"Hey, Yun'er, hurry up, we won't be able to get out again in a while!"

"Princess, don't worry, we all have to dress up before we can go out, otherwise we will be in trouble if we are recognized!"

"Okay then, but Yun'er, you should hurry up, and when the queen mother comes back in a while, we won't be able to go out!"

"Princess, the slave will be well soon!"

In the side hall of Kunning Palace, Princess Zhu Yujiao of Kunxing is urging her maid Yun'er to dress up for her quickly.

Today, she is going to sneak out of the palace with her younger brother Zhu Ciyun to play.

Last night, Zhu Yujiao heard Zhu Cijiong say that today, the great hero Cao Yue, who led the army to break through Shengjing, the capital of Jiannu, will return to Beijing in triumph, and the government may organize the people to cheer and greet them on the streets, so as to boost the morale of the Ming army and people. The streets must be very lively, today their mother Empress Zhou has something to go to the former court, and no one in the back * palace cares about them. The father and the emperor are in trouble, and the queen mother is not there, they are very free, and they heard that the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, was going to take someone to meet Cao Yue, Zhu Yujiao and Zhu Cijiong discussed, and took the opportunity to sneak out of the palace to have a play.

As long as they talk to Wang Chengen, no one dares to stop them.

Wang Chengen is a popular person in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and he is very familiar with Zhu Yujiao and Zhu Cijiong, and he also loves and takes care of them.

Zhu Yujiao and Zhu Cijiong naturally agreed.

Zhu Yujiao is the famous princess of Changping, the second daughter of Emperor Chongzhen, but her sister Princess Kunyi died early, although she is the second daughter, she is the actual eldest daughter, and she was born to Queen Zhou, and she was very favored by Emperor Chongzhen. Zhu Yujiao was named Princess Kunxing at the beginning, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, she was named Princess Changping. Princess Changping is much more famous in history than Princess Kunxing, and some novelists have written her as the protagonist of many stories.

The one-armed Ah Jiu in "Blue Blood Sword" is Princess Changping, and one of her arms was cut off by her father Chongzhen. Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Chongzhen did not want his wife and daughter to be humiliated, forced Empress Zhou, Yuan Guifei and other concubines to commit suicide, and killed the six-year-old Princess Zhaoren with his own hands, but after cutting off one of Zhu Yujiao's arms and seeing her daughter lying in a pool of blood, she couldn't bear to do it anymore and abandoned her sword.

Of course, this is a later story.

Zhu Cijiong is Chongzhen's third son and was also born to Empress Zhou. Because he was born to the same mother, Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Yujiao have the best relationship, although the prince Zhu Cihong was also born to the same mother, but he is older, and he is the prince, and he has a lot of missions, so it is impossible to play with them all day long. Zhu Cijiong, who likes to play with Zhu Yujiao, repeatedly instigated his sister today to go out of the palace to have fun and see the excitement.

In the past few days, Zhu Yujiao and Zhu Cijiong listened to their father and mother often talk about Cao Yue's heroic deeds, and knew that Cao Yue led a lone army to break through Shengjing, snatched back the jade seal of the country, and captured the prince of Jiannuli Dai Shan.

The little boys are all heroic, and Zhu Cijiong, who is only ten years old, really wants to see what kind of character Cao Yue is. And Zhu Yujiao, who has just fallen in love, often listens to her father and mother talk about Cao Yue, and she is also curious about this hero who has just reached the age of the weak crown. Today, Cao Yue led the army back to Beijing, and the official also organized the people to welcome her, she wanted to join in the excitement at the same time, and secretly see what kind of character this young man would be.

Of course, they want to take the opportunity to sneak out of the palace to have fun, see the excitement, and buy some delicious and fun things to come back.

However, Wang Chengen set off early, and he didn't have time to bring Zhu Yujiao and Zhu Cijiong, and Zhu Yuanjiao still had to dress up well and go out dressed as a man. Wang Chengen asked people to give a message to their sisters and brothers, if they want to leave the palace, take some people out, come back early, and don't make trouble.

The two sisters and brothers naturally agreed, and of course they cherished this rare opportunity to go out of the palace and have fun.

When Zhu Yujiao was grooming and dressing up, Zhu Cijiong was already there repeatedly urging, and was urged by his younger brother, Zhu Yujiao was also very anxious, and repeatedly urged his maid. finally dressed up, and the two sisters and brothers hurried out of the palace.

Both of them are dressed in men's clothes, and the two handsome young men walking on the street are very eye-catching. The two of them don't usually go out of the palace often, and the occasional opportunity to go out of the palace is to sneak out like today, and everything is curious. The guards around them were very nervous, there were a lot of people on the street today, and the two sisters and brothers liked to crowd into crowded places, so they had to guard the front and back, and they were extremely careful.

The timing of the two sisters and brothers leaving the palace was not bad, just when they hurriedly ran to an intersection not far from the palace and squeezed into the crowd to watch the excitement, Cao Yue, who was riding a horse with Wang Chengen, took Dai Shan and just walked in front of them.

While the onlookers were throwing eggs and rotten vegetable roots at the prisoner car, venting their madness, many people also pointed to Cao Yue, who was riding on a horse and looked energetic.

"Wow, the person who led the army to break through the capital of Jiannu turned out to be such a young man, he is really ambitious!"

"I heard that this son is the general Cao Wenzhao, the son of General Cao, it seems that he has the true inheritance of his father, it's amazing, it's amazing!"

"Major General Cao is high-spirited, I see that his seal hall is shining, this time he enters Beijing, he will definitely be promoted to a knight!"

"Since ancient times, heroes have come out of teenagers, so many general soldiers have lost the battle, abandoned the army and fled, a young man, dared to lead more than 1,000 people to attack Sheng and succeeded, it seems that God still favors me Daming, and the number of slaves has been exhausted!"

"Brother, I said, Jiannu will definitely stop for a while, and the battle will not be fought for the time being, we can live in peace, thanks to Brother Cao!"

"Yes, we can have less heart, thanks to Brother Cao......"

In the laughter and laughter of the people around them, Zhu Yujiao and Zhu Cijiong struggled to squeeze in front of the crowd under the protection of the guards.

Coincidentally, just when the sister and brother were panting and squeezing in front of the crowd, Cao Yue, who was riding a horse side by side with Wang Chengen, happened to walk to their position. I don't know why, Cao Yue's eyes just looked at them.

Zhu Yujiao, who is tall, handsome, and very eye-catching, immediately attracted Cao Yue's attention.

"What a handsome young man, he looks so beautiful," Cao Yue couldn't help but exclaim after seeing Zhu Yujiao's appearance clearly, but this young man looked too delicate and less masculine. If it is "a man dressed as a woman", he will definitely be able to hide it from the eyes of many people.

Poor Cao Yue didn't expect Zhu Yujiao to be a woman. Her Royal Highness, who is only fourteen years old, has not yet developed her body, her chest is almost flat with a man, and she has been carefully dressed, and there is some distance between the two, how can he recognize it?

When Cao Yue looked at her, Zhu Yujiao's eyes also fell on Cao Yue's body. The eyes of the two met in the air, and after seeing Cao Yue's appearance clearly, Zhu Yujiao only felt as if she had been stabbed by something, and couldn't help but feel excited.

This young hero named Cao Yue, why does he look a little familiar? It's like I've seen it somewhere, well, a very familiar feeling! Also, he was very handsome, his eyes were arrogant and calm, his expression was naturally not a little pretentious, as if he didn't take everything in his eyes, this man seemed to be magnetic, and he strongly attracted her, so that she couldn't help blushing slightly, her heart was beating faster, and a feeling that she had never felt before came up.

However, Zhu Yujiao was stunned, Cao Yue had already walked in front of her, and the eyes that fell on her naturally drifted away, which made Zhu Yujiao quite disappointed, and couldn't help but stretch her neck and look at Cao Yue's back as she left.

At this moment, Cao Yue turned his head unexpectedly, glanced in her direction again, and smiled at the stunned Zhu Yujiao.

Cao Yue's smile was very bright, which made Zhu Yujiao's heartbeat speed up again, and her body was stunned as if she had been shocked, looking confused.

"Sister Huang, Cao Yue is very handsome, I like it so much," At this time, Zhu Cijiong on the side came up and said a witty word in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Hehe, Sister Huang, otherwise, you can ask your father and let him be your concubine!"

was teased by her younger brother, Zhu Yujiao came back to her senses, her face was red, her ears were red, and she couldn't help but reach out to pinch Zhu Cijiong's arm, Zhu Cijiong hurriedly ran away with a smile, Zhu Yujiao chased after her reluctantly, and the guards around her were afraid of accidents, so they hurriedly followed.

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Cao Yue followed Wang Chengen to the Forbidden City, ordered the accompanying family members to wait outside the palace, and entered the palace with Wang Chengen.

The incomparably precious jade seal of the country, Cao Yue personally brought it on his body, and Dai Shan, who was in the prisoner car, was pushed into the palace by the palace guards.

The Forbidden City looks similar to that of later generations, except that the names on those hanging plaques are different, and there is no Manchu text.

In the Ming Dynasty, the court meeting was set up in the Huangji Gate (originally Fengtianmen, the Qing Dynasty changed to Taihe Gate), and today Emperor Chongzhen received Cao Yue on the Huangji Gate. After passing through Zhengyang Gate, Tian'an Gate, and Noon Gate, and crossing the Jinshui Bridge, you will come to the Huangji Gate.

After entering the Imperial Gate, Cao Yue was taken aback, not only the emperor in the hall, but also two rows of ministers standing in the palace.

"It won't be the etiquette to welcome me, will it? It's too grand!" didn't have time to think about it, Cao Yue followed the etiquette ordered by Wang Chengen, strode into the palace and shouted: "Cao Yue, the deputy general of the general army of the Chendong Association Cao, knock to see my emperor, long live long live long live......

"Cao Aiqing," Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, actually got up from the seat, walked directly to the bottom of the imperial steps, and personally picked him up: "Hurry up." ”

Emperor Chongzhen's move surprised and surprised Cao Yue again, and he could only follow Emperor Chongzhen's gesture and get up: "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Cao Yue, and the eyes of the civil and military officials also focused on him, which made Cao Yue feel a sense of pressure.

"It's so young," Emperor Chongzhen carefully looked at Cao Yue a few times, and praised with a smile: "Cao Aiqing, you led a lone army deep into Liaodong, destroyed the old nest of Jiannu in one fell swoop, and made the slave chieftain Taiji angry to death, haha!" I'm very pleased, I'm very pleased! Aiqing can really be described as a great achievement, the slightest bit inferior to his father, it is really a tiger father without a dog, I am very pleased, and I also have a heavy reward!"

"Your Majesty, the minister is a military general, it is the duty of the minister to kill the enemy and defend the country, the minister fortunately did not disgrace the mission, broke through Shengjing, destroyed the so-called capital of Jiannu, and brought the prince of Li to Beijing, Jiannu retreated without a fight, the siege of Songshan and Jinzhou was resolved, and the minister was also happy to have such a result. Today, the minister still has a treasure to present to His Majesty," Cao Yue said, and took out a thing wrapped in yellow silk from his bosom and held it high above the top: "Your Majesty, this is the jade seal of the country that has been missing for more than two hundred years, and the minister is fortunate to find it in the palace of Jiannu and bring it back to the Ming Dynasty." ”

"The jade seal of the country?" Although Chongzhen said it at the court meeting, Cao Yue really brought this thing back today, which still caused everyone in the palace, including Emperor Chongzhen and other ministers, to exclaim.

Everyone stretched out their heads to look at the thing in Cao Yue's hand!