I don't want to listen to these clichés," Zhu Xiyuan flicked her sleeves, moved away from him, and stared at him with her eyes: "I just want to ask you, if I wasn't a princess, would you like me?" ”

"The princess's words don't know how to answer well," Yang Muyun smiled bitterly, "If the minister says he doesn't like it, he can't help the princess; If you say you like it, it's a big rebellion. ”

"Like is like, don't like is not like, what do you do so much? You don't owe me ......," Zhu Xiyuan asked tightly, "To be honest." ”

"Minister...... The minister likes the princess in his heart. Yang Muyun replied stubbornly.

"You...... Is that really what you think in your heart? Zhu Xiyuan looked at him in surprise, obviously she didn't expect Yang Muyun to really say it. When she forced the other party to confess, she was really nervous, afraid that he would reject her, but when Yang Muyun said what she wanted to hear, she was a little overwhelmed.

"Because of the minister, let the princess and the emperor, and the queen mother disagree, the minister is sorry for the princess." Yang Muyun lowered his head and said, "It was the minister who made the princess suffer." ”

"You still have a conscience," Zhu Xiyuan felt a sour feeling in her heart, and tears welled up in her eyes, "It's not in vain that I miss you." ”

"Princess," Yang Muyun was afraid that she would cry again, so she hurriedly said: "The minister has confessed his heart now, you hurry back to the palace, if someone finds out that you have secretly left the palace and come to the minister, the minister has a hundred heads that are not enough for the emperor to cut off." ”

"Well," Zhu Xiyuan was not as emotional as Fang Cai, and glanced at him shyly, "I'll stay here with you a little longer, okay?" ”

"No way!" Yang Muyun categorically refused: "The princess has already committed a big taboo when she leaves the palace without permission, if the emperor and the queen mother know about it......" said in an aggravated tone: "The princess will be imprisoned, and the ministers will be dragged out to kill their heads, then there will be no chance to see each other again." ”

Zhu Xiyuan bit her lips tightly, wanting to say but didn't know what to say.

"It's a long time coming," Yang Muyun said in a slow tone: "If the princess has anything to say to the minister, find a good time to talk about it in the future, it's really not good to stay here now." ”

"Okay," Zhu Xiyuan said with a wink, "Then you send me back, otherwise I won't leave anything." ”

"Obey orders!" Yang Muyun replied a little helplessly.

......

"You're crazy," Zi Su glared at Yang Muyun in a hugging room in the Drunken Xiang Pavilion and said, "You still want to send her back, are you afraid that your relationship with the princess is not well known?" ”

"What can I do? If you don't send her back," Yang Muyun explained: "She is making a fuss here, don't talk about me, even you have to be involved in the prison of the Criminal Department." ”

"This princess, I really won't let you go," Zi Su said angrily and glanced at Yang Muyun, "You don't really like this yellow-haired girl, do you?" ”

Madame laughed. Yang Muyun shook his head, "How dare I like her." ”

"You men, all duplicitous, none of them are good," Zi Su snorted, "I heard everything you told her, and she asked if you liked her, but you confessed it yourself." ”

"What's the matter, what kind of vinegar do you still eat?

Yang Muyun couldn't cry or laugh, stomped her feet and said: "I just coaxed her temporarily, thinking it was an expedient measure, otherwise, how can I persuade her to go back?" ”

"What's the matter, the heart is empty?" Shisu's eyes flickered, and he said leisurely: "It's understandable for you men to think like this?" This is the emperor's sister-in-law, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of the Ming Dynasty, if you can marry her, you will be a concubine, glorious and rich, and high-ranking officials are at your fingertips. At that point, everyone will have to look up to you. ”

"It's not clear what I'm entangled with you," Yang Muyun said angrily: "The princess is not yet thirteen, how to get married?" Now that everyone in the court knows that I have married a wife and married a princess to a married man, what is the face of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty? When Madame said this, she pushed me into the fire pit, and did she think that I didn't burn hard enough? ”

Seeing that he was really angry, Shisu sneered and said softly, "Yo, I'm really angry!" The concubine is just joking with her husband, do you take it seriously? ”

Yang Muyun kept a calm face and did not speak.

"The concubine is afraid that your husband will fall into the right and wrong with the princess, and it will be difficult to get out anymore," Zi Su sighed softly: "The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, I think that girl is a lover, but it's not easy to fool!" The husband is now coaxing her with words, if she uses your excuse to entangle with you endlessly, how should the husband deal with himself. ”

"Let's talk about it later," Yang Muyun said helplessly: "Let's talk about it after passing the current level first, if you don't coax this ancestor, I will have to fall to the ground now, and even you will have to ......" He sighed and stopped the following words.

"Then you have to be careful when you send her back," a hint of worry appeared on Shisu's pretty face, "Now that the gates of the palace have been opened, how can you send her into the palace quietly?" ”

"Let's do it when the opportunity comes!" Yang Muyun took a deep breath, "I know some martial arts, it's a big deal to find a weakly guarded city wall and secretly take her to climb in, and try not to let people find out." ”

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In the temple, the lights are bright.

Cao Nai, Chen Xun, Miao Zhen, and Gao Zhen, four cabinet ministers, foamed at the mouth and stated the important tasks of the military aircraft in front of Zhu Qizhen.

Among the four, Miao Zhen is the oldest, nearly eighty years old, his hair and beard are all white, but he is in good spirits. I saw him take a few steps forward, bow slightly, and play: "Your Majesty, the minister has just received a military report from Zhejiang, Liu Hua, the governor of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi provinces, is not effective in suppressing thieves, Ye Zongliu thieves and bandits are becoming more and more powerful, and they have grown to more than 10,000 people, and Ye Zongliu himself is called the king in Qingyuan, Zhejiang......"

"What?" Zhu Qizhen was taken aback, and the case was shot, "The report at the beginning of the year said that Ye Zong's thieves were only hundreds, and they had developed more than 10,000 in less than a year. ”

"Admiral Liu said in the newspaper that the bandits are wandering in the mountains and jungles, and the movements are difficult to grasp, so they can only fortify everywhere, but his troops are weak and they can't be guarded," Miao Xin said in an aggravated tone: "He implored the emperor to increase the number of troops......"

"Reinforcements?" Zhu Qizhen snorted coldly, "How many soldiers does he want me to give him?" At the beginning of the year, I gave him 10,000 soldiers, but he was good, and he was stunned to cut hundreds of bandits into tens of thousands, and he still had the face to propose to me to increase the number of troops...... "A copy of the dragon case."

The excerpt was thrown to the ground fiercely, and he said in a deep voice: "Useless thing, pass on my will, and send him to the capital division of my weapon." ”

"This ......" Seeing that the young emperor Long Yan was furious, Miao Zhen looked sideways at Cao Nai.

Among the four, Cao Nai was the youngest, only in his forties, with an elegant appearance, but he was the first assistant of the cabinet, he saw that Miao Zhen looked at him, and immediately understood, and stepped forward to Zhu Qizhen and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Hua has worked hard to kill the thief, and it has no success in suppressing the thief, which has caused the thief to be arrogant, and he should be convicted." "But the top priority now is to select a capable general and lead the troops to clean up the situation in the southeast." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Chen Xun also stood up and said: "The junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi is close to the important financial land in Jiangnan, and if there is restlessness, Jiangnan will be uneasy, which will affect the collection of taxes in Jiangnan...... "He is the right attendant of the household department, so he is naturally more worried about the collection of taxes.

"Well, Aiqing's words are reasonable," Zhu Qizhen's eyebrows were deeply locked, "Tell me, Aiqing, who should be sent to the southeast with troops?" ”

"This person must have been in the army for a long time, know the soldiers and be good at leading the soldiers...... Miao Zhen said: "The minister recommends the British duke." ”

"English duke?" Zhu Qizhen raised his eyebrows, and said after a moment of silence: "This is a veteran of the battlefield who has been in the Rong Brigade for a long time, but he is very old, and he was sick at home a few days ago and could not go to the court. ”

"What the emperor is worried about," Cao Nai said, "The horse Jing Yuan has been in the army for a long time, brave and good at fighting, and can be driven by the emperor. ”

"Jing Horse is brave, but good at fighting may not be," Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said: "A few months ago, the Tartar cavalry arrived close to the Beijing Division, and Jing Horse led the army to fight, and the loss of troops made the Tartar cavalry go calmly. Let him go to the southeast to suppress the thieves, I am afraid that he is not much stronger than Liu Hua, and then he will have to work hard to pay him...... This southeast can no longer be chaotic. ”

Two candidates were rejected by the young emperor in a row, and the four cabinet ministers looked at each other, and no one was silent for a while.

Or Chen Xun asked cautiously, "I don't know who the emperor likes?" ”

Zhu Qizhen was silent, he was originally optimistic about Shen Rong, the martial artist, Shen Rong had been training the young army of the Son of Heaven under his command, who knew that after a battle, the five thousand elites came back less than four hundred...... This Shen Rong can no longer be used. Who can be sent? Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong? Now he is the governor of the three battalions of military affairs, and is responsible for the security of the entire Gyeonggi land, but before there is no peace with the Tartars, how can he move lightly? Zhu Qizhen suddenly sadly discovered that it was difficult for the entire Ming Dynasty to find a combatable general.

Only one of the four cabinet ministers has yet to speak. Zhu Qizhen's gaze fell on him, "Gao Aiqing, tell me, who else can lead troops in my Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Your Majesty," Gao Yu frowned and said, "The minister was born in the Ministry of Industry, and he doesn't know anything about the military......"

"Huh?" Zhu Qizhen interrupted him and said: "Gao Aiqing is a Jinshi in Yongle for thirteen years, and he has gone through four dynasties, how can he say that his knowledge is stronger than mine, how can he not even mention a candidate to lead the army?" Don't worry about it, just mention it. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Gao Yu knew that he couldn't say it, so he said stiffly: "Chen Mao, Marquis of Ningyang, participated in the Battle of Jingyan in his early years, and during the Yongle period, he accompanied Emperor Taizong to Mobei five times, and made great achievements. During the Xuande period, he admired the seal of the western general, served as the chief military officer of Ningxia, and repelled the invasion of my Ming Dynasty many times, which is really a rare general. ”