Pegasus Island is a large island in the middle of the Pearl Island Chain, with snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and many small lakes on the island.

The water source from the melting of the snow-capped mountains has formed a number of small lakes, so that there is no shortage of water here, and it has become an important relay point between the middle continent and the east continent of the Ming Dynasty.

There are navies, air forces, military personnel plus military dependents, and more than 10,000 people live on the island.

The guest house is located not far from the airport, on the edge of a small lake on a flat terrain, some distance from the barracks and residential areas close to the sea.

In order to withstand the high winds of the island's four seasons, the houses here are not high, only two floors at most, and most of them are hollow-shaped.

Yu Youwei was standing in the atrium of the guest house at this time, and there was a dark green military vehicle parked beside her.

The middle-aged women in several guest houses looked at the delicate Yu Youwei who was like a flower with some hot eyes, and when they saw Zhou Bei coming out, their emotions about eating melons were even higher.

Maybe it's because life on the island is too boring, and they have a keen interest in anyone.

Under their fiery gaze, Yu Youwei was a little unaccustomed to it, but because of Zhou Bei, she didn't turn around.

Zhou Bei walked along the corridor to the top of the stairs and walked down the stairs step by step, in the process, his eyes kept staring at Yu Youwei's eyes.

He is very familiar with Yu Youwei, and it can be said that he knows her better than herself.

Since she was twelve years old, Zhou Bei has deliberately guided her growth and let her be carefully cultivated according to her own heart.

Under her own careful care, she grew up carefree, and according to her own mind, she became a simple and stupid girl.

After two spiritual storms since childhood, affected by two brothers in another world, Zhou Bei lost his innocence since he was six years old.

He was a child, but he didn't look like a real child.

Qiu Ming enlisted in the army, was trained in the army, and later received special assignments, spending two years in Europe and two years in Africa.

He has never been a simple person, and his complicated experience has also affected Zhou Bei's life.

Without pure thoughts, Zhou Bei also wants to target the intrigues and tricks against outsiders, return to his own home, empty his mind, and enjoy the tranquility of the family.

Therefore, he hopes that Yu Youwei is a simple girl.

She has also grown into the girl in Zhou Bei's mind, simple, delicate, without any bad intentions, and her mind is as transparent as crystal.

And she loves herself very much and will never refuse any request.

A girl can let Zhou Bei get everything else she has in a state where she can't lose her body, whether it is Xiaozui or the back, she is willing to give it away.

Such a girl who loves him to the depths of his soul, Zhou Bei will never meet a second one in his life.

However, by mistake, this girl who was carefully cultivated by him wanted to marry someone else.

Zhou Bei was unwilling to give up, and he was even more unwilling to stop there.

Zhu Lihua, as the culprit, has been duly punished, and her mentality has changed somewhat.

On her side, Zhou Bei believes that as long as the external pressure is resolved, she will still be willing to hide under her wings.

Now, the biggest difficulty is on the emperor's side.

The most powerful person in the world definitely wants to control himself.

He knows his strength, his potential, his strengths, and he can also shield himself from the wind and rain.

However, the strength of control, this middle measure, the two sides will definitely try, and after running in, they can find the most suitable mode of getting along.

Zhou Bei has already thought about it, when he arrives at Yingtianfu, he can't listen to the emperor from the beginning, he has to test the bottom line in a measured way, and there must be burrs and defects.

Give him a chance to cultivate himself, expose more shortcomings, and let him master more handles, so that he can be more at ease.

Then, Yu Youwei is a good bargaining chip.

Especially the mother and daughter have no secrets in front of themselves, this feeling is too exciting.

In the hollow-shaped guest house, there are many eyes on the first and second floors, and there are many people watching the excitement, and more people are observers with tasks.

Zhou Bei's expression was calm, and he finally walked in front of Yu Youwei, the driver lowered his head, but his ears were also listening carefully to the conversation between the two.

"Youwei, when you were in Xuezhou, you couldn't resist your mother's pressure, so you were willing to settle down with Zhu Liqing?"

Yu Youwei's eyes immediately turned red, and she covered her mouth and choked: "Brother Heng, do you hate me?" ”

Zhou Bei shook his head and said in a gentle tone: "I will never hate you, because I know that you like me." You just can't resist their demands, you remember the responsibility on your part. ”

She burst into tears. "Brother Heng, I'm not a good girl, I like you, but I'm going to marry Cousin Liqing."

Zhou Bei's hand reached into his arms, and when he took it out, he had an extra handkerchief.

However, he didn't wipe Yu Youwei, but just handed it to her. "You're a good girl, you just can't handle the overwhelming pressure. Tang Wangfu, Zhu Liqing, your mother, your grandfather. It's just that I was incompetent, I couldn't help you at that time......"

Without waiting for Yu Youwei to speak, Zhou Bei said again: "However, now His Majesty attaches importance to me, and this time he specially summoned me to Yingtianfu. I have enough chips in my hand to get His Majesty to agree to the marriage. Don't go against your family and relatives, wait for me for some time, I will definitely ask Your Majesty to marry us. ”

Although Yu Youwei knew that the palace was very powerful, she had been full of admiration and trust for Zhou Bei since she was a child, and at this time she said with tears in her eyes: "Brother Heng, really? ”

Zhou Bei nodded affirmatively. "Half a month at most, there should be results."

At this time, Yu Youwei could no longer control the excitement in her heart, and threw herself into Zhou Bei's arms regardless of being watched by everyone.

Zhou Bei hugged her delicate body, feeling her completely different beauty from her mother, and his heart was boiling.

He has already seen the photo of the fourth princess Zhu Cheng, purely in terms of appearance, she can indeed be called a peerless beauty.

Emperor Zhengde was a good emperor, and his only flaw was lust.

Due to the improvement of the royal marriage system, even the emperor can only marry nine concubines, one queen, two noble concubines, and six concubines.

The queen is the daughter of the Yang family of the East China Sea, and her grandmother is also the original princess, with a dignified and graceful appearance.

In addition to the queen, the remaining eight are all peerless beauties.

The fourth princess Zhu Cheng not only perfectly inherited the advantages of her mother and concubine, but also had the identity of a princess, which was better than Yu Youwei.

But for Zhou Bei, she is just a stranger, and Yu Youwei in her arms is his childhood sweetheart.

Now I have to add his mother Zhu Lihua, of course, the weight is heavier than Zhu Cheng.

At this moment, Zhou Bei had already made up his mind that even if the emperor didn't like it, he would marry Yu Youwei into the family.

At the door of the house on the second floor, Zhou's mother and Zhou Dong looked at the two people hugging each other in the courtyard, and there was a trace of worry in their eyes.

Especially Zhou Dong, the emotions are more complicated.

This younger brother is indeed an outstanding person, different from others since he was a child, and has created tens of thousands of fortunes for the family at a young age.

He also cares about family affection, takes care of his brothers and sisters, and never cares about money.

However, his ability to cause trouble is also outstanding, killing nine people at the age of sixteen, and now he has caused trouble with two royal palaces.

He was proud of this younger brother, but he couldn't help but worry about him, and even more worried about the family.

But now that there is an old man, it is not his turn to call the shots, all he can do is to exert his strength and do some trivial things.

Yu Youwei broke down emotionally and cried in Zhou Bei's arms for a long time, only then did she slowly recover.

"Come to me at this time, is it arranged by your father, or do you want to come yourself?"

Yu Youwei choked for a while, and was patted on the back by Zhou Bei and eased up. "It's my mother who asked me to come to you, she knows that you will leave tomorrow and wants to see you."

Although he returned to normal society from a desert island far away from people, Zhou Bei was not worried that Zhu Lihua would be able to get out of control.

Not to mention that she cares about her reputation, even if she doesn't care about her reputation, she also cares about interests.

This shrewd woman would never stand in line casually until she didn't know the emperor's attitude towards him and how much she valued him.

Zhou Bei actually knew Zhu Lihua's intentions very well, and in fact, they arranged this matter from the beginning. Before arriving on Pegasus Island, Zhu Lihua discussed with Zhou Bei that she would take the opportunity to straighten out the relationship in front of Yu Cheng and put it in front of everyone.

Zhou Bei nodded, turned around and walked to the bottom of the corridor, and said to his mother: "Mother, the county lord called me over, I will meet the commander by the way, and I will come back in a while." ”

Mother Zhou nodded, and when she wanted to speak, Zhou Dong opened her mouth and asked, "Brother Bei, do you want us to go over together?" ”

Zhou Dong definitely wanted to go, but Zhou's mother was a little afraid of meeting the high-ranking and powerful Li Ji.

Zhou Bei thought for a while and said: "When we arrive at Yingtianfu, we will often deal with the commander, and then I will bring my eldest brother to formally meet with us." ”

Zhou Dong was a little regretful, but he also knew that it was inconvenient for Li Ji to meet guests now, so he agreed.

Getting into the car, Zhou Bei deliberately asked Yu Youwei in a low voice. "Youwei, was this car arranged by the military or Jinyiwei?"

Yu Youwei's face was a little dazed, obviously not knowing. However, the driver understood, and replied: "Brother Zhou doesn't have to worry, in the next is the Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi Chang Kun, tomorrow I will work with the pacification envoy to send Brother Zhou to see Your Majesty." ”

Sure enough, it was the Jinyi Guard's ......, "The envoy of the town, but the envoy of Huo Yihuo who greeted him at the dock today?" ”

Chang Kun said: "The Lord of the Pacification Envoy is now talking to the Commander Envoy, even if the county lord does not see you, we will come to visit Your Excellency in a while." ”

"I really don't dare to be ...... It should be me who meets the pacification envoy. ”

After the reform of the imperial court, the envoy of Jinyi Wei was a real official of the fourth grade, and he could already be regarded as a senior official of the Ming Dynasty.

There are only four first-class officials in the imperial court, the prime minister, the speaker of the parliament, the secretary general, and the minister of defense, and the minister of defense is generally concurrently held by the emperor.

Although the number of second-grade officials is a little larger, there are only about fifty people, including the Shangshu of various departments of the imperial court, as well as the governors stationed abroad.

Sanpin officials are high-ranking officials in another world, who can dominate one side outside, and there are generally only four people in a county.

These four people are in charge of civil affairs, law affairs, military affairs, and county councils.

The Ming Dynasty occupies five continents, with more than 200 county governments, and there are about 1,000 Sanpin officials in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Although Huo Yi is a fourth-grade official, due to the special nature of Jinyiwei, he is a senior official, and even if he is a local boss, he does not dare to slack off.

Zhou Bei is valued by the emperor again, but he has not yet entered the office, and even if he is the highest, he can only start from the eight-rank official, so the difference is still a little far.

The rank of Ming officials can only be promoted one level at a time, and they cannot be promoted above one major level, and each promotion is at least two years apart.

The history of being liked by the emperor or being appreciated by the chief official and being quickly promoted disappeared fifty years ago.

There are only two fastest ways for Ming officials to be promoted, one is to research and invent, but it belongs to technical officials, which is slightly different from the four major political circles, and the scope of power is far behind.

The other is marriage, the royal family and the clan, the inheritable title of the noble, is the most convenient way to improve the status level.

Zhou Bei wants to catch up with Huo Yi's grade, even if his position remains the same, Zhou Bei needs to study for a few years in college, and it will take at least ten years after graduating from college.

Therefore, Zhou Bei didn't dare to be self-conscious because of the emperor's appreciation, and if someone moved his little finger, the pressure was not something that the Zhou family could bear.

The car sped along the concrete road in the middle of the grassland, and did not encounter a single car on the road, only a litter of foxes, and almost had an accident.

The island's military barracks and their families live by the sea, and the hospital is built between the barracks and the residential area, on a hill on the seashore.

The hospital was not big, just a two-story walled building, about the size of a guest house, with about sixty or seventy rooms, and even fewer doctors.

When Zhou Bei and the others arrived, there were many people in the atrium, all of whom were waiting to meet Li Ji's generals.

Zhou Bei didn't say hello to them, and followed the cautious Yu Youwei to a ward on the corner of the first floor.

There was only one bed in this ward, and Zhu Lihua, who had been re-bandaged, was lying on the bed, with a cast on her left shoulder and left leg, and a cast on her right foot, but her right arm was slightly injured and she was able to move slightly.

Yu Cheng, Yu Yang, and Yu Xu are all in the ward, and there is also a nurse and special care brought by Yu Cheng.

Yu Cheng's expression was calm, but Yu Yang and Yu Xu both tried hard to control their excitement.

They like Zhoubei and worship Zhoubei again, because of the framing of Shannan County that day, the relationship between the two families cannot return to the past.

Zhou Bei nodded with them and said softly, "Is the county lord's mother okay?" ”

Zhu Lihua, who closed her eyes and recuperated, opened her eyes and deliberately whispered in a weak tone: "It's okay......, you go out first." ”

The nurse and the nurse went out without saying a word, and Yu Cheng deliberately walked to the door of the ward, glanced outside, and closed the door.

Waiting for the door to close, Zhu Lihua said softly: "Zaiheng, let's make peace." We no longer embarrass you and Youwei, but in front of Your Majesty, you also have to turn around for me, okay? ”

This condition was agreed at the beginning, which was very fair, and it would not lead Yu Cheng to doubt.

Zhou Bei smiled and asked, "Is Niangniang ready to form an alliance with me?" ”

Zhu Lihua said softly: "Whether to form an alliance or not depends on how much Your Majesty attaches importance to you, now it is just peace. If Your Majesty depends on you for everything, I don't have the courage to say no. ”

"What about Youwei's marriage? How to appease the Tang Palace? ”

Yu Cheng sighed: "Whether it is Tang Wangfu or Zhu Liqing, they will not care about a young Wei's ......"

The front foot regrets, the back foot repeats, this is all in front of the interests!