Hurry up and hurry, and arrive outside the Taiping Gate at three o'clock in Shen.

From a distance, I saw the emperor's tall imperial chariot, the two columns of forbidden troops in front of him, and countless people in the capital behind.

The sound of the drum sounded with the excitement and majesty of the ceremonial music.

Wu Zheng hurriedly dismounted and stepped forward on foot.

Zhu Cihong led the civil and military officials to symbolically take three steps forward.

Wu Zheng had already approached at this time, bowed to Zhu Cihong and said, "His Majesty Lao personally came out to greet him, and the ministers were terrified. The minister is in armor and can't pay full salutes, so I hope Your Majesty will forgive you. ”

Zhu Cihong greeted him with a spring breeze on his face, stretched out his hand to support him, and said: "Zhenguo Gong fought for the country, worked hard and made great achievements, and now that he is triumphant, I should go out of the city to greet him." ”

Wu Zheng humbly conceded again: "This is a matter within the minister's duties, and it should not be a concern for Your Majesty." ”

At this time, the civil and military ministers behind Zhu Cihong stepped forward to fight with Wu one by one.

Wu Zheng was struggling to cope, but when he saw the eyes of the important ministers looking at him, he had a strange look, even Qian Sule.

This made Wu Zheng muttered a little in his heart.

Fortunately, the smile on the minister's face could not be hidden.

Wu Zheng couldn't ask too much, so he could only smile and keep his head smiling.

After the tedious rituals, the kings and ministers had to return to the city together.

At this time, the palace attendants came to pass the emperor's message, asking Wu to fight for the imperial chariot and ride back to the city with the emperor.

Wu Zheng was extremely surprised, is this sun really going to rise from the west?

However, this kind of resistance was too popular, so Wu Zheng also came to the palace with the inner attendant.

Wu Zheng bowed and said, "The minister has been summoned to come." It's just that he is riding with you, it's too eye-catching, and you ask Your Majesty to ride a horse into the city with you, right? ”

Zhu Cihong stretched out his head from the translucent silk veil and said with a smile: "Why, the dignified prince of the country, he is not afraid to fight the enemy in battle, but he is afraid to ride with me?" Come on quickly. ”

Wu Zheng looked left and right, gritted his teeth, and held the hand of the inner servant to ascend to Mazha first, and then to the imperial chariot.

On the road, Zhu Cihong faced the direction of the horse's head, and Wu Zheng could only sit opposite Zhu Cihong, with his back to the horse's head.

The team slowly began to move into the city.

As soon as you enter the city, the people on both sides of the street are more crowded than outside the city gates.

The people were cheering, "Long live Your Majesty", "Long live the Yixing Dynasty", "Long live the Ming Dynasty", .......

Looking at Zhu Cihong with a spring breeze, Wu Zheng suddenly understood.

Zhu Cihong is showing himself, showing his great achievements, and showing his popularity among the people.

Yes, at such a critical juncture when the Qing army has broken the city, the Qing army is forced to retreat, the tide is turned around, and the building is about to fall, so that the people of the capital are saved from being poisoned by the Tartars, and naturally the emperor admires the five-body land, Zhu Cihong does have a reason to be proud.

In the deafening cheers, Wu Zheng looked at the armor on his body, looked at the bright dragon robe on Zhu Cihong's body, and then looked at the brocade clothes and cavalry, the forbidden army, and the pythons, flying fish, and bullfighting costumes full of eyes, which were obviously shabby.

In order to save money and facilitate production, the armor on Wu Zheng's body was the output of the Songjiang Military Workshop, and it was black and had no light.

As with the armor of all the upper, middle, and lower rank officers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, there was no marking, except for the cotton and linen rope strings at the joints and the lining of the cotton clothes, there was almost no decoration.

Wu Zheng smiled slightly bitterly and bowed his hand to Zhu Cihong: "Congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Cihong's eyes were always on the cheering people on both sides, and at this time, listening to Wu Zheng's congratulations, he turned around and smiled: "What is Aiqing Hezhen?" ”

Wu Zhengzheng said: "Your Majesty He gathers the hearts of the people. Now the Yixing Dynasty has signed a peace treaty with the Qing court, it is the time to recuperate with the people while fighting the horses, the people's hearts are in our dynasty, and naturally the result is twice the result with half the effort, and within three years, 200,000 kings will definitely be able to go on a northern expedition. ”

Zhu Cihong looked at Wu Zheng with a smile, and he said, "Do you know what I admire most about Aiqing?" is that Aiqing never forgets the great cause of the Northern Expedition at any time. Unlike some people, the capital has just been peaceful, so they are anxious to persuade me to get married, worship ancestors, and worship the temple honorific title. ”

Wu Zheng said calmly: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, and when the age is up, it is reasonable to get married." In the defensive battle of the capital, His Majesty went out to fight with the forbidden army, cutting off the rendezvous between Tan Tai and Jierharang. ”

Zhu Cihong laughed and said, "Wu Zheng, have you also learned to flatter me?" ”

"The minister is just telling the truth."

"Good to tell the truth." Zhu Cihong pointed his fingers and said, "But I have rejected these admonitions." ”

Wu Zheng was a little surprised, Zhu Cihong was already nineteen years old, even if he got married at this time, it was already a late marriage in this era.

"Your Majesty, why is this? After the wedding, the queen has come out, and the subjects of the Yixing Dynasty can also feel at ease. ”

Zhu Cihong collected the smile on his face, but instead had a hint of affection, "The country is ruined, and the strong enemy is pressing." Although I have the heart to recover the rivers and mountains, with only more than ten prefectures and 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses in the Yixing Dynasty, how easy is it to go on a northern expedition? I myself have been in exile for more than three years, and I don't want my descendants to follow in my footsteps. ”

Wu Zheng comforted: "It's man-made. As long as His Majesty always has the great cause of the Northern Expedition in his heart, this day will eventually come. ”

"I have made an oath to the spiritual throne of the former emperor, if I do not recover the Shuntian Mansion, I will never get married!"

Wu Zheng was a little stunned, what kind of trouble is this?

But at this time, his heart moved, and Wu Zheng suddenly remembered his righteous sister Ah Le, who was in the palace that day, and rashly recognized him.

The folk woman who once accompanied Zhu Cihong in exile for three years.

Could it be that Zhu Cihong dislikes her and is unwilling to make her the queen?

Just when Wu Zheng was thinking nonsense.

Zhu Cihong suddenly smiled, as if blaming himself: "Today is a good day to welcome the triumph of the general, take a look...... I lost my temper. ”

Wu Zheng's heart was shocked, Zhu Cihong was indeed a little abnormal today, although the Yixing Dynasty did not deny his official position as a general, but it has never been officially recognized. Of course, there is no other person to take over as the general, which is like a kind of confrontation between monarchs and ministers.

But now, Zhu Cihong suddenly called himself a general, which made Wu Zheng feel uneasy, could it be that something was wrong?

Zhu Cihong seemed to be afraid that Wu Zheng would not hear his name clearly, so he repeated, "I want to canonize the general as the king." ”

Wu Zheng was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he hurriedly excused himself and said: "Your Majesty knows that the minister is not a descendant of Huizong, and this prince and the minister will never dare to accept it." ”

Zhu Cihong said: "The matter that the general is not a descendant of Huizong, I have already said that I am with the princes of the court, and the general does not have to worry about this." ”

Wu Zheng looked at Zhu Cihong in a daze, and really couldn't figure out what his intentions were.

Zhu Cihong said: "If you are not the prince of the clan, the title of King Wu is indeed inappropriate. Therefore, I asked the cabinet to propose a title, and the cabinet presented a few, among which I chose the king of Huiji County, and I felt that it was very suitable for the general. The general is a native of Shaoxing Mansion, and the Qingtai Dynasty originally started from Shaoxing Mansion. ”

These words made Wu Zheng think that Zhu Cihong was not improvised, he was thoughtful.