At the beginning of August of the first year of Taiding, the four great generals gathered in the palace and secretly read the "Art of War" in a small attic of the Zichen Hall to learn the theoretical knowledge of leading soldiers to fight.

These days, the relationship between Yang Mu and the queen has also improved by leaps and bounds, and the husband and wife have intercourse to drive the soul to blend, no longer as in the past, not only can they get along harmoniously, but also have more love between husband and wife, and some small details inadvertently make people feel the sweetness of love.

This is one step closer to Yang Mu's goal.

"Princess Shenguo, have you arrived......" Yang Mu looked at the sky and muttered to himself.

It's not that he is eating the bowl and looking at the pot, in fact, as early as a few days ago, Shen Guo sent envoys to send several large truckloads of iron ore, indicating that the country has been initially settled, and the princess Shen Guo's family sending team has set off.

Just this morning, Princess Shenguo has entered the palace, first went to Fengyi Hall to pay homage to the queen, and then bowed to the queen mother, and is now settled in Ruizhu Palace.

After all, the concubine is not the emperor's wedding, and it is not as grand as the queen, so all these matters are handled by the Ministry of Rites.

Dowry is what Yang Mu is really interested in.

When the two countries marry, when the princess gets married, she usually brings a lot of gold and silver treasures and rare goods, which is a dowry to put it mildly, but in fact, together with the princess herself, it is a special marriage item, in which the dowry is counted as a gift, and the princess herself does not get half of it.

It stands to reason that the dowry is only 100,000 taels of silver, but for the current Cangguo, let alone 100,000 taels of silver, even if it is 50,000 taels, it is a charcoal in the snow.

The reason is simple, the deficit in the treasury during this time is too great!

After the war, the rewards and pensions cost 200,000 taels of silver; The bandit mountain range built cities and fortresses, and allocated 100,000 taels; Recruits enlist, military uniforms, weapons, food, a total of 50,000 taels; Implement the law change, subsidies and rewards for the people, 100,000 taels.

This is equivalent to the fact that the one million taels of silver that the entire treasury has accumulated with great difficulty has shrunk by half in just one month, and the next few months will be an important period for the implementation of the three major decrees, and I am afraid that it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels.

The problem is that there are still two months left before the annual tax is levied......

Therefore, in Yang Mu's opinion, this dowry is like a treasure, a charcoal in the snow!

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At night, the moonlight is like water.

Yang Mu thought about it, and decided to go to Yuling Palace first, and then visit Princess Shenguo.

However, after arriving at Yuling Palace, he learned that the queen had gone to bed.

Yang Mu's heart warmed, and he immediately understood the queen's intentions, and his confidence increased greatly, and he drove the Ruizhu Palace.

A group of eunuchs and palace maids had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Luan's arrival, they bowed and saluted one after another to welcome the holy driver.

Ruizhu Palace is a very special palace in the harem, with a yellow glazed tile roof, a blue and white stone base, a variety of brilliant paintings on the palace wall, with ingenious sculptures, it is the best palace of a concubine in addition to Yuling Palace.

Because as early as the period of the first emperor, the whole palace was built one after another, when the first emperor was particularly favored by a concubine, so it was called Ruizhu Palace, ready to let the favorite concubine live after the completion of the construction, but after the palace was completed, the concubine fell out of favor...... Fallen out of favor......

Since then, the palace has been empty, and there has never been a master, but some palace maids and eunuchs have been arranged to be responsible for cleaning.

But tonight, it became the focus of the entire harem.

According to the etiquette system, only the queen's wedding can use red, so tonight, the entire Ruizhu Palace is pale red, and even the number of palace lights is regulated, and it must not be more than the number of Yuling Palace, and it cannot be brighter than Yuling Palace.

It has to be mentioned here that when the emperor gets married, the ceremonial procedures mainly include the lottery, the great expedition, the canonization, the welcome, the union, the celebration, the feast, the blessing, etc., each link is very grand, the cost is huge, and the edict must be announced to the whole country.

The canonization of harem concubines is completely different, because the harem concubines are just the emperor's personal playthings, if you want to talk about status, it is equivalent to the same as a private concubine, or even worse, the procedure for canonizing concubines is very simple, and it is not even a procedure, just preside over by a eunuch.

However, the rules are the rules, after all, it is a dignified princess of a country, which is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and none of the etiquette officials and palace maids and eunuchs in the entire harem dare to slack off.

Of course, there is also one person who doesn't care, and that is Yang Mu.

For him, a princess of Shenguo, although it sounds very tempting, but in essence, it is also a political victim, since he is married to Cangguo, he should abide by the rules of Cangguo's harem, abide by his duty, fight when he should fight, and serve Chenghuan when he should sleep, and everything is indispensable.

Under the guidance of an old mother, Yang Mu entered the dormitory.

I saw that on the luxurious carved bed, Princess Shenguo was dressed in pale red clothes, and she was turning her head to look out the window, and there were twelve palace maids standing at the door, each holding a tray.

"See Your Majesty!" A group of palace maids saluted.

Yang Mu nodded, looked at the tray in their hands, all of them were some red dates, white handkerchiefs, silver trays, spring palace brocade pads, gadgets and the like, so he didn't have much interest, waved his hand to signal them all to go out, and turned to look at Princess Shenguo who was wearing light red clothes.

"See Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live your Majesty!" Princess Shenguo was slightly flustered, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

Yang Mu didn't tell her to be flat, but asked, "What were you looking at just now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the concubine is looking at the moon."

"Moon ......" Yang Mu muttered, and then smiled: "Raise your head and let me see your appearance." ”

"Yes." The woman bowed, then slowly raised her head.

For a moment, Yang Mu was stunned.

Cloud sideburns and flowers, long eyelashes, with a light and spiritual aura, look demure and lovely.

It's so familiar!

Isn't this princess of Shenguo the woman who peeped at her during the banquet in the Shenguo Palace that day?!

"How could it be you!" Yang Mu suddenly felt that he had won a big prize, and he had been thinking about it for a long time, but he didn't expect that Princess Heqin would be her!

This feeling is like playing with a claw machine and suddenly catching the doll you like the most.

This is what you can't forget, and there will be an echo?

"Hurry up, please." Yang Mu smiled and said: "Don't break your knees first, if you like to kneel, kneel in another way...... By the way, what is the name of the concubine? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the concubine's name is Ino."

"Ino ...... Shen Yinuo......" Yang Mu read it twice and said, "Something on your mind?" ”

"I ...... The concubines miss their father and the queen mother...... "Shen Yinuo's mouth was flattened, his eyes were a little red, and he seemed to be trying to hold back and not cry.

Seeing this, Yang Mu also felt the same way, thinking that it was the first time he left home to study in a foreign country, and he was in an unfamiliar environment, unable to adapt all of a sudden, full of ignorance and hesitation about the future, and cried silently alone in the middle of the night.

And Shen Yinuo, a pampered princess and a seventeen-year-old girl in the flower season, bears so much at once, and it is normal for her heart to be at a loss.