Ji Qihan said repeatedly: "Princess sister, are you okay?" ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and said, "Brother Duo Laoji cares, I'm all right." ”

Zhu Jianshen looked at Jian Huaizhen apologetically and said, "Princess, I am really ashamed of you, I invited you back to the palace, but after returning to the palace, so many things happened. ”

After Jian Huaizhen heard him say this, he smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, no matter what, as long as this palace knows, you treat this palace wholeheartedly, and you have not tried to deal with this palace again, you are already satisfied with this palace." As for what the rest of the people think, it doesn't matter at all. After finishing speaking, she raised her head and glanced at Zhu Jianshen.

Zhu Jianshen was also very moved when he heard Jian Huaizhen say this, although he did have a lot of misunderstandings with Jian Huaizhen, but no matter what, these misunderstandings have slowly disappeared, and the most important thing now is to solve what is happening at the moment.

Ji Kaihan told Jian Huaizhen about Li Chengyu, and after Jian Huaizhen listened, she was silent, and after a while, she said slowly: "People say that this Li Chengyu is very, very stubborn and self-serving, and now it is true." I think that since Li Chengyu is not afraid of death, there is nothing we can do about him if we are afraid of death. After he heard Brother Ji's words, he would definitely arrange another person he brought, and when the time came, he would really die, and someone would continue to take charge of the army for him. However, from the perspective of this palace, this matter is much simpler, because no matter who Li Chengyu finds to help him take care of the army, I believe that the prestige of that person may not be as good as his, and then things will not be as complicated as we think. With that, she sat down in a chair beside her.

Zhu Jianshen and Ji Qihan also sat down on both sides, and Scattered served ginseng tea and invited them to drink.

"Sister Princess, what are you planning in your heart, I don't know if you agree with me and the emperor?" Ji Qihan raised his head, looked at Jian Huaizhen and asked.

Jian Huaizhen hesitated, nodded and said: "I still agree with your ideas, so far, if you have to wait for Empress Dowager Yao's reply, then it's nothing, no matter what, Li Yuanzheng did owe a great favor to the palace before, and Yao Zhenyin wanted to help Li Yuanzheng come to repay the favor of the palace, and it was really right." It's just that I'm afraid that this letter may have to be sent for a long time, and if Li Chengyu can't hold it back, maybe it will really fight. I heard scattered people say that there have been a lot of troubles in the capital recently, and it must have been Li Chengyu's connivance with his subordinates. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen say this, everyone was silent for a while, and they thought for a while before Ji Xianhan showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said: "In this case, if the princess sister agrees, I will take Li Chengyu's head." In this way, I believe that the Korean army will slowly disperse. ”

After Jian Huaizhen listened, he couldn't help but sigh faintly and said: "All this is to blame on the palace, if the palace hadn't acted blindly and introduced the Koreans into the capital, it wouldn't have caused such a thing." Your Majesty, if you want to blame it, you can blame the palace, and the palace will definitely do its best to solve this matter. Now, there is no other way, Brother Ji, if it is inconvenient for you to make a move in this matter, I will take action myself. Because after all, you invited the person back, if you kill Li Chengyu again, I'm afraid it will make you infamous on your back. ”

"Hahahaha." Ji Kaihan raised his head and laughed violently, and said, "Princess, you think too much. Was I, Ji Kaihan, such a timid and fearful person? I'm not going to be afraid, don't worry, I knew what was going to happen, just as we thought? No matter what, this Li Chengyu wants to go against the imperial court, and I, Ji Kaihan, am not willing to agree to it anyway, what I Ji Kaihan is not afraid of is to let the world slander, and I am afraid that the world will not slander me. ”

Hearing him say this, Jian Huaizhen couldn't help but show gratitude on her face, so she nodded and said, "In this case, please ask Brother Ji." ”

Ji Qihan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter." ”

Jian Huaizhen was chatting with Ji Aihan and the emperor, when he suddenly heard a eunuch come to say: "The eldest princess of the emperor, Concubine Tang Shu asks to see." ”

"Calyx?" Jian Huaizhen was slightly stunned, and hurriedly said, "Yun Cao wants to see this palace, what's the matter?" Invite her in. ”

Jian Huaizhen felt a little suspicious, because before, Jiang Shaoheng rescued Jian Huaizhen, so he rescued Tang Yuncao back to Jian's mansion by the way, and then Tang Yuncao never returned to the palace, and now she suddenly returned to the palace, it seems that there is something else to ask to see Jian Huaizhen, and Jian Huaizhen can't help but feel strange.

Hearing that it was Tang Yuncao who came back, Zhu Jianshen was stunned for a moment, and when he was thinking about it, Tang Yuncao had already walked in, she was dressed in a white dress and a white skirt, and there was just a simple white hosta hairpin on her head, and the whole person seemed to fall out of the dust, like a white lotus, which made Zhu Jianshen's eyes light up.

Zhu Jianshen looked at Tang Yuncao with affection, in fact, he has always liked Tang Yuncao very much, but the two of them went farther and farther, and the misunderstanding between them became deeper and deeper, so they got to the point where they are today.

Zhu Jianshen hadn't seen her for a long time, and he couldn't avoid missing her in his heart, but Zhu Jianshen didn't dare to mention Tang Yuncao's matter in front of Jian Huaizhen, for fear that Jian Huaizhen would think too much, so he didn't dare to say a word when he saw Tang Yuncao now.

After Tang Yuncao came in, she didn't seem to expect Zhu Jianshen to be here, so she had to step forward, give Zhu Jianshen a salute first, and said, "The concubine will see the emperor." ”

Zhu Jianshen shook his head and said, "Concubine Shu, please get up." ”

So she stood up, she saluted Jian Huaizhen again, and saw Ji Qihan again.

Jian Huaizhen glanced at her and said to her, "Yun Cao, you were originally recuperating from your injuries in the mansion, why did you suddenly return to the palace?" Is something wrong? ”

"That's why Master and Uncle Jiang received a letter from North Korea, which is of great importance. Originally, Mrs. Jiang wanted to send it to the palace in person, but later he couldn't leave because of some things, so he entrusted me to send this letter in. ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard Tang Yunxu say this, she couldn't help but feel bitter in her heart, she and Jiang Shaoheng can be said to be fated and inseparable, so many years have passed, and the two of them are obviously together with each other, but Jian Huaizhen has her concerns and her ties, unconsciously thirty or forty years have passed, but they have not been together until now, when they were young, it may have been because they had some worries in their hearts, and when they got older, this became a habit profoundly.

They are accustomed to the current life, and Jian Huaizhen still has a lot of things on his mind, and he can't be free in the mountains and rivers with Jiang Shaoheng, and the most rare thing is that Fang Xiao has never abandoned Jian Huaizhen for so many years, in short, these things are really sad to say.

Jian Huaizhen knew that Jiang Shaoheng didn't send it over in person, because Jiang Shaoheng didn't know what to say after seeing her, so she felt very sad in her heart, but now is not the time for children to grow up, after all, the country is always in the first place.

After she took the letter, she glanced at it and said, "Sure enough, it is a letter sent by the Empress Dowager Yao of North Korea, it stands to reason that Brother Ji, your letter has not yet arrived in North Korea, why did the Empress Dowager Yao send a letter for no reason?" It's really intriguing. ”

"What is written in the letters?" Ji Qihan and Zhu Jianshen both asked a little impatiently.

Jian Huaizhen opened the letter, and she laughed: "Empress Dowager Yao's Chinese characters are getting better and better, this whole letter is actually written by her in Chinese characters, and her font can be recognized at a glance." I think at the beginning, it was this palace who taught her to read. ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled and said: "She conveyed one thing to me in this letter, she said that she sincerely sent Li Chengyu to assist us, and she did not have the intention of letting Li Chengyu target the Ming Dynasty, she was confident that North Korea would not have the strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty, and she would definitely not be delusional." She will immediately send someone to let Li Chengyu return to North Korea in a short period of time, and she will definitely not allow Li Chengyu to do anything, please rest assured. ”

After Zhu Jianshen heard her say this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "This Empress Dowager Yao is really a smart person, if there is really any war between the two sides, Li Chengyu may not be able to get any benefits." All we are concerned about is that because this army is under the capital, we are afraid that the people will suffer because of it. ”

Hearing him say this, Jian Huaizhen nodded and praised: "What the emperor said is very reasonable, what we care about in our hearts is only the subjects and the people, and if Li Chengyu fights with the male soldiers in his hands because of this, he must be the one who suffers at that time." Anyway, let's stop here. Since Empress Dowager Yao said that she would let Li Chengyu go back, I believe that Li Chengyu will not be disobedient, so it will save us a lot of things. Brother Ji doesn't have to chase and kill Li Chengyu, so that Brother Ji will be infamous on his back. ”

When Ji Kaihan heard Jian Huaizhen say this, he laughed: "No matter what, this is a good thing, it can be seen that Yao Jiyin has been paying attention to every move of the Ming Dynasty, lest something happen, so he wrote this letter." ”

"Now that she can solve this matter, this is always a good thing, Your Majesty, in this way, you don't have to worry, I believe this will definitely be good for the Emperor." Jian Huaizhen said with a smile.

"Thank you, Princess, if it weren't for the princess who has been by my side to help with advice, I believe I would be in a hurry by now."

"I can't say that, or the emperor is getting more and more sensible, so these things didn't happen, no matter what, it's always a good thing. Let's wait for Empress Dowager Yao's letter ordering Li Chengyu to return to the court, and when Li Chengyu returns to the court, we will all let go of our hearts. ”

The crowd talked for a while, and then they went their separate ways.

Jian Huaizhen glanced at Tang Yuncao, and at this time, Zhu Jianshen was also looking at Tang Yuncao intently, Jian Huaizhen knew that Zhu Jianshen must have wanted to see Tang Yuncao at this time, and what Tang Yuncao thought, Jian Huaizhen didn't know, their affairs could only be solved by themselves.

So she glanced at Ji Qihan and said to him, "Brother Ji, do you want to leave the palace or stay in the palace?" ”

Ji Qihan immediately said: "This place in the palace is not suitable for me, of course I have to leave the palace immediately." After finishing speaking, he stood up and saluted Zhu Jianshen, preparing to go out.

And Jian Huaizhen also took the opportunity to stand up and said to Lingluo: "The palace also feels a little tired, the palace is going in to rest now, Shanluo, you can help the palace to go in." Yun Cao, you and the emperor have not seen each other for a few days, so let's have a chat. After speaking, Jian Huaizhen turned around and left.

Tang Yuncao saw that Jian Huaizhen deliberately left time for her and Zhu Jianshen, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhu Jianshen looked at Tang Yuncalyx, and finally said, "Yuncalyx, I haven't seen you for a long time, you have lost a lot." ”

After Tang Yuncao heard him say this, he hurriedly smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for the emperor's concern, Yuncao is ashamed." ”

"Yun Cao, we haven't seen each other for a while, why are you so alienated from me? I hope you can stay in the palace, okay? ”

Tang Yunxu looked at Zhu Jian's affectionate gaze, and didn't know how to answer him for a while.

Tang Yuncao has lived in the harem for so long, Zhu Jianshen has always been very fond of her, no matter what happened, he stood on her side for the first time, although the relationship between the two people changed somewhat, but in Zhu Jianshen's eyes, the most beautiful concubine is always Tang Yuncao, he can't give up the most, and the person who can't let go of him will always be Tang Yuncao.

After hearing him say this, Tang Yuncao was slightly stunned, but still said to him: "Your Majesty, Yuncao was originally the emperor's concubine, and she should stay in this palace." But the emperor also understands Yun Cao's intentions, Yun Cao is not a restrained person in the first place, and the emperor should let me out instead of letting me out in this harem. If you miss me, the emperor can summon me to the palace to see the emperor, okay? When she said these words, she already had a sense of supplication.

Tang Yuncao had amnesia at the beginning, she has now remembered all the previous things, and also remembered her affection for Yu Qian's son, no matter what, she still has no emperor in her heart now, and the emperor has done so many things that disappointed and chilled her before, even though the emperor has changed now, in her mind, she still feels a little alienated from the emperor.

After Zhu Jianshen heard her say this, he sighed and said, "That's it, since that's the case, then you can go back first." No matter what, I want to force you to do so, I just want you to be well, and if you want to go back to the palace one day, I hope you can come back at any time. ”

At this time, when he came, Zhu Jianshen really loved Tang Yuncao, and he loved Tang Yuncalyx very much, he did whatever it took for Tang Yuncao to stay in the palace, which shows how deep and extreme his love for Tang Yuncao is, and now although he is no longer as crazy as before, but whenever he sees Tang Yuncao, he is still very sad, so after he heard Tang Yuncao say this, he didn't want her to get involved in the battle in the harem, so he agreed to her.

Tang Yuncao lowered his head, saluted the emperor, and said to him: "Your Majesty, Yuncao has stepped back first, and the emperor must take good care." With that, she turned and left.

Zhu Jianshen looked at her back, and saw that she was as beautiful as a white lotus out of water, and her heart was soft for a while, and she didn't know where to start.

When she drifted away, Zhu Jianshen came back to his senses, remembered all the things in the past, and suddenly felt like a dream, no matter what, for him, the most important thing now is not the personal relationship of his children, but the state and family affairs.

This world was originally peaceful, but I didn't expect so many things to happen, and now if Li Chengyu is really willing to listen to the words of the Empress Dowager Yao and return to North Korea, it will naturally be good, if Li Chengyu refuses to listen to the words of the Empress Dowager Yao, and insists on staying in the Ming Dynasty, or even making enemies of the Ming Dynasty, then the situation will be much worse.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel mixed feelings and sorrows.

The joy is that Empress Dowager Yao summoned Li Chengyu back, but the worry is that if Li Chengyu doesn't go back, what will he do? Thinking about this, he slowly forgot about Tang Yunxu.

After he went back, he thought carefully about what happened, and thought to himself, no matter what, I hope that Li Chengyu can obey the orders of the Empress Dowager Yao.

At this time, Qingsha walked in and saluted Zhu Jianshen.

When Zhu Jianshen saw Qingsha, he glanced at her.

Qingsha hurriedly knelt down and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Your Majesty, the slave maid is taking the liberty to disturb the emperor, and the queen mother asks the emperor to go up to see the queen mother." The Queen Mother said that if the emperor refused to see her, then the emperor would never see the Queen Mother again. ”

After hearing her say this, Zhu Jianshen felt very annoyed, Zhu Jianshen glanced at Qingsha and said to her: "You go back and tell the Queen Mother and ask her not to do so many things again." I have made up my mind to let the Queen Mother be grounded in the harem, even if people in the world say that I am not close to people, whether I am disloyal or filial, in short, I have made this decision, if the Queen Mother wants to make any more trouble, I will never go to see her again. You go back and tell the queen mother what I said word for word. Did you hear that? ”

After Qingsha heard what he said so unkindly, she was slightly stunned, and finally nodded and said, "Qingsha heard it all." So she walked away.

Zhu Jianshen looked at her back, and only felt very upset, what was the purpose of the Empress Dowager Zhou to make him turn against Jian Huaizhen, he had slowly figured it out, and what the Empress Dowager Zhou did also made him very cold, but so what? Empress Dowager Zhou has always been his biological mother, he clearly knows that Empress Dowager Zhou has made mistakes, and he can't severely punish Empress Dowager Zhou, otherwise, his own conscience will not be able to pass.

Thinking of this, he became more and more worried.

Zhu Jianshen was already a little upset, but he didn't expect that something happened the next day that made him even more upset.

Early the next morning, Gu Lengyi hurried in, and when he saw Zhu Jianshen, he knelt down violently, sweating profusely and said, "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good." ”

Hearing him say this, Zhu Jianshen was slightly stunned, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Is the Queen Mother really doing something stupid? ”

Gu Lengyi was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said: "That's not true, the Empress Dowager Zhou must just be just scaring the emperor, and the emperor doesn't have to take it so seriously." The old slave came to see the emperor today, not for the Empress Dowager Zhou's business. ”

Zhu Jianshen heard that it was not for the Empress Dowager Zhou's business, so his heart was put down, he glanced at Gu Lengyi, and said to him: "It's not for the Empress Dowager Zhou's business, what is it for?" Can you speak clearly? Don't say a paragraph, leave a paragraph. ”

"Yes, minions are not good, minions shouldn't be like this, minions know that they are wrong. Your Majesty, the servants came in a hurry to see the emperor today, all because of a major event in the capital. After the servant got the news, he immediately came to inform the emperor. ”

"What's going on?"

"Li Chengyu was killed, and his head was cut off."

"What did you say?" After hearing Gu Lengyi say this, Zhu Jianshen was stunned for a moment, he was stunned and didn't say a word for a long time.

So Gu Lengyi repeated the matter again, hearing Gu Lengyi say this, Zhu Jianshen was so stunned that he didn't know what to say, and after a long time, he said slowly: "How did this happen?" Did the eldest princess do it? ”

"This? This slave really didn't know, and the slave didn't dare to speculate about the matter of the eldest princess. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhu Jianshen nodded, Zhu Jianshen couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, since Empress Dowager Yao had promised to summon Li Chengyu back, why did Jian Huaizhen send someone to kill Li Chengyu? After killing Li Chengyu, maybe a war is inevitable.

Jian Huaizhen has always been a very wise person and a good person in governing the country, why is he confused in this matter? He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let's go to Wan'an Palace to see the eldest princess immediately." ”

"Yes." Gu Leng said coldly, and helped Zhu Jianshen to walk out.

Who knew that when he hadn't walked out of the Qianqing Palace, Jian Huaizhen had already walked out with a black face, Jian Huaizhen raised his head, glanced at Zhu Jianshen, and said, "Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Jianshen saw Jian Huaizhen and hurriedly said, "Eldest Princess, why are you here?" I was about to go to you, and I had something to ask the princess. ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and said, "This palace knows what the emperor wants to ask this palace, and what the emperor wants to ask this palace is about Li Chengyu's death, right?" ”

"Yes, that's exactly the case, why did Li Chengyu die suddenly? And I heard that his head was cut off, but is there such a thing? ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded and said, "Yes, there is indeed such a thing, I'm afraid there is one more thing that the emperor doesn't know." That is, Li Chengyu has a plum blossom needle inserted in his body, and the plum blossom needle is a unique secret weapon of the palace master, which is known to everyone in the world, except for the master of the palace, there is no second person who can use the plum blossom needle. ”

After hearing her say this, Zhu Jianshen's face turned pale for a moment, he looked at Jian Huaizhen with some chagrin, and said to her: "Eldest Princess, you have always understood righteousness, but you ...... in this matter."

He originally wanted to say that Jian Huaizhen was confused, but he felt that he was a little disrespectful to her when he said this, so he changed his way and said euphemistically: "Why did the eldest princess treat Li Chengyu like this? Li Chengyu is also a general of North Korea, since he is willing to listen to the words of the Empress Dowager Yao and go back, there is no loss for us. ”

Zhu Jianshen said a lot, Jian Huaizhen listened to him, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said: "The emperor won't think that this matter was done by the palace, right?" ”

Zhu Jianshen was stunned for a moment when he heard Jian Huaizhen ask himself, and then slowly asked, "Isn't it the eldest princess who did it?" ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded vigorously and said: "Whether the emperor believes it or not, in short, this matter has nothing to do with this palace, and it is definitely not done by this palace." If this palace really wants to deal with Li Chengyu, why should it say in front of the emperor that it will no longer deal with him, not to mention that this palace still knows right from wrong, even if this palace really wants to kill people, how can this palace leave plum blossom needles at the scene, is it deliberately trying to let others see it? ”

Speaking of this, she pointed to herself again and said: "The emperor also knows that the palace mistakenly took the poison of the Empress Dowager Zhou a few days ago, and now although it has come out of retreat, the martial arts have not fully recovered. It is simply impossible to take the life of a general among thousands of troops. ”

Hearing her say this, Zhu Jianshen hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, it is absolutely impossible for the eldest princess to take Li Chengyu's life in person, but." He asked cautiously: "Has the eldest princess considered it, is it possible for Fang Daxia and Ji Taifu?" ”

"Absolutely impossible." Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Actually, they don't care about the affairs of the imperial court, they just regard the palace as a friend, so when the palace asks them to help the palace, they will not hesitate." Now, the palace has not mentioned this matter to them, how can they deal with Li Chengyu privately? This palace can vouch for it, and it is definitely not what they do. ”

"What's going on?" Zhu Jianshen took a few steps back and fell on the chair, he frowned, hesitated for a long time before looking at Jian Huaizhen and asked, "Eldest Princess, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Jian Huaizhen thought for a while and said, "I don't have any opinion so far, the only thing that is certain is that this matter is a conspiracy. ”

"What? Is it a conspiracy? Zhu Jianshen was stunned when he heard Jian Huaizhen say this.

"Yes, definitely a conspiracy. Your Majesty, you can think about it, since Empress Dowager Yao has ordered Li Chengyu to go back, then the imperial court will definitely not deal with Li Chengyu anymore, since the imperial court does not deal with Li Chengyu, why should the palace put him to death? Forget about cutting off the head, but even left the plum needle of the palace, which clearly blames the palace and the court. I think that person has really sinister intentions, and this thing was done in the hope that the Ming court would have a conflict with North Korea. ”

After hearing him say this, Zhu Jianshen couldn't help but gasp, he glanced at Jian Huaizhen, and said slowly: "According to the opinion of the eldest princess, who is it that is so deliberate to deal with the imperial court?" ”

Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said, "I can't think of it for a while, I really can't think of who is going to deal with us." If we didn't do it, who did it? According to my opinion, there will never be more than ten people in the world who can take Li Chengyu's life among thousands of troops, and these ten people are either as old as me or living in seclusion in the mountains. In short, I think that if someone is secretly manipulating this, that person has sinister intentions, and his power is very staggering. ”

Zhu saw that Jian Huaizhen said this, he was stunned for a moment, he looked at Jian Huaizhen, a trace of horror suddenly appeared in his eyes, and said to her: "The eldest princess, since they can kill Li Chengyu, can't they also kill me?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this palace will definitely protect you well and will never let you be hurt in any way. According to this matter, according to this palace, the whole thing is like a conspiracy, although this palace can't say exactly what the conspiracy is, but no matter what, you must be more careful. You don't have to worry, as long as Hongu is by your side, it will definitely protect you. ”

When Zhu Jianshen heard Jian Huaizhen say this, he was still very scared in his heart, how could he not be afraid? After all, this thing sounds terrifying.

Since that person can take Li Chengyu's head among thousands of troops, if he wants to take the emperor's head, it may not be impossible, as soon as he thinks of this, Zhu Jianshen feels creepy and shudders.

He stared at Jian Huaizhen carefully, and said firmly: "Eldest Princess, are you sure?" ”

"The palace is sure that it will definitely protect the emperor's thoughtfulness. Could it be that Hongu can't bear to watch what happens to his children and grandchildren and stand by and watch? ”

"The eldest princess, with your words, I am much more relieved. I also have a reluctant request, asking the eldest princess to agree to me. ”

"Your Majesty, if you have any other requirements, just say it." Jian Huaizhen said to Zhu Jianshen with a smile.