Before going out, Shang Huaiying seemed to have figured out something, and her expression became much calmer. "Your Highness, let's go back to the palace separately, shall we?"

Zhu Qiming shook his head, "Isn't this three hundred taels of silver here?" You have come to preach, so why hide it? This king will enter the palace with you! ”

The guards and coachmen were waiting by the car in the morning, and Zhu Qiming ordered them to return to Yuefu quickly, and he got into Shang Huaiying's carriage alone.

The carriage drove on Xizhimen Street, and there were few pedestrians on the street, and occasional lights would be reflected on the faces of Zhu Qiming and Shang Huaiying through the curtains.

This is a place where people are prosperous, and somewhere in the darkness may be lurking the captain of the Jinyi Guard and the Dongchang Fanzi, who are accustomed to snooping on hidden things in the dark.

"Does Your Highness know about Wulong's people?" Shang Huaiying kept her voice very low, sounding like a whisper floating from a distant house.

"Wulong? The king had heard of this man, who was another eunuch of the celebrant and had never met him. ”

Shang Huaiying leaned close to Zhu Qiming's ear, "After the eunuch Sima Jian was convicted and imprisoned, there are two popular candidates to fill the vacancy, that is, the eunuch Xining of the imperial eunuch and the eunuch Wu Long. Xining is already a celebrity in charge of the royal prison, but he doesn't pay much attention to the matter of relocation, and he is happy to move and does not have to worry about moving. And Wulong is different, under Wang Zhen and Jin Ying, trapped in the inner court all day long and suffering from the case, always looking forward to one day being able to take charge alone, and he is determined to be the eunuch of Sima Jian Zhangyin, perhaps, because he killed the Sprinkle family halfway, Cheng Biting Jin, and ruined Wulong's good deeds, so he took advantage of the old trouble to find trouble for the Sprinkle family, but it unexpectedly affected His Royal Highness. ”

"Before the Sprinkle family took office, someone handed a message to the Sprinkle family, saying that Wulong was killing the sign and wanted to turn the tables, the Sprinkle family didn't believe it, but now that they think about it carefully, this matter is mostly true."

Yo, it's finally enlightened! Thinking that the eunuch in charge of the seal of Sima Jian is the second most important position in the inner court after the eunuch in charge of the eunuch of the celebrant seal, he is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of checking and balancing the military department and the governor's office of the five armies. Therefore, Shang Huaiying's analysis is quite reasonable.

But Shang Huaiying still thought things too simply! Shang Huaiying has made great contributions, and it is natural for him to be reused, and it is precisely because of the logic that the emperor's true intentions are concealed. The emperor's reuse of Wang Zhen is true, but he keeps the people around Wang Zhen out of Sima Jian without revealing a trace, which shows that the emperor is both reusing Wang Zhen and secretly guarding against it, and is not like outsiders who see on the surface, he just blindly favors Wang Zhen.

The emperor's reuse of Shang Huaiying also showed that the Son of Heaven did not have too serious doubts about him as a prince, at least not because of his relationship with Shang Huaiying.

Under the premise that the emperor is not suspicious, it becomes uncommon for Wulong to secretly make trouble, unless the emperor is suspicious of him, the king of Yue, and then suspicious of Shang Huaiying, otherwise, it is impossible to bring down Shang Huaiying! And talking about a prince, Wu Long is not so bold. Was Wulong instructed by someone?

A good sentence "I only heard that there was a king of Yue in Beijing, but I didn't know that there was a son of heaven"! Such a provocation is extremely vicious! It depends on the emperor's attitude.

"Father-in-law Shang, has Wu Long been working as a celebrant supervisor?"

"Yes. Oh, Your Highness, the Sprinkle family remembered that before Wulong came to the celebrant eunuch, he had worked beside King Xiang. ”

King Xiang? Zhu Qiming pondered for a moment, looked out the window through the curtain, and the lights were bright outside.

When the noon gate arrived, the carriage slowly stopped.

"Father-in-law Shang, the emperor reuses his father-in-law, firstly, his father-in-law can afford it, and secondly, this is a great grace, in the future, his father-in-law will have to be much busier than in the past, and this king and father-in-law may be difficult to meet and talk again, and the father-in-law will do it himself." Before getting out of the car, Zhu Qiming said in a low voice.

"The Sprinkler family understands."

Zhu Qiming and Shang Huaiying got out of the carriage and came all the way to the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and Shang Huaiying immediately resigned.

A minister in front of the door greeted him, "The celebrant and the eunuch Wu Long see His Royal Highness the King of Yue." ”

Speak of the devil! Zhu Qiming bowed his head, and then the light carefully glanced at the visitor, and saw that Wulong was moderate, slightly fat, and should be in his thirties, with a pair of eyes wide open, as if he was deliberately hiding something.

"This king has been summoned here, and Gonggong Lao will go in and report it."

Wu Long hesitated for a moment, his face was slightly cold, "The emperor is approving the imperial recital, please wait for a while." ”

Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth, and immediately grinned, and heard the emperor's voice inside.

"Is it the King of Yue? Let him in. ”

Zhu Qiming ignored Wu Long's embarrassment and walked straight into the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor sat on the royal platform to read the inscription and the notebook, and only Wang Zhen was close to the servant on the side, Wang Zhenchong Zhu Qiming bowed slightly, and said slowly: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue, the imperial ministers are busy in the afternoon, and they have no time to listen to the errand. ”

The emperor raised his head and glanced at Zhu Qiming lightly, and his gaze quickly returned to the notebook.

Manifest the will? It's just a summons, but what is the purpose? Why do you think Wang Zhen is deliberately testing something! Zhu Qiming smiled slightly, his expression indifferent. Honesty is valuable, but it doesn't apply to the court, in this scheming place, anyone will be happy to be a masked person!

"That father-in-law is simply unreasonable! Princess Changde was about to have a banquet, and the father-in-law of Shang broke in and urged the king to leave, saying that the emperor was in an urgent call, and he didn't even let people eat a bite of food! The king blamed him a few words, and he was stubborn, and he didn't pay attention to the king all the way. ”

Shang Huaiying has a stubborn reputation, but he has never been temperamental in front of Zhu Qiming, Zhu Qiming counts him down like this, I hope it is a kind help!

The emperor chuckled lightly and closed the notebook, "Shang Huaiying is a little stubborn, but he is very diligent in his work, knows how to measure himself, and is not as impersonal as you said." You still don't know enough about him! ”

Zhu Qiming pursed his lips and wanted to step forward to salute, but was stopped by the emperor waving his hand.

"Wulong, I've read these inscriptions and playbooks, you can take them."

When Wu Long heard the sound, he walked very respectfully to the front of the imperial platform, bowed almost ninety degrees, raised his hands above his head, took the title book and the recital, and took a few steps back, then straightened up and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiming couldn't help but slander: worthy of being a typical example of the Son of Heaven's domestic slave, in front of the Son of Heaven and in front of others, they are two completely different faces!

"The war in Yunnan is not going well!" The emperor sighed, his face became more and more solemn, "King Yue, it is still so difficult for hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer a small Si Renfa, wouldn't it be even more unbearable if you go out to conquer the Tartar thieves in the future!" ”

Conquer the Tartars? Rely on these half-baked armies to conquer the Tartars? Your Majesty, you didn't talk in your dreams! Zhu Qiming thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to respond like this. "Your Majesty, the thinking thief is not a Tartar thief, the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the Tartar thief only needs to defeat its people, and the battle of Luchuan is to capture Si Renfa, but in the vast Myanmar, Si Renfa is hiding in Tibet, and the Ming Dynasty wants to capture Si Renfa alive, which is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack!"

The emperor's tone was slightly softened, "This is reasonable." The Battle of Luchuan lasted for two years, and it cost a lot of money, but now that I think about it, this battle seems to be not worth it! ”

Of course it's not worth it! There is a good strategy that does not cost money, that is, divide and conquer, canonize the new local leader, and let Si Renfa completely become a grass coward, and it will fall apart in the long run! Zhu Qiming wanted to offer a strategy, but hesitated when he opened his mouth. He may not hesitate to stand on the opposite side of the mainstream opinion between the DPRK and China, but now is not the time.

Wang Zhen turned to face the emperor, "Your Majesty, the war is raging in Yunnan, if you win, it will be a great achievement that can tell the world, you can't give up halfway, I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" ”

The emperor nodded, and then said to Zhu Qiming: "King Yue, the north is restless, there is a border report today, a large number of Tartar thieves are moving back and forth north of Xuanfu, and their appearance is suspicious. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that the Warat people had suffered a heavy blow, and they must be suspicious, and the movement north of Xuanfu may have been caused by the withdrawal of the Tartar thieves."

Wang Zhen shook his head lightly, "Well, I'm afraid there is another interpretation of this matter, and that is that the Warat people are trying to take revenge." ”

As long as he listened to Wang Zhen's words, Zhu Qiming's mind was as clear as a mirror, no matter who won or lost in the power struggle between the internal and external ministers, his diplomatic relations strategy was the same, and the emphasis was on taking the compromise line against Warat. In this regard, Zhu Qiming does not need to be in a hurry to distinguish anything, because how the situation of the DPRK will evolve remains to be further observed.

The emperor seemed to be hesitating, but his tone was very resolute when he spoke: "King Yue, now that the north is restless, the pro-guard army and the Yuefu guard army who have returned from the northern expedition have more than 600 people available in addition to the wounded, and they must rush to Xuanfu as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Qiming's heart was cold. The emperor's words finally cut to the point, at an appropriate time, with an appropriate excuse, to effectively separate a group of tiger warriors from him, the prince, this plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle involves the great defense of the country, what can he say?

"Your Majesty, what if the movement north of Xuanfu is a false alarm?"

The emperor was still hesitating, and Wang Zhen interjected: "Even if it's a false alarm, it's okay, it's okay to be prepared." ”

The emperor stood up and chuckled again and again, "King Yue, don't think about it. There are some words in the market that are very harsh, saying that now there is only a king of Yue in Beijing, but I don't know that there is a son of heaven, it is complete nonsense! Am I a cowardly and suspicious faint king? Isn't your victory over King Yue my martial arts? You don't have to pay attention to this gossip! ”

Zhu Qiming groaned slightly, "In this way, those pro-guards and Yuefu guards are already on the way?" ”

Wang Zhen saw that the emperor was silent for a long time, so he opened his mouth again: "Someone has gone to announce the decree, and I am afraid that I am already on the road at this moment." ”

Thinking that a group of warriors would return from a bloody battle, many people were probably transferred to the north in a hurry before they had time to reunite with their families, and Zhu Qiming suddenly felt a little ashamed of them.

At this time, the attendant on duty bowed in, "Your Majesty, Lord Wang Ji, who is in the Ministry of War, asks to see you." ”

"Biography!"

In the voice of the inner servant, Wang Ji walked in, "Your Majesty, there is a side report from the fast horse, saying that the Wara army north of Xuanfu has all been withdrawn and does not know where to go. ”

The emperor was stunned for a long time, walked down the imperial platform and came to Zhu Qiming's side, patted him on the shoulder, "I will transfer a thousand young soldiers to you again." He glanced at Zhu Qiming with a smile, gritted his teeth, and seemed to have made a lot of determination, "I will reward you with 30,000 taels of silver first." ”