vstars Chapter 132 The Rebirth of the Male Protagonist's Cannon Fodder Son 3
Chapter 132 The Rebirth of the Male Protagonist's Cannon Fodder Son 3
"Your Highness, I have brought the ginseng soup to His Majesty. His Majesty asked me to tell you that he will summon the ministers tomorrow morning and will stay in the Qinzheng Palace tonight. Please let your Highness rest first."
Inside Fengyi Palace, the palace maid Chunyi walked up to Fu Tang who was removing her makeup and said.
Fu Tang nodded, took off all his red hairpins and emerald rings, and walked into the inner room. He waved his hand to let the other palace people leave, leaving only Chun Yi by his side.
Although Fu Tang was deposed in her previous life, she was the queen for several years after all, and she was very clear about the people and things in the palace.
After her rebirth, she found opportunities, either through gifts or inducements, to win over a group of confidants who could serve her, and Chun Yi was one of them.
"Your Majesty, I heard on my way back just now that there was a commotion again with Concubine Xian. They said that the Second Prince was also sick, and someone was deliberately doing something to harm them." Chun Yi said carefully choosing her words.
Fu Tang was well aware of the extent to which rumors could spread in the palace, and they were definitely more shocking than what Chun Yi said.
"Don't worry about it, just let her be."
The relationship between Yun Fang and Mu Wen Yao as husband and wife had long since disappeared. No matter how violently Mu Wen Yao made a fuss, it would only increase the resentment between them.
In the memory of the previous life, Mulang did win several battles, but soon a young man who suddenly appeared in Xiliang appeared and defeated the Mulang army alone and made them flee in panic.
Since Mu Lang was defeated, Mu Wenyao naturally could no longer be so arrogant.
And Xiliang was just a small border country and was nothing to be feared.
However, Mu Wenyao's two sons are a serious concern.
Mu Wenyao is no longer the queen, and Yun Yi is not the legitimate son, but he is the eldest after all. He is ten years older than her son Yun Lin, so he has an age advantage.
"Go tell the people in the Imperial Temple to take good care of the eldest prince and not to neglect him."
Fu Tang did not say it explicitly, but Chun Yi understood what he meant. Just as she was about to bow and leave, she suddenly saw a child standing at the door.
"Third Prince, why are you here?" Chun Yi asked hurriedly.
"Mother, I want to sleep with you." Yun Lin, wearing only a single piece of clothing, rubbed his eyes and said sleepily.
Seeing her son, Fu Tang smiled immediately, "Come here, your mother will hold you to sleep tonight."
Yunlin trotted over and climbed onto the bed, nestling in his mother's arms, blinking at her with her usual gentle expression.
Maybe he must have seen it wrong just now, otherwise why would the queen mother, who was always gentle and kind, have such a gloomy expression when she asked someone to look after the eldest prince?
Fu Tang didn't notice what Yunlin was thinking. After letting Chunyi subside, he hugged his son and fell asleep contentedly.
Yun Fang was taking advantage of her and the Fu family, but his friendship with her was undeniable.
Since she entered the palace, there has never been any other woman. After he ascended the throne, he conferred titles on the women in the backyard, and she was the only one he favored.
Compared to the precarious life in his previous life, life now is undoubtedly comfortable for Fu Tang.
Over the next two months, good news came one after another.
The eldest prince, who had grown his hair and became a monk in the Imperial Temple, was bedridden. In order to prevent anyone from harming him, the Mu family had been preparing their own food and drink, and went to different pharmacies every day to get their own medicine.
But even with such caution, the condition did not improve.
Although the Second Prince had recovered from his illness, he was still very weak and had to ask for leave from school every few days.
Both of her sons were in poor health, and Concubine Xian no longer had the energy to cause trouble, so she invited a Buddha statue to her palace and worshipped and chanted scriptures every day.
One could smell the incense wafting from her palace from a long distance away, which showed how anxious she was.
In addition, the battle situation on the front line was the same as in the previous life. The news that the army led by Mu Lang was defeated by the Western Liang army spread to the capital.
"Where did this young man come from? He only used a thousand men to make an army of ten thousand people flee?"
Yun Fang didn't want Mu Lang to be invincible, but now that Mu Lang really lost, he was actually having a headache.
It is really because the struggle for succession between the party and the government in the past few years had too great an impact. Nowadays, there are very few people who can go to the battlefield to lead troops to fight. After counting carefully, he found that except Mu Lang, he had no one else available. This is why he tolerated the Mu family and Mu Wen Yao.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Xiliang is just a small barbarian country. They are definitely unwilling to fight for a long time. Why not send an envoy to them and give them some rewards? They will surely submit to you."
Fu Tang put the tea on the table and walked behind the chair to massage Yun Fang's shoulders to relieve his fatigue.
Yun Fang pinched his sore nose and disagreed with Fu Tang's proposal.
It would be fine to send envoys when Dayu was victorious, but if we send envoys now that we have been defeated, wouldn't it show people that Dayu is seeking peace on its own initiative because it cannot win the battle?
Where is the dignity of Dayu? Where is the dignity of the emperor?
"Lin Xiang, pass the order to Mu Lang, asking him to destroy Xiliang within three months, otherwise I will punish him by military law." Yun Fang said in a cold voice.
Military punishment?
Isn't this an obvious threat?
Seeing that Lin Xiang was about to write the imperial edict, Fu Tang hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, no. If the border soldiers knew your majesty's edict, wouldn't it chill their hearts? How could they fight with all their heart then?"
The lives of every soldier are insignificant in the eyes of those in power, but the safety of the border is firmly in the hands of every soldier.
"Change it to a secret decree and let Mulang know it alone."
Mu Lang and Mu Wen Yao have a very good relationship as siblings, and Mu Wen Yao is still in the palace, so Yun Fang is not afraid of hurting Mu Lang's feelings, as long as the other soldiers don't know.
Ten days later, the secret decree was delivered to Mu Lang in the border military camp.
"Our Majesty is so cold and indifferent." Mu Lang laughed and handed the secret decree to the young man beside him.
The candlelight was dim inside the tent, but one could still clearly see the handsome face of the young man. It was none other than Yun Yi, who was supposed to grow his hair and become a monk in the imperial temple in the capital.
"Then uncle, when do you think it will be a good day to defeat Xiliang?" After reading it, Yun Yi threw the secret decree away, looked up and asked with a smile.
"Hehe, I don't have the ability to defeat you." Mu Lang sneered.
A month and a half ago, Yun Yi rushed to the border from the capital. At that time, Xiliang suffered a series of defeats, so he changed his name and took the initiative to go to Xiliang to recommend himself.
This led to the victory of defeating the Mulang army.
Mu Lang admitted that he had deliberately caused the defeat, but it was undeniable that Yun Yi was a master in using troops and his formations were even more amazing. He was simply a natural born general.
Of course, Yun Fang and Fu Tang didn’t know this. They still thought that Yun Yi had been in the Imperial Temple all the time and would not live long.
Half a month after the secret decree was sent out, news came from the border at full speed that the secret decree that was supposed to be sent to Mu Lang was intercepted by spies from Xiliang and shouted out in front of the two armies.
The Dayu soldiers were shocked. In less than a day, they were forced to retreat a hundred miles by the Xiliang army and lost a city. They were completely powerless to resist.
"What do you all do for a living? You can't even pass on a secret order? What use do I have for you?"
As the Son of Heaven, it is impossible for him to make mistakes. Even if he was the one who issued the secret decree, now all the mistakes are attributed to others.