In March, the crown prince's canonization ceremony had not yet been held, but Zong Zhengsi's jade had been repaired, and Liu Tan entered the East Palace in name to assume the responsibility of supervising the country.

Different from the tepid but fruitless pursuit after King Ning gained power, Liu Tan set out to deal with several major events that ran aground after Emperor Zhaoqing fell ill on the first day of his reign. This first incident is that King Dong Jing is disrespectful and delays the battle against Dongying.

At the court meeting, Yin Xiang took the lead in participating in Jiang Huaiying, the king of Dongjing, and issued a holy decree in Layue last year, and it has been four months since then, and the Northeast Army has no intention of going out. So much so that during these months, the Japanese along the coast of the East China Sea were harming everywhere, looting boats and killing fishermen indiscriminately.

As Yin Xiang said, "The Japanese are so arrogant that they cannot be ignored, and the king of Dongjing is disrespectful and must not be severely punished." After the court meeting, Liu Tan assigned Zeng Minzhi, the squire of the military department, to Ningdong City to ask for the guilt, find out why the king of Dongjing resisted the order, and escorted people to Beijing. As for bandits, Xue Lingnan set up additional guards in Jianning, Ganzhou, and other places, each of which incorporated 3,000 sailors, and built ships to patrol the sea, so as to put an end to banditry.

The last case, that is, the case of King Ning's murder of the ten princesses, Liu Tan made a judgment in the name of Emperor Zhaoqing, seized the title of Liu Hao, the king of Ning, sealed his palace, and sent the seventh son of the emperor Liu Hao and his family to Pei County for imprisonment. As for the innocence of Concubine Yin Shufei and the Yin family, they were not implicated.

***

Yu Shu was recuperating at home, the door was not out of the door, her legs couldn't move her ears but she was not idle, she asked Xu Qing to go to Si Tianjian every once in a while, and when she came back, she could understand what was happening in the court.

A month ago, the news came that Liu Tan had been crowned prince. She was really taken aback, but thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable that Liu Tan would win this game. Liu Tan returned to Beijing for two years, and his reputation in the court was not bad, and he had a good reputation in the opposition, and King Ning highlighted him as soon as he fell, and then with the support of Xue Lingnan and Queen Rui, he was not allowed to be the prince and replaced by someone else. I'm afraid it's hard to convince the public.

But. Emperor Zhaoqing was already suspicious of the Xue family, and he didn't deal with Xue Lingnan when he mentioned it, how could he let the Xue family become bigger. So, Da Tidian and Queen Rui went to Huazhen Garden to ask for an order. In exchange for Liu Tan to be the prince. Yin Xiang sealed the Taifu. This is suppressing Xue Lingnan and warning Liu Tan.

The only thing that puzzled her was Yin Xiangye's attitude towards King Ning's death. Could it be that Yin Xiangye is not worried at all that after Liu Tan succeeds to the throne, there will be no place for their Yin family in the DPRK and China?

"Girl, someone from the East Palace is here." Xin'er reported outside the door, Yu Shu put away her thoughts, changed her sitting position, Abe Aoi went into the house and took a blanket out and covered her legs, still looking bad. After a while, Xin'er led a palace maid in a yellow dress in, this is Xia Jiangmin's dowry maid Dangui, half a month ago Liu Tan entered the East Palace, and Xia Jiangmin moved into the palace from King Jing's Mansion together.

"Slave maid to Lord Yu, please say goodbye." Dangui was not surprised by Yu Shu's bedridden appearance, and squatted down to her in a sweet voice, then got up and said with a smile: "The magnolia in the imperial garden has opened, and the imperial dining room has made a white jade soft crisp, and the mother thinks it is delicious, so she asks the slave to send you a box to try." ”

Liu Tan became the crown prince, Xia Jiangmin followed the rising tide, although he did not officially canonize the crown princess, but there were already a few people in the palace who rushed to tie up. The capital is a person who is in good spirits when he is happy, and even the palace maids around Xia Jiangmin are more reserved when they talk.

"Thank you Niangniang for remembering me," Yu Shu called "Niangniang" in a kind manner, and asked Abe Aoi to take the snack box, did not taste it on the spot, but put it at hand, turned his head to Dangui and said: "The doctor said that I will be able to walk on the ground in half a month, and I will enter the palace to meet the princess in time." ”

Dangui said with pity on his face: "The ninth day of the first month of next month is the auspicious day of the zodiac, and Zong Zhengsi chose that day as the crown prince's canonization ceremony, and all the civil and military officials will enter the palace to see him, but unfortunately Lord Yu can't go." ”

Yu Shu also pretended to sigh, asked her a few more words, and asked Xin'er to take people to the garden to play. She opened the food box at this time, but when she smelled the fragrance, she saw a plate of snow-white pastry, she pinched a piece of snack and put it in her mouth, and then skillfully pried open the bottom of the hollow box, took out a letterhead, and tore it open.

Xia Jiangmin said in the letter that the queen took her niece Rui Zizhu into the palace to accompany her a few days ago, because Liu Tan "met" Miss Rui in the imperial garden, and it happened that Xia Jiangmin was also present, and finally saw the other party's true face.

What made her happy was that Liu Tan did not have any green eyes for Miss Rui, who was shy of the moon, and even after he returned to the palace, he took the initiative to mention the queen's arrangement with Xia Jiangmin, and after the canonization ceremony, Rui Zizhu would enter the East Palace as Liangdi, although her status was second only to her as the crown princess, but she never went past her.

"Ugh." Yu Shu sighed really this time, she seemed to see Xia Jiangmin's bloody wind stepping into the harem, and she never returned on the road of competing for favor.

"Go fetch water," she lifted the blanket, moved her legs off the soft couch, stepped on the ground steadily, took Abe Aoi's hand, and slowly walked into the inner room. With Zhu Qingjue, the heir of the medicine king, to treat her, she was able to walk on the ground a few days ago, but her legs were a little weak.

Yu Shu burned incense with her hands, and first made a hexagram for Xia Jiangmin, and sure enough, after she entered the palace, her future became dangerous and unpredictable, and there were many villains who made trouble, and she was not at peace. But because of this, her life also rushed to the sky and became unspeakably expensive, if her life was worry-free, there was a sign of motherhood in the world.

When the incense burnt was exhausted, Yu Shu changed the law of time to calculate the canonization ceremony before and after, and even calculated the day when Rui Zizhu entered the East Palace, and then wrote down the two small calamities on a piece of paper, smeared them with an envelope, and put them back in the snack box sent by Xia Jiangmin, and asked Abe Kui to take it to the garden to find the cinnamon and let her take it back to the palace.

When Yu Shu is unable to protect himself, there is only so much that he can do for Xia Jiangmin

As the chief officer of the Huiji Division, Xin Ya asked people to bring a message to Yu Shu, saying: "When the plaque is unveiled, the old man will definitely come to congratulate." "This is obviously selling Yu Shu a favor.

Yu Shu is a teacher and has a great reputation. However, if she wants to call the family alone, many people do not think so. At this time, Xin Ya, as the head of one of the twelve families of Anling, can stand up and support her façade, even if she officially hangs the plaque, at least she will not make jokes. Although Xin Ya's character is not good, she has nothing to say about dealing with people, so Yu Shu had to accept his favor and send someone over to thank him.

She was still pretending to have inconvenient legs and feet, and the day of hanging the plaque had to be postponed. Invitations are ready. Just waiting for the crown prince's canonization ceremony to pass, he will declare the family to the outside world. The interior of the Wangji Building has been transformed into the Dayi Pavilion, and Guida transferred a sum of money from the account of Nanlin Timber Store to her and purchased it completely. It's almost time to open the door.

It's April. The deadline agreed upon by Xue Rui and her was about to arrive. But he didn't have a single bit of news coming back, and she could only deduce whether he was safe from the hexagrams.

On the sixth day of the first month, the Ministry of Rites and the princess's mansion came to hire. He Fangzhi and Zhao Hui came forward to accept it, looking at the dowry gifts that kept coming in the door, and once again realized that Yu Shu was not marrying into an ordinary family.

Yu Shu got the dowry list, glanced at it twice, and threw it aside, not letting people put the things on the list into her private collection, but opened two other warehouses on the edge of Yongchun Garden, and locked the dowry sent by the princess's mansion in order to return it in the coming day.

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the canonization ceremony was held in the palace, and Liu Tan sat firmly on the throne of the prince. The next day, the imperial concubine gave birth to a little princess, line nineteen.

***

Yu Shu recuperated for two whole months, and waited until the spring flowers bloomed before returning to Si Tianjian again. When she was away, whenever there was official business in the Kunling Bureau that she needed to approve in person, Wen Shaoan would send it to her house, and sometimes Xie Lan and Ren Jia would also go with her to visit her boss and report on the work.

The second floor was always empty, and Yu Shu heard Wen Shaoan say that Jing Chen hadn't shown up much in the past two months, and then suddenly found that since she and Jing Chen got engaged, the two had not met again, and even when she was injured, he hadn't come to see her.

Yu Shu was a little strange, but he didn't think much about it, and after staying in the Kunling Bureau for a while, he took the initiative to go to see Da Tidian. When she arrived outside the Taixi Building, it was rare for a guard to stop her at the head of the bridge and not call her over.

"Da Tidian is meeting guests, Lord Yu is here for a while."

Yu Shu was waiting at the head of the Jiuqu Bridge, looking at the colorful lake, and couldn't help but be stunned. In half a month, her and Jingchen's wedding date is coming, Xue Rui has no news, I think he arrived in Ningdong City and joined the command of King Dongjing, I don't know what tricks he has, so that Da Ti can dispel his thoughts and give up forcing her and Jingchen to conceive the Destiny of Heaven.

"Lord Yu." The guard called her softly, she raised her head, and saw two people coming from the other side of the bridge from a distance, a purple robe and a graceful demeanor was naturally Da Tidian, and the one next to him who was half a head short of him was an old man, just looking at the figure and dressing, she recognized who it was, and she could let Da Tidian personally send it out, and there were only two people in the court, not Xue Lingnan, that was Yin Tianhou.

Sure enough, when the two approached, Yu Shu saw Yin Xiangye's amiable face clearly, no, now it should be called Yin Taifu. Yu Shu pulled his sleeves and stepped forward to bow to the end: "Humble to meet the Taifu." ”

The crown prince and the prince are the future teachers of the Son of Heaven, and they should be respected by the people of the world, and even the prince has to salute when he sees him, and Yin Tianhou is a tight spell that Emperor Zhaoqing added to Liu Tan's head.

Yin Tianhou stopped, looked at her and smiled, nodded and said, "It's Yu Nu Envoy, I heard that you injured your legs and feet some time ago, and now you are all good?" ”

Yu Shu was flattered and said: "Thanks to Imperial Doctor Zhu's elixir, there is no big problem in being humble." ”

Yin Tianhou seemed to just ask an ordinary question, so he didn't care about her, turned his head and said to Zhu Muzhao: "As soon as the weather is warm, my knee will start to hurt again, let Qingjue come to show me another day, let my old bones survive a few more springs and summers." ”

Zhu Muzhao said: "Let that kid go over tomorrow." ”

Yu Shu looked at the casualness of the two in his eyes, and it was not difficult to guess that they had a good personal relationship. Yin Tianhou left, and Zhu Muzhao called Yu Shu into the building.

"Healed?" "Raised it." "Have you heard of the recent major events in the DPRK and China?" "A little bit of it."

Zhu Muzhao led her to sit down by the window near the lake, and there was a set of palm-sized purple clay pots on the coffee table, which looked no different from ordinary official kilns at first glance. The round and small pot body is carved with a pair of yin and yang fish, the base is stored with a shallow layer of tea soup, the two small fish draw water as if they suddenly come to life, swimming around in the light and in the dark, it is simply ingenious.

Zhu Muzhao looked at her while answering, and peeked at the Liangyi pot on the coffee table. Like a child who saw a rarity, his face couldn't help but soften a little, and he smiled at her: "This Liangyi pot is the proud work of Academician Xin back then. ”

The old academician Xin in his mouth is not Xin Ya, the judge of the left of the Huiji Division, but Xin Ya's father, the old lady Xin who once taught in the Taishi Academy.

Yu Shu was originally going to Datidian to sell well today. So he followed his words and poured himself a cup of tea. She didn't feel anything like it was just a little less bitter than the usual tea, but after a while, she could clearly sense a cool breath welling up above her head. The people also came to their senses. This feeling. It reminded her of the imitation Taiqing Ding and Daigo Xiang that were also from the Xin family, and the two had the same effect.

She has a small copy of "Kit Kat Treasure Book" given by the Xin family in her hand, and there is no record of these two ritual pots on it. Presumably it is also the secret of the Xin family.

"The first day of next month is a good day for you and Jingchen, you be careful and don't make any mistakes." Zhu Muzhao told her like this, without mentioning the changes in the court.

Yu Shu put the teacup back in its place, looked at his strategizing appearance, and pretended to be curious and asked: "I heard that the prince sent someone to Ningdong City to ask for guilt, and he wants to escort King Dongjing back to Beijing?" ”

Zhu Muzhao said: "Jiang Huaiying's resistance is disrespectful, and he should be severely punished." ”

Yu Shu looked hesitant: "Since King Dong Jing already has the heart of disobedience, how can he be arrested, if he refuses to return to Beijing, what should he do?" ”

"Rebels and thieves are punished for everyone."

To put it mildly, Yu Shu felt a chill down his spine when he listened, the prince was just a puppet at the moment, and the big mention was the decision-maker of this court, and the king of Dongjing had not yet rebelled, so he identified him as a rebellious minister and thief, as if he had expected this day, so would he also know that Xue Rui took Yunhua to join the king of Dongjing? Why did she think that the big mention of this sentence meant something else.

"What are you worried about?" Zhu Muzhao asked coldly, Yu Shu coughed lightly, concealed his uneasiness, and said without saying anything: "It is rumored that there are 200,000 soldiers and horses under the command of King Jing, and the Northeast Army is all brave and good at fighting, and they can often defeat one enemy and three on the battlefield, and it is not easy for the imperial court to surrender him." ”

However, Zhu Muzhao smiled at her strategically and said no more.

Yu Shu was afraid that he would see that she was tricking him, so he didn't dare to ask any more, so he sat honestly for a while, then got up and retired.

***

Ningdong City is backed by two rivers, one side of the mountain, occupies the place where the soldiers often win, since it was built two hundred years ago, it guards the border of Da'an, rejects Tatar in the north, and shocks overseas in the east. It can be said that half of Da'an's peaceful and prosperous era in the past 100 years is due to the Jiang family's Northeast Army.

After the Qingming Festival, the north gradually warmed up, the barracks stationed outside Ningdong City all the year round began to practice early in the morning, on the wide school field, at a glance it was densely packed with human heads, but under the command of the head of the sect, they raised their shields and waved their knives in a uniform manner, and the momentum was amazing.

"Huh!"

"Zha!"

The group stood on a high platform in the distance and looked at this scene, the man led by him was eight feet long, with broad shoulders and broad back, and a strong figure, wearing a red gold soft armor, wearing an eagle feather crown, and the appearance of the other person was heroic and extraordinary, and there was a scar at the end of the eyebrows, adding a little evil energy, this person was Jiang Huaiying, the king of Dongjing.

"Second brother, you see, this sword and shield battalion is trained according to your requirements, and you can go into battle to kill the enemy in another month." Jiang Huaiying pointed to the soldiers under the stands and said in a loud voice.

Next to him stood a handsome young man, I saw that he was wearing a bamboo green Confucian shirt, his black hair was tied up at will, he looked like an unarmed scholar, but there was an awe-inspiring aura between his eyebrows, which was not an ordinary person. This young man who was called the second brother by Jiang Huaiying was Xue Rui, who escaped from the court's pursuit two months ago and came to defect.

"There are many cavalry in the Northeast Army, if the imperial court sends troops to crusade, there must be a large number of archers against our iron cavalry, the eldest brother does not want to be afraid, so he needs this sword and shield soldier, which can be attacked and defended."

Jiang Huaiying nodded in agreement, looked back at him, and asked with a blazing face: "When will the artillery you let me see last time will be used in large quantities?" ”

Xue Rui smiled slightly: "It's almost over, my father-in-law has been in the Shenji Camp all day, and he will inform my eldest brother as soon as there is progress." ”

Jiang Huaiying patted him happily on the shoulder, and said affectionately: "Let's go, let's go to the Golden Gun Camp to have a look, you accompany me for a few tricks, I can't say that I need you to lead the troops into battle for my brother in the future, don't slack off." ”

The two got off the high platform as they spoke, discussing the matter of grain and grass hoarding, when suddenly a fiery red horse rushed over from the opposite side and stopped abruptly in front of them, Jiang Huan sat on the back of the horse in a beautiful riding suit, carrying a curved bow, holding a long whip, staring at Xue Rui with horizontal eyebrows and vertical eyes, looking like a teacher asking for guilt:

"Okay, you go hunting with me today, why don't you come!"

Xue Rui glanced up at her, and said with a faint smile: "When I promised you, it's all your own opinion." ”

"You!" Jiang Huan saw that he didn't know what to do, so she waved her hand angrily and was about to give him a whip, but Jiang Huaiying quickly caught the long whip, pulled it hard, snatched her whip with her empty hands, and reprimanded her sharply: "This is the barracks, not a place for you to show off your might." Shining is also your brother, how did I teach you! ”

Xue Rui came to defect, naturally he changed his appearance, no longer using his real name, nor using the pseudonym Cao Zixin, but named after his biological mother Han, Liu Shining.

Jiang Huan was snatched of the whip by her eldest brother, shook Xue Rui's knife in a huff, pulled the horse's head and ran away. Jiang Huaiying sighed at her back, looked back at Xue Rui's face, and hesitated: "I spoiled her, don't look at her being fierce to you, in fact, she likes you in her heart, so I don't know how to treat you, what I told you last time, do you really stop thinking about it?" ”

"Big brother," Xue Rui interrupted him, frowned and said bluntly: "This matter should not be mentioned again, I have the revenge of killing my father, and I swear not to break Anling and never marry." ”

Jiang Huaiying couldn't help him, shook his head, and no longer forced him, so as not to hurt their brotherhood. As for Jiang Huan's little daughter's thoughts, she can only rely on herself to fight for her strength. (To be continued......)