Li Mao woke up and asked Concubine Hua Lan: "It seems to be raining outside." Lan said: "It's down, at the end of the fifth watch, it's been two or three hours." ”

Li Mao said: "How long have I slept this night? ”

Lan said: "You can sleep again, Han Shaozong is dead, didn't you drop out of the dynasty for three days, today is only the second day." Li Mao said with a smile: "The three days of dropping out of the dynasty are for others to see, how can you really not go to the court." He stretched: "This sleep is really comfortable, since I became an emperor, I have never slept so peacefully." Concubine Lan has served her meritorious, and I want to reward you. ”

Lan said with a smile: "It is the duty of a concubine to serve Your Majesty, how dare you ask for a reward, Your Majesty is responsible for state affairs, and you must also cherish the dragon body." You are the world's glory and decline, and you have a big relationship. ”

Li Mao was stunned for a moment and looked at the Lan family: "You are really getting better and better at talking." ”

Lan pursed his lips and smiled, and said softly: "The concubine serves Your Majesty to get up and wash. ”

Li Mao was stunned for a while, and it took a while to get used to it, the times have changed, the identity has changed, and the people's hearts have changed, the Lan'er who loves to talk, laugh, coquettish, and sometimes sprinkles has become Concubine Lan, and he has also changed from "Li Lang" to "Your Majesty", and the hurried years are the most unretained, and they can never go back to the past.

After breakfast, Li Mao went directly to the political hall, and the Lingnan Festival made Liu He misjudge the situation, thinking that Li Mao was trapped by the affairs of Guizhou (Qianzhou) and was unable to conquer Guangzhou, so he actually asked him to be named the king of Han, intending to follow the Central Plains princes and He Sancai to divide the place and claim the king. Once a person is carried away by evil thoughts, it is really incorrigible.

Li Mao originally planned to summon him to Beijing to serve as Taichangqing, although he didn't have much real power, he was also ranked in Jiuqing, and he would be crowned a marquis after a few years, and the glory and wealth of the second half of his life would be settled.

"He really made a mistake, and I will never accept his blackmail."

When the political hall was discussing countermeasures last night, Li Mao directly showed his attitude, he wanted to send troops to the south to give these local princes with ill intentions a little color.

Li Mao took the lead, and after the four prime ministers looked at each other, they stopped discussing anything else, and concentrated on studying and using force to dispel Liu He's unrealistic thoughts. Li Mao had a good night's sleep in Concubine Lan's palace, but the four prime ministers turned their eyes red, which made Li Mao a little unbearable. The political hall has drawn up a list of generals of the Southern Expedition, the main general of the Right Yulin Army Mu Dahai, and there are two deputy generals: the right Longxiang Army Left Wing Judge Zhi Junjun, Li Jiang's son Li Zhang and Dewang Li Ming, the main force of the Southern Expedition is the three thousand fine armor of the Right Yulin Army, and Wuchang, Jingmen, and Hunan. There are 5,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangxi.

Liu He claimed to have 100,000 troops, but in fact it was only 20,000 or 30,000, the equipment was very poor, and there were no generals, and 8,000 military horses were enough to deal with it.

Li Jiang agrees with this arrangement, Li Ming is the son of Li Mao when he was the prince, and he is also the only prince among the sons after he ascended the throne, his biological mother Qi Yan has been crowned a concubine, ranking first among the concubines, second only to the queen Su, the queen has no children under her knees, according to this momentum, it is very likely that Li Ming will inherit the unification in the future.

He took care of this with Li Zhang, and Li Zhang did take it to heart, if it wasn't for Li Ming's recommendation, he would have no reason to let his son serve as the deputy commander of the Southern Expedition.

The other three prime ministers have no objection to the candidates for the generals of the Southern Expedition, and the three of them are also unanimously optimistic about Li Ming, but their sons are all shouldering heavy responsibilities at the moment and have their own duties, unlike Li Zhang, who is close to the water and has the first month.

Mu Dahai is not the best general, but after so many years of fighting in the south and the north, he has fought a lot of big battles and evil battles, and it is no problem to deal with such a small scene in Lingnan.

Although the Great Yan Kingdom is full of generals, most of the people who can preside over the side and have deep qualifications are in the border towns at the moment, and there are not many people who can be deployed in Beijing, and the mother sea is undoubtedly a good choice.

The Right Yulin Army under his command is the old root of the Youzhou Lu Long Army, a famous teacher in a hundred battles, and his shot will not be bad. However, Zheng Xiaozhang and Li Deyu both think that 8,000 military horses are a little less, Lingnan is large, Guangzhou is also a large capital, it is no problem to recruit tens of thousands of military horses, the southern people are strong, and they should not be too underestimated.

Li Mao waved his hand and smiled: "The people of Lingnan are not easy to mess with, but they don't like Liu He, the old man of the previous dynasty, the army is everywhere, no one will help him, Liu He will be defeated." ”

The emperor was so confident that everyone couldn't say anything, but the prince was still careless when he went on the expedition, and Zheng Xiaozhang suggested that Lu Zhen divide 5,000 troops into Guiguan to assist Huang Ying to clear the Huang Dongman who was mixed into the jurisdiction. Guiguan is not far from Lingnan, and these 5,000 military horses can be transferred to Lingnan at any time to meet the southern expeditionary army.

The people of many caves and villages under the jurisdiction of Guiguan, Rongguan and Yong were not satisfied with the culture of the Central Plains and were very difficult, and Li Mao had already had the intention to rectify it, so he accepted Zheng Xiaozhang's suggestion. The plan has been decided, and the government affairs hall instructed the military department and the household department to immediately prepare for the southern expedition of grain and grass and dispatch generals. Li Mao instructed the General Staff Office to formulate a strategy for the southern expedition and dispatch the troops.

When the concubine Qi heard that Li Mao used Li Ming, the king of Germany, as the deputy marshal to conquer Lingnan, she was really relieved, and she lingered outside the Zhaohua Hall and refused to leave.

Li Mao said: "I know that you are worried about his safety, and it is normal for people to worry about their mothers." This is just an ordinary experience, if he can't withstand even this kind of small storm, what can he do in the future. ”

Qi said: "But he is only sixteen years old." ”

Li Mao said: "At the age of sixteen, you became the deputy marshal of the Southern Expedition, you should feel lucky." ”

Although the Qi family is a human duty, he is not stupid, and he suddenly heard the overtone in these words, and hurriedly wiped his tears and said: "The concubine of the national government affairs does not dare to intervene, and the concubine retires." ”

Li Mao said: "Turn around and ask him to come to the palace, you explain a few words to him, after all, he has not gone out alone, and it is difficult for him." ”

Qi said: "The concubine knows the proportions. "Thank you Li Mao and go out. But he met Queen Su Qing outside the hall, and Su Qing saw that there were still tears in the corners of her eyes, so she asked, "Are you here to intercede with Ming'er for his affairs." Qi said: "He has never been far away, and he has gone to such a far place, I ...... I'm always relieved. With that, the tears fell again. Su Qing scolded: "Sister, you are so confused, what can he do to help him in the southern expedition to Guangzhou, let him go with his own special intentions, you should be happy." ”

Qi said: "Having said that, I ......"

Su Qing saw her tears again, and said with a smile: "You go, I will ask Your Majesty to send more people to keep an eye on him, and I will ensure that he is safe and sound." Ming'er is your son, and it's my hope. ”

Qi thanked him and went away in tears.

Although the Zhaohua Palace is in the harem, because it is the place where Li Mao handles government affairs, the concubine is not allowed to come without an edict, although the queen is no exception. Qi Yan rushed over desperately for the sake of her son's confused mind, Su Qing is a person who understands the rules and abides by the rules, so she is in such a hurry to come over, naturally she has a reason. I heard Cai Wencai say that Li Mao is a little idle at the moment, and he is in a good mood, so he reported it. Li Mao invited in, and when Su saw that there were many people who wanted to talk and stopped, Li Mao ordered him to retreat left and right. Fang asked: "Why is the queen not staying in the palace and running here, I heard that you didn't go to the Xiuchun Hall for class, is there something that stumbles?" ”

Xiuchun Hall is a women's school in the palace, teaching the palace ladies to knit female red, according to the rules of the first class when the queen should be present, give a speech, in order to show attention.

Su Qing said: "The concubine is stupid and can't speak, so I asked Sister Concubine Li to go on my behalf." ”

Li Mao said: "The queen is stupid, this is the first time I've heard this." You sad face, what troubles have you encountered, say it to make me happy. ”

Su Qing smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty is making fun of your concubines again." After a pause, he opened his skirt and knelt down, and said with an embarrassed expression: "The concubine is incompetent and has done a stupid thing, please don't get angry after hearing it, get angry and hurt yourself." ”

Li Mao said: "My harem is simple and simple, you sisters can get along in harmony, what can I be angry about, you can talk about it." ”

Su Qing hesitated again and again, and had to say the difficult things that had plagued her for many days.

Li Huiniang was named Princess Shouyang a year ago, and married Qin Bao (leopard head), the general of the right Longxiang Army and the son of Qin Mo of the Yasukuni Gong Qin Mo as his wife. For this reason, Li Mao taught his daughter a lesson, Li Huiniang said to change it every time, and began to make trouble again less than three days after the fact. Half a year ago, after Li Huiniang and Qin Bao had a big quarrel, they left Beijing in a rage and traveled.

Although the princess is a woman, she has been raised by Su Qing as a boy since she was a child, and she often runs out, and Li Mao doesn't care. But I didn't want Li Huiniang to go to Beijing this time for a purpose, she first went to Yangzhou, lived in Qian Duoduo's house for two days, and then crossed the river to Jiangnan, she lied to travel to Suzhou, Chang, and Run, and after coaxing Qian Duoduo, she went all the way south to Fujian.

In the old days, the Annan Nan Yijiang pseudonym Ruan Xingkong deceived in Hebei, known as the "Great Virtue Heavenly Master", the people worshipped, there were many believers, Su Qing was also one of his believers, but because of his bad identity, he often sent Li Huiniang to ask for Fu Shui, charity money and goods, one came and went, Li Huiniang and the Great Virtue Heavenly Master are very familiar.

Later, the deer was cut into a great virtue celestial master, the new celestial master was young and handsome, and his body was shrouded in a hazy mysterious atmosphere, which quickly captured Li Huiniang's heart, and since then, there has been a rift in her relationship with Qin Bao, and the old love between the two little guesses no longer exists, bumps and bumps, noisy, and become commonplace.

The Heavenly Master later went to Jiangnan, and she was also ordered by her parents to marry Qin Bao as his wife, thinking that this relationship would end there, but she didn't want Lu Judge to be the king of Min in Fujian, and the king of Min was a man in the world and could marry a concubine. Li Huiniang's already cold heart warmed up again, so after a big quarrel with Qin Bao, she resolutely followed her inner call and went to Fujian.

The person who was ordered to secretly protect her reported her whereabouts to Su Qing, Su Qing was afraid that Li Mao would not forgive her after he found out, so she concealed the matter, she discussed countermeasures with Qin Mo, and Qin Mo sent Qin Bao to Fujian to find his wife back.

Qin Bao went south to Fujian and took great pains to bring his wife back.

After listening to Su Qing's confession, Li Mao sighed: "You are guilty of bullying the king, do you know it?" ”

Su Qing said: "So the concubine removed the queen's crown dress and came to ask for the guilt, the blame lies in the concubine alone, and she doesn't do Hui Niang's business." ”

Li Mao said: "Qin Bao got her back, why was she willing to come back again, and Lu Zhu didn't keep her?" ”

Su Qing smiled and said: "Lu Ju has never had her place in his heart, and he is His Majesty's courtier, how dare he keep her?" Qin Bao persuaded her in the past, and Hui Niang figured it out, and obediently followed Qin Bao back to Chang'an. ”

Li Mao said: "It's that simple? ”

Su Qing said: "Yes, the left and right are the little couples who are awkward, but the royal daughter has a bigger temper and is a little more out of line." ”

After being silent for a while, Li Mao said to Cai Wencai: "Xuanyu Ma and the princess are here, I have something to ask them." He said to Su Qing again: "Get up, what you queen has done is really uncomfortable." Su Qing's face was flushed, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything.

At one moment, Li Huiniang and Qin Bao announced that Li Mao saw that Li Huiniang's abdomen was bulging and she was pregnant, so he asked: "Running all the way, can the fetus be stable?" Li Huiniang said: "The horse has been carefully taken care of all the way, and the fetus is very stable." ”

Li Mao asked Qin Bao: "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Qin Bao said: "It's good for people to come back." ”

Li Mao said: "The person is back, but the heart is back." ”

Qin Bao hurriedly said: "Hui Niang knows that she is wrong, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

Li Mao said: "Let the princess say it herself." ”

Li Huiniang snorted: "The heart is also back, I was wrong before, I'm sorry for the colt." ”

Li Mao said: "If you know your mistakes, you must correct them, and you will double the compensation in the future." You are lucky to have such a generous husband. ”

Li Huiniang said: "Yes, my daughter will treat the horse wholeheartedly in the future and spread the branches and leaves for the Qin family." ”

Li Mao asked Qin Bao again: "Let you go to Chengdu Shaoyin, why don't you go." ”

Qin Bao said: "The minister has been in the military since he was a child, he is not familiar with local government affairs, and he has little study, so it is better not to harm the people." ”

Li Huiniang said: "My father will leave him to be a general in Beijing, my daughter does not seek glory and wealth, but only wants the family to stay together in peace, I am satisfied." ”

Li Mao glared at her: "It's okay if you're satisfied, Qin Bao is your husband, and the man has ambitions in all directions, and he wants to talk about the future." ”

Seeing Qin Bao standing in a daze, Li Huiniang pinched him hard, Qin Bao said: "The minister has a few catties and taels, the minister knows in his heart, and the minister's future is to serve a good princess." ”

Li Mao scolded: "It's so useless." ”

Su Qing hurriedly said: "The size is short and long, Qin Bao has an upright temperament, jealousy and hatred, it is indeed not suitable to be a magistrate, but it is more suitable to lead the guards in Beijing." ”

Li Mao snorted and said to Qin Bao: "You are a man, you can let your wife at home, but you have to make your own decisions about the outside affairs, you go back and think about it, and then call me back when you think clearly." ”

After sending the two away, Li Mao glared at Su Qing viciously, Su Qing knew that he was at a loss, and he lowered his eyebrows and didn't dare to say anything. Extrapolating by the date, the fetus in Li Huiniang's womb must not be Qin Bao's, Qin Bao is honest, but not stupid, how can he not know it? He just loves Li Huiniang deeply and doesn't care. Su Qing has no way to teach her daughter, and she is ashamed of herself, so she is naturally short of breath.