Before noon, Zhu Qiming returned to the Forbidden City, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he was sent by the emperor to Yongsu Palace.

There was no imperial attendant in front of the Yongsu Palace, only a few guards stood far away.

The figure inside the door flickered, and he saw Wu Long greet him with a smile on his face, "His Royal Highness King Yue has come down, and the emperor is waiting for His Highness." ”

Stopping to feel the calm atmosphere around him, Zhu Qiming then set his eyes on Wu Long, who looked respectful, and his mind was suddenly full of mixed thoughts. He really hopes that the harem will be calm forever, even if there are personal grievances in his heart, but now that the society is full of events, in order to deal with internal and external troubles, that personal grievance is not unavoidable.

It's a pity that the trees want to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop!

"Gonggong Wu, the emperor summoned this king here, what is the matter?"

Wu Long bowed closer, and the smile on his face became even stronger, "Back to Your Highness, the envoy of Wara has arrived, and the tone of the letter is very humble, and the emperor is very happy." ”

What is expected, why be happy? Zhu Qiming looked indifferently at the hall, he didn't want to look at Wu Long's attentive and somewhat distorted face.

Stepping into the hall, I saw Yang Pu and Hu Hu standing in the hall, and Wang Zhen standing in front of the throne.

"Qi Ming, the king of Chenyue, greets Your Majesty."

"Flat." The emperor smiled slightly. Since the pro-government, the expression of the little old man left on his body has disappeared cleanly, and now joy, anger, sorrow and joy are always followed by his temperament, and his expression is often extremely vivid. "King Yue, you have made a great contribution to Sheji! Sure enough, as Yang Qing said, Warat came to befriend my Daming, and the mission sent this time was only seven people, and the best horses and the best mink skins were tribute, which shows that it is full of sincerity! ”

The emperor beckoned to Wu Long at the door, Wu Long bowed and trotted to the imperial case, raised his hands above his head, took down a letter, and pulled out the second page to give it to the emperor.

The emperor looked at Zhu Qiming with a smile and raised the page of letters, "Look, I have finally become a minister, and I have learned these humble words of Ji Shou and Shou Shou, which is very good!" I am in the kingdom, and I don't have to swallow my anger in front of Warat anymore! ”

Zhu Qiming was about to open his mouth to talk, but saw Wang Zhen turn to face the emperor, and opened his mouth first: "Since Your Majesty was in power, the court situation has taken on a new look, and everything depends on Your Majesty's Shengming. ”

When the emperor heard this, his face did not appear proud, and a sharp light seemed to flash in his eyes.

Zhu Qiming was relieved. Although the battle of Luchuan made the Ming walk on the wrong strategic path, but relying on a bloody battle on the side of the Longmen River, finally won the awe of Wara, within a few years, there will be no major trouble in the north, take this moment, if the Ming Dynasty makes great efforts, is determined to resolve its own shortcomings, accumulate financial resources, recruit people, and occupy the strategic key point of the Seven Guards of Kansai, when Warat's ambitions flood again, Daming will look down on Warat with the attitude of a strong man.

Time is on the side of Daming! Thinking of this, Zhu Qiming couldn't help but glance at Yang Pu and Hu Hu, but his heart was cold, and his thoughts immediately returned to the turmoil he was about to face.

"Gonggong Wu, compared with the past, what is special about Yexian's letter?"

The emperor opened his mouth in surprise, as if he was confused by Zhu Qiming's sudden search for Wu Long's question.

Wu Long glanced at the emperor cautiously, then turned his head and smiled at Zhu Qiming, "I also wrote four letters to Daming one after another after succeeding to the throne, and the first three letters had neither honorific words, humble words, nor arrogant and courteous words, in other words, the first three times were lukewarm to Daming." And this time, he also went against the norm, calling himself a 'minister', calling the emperor 'His Majesty the Emperor of the Kingdom', and there was the word respect between the lines. ”

I think Wu Long has read countless inscriptions, recitals, and letters, but he can clearly remember that he has read the book four times first, and Wu Long is so familiar with what is said on each letter, which shows that he is good at doing things hard, and his ability is not bad, and the ability of the cabinet ministers is no more than that.

"Gonggong Wu has a good memory, it seems that there is no shortage of capable people and talents in this inner court!"

Wu Long's eyes lit up, and he looked like he was greatly used, and habitually turned his head to sneak a glance at the emperor.

When the emperor heard Zhu Qiming praise him, the close servant of the Son of Heaven, as if he had heard a beautiful carol, he immediately grinned and looked calm, this scene happened to be seen by Wang Zhen on the side, and Wang Zhen's face seemed to be different.

Yang Pu's gaze swept over Wang Zhen and Wu Long's bodies, and finally landed on Zhu Qiming's face, with deep meaning in his eyes. Yang Pu bowed to the emperor and saluted, "Your Majesty, what King Yue said is extremely true, Gonggong Wu is quite talented, and he is not inferior to the ministers. At present, there is a shortage of members in the cabinet, so it is better to let Gonggong Wu often enter the cabinet to deal with matters such as decrees and correspondence, so as to facilitate timely consultation between the cabinet and the inner court in case of difficult matters; Second, the cabinet can ask Wu Gonggong for guidance at any time. ”

Wu Long couldn't close his mouth with a smile when he heard this, "Yang Ge Lao lifted the Sprinkle family, and the Sprinkler family was ashamed and didn't dare to be, didn't dare to be!" ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily, "I can't play accurately, Wulong went to the cabinet, how is it good for me here?" ”

So, the monarch and the minister looked at each other and smiled. I saw Wang Zhen on the side frequently pulling the corners of his mouth, as if he was hiding something.

The emperor glanced at Zhu Qiming, and said: "King Yue, Yang Qing proposes that if you encounter border affairs in the future between the court and the central government, you can be sent to the council." I thought that what Yang Qing said was extremely true. I have made up my mind, and from now on, this matter will become a rule. ”

"Obey."

"Oh. By the way, I wanted to go to the other courtyard today, but the court affairs are too busy, so you should stay in the other courtyard first, and then go to the other courtyard when I have free time. ”

"Yes. The minister retired. ”

Out of the Yongsu Palace, all the way to the gate of the courtyard, I saw more than ten guards on duty outside the courtyard, look at their attire, it should be Jin Wuwei's people.

Zhu Qiming stopped for a moment, then walked through the aisle, and walked straight to the front of the palace along the corridor between the flower forest and the small pond. Mama Cui greeted her, "Your Highness, the Queen Mother has already sent a meal, please move to the dining room to eat." ”

Walking into the dining room, I saw Qu Qing start to serve the vegetables, and Yin'er came over to wait for Zhu Qiming to take a seat.

"Congratulations on the housewarming of King Yue!"

A pleasant voice floated in, and then the King of Servants appeared. The king of the servants wore the suited prince's regular clothes, elegant and handsome when he moved, and when he stopped, he was like a jade tree in the wind, and his demeanor today is better than in the past.

King Yu was followed by a palace maid, who seemed to be two or three years older than King Yu, with affectionate eyes and a pink face, and her posture was very similar to the dancer she had seen in the Chunxi Hall last year.

It seems that after Princess Changde surrendered, King Yu regained his freedom, and the three female King Kongs who followed him were finally driven away by him! Zhu Qiming complained to himself secretly and got up to greet him.

"Brother Yu Wang came to the other courtyard, little brother, I have lost my welcome, ashamed, ashamed!"

King Yu's gaze swept over Yin'er and Qu Qing's faces, and then turned around and went to the main hall, and only returned after a long time. "There is only one chamberlain, one grandmother, and two little palace maids by your side, is it possible to achieve such a mere four people?"

"Let Brother Yu Wang laugh. Oh, and there's a chief chamberlain who hasn't arrived yet. ”

The king shook his head and took a seat across from the dining table. "Any wine?"

You're really out of sight! Zhu Qiming turned his head and motioned to Yin'er and Qu Qing, Qu Qing took out two bottles and distributed them in front of Zhu Qiming and King Yu, Yin'er took out a pot of wine and poured it slightly stiffly.

King Yu frowned and waved his hand at Yin'er and Qu Qing, "You guys go down." Turning his head and looking at the palace maid beside him with a smile, "Yanluo, you can also step down." ”

I saw the palace maid named Yanluo pouting, "Drink in moderation, don't be greedy." Reluctantly, he turned away.

How dare a servant girl be so bold! Zhu Qiming couldn't help but be speechless.

The king invited him, but the words on his lips had nothing to do with drinking: "You live in such a broken place, but the mother concubine urged me to come over to congratulate me, hum, the palace is strictly forbidden, and the door is cold, where does the joy come from?" ”

Concubine Wu's idea! Zhu Qiming's heart moved, and then he was stunned for a moment. "What does the imperial concubine say?"

The king shook his head, drank it all, and picked up the flask himself to refill the wine. "The mother concubine just taught me vigorously, asking me to learn from you, saying that you live in the Forbidden City, but you don't forget the big things in the north, and your ability is better than that of adults!"

Zhu Qiming's heart was shocked, he quickly calmed down, and sighed: "Alas, I can only look at the situation in the Forbidden City at most now, the affairs in the north are so big that they are in the sky, and they have to be taken care of by adults after all!" ”

King Yu stared at Zhu Qiming left and right for a long time, with a puzzled look on his face, "I said King Yue, why have you become a god, and your words make people confused, it's really inexplicable!" ”

Can't get it? That's right, let you understand that that's going to be a big deal! Thinking that Concubine Wu must have asked some topics of interest from the mouth of King Yu, Zhu Qiming was not in a hurry, and immediately changed the topic: "Presumably, the imperial concubine must have asked you to prepare a very heavy congratulatory gift, but unfortunately I can't go to Fu'an Palace to thank you, so I can only be ashamed." Oh, where's your gift? ”

King Yu's eyes immediately widened, "Congratulatory gift? You're thinking too much. ”

"Didn't you say you wanted to congratulate you on your housewarming as soon as you entered the door?"

"It's just a rhetoric, and you can't count it."

"Brother Yuwang, the emperor rewarded me with 30,000 taels of silver, and Princess Changde prepaid the congratulatory gift in advance last year, and the amount was also 30,000 taels, so you can do it."

King Yu was in a hurry, and stood up straight, "I can't compare to the royal brother and sister, I can only pay five thousand taels at most!" ”

This King of Servants is really easy to get into! Zhu Qiming was a little embarrassed for a while, thinking about whether he wanted the five thousand taels of silver or not, and it seemed that he couldn't find a reason to refuse.

"Well, you may be getting married next year, and now it's okay to do a little bit of your best."

King Yu smiled and sat down again. "Okay, it's five thousand taels! Oh, King Yue, I heard that you are familiar with Pei Sanniang, the top brand of Qixian Tower, you are still young, how can you secretly associate with people who are not careful? Why don't you take me to meet that top card someday? ”

Pei Sanniang? Zhu Qiming pondered for a while, and immediately remembered the sachet, and wanted to say something, but at a glance, he caught a glimpse of the queen mother walking in, so he got up and walked a few steps to greet him.

King Yu turned his head to look at the Queen Mother, was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and left his seat and bowed to the ground very quickly, "The son of the Emperor Qi Yu knocked to see the Queen Mother!" ”

The queen mother looked at King Yu with eyes sharper than a knife, glanced at Zhu Qiming, her face suddenly eased, and then she looked at King Yu and said softly: "You get up, you don't have to be polite." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

King Yu stood up, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager smiled indifferently, "You and Qi Ming were originally their own brothers, but they rarely had any contacts, and today they suddenly came to the other courtyard, why is this?" ”

The king over there was still stunned, but here Zhu Qiming was already frightened.