Taisu Palace is located in the Qinglian Mountain of five miles outside the crane gate, it is said that it is a mountain, in fact it is not precipitous, the south is the jade belt river that surrounds the city, the mountains and rivers in this area are beautiful, and the land is also very fertile, so the grange of the dignitaries and nobles is built here. At the beginning, in order to stabilize Zhu Yujiao, Zhu Cihong renovated a large mansion here, transformed it into a Taoist temple, and gave hundreds of acres of fertile land.

Cao Wuxian hurried back to the Taoist temple and went straight to the Shuyu Pavilion behind, which was the place where Zhu Yujiao was cultivating, except for Cao Wuxian and Qi Mama and a few other confidants, ordinary people could not enter at all.

Since Zhu Cihong's marriage on the throne, Zhu Yujiao has moved here to live, and in a flash, nearly half a year has passed. originally thought that she finally had no worries and could live peacefully here, but what happened in Jinling City still inevitably reached her ears.

When Cao Wuxian entered the door, Zhu Yujiao was holding a book in a daze, looking at the water surface of the pond outside the window with blank eyes, thoughtful.

"Your Highness!" Cao Wuxian bowed down and said softly.

Zhu Yujiao woke up like a dream, and then turned around, "No injury, you're back!" ”

"How's the situation out there?" Zhu Yujiao asked Cao Wuxian to sit down, but Cao Wuxian insisted on standing aside.

Cao Wuxian shook his head, and his expression became solemn, which made Zhu Yujiao's heart sink too.

"There is still no improvement in the court, and the contradictions between His Majesty and the ministers are becoming more and more intense. In the past few days, His Majesty ordered the cabinet of Zheng Sanjun and Fang Yuegong to draft several edicts one after another, asking the military department and the household department to send reinforcements and grain and grass to support the Dingbei Bo army. However, the military department and the household department blindly complained about the bitterness and did not take substantive action. Moreover, there have been a large number of scholars and Confucian scholars in private series, planning to go outside the palace gate to support the courtiers, and impeach Zheng Sanjun and Fang Yuegong to the emperor, saying that they have deceived the saints, insisted on going their own way, and oppressed the people's ......! ”

"Enough!" Zhu Yujiao's anger surged, and she immediately interrupted Cao Wuxian's words.

Cao Wu was injured and poured hot tea and sent it to Zhu Yujiao, "Your Highness doesn't need to be so worried, Zheng and Fang are both ministers specially recommended to His Majesty by the first emperor, and there must be a way to survive the current predicament!" ”

Zhu Yujiao was a little depressed. Her imperial brother Zhu Cihong ascended the throne for less than half a year, but she created such a situation, which she never thought of anyway.

broke through from the Beijing division in the first nine deaths, which made Zhu Yujiao have a strong desire for the revival of her family and country. Zhu Ping'an finally lived up to his trust and sent Zhu Cihong to Nanjing to ascend the throne. But she didn't expect that the royal brother, who was gentle and generous on weekdays, became the same as her father after ascending the throne.

Zhu Ping'an was forced back to Shandong, which made many people very dissatisfied with Zhu Cihong's practice of repaying virtue with resentment. The wanton appointment of former ministers and relatives of the East Palace intensified the party struggle above the court, refused to compromise, only knew confrontation, and oppressed people with imperial power, making the civil and military ministers full of complaints. The most critical point is that before grasping the overall situation, the Northern Expedition could not wait, which made it difficult to ride a tiger now.

Even with the assistance of cadres like Zheng Sanjun and Fang Yuegong, Zhu Cihong did not show any of the demeanor and means of a Ming Jun.

Cao Wuxian gently persuaded Zhu Yujiao, and finally let Zhu Yujiao's mood slowly calm down, and Cao Wuxian said: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry about the situation anymore. His Royal Highness is no longer a child, he will naturally have his own decisions, and His Royal Highness's too much advice will only make His Majesty have a plan, but it will ...... His Highness! ”

Cao Wuxian paused for a moment, "This time I entered the city, I also heard a news, I heard that the queen has already asked Her Majesty to choose another concubine with both ability and political integrity for Her Highness......!" ”

With a "snap", Zhu Yujiao threw the tea cup in her hand against the wall and smashed it in an instant.

Zhu Yujiao turned around, and a pair of eyes that had been filled with tears firmly stared at Cao Wuxian, which made Cao Wuxian feel a little weak, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Zhu Yujiao stood up, strode in front of Cao Wuxian, and threw herself into his arms without saying anything. "I have said more than once that in the days to come, the two of us will depend on each other. Neither the queen nor the royal brother can change my decision. Even if I beg you not to mention such a thing again, do you know that every time you talk about it, it feels like someone has stabbed me in the heart! ”

Cao Wuxian was stunned, listening to Zhu Yujiao's tactful words in his arms, and fell into a daze for a while.

Slowly, Cao Wuxian's hand finally landed lightly on Zhu Yujiao's shoulder. "But I ......!"

Before he could finish speaking, one of Zhu Yujiao's fingers had already been attached to his lips, "This is the last time, don't mention anything about your ......." Don't, don't you understand why I'm here so much? In order to avoid the mouth of Youyou, in order to avoid the troubles of the world, this place is exclusive to you and me, isn't it? ”

Cao Wuxian sighed lightly and hugged Zhu Yujiao tightly in his arms, and a smile appeared on the faces of the two at the same time.

After a long time, Cao Wuxian said leisurely: "It's better to go to Shandong together!" There's your favorite sea, as well as a variety of delicious seafood. The most important thing is that the young master and Sister Mu are both there, and you have always wanted to stay in Shandong to be with them, okay? ”

Zhu Yujiao in her arms nodded lightly, "I will go, I will definitely go!" I still remember the teppanyaki you made for me with your own hands, and it was a memory that I will never forget. But it can't be done now, the imperial brother is supporting the court alone, Cijiong and Yu Yuan are still young, if I leave, there will be no relatives around him who can talk to and discuss. ”

Zhu Yujiao looked out the window, and her eyes gradually became resolute and persistent, "Give me a while, and when the situation stabilizes, I will definitely accompany you back to Shandong." Let's find a small house in Penglai, facing the sea, and stay until we are old! ”

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sent Cao Wu away, but Ah Da was a little stunned. Facing Cao Wuxian, the clan felt an indescribable guilt in his heart. Cao Wuxian is now by Zhu Yujiao's side, and this situation is also destined to have many things that Ah Da can't tell him too clearly. Zhu Yujiao's heart is all tied to the revival of her family and country, the recovery of her homeland and Zhu Cihong's body, once she learns the truth behind this matter, it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble.

Ah Da knows very well that even Zhu Ping'an is not sure whether Zhu Yujiao will stand on Shandong's side when faced with a choice. Therefore, Ah Da was ordered not to let Cao Wuxian know too many things, but to ensure the personal safety of him and Zhu Yujiao.

"Uncle", Yao Qi wiped his hands with a rag, "The fourth elder of the Zheng family over there in Fujian has arrived in Nanjing, and has been hiding in the Drunken Immortal Pavilion in the south of the city these days. However, his subordinates did not stop for a moment, frequently entering and leaving the mansions of Jiang Yueguang, Qian Qianyi, Tang Guozuo and others, Ma Shiying's son Ma Luan, although there was no direct contact, but they must have been connected to the line. In the past two days, Ma Luan has gone to the edict four times in a row. ”

"And! Ma Luan privately had a close relationship with Luo Xing, the commander of the Left Army of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and Luo Xing's deceased father was Zuo Liangyu's confidant, and there seemed to be some kind of deal between them! ”

"It's coming, it's coming," Ada's muttering to himself, "it's almost time to see the poor dagger!" ”

Ah Da instructed Yao Qi to immediately notify all the personnel placed in Nanjing by the Military Intelligence Department, and pay close attention to the every move of Zheng Hongkui, Ma Luan and others. The detailed plan has already been arranged to everyone, and what we need to do now is to take advantage of the trend, and with the launch of the Zheng family, we will start Shandong's actions in this regard.

After explaining everything, Ah Da hurried into the city. At this time, the most important thing is to keep the news usually, the news in Nanjing arrives one hour earlier, and the Shandong side can make a countermeasure one hour earlier. For this reason, the Military Intelligence Department has spent a lot of thought and effort to set up two bases for transmitting messages in Nanjing, and to raise a large number of special carrier pigeons, so that when an accident occurs in Nanjing, the news can be transmitted to Shandong as soon as possible.

Out of the importance of Nanjing, Yin Shigang sent Ah Da over again with this meaning. With Ah Da in Nanjing, Shandong will be extra relieved.

As Shandong's special envoy, Ah Da not only has his own information channels in Nanjing, but also can command the Nanjing Qianhu Office of the Military Intelligence Department. In addition, Ah Da Wei has to ensure the security of the two information transmission sites, which is the most important of his mission.

The Xuanwu Lake outside the Taiping Gate is where the prison of the Criminal Department of the Six Ministries of Nanjing is located, this generation is relatively deserted, and a message transmission point under the command of Ah Da is placed here, and the cover for the outside is a carriage and horse shop.

Just as Ah Da entered the carriage shop, he didn't notice that on a carriage in the distance, there were two figures who had already noticed his storage.

The two of them quietly looked at the carriage and horse shop, and talked to each other from time to time.

"Do you see clearly?"

"I can definitely see it clearly, it is indeed the big shopkeeper of the Sihai Warehouse who escorted our old lady and the queen mother south that day!"

"Isn't that the industry of Shandong Zhu Zongbing?"

"Who's to say it isn't! But at this time, how could he be here? General Zhu has returned to Shandong! ”

"It's all a product of the imperial court, what's so unusual about some industries in Nanjing?"

"You are lonely and unheard of, and now His Majesty and the Queen Mother are very jealous of Zhu Zongbing. Assisting the new monarch to ascend the throne was originally a first-class merit, but you see, our father-in-law and Zuo Liangyu, and even Zheng Zhilong of Fujian have all been named earls, but Zhu Zongbing has nothing to gain, and in the end he can only go back to Shandong with the hat of a Tang prince, doesn't this just show that the emperor and the queen don't like him? ”

"What then?"

"What else can I do? We are now working in the palace, and the queen mother is our day, go back quickly to send a message, maybe you can get some reward! ”R1152