The Wife is First

“Jun Qing!” Jing Shao hurriedly supported him, and when he saw that the wound was bleeding again, he could only coax him softly, “Don’t worry, what I’m saying is, let’s apply the medicine first before talking about anything else.

“I want to use that medicine.” Mu Hanzhang gasped and looked up at him. He was about to move quickly. An injury that would crack if he moved too much could not be followed to the battlefield. He had to let it heal quickly.

“No!” Jing Shao wiped the blood carefully with a handkerchief, and then applied the medicine in the sapphire vial to stop the bleeding. “It will be enough to stop for another day. If not, let the food and grass catch up first.”

Mu Hanzhang closed his eyes: “The army cannot delay. If you insist on doing this, my father will blame you, and I will go and apologize.”

“Jun Qing,” Jing Shao felt a little sad when he heard what he said. If it really got to that point, how could he let him take the blame? He said in a stiff tone, “I know what happened to the army…”

“You know what’s going on!” Mu Hanzhang opened his eyes and stared at him, “The battlefield is changing rapidly. Even if you have the ability to predict the unknown, you can’t predict what will happen. As a commander, you must be responsible for the lives of these 100,000 people. How can you act arbitrarily for your own selfishness!”

Those beautiful eyes were full of pride and persistence. Jing Shao looked at them quietly for a long time and slowly raised his lips.

Finally understood why Jun Qing made him feel safe. Apart from everything that happened in the previous life, this person has his own ideas and persistence. He will not waver in his principles because of his preference for him, nor will he act recklessly because of his embarrassment. Therefore, Jing Shao dared to use everything he had to pamper him without fear of spoiling him or losing his way.

“What a good wife says makes sense. All you have to do is obey your husband’s orders.” Jing Shao smiled and leaned over, kissing the angry cheek.

Mu Hanzhang was so disturbed by him that all the prepared remarks were stuck in his throat. He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses and glared at him. Looking at the increasingly thick-skinned man, he finally became angry. He stood up, sighed and said: “I am a man, please don’t think of me as too delicate.”

Jing Shao smiled and did not answer. Even if Jun Qing was strong and had unparalleled martial arts skills, he would still feel distressed. He stood up and took another dark vial, still hesitating in his hand.

“Then Wang Er also has good intentions. Even though he is a bit eager for quick success, you can’t kill him!” Mu Hanzhang then remembered that Jing Shao had asked the guards to kill people just now, so he tried to persuade him.

Jing Shao took off the cork of the bottle and thought that his guards were always the most obedient. Wang Er’s head must have been moved by now, but he didn’t dare to say this, so he could only respond vaguely and look at the wound carefully. The medicine in the sapphire bottle has melted, and the bleeding has barely stopped. He has tried these two medicines, and they are not mutually exclusive. He can just apply them directly.

“Scream if it hurts, don’t bite yourself.” Jing Shao touched the top of his hair, still a little unbearable.

Mu Hanzhang nodded slightly. Seeing that he still refused to apply the medicine, he chuckled and said warmly: “If you are worried, just hold me.”

When Jing Shao heard this, he thought it made sense. If Jun Qing bit his tongue due to the pain, he could lend him his arm in time. So he sat on the bedside, carefully put the person into his arms, poured some translucent ointment, and quickly applied it on with trembling fingertips.

“Ah…” The moment the medicine was applied, Jing Shao clearly felt that the body in his arms suddenly tightened, and his bloodless lips were slightly opened. A low cry of pain was stuck in his throat and he could not make any sound. Big beads of sweat fell down one by one, moistening the black hair on the temples.

“Jun Qing, it won’t hurt in a while, it won’t hurt anymore…” Jing Shao stroked his cheek gently, wishing he could replace it with his own body.

Mu Hanzhang didn’t expect it to hurt so much! When the medicine was applied, it was as if countless tiny needles were piercing his body. The pain made his eyes darken for a while. A gentle voice in his ear gently comforted him. The pain gradually eased, and patches of white light appeared in front of his eyes. After clearing Jing Shao’s face, his beautiful eyes were full of distress that was about to overflow. He wanted to give him a comforting smile, so he reluctantly raised the corners of his mouth, and then, his eyes suddenly turned completely dark.

Jing Shao looked at the man who was unconscious from pain in his arms and felt so distressed that he could hardly breathe. Slowly open his innocent hands, place a delicate kiss on his pale face, slowly put him back on the bed, and use a cloth to wipe away all the sweat on his forehead and neck.

When he came back to his senses, he realized that he was also sweating. Jing Shao wiped his face and covered the person on the bed with a quilt.

“Your Majesty, the right guard stopped my subordinates from killing Wang Er, and they put Wang Er in a military prison.” The guard came in and whispered, “However, my subordinates found this on Wang Er.” With that said, he handed a piece of paper to Jing Shao.

Although Jing Shao was not satisfied with the guard not completing the task, he could explain it to his princess, so he remained silent and took a look at the thing in the guard’s hand. It was okay if he didn’t look at it. Seeing him furious, he must kill Wang Er.

There was nothing written on the paper, only a portrait was drawn with a fine brush. Even if the painting skills were poor, one could still see the extraordinary beauty of the person in the painting. He had a long gown with wide sleeves and a green silk jade crown. Who could it be if it wasn’t Mu Hanzhang?

Slowly crumpling the paper in his hand, Jing Shao clenched his fist until it made a crunching sound. It turned out that today’s scene was no accident. This Wang Er was deliberately trying to take advantage of him! Looking at the bloodless person on the bed, he had to endure such pain just because of the lust of a deceiver! At this time, he suddenly felt lucky that he didn’t kill Wang Er directly, because the result of one knife was too cheap for him!

Jing Shao raised his head and said with gloomy eyes: “Go and investigate now. No matter what method you use, you must find out a crime that requires him to be killed.”

“Take the order.” The guard obeyed the order and quickly turned around and left.

“Wait a minute,” Jing Shao called to this young guard who had just been transferred to him and was so alert, “What’s your name?”

“Subordinate Jiang Lang.” the guard replied.

Jing Shao was stunned: “Are you the son of Imperial Physician Jiang?”

“Yes,” Jiang Lang looks quite honest, but is very clever, “I passed the exam in March. Thanks to the prince for not giving up, he transferred his subordinates to the pro-army.”

At that time, Jing Shao listened to his princess and transferred Jiang Lang to his army in order to find an opportunity to win over Doctor Jiang. But at that time, the house and palace were in chaos, and the matter was forgotten in the blink of an eye.

Jing Shao nodded: “Go ahead and call Zuo Hujun over.”

When the left guard came, the right guard also ran over.

Although Wang Er was eager for quick success, he was also quite tactful. Whether he was a guard or a handyman, he was very popular. The right guard felt that killing him so hastily would chill the hearts of the soldiers, so he stopped him from killing him. Hearing from the guard that the prince seemed very angry, he followed him to accuse him and offer some words of advice.

Jing Shao ignored the right guard who thought he was very reasonable and said to the left guard: “We will break camp early tomorrow morning and prepare.”

“Yes.” Zuo Hujun responded.

“Your Majesty, then Wang Er…” You Hujun wanted to say something more, but before he finished speaking, he saw the prince wiping the sweat of the person on the bed with a cloth, and carefully putting his arms that were hanging outside into the quilt, then His delicate and gentle look was completely unlike what King Cheng would do, who used his fists to “care” for his subordinates every day.

“What are you going to say?” After Jing Shao finished doing these things, he looked at the right guard.

“Um…” Youhujun stuttered and was speechless. His head had been confused for a long time when he saw the red mark on the military advisor’s neck this morning. Now that the prince’s unabashed behavior made him want to pretend that he couldn’t It doesn’t work even if you know it.

“Your Majesty, a letter has just arrived from the capital.” Zuo Hujun interrupted and handed over the letter in his arms.

Jing Shao took a look and saw that it said Prince Rui’s Mansion on the letter. It turned out to be a letter from his brother. Since leaving the capital, there has been very little news. Unlike the eldest prince, who writes peace letters to his father every day, he writes reports on the war situation every now and then. Emperor Hongzheng does answer every letter to him, but not all of them. It’s some business. Jingchen seems to be very busy, and he is out of town now. He has to avoid suspicion and it is not convenient to contact him too much.

Anxious to know what was written in the letter, Jing Shao let the right guards go and asked them to retreat.

“My dear brother, the Third Emperor: Father is well, and your family is well…” There were all polite greetings in front of them, Jing Shao quickly jumped over and looked behind.

This letter was written three times in total, and the news was mixed.

Jingchen revealed in the letter that since they left, the issue of embezzlement of military pay in the Ministry of Revenue has snowballed, and more and more people have been involved. As many as seven officials of third rank or above have been dismissed. Not to mention petty officials below the third rank. Emperor Hongzheng ordered a thorough investigation, but the implication was too wide. The fourth prince could have been traced quickly. Duke Mao Guo suggested that the war was not settled and it was not easy, so a big fight was launched. The matter was raised high and dropped lightly. .

But most of Jingchen’s goals were achieved, such as pulling down the Minister of the Ministry of Finance who did not want to see Jing Shao, and Xiao Yuan was successfully promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Their father was already dissatisfied with the fourth prince.

In fact, from the beginning of the matter, Jingchen had pointed the matter towards the Fourth Prince’s faction, but those people seemed to have been prepared for it, which made him go through a lot of troubles.

In addition, there is an extremely important news for the current Jing Shao, that is, someone in the court has contacts with the Southeast King. The Southeast King may know the current financial situation of the court.

Jing Shao slowly closed the letter. In this way, there was a real explanation that the Southeast King would send people to kill him. Now that the treasury is in deficit, if the war continues in this manner, as long as the Southwest King can last for three years, the imperial court will no longer be able to support this protracted war. Finally, it was possible for them to negotiate peace with the court.

And as long as he is killed as the coach, it will take a year and a half to wait for the court to deal with the prince’s death on the battlefield, the change of coach before the battle, and a series of other things.

“Well…” The person on the bed groaned softly and slowly opened his eyes.

Jing Shao hurriedly put down the letter in his hand and looked at him: “Jun Qing, does it still hurt?”

Mu Hanzhang looked at him for a moment, then remembered that he had passed out, but the wound on his shoulder no longer hurt much, and he felt much more comfortable than before applying the medicine. He frowned and said, “How long have I been sleeping?”

“It didn’t take long, only half an hour.” Jing Shao touched the top of his hair, “It’s already past noon. We have to walk at night when we break camp today. We will set off tomorrow morning.”

When Mu Hanzhang heard this, he nodded slightly. It would be nice if he didn’t delay his trip. He turned around and saw the letter in Jing Shao’s hand: “But has your brother written?”

“How did you guess so accurately?” Jing Shao smiled and held him in his arms, handing him the letter to read, “I even doubt whether you can really watch the stars at night.”