Before the Chung Yeung Festival, the Northwest was still raging.

Jiang Yue, the trilateral general system in front, adopted the strategy of suppressing and appeasing at the same time, which was effective at the beginning, but in the northwest **, from the political envoy to the county order, the disaster relief food transported was deducted layer by layer, and Jiang General System appeased the thieves, but there was no food for them to eat, and these people had to fight again, so repeatedly, and the battle kept fighting.

Until the Tuwu Jurchen coalition army was defeated by Ye Yichen, the Liukou in the northwest were more and more suppressed, and the treasury had already bottomed out because of the battle to defend Beijing, and at this time, even the food and salary of the northwest army were almost gone.

For a while, the officials participated in the impeachment of Jiang Yue's hard work, and the emperor soon sent Jinyi guards to take Jiang Yuesuo out of prison. It's just that the lack of the trilateral general system is vacant at this moment. The dragons in the northwest have no leader, and people of insight are afraid that the rogue will flow to Henan, Shanxi and other neighboring provinces, and now it is only Shaanxi to say, if the first-class rogue flows to several other provinces, it will become a big trouble.

The ministers of the DPRK and China wrote one after another, asking the emperor to send Ye Yichen to the northwest. The emperor experienced the assassination of Heishigou, where did he dare to call Ye Yichen to take charge of the troops, but the military intelligence report was endless, and no one was willing to take over the mess in the northwest.

However, the ministers and workers played a passionate spirit that did not give up until the goal was achieved, and they were indomitable, and the cabinet also came forward to negotiate with the emperor, hoping that the emperor would send Ye Yichen to the expedition as soon as possible.

Yulan heard the news at home, and her heart was slightly entangled, she had a natural trust in the ability of the prince, and believed that Ye Yichen would definitely be able to quell the rebellion in the northwest once he sent troops, but the sword and gun had no eyes, and the prince always had to take a certain risk when he sent troops to release the horse, not to mention, the prince didn't know when he would see him again, Yulan was up and down in his heart, and he suddenly hoped that he would make a contribution, and he was a little reluctant to do so.

In the end, the emperor really had no one to use, so he still sent Ye Yichen to supervise military affairs and appointed Zhu Yong, the Duke of Baoguo, as the general army to quell the rebellion, but the emperor refused to give Ye Yichen and Zhu Yong a single soldier. Only let him use the existing troops in the northwest to quell the rebellion.

The emperor ordered Ye Yichen to set off after the Double Ninth Festival.

Folk customs, the Double Ninth Festival climbs, admires chrysanthemums, eats flower cakes, and drinks chrysanthemum wine. The eunuchs and concubines in the palace have been eating flower cakes since the first day of the new year. On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Jingyang Palace rewarded flower cakes and chrysanthemum wine, and named them to the old lady, the eldest lady and Yulan.

Yulan went to the front to thank him, and saw a little eunuch standing behind Xiao Hanzi, eleven or twelve years old, with his head lowered, wearing the clothes of a miscellaneous eunuch, looking elegant and handsome, seeing Yulan's gaze drifting over, he opened his mouth and smiled, revealing a row of snow-white teeth.

Yulan was taken aback, what kind of little eunuch is this, this is clearly the little prince Ye Minzhao. Everyone thanked Concubine Hui for the reward, and the eldest lady was about to personally send Xiao Hanzi out, but Xiao Hanzi pointed at Yulan and said, "Mrs. is busy, please send me to the seventh girl!" ”

The eldest lady glanced at Yulan strangely, didn't say anything, just nodded.

Yulan followed Xiao Hanzi and slowly walked towards the Hanging Flower Gate. Taking advantage of the absence, Yulan asked in a low voice, "Why did you come here dressed like this?" ”

Ye Minzhao said with a smile: "If I don't dress like this, how can I get out of the palace, my mother is now taking more and more strict care of me, and I can't get out of the palace now." Recently, my father's temper is not very good, and I am not good at always announcing you into the palace. Sister, I miss you these days! The tone was very sincere.

Yulan reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Concubine Hui is also good for you." Don't do that again, even if you have to sneak out, remember to bring the guards. ”

Ye Minzhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll take a horse to guard them." Originally, when my sister was married, I especially wanted to come out to watch the ceremony, but my mother was strict, and I never had time to come out, but it was the jasper hairpin I gave to my sister, and my sister was still satisfied? ”

On the day of the ceremony, Ye Minzhao and Concubine Hui both had gifts, and Ye Minzhao gave a very delicate and beautiful jasper hairpin, which was originally very precious, but compared with the prince, it was a big difference. Of course, Yulan would not use the value of the gift to measure the giver's heart, she smiled: "What you give to your sister, even if it is a goose feather, my sister is happy." ”

Ye Minzhao was very happy when he heard this: "But why didn't I see you with me?" ”

Yulan coughed and said perfunctorily: "You know that I have never liked to wear that kind of dead and old jewelry. ”

Ye Minzhao thought about it too, and he was relieved. He said: "I heard that my sister and the Xie family's family have retired, but is there such a thing?" ”

Yulan was surprised: "How do you know about this?" ”

Ye Minzhao smiled and said, "Sister's business, which one I don't know?" It doesn't matter if the family retires, then Xie Zhiyuan doesn't look in the mirror, just because he is a son of a five-grade civil official, he also wants to marry his sister in the past. It's really a toad that wants to eat swan meat. ”

Yulan said angrily: "How can a child slander others casually. Mr. Xie has outstanding character, but I am not blessed! ”

Ye Minzhao was not angry at all when she said a word, but said with a smile: "Sister is the real outstanding character, one day, there will be the most outstanding man in the world who will marry you." ”

Speaking of this, Yulan couldn't help but think of Ye Yichen, and her face turned slightly red. She didn't know what to do, but the little prince was thinking of someone else. She has always regarded the little prince as a younger brother, but she didn't expect that Ye Minzhao would also grow up, and he would slowly have some ideas of his own.

The two talked and laughed, walked very slowly, Yulan didn't notice it for a while, tripped under his feet, and almost fell. Ye Minzhao hurriedly helped her: "Be careful, sister!" ”

Yulan straightened up.

A small sachet fell out of Yulan's arms and fell to Ye Minzhao's feet. This sachet is pink red, embroidered with a cute little pig, which is very interesting.

"What is this?" Ye Minzhao reached out and picked it up, playing with it carefully, looking like he couldn't put it down. Yulan snatched it over in a bit of a panic, "It's a gadget I embroidered myself, and my craftsmanship is clumsy, so I can't get into the eyes of the little prince." ”

The little prince opened his mouth and smiled. Yulan Qinqi calligraphy and painting are proficient, only the female red, even ordinary people can not compare, this purse is creative, but the stitches are sparse, and the exquisite embroidery in the palace is naturally incomparable.

It's just that for the little prince, how can the things embroidered by Yulan be bad! simply opened his mouth and begged: "You embroidered that little pig very cute, I look very rare!" Sister, why don't you give it to me! ”

Yulan hurriedly hid the sachet in his arms: "What's so good about a small sachet, this hasn't been embroidered yet, next time my sister will embroider a better one for you!" ”

Ye Minzhao shrugged indifferently, "I can remember your words, and my sister is not allowed to regret it when the time comes!" ”

Yulan let out a sigh: "Don't worry, I won't regret it!" "This sachet was made for Ye Yichen by herself, so naturally she couldn't give it to Ye Minzhao halfway.

After sending Ye Minzhao away, Yulan came to Yiningju and had something to see the eldest wife.

"Do you want to go to Prince Jin's Mansion?"

"Yes, my daughter thought, the concubine of King Jin has taken good care of her daughter for a while, and now that Chongyang is imminent, it is not rude for her daughter to go over to pay a visit." Of course, Qi Shi or something is a shield, she spent a lot of thought, and finally embroidered a sachet, the prince is about to go on an expedition, and now if she doesn't give it to the prince, wouldn't it be a waste of time.

The eldest lady thought about it for a while, the prince of Jin and the old lady have always disagreed politically and rarely communicated, and Yulan can establish this relationship with the Qi family, which is of great significance to the Yang family and even to Yuxin. Therefore, he didn't stop him, and asked the steward outside to prepare a generous gift, and asked her to bring more maids, and instructed her to go out for a long time.

Yulan had lunch and came to the Jin Palace.

Previously, a grandmother had already sent a post first, but in fact, Yulan had a token given by the prince, and whether there was a post or not, she could drive straight into the palace. When Yulan arrived, Qi personally went out to greet her, and when he saw Yulan getting out of the carriage, he grabbed her hand, very enthusiastic.

Yulan wanted to salute her, but how dare Qi accept her salute, he grabbed her and said, "Sister, aren't you trying to torture me?" Yulan was a little embarrassed: "Concubine Fang exalts me like this every time, how can I be happy." ”

Qi said: "My sister is destined to be a concubine in the future, and I will give you a salute in the future." Yulan really didn't know how to pick up this, and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Shizi is in good health" to divert the topic, and Qi took her to the small courtyard where she met with the prince in the past, and then turned back.

The door opened, and Yulan gently lifted the curtain to enter. I saw Ye Yichen sitting on the desk a few days later, with a tall posture, a bamboo blue robe, a pot of chrysanthemum tea, and a book manuscript in his hand, with a leisurely and complacent expression.

It seems that he is too involved in reading books, and Yulan entered the room as if he didn't hear it, and he didn't raise his head. Yulan tiptoed over, wanting to see what book he was reading, and just walked behind Ye Yichen, but Ye Yichen closed the book with a bang.

"Huh? The prince also reads this book? ”

Yulan still found three big words on the cover of the book - Food and Goods Magazine!

The corners of Ye Yichen's mouth twitched, he heard that Yulan loved to read "Food Journal" before, so he also asked someone to find it to study, who knew that a food magazine made him sleepy, and then heard that Yulan was coming to visit, and the prince waited here for most of the hour, and he had to put on a calm and unfathomable appearance.

Is it easy for me to maintain the majesty of the prince in front of you!

The prince hurriedly said: "The ceremony is waived, sit there!" ”

Yulan paused for a moment, and she didn't mean to salute at all. She is also a little strange, the prince obviously has a standard iceberg poker face, but Yulan has never had a Yali pear in front of him, what is this a swollen matter? Yulan remembered the embarrassed appearance of the prince in the cave when his buttocks broke two big holes, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

When the prince saw her, he smiled like a spring breeze, and his mood was much better. "It's been so long since that token was given to you, I finally remembered to come to the palace to see me!"

Yulan's face flushed: "The prince forgives the sin!" He said that he was forgiving sins, but there was no hint of confession in his tone.