On the upper floor of Yongjinmen City, Ming Emperor Zhu Yutang rarely held on to the guardrail, looking at the market in the distance and thoughtfully.

Recent events have happened one after another, and it cannot be said that they are not tricky. Losing Lu Xingyuan's arm, it may be a short-term pain, but the power of the Lu clan is increasing year by year, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not become the second Muyun clan in the long run, and it will not be easy to clean up at that time. It's better to take advantage of this Nanhua Island incident to cut through the mess quickly.

When the branches are luxuriant, they always need to be pruned, and the same is true for governing the country.

Fortunately, Ling Er is already very familiar with state affairs, if it weren't for the weakness of having a child in her belly, she shouldn't have to go to Fuxingtai to take care of this matter, and I should be considerate of her as a mother, after all, this country will have to be handed over to her sooner or later, and she will be filial in the future.

Thinking of this, Emperor Ming couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed, and pointed to the distance and said: "You see, the lotus leaves in the lake under the city have turned green, and this year's spring is so warm. ”

The palace maids saw a rare smile on Emperor Ming's face, and they all joked: "Yes, the spring flowers are blooming, and the pear blossoms elsewhere have not yet fallen, and the lotus leaves here can't wait, it must be the grace of God to have such a good omen." ”

The other palace maid was also very well-behaved, and said: "I heard that the new dragon beard of Shuangquan Pavilion is also safe, it is very exquisite, the weather is so good today, why don't Your Majesty go there to relax, the lotus leaves there are beautiful." ”

When Emperor Ming heard this, he was also quite interested, and said with a smile: "It's okay, then go to Shuangquan Pavilion to sit down." As soon as he got to the emperor's chariot, he seemed to think of something, and ordered: "You go to Qinghui Palace, invite Princess Yinquan to come, and I want to enjoy the spring with her." ”

The palace maid answered the call and left.

From Yongjinmen Tower to Shuangquan Pavilion, you have to bypass Liufang Gate, go up to Taiying Island, and then pass through the inner lake. Emperor Ming's emperor swayed for half an hour before he arrived, and Princess Zhu Yuxiao of Yinquan was already waiting in front of the purple bamboo forest.

"You're coming so fast." Emperor Ming was a little surprised.

"I was about to look for my sister, and I met the palace maid in my sister's palace halfway." Zhu Yuxiao smiled, but her expression was a little unusual.

Emperor Ming was obviously in a very good mood and didn't care too much, and as soon as the jade hand was raised, the emperor fell to the ground steadily.

"You all stay outside, and you don't have to come in and serve."

After speaking, Emperor Ming took his sister's hand and entered the purple bamboo forest in front of the Shuangquan Pavilion together.

"I heard Ling'er say that Cangwu sent Ye Zhiqiu as an envoy to Bihai, and he has already crossed the Binzhou border." Emperor Ming slowly paced on the Jiuqu Bridge and said casually.

"Ye Zhiqiu is coming? What did he come to do? Zhu Yuxiao was puzzled.

Ling Er didn't say. But I guessed in my heart that there could be anything else, and the left was just for marriage. It was probably because I didn't mention it again because I thought it was too abrupt to send a marriage envoy over, so I entrusted it in the name of the envoy. This careful thinking is not to hide from me, but to hide from the people of the world and leave some dignity for it. Emperor Ming gently lifted the willow hanging from the side of the road, revealing a bluestone path leading to the rockery by the pool.

Zhu Yuxiao replied lightly: "I have met Jie'er before, and she seems to have a good impression of Prince Cangwu. ”

Emperor Ming frowned and said, "I see that the prince of Cangwu is ruined by the outside, and Jie'er is really unladylike." Although the marriage with the crown prince of Cangwu is not an insult to my identity as the princess of Bihai, but the imbalance set by the emperor has gradually borne fruit, and his Cangwu country will have civil strife in a few years, and the consequences of marrying her are unpredictable. What's more, what if Jie'er has a good impression, how can the daughter of the royal descendant talk about marriage and dislike her? ”

Zhu Yuxiao was silent.

Emperor Ming suddenly realized that Zhu Yuxiao did not follow behind him, and Fang Xing realized that he had touched his sister's sore spot. At the beginning, the emperor forced Zhu Yuxiao to marry Cangwu, and he didn't take into account his sister's likes and dislikes, but what can be done? The royal nobles can't be as affectionate as the people, you can marry me.

Emperor Ming was in a very good mood, and he didn't want to spoil the atmosphere, so he turned his head and asked, "You should have met Ye Zhiqiu, how is he?" Have you seen him? ”

"Man is a safe person, but the city is too deep, and he does not make friends with people, and he lives in a simple place, and he has few desires, and I have never seen anything. The children raised are not bad. ”

"How?"

"My sister has seen it, a few days ago, I told my sister about Su Xiaochen from Nanhua Island on the Fuxing Terrace, who was Ye Zhiqiu's nephew. Ye Zhiqiu had no children under his knees, so he raised him as a son, and sent him to Mu Yunyou to be taught. That kid is talented and gentle, and Mu Yunyou teaches him very dedicatedly. ”

Emperor Ming suddenly realized, nodded and said: "It turned out to be him, I saw him once in the Jiade Hall that day, and the second time I saw him on the Fuxing Terrace. It's a pity that ...... implication cannot be used for oneself.

At the end of the path, you will find the Twin Springs Pavilion. Emperor Ming sat down according to the pavilion, and said: "Ye Zhiqiu came to Bihai twenty-five years ago, when he was just a young waiter in his twenties, so I didn't look at him too much. I vaguely remember that he always followed behind Mu Yunduo, and he didn't speak much, wasn't he good at words? ”

"The Ministry of Rites, how can you not be good at words. Mu Yunyou told me that when it comes to discussing politics in the court, Ye Zhiqiu has not been able to pick out a single thorn in what he has said for so many years. In Su Xiaochen's ability to answer fluently, the smart half was taught by Mu Yunyou, and the safe half was his uncle's contamination. ”

"I missed such a character. Presumably, he was born in a prestigious family, and the good family that has been passed down for several generations has such a talent. ”

Zhu Yuxiao shook her head and said, "I don't know his origin, but his wife...... I heard that he is a fellow villager, but his behavior and deeds are quite ......" seems to be at a loss for a while.

"His wife?"

"I can't say, I've met his wife a few times, and I always think that his wife has an extraordinary temperament, and she has some like-mindedness with me."

Emperor Ming sighed, she knew that her sister was arrogant, and few people could get into her eyes on weekdays, even the princess Li Taijun of Yinmu Country was just the daughter of Nanban in her mouth, how could she be so high when she talked about this Mrs. Ye today.

The two stood on the edge of the pavilion and looked out, and the lotus pond was clear and green, attracting a few red-headed dragonflies to stand on it. In the distance, the two dragon stone statues are still coiled on jasper-like pillars, and the two dragon whiskers at the dragon's mouth are crystal clear, slightly longer than the original appearance, and more powerful.

Emperor Ming sighed and said: "Ling'er is kind, for me to renovate this pavilion inside and out, but it is not the original appearance, it is really a pity, this new dragon beard is really good, it is difficult to bother her." ”

Zhu Yuxiao didn't have any joy on her face, she found a stone bench, sat down slowly, and finally said what she wanted to say the most in her heart: "Zhao Yu's matter, my sister is like this?" ”

Emperor Ming's face was a little gloomy when she heard this, she knew that her sister would not give up, but she had already made up her mind that she would not change again.

"Then according to you, what do you want?"

"He died unjustly, I know that you have promoted his son to be a scholar, and you have also dismissed Lu Xingyuan, but why can't you justify him and rebury him?"

"How to correct the name? Nanhua sells gold and the whole country knows that he has been wronged for 20 years, who in the world still remembers him? Now that he has suddenly corrected his name, how can his mother's name exist? Where does my Zhu royal face remain? "Emperor Ming is a little unhappy, they are all royal descendants, what they think and do, why my sister just can't understand.

Zhu Yuxiao didn't care about the gloom on her face, and continued: "Okay, you are finally willing to admit it now, he was unjustly killed, and in order to take care of his mother's reputation, he can't overturn the case or bury him." I don't tell my sister this, but I just want to ask, my mother is so wise and resourceful, how can a mere Lu Wenchi deceive my mother? Didn't my sister say in this Shuangquan Pavilion that in addition to suffering a loss from the Mu Yun family, how could my mother have misjudged once in her life? Could it be that the Nanhua gold sale case was also a misjudgment? ”

Only then did Emperor Ming hear what she meant, it turned out that the drunkard did not mean to drink.

My sister didn't cry out for Zhao Lang, but for herself. Now that he has just admitted that Zhao Yu died unjustly, he admitted that his mother was misjudged back then, but he said that his mother had never misjudged, so there is only one explanation left: it was done on purpose.

My sister is so smart, if it weren't for Lu Wenchi's death, she might not have thought of this section, but now that the water is out, how can she not wake up.

Emperor Ming was thinking about how to persuade his sister with good words to appease his sister, and Zhu Yuxiao opened his mouth again.

"My sister is so difficult to speak, so I will say it for my sister. It's me, I went to Cangwu every day and thought that I could come back sooner, and my mother was uneasy when she learned about it, lest I spoil her unbalanced plan, right? So she felt that as long as there was no Zhao Yu, I would have to die in Cangwu. But Zhao Lang is such an honest man, self-denial and cautiousness, and his mother wants to find him a crime, I'm afraid it's not easy, isn't it? Zhu Yuxiao's words were full of sarcasm, and she sneered: "It happened that Lu Wenchi harbored evil intentions, and his mother deliberately let him get his hands, am I wrong?" ”

Seeing that Emperor Ming bowed his head and was silent, Zhu Yuxiao stood up, faced the mist beside the dragon statue, and continued: "What a person, there are all the evidence, I heard that my mother carefully took the account books of half a year submitted by the household department and looked at them all night. At first, I said that my mother was afraid that she would wronged him, so I looked carefully. Now that I think about it, my mother is obviously afraid that there are any flaws in this account book that are not enough to cover up the truth, otherwise in the future generations, if someone uses evidence to slander her misjudgment and ruin her good reputation for knowing people and things, how can she be willing? Yan suddenly clapped his hands and laughed: "Where is my mother watching all night for him, it's obviously for herself!" I should have understood my mother's temperament. ”

Emperor Ming's face turned blue when she heard this, but Zhu Yuxiao's words were sharp, and every word was poked to the truth, she couldn't refute it for a while, so she had to persuade: "Mother is doing this for the sake of the country." It is not easy for the empress to be regent, she is the king and the emperor, and she has to take care of the overall situation in everything, you are my Zhu family's children, how can you not understand your mother's intentions? ”

Zhu Yuxiao felt embarrassed when she heard this, and tears fell like beads: "For the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, she married me 8,000 miles away, and for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, she killed Zhao Lang, but no matter how ruthless she is, how can she deceive me for so many years, in her eyes, am I her daughter or just a chess piece?" ”