Although Wang Lanping did not know and understand Li Dingguo as well as Song Dali, just because he saved his life on the battlefield, he was able to risk his life to carry out his orders to the end without hesitation, and protect his relatives through many difficulties and dangers, and this dedication has already moved Wang Lanping.

Li Dingguo is a man with affection and righteousness, I heard Yun Niang say that when he was in Chengdu, Emperor Zhang Xianzhong accepted him as his righteous son, and crowned him as the prince of Daxi, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but he was never moved, and he was bent on completing his mission, which shows the loyalty of this person.

But because of this, Wang Lanping can't figure him out, if he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty as if he is loyal to himself, I'm afraid no one can change his beliefs.

Thinking of all this, Wang Lanping didn't want to tell him what he thought now.

Wang Lanping said, "Between the national crisis, it is inevitable that there will be small people who will take risks after my army leaves, for the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years, you have to always defend the embankment, assist Song Dali to defend the Beijing Division, protect the emperor, and wait for me to come back, you will be a great achievement."

In fact, Li Dingguo is not a fool, the person he is loyal to is for the sake of Wang Cheng to save his life, the world is in chaos like this, it is a character who wants to rule the world, Sichuan he has been to in person, Zhang Xianzhong's chest has no ink, with the courage of a horseman, dare to call himself the emperor, try to ask the heroes of the world who are not thinking about this crumbling Zhu Ming Jiangshan, Prime Minister, you don't need to worry about me Li Dingguo, now I am a loyal and righteous marquis, there are hundreds of mansions in the house, **** is accompanied by a wife, Dingguo is satisfied, I also understand that if you want to keep my position as a loyal and righteous marquis, the only way to keep you from standing in the Ming Dynasty is to keep the prime minister, I hope you don't have the ambition to be the emperor, if there is, there is no other way to set the country, but to follow your Wang Zhuangyuan to the dark.

Prime Minister Wang, you don't need to explain to me, the boundary of more than 500 miles around Nanjing City was swept away by you in the name of suppressing bandits a month ago, who is to prevent? Isn't it just for me to watch that the Son of Heaven of the Zhu family doesn't make waves after you leave, and you still need to see that the once majestic emperor is already your prisoner, and he even reaches the point where he can't even protect his own woman, the Son of Heaven is in trouble, and the people are ashamed, but whose fault is it that the people are in trouble?

Li Dingguo was saddened and could not personally rescue Mrs. Wang from Chengdu, he finally felt ashamed, since Prime Minister Wang Cheng said it so earnestly, he could only dispel the idea of going west with the army again.

"The country respects the life of the prime minister, and it will live up to the trust of the prime minister"

Wang Lanping laughed, his hands slapped on his shoulders, like a brotherly casualness, "Okay, what I want to hear is your words, you are in charge of the capital garrison for the first time, after I leave, don't panic when you encounter something, ask Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the military department, for advice, but remember, you have to hold the military power firmly in your own hands, Song Dali is a rough man, short-tempered, but not bad-hearted, you two stay in the capital to work together, you know?"

"Dingguo has written it down, listen to the prime minister's intentions, it seems that the Western Expedition can't wait for the first day of June."

Wang Lanping smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Soldiers, treacherous ways, according to the military report from Jinyi Wei, the Great Western Army in Huizhou City has become a lonely city after the loss of Xiangyang, and the 60,000 Western Army in the city has already been disheartened, presumably Li Laixiang in Jiangbei must have figured out this situation, if I don't take him, I will do my best to attack Anqing, Huizhou is my heart meridian road to Sichuan, if it falls into the hands of Li Laixiang, the consequences will be serious."

Li Dingguo nodded, "When does the prime minister plan to start the army?" ”

Wang Lanping made up his mind a few days ago, the entire army of the Western Expedition was divided into three routes, marching in turn, Wang Lanping sent the general to take 20,000 people to raid Huizhou first, open up the road to the west, I heard that the Western Army there looted a lot of money and grain, and took just a solution to the current lack of food in the army, the other two armies still swore in the first day of June to march westward, after breaking Huizhou, they entered Huguang, and the 20,000 troops of He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, joined the division, and then acted on the camera.

Wang Lanping said, "In the past few days, I still have an important task to hand over to you."

Li Dingguo arched his hand and said, "The prime minister commands!" ”

"I had to quit Huaining back then, causing my family to be separated, and I was disappointed, I still can't take them with me when I leave this time, everything is up to you"

Li Dingguo nodded keenly, "Dingguo protects each other with his life"

"Okay, you step down first, I still have some days to leave, I'll look for you if there's something"

"Subordinates retire!"

**

The Forbidden City of Nanjing, the palace is still strictly forbidden, and the soldiers and horses of Yulinwei can be seen everywhere patrolling back and forth, and the people bow their heads and go around dozens of feet away.

Method and eight guards followed Wang Lanping to the outside of Fengtian Gate, and all of them turned over and dismounted.

When the gatekeeper saw the prime minister coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to hold his gun and knelt down, "See the prime minister!" ”

Wang Lanping was wearing the python robe of Dingguo Gong, with a black silk wing crown on his head, and with a flick of his hand, he threw the horse whip to the method and asked the soldiers in front of him.

"You Song commanders can be on duty here"

"Back to the prime minister, today is General Song on duty, the prime minister is a little later, the little one will go in and report"

Wang Lanping climbed the stairs, "Let's get up, no need to report, I won't look for him, he is on duty in the palace, and if something goes wrong, he will ask for your head."

"Little Honor!"

Entering the Fengtian Gate, there is still a team of warriors dressed in strong and stubborn circles, after the martial tower, you can see the majestic and magnificent Fengtian Parliamentary Hall, but although the majesty has long been gone, the inside and outside are surrounded by warriors.

Wang Lanping did not enter the Fengtian Palace, but entered from the Donghua Gate on the right, passing through the Huagai Palace, along the way, the palace maid and eunuch saw Wang Lanping appear, and immediately knelt aside, not daring to move.

There are many gates in the imperial city, and how many thresholds in this palace are so far Wang Lanping has not counted clearly, three into five, he is the first time to come to the Qianqing Palace, the bedroom of Emperor Zhu Yousong.

However, Wang Lanping came to find the emperor this time, he looked at the Qianqing Palace, which was surrounded by layers of warriors, shook his head and smiled, maybe this is the most luxurious prison cell in the world, and it is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Lanping bypassed the Qianqing Palace, looked for the side door, and was about to walk towards the back palace, but saw a person squatting under the east corner of the Qianqing Palace, and the back seemed to be Song Xian.

Wang Lanping didn't apply, he stepped forward slowly, bowed his waist with his hands behind his back, and stared at the red wall with Song Xian's eyes, what is here?

Song Xian, who was engrossed, didn't notice that there was someone behind him at all, he leaned over his body, leaned on the wall, and looked very seriously.

Seeing this, he snickered for a while, and coughed lightly.

Song Xian was startled because he was too focused, and when he turned around, he saw that it was the prime minister, and he was busy saluting.

Wang Lanping raised his chin, "What are you looking for here?" Count ants? ”

Song Xian looked flustered, his helmet was crooked, and he hurriedly straightened it and arched his hand, "I don't know if the prime minister is coming, the last general will be guilty" As he said that, he looked around again, his expression was a little weird, "Prime minister, his subordinates have found out that the reason why the things in the queen's palace were spread before was that the passage was in this Fengtian hall."

Wang Lanping was stunned for a moment, and then turned his gaze to Song Xian, "Are you stupid, this is the Great Hall of the Ming Dynasty, is it possible that you suspect that there is a secret passage in this hall that connects to the outside of the palace?" ”

Song Xian's appearance seemed to think so, he nodded, "The subordinates have sent someone to search every corner of the palace, and they haven't found anything, but it's inconvenient for the subordinates of the Qianqing Palace to enter."

Wang Lanping snorted, "Then you suspect that there is a secret passage in this hall?" Think about you, Song Dali doesn't know."

Song Xian's eyes widened, "How does the prime minister know?"

Wang Lanping said with a smile, "If that reckless man knows, he won't have to cut this Fengtian Palace."

The three of them laughed, and Song Xian said, "The prime minister means that the secret path is not in the Fengtian Palace?" ”

"Of course not"

"That, that subordinate checked all the other places, but didn't find anything, oh no, yes, yes, and the harem didn't check."

Wang Lanping stretched out his hand and knocked on his helmet, "You are also a Song Dali, did you dig a secret passage in your backyard to go straight to the wild man's house, don't use your brain, and besides, who told you that there is a secret passage in this palace?"

Song Xian's face showed a little sluggishness, without the secret passage, it would never be possible to spread the news in the palace.

"Guessed by subordinates"

"Guess? How did you think of looking this up, and who told you to do it? ”

Song Xian's head is big, wasn't it because Song Dali was punished to kneel in the Dingguo Mansion yesterday because the palace was not strictly guarded, which caused the news to be revealed? Isn't it right, it's not, he even said the method in this matter, and he made up for his mistakes, so Song Xian glanced at the method.

Wang Lanping followed Song Xian's gaze and turned to look at the method behind him, his expression was nervous, and his eyes flickered.

"You told him?"

The method knew that he had overstepped his authority, and he was uneasy, he was originally out of good intentions, trying to guess the prime minister's thoughts, but he didn't know what the prime minister thought.

"The subordinates know that they are wrong"

Wang Lanping's eyes sank, but he didn't accuse him at the time, he turned his head to look at Song Xiandao, "Don't waste your time, no matter how hidden the secret passage is, it is not as unpredictable as people's hearts, you don't have to worry about this matter, I came today to end the queen's matter, you step down, don't come to this Qianqing Palace if you have nothing to do."

Song Xian was bored and retreated.

The queen lives in the Kunning Palace and the Qianqing Palace is only separated by a wall, Wang Lanping came to the gate of the courtyard, several eunuchs and Gong Fa who were guarding the door immediately stepped forward to salute, they may not know Wang Lanping, but they know the court clothes of the prince, the prince who can appear here at will, and there is only the frightening prince of Dingguo in the world.

Wang Lanping did not behave aggressively today, and arched his hand to the eunuchs, "A few fathers-in-law, if you have Lao Tongbing, you will say that the prince of Dingguo came to ask the queen for guilt, and asked the queen to give you a meeting."

After this gate, it is a forbidden place in the world, and only a man and a eunuch who is neither male nor female can enter the world, and Wang Lanping is not that Song Dali.

The little eunuch hurriedly went in to report, and while he was waiting outside the door, Wang Lanping looked at the method behind him and said, "Method, remember, don't talk nonsense in the future, you are the person next to me, and your words will have many meanings to others."

The method Khan came down, and immediately knelt down, "The subordinates are guilty, please punish the prime minister"

Wang Lanping raised his hand, "Your sister has just become my woman, for her sake, I won't punish you this time, remember, don't take an example"

Wang Lanping said this very clearly, your method is at best just staining your sister's light, the only thing you can do by my side is to be obedient, don't pass on words, I don't want to raise someone's eyeliner by my side.

He didn't even dare to lift the method, he was drenched in cold sweat, and he didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere when he retreated to the side, and he didn't know why he was so afraid of the prime minister, especially his eyes that were not angry and arrogant, just a glance could make him feel that the pores all over his body were opened.

The sun was shining, Wang Lan stood peacefully and peacefully, and he had been waiting outside the palace for an hour, and it was past noon in a blink of an eye, and even a eunuch did not come out to report back.

Time is wasted, Wang Lanping, who doesn't have much leisure, estimates that he won't be able to go home tonight.

**

Kunning Palace

Twenty-nine-year-old Jin Guifei lazily lay on the soft couch, light makeup and whitewashing, her appearance could not be seen at all that she was the mother of the ten-year-old prince, her skin was moist and smooth, and her maintenance was more unforgettable than that of a girl in her cardamom years.

The beauty of Jin Guifei is certain, she was eighteen years old by Zhu Yousong, who was still the son of the old Fu Wang, in the beauty cloud selection, is for Zhu Yousong's side room, soon gave birth to a son, the mother is expensive, Jin's good life seems to start from her giving birth to a son for Zhu Yousong, not a few years later, Li Zicheng entered Luoyang, the old Fu Wang died tragically, Zhu Yousong attacked the Fu Wangjue, the Fu Wang Huang also died in the chaos, Zhu Yousong fled to the south of the Yangtze River on the way, set up the Jin family as the successor room, soon Hongguang Dynasty Li, Jin was then named the imperial concubine, the former Huang family posthumously respected' Filial piety, righteousness, benevolence, Su Ming, chastity, Xi Tianyi, queen'.

In order to remember his deceased wife, Zhu Yousong did not set up another queen, but according to the unwritten rules in the palace, if the emperor did not canonize the queen, then the imperial concubine would be in charge of all affairs in the palace, and she would be a 'queen' without a proper name.

Originally, I thought that King Fu ascended the throne and became the emperor, and the Jin family could be the mother of the world, but I didn't expect that this Hongguang Dynasty had not had a day of peace since she staggered in Nanjing.

Jin sighed bitterly, and the emperor vented all his grievances in the palace every time he went to the court, from the golden concubine who was beautiful and fragrant to the palace maid and eunuch, he saw who beat whom, and really made the harem of the Hongguang Dynasty into a hell on earth.

This is not endless, with Prime Minister Wang Cheng's administration, she has lost her freedom since then, and she doesn't even have the right to go out of the palace, and a few days ago, a wild girl came out of nowhere, and she actually fought with her in Kunning Palace.

The sun halo turned around, and the golden concubine on the soft couch woke up slowly, her hazy eyes opened slightly, and she reached out and put her jade hand to her mouth and yawned gently.

"Liu Bao, what time is it?"

Liu Bao is a steward of the inner palace eunuch, responsible for many affairs of this Kunning Palace, and serving Jin Guifei is one of his duties.

"Back to the concubine Niangniang, before the beginning of the hour (one o'clock in the afternoon)"

Jin Guifei straightened up, reached out and pulled the bun at the back of her head, Liu Bao hurriedly stepped forward to hug her, and reminded casually, "Niangniang, Wang Cheng's palace has been waiting outside the gate for a long time, if Niangniang is gone, the old slave will send him back."

In fact, how can this Liu Bao have such courage, he is just reminding the concubine that it is not a good thing to annoy Prime Minister Wang Cheng, the former court celebrant and the great eunuch Han Zanzhou has warned the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace many times, don't provoke Prime Minister Wang Cheng and his soldiers if you have nothing to do, and use your brains more to do things.

Jin Guifei stood up with Liu Bao's arm, and moved the lotus step lightly, the majesty was far better than Fang Ling, "This palace has said it, but I don't see it"

Liu Bao hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, no, let him wait outside for a while, after eating the leopard's gall, a little subordinate dares to run to Kunning Palace to spread wild, and when the mother is rested, he will call the prime minister in and scold him a few words, how does he discipline his subordinates, even the old slave can't look at it."

Jin Guifei knew what she meant, and the corners of her mouth raised, "That's it, then the palace will give him a look, Liu Bao"

"The slave is here!"

"Let Prime Minister Wang Cheng go to the Rouyi Palace"

Liu Bao secretly complained, the Rouyi Hall was almost out of the Forbidden City, and it was only a wall away from the Xihua Gate of the palace city, would Prime Minister Wang agree to let her go out?

Jin Guifei sighed in her heart, there is no way, she has been locked up in the palace for too long, what is it like outside, is the palace today still the same as when the palace entered the palace?

She just wants to take this opportunity to go out and relax, of course, there is a more important one, everyone in this palace is afraid of you, Prime Minister Wang, but my Jin Guifei is not afraid of you. (To be continued.) )