Chapter 419: Joke, Heart-to-Heart

Due to the burning of the three major halls and the edict begging for blunt words and many other incidents, even though the military department has no urgent business in recent days, Zhang Yue has either gone home late or simply not come back in the past few days. Among the four Lang Lang of the Ministry of War, he is the only newcomer, and almost all of the others have more than five years of qualifications, and many of the foreign Lang directors and so on are candidates that Fang Bin personally won on the court push. So, when this top boss, who had been the secretary of the military department since the seventh year of Yongle, smiled and told him to take on more responsibilities, he naturally couldn't shirk it.

However, after Xiao Yi, the head of the Ministry of Rites, was executed today, Fang Bin suddenly said with a smile to him that he had worked hard at night in the past few days, and he should go back to rest early. Although it was strange that this Shangshu had changed his attitude again, he had been tormented by all kinds of things in the past few days, so he really didn't bother to guess what was going on behind it, and he went straight home as soon as he dispersed.

Because Zhang Yue hadn't come back for dinner for five or six consecutive days, it was rare to come back early on this day, which naturally attracted a group of elders to ask for warmth, and even Zhang Chao was very concerned about him. Compared with the shocking storm brewing among the civilian officials, what the military attache has to do is to manage the soldiers, and nothing else has to worry about. After dinner, Zhang Yue accompanied his grandmother Gu to talk, and then went back to the room happily under the drive of the old lady.

Du Juan no longer goes to the upper room of the North Courtyard to eat with others, and all the meals are made in the small kitchen of the West Courtyard. At this time, a plate of cakes was sent from the kitchen, Zhang Yue saw that Du Juan was eating sweetly, so he picked up a piece and tasted it, but his eyebrows and eyes were squeezed together, and the autumn marks next to him suddenly laughed: "Young master, this is a sour jujube cake specially prepared by Mrs. for young grandmothers, but it is not for you to eat." ”

Seeing Zhang Yue smiling and groaning, he was not annoyed, and took the tea in Amber's hand and handed it over, and Du Juan glanced at him. Before she could open her mouth to get down to business, she saw Zhang Yue holding her hands on the kang table and speaking seriously.

"The child will be born in a few months, and I'm afraid that some people are vying to get up, and I'm afraid it won't be my turn, so I've already thought about the nickname. If it is a boy, it is called Jingguan; If it's a girl, it's called Sansan, what do you think? ”

"How can there be a boy called Jingguan, besides, what does this three-three mean?"

"Just because he is a boy, he will inevitably be naughty when he is a child, so Jing Guan may be able to take his temperament away. As for the significance of this three-three, it is even greater, my father is three at home, and Jing'er and I are also three-line among the brothers and sisters of our grandchildren, whether your child is a boy or a girl, and it is also the third child of the fourth generation of the family, isn't it nice to listen to and remember to call Sansan? ”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue was serious and found such a reason, Du Juan was stunned for a moment before showing an angry expression, but he felt very hot in his heart. Holding the cup of tea to warm her hands, seeing that Zhang Yue was only staring at herself, she could only say helplessly: "As long as you can convince a group of elders, I will follow you." Okay, there's still a month left, and as soon as you say it, my nervousness comes up again...... Today, the county lord has come, and he has brought a letter to the emperor's grandson. ”

Zhang Yue originally wanted to take a look at Du Juan's blushing expression, but at this time, she gently and skillfully diverted the topic, and was about to make fun again, but was called back by the three words of the emperor's grandson. Putting away the joke, he hurriedly asked carefully, and when he understood what was going on, he frowned thoughtfully, and gently tapped the kang table with the middle finger of his right hand.

"It is worthy of being the emperor's favorite imperial grandson, in a word, even the cabinet and the six ministers did not see it so clearly. The emperor is angry, if those impeached ministers blindly add fuel to the fire, it will indeed lead to a situation that cannot be cleaned up in the end. It's just that even if I stand up and take responsibility for the maritime ban, after all, I am not the official who secretly discussed the relocation of the capital, but I can't bear this responsibility. The imperial grandson has always been steady, and I don't know who will be picked on that side. Having said that, this kindness is really sweet, otherwise tomorrow will have to rely entirely on the immediate. ”

Although Du Juan vaguely guessed the deep meaning of Zhu Zhanji's move, this was a real big deal, and she had no intention of using her guess to disturb Zhang Yue's judgment. At this time, seeing Zhang Yue showing a happy expression as she spoke, she was also quite happy in her heart. Suddenly, someone came to look for her outside, but it was Sun who called Amber and Qiu Ji over, and only she and Zhang Yue were left in the room.

"The second wife came here once today, and she came to hear the news." Because he didn't have a good impression of the Dongfang clan, and the other party attached great importance to etiquette such as salutation, Du Juan simply called it this way in front of his face and behind his back. Seeing Zhang Yue frowning, she explained, "Listen to the tone, it was about the second uncle who confided in the news after getting drunk one day, so she knew that the second uncle wanted to go to Jiaozhi, so she was a little panicked." Fengcheng Hou is really so sick, must he be replaced? ”

Zhang Yue knew that although Li Bin had not been able to completely exterminate Li Li and other traitors in Jiaozhi, at least he had nowhere to leave Li Li with even a succession of battles, but because of this, he felt sorry for not being able to catch such a most dangerous person. After all, just looking at Rong Zhibo and Chen Zhi's blind shrinkage of the army and not attacking after Li Bin became seriously ill, he knew that this was not a general's talent.

"It was because Fengcheng Hou was seriously ill that the Laotian side was originally willing to hand over Li Li, and then immediately regretted it. The main general was seriously ill, and the army could not be easily mobilized, so the best opportunity was missed. In my opinion, of course, the best choice is to send the British duke, but the emperor will definitely think that there is no need to kill chickens, after all, Li Li is different from Chen Jikuo's uncle and nephew at the beginning, and he does not have the status of commanding the natives. However, he has been repeatedly suppressed, and he is uncertain if he does not kill each other for a day, so he must be someone who is familiar with the situation. If the second aunt comes to probe your mouth again, you pretend not to know. ”

"The problem is that not only the second wife, but also your eldest brother and second brother, they all have the intention of making meritorious contributions to each other."

This time, Zhang Yue shook his head without thinking about it: "This time is different from the original sea hunting, the emperor may send the second uncle to go, but if the others go again, it will be a mess, and the Zhang family will go to that place one by one, which is undoubtedly a way to give people away." If you are idle, just hint to the eldest sister-in-law, as for the second sister-in-law...... Forget it, tell her that she might have to suspect you of other motives. ”

The couple chatted for a while, and Amber and Autumn Scars returned. Seeing that Du Juan was tired, Zhang Yue ordered the two to settle her first, and it was not until he saw the tent put down that he picked up the lantern and turned around and walked out. This is the old rule of Du Juan's pregnancy these days, knowing that Zhang Yue must be going to the study to read at this moment, Qiu Zhen hurriedly grabbed a thin cloak and stuffed it in his hand.

"Although it's already mid-April, the night is cold after all, and the young master is wearing a cloak and preparing to come back."

Zhang Yue took it helplessly, and ordered the two to go back to the room. He walked out of the courtyard with the lantern, and just walked through the courtyard next door, but a girl who had been waiting here for a long time stopped him. He couldn't help but be a little surprised when he learned that his mother was looking for him, but he still followed in, and when he arrived at the main house, he found that there was only one Sun, so he looked left and right.

"Don't look at it, Jing'er goes to sleep. I'll just say a few words to you, and you'll do your business later. ”

Sun stared at his only son with straight eyes, and sighed softly for a while: "I think when your father married me, there were already two rooms in the house, so I was very troubled after I got married." Fortunately, he and I had the same temperament, and the two did not have children, and over time, one of them died, and the other saw that his aunt was hopeless, so he asked for grace to marry, and I lived a long time of stopping. At that time, the old lady didn't like your father's lack of interest, so she didn't bother to release people into his house, until those two came...... Hmph, it turned out that he still got a concubine at a great age! ”

After complaining hatefully, she said unnaturally: "Although I have experienced some things, it is another thing to put on my son." At that time, I always wanted you to know people earlier, and spread the branches and leaves earlier, so I ordered Amber, and then it was Autumn Scar, who knew that you were good to them...... Now that Wan'er is pregnant, I really like her, but your three girls are all nods from the old lady, especially Lingxi, otherwise they wouldn't have stayed until now. You've been close to Autumn Scars since you were a child, and you're not bad about amber, so you won't be bothered by such a steady person as Lingxi. However, in the days that Wan'er has been pregnant with Liujia, you haven't thought about anything else, which is like your father...... In short, when Wan'er is born this time, you have to have an explanation. ”

With such words in his heart, Zhang Yue walked all the way and thought all the way, but when he went to the outer study to reflect on himself, he didn't see a person standing outside. When the other party spoke, he found out that it was Hu Qi, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"What about the two of them?"

"Those two boys can't help even if they're here, so I'll tell them to go to bed first." Hu Qi smiled and took the key to open the door for Zhang Yue, and after going in and lighting the lamp, he went to close the door again, and then approached.

"This evening, someone handed another excerpt to the General Administration, but this time it was the three Jinshi of the Jinke, including Guo Ziying, who criticized Master Du in Du Kanglou that day. Lord Yuan went to check his details, he was late for the exam because of his father's funeral, and he was also a famous scholar in Qiantang, and he once studied in the same academy as Sun Lianggan, of course, the two were full of arrogance and did not have much friendship. If you want to say that the last time you targeted Lord Du, it was probably arrogant. ”

"Yu Tingyi is not arrogant in the middle school entrance examination when he is young, and he has not made any achievements in the Jinshi examination in his early thirties, why should he be proud?"

Zhang Yue has never liked to be arrogant, and he suddenly frowned at this time. Although there was a dispute that day, he didn't pay attention to the letters of several jinshi, and when he asked Yu Qian that he was not among the three jinshi who wrote on the book, he couldn't help but secretly praise him. The iron bones are not used at such a time, they have not really been honed in the court, and it is by no means the work of a wise man to rush into this troubled water. Although this is not the Yu Shaobao who left a lime groan on the other day, it can be seen that the difference is now.