Chapter 197 Emperor Yu’s special attention!
Imperial Palace.
Imperial Study!
The three Zhenguogong were summoned to the palace by Emperor Yu. They stood respectfully in front of the emperor, like elementary school students listening to their teacher's lecture, well-behaved and dignified!
"Old Zhao, tell me about the performance of the second son in the southern border!"
"From the moment he entered the camp, tell me everything, no matter how big or small!"
Hearing Emperor Yu's words, Zhao Changying's eyes couldn't help but shine with a gleam of brilliance, and nodded slightly: "Your Majesty, since your highness entered the camp, he first led a battalion of 600 soldiers..."
Zhao Changying told Ning Fan's actions on the grassland one by one. When he heard that Ning Fan built a Jingguan, Emperor Yu's expression suddenly shone with brilliance: "He was ruthless to the enemy, but loyal to his soldiers!"
"Not bad!"
Hearing that Ning Fan was gathering slaves and forming a new army, Emperor Yu's face was full of admiration: "He was able to continue to grow and develop in isolation, and he has the appearance of a famous general!"
"However, it was a bit risky after all. The son of a rich man should not sit in the hall!"
It took Zhao Changying half an hour to finish telling Ning Fan's story. Emperor Yu's face was already numb with shock!
He knew what Ning Fan had done roughly from the victory report, but he had never understood the details!
Now, after hearing what Zhao Changying said, he was inevitably shocked!
"You mean, the second son knows martial arts?"
"He can kill dozens of southern barbarians. His bravery is not inferior to Ning Chen?"
"Yes!"
Zhao Changying nodded slightly, his face full of respect: "The second prince's martial arts have at least reached the top level!"
"Although it is a bit exaggerated compared to the eldest prince, he can still be in the army. Moreover, the second prince is brave and resourceful, and is good at making surprise attacks. Now he is less than twenty years old, but he has the qualifications to be a general!"
"Hiss!"
Yu Huang's face was full of shock. In his impression, his second son was the kind of dandy second-generation ancestor who was a little black-bellied and a little clever!
Although what he did some time ago made him look at him with new eyes, it was not too dazzling!
But now that the southern border group heard Zhao Changying's story, he had a feeling that it was not real!
A child who had never been on the battlefield, actually led 3,000 cavalrymen to charge hundreds of miles, killed tens of thousands of enemies, broke through the Nanman King City, and captured the Nanman royal family!
Finally, he made a strategic decision to remotely command 400,000 troops and annihilated the Nanman in one fell swoop!
Such achievements and such grace are really unbelievable!
"I really didn't expect it..."
"This bastard is hiding so deeply!"
"Old Zhao, in your opinion, where did the 10,000 cavalrymen under Yue Fei come from?"
Yu Huang suddenly changed the subject, his face gradually calmed down, and his tone made it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry!
Zhao Changying's expression froze, and his heart skipped a beat. He said in deep thought, "Your Majesty, I don't know where the 10,000 Beiwei troops came from!"
"However, Your Highness did not hide it from me!"
"The Beiwei troops played an indispensable role in the great victory in the southern border this time!"
"In my opinion, Your Majesty might as well ask Your Highness!"
"Hmm!"
Emperor Yu nodded slightly, knocking his knuckles on the table, and suddenly said playfully, "According to the opinions of the three of you, does the second brother have any rebellious intentions?"
"Boom!"
Emperor Yu's words exploded in the heads of the three people like a thunderbolt, and even Wei Ying next to him suddenly changed his expression.
Zhao Changying knelt on the ground with a plop: "Your Majesty, King Xuanyong is loyal to the court and Your Majesty, and has no second thoughts!"
"This old minister is willing to use his head to guarantee that Your Highness has no intention of rebelling!"
Hearing Zhao Changying's words, Emperor Yu's expression became more playful, and then he looked at Su Xuan and the others: "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty!"
Su Xuan was about to speak, but Liu Fengping took the lead and stepped forward: "Your Highness now holds the Jinyiwei and the military power, and it is inevitable that he will act recklessly!"
"If Your Majesty is worried, I will investigate it secretly!"
Emperor Yu looked at Su Xuan meaningfully, laughed and said: "You three old guys, the second one is really good at tricks. In just over two months, you have been so convinced!"
"Hahaha!"
"All retreat!"
"Tomorrow morning, I will reward you according to your merits!"
Hearing Emperor Yu's words, Zhao Changying breathed a sigh of relief, but Su Xuan was stunned, and there was a hint of enlightenment in his eyes!
The three of them walked out of the hall together, and Zhao Changying couldn't wait to look at the two of them: "Old Liu, Old Su, do you want to go to the Xuanyong Palace?"
"No!"
Liu Fengping shook his head without thinking, and Su Xuan also pondered for a moment and said softly: "Old Zhao, it's not appropriate to go there for this matter!"
"Why did your Majesty say that just now? Could it be that he is really too successful to be a threat to the master?"
"Your Majesty is suspicious of the Second Prince?"
Hearing Zhao Changying's question, Liu Fengping looked at him speechlessly: "Your Majesty has been doting on the Xuanyong Prince since he was a child. What your Majesty did in the past few years It's enough to chop his head off dozens of times!"
"Now that we have wiped out the Nanman and annihilated 400,000 enemies, we only have 10,000 Beiwei troops and 30,000 miscellaneous troops in our hands!"
"Is this amount of troops enough to make His Majesty afraid?"
When Zhao Changying heard this, he was stunned for a moment and looked at Liu Fengping fiercely: "Your Majesty is testing us?"
"Yes!"
Su Xuan also smiled bitterly and nodded: "Your Majesty asked just now because he wanted to see our attitude towards the Second Prince!"
"If Old Liu hadn't spoken in time, I'm afraid I would have stood up to persuade His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty is well aware of our probing. I'm afraid he has unconsciously put us in the Second Prince's camp!"
"Ah!"
Zhao Changying sighed lightly and smiled self-deprecatingly: "You guys... are too..."
He stopped talking halfway when he realized that he had not yet left the palace!
"Now that we have just returned to Beijing, the situation in the court is a bit strange. It's better to have less contact with Your Majesty!"
"It seems unusual that Your Majesty summoned the kings back to Beijing!"
Liu Fengping said meaningfully, and Zhao Changying and Su Xuan both nodded slightly.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Let's go have a drink first!"
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In the imperial study.
Jiannan bowed in front of Emperor Yu, took out a few secret letters from his arms and handed them over.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness has collected very little intelligence in the southern border this time!"
"However, the Beiwei Army under Yue Fei are all rare elite cavalry, and their combat power is probably unmatched in my Dayu Army!"
"When Your Highness was in the southern border, he falsely passed on the imperial edict and left the 80,000 troops of the King of Huai in the southern border with Your Majesty's order!"
"The three Dukes are all aware of these things!"
"I also found out that there seems to be an organization inside the Jinyiwei, called the Black Ice Platform. This time, Your Highness was able to break through the Barbarian King City, which was done by the Black Ice Platform!"
After Jiannan's voice fell, Emperor Yu held the information in his hand, flipped through it for a long time, and slowly said: "I remember that there was a counselor in the second mansion named Jia Xu. Where is this person now?"
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