Chapter 58-Commander of the Imperial Guard

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date="2021-02-15"

title="Chapter 58-Commander of the Imperial Guard "

weight="127155"

series = ["The Times Spent in Pretense"]

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Hua Liuli sneaked into the courtyard door, her hand still not touching the room door.

"stop."

She became stiff, and slowly turned her head to look at Wei Mingyue who was standing under the tree, and walked to her in frustration, "Mother."

"Very good, remember to come back before the curfew." Wei Mingyue walked to the stone carving eight immortals table and sat down, and pointed to the stone bench next to him: "Sit down and talk."

"My daughter just thinks that the weather is getting warmer and warmer, and I want to buy some rouge gouache and change it." She took out a box of rouge from the sleeve cage, "This is my daughter's honor to you."

"I went out to buy rouge in the morning and came back after the curfew. My mother thought you were going to make rouge, not to buy rouge." Wei Mingyue took the rouge and put it in her arm cage. "I heard that Princess Shun'an and Is there some conflict between Princess Leyang?"

Hua Liuli shrank her head and dared not speak.

"Okay, you don't want to pursue those things too much for your mother. I believe you have a sense of measure." Wei Mingyue said, "I came to you because I have something to say."

Hua Liuli hurriedly sat up straight, as long as she didn't let her copy the book, everything was easy to say.

"Your Majesty wants your father to be in charge of the Imperial Guards in the capital, and he also gave the guards of the six neighboring counties in the capital mobilize command." Wei Mingyue looked serious, "You have to be more careful in the future."

"Your Majesty... Is there any new decree to be issued?" The smile on Hua Liuli's face disappeared cleanly. Anyone who has a bit of a brain can understand how important the Imperial Guard is.

Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, the commander of the Imperial Guards in Beijing has been held by the emperor's most trusted person.

Although her father has been disarmed and returned to the field, his prestige in the army is unmatched. Now if he is in control of the Capital Guards, his majesty will be attacked by the enemy if he has any rebellion.

"Did my father be ordered?" Their family is now full of flowers. Since the end of the war, the second elder in the family has retired from the barracks, just not wanting the Hua family to be a thorn in the eyes of others.

Although your Majesty trusts the Hua family, he is also a courtier. Don't let this trust into suspicion just because you are complacent.

Wei Mingyue shook his head: "If you are a minister, you should share your worries. But for such an important position, our family cannot easily accept it, at least not easily."

The way of getting along between the monarch and the minister is something that every Hua family has learned since childhood.

Blindly obedient is the next policy, and it is not the best policy to invest in what you like. Only by making proper decisions, advancing and retreating in a degree, investing in the true feelings, but not forgetting, can the greatest preservation of the family be achieved.

"You have followed me as a minister since you were a child, but Wei Niang hopes that you will never use it in your life." Wei Mingyue reached out and touched the top of her daughter's head. "Only when there is peace in the world and no war, we are When the family of military commanders was truly disarmed and returned to their fields. These years, you have been wronged."

If the daughter was an ordinary girl from a family, she would not be in the army at a young age, or even use herself as bait for the safety of the people, and almost her life would be hanging by a thread.

Outsiders only think that the Hua family treats women like a pearl, but they don't know how cruel and helpless they left their 10-year-old daughter in the barracks.

Hua Liuli held her mother's hand and smiled coquettishly: "Mother, my daughter has never been wronged since she was born."

She remembered her father lifting her trouser legs to the fish pond to catch her fish, and remembering her heroic mother riding on horseback, and looking back frequently after she was far away from the city gate, just to take another look at her standing on the city gate.

Later, after defeating and returning to the city, she walked to her mother with a bow and arrow. She just said, "Mother, I just led someone to stop some spies who were going to enter the city." The mother held her tight in front of the deputy. He hugged him tightly into his arms and cried bitterly.

There are also three older brothers. When the supplies are most in short supply, they try their best to make delicious food for her.

What she wanted to do and what she was making trouble with, they all accompanied her to make trouble, that is, she said that she wanted to raise her face, and her brothers gave her money back.

She was born when her parents fought against foreign enemies, and grew up under the love of the border military and civilians. She never felt wronged.

"It's because you never feel wronged, that my mother feels wronged." Wei Mingyue looked at her daughter tenderly. "If you like whoever you like, please boldly like it, don't have to worry about it." Wei Mingyue is very worried about her daughter for the family. , Buried his love for the prince in my heart, leaving a lifetime of regret.

"Ah?" Hua Liuli was a little confused, why did her mother suddenly mention something she liked?

"Mother." Hua Liuli looked at Wei Mingyue suspiciously, "My daughter is only fifteen years old, don't you want to marry your daughter?"

"What nonsense." Wei Mingyue only pretends that Hua Liuli is pretending to be crazy. "You remember, don't wrong yourself, father and mother are desperate on the battlefield, it is for the people to live and work, not to make their children wronged forever."

She understands everything, but why is the meaning so profound?

Hua Liuli felt that there must be some unclear misunderstanding between her and her mother. But seeing my mother like this, it seems that she is lying.

Forget it, my mother is so beautiful, what she says is what she says.

Early the next morning, Hua Yingting went to squat outside the Imperial Study Room. There were several other officials waiting for the face, and after a few greetings, they stood respectfully and waited for your Majesty's summons.

"Masters." Zhao Sancai walked out with a smile, "Your Majesty and His Royal Highness have important matters to discuss. If you have nothing to do, please come back this afternoon."

Several officials thought for a while, and they all left wittily.

"General." Zhao Sancai called Hua Yingting, who was about to leave with other officials, "Your Majesty, please go in."

"Your majesty and the prince have important matters to discuss, isn't it appropriate to enter now?"

"Others can't, the general can naturally." Zhao Sancai saluted, "Your Majesty said, you don't need to be polite."

Hua Yingting felt something wrong when he heard this. It is a good thing to be trusted by your Majesty, but how can you easily use this kind of speech?

Pretending not to see General Hua's doubts, Zhao Sancai smiled and led him to the Imperial Study Room, then quietly retreated to the side.

When Hua Yingting walked into the Imperial Study Room, his majesty and the prince seemed to be talking about something. When they saw him coming in, they both smiled.

"Aiqing, sit down and talk." Before Hua Yingting finished the ceremony, Emperor Changlong called Hua Yingting to sit down.

"Your Majesty, the final will come today for the sake of the Imperial Guards." Hua Yingting said straightforwardly. "Your Majesty is willing to hand over these tasks to the final general. It is an honor for the final general, but it involves your majesty and the capital For the safety of the people, I will think privately that your Majesty needs to think twice before acting."

"What does Cherished Minister mean?" Emperor Changlong didn't get angry when Hua Yingting refused to appoint the commander of the Beijing Guards. He smiled and said, "Cherished Minister can beat Jinpo's enemy forces back. These 30,000 Imperial Guards?"

"Your Majesty, you know the meaning of the end." Hua Yingting smiled and scratched his head. He looked good when he was young. Even though he is nearly fifty now, he looks better when he smiles than his peers, "Today you and your Royal Highness Now, the final general will say something bold. The final general will be able to do well in this command, but you should not give this to the final general. It is about your safety, please think twice."

The room was quiet for a few breaths, and then Emperor Changlong laughed; "This kind of thing should have been said by others, but they didn't say anything. Instead, you are worried about it."

With such a courtier, why is he not at ease?

"Your Majesty, I will be talking about serious things in the end." Hua Yingting helplessly, "Please be more serious."

"Back when you lied to me to climb the tree to dig out the bird's nest, you didn't make me serious." Emperor Changlong smiled and coughed slightly, "Now I am finally sensible."

"When I was young and ignorant, I was always fearless." Hua Yingting showed a bit of nostalgia on his face and couldn't help but smile. "But your Majesty, you have no talent for climbing trees."

The two spoke easily, but there was an incident related to tree climbing, and neither of them mentioned it.

The enchantress sent someone to assassinate the prince, and Hua Yingting hid Emperor Changlong in a tree and killed dozens of top assassins alone. In the end, Emperor Changlong suffered only a little skin trauma, which was scratched when he climbed down from the tree.

Hua Yingting was covered in blood and healed a lot of injuries.

Soon after the assassination, Emperor Xian became ill, so sick that he didn't even have the energy of the upper court. At that time, Emperor Changlong was a prince, and naturally he had to assist the court. The enchantress went crazy and wanted to kill him and let his child ascend the throne.

Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue stayed by his side day and night, and didn't let anyone hurt him.

The world feels that as an emperor, the most disliked are those who have seen themselves embarrassed.

Emperor Changlong did not agree with this sentence. When he was most embarrassed and miserable, the person who was willing to work hard for him was the most worthy friend.

For so many years, Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue have never mentioned the past kindness in front of him, but every letter they wrote at the border, every object they sent, can make Emperor Changlong feel the tenderness of his youth. .

Thirty years ago, he told Hua Yingting to leave him alone.

Hua Yingting drew him to the tree and said every word, saying that it is a good time for life and death, there is no reason to escape halfway.

This guard is thirty years.

"Yingting, I believe you." Emperor Changlong patted Hua Yingting on the shoulder, "You guard this capital for me, and help me guard these children."

Hua Yingting fell silent, he stood up and bowed to Emperor Changlong: "Your Majesty pays him with all his heart, and he is willing to repay him with his life in the end."

"I want you to keep your life well. When we are in the 70s and 80s, we will have tea and play chess together, no matter what the hell is going on." Emperor Changlong has begun to think about his retirement life in his mind.

"Your Majesty, this is not good." Hua Yingting chuckled, "The final general has already promised his wife that he will accompany her on a tour of the mountains and rivers when we are old. If you don't mind, you can come with us."

Emperor Changlong: "..."

But he was afraid that Wei Mingyue would smash a table in front of him.

The prince stood silently, seeing that the tea in Hua Yingting's cup was cold, and eagerly stepped forward to change him a cup of tea.

"How can this kind of thing be done by the Prince?" Hua Yingting quickly got up and took the teacup with both hands.

Emperor Changlong smiled and said, "You taught this kid when he was a child. It's your junior. What can't you do if the junior offers a cup of tea to the elders." He turned his head and looked at the prince, son, and the father can do it for you Yes, there is only so much.

"General, the emperor is right." The prince smiled, "I am half a student of you alone. As the saying goes, if you are a teacher for a whole life and be a father for a day, you are considered to be half a son if you are alone."

What half son?

Does he dare to take the current prince as half his son?

This is not his son-in-law, the folks only use his son-in-law as a half son.

"His Royal Highness is joking, but he will not dare." The more polite and humble the Prince is, the more complicated Hua Yingting's mood will be. If such a good young man is harmed by his own daughter, can he live with his conscience?

Naturally it's hard to get through.

He took a sip of the tea delivered by the prince himself. The temperature was moderate and the tea smell was delicious, good tea.

The prince smiled as Hua Yingting drank half a cup of tea, his smile was full of joy.

"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion at the end." Hua Yingting put down the tea cup and saw that the prince was looking at him with a smile. He quickly returned a smile before turning away his gaze with some guilty conscience and looking at Emperor Changlong: "It's only the end. As the commander, I am afraid that I will be overwhelmed. Why not choose two more deputy commanders?"

"Is there a suitable candidate in Aiqing's heart?"

"The Majesty has been away from Beijing for many years, and I don’t know much about it. Your Majesty, you’re embarrassed." Hua Yingting paused. "However, the Majesty thought that King Kang could serve as one of the deputy commanders."

King Kang was timid and cautious, and didn't have much sense of presence in the capital. But he has an advantage, that is, he does what he says.

The prince cleaned up a few corrupt officials who enclosed the land, and King Kang was so frightened that he scattered his encircled land completely, lest he be blamed.

"King Kang?" Emperor Changlong pondered for a while, "I think about it."