When Xu Ying saw the master coming, she hurriedly stood up and gave a salute, but she secretly complained about the master in her heart, and said in her heart: The master has a strange temper, and he has always regarded secular etiquette as nothing. Although this kid has never formally apprenticed to the teacher, in fact, he can be regarded as learning the same art as me, but in front of the master and his old man, he always does not distinguish between dignity and inferiority, and such a tricky temper can be regarded as what the master is used to. He is now a prince, if he holds military power in the future, his martial arts are higher than mine, but how can he control it? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but frown slightly, and I was a little secretly worried.

Zhu Quan suddenly turned his head to Ma Sanbao at this time and instructed: "Call Zuo Hong, this king has something to explain to him." Ma Sanbao took the order and left.

After a while, Zhu Quan said to Zuo Hong, who was standing in front of him: "You quickly report the matter of Her Royal Highness the princess coming to the palace today, and let your father know that the seventh sister opposes this king's expedition to Nahachu in the Northern Yuan Dynasty with the army." Zuo Hong can do the job of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, naturally he is not a stupid, knowing that the "Highness" in front of him does not want anyone to obstruct his plan to go on an expedition with the army, he turned around and walked quickly after receiving the order.

Jing Kun smiled and watched Zhu Quan give the order, but he didn't say a word, and said in his heart: Zhu Yuanzhang is a person who has made a decision to kill, and he decides by himself, I am afraid that no one can change it. His Royal Highness's move was aimed at letting Zhu Yuanzhang know in advance the original intention of Princess Anqing** to ask to see him, and avoid seeing it. Although this move is a bit snakey, as His Highness said, he is a gamer, not a pawn at the mercy of others. When he can decide on his own, it doesn't hurt to settle down, which is far better than the old man acting on his behalf.

However, it was said that Princess Anqing** and her husband Ouyang Lun came out of the Ning Palace, and when they saw that there was no one left and right, they couldn't bear it, and said coldly: "You have a wide range of friends, when did you know the beautiful and beloved daughter of Uncle Xu, the Duke of Wei, again?" ”

Ouyang Lun, the commander of the horses, saw that his wife was asking for guilt at this time, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "How can I be so powerful, everyone knows it?" It's just that when I met my fourth brother Zhu Di the day before yesterday, I heard him mention Xu Ying's name, and I guessed it today. ”

**At this time, he walked to his sedan chair, stopped when he heard the words, frowned, and said, "Oh, there is such a thing?" Why did the fourth brother mention Xu Ying's name? ”

Ouyang Lunping withdrew the maid who was standing beside him, sighed, and said in a low voice: "Listening to the words of the fourth brother the day before yesterday, he seems to have a lot of admiration for that Xu Ying, and he asked me to meet today, but I am afraid that he will invite me to Xu's mansion to propose marriage." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh slightly, and continued: "But looking at the situation between Xu Ying and Brother Quan today, I'm afraid that the two of them have already had feelings for each other, if they agree to the fourth brother, wouldn't they greatly offend Brother Quan?" I'm in a dilemma right now. ”

**Hearing this, he also frowned, and said in a deep voice: "This matter must not be done, offending Brother Quan is a small matter." I'm afraid that my father will be very unhappy when he learns about it. ”

Ouyang Lun was stunned when he heard this, and said: "You are from a Jinshi, and you can make up a four-grade civil official in the court as usual, why is your father willing you to live idle, but strictly ordered you not to be an official in the court?" Have you ever thought about it? ”

Ouyang Lun couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said: "My father is now vigorously rectifying the rule of officials and investigating and punishing corrupt officials. He was afraid that his son-in-law would be an official, and if he was a little careless, he would catch a sore foot for the officials in the court, and he was afraid that he would leave his father with a nepotism. ”

**Hearing that his husband understood it, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved, nodded his head, sighed, and continued: "The group of nerds led by Zhou Guanzheng in the DPRK and the central government, even the father and the emperor dare to reprimand him, let alone your son-in-law?" Since your father doesn't like you to participate in politics, then you stay out of it, why bother to get involved between the fourth brother and the younger brother? Speaking of this, he paused and said: "My father and emperor have so many sons, except for His Royal Highness the Prince, he only summoned the fourth brother and Zhu Quan to participate in military affairs, which shows how much importance he attaches to the two of them." The marriage of the two of them, the father has his own plans, if you are clever to get involved, I am afraid that you are asking for hardship. ”

Ouyang Lun heard his beloved wife's explanation, and suddenly realized, thinking of his father Zhu Yuanzhang's methods, his vest was also slightly drenched in cold sweat, and said in a low voice: "How do I explain to the fourth brother?" ”

** After a moment of silence, he said softly: "Anyway, the fourth brother has not clearly asked you to say goodbye, you have been staying in the mansion honestly recently, hiding from him." Zhu Quan, we can't be offended, but the fourth brother is not something we can afford to offend. Speaking of this, he looked up at the blue sky and white clouds above his head, sighed softly, and continued: "My father has so many sons, but I always feel that the fourth brother is the most like him in terms of temperament, and he will weigh the pros and cons and know when to protect himself." You don't see him being kind, but he has a lot of grudges against him, and I have hidden fear when I see him, so let's not have a grudge against him. Speaking of this, he turned around and got into the sedan chair, and said to the personal maid on the side: "Drive home." ”

Ouyang Lun, the commander of the horse, also thought deeply about his beloved wife's words, so he also turned over and went to his own horse mansion. walked slowly all the way, and said in my heart: If I tell Sister Lin, I have now opened up the relationship between Shaanxi, Gansu, Liaodong and the generals of the border army, and do the business of tea and horses, I am afraid that she will be greatly opposed. After hesitating again and again, he was finally reluctant to invest countless manpower, financial resources, and painstaking efforts in the business, and decided to hide it from his beloved wife.

You must know that Ouyang Lun is a smart and changeable person, studying hard in the cold window, participating in the imperial examination, is bent on becoming an official in the court, making a career, but marrying Princess Anqing as his wife, not only is it not helpful to the official career, but he was cut off by his father-in-law as an official, and his heart is inevitably a little depressed.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. In the morning of this day, the sun was shining, and on the street outside the north gate of Yingtian City, a group of brightly armored Ming soldiers suddenly came, driving the people to spread out on both sides of the street. After the sergeants dispersed the crowd, they stood solemnly on both sides of the street with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry.

The vendors and passers-by were shocked, but they heard that the street was dusty in the distance, but a large team of horses had arrived.

A moment later, an old general with gray hair, ruddy complexion, and a sturdy figure led a group of generals to come first, and it was the marshal Feng Sheng of Song Guogong and Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, who had conquered Nahachu, the Taiwei of the Northern Yuan. Behind him are two young men dressed in general's uniforms, the one on the left has a fierce face, it is Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and a horse on the right is a horse with a black body and only four snow-white hooves, but it is sitting on Zhu Quan, the king of Ning. Behind the two were a group of soldiers dressed in the costumes of the royal army. In addition to Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng under Zhu Di, the rest of the people were Jing Jun, Sima Chao, Ma Sanbao, Zuo Hong in Zhu Quan's mansion, and Xu Ying in disguise and his master, Qin Zhuofeng.

Zuo Hong was originally the leader of the guards of King Ning's Mansion, and his military rank was also a partial general, and when he saw King Yan today, King Ning was only wearing a partial general's uniform, so he also changed into ordinary personal soldier clothes with interest.

Feng Sheng led the army to the north gate with a heavy face, but suddenly heard someone in the crowd not far from him calling, "Master." The sound in my ears was very familiar, and I couldn't help but look sideways, but I saw a few people standing on the side of the road, a girl in a green shirt and black hair, about sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed as a young lady, with two maids, was stopped by the sergeant in charge of guarding the street, and looked carefully, it was her own daughter, Feng Xuan. Around her, there were several men dressed in subordinate clothes, led by Feng Gui, the steward of his own house.

Feng Sheng saw that his beloved daughter suddenly appeared here, hurriedly stopped his horse, turned over and dismounted, and said with a reproachful face: "Xuan'er, it's cold, you don't stay in the mansion well, but what are you doing here?" Speaking of this, he raised the horsewhip in his hand, pointed at Feng Gui, the steward in his house, and reprimanded: "Feng Gui, Miss is young, but you are a stable person on weekdays, how can you let her suffer from freezing here?" ”

On the back of a red steed in the horse team, a young general with a helmet and armor stood like a javelin, it was Lan Yu. He saw the commander dismount, did not open his mouth to give orders, raised his hand and gestured, the hundreds of sergeants behind him were following him in Liaodong for many years, some time ago to Beijing military exercises, saw Lan Yu's gesture, then at the same time stopped the horse, stood on the street, quietly waiting. The formation is not chaotic at all.

Lan Yu looked at the two black-shed carriages with deep curtains on his side, and frowned: "In this expedition, there is really no shortage of strange people, the three bad old men of the three divisions of the military department bows, crossbows, firearms, and armor are just going down with the army, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, is even more funny, and he actually brought a thief who is over half a hundred years old, which is really wonderful."

Feng Guinai, an old man who was over half a hundred years old, couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and said: "Miss Xuan insisted on going here and sending you on an expedition, but the old slave really couldn't stop it, so she had to bring the people from the house to follow here." ”

Feng Sheng stared at his beloved daughter Feng Xuan with both eyes, and said softly: "Xuan'er, didn't you say goodbye to the mansion earlier?" Why bother? ”

Feng Xuan took the full wine bowl in the hand of the maid Cuixiang on her side, knelt on the ground, and said softly: "Let's go, Guanshan Wanli, I hope my father takes care of his body, Xuan'er's bowl of wine wishes my father a victory and a safe return." ”