Because it was the emperor who recruited him, and the time requirements were also very tight, Liu Fan did not delay for too long, and traveled all the way to the capital with more than 1,000 people selected by Li Xiaohu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After a long journey of more than half a month, Liu Fan rushed to the capital on the twentieth day of the lunar month. After more than a year of absence, Liu Fan came to the capital again, and the capital at this time has not changed much from the last time Liu Fan left, the only thing is that it is more prosperous and lively. Because it is close to the New Year, there is more festive atmosphere in the capital at this time, strolling through the streets of the capital, merchants gather, shops are dense, and wine shops are lined up. Pedestrians rub shoulders one after another, peddlers and pawns, playing and shouting, endlessly, showing the prosperity of the metropolis. Seeing such a prosperous scene in the capital, Liu Fan sighed inexplicably in his heart, such a prosperous Beijing city will suffer from the baptism of war for a long time in the next ten years, and it has not escaped the trampling of the iron hooves of foreign races after all, I don't know how many people can survive at that time.

Shaking his head, Liu Fan cleaned up his mood, stopped thinking about it, and took Li Xiaohu and a hundred or so people through the bustling streets to his small courtyard in the capital. Because of Xiaozhu Xiaohe's departure, the courtyard given to Liu Fan by Chongzhen has been uninhabited for a long time, except for a few servants who clean it every day, it has been idle for a long time. Liu Fan and his entourage simply cleaned up and stayed for the time being.

Not long after Liu Fan just stayed, Wang Chengen personally led people to Liu Fan's residence, and when he saw Wang Chengen coming, Liu Fan couldn't care about being tired, and immediately got up to greet him, "How dare Liu Fan, how dare you bother the prince to come in person!" You always have to send someone to inform you of something! You really tortured Liu like this! ”

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "The old slave also came to invite Lord Liu on the order of the emperor!" The emperor knew that Lord Liu had come to the capital, so he hurriedly sent the old slave! Can Lord Liu clean up? The emperor really wants to see you! ”

Liu Fan arched his hand and said, "Wait a minute, wait for Liu Fan to change his clothes, and then go to the palace with you!" ”

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "Lord Liu, don't be polite! Light! ”

There was no time to clean up, Liu Fan simply changed out the dusty clothes and armor and followed Wang Chengen to the Forbidden City! Liu Fan saw Chongzhen again after a year of parting in the Qianqing Palace, and compared with the sadness on his face last time, Chongzhen's complexion was obviously much better this time. Striding into the palace, Liu Fan hurriedly saluted, "Minister Liu Fan, see Your Majesty!" ”

Chongzhen took a few steps forward, gently helped Liu Fan up, and said with a smile, "Don't be polite to Jimin!" Hurry up, please! Then he looked Liu Fan up and down before he said, "I haven't seen you for a year, Jimin is darker and thinner!" Compared with this expedition, there is no less hardship! ”

Liu Fan said respectfully: "The Lu of the food king, the matter of loyalty to the king, it is the duty of the minister to fight for the country as a military general!" Don't dare to say bitter! ”

Chongzhen sighed when he heard this: "What a food king, a matter of loyalty!" If I had more people like Xiang Jimin, then I wouldn't have to worry about national affairs every day! ”

Hearing Chongzhen's exclamation, Liu Fan didn't know how to answer, so he had to keep silent. Chongzhen only sighed, and when he saw that Liu Fan had no words, he turned to say, "Jimin!" This time, I urgently recalled you from Henan, you won't blame me! ”

Liu Fan bowed down and replied, "Don't dare!" ”

Chongzhen shook his head and sighed: "Actually, I am also very helpless! It's all because of you! Do you know that because you refused to marry Shuying, Concubine Tian and Guozhang have been crying to me every day in the past few months, saying that you have neglected Shuying! I have no choice but to summon you to the capital! Alas! Helping the people! It's not me talking about you! You and Zhang Yao have been married for almost a year, why haven't you married Shuying yet? How did you promise me in the first place? You're not trying to break your word, are you? ”

When Liu Fan heard Chongzhen's complaint, his heart was also full of apologies. It stands to reason that the conditions given to him by Chongzhen are simply unprecedentedly relaxed, and what he does is a little unauthentic, so Liu Fan is very embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty! This is the minister's fault, and the minister is willing to accept the punishment! ”

One of the emotional things is Liu Fan's weakness, and Liu Fan's feelings for Tian Shuying are also very complicated, on the one hand, he is a little resistant to political marriage, but on the other hand, he is very moved by Tian Shuying's dedication to him. Liu Fan didn't know how he should deal with this matter, so he had been avoiding this issue a little, but now it was unavoidable, Liu Fan had to explain to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty! You also know that the minister's thinking is very different from the current person, and the minister has always wanted to cultivate a relationship with Shuying before getting married! And Shuying is still young, and according to our laws and customs, she can't get married now! Physiologically speaking, it is not good for girls to marry too early for their body and mind, if they get pregnant too early, it is even more troublesome, not only adults are prone to problems, even children are easy to die, according to the medical science of later generations, girls are generally 20 to 23 years old to get married, so the minister wants to wait for Shuying to be older before getting married, which is also for her physical consideration! ”

Chongzhen didn't believe Liu Fan's explanation at all, and scolded with a smile: "Jimin! You don't give me all this useless! Hum! Xiaozhu Xiaohe is only 17 years old, why did you accept them so early? What bullshit customs! Since you are now in Daming, you must act in accordance with the laws and customs of Daming! According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, a woman is fifteen years old as "and Xuan", and now Shuying is 18 years old, and she has long passed the age of marriage! I don't bother to argue with you, and now the matter is out of your hands! I'm ready to tell the world! As soon as the New Year is over, you and Shuying will get married in the capital! ”

"Huh!? Tell the world? Marriage in Beijing? Liu Fan was suddenly a little stunned, he is now just a small military attache from the fourth grade, and Tian Shuying is only the concubine's sister, and he has nothing to do with such a big scene as announcing the world! Liu Fan couldn't help but ask out loud, "Your Majesty!" There is no need to tell the world about this! I know you care about us! But it's really not suitable for the minister to be too public! Originally, the ministers had made a lot of enemies among the gentry and civil officials, and the military attachés and nobles had never had any friendship, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they are isolated now. If the scene is made so big now, not to mention whether it will arouse people's disgust, I am afraid that the crime of transgression will not be passed! ”

Chongzhen waved his big hand and said undoubtedly, "I have made up my mind!" Don't persuade Jimin anymore! I am the emperor, and I say that only when the system is overstepped is the system is overruled. That's it for you and Shuying! When Shuying arrives in the capital, I will give you a marriage! ”

Liu Fan still strove and said, "But Your Majesty! The minister's position is too low, and he is not qualified to have three wives and four concubines! ”

Chongzhen glanced at Liu Fan dissatisfiedly and said, "This is easy to say, it just so happens that you have also made a lot of meritorious deeds this time, and I will give you a title when the time comes!" All right! Don't get cheap and sell well! There's nothing to talk about! ”

Chongzhen said so, Liu Fan couldn't find an excuse to excuse himself, so he had to bow his head and say, "Okay!" Obey the order! (To be continued.) )