"Hu Jichen wants to welcome Chen Tianping back to China?" Yun Xi looked at the letter of the envoy of Annan with a smile and said.

"Your Majesty, can Chen Tianping return to China and succeed him as the monarch?" After a while, he didn't hear Yun Xi's next sentence, and Chen Di, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who was standing beside Yun Xi, asked.

"Didn't Hu Jichen say more than two months ago that Annan's country was not yet stable and could not welcome Chen Tianping back to China to succeed him as the king? Why did you change your tune now? Yun Xi said.

"Your Majesty, Ruan Jingzhen, the envoy of Annan, said that it was Hu Jichen's desire for profit that tried in vain to delay Chen Tianping's return to China, so he spoke like that. Now that he has known his mistakes, he is willing to welcome back Chen Tianping to succeed him as monarch now, and then he will come to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to confess his guilt. ”

"Your Majesty wants to summon the envoy of Annan to ask him face to face?" Chen Di said.

"No need, I don't see Annan's messenger this time. You go and tell this person from Annam that since I have decided to let Chen Tianping wait for domestic stability in Guangxi before returning to China, I will not change my mind. Yun Xi said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Di bowed down to receive the order.

When he retreated, Yun Xi said in an undetectable voice: "Although it is relatively simple to send Chen Tianping back at this time, it will make people suspect Da Ming's intentions, and besides, it is ......, so let's follow the original plan." ”

After saying this, Yun Xi returned to the palace where he usually dealt with the folds, and continued to answer the folds. In a few moments, he was already sweating profusely. Now it is the end of May, converted to the end of June in the Western calendar, the weather is already very hot, but there are many people of all colors in the Qianqing Palace, and there are older ministers who often come to see Yun Xi, so he can't fill the hall with ice, only put a big ice basin behind him, there are small eunuchs to guard, and when he finds that the ice is very small, he immediately goes to the ice warehouse to get ice cubes and replace it.

The time soon came to noon, Yun Xi handed Huang Fu the recital that had been approved at hand, asked him to hand it over to the General Administration Department for issuance, got up and said a few words to the four auxiliary officials and returned to the harem.

On such a day, Yun Xi was not willing to stay under the sun for long, and quickly walked to his destination: the courtyard of Concubine Yun of Zhong Cui Palace.

After Li Sha'er heard the eunuch at the gate of the courtyard spread the news that Yunxi had arrived, she was very surprised to greet him in front of her palace. Although Yunxi sometimes returned to the harem to eat and take a nap, he only went to the queen's Kunning Palace or Miaojin's Yanxi Palace, and never went to other people's palaces.

Therefore, in addition to the surprise, she was also a little puzzled, and after welcoming Yun Xi in, she cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, do you have anything to tell your concubines today?" ”

"Don't think about it. You just gave birth to a baby at the beginning of the month, and it's twins, so I'm here to see you and your baby. Yun Xi said with a smile.

Li Sha'er didn't think much about it, accepted Yun Xi's statement, hurriedly asked her palace maid to put out another pair of dishes and chopsticks, and hurriedly sent someone to the imperial dining room to pass the meal.

Yun Xi hurriedly stopped her and said, "I have already asked the little eunuch to go to the imperial dining room, you don't have to send someone to go." ”

As he spoke, Yun Xi took her hand again, and said to her again: "There is still some time before the imperial dining room delivers the food, let's go see Wen Di and Wen Er first." ”

At the mention of the child, Li Sha'er's nervousness was immediately relieved, and she said while walking with Yunxi: "Your Majesty, Wen Di and Wen Er are about to be full moon, and now they are white and fat, very cute. Yesterday, Wen Er also smiled at the concubine, and Wen Di ......"

Yun Xi smiled and listened to Li Sha'er's story. Although he was not very happy about the newborn child now because of the number of children, his first child, Min'er, was also very happy when he was born, and returned to the main hall to circle around the child after taking care of the necessary things every day; If Min'er smiled, even if there was very bad news from where he was depressed, the rain would immediately pass, and the haze in his heart would disappear without a trace. So he understands Li Shaer's current performance very well.

It was not far from the main pavilion to the side pavilion where the two little ones lived, Li Sha'er walked to the two cribs, first asked the female officer in charge of a few words, and then reached out to pick up her son Wendi, and said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, Di'er looks very good even if she is asleep. ”

"Well, it's very cute, and she deserves to be Sha'er's child. In the future, I will definitely seal him a good place. Yun Xi smiled.

However, Li Sha'er didn't react to this sentence, and said something with Wen Di in her arms, put him down and picked up Wen Er.

Yun Xi smiled in his heart. It is true that Wen Di is still too young, and it is too far away to mention the fief now. I've been thinking about this lately, and I've even seen my children blurt out fiefdoms. ’

But at this moment, Wen Di, who had just been put down by Li Sha'er, suddenly opened his eyes, did not cry or shout, just looked around, and after seeing Yun Xi, his eyes no longer turned in other directions.

Li Sha'er saw that Wen Di had woken up with the rest of her eyes, followed his gaze again, and saw him staring at Yun Xi, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Di'er is staring at Your Majesty." ”

"Huh?" Yun Xi raised his head to look at the past, just opposite Wen Di's gaze.

He stepped forward and hugged Wen Di, who "giggled" and laughed.

"Your Majesty, look at how close Di'er and Your Majesty are." Li Sha'er laughed again.

Yun Xi also put aside other thoughts for the time being, and looked at his son intently. But Wen Di seemed to be sleepy, and closed his eyes again. Yunxi gently put him back on the cot and let him sleep.

After a while, a little palace maid came over and whispered to the two of them: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the imperial dining room has already sent the food over, please Your Majesty and Niangniang to eat." Only then did Li Sha'er let go of Wen Er, and reluctantly followed Yun Xi to dinner.

"Sha'er, you can see Wen Di and Wen Er at any time in your own palace, why are you still so reluctant?" Yoon-hee joked.

"Your Majesty, the concubines can't wait to accompany the two of them for twelve hours a day. It's just that the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital said that the concubine gave birth to twins, and it was the first child, and it took a lot of effort to give birth to a child, so she should recuperate every day, otherwise the concubine would definitely accompany them all day long. Li Sha'er said.

"It's better to take care of your body first, and then it's time to accompany Wen Di and Wen Er." Yun Xi said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Of course, Li Sha'er understood this truth and agreed.

After that, they chatted casually while eating. As he spoke, Yun Xi suddenly asked, "In the past, when Li Jiqian was a pirate, did he ever go to the Beibu Gulf area?" ”

Because Yun Xi occasionally asked her about the time when they were pirates, Li Sha'er didn't think much about it and said, "Beibu Bay? Is it in the bay west of Qiongzhou? ”

"Yes, it's the bay."

"The concubine remembers that the eldest brother seemed to have been there when she was very young, but the concubine never went there again when she grew up."

"Then you went to do business with the Annanites at that time?"

"Naturally, I went to do business with the Annanites. The people of Lianzhou Prefecture in the north of the Beibu Gulf were very poor, and there were few local goods that could be sold to the rest of the Ming Dynasty, so the merchants who went there were all doing business with the Annam people in the west. Li Sha'er said.

"At that time, did you do business in the port licensed by the Annam government, or did you do business with the local people in private."

"Of course, uh, Your Majesty, people who beg for a living at sea rely on their subordinates who know martial arts and are physically strong to make more money, and in a place like Daming, where the sailor is very powerful, naturally they dare not disobey the orders of the government, but it is different in other countries, unless it is something that is very difficult to sell, and the general goods are traded privately, and the local government is not allowed to handle it." Li Sha'er said thoughtfully.

Yun Xi smiled. In fact, even in the Ming Dynasty, private smuggling cannot be completely banned. The fishermen along the coastal areas of the Yangtze River, Guanjian, and Guangdong had many things to do with the maritime merchants in private, and the local sailors could not control them at all, and some of the sailors' generals even accepted bribes from some maritime merchants and turned a blind eye to this. Yunxi and the local governments can only grasp the big and let go of the small, let the large and medium-sized maritime merchants go to the city, and the small maritime merchants who drive dozens of broken ships and risk their lives to smuggle goods can only let go.

However, Yun Xi did not make small talk with Li Sha'er today because of maritime affairs, he continued to ask: "Then you should have acquaintances on the coast of Annam, and know a few harbors suitable for ships to anchor." ”

"Of course there is, but after so many years of not going, the relationship has become unfamiliar." Speaking of which, even Li Sha'er, who was very sluggish after giving birth, felt that something was wrong, but she opened her mouth but did not ask the words.

Yun Xi didn't ask any more questions, but suddenly remembered something and said to Li Sha'er: "By the way, I plan to set up a guard on the coast of the Beibu Gulf, which is called Haikangwei, and governs the Yong'an Office of Lianzhou Mansion, the Lemin Office of Leizhou Mansion, the Haikang Office, the Hai'an Office, and the Haikou Office of Qiongzhou Mansion, so as to better combat the pirates in the Beibu Gulf and pacify the sea." ”

"It just so happens that your brother Li Jiqian has been applying to be transferred to the guard of the South China Sea Water Division, and since he joined the Daming Water Division, he has made a lot of contributions and worked hard, so I decided to appoint him as the commander of Haikangwei and the head of a thousand households."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Sha'er put aside what she had just thought of and thanked Yun Xi. A person like Li Jiqian, who was born as a pirate, would definitely be ostracized if she were not in the palace, and even if he was not killed in a few years, he would not be promoted, unless he made a huge contribution to the outbreak of a great war.

"I don't look at the grace I gave him in your face, but he has the ability to do it himself." Yun Xi said.

Li Sha'er thought that Yun Xi just didn't want to be known by the ministers of the foreign court, so he said this because he was nepotistic, and smiled sweetly.

After eating, Yun Xi walked around the courtyard to eat, which made Li Sha'er very envious. She is still in confinement, and according to the custom of confinement, she can't go out of the palace, let alone practice martial arts. It's been a long time since she's practiced martial arts.

When you are out of confinement, you must take a good bath and punch it. ’

I also sent someone to send a message to my sister-in-law so that she could prepare in advance. ’