"Minister...... Minister. The last thing Zheng Guan wanted to see happened, when he searched the Hua family, the letter he couldn't find after digging three feet into the ground was finally discovered by others. The usual calm demeanor vanished from his face in an instant, replaced by horror and endless despair that he had never felt before.

"You're so ruthless." Mu Zhixun slowly walked to the door with his hands behind his back and said: "Zheng Guan, the son of Zheng Tingyu of the former Dali Temple, entered the East Palace as His Majesty's companion when he was a child. In the nineteenth year of Chengping, he pacified the Dongyuan Rebellion, was promoted to the commander of the front division of the palace, and became the supreme commander of the 100,000 Royal Forest Army, the head of the main force of the Daning Forbidden Army, and can be described as a very human minister...... Marshal, I'm right. ”

At this time, Zheng Guan didn't say a word, his empty eyes and non-stop panting nostrils made people shudder.

"But on the other hand, how do you do it...... You are going to take the blood of our entire Mu royal family to give the flower heir a sacrifice flag! Mu Zhixun's eyes were frosty and cold, and he reprimanded angrily.

At this moment, Zheng Guan's psychological defense line completely collapsed, "Your Highness! The palace marshal, who had always been majestic, knelt on the ground like a lost dog, holding Mu Zhixun's leg and howling, and kept muttering in his mouth: "The minister deserves death...... Sin deserves death! Your Highness save the sinners, save the sinners. ”

But no matter how Zheng Guan buckled his head and begged, Mu Zhixun always stood there without saying a word, the cold moonlight shone on his face, and his expression was like a ghost from hell.

Or, Zheng Guan's voice began to become hoarse, and his forehead began to seep blood, if it continued like this, he might die here.

"Get up." Mu Zhixun bent down and wanted to help Zheng Guan up, but seeing that Zheng Guan was reluctant to get up, he sat down again, took a slight sip of the tea that had been cold, and said coldly: "Go back, these days are my father's birthday, and the arrangements for the envoys of various countries and many matters in the court are still inseparable from you." ”

"Your Highness......" Zheng Guan raised his head in disbelief.

"But if there is any more unfaithfulness in the future, do you know ...... Will your fate be worse than that of Hua Chenghe? Mu Zhixun looked at the embarrassed Zheng Guan meaningfully.

"Minister...... Got it! Zheng Guan's head slammed to the ground as if it had lost its center of gravity.

As soon as spring arrives, the sun comes out earlier and earlier day by day, and next to the stable of Tianya Inn, Lu Ziyu, who got up early, is personally feeding the snow and forage as he does every day. "Treading the snow" is a sweaty horse given to him by his father when he was eight years old, and it is named because of its black body and snow-white fur near its four hooves.

"Why do you want my stable?"

That voice was a rare smoke voice among girls, which couldn't help but make Lu Ziyu a little curious, he slowly turned his head, only to see a handsome, down-to-earth and generous woman staring at him, the golden jade forehead on the top of her head and a silver brocade robe looked hearty and neat, if Lu Ziyu guessed correctly, she should be a military person, and she is not from Daning. This made him feel intrigued.

"Oh? Dare to ask the girl why she said this is your stable? ”

"Hmph, why do you say it's my stable?" The woman looked a little speechless, "Look whose horse is inside?" ”

Lu Ziyu turned his head, and was shocked to find that there was a horse next to the wall on the inside of the snow. I couldn't help but be surprised, "This ...... When did this horse come in? ”

"I want to ask you, I chose this stable early yesterday morning, and there are not a single horse in it. The first time I came to Yunjing, I wanted to go out for a walk and enjoy the scenery of the Central Plains, but who would have thought that when I came back, there would suddenly be an extra horse in the stable. The woman looked a little bored, "It's just that it's getting late, so I don't bother to look for its owner, since you're here today, take it away quickly." ”

Hearing this, Lu Ziyu couldn't help laughing, presumably because the Tianya Post House was overcrowded these days, and the post guards who managed the stables would inevitably make some mistakes. "Well, it's presumptuous, and I hope the girl won't be surprised."

The woman nodded and waved his hand to signal him to leave. But when she saw Lu Ziyu leading the horse towards the crowd's residential area, she couldn't help but be a little curious, "Hey! Where are you going to take it? ”

"The stables are full, and I'll take them to my room to sleep." Lu Ziyu didn't reply.

This sentence made the woman a little embarrassed, and after a moment of hesitation, she shouted to Lu Ziyu: "Come back, you lead the horse over there, let others do what." ”

Hearing this, Lu Ziyu immediately trotted all the way back to the stable, and he came to the woman's side and said with a smile: "Thank you." ”

"Don't thank me, I just don't want you to influence others."

"Hehe, dare to ask the girl's name? Where did it come from? ”

"Nanzhao An Yuntang. What about you? An Yuntang said as he walked.

"Beiyang Lu Ziyu." Lu Ziyu followed.

"Heh, it turned out to be the prince of the dignified Beiyang Palace, such a noble identity, he didn't follow an entourage by his side, and he didn't put a stand at all, it's really rare." An Yuntang smiled slightly, but he couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or a sarcasm.

"The county lord...... Isn't it the same? Lu Ziyu said meaningfully, he had long heard that An Yuntang, the county lord of Nanzhao Kingdom, was a woman who did not like red clothes and loved military clothes, as the supreme commander of the Moling Army, the main force of Nanzhao, her Wen Taowu strategy made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces of Nanzhao Kingdom sigh to themselves. I didn't expect to meet here today.

Hearing this, An Yuntang turned his head and looked Lu Ziyu up and down with some surprise, and then smiled knowingly, "Yesterday was in a hurry, and I didn't have time to see the whole picture of Yunjing, I don't know if the prince will have time to act as Yuntang's guide." ”

"I'm happy to accompany you."

"Please."

"Please."

The moment An Yuntang smiled at him just now, Lu Ziyu couldn't tell what it felt, he only felt that today's sun was exceptionally dazzling, and even the smell of the stables was much better than before.

The wild geese returning from the south swept over the sky above Shuyun Pavilion, leaving behind bursts of chirping. As far as the eye can see, the north and south palaces with golden splendor and vermilion walls are as soft and charming as yellowed pictures against the backdrop of the sunset.

On the fourth floor of Shuyun Pavilion, Pei Yuanzheng, who was standing against the railing, overlooked all this with deep eyes, and the breeze on his face ruffled his white clothes and hair, but it couldn't blow his slender and upright bones. For ten years, whenever he wanted to return to Mingjiang, he would go here and look south...... Until sunset.

"Pei Lang." Mu Linxiao patted Pei Yuan's shoulder and pointed to the peach blossom he had just picked between his buns, "Is it good-looking?" ”

"Beautiful." Pei Yuan smiled slightly, his eyes stared at Mu Linxiao in front of him warmly, and Mu Linxiao, with bright eyes and bright teeth and pink lips under the delicate flying fairy bun, looked very bright and moving.

"Just after the master finished the lecture, I saw the princess running out in a hurry, I thought the princess was going back, it turned out to be for this peach blossom." Pei Yuan quipped slightly.

"It's not...... I just want to spend a little more time with you, I want to make you happy. Mu Linxiao put his arms on the railing, and his tone was distressed, "You've been worried this afternoon, I know...... Homesick. ”

"It's normal to miss your hometown, and princesses don't have to take it to heart." Pei Yuan said with relief.

"Pei Lang, if you can really go back to Mingjiang one day...... Would you like to take me? ”

Pei Yuan was slightly stunned, and said after a long time: "If there is really that day, if the princess is willing...... Pei Yuan was willing. ”

Hearing this, Mu Linxiao smiled very happily, "In a few days it will be my father's fiftieth birthday, this time all countries will send envoys to congratulate my father on his birthday, I think, you should also be able to meet the envoys of Mingjiang soon." ”

"This is naturally the best, the queen mother has always been frail and sickly...... I miss her a lot. Pei Yuan's brows lingered with melancholy and sorrow that did not belong to his age.

"Don't worry, the imperial aunt of Mingjiang will definitely be waiting for you to go back."

"Princess......" Mu Linxiao's words made Pei Yuan grateful and gratified, he knew in his heart that if the ten years of Shuyun Pavilion were without Mu Linxiao's company...... I'm afraid he won't be able to survive it. For Mu Linxiao, Pei Yuan has long been a part of her life. Ten years together, they are no longer separated from each other.

How many intervals, Pei Yuan patiently and seriously explained to Mu Linxiao that the picture of Jingyi is a memory that can never be erased in her youthful years, this young man who is in prison but has no resentment and hatred, and has the righteousness of the common people in his heart, I don't know when it has become an indispensable part of her life.

On the day of Emperor Ning's birthday, Yunjing City was cloudless. Under the sunny day and blue sun, the already prosperous Yunjing is naturally unprecedented, from the imperial city to the palace city, the trees on both sides of the royal street and all the main lanes are covered with red silk, "Emperor Ning's holy life, celebrate with the people." The huge plaque was hung high above the tower of the main gate of the South Palace, which looked festive and noble

And on both sides of Yunjing Royal Street, it has already been filled with people, and a large number of imperial forest troops are guarding there, struggling to maintain order.

At midnight, the envoys of various countries and officials from all over the country marched along the royal street from the main gate of Yunjing to the South Palace. I heard that this is a new process added by the prince this year, and it has also driven the enthusiasm of the people on the premise of showing the prosperity of this dynasty, which is in response to the sentence "Celebrate with the people." ”

Directly in front of the procession, eight horses decorated with gorgeous Shanbei sweat and blood opened the way in front. The tall body and shiny complexion caused the crowd to please. After that, it was composed of Yan Tunan, Yan Changfeng and others of the Yuan Su Legation and some high-ranking Imperial Forest Military Academy Captains of the fifty-person Shanbei Khan Blood Cavalry Phalanx, as for why the Yuan Su cavalry phalanx was composed of the Imperial Forest Army, this is the meaning of the Ministry of Rites.

Because in the previous rehearsal, it was originally planned to use all the Yuan people, but this nation that grew up on horseback was all born knights, which led to the effect being too ostentatious, and it was a bit anti-guest-oriented, so I had to give up.

Followed by the mission of the Southern Zhao Kingdom, the handsome and dashing An Yuntang looked very heroic on a horse, but as the only woman riding a horse in the entire team, she was naturally inevitably tongued by the people of Yunjing on both sides. But An Yuntang wouldn't care about this, because the people wouldn't know that the Moling Army behind her, which was wearing ink armor and had strong combat power with a crown and a wild goose feather, was forged by this woman.

What the people were really attracted to was the cartloads of exotic beasts escorted by the Mo Ling Army, which not only had a large number of medicinal herbs recorded in ancient books but were difficult to find, but also the unique blonde lions, fire phoenix birds and the giant horned rhinoceros that were about to become extinct.

Behind the Nanzhao Kingdom is the mission of the Ming Xinjiang Kingdom, different from the Feng Zhu Longxiang of the previous two countries, they are led by two people who look like civil officials, and behind the leader are two rows of young women dressed in gorgeous clothes and holding flower baskets. Among the flower baskets is the southern pearl of Mingjiang with the reputation of the first pearl.

In the center of the women is a huge and luxurious carriage, the carriage pulls a large jade as the bottom of the coral reef like a mountain river, one after another cut unique peacock feathers to decorate the emerald around the beads, quite the charm of mountains and rivers, and finally with a piece of southern pearl to form the words "Daning longevity".

"Such a splendid and beautiful is worthy of the handiwork of Ming Jiangguo." An old man who looked like a businessman on the side of the road couldn't help but sigh.

After that, the envoys of various countries, accompanied by the crown prince and King Chang, went to the dojo of Huamen Temple in Jingxi to chant sutras for Emperor Ning with the monks.

After some tossing, the time was already noon, and the main members of the mission went to the Nangong Yubin Hall according to the process, and Emperor Ning's birthday banquet officially began.

In the center of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Ning, who wore twelve crowns and was dressed in the auspicious clothes of the Son of Heaven, had already sat there, as the protagonist of this birthday, and was the object of congratulations from all countries and all the people.

Everyone walked into the hall in turn under the leadership of the prince and the king of Chang, after the prince and the king of Chang both knelt, everyone behind them also knelt at the same time, but the envoy of Yuan Su and Nanzhao knelt down on one knee, and then everyone shouted: "I wish Your Majesty the longevity of the rivers and mountains, the five blessings of Jichou, the year of great virtue, the age of Tianxi, the starlight of the South Pole, the three blessings of the people, the respect of the elderly, the good days of Yue, such as the rise of the sun, the nine such as the heavenly protection, long live the long live of Your Majesty." ”

"Hahaha, the ministers and the envoys quickly get up and take the seats." Emperor Ning couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After thanking them, they sat down in turn on the banquet that had been prepared on both sides of the main hall.

During the banquet, every time a dish is changed, the palace maids of Yuyinfang will also change a dance music accordingly, exquisite dishes and fairy-like dancing postures make Yan Tunan and An Yuntang sigh unattainable, and in Yan Changfeng's view, appreciating these identical dancers dancing is not as free and easy as the bonfire meeting of the grassland, and the dishes that cannot be named in the gold and silver tableware are not as good as the roast leg of lamb that is bubbling with oil.

Although Mu Zhixun was also pretending to be intoxicated, he was already shaking his head in his heart, and he was tired of listening to the many restricted choreographies and uninnovative repertoire in the palace. I can't help but sigh in my heart, in the end, it is still Yu Nujiao's dance music that is fragrant and colorful.

Among the clan relatives and nobles in the room, I am afraid that only the crown prince Mu Zhice and Lu Ziyu really appreciate it.

After three rounds of drinking, when he saw that Emperor Ning was already a little drunk, Yan Tunan, who was sitting closest to Emperor Ning, respectfully picked up his wine glass and stood up: "Your Majesty, Xiao Khan has admired the customs of Daning for a long time, and he has always had a wish in his heart, and this time I will take the opportunity of Your Majesty's holy birthday...... I don't know if to talk about it or not. ”

"It's okay...... Khan, but it doesn't hurt to speak. ”

"Xiao Khan hopes to open a field with Daning in Qinzhou, and use the cattle, sheep and horses of Yuan Su to exchange Daning's salt, tea, and silk." Yan Tunan lowered his volume slightly and said solemnly.

"Before, outside the northern border of the imperial court, it has always been a chaotic dominance, and the relationship with this dynasty is also very tense, so the northern border has always been blocked, as for the field, let alone the field." Emperor Ning put away his smiling face and paused slightly to think.

"This ......," Yan Tunan's smile was a little awkward.

"But the evil is the evil, the Yuan Su is the Yuan Hui, you are different...... Yuan Su Khan came to Yunjing in person to congratulate me on my birthday, and the sincerity of this heart can be learned from heaven and earth. In this way, after the end, the Khan will discuss the specific matters with the household department. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Yan Tu Nan couldn't help but be overjoyed, raised his wine glass, and drank it all.

The opening of the field is definitely a good thing for the people of the two countries, and everyone present also showed joy on their faces, but Lu Ziyu frowned slightly, because he felt that the choice of that place was indeed a little too subtle.

Establishments are generally opened in the vicinity of state capitals with large crowds and easy to manage. But Qinzhou, a state capital located in the easternmost part of the defense line of the Rinfeng Pass, is the weakest place in the defense of the Beiping Army, and further east is the deep mountains and huge mountains, which has always been a cold climate and a sparsely populated place, thinking of this Lu Ziyu's eyes drooped slightly, and a black cloud of doubt slowly dispersed in his heart.