In the courtyard where Emperor Xiao and Concubine Xiao stayed, bonsai and rockeries ...... The furnishings are complicated and gorgeous, which is exactly the style that the imperial concubine likes, and God knows how much animal power is used to carry these unnecessary things. It's just that no matter how much you manipulate it, after all, it can't compare to Chengqian Palace.

The door of the main house was closed, and the maids inside were extinct, and Concubine Xiao sat on the luxurious throne with a gloomy face, kneeling down Princess Yongan and Xiao Yunqian.

Xiao Yunqian's cheeks were red and swollen, and she was sobbing and choking. She has never suffered such a loss when she is so old, and as soon as she left Yuxin's courtyard, she immediately came to the imperial concubine to complain.

Xiao Yunqian said in the end: "Auntie, my niece was bullied like this by that woman, you must be the master for me!" ”

Princess Yongan also helped: "Mother, you must help us out of this breath!" What kind of thing is Yang Yuxin......"

"Smack!" Before Princess Yong'an finished speaking, Concubine Xiao had already slapped her palm on the armrest of the seat.

"Shut up!" The imperial concubine's anger descended like thunder, "Who asked you to provoke Yang Yuxin, she is the crown princess!" Even if you see this palace, you have to be polite to the princess with three points, you yourself misbehaved, and you were given a handle by others, how can I come forward for you. One by one, you will only make trouble for me, and you won't be able to grow a little brain! Tell me, what else can you do but get into trouble? ”

"Mother!" Princess Yongan raised her head in disbelief, she looked so big that the imperial concubine had always spoiled her and protected her, although sometimes she would say a few words, but she had never been so violent, Princess Yongan had just been beaten off by Yuxin, and she was scolded by her own mother, and her eyes immediately turned red, "Mother, do you want to let the surname Yang be so arrogant?" This time it was not only me and Yun Qian's faces that were lost, but even my grandfather's family was also embarrassed! Could it be that our Xiao family is afraid of the Yang family? ”

Xiao Yunqian raised her head, the imperial concubine was angry, she didn't dare to say more, but she meant the same. Yang Yuxin must not be allowed to be so arrogant, this field must be recovered, definitely!

"Do you know that you are embarrassed?" The imperial concubine rubbed the corners of her forehead, only to feel a headache. How wise his father and brother are, and he is also shrewd and powerful, but how to give birth to daughters who are stupid and pig-like, they have no brains and are old to provoke others, the imperial concubine is planning a big event recently, how can the two of them ruin their big plans. But looking at the way it looks today, if you don't say anything, these two little ones won't give up, and maybe something will come out.

She had no choice but to ease her tone and said, "This matter has been recorded by this palace, and sooner or later, this palace will avenge you." "When King Zhao ascends to the throne, naturally all grievances will be avenged.

Princess Yong'an was obviously dissatisfied, and asked aloud, "When will it be?" ”

"I have my own plans for this matter!" The imperial concubine waved her hand impatiently, "Go down, be honest with me, don't make trouble again." He called the eldest grandmother beside the two of them to come in and instructed: "Give me a good look at your master, if there is such a thing again, be careful of your skin!" ”

Princess Yong'an and Xiao Yunqian came and returned from the upset, expecting the imperial concubine to stand out for them, but who would have thought that it would be such an ending. The two walked out of the yard unhappy, and Xiao Yunqian said hatefully: "Cousin, I can't swallow this breath, I must avenge this revenge!" ”

Princess Yong'an was shocked and asked, "Cousin, what are your plans?" ”

Xiao Yunqian said: "I'm going to ask Cousin Shiyou." He now has a thousand-household camp in charge, and only he can help us! ”

Yongan was taken aback: "Didn't you say that you would never see him again?" It turned out that this Shi You was a distant cousin of Xiao Yunqian, and now he served in one of the emperor's pro-army Long Xiangwei, who was in charge of a thousand household battalions, since he saw Xiao Yunqian at a family banquet a few years ago, he was shocked and tied a heart to Xiao Yunqian.

The so-called one rice raises a hundred kinds of people, Xiao Yunqian is arrogant and unreasonable, brutal and willful, most people with her will not be able to stand her temper, but Shi You thinks of Xiao Yunqian's goodness, Xiao Yunqian knows that he has always been very proud of this thought, although he doesn't look down on him as a rude and reckless man, but he likes to play him around, until he is married to Ye Minyu, Xiao Yunqian never sees this cousin again.

Yuxin cut her face, and Princess Yong'an was also uneasy at the moment, so she agreed after thinking about it. The two returned to Xiao Yunqian's small courtyard, and after a while, a little eunuch went to invite Shi You over.

Shi You talked with them secretly for an hour, and when he came out, his face was full of murder.

The undercurrent here in Texas is turbulent, but the city of Beijing is full of mountains and rains. Zuo Yan finally waited for the 30,000 army of Tumutu, and the Jurchens entered the territory of Dachu from Juyong Pass this time, burned, killed, and plundered for more than half a month, received countless gold and silver treasures, grain and livestock, and robbed nearly 100,000 slaves.

The Jurchens were beaming, thinking about it, the abrupt people had no gains, the two aspects were not monolithic, before the Jurchens and the abrupt attacked each other all the year round, and now there is such a contrast, and the undercurrents of the two armies are already turbulent in private.

In the end, Zuo Yan and Tu Mutu were both extremely prestigious leaders, and they were able to suppress the dissenting opinions of the people below, and the two soldiers were united, and the 60,000 army came to Beijing in full glory and set up a large camp.

The nine cities of Jingshi were under martial law, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.

Ye Yichen has finished cutting out the remaining defenders in the city, and the remaining 50,000 military horses have eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled, and barely made up 20,000 people, and he temporarily recruited the young and strong people in the city into the team, so that he finally made up 100,000 miscellaneous troops, divided into ten teams, and ordered Ye Fengqi, Ye Minchun, and Ye Minyu to lead 10,000 horses respectively, and the other teams also sent capable guards, and they also brought 10,000 horses as reserves.

According to the usual practice, before the war, the three armies were routinely rewarded, but when the emperor left, he removed ninety percent of the Taicang silver from the household, and the remaining two jujubes were not enough to pay 10,000 people.

The left right waiter of the household department and the left waiter of the military department discussed for a night, but they didn't discuss any good way, and they were so anxious that their hair was almost gray. Who will give you a hard time if you don't have money these days. The next day, I had to go and ask to see Ye Yichen.

Ye Yichen's face darkened after hearing this, and he thought to himself, Brother Huang, what kind of mess did you leave for my brother and me, if there is no one to ask for anyone, you should always leave me a little money, and there is no money. The prince really made the emperor angry.

Grievances are grievances, and the problem has to be solved. After thinking about it for a while, he really thought of a way, Ye Yichen asked the household department to issue 100,000 white slips, cover the customs defense of the household department, from top to bottom, from officials to soldiers, each person first issued a white slip, and when the battle was over, he went to the household department to cash in the salary.

Of course, the soldiers could not be made to suffer, Ye Yichen suddenly asked someone to increase the amount of silver by five times. The officials of the household department were sweating profusely, Ye Yichen didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive, and they knew what the concept of millions of taels of silver was in Langdao.

Ye Yichen has no pears, anyway, it is also a white strip, whether he can win the battle or not, even if he wins, then the headache will be the emperor and the household department, what does it have to do with him, his task is to defend the Jingshi.

When this white slip was issued, the soldiers were all ready to fight, and if they wanted to cash this blank check, they had to survive first! The officials of the household department and the military department were stunned to find that the morale of the 100,000 soldiers was greatly boosted, and they couldn't help but admire the prince of Jin so much that they threw themselves to the ground.

Being able to turn bad things into good things is called level!

Seeing that Ye Yichen acted in an orderly manner, all the officials had a little more confidence in Ye Yichen for a while.

On the one hand, Ye Yichen reused the Franc machine man, most of them were powerful firecrackers, Ye Yichen divided them into ten groups and trained his troops as soon as possible. Ye Yichen opened the arsenal of the military department, and asked the craftsmen to work overtime, and finally equipped a firearms team of 30,000 people. The field battle of the firearm may not be able to fight the cavalry, but the defense of the city is definitely a great weapon. Moreover, firearms are not difficult to use, and recruits can also learn them quickly, and it is easy to form combat effectiveness.

On the other hand, he called Marquis Kate to take the lead, and led the people of the Great Chu Ordnance Bureau to transform twenty cannons to defend the city. The Hongyi cannon is very troublesome to make, and now the time is definitely out of time, but after Ye Yichen and Kate repeatedly researched, Kate told him that the cannon produced by Da Chu can be improved to a certain extent, and it does not take much time, but the power can be increased by half. Ye Yichen took this matter as a top priority.

These people sent by Yulan really came in handy.

The news that the combined forces of Tuwu and Jurchen had set up a large camp in the northwest of Beijing reached the Jin Palace, and Ye Yichen was discussing with Marquis Kate about the transformation of the cannon.

After this period of contact, Kate has a deep understanding of this powerful prince of the Eastern Empire, he is young and handsome, capable, ambitious, a top figure rarely seen in a century, and his future is limitless. Kate was not an ordinary person in Portugal, he worked very hard, just to form a deep friendship with this prince, and to tie himself and his family firmly to the warship of Prince Jin.

Ye Yichen asked Kate: "How much time will it take to complete the transformation of the twenty cannons?" ”

Kate replied, "Your Royal Highness, I'm sorry that my people and I have been sleepless these days, but the cannon is only half transformed. To complete all the renovation tasks, give me at least three more days. ”

Kate shook his head again and again, feeling very sorry, he had just heard the captain who reported the news that the enemy was moving frequently, if nothing else, he would rest for the night today, and the battle would start tomorrow.

If only there were three more days!

"Three days! Three days! Ye Yichen muttered twice, and then called the translator of Honglu Temple and Marquis Kate and said: "You tell him, let him help me transform the cannon, and I will definitely let the Tuwu and Jurchen coalition wait for me for three days!" ”

The military situation of the Beijing division will be transmitted to the emperor's line every day, and the orthodox emperor heard that the combined forces of Tuwu and Jurchen have approached the Beijing division, and he was anxious, and he woke up the next day and fell ill. Originally, the royal car was going to continue to go south, but now he had to rest in Texas for a few days.

Just wait and see the situation on the side of the Jingshi.

For this decision, Yulan and Qi are very supportive, Ye Minwen drank the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, Yulan gave him massage three times a day, the fever quickly subsided, and his body got better day by day, Yulan was happy in his heart, and on this day he brought shortbread bought outside to see Ye Minwen.

When he came in, Ye Minwen was writing big characters on the kang in the east room. Such a small person, sitting in front of a kang table about the same height as him, brandishing a brush solemnly, looking very serious. Yulan didn't have the consciousness of being a stepmother for him at this time, so he felt distressed when he looked at it like this.

Ye Minwen wrote seriously, and he didn't notice it when Yulan came in, until Yulan sat down beside him, he was shocked, put down the brush, and called sweetly: "Sister!" ”

Yulan touched his little head distressedly, Ye Minwen looked very similar to his father, with red lips and white teeth, eyebrows, and eyes like eyes, seeing him Yulan was like seeing Ye Yichen when he was a child.

Yulan said softly: "The illness is not good yet, why do you write?" ”

"Before leaving, my father instructed me to write ten big characters every day, but I have been sick for the past few days, and I haven't written it!" Don't look at Ye Yichen, who is usually busy outside, he doesn't have much time to accompany his son, but Ye Minwen is a small person, and the person he admires the most is his father.

Yulan secretly said that Ye Yichen was too strict with his son. This kid is only four years old, and he writes ten big characters a day?

"Good boy, my sister knows that you are sensible, but your illness has not recovered yet, so I won't write it today. When I go back, my sister wrote to your father to help you intercede, but we won't write a word for the past few days! ”

"Really?" Ye Minwen had a smile of surprise on his face. After all, he is a child, he is very playful, he is afraid of his father, his father told him to write, he didn't dare not write, but if Yulan was willing to help him intercede, of course he would prefer to play than to write.

"Of course it's true!" Yulan instructed the little girl who was waiting to take away the four treasures of the study, and brought the shortbread to Xiao Shizi to eat. This kind of shortbread is a folk snack in Shandong, and there is no one in the palace, Ye Minwen really ate it with relish and smiled.

Yulan kept wiping the corners of Ye Minwen's mouth with a handkerchief. After looking at his appearance, I felt that he was almost better, and there was no need to massage it today. After playing with Ye Minwen for a while, Qi Shi came in. Yulan felt that the Qi family was weird recently, like an old hen protecting a chicken, and she always didn't like to be close to Xiao Shizi. It made her feel a little unhappy.

Yulan said goodbye as soon as she saw her come in.

When I got back to my accommodation, it was already half dark. Xiaoyue picked a curtain for her, and Yulan was about to go in, but Yuan Zi grabbed her: "Girl, wait!" ”

In the past few days, Yuan Zi has been like the shadow of Yulan, Yuan Zi follows her wherever she goes, and she is very dedicated to protecting her. She is strong in martial arts, walks silently, and is also very sensible, except for protecting Yulan, she never mixes with her other things, and Yulan doesn't feel that one more person has become awkward.

Yulan Road; "Is there anything wrong?"

Yuan Zi's little eyebrows were tightly wrinkled, her face was full of guard, and her little nose was furrowed: "Something is wrong, this taste is wrong!" Girl, you're outside later, I'll go in and take a look. It's the smell of snakes! ”

Snake? Xiaoyue and Xiaoyuhua lost their faces. Yulan was also startled, she sniffed hard twice, but she didn't smell anything.

When encountering this kind of thing, Yulan naturally chose to trust professionals. "Be careful!" She commanded uncomfortably, Yuan Zi nodded, and a soft sword that pulled out her waist flashed into the room.