Ye Yichen came out of the Forbidden City, it was already ten minutes of the night, he took Yuan's big head to beat the horse and galloped back to the Jin Palace, and saw the lantern hanging in front of the palace from a distance, the news of the emperor's death had already spread throughout the capital, Yulan immediately ordered the house to replace all the colorful things, the original red lantern was also replaced with a white gauze lantern, and Yulan was wearing a plain dress under the light, holding Sister Zhu was looking forward to it.

Seeing this mother and son from a distance, Ye Yichen's nervous mind that had been tense for a day suddenly relaxed. This is his home, with the family he cares about and needs to protect the most, and every time he thinks about it, he feels very warm in his heart.

Seeing Ye Yichen's horses coming from far and near, Yulan's face showed a look of ecstasy. What Ye Yichen is going to do today, although she didn't explain it to her, she can more or less guess it. The palace struggle, the struggle for the throne, how dangerous it was, she couldn't even imagine. Ever since Ye Yichen left this home, her heart has been hanging in her throat, frightened, worried and scared.

In the end, she couldn't help it, so she called Chengying over and asked, Chengying didn't dare to hide it under her high pressure, so she told her all about Ye Yichen's plan.

Yulan only listened to it with fear! The prince called the army to force the palace, but he only brought a Yuan head into the palace, it was too dangerous!

She is not a person who does not understand the rules, but despite the dissuasion of Qian's mother, she has been waiting outside the gate for nearly two hours.

Pearl, who had fallen asleep in her mother's arms, was awakened by the sound of horses' hooves. Seeing Ye Yichen coming back, she shouted happily: "Daddy! He ran towards Ye Yichen, but who knew that someone rushed over at a faster speed than him, and hugged Ye Yichen tightly at once.

"Lord Wang, you're finally back!" Yulan's heart finally fell, and somehow, tears flowed down all of a sudden. Ye Yichen lightly stretched his ape arm, hugged Yulan in his arms, and said softly: "Look at you, why are you crying!" Am I fine? ”

"The prince is good, I shouldn't cry!" Yulan wiped her tears as she spoke, but the more she wiped Yulan's tears, the more she begged, "I beg you, don't take such risks in the future!" ”

Ye Yichen has been with her for more than two years, and knows that Yulan has never been a weak person, even if she encounters any problems that cannot be solved, she will use her brains to find a way. Crying and crying like this, Ye Yichen saw it for the first time, and he was a little at a loss for a while. I had to wipe his tears with my sleeve, "Don't cry!" Don't cry! Pearls are watching! ”

This sentence is really good, Yulan immediately stopped crying when she heard it.

Zhu'er did watch from the sidelines, originally because her mother robbed her of her place in her father's arms, she was a little unhappy, and when she saw her mother crying pear blossoms and rain, she was a little overwhelmed, and when she saw her father looking over, her mouth was flattened, and she cried "wow".

Yulan was taken aback, and pushed Ye Yichen away to look at her daughter: "Why are you crying?" ”

Zhu'er was also a little confused by her question, she naturally cried when she saw her mother crying, and now she asks why she is crying? How did she know!

Fortunately, I immediately remembered a reason: "Daddy, don't hug me!" ”

As soon as the daughter made such a fuss, the atmosphere that had just lingered between the husband and wife immediately disappeared. Ye Yichen picked up his daughter dotingly and said, "Okay! Daddy Hug! Daddy Hug! ”

Zhu'er was firmly fixed in his arms with one arm, and lifted it up hard, and immediately burst into laughter, but Yulan said angrily: "The horse that has run so far is covered in dust, put your daughter down quickly!" ”

Ye Yichen also reacted, this way was fast, but it was all gray, seeing that his daughter was dressed up clean and beautiful, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he put his daughter down very interestingly. Zhu'er didn't do it, "Daddy, hug!" Daddy, hug! ”

Ye Yichen touched her little head, "Wait for Daddy to go in and change clothes before hugging you!" Finally coaxed Zhu'er, the nurse came over and hugged her and followed behind, and the family returned to the main room.

Ye Yichen finished grooming, changed his clothes, and played with Zhu'er for a while before coaxing this little ancestor to sleep in the warm pavilion.

Yulan sent all the maids out of the house. Then he looked Ye Yichen up and down, looked at it for a while, and said, "Lord Wang, you take off your clothes!" ”

Ye Yichen is embarrassed! In the past two years, Yulan's health has not been good, and the doctor told her to abstain from sexual intercourse, so the two of them only came to that time almost every two months. And since Yulan gave birth to Zhu'er, he has become more and more conservative in that regard, so today he asked the prince to take off his clothes, and Ye Yichen immediately wanted to be crooked.

After thinking about it, I don't know if her body can withstand it. "The day before yesterday, it wasn't just that!"

Yulan's face turned red, and he stomped his feet and said, "What do you want?" I wanted to see if you had any injuries on you! I don't need to let go of the 100,000 troops in the city, and I ran to the palace alone to show off my might, there are 20,000 royal forest troops in the palace, you don't know how frightened I am when I hear this news! As he spoke, he burst into tears again.

Ye Yichen took her over and hugged her in his arms: "Okay, okay!" I promise you never to venture again, okay! Didn't I come back well, and why are you crying again? ”

Yulan wiped her tears, since she had such a peaceful and warm home, she felt that she was much more emotional, even in her previous life, she would definitely not cry because of a little thing.

Ye Yichen said: "I'm not injured, it's okay!" ”

Yulan said: "I don't believe you now. You'll have to take off your clothes and I'll check them myself. ”

Ye Yichen had no choice but to take off his clothes with a smile and let her check, Yulan took a closer look and saw that there was indeed nothing wrong with him, so he let go of his worries. "What happened in the palace today?"

"It's nothing, it's just that the emperor died!"

"Has the new emperor been chosen?"

"Naturally, it's Ye Minzhao." Ye Yichen paused and said, "But the emperor is made by him, and this country is now under my control!" ”

"What's going on?" The rain is falling.

Ye Yichen told her about today's affairs in the palace.

"Regent?" Yulan frowned, as soon as she heard these three words, she thought of Dolgon and Shunzhi, and now the relationship between Ye Yichen and Ye Minzhao is not exactly like the relationship between Dolgon and Shunzhi. Dolgon has been in power all his life, and Shunzhi has always stood aside, but he was liquidated by Shunzhi after his death.

She said slowly: "Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and the merit is high, this is not a good thing after all!" Sooner or later, there will be a day when the counterattack will be counted! ”

Ye Yichen scratched her nose with a smile, and said confidently: "You don't have to worry about these things, I have them!" I won't let your mother and daughter be implicated with me. ”

Yulan couldn't help but sigh. Ye Yichen and Ye Minzhao, the uncle and nephew, seem to be born with each other, and they can't get along.

At this time, in Jingyang Palace, Ye Minzhao sat on the chair angrily: "Mother, why did you promise him such unreasonable conditions?" ”

Concubine Hui said: "An army of 100,000 troops has already arrived in the city, what can we do if we don't let him be the regent!" ”

At this time, Chen Jia walked in quickly, and Concubine Hui asked, "Have the soldiers and horses of the Xishan battalion withdrawn from the Beijing Division?" ”

Chen Jia's face was very ugly: "No! The soldiers and horses of the Xishan battalion have been stranded in the capital and refused to leave, and Shuntianfu has been here twice, saying that there are too many soldiers in the city, and the pressure of law and order is too great, and they are afraid of causing trouble! ”

Ye Minzhao slapped the table fiercely, and the cups and plates on the table jumped wildly: "What else does he want?" ”

Concubine Hui glanced at her son, she had already discovered that once it came to something related to Ye Yichen, it would be extremely difficult for him to calm down. Ye Yichen's move must have another purpose, but what the purpose is, she still can't figure it out.

Ye Yichen didn't let them wait long, and the next day he ordered someone to send a letter in, saying that the soldiers and horses of the Xishan battalion should have been transferred out of Beijing immediately, but now he didn't have a tiger talisman, and the soldiers and horses couldn't be mobilized at all, so the emperor needed to give him the talisman. also said that this was the rule of the imperial court, and he did not dare to abolish it.

According to the military system of Da Chu, the mobilization of troops and horses must obtain the soldier talisman for the transfer of troops. The talisman is divided into two, the emperor has half here, the military department has half, and the two pieces of soldiers meet the two for one, and the general can mobilize the soldiers and horses after taking the talisman. Ye Yichen asked Concubine Hui Ye Minzhao for a military talisman, this was to firmly control the military power in his own hands.

Ye Minzhao looked at his fold and trembled with anger. "Soldier talisman, soldier talisman, if he is so disciplined, how did the soldiers of the Xishan battalion be transferred before?" It is indeed a good system to use military talismans to transfer troops, and it is good that in this system all the soldiers and horses are in the hands of the emperor, so as to avoid generals supporting their own troops and rebelling.

But Ye Yichen is not an ordinary general, he has been in the army for more than ten years, and almost all the middle and high-level generals are raised by him, plus he is the governor of the military capital governor's mansion, and he is the highest military head except for the emperor, so these soldiers and horses are similar to his private soldiers, and he doesn't even need a military talisman, his gold medal order arrow can mobilize these soldiers and horses.

Although Ye Minzhao was about to ascend the throne as emperor, Chen Jia went to see Concubine Hui. Among the three of them, Concubine Hui still has the final decision-making power, and she will even be her in the long future.

Concubine Hui said to Chen Jia almost without much thought: "Since he wants a talisman, then give it to him!" ”

Ye Minzhao asked incredulously: "Ye Yichen was originally a wolf, and the first emperor had just died, so he handed over the talisman to him, wouldn't he put ourselves in danger?" ”

"Can't a clever boy like you even think of that? Now, with his prestige, which army can he mobilize if he wants to mobilize? He asked for the talisman in his hand, just to make it more justifiable. Since giving and not giving are the same thing, why should we tear our faces with him for these empty things? What's more, we promised him before that all the major affairs of the military and political affairs would be handled by him, and if we didn't agree to his first request now, maybe he would change his mind and take the risk of directly raising troops to capture the Forbidden City! ”

Chen Jia couldn't help but shudder: "What Niangniang said is reasonable!" ”

Concubine Hui said: "Gonggong Chen, you went to get the talisman and sent it to the prince's mansion in person." "Only by handing over the military power happily can Ye Minzhao ascend to the throne safely.

Ye Minzhao's face was blue, and his fists were clenched together, feeling that this was a great shame. Concubine Hui comforted him and said: "As long as you become the emperor, one day, everything will be yours, and whatever he takes from you, you can take it back twice in the future." ”

Ye Yichen met Chen Jia in the study, took the talisman that Chen Jia respectfully handed over, and didn't even look at it, as if he was throwing garbage away, and still put the talisman on the bookcase.

"How are the preparations for the enthronement ceremony of His Royal Highness King Lu?"

However, it is said that after the death of the orthodox emperor, the whole country, whether it is true or not, is in a state of grief and misery, and everyone changes into mourning clothes with green clothes and horns. Before going to the Yamen every day to do business, the officials in Beijing all went to the gate of the Huiji Gate to participate in the seven-day kneeling ceremony.

The women of the fourth rank and above will also enter the palace to cry for the spirit. Yulan, as a princess and the upcoming princess regent, is naturally the first to bear the brunt, Ye Yichen can't rest assured, and specially invited Yuan Zi, the sister of Yuan Datou, who has been married, back, last time she protected Yulan meritoriously, and when she returned to Beijing, Ye Yichen met her wishes and married her to her "Brother Erniu". Brother Er Niu was originally Ye Yichen's personal guard, not only handsome, but also smart, but now he was let out by Ye Yichen and became a thousand commanders in the 12th regiment camp.

Yulan hasn't seen Yuan Zi for a year or two, and she is already a mother, still the same as before, very straightforward, simple, and honest. The master and servant had their own agreement when they met, Yulan called her daughter out to meet Yuan Zi again, Zhu'er was so happy to see Yuan Zi, she pestered her to learn martial arts with her!

Ye Yichen gave Yulan more than 20 guards with strong martial arts, and Yuan Zi was close to protect her, so Ye Yichen was relieved to ask her to go into the palace to cry.

The funeral of the orthodox emperor was personally arranged by the Ministry of Rites, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner. The country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and while the Ministry of Rites is busy with the funeral of the first emperor, he has not forgotten the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor.

Chen Jia listened to Ye Yichen's words, and said very respectfully: "Back to the prince's words, Lord Shangshu Ge of the Ministry of Rites has been on the "Persuasion Ceremony Note" today, asking His Royal Highness King Lu to take the throne as soon as possible, but our prince said that the first emperor was newly mourned, and the grief was inexplicable, so the matter of asking for the throne is not allowed. ”

Generally, the old emperor died, and the new emperor had to go through this set of cumbersome procedures when he ascended the throne, first of all, the Ministry of Rites wrote to invite the new emperor to ascend the throne, and at the same time, the civil and military officials and military and civilian representatives also had to go to the Taiji Gate to persuade them.

The new emperor refused to ascend the throne, so the civil and military officials followed the previous routine and did it again, and so on three times before the new emperor spoke, seeing that you are so sincere, I will reluctantly do it for this emperor, and then agree to ascend the throne.

Typical □ also set up a memorial arch!

However, all dynasties have done this, and it is understandable that Ye Minzhao came to this set.

Ye Yichen nodded when he heard this. Chen Jia really wanted to ask Ye Yichen that since the talismans had already been sent to him, when would he withdraw the soldiers from the Xishan battalion from the Beijing Division. Looking at Ye Yichen's appearance, he didn't dare to ask.

At this time, a small servant came in and reported: "Lord Shen, the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Ge, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Lord Li, the secretary of the household department, ask to see the prince!" ”

Chen Jia said: "Since the prince has something to do here, the slave will leave!" ”

Ye Yichen waved his hand and said, "Gonggong Chen, don't worry, you can stay and listen too!" ”

After a while, three white-bearded old men walked in, and the three ministers saw that Chen Jia was also there, and they came up to salute one after another. Ye Yichen was quite polite to these three old ministers, invited them to sit, and asked Chengying to boil the best Tieguanyin with the snow water stored in the cellar for the adults to taste.

Chen Jia thought to himself that these three old immortals, the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, all the personnel have not changed, and Ye Yichen has not yet put the regent hat on his head, so you guys have come over and stuttered! What a shame!

Ye Yichen said: "I don't know if the three adults have come to have something important? ”

The three adults all sighed, "Lord Wang, give us an idea!" We're all dying! ”

Chen Jia listened to it for a long time, it turned out that these three people were all here for Ye Minzhao's enthronement ceremony, and everything else in the enthronement ceremony is easy to say, but what is missing now is two things, one is no money, and the other is no place.

Let's talk about this money first, in recent years, the government has ruled **, the tax supervision is unfavorable, and the famine has been in place for many years, and Ye Minyu has rebelled, and the military spending has surged.

Now facing the two major events of the funeral of the first emperor and the enthronement of the new emperor, it costs money everywhere, but Li Shangshu can't raise any money, he is also anxious, so he said to Ye Yichen: "We are here to ask the prince, the prince can see if we can delay the 800,000 military expenses first, and when we finish these two major events, we will wait for the autumn tax to come up, and then make up the military expenses." ”

Ye Yichen shook his head resolutely after hearing this: "It's not that this king doesn't want to give the adults this face, the sergeants in front are fighting for their lives in order to defend my Great Chu Jiangshan, if they can't even pay the military salary, won't the army be demoralized, Liu Zhang is not easy to deal with, I heard that the three cities have been connected to the city, and the land of western Hubei will be lost when the time comes, who can afford this responsibility!" There are priorities, and in any case, military spending must not be moved! ”

In Ye Yichen's view, military spending cannot be reduced, so it is better to reduce the cost of Ye Minzhao's ascension to the throne. As for whether Ye Minzhao is happy or not, it is not in his consideration.