More than 3,000 guards all followed, dismounted one after another, climbed the stone steps on foot, and surrounded Zhu Qiming's barracks with three floors inside and three floors outside.

The gate of the barracks was closed, and there was no sound inside, Wang Lie waited patiently, and said loudly: "What is Your Highness still hesitating about?" As long as you give an order, you will not hesitate to go to the soup in the inferior people! ”

All the guards roared in unison, and the sound of the convergence was like thunder, resounding through the sky.

Ah Xiang and the other nineteen ladies gathered on the high slope not far away, and Ah Xiang shouted: "His Royal Highness King Yue, the villagers here in Longmen River all know the name of His Highness, everyone knows in their hearts that for so many years, only His Highness's escort army is sincerely protecting the territory and the people!" We, the female dependents of the Yuefu Guards, have no other skills, but as long as we return to our respective homes to spread the message, thousands of peasant children will come to your Highness! ”

"Your Highness, please!" Shi Feng almost roared, "Your Highness doesn't think about yourself, you should also think about Miss Lu!" ”

Lu Xiyao! Zhu Qiming was like an electric shock, his whole body was shocked, he stood up with a grin, walked a few steps, and with a bang, he opened the barracks door, pressed one hand on the hilt of the sword, and walked heavily among the crowd.

There seemed to be a strong smell of gunpowder wafting in the air, and the slightest spark would burst into flames.

The sound of ticking hooves sounded all the way, and five horsemen and horses appeared at the foot of the mountain, and the first one was Shi Ouyang Tong, the director of the Yue Mansion.

Ouyang Tong reined in his horse and ran up the hill along the stone steps. "Your Highness, there is news of Miss Lu!"

Zhu Qiming suddenly felt that his body was light, as if a soft wind was blowing through his heart, most of the ruthlessness in his body disappeared, and his tense nerves gradually relaxed.

"Tang Ji, quickly disperse everyone!" He gave an order to Tang Ji, and hurriedly beckoned Ouyang Tong into the barracks.

As soon as Ouyang Tong entered, he hurriedly opened his mouth: "King Yu let me talk, King Yu said that Miss Lu and Ling Xudao have grown together, and they are now lurking in the area of Zhuolu Mountain. ”

Zhu Qiming's eyes lit up, and he pondered for a moment, but he didn't speak, just threw a slightly questioning glance at Ouyang Tong.

"The man sent to Yue Mansion by King Yu is conclusive and should be credible." Ouyang Tong was worried that Zhu Qiming still didn't believe it, so he added: "King Yu will never fool His Highness with such a thing!" ”

Zhu Qiming breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "She······ Are you alright? ”

Ouyang Tong was stunned for a while, and finally figured out that the "she" in Zhu Qiming's mouth meant Lu Xiyao, "Miss Lu should be safe and sound, otherwise she won't be able to run such a long way." Oh, King Yu said that he would order someone to save Miss Lu at all costs, please rest assured, Your Highness. ”

Zhu Qiming shook his head, "If you don't see her with your own eyes, how can this king rest assured!" ”

A trace of worry appeared on Ouyang Tong's face, "Your Highness should understand that no matter whether King Yu orders someone to rescue her or not, Miss Lu's life will be safe." ”

"There is some truth in this, that person plotted against the king, and was worried that the king would retaliate, so he was eager to seize Xi Yao's sister as a hostage, and took the opportunity to blackmail this king, so that this king could throw a mouse, so they didn't dare to touch Xi Yao's sister a single hair! However, everything has a contingency, not to mention that Sister Xi Yao may not be happy to see this king being coerced, once she has the heart to die, who can prevent her! ”

Ouyang Tong expected that he would not be able to persuade Zhu Qiming for a while, so he pondered for a moment and opened the topic in time. "Hey, hey, Your Highness is really discerning! He Sizan had been to Yuefu, and although he didn't say it thoroughly, he still heard some clues from her words. Concubine Qin seems to be desperately trying to tear open the rift between the queen and Concubine Zhou in secret, and now the queen and Concubine Zhou are on the same page, Concubine Qin's life is much better, and at the beginning of the year, the Empress Dowager handed over the power to take charge of the treasury of the Shanggong Bureau to Concubine Qin. ”

Concubine Qin? A good-natured woman knows that when necessary, she can not only keep the bottom line of a good person, but also achieve the great thing of accumulating wealth, and in the harem of the sinister heart, it is a blessing for the community to be able to act like this!

That's it, if you want to say that you are blessed is also the blessing of the Son of Heaven, what kind of strength does you have as a prince!

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiming took back the thoughts that had temporarily wandered out, and refocused on Lu Xiyao, "This king will set off for Zhuolu Mountain today!" ”

"Your Highness, please think twice! Your Highness won't bring the guards with you, will you? The Guardian Army is not under the command of His Royal Highness, so how can they deal with the Tartar thieves who have entered the Kou if they stay here? Ouyang Tong said worriedly.

"With Tang Ji leading the army, this king can rest assured. When a small group of Tartar thieves plundered nearby villages, Tang Ji knew how to intercept the Tartar thieves; When a large group of Tartar thieves crossed the border and tried to do so, the guards only had to stay in the camp and hold out. ”

Ouyang Tong was in a hurry, "Can't hold on?" But the emperor ordered His Royal Highness to come here, just to prevent the Tartar thieves from crossing the border and tempting······"

"Why should Ouyang Changshi lie and whitewash! Is this really the emperor's intention? Zhu Qiming quickly interrupted Ouyang Tong's words, his eyes full of coldness.

Ouyang Tong was stunned, he realized that the rift between Zhu Qiming and the emperor was still in the middle of nothingness in the past, but now, the rift has become a hole that is difficult to bridge!

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"The 2,000 Beijing troops still didn't want to be the guards of Yuefu, so the king of Yue asked them to choose another camp to station, or return to Beijing, so ······ It's just that things got to this point. ”

The emperor listened to Feng Duo's report, and his heart was not happy, and he couldn't imagine that the well-trained Beijing army left Zhu Qiming, and he didn't dare to station in the north, and returned to the capital at an astonishing speed, which greatly damaged the face of the Son of Heaven.

He originally didn't want to see Feng Duo, but when he heard that Zhu Qiming was angry and drove away 2,000 Beijing troops and eunuchs from the prison army, the matter was so big that he had to come forward to ask the truth.

"So, what about you?" The emperor didn't even touch Feng Duo out of the corner of his eye, and his tone was extremely indifferent.

"The king of Yue said that there was no precedent for the prince's guard to have eunuchs in the army, so he ······ Let the slaves out of the camp. ”

It's really not enough to succeed, more than enough to lose! The emperor finally dispelled the urge to rush down to the imperial platform to reward Feng Duo with a few ear brackets, "Go down and wait for the order." ”

"Yes."

Looking at the back of Feng Duo's departure, the emperor glanced at Wang Zhen, which conveyed the mysterious meaning of the deep palace hall that was not well known to the world.

Wang Zhen came out of the Yongsu Palace, called Mao Gui to bring a pot of imperial wine with him, and the two came to a row house.

Walking into a room with elegant furnishings, I saw Feng Duo hurrying forward, with half expectation and half anxiety in his eyes.

"I've seen the prince······ Mr. Wang······ No, I've seen my father. ”

Feng Duo changed his words several times, indicating that he had not yet gotten rid of the glory of serving the Empress Dowager in the past, and did not know how to get along with Wang Zhen, the chief eunuch, after losing the protection of the Empress Dowager.

Wang Zhen laughed again and again, and put on a look of a great joy to be announced on the spot, "Gonggong Feng is careful and selected the 2,000 men and horses of the five military camps, this is something you secretly discussed with Zhang Chi, the official in the camp, right?" Father-in-law Feng has a good eye! ”

The gloom on Feng Duo's face faded a few points, "Thanks to Father." ”

"The emperor remembered the hard work of Duke Feng and supervised the army, and gave him the three lords of imperial wine."

Mao Gui poured a full of imperial wine, Feng Duo grinned, took off the wine and drank it all.

Wang Zhen laughed again and again, "Gonggong Feng was working in Qingning Palace back then, and the emperor looked at Gonggong Feng differently at that time. ”

"Hey, hey, at that time, every time the emperor went to see the empress dowager, he would give a small reward afterwards, and praised the little one for being the most clever person in the inner chamberlain, you say, why does the emperor look down on the small one so highly?"

That's the emperor who intends to give you some small favors for the convenience of walking around Qingning Palace, do you understand? Don't be sentimental! Wang Zhen sneered vigorously in his heart, but his face did not move.

Feng Duo turned his head to look at Mao Gui, expecting Mao Gui to pour him full of imperial wine again, but his body suddenly straightened, and that trace of expectation turned into a stiff smile on the corner of his mouth.

Under Wang Zhen's eagle-like gaze, Feng Duo fell to the ground with a bang.