As soon as Yin Zidu saw Lin Jiu, he squeezed Chu Linghui aside with all his might, and walked quickly in front of Lin Jiu: "Are you tired all the way, when you get to the capital, stay in the General's Mansion, our General's Mansion is very big, and there are not so many sour rules at home, so you can live comfortably." ”

Chu Lincheng looked at Yin Zidu's yin appearance, and he was not annoyed, and when he remembered that Lin Jiu only wrote a letter to himself, he was a little dark.

He and Lin Jiu glanced at each other, then walked directly to the carriage with luggage at the back of Ouyang's house, and took Lin Jiu's luggage off and put it in his carriage. Chu Linghui settled down and saluted, then walked over and said to Lin Jiu: "Let's go, go back to the house to rest first, and I'll take you to dinner later." ”

Lin Jiu nodded at Chu Linghui, and at the same time announced that Yin Zidu's plan to rob people had failed, although he was a little disappointed, Yin Zi did not give up, he rode a horse and followed Chu Lincheng's carriage, and also came all the way to Shilang's Mansion.

When he arrived, he took the initiative to move Lin Jiu's luggage down and into the house, and kept pestering Lin Jiu to speak: "I know which restaurant in the capital is the best, and I will take you to eat them one by one when I go back." ”

Lin Jiu felt very strange about Yin Zidu's diligence, but he didn't say anything, after all, he was a little tired after a long journey.

Chu Lingcheng intimately prepared bath water for Lin Jiu, Lin Jiu did not shirk it, and went directly to the inside to wash away his exhaustion, leaving Chu Linghui and Yin Zi staring wide-eyed.

Yin Zidu was very angry, if he didn't get news from his father today, he was afraid that if Lin Jiu came to the capital this time, he wouldn't be able to see him, so he became more and more angry when he thought about it, so he turned his back angrily and sat on the steps outside Lin Jiu's room.

Chu Linghui didn't realize it at all, and he didn't pay attention to him when he saw this, so he went to the main hall to drink tea and wait for Lin Jiu, although Lin Jiu has always been capable, but it took a lot of time to take a bath, and it took more than half an hour to come out of the room.

But before they waited, Chu Linghui and Yin Zi both took people out, and a letter came to the palace, and the eldest eunuch closest to the emperor came in person: "The emperor heard that Miss Lin was in the capital today, so he wanted to invite the girl into the palace to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the girl." ”

Seeing that the emperor came to invite him personally, Chu Linghui and Yin Zi couldn't say anything, so they could only watch Lin Jiu's back as he left with the eunuch.

As soon as Lin Jiu left, Yin Zidu had a seizure: "Chu Fox, don't think I don't know what you are thinking, let's see, who Jiu'er likes is not certain." ”

Chu Linghui was too lazy to worry about him so much, so he directly pushed the person out of the Shilang Mansion, and closed the door with a snap in front of the person's eyes, making Yin Zi so angry that he jumped to his feet, and rode away with a flick of his sleeves.

Although Lin Jiu had a lot of contact with King Jin before, but this is the first time to come to the palace, although she has not been to the Forbidden City in her previous life, but she also knows the grandeur of the palace, and now she really feels the oppression and shock from the imperial power when she comes to the palace in person.

She followed behind the big eunuch step by step, passed through countless tall city gates, and finally came to the outside of the palace where the emperor was, and the big eunuch led Lin Jiu's footsteps and stopped at the door.

The big eunuch raised his voice and shouted to the emperor inside: "Back to the saint, the slave invited Miss Lin here." ”

A familiar voice from Lin Jiu sounded inside: "Please come in." ”

After getting the order, the big eunuch led Lin Jiu into the store, although Lin Jiu did not have much courtesy between him and the King of Jin before, but now the emperor's identity is different from the past, Lin Jiu did not squint after entering the palace gate, lowered his head and walked in front of the emperor, and hurriedly made a big salute: "The people's daughter sees the emperor, and the emperor is blessed with Jin'an." ”

The emperor personally stepped forward to help the person up, and the expression on his face darkened slightly: "Why are you so separated from me now, hurry up." ”

Lin Jiu got up at this time, and his eyes secretly swept around the hall, but he found that there was not only the emperor here, but also a tall and strong middle-aged man, he was dressed in a strong suit, and he looked like a military general.

Seeing Lin Jiu's eyes looking at him, he grinned at Lin Jiu and said, "The old man has heard of Miss Lin's name for a long time when he was at the border, and he was able to see it today." ”

Lin Jiu searched in his mind. The general who was at the border pass, suddenly remembered that the person in front of him was quite similar to Yin Zi, and it should be the famous Zhenbei general Yin Rucheng.

Recognizing the identity of the person in front of him, Lin Jiu immediately calmed down, the admiration in his eyes was overflowing, and he immediately bowed down to Yin Rucheng to salute.

"Lin Jiu really admires the merit of the general guarding the border."

"Miss Lin has won the prize." Seeing Lin Jiu's sincerity, Yin Rucheng smiled and helped the person up, "Speaking of which, the old man is still grateful to Miss Lin, if it weren't for you and me, I wouldn't have achieved this achievement." ”

The emperor has retreated to the first place, and he smiled and watched the two chat for a long time before he interrupted, just now the eunuch came to report that the banquet in the imperial dining room had been prepared, just waiting for the emperor's order.

was fortunate to have a banquet from the emperor himself, and Lin Jiu and Yin Zi naturally bowed with a thousand thanks.

After receiving the emperor's order, the eunuchs quickly moved a few pieces of mahogany that looked very heavy, and built a long table in the center of the main hall.

Today's imperial dining room is preparing a dumpling banquet, dumplings of various colors are arranged in exquisite shapes, and Lin Jiu was itchy at the time, so she couldn't help but taste it carefully when she dined, and from time to time she had to stop thinking about the filling.

The emperor naturally saw it, so he smiled and said: "You really don't forget to make money all the time, and you dare to steal even my imperial food." ”

Lin Jiu was told by the emperor, so she remembered that when she was still the king of Jin, she said that she came to the capital to make money, and felt a little embarrassed, and immediately restrained her actions a lot.

Seeing her like this, the emperor sighed, and couldn't help but speak seriously: "Although I am the emperor now, I was also the king of Jin, but I really miss your lawless appearance at that time." ”

Lin Jiu and Yin Rucheng didn't say anything when they heard this, and the two generals who didn't want to use their brains didn't agree with the emperor's words, but the emperor didn't continue to hold on to this, but the topic turned to the northern border guarded by Yin Beicheng.

This summons him back, is the emperor's intention, because the northern barbarians, has not been very peaceful, now the emperor issued a decree to support the merchants, although the time is not long, but from the point of view of the twists and turns sent from all over the country, the development of the economy in various places can be described as rapid.

According to the Shoshu of the Ministry of Households, the tax revenue of the imperial court next year will be large. A big increase, so that the emperor is on the border again. The northern barbarians who moved did not want to tolerate it anymore and calmed down.

Summoned Yin Rucheng back, I wanted to know the details of the border with him, after all, Yin Rucheng has been stationed on the border for many years, and he has fought with the barbarians for many years, and he has rich experience in battles, and he is also the person who knows them best.

As soon as he heard that the emperor was finally going to make up his mind to collect the barbarians, Yin Rucheng was extremely happy in his heart, and he was about to say something, but he was afraid of Lin Jiu's existence.

The emperor signaled that he didn't have to mind, and Yin Rucheng also put down his mind and said directly: "Back to the emperor, the northern barbarians mainly live on nomadic herding, good at riding and shooting, and every winter when the grass is short, they will come to the border to make a lot of noise. Disturbing, they have no scruples about burning, killing and looting the people, if they can be completely pacified, it is a great blessing for the border people! ”

"The barbarian cavalry is extremely powerful, and when we fought against it, the soldiers suffered a lot because of this, and their Huheshan is a powerful character, and they are quite proficient in commanding battles, marching formations, etc., if they really want to go to war, our soldiers should be as soon as possible. Practice it. ”

Lin Jiu had been listening quietly beside him, this was the first time he had learned about the border of the original Great Zhou Dynasty, and the surrounding barbarians had been in turmoil since ancient times. Disturbance seems to have become the norm.

Although she understood the emperor's solicitation, she still didn't want to participate in it, so she closed her mouth and just concentrated on tasting the food in front of her.

While eating, the emperor suddenly turned his gaze to Lin Jiu: "What does Miss Lin think about this matter?" ”

Lin Jiu was suddenly frightened by the name and shook her hand holding the vegetables, her face did not become pale and put down her chopsticks, and she replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, Lin Jiu is just a grass people, and he doesn't dare to speak out about the national war." ”

"You bold girl can say this, I don't know who was in and out of my barracks at the beginning, and even those soldiers can't help you." Seeing Lin Jiu's attitude, the emperor scolded with a smile.

In addition to the military report, Yin Zidu also worshiped Lin Jiu, and often mentioned it in his family letters, so Yin Zidu knew the situation at that time very well, and knew that he would not be able to do better even if he replaced himself.

However, although the emperor had already said so, Lin Jiu made up his mind and didn't want to participate in the affairs of the country anymore, so he pretended to be stupid all the way, and the emperor had no choice but to arrange for her to be sent back to the Shilang Mansion after the banquet, and Yin Rucheng was left to continue to discuss the barbarians in the north.

After Lin Jiu went to the palace, Chu Linghui stayed in the study, but because he was worried that Lin Jiu would not even be able to handle the affairs at hand, he simply pushed his official business aside and picked up an idle book to read, and he didn't turn a few pages of this book for a long time.

As soon as he heard the news that Lin Jiu was back, the book in his hand was thrown directly on the case, and he strode out of the study.

"Is the emperor embarrassed you?"

Lin Jiu shook his head, he didn't talk to Chu Linghui about the affairs in the palace, but just told him that he had nothing to do to let him relax. It was getting late at this time, Chu Linghui didn't delay her any longer, so she let people go to rest, and the two said okay, and they would play in Beijing on the second day.