Donggong Zhangjiao

As time flies, it’s halfway through September.

The war situation in Northern Xinjiang has fallen into anxiety.

As the battle progressed, the weather became colder and colder. Shangyang Kingdom also knew that it would be more difficult to fight in winter, so after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it increased its military strength.

In early September, they broke through two city gates in one fell swoop and forced our army back more than 60 miles.

However, when Qin Guogong was in charge, he did not panic. After adjusting his strategy in time, he regained the lost territory and advanced a lot.

Needless to say, there are a large number of people here for military exploits and the like.

Liu Qin's performance during this period has also been more impressive. He and Huo Mingxuan cooperated with each other and fought many beautiful battles.

The military report handed over mentioned this pair of civil and military partners who were less than 20 years old many times. For a while, Pei Yao was also quite curious about these two young people.

Presumably, Song Liangyuan's younger brother is worse off, but he is not idle and has still made some contributions.

However, it is obvious that he is more suitable for the path of a pure civil servant. Unlike Liu Qin, he is more talented in the art of war.

But these individual meritorious services are nothing in the face of the big battle. If the battle is not won in the end, all the credit will be in vain.

The soldiers knew it, and Pei Yao knew it even better.

Shangyang State sent more troops, Da Qi could not be left behind.

Pei Yao also mobilized manpower from garrisons across the country, organized an army of [-], and rushed to the border.

As far as Daqi is concerned, he no longer wants to extend the front line any longer. It is best to end this war completely before the cold winter.

The Marquis of Nanning had 3 troops, so he took the initiative to submit a letter and sent out 2 troops. He combined with the local garrison in Huizhou to collect 3 troops.

After Yang Chengyu's humiliation last time, he has achieved some good results one after another, so Nanning Hou is still willing to spend a lot of money for his son's future.

Especially in the harem, the queen was pregnant and Concubine Yang's situation was not good, so Nanning Hou also wanted to use his son's military exploits to make his daughter's situation in the harem better.

But now whoever is favored will have to stand aside in front of the queen.

A pregnant queen is truly the number one in the harem.

Because he missed his mother, Pei Yao authorized Duke Hua's wife to come into the harem and stay with the queen for a while.

Concubine Yang was unhappy after hearing the news.

"Isn't it just that she is pregnant with a child? She is so squeamish, as if she has never been pregnant with a child."

"The Queen's last pregnancy was a miscarriage in six months, and she has been looking forward to this pregnancy for so many years. She is afraid that she will be bitten by a snake for ten years, and she is particularly worried about herself."

Si Qi agreed while rubbing Concubine Yang's shoulders.

Concubine Yang hummed, "If you have a baby, you may not have a baby. You may not be able to support her after giving birth. You may not be a girl or a boy. If she works hard and only gives birth to a girl, I will see how she can keep her tail in the sky." "

"Isn't that true?" Si Qi nodded, "Look, my dear, the queen is not blessed with a life like yours, with your plump forehead. My servant used to often hear old people say that fullness in heaven is a sign of good fortune."

Listening to the maid's compliments, Concubine Yang felt comfortable even though she knew she was flattering her.

He curled his lips and waved his hand to stop her.

"Although the Queen is pregnant, An'er is now obedient and sensible. The Emperor came here three times this month. Although he only stayed overnight once, he is much better than before."

"Yes, as the saying goes, love can only come after meeting. Now I feel that the emperor is more affectionate to the empress than before. It is not necessarily all because of the third prince. There is still affection between the empress and the emperor."

Si Qi poured a cup of tea and brought it over, smiling and saying something nice.

Concubine Yang took the tea cup and took a sip.

"After all, I and the Emperor have been together for quite some time, so we have some kind of friendship."

Si Qi nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the weather is nice today. I heard that the chrysanthemums in the imperial garden are in bloom. Some new varieties have been planted this year. Why don't you go out and get some fresh air? The imperial doctor also said that your Majesty often moves around. It’s also better for your body.”

Putting down the tea cup, Concubine Yang took a look at the sunshine outside and felt a little moved.

He nodded, changed his clothes and went out.When she came over, there were other people strolling around in the imperial garden admiring the flowers.

It was none other than Song Liangyuan.

"Liangyuan, that seems to be Concubine Yang." Nian Shuang reminded in a low voice.

Originally they were still talking about Hua'er, but after hearing this, Song Liangyuan also frowned and immediately raised her eyes.

Seeing that it was really Concubine Yang, she curled her lips in displeasure.

"It's really disappointing. She's here. Why should I go shopping? Let's go."

"Yes."

Nian Shuang nodded, supported her and turned to leave.

After all, Concubine Yang and Concubine Zhao don't get along, and since his master is on Concubine Zhao's side, he naturally has less contact with Concubine Yang.

But they wanted to leave, but Concubine Yang wouldn't let them go.

After discovering Song Liangyuan's intention to leave, Concubine Yang immediately asked Si Qi to hold her in her mouth.

"Song Liangyuan, stay here!" Si Qi shouted loudly, then quickly walked over and took the person under his arms. He said with a false smile, "Liangyuan, don't leave in a hurry. Our empress invites you to come and enjoy the flowers and talk together."

"I've been out for a while. I felt a bit windy and I don't feel very comfortable. I'm afraid that I'll give in to Concubine Yang after I'm over sick, so I won't go. I appreciate your concubine's kindness." Song Liangyuan said lightly.

She is not stupid. If Concubine Yang calls her over, what good things can happen.

But Si Qi had no intention of moving out of the way, and just said again.

"Liangyuan, why don't you go and tell your concubine in person? This slave is here to invite Liangyuan over, and please Liangyuan not to embarrass this slave."

The words are polite, but the words cannot be refused.

Song Liangyuan frowned, knowing that she couldn't escape today, so she had no choice but to agree.

I thought that if the soldiers came, the water would come and the earth would cover it up.

After following Si Qi, he bowed politely first.

"I would like to pay my respects to Concubine Yang."

"No need." Concubine Yang waved her hand and looked up and down, "You're lucky. You got smallpox and didn't leave any scars on your face."

The second princess had a slight scar on her left forehead.

But that was not all because of the smallpox, but also because of another fall on the flower bed.

But with Fang Yun's guidance, the child was not so serious. Now he was covering it with bangs, but the second princess had long forgotten about it.

Song Liangyuan didn't like Concubine Yang's tone very much, so she slightly narrowed her eyes and said calmly.

"I am lucky to have an imperial doctor take care of me."

"It's indeed a fluke." Concubine Yang chuckled, "If you hadn't fawned over your previous master, no one would have cared about you even if you died of illness."

This refers to Fang Yun, but Song Liangyuan said.

"The Empress manages the harem and takes care of the concubines, and she does her best. I am well cared for during my illness, and I am very grateful. I think Yang Fei and I are both concubines, and she is also grateful for the kindness of the empress and master."

There are only two masters in the palace, the emperor and the queen, and the others are not serious masters, so what Song Liangyuan said is naturally correct.

But holding the queen in such a way and bringing Concubine Yang to the same level as her, Concubine Yang was undoubtedly unhappy.

He immediately said with a cold face, "I have never noticed that you are so sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued before. It seems that those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black. I followed Concubine Zhao and learned to be smooth-tongued."

"I don't dare. What I just praised the Queen, every word is true. When Yang Fei said this, could it be that I think what I just said was wrong?" Song Liangyuan whispered.

What she didn't expect was that after Concubine Yang narrowed her eyes slightly, she immediately raised her hand and slapped her in the face.