Yun Xi returned to the Wenhua Palace, immediately summoned his subordinate officials, and said to them: "Gu will go to the imperial tomb and the ancestral tomb to worship his ancestors tomorrow, so the affairs of the capital will be entrusted to a few people." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Qin Song lost his voice and said, "Why is Your Highness going out of Beijing now?" Your Majesty ......" He only said the word "Your Majesty", and quickly stopped.

Chen Xingshan, as a left concubine, also said: "At this time, it is not a good time to go out of Beijing to worship your ancestors!" "He's a bit pedantic, but he's not stupid.

Yun Xi said: "Your Majesty asked me to worship my ancestors. ”

As soon as the subordinate officials below heard this, they immediately knew that this matter was inevitable.

Yun Xi said: "Your Majesty's health is not good these days, and I don't have much energy to deal with political affairs, these days when I am away, if Your Majesty still has no spirit, things can be delayed for a few days, and I can come back within twenty days of my trip." The rest of the people agreed.

Yun Xi said a few more words to them, and then let them go down. They were just subordinate officials of the East Palace, and they didn't have much actual power, and even if Yun Xi could fully trust them, he couldn't tell them what to do.

Yun Xi returned to Wenyuan Pavilion and asked Wang Xi to call Xi Yao. Xi Yao was originally taking care of the affairs of the Wenhua Hall in the place she used for her deliberations. She and her sister are both pregnant, and she doesn't dare to leave things to others, so she and her sister can only take turns to deal with things. She heard Yoon-hee looking for her, and although it was strange, she also got up and went.

After Yun Xi saw her, he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Grandpa asked me to go to Fengyang and Sizhou to worship my ancestors, you have to bear more these days." ”

Xi Yao let out an "ah", but immediately calmed down and said, "I, what can I do?" ”

Yun Xi said: "Concubine Guo Ning is taking the affairs of the Sixth Palace, you have to contact her more." And ......" Xi Yao agreed one by one.

Yun Xi finally said: "If something unexpected really happens, let Wang Xi and Wang go in and out of the palace to the founding mansion." As he spoke, he took a pen and wrote down a line of words, stamped his own seal, and wrote down his name in his own handwriting, and then handed it to Xi Yao and said, "Let them take this to the Founding Mansion." Xiyao was a little panicked, but she still took the piece of paper and promised: "Husband, rest assured, I will not make a mistake." ”

Yun Xi also believed her, after all, she had been married for three years. Yun Xi finally said: "In the end, what you want is to ensure your own safety, and you are pregnant, so you should pay more attention." ”

Xi Yao smiled: "You, I know. ”

Yun Xi finished instructing and told her to rest. Then Yun Xi thought about it and felt that nothing should happen, but he sometimes felt that "there are always people who want to harm orphans", so he made preparations in advance. If there is really something, it is impossible for Lao Zhu to be unprepared.

And the princes of the Ming Dynasty in the frontier are not dry, if the normal transfer of the throne is fine, if there is really something, it is estimated that Zhu Di will be the first to raise troops to quell the rebellion. After Empress Lü died, it was Liu Fei, the king of Qi, who raised troops to successfully eradicate the Lü group and support the Han dynasty.

Yun Xi personally prepared the things he brought to worship his ancestors, and asked Wang Xi to bring them tomorrow.

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At the home of Gu Cheng, the governor of the right army's mansion, it was a time when the seats were full of friends and laughter. Gu Cheng talked to people table by table with a smile on his face, and drank bowls of wine from time to time. Today is the day when his eldest son Gu Tong gets married, and the generals in Beijing have also come to save face, so he is very happy.

At the first table of his toast, there was Lan Zhen, the Duke of Liangguo. The person who married Gu Tong today is his cousin Lin Chaoying, of course he has to give face to attend the wedding. And because his knighthood was the highest among the few who came in person today, he sat at the head of the guests.

Gu Cheng waited for his son to finish the first table of wine, and then stepped forward to toast himself. The first one said to Lan Zhen: "Liang Guogong, it's really brilliant to be here." ”

Lan Zhen smiled: "Why are you so polite, just call me Lan Zhen." Speaking of which, you're still my elder. ”

Gu Cheng smiled: "Don't you dare to be the elder of Liang Guogong." Since Liang Guogong said so, then I will call you Brother Lan. ”

Lan Zhen smiled: "That's right, don't be too angry." ”

Gu Cheng said: "Today is a happy day for my family, so I will do it first as a respect." As he spoke, he drank a bowl of wine. Lan Zhen also drank a bowl with her.

Gu Cheng raised the bowl again and said, "Today's second glass of wine is to thank Brother Lan for being willing to marry my cousin to my son." Although my son still has some skills, he has been fighting in the southwest for the past few years, and he is not young, so it is not easy to find a suitable daughter-in-law. As he spoke, he drank another bowl of wine. This time, Lan Zhen didn't finish all the wine in the bowl.

Gu Cheng said again: "The third is to thank Brother Lan for coming to my son's wedding in his busy schedule. Then he drank another bowl of wine.

After the third bowl of wine was drunk, he was about to speak, and one of them said: "Brother Gu, there are many people at this table, you are drinking with Brother Lan, and you won't have to drink with us in a while." ”

Gu Cheng turned his head and saw that it was Mu Sheng, the younger brother of Xiping Hou Mu Chun, who was now an official in the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion in Beijing, and he also came to congratulate him today.

Gu Cheng's eyes jumped suddenly, knowing that it was he who always drank with Lan Zhen and made Mu Sheng unhappy. Gu Cheng has been in the southwest region since Hongwu came to Shu in the fourth year of his expedition, and he did not return to Beijing until last year. He successively followed Tang He, Cao Zhen, Lan Yu, Mu Ying and others to fight, but he was Mu Ying's old subordinate.

But now that he has been transferred to the capital, and the Mu family has been guarding Yunnan's power in the capital, so Gu Cheng deliberately approached Lan Zhen, so Mu Sheng was unhappy.

Gu Cheng knew that he couldn't afford to offend the Mu family, so he smiled and said, "Second Master Sheng, you don't know how much I Gu Cheng drinks?" It's no problem to drink three more bowls. As he spoke, he picked up the flask and filled the bowl in his hand, and then drank it all again. But Mu Sheng didn't drink.

Gu Cheng finished drinking this bowl, and seeing that Mu Sheng didn't drink it, he knew that it was still not good, so he said again: "Today, Uncle Xiping Hou Chun is in Yunnan, and I respect Xiping Hou for a bowl." He drank another bowl of wine. But Mu Sheng still only took a sip.

Gu Cheng was already a little dizzy at this time, he hadn't eaten anything yet, but Mu Sheng had to be coaxed! He was about to drink again, and Cao Che, who was sitting in the second seat, got up and said, "Okay, Brother Gu, if you drink again, you will be drunk." He said to Mu Sheng again: "Second Brother Mu, on this day of great joy for the Gu family, you will give Brother Gu face." ”

Although Cao Che does not have a title on his body now, the title of Earl Tiancheng sealed by Yun Xi was given to his younger brother Cao Xing in order to marry the county lord, but he is the future Marquis of Jingchuan, and he lost an arm for Yun Xi, so no one among the generals of the Ming Dynasty dared not to give him face in person, and Mu Sheng picked up the bowl and drank wine when he saw him talking.

Lan Zhen didn't want to get into trouble with the Mu family, and was about to speak, when someone suddenly trotted in and said to him: "Uncle, there is a will in the palace, you should go back quickly." ”

Lan Zhen saw that he was his housekeeper, so he immediately sued and went home.

When I got home, I saw that it was Li Jinzhong, a close confidant of Lao Zhu. Although the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty have no rights, everyone comes face to face with the idea of not being offended. So Lan Zhen smiled and said, "Why did Grand Duke Li go out of the palace today to deliver the decree and go on a trip in person?" ”

Coincidentally, Li Jinzhong didn't dare to offend him. It's not because Lan Zhen's father is awesome himself, but because his niece Lan Siqi is raised by Yunxi's side in the palace. Although Yun Xi didn't let Lan Siqi call him 'godfather' or 'father-in-law', but only asked her to call him 'uncle', but since he was a child, he had a different relationship, and Li Jinzhong didn't dare to offend anyone around Yun Xi in the palace.

So Li Jinzhong also smiled and said: "What kind of person am I, it is exactly what I should do to go out of the palace to pass the decree." ”

The two laughed a few more words, and Li Jinzhong said: "Our family still has things, so I won't talk to Liang Guogong much." Then Zhengse said: "Liangguo Gong Lan Zhen takes the order!" ”

Lan Zhen immediately fell to her knees. Li Jinzhong said: "Your Majesty's dictation, tomorrow you will escort the imperial grandson to the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum and the Sizhou Ancestral Mausoleum to worship the ancestors." ”

Although Lan Zhen was surprised, she still said, "The minister accepts the order." ”

Because it was an oracle, there was not much etiquette, and Lan Zhen stood up after receiving the order. Then he asked, "Why did Your Majesty let His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson go out tomorrow to worship his ancestors?" "Lao Zhu's health is not very good, and everyone in Beijing who has a little status knows it.

Li Jinzhong said: "It seems that His Majesty had a dream last night, and he dreamed of Renzu, Xuzu, and King Xuyi and others, so let His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson go to worship the ancestors on his behalf." ”

Hearing this, Lan Zhen nodded silently, and then took out a hundred bills to hand to him.

Li Jinzhong immediately refused: "This can't be helped, this can't be helped." "He really doesn't dare to ask for it, Lao Zhu has been very suspicious recently, if he finds out that he has a lot of money, it is estimated that his life will be lost. All the money in his hand was used to secretly buy a cemetery, so that he could wait for a place to bury him when he died.

Lan Zhen gave it a few times, but Li Jinzhong resolutely didn't want it, so Lan Zhen just gave him up, but personally sent him to the door of the house.

Lan Zhen waited for Li Jinzhong to go away, and immediately changed her clothes and went to the edge of the Qinhuai River.

Chang Sheng is drinking with people on a flower boat. At first, he pretended to like to drink flower wine in order to make Lao Zhu not suspicious of their family, but he was really used to pretending to be pretended, so now he is looking for people to drink here.

When Lan Zhen came over, Dongguan Bo He Rong was talking, and when he saw Lan Zhen coming, he said, "Brother Lan is also here?" Penalty for a glass of wine first! ”

Lan Zhen said: "I have something to do today, write down this glass of wine first, and I'll drink it in a few days." As he spoke, he pulled Chang Sheng out.

Chang Sheng was dragged by him to a place where there was no one on all sides, and then Lan Zhen said: "Your Majesty asked me to escort His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson to Fengyang tomorrow to worship my ancestors." ”

Chang Sheng suddenly woke up and asked, "Why did you go out to worship your ancestors at this time?" ”

Lan Zhen said: "It seems that Your Majesty dreamed of them. Don't care why, Your Majesty is not in good health, you should be careful in Beijing. It shouldn't be fine, but it's better to be careful. ”

Chang Sheng said: "Don't worry, my Chang family is not a vegetarian, no matter who wants to do things in Beijing, it is impossible to succeed!" ”

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In the early morning of the second day, Yun Xi quietly left the palace and came to Chengtian Gate. At this time, Lan Zhen led two hundred households of soldiers to prepare here. There are another eighteen hundred households waiting there in Longwandu.

Yun Xi and Lan Zhen said hello, because they were in a hurry to go back quickly, so they didn't talk much, and went to Longwan Ferry on horseback.

In Longwandu, I also quickly got on the boat and set off. Only then did Yun Xi have time to talk to Lan Zhen. Yun Xi said: "This time it was you escorting me again, and Your Majesty still recognized you." ”

Lan Zhen said: "That is Your Majesty's trust in me. The minister had nothing to repay, but to escort His Highness all the way safely. ”

Yun Xi said: "This trip is just to go to Fengyang Mansion, not to mention that the people in this area of Zhili are healthy and there are no thieves; Even if there are a few thieves, more than 2,000 of us will not be able to do anything. ”

Lan Zhen also thinks so, Zhili is the best place in all the provinces in the country, and now Fengyang is one of the best places in Zhili, so there is no problem.

But the words couldn't be said like this, Lan Zhen could only say: "No matter what, the minister will do his best to protect the safety of His Highness." ”

That's the end of the topic, but they're on a different topic. Yun Xi said again: "Siqi will often miss her uncle in the palace. When I get back, I'll let Siqi go back to the house to see you. ”

Lan Zhen also cares about Siqi very much, after all, it is Lan Lian's only bone and blood. But he still said: "With the princess in the palace to take care of her, the minister is very relieved, and there is no need to let her out of the palace." I'll just go to the Mandarin Hall to see you. ”

Yun Xi knew that he was patting on the back, and he was also happy, and chatted with Lan Zhen about a lot of topics.

Yun Xi felt that it didn't take long for him to reach the north bank of the Yangtze River. Yun Xi mounted his horse again, and waited for about three or four hundred soldiers and all the guards to get on his horse, and then continued to set off with these men.

Yun Xi stayed in Chuzhou that night. Chuzhou is a state directly under the Zhili region. Chuzhou is also quite famous in literature, and the sentence "Around Chuzhou Mountain" written by Ouyang Xiu when he was a Taishou here "All mountains around Chuzhou" made many people remember Chuzhou.

If Yun Xi was usually in the mood to take a turn here, but how could he be in the mood now? I stayed in my residence and took out a book to read, but I didn't read much into it, and I felt that my policy strategy after succeeding to the throne was to curse Lao Zhu to die quickly, so I didn't dare to think about it.

At this time, he remembered that because he hadn't been out of the palace recently, he hadn't spoken to the guard Yang Feng for a long time, so he called Yang Feng in to talk.

While speaking, Yun Xi suddenly remembered Chen Xing and asked, "Since the Chinese New Year has come this year, have you seen Chen Xing's father and son?" ”

Yang Feng said: "Every time I celebrate the holidays, I bring things to meet them. Yesterday during the Dragon Boat Festival, because His Royal Highness did not leave the palace, I told Your Highness that I would leave early in the afternoon, and I went to visit them. ”

Yun Xi wrote down all the things to pay attention to in his study, so every year during the Chinese New Year, he could think of asking someone to substitute something for Chen Xing's family, but he hadn't been there.

Yun Xi asked, "Is their family okay?" ”

Yang Feng said: "If you want to say that it is life, it's not bad, no one in Weili bullied their family, and no one dared to move their family's quota, waiting for Xiao Yonghua to grow up and inherit it." However, after all, Chen Xing died, and there was no pillar in the family, so few people usually went back to see them. ”

Yun Xi also knew that this was human nature, and he couldn't blame anyone, so he could only sigh. Then he was in no mood to continue talking, so he let Yang Feng go back and sleep by himself.