Rumble! ”

With another loud thunderclap, the bean-sized raindrops "crackled" down from the sky, densely packed, and in an instant, it became a pouring rain, and the heavy rain was like a curtain, continuous.

The entire palace was bathed in a hazy mist, and the water vapor was hazy.

Those brocade guards guarding the eaves had already hid under the eaves at the moment of the rain, leaving Master Cao alone kneeling in the rain.

After a while, he was drenched in the rain and turned into a soup chicken, and the rain trickled down his wet hair, wantonly running across his face, blurring his vision.

The Jinyi guard guarding the door was not a soft-hearted person, and with Lord Cao kneeling there, no one gave him the steps at all.

The torrential rain lasted from the afternoon to late at night, and the thunder barely stopped, and by the time the rain stopped, Lord Cao had lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

"Father-in-law Yuan, Master Cao is faint outside, looking unconscious." A little waiter in Tsing Yi immediately ran to talk to Yuan Zhi.

Yuan Zhi was drinking tea in the west hall, frowned when he heard the words, and ordered angrily: "Don't send people out of the palace quickly, lest you die in the palace, it's really unlucky." Yuan Zhi pursed his lips in disgust.

The little chamberlain echoed again and again: "Gonggong Yuan is right! "Isn't it just very unlucky!

The little chamberlain called two more chamberlains, and rudely dragged the unconscious Lord Cao away, and the outside of the Heart Nourishing Hall was finally quiet.

For the brocade guards and chamberlains inside and outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, this was just an unimportant episode, and most of them didn't even remember what Lord Cao's surname was and what he looked like.

Early the next morning, Mr. Cao took the initiative to submit his resignation to the Ministry of Industry.

Lord Cao has been in the Ministry of Industry for many years, if this is according to common sense, how can the Ministry of Industry Shangshu personally persuade the other party and let him think about it carefully. There is no secret in this court, the matter that Lord Cao knelt outside the Heart Cultivation Hall for most of the day yesterday has already spread among the courtiers, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu didn't want to offend Mu Yan, so he simply handed over this resignation.

On the same day, Lord Cao's resignation was approved by Mu Yan.

Many pairs of eyes in the DPRK and China were staring at this incident, which caused a thousand waves with one stone, and attracted countless discussions and speculations.

At dusk, after a colleague from the Ministry of Industry got off the office, Lord Cao personally visited Cao's Mansion to visit Lord Cao.

"Brother Cao, you're too impulsive!" The forty-year-old colleague looked at Master Cao with a sigh, "Do you know that the regent has instructed the Ministry of Officials to choose a suitable candidate to replace you in this vacancy from among the vacant officials. ”

"......" Lord Cao was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Lord Cao was drenched in rain for half a day last night, infected with wind and cold, and had a fever all night last night, and the fever did not subside until this morning, his face was slightly pale at the moment, and he couldn't get off the bed, and even the resignation letter was sent to the Ministry of Industry by his eldest son.

Of course, he didn't really want to resign, to put it bluntly, the resignation was just a means.

He knelt in front of the Heart Nourishing Hall last night until he fainted, and now he has mentioned his resignation, and now so many officials in the court are sick at home, it is the time to employ people, according to common sense, shouldn't Mu Yan come to visit the patient in person and comfort himself again?!

"And I've heard that ......" my colleague stopped talking.

Lord Cao eagerly asked, "What else have you heard?" ”

"Do you know that Dali Siqing looked for your eldest son in the afternoon?" The colleague asked while looking at Lord Cao's face.

Master Cao's face sank and he shook his head. His eldest son is now serving in Dali Temple, and Dali Siqing is the eldest son's immediate boss. Looking at the unspeakable appearance of a colleague, what the other party wants to say is obviously not a good thing.

The colleague put his fist to his lips and cleared his throat, "I also heard that it was Dali Siqing who said to Ling Lang that filial piety comes first, and persuaded Ling Lang to come back and serve you......."

Lord Cao's face suddenly darkened as if splashed with ink, and he was extremely angry for a while, and complained indignantly: "It's just that the regent took away my errand, and even wanted to take my son's errand, it's really unreasonable, it's too deceitful!" ”

The more Master Cao spoke, the more angry he became, and he had completely forgotten that it was his own resignation that he had voluntarily handed in.

Colleagues are also not easy to answer. There is a saying that one is prosperous, and one is humiliated. One person's behavior would have implicated the entire family, otherwise how could there be the crime of "beheading all over the house and harming the nine clans"!

Lord Cao was still venting his resentment with hatred: "The regent is so reckless and reckless, he refuses to accept advice, and he is not even as good as today, this is in his hands, I am afraid that it will be dangerous." ”

"I'd like to see if the guy who overcomes me can afford this job!"

"Hmph, Duanmu Shoufu also doesn't know the number of etiquette, if there is really an ancestor, there must be a grandson!"

Master Cao talked endlessly.

Colleagues didn't dare to echo it, and Lord Cao's words were tantamount to scolding the emperor, the regent, and the first assistant.

He could only comfort Master Cao a few words: "Brother Cao, Ling Lang will come back later, and you can ask carefully." In my opinion, Dali Siqing should only 'warn' Ling Lang and punish the big commandment. ”

"With so many pairs of eyes on the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, they will never take away Ling Lang's errand for no reason."

"It's come to this, Brother Cao, you can rest easy, take care of your body first."

The colleague said it nicely, but there was actually some confusion in his heart, and he was really unpredictable about Mu Yan's thoughts.

It stands to reason that there are so many people in the court who are now asking for illness, and the impact on the operation of the court must be not small, but it has been more than ten days, and Mu Yan has not yet relented.

Mu Yan, what the hell was he thinking?!

Not only him, but the other people in the court also began to be a little confused, one by one speculating on Mu Yan's intentions in private, and the seemingly calm court was surging.

And the unpredictable Mu Yan, on this day, happily skipped work and accompanied Duanmu Fei to bid farewell to Li Chuanting and his wife.

Only Li Chuanting and his wife returned to Minzhou this time.

Duanmufei, Mu Yan and his entourage sent Li Chuanting and his wife out of the South City Gate, and the convoy was mighty, loaded with seven or eight carriages, including the Boxing gifts sent by Duanmujun and Mu Yan, as well as the twenty or so elite soldiers sent by Mu Yan to escort the Boxing Ceremony.

The group did not stop until they arrived at Sanli Pavilion.

It was barely dawn, the morning air was fresh, the dew was rolling on the flowers and leaves, and the birds were fluttering their wings and chirping crisply.

There are a lot of people who came to see each other today, in addition to Mrs. Li, Li Tingyou and Han Xing, there are also Duanmu Fei, Duanmu Jun, Duanmu Heng and Mu Yan, and the team is so lively.

Along the way, I listened to Hanxing's chatter like a sparrow, riding the horse forward for a while, and backward for a while, and I could say a few words to everyone, but it didn't go through the motions.

Several juniors often play together and are very familiar with each other, but the most restrained people are Li Chuanting and his wife, who are elders.

Facing Mu Yan, the future nephew, son-in-law and regent, Li Chuanting was somewhat restrained, and he didn't know what to say to him, especially Mu Yan would be the future son of Dasheng, and he still held the handle of the Li family in his hand.

Li Chuanting has been in Beijing for several months, and he still knows everything about the current situation in the court, including those who threatened each other with "complaining about illness".

Originally, he thought that Mu Yan was in a hurry, and he shouldn't be free to come today, who would have thought that Mu Yan would not only come, but also look heartless and happy, not worried at all.

"Zhenzhen, do you like the few pots of chrysanthemums I sent yesterday?" Mu Yan rode the horse and Duanmu Fei in parallel, and he didn't leave her more than three feet along the way.

"I like it!" Duanmu Fei nodded again and again, "Especially the pot of 'Yaotai Jade Phoenix', which is as white as snow, graceful and luxurious, like a Yaotai fairy." Even the dumplings are liked, and I also painted a picture of it and the pot of 'Yaotai Jade Phoenix', after I go back, you go to me, and I will show you a good look, okay? ”

Mu Yanfeng's eyes lit up, nodded frequently, and continued to coax Duanmu Fei and said: "My mother recently found a new florist, saying that she is good at cultivating camellia peonies, and will also cultivate 'eighteen bachelors'......"

Along the way, Li Chuanting looked back at Mu Yan from time to time, and saw him happily coaxing Duanmu Fei, and the joy from his heart did not seem to be disguised at all.

When they were all the way to Wuli Pavilion, Li Chuanting pulled the horse rope and stopped the horse, as if it was a signal, and the carriages in the Li family's convoy stopped.

"Mother, Tingyou...... You can send it here. Li Chuanting looked at everyone with a smile.

Second Mrs. Li, Xin, poked her head out of the carriage, showed an open-minded smile, and echoed: "Yes, it's still the old saying, you must say goodbye to you after a thousand miles." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Mrs. Li and gave an extra admonition: "Mother, you must take care of your health in the capital." ”

"Don't worry. I'm tough. After Sister Scarlet's ceremony, I'll go back. Mrs. Li smiled.

On the surface, her external statement was that she wanted to stay in Beijing to participate in Duanmu Fei's ceremony, but in fact, she couldn't let go of her two granddaughters in her heart. There are many good things, and the two granddaughters are so troubled in marriage.

Li Tingyou looked at his parents, his expression inevitably showed a little sadness and reluctance, and he arched his hand and said: "Father, mother, you should be careful all the way!" ”

The man has tears and does not flick, at this moment of parting, it is Li Tingyou, and he can't help but have a slight red circle in his eyes.

Han Xing reached out and grabbed one of Li Tingyou's hands, holding it firmly, and Li Tingyou held her little hand back.

Li Chuanting and Xin saw that their young couple was in a harmonious relationship, and exchanged a look with each other, and they were a lot more relieved in their hearts.

There is a Duanmu family to take care of a few points, and the second son can't think of anything big. Besides, the second son is now married and has a career, and the man of the Li family is not a delicate flower raised in the greenhouse, so he must let him grow alone.

Duanmuheng, Duanmufei and Duanmujun also stepped forward and said goodbye to Li Chuanting and his wife one by one.

On the occasion of parting, everyone was full of emotion and cherished farewell.

After Li Chuanting told the two nieces, his eyes suddenly looked at Mu Yan behind him over the two girls.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally called, "Ah Yan." ”

These two words mean that Li Chuanting is talking to Mu Yan as Duanmufei's uncle.

Mu Yan immediately stepped forward, looked at Li Chuanting with burning eyes, and called affectionately: "Second uncle." ”

Li Chuanting looked at Mu Yan, pursed his lips without saying anything, and said in a deep voice: "Our Li family only has two nieces, Sister Jun and Sister Fei, and the two girls lost their parents at a young age, but I and several of their other uncles regard these two girls as their daughters. ”

"If they suffer any grievances, even if our Li family is no longer patient, they will still be the masters of the two girls."

Li Chuanting didn't specifically mention Duanmufei's name from beginning to end, but the meaning of his words was already very clear, if Mu Yan treated Duanmufei badly, the Li family would definitely not stand idly by!

Mrs. Li bowed her head slightly on the side, quite satisfied with Li Chuanting's performance. Their Li family is not a family that is afraid of things!

Of course, Mu Yan could understand what Li Chuanting meant.

It was about Duanmufei, not only did he feel offended, but he was also very happy.

"Second uncle, I understand." Mu Yan solemnly waved his hand at Li Chuanting, his eyes were clear, and he calmly met Li Chuanting's sharp eyes.

"Good!" Li Chuanting smiled, and his eyebrows also stretched, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: Mu Yan is good to have this heart at the moment. Let's take one step at a time, after all, kings have been ruthless since ancient times!

On the official road, it is becoming more and more lively, and people come and go.

This group of them is all dragons and phoenixes among people, which inevitably attracts the curious eyes of some passers-by and businessmen.

As the sun rises, so does the weather.

Li Chuanting pulled the horse rope again and glanced in the direction of the rising sun, his eyes flickering.

Suddenly, he turned his head again and said the last sentence in a mentioning tone:

"Ah Yan, you have to remember that your foundation is in the army."

What he meant was to remind Mu Yan that he didn't need to deliberately accommodate those ministers.

Li Chuanting stared at Mu Yan deeply, his eyes dark.

What he is worried about is that those "sick" Wenchen will not give up, things have come to this situation, they are also a little unable to get off the stage, I am afraid that they will continue to make trouble, and Mu Yan is young and has experienced few things, now Mu Yan is still stable, but if those Wenchen continue to approach step by step, how long can Mu Yan be "stable"? !

If Mu Yan messed up and accommodated Wenchen, and ignored his original reliance and foundation, it would be unfavorable to him.

If the minister is strong, the king is weak, and if the king is strong, the minister is weak. It is a game between monarchs and ministers.

"Second uncle, I understand." The smile on Mu Yan's face deepened, knowing that Li Chuanting's words were already reassuring.

So, Mu Yan also said one more sentence: "Those people, they are all spoiled by the one in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and they thought that the court would not be able to do without them." ”

Mu Yan simply said it, and he didn't explain it very clearly, but when he said this, Li Chuanting also understood, and Mu Yan had his own sense of proportion.

That's good. Li Chuanting smiled open-mindedly, looked around at Mrs. Li and a few juniors again, and said, "It's almost time, it's time for us to set off." Don't give it away either! ”

"Drive!"

Under the watchful eyes of Duanmu Fei and others, the convoy was on the road, and the speed increased little by little, and the sound of horses' hooves and wheels rumbled away, stirring up a gray dust mist on the official road.

Looking at the convoy heading away, there was silence all around, everyone was silent, and a sad atmosphere permeated the surroundings.

The capital and Minzhou are thousands of miles away, and they don't know when they will meet again next time.

The mood of the two sisters, Duanmujun and Duanmufei, was a little depressed.

Mu Yan looked at Duanmu Fei's appearance, and was very distressed, he drove the running Xiao under his crotch to Duanmu Fei and walked closer to Duanmu Fei, and patted her slender shoulder comfortingly.

"Zhenzhen, you can see each other again next year, and then invite your grandfather with you!" Mu Yan looked at Duanmu Fei flatteringly and said softly.

Duanmu's eyes lit up, the corners of his lips that were originally tightly pursed suddenly curled, and his little face was full of brilliance again.

Mrs. Li in the carriage also heard Mu Yan's words, opened the curtains again, looked at Mu Yan with strange eyes, and raised her eyebrows. What does Mu Yan mean by this?!

Next year, there will be something that needs my old lady to come to the capital together, even if the little granddaughter's wedding should not be necessary......

Wait a minute.

Mrs. Li suddenly thought of a possibility-

After the ceremony.

Mrs. Li's hand clenched the curtains, and her eyes looked at the pair of smiling and smiling people in front of her in a daze, and the place where the two eyes intersected was filled with warmth and warmth.

She thought of her daughter and son-in-law, and remembered the scene when her son-in-law came to the door to ask for marriage......

No matter what happens in the future, at least for the moment, Mu Yan is single-minded towards his little granddaughter.

Mrs. Li sighed in her heart with embarrassment, and saw Duanmu Fei turn her head to look at her, and said obediently: "Grandmother, let's send you back first." You didn't sleep last night, did you? ”

Looking at her intimate little granddaughter, Mrs. Li felt warm in her heart and said with a smile: "My grandmother is old, and she often can't sleep well at night, so it's okay." "She had been dreaming in the first half of the night yesterday, and when she woke up in the middle of the night, she barely fell asleep.

"Grandmother, I have a recipe for soothing soup there, which was prescribed by Imperial Doctor Xu, and the concubine said that it works very well, you might as well drink a dose and try it." Han Xing also came over.

After that, several juniors sent Mrs. Li back to Xiangyun Lane first.

After Mrs. Li drank the tranquilizing soup and rested, several juniors went to Jiusiban to watch the play.

Jiusiban has a new play, and today it is almost full and lively.

Han Xing looked at the stage below, and at the same time leaned into Duanmu Fei's ear and whispered to comment on this new play:

"This Hua Dan sings well, but this plot is too unreasonable, her husband is outside the outer room, why doesn't she stop him?"

"A man with no conscience, his wife has accompanied him for so many years of hard life, and he actually had the heart to poison her to death!"

“……”

"This drama is too aggrieved! It's not as good as the play book I wrote! ”

Han Xing pouted and concluded, looking not convinced.

Duanmu Heng heard it in a fog, and he didn't know what was going on, Li Tingyou leaned into his ear and whispered to him that the head of the Jiusi class didn't use the script written by Han Xing.

"......" Duanmu Heng drank tea silently.

Mu Yan said to Han Xing angrily: "Since it's not good-looking, don't look at it." ”

Mu Yan stared at Han Xing with disgust, feeling that Han Xing was really talking too much, so that he didn't have a chance to talk to Zhen Zhen at all.

Han Xing glanced at Mu Yan and said confidently, "What do you know? The fun of watching a play is to scold while watching! ”

"......" Mu Yan was speechless by her crooked reasoning.

Duanmu couldn't help but smile. She knew that Mu Yan didn't like to watch the show, that is, she was willing to accompany her, so she handed Mu Yan a small plate of freshly peeled small walnut meat as a comfort.

Mu Yan loves to eat this, but he rarely eats it, he is impatient to peel it, and he has always eaten to swallow dates, just to be fast.

Mu Yanle, who was shunmao, ate the small walnut meat given by Duanmu Fei deliciously, took a small bite, and ate it tightly.

"......" Hanxing couldn't stand it anymore, and quietly pulled the scarlet with the scarlet around his waist from under the table, feeling that his cousin was too fond of Cousin Yan, where did he have to be coaxed by a big man!

Duanmu Fei continued to peel the small walnuts, smiling with crooked eyebrows, sweet and glutinous.

Mu Yan is willing to coax her in various ways, find something she likes for her, accompany her to do what she likes, and similarly, she is also willing to coax him.

For her, making him happy was a lot of fun in itself.

At this time, the first half ended, and the actors on the stage got off the stage.

The audience in the lobby was still a little unsatisfied, discussing Fang Cai's play with a gossipy.

Mu Yan was disgusted with the noise here, and wondered whether to take Duanmu Fei to the back garden of the theater troupe for a walk, however, this idea was interrupted before he started.

Luo Feng stubbornly entered the elegant seat, walked up to Mu Yan and said, "Son, there is an urgent military report from Huaizhou. ”

Mu Yan's handsome face almost didn't collapse, and he regretted that he didn't look at the yellow calendar before going out. It's rare for him to come out to play with Zhen Zhen, why is he so unlucky!

Duanmu said thoughtfully: "Ah Yan, you go." ”

After a pause, she added with a smile: "When you are free, go to my place to see the paintings." I'll paint a few more in the next two days, and when the time comes, you can pick the one you like. ”

Mu Yan was coaxed and made a gesture of "two", which meant that he wanted two.

When Duanmu Fei nodded, he turned around and walked away step by step.

Even if Mu Yan is unwilling in his heart, he can only go, the 800-mile urgent military report means "100,000 urgent", there must be an accident on the Huaizhou side, and this matter is not small.

Huaizhou was initially decided, and Mu Yan and Cen Yin had long expected that there would be chaos there sooner or later......

After Mu Yan came out of the Nine Siban, he rode his horse to the palace with Luofeng.

The midday sun was scorching, there were not many people in the streets, and there was a restless atmosphere in the dreary air.

Mu Yan rushed to the Wuying Hall with flying arrows, and in the main hall, a square-faced young general was waiting there, walking back and forth anxiously.

The young general came from Huaizhou, thousands of miles away, this way, day and night, he had not slept for a few days and nights, and the whole person was not only embarrassed, but also haggard, and his eyes were slightly sunken.

Seeing Mu Yan coming, the square-faced young man with a full beard immediately stepped forward quickly, and saluted Mu Yan with a loud voice: "See the regent!" This is Huaizhou Military News! ”

Mu Yan sat down on the Taishi chair at the top, and the square-faced young general respectfully presented the military report with both hands, and the wind was not idle, serving tea and pouring water.

Mu Yan opened the military newspaper and looked down at a glance, and under the half-drooping eyes, his eyes were as deep as an abyss.

The atmosphere in the hall was solemn.

The young general said with a solemn expression: "The eldest princess of the original Nanhuai, Suna, has established herself as the king with the support of some Nanhuai remnants, and has set up her capital in Shunhua City in the south of Huaizhou, and recruited Sang Weipa of the Sang family as the prince's husband. ”

Mu Yan's slender and powerful fingers rubbed slightly on the military newspaper, and his face was calm and unwavering, and there was no surprise.

Since Jin Wuwei took down those Huairen who rescued Li Xining, Dongchang carefully interrogated those Huairen, and he didn't know about these things. At that moment, Mu Yan sent a team of people to Huaizhou quickly. According to the time, the people he sent should not have arrived in Huaizhou yet.

The little one glanced at Mu Yan's expression from the corner of his eye, and sighed in his heart: The regent is indeed worthy of being the regent, he is young, but he has the bearing of Mount Tai collapsing in front of him without changing his face.

The square-faced young general's expression became more and more respectful, and he continued to pray in an orderly manner: "Suna escaped from the Sang Mansion in early June, but the Sang family concealed it and did not report it until the beginning of August, when the miracle of the 'Holy Maiden Descent' occurred in Shunhua City, and the Sang family really couldn't hide it, so they came to pay tribute." ”

"Immediately, General Luo sent 3,000 people to Shunhua City to quell the rebellion, but something went wrong in Dayue City, the Sang family reversed, and Shunhua City should be reconciled with the outside, and the two ends were in chaos, so that Nanhuai Yu also took the opportunity to take Guangyi City next to Shunhua City."

Between the words, the atmosphere is even more depressing.

The square-faced young general subconsciously held his breath, lowered his head, and didn't dare to look at Mu Yan anymore, feeling apprehensive and ashamed in his heart: the regent handed over Huaizhou to them, but they didn't do anything and made the situation so chaotic.

These two chapters are a bit too much, so some people say that the pace is slow.

However, Dasheng is on the verge of the death of the country, and it is impossible to change the emperor just by magically changing from a troubled era to a prosperous era immediately.

If you really want to write like that, it will be a bad end.

By the way, Ah Jun's "investigation" and "complaint", I wrote it as a cute point, the eldest sister is like a mother, and the emperor has been ruthless since ancient times...... But I don't seem to be able to get you.

Obviously, as soon as Ah Yan went to Ah Yin to complain, Ah Yin went to train Ah Yan very cute. Mask your face...

It's over when you get to the throne, don't worry, there's no extras (???) 3(??? c)。

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