Chapter 242: Entering the game

Although the Xintonghou was from a humble background, but the emperor in order to show his gratitude and respect to the military martyrs, this Xintonghou Mansion was built on a scale comparable to the first-class prince's mansion.

When spring and summer are approaching, the flowers are blooming and the forests are stacked with greenery, and you are in the hustle and bustle of the city, such as the valley of seclusion.

In addition to the visits of Ning Zhiyuan and Du Yiyi in the past few days, there have been very few people who have come to visit Xintonghou's Mansion in recent years, and they have been separated from the disputes in the court, and Xintonghou and his wife have lived a very comfortable life of prosperity and wealth.

That time Ning Zhiyuan's people couldn't find out the actions of Xin Tonghou, he specially took Du Yiyi here a few more times for this reason, Xin Tonghou talked humorously and well, but this mansion really didn't see anything unusual, since there was no same, Ning Zhiyuan had the heart to woo, although Xin Tonghou had no power and no power just a free marquis, but with his weight in the emperor's mind, as long as he had the heart to join the court, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies would definitely have his share in the future.

"The prince seems to be in a very good mood today!"

Walking in the half-human-high bushes of the Xintonghou Mansion, Ning Zhiyuan has always been discussing the state affairs of the past two days with the Xintonghou, although the Xintonghou has not participated in it, but he knows a lot of things, except for one or two places that are not as accurate as Ning Zhiyuan's knowledge.

"The ministers have gone to court again, and the capital is finally quiet, which is indeed a happy thing!" Ning Zhiyuan bypassed a shrub and snapped off a branch.

"What a gratifying thing it is!" The letter agreed with Hou and walked over leisurely.

"This time the minister boycotted the dynasty, although the father was not angry, but it was inevitable that there would be anger, Lu Shoufu had resigned, and I don't know whose turn it would be next, the Chunfu fraud case ruined the future of many talents, and Dahe is the time to employ people!"

Ning Zhiyuan found that there were actually two swings with green vines entwined in this bush, and after glancing at the hem that had been scratched by the green grass without feet, he dropped the branches and walked over.

"There are always some officials in various states and counties who can be promoted, and Dahe is full of talents, if he can absorb talented people into the court, how can there be no one available."

This Dahe is relying on the spring every three years to absorb talents to serve the imperial court, this year's spring all the achievements are invalid, not to mention that the talents have not been caught, but there are a number of people who have been imprisoned, no one can take over, officials are transferred every year, and now many positions in the six departments have been vacant.

"It's really necessary to make an exception to choose talents, I think it's a fellow candidate, and he's also a talent!" Ning Zhiyuan looked at Xin Tonghou with a smile, his bright eyes shining with bright but not dazzling sunlight.

Xin Tonghou smiled and did it on the swing on Ning Zhiyuan's side, and pushed the swing hard with his legs and shook it: "The prince filtered!" I'm a talent! ”

"Xin Tonghou knows all about state affairs, has insight into the imperial court, studied in Guozijian, and once worshipped Zhao as a teacher, how can he not be considered a talent?"

"If it weren't for my identity as a marquis, with my qualifications, where would I be able to enter the Guozijian, and where would I be able to get the teachings of Master Zhao!" Xintong Hou said with a smile.

"Hou Ye should not be humble, if it weren't for Hou Ye's liking of the life of idle clouds and wild cranes, he would have been awarded an official position by his father."

This Ning Zhiyuan and Xintonghou strolled in the back I court, Du Yiyi and Mrs. Xintonghou at the other end were not idle, Mrs. Xintonghou had a good cooking skill that the chefs of Jingtailou could not match, every time Du Yiyi and Ning Zhiyuan came to Xintonghou's mansion to rub rice, Mrs. Xintonghou personally washed her hands and made soup, and Du Yiyi gave her a hand.

Mrs. Xintonghou is not a beautiful lady in the capital, she was born in a small household in the south of the Yangtze River, she can be described as a model of women's talent and virtue, not to mention that the clothes and shoes on the soles of Xintonghou's clothes are from her stitches and threads, even the daily diet is mostly supervised by her, and the love between husband and wife has been very rare in the capital where interests are mostly delivered.

Today, Mrs. Hou wants to make an auspicious ruyi roll that is light and stomachy, and in the hot and humid days when summer is approaching, such a dish is very beneficial to the body.

With his hands clean, picking pearls and emeralds, and bunching his skirt, Xin Tonghou picked up the kitchen knife and began to cut the cucumbers on the camphor wood board.

After coming twice, Mrs. Xintonghou also roughly knew that Du Yiyi didn't like greasy, and most of the ingredients prepared this time were vegetables that can be seen in ordinary people's homes.

Du Yiyi peeled garlic rice on the side, since she came to this world, she has always been clothed to reach out for food to open her mouth, such as in Xintonghou The number of times she cooks is very rare, and now there is a person who can talk to each other on the side, and the interest is even better.

"I only know that Mrs. is from Jiangnan, but I don't know where Mrs. is located?"

The marriage between Xintonghou and Mrs. Hou is very low-key, only the emperor and queen were consulted, and even the banquet has not been large, and the Xintonghou couple has been even more low-key for many years, and Mrs. Xintonghou is more like an invisible person living in Xintonghou's mansion, and no one has seen her parents at all.

"My ancestral home is Bingzhou, and I only settled in Shanzhou with my parents when I was a child, and I can't be regarded as an authentic Jiangnan person." Madame smiled quietly, and quickly cut the cucumber in her hand into thin strips.

"I haven't heard you talk about the matter with the Hou Ye, I think it must be a beautiful thing for the two of you to meet and get to know each other!"

Xintonghou's marriage is his own decision, if it weren't for his true joy, the two would not be able to live so peacefully all these years.

The people in the kitchen had already been sent out by Mrs. Xin Tonghou, and the two of them stood one by one in the small kitchen, and the sound of knives falling on the board was intermittent, and Xin Tonghou talked about the little-known past with Du Yiyi after cutting the carrot.

The two met in the smoke and rain season in the south of the Yangtze River, when the letter with the marquis was only twenty-five, he traveled in various places to Shanzhou in the spring solstice, where he lived for a month, the two at the beginning of the letter with the marquis was boating in the smoke and rain, and she was passing by the willow bank with an umbrella.

There is no scene where a hero saves a talented woman and a talented beauty falls in love at first sight, Mrs. Xintonghou just saw him at that time, he glanced at her, and then the two met countless times by chance in the small city of Shanzhou, and it was not until a month later that the two said their first words. Later, he went to her house to ask for marriage, and she followed him to the capital, only to know that he was originally a marquis.

"It was five or six years ago." Mrs. Xintonghou sighed, and the kitchen knife in her hand had been put aside.

"Although Shanzhou is small, it is fate to see so many times in a month!" Du Yiyi imagined that good rain season, imagined that Xin Tong Hou boated on the lake and Xin Tong Hou and Mrs. Hou passed by with an umbrella on the willow bank, and the two looked at each other, although they did not have a stunning love, but they were like a gentleman bowing their heads.

"At that time, if I had known that he was a fellow believer, maybe there would not have been this fate! I am destined for him, and you are also destined for the prince. Because of Du Yiyi's sensational past in the capital, Mrs. Xintonghou never talked to her about her feelings, and now the relationship is much closer, and her words are much closer.

Speaking of the past, Du Yiyi can only smile bitterly, although the original incident has passed, but it will always be there in her heart, few people know about the various things between her and Ning Zhiyuan, if it weren't for the fact that she could achieve some goals for him, there would be no such fate between them at all. "I really envy Mrs. and Master Hou for being able to do what they want."

"I've never thought of this place as the capital!" Mrs. Xintong Hou smiled: "This Hou Mansion is our Shanzhou!" We met once by the lake, once by the forest, once in front of the pavilion, once in the vegetable patch. ”

Du Yiyi then understood that she had always wondered why the Hou Yeli house was scattered, why there was a vegetable garden here, and it turned out that in the Hou Mansion where she had also walked, it was actually the place where the Xintong Hou couple had walked before, this was the Xintong Hou Mansion, and it was also the Shanzhou they had walked through.

Any woman will indulge in such a romance! Mrs. Xintonghou's cheeks were filled with a happy smile, and two crimson balls were printed on her cheeks, which were not whitewashed.

"What a envy of the world!" Du Yiyi sighed and washed the peeled garlic rice in cool water. In the capital, there can be a man in a high position who does his best for a woman, which is even rarer than the night pearl with the size of an egg.

"The princess and King Rui are in harmony and happiness, where do you need to envy me! Nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory, although the life is pure, but it is still not beautiful! ”

"What do you mean, ma'am?"

Du Yiyi wiped his hands and listened.

He often said that the better the emperor treats him, the more he will cut the rope, and if Dahe needs him, he will join the court at any time. Although the old marquis said to be from a humble background, he is also a soldier of Dahe, and now the situation in Dahe is ............"

Now the capital is controlled by Jinyiwei and Dongchang, if the two sides grow in the future, the capital can only be eunuchs, and the emperor trusts the eunuchs, which makes Xintonghou always worried.

"Lord Hou can devote himself to the imperial court and contribute to the eunuchs of the I system!"

"It's really reluctant to break the days that have been quiet for a long time!"

"It's a taste of living a different way!"

"I've never been anxious in times of peace! Five years of peace is enough, if you can't serve Dahe for the rest of your life, when you get old, your husband will be even more uneasy! ”

Mrs. Xintonghou wrapped the cut cucumber and carrot pieces in the bean skin, and put the auspicious ruyi roll that had been formed into a blue and white porcelain plate, and a pool of calm lake water flowed into the sea.

The meaning of Mrs. Xintonghou's words Du Yiyi has already understood, this chaos, Xintonghou will also participate in it, more and more people are involved, it will only make this water more muddy, the status of the military is shaken because of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, how many people related to the military will stand up?

Du Yiyi felt lucky, but fortunately, they formed a friendship with their husband and wife during the period when they did not ask about the world.

After Ning Zhiyuan and Du Yiyi left the Marquis of Xintonghou's mansion, they heard a news that Fan Dongli was the commander of the Left Army Governor's Mansion and asked the old man to resign.

With the current situation that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is being attacked left and right, it is better not to do it, so that at least he can save his reputation and life, Fan Dongli has become the first general to resign since the status of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has declined.

Ning Chaoge, who was originally considered to be the successor of Fan Dongli, was already the commander of the Governor's Mansion of the Later Army, and when the military was unstable, no one could be convinced that he would hand over the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army to Ning Chaoge, who had no military merits.

What will become of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies?

It is not easy for anyone to control the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies! The emperor wanted Ning Chaoge to be the leader, but Ning Chaoge did not have the ability to be convincing, and anyone could see that Shen Ke's status in the emperor's heart was not as good as before, but the situation in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was not as one-sided as the emperor imagined.

Under the influence of this depressed atmosphere, the generals of the five armies resigned one after another, and the Dongchang Jinyiwei has not yet grown, but the five armies governor's mansion seems to be about to be unable to support it.

However, it is very easy for the military to select talents, and in the military merit book of the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces, names have been ticked off one by one, and the old generation has withdrawn from the stage one by one, and these young and promising soldiers have ushered in the highest peak of their lives.