Chapter 57 The Emperor’s Favorite Concubine

Chapter 57 The Emperor’s Favorite Concubine

It's past midnight and the sun is setting in the west.

The emperor, who was approving the memorial, raised his head and glanced at the sun outside the window, "Who is on duty at Yuansi?"

The manager knew that the emperor was asking about the commander-in-chief, so he hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, it is Yu Jingyuan and the commander-in-chief."

Normally at this time, Master Xiaoshi should be on duty, but the emperor said last night that Master Xiaoshi should rest at home for two days. The general manager immediately conveyed the order to Yuansi, and he will be on duty this afternoon. Yu Jingyuan was originally resting.

Without the emperor's orders, other commanders are generally not in front of the emperor, but are on standby in Yuansi.

The emperor said "hmm" and continued to correct the memorial.

The emperor had never specifically asked who the commander was before, and he didn't feel surprised when he asked today. After all, the young master had been too noisy here the past two days. When he didn't come, he suddenly became quiet. I was frightened for two days. The manager is a little uncomfortable with it.

The next day, a similar conversation took place again.

The next day, Master Xiaoshi obeyed the imperial edict but did not come again.

After the emperor finished approving the memorial and placed the pen on the inkstone, he stared there for a long time.

At this time, Su Qingyu was lying at home basking in the sun.

527 asked him: [Host, aren’t you going into the palace today? 】

Su Qingyu: [Didn’t you hear what the emperor said, let me rest at home for two days. 】

It believes what others say, but forget about the host. It doesn't believe that he listens to the emperor so much.

527: [Finally, there is a small flame. If you don’t hurry up, what will you do if it goes out? 】

Su Qingyu: [The way to seduce is to be relaxed and moderate. 】

527:【……】

There was a moment of silence.

On the one hand, 527 believed in the scumbag's control over his feelings, but on the other hand, he was worried that this would make the emperor's mind fade away. The night before yesterday, he truly felt that the emperor had changed, and he was no longer just cold-faced and angry.

It feels that it should strike while the iron is hot, and it will be wasted when it is cold.

Just as he was thinking this, there was movement outside the door.

A servant came running and said, "Young Master, Mr. Wang from the palace is here!"

Before Su Qingyu could speak, a smile appeared on his lips.

He got up from the couch, and while letting his servants arrange his clothes, he asked, "Have you brought the imperial edict?"

"No, I brought other things. Master, please go and see them."

"good."

Su Qingyu walked out happily and saw what the manager brought from a distance.

A handsome black Tibetan Mastiff.

Su Qingyu raised an eyebrow slightly, this gift is good.

In the past, the control freak Yu Jing'an gave Shi Guxi a puppy. That puppy was specially chosen by Yu Jing'an. It was an optimistic and cute little white dog. Yu Jing'an fed it poison, which made it weak, and used it to get closer to the time. The teacher's body collapsed.

Later, Xi Xi liked the puppy too much and poisoned it to death.

The teacher was heartbroken for a long time and never raised a puppy again. At the same time, with Yu Jing'an's comfort, he relied on and loved him even more.

When Su Qingyu came through, the poor puppy was already dead.

Bo Yunyi gave him such a dog. Yu Jing'an saw that there was another dog next to him. It was completely different from the little white dog he had chosen for him before. It was not given by him. This control freak must not feel uncomfortable all over?

Looking at the handsome Tibetan mastiff, Su Qing said to her heart, after knowing that her identity was exposed, she started to help him with tasks?

But inexplicably, Su Qingyu had the feeling that someone had done something wrong and was trying to apologize in a tactful way.

It's not inexplicable, it should be the memory of the previous life.

The steward said: "Master Xiaoshi, this dog was paid tribute by the envoy from the Northern Territory. It's called Muchuan. The envoy said it was the most powerful and intelligent one among the tens of thousands of dogs they had. The emperor saw it. , thinking that you had guarded Northern Xinjiang, and was afraid that you would be bored at home, so I asked the old slave to bring it to you."

Su Qingyu said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the gift."

Fango is probably what the Tibetan Mastiff is called here. According to the manager, this Tibetan Mastiff may be a legendary ghost mastiff.

After conveying the emperor's decree, the steward walked to Su Qingyu and asked him: "Master, what do you think of this dog?"

Someone led Muchuan closer to Su Qingyu. Su Qingyu boldly reached out and approached him. The Tibetan Mastiff sniffed his scent and stood beside him obediently, as if he recognized him as his master.

Su Qingyu touched its head. The Tibetan Mastiff is very tall and you don’t have to bend down to touch its head. Su Qingyu smiled and said, “I like it very much.”

The steward passed these four simple words to the emperor intact.

At that time, the emperor had just finished approving the memorial and was standing on the Star Observation Tower looking out of the palace. He seemed to be relieved after hearing these words, and his eyes fell into the distance again.

The manager felt that his ability to observe words and emotions for decades had failed at this moment.

In the direction the emperor was looking, Su Qingyu was in a good mood, holding a Tibetan mastiff and playing in the backyard of the General's Mansion.

He petted the dog's head and trained it again. He didn't talk to 527 for a long time.

527:【……】

It took off the cow's head, probed it and said: [Host, its hair is so long. 】

Su Qingyu: [The hair is so handsome. 】

527 hugged the bull's head tightly and said: [Host, it is so stupid. 】

Su Qingyu raised his hand and the Tibetan Mastiff stood up, "It is already very smart." 】

527 took a long time and hummed again: "It can't even speak." 】

Su Qingyu: [Aren’t you making things difficult for it? 】

527 Finally: [Scumbag! You are not only a scumbag but also a scumbag! 】

Su Qingyu finally laughed out loud, "What do you care about with a dog?" 】

527 said angrily: [Because I am a dog! 】

Su Qingyu: [……]

Su Qingyu thought for a while and said: [I forgot about this for a moment, because I never regarded our 527 dogs as one dog. 】

In order to coax his own system, Su Qingyu called its name affectionately, [Wangyue is my system, how can a mere Tibetan mastiff compare? 】

When Su Qingyu called out this name, he suddenly felt dazed for a few seconds. He always felt that he had called this name many times.

He looked at the Tibetan Mastiff given to him by Bo Yunyi again. When he received the Tibetan Mastiff, he felt familiar joy and touch in his heart, but he would not be so touched just by giving him a dog.

He still remembered its name.

527 Heng Heng: [Host, am I your favorite dog? 】

Su Qingyu looked at its silly face pretending not to care, and her heart softened, [Of course. 】

527 immediately put on a cow's head to hide the expression on his face, but his happily wagging tail still revealed his mood.

One person and two dogs couldn't play happily in the backyard for long, until someone came and ruined the atmosphere.

Yuansi is a sensitive place, and the prince generally will not approach or explore the news there. Yu Jing'an just found out today that the emperor asked his master to rest at home for two days. It happened that Shi Pingshan came back, so of course he wanted to pay a visit.

He came with expectation and happiness. This mood disappeared as soon as he saw the dog next to Su Qingyu, especially when he saw him holding the dog and smiling so happily, the expression on Yu Jing'an's face almost froze. Lose.

Su Qingyu's eyes fell on his neck. The collar was wrapped high around his neck, and the injury inside could not be seen. "Third Prince, is the injury on your neck okay?"

Yu Jing'an took his words as concern and felt a little better, but only a little. It was hard for him not to care about the dog, and his eyes fell firmly on it, "Xiao Xi, whose dog belongs to him?"

Su Qingyu: "Of course it's mine, it's a dog I want to keep well."

Yu Jingan smiled and said, "Xiaoxi, this kind of dog is not suitable for you to keep, right?"

Su Qingyu: "It's very suitable. It's majestic and smart. It often reminds me of my time in Northern Xinjiang. I like it very much."

He said "like" very seriously and stared at Yu Jingan's face carefully. There was no obvious expression on Yu Jing'an's face, and he was still smiling, but no matter how well he controlled his expression, his eyes could not deceive others, especially a keen person who was good at reading people's hearts.

His anger and discomfort were clearly visible to Su Qingyu.

Su Qingyu smiled and touched the Tibetan Mastiff's head. It was indeed the smartest Tibetan Mastiff in the Northern Territory. Even though Yu Jing'an smiled, it felt his hostility. It stared at Yu Jing'an ferociously and let out a threatening growl, which made Yu Jing'an laugh again. Feeling provoked, he became even more angry.

Yu Jingan smiled and said a little louder, "Xiaoxi, this dog looks too dangerous and can easily cause trouble."

Su Qingyu: "It is very brave. This is its advantage. It can protect me."

The smile on Yu Jing'an's face faded a little. It was too easy to pretend to be angry when he was really angry, "Xiaoxi, are you angry with me? I gave you Xiangyang as a gift at that time, and when Xiangyang died, you raised a dog that was completely different from him?"

Su Qingyu looked at the Tibetan Mastiff without saying anything. His face and eyelashes were drooped, and he looked a little lonely.

Yu Jing'an thought, not long after Xiang Yang died, he got married again. He would inevitably be sad and lonely. It was understandable if he wanted to raise a dog. But, I can’t keep this one.

Yu Jingan said: "Xiaoxi, this dog is not suitable for you to keep. Let's do this. I will find you a better dog to accompany you in two days."

He glanced at the Tibetan Mastiff with fear, then cautiously approached Su Qingyu and said warmly, "Okay?"

527: [Host, repentance value +2. This scumbag killed a puppy, does he want to kill two more? It seems that he has changed his mind. If he wants to give you a puppy, he will definitely poison him again in the future, including the Tibetan Mastiff. 】

Su Qingyu happily told 527: [I now realize the benefits of the emperor giving me this gift. 】

Saying this to 527 happily in her heart, the expression on Su Qingyu's face changed from lonely to unhappy. She pushed away the person in front of her and walked forward quickly.

Yu Jing'an was stunned for a moment. He thought that since he had regressed like this, his teacher, who always listened to him, would agree, but he didn't expect to be pushed away by him so coldly, and he left directly.

By the time he reacted, his master had already gone far away.

Yu Jing'an immediately strode up to follow him. The Tibetan Mastiff, who had been hostile to him just now, saw him coming up menacingly and immediately arched his body and barked at him.

Yu Jing'an gritted his teeth and stopped. Behind Yu Jing'an's invisible side, he looked at the dog with evil eyes. His eyes moved to Su Qingyu's Juejue back, and then to his trusted guard not far away. The corners of his mouth suddenly raised in a smile. A cruel smile.

He slowly leaned over and touched a stone, then raised his eyes to look at the Tibetan Mastiff.

The Tibetan Mastiff that was bowing and barking at him, stimulated by his dangerous action, broke away from the rope and flew towards him ferociously.

Yu Jingan didn't take the stone. It was his guard who picked up the stone. A sharp stone larger than a fist broke through the strong wind and hit the Tibetan Mastiff's head.

The guard who follows the third prince every day is named Ma Ge. He is one of the best experts among the third prince. If a stone hits a dog, it will die and it will not be able to live normally.

But none of them expected that the dog was so fast and agile at the same time. It avoided its vital parts and the stone only hit its legs.

They all heard the sound of cracking bones and saw blood. The black dog's leg was curled up and dragged on the ground, but it just screamed and immediately flew towards the third prince.

Only then did the faces of the third prince and the guards show fear.

"Kill it quickly!"

"Protect the Third Prince!"

But it was too late, the Tibetan Mastiff had already bitten the third prince's arm.

Mago looked at the scene in front of him in panic. He thought it was too late. In this huge capital, apart from the palace, where is the safest place? The General's Mansion is the second safest place. There is absolutely no mansion that dares to be the first.

All the guards in the general's mansion have been on the battlefield. At the critical moment, as long as one of the many guards makes a move, he can kill the dog with one arrow, but there is no one.

The other guards of the third prince rushed forward, and the guards of the general's residence also rushed over.

Su Qingyu hurriedly shouted: "Mu Chuan! Come back!"

The Tibetan Mastiff, which tore a piece of flesh from the third prince's arm, heard Su Qingyu calling it and turned to retreat. The sword of the third prince's guard was already coming towards it, and when it was about to hit its neck, it was blocked by the guard of the general's palace.

Mago roared angrily: "This beast bit the third prince, it would be a pity to die!"

This is a fact. No matter how expensive a dog is, if it dares to hurt a prince, it will be immediately executed no matter where it is. Even an old general will do this, but for some reason, the guards of the general's palace are protecting it and letting it go. With one leg hanging down, he limped to Su Qingyu's side.

Muchuan placed the third prince's meat at Su Qingyu's feet, whimpering but wagging his tail and looking at Su Qingyu, as if he was aggrieved by the pain and proudly claiming credit.

Su Qingyu: "..."

527: [Well done Muchuan, he avenged your brother, he, a dog abuser, deserves it! 】

Su Qingyu: "..."

Now he's doing well again. If you don't say he's stupid, his hair has grown longer?

Also, where did my brother come from?

Su Qingyu listened to the third prince's cry of pain, looked at the piece of meat, and thought in his heart, it is worthy of being a Tibetan Mastiff, and it is worthy of being the most ferocious Tibetan Mastiff among tens of thousands of Tibetan Mastiffs.

"Master Commander, this beast bit the third prince and must be executed immediately!" Mago said angrily to Su Qingyu.

The third prince didn't scream too loudly, but Mago knew that he had always been able to endure it. The fact that the scream wasn't loud didn't mean the injury wasn't severe. The wound was bone-shattering and blood had already soaked into his sleeve.

Su Qingyu took one look, suppressed the surprise in her heart, and ran to the third prince in a panic, turned around and asked, "Did you call the doctor?"

"I've already gone to call him. He'll be here soon."

The third prince's face was pale from pain, and his forehead was covered with sweat. He spoke intermittently, "Xiaoxi, I'm... fine. Don't, don't worry, I just said... it's too dangerous."

Su Qingyu sneered in her heart, don't think that he doesn't know what the third prince is planning.

He must have deliberately angered Muchuan and asked Muchuan to bite him, and then let the guards beat Muchuan to death.

In this case, he wouldn't be able to say anything after Muchuan died. He might still feel guilty towards the third prince, forgive him for everything, and never keep a dog again, killing two eagles with one stone.

However, they didn't know Muchuan's origins, so they only regarded him as an ordinary dog ​​and underestimated his power.

Not long after the steward left, they arrived. They didn't know that this was a dog sent by the emperor. The guards of the general's palace would not kill it but protect it.

In the end, it was the third prince who was bitten like this.

Even though it hurt like this, I still didn’t forget to say these words, trying to make Master Guxi feel guilty and want Master Guxi to abandon the dog.

Su Qingyu didn't seem to hear what he said, and was only nervous and concerned about his injury.

Shi Pingshan came with the doctor. He saw the third prince lying on the ground from a distance, half of his body stained red with blood, and his heartbeat almost stopped.

He knelt down next to the third prince, "Third prince, forgive me, this, this..."

Sweat from the pain flowed into his eyes, and the third prince blinked, "General General...get up quickly, I'm not, I'm fine."

Shi Pingshan was the person he wanted to win over the most, so of course he had to work hard, even if he was shaking from the pain, he still wanted to get him up, but what he was thinking about was how to use this matter to win over and restrain him.

Seeing Shi Pingshan kneel down, Yu Jing'an felt that the injury might be worth it, and it wasn't just shooting himself in the foot.

It's not impossible, he must make this injury worth it.

The third prince gritted his teeth and endured the pain, waving his hand for Ma Ge to help Shi Pingshan up.

As Mago helped him up, he told him angrily what had happened.

"General Shi, this beast." He pointed at Muchuan, not noticing how Shi Pingshan's eyebrows trembled when he said the word "beast", "It bit His Highness, and the guards of the General's Mansion didn't kill him immediately. It’s still protecting it!”

This was a very strange thing, but he thought it might be because the dog belonged to their young master, and the master didn't say anything, so they didn't dare to take action rashly.

Then he would tell this matter to the biggest master in the general's palace. The general who had killed countless enemy troops on the battlefield would definitely stab this unforgivable beast to death with one sword.

Everything was different from what he expected. The general remained motionless with a strange expression on his face.

He turned to look at Su Qingyu and asked him, "Tell me clearly, what's going on?"

Su Qingyu said truthfully: "The third prince said that Muchuan was not suitable for me to raise and would not let me raise him. He wanted to give me another one. I was unwilling and took Muchuan away. I don't know what happened. Muchuan broke free from the rope and pounced on me. Third Prince, when I turned around, I happened to see the horse guard smashing Muchuan's leg with a stone, and Muchuan bit the Third Prince's arm even more fiercely."

After hearing this, Shi Pingshan's expression became even weirder. He looked at Muchuan, whose leg bones were twisted, and asked the third prince: "Third prince, are Quanzi right?"

The third prince had already realized that something was wrong. He tried his best to say something nice, "I don't blame anyone else. I can only blame Crow Mouth. I said this dog was dangerous and I was worried that it would hurt Xiao Xi. I didn't expect that it really... luckily hurt him." it's me."

Shi Pingshan: "..."

The third prince's wound was too deep. He had experienced the power of the dog on the battlefield. This one was selected by the Northern Territory and given to the emperor. The emperor grew up on the battlefield, and they did what they wanted. Naturally, the one they sent was not An ordinary spaniel.

The doctor at the General's Mansion also had sweat on his forehead, which showed how serious the injury was.

If this had been bitten by other military dogs in the General's Mansion, his heart might have gone cold now, but if it had been bitten by the emperor's dog, that would be another matter.

A prince was bitten by a dog, but no one dealt with the dog. Let alone the third prince, Ma Ge couldn't bear it. He drew his sword angrily, "If it's not convenient for the general to take action, then I..."

Before he finished speaking, Shi Pingshan pushed the sword back into its sheath, and his wrist was held firmly by his other hand.

Mago looked at him in surprise. The emperor's bones were broken due to illness, and Shi Pingshan was much older than the emperor. He often gave people the impression that he was no longer what he was before, but at this time he couldn't move at all.

Shi Pingshan retracted his hand and knelt down in front of the third prince again, "Third prince, please forgive me, but I cannot deal with this dog."

The third prince almost couldn't maintain his gentle appearance, "Why?"

Shi Pingshan said in a deep voice: "This dog was awarded to the dog by the emperor. I dare not."

It is said that beating a dog depends on the owner. Beating a dog means hitting the owner in the face. Who dares to deal with the emperor's dog?

There was no sound at all in the entire backyard.

At that moment, the expressions of the third prince and Mago were extremely wonderful. Mago's face was as pale as the third prince's.

Su Qingyu felt that looking at their appearance at this time, they were as happy as when he bit the third prince's neck.

As dusk fell, four people knelt outside the royal study.

Several ministers who came to see the emperor, including the prime minister, were surprised to see the injured third prince and the division general kneeling here. They wanted to know what happened, but they realized that the matter might not be simple and did not dare to go to the imperial study room. I asked outside, but I couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Several ministers stood at the door waiting for the emperor to summon him. The steward opened the door and walked to Shi Pingshan without speaking to them first. He stretched out his hand to help him up, "General Shi, the emperor already knows. The emperor said that the general is not to blame for this." Mr. Xiaoshi, please get up quickly."

He helped Shi Pingshan and Su Qingyu, but ignored the third prince kneeling next to him.

Mago was trembling all over, the third prince gritted his teeth tightly, sweat flowed into his eyes and flowed out again.

Several ministers looked over again, especially the prime minister, whose eyes fell directly on the third prince.

Su Qingyu noticed it and stood beside Shi Pingshan, with his head slightly lowered and the corners of his mouth raised.

At first, the third prince only had money and a group of dead soldiers secretly trained by his mother's family, and he had no competitiveness in front of the prince and second prince.

The emperor assigned the third lady of the Prime Minister's Palace to him in marriage. The Prime Minister's Palace had no intention of standing behind him at first, because the Prime Minister was the Queen's biological brother and naturally stood by the Second Prince.

Later, the second prince did a lot of bad things, which made the prime minister think that the wall could not be supported by mud. At that time, the emperor often praised the third prince. He saw the potential of the third prince, and was misled by the third prince into thinking that the general The government is on his side.

In the process of helping the second prince, he had already offended the prince. If the second prince could not ascend the throne, he would certainly not be the prince.

It was then that the prime minister began to secretly help the third prince.

Although the third prince is not related by blood to him, he is his son-in-law.

This was the third prince's first big help, and then he used the Prime Minister's Palace and the General's Palace to win over other wings.

The Prime Minister had not yet had the idea of ​​helping the third prince, but he saw the third prince kneeling in embarrassment in front of the royal study. This idea should at least be postponed for a long time.

Not only did he push back, but Su Qingyu wanted to cut off his thoughts bit by bit.

Not only the Prime Minister's, but also other forces cut off his future right-hand man in advance. The help he got from using the General's Mansion is gone. How can he tamper with the imperial edict and escape from the siege of the Crown Prince and the Second Prince?

The injury on the third prince's arm had only been roughly treated. He was kneeling with his hands on the ground and blood was flowing downwards.

This bleeding posture is already terrifying.

Seeing the blood continuously gathering on the ground, several ministers felt frightened. If it continued to flow like this, someone might die.

However, the emperor did not let him get up.

Several ministers walked into the imperial study with different thoughts. They saw the emperor sitting on the throne with a calm expression, as if they didn't know that there was a prince bleeding and kneeling on the ground outside.

There was silence inside and outside the room. In this silence, the emperor's voice was particularly clear. Even so, the emotions inside could not be heard.

There was no discussion or greetings. He gave them orders one after another in an orderly manner, with a cold voice and without even looking up during the whole process.

The more the ministers listened, the more they became invisibly afraid of him. They seemed to smell the smell of blood outside, which pressed around their noses and made them breathless. They could only hang their heads lower and lower.

This is the prince's blood, but it seems like their blood is falling drop by drop.

After finally leaving the imperial study, they all breathed a sigh of relief. When they looked up, they saw the third prince kneeling with sweat on his face and trembling all over.

Several ministers hurriedly looked away and left in a hurry. Unknown to them, the person who was so frightened in their hearts had already changed their expressions when they saw another person outside the door.