When everyone withdrew from the tent, Wang Pu was about to howl twice, but Zhen Youcai tiptoed into the tent again.

Wang Pu asked, "Why did you come in again?" ”

Zhen Youcai said in a low voice: "General, there is an important matter, and the villain has to discuss it with you." ”

Wang Pu said: "What's the matter?" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "The old lady sees the back, according to the regulations, the general is going to go home Ding worry, and he is not allowed to lead troops within a hundred days, he is not allowed to go to battle, and he is not allowed to marry, so there is something very urgent now, that is, hurry up and prepare the dowry, and then go to the city to hire the Lord Banzai, and pre-set the marriage between you and Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

"Is it necessary to be in such a hurry?"

"Hurry, this matter must be done as soon as possible!" Zhen Youcai hurriedly said, "Once the news of the old lady's betrayal spreads, according to the rules, you can no longer hire Long Live Lord, and more seriously, if you can't settle the relationship between you and Her Royal Highness the Princess, do you think Long Live Lord will let you go back to Datong Ding worry?" ”

Wang Pu's expression suddenly became solemn, and he asked in a condensed voice, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zhen Youcai said in a deep voice: "General, you should also feel it, the suspicion of the Lord is very heavy, if you and Her Royal Highness the princess's family affairs are not settled, he will never let you go back to Datong, he is likely to find an excuse to put you in prison again, and then release you to marry the princess after the expiration of the Bai Yue Ding worry." ”

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "In other words, if you can't give a dowry and settle the family affairs before the news of my father's death spreads, Wan Sui Ye is likely to lock me up for another hundred days, or simply kill me directly?" Anyway, there's no way he'll let me go back to Datong Ding, right? ”

Zhen Youcai nodded and said, "Yes, unless you still want to go back to the prison and live for another hundred days." ”

"The ghost is willing to go back to the prison." Wang Pu said viciously, "I don't want to stay in this Yanjing City for a moment, I can't afford to provoke these uncles in the capital, and I can cut me with a thousand knives with a word, this kind of artificial knife, I feel bad for the taste of fish and meat, I better go back to Datong as soon as possible." ”

Wang Pu will really understand the old saying, a companion is like a tiger, he really doesn't want to stay in Yanjing City.

"That's why the general is in a hurry to give the dowry." Zhen Youcai said, "As long as you have been engaged to the dowry, even if you don't get married, you have already become the son-in-law of the Long Live Lord, you are already a horse master, and you are a relative of the emperor. ”

"Okay." Wang Pu said, "Then do it, if you have talent, you hurry up and prepare the dowry, remember to prepare more ginseng, Dongzhu and gold jewelry, and prepare four more heavy gifts, and the general will also invite Zhou Gelao, Chen Butang, Zhou Guozhang and Uncle Tian Guo to protect the media." ”

"Yes." Zhen Youcai replied respectfully, "The villain will go down and prepare." ”

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Purple City, Kunning Palace.

Wang Chengen bent down into the warm pavilion and said diligently: "Long live the lord, the queen's mother, a good thing, a good thing." ”

"What's the good thing?" Emperor Chongzhen smiled and asked, "Look at you." ”

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Long live Lord, Mr. Wang has already entered the city with ten car dowry gifts, and also invited Zhou Guozhang, Uncle Tian Guo, Zhou Ge Lao and Lord Chen to protect the media together. ”

"This Wang Pu is very fast." Emperor Chongzhen scolded with a smile, "The face is big enough, the national uncle, the old man and the secretary of the military department have all become his matchmakers, and he is also generous, the top ten car dowry!" It seems that he has indeed made a lot of benefits in Liaodong, and I have to beat his autumn wind, hum. ”

"Hooray." Queen Zhou said coquettishly, "How can there be an old father-in-law who beats his son-in-law Qiufeng?" ”

"Hmph." Emperor Chongzhen feigned anger and said, "Ru'er hasn't married Wang Pu yet, and you have already said good things for him." ”

Queen Zhou said happily: "Ru'er can marry Wang Pu, that is her blessing." ”

"That's just as well." Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and said abruptly, "Wang Pu would rather be cut by a thousand knives than divorce his wife, which shows that he is a good man who values love and righteousness, this time I made an exception, and no longer follow the ancestral system to force Wang Pu to divorce his wife and remarry, but my Ru'er must be a wife after marrying Wang Pu, and Wang Pu's original partner can only be a wife." ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly said: "Long live Lord, this Wang Zongbing has already greeted the slave and maid in advance, and Her Royal Highness the princess must be a wife after marrying." ”

Wang Pu did say this to Wang Chengen, but there is a sentence that Wang Pu did not say, Her Royal Highness the princess is the wife, but Chen Yuanyuan is also the wife, this is called the two heads, neither humiliating the princess of Changping, nor wronging Chen Yuanyuan.

Empress Zhou asked: "Long live the lord, is Ru'er still according to the previous rules when she marries this time?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said: "Wang Pu is not an ordinary concubine, so this time you can no longer follow the previous rules, and the rules set by the ancestors are also time to change, from now on, the eldest princess, princess, and Weng lord who have been married but still live in the palace will all go out of the palace, and they will all go back to their respective concubine mansions to reunite with the concubines, and the article that the relatives of the concubines shall not be officials must also be abolished, however, the concubines are not allowed to take concubines, and Wang Pu is just a special case. ”

Wang Chengen smiled and said, "Long live the wise lord." ”

"Ugh." Empress Zhou paused and said, "So Ru'er is going to Datong with Wang Pu soon?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "Queen, don't worry, even if Ru'er marries Wang Pu, she will not leave Jingshi." ”

Empress Zhou was puzzled: "This ......"

Wang Chengen explained: "Queen Mother, Long Live Lord has decided to let General Wang Commander supervise the Beijing camp as a lieutenant of the horses, so he doesn't have to go back to Datong, and Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't have to marry Datong far away." ”

"Really?" Empress Zhou said happily, "This is really good." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Empress, for this family affair, Ru'er has not eaten well for three days and three nights, and slept well, right?" Go and tell her the good news, but don't spoil my precious daughter. ”

"Yes." Empress Zhou got up and saluted, "The concubine will go." ”

Emperor Chongzhen turned around and said to Wang Chengen: "Chengen, you hurry up and follow the etiquette, try to arrange it as thoughtful and solemn as possible, and then order the imperial dining room to get ready. ”

"The slave obeys."

Wang Chengen received the holy decree and went down to prepare diligently.

On this night, Emperor Chongzhen held a feast in the palace, and the civil and military officials above the seventh grade of the Beijing Division, but all those who could breathe were all present at the banquet, and who dared not to go to the invitation of the Long Live Lord? Long live the Lord also made it clear that tonight's feast is a wedding feast, how can you go to the wedding feast empty-handed? Officials big and small will inevitably prepare another generous gift.

Wang Pu also learned to be obedient this time, and the toast to the hundred officials was only meaningful, and he didn't lose his temper after drinking like last time.

Emperor Chongzhen got drunk and had to quit halfway. At the end of the feast, Wang Chengen returned to read out the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen in public, and transferred Wang Pu from the general army of Datong Town to the governor of Beijing, and ordered the Zongren Mansion to choose Huang Daoji to complete the marriage for Wang Pu and Princess Changping.

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There was no word for a night, and the next morning was called.

Zhou Yanru, who was very good at figuring out Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts, had already prepared, and did not wait for Liu Zongzhou and these Qingliu to counterattack on Wang Pu's matter, and Gong Dingxin was the first to go out of the class in the military department, accusing Liu Zongzhou of hiding evil intentions, gathering the crowd to suppress Long live, and destroying the country's sharp weapon, which refers to Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong.

Then Wang Xiyan, the servant of the ministry, came out again, saying that Liu Zongzhou listed the charges and framed Chen Xinjia.

Xie Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the Ministry of History, Wang Xiyan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and others also seconded the proposal.

When Liu Zongzhou was about to lead the ministers of the Qing School to launch a counterattack, Li Banghua, the right capital of the imperial history who had secretly fallen to Zhou Yanru, suddenly turned against him, claiming that Liu Zongzhou's eight major crimes against Chen Xinjia were all fabricated by him under his instruction, and they were purely false, and directly dealt Liu Zongzhou a fatal blow!

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen knew that Zhou Yanru was taking the opportunity to suppress Qingliu, but he didn't want to shield Liu Zongzhou.

Due to the fall of Wen Tiren and the inaction of Cheng Jiming, the power of Qingliu in the DPRK has expanded dramatically, and it is gradually out of control, and it is time to purge it, and Emperor Chongzhen just borrowed the hand of Zhou Yanru to achieve this purpose.

Liu Zongzhou was dismissed from his post as a court and handed over to the criminal department for punishment, so far the Qingliu forces in the DPRK suffered a heavy blow, and the pragmatic ministers led by Zhou Yanru gradually controlled the government, if the government can be controlled by Zhou Yanru all the time, the Ming Empire may be able to avoid internal friction in the party struggle, or may be able to avoid the downfall, but unfortunately Zhou Yanru did not be able to do this.

Because Zhou Yanru's foundation was not stable, he relied on the full support of the Restoration Society to make a comeback, and after Zhou Yanru successfully squeezed out Cheng Jiming to become the first assistant of the cabinet, the Restoration Society advocated Pu to draw up a list of more than 300 people, asking Zhou Yanru to install the people in the Restoration Society.

Zhou Yanru is completely the front door to drive wolves, and the back door to enter the tiger, and finally eliminated the Qingliu forces headed by Liu Zongzhou, but then a new generation of Qingliu with people as the backbone of the Fushe Society emerged, and the party struggle at the end of the Ming Dynasty will continue......

But all this has nothing to do with Wang Pu.

On the next day, Wang Pu received the bad news of his father's abandonment of the world "very timely", according to the regulations, Wang Pu got a hundred Ding Wei holidays, because Ding Wei could not marry during the period, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to postpone the marriage, first let Wang Pu return to Datong Ding Wei, and then return to Beijing to take over as the governor of Beijing after the expiration of the Bai Yue period, and at the same time marry Princess Changping.

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