The atmosphere inside and outside the Xianxi Palace is very solemn. The palace maid stood solemnly in the hall, a large group of ministers and female officials stood outside the door, and everyone held their breath, and they didn't even dare to take a breath.

The emperor launched the second battle of Luchuan before the wedding, but the war was extremely unsmooth, and the thief leader Si Renfa was still playing hide and seek with hundreds of thousands of Ming troops in the vast forests of Burma; Then he had a secret discussion with the important ministers, and the monarchs and ministers obviously made great determination, and wanted to compare Zhu Qiming's original tactics and recast the glory in the north, but the five thousand elites were defeated in a battle, with heavy casualties.

Since the pro-government, the emperor has not been able to do anything, and his martial arts have not been completed, but he has spent a lot of money in vain in the south first, and he has lost troops in the north, which is called where to store the face of the Son of Heaven!

But such a setback happened in this world-recognized prosperous era!

During the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty was in ruins, but none of the surrounding crumbs dared to take the edge of the Ming army; During the Yongle period, the whole country experienced a catastrophe of civil strife, but the Ming army was still able to attack Mobei five times, which made Hu Lu frightened. After the rule of Renxuan, in the early days of orthodoxy, there were people everywhere in the Ming Dynasty who sang the praises of the prosperous era, and its grand scene can only be glimpsed from the incomparably prosperous commercial market around the Chenghuang Temple in the capital. But what is puzzling is that in the event of an external disaster, the boundless prosperity of the Ming Dynasty exists like a phantom, like a bubble, which bursts at the touch of a button!

In the face of frustration, the temple is confined to the inertia of thinking, I am afraid that no one will analyze the profound social crisis hidden under the appearance of the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, their top priority is to clear the suspicion of incompetence of the monarch and ministers, and attribute the responsibility for the defeat to Zhao Gang's inability to lead the army; Immediately afterwards, a compromise with Warat would be the only option for the court.

However, the Ming Dynasty succumbed to Warat in a way that was either overt or covert, which made the Son of Heaven who had made great determination to suppress the thief embarrassed!

At this time, everyone naturally knew that they had to be extremely careful, and they must not annoy the Son of Heaven, so as not to fly and fall on their heads.

Through the crowd, Zhu Qiming stepped into Xianxi Palace, and saw the Queen Mother sitting there with a sad face. When she raised her eyes and saw Zhu Qiming, her eyes lit up, and she stood up straight, but there was no word on her lips, and she didn't know what she was hesitating about.

He stepped forward to salute, caught a glimpse of the figure inside, Zhou Xiaodie appeared, smiled at him, and then lowered his head.

Flower butterflies! Zhu Qiming muttered to himself, looked away at it, and met Meizi's extremely uncomfortable flickering gaze.

The Queen Mother waved her hand at Meizi, "You go down." stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Qiming's sleeve, and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard the sound of the waiter outside the door.

"The emperor has arrived!"

"Sincerely, Holy Ann, Holy Blessings!"

"Blessed is the Holy Bow!"

Stepping on the mountain and shouting like a tsunami, the emperor entered the palace alone, and his face was a little dark. "The son greets the queen mother."

"Get up."

The emperor was upright, and Zhu Qiming immediately approached to make a big salute, but was held by the emperor.

"Third brother."

Third brother? Zhu Qiming suddenly thought that he had some kind of illusion, and he was stunned for a while, not knowing what to do.

The empress dowager over there softened, "The emperor sits." Qi Ming, you also sit. ”

The three of them took their separate seats. The emperor pondered for a long time, and finally a light smile appeared on his face.

"Third brother, the red leaves over there in Nangong are beautiful, have you been there recently?"

Can I get out of the courtyard and walk around? Zhu Qiming was in a trance again when he heard this, and said lightly: "Nangong is drafting girls over there, and it is inconvenient for the ministers to break in." ”

The emperor waved his hand disapplausively, "What's the matter with draft girls?" You're still young, whoever you bump into is whoever you meet, you don't have to worry about anything! ”

"But the palace rules are very strict, and as a prince, the minister can't break the rules."

"Rules? Eh, the rules are to prevent villains, not gentlemen. Besides, my words are the rules! ”

"It's all my own brothers, what's polite!" The Empress Dowager sent Zhu Qiming a slightly resentful expression, and then turned to look at the emperor, "Emperor, Qi Ming is not like a lewd and evil king, the mourning family can see it clearly, and Qi Ming has been born right since he was a child." ”

When the emperor heard the queen mother mention King Yu, he immediately frowned slightly; When he heard "Qi Ming was born right since he was a child", he nodded slowly.

"Third brother, my harem concubines have their own queen mother's worries, I don't have time to see those women, I don't know what they look like, it doesn't hurt for you to meet them."

Hey, I don't dare to join in the fun!

Besides, you're not telling the truth! In terms of appearance, the Empress Dowager likes the Haizhou Qian family and the Empress Dowager takes a fancy to the Zhou family, you should have seen the looks of these two, right? As for whether you and them have had a romantic moment of "willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk", who dares to see it!

Zhu Qiming was slandered for a while, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the queen mother getting up and waving her hand, and then led Zhou Xiaodie and the palace maids into the inner room quietly, leaving only the two cousins in the palace.

Suddenly thinking of the niece of the Jingci Immortal Master, he couldn't help but blurt out: "The minister has seen the niece of the Jingci Immortal Master from afar, and I heard that she was defeated. ”

The emperor's face sank, staring at Zhu Qiming, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and the shadow of those strange kites from a few months ago seemed to appear in his eyes. After a long time, his face softened, "It's rare that you always remember the elders in the palace." Let's not talk about this matter, and now that the north is restless, how should the Ming Dynasty pacify the Tartars, I want to hear your opinion. ”

My insight? Zhu Qiming glanced at the emperor inadvertently, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be some expectation in the emperor's eyes, and that expectation had nothing to do with the so-called opinion!

Is that why you want me to fight?

Could it be that the emperor can't take it, so it's inconvenient to invite me to fight, but is waiting for me to take the initiative to ask for war?

Absolutely not! You can't fall twice in the same place! What's more, even if he doesn't hesitate to fall again for the sake of the community, it is by no means now, he still has many unfulfilled wishes!

"What do you think? Hey, the imperial wine that His Majesty gave to the minister is the best in the world, and the minister wants to be cheeky and ask for a few more jars. ”

"Let's get down to business first."

"Thinking about a hangover in Yongsu Hall that night, the minister still feels that the taste of drunkenness is wonderful!"

The emperor's expression dimmed, he was silent for a long time, and said lightly: "I am a little tired, you can retreat." ”

At the moment when Zhu Qiming saluted and was about to step out of Xianxi Palace, the emperor's command came from behind him.

"Wait. Yang Pu asked for an appointment to meet you in Lingxuan Pavilion, and I approved it, so you will go to the meeting at this moment. ”

Yang Pu appointment? Which one is this singing? Zhu Qiming turned around and saluted: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw a minister trotting over, kneeling outside the door and saying: "Your Majesty, the general secretary of the government has just presented a rush to Datong, and the rest of Zhao Gang was attacked again on the way back, and the whole army was wiped out!" ”

In the midst of everyone's exclamation, the emperor suddenly got up, kicked over the desk in front of him, and the case table turned around several times in the air, slammed on the wall, and then fell to the ground and fell apart.

Zhu Qiming turned around and left, faintly feeling a knife-sharp gaze on his back.

The surrounding ministers, female officials, and palace maids all knelt on the ground, all trembling and opening their blank eyes, probably waiting for the thunderous anger to gradually subside.

Traveling south along the palace road, the strong wind wrapped in cold air hit, and the fallen leaves on the ground flowed loudly, and the palace road became a torrent.

5,000 elites, the whole army is exhausted!

Thinking of those warriors who had fought side by side with him, his heart couldn't help but ache faintly, and he wanted to roar loudly: whose incompetence caused them to die in vain!

When chasing and suppressing the weakened Tatar remnants, and at the beginning of the year, when the little Kosi was retained, the nobles of the court, the governor, and even the secretary of the military department all rushed to ask for war, and they all wanted to pick cheap fruits. And when Daming needed to face the fierce enemy of Wara, they were silent one by one, and they never dared to mention the word "war", for fear that after the main battle, the burden of leading the army would fall on their shoulders. As a result, Zhao Gang, the commander, took up the burden of the commander, assumed the responsibility of the governor, and led 5,000 men and horses to run back and forth on the long border between Miyun, Xuanfu and Datong.

Isn't that hard for a strong man?

While pondering, he suddenly heard a few delicate female voices floating over, Zhu Qiming suddenly stopped, and saw countless gorgeously dressed young women gathered there in front of him to chat, several of them took the lead in raising their eyes to look here, and after a while, almost all the women's eyes fell on Zhu Qiming. Only then did he realize that he almost broke into the draft!

Turning around and turning onto another palace road, he avoided Xiunu far away, and walked all the way, and soon arrived near Ling Xuan Pavilion.

Yang Pu stood on the edge of the forest with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky, his expression was uncertain, and his eyes were full of anger, as if he was sighing and sighing ghosts and gods.

"Yang Ge Lao is not harmed?"

Yang Pu turned his head to look at this side and bowed his hand, "His Royal Highness King Yue, thanks to His Royal Highness's blessing, the old decay is still good." Then he stretched out his hand to invite Zhu Qiming, and he took the lead in walking to the forest path, "The old man just read the newly arrived side newspaper, and Zhao Gang's whole army is unexpected!" I wonder if His Highness knows about this? ”

Zhu Qiming took a few steps and caught up with Yang Pu. "Xiao Wang has learned the news in Xianxi Palace."

Yang Pu watched Zhu Qiming quietly for a while, "It seems that His Royal Highness did not ask for war." Fortunately, the old man had expected it and asked for an order before the emperor set up the Xianxi Palace. ”

You're a god, okay! Zhu Qiming pursed his lips angrily, "Why does Xiao Wang want to ask for war?" Presumably, in the past few days, Yang Ge Lao has said a lot of good things about Xiao Wang in the emperor's ear, Xiao Wang is a little confused, and I don't know whether he should accept Yang Ge Lao's feelings. ”

"The old man is only thinking about the country, and it doesn't matter if His Royal Highness doesn't appreciate it."

It's Jiangshan Sheji again! Zhu Qiming wanted to grin his teeth. "The country is huge, and there are many people in the world, why did Yang Ge Lao beat Xiao Wang's idea?"

"Who called His Highness a little tiger? That's what the Warats say! They said that His Royal Highness's little tiger had already been in the cage, and he only knew how to play and play all day long, so no one in the Ming Dynasty could compete with the Warat Iron Horseman. ”

"Tiger?" Zhu Qiming was quite unimpressed by this title, "How can there be any tiger above the temple!" Everyone doesn't like tigers, only docile and well-behaved cats. ”

Yang Pu was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he regained his calm demeanor, "Isn't Your Highness a person outside the temple?" Naturally, it's a different story. ”

Zhu Qiming suddenly aggravated his tone: "At the beginning, Xiao Wang just opened his immature teeth at the Tartar thief, and he was treated as a tiger, ridiculous!" Take 10,000 steps back, even if Xiao Wang is a tiger, he has now become a sick cat, isn't the internal and external ministers very good at turning tigers into sick cats? Now it's good, Xiao Wang has really become a sick cat as the internal and external ministers wish, Xiao Wang has to thank the princes of Gongon, being a sick cat is the best destination for the prince! ”