Xu Zhaohua walked out of Yongding Gate in a light robe with arrow sleeves, and galloped all the way to Tongzhou City.

She did not follow Gao Hongtu and other civil and military ministers, not only to show that she could not get too close to the foreign court as an internal official, but also because she also wanted to see Changping and Empress Zhou now.

After many years in the inner palace, she has begun to have feelings for Princess Changping and Empress Zhou.

Therefore, after almost a year of not seeing each other, it is very happy that Zhu Youzhen can now send her to pick up Queen Zhou.

When Xu Zhaohua arrived in Tongzhou City, he did not first meet the honor guard of the Empress Zhou, but first met Xia Wanchun, who was going north.

"Your Majesty has decreed to appoint me as the governor of the Northeast, and ordered me to build thirty cities north of the Liao River within three years, and I am determined to build thirty-six, so that the flag of the empire will fly to the northernmost polar region, I heard that there is a gorgeous aurora there, and there is no night in summer, you resign, and I will take you to the place where there is no night when the time comes!"

Xia Wan said to Xu Zhaohua with a simple smile.

Xu Zhaohua looked at Xia Wanchun's burning eyes, and his heart was quite happy, and he couldn't help but say: "When you build all the thirty-six in the northeast, and when the northernmost polar region also has the footprints of our Han people, I will consider going with you to have a look!" ”

After speaking, Xu Zhaohua's face was crimson with shame, and he galloped into Tongzhou City.

At this time, the city of Tongzhou has been restored to its prosperous state, the transportation from Tianjin Wei to Tongzhou has been dredged, and the cargo ships from the sea have entered the major warehouses of Tongzhou City in an endless stream, and the busy scene has made people forget that this place was still under foreign rule a year ago.

The foreheads of the scholars had already grown hair after cutting off their braids, and it seemed that the Ming Dynasty had not lost this place after tying the crown and hairpin.

Xu Zhaohua casually found an inn, bathed and rested for a night before changing into a moon-white robe and walking to the courtyard where Queen Zhou was resting.

At that time, when spring and summer arrived, the courtyard was already deep green, and the flowers were blooming, Xu Zhaohua walked towards Queen Zhou's place while looking at the butterflies among the flowers.

At this time, a person suddenly broke out, and Xu Zhaohua was so frightened that he immediately took three steps back.

This person is the third son of the emperor, Yongwang Zhu Cihuan.

Zhu Cihuan showed a harmless smiling face, looked at the fair-skinned duck egg face, and Xu Zhaohua with a heroic spirit between his eyebrows:

"Coincidentally, I didn't expect to meet my sister here, this morning I heard that my sister was coming to Tongzhou to pick up my mother, and my mother was anxious to pick me up.

Xu Zhaohua blessed Zhu Cihuan very gently and politely: "I have seen His Royal Highness King Yong!" Let the queen mother miss it. ”

"Why should my sister be polite to me, it's not just the queen mother who misses you, but I also miss you very much, I don't see you for more than a year, my sister is becoming more and more prominent, a stunning woman like my sister, I have always wondered why my father doesn't accept you as a concubine, but I want you to be a daughter, if I am the emperor, the queen has to be my sister!"

Yongwang Zhu Cihuan said with a smile and looked at Xu Zhaohua's chest, licking his mouth and pursing his tongue.

Xu Zhaohua never thought that Zhu Cihuan would say such a thing, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in his heart, and couldn't help but blush, but he still suppressed his anger: "Your Majesty is the father of the king of Weichen, and His Royal Highness is a royal nobleman, so it's better not to talk nonsense if you have some words!" ”

Yongwang Zhu Cihuan saw that Xu Zhaohua was in a hurry to leave, so he hurriedly ran over and stopped Xu Zhaohua:

"Sister, don't be in a hurry to go, just now it was the imperial brother I spoke to make a mistake, and please sister don't see it with the imperial brother in general, this crystal pendant was given to the queen mother by the Korean state, and now the imperial brother and I have nothing else to give, so I will give this to my sister, it will be regarded as an apology to my sister, and my sister will not forgive the royal brother if she doesn't accept it."

Yongwang Zhu Cihuan took out the crystal pendant as he spoke.

Xu Zhaohua didn't want to accept it, but he also knew that even if he was the celebrant and the eunuch, he couldn't give face to the three princes of the family, so he accepted it: "Thank you to His Royal Highness King Yong." ”

"My sister is still so polite, I'll put it on for my sister personally", His Royal Highness King Yongwang said and was busy touching Xu Zhaohua's waist, Xu Zhaohua was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back: "Your Royal Highness King Yong, Weichen will come by himself!" ”

"Okay, okay, you come by yourself, you come by yourself, I don't mean anything else, I just want to tie it up for you."

Yongwang Zhu Cihuan still showed a harmless smile, and after speaking, he saw that he had arrived at the door of Queen Zhou with Xu Zhaohua, so he hurriedly took a step back: "Sister, please, I have other things to do, so I won't bother you and the queen mother to catch up." ”

Here, Zhu Cihuan walked for about a quarter of an hour, and saw Zhu Cihong at the foot of the wall walking out, and asked a little eagerly:

"Can she take it?"

"Accepted, I just said that you sent it to the eldest brother, and she accepted it, presumably after she went in, the queen mother would also see that it was hers, and the mother would understand your mind eldest brother", Zhu Cihuan hurriedly said to Zhu Cihong.

"That's great! You say that she is really interested in me, but I heard that my father is interested in her being with Xia Wanchun, maybe in a few years, as soon as she resigns, her father will give her and Xia Wanchun a marriage. ”

Zhu Cihong jumped up happily, but then said with some worry.

"Why should the imperial brother worry about this, what kind of character is Xia Wanchun, what kind of characters are you and me, can't she Xu Zhaohua still see it, besides, the queen mother is the most spoiled by you, once she sees Xu Zhaohua wearing your things, can you say that the queen mother can not help you, and Xu Zhaohua's father's most confidant internal official, and Xia Wanchun and Li Mingrui are close, it has to be close to the second brother, if you don't break them up, is it possible that you are willing to let the second brother have such a big internal help in the inner court?"

As soon as Zhu Cihuan said this, Zhu Cihong couldn't help but nodded: "The third brother is right. ”

"Xia Wanchun and Xu Zhaohua can't be together, Xu Zhaohua can only be with us, or he will simply die! Dare to go against our will, and don't look at how many catties and taels she has, is it possible that she really thinks that her father values her, and she is a weak woman who can really tilt the power of the government and the opposition?

What's more, we still have the queen mother helping from it, but now it seems that she is quite smart and did not refuse the kindness of the imperial brother, the imperial brother may wish to go to the private meeting with her again tonight, and I will help the imperial brother at that time! ”

Zhu Cihuan laughed as he spoke, and Zhu Cihong couldn't help but rub his hands: "In this way, please third brother, what do you say I look like, and am I worthy of her?" ”

"If the imperial brother is not worthy of the crown jade, you can rest assured, she Xu Zhaohua will not not understand the stakes here, as long as the imperial brother you have Xu Zhaohua's heart, it is equivalent to having your own eyeliner in the inner court, why not", Zhu Cihuan said with a smile and pushed Zhu Cihong to the queen Zhou's house.

(End of chapter)