eyes flashed. He didn't know what this meant for the moment, but could he take this opportunity to let Ning Qingyan accept him as his disciple?
Ning Qingyan would not give up until Ning Qingyan made it clear!
Having made up his mind, Zhao Xingmeng's eyes darkened a bit, and he headed towards his palace.
Unexpectedly, before reaching the palace, he was blocked on the road.
"Third brother, I heard that you went to Prince Ding's Mansion?" The leader of the blockade was Seventh Princess Zhao Xingyue.
Zhao Xingmeng looked over. Accompanying Zhao Xingyue were their second brother and fourth brother.
"Yeah." Zhao Xingmeng felt that there was nothing to hide about his whereabouts.
However, Zhao Xingyue obviously does not think so.
"Why are you going to Prince Ding's Mansion?" Zhao Xingyue asked.
Zhao Xingmeng didn't know why Zhao Xingyue suddenly cared about her affairs, but he didn't hide his purpose: "I want to become the disciple of the emperor's aunt."
"What?" Zhao Xingyue was shocked.
The second prince and the fourth prince were also stunned.
After they finished digesting Zhao Xingmeng's words, the expressions of the three of them changed.
"Third brother, did you take the wrong medicine? You actually want to become that woman's teacher?" Zhao Xingyue said unceremoniously.
Zhao Xingmeng frowned, Zhao Xingyue had always been spoiled and unreasonable.
In the past, he would not argue with her, but would flatter and flatter this unruly princess to save himself some trouble.
But for some reason, Zhao Xingmeng felt a little unhappy when he heard her speaking in such a tone again today.
"Seventh sister is right, we are the proud princes. How could you lower your status to find that loser and still want to be your disciple?" The second prince looked scornful.
Zhao Xingmeng saw that Zhao Xingyue looked even more proud because of these words.
"Trash? She is now the 33rd seat on the Soaring Dragon Ranking." Zhao Xingmeng sneered.
"What do you mean?" Zhao Xingyue's face turned cold.
Zhao Xingmeng shook his head, "It's not interesting." He was just telling the truth, but his brothers and sisters couldn't stand it.
"She can win because the prince brother must have allowed her to do so!" Zhao Xingyue said unconvinced.
Zhao Xingmeng glanced at her mockingly, as if asking, 'Do you believe this?'
"Third brother, we have so many masters, how can you worship a woman as your master? If this matter spreads, it will bring shame to our royal family!" The fourth prince also stood up and accused him.
Zhao Xingmeng, however, remained unwavering: "I only represent myself, and becoming a disciple is also my own business."
His knees were still hurting, and he really didn't have the energy to fight with the three of them.
Unable to investigate their purpose of stopping him here, Zhao Xingmeng bypassed the three of them and left.
Looking at his back fading away, Zhao Xingyue stamped her feet angrily. "How could Third Brother do this!"
"I thought he was going to find trouble with that woman, but I didn't expect that he actually wanted to become a disciple!"
"No! We can't let Third Brother be willful! If he recognizes Ning Qingyan as his teacher, won't she be a generation above us for nothing?"
The second prince and the third prince listened to Zhao Xingyue's angry words and looked at each other without reminding her that even if Zhao Xingmeng did not become a disciple of Ning Qingyan, now that Ning Qingyan was married to their Uncle Yun, she was a generation higher than them.
"Ning Qingyan is such a scourge! It's not enough to harm the prince's brother first, and now he wants to harm the third brother!" Zhao Xingyue said through gritted teeth.
"Seventh sister, don't be angry. How can she, Ning Qingyan and He De, be the prince's teacher?" the second prince said hurriedly.
The fourth prince was not to be outdone: "Whatever the seventh sister wants to do, the fourth brother will definitely help you!"
Zhao Xingyue rolled his eyes, looked at his two brothers, and began to think in his mind: "We have to find a way to let the third brother see Ning Qingyan's true face clearly!"
"good!"
The second prince and the fourth prince said in unison.
…
The small quarrels between the children did not disturb the king of Dahao who was in charge of the country.
When he received the military information from the southwest, he immediately summoned several important officials to the palace.
While waiting, he sent someone to Ning's Mansion to inform Ning Yan to enter the palace.
When several important ministers arrived, Ning Yan had not yet arrived.
Zhao Zheng handed them the military information sent from the southwest. After reading it, the expressions of several ministers changed.
"The Nanzhao barbarians actually integrated an army of 300,000 to attack our southwest border!"
"The Nanzhao barbarians have always been independent in their own affairs and refused to obey anyone. How did they integrate an army of 300,000 people?"
"Your Majesty, if something goes wrong, there must be a monster!"
"..."
Zhao Zheng listened to their words and said with a calm expression: "I know everything the Qing family said. What happened in Nanzhao and why an army of 300,000 people could be integrated must be investigated clearly. But I,
I have announced you to the palace because I want to know how the Ning family army can resist an enemy army that is more than three times their number.
"this……"
Facing the king's question, several ministers looked at each other and fell silent.
The military information was written very clearly, not only explaining the war, but also asking the court to send support and asking the monarch for instructions on how to fight the battle.
Zhao Zheng's eyes moved back and forth on several people. The more silent they were, the colder his face became.
As if aware of the sharp look in the king's eyes, the Minister in charge of the Ministry of War first broke the silence: "Such a big change happened in Nanzhao. The Ning family troops stationed in the southwest did not know about it. The enemy troops came to the city and they hurriedly reported to the court.
, This is the dereliction of duty of several deputy generals of the Ning family army."
"I don't want to investigate merits and demerits now, I want a solution!" Zhao Zheng interrupted the Minister of War with a cold voice.