Before the palace door was locked, Zhu Yujiao returned to her dormitory, Kunxing Palace. Not long after changing her clothes, the palace maid hurriedly came to report that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived.

The prince didn't bring a few servants, but just followed two small eunuchs. By this time, it was already dark, and the wind was much stronger than before. The prince's soft couch only had a Luo umbrella, so when he entered the palace, his head was covered with dust.

Seeing the prince's gray face, Zhu Yujiao couldn't help but eat and laugh, and hurriedly took a cotton towel to help the prince remove the dust, and instructed the palace maid and eunuch to bring water to clean the prince's face, and it took a while before it stopped.

"Why did the imperial brother come to the courtier's sister at this hour?" Zhu Yujiao asked knowingly.

The crown prince is less than thirteen years old this year, and the difference between Zhu Yujiao and the prince is only one year old. Although the age difference is very small, and the temperament of the two is very different, the relationship between brother and sister is extremely deep. Zhu Cihong, who has always been an earnest gentleman in front of people, can only show the appearance of a young man in Kunxing Palace.

The gift offered by Jiading Bo Zhou Kui has been moved to the palace by the eunuchs, Zhu Cihong looked at it, and a look of disgust involuntarily flashed in the corner of his eyes. "Imperial sister, are you going to Jiading Bofu again today?"

Zhu Yujiao smiled slightly, "Brother Huang, who in the world doesn't know that his grandfather is rich, and it is easy to say that he can make money from his old man, but it is very difficult to get money from his purse." The courtiers brought these things and prepared to present them to the queen mother. You also know that now the palace is frugal and simple, and the father and queen mother are just coarse tea and light rice, wood hairpins and cloth clothes. The courtiers brought these things, but they also wanted to make the father and queen more comfortable! ”

Zhu Cihong's heart was sour. There is no peace in the country, and in the past few years, natural disasters have been endless. Emperor Chongzhen issued several edicts in a row, and strictly ordered the palace to prohibit extravagance and extravagance, and even the daily meal of the king of a country is just a few small dishes, a bowl of rice porridge, and the state affairs are like this, his young imperial sister still knows how to sympathize with the monarch's father, while those relatives, nobles, and civil officials only know how to accumulate wealth and die in a drunken dream.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhu Cihong's face suddenly became gloomy, and his fists rattled. Zhu Yujiao hurriedly persuaded and personally held a cup of hot tea and sent it to Zhu Cihong's hands, which eased the atmosphere in the hall.

Zhu Cihong exhaled a breath of turbidity and looked around, "Hey, where is Miss Mu?" I didn't go back to the palace with you! ”

Zhu Yujiao glanced at her brother, "Brother Prince, but I forgot how the sister of the Mu family is so obedient." Although Mr. Mu is now your lecturer, why did she take the initiative to enter the palace? Wasn't it all the time when the imperial sister was lonely, so she was invited into the palace to speak? ”

Prince Zhu Cihong's face flushed slightly.

Zhu Yujiao sighed secretly in her heart. Since the day he was born, his brother has been taught as the prince of a country, and he is surrounded by old pedants who are full of mouths, making this young man who has not yet performed the crown salute like an adult with rigid behavior.

It's just that I didn't expect him to be a character who fell in love at first sight, since he saw Mu Yuling a few times in the Forbidden Palace, he has never forgotten it since then. I always like to go to my Kunxing Palace to take a turn when I have nothing to do, but I don't know how to please Mu Yuling, so Mu Yuling sees him, just like a rabbit who sees an eagle dog, and he is busy running away.

And Mu Yuling is also Zhu Yujiao's current close friend, Mu Yuling has no relatives in Beijing, and his father has stayed in the East Palace for a long time to lecture. When two lonely young girls get together, they naturally have endless words.

In this way, Zhu Yujiao naturally knew Zhu Ping'an's cunning. From the bottom of her heart, Zhu Yujiao is extremely envious of Mu Yuling, at least there is still someone in her life who is waiting for her stupidly, but she can only stay in the deep palace here, waiting for one day, a strange man will come and take her out of the deep palace and enter another cage.

Just now, a man suddenly stopped her and Mu Yuling's car. Fortunately, Mu Yuling dissuaded her in time, so Zhu Yujiao didn't fight with the elegant-looking man who didn't talk like that.

originally thought that it was Zhu Ping'an, who made Mu Yuling unforgettable, but he didn't expect that he was just Zhu Ping'an's friend and a playmate who grew up with them. This time, on the orders of Zhu Ping'an, he traveled thousands of miles to the capital to find Mu Yuling's whereabouts.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yujiao's heart was sour. Looking at Mu Yuling's excited appearance when he got out of the car, envy arose. If there is a young man who can be like Zhu Ping'an and firmly remember himself, then Zhu Yujiao can be very sure that he will definitely throw himself into his arms like a moth to a fire, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him.

Looking at the lost expression of the crown prince Zhu Cihong, Zhu Yujiao had a feeling of sympathy for no reason. Everyone in the world says that heaven is good, but they don't know that heaven also has its own endless troubles!

The brother and sister were relatively speechless for a while.

Zhu Yujiao held her cheeks and looked blankly at the dark sky outside the window, "To say, the young man just now is really handsome!" ”

……

When Cao Wuxian returned to the Sihai Warehouse, Yin Shigang was still busy in the study. When I heard the footsteps, I didn't raise my head, but just said, "Put the supper on the table!" I'll use it in a moment! ”

Finally found Mu Yuling and completed the task entrusted by Zhu Ping'an, Cao Wuxian was also relaxed, and he wanted to rush back to thank Yin Shigang. As soon as I entered the warehouse, I met my subordinates, that is, Ah Er, who had just notified himself to rush to Jiading Bofu, was going to send supper to Yin Shigang, saying that there was a lot of news collected recently, and the Yin shopkeeper was afraid that he would be busy all night tonight, so he specially ordered the kitchen to prepare a supper.

So, Cao Wuxian, who was in a good mood, took over the tray with the supper, instructed Ah Er and the others to strictly guard the door, and at the same time prepared the carrier pigeon to deliver the letter for the Yin Shigang to call.

Hearing Yin Shigang's words, Cao Wuxian smiled, put the tray on the table in the study, and said softly: "Mr. Yin, let's use some, it will be cold in a while!" ”

Yin Shigang was slightly stunned, nodded his head, and saw that it was Cao Wuxian. "It turned out to be Cao Ye, I'm tired!"

Cao Wuxian lifted the back of his shirt, sat down at the table, and pointed to the supper with his finger, signaling Yin Shigang to eat quickly.

Yin Shigang smiled, then stood up, washed his hands, sat opposite Cao Wuxian, and began to have a supper.

Cao Wuxian arched his hand, "What happened to Miss Mu just now, it's really thanks to Mr.!" ”

Yin Shigang waved his hand while eating, "Cao Ye is polite, Yin is just in a hurry." If Ah Er hadn't been alert, Shengsheng would have missed the person Cao Ye was looking for! ”

"Mr. Yin, don't be worried. The adult told me to find Miss Mujia, but it was just his private matter, and the adult didn't want to delay the big matter in Mr. Yin's hands because of these things! ”

Yin Shigang smiled, "Don't worry, Cao Ye, Yin understands!" ”

After hurriedly eating a simple supper, Yin Shigang pushed the tray aside, "Master Cao, forgive Yin for asking a little more!" This Miss Mu is our future housewife, right? ”

"That's right!" A smile flashed at the corner of Cao Wuxian's mouth, "Miss Mu is the best candidate for the main mother!" ”

Yin Shigang nodded, "Understood!" In that case, the Mufu side always needs to be taken care of, and Cao Ye will withdraw some silver from the account tomorrow, and it will be convenient to do things! ”

"Thank you, Mr. Yin!"

After saying these gossips, Yin Shigang changed his words and led the topic directly to the matter of the Tartars.

After more than half a year of operation, Yin Shigang has initially set up a framework of sources in the capital. Relying on the influence of Dongchang and Jiading Bofu, Sihai Warehouse has infiltrated most of the industries in the capital, such as carriage shops, manpower shops, restaurants, brothels and casinos.

These are all places where the powerful people in the capital have to deal with, and dozens of messages are sent to Yin Shigang every day. For this reason, Yin Shigang deliberately selected two of the few people brought by Cao Wuxian from Fengyang to assist him in eliminating unnecessary information, and then he would sort out and summarize the valuable information.

For this reason, Yin Shigang hired a reliable shopkeeper to be responsible for the operation of the warehouse, while he himself was only in charge of the general affairs, and he had to deal with intelligence matters at night.

"I have just received news that His Majesty the Emperor has recently summoned Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, for several days. The Tatars made a detour through Mongolia to enter the pass, disrupting the deployment of the imperial court, and Xuanda's tens of thousands of troops were tantamount to being busy in vain. The imperial court has ordered Liaozhen, Xuanda, Shanxi and other guards to join the Beijing Division, and I heard that even Nanzhili is no exception. ”

"If nothing else, Feng Yang will also be among them!" Yin Shigang focused on this sentence.

Cao Wuxian was still confused, he didn't know much about these things. "Mr. Yin, please tell me directly, is there anything you need Cao's help with?"

Yin Shigang smiled, "Yin is also a whim. To be honest, there has been a lot of news these days, but we can see a little bit from it. Until now, although the court is full of calls for the main battle, the main peace faction still has a place. The key is that the thieves have not yet been completely annihilated, and the imperial court is fighting on two fronts, and the strength has not been caught. For example, although Chen Xinjia and others did not explicitly say that they wanted to negotiate peace with the Tartars and concentrate on suppressing the thieves, they revealed the relevant meaning in a few words. ”

"The most important thing is that looking at the palace newspapers and news of the imperial court, His Majesty the Emperor has not finally made up his mind, so I am afraid that the battle situation that the Lord speculated at the beginning will change."

"This is also Yin's whim, I just met Miss Mu. Hearing that Miss Mu's father is now the attendant of the East Palace, Yin had an idea if Cao Ye could contact Miss Mu to see if she could get some news from her father. After all, Mr. Mu is in the palace, and he can get some things more or less, these messages seem trivial, but in the hands of Yin, he will definitely be able to find the connection. This will be of great help to adults in the future! ”