"The prince showed me the list, and I agreed."

In the face of the tactful words of the neutral ministers, the emperor affirmed that Yan Huisheng, as the prince of the state, exercised power beyond the ministries.

When the old minister heard this, he said, "Your Majesty, is this inappropriate?" Since ancient times, the promotion of officials has to be discussed, and there are indeed exceptional promotions, but they are limited to a limited number of people, and now His Royal Highness has promoted dozens of people in one fell swoop, which is really shocking. ”

"In extraordinary times, the prince is also forced to be helpless, otherwise there is such a big turmoil in the imperial court, Yan Lin poked out such a big basket, and if he doesn't stabilize people's hearts quickly, how can he deal with internal and external troubles?" Although the emperor also felt that it was too groundbreaking, he still felt that what Yan Echo said was reasonable, the position of the court officials has always been a radish and a pit, no, or there are countless people waiting to fill a pit, if it is not as soon as possible to replace the pit when everyone has not yet reacted, if it is delayed for a few days, everyone is staring at the pit and wants to occupy it, and it is easy to cause chaos. The top priority at the moment is to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, and the big hole in the imperial court can be blocked as soon as possible to stabilize the imperial court as soon as possible.

It makes sense for the old minister to think about it, and he has nothing to say, "Your Majesty, hurry up and get better!" The East Palace was lit up all night last night, and if it goes on like this, His Royal Highness the Prince's body and bones can't bear it, but fortunately, there are four His Royal Highnesses, helping His Royal Highness the Prince, and they can share some of it. ”

The emperor nodded, "The fourth brother is stronger than his two elder brothers." ”

He thought about it, wait for Zhang Ping's matter, and then look at the performance of the fourth child, if it is good, he will promote Li Concubine to a position, of course, this matter has to be agreed by Yan Huisheng, the prince.

Yan Echo expected to let the old protector set off with his troops early the next morning and prepare for one more day, but the old protector was afraid of long nights and dreams, so on the evening of the day the holy decree was issued, the old protector went to the military camp with Su Xingze to order troops, and left Beijing in a hurry with 180,000 soldiers and horses, as well as hastily prepared grain and grass.

The eldest princess of Sheng'an sent people to the gate of the city, patted the armor on the old protector and said: "You old thing, I didn't expect that I was still the best at my age, and it was not in vain that I have served you with good food and drink all these years, and your body and bones are quite tough." ”

The old protector raised his eyebrows, "You old woman, why don't you say that I am guarding the country for your Yan family, you married me, so you naturally have to take good care of my old bones." ”

The eldest princess of Sheng An laughed, "Okay, didn't you keep saying that it was for the people of Li who were for the Great Liang?" ”

The old protector coughed, and when he saw that Su Xing was retreating far away, he sensibly avoided letting the two of them speak, and he lowered his voice and said: "That's for outsiders, I married you at the beginning, but I made an oath to guard the country for your family." ”

The eldest princess of Sheng'an was touched in her heart, this oath is true, the old protector really didn't tell a lie, how many grievances he had suffered from His Majesty today, and he gritted his teeth and endured it, so endure it, it will be an old bone, she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief with a smile, "I know, I always know, I am waiting for you to come back in Beijing, and you are not allowed to leave before me." ”

"That's natural, let's say it, let you go ahead of me, don't worry! Zhang Ping's wolf cub couldn't beat me, so he only ate a few catties of salt. The old protector patted his chest and reassured, looking at his old wife, "Go back quickly, it's a strange cold day, I'm old, and I'm still greasy and crooked, which makes the juniors laugh." ”

The eldest princess of Sheng An also felt embarrassed, and beckoned to Su Xingze, "Okay, you come here." ”

Su Xing hurriedly walked over.

The eldest princess of Sheng An said to him: "This old man will be handed over to you, you help me watch him a little, he sometimes doesn't care for his body too much." ”

Su Xing promised, "Don't worry, the younger generation will definitely be optimistic about the old man." ”

The eldest princess of Sheng An smiled and nodded, seeing the old protector staring at him, and waved her hand, "Okay, you guys should leave quickly!" It will be dark later. ”

"You know it's getting dark, so go back." The old protector muttered, and together with Su Xingze, he turned over his horse and headed towards the barracks.

The eldest princess of Sheng An naturally did not go back immediately, but watched the figure of the old protector disappear, and stood in place for a long time.

Until the Duchess got out of the carriage and came to her, "Mother, go back, it's very cold this day, you take care of your body." ”

The eldest princess of Sheng'an nodded and let out a long sigh, "At noon today, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince got the news again, Zhang Ping did not raise 400,000 soldiers and horses, but raised 450,000 soldiers and horses, Zhang Cheng led 200,000 soldiers and sent them to Nanping, then, the remaining 250,000 troops were personally led by Zhang Ping and sent to the capital, which is a full 70,000 soldiers and horses." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that his face had changed at that time, but he didn't dare to leak the news, and he still said that Zhang Ping raised 400,000 soldiers, and the soldiers were divided into two ways, he and Zhang Cheng each had 200,000, for fear of causing panic among the courtiers, and also concealed that in fact, all the soldiers and horses in Jinglu were taken away, and there was no 61 soldiers in the capital, but even so, there was still a difference of 50,000 soldiers and horses. ”

When the Duchess heard the news at first glance, her face turned pale, "Mother, since ancient times, there have been countless battles with fewer victories, and my father-in-law is like a god in transporting troops, and he will definitely be fine." ”

"But after all, he is old, and people's energy is limited, where can the veteran be as good as the young and the young?" The eldest princess of Sheng An was actually very worried in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, "It is said that the lintel of the Zhou family is outstanding and the war achievements are outstanding, but I would rather not have this war feats, and I also want my husband and children and grandchildren to be safe." But my surname is Yan, and anyone can say no, but I can't. Now the old and the young are gone. There is only a little boy left in the house. ”

Zhou Yue was born to the son Zhou Wei, Zhou Gu's little nephew, and the only great-grandchild of the Zhou family.

Because Zhang was rehabilitated without warning and the war started urgently, Zhou Wei couldn't even spare time to return home, and Mrs. Shizi couldn't even send off the old prince like the eldest princess of Sheng'an, after all, the barracks were still a little far away, and women and children couldn't go.

The Duchess of Guo's eyes were a little wet, why she could have such a good relationship with the eldest princess of Sheng'an's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, firstly, because both of them were kind and reasonable people, and secondly, because the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were both housemothers, shouldering the responsibility of protecting the housewife of the Duke of the country, and they felt more deeply.

When the eldest princess of Sheng'an sent away the old prince and several sons, and then the old princess picked up a life and came back, but a son did not come back, and now the eldest princess of Sheng'an sent away the old protector and her grandchildren, including her two sons, one in Nanping, I don't know what the situation is, one immediately left Beijing, went to quell the rebellion, she looked forward to them, must not have an accident, otherwise, she can not hold on.

(End of chapter)