On the seventh day when the letter was sent, Shen Yunzhen played in the courtyard with Concubine Su Defei and Yangxiu and Chengyuan as usual. Nan Yinglin has been so busy these days, and the government has been abandoned for so long, he really can't help but deal with it.

Lingnan sent fresh lychees into the palace, which was the last batch of fresh lychees to pay tribute this summer. If you want to eat it again, you can only wait for next year, or eat pickled dried lychees. Ice cubes rose in the palace, and the fast horses along the road were sent to Yushan.

The chief eunuch of the palace was standing outside the courtyard directing the little eunuchs to carry the lychees, and Concubine Su De watched from the side for a while, pulled Shen Yunzhen's sleeve, and whispered to her: "My father is here." ”

Shen Yunzhen was stunned for a moment and followed her gaze. It was an old man over half a hundred years old, dressed in a cloth garment, like a fruit merchant, and covered with a wide old straw hat on his head.

Concubine Su Defei smiled and walked over quickly: "Yo, isn't this Lao Zhou?" The famous fruit seller on West Street, why did you follow into the palace? ”

The chief eunuch bowed slightly, and said: "This little man said that he knew Concubine De, but the slave didn't believe it before, it turns out that Niangniang really knows him?" ”

Concubine Su Defei smiled: "Isn't it?" When the palace was still at his mother's house, he only ordered melons and fruits from their house, and he was no longer used to eating other houses over the years. She said and pulled Mrs. Su over and said, "It's just right that you came, go with the palace to make a list, and in the future, all the supplies for me and Concubine Chen will come from you." ”

She took Master Su to the hall, and Shen Yunzhen then hugged the child and followed up.

Shen Yunzhen covered the door of the palace, and Master Su dusted off his sleeves and bowed: "The old minister sees Concubine Chen." ”

Shen Yun was really busy helping him up: "It was supposed to be the palace to visit the Taishi, but I didn't think that the Taishi would come first." ”

Concubine Su De helped him sit down and served him a warm cup of tea.

Su Taishi took the tea and asked in a deep voice: "As soon as the old minister receives the secret letter from the mother, he will discuss with the Marquis of Changxin, as the mother said, the Marquis of Changxin is also quite dissatisfied with the emperor's move. ”

Shen Yunzhen glanced at Concubine Su De, and heard Master Su sigh again: "But the old minister can't be involved too deeply in this matter, after all, Xu Yongchang is the old minister's wife and brother, he led the people to rebel, and the old minister's family will also be affected." ”

Shen Yunzhen lowered her eyelids slightly: "So, is Master Su going to ask about this matter again?" ”

Su Taishi's eyes flickered, but his face was faint: "It's not like this, attacking the rebels is also a government affair of the imperial court in the end, if the old minister doesn't ask, he will be derelict in his duties." ”

Concubine Su De frowned: "Dad, you said for a while that you didn't get involved, and then you said you wanted to participate, what is your attitude towards this matter!" ”

Shen Yunzhen Wenran stopped Concubine Su De, and said to Master Su: "It doesn't matter, Master Su is in the court, and he has a lot of last resort." How to deal with this matter, the Taishi can decide for himself. ”

She said, hugged Chengyuan from Liu February's hand, although the child was born prematurely, but Liu February's and the nurse Aruo have been taking care of it carefully, so they are white and fat, very likable. Concubine Su De often said that this child is picking on his strengths, and he has picked off all the advantages of his father's appearance, which is really beautiful.

Shen Yunzhen teased the child while saying softly: "Yuan'er, it's called Ah Gong." ”

Xiao Chengyuan stared at a pair of dark eyes, staring at Master Su unworldly, babbling and not knowing what to say.

Su Taishi was a little embarrassed: "Niangniang, this can't be helped." ”

Shen Yunzhen smiled slightly: "What's wrong with this, you are the father of Concubine De's sister, and that is Chengyuan's elder." Besides, you are an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and you used to be loyal to Jing Pei. Naturally, you can afford Yuan'er to call you Grandpa. ”

Su Taishi felt a little strange in his heart, and he knew that he really couldn't be called a loyal old minister. He suddenly understood why there were countless beauties in the harem, but Nan Jingpei favored Concubine Chen alone. Sure enough, he was a smart person, and she suddenly brought him a high hat, which made him restless.

"I heard that the Taishi's knowledge is very good, and when the emperor is free, the palace will ask the emperor for an order to add the title of Taifu to the Taishi." As she spoke, she lowered her head and asked Chengyuan: "Yuan'er, is it okay to let Ah Gong be your master?" ”

Su Taishi stood up abruptly and said in a lost voice: "Niangniang? ”

Shen Yunzhen glanced at him and said with a smile: "Presumably the Taishi has also heard that the emperor personally promised that his sitting on this throne is only temporary, and he will return the country to Chengyuan after a hundred years." When Chengyuan succeeds to the throne in the future, he will have to rely on the Taishi to help the dynasty! ”

Concubine Su De took Chengyuan from Shen Yunzhen's hands, and said to Su Taishi: "Dad, no matter who sits on the dragon chair now, Chengyuan is the only descendant of Jing Pei, Jing Pei's throne is written in the edict of the first emperor, the so-called name is right, Cheng Yuan is the only person in the Great Qi royal family who is qualified to sit on the throne, you must see the right person and then stand in line." ”

Master Su's heart drooped, it seemed that they were determined to tie the fate of this little prince to him. He slowly knelt down and said, "The old minister thanks the two concubines for their love." ”

Shen Yunzhen smiled slightly: "Since the prince agreed, he should know that the honor and disgrace of the prince and the prince are one, and if the prince is humiliated, the prince will be humiliated, and the glory of the prince will be the glory of the Taifu, and vice versa." ”

Su Taishi's eyes couldn't help but tremble, and it could be seen that the confusion in his heart was abnormal.

Shen Yunzhen pushed the tea cup in front of him and looked at him warmly: "Taifu drinks tea." ”

Taishi Su took a sip of the teacup, and saw her again: "Taifu's every move will also affect the future of the prince, and now Taifu's wife and brother are rebelling in Beihan, although this has nothing to do with Taifu, but in the eyes of outsiders, this is no different from Taifu himself's rebellion." ”

Master Su said tentatively: "What does Concubine Chen mean?" ”

He also knew that Shen Yunzhen would not add a title of Taifu to him in vain, she tied her own son to him, which meant that he would never be able to shake off the shadow of Nan Jingpei in his life, just like he would never be able to get rid of the fact that Xu Yongchang was his brother-in-law.

"Instead of drawing a knife and cutting off the water in vain, it is better to follow the trend, which makes people have nothing to say." Shen Yunzhen hooked the corners of her lips and looked at him with a smile: "People can't be neutral forever, otherwise they won't please both sides." ”

Master Su glanced at her sideways: "What the concubine means, the old minister has to choose a side to stand anyway." Then dare to ask the concubine, who should the minister choose? ”

"Dad, why don't you stand in line, don't you stand in line, will Nan Yinglin let our family go? He is now afraid of his uncle, so he has won you over to break up his uncle's military heart, if he really mobilizes the army and defeats his uncle, our family should become his next target! ”

"Okay." Master Su slowly stood up and bowed his hand to Shen Yunzhen: "The concubine meant, the old minister understands." ”

Since Taishi Su left the Anbian Palace, Nan Yinglin has been angry in the Luling Pavilion more and more times, at first asking the Wenchen who followed him why there is no report of conscription of 500,000 soldiers, and then he cursed Changxin Hou to the eunuch who sent the excerpt to the palace. Sometimes he didn't even look at the fold because he didn't have to open it to guess what was going to be written inside.

This time, the courtiers unanimously opposed his conscription.

Beihan is a wild place, and whether it has it or not, to put it bluntly, is just a matter of the country's face. Although Xu Yongchang shouted fiercely, he vowed to capture the capital in one fell swoop, but he shouted for three months, didn't he just go around the Beihan?

Seeing that he showed no signs of heading south, the courtiers became less and less supportive of Nan Yinglin's conscription attack. The 200,000 strong men he recruited in Gongtong Anzhou are now gone, and if another 500,000 are recruited, I am afraid that there will be more and more rebel troops among the people.

The imperial court is really unbearable to suffer from the enemy, so it is not a good choice to calm down the people.

"Three months, three whole months!" Nan Yinglin angrily flipped a stack of folds to the ground.

"I'm still not the emperor of Great Qi after all? You keep saying that you support me, is that how you support me? Yang Feng Yin violates! Knowingly! ”

Wen Yuan and the others knelt on the ground, letting him be angry with him.

The more Nan Yinglin scolded, the more angry he became, as if these ministers would not say anything valuable except shouting "The emperor is angry", as if the meaning of their existence was to bow down and pray for mercy.

"Your Majesty, what the courtiers said is not unreasonable, after all, Beihan is not a place where soldiers must fight, and it is cold and bitter, even if the emperor gives this place to Xu Yongchang, what can he do?"

Nan Yinglin's anger was already burning to the extreme, and when he heard Wen Yuan's words, he only felt that the five thunders were thundering, and he grabbed Wen Yuan's clothes: "What benefits did they give you, Changxinhou, do you want to speak for them like this?" ”

Wen Yuan was startled and hurriedly waved his hand: "Weichen is loyal to the emperor, how can he accept the money from the Marquis of Changxin?" ”

"Loyalty, what I hate most now is the word loyalty." He grabbed Wen Yuan away: "Look at those courtiers in the court, on the surface, they are loyal, and they are loyal when they open and close their mouths, but as soon as I ask them to do something, they will push back and obstruct them, and they don't even care about the interests of the country." Could it be that when Nan Jingpei was here, they were also like this? ”

When Wen Yuan heard Nan Jingpei's name, he didn't dare to say it anymore, the emperor hated him almost to the core, but whoever dared to say a word for him would be beaten into a rebellion by the emperor.

Wen Yuan waved his hand and motioned for the Wen ministers who were with him to quickly retreat.

Seeing this, Nan Yinglin lost his temper for a while, and only asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Wen Yuan bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, Weichen knows that the emperor is jealous of Nan Jingpei, but he can't announce it to the public like this, if this word is spread, won't it make people gossip?" ”

Nan Yinglin flattened his mouth and didn't say any more, but said: "What about the North Cold?" You can't really cede Beihan to Xu Yongchang, right? ”

As he was talking, a little eunuch suddenly stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, General Luo Ru of Lingnan Prefecture has sent an urgent letter of 800 li to Your Majesty. ”

General Luo? Nan Yinglin was stunned for a moment, remembering the several large baskets of fresh lychees he sent with great fanfare a few months ago.

"Open it and see what he has to say." Nan Yinglin said, took the knife in Wen Yuan's hand, and pried open the wax seal with a bang.