"Yinyue is Liu Zhang's crown princess, so she is naturally canonized as the queen!" Ye Yichen's tone was light, although Yinyue was also his niece, he hadn't seen Yinyue a few times since he was a child. Naturally, it is impossible to be like Yulan, how deep her feelings for Yinyue are.

Yulan muttered, "Queen......" There were mixed feelings in her heart, and her hand stopped unconsciously.

Ye Yichen scratched her nose and said, "What do you think, don't you hurry up!" In the past few days, Ye Yichen's temperament Yulan has also touched a little, although he has a noble status, he doesn't like to ask the girl to change his clothes, but always instructs himself.

Yulan stuck out his tongue, sped up his movements, took off his robe, Xiaoyue came in with hot water, Yulan threw a handkerchief, and personally wiped Ye Yichen's face. He took a moon-white regular service from the maid on the side and waited for Ye Yichen to change it.

The prince is tall and long-legged, he is a natural clothes rack, and he looks good in any color of clothes, but Yulan likes the way he looks in white, and wearing a white robe makes his face like a crown of jade, floating out of the dust.

Yulan helped him clean up, left a little bit and looked up and down, and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he was relieved.

What a beauty! No wonder Qi and Red Sleeves knew that it was no good for Lu Dao to do it against his own mother, and they were so hostile to themselves.

After this series of actions, Ye Yichen's tiredness immediately disappeared a little, and his tightly locked eyebrows also stretched a little, which seemed quite useful.

Ye Yichen felt hungry as soon as he sat down, and when he saw a snack on the small table next to him, he reached out and took it and ate it. Yulan hurriedly pressed his hand and said angrily: "I have already asked someone to pass the food, and it will come up soon, you keep some stomach!" "It's not good to just eat snacks.

Ye Yichen also withdrew his hand. Taking advantage of the little effort of the people to get the food box, Yulan asked: "Lord Wang, you are well-informed, can you know that Cousin Yinyue of Lu Dao is in Shu Han...... How are you doing? ”

Ye Yichen took one of Yulan's hands, put it in his big hand and played with it, and asked with interest: "You and Princess Yinyue...... Good relationship? Care so much about her! ”

Yulan nodded. Since Yin Yueyuan married Shu Han, they have cut off contact with each other, and the two places are too far apart, and the exchange of letters is not very convenient. Coupled with the hostile relationship between the two countries, Yulan gave up the idea of writing letters. Thinking that Ye Yichen was well-informed, Yulan naturally had to ask.

Ye Yichen thought for a while and said, "She's in Shuhan...... It's good. The news from Xizuo said that she and the crown prince Liu Zhang were very affectionate, and Liu Zhang was also very fond of her, although she had been married for a short time, she had already given Liu Zhang a son......" The prince said in a tone, thinking about whether the bad news should be told to Yulan.

Yulan sensed that the prince's words were not finished. She was so anxious that she pulled the prince's sleeve: "Lord, what's wrong with my cousin, tell me quickly!" ”

Ye Yichen smiled bitterly, he didn't expect Yulan to be so keen, so he had to say: "Although Liu Zhang is the crown prince, his accession to the throne is not smooth. His half-brother Liu Ping, the king of Han, colluded with the Janissary Commander to raise a rebellion and made a disturbance in the palace, although the turmoil was finally calmed down, but Yinyue was wounded by an arrow in order to protect Liu Zhang! ”

Yulan let out an "ah" sound, and grabbed Ye Yichen's big hand with his backhand: "Cousin is fine, right?" Is she still alive? His voice trembled slightly.

Ye Yichen sighed: "The inner palace of Shu Han has been completely under martial law, and my country's fine work can't hear any news. I only heard that on the day Liu Zhang ascended the throne, he issued a decree to canonize Yinyue's eldest son as the crown prince. This little prince is still in his infancy! ”

Yulan only felt like a numb heart, since Yinyue left, the first time she heard the news of Yinyue, it was such bad news, how could she not be sad, Yulan's tears fell.

This crying Ye Yichen cried for her. was surrounded and chased by the Jurchen soldiers back then, and Yulan didn't shed a single tear under such difficult conditions. Now that she heard the bad news about her cousin, she is like this. Seeing that she was crying pitifully, Ye Yichen pulled her into his arms: "Master shouldn't have told you this, he actually made you cry." ”

Yulan sobbed and said, "My cousin has traveled thousands of miles to marry Shu Han, if he is really seriously injured and dies, he will not even have any relatives around." It's really pitiful! ”

Ye Yichen was a little at a loss, although he had a few women, he had never tried to coax anyone. Even if it is the Bai family, he has always been respectful to him, and he has never even been coquettish. Leng Buding ran into Yulan with a handful of snot and tears, Ye Yichen didn't know what to do.

If it was someone else, he would definitely be bored, but he only had tenderness for Yulan, and he patted her on the back gently: "Yinyue must be fine." ”

Yulan sobbed and said, "How do you know the Dao? ”

Ye Yichen stretched out his hand and scratched her nose: "She is now the queen of Shu Han, if the queen dies, such a big matter will definitely not be hidden, and we will definitely know the Tao soon." There has been no news of this for so long, which means that she is still alive. ”

Yulan listened to what he said, so she stopped crying. "Lord Wang, please promise me one thing, if there is any news from Yinyue, you must tell me as soon as possible, okay?"

Ye Yichen nodded hurriedly. "Definitely, definitely!"

Yulan sat up straight and asked Xiaoyue to fetch hot water and wash her face. Mother Qian had already brought someone to take the food box, just now Yulan was crying in the house, Mother Qian didn't dare to go in, so she came in at this time to ask for food to be placed there. Yulan felt that he was really out of order, and the prince was still hungry!

asked Mother Qian to put the meal in the west room, and the two sat face to face. The little maids served the meal, and Yulan specially instructed the small kitchen today to cook a few appetizing dishes. Ye Yichen has a bitter summer when he arrives in summer, and now that the weather is hot, he must be more careful in eating.

Ye Yichen saw that there were not many dishes on the table, eight hot dishes and four cold dishes, all of which he loved to eat. He asked Yulan: "You asked the kitchen to prepare this?" "If the kitchen prepares it itself, the dishes are several times more than that.

Yulan's nose was still red, and he said: "I just asked the eldest grandmother this afternoon, and asked them to make a few dishes that you like to eat. Is the prince still satisfied? "The prince's divisions are all customized, and it is normal for dozens of dishes to be served in a meal, Ye Yichen is too lazy to pay attention to these little things on weekdays, and the dishes are placed on a large table, and he is too lazy to clip them if they are placed too far away.

Yulan arranged it like this, although there were few dishes, they were all his favorite foods on weekdays, and it was also convenient to eat, and he couldn't help but be very happy when he saw Yulan's careful arrangement. He smiled and encouraged: "It's a good job, and I'll eat it like this in the future!" ”

Seeing that the prince was satisfied, Yulan was also very happy.

The ancients were silent when eating, but the maids in the house were all driven away by Ye Yichen just now, and there were only two people left, so they didn't pay much attention. Ye Yichen said: "If I'm not mistaken, there should be a eunuch to deliver the decree in a while!" ”

Yulan was already sad when she heard the news of Yinyue, and when she heard this, her chopsticks stopped: "The emperor wants to call you into the palace?" ”

Ye Yichen nodded. His little wife is Linghui, and it is convenient to talk to smart people.

Yulan thought for a moment and said in surprise: "I won't send you to fight again, right?" "The lord of Shu Han has just died, Liu Zhang has just ascended the throne, and a palace civil strife broke out, and the regime is in turmoil, Da Chu has been thinking about destroying Shu Han and dominating the world, which is a good opportunity from God.

But if Ye Yichen leads the troops out again, she will have to stay alone in the empty room! When I think about it, I feel sad, it's only been a few days since I got married!

Ye Yichen saw that her little nose was wrinkled, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, if you can't fight, I won't lead troops to the battle!" ”

Seeing his affirmative tone, Yulan couldn't help but be very strange: "Why is this?" Supposedly, now should be the right time to send troops! ”

Ye Yichen sighed: "Now is indeed a good opportunity to send troops, but it's a pity that the treasury is empty now, no matter how big the opportunity is, don't think about fighting without money!" ”

"Oh!" Yulan woke up like a dream, Ye Yichen spent a lot of money in the defense of Beijing in front, coupled with the northwest chaos and disaster relief, the treasury can't afford to toss even if there are gold and silver mountains!

Finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay!" ”

Ye Yichen smiled: "You don't want to leave me like that? ”

Yulan cut off: "Who can't bear you, I'm worried about Cousin Yinyue." If the army really captured Shu Han, what would she do? As you said just now, she even has a son! ”

Ye Yichen seemed to think of something, and his expression was gloomy: "Liu Zhang has a lot of strategy in his chest, that is, my soldiers are full of food, and it is not so easy to destroy Shu Han!" Yinyue really shouldn't have saved him. If the king of Han comes to power, within five years, Shu Han will be destroyed. ”

Yulan said: "That's no better!" Anyway, Shu Han will be destroyed sooner or later, since Cousin Yinyue is there, it is better to be later! ”

Ye Yichen shook his head and smiled bitterly, women have long hair and short knowledge! However, there is one sentence that Ye Yichen agrees with very much, "You can tell me, why is Shu Han definitely destroyed?" ”

Yulan said casually: "Isn't that simple? Throughout the 24th history, the regimes occupying Guanzhong and Hebei are the easiest to unify the world, while Bashu, although rich, has never had a regime in a corner of peace, and there has never been an example of unifying the world. ”

This is the first time Ye Yichen has heard of this point of view, and he can't help but be slightly stunned: "It makes sense!" "Just now I thought she had long hair and short knowledge, but it doesn't seem to be like that!

As soon as he finished eating, the eunuchs in the palace came, and passed on the emperor's edict to Ye Yichen to go to Wenhua Hall to discuss matters. Yulan's heart moved slightly, it seems that the emperor's news is half a beat slower than Ye Yichen.

How are the East Factory, the West Factory, and Jinyiwei mixed?

Because it was expected that the prince would enter the palace, Yulan had already asked someone to prepare the court clothes. Ye Yichen changed into a scarlet court dress and said gently: "I'm afraid I'm going to stay overnight in the palace today, you stay at home and wait for me to come back for breakfast tomorrow morning." "The key in the palace is on time, and after the hour, the emperor can't open the door, this is the old rule handed down from the time of Taizu. Now that it's almost the first shift, Ye Yichen will definitely not be able to come back.

Yulan nodded: "Don't worry! I'm at home! "Send Ye Yichen out of the house all the way and then turn back to the room.

When Ye Yichen arrived at the Wenhua Palace, the five mansions, the six ministries, the nine qing, and the important ministers of the various ministries and institutes all came. The crown prince and King Zhao also came, and even Ye Minzhao was also present.

I haven't seen him for a few days, but Ye Minzhao has lost weight, but his bearing is becoming more and more compelling. Tribulations make people grow, but his eyes are brighter. Seeing Ye Yichen coming, Ye Minzhao carefully checked his expression, and saw that he was full of energy, and his eyebrows were full of feasting, the little prince felt as if he had been stabbed in his heart, but he just glanced at Ye Yichen casually, and then lowered his eyebrows.

After meeting the emperor, Ye Yichen sat down at the head of the prince.

The emperor saw that everyone had come, so he got straight to the point: "I just received the news, Liu Ao, the lord of Shu Han, died two days ago, the crown prince Liu Zhang has just ascended the throne, and his half-brother Liu Ping, the king of Han, launched a rebellion...... I called you Aiqing here in such a hurry today to discuss and see if this battle should be fought and how it should be fought! ”

The more the orthodox emperor spoke, the more excited he became. Since he ascended the throne, he has suffered internal and external troubles, his political achievements are mediocre, and his martial arts are not worse than those of Taizu Taizong. If he can pacify Shu Han in one go this time, then the previous nearly ten years of mediocrity can be written off, and he will leave a strong mark in the history books!

As soon as the emperor finished saying this, the prince immediately slapped his ass and said: "Father is wise, God bless me!" Erchen felt that he should send troops immediately, the land of Shu Han projectiles, the lord of the country has just ascended the throne, and his foothold is not stable, as soon as the soldiers of my Celestial Dynasty arrive, the enemy army will definitely flee from the wind, and the immortal merit is just around the corner! ”

Ye Yichen pouted, the prince should be in this position, the national situation and the national situation are not known, and the enemy situation is not clear, so he is talking to the emperor here, and he is really strange.

Sure enough, as soon as the prince's voice fell, some officials jumped out to object. The reason is what Ye Yichen said: no money! The Ministry of Officials is the world of the Xiao family, and now that the prince and King Zhao are incompatible, the officials of the Ministry of Officials naturally want to jump out and dismantle the prince's platform.

The crown prince also has some power in the court. You say a word to me, each has its own word!

The emperor was so noisy that he had a splitting headache, so he asked Ye Yichen: "Sixteenth brother! What are your insights? All eyes fell on him at once.

The prince who sent troops to fight is an expert, and his opinions certainly carry more weight!

Ye Yichen said succinctly: "Although this king also wants to see Dachu sweep away Shu Han as soon as possible and complete the great cause of unifying the world. But now is not the right time. One is that after the two battles of the Beijing Division and the Northwest, the three major battalions have suffered serious losses and have not yet been replenished; Second, although Chengdu was in chaos for a while, the military power was firmly controlled by Liu Zhang, and he either took the waterway from the Yangtze River to Shu or crossed the Jianmen Pass. My naval division is undertrained and cannot be used, and the Jianmen Pass is guarded by the veteran Ma Teng, with a garrison of 100,000, I am afraid that it will be difficult to capture. Third, now that the treasury is empty, if taxes are raised at will, I am afraid that the wolf smoke in the northwest will rise again! ”

Ye Yichen thought it very carefully, and his status and prestige were there. Everyone nodded slightly. The emperor was also convinced by his words, and couldn't help sighing: "It's time not to give me!" That's it! In this case, it is better to strengthen the military garrison, hold the Yangtze River defense line, and prevent Liu Zhang from gaining a firm foothold and going north. ”

The emperor decided to send a governor to patrol the river to supervise the military affairs of Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, Yunnan, Guihu, and Guangzhu provinces, and everyone discussed the candidate for the governor of the river. Obviously, this governor of the river patrol is extremely powerful, and at least he has to be an official at the level of a scholar in the cabinet. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and when they were hesitating, Ye Minshu and Ye Minyu got up and knelt down in front of the emperor almost at the same time: "My son is willing to share his father's worries!" ”

"The son is willing to share the worries of his father!"

Both of them know very well that this errand is not difficult to do, walk around the provinces of the Yangtze River, as long as Shu Han does not hit Sichuan, and return to Beijing after a while to complete the task. Not only can you legitimately make friends with the big people in Beijing, but you can also gain political capital, why not?

When the emperor saw the two sons kneeling on the ground, he was a little unsure who to go to. The emperor asked Ye Yichen again, and Ye Yichen said lightly: "The prince doesn't know about military affairs, and this king thinks that King Zhao is more suitable!" ”