Princess Kunxing combed her braids, looked left and right in the mirror, and felt that she was decorated with this string of beads, and with the hairpin of the red coral of the South China Sea, it looked both playful and cute, and without losing the royal extravagance.

However, the elderly female officer beside her sighed secretly in her heart.

In the early years, how could a princess in the palace be like Kunxing, who did not have a few good clothes and a few good jewelry! The court has been sad in recent years, and even the usual money on Kunxing's side has been less, not only that, Kunxing understands his father's difficulties, and also takes out his poor jewelry head and face to sell it to offset the military salary of the imperial court.

Only this set of jewelry from the South China Sea, because it was given by Mrs. Nanhaibo, Kun Xing has never been willing to sell it.

It's just that looking at the way it looks today, this last set of jewelry can't be saved.

Sure enough, after looking at the glass mirror for a while, Kun Xing reluctantly took off the beads and hairpin, carefully put them in the jewelry box, rubbed the jewelry box for a while, and then handed it to the female officer.

"Give this to the queen mother, and say...... Let's just say I'm tired of wearing it. Princess Kunxing said.

"Yes." The female officer was a little embarrassed, but she still responded.

Who can't bear to refuse the painstaking efforts of such a cute little princess, and who doesn't want to help her! It's a pity that few of the big-bellied high-ranking officials in the court have the hard work of the little princess, if it weren't for these traitorous ministers, how could state affairs be like this!

Even the female officials in the deep palace feel bad because of a series of things that have happened recently. Realize that Daming is in the midst of a storm.

Not long after she left, Kun Xing looked at her simple room and was stunned for a while, then took a book and sat in front of the window, she hadn't sat down yet, she heard footsteps outside, and then, a female official said: "The queen has arrived——"

Kun Xing hurriedly walked to the door, and saw Queen Zhou's gaze. Walked in with the jewelry box in his hand. As soon as she saw her, without waiting for her to salute, Queen Zhou pulled her into her arms, gently stroked her hair, and tears drooped slightly: "Sister, I've suffered you!" ”

"Where is the queen mother, the daughter is not bitter. The father and the emperor are in charge of state affairs, and the queen mother is in charge of the harem. That's what really hurts. The people outside, when they hear that someone sells their daughters, that's the real bitterness......"

"Idiot, idiot!" Queen Zhou stroked Princess Kunxing's hair helplessly, and sighed long, the more sensible her daughter was, the more sad she felt.

At all costs. This daughter of mine is the emperor's daughter, a noble of the heavenly family. How could she be subjected to such a grievance!

"Idiot, this box of jewelry is your favorite. It was given to you by Mrs. Nanhaibo, how can you take it out and sell it! Queen Zhou held back her tears and handed the jewelry box back to Zhu Yujiao's hand.

Zhu Yujiao pushed back again: "Queen mother, daughter only hates not being a man, can't share the worries of her father and queen mother, these jewels are nothing, besides, the most precious thing given by Mrs. Nanhaibo, the daughter still left." ”

As she spoke, she pointed to the corner of the bedroom, where a microscope sat on a wooden shelf. Seeing this, Queen Zhou sighed: "Although this thing is precious, it is not a girl's ...... Good girl, you just have to rest assured, although the country is poor, it doesn't care about your jewelry, your father can always think of a way. ”

"I heard that Nanhai Bofu is an enemy country, why, why do you ......" Zhu Yujiao said this, seeing that her mother's gaze became terrifying, she immediately closed her mouth, and sighed a little.

She grew up in the palace, and Chongzhen's queen palace is relatively simple, so she has not been infected too much, and she doesn't know much about political affairs. What impressed her the most in her heart was when she was a child, whenever her father mentioned Nanhaibo, there was always a smile on her face. And although she has never seen Yu Guozhen, in her little heart, she already sees Yu Guozhen as a big hero who can make her father frown.

Even in the past few years, there have been rumors in the palace that Yu Guozhen has a heart of disobedience, but Zhu Yujiao just doesn't believe it. Fang Ziyi will send someone to give her some gifts every year, and she will also pick up the sachets and embroidered silk that she made herself, and the two even have correspondence. In Fang Ziyi's view, this princess, like her sister Zi Ning, is a little girl who needs to be cared for, and unlike Zi Ning's free life, this princess seems to be living in a cage. Therefore, Fang Ziyi has deep sympathy for her, and in the correspondence between the two, Fang Ziyi will also mention some things about Zi Ning, such as Zi Ning sneaking out to play again, Zi Ning has succeeded in her studies, and Zi Ning has squeezed Yu Guozhen a big rag doll.

At this time, Zhu Yujiao hopes that she will become Zining, have a sister who loves her, and a brother-in-law who loves her even more.

"Things outside the palace, how do you know...... Could it be that Mrs. Nanhai said in her letter that she listened to you? ”

Queen Zhou's harsh words made Zhu Yujiao panic, she stood up straight, and said solemnly: "Queen Mother, it was the son who saw it from the newspaper. ”

"These newspapers should be banned...... Who brought the newspaper into the palace? Empress Zhou said as she turned back to look at the female official.

"Don't do Xu's mother's business, her daughter asked her to bring it in, although her daughter is stupid, she always thinks that she can share her worries for her father and queen mother, but if she doesn't even know what her father and queen mother are worried about, what else can her daughter do?"

Queen Zhou was about to come to her lips for the punishment, but she swallowed it suddenly, she glared at the silent female official, the female official knelt down, and said with tears in her eyes: "The slave maid is also a piece of filial piety that pities the princess, and the slave maid brought into the palace are all serious newspapers, and there is nothing inappropriate for public subjectivity!" ”

"Get up, Mama Xu, get up......" Queen Zhou could only sigh.

Not only is she sighing, but there is also a person outside the door sighing, but it is Chongzhen.

He retreated from the dynasty and came back, feeling depressed, and wanted to talk to Queen Zhou, but he knew that the queen had arrived at Princess Kunxing's side. followed here, and heard this, how not to let him suffer in his heart!

Hearing his voice, Queen Zhou and Zhu Yujiao came to greet him, he held one person in one hand, and let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, your daughter is so filial, Your Majesty should be happy."

"Yes, yes, I'm happy, I'm happy......" Chongzhen's laughter was more ugly than crying.

"Today's concubines and palace maids. A lot of cloth has been woven, and it is estimated that it will not be long before we will be self-sufficient in the harem. Moreover, the woven cloth can be cut into clothes, and it can also be supplied to officers and soldiers......"

Queen Zhou babbled about the harem, and she knew that Chongzhen came here to distract herself. So I picked up some nice trivialities to say, but there can be a few nice trivia in this harem! Not long after she said this, she felt poor and didn't know what to say.

"Today, above the court, I am going to make an edict again." Chongzhen said suddenly.

"Ahh Empress Zhou's face couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Chongzhen is probably the emperor who has issued the most edicts in history, and if there is a natural disaster, he will issue an edict. The rogues have rebelled, and he will condemn himself. Jianyu has entered the customs. He still has to make an edict against himself. What kind of strange things like roosters laying eggs hen Si Chen happens, he still has to make a blame for himself - Yu Guozhen's comment on this is that Chongzhen is the scapegoat of Tianzi No. 1, and it is the responsibility of the entire Ming ruling class, and it is all on him alone.

"So, what's going on with Jiahaifu?" Empress Zhou asked.

"Agreed. However, it is said that it will only be tried in the two Guangzhous, which means that it is implicated. Let me go and give the South Sea Boga...... Nanhai Bo paid hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to the imperial court a year, and I had to go to him to give him more gifts. I'm afraid that Nanhai Bo won't rebel, these rebellious ministers and thieves! ”

He gritted his teeth and cursed, making Zhu Yujiao's face discolored, because Zhu Yujiao couldn't distinguish clearly, and the chaotic ministers and thieves in Chongzhen's mouth referred to the ministers in the court, or Yu Guozhen himself.

"Perhaps...... I can only see if Nanhai Bo can help the court again? ”

"How did I get this open? I am already shameless, and I sent Fan Xian as an envoy to find Yu Guozhen, but there has been no response so far, and if I don't give him enough benefits, how can he be willing to take out the silver for nothing! ”

Empress Zhou's lips moved, and she stopped talking, she had never interfered in the affairs of foreign courts, so although she thought of a strategy in her heart, she didn't dare to speak.

"You say, you and I are in trouble, do you still worry that I will blame you for interfering in politics!"

"The concubine didn't dare, the concubine felt that with the merits of Nanhai Bo, she could add a name."

"Promoted to the Marquis of the South Sea?" Chongzhen smiled bitterly, and only Empress Zhou in the deep palace would feel that the name of the court was so important. For Yu Guozhen, who is actually already the king of the South China Sea, it makes no sense for the court to promote him to the marquis of the South China Sea, and this precedent has been set, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with Yu Guozhen in the future. In case you want to find Yu Guozhen's support in the future, will you really crown him as the king?

"Today, the news sent by Luo Yangxing, Yu Guozhen has gone north, he went north this time, he did not hide it, he came by his steam boat. Now Xinxiang has been like an iron bucket, and even the factory guards can't be sent in, Luo Yangxing still got the news from Tamna Island, he arrived in Tamna 15 days ago, it is said that he is inspecting the land, and he is going to the Wa Kingdom. Chongzhen muttered: "In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, I had a secret agreement with him, and he would never lead his troops north, but this time, ...... What does he want to do? ”

"Father, mother, mother, ......" Zhu Yujiao's face was as white as paper when she heard this, she couldn't suppress the panic in her heart, and finally spoke.

"What's wrong?" Chongzhen was very dissatisfied with her interrupting his train of thought, and his expression was cold.

Zhu Yujiao lowered her eyebrows: "Erchen, Erchen wants to ask...... Is Nanhai Bo a loyal minister or a traitor? ”

In the minds of the royal people, the standard for judging good or bad people is loyalty and treachery. Chongzhen opened his mouth, and blurted out the words "traitor", but immediately felt that these two words weighed more than a thousand pounds.

Of course, Yu Guozhen is not a loyal minister, how much of what he has done over the years has been dictated by the royal family! But it would not seem right to say that he was a traitor, at least until now, he has asked very little from the court, and has repaid so much.

"Why are you asking about this?" Chongzhen felt that it was difficult to answer and did not speak, and Emperor Zhou was afraid that he would blame Zhu Yujiao, so he preemptively said.

"Erchen just thinks that if Nanhai Bo is a loyal minister and has such skills, why ...... Why not reuse him? Zhu Yujiao mustered up her courage, raised her head and said: "The sons are talking nonsense, don't take it to heart to the father, the queen and the mother." ”

Chongzhen looked at her daughter, the thirteen-year-old Zhu Yujiao's figure began to grow, just like her mother, quiet and beautiful, her eyes flashed with confusion, but there was still a trace of hope.

This look made Chongzhen's heart move!

(To be continued)