During the preparation for the wedding, Cao Yue also received another surprise, that is, with the help of Sun Chuanting, the first battalion of the Datong Army continued to be under his command and went to Nanjing together as the backbone of the training of the new army.

Originally, Cao Yue's cronies who held important positions in the Datong Army could also go to Nanjing with him as long as they wanted.

The benefits that Sun Chuanting won for him, Cao Yue naturally would not refuse, and he accepted it very simply.

For Sun Chuanting, if Cao Yue's cronies are driven out of the Datong army, he can better command this force, otherwise he may not be able to command this force. Sun Chuanting also has people he trusts, and he has to arrange some capable generals to join the army, otherwise this battle will not be easy to fight.

Sun Chuanting has commanded many wars and suffered a lot of losses, and he understands very well the truth of eating a trench and growing wise. He knew that Cao Yue wanted to take away many of the backbone of the Datong army, and he wanted to insert his own people into it in order to better control the elite men and horses this time.

Thus, a mutually acceptable and mutually happy outcome emerges.

The new commander-in-chief of the Datong Army is Zhao Liang, and Zhao Tai continues to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief, although these two important figures in the Datong Army are also Cao Yue's cronies, but Sun Chuanting can't let them go. If these two original deputy commanders are let go, the whole army will not be easy to lead.

Sun Chuanting's thoughts Cao Yue understood, but he didn't care, so that Emperor Chongzhen could agree that a battalion of the Datong Army would go to Nanjing with him, and some other cronies would also follow, which already made him overjoyed.

Cao Yue asked Cao Jie to take the sergeants of the first battalion to Nanjing first, and he asked Cao Jie to calculate the itinerary, and it was best to arrive in Nanjing when he arrived in Nanjing. If he arrives in Nanjing before him, he will be stationed outside the city of Nanjing, and he will go to the military headquarters to ask for a military order.

Except for Cao Jie who brought the soldiers of the first battalion over, Cao Yue's other cronies still went to Beijing first, participated in his wedding, and then went south with him. Cao Yue's mother, Wu, his second brother Cao Chao, and his cousin Cao Dingjiao will all go to Beijing to attend his wedding.

The imperial court has issued an edict to conquer the rogues living in Henan and Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting will soon lead the army out of Shanxi to attack Li Zicheng's men, Cao Bianjiao will follow Sun Chuanting on the expedition, and he, like Sun Chuanting, cannot attend Cao Yue's wedding.

Cao Bianjiao could only ask his younger brother Cao Dingjiao to help him bring a generous gift to Cao Yue, and wrote a letter to Cao Yue to apologize, saying that because of the big military operation, he could not attend Cao Yue's wedding, and when he returned from victory, he would definitely go to Nanjing in person to meet Cao Yue and Princess Kunxing, and the brothers would drink well to celebrate. He told Cao Yue to train his troops well and strive to train a man with stronger combat effectiveness.

Before Sun Chuanting left Beijing, he also specially invited Cao Yue to the restaurant to drink, and while giving a generous gift, he also regretted that he could not attend Cao Yue's wedding, he was very embarrassed, and the next time he had the opportunity, he would also come to Nanjing, and Cao Yue must invite him to drink wine once to make up for his regret that he did not attend the wedding banquet.

Cao Yue naturally agreed, and said that he hoped that Sun Chuanting could go to Nanjing to take charge, so that he would be better able to do things, and if the two worked together, they would definitely be able to do something earth-shattering.

But Sun Chuanting didn't say anything about this, he only said that everything must be at the disposal of the imperial court, and where he will serve needs to be decided by Emperor Chongzhen. What he wants to do most now is to quell the rebellion of the rogues and restore peace to the people of the world.

Cao Yue's wedding date is set for May 22, and from the perspective of the time arrangement, it is actually very hasty.

The wedding of the first princess of the Ming Dynasty could not have been so hasty, and the preparation time would take at least a few months, half a year, or even longer. But now is an extraordinary period, the Ming Dynasty has constant internal and external troubles, the treasury is empty, and Emperor Chongzhen's inner treasury also has no silver. The emperor married his daughter, and Emperor Chongzhen, as his father, couldn't take out a lot of money to buy a rich dowry for his daughter and hold a grand wedding.

Everything can only be settled, plus it is necessary to take into account the time when Cao Yue went to Nanjing to take office, so Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou decided to hold a marriage for Cao Yue and Zhu Yujiao as soon as possible, and everything was simple.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou were still very guilty and felt that they had wronged their daughter, but Zhu Yujiao didn't care much about it. Her father and mother agreed that she would go to Nanjing with Cao Yue, which was already the best dowry for her. She doesn't have to live in the princess's mansion in Beijing like the princesses of the Ming Dynasty before, and all the affairs in the mansion are decided by a few stewards.

can go to Nanjing with Cao Yue, the two live together, most of the affairs can be decided by Cao Yue and herself, what is more happy and satisfying than this? Without a rich dowry, without a solemn wedding, she doesn't care.

The wedding was also held on May 22 as scheduled, in fact, the wedding was quite grand, the "six ceremonies" naturally have, the marriage ceremony was according to the ancestral system, most of the important ministers in the court also participated in their wedding, Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, also for their favorite daughter, purchased the dowry they could. Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou personally sent Zhu Yujiao out of the palace, and asked the crown prince Zhu Cihong and the third son Zhu Cijiong to send off their relatives together.

Emperor Chongzhen also posthumously sealed Cao Wenzhao, who had been martyred, and named Cao Wenzhao as the Duke of Weiguo, and the status of the Wu family also rose. Cao Yue's second brother Cao Chao was promoted to the commander of Nanjing Jinyiwei, and Cao Dingjiao's younger brother Cao Dingjiao was also promoted to Jinyiwei.

At the same time, Cao Yue's great achievements were announced to the world, and the edict praised his exploits in several battles, and Cao Yue was included in the list of Ming generals, and Cao Yue was given a gold medal to avoid death.

Emperor Chongzhen did this because he wanted to make up for the regret of not being able to give Zhu Yujiao a generous makeup and grand wedding through a high-level wedding, and at the same time elevate the status of the Cao family.

Cao Yue was naturally very satisfied with these additional surprises, and at the end of the wedding, when he entered the cave room with Zhu Yujiao, he also talked about his surprise with Zhu Yujiao. Cao Yue was not dissatisfied, but was very surprised, Zhu Yujiao, who was originally worried and worried that Cao Yue had ideas, was of course relieved. She also revealed a lot of things to Cao Yue, saying that she fought for Cao Yue through her mother.

Unexpectedly, Queen Zhou and Zhu Yujiao could bring him so many benefits, Cao Yue was naturally very happy. got a beautiful woman with a beautiful country, and by the way, he got so many benefits, he can describe it with his heart.

On the night of candles in the cave room, the two were extremely affectionate. Cao Yue, who has not vented his body for too long, has also worked patiently and passionately on Zhu Yujiao's basically mature body, so that Zhu Yujiao, who is new to personnel, also reaps the satisfaction of being a woman.

And on the day of Cao Yue and Zhu Yujiao's wedding, Bumu Butai gave birth to a daughter in Shengjing.

After the wedding, Cao Yue is also ready to go south to Nanjing as soon as possible to continue to fulfill his grand wish!

(End of Volume II)