The noon sun shining straight into the hall made people a little irritable. At this moment, Luo Wenzhao, the duty of the Chongyang Gate of the Imperial Forest Army, was kneeling on the ground, quietly listening to the father-in-law on the side reciting the holy decree in his hand. Sweat continued to seep from his forehead and palms, staining the blue-black floor tiles. His mood was like the dust that kept tumbling in the light, full of excitement and unease.

Ouchi's father-in-law has always been like this, and the heavenly power of the holy decree was infinitely magnified in their unruly tone, and it was not until the word "Qin this" that Luo Wenzhao slowly raised his head. The autumn wind blew through the placket, and he carefully took the holy decree and the tiger talisman, and the turmoil in his heart could not be calmed for a long time.

A year ago, that is, in the nineteenth year of Chengping, the Daning Dongyuan Army made Hua Chenghei collude with the Ming Xinjiang State and rebelled. Emperor Ning was furious and sent a large army to encircle and suppress, the war lasted for nearly a year, and finally the main force of the rebel army was completely annihilated at the mouth of the Honghe River, and the rebel general Hua Chenghei was also beheaded by the whole family. At the same time, Wanghai City, the capital of Ming Xinjiang, was also surrounded by the Ning army, and the desperate Ming Xinjiang lord Pei Hai was forced to pay tribute to Daning, cede the four counties of Hongnan, and send the fourteen-year-old young lord of Ming Xinjiang to Yunjing as a hostage.

However, after all, the Dongyuan Army was the main force of the southeast defense line of Daning, and Emperor Ning did not rush to kill them all, and finally decided to reorganize it and rename it the Jing Navy.

And the position of the new envoy of the Jing Navy fell on Luo Wenzhao's head. From a small Jiupin Imperial Forest Army on duty to a first-class marshal in charge of military power. Even if his sister Concubine Hui is upright and favored in the palace, for Luo Wenzhao, who is not yet thirty years old, this cannot be described as a holy grace.

No, as soon as the father-in-law left with his front foot, he hurriedly entered the palace with his back foot, intending to inform his sister Concubine Hui of this great news.

The palace city of Daning is divided into the south palace and the north palace, the south palace is outside, the north palace is inside, the cabinet is on duty Zhiping Pavilion and the court meeting of the Xiaohe Hall are all in the south palace, and the north palace is mainly responsible for the living of Emperor Ning and the residence of the concubines and princesses.

There is a moat between the two palaces, there are five white jade arch bridges connected, called the golden jade belt, the gold and jade belt is intertwined with gold and stone, the dragon ornament wind, the degree of bending of the gold shop can be called a must. On weekdays, ministers who are summoned or new champions face St. Xie En have to walk on the golden jade belt, so anyone who can walk on this golden jade belt is all dragon blood and phoenix marrow, and Song Shengyue descended.

As a relative, Luo Wenzhao naturally has this opportunity, but compared to the new champion and cabinet ministers, it is not something worth showing off. But then again, if it weren't for the identity of his relatives, he wouldn't even have this opportunity to be on duty with a small nine pin, so he would be very embarrassed to leave quickly every time.

He wished that one day he could cross the bridge with his own skills, instead of being a relative who ate soft rice.

"Wen Zhao, why did you come to me in a hurry early this morning, is there something urgent?" Concubine Hui combed a simple updo, and the garnet-red brocade shirt and the royal blue and white plain long skirt looked dignified and generous. She was busy watering the flowers and plants in the courtyard, and she didn't even have time to glance at Luo Wenzhao beside her.

"Hehe, sister, I'll tell you good news." Luo Wenzhao's face had already leaked the shyness and smugness after being praised, he scratched the back of his head, and couldn't help but pad his feet, looking a little innocent, but he would only show this side in front of his sister.

"What good news." Concubine Hui turned her head to look at him, her eyes full of disapproval.

"Sister." Luo Wenzhao cleared his throat, "The position of the envoy of the Jing Navy...... Your Majesty gave it to me. ”

"What did you say?" Concubine Hui stopped what she was doing, she could hardly believe her ears.

The new establishment of the Jing Navy is a major event in Daning, but the Luo family is not a general, and there are so many military generals in the court, even if he is in the holy favor, but his younger brother is only a small royal forest army on duty, and the qualifications are far from enough, Concubine Hui, who frowned slightly, froze there, she has always disliked this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing.

"Your Majesty ordered me to ......"

"I hear you......" Concubine Hui rebuked angrily, "do you think this position is right for you?" ”

"I ......" Luo Wenzhao was speechless for a while, and then pretended to be relaxed, "...... Marching and fighting are almost all sets. ”

"You've got hundreds of people...... But can you manage tens of thousands of people? Concubine Hui said worriedly, "The Jing Navy is the main force guarding the southeast of Daning, do you know how many people in the court are staring at that position?" We can't go through this troubled water. ”

"Yes...... Sister, this holy decree has come down, and His Majesty is the master for us, what are we afraid of? Luo Wenzhao spread his hands. He didn't understand what his sister was worried about.

Concubine Hui didn't have the heart to reason with Luo Wenzhao anymore at this time, she sighed, "You go back first, no matter what, don't make a public announcement about this matter first." I want to see Your Majesty. ”

“…… Okay, sister, I'll listen to you. Luo Wenzhao didn't say anything more, he shook his head helplessly and turned to leave, their sister and brother have depended on each other since childhood, even if he longs for that position again, since his sister has already spoken, there is no need to say more.

The queen likes flowers, especially begonias. In autumn, all the begonias in the North Palace will be in full bloom. Looking around, the north palace with many palaces is full of purple and red.

Thinking about it carefully, these begonias were planted for the queen by order of Emperor Ning when the queen entered the palace, and the deep affection between the two can be seen.

However, it is easy to break through wisdom, and the love is not long, twelve years ago, the queen gave birth to Princess Mu Linxiao.

Although Mu Linxiao has never seen her mother, she has heard her father say since she was a child that her mother's favorite thing is begonias, so since she was four years old, she will pick a lot of begonia flowers every season and send them to the queen mother's spiritual seat, and there has been no interruption for eight years.

This year is the same, Mu Linxiao, who has her hair tied up and is wearing a goose yellow Luo skirt, is struggling to hug a large bunch of begonias, and her white and tender face has begun to ooze a little sweat. The maid on the side was very funny and bent over carefully, for fear that she would fall down accidentally.

They really wanted to hold the bunch of begonias for the princess, but in this matter, the princess never let anyone do it for her, even if Emperor Ning came.

At this time, Emperor Ning's personal attendant Cao Fu and several eunuchs came from the other side of the road, followed by a young man dressed in a plain robe and with long hair. A humble son, gentle as jade, even if his expression is melancholy, he can't hide his clear eyes and delicate face.

"I've seen Her Royal Highness the Princess." Cao Fu bowed.

At this moment, Mu Linxiao's attention had been completely attracted by this young man, although Beigong was old, she rarely had the opportunity to see someone of her age, "Who is he?" Mu Linxiao's head tilted to the side of the begonia flower, and kept looking at the young man.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess, he is the young master of the Ming Frontier Kingdom, and now he has been escorted to Yunjing for his crimes, and the younger one was sent to Shuyun Pavilion for care." Cao Fu said respectfully.

"What crime have you committed?" Mu Linxiao walked straight to the young man's side and said with concern.

"Tell me quickly, what does Her Royal Highness ask you?" Cao Fu hurriedly tugged at the corner of the young man's clothes.

“…… The sinner has seen Her Royal Highness. The young man lowered his head, looking very tired, and after only saying this sentence, he didn't say anything else, from Mingjiang to Yunjing, he couldn't remember how many people had interrogated him like this.

"Princess, let's go quickly, we will give flowers to the queen in a while, don't delay the hour." The maid on the side reminded softly.

“…… All right. Mu Linxiao was a little lost, she took a new step, but soon stopped again, and shouted to the young man with some reluctance: "My name is Mu Linxiao, if anyone in the palace dares to bully you, you will come to me." ”

Hearing the princess call his name, the two eunuchs were so frightened that they knelt directly to apologize, but the young man opened his mouth, and the begonia petals in the wind fell on his shoulder, he slowly raised his head, his tired eyes were mixed with a little warmth, and he slowly gave a salute, "Pei Yuan Xie Princess Her Royal Highness is concerned." ”

"Pei Yuan." Mu Linxiao silently read the name in her heart, and a trace of warmth passed through her eyes.

At that time, Mu Linxiao would not believe that a teenager would commit any major crimes, so when Pei Yuan first appeared in her sight as a guilty person, her innocent and kind instinct made her involuntarily want to protect this thin and clear teenager.

The autumn evening breeze slowly penetrated into the Yongning Palace, blowing the ambergris incense in the mouth of the copper beast all over the palace, and Emperor Ning, who was dressed in a golden silk Luo regular dress and wearing a black gauze folded scarf, was sitting sideways in front of the couch and looking at the music in his hand intently.

"Cao Fu, I listened to you during the day...... Have Lu Tianyuan's excerpts? Emperor Ning suddenly asked.

"Yes. The twists and turns of the King of Beiyang arrived this morning. Cao Fu nodded respectfully.

"Which one is his? Get it for me. ”

"Yes." Cao Fu was extremely skillful in finding Lu Tianyuan's letter from a half-meter-high stack of folds on the table.

"Read." Emperor Ning only asked Cao Fu to read the music to him when he was tired.

"The military festival of the Beiping army made Lu Tianyuan kneel and play, Chengping was in the summer for 20 years, and the Yuansu tribe outside the wind pass fought a large-scale war with the mixed evil khanate, and the mixed evil khanate sent envoys to ask my Daning to go out of the customs to help, and promised to pay tribute to Daning afterwards, and there would be no further incursion."

"Judging from the current situation, if the war between the two parties outside the pass continues, the chaotic evil khanate will be defeated by the Yuansu tribe, and the so-called sandpiper and mussels will compete for the benefit of the fisherman. The ministers are sincerely afraid, and they have the courage to speak, and for specific matters, they will ask the Holy Judge. ”

"My King of Beiyang is really loyal." Emperor Ning couldn't help nodding, and his eyes full of memories showed a slight sigh, "Ten years ago, when the Beiping Army was still his father Lu Dingming, General Lu was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and he could return to his hometown in a few years...... But the sword has no eyes, if it weren't for Lu Tianyuan Dai Xiao going into battle and attacking the rear of the mixed evil, the northern border of Daning would be unstable. ”

"Fortunately, in this battle, my Daning won a complete victory, although General Lu Lao has sacrificed his life for the country, but His Majesty's holy grace is generous, and Lu Tianyuan has been crowned as the hereditary king of Beiyang, becoming the first king with a different surname since the founding of my Daning. Cao Fu said respectfully.

"It's just that I didn't expect that the Mixed Evil Khanate would decline to this point since that war, to the point of being annexed by other tribes, Lu Tianyuan doesn't remember the revenge of killing his father, and can treat this matter calmly, I am very relieved." Emperor Ning thought for a moment, "Draft the will, the dispute between the border and the Yi, ignore it." ”

“…… Be. Cao Fu was a little puzzled.

"Do you wonder why I didn't take Lu Tianyuan's suggestion?" Emperor Ning looked at Cao Fu on the side with interest.

"Yes." Cao Fu's face revealed doubt and fear.

"The Guanwai Yi clan can't become the climate, let them fend for themselves, besides, the Mixed Evil Khanate is not only the feud of his Lu family, but also the feud of my Daning. At this time, if you don't send troops to exterminate it, it is already a great grace of heaven, so how can you help each other. Emperor Ning picked up the teacup in front of the case, fiddled with the lid of the cup and drank it all.

"Your Majesty." Cao Fu said respectfully.

At this time, the eunuch outside the palace came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui Niangniang asks to see you." ”