Royal Garden.

The so-called heaven has the virtue of good life, and it is surrounded by mountains and forests on all sides.

In a temporary house, Zhu Xu sat on the main seat, with Li Jieyu beside him, Xiao Yongning and Xiao Ciye on the left and right.

On the two sides below are the cabinet, the adults of the six ministries, then Cao Bianjiao and other military generals, and then the heads of the military and political courts or other departments.

Zhu Xu looked around and said with a satisfied smile: "Today, it is the first time in more than 100 years that I have hunted in the Ming Dynasty, and the purpose of this hunt is twofold, one is to inspire the morale of my Ming army, the people, and sweep away the spirit of depression." Second, I also take this opportunity to take a look at the next generation of talents in my Ming Dynasty. The elders often told me to take precautions, and I also felt that it was necessary to reserve talents for the country...... Therefore, those who are allowed to participate in this big hunt are all under the age of 30. First place, I will directly reward a royal sword, a top-level imperial armor, give him a martial arts background, and you can also send him to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions! ”

Except for Cao Bianjiao and other people who have already achieved fame, the other cadres are all wide-eyed, shocked, ecstatic, and eager to try.

Xiao Yongning, who was not far from Zhu Xu, had been squeezing Zhu Xu's eyebrows and signaling her to participate.

Zhu Xu ignored her, his eyes swept over the faces of Li Dingguo, Cao Mingjiao and other juniors, nodded quietly, looked at Bi Ziyan and said: "Everyone is a little tired along the way, Bi Ge Lao, set up a banquet, rest for half an hour, and then officially start!" ”

Without waiting for Bi Ziyan to answer, Zhu Xu said again, "Ye'er, you go on my behalf." ”

When this sentence fell, the hall was silent.

Since ancient times, it is not easy for people to 'replace me', especially the prince, which is self-evident.

Bi Ziyan and the others frowned, didn't say much, answered, and led people to the side hall.

When the others were almost gone, Cao Huachun stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it has been basically investigated, and there is no problem." ”

Zhu Xu said 'um', looked at Li Jieyu, and said, "Are you tired?" ”

Li Xie Yu was a little strange and worried about Zhu Xu's arrangement for Xiao Ciye, but he didn't say much, and chuckled: "The concubine is not tired. ”

Zhu Xu stood up, looked outside, and said, "Don't talk about Yongning, I can't help but want to go and participate." In this way, let people prepare bows and arrows in the back, and the target, I, and Yongning have all been there, and wait for their results. ”

Cao Huachun responded and said, "Yes, the slave will go and prepare." ”

In the side hall, the atmosphere is polarized, one part eats and drinks, can't wait, and the other part is relatively dull.

Bi Ziyan and the others simply greeted each other, and then did it aside, dull and relative, not to look at you The eldest son of the emperor who was sitting in front of them, Zhu Ciye.

His Royal Highness sat there calmly, with a calm face, holding a spoon, and eating slowly.

This highness has nothing to find fault with, and his young age is commendable.

But he is not the queen of the middle palace, not the concubine!

Bi Ziyan looked at Sun Chengzong beside him, and said in a low voice, "I think, we still have to talk to the emperor again." ”

The country is the most important at all times, and now the vigorous reform of the Ming Dynasty is particularly critical when the impact is too great!

Sun Chengzong groaned and said, "The queen mother is about to be born, let's take a look first, there is no need to worry." ”

As soon as Bi Ziyan was about to speak, he saw an official from the Ryukyus who accompanied him step forward and toast His Royal Highness.

The eldest prince picked up the teacup in a decent manner, replaced the wine with tea, and didn't know what he said, which made the Ryukyu official smile and leave very happily.

Bi Ziyan sighed lightly and said, "I can't help but be in a hurry." ”

Sun Chengzong hesitated and did not speak again.

An hour later, everyone gathered in the open field, and more than 100 people rode horses, carried bows, and looked straight at Zhu Xu.

Another group of people stood behind Zhu Xu, looking at the more than 100 people with calm and expectant eyes.

These people are not very old, most of them have prominent family backgrounds, and some of them are quietly focused on cultivating talents, they are all riding horses, their faces are immature, and they are full of anticipation.

boom

"Let's go!"

Zhu Xu shouted loudly while developing the requirement.

In an instant, the sound of rolling horses' hooves sounded, and more than a hundred young people turned their horses' heads and quickly rushed into the mountains and forests not far away, snoring, excited, and waving big bows.

Zhu Xu watched this group of people rush into the mountains and forests, smiled and looked at Bi Ziyan, Sun Chengzong and the others: "How is it, do you have any favorites?" ”

Bi Ziyan didn't speak, and Sun Chengzong spoke: "Your Majesty, it's too early to say, you might as well take a look in a few years." ”

Zhu Xu's eyes swept over these auxiliary ministers, paused, and suddenly said: "I haven't played chess with Master Bi for a long time, it's rare to have time, how about our next game?" ”

Although this time it was a big hunt, it was more like a vacation for these elders.

Bi Ziyan knew Zhu Xu's chess strength, smiled and responded, and a group of people followed inside.

When Zhu Xu and the others were playing chess, Xiao Yongning was shooting arrows with Xiao Ciye and other princes in the back, all of them were special small bows and arrows, except for Xiao Yongning, who was sullen, everyone else was very happy.

Li Xie Yu was looking at a few children, Ci Xuan, Ci Yi She didn't care, her eyes kept looking at Ci Ye, and her brows were furrowed and she didn't let go.

She has followed Zhu Xu for the longest time and knows him best, so it won't be so simple to value Xiao Ciye so much.

The battle in the harem, in addition to the competition for favor, is the battle of the prince, Ciye is the eldest son of the emperor, although the Ming Dynasty is the eldest son of the eldest son of the inheritance system, but throughout the entire Ming Dynasty, how many are the eldest son of the eldest son to succeed to the throne?

But the queen, the emperor is too young, the queen is about to give birth, no matter whether this is now or not, if there is a prince in the future, how will Ciye deal with himself? What does the queen think?

The bloody storm in the harem, the disaster of the Xiao Wall, and some terrible pictures crossed in front of Li Jieyu's eyes.

Li Xie Yu was full of worries, but he was helpless, this matter could not be caused by her, or even by the adults outside.

Xiao Ciye slowly took the bow and shot the arrow, and before shooting the arrow, he turned his head to look at Li Jieyu, and when he saw her frowning, he immediately put down the bow and arrow, walked over, looked at her, blinked, and said, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”

Li Jieyu looked at him, his eyes were complicated, and he said with a smile: "It's okay, you play, the mother concubine will go and see your father." ”

Xiao Ciye's face was a little less cute than before, and he looked relatively silent, and when he saw Li Xie talking together, he blinked.

In the hall, Zhu Xu and Bi Ziyan were playing chess, a group of cabinet elders and cabinet adults were watching, and everyone was a true gentleman watching chess without saying a word.

Because they can all see that Elder Bi Ge is guiding chess in the next game, and His Majesty the Emperor's chess strength is really unbearable to look at directly.

Bi Ziyan used to play this kind of coaching chess with Zhu Xu, he looked at Zhu Xu's chess strength that had never made progress, and said: "Your Majesty, the way of chess is not to fight for the gains and losses of one corner, the start should be beautiful, the layout should be atmospheric, and the end should be sharp......"

Zhu Xu bent over, stared at the chessboard, and said again and again: "What Master Bi said is that I have written down ......"

As he spoke, he looked for a place with black chess pieces all over the board.

The other adults looked at their noses and noses, and they all had a trace of strange thoughts in their hearts.

Today's eloquent and strategic, both military and political sides are majestic and interlocking, if it is not in the end, they can't see the purpose clearly, but how to figure out the way of Go is like a child, they can't stand it.

Bi Ziyan cooperated with Zhu Xu and kept the situation in a stalemate, and at the same time said: "Your Majesty, Wen Tiren has done a good job in Shaanxi, and his reputation is excellent, and the minister plans to transfer him to Beijing next year to serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites." ”

The imperial court seems to be full of talents now, but there are a lot of people in the place, especially when there is still one cabinet assistant minister, Wen Tiren's sudden transfer to Beijing is a very obvious arrangement.

"There's no hurry."

Zhu Xu snapped and said confidently: "Li Banghua and Fang Kongzhi are the first to be the second, and the others are the last." ”

Others Zhu Xu don't know, but this Wen Tiren is best at superficial kung fu, and now it seems that Bi Ziyan has also been deceived.

But immediately, Zhu Xu's brows moved slightly, and he glanced at the other adults who were standing, but these people actually did not object, and even spoke.

He turned his gaze to Bi Ziyan, and laughed secretly in his heart, he was almost shaken by Bi Ziyan.

Bi Ziyan made such a move, I was afraid that he wanted to rise and fall secretly, so that Wen Tiren would be completely cool, but he was not sure of his idea, so he came to test it.