The rickety carriage, bathed in the sunset, stopped in front of the Chengguo Mansion.

At this time, the middle door of the mansion was wide open, and the servants of the family were divided into two rows, except for Cheng Guogong himself who did not appear, it was almost the highest standard of etiquette to welcome Shen Yichen back to the house.

On the other side of the vermilion gate, the mother Shen took Chen Qingtong with her head in anticipation, and what was slightly different from Shen Yichen's return to the house in the past was that now Chen Qingtong was still holding a little girl in her arms, waving her little arms, looking at the scene outside the door with curiosity.

Getting off the carriage, the servants of the family saluted Shen Yichen one after another, but his mood at the moment was not on the etiquette, when he saw his mother and Chen Qingtong, he simply walked into the house in three steps and two steps, and then slowly knelt down and shouted: "The child greets his mother!" ”

Seeing Shen Yichen's face full of wind and frost and haggard, Shen couldn't hold back any longer, and tears couldn't stop slipping. She hurriedly leaned over and grabbed her son's arm and said, "Chen'er, you have worked hard to get out of the town, and now you can come back safely!" ”

"By the way, hurry up and hug the baby, this is the first time she has seen her father."

His mother's reminder made Shen Yichen hurriedly stand up, and then looked at his wife Chen Qingtong next to him, and the two looked at each other and their eyes turned red instantly, as if they had a thousand words but didn't know where to start.

Since Shen Yichen became an official in the court, he has basically been surrounded by various government affairs and wars, and there are fewer gatherings between husband and wife.

"Husband......

Chen Qingtong choked out, and then handed the child in his arms to Shen Yichen.

Shen Yichen carefully took over his daughter, looked at her immature little face, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart for a while, and only called softly after a long time: "Shadow, Daddy is back." ”

As early as after the child was born and learned that it was a daughter, Shen Yichen had already named her Shen Qingying.

Qingying directly translates to clear light and shadow, but in ancient words it also referred to moonlight. Alone out of the town, on the vast grassland of the south of the desert, the biggest visual impact is the bright moon and starry sky.

Mingyue sent lovesickness, so Shen Yichen named his daughter Shen Qingying, so that whenever he missed his family, he could look at the bright moon in the sky and chat for comfort.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or the blood connection between father and daughter, Xiao Qingying was in Shen Yichen's arms, staring at this father who had never met with wide eyes, and actually squeaked and shouted "Dad...... Daddy ......".

In an instant, Shen Yichen felt a sour nose, and tears soaked his eyes in an instant. Whether he is Shen Duxian on the commander's side outside, or Shen Ge Lao, who is a very popular minister, he is just an ordinary father after all.

Speaking of which, I owe Chen Qingtong a lot of money to her mother and daughter over the years, and the identities of my father and husband have always been missing.

After some warmth, the female rolls returned to the backyard with their children in their arms, and Shen Yichen walked to the hall of the Chengguo Mansion alone.

Compared with Zhu Yong, who was full of the majesty of the duke in the past, now standing at the door of the hall, the temperament of the whole person killed a lot of determination and coercion, and even had a rare smile on his face.

"Chen'er, you're back."

did not call Shen Yichen's name as he did at the beginning, and he also did not call the word "Xiangbei" again, Zhu Yong used the title of "Chen'er" for the first time, which belongs to the elders and relatives. may have reached the twilight stage of his life, he thought about a lot of things clearly, and let go of a lot of mustard and pride.

"The younger generation has seen the grandfather."

There may be mixed emotions in his heart, but Shen Yichen still maintains a courtesy with a sense of distance, and a trace of loss flashed in Zhu Yong's eyes, but he quickly returned to normal and said: "It must have been hard to return to the dynasty today, so sit down first." ”

"To the north, in order to welcome you home, my father also specially opened the altar for twenty years of good wine, and even I didn't have this kind of treatment and blessing when I came back."

Zhu Yi on the side smiled and quipped, he led the army to cooperate with Shen Yichen to conquer the three guards of Wuliangha, and did not wear the general seal to defend the side. When the battle of Ningyuan City ended, after the leader of the three guards surrendered, he led some of the soldiers of the Beijing camp to return to Beijing in advance, and he had not seen him for almost a year and a half.

In addition, as the son of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and the only son on the face of the Ming Dynasty at present, the emperor will not let him lead troops to fight outside for a long time, and he has to prepare for the handover of the lord in the future.

Relying on the military exploits outside the city of Guangning, Zhu Yi is now the governor of the five armies who has been promoted to the first product, and the prince of Chengguo Zhu Yong is talking about a family and two princes, maybe in the near future, it will become a reality.

The father and son sat down, and the table was full of mountain delicacies, compared to Shen Yichen's rough food in Monan Mongolia, it could be called a world of difference.

At the reception banquet, the three of them tacitly did not mention the government affairs of the DPRK and China, but only said some polite words about the current situation in the house. The only thing that surprised Shen Yichen was that Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, mentioned more in and out of his words his granddaughter Shen Qingying, showing the appearance of the same as the previous Ming Guogong.

After three rounds of drinking, Shen Yichen still didn't let go of the conversation with Zhao Hongjie outside Fengtian Gate in his heart after all, and after hesitating for a long time, he still spoke: "Grandpa, the younger generation actually has something to ask for." ”

"Huh? What's the matter? ”

Zhu Yong is already slightly drunk at the moment, and now his two sons can be in charge alone, in fact, after the reinstatement, he has slowly let go of the government affairs of the DPRK and China and no longer deals with it too much.

However, if Shen Yichen has something to ask for, he is still the famous Chengguo Gong!

"Li Da and others have been on the border of Liaodong for many years, and now Monan Mongolia has repaired the Acropolis, Xuanda and Liaodong are connected, and the defense of the Beijing Division can be described as impregnable."

"The Heavenly Saint Khan has also attacked poorly in the past few years, and I heard that there are many dissatisfied voices inside, and there should not be any major problems in the north in a short time. The younger generation wanted the grandfather to transfer Li Da and others to lead part of the Liaodong Army into Beijing for rotation in the name of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, so that they could also relax from the tense atmosphere at the border pass. ”

Shen Yichen did not tell all the current understanding of the crisis, as well as the speculation about the body of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu. Speculation is just wishful thinking after all, and no one knows if it will actually be staged until it happens.

Especially Emperor Shouyuan, this thing is related to the mandate of heaven, and Shen Yichen is not very easy to talk about even in front of Chengguo Gong.

"Do you just want Li Da and them to go back to Beijing to rest and relax?"

Although Shen Yichen didn't say it explicitly, the political sensitivity of Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo, who had been watching for decades, still made him smell an extraordinary breath.

Fujian and Shandong guards and horses, which can be regarded as Shen Yichen's descendants, have been stationed in Beijing for many years in the name of King Qin of Tumubao, and it stands to reason that they should have returned to the garrison a long time ago. Now that the war in Monan has subsided, and Shen Yichen's roots are leaving Beijing, it is understandable that he lacks some sense of security in his heart.

But the problem lies in the news revealed by the cabinet of the central government, and the reward for Shen Yichen's victorious return to the dynasty is the addition of the military department to the secretary of the military department and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. For this kind of thing, he can go through the regular process of the Ministry of War, and then ask the emperor to agree, why go around to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies?

Then there is only one answer, Shen Yichen is worried that this kind of operation will give people a handle, which means that it is not as simple as resting and relaxing.

"The grandfather's eyes are like torches, and the younger generation is affected by the change of seizing the door, and he is not very worried about the soldiers and horses controlled by others in Beijing. Li Da and others are childhood friends who grew up together in the outer courtyard of the Chengguo Mansion, and they can all be called grandfathers and nephews, and they have to be confident at critical moments. ”

From the beginning of Zhu Yong's rhetorical question, Shen Yichen knew that he couldn't hide it, so he simply told the truth metaphorically.

"To the north, who are you referring to?"

Zhu Yi, who was sitting on the side, asked a question at the right time.

The children of the Xun Qi family only know that it is not okay to eat, drink and have fun to become a gentleman, but under the cultivation of elite education like Zhu Yi, being too good will also give people a great sense of pressure.

Shen Yichen didn't expect his simple answer to grasp the key information points for Zhu Yi, and for a while he didn't know whether to give all the speculations in his heart.

However, perhaps sensing the embarrassed look on Shen Yichen's face, Zhu Yi did not continue to ask, but instead said to Zhu Yong: "Father, Xiangbei is calm and meticulous, and he must have a reason to take precautions when he transfers Li Da and others back to Beijing." ”

"My father is in a high position, and the rash transfer of troops will still attract the attention of many people in the government and the opposition, so how about going north, and leaving this matter to me to deal with?"

Zhu Yi is currently also the governor of the Five Armies Governor's Mansion Zhengyipin, except that he does not have a title, and his position and power are the same as Zhu Yong's. And he can barely be regarded as a childhood "old friend" of Li Da and others, and he can completely remove Shen Yichen by deploying troops to avoid causing additional turmoil in the court.

After all, many of the things that Shen Yichen will do next will be in the eye of the storm of the court struggle, and if he is attacked by a group of people, I am afraid it will be difficult to bear.

"Okay, then thank you, eldest prince."

Shen Yichen also understood that Zhu Yi was the best solution, so he didn't be too polite and thanked him.

"To the north, do you still need to be so polite now?"

Zhu Yi looked at Shen Yichen's actions and replied with a smile.

If it was once impossible to cut off the relationship between the two sides only by blood, then now the government and the opposition have been completely bound inside and outside and have become a community of family interests. Officialdom is like a battlefield, and many times you have to work together to stand tall in the struggle between all parties.

The Chengguo family is destined to stand at the peak of the court!

In other words, Shen Yichen estimated that he would have to be polite before, but after listening to Zhu Yi's words, he just smiled and didn't say much, which was regarded as acquiescing to the other party's statement.

Looking at the special closeness and tacit understanding between Zhu Yi and Shen Yichen, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was very excited in his heart, and drank it all with his glass. After so many years, sitting at a table to eat, I finally slowly broke down that invisible barrier.

In this way, time passed minute by minute, and Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo, who was in high spirits, almost drank a jar, and finally returned to the room with the help of the servants, and only Zhu Yi and Shen Yichen were left on the table.

Just when Shen Yichen was about to say goodbye, the slightly drunken feeling on Zhu Yi's face disappeared instantly, and he asked vigorously: "Xiangbei, are the others you are worried about Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang?" ”

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Hearing these two names, Shen Yichen's face changed slightly, but he quickly returned to his usual rhetorical question: "Why did the eldest prince say this?" ”

"There are not many people in the Manchu Dynasty who can make you afraid of transferring troops, Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang can be said to be the only two candidates, and it is easy to guess with a little dim sum."

"But I'm very curious, what happened at the celebration banquet in the palace, so that you can prepare for the back when you return home."

After that, a curious look appeared on Zhu Yi's face, Shen Yichen's transformation speed was a little fast, and theoretically the celebration banquet was jubilant, so as not to "make trouble" to this point.

"Do you know about the physical condition of His Majesty and Prince Zhu Jianji?"

Zhu Yi pierced the window paper, and Shen Yichen no longer hid it, if something really happened in the palace in the future, as a courtier, it would be impossible for him to take charge of the world by himself, and he would inevitably have to work with Zhu Yi again.

Or to put it another way, you have to be a brother to fight a tiger, no matter whether Shen Yichen admits it or not, he and Zhu Yi are siblings, and no one in the government and the opposition is more reliable than him.

"I see."

When Shen Yichen said this, Zhu Yi knew what the other party was worried about.

"To the north, it is a good habit to plan ahead, but some things are too much, and the probability of the things you are worried about happening at the same time is too low, be careful of being used as a lever to attack and impeach."

"Don't look at you as a smash hit now, in fact, many problems have been suppressed, and it is necessary to be higher than the crowd. Even if Li Da and the others are transferred back to Beijing, remember not to contact them too much, let alone let them be involved in palace defense, low-key is the best protective color. ”

After listening to Zhu Yi's admonition, Shen Yichen replied with a smile: "Is it just like the eldest prince you did in the early years?" ”

Zhu Yi can be said to have achieved the ultimate in low-key in the early years, as the eldest son of the Duke of Chengguo, but he has never been in the limelight in any family circle, and then went to the border early to practice, and quietly made friends with many nine-sided generals.

In the eyes of the outside world, Zhu Yi is a low-key, steady, and honest heir, and even if Shen Yichen hadn't personally experienced the incident of the Duchess Lin, I'm afraid he wouldn't have known that Zhu Yi was so superb and would act so decisively and spicy.

Faced with Shen Yicheng's playful words, Zhu Yi smiled and did not answer, everything was silent.

"Master Xie warns, I will keep it in mind."

After the joke, Shen Yichen nodded solemnly, and seriously said that he had left a lot of hidden dangers and tricks, and the most important thing was to commit the taboo of the court and the emperor's bottom line, and he really had to eliminate the impact to the minimum.

"You're welcome, you're here again."

Zhu Yi shook his head helplessly, but quickly changed to a serious expression, stared at Shen Yichen's eyes and asked, "Xiangbei, since you mentioned the hidden danger, have you considered one thing carefully?" ”

"If there is really an early death of His Majesty and the early death of the prince, who will you support if the world changes greatly?"